Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 37 Funeral in Yangzhou City (1)

On the night of Jia Min's visit, Lin Ruhai sent people around to deliver letters to report the funeral. There were two or three in the capital alone, and he even sent Zhang Xin to deliver the obituary to Jia's mother.Zhang Xin knew that things could not be delayed, and Jia Min couldn't afford to wait.Thinking of Lin Ruhai's kindness, he rushed to the capital without changing people along the way.It was already nine days after he rushed to the capital without stopping.

As soon as he arrived in front of the general's mansion, Zhang Xin saw the plaque of the first-class general's mansion in gold letters on a black background from a distance, his eyes went dark, and he rolled off the horse without knowing the personnel.The two guards at the gate of the General's Mansion were startled, and seeing this man wearing a filial piety around his waist, they felt unlucky.After hesitating for a moment, he was about to step forward and move the person away.It happened that Xing'er came back to pick up something and passed by the door.

He followed Jia Lian from the capital to Gusu and then to Yangzhou City.He is very familiar with the servants of the Lin family.Originally, I didn't care when I saw someone fall off the horse, but I just turned my head and glanced at it to watch the excitement.Unexpectedly, just this one glance startled him, but his startle was different from those two boys, he immediately recognized this person as Zhang Xin, the son of Zhang Zheng, the fourth housekeeper of the Lin family.Back then, Jia Lian learned his riding and archery from his father.

Seeing that the two boys were going to drag Zhang Xin up and throw him far away!He was so frightened that he ran over immediately, yelling as he ran, "Stop it! Stop it!" The two boys knew that Xing'er was someone Jia Lian needed, and now he was considered a celebrity among the boys, so they immediately laughed. Said: "Where are you going, Brother Xing?" Xing'er neither paid attention to them, nor cared about the profuse sweating at this moment.While stepping forward to support Zhang Xin, he sternly said, "Go and fetch a bowl of water, and get a scorpion."

Seeing Xing'er's serious expression, the two young fellows assumed that Xing'er knew acquaintances, and they didn't want to offend Xing'er, so they quickly brought a scorpion to the door, poured a bowl of warm water and handed it to Xing'er.Xing'er supported Zhang Xin's shoulder with one hand, and held a bowl in the other hand to feed Zhang Xin water.But seeing that he couldn't feed it no matter what, he was very anxious.Or one of the boys said, "Why don't you try pinching someone?" After speaking, the boy stretched out his hand and pinched Zhang Xin's mouth and nose, Zhang Xin woke up after a while.

When Zhang Xin woke up and saw that it was Xing'er, he was relieved.Seeing that Zhang Xin woke up, Xing'er was also relieved, and was about to feed Zhang Xin to drink water, but Zhang Xin reached out and grabbed Xing'er's arm with such force that Xing'er grinned in pain, but Zhang Xin said weakly: "Quick! Take me to see Mrs. Jia."

Xing'er didn't notice it just now, when Zhang Xin said that he wanted to see the old lady, Xing'er suddenly saw the filial piety tied around Zhang Xin's waist.The expression on his face couldn't help but stagnate.Knowing that something important happened, he didn't dare to delay, and he also knew the position of Lin Ruhai and his wife in Jia Lian's heart, so he quickly helped Zhang Xin up and went to the door.Xing'er supported Zhang Xin to walk in, but at the same time he did not forget to yell at the two boys: "Go and inform Long'er personally, let him tell Master, Zhang Xin of the Lin family has reported the funeral, and let Master come back quickly!" He has already entered the corner gate with Zhang Xin.

At this time, Jia Mu was entertaining Wang Ziteng's wife in the room, and the second wife sat beside her.Talking and laughing, discussing the marriage between Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng.Over there, Er Xing'er took Zhang Xin to the second gate to ask for an interview. The lady-in-law knew that there was a distinguished guest in Jiamu's room, and the second wife was also in the room, so she didn't want to report it.He only said to let the two of them wait a moment, and immediately inform Yunyun when the distinguished guest in the old lady's room left.

Seeing this, Xing'er didn't understand, and said sharply: "You can't afford to miss something!" Seeing that Zhang Xin was wearing a filial piety around his waist, the old lady felt very disdainful thinking that I don't know where the autumn wind came from. !But he didn't say anything, just smiled and said: "It's not a woman, I won't inform you, it's really an old lady who is receiving distinguished guests in her room, so why not just disturb me casually?" Zhang Xin also understood at this time, weakly sneered and said: " It turns out that our wife's stay in your mansion is just casual. It's thanks to me that I came here non-stop from Yangzhou, if I knew it would be a day or two later, many things would be missed."

When the woman heard about Yangzhou, she froze for a moment, looked at Xing'er anxiously and asked, "Which family is this here to report the funeral? Why are you so unruly?!" Although the words were harsh, her tone couldn't help but soften a little. .At this time, Xing'er was anxious and angry, and his tone was naturally not much better: "Which one? The doctor of Lantai Temple was handpicked by the Holy Majesty, the family of Jiangsu Xunyan Censor Lin's family! My aunt's family!" The door lady took a look.

The old woman didn't hear it clearly and didn't dare to take it seriously, but now she said "auntie" from Xing'er's mouth!Is there anyone in this house who can be called an aunt?The woman was so frightened that her liver and gallbladder were split, and she rushed to Jiamu's house even rolling and crawling.

Unexpectedly, when he reached the door, he was stopped by Amber again.The maids around these masters are also used to being arrogant, and without asking why they opened their mouths, they scolded: "Are you going to die recklessly?" After speaking, she lowered her voice and said: "I don't know that the old lady is entertaining with the wife Is it a distinguished guest? You have disturbed the distinguished guests, so be careful with your skin!"

How could Mother Jia not hear the noise of the boss outside?Nanny Lai was about to go out quietly to have a look, when Mother Jia frowned and asked loudly, "Who is outside? Come in and answer." Amber couldn't stop her when she saw Mother Jia calling in.He only raised his eyebrows and gave the woman a hard look, then turned around and opened the curtain lightly, allowing the woman to go in and answer.

Although the old woman had never entered the old lady's house and was very curious, she couldn't tolerate her presumptuousness at this moment.As soon as he entered the room, he didn't look at Mrs. Wang or the second wife, and knelt down to Mrs. Jia.He rubbed the corners of his eyes vigorously and cried: "The old lady is not well, someone from my aunt's house came to report the funeral!"

As soon as these words came out, Hu Po, who had just followed in, was taken aback, and when she looked at the woman again, she felt resentful, why didn't this woman make it clear earlier?But he didn't dare to say too much at this time.Even everyone in the room held their breath for a moment, for fear of disturbing Mrs. Jia.Especially the second wife's face was particularly ugly, and she felt that this woman should be raised.

The old lady had a gloomy face, her hawk-like eyes stared at the old woman, and she no longer saw the kindness of the past.He didn't cry out, but asked in a cold voice, "Who do you think has come to report the funeral?" Although he was taken aback by Mrs. Jia's cold voice.The old woman still knelt on the ground and said affirmatively: "My aunt's house in Yangzhou."

When Jia Mu heard this, she felt dizzy for a while, and her face turned pale.She didn't expect Jia Min, but thought something happened to Lin Ruhai or Daiyu.Unconsciously, he raised his voice and asked, "Where's the person? Who's here? Call me in!" It's not hard to hear that the voice was trembling, but it was pretending to be calm.At this time, Mrs. Jia was really anxious. How long has her precious daughter been without a son?How can I stand it!
When Mrs. Jia wanted to see Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin and Xing'er were waiting outside the second door.Hu Po didn't care about her status as a maid, so she hurriedly passed Zhang Xin in.At this time, Zhang Xin was not in the mood to look at Mrs. Jia's room, and fell to his knees when he saw Mrs. Jia.

Everyone could see that his body was still trembling slightly, so naturally, Mother Jia would not miss his pale and chapped lips.He said in a hoarse voice, "I've seen the old lady in-law." Seeing that he was like this, it was not easy for Jia Mu to urge him, so she just nodded.

But Zhang Xin didn't intend to make a detour, it's useless to make a detour, so he could only say bluntly: "The master asked the younger one to deliver the obituary to the old lady in-law." After speaking, he took out the obituary written by Lin Ruhai from his bosom, and handed it to him. Mother Jia.

Just now Jia's mother felt dizzy and felt sorry for the girl.At this moment, he stared blankly at Zhang Xin, and didn't accept the obituary. He rolled his eyes upwards, and he straightened up.Fortunately, I was sitting, if I stood, the consequences would be disastrous.

When Long'er arrived at the House of Internal Affairs, Zhao'er had been waiting outside for a long time. When he saw Long'er from a distance, he asked loudly, "Did you bring something?" It was Zhang Xin in Yangzhou who reported the funeral and asked him to come back quickly.He came in a hurry, so he asked, "What is it?"

When Zhao'er heard this, he was anxious: "Where is Xing'er? Tell him to go back to get his things, why are you here?" For some unknown reason, Long'er had to lower his voice and said, "I didn't see Xing'er either, only the one at the door The two young men came to tell me that Xing'er told me, let me pass it on to the Lord."

Zhao'er was very puzzled after hearing this: "I'm busy now, what does he have to say to you?" Long'er didn't hide it from him, anyway, he couldn't hide it: "What did Xing'er say that Zhang Xin in Yangzhou reported a funeral? Tell Master to come back quickly." With just the first sentence, Zhao'er's expression changed.Where do I still need to ask to return quickly?Grandpa can fly back by himself.He knew better than Xing'er what the Lin family meant to Jia Lian.There was no time to say anything to Long'er, so he ran inside.

As soon as she ran to the door, Zhao'er was stopped by the two eunuchs of the House of Internal Affairs guarding the door.Although Zhao'er accompanied Jia Lian to the house of internal affairs every day, Zhao'er was not qualified to enter!At this time, Zhao'er was so anxious that he forgot for a while, and was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, so he had to apologize again and again, and then took a purse from his bosom and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand.

Although the two eunuchs are just little eunuchs with no rank, they are fat jobs guarding the gate of the House of Internal Affairs.Zhao'er also knew that the two of them looked down on ordinary things, so she took out a jade pendant she got earlier.Although it is not a great thing, it is a valuable treasure to Zhao'er, and it can be sold for dozens of taels of silver.

The two got Zhao'er's things, and knew that his master was following the Seventh Prince on an errand, so they didn't make things difficult for him, but asked: "Why are you in such a hurry? They didn't even look at the ground, and carefully bumped into the nobleman. No one can save your head." Zhao'er knew that he was being cheap and acting like a good boy, so she didn't bother with him, she just said: "I beg the two father-in-laws to report and tell the young master to report the funeral in Yangzhou."

The two eunuchs weighed their purses without moving, they just looked at Zhao'er.Zhao'er knew that this meant paying tribute, but she really had nothing on her body, so she turned around and ran to Long'er. Seeing this, Long'er didn't shirk, and quickly took out the few taels of scattered silver from her body.Then the two eunuchs turned around slowly and walked in with a pace.Zhao'er saw that her teeth were itchy, but there was nothing she could do.

At this time, Jia Lian was instructing the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to sort out and check the accounts. For a moment, he remembered that Daiyu had written formulas for him, but couldn't remember the details, so he sent Xing'er back to get them.Who knew that Xing'er had been away for so long?There is annoyance in my heart.Suddenly saw a eunuch looking outside the door, suspected that Xing'er brought something back.My heart was relieved.

Just as Jia Lian was about to go over to inquire, the Seventh Prince also saw the little eunuch.Glancing at the servant behind him, the servant walked towards the little eunuch.After a while, the little eunuch retreated, and the servant came in and took a look at Jia Lian without saying a word.Although Jia Lian was surprised, it was inconvenient to ask more questions at this time.

The servant whispered in the Seventh Prince's ear that someone from Yangzhou had come to report Jia Lian's funeral.The Seventh Prince suddenly felt curious, how could this funeral be reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?Furthermore, the Seventh Prince still knows Jia Lian's status in the Rongguo Mansion in the past and the General Mansion in the present, so Tete came to inform him there?
The Seventh Prince was curious, so he said to Jia Lian with a smile that was not a smile: "I said Jia Lian, someone from your family said that Yangzhou reported the funeral. Anyone who reported the funeral has reported to my House of Internal Affairs?" Before the Seventh Prince finished speaking, he only listened to the first half Ju Jia Lian's eyes are wide open, his face is pale and he doesn't believe it.Seeing his expression, the Seventh Prince was even more curious, and was about to say something more, but Jia Lian was already kneeling in front of him.

Jia Lian knelt on the ground and kept touching the ground with his forehead, his expression was very terrified, before the Seventh Prince asked Jia Lian, he choked up and said, "The villain begs the Seventh Prince to allow the villain to ask for leave! The villain wants to ask for leave!" Jia Lian was crying while talking Tears flowed down, "There is something urgent in the villain's house, so hurry back immediately!" Although the words were intermittent, they were very firm, as if even if the Seventh Prince refused to allow it at this time, he, Jia Lian, would go back if he forced his way.

Although Lin Ruhai and Jia Min didn't know who had the accident, in Jia Lian's mind they were the same.What about my cousin Daiyu?It is even more necessary to rush to Yangzhou immediately!To comfort my uncle and aunt...

At this moment, Jia Lian's heart was in a mess.For a while I think of Jia Min's gentleness and kindness, for a while I think of Lin Ruhai's teachings in the midst of his busy schedule, and for a while I think of the younger sister who brought a smile to me in my loneliness... The more I think about it, the more confused I feel, the more tears flow, and the more complex my face becomes. Pale, bean-sized beads of sweat rolled into a ball with tears, and the ground was wet.

What can the Seventh Prince say when he sees this?After only a moment, he nodded and said: "In that case, you can go." When Jia Lian heard this, he felt amnesty, and without waiting for the Seventh Prince to say anything, he hurriedly got up and rushed out the door.

The Seventh Prince didn't bother with him, he only thought for a moment, and then guessed that the news of the funeral came from Lin Ruhai's residence. He didn't think Jia Lian had only been in Lin's house for two years, but he was so affectionate?In my heart, I suddenly felt that Jia Lian usually looked stable, but in fact he was ridiculously childish.

Here, Jia Lian is gone, and the errands can't be stopped. The seventh prince thought that many individuals in the household department had learned it, so he got up and went to the household department in person.When the seventh prince arrived, he saw that the fourth prince was looking through the files behind the desk. The seventh prince knew that he was always rigorous, especially when he was working, he was the most annoying interruption.So he didn't make a sound, just sat and drank tea.

Seeing the seventh prince coming at this time, the fourth prince was also surprised, his thoughts had been interrupted and he did not continue, he hurriedly closed his pen and put down his pen.Frowning, he asked with a cold face: "You didn't take good care of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, did you finish cleaning up and checking? You have to come to me at this time." After speaking, he picked up a bowl of cold tea by the table, I didn't mind taking a sip.

Seeing that the fourth prince had already put down his pen, the seventh prince stopped, regardless of whether he was busy or not.Then he opened his mouth and told about the important person, the fourth prince was even more surprised, and asked with a frown, "Isn't Jia Lian working for you? Could it be that he is not as good as what I have learned here? I don't have enough manpower here. There's a reason for you there."

The seventh prince then reported the funeral to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Jia Lian's face changed drastically, and he told the story of running back crying.The Seventh Prince couldn't help laughing a few times after he finished speaking: "It's safe to see him on weekdays, but I never thought that there would be times when he would cry in public, so maybe fifteen or sixteen? He is such a childish child appearance."

After the fourth prince heard it, he just frowned and thought for a moment before he fully understood.You must know that Huang Jiyun belongs to the fourth prince. Although the two of them didn't communicate much, after the incident with Daiyu, the fourth prince wrote a letter to ask for clarification, and even paid attention to the family from time to time. .How could he not know the position of Lin Ruhai's family in Jia Lian's heart?I can't help but feel that Jia Lian is also a person who values ​​affection, and a good impression arises in my heart.

(End of this chapter)