Through the Ring of Red Mansions

Let’s talk about Jia Jing, the great master of Ningguo Mansion, who is obsessed with alchemy all day long, hangs out with a group of Taoist priests in the Xuanzhen Temple, and doesn’t even go home during the New Year, as if he is proving the Tao. It must be known that he is superstitious in the art of directing qi, and even participates in star ceremonies. Fighting, defending Gengshen, and serving spirit sand are always vain, and they are too exhausting, which in turn hurts one's life.Everyone couldn't help but wondered, "It's fine and there is no disease, why is it gone?"

Because Jia Zhen, father and son, Jia Lian and others were not at home, Youshi "had to take off his makeup in a hurry, and ordered people to go to Xuanzhen Temple first to lock up all the Taoist priests, and wait for the uncle to come home for interrogation. He hurriedly took Lai Sheng away by car." A family of daughters-in-law went out of the city. I asked the imperial physician to see what the problem was."

When the doctors saw Jia Jing, "although he is dead now, his belly is as hard as iron, his face is burnt and his lips are purple and cracked." They said to their daughter-in-law, "it's from Xuanjiao who swallowed gold and took sand, and died of burning." All the Taoists panicked. The reply said: "It turned out that the cinnabar newly made by the master's secret method was bad. The Taoists also persuaded that 'the merits have not yet come and you can't obey it'. I didn't expect the master to quietly swallow it when he was guarding Gengshen tonight, and he was promoted to immortality. I am afraid that he has attained the Tao with pious heart, has left the sea of ​​suffering, shed his skin, and left himself."

Youshi didn't listen, but ordered them to be locked up until Jia Zhen came to release them, and ordered someone to report to Feima.And because the weather is hot today, we really can't see each other, and we can't wait for Jia Zhen to come back, "so he presided over it himself, and ordered the astronomy student to choose a date for encoffining. The longevity tree was prepared and sent to the temple in the early years, which is very cheap. Three days later, the funeral will be held and the filial piety will be held. At the same time, we will set up a dojo to wait for Jia Zhen."

The uncle in Ning's mansion is gone, Baoyu and Jiahuan can't be lazy, they have to get rid of the bright clothes and pendants, change into a white filial dress, and change the purse fan pendant into blue, and the two accompany each other every day In Dongfu, seven days in a row.

And Jia Zhen hurriedly asked for leave, and Jia Rong was a competent person.The Ministry of Rites did not dare to be self-confident, so it issued an original request, "Jia Jing was born as a Jinshi, and his ancestral status has shadowed his son Jia Zhen. Since Jia Jing was old and sick, he often kept quiet in the Xuanzhen Temple outside the capital. Today, due to illness Died in the temple, his son Zhen and Sun Rong are now away with attendants due to the national funeral, so they begged for leave to return to the funeral."

Shui Lang didn't know that Jia Jing died of eating golden pills indiscriminately, and he didn't tell the truth, but he allowed Jia Zhen and others to go home for funerals, and ordered "let the children and grandchildren complete the funeral and help the coffin return home", and "give Guanglu The temple gave sacrifices according to the above rules. The court was approved by the princes and below." "After this decree, not only the people in Jia's mansion thanked him, but even all the ministers in the court praised him endlessly."

A few days later, Jia Zhen and his son came back first, kneeled and crawled in from the gate of Tiechan Temple, wept blood in front of the coffin, and cried until dawn when their throats were hoarse. prostrate before the coffin.Later, Jia Mu and others rushed to the house, and the family met each other, and there was another bitter stalemate.Jia's mother was very old, and she couldn't help feeling sad, and fell ill the next day.They hurriedly invited a doctor to diagnose the pulse and prescribe medicine, so when it was time for Jia Jing's funeral, Jia's mother was persuaded by everyone not to go, so Baoyu and Jia Huan stayed at home to serve. "The rest of Jia Amnesty, Jia Lian, Mrs. Xing, Mrs. Wang, etc. led their family and servants to Tiekan Temple, and they will not return until evening. Jia Zhenyou and Jia Rong are still guarding the spirit in the temple. After a hundred days, Fang Fu's coffin will return. Nationality. At home, I still entrust my old lady and my second and third sisters to take care of me.

But it is said that Jia Lian has been longing for the You sisters since she heard the names of the You sisters every day.Since Jia Jing was still at home, he knew his second and third sisters every day, so he couldn't help being romantic.Kuang Jiazhen and the others saw that he now had a good job in a cement factory, and he only watched trucks of cement being pulled to the Yellow River embankment every day. He didn't know how much he earned.

At this time, Jia Lian was no better than before. First, Sister Feng was already six or seven months old. According to several doctors, they all looked like male fetuses. , this time she was pregnant and generously sent Ping'er to take care of her. Although she hadn't mentioned anything to her aunt, she probably wanted to wait until the baby was born.Two, Jia Lian has been busy with errands in the cement factory for the past year, and all the people around him are concentrating on their work, which is very different from Jia Zhen and others who are very crooked. Occasionally, they go out to drink some flower wine together, just for fun. He just dropped his hand when he was excited.

But here Jia Lian saw You Erniang is beautiful and gentle, and he knew that he was very interested in him in his heart, so he became more hesitant and couldn't help but feel a little lost. Zhang Guanshi, who was with him, asked what happened. Well, since I came here, Manager Zhang taught me a lot of things, so I didn't hide my secrets, and asked him to listen.

Guanshi Zhang was originally a small official in the Department of Materials and Works of the Ministry of Industry. Because he was appointed by Shui Lang to work in Jinxiu Pavilion, although he was no longer an official, he actually held a higher official position under the name of Jinyi Mansion. Then, with the high salary in Jinxiu Pavilion, he secretly supervised one party for Shui Lang.Now, after hearing Jia Lian's words, he said calmly, "Although this matter is beautiful, it is not the time. Second Master Lian, think about it, the country's filial piety is one level, and the family's filial piety is one level. How can I mention this. If it's really hard to give up, it's better to make an appointment in private first, and then talk about it when you are a filial piety? Besides, how can you hide this from Mrs. Ling? You must know how to hide it from the first day of the junior high school, how can you hide it from the fifteenth? In the future, the two wives will be together. My son's time is still long, if Second Master Lian really puts his heart into it, he will also think about the future situation for the new wife."

At this time, if Jia Zhen and Jia Rong came to persuade him, it was inevitable that Jia Lian would do the thing of "remarrying his wife". However, Zhang Guanshi came to persuade him, and the effect was just the opposite. Settling Second Sister You first in the external house is not a long-term solution. Sooner or later, returning to the mansion is the right way.Sister Feng was originally a sharp-hearted person, if she really went past her, he would not stand up for this matter, and when Sister Feng had just given birth, wouldn't the old ladies and wives all help her, and it's hard to guarantee that Second Sister You would not If you are wronged, you have to say hello to her first because of the love between husband and wife.

Here Jia Lian went to worry about how to talk to Sister Feng, and Zhang Guanshi over there was too busy to write the matter clearly, and handed it up to Shui Lang, but a person from above told him, "Master said it's irrelevant, let you Let Third Lord Huan know, let Third Master Huan be happy about this matter."

Jia Huan just got a letter from Zhang Guanshi, and when he saw Jia Lian coming to look for him, he begged Jia Huan to come to Sister Feng to speak for him with a shy face. The second sister is in love with each other. Now that you are the great benefactor of our family, Sister Feng will definitely listen to your words and never refute you. If this can be done, brother, I will take your new sister-in-law to the temple every year to kowtow to you worship."

Jia Huan said with a smile, "Let's not talk about it. You might as well look for Brother Zhen. Anyway, she is his serious sister-in-law. I have nothing to do with it. Besides, I'm not married yet. How can I open this?" mouth."

However, Jia Lian relied on him and wanted to bow and kneel. Jia Huan couldn't bear the disturbance, so he had to say, "It's okay if you want me to go for you. There is only one thing. If you make it or not, you can't rely on me."

Jia Lian said with a smile, as if he had heard the Buddha's music, "I won't blame you for anything!"

Jia Huan said again, "There is one more thing. No matter what, we must not miss the job at the cement factory, or I will be replaced."

Jia Lian hurriedly said solemnly, "I don't know how important this is. I dare not make mistakes, or I will let Brother Huan send me down."

Just then Jia Huan nodded, went to Sister Feng's and said everything, and said with a smile, "I can't push it away, so I can only come here to be the sounding board, and I have no intention of speaking for Lian's second brother. Thinking about it, Second Brother Lian's temperament is like this, now that I've blocked this one, I can't guarantee that there will be something like Third Sister Zhang and Fourth Sister Li next time, since I want to help my brother and sister-in-law, it will be of great use in the future, so I will come here to flatter you There are too many, how can Lian's second sister-in-law guard against it?"

Sister Feng frowned and listened, and Jia Huan said again, "This man can only be punished by Lian's second sister-in-law. It's just that our family is riddled with holes. It's better not to use the old methods."

Sister Feng's face flushed, and she hurriedly said, "I know what you mean. I was lost in the first place, and I never got along well with you and my aunt. Now it's too late to fix it. Just look at Baoyu calling me sister, you Just be willing to call me sister-in-law and you will know. It’s just that I feel very ashamed of how you treat our husband and wife now, and I have no chance to say, it’s rare that you are willing to come here today, and I have to apologize to you seriously.”

Jia Huan hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't move, you are still pregnant." Sister Feng refused, so she asked Ping'er to kowtow for herself, and Jia Huan hurriedly helped her up.Sister Feng said again, "You just need to let go of this matter, I will take care of it myself."

In the past few years, Sister Feng has experienced things, and she has become more flexible than she was before. In terms of talent, she is actually much better than all the men in Jia's mansion. Seeing that she is becoming more and more calm and sophisticated, Jia Huan is interested Seeing how much she has changed, so I didn't care about Jia Lian coming to ask, just said with a smile, "I told my sister-in-law, and she said she knew."

Jia Lian said unwillingly, "That's all?"

Jia Huan said innocently, "I didn't embarrass me, and sent me out with a smile. I'm already very high-spirited, and the second brother Lian asked me to force my sister-in-law to take him into the mansion on the spot? "

Jia Lian had no choice but to sneak into Sister Feng's room to find out the sound of the wind, but Sister Feng greeted her with a smile and said, "I heard that Sister-in-law Zhen took her old lady and sister to the house over there. I am inconvenient, and I have never seen her. It is said that Sister-in-law Zhen’s second younger sister is a very beautiful person. I think there are still few people in our courtyard. , I just want to hire a new person for my master, and now I have chosen sister-in-law Zhen’s second sister, I will go and have a look later, so I will mention it to my master beforehand to see if my master wants to marry this family."

Jia Lian naturally refused, and put her arms around Sister Feng and praised her good wife and mother for a long time. Sister Feng ignored him and made the arrangements. She took Ping'er, Feng'er and two daughters-in-law under her hand, and went to Dongfu to find You's family. went.