Enemies in the Red Chamber

Xiangling was confused when the old lady talked about her mother, and followed Yuanyang into the cubicle to talk.Yuanyang asked her: "Do you remember where your home is? Who else is there? What does your mother look like?"

Xiangling shook her head, "A lot of people have asked this question, but I don't remember them all. I just vaguely remember that it was like a Lantern Festival, there were people everywhere, and I was carried away when I was sitting on the threshold."

Yuanyang sighed: "That may really be your mother. When the second master told the old lady, he also said that the family was a lost child during the Lantern Festival. He was exactly four years old. Although you don't remember your birthday, you are roughly the same as you. She is about the same age, and has a little rouge mole between her eyebrows."

Xiangling was overjoyed, she thought that she would never know who her biological parents were in this life, but she never thought that she would be able to make a difference now.Quickly asked: "Good sister, tell me, where is my mother?"

Yuanyang sighed, "It's a good thing that you can go home, but it's a pity that it's hard to say now."

Xiangling asked urgently: "What's going on? Could it be that my family background is not good? Sister, tell me quickly, don't hide it."

The old lady who got the mandarin ducks told her to tell her everything, and said: "The bad thing is that the family background is too good. I heard from the second master that your family was originally a noble family, and your father still has a reputation. If you hadn't met a kidnapper , you are a serious young lady. You knew that Mr. Xue beat someone to death when he bought you. The person who judged this case was recommended by the second master, so Mr. Xue is fine. But this person is better than you The favor of your biological father, now your wife is your mother's maid, so I won't know you when I see you like this, but he let the lard cover his heart and ignored you. Now your mother came here, and the one who was beaten to death The old servant of the family went to Dali Temple to file a complaint. The old servant accused Uncle Xue of disregarding human life. Your mother sued Uncle Xue for forcing him to be a lowly person and sued the official for being ungrateful and taking his concubine as his wife. Now, the old servant has been bumped to death outside the gate of Dali Temple , your mother is still in custody at the Dali Temple, it is a serious crime for the people to sue the officials, and when the lawsuit is over, you will be punished and exiled."

Xiangling was dumbfounded, and didn't answer for a long time.After a cup of tea, he said leisurely: "After all, it's my own mother, but why bother, why don't you just forget about me as a daughter."

Yuanyang said angrily: "What are you talking about!"

Xiangling choked up and said: "In the past so many years, I have not fulfilled my filial piety a day, and my mother will die for me. It is better to die early." Hitting the board and exile did not hesitate to take her life.Xiangling felt that knowing that she had a mother, and that her mother still missed her all the time, this was the mercy of the heavens.

Yuanyang said: "The old lady's meaning is to ask you to meet first to see if it is your mother. Blood is thicker than water. Mother and daughter will naturally know when they meet. Don't let someone inquire about you and pretend to be framed." Uncle Xue’s. If it’s not, it’s another story. If it’s your own mother, you are already in Uncle Xue’s room. The old lady called Aunt Xue and Uncle Xue took her home to take care of her. I also call you a serious second wife, after all, you are a girl from a serious scholar family, so you can't be wronged. We are all a family, so it's better not to make troubles and make friends, don't you think?"

Xiangling understood and bowed her head in silence.Yuanyang pushed her, "What do you think?"

Xiangling whispered: "I want to meet my mother first."

Yuanyang sighed and persuaded: "Silly girl, you have to think about yourself and your mother. What's the use of fighting? I heard that you have no uncles or brothers above you. Since you lost you, your family has also been raped." The fire burned cleanly, your father left with two monks and priests, and your mother has no one to take care of you. You are already Uncle Xue's person, so what kind of life can you live even if you go out? Although we are girls, we were also precious and precious since we were young How do you live when you were raised, rolling in the mud all day long and worrying about eating a single bite? And your mother, if you really want to be boarded and exiled to a place of bitter cold, you might die halfway, it’s so hard for mother and daughter Are you willing to reunite? If not, forget it, do as the old lady said, and live a good life. A serious second wife is no more than a concubine. You can beat and scold at will, even if you have a wife in the future, you will have a place , the child is also a serious master. What do you think?"

Xiangling lowered her head but did not speak.Yuanyang had no choice but to let her think about it first, and go out and tell the old lady by herself.The old lady could only instruct Jia Zheng to see if Xiang Ling could see Feng Shi first.

It's just that I met, but it was not the private meeting that the old lady wanted, but someone from Dali Temple personally came to pick up Xiangling, and the mother and daughter met in the court.

Feng Shi has long since lost her original appearance and temperament, but when Xiang Ling saw Feng Shi, she felt close, tears couldn't stop flowing, Feng Shi only took one look and decided that this was really her daughter.But these cannot be used as the basis for Dali Temple to judge the case. Feng's story about her daughter can also be faked.At first, everyone thought that Feng Shi would not be able to produce evidence, but Feng Shi took out a painting from his arms with trembling hands, making everyone feel that they underestimated this woman.

"This is when Yinglian was three years old. My master learned a new painting method from a foreigner and painted portraits for our family of three. Yinglian's face resembles mine, her facial features resemble my master's, and the center of her eyebrows A little rouge mole. If the old man doesn't believe it, just go to a knowledgeable old man to see if it is an old painting from more than ten years ago."

The presiding officer of Dali Temple is a well-educated son of an aristocratic family, and he has some skills in identifying gold, stone, calligraphy and painting. He can tell that this is indeed an old thing more than ten years ago when he shakes off the portrait, and there is absolutely no possibility of fraud.Looking at the content again, it really doesn't just look at the artistic conception like the usual portraits. The eyebrows, eyes, clothes, and hair of the characters in this painting are clearly visible.Inside is a man and a woman holding a little girl carved in powder and jade. The man is elegant and the woman is gentle. Sure enough, Xiangling's face now looks like a woman's facial features like a man's.It is certain to pass it on to others.Coupled with the investigation of Mrs. Jia Yucun's hometown and the testimony of the unscrupulous person who is now an officer and a disciple, the key to this case is clear.Everything that the old servant of the Feng family and Zhen Feng said is true.

In this way, the presiding judge made a verdict.The general idea is: Xue Pan ordered the connivance of the slaves to beat people to death, forcibly robbed the daughter of the Zhen family in Suzhou and forced her to be a lowly woman, fined her [-] yuan in silver, and sent her to exile in northern Xinjiang to make atonement.Jia Yucun violated the law and protected Xue Pan, and took his concubine Jiao Xing as his wife, but as an official, he was handed over to the holy judge.Zhenfeng's people sued the officials, and they were punished twenty times according to the law, and they were allotted to the frontier.Zhen's Yinglian got rid of her humble status and got three thousand silver from Xue's family as compensation.

Xiangling fell to her knees and kowtowed, "I beseech you to learn from me, the mother of the daughter of the people loves her daughter and is eager to sue the government with the people. The daughter of the people is unfilial and has not repaid the kindness of her birth. Now she is willing to be punished on behalf of her mother to repay her kindness."

The presiding judge naturally refused, and only agreed that Feng Shi does not have to be detained in prison, but can live with Xiangling, and they will leave together after three months.After leaving the hall, I went to write a memorial and report it.Mother and daughter of the Feng family hugged each other and wept.

The guy who went to find Feng Shi and Xiang Ling outside was the guy who went to find Feng Shi back then. The three of them had a lot of money, so they simply rented a small courtyard to live in.

Two days later, Jia Yucun was deprived of his official position, and together with Jiao Xing, he was escorted to Beijing for trial.

Although the Feng family sought justice for their daughter, they also spared her the fate of continuing to be a concubine. Unfortunately, her daughter is no longer innocent, and she may not be able to find a good family for her before she is exiled.

At night, the mother and daughter lay facing each other, Feng Shi touched Yinglian's hair and said: "Yinglian, don't blame mother, my daughter is innocent, even if she starves to death, she can't be a concubine!"

Yinglian said: "Daughter doesn't blame Mother, she knows that Mother is doing it for my own good. I heard people say that my father is still famous, and our family is also a noble family. If my daughter knew her background earlier, she would rather die than become a concubine. For sake."

Tears came to Feng's eyes again, "This is life!" He asked again: "My mother will be exiled in three months, and I don't know if I can save my life. Do you have a plan in mind? Don't be shy either, just us mother and daughter, plan carefully. I can't find you a good family for a while, so I thought I might as well entrust the little brother who sent me to Beijing to send you to your grandparents' house , although your grandfather, uncle and aunt are a little narrow-minded, they will never really disregard your life and death. At that time, I had nothing to seek refuge in the past, and they didn’t let me starve to death. Being close is also a reliance, it is still possible to feed you and help you find a husband's family. We don't want to be too nice, as long as we treat you well, we can make ends meet. What do you think?"

The Feng family was most afraid that her daughter, who was used to the behavior of a wealthy family, would be dazzled by the prosperity, and would only think about being rich and prosperous, but in the end, she would blame her instead.

Yinglian shook her head, "I won't go, I want to be with my mother. My mother was exiled for me, so I followed her to the frontier. I finally got my mother and a family. I don't want to be separated from my mother."

Feng sighed: "Silly girl, my mother has been chasing you for more than ten years. Do you think my mother is willing to separate from you? There is no way. My daughter is beautiful and good-natured. People in the frontier are said to be barbaric. You follow mother to the frontier, and mother can't protect you. I can find you in this life, and you can rest in peace when mother dies. I don't dare to ask for more. Be obedient, ah!"

Yinglian closed her eyes and said nothing.

Early the next morning. "Ah, girl, what are you doing?!"

Feng Shi was startled awake by this cry, turned over and Yinglian was not on the bed, Feng Shi was flustered and ran out without shoes.Pushing open the door, I almost fainted. The little brother was fighting with Yinglian for a pair of scissors. Yinglian's hair was disheveled and her face was covered in blood.

"Mrs. Zhen, come quickly, Miss Zhen is going to disfigure her face with scissors."

Feng's frightened Hun'er just came back and hurried over to stop Yinglian.He was so angry that he slapped her hard, "What are you going to do? Are you going to scare your mother to death?"

Yinglian cried and said: "This face is the cause of trouble, today I will destroy the root of this trouble, mother, don't abandon me, let me serve you!"

Feng wailed loudly.Seeing the mother and daughter like this, the kid didn't want to persuade them, so he hurried out to ask for a doctor.

Yinglian had already made two deep cuts on her face with scissors. The doctor shook her head and said that it was hopeless, and the scars on her face were certain, so she prescribed medicine to stop bleeding and reduce swelling.

Feng patted Yinglian bitterly, and Yinglian grinned happily.