Dream of the Red Mansion

It is said that after the two nuns took Fangguan and waited, Mrs. Wang went to Jiamu's place to inspect the morning. Seeing that Jiamu liked it, she replied by the way: "There is Qingwen in Baoyu's house, and that girl is too old. For a year, he was always sick. I saw that he was more mischievous and lazy than others. The day before yesterday he fell ill for more than ten days. I asked the doctor to see that it was my daughter’s tuberculosis, so I rushed him to go down. There is no need to ask him to come in after he is raised well, just reward his family with others. I also decided to release the girls who studied opera. For one thing, they all know how to act, and their words are neither serious nor serious. I can only talk nonsense, what do the girls do after listening to it? Second, they sang for a while, so it is right to let them go for nothing. Besides, there are too many girls, if it is not enough, pick a few more also the same."

After hearing this, Jia Mu nodded and said, "That's reasonable, and I was thinking about it too. But I think Qingwen is a very nice girl, so why did she get up like this? I mean, these girls are not as good at talking and sewing as he is. In the future, he will be the only one who can be used by Baoyu. Who knows what has changed." Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "The old lady picked a good person. I'm afraid he got this disease because of his unlucky fate. As the saying goes, Eighteen changes in the female college. Besides, those who have the ability are inevitably a little misleading. What is the old lady who has never experienced it. I paid attention to this matter three years ago. First, I only picked him, so I paid attention. Looking at him coldly, he looks better than others, but he is not heavy. If he is heavy, he is the most important person. Although he is a good wife and concubine, it is better to have a gentle temperament and a serious manner. He is slightly inferior to Qingwen, but if he is placed in the room, he can be regarded as first or second class. Besides, he is generous and honest. In the past few years, he has never been naughty with Baoyu. Whenever Baoyu is very nonsense, he can only die. Persuasion. Therefore, after two years of product selection, it was not bad at all, so I quietly stopped his girl's monthly cents, and gave him two taels of silver from my monthly cents. But let him know that he is more careful The meaning of learning well. I don’t know what to say. One is that Baoyu is still young, and the master is afraid that he will delay the book when he knows it. The other is that Baoyu thinks he is the person in front of him. He dare not persuade him to talk about him, but he indulges. So I didn’t come back to the old lady of Ming Dynasty until today.” After hearing this, Jia’s mother smiled and said, “So it’s better like this. Xiren used to be silent since he was a child, but I just said he’s a gourd without a mouth. , is there a big mistake. And you don't say clearly that Baoyu's idea is better. And don't mention it, just know it in your heart. I know that Baoyu will not listen to his wives and concubines in the future. I can't understand it. I have never seen such a child before. Other naughty things should be done, but it is difficult for him to be nice to the girls. I am also worried about this. The National People's Congress has a big heart and knows about men and women, so they love to get close to them. After careful investigation, it is not for this reason. Isn't it strange. It must have been a girl who was cast by mistake and failed." Everyone laughed.Mrs. Wang went back to how Jia Zheng praised today and how she took them for a stroll. After hearing this, Jia's mother was even more delighted.

For a while, I saw Yingchun dressed up and came to say goodbye.Sister Feng also came to Xingchen, served breakfast, and talked and laughed again.After Jia's mother took a break, Mrs. Wang called Sister Feng and asked him if the pills had ever been prepared.Sister Feng said: "Not yet, I still take soup and medicine now. Madam, just rest assured, I'm fine." Mrs. Wang believed him when she saw that his spirit had recovered.Because he told Zhui Zhuqingwen and other things, he said: "How come Bao girl went home to sleep privately, you don't know? My ex-son stopped by and checked it out. Who knows that this new boobie, Boy Lan, is also very good. Yao Qiao, I don’t like him either. I also said I’m with your sister-in-law, why don’t you tell him to go his own way. Besides, boy Lan is getting older and doesn’t need a tit anymore. I don’t know if it’s okay? He said he told him, but he will stay for two or three days, and come in when your aunt gets well. After all, your aunt is not seriously ill, but she still has a cough and back pain every year. There must be a reason for him to go here Well, dare someone offend him? That kid has a heavy heart, and relatives stay together, so don't offend anyone, it's not good."

Sister Feng said with a smile, "Who can offend him? Besides, he is in the garden every day, and there are only a group of them and his sisters." Mrs. Wang said, "Don't let Baoyu talk and have no intentions. Like a fool, he never taboos. If you're happy, you can talk nonsense." Sister Feng laughed and said, "This is because my wife is too worried. If you say that he goes out to talk serious things about serious things, he looks like a fool. If you only call in in front of these sisters, big and small In front of the maids, he is the most lenient, and he is afraid of offending others, so no one can annoy him. I think that the reason why sister Xue went here is to search the belongings of the girls. Of course he I can't believe that the people in the garden searched and inspected him. He is a relative, and now there are maids and wives included. It is not easy for us to search and inspect, lest we suspect him, so I was more concerned and avoided it myself. It should also avoid suspicion. " Mrs. Wang was right when she heard this, so she lowered her head and thought for a while, then ordered Baochai to clarify what happened the day before to solve his doubts, and ordered him to come in and live as usual.Baochai laughed and said, "I wanted to go out early, but my aunt has many important matters, so I can't talk about it. It just so happened that my mother was ill the day before yesterday, and two reliable women in the family were also sick, so I went out by the way." Yes. My aunt already knew about it today, and I just made sense, so I resigned from today so I can move things." Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng smiled: "You are too stubborn. If you move in seriously, don't. Nothing important has alienated relatives."

Baochai said with a smile: "I don't understand what you said. I didn't have any reason to go out. The reason for me is that my mother's mentality has been greatly reduced recently, and there is no one to rely on at night. I am the only one. Two things Now that my elder brother is about to marry his sister-in-law, I have to help my mother with the cooking. My aunt and Sister Feng know about our family, I am not lying. The third is that I am in the garden, and the small corner door on the southeast is always open. It was originally for me to go. Those who cannot keep in and out will try to save the way and go from there, and no one will check. If something happens from there. , wouldn’t it be an embarrassment to my face. Besides, it wasn’t a big deal for me to come and live in the garden, because I was young a few years ago, and my family had nothing to do, and some people were outside, so it’s better to come in and have a sister together, or do needlework, or play jokes, It's better than just sitting outside. Now that we're both grown up, we both have things to do. Aunt Kuang's side has had unsatisfactory accidents over the years, and the garden is too big to take care of it for a while. Personally, you can worry less. So today not only do I insist on resigning, but I also want to persuade my aunt to reduce what should be reduced now, not because of losing everyone's dignity. According to my opinion, this item of expenses in the garden It can be avoided, and I can't say what I said that day. Auntie knows my family well, so we couldn't have been so neglected that day." After hearing this, Sister Feng smiled at Mrs. Wang: "This is actually true, there is no need to force it." Mrs. Wang nodded and said, "I have nothing to answer, so I have to do as you please."

While talking, I saw that Baoyu and others had come back. Because his father hadn't left yet, he was afraid that it would be dark, so he called us back first.Mrs. Wang hurriedly asked, "Did you lose your ugliness today?" Baoyu laughed and said, "Not only did you not lose your ugliness, but you stole a lot of things."When Mrs. Wang looked at it, she saw three fans, three pendants, six boxes of pens and inks, three strings of incense beads, and three jade sash rings.Baoyu said, "This is from Mei Hanlin, it's from Yang Shilang, and it's from Li Yuanwai. Each one gets one point." Then, he took out a small sandalwood bodyguard Buddha from his bosom, and said: "This is the list given to me by the Duke of the Qing Dynasty." Mrs. Wang asked who was present at the table and what poems she had written.When Jia Mu saw it, she liked it so much that she couldn't help asking some more questions.But Baoyu remembered Qingwen wholeheartedly, and when he finished agreeing, he said that his horse was bumped and his bones hurt.Jia Mu then said, "Go back to your room and change your clothes. It's good to evacuate and evacuate. Don't fall asleep." After hearing this, Baoyu hurried into the garden.

At present, sheyue Qiuwen has brought two girls to wait. Seeing that Baoyu resigned from Jiamu and came out, Qiuwen took up the pen and ink and went into the garden with Baoyu.Baoyu said, "It's so hot", and as soon as he walked, he took off his crown and belt, took off all the outer clothes, and Musk Moon took it, wearing only a pine flower satin jacket, which was as bright red as blood spots. Pants come.Seeing that the red trousers were Qingwen's needlework, Qiuwen sighed, "Put these trousers away later, they are really lost." She Yue hurriedly laughed and said, "This is Qingwen's needlework. " And sighed: "The real thing is dead!" Qiu Wen pulled Musk Moon and said with a smile: "These trousers are paired with a pine-colored jacket and stone blue boots, which show more the indigo head. The snow-white face is coming." Baoyu pretended not to hear, took two more steps, then stopped and said, "I want to take a walk, how about that?" Sheyue said, "In broad daylight, what are you afraid of? I'm afraid I won't be able to lose you!" Because he ordered the two little girls to follow, "We sent these things to come again." Baoyu said: "My dear sister, wait for me to go." Sheyue said: "We will go as soon as we go. Come on. Both of them have something in their hands, and they are facing the deacon. One is holding the four treasures of the study, and the other is holding a crown robe and shoes. What does it look like?" Baoyu heard that, and let the two of them go.

He took two little girls to Yishi, but they didn't do much. He just asked them, "I'm gone. Did your sister Xiren send someone to see that Qingwen's sister has gone?" Mother Song went to see." Baoyu said: "What did you say when you came back?" The little girl said: "When I came back, sister Qingwen screamed with her neck straight all night, and she closed her eyes and shut her mouth when she got up early today. She doesn't know the world and can't get out One sound, it's just a matter of frustration." Baoyu hurriedly said, "Who is it that you called all night?" The little girl said, "It's your mother who called all night." Baoyu wiped away his tears and said, "Who else are you calling?" Little girl Zidao: "I didn't hear you call someone else." Baoyu said: "You are confused, you must not have listened to the truth." The little girl next to him was the smartest. Baoyu said: "Not only did I hear it clearly, but I also secretly watched it myself." Baoyu heard about it and asked, "Why did you see it yourself again?"

The little girl said: "I think sister Qingwen is different from others and treats us very well. Now that he has been wronged and gone out, we have no other way to save him. We just go and see him, and it is not in vain. Even if people found out and returned to their wives, they would be willing to take a beating. So I tried my best to get a beating and went down to take a look. Who knows that he was a smart man all his life, and he would never change until he died. He closed his eyes and meditated because he was thinking about the incident where ordinary people should not speak. When he saw me go, he opened them, took my hand and asked: Where has Baoyu gone? I told him the truth. He sighed and said: I can't see you anymore. I said: "Sister, why don't you wait for him to come back and meet again, won't you fulfill your wish?" He laughed and said: "You don't know yet. I am not dead. If there is a flower god missing today, The Jade Emperor ordered me to go to Sizhu. Now I arrive at Ren Sihua at two quarters before Zhengzheng, and Baoyu has to wait until three quarters before Zhengzheng to get home. There is only one moment of time, and I cannot see each other. All the damned people in the world have been hooked by the king of hell, It's almost some little ghosts who come to catch people's souls. If you want to delay for a while, just burn some paper money and pour some rice, the ghosts just go to steal the money, and the damned people can stay longer. I'm in heaven now Hearing this, I didn't really believe it, and when I went into the room and looked at the timetable carefully, it was true that he died at the second quarter, and someone came to call at the third quarter. Let's say you're here. It's all right now."

Baoyu hurriedly said: "You don't know how to read and write, so you don't know. This is true. Not only does the flower have a god, but also the flower has a god. Besides, there is also the chief flower god. But he didn't know whether he was the chief flower god. Or is it a god who only cares about the same flower?" The girl couldn't figure it out for a while.It just so happens that this is August, and the hibiscus in the garden is blooming.Seeing Jing Shengqing, the girl hurriedly replied: "I also asked him what kind of god is in charge of flowers, and told us that we can make offerings in the future. He said: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked. Since you are so devout, I will only tell you+ , you can only tell Baoyu one person. If the secret is leaked besides him, the five thunders will come to blast the top. He told me that he is in charge of this hibiscus flower." Baoyu heard this, not only did not feel sorry It's strange, and joy arises from sadness, which refers to Furong and said with a smile: "This flower must be in charge of such a person. I predict that a person like him will have a career. Although it is beyond the sea of ​​​​suffering, we will never see each other again." I can't help but feel sad and miss you." Because he thought again: "Although I haven't seen you at the end of my life, if I go to worship in front of the spirit now, it will count as the love of the past five or six years."

After thinking about rushing to the room, he put on another dress, and only said to see Daiyu, so he went out of the garden alone and went to the previous place, meaning to stop the coffin.Unexpectedly, his brother and sister-in-law went back in as soon as they saw him dying, hoping to get a few taels of routine money earlier.When Mrs. Wang heard about it, she ordered to reward ten taels of silver for burning and burying.He also ordered: "Send it outside immediately and incinerate it. If your daughter dies of tuberculosis, you must not stay!" After hearing this, his brother and sister-in-law got money, and at the same time hired people to be buried and carried to the incineration field outside the city. up.The remaining clothes, shoes and hairpin rings cost about three or four hundred gold, and his brother and sister-in-law collected them for future plans.The two locked the door and went to the funeral together without returning.Baoyu came and rushed to nothing.Baoyu stood on his own for a long time, so he had no choice but to turn around and enter the garden.When I got back to the room, I felt very tasteless, because I came to find Daiyu on the way.Pian Daiyu was not in the room, and when asked where she was going, the maids replied, "Going to Miss Bao."

When Baoyu went to Hengwu Garden again, he was surprised to see that there was no one in the room, and the room was empty.Suddenly seeing an old woman coming, Baoyu hurriedly asked what was the reason.The old woman said: "Miss Bao has gone out. Let us take care of this place, but we haven't moved it yet. We helped deliver some things, and that's the end of it. You old man, please go out, let us sweep the dust, from now on you The old man saves his legs here." Baoyu was stunned for a long time when he heard this, because he looked at the fragrant vines and different vines in the courtyard, which were still green and green, and suddenly seemed to be more bleak than yesterday, adding to the sadness .When I came out silently, I saw that there was no one coming and going on the emerald pad outside the door for half a day, unlike the maidservants in various rooms who came here without appointment that day.He leaned over and looked at the water under the dais, which was still flowing through the veins.I thought in my heart: "There is such a ruthless thing in the world!" After feeling sad, I suddenly thought that I went to play chess, entered the painting, Fangguan and five others, Qingwen died, and now I went to Baochai to wait for a while. Although Yingchun hasn't gone yet, she hasn't come back for several days, and matchmakers come to propose marriage one after another: probably the people in the garden will be separated soon.Even if you are troubled, it will not help.It's better to find Daiyu to be with him for a day, and hang out with Xiren when he comes back. It's just these two or three people, I'm afraid they will die together.After thinking about it, I still came to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but Daiyu hadn't come back yet.Baoyu thought that he should go out and wait to see him off, but he couldn't bear the sadness, so he still didn't go, so he came back dejectedly.

Just when he didn't know why, he suddenly saw Mrs. Wang's girl come in and say to him, "Master is back, I'm looking for you, and I got a good topic again. Go, go." Baoyu had to follow after hearing this.In Mrs. Wang's room, his father has gone out.Mrs. Wang ordered Baoyu to be sent to the study.

At that time, Jia Zheng was talking about the victory of seeking autumn with all the friends, and said: "When we were about to leave, we suddenly talked about something. It is the best talk of all time. Make a elegy."

After hearing this, all the guests hurriedly asked for advice. What a wonderful thing it is.Jia Zhengnai said: "on that day, there was a king named Hengwang who came out of Qingzhou. This Hengwang liked women most, and his spare time was good at martial arts. Because he chose many beauties, he practiced martial arts every day. Every spare time held banquets for days. , so that all the beauties can practice fighting skills. Among the concubines, there are four surnamed Lin Xing, who are both beautiful and skilled in martial arts. .んをGeneral.” All the guests said, “It’s wonderful and miraculous. It’s actually added under んを. The word “General” is more charming and romantic. Yes." Jia Zheng laughed and said, "That's certainly true, but it's even more amazing."

All the Qing guests were stunned and asked, "I don't know what's going on down here?" Jia Zheng said, "Who knows that there will be one in the next year. Yellow scarves. The remnant gang of thieves with red eyebrows reunited and plundered the area on the left side of the mountain. King Heng intended." Because of the evil of dogs and sheep, it is not enough to make a big move, because Qingqi went forward to suppress. Unexpectedly, the thieves were quite cunning and wise, and they were invincible in two battles, so King Heng was killed by all the thieves. So the civil and military officials in Qingzhou City all called it. The king is still invincible , What are you and I doing! Then there will be an act of sacrificing the city. Lin Siniang heard the bad news, so she gathered all the female generals and issued an order: "You and I have been favored by the king, and we can't repay it. The king is now If you die in state affairs, I would like to die in the king. Those who are willing to follow, go with me immediately, and those who do not want to leave early. All the female generals listened to him and said they were willing. So Lin Siniang led the people They went out of the city overnight and killed them all the way to the bandit camp. The bandits were unguarded, and a few of the first bandits were beheaded. Then everyone saw that there were only a few women, and they were expected to be useless. When one of them was not left behind, it became the loyalty of Lin Siniang. Later, when it was reported to the Central Capital, everyone from the emperor to the officials was astonished. Afterwards, people in the court naturally went to destroy it. When the heavenly soldiers arrived, they disappeared. , don’t need to go into too much detail. It’s just Lin Siniang’s section, everyone, after listening to it, is it enviable or not?” All the behind-the-scenes friends sighed: “It’s really enviable and amazing, it’s really a clever question, everyone should hold it together. "Speaking, someone had already taken a pen and inkstone, changed a few words according to Jia Zheng's words, and it became a short preface, and handed it to Jia Zheng for reading.