Dream of the Red Mansion

It is said that when Jia Zheng heard that Jia's mother was in danger, he hurried in to have a look.Seeing that Jia's mother was frightened and angry, Mrs. Wang Yuanyang waited to wake up, and then took the pills to calm the nerves and calm the nerves. Gradually, she got better, but she was sad and wept.Jia Zheng was at the side to comfort him, always saying that "the sons are unworthy, and the old lady is frightened by the trouble. If the old lady is more relieved, the sons can still take care of them outside; if the old man makes the bed, the sin of the sons is even more serious." Yes." Jia Mu said: "I have lived for more than 80 years. I have been a girl and I have been in your father's hands. I have relied on the blessings of my ancestors. I have never heard of those things. Now that I am old, if I see you suffer, call me How can I live in my heart! Why don't you just close your eyes and let you go." As she spoke, she cried again.

Jia Zheng was very anxious at this time, and he heard outsiders say: "Master, please, there is a letter from the inner court." Jia Zheng came out in a hurry, and seeing that it was the chief secretary of the Beijing Palace, he said, "Great joy." Sit down, "May I ask what your lord's decree is?" The long history said: "Our lord and the king of Xiping County went into the replay, and played the fear of the adults and the words of gratitude for the grace of heaven. The lord is very merciful. Compassionate, and thinking that the imperial concubine had not passed away for a long time, he could not bear to add more crimes, so Jia En was still walking outside the Ministry of Industry. The family property that was sealed, but Jia amnesty's entry into the official, and the rest were returned. An order was issued to serve with all his heart. But copy the loan and ask our lord to check. If there is any violation of the prohibition of profiteering, he will be admitted to the government as usual, and all the documents of the same room where the interest is paid will be returned. Jia Lian will be dismissed from the title and released without guilt." After hearing this, Jia Zheng got up and kowtowed to heaven. Well, thank you again for your grace. "First, please ask Mr. Chang Shi to thank you on your behalf. Tomorrow morning, I will go to Que to thank you and kowtow in the mansion." That Chang Shi went.Don't stop, spread the decree.The undertaker complied with the decree to investigate one by one, those who entered the government were admitted, those who returned were returned, Jia Lian was released, and all the men and women under the name of Jia Amnesty were registered as officials.

Except for the documents released as usual, the poor Jia Lian's house has been robbed by those who have already been searched, although the rest have not been admitted to the government.At the beginning, Jia Lian was afraid of crimes, but it was a great fortune to be released later, and when he thought of the things he had accumulated over the years and Sister Feng's body was no less than [-] to [-] gold.Moreover, his father is now imprisoned in Jinyi Mansion, and Sister Feng is dying of illness, and she is in grief for a while.Seeing Jia Zheng calling him again with tears in his eyes, he asked, "Because I'm on official business, I don't care much about the family, so I call your husband and wife the prime minister's family affairs. It's hard to persuade you what your father did. Who did the usurping?" It wasn't someone like us who did it. Now that you're an official, money doesn't matter. How can you pay off your reputation?" Jia Lian knelt down and said, "My nephew doesn't dare to be selfish when he does housework. All who come and go The accounts have to be registered by Lai Da, Wu Xindeng, Dai Liang, etc., and the master just asks them to check. In the past few years, the money in the treasury has been more than enough, and although it has not been subsidized, it has made a lot of short positions everywhere. I beg the master to ask his wife, and you will know. Even my nephew doesn't know where the money is. You have to ask Zhou Ruiwang." Jia Zheng said, "According to you, even the things in your own house are not clear. I know, and I don't know about those family matters. I won't come to question you this time, you are free now, so hurry up and inquire about your father's affairs and your brother Zhen's affairs." Jia Lian felt wronged with all her heart. With tears in his eyes, he agreed to go out.Jia Zheng sighed and thought again and again: "My grandfather worked hard in the king's business, made great achievements, and won two world positions. Now both of the criminals have been dismissed. I don't see any of these nephews making progress. God, God How can my Jia family be defeated like this! Although I have received the grace of the Holy Grace to return the family property, the two food places should be merged into one place, so that I can live there alone. Just now Lian'er was even more surprised when he said that Not only is there no silver in the treasury, but there is still a shortfall. These years have been a vain reputation. I only hate myself for being so confused. If I, Zhuer, were alive and still had an arm, the precious jade is useless even though it is big."

Thinking of that, tears filled my clothes.Thinking again: "The old lady is so old, her sons are not able to take care of them for a day, but she is so tired that she is scared to death. Who am I to blame for all kinds of crimes!" I was mourning alone, only to see my family members report to relatives and friends to come in and see them.Jia Zheng thanked him one by one, and said: "My family is unfortunate. I can't discipline my nephew, so I have come here." Some said: "I have known for a long time that it is not appropriate to order my brother to pardon the old man. Brother Zhen over there is even more arrogant. If you say it is because The official affairs are wrong, and I have no shame in my heart. Now that I have made a fuss, I have tired the second master." Some said: "There are a lot of troubles, and I haven't seen the censor participate in the performance. It's not that Boss Zhen offended his friends. Why? That's it." Some said: "I don't blame the censor, we heard that the family members of the mansion and a few mud legs came out clamoring outside. The censor may not be true, so he deceived the people here. I said it. I think the man in the house treats the servants the most leniently, so why is there such a thing.” Some said: “Every servant can’t support them. I dare to say that they are all good relatives and friends here today, that is I can't protect you if you are working outside—you don't love money—the rumors outside are not good, it's all caused by slaves. You should be more careful. Although your home has not been moved now, if you meet again My lord became suspicious, it's inconvenient." When Jia Zheng heard this, he said anxiously, "How did everyone hear about me?"

Everyone said: "Although we haven't heard the facts, we only heard outsiders say how you asked your family members to ask for money when you were in Liangdao Ren." After hearing this, Jia Zheng said, "I'm right. I never dare to say this The idea of ​​asking for money. It’s just that the slaves are bluffing and cheating outside, and I can’t bear it if something goes wrong.” The crowd said: “It’s useless to be afraid now, so I have to check all the housekeepers strictly. If there are slaves who resist the Lord, check them out. Come out and deal with it strictly." Jia Zheng nodded.Then he came in at the door and reported, "Grandpa Sun sent someone to say that he couldn't come because he had something to do. He asked someone to come and have a look. He said that the old man deserved a kind of silver from him, and he would pay it back on the second old man." Jia Zhengxin I was depressed, so I just said: "I see." Everyone sneered and said: "People say that your grandson Shaozu is a jerk, it's true. Now that the father-in-law ransacked the house, instead of coming to see and help, he came to ask for money in a hurry, really. It doesn't matter." Jia Zheng said: "Let's not talk about him now. The marriage was wrongly matched by my brother. My niece and daughter have suffered enough, and now they invite me again." Just as he was talking, he saw Xue Tiao came in and said, "I've inquired that the official Zhao Tang of Jinyi Mansion must follow the order of Yu Shican. I'm afraid the elder and master Zhen will not be able to bear it." Everyone said: "Second master, you have to go out and beg the prince, how can you save him?" It's better to save it. Otherwise, the two families will be ruined." Jia Zheng promised to thank him, and everyone dispersed.

At that time, when the lamp was lit, Jia Zheng went in to ask Jia Mu to be well, and saw that Jia Mu was a little better.Going back to his room, he complained that Jia Lian and his wife didn't know what to do, and now they are making a fuss about lending money for profit, which is not good for everyone.Seeing what Sister Feng did, Fang felt very unhappy.Sister Feng is seriously ill now, knowing that all his belongings have been looted, she feels depressed, and it is inconvenient to complain for a while, so she forbears her words for the time being.Nothing to say all night.The next morning, Jia Zheng went inside to thank him, and went to the two places of Xiping Wangfu in Beijing to kowtow, and begged the two princes to take care of his brother and nephew.Two promised.Jia Zheng also pleaded for love with his colleagues.

In addition, it is not appropriate for Jia Lian to inquire about his father and brother, so he has nothing to do, so he has to go home.Ping'er watched over Sister Feng and cried, while Qiutong complained about Sister Feng in the ear room.Jia Lian approached and saw that Sister Feng was dying, so many complaints, but she couldn't say it for a while.Ping'er cried, "It's the way it is now. Things are gone and can't come back. If grandma is like this, I have to ask a doctor to take care of me." Jia Lian spat, "My life is still not guaranteed. Do I care about him?" " Hearing this, Sister Feng opened her eyes and looked. Although she didn't speak, she shed tears endlessly. When she saw Jia Lian going out, she said to Ping'er, "Don't let your business go. When you come to such a field, you still care about what I do. I wish I could die today. As long as you can see me, after I die, you will raise Miss Qiao, and I will be grateful to you in the underworld." Ping'er burst into tears after hearing this.Sister Feng said: "You are also a smart man. Although they didn't talk about me, he would complain about me. Although the matter was caused by outsiders, if I was not greedy for money, I would have nothing to do with me now. , Now I’m falling behind. I just hate employing people improperly. I heard the story of Uncle Zhen over there saying that he took the wife of a good man as a concubine and forced him to death if he refused. There was a man named Zhang in it. Think about who else, If this matter is tried, our second master will not be able to get rid of it. How could I see people at that time? I want to die immediately, and I can’t afford to swallow gold and take poison. You still need to hire a doctor, but it’s not because you are looking after me. Did you hurt me?" Ping'er heard more and more miserable, it was really difficult to think about it, fearing that Sister Feng would commit suicide, so she had to hold on tightly.Fortunately, Jia's mother didn't know the details, because she was feeling better recently, and seeing that Jia Zheng was fine, Baoyu Baochai was by her side every day, so she felt relieved.I have always loved Sister Feng the most, so I called Yuanyang, "Give some of my own things to Feng girl, and some money to Ping'er, and serve Feng girl well, and I will distribute it slowly." He also ordered Mrs. Wang to look after her. Mrs. Xing.

In addition, Ningguo Mansion became an official, and all property, real estate, etc. and slaves were collected. Here, Jia's mother ordered someone to pick up the car to pick up You's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.Poor Hehening's mansion only left their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law together with a phoenix and a phoenix, not even a single servant.Jia's mother pointed out that the house she lives in is right next to the wall where Xichun lives.He also sent four women and two girls to wait on him.Meals and daily life are distributed in the big kitchen, and clothes and other things are sent by Jiamu, and sporadic needs are also spent in the tent, all according to the monthly number of each person in Rongfu.Jia pardoned Jia Zhen and Jia Rong to use in Jinyi Mansion, and there was really nothing to support in the tent.Now Sister Feng has nothing, and Jia Lian is full of debts. Jia Zheng doesn't know about housework.Jia Lian had nothing to do, thinking that Aunt Xue's family among the relatives had been defeated, Prince Teng was dead, and the rest of the relatives, although they had, could not take care of them, so they had to secretly send people to the village to temporarily sell the land for thousands of gold as envoys for the prison.When Jia Lian went like this, the slaves saw that the master's family was defeated, so they took advantage of this to play tricks, and borrowed some of Dongzhuang's rent and tax by name.This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Let's say that Jia's mother saw her ancestor's resignation, and now her children and grandchildren are in the supervision and quality inspection. Mrs. Xing Youshi is crying day and night, and Sister Feng is dying. After thinking about it, the tears stopped.One evening, he asked Baoyu to go back, struggled to sit up, asked Yuanyang to wait for incense in various Buddhist halls, and ordered him to burn a bucket of incense in his courtyard, and went out to the courtyard on crutches.Amber knew that it was the old lady who worshiped Buddha, and she laid down a red short felt mat.Jia's mother knelt down and kowtowed for a while, recited the Buddha once, and said to heaven and earth with tears in her eyes: "the Bodhisattva of the emperor is here, I, Jiamenshi, pray sincerely, and ask for the mercy of the Bodhisattva. For many generations, I, Jiamen, dare not Violent and domineering. I help my husband and son. Although I can't do good, I dare not do evil. It must be that the children and grandchildren of the younger generation are arrogant and wasteful, and they waste everything, so that they are copied by the government. Now that the children and grandchildren are imprisoned, it is natural that there are many evils. , do not teach children and grandchildren, so this is the end. I am now asking for the blessing of the emperor: in the prison, the evil will be turned into good fortune, and the sick will be safe early. There are always family sins, and I am willing to bear it alone. I only ask for forgiveness. If the emperor sees mercy, think of me piously Give me an early death, and forgive my children and grandchildren." Momo said this, and couldn't help being sad, sobbing and crying.Mandarin Duck and Pearl help her into the room while persuading her.Seeing Mrs. Wang bring Baoyu Baochai to say good night, and seeing Jia's mother sad, the three of them also burst into tears.Baochai suffers even more: thinking that her elder brother is also in prison, and will be executed in the future, I don't know if it can be slowed down. Although Weng Gu is fine, seeing the family business is in jeopardy, Baoyu is still crazy and has no ambition.Thinking of the later life, it hurts more than Mrs. Jia Muwang crying.When Baoyu saw Baochai mourning so much, he also felt a little sad.What I think is that the old lady is old and restless, the master and wife are sad to see this scene, and the sisters are scattered, and each day seems less and less.Thinking back to how lively it was to recite poems and start a society in the garden, since Sister Lin died, I have been depressed to this day, and Sister Bao came over again, so I am often sad.Seeing him worrying about his brother and thinking about his mother, he seldom smiled day and night, but now seeing him in grief, his heart couldn't bear it even more, and he even cried loudly.Yuanyang, Caiyun, Yinger, Xiren saw them like this, and they also thought about each other, so they also sobbed.The rest of the girls were sad to see it, so they cried along with them, but no one comforted them.The crying in the room was earth-shattering, which scared the night woman outside and reported it to Jia Zheng.That Jia Zheng was wondering in the study, and when he heard Jia Mu's people coming to report, he was so busy that he rushed in.A lot of cries could be heard from a distance, and I forgave the old lady for being so anxious that I was so anxious that I hurried in, only to sit and cry, and my soul just settled down.Said it was "The old lady is sad, you should persuade her, why are you beating up and crying?"

Hearing Jia Zheng's voice, the crowd stopped crying quickly, and they were all in a daze facing each other.Jia Zheng stepped forward to comfort the old lady, and said a few words to everyone.Each of them thought to themselves: "We were afraid that the old lady would be sad, so we came to persuade him, why did we forget our feelings and wept bitterly?" Just wondering, I saw the old woman brought in two women from Shihou's family, and invited Jia Mu to greet her. He also greeted everyone, and said: "Our lord, wife, and girl sent me to say that there was nothing serious about hearing what happened in the mansion, but I was frightened for a while. I'm afraid the lord and wife are troubled, so they asked us to come and tell us that there are two people here. The master is not afraid. Our girl wanted to come by herself, but she will leave the cabinet in a few days, so she can't come." After hearing this, Jia's mother couldn't thank her, and said, "Go back and say hello to me. This is our The family luck should be like this. I will thank you, Mrs. and Mrs., and I will come to thank you in a day. Your girl is out of the cabinet, so it goes without saying that your uncle is here. How is their family fortune?" The two women replied: "The family fortune is down. It's not a big deal, but my uncle is very good, and he is peaceful. We have met several times, and it seems to be similar to the second master Bao here, and I heard that he is both talented and knowledgeable."

When Jia Mu heard this, she liked to say: "We are all from the south. Although we have lived here for a long time, the big rules are still from the south, so we have never seen the new son-in-law. I still think of people from my natal family. , the one who loves you the most is your girl. She spends more than 360 days in front of me 200 ​​days a year. It's such a mess. I wanted to say a good son-in-law to him, but because his uncle was not at home, I It is inconvenient to decide. Since he has been blessed with a good son-in-law, I am also relieved. I wanted to come over to have a cup of wedding wine when I left the pavilion in the middle of the month. Unexpectedly, something like this happened in my house, and my heart felt like it was boiling in a hot pot. , there can go to your house again. You go back and say hello to me, and everyone here says hello to you. You tell your girl not to take me to heart. I am a person in my 80s and I will die It can be regarded as unlucky. I only hope that he will pass through the door, the couple will be harmonious, and I will be at ease when I grow old in a hundred years." As he spoke, he burst into tears.The woman said: "The old lady doesn't have to be sad. The girl has passed the door. When she returns to Jiu, she must come with the uncle to greet the old lady. Then the old lady will like it when she sees her." Jia Mu nodded.The woman goes out.Others didn't argue, only Baoyu was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: "Nowadays, I can't live day by day. Why do people have to marry their daughters when they grow up, and they change as soon as they get married. Sister Shi is like this. A person is forced to be married by his uncle again, and he will ignore me again when he sees me in the future. I think what is a person still alive when he reaches the point where no one cares about him." Thinking of that, again sad.Seeing that Jia's mother was at ease at this time, she didn't dare to cry, but was depressed.

For a while, Jia Zheng was worried, so he came in to look at the old lady again, and seeing that she was better, he came out and told Lai Da, asking him to bring the rosters of the family members in charge in the Hefu, and counted them all, except for those who were admitted by Jia Amnesty. There are still more than 21 families, a total of [-] men and women.Jia Zheng asked a total of [-] men working in the mansion to come in, and asked about the household expenses over the years, how much came in, and how much should be spent.Mr. Guan's family members presented their recent expenses book.When Jia Zheng looked at it, what he earned was not enough to what he spent, and in addition to the spending of the palace for many years, there were also many borrowers on the account.Looking at the land rent in the Eastern Province, in recent years, the payment is less than half of that of the ancestors, and now the cost is ten times higher than that of the ancestors.Jia Zheng didn't look at it, he stomped his feet anxiously and said, "This is amazing! I thought that although Lian'er is in charge of things and has his own control at home, I don't know that for many years, he has spent the year of Yin and Mao, and he still pretends to be like this." It's so good to see that the salary of the world is not important, why is it undefeated! It's too late for me to be frugal now." Thinking of this, he walked up and down with his hands behind his back, but there was nothing he could do.Everyone knew that Jia Zheng didn't care about the family, so they were worrying in vain, so they said: "Master, don't worry, this is like every family. If you count it all together, even the prince's house is not enough. It's just a facade, and you will arrive wherever you go. There. Now that the master has finally obtained the grace of the Lord, he has this little family property. If he is incorporated into the official, the master will not have to live through it."

Jia Zheng said angrily: "Fart! You slaves are the most heartless. You spend as much as you want when your master is good, until you run out of money, walk and run, and still care about your master's life! Now you say yes It's good not to seize it, but you know the reputation outside. You can't keep the big books, but you can still put up a stand outside to speak big words and deceive people. When something happens, you can just push it on the master. Now the old man and Jane The matter of the uncle, it is said that our family member Bao Er spread it outside, I don’t think there is Bao Er in this population book, what do you mean?” Everyone replied: “This Bao Er is not on the file. It was in the Ning Mansion earlier. In the book, seeing that he was honest, the second master called the couple over. When his wife died, he went back to Ningfu. Later, the old man had something to do in the yamen, and the old ladies and gentlemen went to the mausoleum. Uncle Zhen took care of the family affairs. The one who came here will go later. The master has ignored family affairs for several years, so where did he know about these things. The only one who has no name in the master's survey book is this person. I don't know if there is one of his relatives, slaves and slaves." Jia Zheng said : "It's okay!" I couldn't clean it up for a while, so I had to drink everyone away. I made up my mind a long time ago, and I'll let Jia Amnesty and other matters go to trial.

One day, when I was making plans in the study, I saw a man rushing in and said, "Master, please go to the inner court for questioning." After hearing this, Jia Zheng was so busy that he had to go in.I don't know the good or bad luck, I will break it down next time.