The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

That foot has a blue satin upper, it doesn't look like a servant of the county government, but the county magistrate's son is still young, and the county magistrate led a whole county official outside, so how could there be men in this mansion?

The sun seemed to heat up all of a sudden.Sister Feng pretended to hum a few times, got up slowly, tentatively moved a few steps to the side, and walked around to the edge of the grape arbor.

There was a very slight sound from the flowers, the foot disappeared behind the grape trellis, but the grass fell from one end to the other, the man obviously followed Sister Feng.

Sweat was already dripping from Sister Feng's forehead, she didn't dare to shout at others, and she was afraid that the person behind her would have plots, so she hesitated for a moment, crying louder on her face, then took out a golden hairpin from her sleeve and threw it on the ground , stomped a few feet.

There was another rustling sound from the flowers in the back, it seemed that the person moved forward, Sister Feng was still howling dryly, but her tears had already been suppressed, she threw out the valuables she was carrying one by one, while Diu deliberately wrote some words of resentment against women. If the man came in with integrity, he would naturally think that Sister Feng and the county magistrate have some connections, so it is not easy to ask questions.

In an instant, seven or eight kinds of jewelry had fallen on the ground. When Sister Feng touched it again, there was only one incense pendant beside her. She hesitated for a moment, whether to keep this pendant, and pretended to complain a few more times, pretending to be disheartened. Turning around, he walked quickly to the way he came.

Unexpectedly, the man behind him didn't seem to be moved by the gold and silver treasures on the ground at all. Sister Feng walked towards the door, and the man followed quickly. She then came to Sister Feng, her face turned pale with fright, and she was about to yell, when the man rushed up to cover her mouth and said, "Second Grandma, it's me, little Mingyan."

Sister Feng took a look, and saw that it was indeed Mingyan, the servant beside Baoyu in the past. Now he was standing close to him, darker and thinner than before, with a short mustache, and looked more capable than before.

Sister Feng breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately asked, "What are you doing here? Where is Baoyu?" She involuntarily glanced at the county yamen courtyard. I was the only one here, Master Xue heard on the way that the magistrate of Boluo County is very greedy, so he sent me here to find out if there is anything wrong."

Sister Feng said, "Master Xue? You mean Xue Pan?"

Mingyan nodded and said, "Second Grandma, don't you know? Master Xue is the new general judge of Huizhou Prefecture. There is a vacancy in the prefect. Now he is the biggest official in this government."

Sister Feng was puzzled and said, "What are you doing with that idiot instead of Baoyu?"

Mingyan smiled and said: "I'm actually not following Master Xue, but our wife. Because I usually follow our master and do things with a bit of cleverness, so Master Xue asked our wife and Miss Bao, and sent me to replace him. Investigate."

After thinking for a while, Sister Feng realized that he was talking about Baochai and Daiyu, and asked, "Are they here too? Baochai... and Baochai, heh, do your masters live together?"

Ming Yan laughed and said: "Miss Bao and our wife are inseparable from the weight. Our wife heard that Mr. Xue came here to take office, so she insisted on coming with me to see Luofu Mountain and eat lychees for a while before leaving. Come with me."

A strange feeling arose in Sister Feng's heart, she glanced at Ming Yan calmly, and said with a smile: "When did you come here? Did you find anything? Why did you remember to come with me just now?"

Mingyan said: "Back to the second grandma, I have been in for a while, and just about to leave, I saw someone there, so I went to have a look, I was not sure at first, and then I heard grandma talking, so I dared to come to recognize each other, I don't want to be surprised When it comes to grandma, it’s really a sin.”

Sister Feng said: "You don't have to call me Second Grandma anymore, just call me 'Mrs. Wang'."

Mingyan responded with a smile, and changed her name to: "Miss Wang." Then said: "Why is Miss Wang in this mansion? Hearing her tone just now, is she familiar with the county magistrate?" Then she looked up and down at Sister Feng's clothes.

Sister Feng snorted coldly and said, "There's nothing to hide from you. I sneaked in here too. Look at the clothes I'm wearing. I wore them on purpose for sneaking in. I've met the county magistrate a few times from afar. I can probably recognize him when I meet him, but he doesn't recognize me."

Mingyan raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, let's go out and talk first."

When Sister Feng turned to leave, he said again, "Wait."

Sister Feng stopped to look at him, but she saw Mingyan go back to the grape trellis, covering all the traces in the flowers, and put away the gold and silver jewelry from that place, and gave them to Sister Feng.

Sister Feng raised her face and said, "Take it away."

Mingyan smiled and said, "Our master forbids us to take things from outsiders casually, Mrs. Wang should keep it for herself."

Sister Feng saw that he was quite different from the one who jumped out before, so she gave him a high look, but she didn't force her. She put away her things again, and asked Mingyan, "Where did you go from?"

Mingyan pointed to a low wall next to the corner door, went over by herself, climbed up to the top of the wall a few times, and fell down.Sister Feng couldn't do such a thing, so she could only go out from the same place as before. The yamen servant at the gate was absent for three and a half hours out of four. She rested everywhere and ignored it, so Sister Feng didn't care, Shi Shiran went out to go home, but saw Mrs. Chen, a teacher and a headhunter all outside the door. Seeing Sister Feng, Mrs. Chen rushed over and called "Madam", A few people hurriedly hugged her outside, and went all the way to the gate of the county government office. The county magistrate came to pay his respects, and said that Tong San wanted to spend the night at her house. Fearing that she would refuse, he deliberately said: "Mr. Tong San is in charge of the Criminal Division. He also takes on the role of supervisor, if he pleases him, I will write a book..." He stroked his short mustache, but didn't say much.

Sister Feng knew that Xue Pan was the one who passed the sentence, and she also brought Baochai and Daiyu with her. He pretended to agree, but put on airs to ask Xue Pan to live in the front yard instead of living with her, and he went in first, changed into colorful clothes in a hurry, wore a head full of jewels, and dressed up in a rich and distinguished way. She came out as if nothing had happened, at this moment Xiaohong led the three sedan chairs of her family members into the backyard and stopped, the bearers retreated, the maids and women lifted the curtain of the first sedan chair, and a beautifully dressed woman came out. I haven't seen it before, but I guess this is Zhang Jing, Xue Pan's wife and Daiyu's righteous sister. Because she is the wife of an official, but she is an outlaw, she had to slowly pretend to salute, and Zhang Jing hurriedly helped her up. Stopping her, she said: "Sister Feng." Sister Feng also stood still, and looked at the back. Sitting in the second sedan chair was Baochai. A wooden hairpin got out of the sedan chair, smiled at Sister Feng first, and called: "Sister Feng." Then he went to the back and said, "It's all in the backyard. What are you doing without being stung?"

In a trance, Sister Feng thought she was calling "Ping'er", her heart skipped a beat, and she looked back with concentration, but only heard a few giggles inside, Daiyu lifted the curtain by herself, showing half of her head, she is married as a woman It has been more than ten years, with an expression and appearance, but she still looks like a girl in a boudoir. She throws the curtain to Baochai, supports Zijuan, bends down and steps out, half angry and half coquettish: "On the way, I only know Urge, when I get to the place, I am not allowed to rest for a while, sooner or later I will make you an old woman, and you will not be able to do so soon."

Baochai said to her: "Your eldest lady is sitting in a sedan chair, and she has to rest seven or eight times a day. It takes ten days to walk for four hundred miles. We have walked for a month. How dare you say that?" !"

Daiyu also glanced at her, but said to Sister Feng, "How is Sister Feng?"

Sister Feng has always been on good terms with her, so she couldn't help smiling when she saw her, and said, "Hello, Sister Lin." Seeing that the three of them were all proud, she was in a mess, and thought of this "hair" again, "Ping "My son" but I don't know when I will come back, so my heart felt sour, I forced myself to smile and said, "It's hot outside, hurry up and sit inside, Xiaohong, tell Mrs. Chen to go to the Zhuangzi and tell you that there is a distinguished guest. Tell me to pick some fruits and vegetables, and call Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Six to come here."

Xiaohong heard one by one, and was about to go out, but Baochai took her by the hand and said, "We have our own maids. Sister Feng doesn't need to ask someone to come in to serve her. It will be inconvenient if there are too many people."

When Sister Feng heard that there was something in her words, she glanced around, but when she saw the three women, Zijuan and another familiar maid waited on them. The backyard was originally not that big, when the three sedan chairs first came in it was packed like water, but now it is more spacious.

Sister Feng remembered the Mingyan she had just met in the county government office, raised her eyebrows and said, "What are you all here for?"

Baochai said: "Baoyu has newly appointed the magistrate of Deqing Prefecture, and we will go with him. On the way, I heard that Sister Feng is in Boluo, and it happens that my brother is going to Huizhou to take up the post again, so I asked my brother to take us to see it together. Look at Sister Feng."

Sister Feng said: "I was originally sentenced to Xin'an County, Guangzhou Prefecture. Later, after several changes, I went to Boluo. Even my brother didn't know I was here. How do you know?" Seeing these three people coming to visit with great fanfare, they felt embarrassed, and there was a bit of displeasure in their tone.

Baochai, Zhang Jing and Daiyu looked at each other and smiled, and Daiyu said, "Of course someone told us." She turned her head and called out to the sedan chair she was sitting in just now, "Sister Ping'er, are you in the sedan chair?" How long are you going to dawdle?"

For a split second, Sister Feng thought that she was calling her "Xiao'er", she turned her head numbly, and saw a person coming out of the large official sedan chair. It was she who had said the dead ghost Ping'er thousands of times.