Through the Ring of Red Mansions

In the twelfth lunar month, everyone happily sent Yingchun to get married. In April of the new year, it was the marriage of Bao Dai and her husband. Baoyu personally went to send the ceremony, etc., and they were all sent directly to the Beijing Palace, and the two who kowtowed were also the Beijing Princess and the Beijing King.

And because according to the great marriage rules of the princesses in the Qing Dynasty, the princess's mansion was not set up alone, some of the natal families built the princess's mansion, and some did not, so Princess Beijing said to Daiyu, "I will set up the south of Jia's mansion. A five-entry mansion brought to you is only considered as a dowry, not as a princess mansion. The two of you grew up in front of Mrs. Shi, and you will definitely live next to Mrs. Shi after you get married. Your mother-in-law was sent to the temple, so you won't suffer any grievances. I just want to tell you that if you get married, you will see her in the future, but it will be over after one obeisance. She is not an order now. If the two of you knelt down on her, it would make other people laugh at her. Besides, you don't need to pay much attention to what the one in Jia's palace said. She thinks that she is the only concubine in the palace now, and she can compete with the empress at ease. Baoyu can't be mixed in, lest you get into trouble."

Daiyu received them one by one, and Concubine Beijing ordered the princess's two farms, which had many servants and some gold and silver items, and put them in boxes and boxes as her dowry. considerable.

In Jia's mansion, because the He family originally originated from the old capital of Jinling, and now it is Jia's mother's precious jade who got married as a baby, so relatives and friends from far and near have to send people to congratulate and eat wedding wine, and the Tang clan of Lin Ruhai from the Lin family in Gusu When they heard about Daiyu's marriage, they all arranged congratulatory gifts and sent someone to congratulate them, which made Baodai and Baodai's marriage very impressive.

In a blink of an eye, it was the first day, and Jia Huan accompanied Baoyu to bring Daiyu into the house. That night, the Rongning and Ning mansions were brightly lit, full of guests and guests, and there were golden lights and vermilion windows, and the jade reflected the Qiong window.I also saw red and colorful decorations everywhere, all pasted with festive window grilles and happy words, and the guests who came had set up ninety tables for three days before they could barely sit down. Four porridge sheds were set up, and those who came to express their congratulations could get meat porridge, snacks and other food, which attracted many poor people to rush to congratulate.

Baoyu got married here, and Jia Huan was his serious brother, so he was also instructed to keep his feet on the ground. Just after a round of drinking with him, he found a small side hall to hide for a while, suddenly Another young man came to him and said, "Master Huan, go out and have a look, there is a monk with a scarlet head and a lame Taoist outside, talking nonsense like crazy, and wants to see you!!"

Jia Huan was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly woke up. These two people must be the Dao Miao Miao and the Miao Miao who came to solve the crisis of the psychic Baoyu several times in the original book. In other words, Baoyu's jade has never been lost, and the relationship with Sister Lin has been much smoother, and he has never suffered from dementia, so this vast and real person has never appeared.

Jia Huan couldn't help rushing to the door, but he heard Mo Yan cursing at the two of them, "Where did these two charlatans come from? I don't know who bought them off to slander our third master. If it weren't for the wedding we have here today , beat you out long ago, dare to talk nonsense here?! Get out of here as soon as possible!" Qing Xiao also led people to stop these two far away.

The one monk and the other were just as the original book said, "The monk is lame and shaggy, and the Tao is lame and disheveled, crazy." When they saw Jia Huan, they laughed and said, "The two of us have figured out the origin of the young master a long time ago." Bufan, looking at it now, he is really not a person from this world. But don’t you know that you are imminent with catastrophe by playing tricks?!”

As soon as Jia Huan came up, he was exposed by humanity, and he didn't know if they were really capable, so he made a bow and said, "I think the two of you are boundless masters, Miao Miao real people, there is chaos here, you may as well follow me to a secluded place Chu Haosheng said, I am very confused, and I have always wanted to ask you two to solve it."

The scarlet-headed monk couldn't help laughing and said, "The benefactor really has a transparent belly, how can he know about my generation?" The two also knew that it was useless to see Bao Dai at this time, so they followed Jia Huan to the Jinxiu Restaurant At the same time, Jia Huan ordered Mo Yan and others not to follow, but also ordered that if Jia Zheng asked, there was only one important matter, and he would come as soon as he went.

After the three of them sat down in the secluded room, Jia Huanfang said, "I don't know what does the real person mean when I say that I am in great trouble?"

The lame Taoist Fang said, "From your words, it seems that you are very familiar with us. You must also know that when the two of us came down to earth with a stubborn stone, we were reborn at the same place as Shenying's waiter. Seeing that there was nothing wrong in the world, we Since I went to visit various famous mountains and great rivers in Shenzhou, who would have thought that Fairy Jing Huan asked us to go to Taoism recently? All the sisters in Sizhong should return to their thrones in the next world, and none of them will go back, so they were suspicious, so I invited the two of us to come and see what happened. Who knew that Daoist friends and I had just approached the Shenjing land, and we heard that the waiter of Shenying and the fairy Jiangzhu It is a matter of great joy, but it must be known that what Jiangzhu owes Shenying's waiter is nothing more than the grace of irrigation, and she only repaid the tears of that life, and the two of them will let it go. How about getting rid of cause and effect and proving the Dao?!"

After hearing this, Jia Huan secretly thought that the original book did not remember the time clearly, and it was only later that Baoyu married Baochai when he was 19 years old. It can be seen that sister Lin should really "return the soul of bitter crimson pearl to Lihentian" at this time. There are Qingwen, You Erjie, You Sanniang and other women who are in the second and second books of the Jinling Twelve Beauties, and they have also been indirectly influenced by their own butterfly wings. Go to the Department of Poor Life in the Illusory Realm.

In a moment of ecstasy, I heard the monk with a scarlet head say, "I see that although you understand the stories here very well, you are not from this world. You don't know that those people are destined to die. I don't know why you just got the opportunity to enter the way of heaven. Naturally, it will lead to other people. It’s a pity that you have messed up this place so badly that even I don’t know the result.”

Jia Huan also didn't want to talk too much about "Dream of Red Mansions" with them, besides, the two of them talked a lot about soy sauce, and few of them really solved people's distress, so he said, "I'm just doing it because of the word 'forced', and I don't know myself. Why did you come here, and where should you go, I would like to ask the two of you for advice."

The lame Taoist said, "It's hard to know. It's just that you now have some signs of luck. Even with the protection of the real dragon Baoguang, I don't think it will last for a long time. It will come to an end within a year or two."

Jia Huan heard the meaning in his words that he had only one or two years to live, and he didn't know whether to believe it or not, so he asked, "After I don't know, should I return to my original place, or what?"

The lame Taoist shook his head and sighed, "It's easy to go from the Great Thousand World to the Small Thousand World, but it's hard to go from the Small Thousand World to the Great Thousand World."

After asking again and again, the two of them just said they didn't know. Seeing that Jia Huan probably couldn't ask anything, he was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's all right, there's probably never been anyone like me who can know when I am It's over."

The scarlet-headed monk laughed and said, "The benefactor is very wise, why don't you just let me go, or you may have another adventure, and you can avoid Shen Lun's suffering."

Jia Huan said with a smile, "I'm not such a quiet person, just waiting here."

But the lame Taoist said, "We can't decide your business. I still have a parasitic weed here. You can plant it and see when it blooms and bears fruit, and when the seeds fall and the grass withers, it's time. If in Before the two of us were able to realize the mystery, we must come back to help the young master."

Jia Huan took the mung bean-sized seed in his palm, and when he was about to ask again, the two of them became mad again, laughed and pushed the door away, faintly hearing the lyrics of the song outside. Come on, I didn't realize how fast they were walking when I saw them from the window, but within a few breaths, the figures had turned into two small black dots, which surprised the hotel staff.

Jia Huan was hesitant in his heart, and he was not sure how accurate the words of the great man and the real person Miaomiao were, but seeing that the two were not hostile, he put the seeds in his purse and returned to Rongfu. , Qing Xiao hurriedly came up and said, "But I'm back, the master asked people to ask several times, the two monks and Taoists let us go and dismiss them, why bother to go?"

After hearing this, Jia Huan knew that the two of them didn't come to look for Baodai again, and they thought they had gone to reply to the policeman, so they didn't say much, and they still went into the mansion to accompany the guests without mentioning it, full of worries.

Back at the villa in the evening, Jia Huan asked the gardener in the villa to find a flowerpot, plant the seeds given by the lame Taoist during the day, and put them on the desk in the study. Where did the baby come, there are so many orchids and sesames blooming in the yard, and I have never seen one I like so much."

Jia Huan only asked the gardener to take care of it carefully, and told, "Although it is not a precious flower, it is very important. Don't raise it to death." Everyone laughed and responded.

In addition, the wedding banquet at Jia's mansion was held on the third day, and Renjing's mansion suddenly sent a car, and asked four maids to wait on Baochai to come back for the wedding wine. Aunt Xue was overjoyed by this, and brought Baoqin came to meet her in the Rong Mansion, and heard from Baochai that Lord Renjing treated her very well, and now she has given birth for four months, if it is a boy, it is inevitable that this year she will be able to ask for the title of side concubine, Xue My aunt was sent to the family temple because of Xue's pawnshop selling off Mrs. Wang's belongings for Mrs. Wang, and all of Xue's pawnshops were closed, so she was ashamed to come to Rongfu for a while. Shang couldn't help feeling complacent.

It just so happened that Yingchun also went back to her mother's house for a short stay because of Baoyu's marriage, so she had to congratulate Baochai with Tanchun and Xichun.

Jia Huan was not here that day, even though his leave had not yet expired, he just presumed that there was an edict, and went back to the imperial study, intending to find a quiet place to think about it, but he didn't want to see Shui Lang, Suddenly there was a lot of sadness and reluctance in his chest. Ever since he saw the great man and the Miaomiao real person, he also felt very reluctant to give up to the third wife and Jia Zheng, and Yang Xiong, Mo Yanqingxiao and others had accompanied him since he was a child. Even in adulthood, he also had deep feelings, but they were all different from when he saw Shui Lang.Just thinking that Cheng Shuilang has a lot of affection, and in the end this person might just be a waste of money, I feel very unbearable in my heart.

Shui Lang didn't know that he had so many thoughts in his mind, and when he saw him, his eyes lit up and he said, "Why did you come here today, are you finished with your family affairs?"

Jia Huan nodded and smiled, but Shui Lang handed over a blue book with a smile and said, "You came just in time, let's take a look at this."

It reads, "The Prince of Jinling sent someone to congratulate His Concubine Xue Renjing from the Jinling Prince's family, and two servants came to the mansion to congratulate Xue's concubine. As many as eleven times." There are some dates densely listed at the back, probably the time of the correspondence.

Jia Huan couldn't help wondering, "What does this mean? Do you suspect that the Wang family wants to rely on the Renjing Palace?"

Shui Lang sneered, "It's not sure right now, it seems that both sides have the intention of making friends."

Jia Huan thought for a while and then said, "Last time you said that there are always some people in our family who are restless. I think some people are the same. If they don't touch the south wall, they won't look back. So what if the old sage spoils them again?" , nor can we disregard the country and the country for them. If I say something very offensive, they may not be the material to be emperors."

Shui Lang sat beside Jia Huan with a smile and said, "What do you mean, I am the material to be an emperor?"

Because Jia Huan was thinking about his fate, and then looked at Shui Lang's attitude, he suddenly felt that if he was going to leave here sooner or later, he didn't have to be afraid of men, women or emperors, even if his wish was fulfilled.In any case, he had reserved his backup earlier, in case there was any disagreement with the emperor, so that he would have a place to escape with the third wife and others. As long as I ran away, no matter how angry he was, or if he gradually faded away and let go, there is no need to feel the pain of parting from life and death, but it is clean.

With such thoughts in mind, she found that she was not tired of being bumped and touched by Shui Lang, but she was just very uncomfortable, so she lowered her head and ignored it, and Shui Lang felt more and more uncomfortable. Encouraged, leaned into his ear and said, "Next month is my birthday, why don't you congratulate me?"

Jia Huan couldn't help staring at him and said, "How many good things do you have, are you not satisfied? I don't have anything, at most... I'll draw a picture for you this year."

Shui Lang saw that his face was flushed and his eyes were clear, looking forward, he couldn't help hugging him in his arms and showing pity. Jia Huan had little experience in his previous life and had never practiced it with men, so he must be at a loss. Shui Lang's movements made both of them breathless, and Shui Lang was about to put his hand into his clothes. Jia Huan suddenly woke up, held him down and said, "No! No!"

Shui Lang hated him so much that he hugged him on his lap, pressed him hard on his chest and said, "You didn't do it on purpose? You just hooked the master's anger, and you won't let him move?!"

Jia Huan only felt that his body was bulging hard, and he dared not speak, so he had to say softly, "I don't want to, you...you still have several books that have not been approved."

Shui Lang saw that his eyes were full of timidity, his heart softened first, and he said with a smile, "You still say no?! Forget it, just now I heard you shouting that you are hungry, let's pass the meal first." It's just that there is not enough in his heart, and it is not easy to attack Jia Huan. , I have to pick and choose the food on the table, and ask for a while, "Last time I said that the bamboo shoots are unpalatable, who put in the shredded bamboo shoots and pheasant soup?!" Or scold, "Why isn't Bixin today? Rice? Remove this bowl of rice!"

The little eunuchs and maids serving the meal were so frightened that they shrank their necks like quails and couldn't lift their heads. Occasionally, two bold ones looked at Jia Huan eagerly, and no one dared to say that the Holy Majesty just lost his temper yesterday and disliked Bi. Heart rice is hard to chew and not tasty.

Jia Huan had no choice but to take a pair of chopsticks himself, picked up some of Shui Langsu's favorite foods and put them on the plate, and said with a smile, "Today's Wudingbao is delicious. I taste it better than the ones in the villa. Ms. Xu's cooking is even more delicious."

Shui Lang nodded slightly, and said, "Is that so? If that's the case, I'll ask the Imperial Catering Secretary to think about rewarding this cook." A little eunuch hurriedly came up next to him to give the order.

Therefore, Jia Huan managed to use up the lunch, and talked to Shui Lang for a while, and decided to use the Huihui halls in various places as civilian delivery stations, which is a prototype of a post office, because it is a newly built , so it only accepts letter delivery at first, and plans to wait for development and development before doing parcel delivery.Another thing is to rely on the current scale of the Huihui Hall to open a batch of elementary schools for the first time. They don't teach the principles of the Four Books and Five Classics, but only teach the recognition of common words and simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, as well as common sense of physics and chemistry, textbooks and Pen, ink, and lunch are all provided by the school, which is basically a free school.

Shui Lang was puzzled and said, "It's okay to deliver letters on behalf of others, and the profit is limited. But if the school really doesn't take any money, wouldn't it be safe to pay?"

Jia Huan laughed and said, "It's not as serious as you think. The common people save money to send their children to study, mostly because they want them to get a background test. The school in Huihui Hall does not teach imperial examinations, so maybe few people are willing to send them to school." When children come to study, they probably feel that it is more useful to let children do some work at home than to learn to read and count. This is just an opportunity for those parents who are a little bit knowledgeable. The world is so big, there will always be parents who feel that it is difficult to It is not a bad thing for a child to be able to recognize characters and learn to calculate and draw pictures. I thought that after a few days of studying, children who understand some simple principles are always different from other children, and their future development will definitely be different. The human body realizes the benefits. What’s more, how much can a few books and a meal make you lose? 45. The illusion is too illusory

It's free, but can you still give them rich clothes and fine food? "

Thinking about it, he laughed again, "It seems that the emperors of all dynasties felt that if the common people could read and write, it would be easy for them to change their minds. In fact, this is also a double-edged sword. Those things are just for literacy, so you can rest assured."

Shui Lang smiled slightly and said, "Why don't I understand, and I don't know how many years have passed since you said this. It is always a way to make the country rich and the people strong. Thank you for worrying about the country and the people on my behalf."

Jia Huan laughed and said, "That's natural, the reward of eating the king, and the worry of being loyal to the king."

After leaving the palace for a while, Jia Huan talked with Yang Xiong about setting up a post office and a school on the basis of Huihui Hall, and took the opportunity to ask Yang Xiong to check his own arrangement. Yang Xiong wondered, "Isn't it all right now? A lot of things happened, but Fourth Master Long... doesn't look like someone who would be so heartless."

Jia Huan didn't explain to him, but said, "I'm just planning ahead, there's still a word in Wanli, isn't it too late to prepare?" Just proceed with more caution.

In the blink of an eye, Baodai had already returned to Guining after her marriage, and she met married Xiangyun who came to visit Jiamu. return.

After Baoyu and Daiyu got married, they still lived in the Yihong Courtyard, just because Tanchun and Xichun were unmarried, and Jia Mu ordered someone to separate the Yihong Courtyard from the Grand View Garden, leaving only a narrow passage and a corner gate. , and opened a moon gate from the front, leading to the inner house of Rongfu.Jia Zheng also donated the supervisors of the Guozijian for Baoyu, and he will have a try when he starts his department next year.

Everyone was in the Yihong Courtyard. Mother Jia brought Baoyu, Daiyu, Xiangyun and Jia Huan, as well as Li Wan, Sister Feng, Tanchun and Xichun to gather a large table. Because there were not many people, it didn't take much effort. At this time, Jia Mu ordered her maids to serve her, so that Li Wan and Sister Feng didn't have to get up.

Unexpectedly, without saying a few words, Lin Zhixiao's family came in and reported, "Aunt Xue came here crying, as if in a hurry, and didn't say anything, just want to see the old lady and Mr. Huan!"

Everyone couldn't help being surprised when they heard the words, Jia Mu couldn't help frowning and said, "What happened again! Huan'er let me go and have a look, just don't respond immediately, listen to what you say first."

Jia Huan listened hurriedly, and while accompanying Jia Mu back to the main room, she saw Aunt Xue coming up and clinging to Jia Mu and crying, "I said earlier that our daughter-in-law is not good, which made Pan'er heartless, so we have to ask her to leave." I went to the south to buy goods. Because I wanted to invite someone to go with me. This person lives in more than 200 places in the south of the city. When the two met, they went to a shop to eat and drink. Unexpectedly, there was some quarrel with the trougher. I just scolded him a few words, but the man refused, so the two started fighting, but somehow the man's head touched, he bled, and then died. For this reason, the county took Pan'er and ordered him Asking the crime, we were so horrified that we didn't know what to do. The money that should be used was found and managed. It took a lot of effort. It was almost judged as a wrongful injury. Now it is said that someone is stuck in it. It’s good to search from top to bottom, Brother Huan is watching his relatives, and your elder brother gave you all his favorite girls, hurry up and give him a hand!!”

Jia Huan saw that although she was pulling Jia Mu to talk, but looking at him, Jia Huan could only say, "Don't worry, Madam, why did such a thing happen?!"

Jia Mu also said, "How can those county magistrates make random judgments on such a big matter as human life?! Although Huan'er didn't send any real missions, he walked around in the imperial study anyway. If those people are really so lawless, they will sue them." They have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. It’s just that the concubine didn’t ask Bao Yatou to beg the prince? If the prince came forward, wouldn’t it be just a matter of one sentence?!”

Aunt Xue couldn't say that she had told Baochai. Baochai still had to find an opportunity to say a plea, and she was not sure about it.

Jia Mu said with a face of relief, "That's all right, Bao girl is really very decent, don't worry about it, my wife, since the prince has come forward, it's not good for Huan'er to talk about Xiang, let him rush It would be good to get some news."

Aunt Xue forced a smile, "I don't know when the words from the prince will reach. I think it's safer to talk to both sides, so I still have to work on Brother Huan."

Jia Mu shook her head and said, "The concubine does not work outside, and she doesn't know the rules outside. You need to know that there are several places where Chaoli trusts favors. It's not beautiful to know each other. It's not good to let the prince think that Huan'er is troublesome. Hurry up, I'm afraid the lord will get annoyed by Bao girl and don't care about her more, that would be bad." Aunt Xue said a few words so awkwardly that Jia Huan couldn't help admiring that Jia's mother was really old and hot.