Old things in the Red Chamber

The night wind blew the palace lanterns, and it also blew into the cracks in everyone's bones. Everyone looked out of the door intently. In the shadows, the person who came stepped up the steps step by step. He could see his figure clearly, and he could see his hands. weapons.

The visitor took two steps inside, and walked under the light. He was covered in blood, and the clothes under the cloak and armor were all stained with blood, but the visitor walked firmly, stood still at the gate of the palace, and knelt down on one knee, "Return Your Majesty, [-] traitors have been killed, and there is no incident in the capital."

The emperor looked at Bo Yanghou, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"It's just success and defeat. Don't be too complacent. Didn't you hear? It's just that the capital is peaceful. Things outside the capital may not be as peaceful as the capital."

He threw down the sword, turned around and asked Jia Gu, "Where are you taking me?"

The attitude is chic, the performance is calm and confident, and there is no appearance of a prisoner, which is enough to be admired by this performance.The emperor waved his hands at Jia Gu, "Go down, Aiqing. Although today is peaceful, don't relax your vigilance. Go ahead and keep an eye on Dianjiumen and the inside and outside of the capital."

Jia Gu turned around and left the palace, his back disappeared into the shadows.

"If I don't die, the emperor will never be relieved." Bo Yanghou turned around, "Is it a pot of poisoned wine or Ling Chi died, hurry up."

The emperor ignored him at all, stretched out his arms with difficulty, and a man flashed out from behind the pillar, holding a basin of cold water, twisted a wet handkerchief to wipe his face.

Shocked by the cold water, the emperor suddenly felt that sense of restraint disappeared, and sat up, "The thing you are most proud of is not in the capital, after all, this is the foot of the emperor. I have been in the palace for so many years, and I am more familiar with this place than you, so you I didn't have much hope at all. Let me think about it, Jiangnan is the place you want to separate, isn't it?"

Bo Yanghou laughed loudly, "You know now? It's too late to know, today 29, yesterday 28, 28 Jiangnan has already started."

The emperor shook his head, "You want to rule the river with me, but you can't. Since you are so confident about the Jiangnan affairs, then I will send you on the road later. Let you give up before you die. Come, let's go."

Let's turn the time back one day, the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, ordinary people in Jinling didn't pay much attention to the marriage of the Zhen family. They rushed to Jinling City enthusiastically for the last temple fair before the year.

What is still missing at home, for the common people, it is necessary to prepare all the necessities for the New Year today.Before dawn in the morning, people began to wait outside the city to enter the city. When the city gate opened, men and women, old and young, poured in all at once.When Jia Xun heard the news, he just felt a headache.

He just wanted to curse people, the common people came in, and those people with ulterior motives must also come in.

"Master, why not let Jinling Mansion collect tax money in advance?"

"Don't think that this method can drive them away. Not to mention, even those people in Jinling Mansion may not be willing to ask us to work at this time. The Zhen family is deeply rooted here. You just need to say hello to them and say something about your family. We didn’t have enough things for the wedding, and we had to go shopping, but the people in Jinling Mansion immediately forgot about our orders, and I’m to blame for this, why did I forget to attend the Bayou Temple Fair.”

Not only did he forget, but everyone seemed to have forgotten.

"Then what should we do, sir?"

"They've sneaked into the city, so our people can do it too. Married ones, you're in a coma. It's not difficult to let their banquet last until night."

"do not worry."

Jia Xun called his servants to come in, put on his soft armor, put on another layer of inner armor, and finally the cotton coat and fur. After grooming, Jia Xun sat in the hall and went to the wedding ceremony .

Rongguo Mansion has clansmen in the south of the Yangtze River, so naturally it also has an old house. The bride was married in the old house. He accepted a post from Rongguo Mansion a few days ago, so he naturally wanted to go to Jia's house to send the bride out as a relative.

Seeing that the sun was rising and the time was almost up, Jia Xuan went to Jia's old house in a carriage.

Today's old house is decorated with lights and festoons. In order to make the wedding more beautiful, the old house has been renovated half a month ago. The walls have been painted and the furniture has been painted. Even the copper nails on the door have been oiled, making them shiny.

People in the north like to ride in a carriage, and people in the south like to take a sedan chair. Of course, the higher the official position, the more people like to take a sedan chair. It seems that taking a sedan chair is a symbol of status.When Jia Xuan's carriage entered near the front door of Jia's house, there were many small sedan chairs for two people and large sedan chairs for four people on the surrounding roadsides.As soon as many people saw the carriage inlaid with copper nails, and there were ferocious animal heads carved on the carriage, they immediately surrounded it, and people from Jinling Jia's family even ran out.

"But I'm expecting the big brother to come. The bride said that if you don't come, the big brother won't get on the sedan chair."

When Jia Xuan got off the carriage, he almost stepped into the air, wondering if my relationship with the bride is that good?

Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan also came out to welcome him. Jia Baoyu was wearing a bright red suit today, and a big red pompom was tied in front of the purple gold crown on his head. No violation.

Jia Xun pulled Jia Baoyu and asked him quietly, "Who was that person who called my big brother just now?"

"He, big brother doesn't know him. He is from our hometown, and we are of the same generation. Big brother, come in quickly. When we came, the old lady specially explained that we can only send third sister out when we brothers are all together."

Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan pulled Jia Xun in, one left and one right, and Wu Yang Wu Yang followed behind him.Jia Xuan thought that it was not suitable for the old men to go to the backyard, so she offered to drink tea in the front yard, and asked Jia Baoyu by the way, "Why didn't the wife of your mansion come... After all, there is no female family member to see off..."

Jia Baoyu didn't feel that these words were embarrassing to his mother. Instead, he said optimistically, "There are many clansmen here in my hometown. A few days ago, I chose a Quanfu person. I sent my third sister out today. Sister Bao at home is about to give birth. The child is gone, my wife is worried."

It wasn't too early for Jia Huan to come, and he just sat down and didn't say a few words, someone outside the door said that the uncle had arrived, and everyone went out to meet the uncle.Many people gathered around the gate, begging for wedding money, and saw four or five servants carefully helping the groom off the horse, and the whole person came to the gate weakly.

The onlookers begging for happy money hurriedly hid on both sides, for fear of crowding him.

Even if Jia Xun didn't want to see people from Rongguo Mansion, she subconsciously lowered her face. Who was she here to ruin?

Jia Baoyu has never experienced this kind of battle, but it is worthy of praise for his kindness for his sister, and he took the initiative to stand up to receive his brother-in-law.The brother-in-law was standing in front of the brother-in-law, not breathing evenly. When he took a big breath, he felt that his eyes were dark for a while, and he quickly reached out to support the people around him.Wearing the Xifu, I feel that the whole person seems to be unable to bear the weight of the clothes.

Jia Huan raised Jia Huan, "Didn't you know that she was a sick child before getting married?"

Jia Huan was also a little anxious. When he heard Jia Xun asking him this way, he stomped his feet, "The matchmaker didn't say anything. If he did, the master and wife wouldn't say anything. Even my aunt would not allow the third girl to marry such a sick child." , not as good as Big Brother Zhu back then."

The originally festive situation suddenly cast a shadow. Jia Xuan thought that there was no rebellion. He also sincerely hoped that the sick young man would die soon, so that Jia Tanchun could remarry earlier. Although he didn't like Jia Tanchun, but That girl is really no worse than her sisters. Both sisters can marry into the royal family. It makes no sense that her fate should be so rough.

When things got to this point, he couldn't change anything. At first, many people wanted to make a fuss. Seeing the groom's appearance, everyone stopped him politely.The bride was thus taken away.

The bride's brothers also mounted their horses and went to Zhen's house together.

Jia Baoyu, Jia Huan and Jia Huan all put on their horses, and the three of them walked behind the bride's sedan chair, their faces all ugly.

"Maybe it's been cold for the past few days, and my third brother-in-law has fallen ill again." Jia Huan was deceiving himself.

Not to mention, Jia Baoyu believed this statement, and the two brothers suddenly became happy.Jia Huan didn't want to say anything about their heartlessness.

When we arrived at Zhen's house, it was really lively. The Zhen family treated Jia Xun very kindly, and the members of the Zhen family even had one son in-law... Jia Xun agreed. Now the two parties see each other as dead people, so it doesn't matter if they are more affectionate. , As long as today is over, people will be human and ghosts.At this time, it is okay to call ghosts brothers and sisters, as long as ghosts do not affect people's glory.

When it was time to worship, the groom was supported by his younger brother Zhen Baoyu, and he couldn't stand up at all. The hall was quiet and silent, and the bride covered her head, and her every move was gentle and graceful. The bride with the hijab smiled weakly, and was randomly carried into the bridal chamber.

With a sigh, people from the Zhen family came to invite Jia Xuan, "Master Jia, it's time to be seated, this way please."

"Please."

The Zhen family's affairs were quite grand this time. After Jia Xun sat down, he deliberately asked, "Master Zhen, as far as I know, the one who got married today is a concubine. I heard that the pomp is even bigger than the eldest son of your mansion. Doesn't it matter?" Do you know what Master Zhen means?"

The head of the Zhen family poured him a glass of wine, "You don't know, my child's life has been rough since he was a child, the reason for this grand event is because the girl he married was from the Rongguo Mansion, the two families are rightly related, and the Rongguo Mansion People in the mansion, the two girls are noble concubines in the palace, and the only three girls left are well-bred girls, and the wedding ceremony is more grand. I am worthy of my in-laws and worthy of my daughter-in-law. Secondly, it also means to wish my son happy."

He picked up the wine glass, "Master Jia, our two families are also relatives now, please take care of me in the future. Please drink up."

"Well, according to seniority, I should call you Uncle, Uncle Zhen, please."

Both of them held up their wine glasses, stared at each other, and slowly put the wine glasses to their mouths, but neither of them had any intention of drinking.

The other people at the banquet didn't know why, so they wanted to persuade them, but they only heard a scream from outside, and many people smashed their glasses in fright...

"What's going on here?"