The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 85 Demon Mirror

Ever since he fought with the cat demon for three hundred rounds and the cat demon escaped, Master Zhan has been thinking about finding an opportunity to go back and destroy the monster. Unfortunately, many things happened later and he never found the opportunity.

Recently, I finally found some free time and fed all the little fairies in my home. I didn't go for massage or make a movie, but quietly came to Lixiangyuan to seek trouble with this fairies.

As usual, Hongye quietly led him in, asked him to sit on the bed, and then said with a low smile:
"Master, please be careful. The one who attacks tonight will be a thousand-year-old vixen. Master, don't be careless or you will be taken away by that vixen."

Mr. Zhan laughed and said arrogantly:

"I, your master, have weathered many storms, so how could I capsize in a ditch? Just let that demon come over."

Hongye lit the candle and went out.

Master Zhan was sitting in the room, and he could only hear the sound of "ding-dong-dong" coming from far away outside the door. The sound was not very loud, but it was particularly tempting when it sounded in the dead of night.

Soon, the ringing sound came nearby, and then the door next door rang, and the vixen actually went next door.

As Mr. Zhan was wondering, he saw a big hole suddenly appear on the wall between the two rooms, and a fox spirit crawled in through the hole.

When Master Zhan looked closely, he saw that the vixen was on all fours, with her body covered in red gauze, her jade arms and long legs faintly visible, a collar hanging around her neck with a bell underneath. When she crawled, she made pleasant sounds, and her fiery red tail swayed back and forth behind her, which made Master Zhan feel itchy.

Of course, this vixen also had a magic veil on her face, and was also an unknown monster!
Master Zhan swallowed his saliva and exclaimed:
"The director was blind for not choosing you in the first part of Investiture of the Gods!"

Doesn't this fox look more like Daji than that Russian foreign girl?
That movie deserved to flop!

Watching this monster crawling to the bed with three twists and turns, he panted and said:

"My lord, I have been cultivating in the mountains for thousands of years, but I didn't expect to be stolen by someone, so I had no choice but to come down the mountain to look for him."

"Excuse me, sir, have you seen it?"

"If I can find you, I will marry you."

Master Zhan reached into the bed and indeed pulled out three tails. He waved them in front of him and asked:

"Master, let me ask you, is it the golden tail, the silver tail, or the jade tail that you lost?"

The fox spirit's eyes were full of ripples as she looked at the three tails and said hesitantly:
"I don't know whether these three tails are mine or not. I probably need the master to help me test them to find out."

Master Zhan was overjoyed and displayed his excellent quality of being helpful. He held down the fox's body with one hand and with the other hand pulled out the fiery red tail with a "pop" sound, and then tried all three tails one by one.

After playing around for a while, the vixen's magical power was greatly depleted, and her body became limp, panting and shouting:

"None of these three are my tails. You, man, must have hidden my tail. Let me search for it."

After saying this, the vixen turned hostile, jumped onto the bed, knocked Master Zhan down and started biting him.

Master Zhan fought back with all his might. The man and the demon fought fiercely, from the bed to the ground, from the ground to the table, and from the table back to the bed. They were entangled with each other, tumbling and rolling, and their Dadao brand clothes were torn into pieces.

Master Zhan was invincible in hand-to-hand combat, and was gaining the upper hand when suddenly the vixen's eyes lit up, pointing at a thick and long object and shouting:

"I said you must have hidden my tail, why don't you give it back to me quickly!"

After saying that, she moved forward and took the tail into her stomach in a lightning speed.

Master Zhan saw that his weakness was discovered by the enemy, so he would not allow it to happen and hurriedly pulled it out with all his strength.

The vixen was like a tiger with wings after getting this meaty tail. How could she let it go? She quickly tightened her legs, opened her mouth, bit Master Zhan, and sucked his energy out of his mouth.

Master Zhan struggled hard and raised his iron palm to use his "butt-slapping magic skill" to slap the monster's buttocks hard, making crackling sounds and causing the monster to scream in pain.

After the two sides had been in a stalemate for 10,000 words, they were finally both defeated and collapsed. However, Master Zhan was worried about them, so they quickly regrouped.

This time he did not dare to be careless, and directly summoned the magic mirror, and shone it in front of the fox spirit. The fox spirit immediately trembled and collapsed, shouting:
"What kind of magic weapon is this? It's so powerful?"

Master Zhan laughed loudly, "You monster, have you ever heard of the power of this innate spiritual treasure Fengyue Baojian?"

The vixen begged for mercy, "I know I was wrong, please spare my life, sir!"

When Master Zhan saw that the monster was begging for mercy but was not convinced in her heart and was secretly teasing him with her feet, he became furious and took out his magic weapon, the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and started to beat the vixen until she cried for her parents and called him daddy. He was badly defeated and suffered a huge loss.

If you want to know what happens next, please go to Ningguo Mansion and find Xirenpai APP to listen to her detailed explanation.

On the morning of the next day, Master Zhan, who had finally conquered the demon, got up refreshed, walked out of the house with a proud look on his face, and returned home quietly.

Naturally, today, someone is not feeling well and is resting at home.

However, since Mrs. Wang conveyed the master's intention to Tanchun, she has started to pay attention to Jia Huan.

She thought that Mr. Zhan would drive the little beast back in a rage, but who knew that everything was calm and Jia Huan still ran out of the house every day, and there was no unusual movement.

Although she also heard that Jia Huan and Qin Zhong had more and more money recently and spent it lavishly, unlike Jia Lan who studied diligently every day, and therefore they should not be a cause for concern, she went to find her master again for safety reasons.

"Master, there are a lot of rumors about the feud between us and the Zhan family. Even Tanchun has a lot of complaints."

Jia Zheng frowned when he heard this. He knew that he was somewhat at fault in this matter with Tanchun, but he was the head of a family and would never admit his mistakes. He just snorted coldly and waved his hand, saying:

"As for Tanchun, you should help her find a good husband as soon as possible."

"As for the other rumors, they are all fabricated by some petty people who are tempted by a little profit. You don't need to pay attention to them."

Mrs. Wang said:
"But now Huan'er is also learning in the Zhan Mansion. People outside say that our family says one thing and does another, and has never made a clean break."

Jia Zheng was immediately furious, frowning and shouting:

"Then call him back!"

"We don't have a clan school in our mansion, why should we go there to learn?"

"If they didn't want to learn in the clan school, how could they be willing to learn there?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang felt relieved immediately. She went out with a smile and asked the steward Zhou Rui to go and bring Jia Huan back.

Now Jia Huan and Qin Zhong studied hard and practiced calligraphy in the school every day for money, and they earned a lot of money. They competed with each other and their friendship became deeper. Now when they heard such bad news, they were as heartbroken as if they had lost their parents.

But Jia Huan dared not disobey Master Zheng's words, so he had to bid farewell to his little friends and returned to Rongguo Mansion in tears.

Qin Zhong now makes money through his own efforts and no longer needs to curry favor with second-generation rich people like Jia Baoyu. Instead, he becomes more and more compatible with Jia Huan.

He was also reluctant to lose his friend, so he hurriedly brought people to the construction site to find Zhan Ershisi, wanting him to help get Jia Huan back.

With money in his pocket, Qin Zhong is not worried. He now has a somewhat dignified demeanor. However, after meeting his financial sponsor, Zhan Ershishi, he still feels a little weak in the knees.

Mr. Zhan was on a routine inspection at the construction site at this time. After receiving the news, he smiled and called Zhao Guoji over and instructed:

"Go back to Rongguo Mansion and tell Huan'er that my reward is still valid. Even if he doesn't come here to study, he can still get the money as long as he can pass the assessment."

"Tell him to study hard at home, and if he doesn't understand something, he can go to the clan academy and ask Mr. Jia Dairu."

"Just tell me my name, the old gentleman will definitely look at him differently and won't hide anything."

"As for the assessment, it's easy. Just let him sneak out for an hour or two any day. That's enough time to take the exam and get the money."

After Qin Zhong heard this, he became delighted and hurriedly thanked Zhan Ershi:

"Master Zhan is so magnanimous!"

"I want to thank Master Zhan on behalf of Huan Ge. I will speak well of Master Zhan in front of my sister later."

He was originally a very smart man, but now Master Zhan was not as cautious as before when doing things in Ningguo Mansion, so it was inevitable that he would see through some flaws.

However, he only suspected that Master Zhan had feelings for his sister, but he didn't know that his sister had already become Master Zhan's concubine, and had been played with from head to toe, inside and outside.

Mr. Zhan did not correct his thoughts, but just smiled and waved his hand to send him away.

Qin Zhong happily followed Zhao Guoji to Rongguo Mansion and secretly told Jia Huan about this. Jia Huan immediately became happy and started calling him brother-in-law again.

When Aunt Zhao saw this, she grabbed his ear and warned him:

"You monkey, now that the master has given the order, how dare you openly go against the master's will?"

"I'm going to teach you a lesson. There's a saying called 'pretending to obey but secretly disobeying', and there's another saying called 'making a fortune in silence'. You'd better learn it well."

"From now on, you can only keep words like brother-in-law to yourself, or call him brother-in-law in front of Master Zhan. In front of outsiders, you can only call him Brother Zhan at most. You have to behave yourself in front of the master and his wife."

"From now on, you have to pretend to be depressed in this mansion, so that the madam and the others will think that you really have no other options, and then they can feel at ease."

"Things like secretly learning in the courtyard must be kept secret. Even the master cannot let him know."

"When you go out to take the exam, tell me and I will find a way to cover it up for you."

After hearing this, Jia Huan learned what he was doing. He pretended to be depressed, and ran out to play with Qin Zhong with a sly look in his eyes.

Mrs. Wang had someone keep an eye on Jia Huan at all times. After receiving the report that Jia Huan no longer left the house to attend classes at the Zhan family and only hung out and played with Qin Zhong every day, she felt relieved.

It happened that Aunt Xue fell ill again at this time, so she hurried over to visit her.

After arriving at Lixiangyuan, she saw Aunt Xue lying on the bed and sleeping, but her face was rosy and she didn't look sick at all. Instead, her complexion seemed to be better, which made her feel strange.

He touched Aunt Xue's forehead and found that she didn't have a fever. He then went out, grabbed Hongye and asked:

"What's wrong with my sister? Why has she been in poor health recently? I saw that she looked fine."

Of course Hongye didn't dare to tell the truth, so she just made up an excuse:
"My wife is suffering from a mental illness, but her body is fine."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang immediately misunderstood. She just sighed, went back to her room, sat down beside her sister's bed, and stared into a daze.

It was unknown how long it had passed before Aunt Xue woke up from her dream. She yawned and slowly opened her eyes. Her rosy face made her look like a young woman sleeping in spring. Even Mrs. Wang was stunned.

When Aunt Xue opened her eyes, she saw her sister sitting in front of her bed. She blushed and shrank back, asking uncomfortably:

"Why is my sister here?"

Mrs. Wang didn't want to touch her sad story, so she made an excuse:
"Now that the weather is nice, I came to find you to go out for an outing and relax."

Aunt Xue had just completely relaxed last night, and now she was completely relaxed. She didn't want to go out for an outing to relax again, but she was afraid that her sister would see through her, so she had to agree.

Mrs. Wang asked people to prepare the carriage and horses, and went out for an outing outside the city.

Hongye also hurried in to help Aunt Xue wash and dress.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the quilt was shaken open, there was a "clang" sound, and something fell to the ground. Aunt Xue was frightened and shivered. When she looked carefully, she found that it was a bronze mirror.

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was just a magic mirror, not a tail. Mrs. Wang squatted down curiously and picked up the mirror. When she looked carefully, she saw that the front of the mirror was covered with gauze. She stretched out her hand to tear it off, which frightened Aunt Xue. She quickly snatched the mirror back and said with a forced smile:
"You can't look at the front of this mirror."

Mrs. Wang became more curious and said angrily:
"It's just a mirror. What can't I see?"

Aunt Xue had no choice but to say:

"This mirror is a treasure from the immortals. Jia Rui was saved by this mirror."

"Originally, this mirror was given by Master Zhan to Brother Zhen of the West Mansion to strengthen his body. After Brother Zhen passed away, I thought that since this item has such benefits, I shamelessly asked Master Zhan for it."

"At first I wanted to give it to Baochai for a try, but I found that it was not suitable for Baochai's illness at all, so I had to keep it with me for my own use."

"It does feel good to take a photo of yourself from time to time."

"But this treasure can only be used from the back. Something bad will happen if it is used from the front. Master Zhan has reminded me of this many times, so I covered it with gauze."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang suddenly realized what was going on. She looked at her sister's rosy face and delicate skin, and immediately understood why her sister was growing younger than before.

She touched her face gently, feeling the slightly loose skin, and her heart was moved. She smiled and said:
"Good sister, lend me this treasure."

Aunt Xue said:
"Although this thing is good, it also has some disadvantages, you see."

As she spoke, Aunt Xue showed the back of the mirror to her sister. Mrs. Wang saw a skeleton facing herself in the mirror. She was immediately frightened, jumped up with a loud scream, and broke out in a sweat.

After a while, Mrs. Wang came to her senses. She still felt weak in her hands and feet and her heart was beating fast.

She looked up at her sister who was shaking with laughter with her hands covering her mouth, and immediately shouted in embarrassment:
"You girl, you actually tease me like this!"

Aunt Xue laughed for a while, and finally she stopped laughing. She said to Mrs. Wang:

"This treasure mirror is like this. Every time you look at it, you will be frightened, but after the fright, you will feel sweaty, refreshed and comfortable."

Mrs. Wang carefully felt it and felt that it really seemed to have some effect, so she snatched the treasure mirror away and said in feigned anger:

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? You had to watch me make a scene. You really have bad intentions!"

"I will confiscate this thing and return it to you in a few days."

This thing was originally used by someone as a magic mirror. Aunt Xue didn't use it at all. The so-called health care was purely an excuse. Seeing that her sister wanted to use it, she followed her wishes and repeatedly emphasized:

"If you like the things, feel free to use them, but you must not use the front of this mirror, otherwise something bad will happen."

"Remember, remember!"

Seeing that she was serious, Mrs. Wang agreed.

After Aunt Xue put on her clothes, she followed Mrs. Wang out.

Mrs. Wang noticed that her sister always walked with her legs tucked together and trembling, so she asked curiously:

"What happened to my sister's legs?"

"But did you sprain your muscles?"

Aunt Xue forced a smile and explained:
"It's all because of that mirror!"

"You know, I've always been timid, and I'm most afraid of ghosts."

"Every time I looked into the mirror, I shuddered. Now I am still afraid, so my hands and feet are naturally weak."

Mrs. Wang recalled how frightened she had been just now, and she felt a little weak in the knees, so she believed it and just smiled and said,
"Deserve it!"

"Who told you to just watch me having fun? Now it's my turn to laugh at you!"

"This baby is good, but the side effects are too severe."

She was laughing so hard that her body was shaking. Hongye and the others also started laughing, but the content and target of their laughter were completely different.

The two men went out and got in the car. They took a few turns to the scenic spots outside the city, then went to Qingxu Temple, gave a hundred taels of silver to the temple, and asked them to hold a ceremony to pray for the mansion. They returned to the mansion when it was getting dark.

Let's not talk about Aunt Xue going back to study the monster transformation technique with Hongye and others, preparing to take revenge on Master Zhan. Let's just talk about Mrs. Wang. After she brought the treasure mirror back home, she was about to take it out and use it to maintain her home when she saw her precious son rushing in.

As soon as Baoyu came in, he called out:
"Madam, you said before that you would arrange marriages between my three sisters and Brother Zhan's family, and sent away all the maids around me. Now that the master has said that there will be no more marriages, you should at least bring Xiren and the others back to me, right?"

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was furious. She immediately put the treasure mirror on the table beside her and raised her eyebrows and scolded:
"Maid, maid, you only remember your maids all day long!"

"Huan San'er knows how to make progress, but you just throw yourself into a woman's arms all day long!"

After hearing this, Baoyu threw himself into Mrs. Wang's arms and said coquettishly:
"My son loves to jump into his wife's arms. If his wife doesn't like it, he won't jump into her arms anymore."

"Humph." Mrs. Wang's heart softened immediately after being coaxed by her son. She scolded him with a fierce face, "You only know how to coax me all day long. Why don't you use the same trick to coax your father? Let's see if he will slap you!"

Baoyu was most afraid of his father. He shuddered when he heard this and hurriedly tried to change the subject. His eyes turned and he saw the Fengyue Treasure Mirror on the table. He picked it up, pulled off the gauze covering the front, and shone the light on himself.

In an instant, Baoyu opened the door to a new world. He shuddered and felt a chill in his crotch. His hands and feet went limp and the treasure mirror slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground with a clang. It bounced a few times and fell into the corner of the wall.

Mrs. Wang was startled and did not bother to look at the treasure mirror. She hurried to see Baoyu, but saw that Baoyu's face was flushed and he was in panic. His eyes were wandering and he dared not look at her. He looked at a loss. She was immediately frightened and hurriedly hugged Baoyu in her arms, calling out to him in a crying voice.

"My son, you can't see the front of that treasure. Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Baoyu usually loved to snuggle in a woman's arms, but when his mother hugged him, he shuddered, pushed her away, and ran away in a panic.

This was becoming even more abnormal. Mrs. Wang became even more frightened. She hurriedly took small steps and chased after him, shouting:

"Baoyu, Baoyu..."

It would have been better if she hadn't shouted. After she shouted, Baoyu in front of her ran even faster.

Mrs. Wang was just a woman, how could she catch up with Baoyu? In a flash, she made Baoyu disappear.

She couldn't help but become even more frightened, fearing that something might have happened to her son, so she quickly grabbed a servant on the road and asked him to chase after him.

When Mrs. Wang arrived at Jiangyunxuan, she saw a group of people surrounding Baoyu's room, but they did not dare to go in.

Mrs. Wang hurried forward and asked:

"How is my Baoyu? Is he well?"

Someone came over and replied:

"Don't worry, Madam. Master Bao is fine. He just locked himself in the bedroom and refused to come out or let us in."

Mrs. Wang rushed forward and knocked on the door, crying:

"Baoyu, don't scare me. Open the door quickly. I will obey you no matter what happens."

She didn't know that Baoyu had done something wrong in the illusion in front of the treasure mirror just now, so how could he dare to see her outside the mirror now?

The more she urged, the more annoyed and self-blaming Baoyu became, and he dared not open the door.

Mrs. Wang urged them a few times, but seeing that the door was not opened, she gritted her teeth, called a few strong servants, pointed at the door and ordered:
"Bump it out of my way!"

After receiving the order, the men stepped forward and pushed hard, breaking the door open in a few tries.

Mrs. Wang and her people filed in, only to see Baoyu hiding inside the tent again, holding the tent tightly with both hands. No matter how much they tried to persuade him, he refused to come out.

Fortunately, when Baoyu spoke, he sounded full of energy and did not look like he was sick. Although his tone was flustered, his thoughts were clear and his logic was understandable, so he did not seem to be crazy, which made Mrs. Wang feel much more relieved.

But since Baoyu was hiding and refusing to see anyone, there must be a problem. After thinking about it, she concluded that it must be a problem with the front of the treasure mirror.

She hurriedly asked someone to go to the room, wrap the treasure mirror with gauze again and bring it over, and at the same time asked someone to invite Aunt Xue over.

Originally, she should have asked Mr. Zhan about this matter, as he was the person most familiar with the treasure mirror. However, the two families were now at odds with each other, and she couldn't go and cause trouble, so she had to settle for the next best thing and go to Aunt Xue.

After Aunt Xue arrived, she heard Mrs. Wang's account of what had happened in detail and immediately understood.

She had personally experienced several times what she would see after taking a photo of the treasure mirror from the front, so she immediately said,
"Don't worry, sister. I think Baoyu was injured by the front of the treasure mirror. His soul is damaged. Use the back of the treasure mirror to shine on him a few times. It will stabilize and nourish him. He should be fine."

After she finished speaking, she turned to Baoyu in the account and said:

"Don't worry, Baoyu. What you see in the treasure mirror is all an illusion. It's all fake."

"This treasure mirror is a magical weapon of the immortals that is designed to help people recognize the true face and understand the true meaning of the rosy skull. However, mortals are ignorant and cannot see the front, so they can only see the back. I will give you this mirror, and you can just look at it."

As she spoke, Aunt Xue handed the treasure mirror, which had been covered again, into the tent from outside.

After so much time had passed, Baoyu had long realized that his previous reaction was a bit too extreme. However, he was chased to the bed by everyone and was already in a difficult situation. Now that he had a way out, he immediately took the opportunity to get down, reached out to take the treasure mirror, and looked at himself in the mirror.

Before looking at it, he was a little uneasy, worried that he would enter into some unspeakable illusion and do something shameful. But what he saw was a skeleton staring at him dimly. He was so scared that he screamed "Ah" and dropped the mirror.

Aunt Xue outside heard his cry and knew that he must have seen the back of the mirror, so she pulled open the curtain and revealed Baoyu inside.

Mrs. Wang looked carefully and saw her son sitting there with a pale face, with the mirror dropped beside his legs. Knowing that he must have been frightened, she rushed over to him, hugged him in her arms, and whispered to comfort him.

Baoyu's body stiffened for a moment, but he did not push her away. Instead, he lay in her arms as before and let her hold him.

Mrs. Wang was overjoyed, knowing that her son had returned to normal.

Aunt Xue was watching from the side and could roughly guess what Baoyu had been through in his previous environment, so she teased him and flashed the back of the treasure mirror in front of Baoyu's eyes, saying with a smile:

"One time may not be enough, take a few more photos to consolidate it."

"what……"

Baoyu was startled again, and he jumped out of Mrs. Wang's arms, quickly went around and hid behind Mrs. Wang, waving his hands and saying:

"No need to look, no need to look, I'm fine now, completely fine!"

Seeing Baoyu repeating his old behavior, Mrs. Wang finally felt relieved. She reached out to Aunt Xue for the precious mirror in her hand and tried to look at it again, saying:
"You scared me just now. It's better to take a few more photos. Who knows if you will be fine."

Aunt Xue was also happy to see Baoyu being humiliated, so she handed the treasure mirror to him with a smile, repeating in her mouth:

"This time, please remember not to take a photo of the front."

Mrs. Wang stretched out her hand and patted the soft part of her chest several times, saying with lingering fear:
"How dare we do this? We must seal off the front from now on."

Baoyu was looked at in the mirror by his mother more than ten times. His mind became as pure as Buddha and as calm as water. He no longer remembered asking for a maid.

(End of this chapter)