Geng Scroll Volume 31: A Chance Encounter in the Garden
It has to be said that the decline of the Jia family has become more and more obvious in recent years.
This can be felt from the attitude and demeanor of these servants towards outsiders.
Look at their flattering gestures towards me today. Although there is a special relationship between me and the Jia family, but a young man can easily enter and leave a place like the Grand View Garden, which is almost purely a place for women, you can know something about it.
You must know that there are not only girls such as Baochai, Baoqin and Daiyu who can be regarded as related to him, but also Yingchun, Xiangyun, Tanchun, Xichun and Xiuyan, who can only be regarded as family friends with him.
Innocent women, and even widows like Li Wan, who need to draw a strict line between themselves and themselves.
But looking at their behavior, both male and female servants seemed to be at ease and at ease, which shows that this formerly strict moral code is slowly but irreversibly loosening.
Maybe in a few days, the embroidered spring bag incident will be staged in the Jia family. It may not be whoever is in the book "Dream of Red Mansions". This is not important, but the overall decline of the entire Jia family's mentality, vision, structure and status.
The malaise and laziness caused by this caused the servants to naturally relax their demands.
However, Feng Ziying is naturally not qualified to give any advice now. He is even considered a beneficiary of this situation. For example, he can now enter and leave the Grand View Garden with great swagger, drink and have fun in Yihong Courtyard at night, and even sleep with a woman quietly at night.
In the boudoir, I'm afraid no one knows, or in other words, if they know, no one interferes.
Ten years ago, this would have been unthinkable.
She sighed a little in her heart, but Feng Ziying still had a smile on her face and walked in through the door coolly.
"Mr. Xia, why, didn't you say that no one can come in?" A doorman said cheerfully: "Usually when we take a step in, you are always black-faced, why are you almost pouting today when Uncle Feng comes?
Did he let him step on your back and enter the door?"
"Bah! Feng San, why don't you take a pee and take a look at yourself? Do you deserve the surname Feng?" Mrs. Xia looked disdainful and almost spat on Feng San's face, "Who is Uncle Feng? Today
Even if the two masters and ancestors are here, they will still smile and let Uncle Feng in! Miss Bao is about to enter the Feng family, and it will only be a matter of time for Miss Lin. Uncle Feng goes in to take a look.
Who can stop me?"
"Besides, what does Uncle Feng do? Not to mention the Grand View Garden, even if it is forbidden by the imperial palace, he has entered it countless times. I didn't hear that Uncle Feng was invited into the palace to reward him as soon as he returned to Beijing.
, your whole family has probably never even heard the voice of Lord Long Live, how can you compare with Uncle Feng?"
"Yes, yes, Mrs. Xia, I was wrong. I shouldn't have teased you. According to what you said, even Uncle Feng in the capital city will be able to survive." Feng San was not annoyed and said with a smile on his face.
"Hey, don't tell me. Uncle Feng is currently serving as an official in Yongping Mansion. He may return to Shuntian Mansion to serve as an official in two years. Do you think he will go to Chengping in the capital?" Mrs. Xia became more and more eloquent at this time.
Feng Ziying naturally did not expect that the servants at the gate of the Grand View Garden were discussing whether he could travel in the capital city, but now it is true that he can indeed travel in the Grand View Garden.
As soon as you enter the garden gate, you will reach the main road. In October, the garden is a little less green and gorgeous than in May and June, and a little more bleak in autumn, but the Qinfang River is still somewhat bright and bright.
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On the Qinfang Pavilion, Feng Ziying stopped and looked around. The Jade Archway and Taiguan Tower, facing each other across the stream, were still towering, but Feng Ziying always felt a bit lonely.
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This is a complex of three buildings connected side by side, including Hanfang Pavilion, Taiguan Pavilion, and Zhujin Pavilion, and the side halls extending backward along Hanfang Pavilion and Zhujin Pavilion, plus the Jiayin Hall at the end.
Forming a group of square buildings, together with the Gu Ensiyi Hall in the middle, this is the core building complex of the entire Grand View Garden.
In comparison, whether it is Yihongyuan, Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Hengwuyuan, Daoxiang Village, Tubi Villa and Aojingxi Pavilion, they are just ancillary buildings.
This group of core buildings is usually inhabited by no one. At most, Hanfang Pavilion or Zhujin Pavilion are occasionally used. Even Daguan Tower is rarely used. As for Gu Ensiyi Hall in the center, it is only used
It can only be opened for use when Yuanchun comes back.
With a slight sigh, Feng Ziying was about to leave Qinfang Pavilion and walk west across Cuiyan Bridge to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, when she saw two women coming from the east.
Feng Ziying took a closer look and saw that it was Xing Xiuyan and Miaoyu.
Xing Xiuyan and Miaoyu did not go to Jia Mu today, so they only knew that Feng Ziying was passing through the house today, but they did not know that Feng Ziying had entered the garden at this time. When they saw Feng Ziying, they were shocked.
Seeing that Xing Xiuyan and Miaoyu both looked surprised, Feng Ziying laughed, looked away with her hands behind her hands and said: "Why, sister Xiuyan and Miaoyu are so surprised? Is my visit to Rongguo Mansion so surprising?
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Who is Xing Xiuyan? She is handsome and smart, elegant and pleasant. She immediately smiled and said: "Brother Feng is joking. My younger sister and sister Miaoyu have long known that Brother Feng has entered the house. They just thought that the two masters and Brother Feng wanted to discuss important matters. They didn't expect that Feng
My eldest brother took a break from his busy schedule and came to the garden."
"Oh, I misunderstood." Feng Ziying looked at Miaoyu, who was a little uncomfortable, and Xiuyan, who had a gentle and indifferent expression, "Where are you going?"
"Sister Miaoyu and I just came out of Congcui'an and brought a pot of mountain spring water. We plan to go to Luxueguang to boil water and drink tea..." When Xing Xiuyan said this, Miaoyu couldn't help but stand aside.
He pinched Xiuyan's arm, but Xiuyan was unmoved.
"Oh? I wonder if Brother Yu is lucky enough to come to Xiuyan's sister, Lu Xueguan, for Yipin Miaoyu's spring water and Xiuyan's tea?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile.
Miaoyu was even more nervous and almost broke Xiuyan's arm, but Xiuyan ignored it and said with a smile: "That's good. I don't know when Brother Feng will come over. Little sister and Miaoyu
My sister boiled water and washed the kettle, waiting eagerly."
"Well, then in half an hour, I will go to Sister Lin's place first, and I will come over after talking for a while." Feng Ziying told her calmly.
Xing Xiuyan also admired Feng Ziying's magnanimity. Originally, the unmarried couple could not meet in private, but when it came to Feng Ziying, she was obviously so generous and unabashed, making people not think that this was a bit beyond etiquette. Maybe this was the reason.
The charm that this man brings when he reaches a certain status and influence?
"Well, if Sister Lin is willing to come together, please ask Brother Feng to bring the younger sister to invite Sister Lin. The younger sister is most welcome."
Feng Ziying nodded, Xiuyan nodded and said goodbye to Feng Ziying, but Miaoyu never had any extra words, and only said something golden when saying goodbye.
Seeing Feng Ziying going straight to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Miaoyu twisted Xiuyan's arm severely: "Xiuyan, what are you doing?"
"I haven't done anything. Brother Feng comes back rarely. We didn't go to our ancestors in the morning and missed the opportunity to see Brother Feng. I'll treat him to tea now. Wouldn't it be a good time to make up for it?" Xiuyan pretended not to.
untie.
Miaoyu was angry and her face was a little cold, "We agreed to have tea with each other, but why are there more outsiders?"
"An outsider? What are my sister's plans for the future? Do I really want to live alone in this Cuicui Temple for the rest of my life? Even Sister Lin is not an outsider, right? Brother Feng is a hero. He defeated the Mongolian soldiers in Qian'an City. It was said in the past two days that
Storytellers have begun to tell stories about Xiao Fengxiu's fierce battle with the Mongolian soldiers in teahouses. Hasn't my sister always admired those heroes? Could it be that my sister still thinks that there are only those hermits who live in ancient temples in the mountains, or that they have come and gone.
The knights and knights of the world are heroes. An act like Brother Feng who turned the tide and saved the people from dire straits is not considered a heroic act? Does my sister still feel aggrieved for marrying him? "
Xing Xiuyan said seriously: "Sister, you should think about it carefully."
Miaoyu's face turned red and white at Xing Xiuyan's words, and Miaoyu was speechless for a moment.
She had indeed told her best friend that she had admired those great heroes since she was a child, especially those chivalrous men who put an end to injustice and bring peace to the people. However, she never thought that Xiuyan would suddenly elevate Feng Ziying's behavior in Qian'an City to this level.
, but you have to think about it carefully, which one is more important, saving one person in the rivers and lakes, or saving tens of thousands of people?
"Humph, that was just his duty as a local magistrate. How can it be called a chivalrous act? If he abandoned the city and fled, I'm afraid the court would also hold him responsible for escaping and derelict in his duties, right?" Miaoyu argued hard, but she also
Not without reason.
"Isn't that true?"
This is what Ya Sheng said, but Brother Feng changed it slightly, but I think it is more in line with his behavior."
"You!" Miaoyu stood on the roadside beside the stream beside the river, looking at Xing Xiuyan with some suspicion, "Xiuyan, I think you seem to be a different person. Even if he saved us once,
But it’s not like you’re so flattering to him, right? Why do you contradict me with every word I say?”
"Sister, don't you know what kind of temper I have? You can convince people with reason. Brother Feng is indeed like this. You can't speak out of conscience, right?"
The black silk blowing was a little scattered, covering the feverish fragrant cheeks.
Miaoyu didn't believe it, but still stared at the other party reluctantly: "No, I always feel that there is something wrong with you, could it be..."
"Okay, sister, maybe Brother Feng will come soon, and we can ask him how he defeated the Mongolian soldiers in Qian'an City, and we will know the truth." Xing Xiuyan changed the subject pretending to be calm, and hugged Miaoyu.