The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 7 Entering the Rongguofu for the first time

Accompanied by Jia Zheng and Jia Lian's uncle and nephew, Mu Xu entered the gate of Rongguo Mansion. On the way, he took a closer look at the layout of Rongguo Mansion. Compared with his own palace, although the specifications were slightly different, they were generally similar. After all, these mansions were all founding state It was built together by the imperial court.Because it is an imperial gift mansion, future generations dare not change the layout indiscriminately.

Walk through the front yard, pass the marble screen wall, pass through an east-west hallway, and after going to the south hall, you come to a large courtyard inside the Yimen.

I saw the five large main rooms above, and the side rooms on both sides of the deer top ear room drilled into the mountain, extending in all directions, magnificent and majestic.Mu Xu knew that this was a serious inner room, a big corridor, directly out of the gate.Entering the main room, when you look up, you will see a large red gold plaque with nine dragons and green ground. On the plaque, there are three big characters written in big characters. Jia Yuan", and "Wanji Chenhan's Treasure".On the big red sandalwood carving table, there is a three-foot-high green and green bronze tripod, hanging a large painting of ink dragon waiting to be leaked, one side is golden scorpion, and the other is glass.There are sixteen nanmu chairs in two rows underground, and there is another pair of couplets, which are ebony couplets, inlaid with chiseled silver writing, which read:

The pearls on the seat illuminate the sun and the moon, and the haze glows in front of the hall.

The following line of small characters reads: "My brother from the same hometown, Xun Xi, Dongping County Wang Mu Shi worshiped the handwriting."

Seeing the great-grandfather's handwriting, Mu Xu didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly bowed to the handwriting three times.Seeing Mu Xu being so courteous, Jia Zheng couldn't help stroking his beard and smiling.After Mu Xu finished his ceremony, he was invited to sit down again.

Mu Xu refused to accept his resignation, and finally sat on the first big chair in Dongshou.

After Mu Xu sat down, Jia Zhengfang sat on the west head, Jia Lian stood behind him, and ordered the servant girl to serve tea.

After Mu Xu took the teacup and took a sip, Jia Zhengcai said, "I heard that the concubine and the eldest son are returning to Beijing. I should have gone to see them earlier. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient due to the busy business in the palace. I would come to the palace in person when the palace is free. I don't want to let the son bow down to kiss me, it really makes the lower officials feel ashamed."

Mu Xu didn't dare to say, "What did Uncle Shi say, not to mention that the great-grandfather and the noble-grandfather are not only close friends in the same robes, but also fellow-country friends. When the grandfather was there, he also had an inseparable friendship with the Xianrong Kingdom. The younger generation came to the door in person It is also necessary to pay respects to the old lady, I wonder if the old lady is in good health?"

"My mother has always been in good health, but she doesn't like to go out, and she is comfortable talking and laughing with her grandchildren in the mansion every day." Jia Zheng agreed, and also asked if Concubine Zhang was well.

Mu Xu replied with a smile, "The elderly are old and don't like to go out. My grandmother is also like this at home every day. Fortunately, her body is still relatively strong."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Mu Xu asked about Jia She. After all, Jia She was the head of the Rongguo Mansion. It was a bit strange that the guests had not seen each other for so long.

Hearing Mu Xu's question about Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng's uncles and nephews all had strange expressions on their faces. Seeing Jia Zheng's embarrassment and not knowing how to reply, Jia Lian had no choice but to answer,
"My son asked me, my father went to a friend's banquet yesterday and didn't want to drink a few more glasses of wine. Today, he got a bit of a cold and it's really inconvenient to see guests. Please forgive me."

Looking at the expressions of Jia Zheng and Jia Lian, Mu Xu didn't know there was something hidden in it. Fortunately, he was only polite and didn't really care about Jia Amnesty, so he didn't ask any more questions immediately, but told him to take care of his health.

Jia Lian thanked Mu Xu for his father's concern.Jia Zheng on the side heaved a sigh of relief. It is true that Jia She took another concubine yesterday and was so drunk that he is still lying dead in the east courtyard. It is really hard to tell others. Fortunately, Jia Lian still has Somewhat quick-witted.

While Mu Xu was talking with Jia Zheng's uncle and nephew, he saw a servant girl walking back and forth, "Master, the old lady heard that the son is coming to the house, and wants to invite him to meet him."

Seeing Jia Zheng looking at him, Mu Xu replied, "When I come to the house, I naturally want to see the old lady. Besides, when I come, my mother also has something to ask."

Jia Zheng wondered, "I don't know what orders the princess has?"

Mu Xu told the truth immediately, and Jia Zheng couldn't help lamenting his own sister again.Then he wanted to take Mu Xu to meet Jia Mu in Rongqing Hall, but Mu Xu quickly declined, because it was too tiring to talk to Jia Zheng, an old scholar, so Jia Zheng had no choice but to order Jia Lian to take him to the backyard without mentioning it.

Under the leadership of Jia Lian, Mu Xu entered the Chuihua Gate. On both sides were Chaoshou verandahs, and in the middle was a hallway. There was a large marble screen with red sandalwood shelves.Turning around the screen, there are three small halls, and behind the halls is the main courtyard behind.There are five upper rooms on the front, all with carved beams and painted buildings. On both sides, there are corridors and rooms on the side of the mountain, with parrots, thrushes and other birds hanging in various colors.On the platform, there were a few girls in red and green sitting. When they saw them coming, they hurriedly greeted them with smiles.

Before Jia Lian could report, several people scrambled to open the curtain, and someone replied inside, "Second Master Lian has brought a distinguished guest."

Mu Xu also had no choice but to follow Jia Lian into the room, and saw an old lady with silver hair sitting on the couch in the main hall, so she knew it was Jia Mushi, and immediately went to see her.

Jia's mother hurriedly asked Jia Lian to support Mu Xu, and ordered the maid to ask Mu Xu to sit down and serve a cup of tea.Pointing to the two middle-aged women standing beside her, he introduced them to Jia Shexuan Xing and Jia Zheng's wife Wang.

It was another salute before sitting down to talk.Mother Jia first asked Concubine Zhang and Princess Changning, and Mu Xu answered them one by one, and then said hello to Mother Jia on behalf of Concubine Zhang.

Mother Jia thanked her, and asked Mu Xu what she was busy with at home and whether she had studied.Mu Xu replied, "I've only read a few books, and I can read some characters. Because I don't like reading, my father specially found a martial arts master to teach me martial arts."

Hearing what he said, Jia Mu pointed at him and smiled and said to Mrs. Wang, "As I said in the past, people like us don't need to study hard all day just to learn some words like those poor children. If you burn yourself out just to study, what can you do?"

Mrs. Wang nodded naturally, and Jia Mu went on to say, "Baoyu was forced to study by his master in the past. If there was anything wrong, he would just yell and scold him and ask for family law every now and then. It's just that he thinks I'm protecting you. Really?" Let him come and listen to what the prince has to say."

Mu Xu cursed in his heart, he was just being polite, he really treated everyone like your phoenix egg.But he still asked,
"What the old matriarch is talking about is that the younger brother who was born with jade will not succeed? I have heard people talk about it a lot in the past, why don't you see me today, the old matriarch might as well invite you to meet me."

When Mu Xu said that she was born with jade, Mrs. Xing, who was behind Jia's mother, curled her lips slightly, and then put on a dignified look, but Mrs. Wang couldn't hide the smile on her face.

When Mu Xu saw this scene, he also sighed. It seems that the contradiction between Jia's parents' room and the second room's is really serious.

Mother Jia turned her back to them, so she couldn't see behind them. When Mu Xu asked about Jia Baoyu, she hurriedly sent someone to call him over.

After a while, I heard a word from outside, "Baoyu is here."

Mu Xu was also curious about the protagonist in the original novel of the Red Chamber, so he looked at the door, only to see a young man who was younger than himself coming in. Here is the original description of Mr. Cao:

Wearing a purple gold crown with hair inlaid on his head, Qi eyebrows with two dragons grabbing gold and wiping the forehead; wearing a two-color gold hundred butterfly wearing red arrow sleeves with flowers, tied with multicolored silk and knotted with long spikes, and the outer cover There are eight groups of Japanese satin fringe jackets with azure flowers, and small blue satin powder-soled court boots.The face is like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the color is like the flowers of spring dawn, the temples are like cut by knives, the eyebrows are like ink paintings, the face is like peach petals, and the eyes are like autumn waves.Although he is angry and sometimes smiles, he is angry and affectionate.On the neck is a gold Chi Yingluo, and there is a five-color silk sash tied with a piece of beautiful jade. "

Mu Xu really couldn't appreciate this outfit, Jia Baoyu was dressed in red and green, and he was dressed like a peacock.Well, by the way, his face is indeed very big, the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, no wonder some people in the previous life called him a big face treasure, which is quite appropriate.

When Jia Mu saw Jia Baoyu coming in, she hurriedly introduced him to Mu Xu.Jia Baoyu bowed to Mu Xu, "I have met your son." After all, he is the son of everyone, so he is very polite.

Mu Xu returned a salute, "Brother Shi, you don't need to be too polite. You and I have been friends for many generations, and Brother Shi just call me Shibro."

Jia Baoyu nodded in agreement, Mu Xu asked him about his studies, gave him a few words of encouragement, and asked about his precious jade.

When Mu Xu received it in his hand, he saw that the jade was bigger than a quail egg, and it was red as a whole. Eliminate evil spirits, cure diseases secondly, know misfortune and good fortune thirdly.”

After watching the jade, he was about to return it to Jia Baoyu, but suddenly he felt the bead in his mind turn sharply, and he felt a warm current enter the bead along the hand holding the jade, and circulated on the bead again and again. After returning to his body, he felt warm and indescribably comfortable. If no one was there, he might have cried out.

It's not easy for him to check the changes in the beads and his body outside, and he feels that the beads have returned to calm.Only then did he return it to Jia Baoyu under Mrs. Wang's nervous eyes.

He deliberately concealed, "This piece of jade, Shidi, is not ordinary at first glance. You should wear it carefully in usual times. If you don't lose it, that would be too bad. After all, it was brought from the womb. Don't do anything to Shidi at that time." What's in the way."

Jia Baoyu didn't care too much, and said, "It's not magical to wear it from birth, so it's okay to lose it if you think about it."

Before he could say anything more, Mother Jia became anxious and said quickly, "What nonsense are you talking about, this jade was brought from your womb. Dare to lose it."

Mrs. Wang also reprimanded a few words, that's all.

(End of this chapter)