Brother Rong of Red Mansion

Chapter 92 Jinling City

Jinling was the place where the emperors established their capitals, and the duke Qi Wan was the first emperor to establish his capital. The princes and grandsons of the royal family are graceful and graceful. And the children in black clothes, visiting the lakes and seas, passing by Zhao Li with strings of strings and flutes in hand. Every time there is a banquet, the music is called and the flowers are fragrant. While drinking, he left his kun to see off the guests. After drinking and playing chess, he left behind his hairpin. It is the fairy capital of the realm of true desire and the paradise of peace.

"Look, that's Stone City."

Jia Rong came by boat. At the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Qinhuai River, at the western foot of Qingliang Mountain, from the stone city gate of Longpanli in Huju Pass to the Caochang Gate, he saw the majestic city walls with towering stone cliffs, each built against the mountain. of stone city.

Mei Xiang and Cai Wei, two girls who came to Jinling for the first time, stood on the deck and leaned on the railing to look out. Jia Rong stood with her hands behind her hands and explained the origin to them.

"In the 211th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (), Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Eastern Wu, moved to Moling (Jinling) and built a city on the original site of Jinling City in Stone Mountain, naming it Stone City.

"Because the mountains serve as the city, and the rivers serve as the ponds, the terrain is dangerous and solid, and it is particularly strange. It is known as the 'first military fortress of Soochow' and is known as the 'Stone City with Tigers'."

"Today, Jinling is called Stone City because of this stone mountain."

Jia Rong chatted with each other, and also wrote a song called "Stone City" by Liu Yuxi.

"My motherland is surrounded by mountains, and the city is lonely in the empty city.

"The moon in the old days east of the Huai River came over the female wall late at night."

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Jia Rong is a native of Jiangning County, Jinling. After traveling for more than a month from Shenjing City, entering Jinling City really feels like "revisiting after a long absence and returning home in fine clothes".

At Jinlingyi Pier, the boat docked, and people from the Jia family were already waiting on the shore.

When Jia Zhen died of illness, she sent a letter south to tell her that she wanted to "support her soul and return home." Therefore, at the Jinling Inn Pier, there are young men from the Jia Mansion waiting for news every day. Today, when they saw the Ningguo Mansion's memorial boat approaching, they immediately became energetic and hurried forward to pay tribute.

"Young man Ge Ying, come and see Uncle Rong."

The steward of the Ning Mansion who looked after the house in Jinling was called "Ge Ying". When he saw Jia Rong wearing a plain white maize Zhongjing crown and a red gauze tiger and leopard patch, he knew that this was the rightful owner. He quickly stepped forward and kowtowed respectfully to say hello.

"Thank you for your hard work, get up." Jia Rong smiled and helped Ge Ying up, and then asked, "Has the house been sorted out?"

"I received the letter from the uncle and packed it up early. I just waited for the uncle to come over." Ge Ying nodded repeatedly. When he saw a poleman carrying a nanmu coffin on the ship's board, he couldn't help but kneel down, kowtow, and burst into tears. .

Especially, when he learned that this time he was going south, he was invaded by water pirates, and the second master Qiang in the mansion was unfortunately hit by a stray arrow and died. He cried to the sky and the earth for a while.

After that, he called for a carriage, arranged for Jia Rong to get on the carriage, and then let two young girls, Mei Xiang and Cai Wei, ride in the Zhu Lunhua covered carriage originally arranged for Jia Qiang. The camel cart loaded the coffins of Jia Zhen and Jia Qiang, and brought several boxes and cages on the ship. A large group of people headed towards Ningrong Street.

When the people of Jinling City saw it, they couldn't help but talk about it.

When it was learned that Lord Ningguo had passed away and the descendants of Ningguo helped him return to his hometown, all the people admired him and talked about the time when Ningrongjia's house was prosperous.

While the Ningguofu convoy was driving slowly, there were Jinling children chasing and playing with each other, singing a nursery rhyme familiar to the people of Jinling City in Jinling's soft and waxy dialect.

"Jia is true, white jade is the gold of the palace.

"Efang Palace is three hundred miles away and cannot accommodate a person of Jinling.

"There is a shortage of white jade beds in the East China Sea, so the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling.

"It snows heavily in a good year, and pearls are like earth and gold are like iron." Listening to the nursery rhymes outside the window, Jia Rong opened the sedan curtain, took a look outside, then smiled knowingly, called Sun Rui and rewarded him with a handful of copper coins.

The children outside the window did not expect that there would be "unexpected joy", and they sang even more happily.

When others saw it, they quickly drove the children over and sang around the Ning Guofu motorcade.

In this way, under the surprised, envious and controversial gazes of the people of Jinling, Jia Rong majestically entered Ningrong Street and entered the old residence of Ningguo Mansion.

But see: the halls and attics are majestic and majestic, and even the trees, mountains and rocks in the garden behind are all lush and moist. The design of the pavilion and garden, with stacked rocks and mountains, fully demonstrate the master's attainments. It was the work of "Huating Zhang Beiyuan" during the Zhaowu period in the early Zhou Dynasty.

This garden in Ningguo Mansion is called "Shiji Garden", and it has a different southern scenery from Huifang Garden, which makes Jia Rong secretly amazed.

Before, Nuo Da's old house, although neat and elegant, was a little less popular and a little more old-fashioned. Only Ge Ying and a few loyal old servants guarded it day and night. Now that Jia Rong led people in, the Ningguo Mansion became lively again.

"Jin Cai, the little man, comes to see Mr. Xiao Rong."

Not long after Jia Rong entered the Ningguo Mansion, he had just placed the coffins of Jia Zhen and Jia Qiang in the Yongchang Pavilion in Shiji Garden, and arranged for Mei Xiang, Cai Wei and other female relatives, as well as Jiao Da, Sun Rui and other servants to guard the courtyard. Jincai and his wife, who lived in the old house of Rongguofu on the west side of the street, led people over to kowtow.

"Get up, get up quickly."

Jincai and his wife are old servants of Rongguo Mansion who stayed in Jinling to guard the old house.

Of course, they also have an identity. They are the biological parents of the eldest maid "Jin Yuanyang" beside Jia Mu.

Jia Rong smiled and helped her up, asked Jin Cai and his wife to sit down, asked a few questions about their parents' affairs, and said a few words that Jin Yuanyang was fine by Jia's mother's side, but she just missed her two elders. Before leaving, Yuanyang took his hand and asked him to take good care of the two elders and tell her that her daughter was unfilial and could not serve her by her side, and so on.

After hearing this, Jincai and his wife looked at each other, both of them seeing each other's doubts.

If Yuanyang asked Jia Rong to send a message, the couple believed it. But... said Yuanyang held Jia Rong's hand, this... Jin Cai and his wife hesitated.

Uncle Xiao Rong's words seem to have something to do with Yuanyang? Jincai and his wife were suspicious of each other, but they were too sensible to ask any further questions.

Yuanyang has been outstanding since he was a child. Being able to serve Jia Mu for so long was already considered a capable person in the eyes of Jin Cai and his wife. Even if he really has something to do with Jia Rong, it doesn't matter. Girls always have to marry someone when they grow up. Giving it to Uncle Xiao Rong and being an aunt is also a good way out.

Thinking like this, Jin Cai and his wife calmed down, looked at Jia Rong with different eyes, revealed a bit of kindness, and spoke much more generously.

Then, under Jia Rong's gaze, Jin Cai and his wife wrote a letter home on the spot, which greatly praised Jia Rong and said a lot of good things for him. Then they gave it to Jia Rong and asked him to read it.

"Uncle Xiao Rong, what do you think?" Jin Cai asked anxiously. He didn't expect that Uncle Xiao Rong was so anxious that he actually asked the couple to write a home letter on the spot and send it to Shenjing City early.

"Well, not bad." Jia Rong nodded with satisfaction, blew on the gold-sprinkled paper that still had the scent of ink, folded it carefully, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will send someone back to the capital later. You If you have anything else you want to send, I will send it to Ge Ying shortly."

"it is good."

Jin Cai and his wife nodded, kowtowed and left, slowly turning around and leaving.

(End of this chapter)