Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

To the surprise of the adults in the court, the prince is safe and sound, but the investigation on the prince has become more stringent, and countless people have been arrested. The emperor seems to have vented the rebellious anger of the abolished prince on these people, thinking that It was their instigation that caused the prince to learn badly, especially the prince's family was beheaded everywhere.At Caishikou in the capital, people were constantly beheaded, and the bright red blood stinks in the hot summer.

Half a month later, Jiangnan.

The Jiangnan water town has beautiful scenery. On the Qinhuai River, there are willows and willows, and the smoke is lingering. Even in the hot summer, on the side of the boat on this river, the breeze blows through the mist, which adds a bit of refreshment.

In the past, rich and powerful salt merchants wooed Shangguan, or underserved bureaucrats searched for talented people to act as aides, or the yamen from Shangjing came here to experience a few things, all of which were accompanied by beauties and wine, so often at this time , on the Qinhuai River, beside the West Lake Bridge, talking and laughing, the fragrance of makeup and powder can be spread far and wide.

The mothers pushed out the skinny horses they had trained one after another, competing for beauty.

In order to be arty, those wealthy salt merchants who covered the sky with their hands in the Jiangnan area in the previous dynasty created a "girl" competition. It turned out that no matter whether you are a lady or a small family jade, you can participate in Yangzhou thin horses, but the atmosphere in the previous dynasty was strict. , is extremely harsh on women, pays attention to style, women from good families absolutely dare not participate in this kind of competition, only those honest officials, prostitutes, actors and the like participate, even if these girls can be called in some respects Everyone's gone, still can't escape the contemptuous eyes of the modern people.

In this dynasty, there are the four families of King Jia Shixue who were born in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is also the local tyrant Zhen's family. The "girl" competition can be regarded as a continuation, but the Zhao royal family has always disliked these luxurious things, especially Lin Ruhai. During the period when the loyal emperor represented the emperor as the censor, the event was held in a very low-key manner.

Fortunately, Lin Ruhai is seriously ill in bed, and I heard that he is not well. The nephew of his wife's family is selling property, and it seems that he will not live long. Now all the political affairs are handed over to the Futai Yamen, and they are closed behind closed doors.

Lin Ruhai became seriously ill as soon as he returned to his post. It can be said that there was no suppression at the beginning of the year.

The original crown prince was justified, and most of the people sent from the imperial capital were his people.

Lord Yide can be said to be the local emperor of Jiangnan. The Jiangnan area is full of their wings. If the officials sent by the above are not in their favor, there are some ways to make them unable to speak out, and they have the right to do so.

The top is orthodox, and the bottom has power, and the two parties can't settle down. Either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind.

How many officials died suddenly because of that, and the whole Jiangnan officialdom was full of smog, and there was a bit of a world.

"Business women don't know the hatred of subjugation", and this "girl" doesn't know the turmoil and darkness in the officialdom. The more people praise her, the more prosperous and famous she becomes.

Especially not long ago, I heard that the crown prince Qiantui was abolished, and the Zhen family covered the sky with one hand in the south of the Yangtze River, and they loved flowers like brocades the most, and the extravagance of Jianghuai was even worse.

The small vendors on both sides of the Huaihe River saw the right time, or sold some food, or some trinkets, gadgets and the like. It is the sparrow that wants to fly on the branch and become a phoenix.

There are also those sour Confucians who hold some talents but have little fame and family background, and these are their customers, lucky traders, occupying a good position, and earning money by eating for a whole year.

Previously, under Lin Ruhai's suppression, life has been tepid. There are not many powerful young masters, and his generous customers have also become stingy.It stands to reason that the girl is prosperous, and their business should be better, but it is even worse. Is this strange?

It was noon, the sun was so hot that it shot down directly, and the sound of cicadas rose and fell, and some capable people were reluctant to go out at this time.

The peddlers sat in teahouses under the shade of the trees in twos and threes, not daring to drink the expensive tea, so they just asked the proprietress to bring a bowl of hot water, and give them a copper or two after spending the afternoon.

If there are many people, the proprietress is willing to let them sit, but she will also frown, wishing they would leave with their buttocks, so as to make room for the nobles who can really afford tea.

But a lot of the tea leaves in Nianjinjin were about to rot, and they gave up on themselves, and went with these poor ghosts. Occasionally, when the mood came, they gave back a leaf or two.

Aunt Chai is a pastry seller, and the daughter-in-law she married for her son is also good at cooking. Aunt Chai lost her husband in her early years and her youngest son is weak. She not only has a thick waist and round arms, but also is tall and dark. From a distance, she looks like a butcher who kills pigs, and she is also aggressive, even a man with strength can't take advantage of her.

She sells food, and this food is no better than other things. It can't be kept for a long time, and it annoys Aunt Chai, but a voluptuous girl in the west of the city despises it as ugly and delicious. Aunt Chai got angry and drove her away. Let's go, watch the sun come up, leave my daughter-in-law to watch the stall, and run to the teahouse for a sip of herbal tea.

After she calmed down a bit, she saw a thin, white-faced middle-aged man who didn't need to wear silk, and was holding something wrapped in an oilcloth, walking over. Mrs. Chai hurriedly got up to let someone else go.

Although Aunt Chai looks up to three years old, she admires this kind of scholars the most. Her natal family was also well-off at the time. She ignored the opposition of her family and married the child's father. His father was so poor that he didn't even have a bowl. Words, unfortunately fate is not good, I went early.

This middle-aged man is Aunt Chai's late husband's distant uncle. He is a very capable person. He works as an aide in a wealthy family. Aunt Chai's husband and son all learned characters from this middle-aged man.

Although Aunt Chai wanted to get close to him, he was a noble man. If it wasn't for the fact that he had no heirs and no close uncles, only her husband and son were close and cared for him. Even so, he would never He didn't talk much with Aunt Chai, and he seldom went out of his master's mansion, and even more so, he seldom set foot in such a humble place.

"Why is Uncle here, come and have a seat."

The middle-aged man frowned. The tables and chairs were clean, but there were some shirtless people sitting there, some talking dirty, and some snoring with a rag covering their heads. The man was a decent person who read books by himself. I don't want to sit with this group of low-class people.

The man raised his head, the sparse and immature leaves could not block the dazzling sunlight, it was not very hot, but it was very dry, he had been out for so long, and he didn't even drink hot water, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and he didn't dislike it anymore, just He sat down where Mrs. Chai pointed.

Aunt Chai was sitting beside her, and she didn't dare to get too close. This gentleman is capable and capable, and he can often tell a lot of good news. All the trails on the street were taken by some powerful families in the city. If the husband hadn't entrusted him with the relationship, their family would not have been able to get this stall.

"Sir, you also know that we are a small business. In the past two years, the girl was not very popular, and she became deserted. This year, this girl is very popular. We have prepared things early, and hope to sell them so that we can have a good year. But these days are rather deserted, and I don’t know what’s going on, so please give me some advice first.”