Through the Ring of Red Mansions

It is said that this month's saint went to the fortress to hunt in autumn, which was different from that year's southern tour. Not only were there many people accompanying the driver, but also the clan officials brought their beloved horses, strong bows, falcons, etc. along the way. Some eager young disciples competed with their own eagle horses, so when they were resting, they heard a loud eagle cry from the sky for a while, and there was a faint cheer and applause for a while. Nobody paid any attention to them.

Because Jia Huan returned to his original post, he was able to rank in the middle of the line according to his official position this time, but there were more princes who came back this time, even Dongfangying's drivers couldn't get to the top few, Dongfangying's The two sons, Dongfang Xuan and Dongfang Min, were also there, and Jia Huan was invited to talk again. Jia Huan knew Dongfang Min well, and seeing that he was going to be brother-in-law and brother-in-law again, he couldn't help throwing away those formalities. One place is very lively.

After arriving at the palace in a short time, there is naturally another set of rules for settling in. Jia Huan is on the side of the civil servants' residence, so he is taking ink inkstones, Qingxiao, Fang Ming and Fang Liang to settle down, when suddenly a little Huang doorway comes, "The sage ordered Master Jia and Master Bai to live in the same yard so that it is convenient for servants."

Jia Huan received the order facing south, so he had no choice but to follow the little eunuch, but found that Bai Shichen lived next to the imperial palace in Shuilang, and couldn't help laughing at Bai Shichen, "What are you busy with? Now that I’m required to be a servant, it’s not enough for people to think about hunting properly!”

Bai Shichen smiled and said, "Could it be that I have the final say? Besides, there are so many good players, it is not easy for you to get a 'Tanhua' now."

Jia Huan naturally knew that every autumn hunt would have a lot of prizes, and the top three with the most and the most prey would all be rewarded by the emperor. They entered the palace together.But Shui Lang's place has been arranged early, and the memorials that accompany the driver non-stop every day have been placed on the table. Bai Shichen only reported a few words, then pointed out something, and left like a gust of wind, leaving Jia alone. Huan looked very uncomfortable, and hurriedly said to Shui Lang, "Are you tired? I think it's still early, why don't you let me wander around, I've never been to this palace before."

Shui Lang said with a smile, "It looks like you're in good spirits. It's rare that you haven't been tortured like last time. It makes me worry in vain." As he spoke, he took Jia Huan's hand and walked towards the apse.Jia Huan walked and said, "Once you are a stranger and second you are acquainted, Kuang, you only care about chatting and talking along the way, and you will arrive at the place before you know it!"

Looking at the surrounding halls and lofts for a while, the architectural style is the same as that of the imperial palace in the capital, and there is a place with lush water plants and dense forests.The scenery in other places is not bad, but the place where the mountains and forests meet the grassland is the most beautiful scenery in the golden autumn season. In later generations, Jia Huan was lucky enough to see it once. This time I saw it on the road and I liked it very much. Now it is inevitable. Looking forward to the next day's autumn hunting ceremony.

Because Shui Lang was afraid that he would be tired from running around, he might not agree to his suggestion of going out to the palace for a horse ride, but he just looked at a few unique places in the palace, stayed for dinner, and in the end didn't even meet each other along the way. See above, he pestered him once at night, but he was worried that Jia Huan would go hunting on horseback with him the next day, so he restrained himself very much and only ate half full.

Early the next morning, Shui Lang led the crowd to the forest farm and shot a deer first. The Ministry of Rites offered the deer's head and deer blood as usual. The sound of hum blowing made people's blood boil, and Shui Lang shot another arrow into the distance, with a sharp whistle, and the autumn hunting officially started.

Seeing that the arrow had disappeared into the forest, the military officer and young disciples who couldn't bear it for a long time rushed out, and after a while, they heard a few small schools far away waving their flags and shouting, "The emperor's grace is mighty!" Mr. Mian came back on horseback, turned over and knelt down and raised an arrow with a white-feathered golden arrow above his head and said, "The emperor's grace is mighty!"

Shui Lang ordered someone to catch the arrow, and ordered to reward Chuanyun with a set of bows and arrows.A few old officials nearby laughed and said, "This time, the young master of Pingyuanhou's family won the first place, and he is indeed a tiger." Go ahead, you don't need to stay here. If you get the ranking, there will be good things to reward you." As he spoke, someone in the distance reported loudly that a certain general had hunted roe deer and other cries.Jiang Zining kowtowed his head in joy, and hastily steered his horse away.

The rest of the people followed behind Shui Lang, and also chose a forest to ride in. This time, Jia Huan also brought two sea greens he raised in the villa, so although his arrow skills are not very good, at least The two Haiqings also caught five rabbits and one roe for him. He himself only hunted one hare and two pheasants, and the rest shot more empty arrows. When he returned to the palace, Fang felt that his arms were so sore that he could hardly lift them up.Let Dongfangying and his son have a good joke.

In the evening, Shui Lang had a big banquet in the palace for the officials. The ingredients used were all obtained from hunting during the day, and all of them were big meat and meat. It's just that everyone worked hard all day during the day, so they felt very sweet and sweet inside. There are more than ten dishes are all cooked with the stuffing method, which has a special flavor.

After the banquet, Jia Huan had heard that the Yutang soup at the back of the palace was very soothing and relieved his fatigue. At this time, his arms were sore, and his back and legs were also very uncomfortable. Wende and Wuying two soups were specially prepared for the ministers. It is inevitable that there are too many people and the place is small. You have to wait for the high-ranking officials to soak first, not to mention how many people are needed together.When Jia Huan was in the university of the later generations, he did not take a bath in the big bathhouse. It is not afraid of the crowds, but he does not know when he will have to wait for others to wash first. .

It's just that when you get there, how can you be safe? It was a night of hot spring water, and the heat was overwhelming. Jia Huan didn't know when he fell asleep. Now, there were a few more uncomfortable places all over his body, which made him gnash his teeth.

Because it was already noon outside, but there was no maid and eunuch serving in the inner hall, Jia Huan only thought that Shui Lang had sent him away on purpose, and when he left the inner hall without paying attention, he saw Chief Steward Shan standing outside, looking like As if guarding him specially, he gestured softly again, and said in a low voice, "The Holy Majesty is going to have an interrogation outside, Mr. Huan, please wait a little bit before going over."

There is a row of six silk-embroidered screens outside the inner hall. Behind the screen is a compartment, and after the compartment is the main hall of the Royal Palace. Seeing that Shui Lang is not working in the main hall, Jia Huan hides in the compartment instead. Li, just feeling strange, suddenly heard Shui Lang say outside, "I called you to come and accompany me, and you promised, but you secretly ran to Beijing. It was obvious that you wanted to resist the decree. I don't know if you look at it." What about those nasty things between you and King Renjun?!"

Jia Huan couldn't help but vaguely saw a heavily tied man kneeling on the ground in the cubicle through the screen, with a very burly figure.Shui Lang sat on the front seat at the top, two tall men in black clothes stood on both sides, and there was another person sitting at the bottom seat, who vaguely looked like Bai Shichen.

Jia Huan glanced at the back and felt that something was wrong, he just ran into some confidential matter, was about to walk back, and heard Bai Shichen knocked down the man on the ground and kowtowed, "Master Wang really doesn't need to put on airs here, How many letters have you communicated with King Renjun in private, do you need someone to report them to you one by one?"

The man on the ground seemed to be stunned, he came back to his senses suddenly, and cried again, "My lord atones! Please be merciful, my lord, I dare not have two hearts, just because my niece serves King Renjun, It's because of relatives' face, and I'm afraid that my niece will be wronged because of this, so I exchanged some letters with King Renjun, all of which are sentimental greetings and greetings, please be careful!!"

When Jia Huan heard this, why couldn't he guess that the person on the ground was Wang Ziteng, the "uncle of the Nine Provinces" mentioned by Tanchun in the original book. Baoyu and others went to congratulate Wang Ziteng on several birthdays, but Jia Huan was never called to go.Later, Wang Ziteng was promoted to the admiral of the nine provinces and served as a foreign inspector. He didn't return to the capital for a long time, and Jia Huan naturally didn't see him either.Seeing that someone was being tied up suddenly, Jia Huan couldn't help being very curious, and seeing that Manager Shan was just standing there with no other expressions on his face, he simply stood behind the screen and eavesdropped openly.

The movement between him and Manager Shan was not small, and the people outside naturally noticed it immediately, and they pretended not to see it. Only Wang Ziteng caught a glimpse of the faint figure on the screen, and thought to himself, he didn't hear that the man in front of him brought The concubine came out of the palace, but she didn't know who was behind the screen, and the emperor was not upset when he found out?It's a pity that he can't take care of himself now, this thought just changed in his heart, and then he begged for mercy with tears in his eyes.

Shui Lang said coldly, "I want your head, it's the same whether you recognize it or not. You want to follow me again, but it's just seeing that the family is in decline, and you can't be an extreme minister in your life, and you think you have been an official before." The Jiedu envoy of the Beijing camp, there are still some forces in the garrison camp in the suburbs of Beijing, and they want to collude with them when I leave Beijing. Once they succeed, you will be a successor, and you will have a niece as the prince and concubine. Your Wang family will have a bright future again. It’s a pity that I will kill all the nine clans of your Wang family before you get things done!!”

After hearing the last sentence, Bai Shichen knew that Shui Lang was very angry, so he hurriedly ordered someone to detain Wang Ziteng temporarily, and stepped forward to persuade him, "If you want to punish their nine clans, let him be with you at that time." Punishment. The Holy Majesty does not need to worry, the message from Prince Beijing will arrive within two days, those two have been disobedient for a long time, why bother to be angry about this again today!"

Jia Huan heard what these two people meant, that when Shui Lang came out for autumn hunting, there would be a big storm in the capital, and he was stunned. It took him a long time to remember that he wanted to rush over to ask Shui Lang why he didn't say something earlier. Son, so that Mrs. Jia Zhengsan, Tanchun, etc. could be on guard, but suddenly remembered that Shui Lang didn't take anyone with him this time. Why didn't all his queens, concubines, and princes and princesses stay behind? In the dangerous place of the capital! !