Rebirth of the third master of the ring of the Red Chamber

The army was still on its way back to the court, and the news of Daqing's complete victory in destroying the Xiyi had spread to the capital.The common people celebrated with their foreheads and hands, and rushed to tell each other.

Aunt Zhao was sitting on the kang holding the soles of her shoes, looking at the door from time to time, feeling a little restless.

"Grandma, this is the news that Commander Xiao just sent. Please take a look! I heard that the third master will be back in a few days!" Xiao Jixiang hurried into the door with letter paper in one hand and skirt in the other. .

"Give it to me quickly!" Aunt Zhao threw away the soles of her shoes, grabbed the letter and unfolded it.

Little Jixiang stood on tiptoe, stretched his neck, and looked at her eagerly, "Auntie, what did you say in the letter? How is the third master? When will you be home?"

"Okay, okay, everything is fine! I will return to Beijing in seven days! Amitabha, thank God, finally returned safely! Let's go, go to Wufang Temple to offer fifty catties of sesame oil!" Aunt Zhao carefully folded the letter and put it in Inside the interlayer of dowry.

"Hey, I'm going to get a cloak, it's raining outside." Xiao Jixiang opened the box and rummaged through it, and said happily, "Auntie, I have heard people say that with the great military exploits made by the third master, it is the title of Marquis and Prime Minister." That's right! How do you think the emperor will reward him? Even if he doesn't give him a title, at least he should be named a general? Oh, then aren't you a madam?"

Aunt Zhao was only worried about her son's safety, but she didn't expect this. After thinking about it for a while, she laughed so hard that she couldn't see her eyes, and sighed, "I still remember Brother Huan promised me when I was a child that he would earn me a job. It came true so quickly. I knew early on that he would have a great future! He was different from others when he was a child. Whether he was studying or practicing martial arts, he was several blocks away from Jia Baoyu. It was ridiculous that they all regarded my Brother Huan Treating a child as a stubborn stone, and treating a stubborn stone as a precious jade, you really have no eyes, hum..."

Aunt Zhao put on her cloak while chattering triumphantly, and walked towards the back corner door under the guard of Xiao Jixiang and the dumb brother and sister.As soon as he opened the door, he saw a woman standing beside the prepared carriage, her lips were a little pale due to the rain, and a thin old skirt was crinkled and stuck to her body, dripping water.

Seeing someone coming, she pursed her lips, and her cloudy eyes shone with hope.

"Grandma, I asked Miss Tan to get into the car to hide. She said she was afraid of getting the mattress wet, so she refused to..." After all, she was the daughter of the owner's family, so the coachman hurriedly explained before Tanchun could speak.

"No problem." Aunt Zhao waved her hand, seeing Tan Chun trembling with her shoulders in her arms, looking a bit embarrassed, her desire to pray to God and Buddha disappeared immediately, she sighed, "Come in with me."

Tanchun was overjoyed, squatted down to be blessed, and followed step by step.

Aunt Zhao moved out of the fifth prince's other courtyard early, and bought a five-entry mansion in the bustling area of ​​the capital. Although it is not as magnificent as the Rongguo Mansion, it has its own low-key luxury, especially the furnishings in the house. They are priceless treasures, and they are all sent by the Fifth Prince or Emperor Zhengsheng to send them over batch by batch, even if you don't want them.

Aunt Zhao is an ignorant person. She only knows that things are valuable, but she doesn't know how valuable they are. She puts them in the most conspicuous place when they look good, just to please herself.

Tanchun's sharp eyes, however, saw another batch of decorations in the room were changed, and they were several times more luxurious than the previous batch, knowing that Jia Huan was really going to be a great success, the thoughts in his heart became more and more urgent.

"Change your clothes," Aunt Zhao found a set of skirts from the cage and handed them over, then opened the dowry with a key, took out two ingots of silver, and said, "Take these 20 taels back, enough for you to live rich and prosperous." It's been a whole year. There are still two males in your family, and it's time to support the lintel, and you can't always ask me, a woman, to help you."

"What is Auntie talking about? What about your family and ours. Brother Huan's surname is Jia, and he is also a male of Jia's family. He should also do his part to support the lintel." Tanchun put on his clothes slowly and forced a smile.

"We are a commoner branch, but we dare not say anything to support the lintel. We don't know the dignity. Jia's family property belongs to Baoyu, and we will not compete with him." Aunt Zhao glanced at Tanchun with a half-smile.

Sure enough, he still cares about his concubine, otherwise how could he mention it openly.Tanchun sighed secretly, walked to the edge of the kang and took a seat, and said heart-to-heart, "Auntie, you should agree to father's proposal. Seeing that Brother Huan is coming back soon, and there is still a bright future ahead, you have to give him a more noble It’s about his background, lest he be underestimated. Besides, you have suffered for so many years, and you should enjoy your happiness.”

Aunt Zhao picked up the unfinished shoe sole, poked it hard twice, and said with a sneer, "Brother Huan doesn't need a noble background. Once he stands there, who dares to say that he is not right? Who dares to underestimate him? I Following him, there are countless blessings to enjoy, and you don't need alms. Zheng wife? What's the big deal, I'm just a concubine. With Brother Huan's illustrious military exploits, I can also be an imperial wife. What is good for me, for Huan Hello brother, it’s nonsense, but I just want to cling to us after seeing our prosperity. Bah, go ahead and dream of your spring and autumn! My son’s wealth is earned by fighting for it.

Faced with such a vitriolic and merciless Aunt Zhao, Tanchun felt extremely uncomfortable, and said with red eyes, "Auntie, can you never forgive me again? After all, I crawled out of your stomach, and the blood on my body How can you bear half of your blood? Look at me now," she pointed to the Ruqun thrown on the ground, "I don't have a decent dress," pointing to the empty bun, "no A decent piece of jewelry" spread his rough palm again, "Serving father, old lady, wife, Baoyu, there is endless work every day, but you treat me like a third-class girl! I am already old this year Twenty, I haven't found a decent family yet. I heard my wife say in a daze the day before yesterday that she is going to give me to a merchant as a concubine. In exchange for a few taels of silver, I will send Baoyu to take the imperial examination. Auntie, do you have the heart to see me being ruined by them? "

Aunt Zhao was silent for a long time, then sighed, "So what if I can't bear it? You are no longer my daughter. You have been recorded under Mrs. Wang's name, and you are her first daughter. She said she wants to marry you, who should I marry?" Qualified to intervene?"

Tanchun stared at her in disbelief, and murmured, "Auntie, you still blame me! I know I was wrong, please let me come back, I beg you, I don't want to be a concubine..." As he spoke I want to kneel down.

Aunt Zhao didn't help her either, she turned to look out the window, and said word by word, "Tanchun, to tell you the truth, although I can't bear to see you suffer, I dare not take you back again. I'm afraid of you!"

She opened her fingers and counted, "The first time, Brother Huan had a hysterical attack and was sent to Lijiazhuang. You disregarded our life and death and persuaded us to leave quickly; the second time, Brother Huan beat Lai to death and angered Mrs. Wang. Cut off the relationship; for the third time, Brother Huan's official career was blocked, and Mrs. Wang returned to Jia's mansion. You immediately transferred to Mrs. Wang and reported the family business we secretly bought to her in exchange for a good marriage. The first time Brother Huan almost Was poisoned to death, brother Huan was almost thrown off the cliff the second time, and Brother Huan almost went bankrupt the third time. Do the math yourself, aren’t you stabbing us enough and deep enough? If I pick you up Come back, maybe you will hurt us next time!"

Aunt Zhao lowered her head and stared straight at Tanchun, "Although you were born by me, you never grew up by my side. You are not like me, but you are like a selfish and cold old lady and Buddha. Mrs. Wang is a snake-mouthed lady. I just blamed me for loving my daughter and refusing to admit it. You go, marry a businessman as a concubine, or marry a poor family, with your scheming, I think you will live like a fish in water .”

Tanchun looked up at her in astonishment, and could no longer find the kind motherly love and tender pity in her eyes, so he was sure that Aunt Zhao had really given up on her.Realizing this, all the strength in her body was drained in an instant, and she slumped on the ground, covering her face and crying bitterly.

"Don't cry." Aunt Zhao dug out a set of gem headdresses from the dowry, 200 taels of silver, and found a few luxurious skirts, wrapped them in fabric and handed them over, saying, "Take these things, forget it." The dowry I bought for you. From now on, live your life in a down-to-earth manner, and don't think about what you shouldn't."

Tanchun refused to pick it up, let alone get up.

Aunt Zhao couldn't help it, so she called the dumb girl and Xiao Jixiang, and half dragged and half dragged her into the carriage.

"Third Miss, this is the dowry list that my aunt drew up for you before. Take a look. Although she has no ability to find an unparalleled marriage for you, she has sincerely planned for your future. It has reached the point where it is today." I can't blame others, but you don't care about your blessings. I hope you will cherish it in the future." Xiao Jixiang stuffed a thick dowry list into the Tanchun package.

The carriage drove away slowly, and the dumb girl looked at Xiao Jixiang with a sly smile, "Sister, you are really good. Give the dowry list to the third girl, she should be so regretful that her intestines will turn green."

There was no trace of pain and pity on Xiao Jixiang's face, and he sneered, "She deserves it!"

But Tanchun opened the dowry list and took a closer look: there were 5000 taels of silver in the pressed box alone, and there was also a complete set of furniture made of rosewood, pineapple, and jujube wood, priceless antique ornaments, and high-quality Ru kiln porcelain... Although Only 54 liters, the value is not much worse than Yuanchun 98 liters.

With such a rich family background and Brother Huan's reputation, how comfortable should life be?It's a pity that I was blinded by wealth and my heart... Tanchun hugged the small package tightly and cried bitterly.

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Jia Baoyu was forced to study by Mrs. Wang, and there were no maids to serve her, no actors to surround her, life was really hard, so she took advantage of the unexpected and sneaked out of the house to play.

Friends from the past either sneered or sneered when they saw him.He didn't want to humiliate himself, so he took out a few taels of silver from his pocket, and found a teahouse to sit down and listen to a book.

Mr. Storyteller sat on a high-backed chair in the middle of the main hall, holding a gavel in his hand, shaking his head with an exaggerated expression: "Last time we talked about General Flying Head beheading the head of the undead general Mo Zhuo, this time we will continue to talk about him. He explained the mystery of Mo Zhuo's immortality in one sentence, and shot five arrows in a row through the enemy's formation, killing all the Xiyi people. But it turned out that there were two Mo Zhuo, one Shuinao and the other Hanzhuo..."

Everyone in the hall was mesmerized and applauded again and again.

After Baoyu listened for a while, he realized that the Flying Head General was talking about his younger brother Jia Huan.

There were a few white-faced scholars sitting at a side table, and they said disapprovingly, "The Flying Head General Jia Huan is too cruel, I heard that I used to collect the heads of Xiyi soldiers and make them into minarets to stand on the border. Many passers-by were frightened to death! In every battle, no one will be left alive. They will kill millions of corpses and flow blood into rivers before giving up. Daqing is a magnificent country, a country of etiquette, how can it be so inhumane ..."

"What the hell do you know about human nature!" A burly man slapped the table and cursed, "I am from Yumen, and my whole family was killed by Xiyi people. Killing is not counted, and their skins were even skinned , took out their internal organs, chopped off their heads, and made scarecrows to stand in the yard. I just went out to do a small business, and when I came back, I saw such a scene. Can you imagine my mood at that time? I He can't wait to eat the people of Xiyi! Do you know that General Flying Head has avenged so many people on the border? Boys, if you dare to say that in the five southwestern provinces, be careful not to be beaten to death by the Southwesterners! "

Many people showed mournful expressions, and some people echoed loudly, "That's right, General Flying Head defends his home and country, why do you call him cruel? If you have the ability, go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, don't sit here and drink herbal tea Talking gossip! A bunch of trash!"

"Talking about etiquette and human nature with the Xiyi people, your mother's brain is flooded! Don't say that the Xiyi people have washed many important towns in the southwest of me, but that Princess An Lin, who was going to make a kiss, was cut off by the Xiyi people. Ears, mouth, nose, and limbs are tied in the cowshed like animals. Is this also called human nature? Haven’t you seen the imperial history show that the emperor Shen Feitou is cruel and heartless, and he was scolded by the emperor? Let’s talk about it if you have the ability Say it again, louder!" The man rolled up his sleeves and raised his fists as he spoke, with a ferocious expression on his face.

Several people around him were also staring at him with unkind expressions.Judging by the sturdy physique, full beard and slightly awkward accent, he should undoubtedly be from the Southwest.

General Flying Head has a supreme status in the hearts of Southwesterners.These people either followed General Flying Head all the way back to the capital, or rushed here from all over the world, just to see the grand occasion of his glorious return to his hometown.Therefore, in the past few days, there have been a lot of people from the Southwest in central Beijing. When I heard someone say that General Flying Head is wrong, he would never give up until he beat him to the ground.

Several scholars knew it was not good when they heard these people mention Princess Anlin.The emperor and the old sage hated the Xiyi people so much that they couldn't listen to a word of lenient treatment for the Xiyi people. Even if they were beaten half to death today, they would have nowhere to redress their grievances, and maybe they would be punished by the yamen.Thinking of this, he immediately dropped a few grains of broken silver and ran away in despair.

"Bah, ramming!" A few Southwesterners spat at their backs and started gossiping, "General Flying Head is only 17 years old and he is so powerful. I heard that it is all thanks to his vicious aunt. When he was six years old , that aunt instigated a servant to assassinate General Flying Head, and almost beat him to death, and then murdered him one after another. General Flying Head began to practice martial arts diligently in order to protect himself..."

Jia Baoyu felt uncomfortable when he heard that, so he quickly dropped the silver and left. Passing by the Rongguo Mansion where the seal was still affixed, he saw several big men smashing stones at the gilded plaque hanging on the door. Scolding, "It's a pity that I ran away. I treated the general so harshly. If I find out that poisonous woman, I will beat him to death!" '

Jia Baoyu was startled, quickly covered his face with his sleeves, and ran away quickly. As soon as he returned to the dilapidated courtyard, his mother taunted him, "Have you been kicked back? What are you messing around with? If she comes back, You have already been recorded in my name, she has become the main wife, you are still a concubine, and you will be a concubine's life in this life! There is something good hidden in the package, quickly show it to me!"

"This is my dowry, don't move it!" Tanchun held the package and refused to let go.

"Little bastard, dare to be stubborn with me! Take it out! If you don't take it out, you will be sold to the Goulan Courtyard! Anyway, it is not my own, so I don't feel bad!" Said while rushing forward to grab it.

The two fought together in an instant.Jia's mother's weak cry came from inside the house. Jia Zheng was not there, and he didn't know where to go to drink to relieve his sorrow.

Looking at everything that is dilapidated, messy, absurd, vulgar, and destitute.Jia Baoyu suddenly felt disheartened.