The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 163
At the south gate of Shenjing City, a gray-haired Taoist priest leaned on a tree stick, braved the scorching summer, and walked into the city gate among the endless crowd.

When he came to the city, he asked everyone where Xue's family was.After asking more than a dozen passers-by, they all said that they had never heard of the Xue family. He walked a few more streets and felt a little tired, so he sat down on the steps outside a restaurant, took out a dry cornbread from his pocket, With the water in the gourd around his waist, he swallowed with difficulty.

The clerk in the restaurant saw a wandering Taoist priest sitting at the door, afraid of affecting his business, he hurried out to chase him away, "Hey, I said you're stupid, can't you sit in another place?"

The Taoist priest was not angry, instead he clasped his fists and saluted, "Little brother, you are being polite, this old man is just resting his feet and leaving now."

Seeing him being so polite, the buddy felt rather embarrassed, and Ai Ai replied, "This Taoist priest, I didn't deliberately make it difficult for you, but this is the time when there are the most guests every day..."

"It's okay, it's old, isn't it? But before I leave, I want to ask my second brother about something. Do you know where the Jinling Xue family lives in the capital?"

"Jinling Xue's family, I don't know what the priest wants to do with Xue's family?" Before the waiter could answer, someone suddenly interrupted and asked.

Hearing the words, the Taoist turned his head to look for the source of the voice, but saw two young gentlemen standing at the door of the restaurant. Although he didn't know who asked, he still saluted, "I have seen the two young masters, if you know where the Xue family is , please also inform the old man, the old man is very grateful."

It was a coincidence that today Liu Xianglian happened to be taking a rest, so she met Wei Ruolan for a drink.After the two had a good time, they came out of the restaurant and saw the shop assistant driving away a Taoist priest.The two didn't pay much attention at first, but they didn't want to but vaguely heard them talking about the Xue family in Jinling.Liu Xianglian stopped in her tracks and asked a question.At this time, when he asked again, Liu Xianglian replied, "The priest must explain why he came, so I can decide whether to tell you or not."

The Taoist hesitated for a while, and finally said, "I have a daughter who was kidnapped by a kidnapper when she was young. Fortunately, I got news in Jinling two months ago that the little girl was bought by Mr. Xue's family. So I went to Xue family, who would have thought that their whole family would come to the capital instead.”

After hearing his explanation, Liu Xianglian was startled, and hurriedly asked, "What's the old man's name?"

"This old man's surname is Zhen and his name is Shiyin. He is from Gusu. If you know the whereabouts of my daughter, please feel free to tell me."

"Old man, wait for a while." Liu Xianglian replied first, then turned to Wei Ruolan and said, "My dear brother, I will take this old man to do something, let's leave now."

"It's okay, brother is just busy." Wei Ruolan agreed, nodded to Zhen Shiyin, and then left.

After Wei Ruolan left, Liu Xianglian made a gesture of invitation to Zhen Shiyin, and explained, "I don't know something, Ling Qianjin is no longer at Xue's house, and now she is elsewhere, I will take you to see her."

Zhen Shiyin nodded excitedly and hurriedly followed Liu Xianglian's footsteps.On the way, Liu Xianglian made indirect remarks again, and after confirming that Zhen Shiyin was not lying, she took him to Dongping Palace with confidence.

When the two of them arrived at the gate of the palace, the gatekeeper naturally recognized Liu Xianglian, and when he heard that he came to visit his eldest son, he hurriedly reported him in.After a while, a servant came out and took the two of them to the side hall of the front yard.

When Zhen Shiyin first entered the door, he saw the plaque on the gate, and his heart began to fluctuate, wondering if he could take his daughter away smoothly, and his face inevitably showed worry.

After about half a stick of incense, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then the servant at the door said, "I have seen the prince."

"Yeah." Mu Xu stepped in and was startled when he saw the scene inside. Seeing this, Liu Xianglian hurriedly came to his side and explained the whole story in a low voice.

To be honest, Mu Xu couldn't believe it, because he remembered that in the original book, Zhen Shiyin only appeared in a few words of others, and almost never appeared.It suddenly appeared, which really caught people off guard.

Zhen Shiyin waited for Liu Xianglian and Mu Xu to finish speaking, and then stepped forward to give a salute, explaining his purpose of coming.

Mu Xu took a closer look at his appearance, and found that although his face was full of weather, but his eyebrows and eyes were indeed somewhat similar to Yinglian, so he believed his words in his heart.

"Old gentleman, please sit down and talk." Mu Xu motioned him to sit down, and then told the servant who was waiting on the side, "Go to the backyard and ask Mrs. Zhen and her mother to come."

The servant led away, Zhen Shiyin heard Mu Xu's words, and asked in disbelief, "What does your son mean by Mrs. Zhen?"

"This..." Mu Xu didn't know how to explain it, but Liu Xianglian suddenly stood up and said, "My lord has to deal with family affairs, so I will take my leave first."

Mu Xu heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Alright, I'll treat Brother Liu to drink some other day." After sending Liu Xianglian away, Mu Xu thought for a while, and still remembered how Yinglian was bought by Xue Pan, and how she came to her home. The mansion finally said about being his own concubine.

Zhen Shiyin remained silent for a while after hearing this, and Mu Xu knew that he was feeling uncomfortable, so he could only comfort him, "Aunt Zhen is also in the capital now, and lives in the back street, and I also sent someone to invite her."

"Thank you, son." Zhen Shiyin said bitterly.

"Uncle Zhen, you're welcome."

Mu Xu replied, and the two of them became relatively speechless. The room fell into silence for a while, but fortunately, the sound of ring rings sounded not long after, and in the blink of an eye, Yinglian walked in with a girl.As soon as she stepped into the room, she was taken aback, for some reason there was a stranger in the room.Just at a loss, Mu Xu said, "Yinglian, this old gentleman is..."

"Master, is that you?" Before Mu Xu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhen Feng who came behind Yinglian.

Zhen Shiyin had stood up when Yinglian came in, and now seeing his old wife, he was even more excited, and replied with tears, "Ma'am, it's me, I'm here to find you."

Zhen Fengshi rushed in, hugging Zhen Shiyin and crying.Ying Lian on the side trembled and looked at Mu Xu. Mu Xu patted her on the shoulder, nodded for confirmation, and said, "I'll wait for you, talk to your parents." Everyone went out, leaving space for Yinglian's family of three.

After Mu Xu left the side hall, listening to the movement in the room, apart from being happy for Yinglian, she felt a sense of pride in her heart. Because of her butterfly, Daiyu, Baochai, Yinglian, and even Jia Yingchun Well, the fate of these poor women in the Twelve Gold Hairpins has finally changed, and it is not in vain for me to come to the world of Red Mansions.

By the way, there is also Qin Keqing. In the past year or so, he only took a look at Daiyu from a distance when he was married to Daiyu. I don't know how she is doing recently?For some reason, Mu Xu suddenly thought of Qin Keqing.

While thinking wildly, he heard someone coming out of the room, and when he turned his head, it was Yinglian whose eyes were swollen like walnuts.

As soon as she came to Mu Xu, she was about to salute, but Mu Xu quickly stopped her, "Why are you here again, why are you being polite to me? Besides, I didn't find your father back, so why thank me. "

Yinglian laughed through her tears, "I just want to thank you. If I hadn't met you, I don't know what would have happened. I'm afraid there won't be a day of family reunion."

Mu Xu rubbed her hair, "Okay, stop talking silly, are your parents okay?"

Yinglian said happily, "They're alright, it's just that my mother got a little dizzy from excitement."

"You silly girl is still laughing, I'll ask someone to invite an imperial doctor to show her, so as not to leave any sequelae."

"Don't be in a hurry, my father asked me to invite the son, and said that he would thank you very much."

Mu Xu and Ying Lian entered the side hall and exchanged pleasantries with Zhen Shiyin, during which they inevitably talked about his experiences over the years.

It turned out that Yinglian was lost first that year, and then Zhen's family was burned to nothingness. Zhen Shiyin was disheartened and his mind became a little confused, and then he was fooled by that pair of monks and Taoists, so he followed them to become a monk.

Not long after he became a monk, his mind cleared up, thinking of his old wife and daughter who didn't know where he was, and he was going home immediately.But where the Taoism allowed him, he was forced to go to a Taoist temple on the outskirts of Jinling City.When he got there, he realized that there were quite a few people in the same situation as him.He tried to escape several times, but the guards there were tight, and he was beaten again when he was found.

After more than ten years like this, he was a little desperate, but who would have thought that a few days ago, a team of officers and soldiers came to search outside the Taoist temple, and those people clashed with them, and were defeated by the officers and soldiers.Those who were under house arrest were taken to the Yamen, and it was finally found out that they were all innocent people, and they were finally released.It was luck to say that the clerk in the prefect's yamen in Jinling was the young novice from the Gourd Temple next door to Zhen's house. Zhen Shiyin recognized him and learned of Yinglian's whereabouts from him.

(End of this chapter)