Jiazhu of the Red Chamber

It is said that Jia Zhu and Shui Rong stayed in Sichuan for more than half a year, visiting various scenic spots in central Sichuan, Shui Rong proposed to go to Yunnan for a few days.

Jia Zhu refused at the beginning, worried about being recognized by others in Lingnan, but Shui Rong said that he would only take two followers and go in micro-clothes.It is also said that the Cangshan Erhai Lake and the Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in Yunnan are all places of interest and historic sites, which are worth seeing.Jia Zhu was moved by what he said, and the two made arrangements in detail. Shui Rong only told a few confidants where to go, and then took Jia Zhu, Cai Song and a young man named Shui Sheng to set off for Yunnan.

According to the season, it is already winter, and people in Kyoto should already be lighting fires and wearing cotton clothes, but this southwest border is like spring all the year round, and both Jia Zhu and Shui Rong only wear long robes over their middle clothes, in the attire of an ordinary scholar. Caisong and Shuisheng carried a basket on their backs, with a few miscellaneous books in the basket, pretending to be their bookboys.

Jia Zhu and Shui Rong rode white horses in front, and two young men rode donkeys behind, and slowly headed for Yunnan.

The beautiful scenery along the way is indescribably charming. Entering the territory of Yunnan, the mountains are connected with mountains, rolling ups and downs, waters are connected with waters, waters and waters are connected, and the mountains and rivers are picturesque and beautiful.

Several people rented a big boat at the intersection of the Lancang River and the Jinsha River, took the horses on board, and traveled eastward along the river. The scenery on the river was different from that on the shore.Passing by various villages along the coast, there are even places where ethnic minorities live together. The customs and customs are very different from those in the Central Plains.Shui Rong has a lot of research on this way, and he can say something about every place, which adds a lot of fun to the journey.

Four days later, several people went ashore and rode to Kunming.

Kunming City was very heavily guarded, they had to be interrogated when entering and exiting, and Shui Rong took out a token that he did not know where, and showed it to the guards, and the four were able to enter.

Although there are many beautiful scenery along the way, as soon as they entered the city of Kunming, several people felt tired, so they found an inn, and planned to rest for a night before going shopping tomorrow.

Shui Rong and Jia Zhu each went to the room, Caisong and Shui Sheng shared the same room. After dinner, they went back to their rooms to rest.

The boat was exhausted, and Jia Zhu went to bed and fell asleep. He didn't wake up until the next morning when he heard the sound of Shui Rong's anger in the next room. He rarely saw Shui Rong angry, so he thought something serious happened, so he hurried over to see what happened , I saw that the pine and aquatic plants were all in the room, and Jia Zhu hurriedly asked what was the matter.

Shui Rong was full of anger and said: "The daring thief actually stole from this king."

Jia Zhu frowned and said, "What did you lose?"

Shui Rong said: "Except for books, everything else is lost! I'm so mad!"

Jia Zhu hurriedly said, "Can we talk to the shopkeeper?"

Cai Song said: "I said it, but the store owner said that they are doing serious business, and put up a sign on the counter: valuables, keep them by yourself, and you will not be held liable for lost items."

Jia Zhu signaled Cai Song to pour two cups of tea first, handed it to Shui Rong, and said, "Calm down first, if the silver taels are lost, forget it, I still have them there, enough for us. If other things are lost, it doesn't matter If there is something important, report it to the official immediately."

Shui Rong took the tea, took a sip, calmed down and said, "If it's something insignificant, why should I be angry? There is a small thing that I used to carry with me. I put it under the pillow after taking a shower last night and was touched by someone. go."

Jia Zhu said: "It's not too late, you wait at the inn, I'll report to the officials."

Shui Rong saw that he was still wearing his middle coat, and when he got up, he rushed over, saying: "Go and wash up first, and then go to see if your things are still there."

Jia Zhu laughed and said, "I only brought silver taels, so if I lose it, I lose it." Having said that, I hurried back to the room to see what happened. After all, the water-soluble silver was lost. If his silver was lost, the four of us could only Begging along the way back.

Sure enough, Jia Zhu suffered like a water melt, and his entire package disappeared.Cai Song and Shui Sheng hurriedly waited on Jia Zhu and Shui Rong to freshen up, but Shui Rong was worried that Jia Zhu went to the yamen alone, and rushed over with him.

Seeing their hurry, the shopkeeper stopped the four of them and said, "Where is the guest going? Pay the rent first!"

It turned out that last night the shopkeeper saw that the four of them were well-dressed, so they came in enthusiastically, arranged a guest room, and confiscated the deposit. When they heard that their money was lost this morning, they immediately changed their expressions, for fear that they owed money.When did Shui Rong get so angry, he pushed the shopkeeper away and said, "I will lose your money!"

The shopkeeper was not surprised when he saw it: "Of course I don't need money, let alone the small house money. Please pay the money first before leaving."

Shui Rong was about to have a seizure again, Jia Zhu hurriedly grabbed him, asked Cai Song how much money he wanted, and threw it to the shopkeeper, "Our horse is still in the stable, will it still run away?"

The shopkeeper got the silver, immediately changed his smiling face, and told the four people how to get to the Yamen, Jia Zhu pulled Shui Rong away, and persuaded the four people along the way.Shui Rong also knows how to measure, this is in the territory of the King of Lingnan, and it is not good for him to cause trouble, so he has to suffer from this injustice.

Caisong and Shuisheng still had some scattered silver on their bodies, although it was not much, but if they lived frugally, it would be enough to return to Sichuan. Okay, if you can't catch up, go back quickly, and don't make more troubles.

Jia Zhu said: "Money is not a big deal, but what if you lose your personal belongings?"

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Just now I was dizzy with anger, now that I think about it, it's all external things, not worth anything."

Water soluble hits Xiao Fugui, he doesn't like ordinary things, and he doesn't take it with him, and he is gentle and rarely gets angry. The scene this morning,

Jia Zhu could still remember.An object that he can carry with him and makes him feel distressed like that is definitely not an ordinary thing that can be lost when he loses it, but since Shui Rong refuses to say it clearly, Jia Zhu is inconvenient to ask, so he just made up his mind and tried his best to help him find it. Get it back.

After arriving at the yamen, Jia Zhu stuffed all the money from Caisong's body, and then asked some officials to go to the inn. The team only asked Jia Zhu and the other four to wait at the inn, saying that there was news to inform them.

Seeing that they were perfunctory, Jia Zhu knew that there was little hope of getting it back, but he was not familiar with the place and was in the Lingnan sphere of influence, so he could only wait.

At the beginning of Shui Rong, he also said that he would go back first, and if he continued to wait, he might spend all the money left and wait for the result. It can be seen that Jia Zhu is so caring, so he had to wait with him.

When Shui Rong was looking for an inn, he only cared about finding a comfortable one, so he spent a lot of money. In less than five days, the little money in Shui Sheng's hand was also spent, and there was no news from the yamen.Jia Zhu asked several times in the past, but said that there was no clue yet.

At this point, Jia Zhu had to leave the room and go back to Sichuan. Jia Zhu regretted so much, Shui Rong comforted him and said it was okay, he could sell the horse, and the two rode back together on the same horse.

When the waiter in the shop led the horse out, several people were dumbfounded. The originally bright and beautiful white horse was hungry and out of shape, covered in filth, like a sick horse.Caisong argued with the shopkeeper for a few words, and was teased that the Taoist couldn't afford to eat and cared about the horse!Jia Zhu had no choice but to take the horse and leave, and went to the street to ask where the horse market was, but after asking a few people, they all said that there was no horse market in Kunming.