Dream of the Red Mansion

But Mrs. Wang called his mother to come up and rewarded some hairpin rings face to face, and ordered several monks to recite sutras for salvation.His mother kowtowed in thanks and went out.It turned out that Baoyu heard about it when he came back from Yucun, and he knew that Jin Chuan'er committed suicide in shame and anger.Seeing Baochai coming in, Fang De came out, at a loss, not knowing where to go, with his hands behind his back, bowing his head and sighing, walking slowly, and strolled to the hall.Just after turning around the screen door, there was a person walking in who didn't want to come across, but Qiaoer bumped into him.He just heard the man shout "Stop!" Baoyu was taken aback, and looked up to see that it was not someone else but his father. He gasped unconsciously and had to stand aside with his hands down.Jia Zheng said: "Well done, what are you downcast about? Just now Yucun came to see you and asked you to come out for a long time. After you came out, you didn't have any generosity in your conversation. You are still luxuriant. I see you There was a sullen look on his face, and now he coughed and sighed again. You are not enough, you are not comfortable? There is no reason for this, but why?" Although Baoyu used to be eloquent, but at this moment he was always focused on Jin Chuan I'm sad, I wish I could die at this time, and go with Jin Chuan'er.Seeing his father say these words now, after all, he never heard them, but just stood there in a daze.

Jia Zheng saw that he was terrified, and his response was not the same as in the past. He was originally lifeless, but now he became a little angry.Fang wanted to speak, but suddenly something came back and forth: "There are people from Prince Zhongshun's mansion who want to see the master." Jia Zheng was puzzled when he heard this, and thought to himself: "I don't usually communicate with Zhongshun mansion, why are you sending me away today?" Is someone coming?" While thinking about it, he ordered "Quickly please", when he hurried out to have a look, it was the Chief Historian of Zhongshun Mansion who hurriedly took him into the hall and sat down to offer tea.Before we could talk about it, the chief historian said: "The official came here not to build the Tanfu, but because he was ordered by the king, and there is one thing to ask. From the face of the prince, if you dare to trouble the old man to make decisions, not only the prince Knowing this, and even the lower officials are grateful." Jia Zheng couldn't catch his head when he heard this, so he stood up with a smile and asked: "Since my lord came here by the king's order, I don't know what to see. I hope my lord will make it clear. Students, please follow the instructions." The chief historian sneered and said, "You don't need to undertake it, just use a word from the adults and it's over. There is a young official in our mansion who has always been in the mansion, but now it has been three or five days. He didn't go back, but he looked everywhere, but couldn't find his way, so he visited everywhere. Eight out of ten people in this city said that he had gotten along very well with the son who held the jade recently. The lower officials have heard that the Zunfu is no better than other houses, and you can ask for it without permission, so enlighten the prince. The prince also said: If it is other actors, there are only a hundred, but this official responds randomly, cautiously and honestly. It suits my old man's heart, and I absolutely cannot do without this person.' Therefore, I beg my lord to pass on to your son, please put Qi Guan back, one is to comfort the prince's earnestness, and the other is to save the lower officials from the pain of seeking and seeking. .” After finishing speaking, he hurriedly bowed.

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was shocked and angry, and ordered Baoyu to come.Baoyu didn't know why, but when he hurried over, Jia Zheng asked, "Damn slave! You don't study at home, why are you doing these lawless things again! That Qi official is now the servant of the loyal prince. You are so worthless, you lured him out for no reason, and now it hurts me." Baoyu was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly replied: "I really don't know about it. After all, I don't know what the word "Qiguan" means. , How can it be added again. The word "quote"!" Then wept.Before Jia Zheng could speak, the chief historian sneered and said, "My lord, you don't have to hide it. If you hide at home, or know his whereabouts, if you tell us earlier, we will suffer less hardship. Don't you think of your lord's virtue?" Baoyu even said that he didn't know, "I'm afraid it's a rumor, but I don't see it." The chief historian sneered, "Why rely on the evidence now? It must be said in front of the boss, and the son will not suffer? It is said that I don't know this person. How did the red sweat scarf get into the young master's waist?" Baoyu was stunned when he heard this, he was dumbfounded, and thought to himself: "How did he know this! Since he even knew such a secret, Maybe there is nothing else to hide from him, so it's better to send him away, so as not to tell other things." Yin said: "Since my lord knows his details, how can he not even know such a big thing as his buying a house? I heard that he Now there is a Red Sandalwood Fort twenty miles away from the city in the eastern outskirts, where he has built a few acres of land and a few houses. I don’t know where it is.” The chief historian laughed and said, “That’s it, It must be there. I will look for it once, if I have it, I will let it go, if not, I will come to ask for advice." Saying that, he left in a hurry.

At this time, Jia Zheng was so angry that he saw off the chief historian and ordered Baoyu, "Don't move! I have something to ask you when I come back!"Just turned around, and suddenly saw Jia Huan running around with a few servants.Jia Zheng ordered the boy, "Fight, fight!" When Jia Huan saw his father, his bones were weak, and he hurriedly bowed his head and stood still.Jia Zheng asked, "Why are you running? The people who brought you didn't care about you. They didn't know where to go. You are like a wild horse!" He ordered the people who followed the school to come.Seeing that his father was furious, Jia Huan took the opportunity to say, "I didn't run away just now, because I passed by that well, and a girl drowned in that well. I saw that the head was so big and the body was so thick. It was terrible. That's why I rushed over here." Jia Zheng was surprised and asked, "It's so good, who jumped into the well? There has never been such a thing in my family. Since the ancestors, they have always treated the servants with gentleness. ——About me In recent years, I have been lazy in housework, and naturally the deacons have seized the power, which has led to the disaster of being violent and committing suicide. If outsiders know, what is the face of the ancestors!" Call Jia Lian, Lai Da, Lai Xing quickly.The boys agreed, and Fang wanted to call, but Jia Huan hurried forward and grabbed Jia Zheng's robe, knelt down and said, "Father, don't be angry. No one else knows about this except the people in the wife's room." .I heard my mother say..." At this point, he turned his head and looked around.Knowing this, Jia Zheng took a look at the young servants, who understood, and retreated to both sides.Jia Huan then said quietly: "My mother told me that brother Baoyu was in his wife's room the day before yesterday. He took his wife's girl, Jin Chuan'er, and beat him for failing to rape him. Then Jin Chuan'er threw himself into a well and died in a fit of anger." Before he finished speaking, he turned Jia Zheng's angry face like gold paper, and shouted, "Bring the precious jade!" As he spoke, he went to the study inside and ordered, "If someone persuades me again today, I will take this crown with my furniture." I should hand it over to him and Baoyu! I can't avoid being a sinner, shave off these troublesome temple hairs, and find a clean place for myself, and I can avoid the crime of humiliating my ancestors and giving birth to rebellious sons." All the guests and servants saw Jia Zheng From this appearance, one knew it was Baoyu again, and all of them bit their fingers and tongues, and hurriedly withdrew.Panting, Jia Zheng sat upright on the chair, with tears all over his face, and shouted, "Take the precious jade! Take the big stick! Take the rope and tie it up! Close all the doors! Someone sent a message inside and killed him immediately!" The servants had to agree in unison, and some of them came to Baoyu.

When Baoyu heard Jia Zheng's order to "don't move", he knew that the danger was bad, and Jia Huan added a lot of words there.I was walking around in the hall, how could I go to the inside alone to deliver messages, but there was no one, and I didn't even know where Baoming was.When I was looking forward to it, I saw an old sister come out.If Baoyu got the treasure, he rushed to pull him and said, "Go in and tell: the master is going to beat me! Go, go! It's important, it's important!" He was deaf, but he never heard what it was. He only heard the word "important" as "jump into the well", and said with a smile, "jump into the well and let him jump in. What is the second master afraid of?" Baoyu was anxious when he saw that he was deaf. Said: "You go out and call my boy." The woman said: "What's the matter? It's over long ago. The wife rewarded the clothes and the silver again. Why can't it happen!" Baoyu was anxious He stomped his feet, but when he was not looking for a place, he saw Jia Zheng's young man coming and forcing him to go out.When Jia Zheng saw it, his eyes were red and purple, and he didn't have time to ask him about wandering as an actor, giving away private things, neglecting his studies at home, and insulting his mother and maidservant, etc., he just ordered, "Shut up, I will beat you to death!" Dare to disobey, so he had to press Baoyu on the stool, raised the big board and hit him a dozen times.Jia Zheng thought the blow was too light, kicked the palm away, snatched it by himself, gritted his teeth and slammed it thirty or forty times.Seeing that the beating was ominous, all the disciples rushed forward to persuade them.Jia Zheng was willing to listen, and said, "Ask him what he did, but you can't forgive him! It's usually you people who ruined him, and you come to persuade him at this stage. Tomorrow, he will kill the king and his father." If you don’t persuade me, you won’t be able to do it!” Everyone heard this and knew that they were in a hurry, so they quit in a hurry, so they had to find someone to go in and write to them.Mrs. Wang didn't dare to go back to Jia Mu first, so she had to get dressed and come out, ignoring whether there were people or no one, and hurried to the study, and the panicked guests and servants couldn't avoid it.As soon as Mrs. Wang entered the room, Jia Zheng seemed to add fuel to the fire, and the board went down harder and faster.Baoyu's two servants hurriedly let go of their hands and walked away. Baoyu had already been unable to move.When Jia Zheng wanted to fight, Mrs. Wang had already hugged the board.Jia Zheng said, "That's all, that's all! I must be pissed off today!" Mrs. Wang cried, "Although Baoyu should be beaten, the master should respect himself. Besides, it's hot summer, and the old lady is not very well. She can be beaten to death." Baoyu is a small matter, but if the old lady feels uncomfortable for a while, it is not a big matter!" Jia Zheng sneered and said, "Don't mention this. I have raised this unworthy bastard, and I am no longer filial. I taught him a lesson, and everyone supported him. , it’s better to strangle him to death today, so as to avoid future troubles!” As he spoke, he asked for a rope to strangle him to death.Mrs. Wang hurriedly hugged her and cried: "Although the master should discipline his son, it also depends on the relationship between husband and wife. I am now a 50-year-old man, only this evil person, and I will definitely take him as the law. I dare not persuade him deeply." If you want him to die even more today, don’t you intend to reject me. If you want to strangle him, get a rope and strangle me first, and then strangle him. We women dare not hold grudges, after all, we have someone to rely on in the underworld.” Said After that, he climbed on Baoyu and cried loudly.After hearing this, Jia Zheng sighed, sat down on the chair, and burst into tears.Mrs. Wang held Baoyu in her arms, and saw that his face was pale and weak, and he was wearing a green gauze gown covered with blood stains. She couldn't help taking off the sweat towel and looking at it. From the buttocks to the shin, it was blue or purple, whole or torn, and it was not good at all. , Unknowingly burst into tears, "Frighten the poor!" Because he cried out "the poor", he suddenly thought of Jia Zhu again, so he called Jia Zhu and cried: "If you live, you will die a hundred I don't care anymore." At this time, the people inside heard that Mrs. Wang had come out, and that Wang Xifeng and Yingchun sisters, the presiding officer of Palace Li, had already come out.Mrs. Wang cried Jia Zhu's name, and others were okay, but the palace judge couldn't help but also burst into tears.When Jia Zheng heard this, the tears rolled down like rolling melons.Just as they were about to meet, they suddenly heard the servant girl say: "The old lady is here." Before she finished a word, she heard a trembling voice outside the window saying: "Beat me first, and then kill him, wouldn't it be clean!" When Zheng saw his mother coming, he was anxious and in pain, so he rushed out to greet him, only to see Mother Jia coming panting, supporting the girl.Jia Zheng stepped forward and bowed to accompany him with a smile: "It's a hot day, why is mother angry to come here in person? If you have something to say, you should call your son in and give instructions." When Jia's mother heard about it, she stopped to take a breath, and said sharply: "So you were talking to me! I have something to say, but it's just pity that I didn't raise a good son in my life, but you taught me who to talk to!" Jia Zheng didn't like it, so he knelt down and said with tears: My son taught my son a lesson for the sake of honoring our ancestors. How can I bear what my mother says?" When Jia's mother heard this, she spat and said, "If I say a word, you won't be able to bear it. You'll kill me like that Is it possible that Baoyu can stand it? You said that teaching your son is the glory of the ancestors, how did your father teach you in the first place!" Saying that, tears rolled down without realizing it.Jia Zheng laughed again and said, "Mother, don't be sad. It's just Zuoer's whim. I won't beat him again." Jia Mu sneered and said, "You don't have to be angry with me. Your son , I shouldn’t care whether you beat me or not. I guess you are tired of us women too. Why don’t we leave you as soon as possible, and everyone is clean!” As he said this, he ordered people to watch the sedan horse, “Your wife Baoyu and I will return immediately. Go to Nanjing!" The servants had no choice but to agree.Jia's mother called Mrs. Wang again and said, "You don't have to cry. Now that Baoyu is young, you love him. He will grow up to be an official butcher. He may not think that you are his mother. You don't want to now." I love him, I'm afraid I won't be able to breathe in the future." When Jia Zheng heard this, he kowtowed and cried, "Mother said so, Jia Zheng has no place to stand." Jia's mother sneered, "You clearly made me have no place to stand. Damn, you’re talking about you! It’s just that we’re going back, you’re clean, let’s see if anyone will allow you to fight.” As he said, he ordered the luggage cart to go back quickly.Jia Zheng begged to plead guilty.

While Jia Mu was talking, she was also thinking about Baoyu. When she came in to look at it, she saw that today's beating was no better than in the past. She was distressed, angry, and crying.Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng waited for a while to persuade, and then gradually stopped.A maid's daughter-in-law had long waited to come up and wanted to help Baoyu, so Sister Feng scolded, "you don't open your eyes to look at the foolish thing! You still have to help me go with you! Hurry up and go in and spring the rattan drawer." The stool is being carried out." When they heard that they hurried in, they did carry out the spring stool, put Baoyu on the stool, and followed Mrs. Jiamu Wang to enter and send it to Jiamu's room.

At that time, Jia Zheng saw that Jia's mother was still angry, so he didn't dare to relax, so he followed him in.Look at Baoyu, it's really heavy.Look at Mrs. Wang again, if you have something good or bad at this moment, leave me and ask me to rely on that one! "I've been scolded, and I've cried again, "I don't want to live up to my son". Jia Zheng was discouraged when he heard this, and regretted that he should have beaten him so badly. First persuade Jia's mother, and Jia's mother said tearfully, "If you don't go out, What are you still doing here!

Could it be that if you don't have enough heart, you have to watch him die before you can go! "When Jia Zheng heard about it, Fang withdrew.

At this time, Aunt Xue, Baochai, Xiangling, Xiren and Shi Xiangyun are all here.Xiren was full of grievances, so he had to force himself out. Seeing the crowd surrounding them, those pouring water, and those fanning, but they couldn't put their hands in, so they went out to the second door and asked the boys to find Baoming. Come to ask carefully: "It was so good just now, why did you fight? You didn't come early to tell me!" Baoming said anxiously: "I was not in front of me, and I didn't hear it until the middle of the fight. I was busy inquiring about the reason, but it was It’s about Qiguan’s sister Jin Chuan.” Xiren said: “How did the master know?” Baoming said: “The Qiguan’s matter is mostly because Uncle Xue is jealous and can’t vent his anger. I don’t know how to provoke it outside. Who came, set the fire in front of the master. The story of Jin Chuaner was said by the third master, and I also heard it from the master's people." Hearing that these two things were true, Xiren believed it in his heart Nine points.Then when I came back, I saw that everyone was treating Baoyu.After the mediation was completed, Jia Mu ordered "Haosheng to carry it to his room."Everyone agreed, and hurriedly sent Baoyu to Yihong Courtyard to lie down on their own bed.After another half day of chaos, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the attacker came in to serve him wholeheartedly and asked him what he served.Let's listen to the next chapter.