The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 139
In the absence of a full moon, the sparse trees are hanging, and people are still at the beginning. Under the pale moonlight, the bleak autumn wind sweeps across the garden trees, whimpering softly. Apart from that, only the autumn insects hiding in the corners are chirping.

Aunt Zhao's small courtyard has been set up as a mourning hall, and the body is buried in a high-quality coffin. There are incense candles in front of the funeral, and there is a hanging portrait painted by Jia Huan himself.

Originally, in ancient times, the death of a concubine in a wealthy family was not an important matter. A thin coffin was carried out of the city to bury it. , it is impossible to have.

In fact, if it weren't for Jia Huan's firm request, Aunt Zhao's mourning hall would not exist at this moment.Wang Xifeng ordered Lai Da and others to buy a pair of ordinary coffins. They planned to enshrine Aunt Zhao's body and carried it away for burial, but Jia Huan sternly stopped her and asked for a high-quality official coffin , Set up a mourning hall to sacrifice.

Although Jia Huan was young, he was already a famous scholar. Lai Da did not dare to force him, so he could only report to Mrs. Wang and Jia Mu. In the end, Jia Huan made the decision and changed the coffin according to Jia Huan's request. , Also set up a mourning hall.

Although Mrs. Wang was very upset, Aunt Zhao was dead, so what was there to do to save her some face, and this was just to show her generosity and compassion as the mistress, so she agreed.

At this moment, Jia Huan and Jia Tanchun were standing in front of the coffin, and Ping'er knelt beside the brazier, silently burning paper money.

Jia Huan's expression at this time was very calm, so calm that it made people feel a little creepy.Since repelling Lai Da and others, Jia Huan hasn't said a word, and he hasn't drunk a drop of water or eaten a grain of rice.

Jia Tanchun glanced worriedly at Jia Huan, who was expressionless and as cold as moonlight, and opened his mouth to hesitate to speak.I don't know how long it took, the fourth watch started outside, the autumn was cold and dark, Jia Huan knelt on the ground, as if he didn't notice anything.

"Brother Huan, you don't ask me, but you blame me?" Jia Tanchun finally couldn't help it, and asked with red eyes.

Jia Huan said calmly: "I've been waiting for you to tell me what's going on. Go outside and say, don't disturb Auntie." After speaking, she stood up silently and walked into the yard. His shadow stretched out.

Jia Tanchun tried to stand up, but because her feet were numb, she knocked her knee hard, and Ping'er hurriedly stepped forward to help her up.Jia Tanchun slowed down, pushed Ping'er's hand away, and walked out of the room with difficulty.

Jia Huan was dressed in white, standing quietly in the yard, with the cold moon shining slantingly, his figures and shadows were facing each other, just as lonely and desolate as the only garden tree.

Jia Tanchun Mo Ming's nose was sore. The relationship between her and Aunt Zhao has not been very good all along. Although it has eased in the past year because of Jia Huan, it can't be said how close she is. It's just that she witnessed Zhao's relationship with her own eyes today. Auntie swallowed her last breath, and she suddenly realized that she was the biological mother who was connected by blood, and she still cared about her very much.

Jia Tanchun walked to Jia Huan's side, and after a moment of silence, he said, "My aunt is going to use witchcraft to harm my wife, Lian's second sister-in-law and Baoyu."

Jia Huan remembered that the original novel did have such a plot, and said in a deep voice, "And then?"

Jia Tanchun hung down and said: "Just yesterday, Ma Daopo, who cast the spell, was caught and confessed to my aunt."

Jia Huan frowned and said, "What evidence is there?"

"Auntie gave Ma Daopo all the money she had saved, including more than 100 taels of money, and jewelry, and also issued an IOU of 500 taels of silver. Then Ma Daopo gave Auntie three paper figurines and little ghosts, and Auntie wrote on the paper figurines. Madam, Baoyu, and Lian’s second sister-in-law’s birth dates were found to be secretly tucked under their beds, and then Ma Daopo tried to put the wife and the others to death, the evidence is solid, and my aunt herself admitted it.”

Jia Huan was a little speechless, and paused for a moment before asking: "Then what happened to the wound on Auntie's head?"

"My wife was very angry at the time, and ordered my aunt to be beaten up, and then she was locked up. She was going to send her to the court the next day and sue her for murder. The master was a little hesitant, but the wife forced her to die. In the end, the master could only agree, but unexpectedly, when she pushed out the door today, my aunt bumped her head against the corner of the wall in desperation..."

The so-called witchcraft is just a joke in the eyes of people nowadays. If curses work, why should science be used?But in ancient times, from the kings down to the common people, all believed in ghosts and gods, so the nature of using witchcraft to harm people is actually no different from killing people with open fire, and it is even more feared by people.

As a concubine, Aunt Zhao used this method to murder the mistress and the son-in-law, which is undoubtedly quite vicious in the eyes of outsiders. Mrs. Wang can order someone to beat her to death directly!
In fact, Mrs. Wang also had this thought, wishing she could kill Aunt Zhao on the spot, because recently the Wang family was raided and Jia Baoyu was beaten half to death, she was already suspicious and turned her anger on Jia Huan. The incident of Aunt Zhao's use of witchcraft broke out again, new and old hatred piled up, Mrs. Wang took the opportunity to attack Aunt Zhao, if she hadn't worried about Jia Zheng doting on Aunt Zhao, she would have ordered Aunt Zhao to be beaten to death on the spot.

However, Mrs. Wang did not beat Aunt Zhao to death on the spot. It does not mean that she would let Aunt Zhao go. The evidence, tortured into a trick, dragged Jia Huan into the water, in order to tarnish Jia Huan's reputation, and then kicked out of the house, so as to solve Jia Huan's threat once and for all.

Although Aunt Zhao's IQ is worrying, she is not stupid. She has clearly seen through Mrs. Wang's conspiracy and would rather die than go to the government. can survive.

Jia Huan fell silent after listening to Jia Tanchun's narration, staring at the lonely sour jujube tree in the courtyard in a daze.In fact, in the original book, Aunt Zhao's image is not glorious, stupid, ridiculous, pitiful, and can be called the most failed villain. The last forty chapters of Gao E's sequel even arranged for her to be killed by a ghost.

However, no matter how stupid and ridiculous the image of Aunt Zhao is, her love for Jia Huan, the son, is real and deep. Huan can inherit the family business.So others can laugh at and despise Aunt Zhao, but Jia Huan can't. This is the reason why a dog doesn't think his family is poor, and a son doesn't think his mother is ugly.

"Brother Huan, don't be impulsive. It doesn't matter if Auntie is wrong first, even if you are right, if you resent and take revenge on your wife, you will be ruined first." Seeing Jia Huan's silence, Jia Tanchun couldn't help worrying about him. Make drastic moves.

Jia Huan clenched his fists secretly. It is impossible to say that he does not hate Mrs. Wang. If he hates Mrs. Wang, he does not hate to the point where he has to kill him, but Jia Huan knows Mrs. Wang very well. The viciousness, the contradiction between himself and her is irreconcilable.

So if there is a chance, Jia Huan will definitely give Mrs. Wang a hard blow without hesitation, but he will never do such a stupid thing as a direct fight. So worthless.

Jia Huan looked up at the bright moon in the west, then looked down at Jia Tanchun and said softly: "I want to take my aunt's coffin back to Jinling for burial and keep it for three years."

Jia Tanchun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well, it's fine for Brother Huan to leave here temporarily, just in case the old lady and the wife won't agree."

Jia Huan said indifferently: "They will agree."

(End of this chapter)