The Founding of the Red Chamber

Such as the Lin family and other aristocratic families, New Year's Eve is nothing more than a busy, busy and busy rich and beautiful.Tu Xiaosan, who is far away in Shandong, counts all kinds of New Year's goods that the brothers either robbed or bought in the cottage where Chuchu has established a firm foothold.

Tu Xiaosi happily said to his brother, "It's almost Chinese New Year, and this year's harvest is good, brother, we can also have a good year."

Tu Xiaosan nodded, after a year of operation, the cottage now has a small manpower, and the brothers have to be well-fed and well-fed, so they don't have to go hungry.Yes, when Zhang Biao died, Mu Qiuting slandered that it was the hands of Tu Xiaosan, and there was a sudden chaos on the boat. It was originally a boat full of mobs. If Mu Qiuting disturbed people's hearts, only a dozen or so people escaped in the end. Fortunately, Tu Xiaosan, Tu Xiaosi, Jia’s brothers and a little Niuzi all survived. As for the others, there were also Tu Xiaosan’s subordinates, as well as Zhang Biao’s subordinates. Zhang Biao died, and his subordinates were not loyal. No matter how Zhang Biao died, Tu Xiaosan still explained to everyone what happened at that time, and those people knew the current affairs and recognized Tu Xiaosan as the boss.

Speaking of which, it was difficult and dangerous to escape from the water at that time.In the end, Tu Xiaosan led the others to defeat a small cottage with a dozen or so people, and recruited the original bandits in the village into his own subordinates, and thus grew stronger.

To say that the life of the original bandit is also hard, the boss of the original cottage can only fill his stomach half full.Now I follow Tu Xiaosan, the advantage of Tu Xiaosan is that he has been in business before, and he has done less to rob houses, but he is very familiar with pretending to be hardworking and sympathetic.It's just that, it's a small place to settle down now, if it's the big city of Jinling, Tu Xiaosan leads half of the beggars' gang, and they can live well by relying on the underlings to sell miserably.It can't work here, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the place is poor, and no one will pay attention to the misery, so the apprentice Xiaosan has to find another way to start a robbery business.Fortunately, he only robs and doesn't kill people, just get some benefits.

The main reason is that Tu Xiaosan does not read much and is quite clever. He even got inspiration from his own darts and designed a kind of safety talisman. Whenever a rich family passed by his cottage, he bought a safety talisman. Keep safe, if there is no safety talisman, he will rob it.

Of course, the sales of the safety talisman were not very good at the beginning, and the government came to reel the bandits. Tu Xiaosan had a lot of experience in Jinling City. The reason for his admiration is that the chieftain did not know what method to use, but managed to see through the county magistrate.

Thus, Tu Xiaosan became more and more secure in his position as the leader of the cottage.

Even today's Xiao Niuzi moves three times a day, and works as a clerk in the cottage, helping with writing and doing calculations.

Tu Xiaosan took a look at the New Year's goods prepared in the cottage, and prepared the cottage for the Spring Festival. In fact, they were two sentry posts... After that, Tu Xiaosan called everyone to discuss the New Year's matter.

Don't look at the small cottage, there are quite a lot of places that need to be taken care of. One is that the brothers have to eat and drink here so that they can't be treated badly.After completing these two tasks, Tu Xiaosan is ready to celebrate the New Year.

Compared with Xiaosan, a gangster who was a bandit on the mountain, Lin Xiaosi walked around when he should salute and walk when he should be in the new year. He looked at the clothes he would wear for the New Year and saw that they were red again. Opinions, and said to Madam Zhang, "Mama changed me to a more stable color. I am already at this age, why is it still red? Red, children like A Ze only wear red."

Nanny Zhang almost didn't laugh out loud, and said, "How old is the fourth master, and he can tell his age in front of my old lady. Who doesn't wear red when it's Chinese New Year's Eve? It's Mammy's age, tomorrow One has to wear a red dress for a celebration. I see the Duke, Madam, and the two masters and wives will all wear red tomorrow, and no one will wear two colors."

Lin Jing said, "Big brother doesn't wear this kind of bright red, it's too gorgeous. Give me a darker red, like big brother's."

Nanny Zhang said to him, "It's too late to do it now. You can wear this outfit tomorrow. Madam made it for you by herself. Madam will be so happy when you put it on."

Lin Jing thought about the fact that the elder sister-in-law was taking care of the children, and she had to find time to do her own sewing. This kind of affection was really hard to shake off.Furthermore, Lin Jing also liked the clothes that his sister-in-law made for him. Lin Jing compared them in the mirror and said, "Then next time, I have to tell my sister-in-law to use the material for my big brother's clothes."

Nanny Zhang said yes with a smile.

Lin Jing also asked the maid to make a purse in advance, and planned to give the nephews a new year's money tomorrow.

In short, since becoming an uncle and growing older, Lin Jing has the appearance of an elder especially during the Chinese New Year.In Lin Yi's words, that shelf is like a grandfather.

Lin Jing corrected, "This is the dignity of an elder."

Lin Yi was speechless when he saw his small appearance and serious self-proclaimed elder.

During the Chinese New Year, Lin Yi didn't forget to ask his family to go to the Clan Mansion to do some sorting. Chen Qibao was inside. The Clan Mansion was of course better for the clan to be imprisoned than the prison outside, but the phoenix that landed was not as good as the chicken, although Chen Qibao was in prison for his father, and he had a great reputation for filial piety in the imperial capital, but he was still in prison, how could life in prison be better.Lin Yi would order people to deliver things every month. Now that it's Chinese New Year, the gifts are more generous than usual. When the New Year falls, Lin Yi also specially ordered his family to deliver dumplings.

Compared with Lin Yi's care for Chen Qibao, Lin Jing has never had a good impression of Chen Qibao. It can be said that although Lin Jing has a bit of a young master's temper, he is not unreasonable. What's more, Chen Qibao is smooth, let alone After offending Lin Jing, Lin Jing just didn't like Chen Qibao. If there's a reason, I really can't say what the reason is, it can only be explained that the two are born at odds.

Therefore, Lin Jing privately explained that his elder brother would send someone to deliver things to Chen Ranbao every month as his elder brother's bad intentions.

There will also be banquets in the palace during the next year. Originally, the Lin family was qualified to participate in the banquets in the palace, and it was the Lin Yiyue family. However, due to Lin Jing's special situation, Empress Dowager Lin cherished him very much. Empress Dowager Lin asked Lin Jing to come over by name.

Therefore, Lin Jing would go with his brother and sister-in-law every year.

Although Lin Jing is nine years old this year, he still follows the Queen Mother.Then, Lin Jing opened his eyes. After Empress Xie passed away, Concubine Rong Guifei was the head of the group of concubines. Then, Lin Jing saw that Concubine Rong had an eight-tailed phoenix crown on her head and a red phoenix tail woven gold dress, which was very fresh. Yan Mingmei's appearance, but, this scarlet and gold-woven material is always only for the empress, is it suitable for you to wear it?

Just looking at Concubine Rong's attire, one can tell that although her status is about to rise, this woman's IQ has not improved at all.

Lin Jing sat beside her aunt very obediently, and Concubine Rong also asked a few questions about Lin Jing's body in an affectionate manner, and Lin Jing answered obediently.In the subsequent palace banquet, Concubine Rong was the only one on the female family's side to show off the limelight. Lin Jing said, Xie Empress was not as grand as Concubine Rong when she was there.

After participating in the palace banquet, Lin Jing and his brother and sister-in-law looked happy when they returned home, Yue Shi smiled and said, "Why is fourth uncle so happy?"

Lin Jing smiled and said, "For those who celebrate the New Year, let's celebrate."

The Yue family smiled at her husband, Lin Yi said, "Look at that smirk, it must be a bad thing."

"Big brother is prejudiced against me. Could it be that I have a bad face when I'm a Chinese New Year?" Lin Jing was secretly happy and pretended to be dignified, which made the husband and wife very curious, and they didn't know what kind of boy this kid was in the palace. What a happy event will happen.In the end, no matter who asked, Lin Jing didn't say anything, and then he went back to rest in his courtyard with a gloomy look.

The year passed quickly, Emperor Zhaode sealed the seal pen before the fifth day of the lunar new year, and he was about to start governing after the fifth day of the lunar new year, and the ministers of the court began to serve as errands after the fifth day of the lunar new year. It's only on the fifth day of the lunar new year, and the first month is not as lively as people imagined.Most families, especially those with a man on the court, basically don't have a big banquet after the fifth day of the lunar new year.If relatives come to pay New Year's greetings, it is mostly a small banquet at home.

What Lin Jing cared about was not about big banquets and small banquets, what Lin Jing cared about was when the Rong family would be promoted to imperial concubine.

The Yue family is also thinking about this matter, but the Yue family is very concerned about the Rong family. What the Yue family needs to prepare is that if an imperial concubine is registered in the palace, officials such as the Lin family will present gifts to the imperial concubine. The Yue family is preparing a congratulatory gift for the imperial concubine.After Lin Jing knew about it, he said to his sister-in-law, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I don't think it's a sure thing."

After holding back for several days, Lin Jingfang explained the reason to his sister-in-law, and said, "Although Mrs. Rong's matter seems to be quite sure, but I think it's a bit outrageous. My sister-in-law didn't see it that day. They wear everything, and I don't know what the eight-tailed phoenix crown means. It is the imperial concubine, which is also a seven-tailed phoenix crown, and the queen can wear a nine-tailed phoenix crown. What is she wearing? This scarlet gold fabric is made with particular attention to its weavers. One is a picture of a golden dragon and the other is a picture of a phoenix tail. Those are the materials available for the emperor's rear. She wears them recklessly like this , Yushitai can’t be unresponsive. Wait until the Rong family and Yushitai decide the outcome of the lawsuit, then let’s talk about preparing gifts for the Rong family.” If the Rong family stumbles, his family will give less gifts .You know, other rituals come and go, but this kind of ritual never returns.

Even though the Yue family thinks that they are well-informed, they also feel that they have gained a lot of knowledge after listening to the words of their uncle. The key point is that although the Yue family was born in the Marquis Mansion, she really doesn't know much about the things in the palace.On the other hand, Lin Jing, who grew up in the palace, knows all kinds of rules and regulations in the palace.

Hearing what Lin Jing said, the Yue clan inevitably inquired with her husband. Lin Yi seldom talked about court affairs at home, but when his wife asked, Lin Jing didn't hide it, and said, "Yes, this Concubine Rong is also the same. Unsteady, even if the gold seals and gold books are ready, they are waiting for the canonization. One day is not canonized, and one day is not an imperial concubine. This is too impatient. Your Majesty has always favored the Rong family, and love is enough to harm it. Isn't it the case? Ah." I felt that it was inappropriate for Emperor Zhaode to reward Concubine Rong with the materials used by the empress.

The Yue family felt more and more that his uncle was meticulous and knowledgeable.The Yue family and her husband told the words of the younger uncle and said, "Thinking about the day when the fourth uncle is at the palace banquet, I can see it."

Lin Yi smiled and sighed, "Guai Dao is having fun."

However, just when Lin Jing wanted to see the Rong family's good show, the barbarians from Muzhou disturbed him, and the court couldn't care less about the trivial matter of Concubine Rong's over-dressing.Until the beginning of March, Rong Si, who was stationed in Muzhou, led his troops to repel the barbarians and beheaded [-] people.Emperor Zhaode Yue, at this moment, no matter what the courtiers think, even people like Lin Jing who have no official position and no position, understand that the position of the Rong family's imperial concubine is a certainty.