The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Mistress Niu fell into the mountains on the way to incense, and Zhen Guofu and Dongping County Wangfu sent many people to look for it, but the mountains were so high and densely forested that it was hard to find her trace.There was a sudden turmoil in the inner houses of the big families in Beijing.It should be known that Niu's second mistress has a lot of bad luck and has not yet left a legitimate son; while Niu Jicheng is young and has little promise.This hole is empty, and I don't know which house can plant radishes.

All the wives and grandmas endured it for five or six days, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, so some people went to Zhenguo Mansion to meet Mrs. Niu and find out the meaning of their mansion.Mrs. Niu cried like a tearful person: "The whole family, relatives and friends near and far, no one knows that my daughter-in-law is ten times stronger than my son. If there is a good or bad, it will not make people hurt to death." After a word, she wiped away tears He didn't even mention what would happen if Mr. Mu disappeared.The wife had no choice but to sit and comfort herself for a long time.

On the seventh day, although the two governments were still looking for it, they secretly knew that they might not be able to find it.Only Mr. Mu's uncle, Mr. Mu Xu, refused to let go, saying: "Even if you are dead, there must be a skeleton, even if the wolf takes it away, there must be blood! No one lost a living person out of thin air! "

A soldier whispered beside him: "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even if you look for it, you may starve to death. Why don't you ask an eminent monk to tell you about where you fell, so we can find it." Mu Xu's ears were sharp, and when he heard it, he immediately thought of Jia Cong—doesn't he have a background?It's hard to say that you can count with your fingers.Then he patted his horse and went straight to Rongguo Mansion.

It was only when I arrived at the mansion that I found out that Jia Cong was busy with school affairs in the Imperial Academy every day and only came back at night.Mu Xu stumbled, turned around and wanted to chase to the Imperial Academy.But at this moment, someone shouted outside: "Master Cong is back!" He was overjoyed.

It turned out that Jia Cong didn't sleep well last night, and today he dozed off in the Imperial Academy, so he went home to sleep.Mu Xu rushed to meet him and explained his purpose.Jia Cong was stunned for a long time: "Huh? I don't know how to divination!"

Mu Xu was in a hurry: "Aren't you Nezha's lower realm? Why can't you know how to divination?"

Jia Cong said: "Nezha's lower realm is rumored outside, you always believe it? Besides, Li Nezha is a general in the heavenly realm. When did you hear that Nezha can divination? Even Daoist Taiyi led Li Jing None of this..." Mu Xu's expression darkened suddenly.Jia Cong said again, "Rather than relying on me, it's better to have some search-and-rescue dogs with sharp noses. Dogs of this kind are better than humans. Do you have any at home? If not, I'll lend you two good dogs."

In fact, the Mu family has been using dogs to search since the second day; just hearing what he said, Mu Xu has no hope of doing it, and said: "Okay! Borrow it and I will use it." Jia Cong then ordered someone to fetch the honor The dog trained by the state government came, and even the servant who trained the dog handed it over to Mu Xu.

The dogs in Rongguo Mansion are no better than those in Dongping Palace.After another three days of busy work, there was no trace of Mu's family except for a piece of clothing fragments found on the shrub branches near the place where he fell.The two governments discussed the meeting, but I'm afraid they can't find it.Mu Xu said: "I hope she is only injured and let the mountain people save her." So people put up notices everywhere in Xiangshan, if anyone sees such and such a woman sent back to Zhenguo Mansion or Dongping Palace, there must be someone. Big reward.

Although the dogs of Rongguo Mansion didn't help, they had good intentions after all.Mu Xu wanted to send it back in person, and thanked Jia Cong by the way.It happened that a young man came to see him on horseback, saying that it was something urgent.Mu Xu thought for a while, then ordered Niu Jicheng to go to Rongguo Mansion to return the dog.He had a relationship with Jia Cong once, and was Mu's husband, so he was quite suitable in terms of emotion and reason.Niu Jicheng took the order.

Standing at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, Niu Jicheng had many thoughts inexplicably in his mind.He also came to Rongguo Mansion when he was young and met Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu.Because Jia Cong and Jia Huan were too lazy to come out to meet guests when he was young, he had never met Sanjia in this mansion.A doorman came up to welcome the visitor and asked respectfully which family the visitor was from. Niu Jicheng gave his name and said, "I'm looking for your family, Mr. Cong."

Menzi said: "Third Lord should have left the yamen at this point, but there must be some reason for him to be confused today."

Niu Jicheng thought for a while, since he's here, it's better to meet him.So he ordered the dog-training servant in Rongguo Mansion to go back and wait at their house.Someone led him to sit in the outer study.Niu Jicheng went to the study room and took a look. There was a plaque "Qi Lai Zhai" hanging outside, and a pair of pairs hung in the inner hall, which read: Classmates are young and in full bloom, and their scholarly spirit scolds Fang Qiu.Can't help but praise: "Good couplet." Look carefully at the inscription: the couplet proposed by the humble apprentice Jia Cong, handwritten by Gusu Linhai.Immediately, a little maid brought tea and snacks, and Niu Jicheng casually took a booklet from the table to pass the time.But I saw on the cover of the book that it said: Immigration Policies of Western Countries.Immediately came to the spirit, look carefully from the beginning.

He was concentrating on reading a book, when he heard footsteps outside the door, he thought it was Jia Cong who had come back, so he put down his book and straightened his clothes.But seeing the dark green flower-strewn curtain being raised, a woman in a goose-yellow dress sneaked in as nimbly as a civet cat, her pretty face smiling like a peach blossom in March.Seeing Niu Jicheng for the first time, he was startled, then took a deep breath, covered his face with his sleeve, turned around and ran away.Although it only lasted for a moment, because of the beautiful appearance and delicate figure of this woman, even Niu Jicheng has seen many beauties, but he has never seen anyone who looks as good as her; identity of.Although he didn't know much about the material of the clothes, Niu Jicheng could tell that the girl was wearing high-quality silk.And the flower tin on her head and the jade pendant on her waist must be a young lady.The girls from Rongguo Mansion have all gone to the south, could it be that they are guests?

After a while, a little girl from the Rongguo Mansion came in to refill some tea. Niu Jicheng pretended to say, "Just now I heard a woman laughing outside, and someone called Miss. Isn't there no Miss in your house? Did you come back from the south?"

The little girl said: "Not at all."

Niu Jicheng tilted his head: "Weird. Well, I'm afraid I heard it wrong."

The little girl thought for a while and said: "There are two girls from relatives in our house, and reasoning will not come outside."

Niu Jicheng said: "I'm afraid it's their maid who came out to do some business."

"That's right." The little girl laughed, "Both girls are knowledgeable. They can read and write. It's not uncommon for them to send people outside to borrow books and bring them home. Maybe they heard people say that there are foreigners in Qiluzhai Just come in if you dare." Niu Jicheng nodded slightly, and took two sips of tea.

After she left, Niu Jicheng called his servant to come in and asked, "Have you been outside just now?"

The boy said: "I only went to have a rest once." Niu Jicheng couldn't help laughing.Nai ordered him in a low voice to find out if there was a girl from a relative's family living in the Rongguo Mansion and what her temperament was like, and she coughed again.The boy blinked and giggled twice, then took his orders and left.

Not long after, the servant came in and said, "Master, there are two girls from outside in this mansion. One is the daughter of a sea merchant in the south, surnamed Chen, who is the daughter-in-law of their third master Cong who has never been married. This time I came to the capital with Cong Sanye to pay homage to the ancestral hall and meet relatives and friends. The other is the daughter of Mrs. Liu, the prefect of Huizhou. I don’t know what kind of relatives they have no relationship with in their house. This Miss Liu is originally a lively People who live in this world are just suffering.”

Niu Jicheng asked, "What kind of hard life?"

The little fellow sighed: "It is said that a good family was arranged in Lingnan, and the man was about to get married, but the man died of illness. Miss Liu's father is an old Confucian, and the rules in the family are very strict. She is a widow. She finally reached the end of her filial piety, and she wanted to find another marriage, but there were rumors on the street that she had a hard life and killed her fiancé. Because she was depressed, she came to the north to relax." Nai Thief Xixi With a smile, "In terms of appearance, it's rare to hear about Miss Liu. They all compare Miss Chen to a bamboo that doesn't bloom, but Miss Liu is full of fragrant red roses."

Niu Jicheng scolded with a smile: "The guests are also naughty when they talk about it." He secretly understood who the woman was.

For a while Jia Cong came down from the yamen to meet in the study outside, looked at Niu Jicheng and sighed: "The last time I met Brother Niu by chance, I told some stories about the backyard. I don't think Mrs. Zun is gone."

Niu Jicheng thought of Mu's usual considerateness, and immediately shed tears: "I hoped to grow old with her..."

Jia Cong sighed again: "There is no destiny, you can't force it." He said some words of comfort to him, and then shed a few tears along with him.

Niu Jicheng bid farewell and went back to Zhenguo Mansion, first went to see his father, Mr. Niu, talked about today's events, and finally asked: "Does Rongguo Mansion and Huizhou Zhifu have any relatives?"

Master Niu thought for a long time: "Liu Yan, the prefect of Huizhou, was originally the prefect of Zhuzhou. After the division of the world, Wang Ziteng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, asked the court to send him over. The two of them are brothers-in-law, and Liu Yan's wife is the direct relative of Wang Ziteng's wife. Sister, I have nothing to do with the Rongguo Mansion, so I can barely be considered a relative of the outside world." Niu Jicheng understood.

Nai went inside again to see his mother, Mrs. Niu. The mother and son cried for a long time facing each other.Niu Jicheng knew that his mother respected the rules, so he didn't dare to mention the woman's true face, but only concealed that he heard a little girl say something about "Miss" in the Rongguo Mansion, and he wondered where they came from in the mansion. Miss, then ordered someone to inquire.

Mrs. Niu's heart moved, and she looked at her son with a smile.She thought, maybe her son had heard about Miss Liu's identity and appearance, which made her think.This child was like a log in previous years, how could he have opened his mind?Nai took his hand and said, "My good boy, I understand what you're thinking." Niu Jicheng blushed suddenly.

After her son left, Mrs. Niu sat in front of the desk holding a teacup and thought: What are some advantages of this Ms. Liu.One is that he is related to Teng, the prince of Guangdong and Guangxi, or he has a detour to involve a series of families including the Rongguo Mansion, and he is too far away from the most eye-catching Rongguo Mansion.Second, Guangdong and Guangxi have been prosperous in recent years, and Liu Yan, the magistrate of Huizhou, knows that he must be a rich man without guessing.Thirdly, relying on Wang Ziteng, their family's status in the south must be very high, so they are willing to let her watch the family.It shows that Mr. Liu Yan knows how to be polite, and the young servant's words of "respecting the rules" when they inquired about their house are not false.Fourth, the Mu family is good in everything, but his temperament is too dull, and the young daughter-in-law is lifeless.Ms. Liu has a lively temperament, which must be more attractive to Cheng'er.Besides, her status is neither high nor low, even if she is hired as a sequel to Cheng'er, the Dongping Palace has nothing to say.Her mother's family is not in the capital, so she is more obedient.I just don't know if she is really tough.

After thinking for two days and unable to find a way to get Miss Liu's birth date, Mrs. Niu suddenly had a thought: Their whole family is in the south, so why send her to Beijing?Could it be that he wanted to come to Beijing to seek a match because of the delay in his age?If so, I'm afraid her horoscope is not difficult to find out.So he sent someone anonymously to ask the official media.Theoretically, a woman's horoscope should not be seen by others unless she is talking about marriage. It's just that "money can turn ghosts around" in the world.But within two or three days, the official media sent a letter back.

Mrs. Niu ordered to quietly send this horoscope to a famous gentleman to figure out whether it was hard or not. The gentleman said: "The fate of great blessing. It's just that her man must have great luck, otherwise he can't bear it." Mrs. Niu Overjoyed, she thought that her first fiancé was a daughter-in-law who was poorly blessed and couldn't bear the great blessing.I was not at ease, so I asked a few more fortune tellers to do some calculations, and they all said that the fortune was profound.Taking Niu Jicheng's horoscope together, the two agree very much.Mrs. Niu secretly turned to Miss Liu in her heart.

So he ordered his married daughter to find out if Second Grandma Bao in Rongguo Mansion had anything to do to enjoy flowers and theaters recently.She thought, if the Liu family wanted to marry their daughter in Beijing, they would have to entrust Second Mistress Fu Bao to take her around.Grandma Niu came to the mansion in person and said that Second Grandma Bao of Rongguo Mansion had recently acquired a kind of seafood called "cocoa tea", and she wanted to use it to entertain all the wives and grandma in Beijing.

Mrs. Niu hurriedly asked, "Can you go?"

Her daughter said: "I already got the post. It's just that my sister-in-law just disappeared. Where can I go to the banquet?"

Mrs. Niu waved her hands again and again: "You have already left the cabinet, why should you worry about this? It's irrelevant." Then she took her daughter's hand, whispered her brother's thoughts and found out by herself these days.

Aunt Niu frowned slightly: "My sister-in-law just passed away, so why do Cheng brothers miss the woman next to him?"

Mrs. Niu sighed: "Mr. Mu is really a rare good wife in the world. It is the blessing of the third generation to have your younger brother who has her. However, the two of them are not destined. I told her that day that the mountain road is rough. It's difficult, and it's at the height of Xiangshan Mountain, so it's better to wait until the road is repaired; she just refuses to listen, and she can't blame anyone. Our family has been looking for her for more than ten days, and has done everything that should be done. Your brother always wants to continue, isn't he? It’s just that Miss Liu’s character, family background, furniture, and appearance are all suitable.” Grandma Niu was still not very happy, and she didn’t dare to disobey her mother’s order, so she had to comply.

Two days later, Shi Xiangyun entertained the female relatives of the capital in Jiyue Garden, and even the princess of Yanwang's mansion invited one to come.She was accompanied by a girl surnamed Liu, who was bright and charming, and behaved dignifiedly and politely.When Grandma Niu saw this woman, she guessed that her brother must have seen her.Otherwise, how could he think about it just by a few words from the servants?Miss Liu really deserves the word "rose flower".

Since she is the daughter of an important official in the south, she has that kind of appearance, she has very good rules of advance and retreat, and she is dressed in rich and noble clothes. Naturally, there must be wives and grandma around to talk and inquire about her age and temperament.Grandma Niu also found some free time to talk to her, and it turned out that she was well-rounded.By the way, help her younger brother find out Miss Liu's boudoir name: her original name was Yunxi.