The Rose of the Red Chamber

Tanchun felt that the young man in front of him was really hideous. He turned out to be her competitor.

With such a young man standing here, those beautiful girls must all try their best to him.

Going to her harem to dig a corner, this person is really hateful.

Hmph, sure enough, her feeling last time was not wrong.

This person's coming to their house is definitely not a simple lost, hmph, it's not a good thing.

When Tanchun is angry, his little face is puffed up, coupled with the baby fat that has not been washed off, it is really cute.

Liu Xianglian, who was still thinking about something just now, began to lament that her vision was too disappointing.

Why did he feel that this little girl's movies are getting more and more interesting.

......

"...My surname is Liu." Liu Xianglian wanted to tell her her own name, but she was afraid that if she knew it, someone would arrest him at home and punish him for trespassing, so she paused and had to keep it. name.

The girl in front of her is too evil, her every move and every thought is hard to deduce with common sense.It seems that as long as she does any weird things, there will be no surprises.

But his meal didn't mean that Tanchun would stop. Tanchun said directly, "I know, my surname is Liu, and my name is Dengtu." When we met last time, this person still called himself Liu.

Liu Dengtu?

Liu Xianglian didn't understand at first, but seeing Tanchun's expression, she instantly thought of a word.

Deng, Deng disciple~

This girl, who is lustful and a playboy herself, still calls him a disciple now, which is too good at confusing right and wrong.

Of course, he also knew that it was not good to come to someone's inner house in the middle of the night, but no matter what, he should be better than her.

He couldn't move without seeing a pretty girl.

However, Liu Xianglian was a little annoyed at the thought of her smiling face holding the maid.

"...I will go out to Beijing for business at dawn tomorrow, and I may not return to the capital for a while."

Tanchun squinted at him. Could it be that he regretted not being able to come to Rongguo Mansion for a while and lost his way, right?I really don't know how long he got lost in their house before he found out.

Seeing Tanchun's appearance, Liu Xianglian patted his forehead, how could he expect the girl in front of him to be reluctant.

...well, even he himself is only a little bit reluctant.

"Acquaintance, is there anything you want me to bring back for you?"

"Yes, if you can help me bring back two Yangzhou skinny horses, you will get lost in our family. Even if you have such thoughts for our old lady, I promise not to tell. Oh, if you fall in love with any girl Now, except for those around me, as long as you two are in love, I just don't know."

Liu Xianglian: "...You should just pretend I didn't say that." You still have a thin horse in Yangzhou, and you want two with one mouth, what about that face?Is the face still there?He has grown so big, but he has only heard of the Yangzhou skinny horse, and has never seen it.

"Hmph." Tanchun pouted, knowing that this person was not as generous as he thought.Otherwise, if you go out and meet someone you met once and ask if there is anything to keep in mind, then you won't be bankrupt.

"What are you painting, what can't be painted during the day, and you have to do it in the middle of the night?"

"I didn't draw anything, hey, don't move, you just stand there, distance makes beauty, we should keep a little distance, you know?" If this person really has evil intentions, this distance is enough for her Come here and take out the weapon.

Among other things, this distance is enough for her to take out a brick from her purse and zoom in to shoot him.

Alas, as a lady of the family, it is not easy for her to find two small bricks and put them in her purse.Fortunately, there is a jade pen, otherwise her life would really be similar to that of other girls.

By the way, what did this person come to Jia's house for?Ouchi Agent 007?Liang Shang Xiao Xiaojie the rich and the poor?Or is it a secret meeting with the little beauty after dusk?Or kidnappers...

When Tanchun was thinking about Liu Xianglian, Liu Xianglian was also thinking about knocking open the head of the little girl in front of her to see what was in her little head.

Being so savage, it's better to be like the Jia family, with some straw and tofu in your mind.

After a few steps away, Liu Xianglian stopped. "Aren't you afraid?" A stranger who suddenly appeared in the next girl's room would turn pale.Why can she be so calm.

Tanchun flirted with him, his eyes full of "Are you stupid, stupid or not", "I'm afraid, otherwise can I keep you a little distance?"

Tanchun actually didn't think at all that the person in front of her would come to kill her or kidnap her.

Firstly, she is Yan Zheng who represents everything, secondly, she feels that she is really worthless to be kidnapped and killed.

Whoever kidnaps the concubine's daughter instead of the concubine's son, let alone the concubine's daughter, in their kind of family, the concubine's daughter is kidnapped, and it's just to publicize the result of a sudden death. Even if she finds it back, it's not me To die is to be sent to the temple.

As for the young man in front of him coming to kill her, Tanchun thinks it is half possible. After all, it is not the first time the two have met. When they met that day, the young man could have done it.

Then again, what would a concubine do if she had nothing to kill?She was very sure that the scumbag didn't have her in his heart, because he didn't usually see her. One day when Jia Zheng was taking a shower, she went to the Rongxi Hall to pay her respects.

The aunt only hoped that she could sell for a good price, but now that she was slaughtered, she would not be able to get back the capital.

For other people, Jiang Xingyuan should not be there, so there is no one else.

It can't be that this young man remembered that she had abandoned him in a lifetime, so he came here to take revenge, right?

But if you are not afraid of returning home, you still have to ask, "What are you doing at my house? The treasury is in the back building. The old lady is also in the main room. For the others, you don't need me to show you the way, do you?"

"...", he is really extra tonight.

Liu Xianglian didn't know what to answer her, and didn't want to tell her that she was out of her mind, but wanted to see what she was doing before leaving Beijing.

Gritting his teeth, he didn't say anything, just threw a paper bag that had been in his arms forward skillfully, then jumped off the window sill a few times and left.

Seeing that he was gone, Tanchun tilted her head and looked at the paper bag he left behind. After thinking for a long time, she didn't bother to move, so she sat at the desk and continued to draw her meticulous painting.

What's wrong with this man, what on earth is he here for?

After another quarter of an hour, Tanchun stretched his waist, stood up slowly, moved on the ground twice, then picked up the paper bag left by Liu Xianglian, ready to see what it was .

The oil-paper bag was not big, so Tanchun opened it with three strokes.

Then...seeing what was inside, Tanchun couldn't help rolling his eyes.

Said that he has something wrong, but I still don't believe it.

If you come to their house in the middle of the night, give her a pack of green plums!This hush money is too cheap.

Even if it's made into candied fruit, it's so sour, who will eat it?

Tanchun really didn't think about why Liu Xianglian gave her a bag of green plums. Of course, let alone Tanchun, even Liu Xianglian didn't think about why she found such a bag of fruits for her.

After being a female ghost for so many years, Tanchun has long forgotten many things, about love and heartbeat.After all, those things are most useless in the inner house of Rongguo Mansion.

Didn't the last woman who said she loved Jia Daishan turn around and run away with a small steward after Jia Daishan's funeral?

Tanchun doesn't believe in love, because he has seen too much about life and death.As for Liu Xianglian, it was another reason.

Compared with Tanchun's experience, he is much simpler.

It's just because of a special one that attracted attention, and then a special heart...

A boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, a girl of only six or seven years old on the surface, is ignorant and confused, but many things start from this moment and slowly bloom.

Liu Xianglian left Rongguo Mansion and returned home.There is only the old housekeeper in the house and a servant who the old housekeeper insists on buying.

As soon as Liu Xianglian came back, the old housekeeper asked someone to bring him a midnight snack.While watching Liu Xianglian eating, he sat aside and said distressedly, "My brother doesn't know how to take care of himself, and he even said that he's going to the south to do something important. But what time is it, and tomorrow I have to get up early again. We have to rush out in the first wave when the city gate opens, how can this body handle it?"

After Liu Xianglian ate half of the pure meat wonton in one bite, she said nonchalantly, "Even if I don't go out, I can't sleep. Go out for a while, and I will sleep sweetly when I come back." After finishing speaking, she took the spoon again I ate the half wonton left in the bag.

After the bowl was finished, Liu Xianglian continued to say to the old housekeeper, "Uncle Liu doesn't have to worry about me at home. I can only rest assured when you take care of yourself outside. I don't think it will turn around in a few months after this trip. It happens to be Chinese New Year when I come back. If anything happens during this period, Uncle Liu can just send someone to Shunchang Hou's Mansion, and the Marquis in the mansion will help."

Liu Bo watched Liu Xianglian drink the last sip of soup, and then took a handkerchief to let him wipe his mouth. "It's also useless as an old slave, otherwise I wouldn't let my brother run around outside at such a young age." Alas, it's all because he was sick at the wrong time.

My little master and the marquis of Shunchang are good friends, Uncle Liu also knows it.The past two years were getting closer, and that Marquis of Shunchang would often come to Liu's house to find someone. After seeing him a few times, Uncle Liu felt relieved to let Liu Xianglian get in touch with him.

That person's behavior and speech seemed to be more appropriate than other people the young master knew.Neither hooked the little master to drink any flower wine, nor dragged the little master to some gambling house.

But Liu Xianglian shook her head, "What are you talking about? I'm a man, and I can't always stay at home and embroider flowers and flutter butterflies. Didn't the masters in the old school say that it's better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Waiting to transfer I will be fourteen in [-], how can I still just hang around at home like a girl. What's more, this time is just a little farther away than usual. You, don't worry, when I come back, I will bring you Two Jinhua hams, you don't like that flavor the most."

Uncle Liu sighed, and could only nod his head and stop persuading him, "It doesn't matter if the old slave eats or not, but if my brother encounters something outside, he can bear it if he can. Strong dragons don't overwhelm local snakes. After all, we are just passing by. .”

"I know how to measure." He has been outside since he was eleven or twelve years old, and he knows all these things.

It is said that since Liu Xianglian played in the hot scene, he just survived the most difficult period of the old housekeeper's illness.Later, with the help of Chang Tuo, the days went on.

Although the Liu family is not in the same situation as when Liu Xianglian's parents were there, it is better than when there was only a little left in the end.

Today's Liu family, in addition to two or three Zhuangzi of different sizes near the suburbs of the city, also opened three shops in the capital.

Neither Liu Xianglian nor the old housekeeper knew much about the shop, and it was not easy to open a shop in the capital, so they just rented out the shop to earn rent.

Liu Xianglian always liked to wander around, and her family property was rich, so she left at an earlier age.

Going west today and heading east tomorrow, the old butler has made great progress from worrying about not being able to sleep all night to now just routine nagging.

Chang Tuo also likes to move around, but as a proton, he can't go anywhere except the capital and its suburbs.

Originally, with his status, he couldn't even go to the suburbs of Beijing, but he has some good uncles. Although these uncles don't have a very deep relationship with his mother, they still have some respect for him.In addition, one of these uncles is a real uncle, and with these uncles as guarantors, it is not a big deal for Chang Tuo to live in another courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing for a few days.

Although it is said that the person on the dragon chair is Chang Tuo's grandfather, but the emperor is very cold by nature, his own son is on guard, and his own grandson is not fully recognized, so why is he a grandson.

But it's okay, although the emperor still ignores it.But compared to other protons, he has the blood of heaven and dynasty after all, and the treatment is also one of the best among those protons.

This time, Liu Xianglian was asked to send a letter to the south, not for himself, but for his own uncle.

His own uncle was interested in that position, so it would be of no use to help win over a certain official from the south.

After all, his uncle has always taken good care of him. He was able to gain a firm foothold in the capital early, and his uncle helped him a lot.

Liu Xianglian and Chang Tuo's temperaments are very different, but there is a word called complementarity, maybe the two can become good friends who can talk about everything, just because of this word.

Liu Xianglian is righteous, and Chang Tuo is also loyal.So as they get closer and closer, Liu Xianglian can actually be regarded as participating in some party struggles.

But he doesn't care about it.

She didn't care about these things before, but after tonight, Liu Xianglian suddenly hoped that the prince could ascend the throne more than before.

Maybe then he could ask for a favor.

Uncle Liu looked at Liu Xianglian, who was already taller than him, and suddenly thought of something, "In the afternoon, Li Goudan's family from Qianjie came over, saying that it was Mr. Zhang from the east of the city who had a daughter. This year happens to be thirteen, and she was born with a "beautiful appearance, virtuous and dignified."

When Liu Xianglian heard this, she also understood what the old housekeeper was going to say, so she interrupted Uncle Liu directly, and said to herself, "Uncle Liu, don't be busy with these things. It will take a few years for me to get married. Why don't you worry about not having a wife? Wait, well, it’s not too late to wait until twenty. It’s getting late, so you should go back and rest soon.”

"Twenty? Wouldn't that be a delay? A good girl has to be picked out by others." Hearing this passage, which seemed very "out of tune" to Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu became anxious.

Originally, I wasn't in a hurry, but when I heard that my brother was planning to do so, I couldn't help worrying.

"...I know it in my heart." Liu Xianglian touched her nose and smiled a little embarrassedly. When he was twenty, that stinky girl should have reached the age to talk about marriage.

Just a mansion like that...

Maybe he really had to find a way to get a job when he got back from the south.

......

After a night of nothing to say, Liu Xianglian got up before dawn the next day, packed up, took the luggage prepared for him by the old housekeeper, and left Liu's house with a good horse that looked very energetic at first glance.

There were no people on the streets of the capital early in the morning, and Liu Xianglian didn't gallop on the horse, but strolled all the way to the gate of the city.

After queuing up there to leave the city, they galloped away on a fast horse when they arrived outside the city.

It takes two months to travel by boat from Yangzhou to the capital, and it takes only [-] days for the official mail to travel from the capital to Yangzhou.

But six hundred li is urgent, changing horses does not change people, and non-officials must not be used.

Liu Xianglian's here is non-stop and neither the horses nor the people change, so the time will be longer.

All the way through wind and rain, when he arrived in Yangzhou, Yangzhou's Xunyan Yushi Mansion was still covered with white sails.

He...was one step too late after all.

It's just that he doesn't know if the accident happened to a family or just one person?

Liu Xianglian didn't know, but Jia Yucun, who was also in Yangzhou city, did.

He waited for news of Zhen Shiyin at his residence for several days, during which time he asked someone to send Jiao Xing to Yangzhou.

In the past few days, he was bored during the day, so he went out of the city for a walk, but unexpectedly met Leng Zixing outside the city, and Zhang Rugui at the gate of the city.

Knowing the court news from Zhang Rugui, Jia Yucun was even more anxious.But no matter what, if he couldn't see Zhen Shiyin, he wouldn't be unable to see Lin Ruhai.

Of course, it's not that he can't see Lin Ruhai.But seeing Lin Ruhai told him how to speak.

Could it be that he said, 'Lord Lin, I heard that the court decreed that we criminal officials who have been dismissed from office can be used, please take a look and recommend it to me. '

If he really did this, it would be good if Lin Ruhai didn't coax him out.

After much deliberation, he sent another post in the name of Jiao Xing, this time visiting Zhen Shiyin's wife, Feng Shi.

Unexpectedly, the day the post was handed in, the Lin family would be murdered.The wife of the main house of the Lin family, the daughter of the Duke of Zhongrong, was stabbed to death.

Jia Yucun really wanted to cry but had no tears.

How can things in this world be so coincidental?

"Master, do you still need a post to pay respects to Mrs. Lin's funeral? If not, why don't we go to pay respects tomorrow? Then we can see Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Zhen." The Zhen family is only middle-class, and Jiao Xing, as the maid of the Zhen family, is not very knowledgeable. Since she came to Yangzhou, she saw her husband was always frowning, so she poured a cup of hot tea while expressing her thoughts.

Although Jiao Xing hated Zhen Shiyin and Feng Shi for leaving her with Feng Su when they left Daru Prefecture.But thinking that if they hadn't abandoned her, she would not be able to live the life she is now.

She knows what her master thinks, as long as she can become an official again, it's nothing to cry and beg now.As long as the master becomes an official, then she will be the wife of an official, and when Zhen Fengshi sees her, she will also salute and say hello to herself.

She also put on the full guard of honor and demeanor of an official wife like the first wife of their family to let Zhen Fengshi see her own scenery.

Their wife left too late, and the master had already been dismissed when she was corrected.

Ugh!

At this time, Jiao Xing was still sighing here, she didn't think about it, if Jia Yucun hadn't been placed in office, she wouldn't have been righted, right?

But when Jia Yucun heard Jiao Xing's words, his heart moved, and he thought of something else.

"I won't go to the Lin family. I'll visit the Zhen family tomorrow. You should go see the wife of the Zhen family first. After all, I have been in the Zhen family for a few years." Jia Yucun thought about going to see the head of the Zhen family first, if possible. If not, he doesn't want to go to the Lin family either.

This Zhen family naturally does not refer to Zhen Shiyin's Zhen family.

Jiao Xing was born as a waiter, so she understood when she heard this.The submissive should be, and then he talked about the interesting stories about his youngest son.

Jia Yucun was already different from Jiao Xing, so he became interested when he saw this. The husband and wife were talking by candlelight.Li Ri got up, the husband and wife packed up and went to Zhen's house.

They are all from the Zhen family, but they cannot be considered the same.

The Zhen family mentioned by Jia Yucun was originally a tyrant in the south of the Yangtze River, but at this time, because of the Lin family's funeral, it is rare for him to have some peace of mind.So Jia Yucun, who finally caught up with the good times, met the head of the Zhen family, and then got a promise under some clever tongue.

It is optional for the Zhen family to want to form a good relationship, but they don't want to take any risks.So fate seemed to play a joke on Jia Yucun, and the Zhen family also sent a letter to Jia Zheng.

After that, although Jia Yucun wanted to visit the Lin family, he didn't want to see Zhen Shiyin again, so he hurried to the capital with Jiao Xing.

Previously, Jia Yucun had no choice but to go to see Zhen Shiyin in desperation.But now that there is a solution, Zhen Shiyin and Jia Yucun still want to see each other when they return home.

And the day Jia Yucun set off happened to be the day Liu Xianglian arrived in Yangzhou.

The author has something to say: I decided not to tell you anything these two days, and you all have no sympathy.snort!

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The author said a long time ago that every time the author's column collection reaches an integer, a chapter will be added, and then I found an integer when I came together this morning, so there will be a chapter added today.