A few days later, on September 2, this day was Wang Xifeng's birthday, and there were banquets and singing up and down to celebrate. These sisters in the Grand View Garden also gathered here to Li Kun and prepared to participate together. After waiting for a while, Li Kun said, "Why hasn't Baoyu come yet, Su Yun is going over and inviting it." ”

Na Suyun went for a while, and came back to report: "Second Master Bao went out early in the morning, saying that someone had a friend who died and went out to visit the funeral. ”

Everyone was surprised, what kind of mourning is to be explored, and whose mourning is to be explored. I was about to send someone to ask again, but at this time, the attacker came by himself, Li Kun and others said: "The second grandmother's birthday, the old lady is very happy, and there are people in the East Mansion over there, and he is about to join in the fun, why didn't he take leave, so he left privately?" The attacker sighed and said, "He said last night that he had something important to go to the Beijing Palace's mansion this morning. I advised him not to go, and he did not obey. I got up early this morning and went in plain clothes, presumably because there was an important concubine in the Beijing Palace? Li Kun said: "If this is the case, I should go, but I should also come back." After speaking, Jia Mu came to urge, and everyone went together.

At this time, Na Baoyu was dressed in plain clothes, riding a horse, followed by Mingyan, and the other one did not bring it, and ran away on the street. He has a heart in mind. Mingyan in the back caught up with him and said, "If you go further ahead, you will go out of the north gate, and there is nothing to play when you go out in the cold." When Baoyu heard this, he said, "Okay, it's about to be a cold place." So he also put on the whip and went out of the gate. Mingyan became more and more confused, so he had to follow closely.

After running seven or eight miles out of the city, the population gradually became scarce - it was about time to return to Longguan, when there was no one, Baoyu Fang reined in his horse and asked Mingyan: "Is there any incense here that sells incense?" Mingyan looked at the billboard on the side of the road and said, "Maybe there is, but it's hard to find a good one." Baoyu looked embarrassed, and Mingyan said: "The second master's usual small purse has loose incense, look for it, maybe there is." A sentence reminded Baoyu, and sure enough, he found two small pieces of Shen Xing from the small purse in the placket of his clothes, and thought, this is not enough, but after thinking about it, he brought it himself, which is better than buying it. Baoyu asked again, "Is there charcoal?" Mingyan said: "I'm afraid there won't be any more." Why didn't the second master say it earlier, so that he could bring it. ”

Baoyu said: "Foolish thing, if this can be brought out, I don't have to run away with my life just now." ”

Mingyan thought for a long time, and said with a smile: "I think the second master wants to use more than this, but I'm afraid that he will have to use something else." I know, two miles further on, there is the Narcissus Nunnery, then there is everything. ”

Baoyu was overjoyed and said, "The Narcissus Nunnery is here, that's good, the nuns there often come to our house and take an incense burner with her, she must be willing." ”

Mingyan said: "Even if you don't know the temple, if you borrow it from him, he won't dare not give it." "—We are all a privileged class.

The two of them arrived at the Narcissus Nunnery for a while, where the Luo Shen sung by Cao Zijian was enshrined, that is, the one who "fluttered like a frightened gull, like a swimming dragon", and was said to be a daughter born to Fuxi and Nuwa, called "Concubine Mi". Concubine Mi was so beautiful that she drowned in the Luo River near Luoyang (probably because she didn't master the raft technique invented by her father when she waded through the water). This is a coincidence, the same as the one Baoyu was thinking in his heart, he also drowned.

Baoyu went into the nunnery and saw the statue of the narcissus "Luoshen", although it was a clay sculpture, but it was really a bit of a fairy posture of "lotus green waves, the sun reflects the morning glow", and I didn't feel that I fell into tears. The old nun came over, and when she saw that it was such an extraordinarily dressed son, like a living dragon, she immediately brought tea. Baoyu then borrowed an incense burner from her. The old nun soon brought the incense burner, and Baoyu ordered the incense burner to go out to the backyard with the incense burner and put it on the well platform.

Baoyu took out the incense, the cigarette stood aside, Baoyu lit the incense with a lighter, gave a half-salute with tears, and turned around to accept the incense burner. Mingyan agreed, but he didn't busy collecting the incense burner, but crawled on the ground, kowtowed a few times, and prayed in his mouth: "I Mingyan followed the second master, the second master's thoughts, I don't know anything, but who the second master didn't say today, and I don't dare to ask." Although this sacrificial ghost has an unknown surname, it must be the first in the world, unparalleled in the sky, and a very intelligent and handsome sister. The second master can't say anything on his mind, let me wish it: if she has a feeling of soul and fragrance (I'm afraid that Mingyan can't say such words), although yin and yang are separated, since she is already a confidant, she still comes to visit the second master from time to time. You bless the second master in the underworld to become a girl in the next life, and be with you, don't give birth to this bearded eyebrow turbidity again. The last sentence is the most thoughtful of the "second master". After Mingyan finished speaking, he kowtowed a few more times before getting up.

Mingyan held the stove, followed Baoyu, and returned to the meditation hall again, seeing that the nun had prepared a table of vegetarian dishes, Mingyan persuaded Baoyu to eat early before leaving, Baoyu ate two bites indiscriminately, so the two still rode back to the city.

When they returned to Yihong Courtyard, several old women saw it, smiled happily, and said, "Amitabha Buddha (Oh My God), but you're back!" Drove the flower girl crazy! I'm sitting at the top of the table, so let's go. Baoyu hurriedly changed out of plain clothes and ran to Jia's mother, just when he saw Yuchuan sitting alone under the eaves and weeping (it's pitiful, laughing loudly inside, there is only one person outside), and when he saw Baoyu, he said: "The phoenix is here, go in quickly, it's all in a hurry." Baoyu smiled and said, "Guess where I went?" That Yuchuan wiped her tears, but didn't say anything. Baoyu thought to herself: "Today is Jin Chuan's birthday, but only she and I remember." After thinking about it, he stopped talking, and hurriedly entered the pavilion, and when he saw Mrs. Jia Muwang and others, everyone was really like a phoenix.

Baoyu hurriedly saluted today's "birthday star" Sister Feng. Mrs. Jia Mu Wang complained that he didn't know what to do, and ran away without saying a word, Jia Mu said: "If you go out without permission in the future, if you don't tell us first, you must ask Lao Tzu to beat you." Baoyu promised, and Jia Mu wanted to beat his little guy again, and everyone was busy interceding. Na Jia's mother was not at ease at first, so she was naturally very anxious, but now that she saw him back, she was naturally more happy than anxious, so she didn't mention it anymore. On the contrary, he was afraid that he would not have enough to eat outside, and he was frightened on the way, so he coaxed him in every possible way. So everyone began to watch the play, but they no longer had anything to say, and listened to the next breakdown.