The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

The summer in the south of the Yangtze River is rainy, but the capital is dry and hot. Shengjia has been out of the city since the beginning of August, and lives in the newly built garden this year. The Holy Palace has been built, and the princes and nobles are also enclosing land nearby. When buying a house, near the temporary palace, the land price is soaring. Those landlords who have no power and no power will have to spread a lot of forced buying and selling, bullying and bullying. Those who are interested will quickly sell the land in their hands when they see that the price is similar. , but also a lot of money.

Lin Hai had listened to Daiyu's words before, and ordered people to hoard a lot of land not far or near the palace. Some time ago, they all sold out, and the money was collected back. Aunt Fang spent a whole day calculating the accounts. ——She was so happy that she was blinded by a smile, and she went to the front to look for Lin Hai, determined to tell him the good news, but when she arrived in the study, she saw Lin Hai standing motionless in front of the bookshelf, with one hand behind her back , with a book in front of her in one hand, but her eyes didn't fall on the book at all.

Aunt Fang knew that he was thinking about something, and when he was about to leave quietly, Lin Hai had already seen her, and raised his voice from inside: "What's wrong?"

Aunt Fang had no choice but to go in rubbing her hands, and said with a smile: "It's nothing serious, it's just that the land on the other side of the palace is sold out, and the money has been collected back. I think it's not easy for my uncle to be away, and his house is like that. Do you want to give it to me?" My sister will send some silver over there."

Lin Hai frowned and said, "The dowry I gave her is enough for that kid to last him a lifetime, if I give more, I'll just spoil him!"

Aunt Fang had no choice but to keep her words silent. Seeing that she was afraid to speak, Lin Hai asked in turn, "Is Zhang Jing sick again?"

Aunt Fang immediately said: "The sick are unable to get up, and this time they refuse to eat. I think it will not be a problem if this continues. The master has been looking for such a long time, but has anyone been looking for?"

Hearing this, Lin Hai sighed and said, "Why don't I want to mention that she's looking for a good man? But Xue Pan seemed to have opened his eyes. He just guarded the door of our house every day, and when he saw the matchmaker, he went to ask for help. Those women saw that he was good-looking and had a lot of family affairs, so they persuaded me to marry Jing'er to him—it must be because of what his sister said to him, that's why he did this, otherwise, according to his temperament, he would just do it. He will come to snatch people all at once." Speaking of Baochai, she frowned even tighter, but Aunt Fang didn't see her, and she continued to say: "If you want me to say, brother Xue is handsome and has a good family, his mother He’s not a strong person either, and he’s not bad either.”

Lin Hai said angrily: "His mother is not a strong person, so the family rules can no longer be established! A son was raised so ignorant of worldly affairs that he was blindly foolish, but a daughter was raised with a deep mind and dedicated A son-in-law who misses other people's family! When people go out of Beijing, they have to follow them for thousands of miles, and live in their mansion with a shy face. Do you think such a family is not bad?"

Aunt Fang was taken aback, and said, "Didn't the Xue family sister say that she went back to Jinling?"

Lin Hai sneered and said, "It is said that we are going back to Jinling, but actually we are going to Suzhou! Now we are living in that kid's mansion, and we have made that kid treat him as a guest of honour."

Aunt Fang said to herself: "I think the Xue family sister is a solid person, and she is also very good to our sister, so she shouldn't do such a thing?"

Lin Hai snorted through his nose, and said, "Knowing people, knowing their faces, but not their hearts."

Seeing that he refused, Aunt Fang fell silent again.Lin Hai wandered in the study for a while, then raised his head and said: "You ask someone to take my post to the Imperial Hospital. If Wang Imperial Doctor is there, then it will be the best. If he is not there, and others can't invite you, then you can go to the Imperial Hospital." Please ask the people there to recommend a famous doctor to come to the mansion to treat Jing'er. When you have time, enlighten her more. Don't let her be bored in the room all day long. I can't get rid of that surname Xue more and more. gone."

Aunt Fang agreed, stood and saw that Lin Hai had no other orders, and then left worriedly.

All the way back to the room, Zhang Jing was already waiting at the door, and when he saw her, he hurriedly asked, "Auntie, what did Uncle Lin say?"

Aunt Fang saw that Zhang Jing was already thin and out of shape, but his eyes were looking at her expectantly, she sighed in her heart, and shook her head.

Zhang Jing's eyes dimmed, and he lowered his head and said, "He...does he still dislike Brother Xue? Brother Xue has been working hard since he entered school. Even if his qualifications are poor, practice makes perfect, and he will definitely be successful in the future. "

Aunt Fang said: "It's not that he dislikes the brother of the Xue family, but he dislikes the tutor of the Xue family."

Zhang Jing suddenly raised his head and said: "The Xue family is the descendant of Ziwei, and the family is also a successor of scholars. Why is the family education not good? If you don't say anything else, you will know what Aunt Xue is like when you see how dignified and polite the big sister Xue is." She has been in the deep boudoir for a long time, Lin Hai didn't want her to know the dirty things outside, and no one was allowed to pass a word inside, so she didn't know all kinds of rumors about Baochai.

Seeing her confused face, Aunt Fang hesitated for a long while before turning her back and beckoning her, "You are an honest child, and you don't know that the people outside are evil. Sister Xue's family... She looks good, but in fact her intentions are not right, and she will inevitably go the wrong way." , don't be easily fooled by her."

Zhang Jing said in amazement: "Sister Bao, why is she harboring treachery?"

Aunt Fang really didn't want to talk about these things with her unmarried daughter's family, but she didn't seem to be able to persuade Zhang Jing if she didn't talk about it. Jia's mansion, now they are chasing all the way to Suzhou."

Zhang Jing stood up suddenly, and said happily, "Sister Bao also went to Suzhou?"

Seeing her appearance, Aunt Fang sighed even more: "Silly boy, why don't you understand? She is such a shameless person. Her mother raised such a daughter. The family tradition is obvious. Besides, even if her mother and brother are good, She is so scheming, and she is too old to marry, so if you marry into her family, you will inevitably suffer from her, do you understand?"

Only then did Zhang Jing understand Lin Hai's concerns, his face turned pale, and he said slowly: "Auntie, Sister Bao...it's not like this."

Seeing that she still refused to believe her, Aunt Fang was too lazy to talk more, and ordered the maids to take her back to her room, and at the same time sent someone to invite the imperial physician according to Lin Hai's order.

This end has not yet been settled, and the young man in Lin Hai in front came to pass on a message: "The master said that he would invite his relatives to dinner, and asked my aunt to order some light food and wine in the kitchen. To use."

Aunt Fang was startled when she heard such a large number, but she didn't ask any more detailed questions, she just said: "I see, you go back to the master and said that there are some sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in the small garden. Boil a jug of wine, the two of them just happened to be enjoying the flowers and drinking in the pavilion."

The boy listened with his hands tied, and remembered them one by one, and didn't mention them in the past.

This year Beijing seems to be extraordinarily hot and dreary. Although it is early autumn, the weather is even more difficult than summer.There are few pedestrians on the street during the day, and officials and officials, Ding Min, never go out unless necessary.

If this is the case on the street, let alone the prison in Dali Temple.The male prisoners were brave enough to show off their breasts and chat to relieve the heat, but the female prisoners had to be held in custody, and the heat was unspeakable.

Most of the newcomers this time are from wealthy backgrounds, and they can't stand the heat even more. The prison guard, Mrs. Dong, has only been on duty for two days, and she has personally seen three people suffering from heat stroke in prison. She was a pampered and pampered lady, so she couldn't help feeling a little bit of compassion. One of the three, Danfeng, saw her thoughts, and hurriedly came up to say good things. A few words made Mrs. Dong feel elated, and she simply opened the prison door. Move these people to a cooler compartment outside.

Unexpectedly, the newly arrived prison only recognizes money but not people. Seeing that the new officials have taken in the female family members, it is time to train them well so that they can accept bribes. Seeing that the old woman moved the prisoners away first, it is indispensable. He scolded her badly, and instead moved the three of them together with a group of old criminals who had been in prison before.

The old women who had been imprisoned for a long time were crazy, and they could not be guessed by common sense. As soon as the three entered, an old woman who had lost all her teeth rushed over, grabbed the youngest of the three and grinned.

The man screamed, "Come on" and "Help" and couldn't stop shouting, but the guards outside were just indifferent, and a woman with phoenix eyes and crescent eyebrows stood up beside her, pushed the crazy woman away, and instantly Suddenly, he was grabbed by some other old women, and those crazy women fought against the woman, and immediately gained the upper hand. The woman was overwhelmed by the scuffle, and shouted: "Come on quickly! It's just some crazy women. Madam, let us three young and strong come up together, are you still afraid of them?" As she said, she had already been hit a few more times, the young woman hesitated to look at the people around her, the person dressed as a lady beside her. But shrank aside, not daring to take a step, and the young woman also stood still, unable to bear to see her cousin being beaten, and covered her eyes with her hands.

Sister Feng saw a sister-in-law and a cousin so unbelievable, she was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, but it was too late to repent at this moment, she had already been pinned to the ground, and after being punched several times, she suddenly didn't know which one was the leader, and grabbed her again. Pick up her clothes.

Sister Feng barely resisted a few times, but provoked more fists and kicks. The words of begging for mercy were swaying around her mouth, but she couldn't say it. After a moment of hesitation, her coat had already been stripped off. , and hurriedly said to the outside: "Our family has not been convicted yet, so we may not be locked up here for the rest of our lives. You...don't bully others too much, or you will just walk away after my father is released!"

Seeing that she was still talking big, the jailer sneered, and said: "It doesn't matter who your father is, once you enter the prison gate, I will take care of it, pay ten taels of silver, and let you go to the next door, otherwise, hum."

Sister Feng was furious, pointed at her and said, "How dare you!" Before she finished speaking, the crazy women rushed to her like a wolf on a sheep. Sister Feng was so frightened that she was scared out of her wits, and called her younger sister, "You are a dead man!" Is it just because people treat me like this?"

Who would have thought that when she is proud, everyone will worship her, but when she is in trouble, everyone only cares about protecting themselves, even this cousin who has always been close, just stands in the corner and dare not take a second look at her.

Sister Feng saw that her kin and family were unreliable, she helped her out, but was humiliated by this, so angry and anxious, she actually vomited a mouthful of blood and passed out completely.