dream of red mansion

Chapter 419 Zhang Chang?

After having dinner with Xichun, he sent her back to Rongguo Mansion. Jia Qing didn't stay in Rongguo Mansion too long, and then went into the garden as usual to see if there was anything that needed to be repaired.

Yesterday, because Mother Jia was going to visit the garden, I temporarily avoided the irrelevant people.Now, under the arrangement of managers at all levels, groups of craftsmen and handymen enter the garden in an orderly manner to make the final perfect decoration.

All of this must be completed before July, leaving enough room for welcoming the Yuanchun provincial relatives.Today, time is running out.

Taking Qinfangxi as the center, he walked the main road of the garden, and only stopped at a few important scenic spots, then Jia Qing left the garden from the east gate.

Outside the east gate is Ningguo Mansion.

This is a gate directly connecting Ningguo Mansion and the garden.In the future, from Ningguo Mansion to Rongguo Mansion, you can come through the Grand View Garden, which is convenient for the family members in the two mansions to communicate and move around.

After leaving the east gate, next to it is the Tianxiang Building, which occupies a rather large area.At this time, in the front building, there is the sound of Xiao Guan, Sheng and flute, spreading in all directions with the mood of praising the prosperous age.

Jia Qing couldn't help slowing down, and slowly walked towards the front building.

Tianxiang Building, since it is called a building, is different from the other buildings. The main building is as high as three floors.

In Houmen's mansion like Jia's mansion, the general houses do not have a second floor.Pavilions like this are used for leisure.

Tianxiang Building is no exception. At the beginning of its construction, it was used as a place for entertainment and theater for the family members, so the yard in front of the front building is very spacious.

Jia Qing chose this point, and placed Murong Yanran and other twelve dancers here.Anyway, there are enough houses in Tianxiang Building for them to live in.

With these more than a dozen dancers staying in, plus their own little girls who are dedicated to serving them and those nuns, Tianxiang Building has quickly become a veritable singing and dancing place from a storage place of sundries. field.Not only is it becoming more and more popular, but you can also hear the music of dancers performing dances at any time.

Soon Jia Qing walked up to the main entrance, taking in all the scenes inside.

Facing the melodious and ups and downs of the music, a series of graceful figures danced in the courtyard very nimbly.

On the eaves on the second floor of the front, four or five figures in the same gorgeous costumes stand quietly, playing the zither, playing the pipa, or playing the flute.

The voice is melodious and the dance is graceful. Jia Qing likes this sentiment very much and doesn't disturb, just standing quietly outside the door to listen and appreciate.

Suddenly, the sound of music on the second floor became a little messy for some reason, and even the sweaty dancers dancing below were a little out of place.

Because of this slight disagreement, the other people in the courtyard who had been silent in it came back to their senses, and then, soon someone found Jia Qing outside the door.

A figure walked over quickly, and said with a little surprise: "Second Uncle, are you here?"

It was Qin Keqing.

Jia Qing nodded, walked into the yard, and said, "Are you watching them rehearse in person again?"

Qin Keqing nodded: "I have nothing to do when I'm free, so I came to watch them dance. Every one of them dances so well, it's so beautiful."

Jia Qing could hear the envy in Qin Keqing's tone, and said, "You like dancing too?"

Qin Keqing was taken aback for a moment, and then said a little shyly, "Second Uncle was joking, I just think they dance very well."

No matter how you say it, she is still the young mistress of Ningguo Mansion, how can she dance, it is a low-level skill.

Jia Qing was noncommittal, the restrictions on women in this era are too great, this is not in line with etiquette, and that is also not in line with etiquette. Only prostitutes can do what these future generations of stars do in a fair manner.

Singing, dancing, acting (player).

Jia Qing has always felt that with Qin Keqing's figure, if she learns to dance, she must look good.Therefore, when he found out that Qin Keqing was very interested in these twelve dancers, he directly handed over the task of managing them to her.

After Jia Qing came in, the music and dancing stopped, and all the girls looked at Jia Qing who came in.

Jia Qing also looked at these girls.Obviously, the eight girls who danced in the middle were the most eye-catching because they were wearing dance skirts and long veils.

It will be June Day soon, and their outfits are thinner and more attractive than what Jia Qing saw on the Slender West Lake for the first time.

Speaking of it, because of Jia Qing's own reasons, he seldom enters Tianxianglou, he is not familiar with these girls, and the only one he knows is Murong Yanran, who is the head of the crowd.

"The slave family has seen the master."

Seeing Jia Qing's eyes on her, Murong Yanran bowed gracefully.

The girls next to her also said: "I have seen the master."

Jia Qing nodded, then looked at the four dancing girls who were dressed in slightly different but equally graceful in the corridor in the distance.Seeing them, the four bowed down to Jia Jiaqing from afar.

So many beauties carefully greeted him, making him feel like a lion king. All females must be dominated by him!

"What's the name of the dance you just danced?"

Jia Qing asked the charming Murong Yanran.

"Master, the dance we practiced just now is "Ming Jun"." Murong Yanran replied softly.

"So this is "Ming Jun", no wonder it is so sad and melodious."

Although Jia Qing is not involved in the study of singing and dancing, he has heard of these historically famous songs.

Like "Lingbo Dance" and Xie Aman, "Ming Jun" also comes from a famous beauty in ancient times--Lvzhu. The dance "Mingjun" should have been called Zhaojun Dance, because at that time Shi Chong wrote a poem praising Wang Zhaojun and asked Lvzhu to choreograph the dance. Later, in order to avoid the taboo of Sima Zhao's name, it was changed to "Mingjun".

Speaking of which, most of the peerless famous songs have a story in them, and they all involve a peerless beauty.

Hearing Jia Qing's praise, Qin Keqing said with a smile: "Since the second uncle likes to watch, why not let them dance again, and the daughter-in-law waits for the second uncle to sit upstairs and watch it, how good is that?"

"Forget it, I just read it again, it's very good. I have something to do later, so I won't stay any longer."

Hearing what Jia Qing said, regret appeared on Qin Keqing's face, but she still said softly, "Then, I'll see off my second uncle."

Jia Qing nodded, looked at Manyuan Jiaoqiao again, turned and left, and Qin Keqing followed behind.

As soon as Jia Qing left, murmurs broke out in the audience.

What is being discussed is naturally Jia Qing.

Speaking of which, they were all just girls of sixteen or seventeen years old. When they went to Beijing, they were each worried.Now that I have been in Jia's Mansion for a few months, I gradually discovered that it seems that this place is not as dark as the seniors said, on the contrary, it looks better than Jiaofangsi
The food and clothing of the same color are all first-class!There are several servants in the Ningguo Mansion, and no one dares to bully them.

Dance girls are originally more noble than servants.Because no one can tell when they will fly on the branches and become phoenixes!

In other words, the dancing girl was originally the best servant.

Even the women, headed by Nanny Rong, stayed in Ningguo Mansion for several months, and after seeing the grandeur of the Duke's Mansion thoroughly, they were already weak in heart.Seeing that the young mistress of Ningguo Mansion treats these girls differently, she no longer dares to scold and teach them like before.

Today, they seem to have become the rare class of people between the master and the slave.

It's just that Jia Qing seldom came by their side, which made them wonder.It's not right to say that Jia Qing doesn't like them, because every time Jia Qing sees them, she is always pleasant.

If you say you like it, it's been almost half a year, and the number of times they have seen Jia Qing can be counted on the fingers
Moreover, Jia Qing did not allow them to perform at the banquet in Ningguo Mansion.There were two times when Jia's mother and sisters from Jia's house came over, and they were asked to dance twice in public.

Seeing Jia Qing again today naturally aroused their interest in discussing.

"Sister Yudie, do you think we danced well just now? Does he like it or not?"

"Hee hee. The master looks so pretty when he smiles."

Listening to the whispers of her sisters, Murong Yanran sighed in her heart.Obviously, after just a few months, these sisters already have a certain sense of belonging here.

He also has a certain degree of curiosity and affection for Jia Qing, who has a noble status but always has a gentle face.

Yes, they were originally rootless duckweed.For them, this place is indeed heaven.

However, Murong Yanran had different concerns about the outcome.

Although this place is the most prosperous and glorious place in the world, to them, it is more like an extremely solid cage.Although life is stable and peaceful now, no one knows where the critical point is.

But Murong Yanran knew that this kind of life would not last forever, and would change sooner or later, but she didn't know when the fission day would be, and what it would be like!
Perhaps, she should take the initiative to do something.

Murong Yanran looked outside the courtyard, and a thought came to her mind.

After Jia Qing and Qin Keqing went out, because the two servant girls Ruizhu and Baozhu followed, Qin Keqing didn't do anything to him, but sent him on the right path.

So Jia Qing went directly to the second door.

He wants to go to the steward's room to make arrangements for the next important day.

Called together the most important stewards in Ningguo Mansion, just said a few important things, suddenly Wang Shun hurried in, walked up to him, whispered:
"Second Lord, Ma Jun said he saw Brother Zhang in the back street."

Jia Qing frowned, not understanding what Wang Shun meant.Seeing this, Wang Shun lowered his voice again and said, "Brother Zhang Chang!"

Jia Qing froze, thinking for a moment that she had heard wrong.But seeing Wang Shun's serious eyes, Jia Qing only paused for two seconds, then suddenly got up and said to the housekeepers: "You guys discuss first, I have something to go out."

"When did this happen?"

Following Wang Shun out, Jia Qing kept asking questions.

"I don't know, it's just that brother Ma found me and asked me to tell the second master that he met a strangely dressed person in the back street, who seemed to be brother Zhang, but just as he wanted to go up to take a closer look, the other party hid When it opened, he couldn't keep up."

Xu was afraid that Jia Qing would think they were making a fuss out of a molehill, so Wang Shun continued: "But Brother Ma said, he thinks that person must be Brother Zhang. Brother Ma said that they have eaten and dressed together for so many years, although the other party I changed my outfit, but the aura on my body cannot be changed.”

Jia Qing was silent.If Ma Jun wasn't sure, he wouldn't dare to disturb him with such a thing. Besides, if he was an irrelevant person, why would he hide when he saw Ma Jun?
Zhang Chang went from Ningguo Mansion to Beihai to fetch ice last May, and now it has been more than a year. Together with the guards who went with him at the beginning, there has been no news of them coming back, as if they had evaporated from the world. .

Jia Qing also used his connections to inquire, but to no avail.

At the corner gate, Ma Jun was waiting there anxiously.Seeing Jia Qing coming, he hurried over and said, "I've seen the second master."

Then, without too much humility, he said directly: "Second Master, I really saw Brother Zhang just now!"

Jia Qing waved his hand to show that he understood, and said: "Let's go, let's talk when we get there."

"Yes."

Ma Jun had already arranged for the horses and accompanying guards to go out, so Jia Qing and his party rode straight forward, and arrived at their destination in less than half a stick of incense.

In an alley in the back street of Ningguo Mansion, several servants of Jia's Mansion lived here.

One of the households was Zhang Chang's family, the former guard of Jia Qing in Ningguo Mansion.

"Second Master."

At the gate of the courtyard, which is not considered simple, King Zhao Sheng welcomed the two of them up to lead Jia Qing's horse.They came here as soon as they got the news from Ma Jun.

Behind, Zhang Chang's elderly father saw that Jia Qing came riding in person, and hurried forward to kowtow to Jia Qing.

Jia Qing asked him to get up, and then looked at Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng shook his head.

Jia Qingming understood, so he said, "Let's go, let's talk inside."

Father Zhang hurriedly led Jia Qing and others into the gate of the courtyard.

Zhang Chang's father was originally a steward of the Ningguo Mansion, otherwise, he would not have been able to do such a good job as Jia Qing's bodyguard.Only after what happened to Zhang Chang, Jia Qing sent him home with pay for retirement.

Zhang Chang also has a wife and a ten-year-old son. His mother is dead.Although after Zhang Chang left, there was only one old woman and three weak people left, but life was very good. At least, there was no shortage of material things!
After entering the house, Zhang Chang's wife originally wanted to come over to see what was going on, but was stopped by the general Wang, so Zhang Chang's wife was a little worried, not knowing what happened, which caused Jia Qing and others to hurry Come here.

In the room, after Jia Qing sat down, he looked at Father Zhang with piercing eyes, and did not look back until he felt a little uneasy.

It seems that Zhang Chang didn't come to see his father, or he didn't see him in person.
That's right, if Zhang Chang came back, even if he dared to avoid seeing him, then it would be reasonable not to come to see his father.

In the middle, something must have happened that made him unwilling, afraid, or unable to show his face to them.

Jia Qing had an intuition that Zhang Chang should not be dead yet.

Although, this year, they have not heard from them at all.

Seeing Zhang's father standing there at a loss, looking like he wanted to ask something but didn't dare, Jia Qing knew that Zhao Sheng and the two must have not told him the extravagant words that Zhang Chang might still be alive.

Jia Qing didn't intend to tell him either, because he couldn't bear to let the old man who had been traumatized once be disappointed again!
Let's wait until we find someone.

"Guard Zhang, is there any suspicious person peeping around your house recently, and you dare not let you find out?" Jia Qing asked.

Zhang's father was puzzled: "Go back to the second master, the villain didn't find anyone nearby."

　I can't read the previous chapter, it's in the group.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)