The Red Mansions

Chapter 104 Killing the Immortals of the Red Chamber
At night, the crescent moon hangs in the sky.

Ningrong Second Mansion was brightly lit, illuminating the entire street.

As the night breeze blew, Jia Yun let out a long sigh of alcohol, secretly holding Ping'er's little hand, unwilling to let go.

The two walked in the dimly lit place, doing all kinds of small movements, but it was not exciting.

Ping'er's face was red, her eyes were wide open, and she looked around vigilantly.

"Don't worry, not to mention that our place is so dark, even in a bright place, with my big sleeves covering it, no one will notice anything wrong." Jia Yun said with a smile.

Ping'er pursed her lips and relaxed a lot, but she was still very vigilant.

Jia Yun didn't say any more, and the two walked slowly side by side.

It wasn't until after walking out of Ningrong Street that Ping'er completely relaxed, and then said: "I shouldn't have promised Second Master Lian to come out to see you off!"

"Oh, you have to be stubborn. If you don't agree to Second Uncle Lian, you have to agree to Second Aunt. I'll drink so much wine with them today, they won't worry about me going home alone." Jia Yun laughed.

Ping'er choked for a moment, and after a moment of silence, he sneered and said, "If Second Master Lian knows that you dare to mess with his wife and maid, let's see if he will treat you so well!"

Jia Yun asked back: "Then Second Aunt and you will let Second Uncle Lian know that I have messed with his wife and maid?"

After a pause, he added: "Besides, mine is not real anymore!"

The two were holding each other's lips when suddenly a singing voice came from the street:
The world knows that the gods are good,
Only fame can't be forgotten!
Where will the past and the present be?
A pile of grass is gone.

……

Hearing this song, Jia Yun frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable.

The voice came from nowhere, as if it was far away, but also very close.

Jia Yun asked Ping'er, "Did you hear someone singing?"

Ping'er listened carefully, shook his head and said, "No, I think you've drunk too much and talk about it!"

"Strange..." Jia Yun frowned and muttered, looking around, she still couldn't find the source of the singing.

The world knows that the gods are good,
Only gold and silver can't be forgotten!
In the end, I only hate the gathering of not much,
Eyes closed for a long time.

……

The singing continued, and Jia Yun, who was singing, had her head buzzing and felt very uncomfortable.

After walking a few steps, he saw a monk walking towards him.

The monk was lame, his head was lame, his head was disheveled, he was insane, and his clothes were hemp and quail.

After getting closer, Jia Yun realized that the person singing was the lame Taoist.

The world knows that the gods are good,
Only the sweet wife can't forget it!
Say your kindness on your birthday,
You die and go with others.

……

The two stopped not far in front of Jia Yun, and looked at Jia Yun meaningfully.

The lame Taoist was still singing and didn't stop until the end of the song.

At this time, I heard the skinny head monk said with a silly smile: "One day in the sky, one year in the ground, we just took a nap, this idiot actually changed his family, what an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf!"

"As the saying goes, good things take time. Now that we have discovered it, we can't let it go easily." The lame Taoist said expressionlessly.

Jia Yun frowned tightly, looking at the pedestrians on the street and Ping'er beside her, and even everything, for some reason, was motionless, completely still, but she was not affected by it.

"I guess this is the scarlet monk and the lame Taoist who make trouble everywhere in the original book!" Jia Yun thought to herself.

These two guys are not simple, they have great supernatural powers and boundless mana, and the two lead the stubborn stone's experience of entering the mortal world.

Just as Jia Yun was pondering, in just a split second, the lame Taoist took out a mirror, shook it lightly, and a ray of light came straight towards Jia Yun.

Jia Yun didn't have time to react, the spirit jade in her body was hot and shiny, and she was about to burst out.

At this time, the jade pendant on his chest shone brightly, forming a transparent barrier in front of him, melting the light coming from the opposite side.

Seeing this, the scarlet-headed monk and the lame Taoist said in unison: "Oops!"

As soon as the words were finished, there was a crisp sound of "噗", and the jade accessory on Jia Yun's chest also emitted a light, which swept across the scarlet monk and the lame Taoist in an instant.

The two spurted blood, their liver and gallbladder split, and they ran away like frightened birds. After a few flashes, they disappeared.

Jia Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and when she thought the matter was over, she saw another ray of light from the jade pendant on her chest, heading straight for the deep starry sky.

"what……"

Two screams came from afar at the same time, and there was a muffled "boom" in the sky, as if the sky was about to collapse, and a meteor shower flashed across the sky far away.

After the noise, the street returned to normal, as if nothing had happened just now.

Jia Yun touched the hot jade pendant on her chest, and trotted forward a few steps, trying to pick up the mirror that the lame Taoist had just used, but as soon as her hand touched it, the mirror disappeared.

"Walking into Lingyu? Turned into a sun?" Jia Yun received Lingyu's message instantly.

At this time, I heard Ping'er shouting softly from behind: "Why are you running, aren't you afraid of bumping and vomiting?"

Jia Yun straightened up, touched the jade pendant on her chest again, suddenly her expression changed, she took Ping'er and ran to her own shop on Ningrong Street.

"Hey, where are you going?" Ping'er staggered and almost fell, and couldn't help but yelled loudly.

Jia Yun felt that holding Ping'er was running too slowly, so she stopped, pressed Ping'er's shoulder and said, "Ping'er, wait for me here for a while, I'll be right back!"

As he spoke, without waiting for Ping'er to answer, he turned around and rushed forward, disappearing in front of Ping'er's eyes in a flash.

"This..." Ping'er was shocked, stunned, completely blinded, and stood there motionless.

After a while, Jia Yun came to the opposite side of her shop, and saw that there was a raging fire, half the street was set on fire, countless officials and people were rushing to carry water to put out the fire, noisy and chaotic.

Jia Yun took a breath and thought to herself: "It seems that Daoist Zhang is gone, what the hell, why didn't you ask him for a few more jade pendants before?"

This jade pendant was given to Jia Yun by Zhang Daochang when he came to the store before he went to Qingshan Academy to study last year.

At that time, Daoist Zhang told Jia Yun to carry the jade pendant with him, saying that it had its own benefits.

Jia Yun didn't think much about it, and kept wearing it with the idea that she would rather believe in something than nothing, but she didn't expect it to be of great use today.

He had seen the power of the jade pendant just now, two swords, one beheaded the monk and the lame Taoist, and the other beheaded the god in the sky.

Jia Yun couldn't describe her feelings other than using the word "fuck" to describe the shock in her heart.

After taking a few deep breaths, Jia Yun saw that Jia, Cuihong and Xiu'e were weeping and wiping away their tears at the door of the shop while carrying water to put out the fire, so she hurried over.

"Brother, don't water it, it's already burned, and it's useless to burn it again." Jia Yun shouted.

The three of Jia heard the shout, looked for the sound, and then they all threw the bucket, ran to Jia Yun, knelt on the ground and howled.

"Brother Yun, the store is gone, woohoo, the store just disappeared..."

"We were all closed, and when we walked across the street, we realized that the shop was on fire. Huh, it's too late to put out the fire. The fire is too big!"

"..."

Jia Dong said one sentence to another, Jia Yun listened to the general idea, and then realized that the fire was caused by man.

Not long ago, it was heard that Jin Yiwei had captured the Bailian disciples in an inn next door, and a fight broke out, and then the inn caught fire, spreading to Ningrong Street.

"How long has it been since I left Ningrong Street just now? I didn't expect such a thing to happen!" Jia Yun sighed, thinking to herself.

This is no wonder to Jia and the others. Seeing them crying miserably, Jia Yun said:

"Get up, don't cry, the store is gone, we can find another store in other places, and the business can still continue."

Even so, Jia Yun still felt a little heartbroken that she would lose a day's money if she took a day off.

Opening a new store cannot be completed in a day or two.

At this time, the landlords of the shop also came over, and it was these landlords who suffered the most losses, and it was not known whether Jin Yiwei would compensate them.

After Jia Yun exchanged a few words with the landlord, she took Jia and the three of them away.

As soon as he walked to the opposite side, Ping'er also came running out of breath, with undulating waves.

She saw the shop on the opposite side was on fire, and as soon as she got to Jia Yun, she asked, "Brother Yun, your shop is also on fire?"

Jia Yun nodded and said: "It's burning, the pots and pans are gone. Fortunately, my brother and the others have already closed the store and left the shop, and nothing happened. Otherwise, it would be troublesome."

"That's good. As long as there is no accident, the store can reopen." Ping'er said out of breath.

Jia Yun nodded, and asked Jia and the others to go back and rest for a few days, and then open the shop after he found a good shop.

After they left, Jia Yun said to Ping'er again: "You should go back first, after such a commotion, my wine has already sobered up, so I don't need you to send it."

Ping'er pursed her lips, looked at Jia Yun, sighed, and said in a low voice, "I'm a bit reluctant to leave."

Jia Yun stepped forward and whispered in her ear: "I want you, but you don't give it to me, so that I will suffer and suffer."

"That won't work. When you want grandma, I'll give it to you." Ping'er shook his head.

Jia Yun sighed, and said again: "Then I'll treat you to a good meal, do you want to?"

"Are you asking me to eat again?" Ping'er frowned, hesitated for a moment, then looked around, and asked in a low voice, "Where are you going? To your house?"

Jia Yun smiled and said, "There is a corridor outside the Pear Fragrance Court, it is relatively hidden, how about we go there?"

Ping'er thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, then I'll go first, you watch outside, come later."

Half an hour later, Ping'er came out of the corridor covering her mouth, and trotted back to Jia's mansion.

After a while, Jia Yun came out with her hands behind her back, with an indescribably comfortable expression.

The next day.

The fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival.

This is a folk festival that integrates worshiping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings and warding off evil spirits, celebrating entertainment and eating.

The Dragon Boat Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the sacrifice of dragon totems in ancient times. It is an auspicious day for "flying dragons in the sky".

The dragon and dragon boat culture has always run through the inheritance history of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival customs are related to primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, Ganzhi calendar, and the astronomical phenomenon that Canglong Qisu is located in Nanzhong.

In midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the Canglong Qisu hangs high in the middle sky in the south, and is in the "central" position, which means that things are in the most prosperous state, which is auspicious and auspicious celestial phenomenon.

The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the four traditional festivals together with the Spring Festival, Ching Ming Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Therefore, in the Central Plains, the Dragon Boat Festival has always been valued by people.

Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the flying dragon is in the sky, the dragon spirit is strong, and all evils are avoided.

The main customs are picking dragon boats, sacrificing dragons, picking herbs, hanging mugwort and calamus, worshiping gods and ancestors, washing herbs, drinking water at noon, soaking dragon boats in water, eating rice dumplings, releasing paper kites, watching dragon boats, tying five-color silk threads, and smoking herb. , Pei sachet, etc.

Early in the morning, Xiren gave Jia Yun a sachet made by herself.

At the same time, the girls in the family also wear pomegranate flowers on their heads, and use red silk threads to form shapes such as cherries, mulberries, hornet millet, and gourds, which are run through and worn on the body to show auspiciousness.

In addition, Liren and Keren also weave rings with multicolored silk threads and put them on their wrists and ankles. The boudoir is also full of small decorative items such as small gourds, small horned millet, and small cloth tigers.

Mrs. Bu, Aunt Miao'er and several rough envoys also wore bats made of red velvet, plum blossoms and other velvet silk flowers with the word "Fu" on their heads. This custom is called "Longevity Thread".

After eating in the morning, Jia Yun took Xi Ren and Mei Ren to Xue's house in a carriage.

Jia Yun will marry Xue Baochai in only ten days.

After going there today, it is estimated that he and Xue Baochai will not meet again before they get married. After all, the wedding is approaching, so we still have to do what we should do.

After arriving at Xue's house, Jia Yun gave Xue Baochai the portrait she painted.

After Xue Baochai saw it, she liked it very much, and gave Jia Yun a sachet made by herself in return.

"Put them all on, and don't take off what Xiren prepared for you." Seeing that Jia Yun had already worn one, Xue Baochai said understandingly.

Jia Yun thought for a while, then took off the attacker's one, put it in her bosom, and only wore the sachet Xue Baochai gave her.

Xiren pursed his lips and smiled beside him, not paying attention.

Because he knows that Jia Yun likes to put things that are important to Jia Yun in his bosom, and he often stuffs things that are not important to his sleeves.

So Xiren knew that Jia Yun had her in his heart, and that was enough.

During the meal, Jia Yun took the opportunity to discuss the wedding in private with Xue Wangshi, Xue Baochai and Xue Pan.

This matter was originally discussed by the matchmakers of both parties, but Jia Yun felt that it would be better to communicate in private, and it would be less likely to make mistakes.

After all, getting married is a major event in life, and it's best if it goes smoothly.

After asking for a while, Jia Yun felt relieved.

Mrs. Xue Wang said that the preparations for the Xue family are almost done, and there are still some minor matters that will be dealt with in the next ten days or so.

After dinner, Jia Yun and Xue Baochai stayed in private for a while.

Xue Baochai, this airy little padded jacket, told Jia Yun how much the Xue family dowry.

"66 taels of silver, a total of 86 shops in Beijing, Jinling, Suzhou and other places, [-] acres of fertile land, as well as bed cabinets, makeup boxes, camphor wood boxes, champion boxes, descendants' treasure barrels, spring stools, cloth, jewelry , Zhenwan..."

Although Jia Yun was mentally prepared before, he was taken aback by the Xue family's generosity. It seems that poverty really limited his imagination.

But he remembered that when Xue Baochai got married in the original book, there were not so many dowries.

But at that time, the Xue family was already in great decline. When the Jia Mansion built the Grand View Garden, it was estimated that they also ate a lot of money from the Xue family, so at that time, the Xue family did not have much savings.

Although the current Xue family is also in decline, the old bottom that has been worked hard for several generations is still there, so it is not surprising that the handwriting is bigger.

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "My brother made these decisions, and my mother was still a little bit reluctant. In the end, my brother made the decision, saying that he is only my sister, and he can't make me suffer. My mother has no choice but to agree."

Although Xue Pan likes to mess around, he really has nothing to say to Xue Baochai.

After returning from Xue's house, just as Jia Yun arrived home, the beauty brought her a pile of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, saying it was a return gift from Lin Daiyu and the others.

"These girls are very good at reciprocating courtesy." Jia Yun smiled, and took all the gifts to the study and arranged them.

For the next period of time, Jia Yun has been busy with the marriage.

Getting married in this era is not like later generations, you can go directly to a big hotel to do it, but you need to organize the banquet by yourself, and you need the help of many people.

Some time ago, Jia Yun was the first to ask Jia Wei to be the chief manager.

The big manager plays the role of strategizing, for example, who will help to borrow tables and benches when setting up banquets, who will help the kitchen, who will be responsible for serving and adding food, who will be responsible for keeping items, etc., all depend on the big manager to dispatch.

Afterwards, Jia Yun went to invite the bridegroom, the family helper, the sender of wedding invitations, the chef, etc., to confirm that they would be free on the day of Jia Yun's wedding and would not change their minds.

Time flies by, and it is the night of May [-]th in a blink of an eye.

The bright moon in the sky is round and round, and it sprinkles thousands of misty moonlight.

The night wind blows, bringing bursts of comfort.

In a corner of the small courtyard, Jia Yun was sitting on a recliner, holding Xiang Ling in her arms, and the two were talking quietly.

"Tomorrow, Baochai will pass the door, are you happy?" Jia Yun asked in a low voice.

Xiang Ling said with a silly smile: "It doesn't matter if the servant girl is happy or not, as long as the young master is happy."

Jia Yun put her chin on Xiangling's fragrant shoulder, held her hand with both hands to play with, and said, "I heard that you have been fascinated by reading recently, please make me a poem and read it to me."

"No, this servant is so stupid. I just read some Tang poems, but I haven't understood the essence of poetry. I can't do it yet." Xiangling pouted and said in frustration.

Jia Yun said with a smile: "If you can't do it, then you can't do it. Don't be unhappy. We still have a lot of time to learn how to write poetry slowly. Don't you think so?"

Xiang Ling tilted her head and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "That's right, I'm still young, I must learn to compose poems in the future, and often read it to the young master."

Jia Yun smiled, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and muttered, "Xiangling, I'm so excited that I can't sleep today, what should I do?"

"I can't sleep, so the servant girl can talk to the young master!" Xiang Ling thoughtfully said.

Jia Yun asked, "Aren't you sleepy?"

"Sleepy, but this servant wants to talk with the young master." Xiang Ling pursed her lips and smiled.

At this time, Xiren came over lightly and whispered, "Brother Yun, my room is finished."

Today is the day when the woman shopped, and all the things in the main room where Jia Yun slept were replaced with new ones.

There is no fixed template for making a room, but one thing is that the utensils in the bridal chamber must be new, especially the bed.

The day before the wedding, the woman will send someone to the son-in-law's house to lay the bedding for the new house, which is called "making the bed".

Moreover, the person who made the bed had to look for a rich woman with a lot of children and grandchildren and a good family background. The rich woman would pray and wish while making the bed.

In addition, the furnishings in the bridal chamber must have a beautiful meaning.

For example, the curtain hanging on the bed is embroidered with the picture of a hundred sons, the quilt is embroidered with double happiness, and the quilt is also a picture of a hundred sons.

The new house can only be slept in tomorrow, so Jia Yun plans to stay in Xiren's room for one night today.

This is also the first time Jia Yun has slept in Xiren's room after moving. Most Xiren used to come to his room.

It was getting late, and Jia Yun carried Xiangling down to the ground. After she put on her shoes, she took Xiren and Xiangling to the backyard, one on the left and one on the right...

PS: Just like the previous book, let the gods go first, so that the story can unfold.

(End of this chapter)