Dream of the Red Mansion

It is said that when Jia Lian went to Mrs. Wang's side, she told them one by one.The next day, I went to the Ministry to make arrangements, and when I came back, I went to Mrs. Wang's side to inform about the arrangements for the Ministry of Officials.Mrs. Wang then said: "Are you sure about it? Sure enough, the master is willing, and the whole family is also at ease. How can anyone do that! If you don't come back like that, I'm afraid those bastards will kill the master's life." It's gone!" Jia Lian said, "Where does Madam know?" Mrs. Wang said, "Since your second uncle let go of his foreign job, he hasn't got any money back. He has gone to the house for a long time. Look at those who go with the master." He's a man, when his man is outside for a long time, those little old women will dress up in gold and silver. Aren't they trying to get money out of the master? Your uncle will let them make trouble, if something happens , not only can't be my own official, I'm afraid even the ancestor's official will be erased." Jia Lian said: "Auntie is very right. I heard about Shen just now, and I was so frightened. I didn't feel relieved until I found out. I also hope that the master can be a Beijing official and work comfortably for a few years before he can keep his reputation for a lifetime. Even if the old lady knows, she can rest assured, as long as the wife speaks more leniently." Mrs. Wang said: "I I know. You can inquire after all.”

Jia Lian agreed and was about to come out when she saw the old lady of Aunt Xue's family come in a hurry and went to Mrs. Wang's room without saying hello, and said, "Our wife asked me to tell the aunt here that our family is gone." It's terrible, something happened again." After hearing this, Mrs. Wang asked, "What happened?" The woman said again, "It's amazing, it's amazing!" Mrs. Wang snorted, "You stupid thing! Tell me what is important!" The woman said, "Our second master is not at home, and there is no man. What should we do if this matter comes out! Ask the wife to send some men to take care of the food." Mrs. Wang didn't understand. , and asked anxiously, "What exactly do you want men to do?" The mother-in-law said, "Our grandma is dead." After hearing this, Mrs. Wang spat: "This kind of woman is dead. It's worth making a fuss if she dies." Yes!" said the mother-in-law, "I didn't die in a good way, but I died in a mess. I beg my wife to send someone to do it." She said and left.Mrs. Wang was angry and funny, and said, "This woman is such a jerk. Brother Lian, why don't you go and have a look and ignore that stupid thing." Him, he ran back in a fit of anger.Here, Aunt Xue was in a hurry, and couldn't wait any longer, so she finally saw the old woman coming, so she asked, "Who did my aunt send?" It's useless. My aunt not only refused to take care of us, but called me stupid." Aunt Xue heard this, and said angrily and anxiously: "My aunt doesn't care, what did your aunt say?" The mother-in-law said: "My aunt doesn't care, Naturally, our aunt and grandma didn’t care about it. They didn’t tell.” Aunt Xue spat: “My aunt is an outsider, and the girl is raised by me, so why don’t you care about it!” The mother-in-law suddenly realized: “Yes, I’ll go anyway. "

Just as I was talking, I saw Jia Lian coming, greeted Aunt Xue, expressed her annoyance, and said, "My aunt knows that her sister-in-law is dead, so she asked my wife, and she couldn't explain it. She was very anxious, so she sent me to ask. Tell me to cook here. What should I do? My aunt just says what to do." Aunt Xue was so angry that she cried, but when she heard Jia Lian's words, she smiled and said, "It's up to the second master to worry about it. I said that my aunt treats us best. Yes, it's all because this old man can't explain clearly, and he almost missed the job. Please sit down and wait for me to tell you slowly." Then he said: "Not for other things, but because the daughter-in-law is not easy to die. " Jia Lian said: "I think he died of resentment for his brother's crime?"

Aunt Xue said: "It would be better if it was like this. In the past few months, he was mad with disheveled hair and bare feet every day. Later, when I heard your brother ask about the death penalty, although he cried a lot, he started to put on makeup and make up. If I talk about him, there will be a big quarrel again, and I will always ignore him. One day I don’t know how to ask Xiangling to be a company, I said: You put Baochan, what do you want Xiangling to do, besides Xiangling You don't love Ling, so why bother to get angry. He will never obey. I had no choice, so I asked Xiangling to go to his room. Poor Xiangling didn't dare to disobey my words, and went away with illness. Who knows He treated Xiangling very well, and I like it. Your elder sister found out, and said: "I'm afraid it's not kind. I don't care. A few days ago Xiangling was ill, so he made soup for him himself. Then Knowing that Xiangling was not blessed, as soon as he brought it to him, he burned his hands and even smashed the bowl. I only said that I had to blame Xiangling, but he was not angry. He even swept it with a broom and poured water on it. Land, the two of us are still very good. Last night, I asked Baochan to make two bowls of soup, and I said I would drink it with Xiangling. After a while, I heard the sound of two pedals in his room. Baochan He yelled anxiously, and then Xiangling also yelled and leaned against the wall to call for someone. I hurriedly looked, and saw my daughter-in-law was bleeding from her nose and eyes, rolling around on the ground, scratching her heart with her hands, and kicking her feet. I was scared to death, and I couldn’t tell him when I asked him, so I just kept shouting, and died after making a fuss. I think the scene was poisoned. Baochan cried and grabbed Xiangling, saying that he The medicine died and grandma died. I don’t think Xiangling is such a person. Besides, he is sick and can’t get up. How can he medicine people. But Baochan insisted. My second master, what do you call me? Do it! I had to be hard-hearted and tell the old women to tie up Xiangling and hand it over to Baochan, and then they locked the door behind them. I stayed with your second sister all night, and I didn't tell you until the door of the mansion opened. Two Lord, you are a sensible person, how good is this?" Jia Lian said, "Does the Xia family know?"

Aunt Xue said: "You have to tear the captive and understand it before you can repay it." Jia Lian said: "As far as I can see, it takes an officer to get it down. Naturally, we suspect Baochan, and others say why Baochan died of medicine." His grandma didn't get the answer right either. If it's Xiangling, she can pretend to be." Just as he was speaking, the women from the Rong Mansion came in and said, "Our second grandma is here." Although Jia Lian is the eldest uncle, because I have seen it since I was a child, and I don't avoid it.Baochai came in to see his mother and Jia Lian, and sat down with Baoqin in the back room.Aunt Xue also told the past.Baochai then said: "If Xiangling is tied up, don't we also say that Xiangling died of medicine? Mother said that Baochan made this soup, so Baochan should be tied up and asked him. It's time to send someone to report to Xia's house, and to report to the officials at the same time." Aunt Xue asked Jia Lian when she heard the reason.Jia Lian said: "Second sister is very right. I have to report to the officer. I have entrusted the people in the Ministry of punishment to take care of me when I ask the confession. It's just that it will be difficult to tie up the treasure toad and release the Xiangling." Xue Xue My aunt said: "It's not that I want to tie up Xiangling. I'm afraid that Xiangling will be blamed and anxious when he is ill. I will try to die for a while and add another life, so I tied it up and handed it to Baochan. It is also an idea." Jia Lian said: "Although it is In other words, we have helped Baochan. If you want to release them all, if you want to tie them up, the three of them are together. Just ask someone to comfort Xiangling." Aunt Xue asked someone to open the door, and Baochai So he sent a few women to help bind Baochan.Seeing that Xiangling was crying to death, Baochan was elated.Later, when he saw that someone was going to tie him up, he yelled.The man who was banned from Rong Mansion yelled and tied him up.The door was left open so that people could watch.The person who reported to Xia's family has already gone.

The Xia family didn't live in Beijing before, but because of their disappearance in recent years, and they missed their daughter, they recently moved to Beijing.The father is gone, only the mother has adopted another son, who has spent all the family property, and often visits Xue's house from time to time.That Jingui was originally a water-based person, so he could keep a vacant room there, and he missed Xue Biao every day, so he was a little hungry.Helplessly, his brother is an idiot, although he has some senses, but he has not yet entered Hong Kong.So Jingui often went back and gave him some money.At this time, I was looking forward to Jingui's return home, but when I saw people from Xue's family coming, I wondered what to bring again.Unexpectedly, it was said that the girl here had died of poison, and he was so angry that he screamed and screamed.Jingui's mother heard it, and cried even more, saying: "The good-looking girl is at his house, why did she take poison!" .The Xia family used to be a businessman, but now that they have no money, they don't care about face.The son left immediately, and he went out with a poor old woman, hired a broken car crying on the street, and ran to Xue's house.

He didn't talk when he entered the door, and he wanted to kill people with a loud sound.At that time, Jia Lian went to the Ministry of punishment to trust someone. There were only Aunt Xue, Baochai and Baoqin at home.They wanted to reason with him, but they didn't listen. They just said, "What kind of benefits does my girl have in your house? The two beat each other day and night. How long have you been in trouble? You can't let him and his wife stay together. You discuss it." The son-in-law is locked in prison and will never see each other. You girls are just relying on good relatives to benefit you, but you still think he is an eyesore, so you asked someone to kill him with drugs, but you said he took poison! Why did he take poison!" Saying this, she went straight to Aunt Xue Come.Aunt Xue had to back off and said, "My wife, please take a look at your daughter and ask Baochan. It's not too late to say something wrong." It's hard for Baochai and Baoqin to come out to guard because there are Xia's sons outside, so they only stay inside. in a hurry.It happened that Mrs. Wang sent Zhou Rui's family to take care of her. As soon as she entered the door, she saw an old woman pointing at Aunt Xue's face and crying and cursing.Knowing that it must be Jingui's mother, Zhou Rui's family came up and said, "Is this the wife of the in-laws? Grandma died by poisoning herself. It has nothing to do with our concubine. She didn't commit such a disaster." Jingui's mother asked. "Who are you?" Seeing that there was someone, Aunt Xue became a little more courageous, and said, "This is from my relative Jia's mansion." Jingui's mother said, "Who doesn't know, you have a lot of money." Only my relatives can make my uncle sit in prison. Now my girl is dead for nothing!" Then he pulled Aunt Xue and said, "How did you kill my daughter? Show me!" One side of Zhou Rui's family persuaded: "Just look at it, there is no need to pull and pull." Then he pushed his hand.The Xia family's son ran in and said in disbelief: "Are you relying on the momentum in the mansion to hit my mother!" As he said, he threw the chair away, but it didn't hit.The people inside and Baochai heard the commotion outside and came to see it. I am afraid that Zhou Rui's family will suffer, and the gang will go up and half persuade and half drink.The mother and son of the Xia family simply threw up and said: "I know the momentum of your Rongfu. The girl in our family is dead, and now she is dying!" As they said, they still ran to Aunt Xue desperately.Although there are many people underground, they can be stopped there. It has been said since ancient times, "If one person works hard, ten thousand people will not be able to do so."

When the trouble was in danger, Jia Lian brought seven or eight family members in. Seeing this, he asked someone to pull the son of Xia's family out first, and said, "Don't make trouble, and talk well if you have something to say. Hurry up and send the family to the house." Clean up, and the gentlemen from the Ministry of Punishment will come to testify." Jingui's mother was talking about it, and saw a master coming, and a few shouted at the head, and they all stood with their hands down.Seeing this scene, Jingui's mother didn't know who it was from Jia's house, and saw that his son had been arrested, and heard that the Ministry of punishment was coming for an examination. If you don't want to report to the official first, you will be softer.Aunt Xue was terrified.It was still from Zhou Rui's family who said: "They came, and they didn't go to see his girl, so they pretended to be his concubine. In order to persuade him, a wild man ran in there and mixed up with the grandma. It's not that there is no king's law!" Jia Lian said: "You don't need to reason with him this time, and ask him later, saying: "Men have men, and there are girls and grandmas in it. Besides, his mother will look at him." Didn’t you see their girl, didn’t he run in to fight and snatch her!” The family members tried their best to suppress her.Relying on the large number of people, Zhou Rui's family said, "Mrs. Xia, you are ignorant. Now that you are here, you should ask indiscriminately. Your girl died by poisoning herself, or Baochan killed his master with medicine. Why don't you ask?" , and don’t look at the corpse, just want to blackmail someone, we are willing to let a daughter-in-law die in vain! Now tie up Baochan, because your girl is going to be sick, so ask Xiangling to accompany him. We live in the same house, so the two of them are guarding there, and we are waiting for you to come and see the punishment department and ask the truth."

Jingui's mother was lonely at this time, so she had to follow Zhou Rui's family to his girl's room. She saw her face covered with black blood, lying straight on the kang, and cried.Seeing that it was someone from his family, Baochan cried and said, "Our girl treated Xiangling kindly and asked him to live with him, but he took the time to poison our girl to death!" Then they yelled in unison: "Nonsense, grandma died after drinking the soup yesterday. You didn't make this soup!" Baochan said, "I made the soup. I brought it here and I have something to go. Get up and put something in it to kill you." Jingui's mother rushed to Xiangling before she finished speaking.Everyone stopped.Aunt Xue said: "This is arsenic medicine. There is absolutely no such thing in the family. Regardless of Xiangling Baochan, someone will buy it for him. When I come back, I will have to ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so I won't let it go. Now put the rights of the daughter-in-law in the right place. Wait for the officials to come to check." All the women came up to carry them.Baochai said: "It's all men who come in. Check and check the things women use." There was a crumpled paper bag under the bed.Jingui's mother picked it up when she saw it, and when she opened it, there was nothing there, so she pushed it away.Baochan saw it and said: "It's not that I have evidence. I recognize this paper bag. The rats made a fuss a few days ago. Grandma went to my uncle's house to ask for it. I took it back and put it in the jewelry box. Xiangling must have seen it." I bought medicine to kill grandma. If you don’t believe me, check to see if there is any in the jewelry box.”

Jingui's mother took out the box according to Baochan's location, only a few silver hairpins.Aunt Xue said, "Why are so many jewelry gone?" Baochai asked someone to open the cabinet, but it was empty, and said, "Sister-in-law, who took these things? You have to ask Baochan." Jingui's mother Seeing Aunt Xue questioning Baochan, she said, "He doesn't know anything about the girl." Zhou Rui's family said, "Don't say that, my wife. I know that Miss Bao follows Grandma every day. How can I say that?" I don’t know!” Seeing that the question was tight and he didn’t want to be careless, Baochan had to say, “Grandma always takes her home, can I take care of it?” They all said, “What a wife! Things, after coaxing, tell him to seek death and blackmail us. Well, that's what the interviewer said when he came back." Baochai called someone: "Go outside and tell Second Master Lian not to let the Xia family go."

Inside, Jingui's mother was busy, so she scolded Baochan and said, "Stop chewing your tongue, little hoof! When will the girl bring things to my house?" Baochan said, "Things are small now, but it is big to pay for the girl's life." Baochan said Qin said: "If you have something, you will pay for your life. Quickly ask Lian's second brother to ask Xia's son to buy arsenic, and then go back to the Ministry of punishment when he comes back." Jingui's mother said anxiously: "This treasure Chan must have bumped into a ghost, so let's talk about it. Our girl has never bought arsenic. If you say so, Baochan must have died of medicine." Baochan yelled anxiously: "It's fine if others rely on me, why don't you It's up to me! Don't you often tell the girl that he should not be wronged and cause their family to be ruined? At that time, he will pack up his things and match him with a good son-in-law. Is there something like this?" Jingui Before his mother could reply, Zhou Rui's family interjected, "It's what your family said, so what's the point?" Jingui's mother gritted her teeth in hatred and scolded Baochan, saying, "I treat you well, why? You use words to bury me! When I come back to see the official, I will say that you poisoned the girl to death." Baochan stared angrily and said, "Madam, please let Xiangling go, and don't do harm to others in vain. I see The official has my own words."

When Baochai heard the talk, she asked someone to let go of Baochan instead, saying, "You are a straightforward person, why bother to be wronged in it. If you have something to say, just say it, and everyone understands it. Isn't it the end of the matter?" Well." Baochan was also afraid of seeing the official suffer, so he said: "Our grandma complains every day: "Why do I meet this blind mother? I don't deserve to be the second master, but I give it to such a bastard. If I can spend a day with the second master, I am willing to die. Speaking of that, I hated Xiangling. At first I ignored it, but later I saw that he and Xiangling were getting better. Yesterday's soup was not well intentioned." Jingui's mother continued: "Yifa is talking nonsense, if you want the medicine Xiangling, why did you pour the medicine yourself?" Baochai then asked: "Xiangling, you drank the soup yesterday No?" Xiangling said: "In the first few days I was so sick that I couldn't hold my head up. Grandma told me to drink soup, but I didn't dare to say no. When I was about to struggle, the bowl of soup had been spilled, so I asked grandma to clean it up. This is a difficult problem, and I feel very upset. Yesterday I heard that I was asked to drink soup, but I couldn’t drink it. When I was about to drink it, I became dizzy again. Sister Baochan brought it, and I just liked it. As soon as I closed my eyes, grandma drank the soup by herself and asked me to taste it, so I reluctantly drank it too."

Before Baochan finished speaking, he said: "Yes, let me be honest. Yesterday my grandma asked me to make two bowls of soup, saying that I would drink it with Xiangling. I couldn't be more angry, thinking that Xiangling would match me to make soup for him. Let’s drink it. I purposely grabbed a handful of extra salt in a bowl and made a note of it. I wanted to drink it for Xiangling. As soon as I brought it in, my grandma stopped me to go outside and asked the boys to hire a car, saying that I would go home today. Go. I went out to talk, and when I came back, I saw that the bowl of soup with a lot of salt was in front of grandma. I was afraid that grandma would scold me again after drinking the salty soup. Ling's bowl of soup was replaced. It was just as it should be. When grandma came back, she took the soup and went to Xiangling's bedside to drink it, and said, "You should try it. Xiangling doesn't feel salty either. Both of them finished drinking it." I was laughing that Xiangling had no words to say, how could she know that this damn grandma wanted the medicine Xiangling, so she must have sprinkled arsenic on it while I was away, and she didn’t know that I would change the bowl. So everyone thought about it and found that it was not bad at all, so they released Xiangling and supported him to sleep on the bed.

Not to mention that Xiangling should be let go, but also to say that Jingui's mother has a guilty conscience and wants to defend herself.Aunt Xue waited for your words, but asked his son to pay back Jin Gui's life.Just as they were clamoring, Jia Lian yelled outside: "Needless to say, pack up quickly, and the master of the Ministry of Justice will arrive." At this time, only the mother and son of the Xia family are busy, and they will always suffer if they think about it. If it's not true, it's my dead girl who doesn't make progress, and this is her own fault. If the Ministry of Punishment testifies, the family will not look good after all. I beg my wife to put this matter to rest." Baochai said: "That can't be done, How can we rest?" Zhou Rui's family and others tried their best to persuade them: "If you want to calm down, unless Mrs. Xia's family goes out to stop the inspection, we will not discuss the merits." Jia Lian also sent his son away. Frightened, he was willing to meet the Ministry of Punishment for an interrogation.Everyone agrees.Aunt Xue ordered someone to buy a coffin for the funeral.do not mention.

Let's say that Jia Yucun was promoted to the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture and also in charge of taxation. He went out to survey and reclaim acres of land every day, passed by Zhiji County, and arrived at Jiliujin.I was about to cross the other side, because I was waiting for my husband, I stopped the sedan chair for the time being.I saw a small temple next to the village, the wall collapsed, and a few ancient pines were exposed, which were old.Yucun got off the sedan chair and walked into the temple leisurely, but saw the golden body of the god statue in the temple falling off, the temple was crooked, and there were broken stone tablets beside it, and the writing was blurred and could not be read clearly.Wanting to walk to the back hall, I saw a thatched hut under the shade of a green cypress, in which a Taoist priest closed his eyes and meditated.When Yucun approached and looked at him, his face was very familiar, but he seemed to meet him there, but he couldn't remember it for a while.People want to shout.Yucun stopped, and Xu Bu called forward: "Old Taoist." The Taoist opened his eyes slightly, and said with a slight smile, "What's the matter, sir?" Self-satisfied, I want to come here with a deep understanding of Taoism, and I want to take the liberty to ask for advice." The Taoist said: "From a land, go to a place." Yucun knew that he had some background, so he bowed and asked: "Where did the old Taoist come from? Here is the knot." Hut? What is the name of this temple? How many people are there in the temple? If you want to truly cultivate, why not have a famous mountain, or if you want to form a relationship, why not connect with it?" The Taoist said: "The gourd can still live, why bother with the famous mountain. The name of the temple has been hidden for a long time. Broken stones still exist. Shapes and shadows follow each other, so why do you need to raise funds? It’s not like that. Jade is in the middle of the sky to ask for a good price, and the hairpin is in the dowry to wait for the time to fly!"

Yucun was originally a wise man, when he first heard the word "gourd", and then heard the pair of "yuchai", he suddenly remembered Zhen Shiyin.He looked at the Taoist priest again and again, seeing that his appearance was still the same, he retreated and asked, "Is it Mr. Zhen from the Jun family?" The Taoist smiled calmly and said, "What is true and what is false! You must know that true is false False is true." When Yucun heard that the word Jia came out, it became more and more doubtful, so he saluted again and said: "The student was generously gifted to the capital, and he was given the Jun bus as a shelter, and he was appointed to the hometown. Flying in the fairyland. Although the students are thinking back and forth, thinking of the customs and customs, they can't help but see the beauty again. How fortunate to meet here today, I ask the old fairy to guide the fool. If the lotus does not give up, the capital is very close, the student It should be enshrined, and you can listen to it day and night."

The Taoist also stood up and replied: "Besides the futon, I don't know what there is in the world. Just now what the esteemed official said, the poor Taoist doesn't understand it at all." After finishing speaking, he sat down as before.Yu Cunfu was suspicious again: "If you want to go, if you are not a scholar, how can you look like this? After nineteen years of separation, your face is the same as before. It must be that you have succeeded in cultivation, and you are not willing to tell the truth about your past. But I met my benefactor and Don't miss it in person. It seems that you can't be moved by wealth, let alone the selfishness of your wife and daughter." After thinking about it, he said: "Since the immortal master refuses to reveal the previous cause, how can I bear it!" Just about to bow, I saw people coming in and saying that it was getting late, please cross the river quickly.Yucun was having no idea, and the Taoist said: "Please come to the other side quickly, honorable officials. We will meet soon, and the storm will suddenly rise. If you don't give up, the poor Taoist will still be at the ferry in the future." After finishing speaking, he still closed his eyes and meditated.Yucun had no choice but to resign the Taoist priest and leave the temple.Just as he was about to transition, he saw a person galloping towards him.I don't know what happened, I will break it down next time.