The Hairpin of the Red Chamber

Because the third day of May was Xue Tongpan's birthday, the local county magistrate and officials of the yamen specially prepared wine, and once Xue Tongpan packed his family's luggage, they pleaded with him in every possible way and invited him to Taibailou in the city.

Xue Tong judged that Xue Wenlong was also a prodigal son. For the past ten years, because of the Hedong lion in his family, he has not been able to enjoy the joy of wandering in his childhood. Waiting around, delaying the time as late as possible, why doesn't he like it?Immediately, he took off his official uniform, changed into casual clothes, and went out with three or five servants.

The county magistrate inquired that he was dressed in a simple way, and they agreed with each other, and they all changed into ordinary clothes. With more than ten people at the banquet, they used seven or eight long mules, three or four small sedan chairs for two people, and traveled a mighty journey. , went to Taibai Building.

The shop owner had already received the order, and waited for the guests at this table all day long, and opened the door when he saw them from a distance, and welcomed everyone to the second floor.

Upstairs there were already four or five singers sitting upstairs, and when they heard the commotion downstairs, they each lightly raised their skirts and came out to greet them. Xue Tong saw that although these girls were from small places, they were dark-skinned and short in stature. But still grinning and saying a few words, one of them got in, and the silk and bamboo wind music on both sides babbled and sang the specious Qinhuai ditty. What you are singing is not authentic, wait for me to teach them how to sing authentically."

The county magistrate and others saw that Mr. Tong Juan was so flattering, they all made fun of it, and all the singers stopped, holding their breath and concentrating, ready to listen to the elegant voice of this gentleman who was promoted as a tribute.

But seeing the judge knock his chopsticks on the bowl, the sound was deafening, different from others.The county magistrates all applauded, but they heard Mr. Tong judge knocking again, this time it was slightly lower, but it also echoed far away, and seemed to have endless meaning.The county magistrate and the squires applauded and applauded together, and all of them stared at the judge.

Xue Tongpan knocked for the third time, but coughed. At that moment, several people were impatient to wait, and they were startled by the sound, but Xue Tongpan sang: "Pretty girl, everyone! Love, love how handsome you are, how handsome you are."

His voice is thick and round by nature, and it's really weird that he wants to sing a female voice, but the whole audience applauded, as if he could smell the sound of reeling. The flower path has never been swept by the guest, and the hibiscus blooms to both sides of the king. You have a thick and long iron rod, 72 changes and returns."

Everyone in the audience couldn't help but sing such rambunctious words and phrases in such a disregard of official status. They were startled at first, then burst into laughter and applauded again and again-this time they were sincere, especially the magistrate of Boluo, Just like Qian Lima met Bole, Yu Boya met Ziqi, the restraint on etiquette has long been thrown out of the sky, but he waved his hand and winked at a few singers, and the players changed their tunes and sang early Abandon the lingering love of peach blossoms and flowing water, and sing some tunes such as bees gathering honey and nuns thinking about the world.

Seeing that everyone was slacking off, Xue Tongjuan used his previous dandyism all at once, which was not as good as the third patrol. In Boluo County, everyone from top to bottom had long been like brothers and sisters with him. Fantou, called in, said that one person would choose one—but asked Xue Pan to choose two. Xue Pan laughed and said, "This is out of the question again."

Naboluo county magistrate Mie smiled drunkenly and said: "Brother Xue is wrong. We just don't want to see you, so we put ourselves in your place and think about it for you. You see, you are new here, these local gentlemen, who are playing tricks?" Well done, you don’t know who sings Erhuang well, who comes out on the bed, and who drinks a lot. If you only ask you to choose one, if you don’t like it later, you have to change it with your brothers. Wouldn’t it be a dispute? You choose more than once, this is not good, and that is not good, and that is not good, but there is also this, there must be one of the two! Don’t you think so?”

Xue Pan smiled and said: "Brother said this, it's better to give it to me. I tried them one by one to know who is good and who is not. This test is not a one-off test, but everyone has to try it several times. Only then can I know where she is long and where she is short!"

Seeing that he was playing tricks, all the people agreed, and someone said: "Brother Xue's words are very true. Let's take care of Brother Xue first, and then we can go back and forth slowly."

The county magistrate also made fun of it, and first selected three or five outstanding ones for Xue Pan. Xue Pan chose two of them and told him to sit beside him. Don't be greedy, just be with these two friends today, and come to meet others another day."

The county magistrate waited for him to be elected, so he called one himself, and the rest of the people were divided into one person according to their seniority. The house was noisy for a while, and it was even worse than before. Some of the men chatted, some gambled, and some drank heavily. There are those who laugh in low voices, those pink-headed swallows and warblers, coquettish, some persuade to drink, some act coquettishly, some blame friends for not coming for a long time, some complain that Qingqing does not buy things for you, some want jewelry, and some Those who want clothes, some who want money, and some who want playthings, there are all kinds of things.

In the middle of a whim, a few people went out to do the business of collecting honey.

The county magistrate of Boluo had been paying attention to Xue Pan. Seeing him drinking and singing with the two sides, he was very happy, so he breathed a sigh of relief, got up and walked around the door. Whispered a few words in his ear, he nodded, and sent someone away, but when he turned around, he saw Xue Pan sitting reclined on the grand teacher's chair with his clothes open, shouting: "Why is brother so busy playing with outsiders? Take this delicate flower Do you have the heart to throw away all the beauties?"

The county magistrate quickly laughed and said, "There are some things going back and forth in the yamen, so I ordered a few words." Sitting down and drinking a few more glasses of wine with Xue Pan, Xue Pan was very talkative. The master, the headhunter, played some games, and before he knew it, it was already late at night.

The county magistrate got up several times to leave, but was stopped by Xue Pan. After the third watch, he couldn't bear it anymore and left bitterly.

Xue Pan took a sip of wine in the hand of the pink head on his left, slowly swallowed it, and swallowed it for a while, before he smiled and said: "Brother is in a hurry to go back, could it be that there is something at home?"

The county magistrate smiled and said: "It's so late, I'm afraid it will disturb Brother Xue's sleep, so I thought about going back first... There is also a resting yard behind the Taibai Building. If Brother Xue doesn't dislike it, you can live here Down."

Xue Pan smiled inscrutably, and said, "Brother really wants to go back? Will you stay with me at all?"

Seeing this, the magistrate of Boluo County smiled and said, "Of course it's not that I don't want to be with my brother, it's just that the family's sweet wife and weak son are really worried..."

"It doesn't matter." Xue Pan waved his hand, wanting to smile or not. "Since elder brother has something to do, I have no choice but to pack up and go back with elder brother."

The county magistrate of Boluo wanted to persuade Xue Pan, but he suddenly put on his clothes and pushed out the door first. At some point, many soldiers followed him outside the door.Xue Pan just now looked like he was intoxicated by wine, but when he went downstairs, he immediately looked serious, helped a young servant to turn over the door, sat with a whip, and only stared at the Boluo county magistrate.

The magistrate of Boluo County and his master looked at each other, not knowing whether to speak, but Xue Pan from downstairs said coldly: "Wu Dayou, the magistrate of Boluo County, doesn't think about the responsibility of caring for herdsmen, he doesn't think of the kindness of saints, and he robs and robs wantonly. Harms good people, commits assassination without mercy, commits crimes without mercy, pursues for thousands of miles, wants to kill master and servant, sets up a fence around the mountain gate, throws corpses in the rivers and lakes, this profiteering murderer, wolf-hearted, dog-like person, together with the owl beast in the city, Take it with me!"

Before he opened his mouth, the sergeant had already surrounded the Taibai Building impenetrably. When he gave an order, four young men like wolves and tigers pressed the two of them down. He said: "I am an official appointed by the imperial court. I am appointed, dismissed and promoted. I have my own head of officials. How can you catch me with a single sentence? You said that the robbers and other things are all your own words. Why do you arrest me? "

Xue Pan said coldly: "Since I dare to arrest you, the evidence is solid. Don't keep saying that the court ordered the officials. I am in charge of arresting robbers and patrolling one side. What is arresting the county magistrate?" said the party, waving their hands. At that time, a hundred or so soldiers escorted the group of people, and followed Xue Pan to the station in a mighty manner.

At present, Xue Pan ordered to hold a full guard of honor, and went to the trial overnight. The magistrate of Boluo County was still stubborn at the beginning. The several family members who often pretended to be thieves had all confessed before they knew the situation was over, but they shouted at the top of their voices: "Wang Ping is a woman! Is the words of a cunning person like her trustworthy?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he saw his servant winking at him a few times. He didn't understand why, but he heard Xue Pan sneer in the hall, and said: "Your servant also said this just now, I sent you After being tested, he is a real man—besides, Wang Ping's naturalization was clearly done by you yourself, if he was a woman, how did you get it for him in the first place? And why did you keep it a secret for so long?" He stared at the magistrate of Boluo County, and said word by word: "If you can tell her to hide it, you will be able to be deceived by others. If this is true, then I have to spend some time to investigate the whole county. "

The county magistrate of Boluo only felt his eyes go dark, and he almost fainted—he sent people to steal property, it was just a crime of instigation, and it worked properly, at most he was exiled. I have concealed how much population and taxes have been reported for many years, and only said that the local big family knows the news, and I am afraid that it will kill him immediately.He has been an official for many years, and he knows all the ways of local affairs. He raised his head without thinking twice, gritted his teeth and said, "I remember wrongly, Wang Ping is indeed a genuine man."

Xue Pan nodded and smiled, waved his hand, and asked someone to take the county magistrate down.