Master Lin of the Red Chamber

In fact, if this matter is really said, it can only be described in one word, that is fate, no one would have thought that it would be such a coincidence, but Lin Ruhai is extremely grateful for it.

When he was just transferred to Jiangnan Road, he was still in a high-spirited state when he was appointed as the inspector of salt and censor. At that time, he was young, and he was in a deep relationship with his wife. The current daughter Daiyu has not yet born.

It's not like later, because of the intrigue in the officialdom and the death of his son, he was exhausted physically and mentally. He didn't even know how to face his ancestors after death, let alone the motivation to continue working hard.

He doesn't even have a son who can inherit the family business. No matter how high his official position is, what good is it? Someone can inherit the incense.

The governor of Yangzhou at that time was not the current one, but a member of the Six Princes faction, a very shrewd and capable official.

Because he had just arrived in Yangzhou, in order to win over him, the new inspector of salt, the man specially held a banquet at home, and bought several famous Yangzhou skinny horses as gifts for him to be his concubine.

But at that time, Lin Ruhai had a deep relationship with his wife. In addition, he was unwilling to set foot on the boat of the sixth prince, and he was even more afraid that these women were spies sent by the other party, so he refused.

The other party didn't show much displeasure at that time, he seemed to be very talkative, but kept persuading him to drink. Lin Ruhai was not like what he is now, and he has been fully experienced.

Seeing that the other party gave him something and was rejected by him, he persuaded him to drink again, and it was hard to refuse for a while, so I drank a few more glasses, thinking that it was just a few drinks and nothing would happen.

But Lin Ruhai didn't expect that the wine seemed to be soft, but its stamina was surprisingly strong. He accidentally drank too much, and his whole mind was in a hazy state. In that situation, it was natural It is impossible to go back.

The governor arranged to enter the room with the two skinny horses, perhaps because of drunkenness, or perhaps because the room was lit with aphrodisiacs, Lin Ruhai unknowingly had sex with the two women .

When he woke up, it was already too late. The governor was happy to see the result, and even said that he would give these two skinny horses to him. Lin Ruhai actually wanted to refuse, but he also knew that these two When a woman is broken by him, the value is reduced by more than half.

If he refused them again, these two girls would be destined to be sent to a brothel and become prostitutes. After thinking about it for a while, Lin Ruhai still agreed and accepted them.

Just thinking of his wife at home, Lin Ruhai didn't take the two women away immediately, but wanted to find another place to resettle. After all, this Yangzhou skinny horse has a lot of scheming methods, and he might be the governor's spy. He was afraid that taking it back directly would disturb the peace of his house.

The governor was also very talkative, seeing that Lin Ruhai agreed to accept the two women, no matter when Lin Ruhai took them over, he immediately vacated a yard to raise the two women.

After Lin Ruhai returned home, she felt that this matter was not urgent, nor did she pay much attention to it. She just ordered her servants to look around for an independent small house, and then forgot about it.

Just at that time, a series of incidents occurred in the capital, the battle among the princes became more and more intense, and even Jiangnan was undercurrent, so he couldn't care less about those two little girls.

Later, when he thought about it again, the governor said that the two women were unfortunately caught with a cold, and they didn't survive, so they just went there. Lin Ruhai didn't doubt it at the time, but just sighed, and said To expose the past.

Until the sixth prince fell in the battle, the governor was also implicated. Evidence of corruption and perverting the law for so many years was dug up, and he was sentenced to death. His wife and family members were also exiled to the border.

Lin Ruhai was sent to another place as an imperial envoy at that time, so he didn't know about it. When he came back, he heard that the governor had sent many people to him at that time, and he seemed to have something to say.

He didn't pay much attention to it at that time, he just thought that the governor wanted to ask him to intercede or something, but after he found out about this matter, he realized that the governor wanted to say something to him at the beginning, and for this reason he still I regret it for a long time.

It wasn't until a few months ago that by chance, he learned about this past event from a corrupt official. It turned out that the woman with whom he only had a one-night affair became pregnant after that day.

The governor, after hearing the news, panicked that the woman was dead, and didn't want to hand her over to him, but wanted to wait for the child to be born as a bargaining chip that could be used as a bargain.

In fact, the other party did exactly that. They wanted to use Lin Qing, who was only one month old at the time, as a bargaining chip to force Lin Ruhai to save his family. Unfortunately, Lin Ruhai did not come back until his death.

In desperation and resentment, the governor was originally the housekeeper of the Mingfu, and asked them to get rid of the woman and Lin Qing, and let Lin Ruhai's only son be buried with their family.

But that woman was originally trained as a spy. Although she hadn't been exposed to these things for a year because of raising a fetus and having a child, the things that were whipped out that year were still engraved in her bones.

Before the housekeeper did anything, the woman sensed that something was wrong, and escaped overnight holding Lin Qing. At that time, the governor had sent someone to hunt him down. Seeing that she could not escape, the woman let Lin Qing go. In the upper room of an inn.

Only one letter was left, which roughly described what happened, but the woman did not write that she was hunted down, but that she was penniless, seriously ill, and unable to raise her children, so she wanted to ask for kindness adopted.

And the people living in the upper room are now Lin Qing's adoptive parents. When the two of them went out to do errands, they were shocked when they saw an extra baby in the room. Seeing the letter left behind, he hesitated again.

They have been married for many years, but they only have one daughter. They have longed for a son. Even this time, they came out to burn incense and worship Buddha in a famous temple nearby, praying to Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless them with a son.

Now that they just came back, there was such a baby in the house, which made the two Buddhist believers have to wonder if this was the arrangement of the Guanyin Empress.

In addition, Lin Qing was chubby and cute at the time, with two dimples on her chubby face, she didn't feel scared when she met strangers, instead she smiled happily, and even reached out to ask for a hug .

This made the couple's hearts move even more. After discussing it, they decided to keep Lin Qing as their own. In order to pretend to be like them, they didn't even go home.

It is said to the outside world that the wife is pregnant, the fetal image is unstable, and it is not suitable to move. The two bought a small house in the city of Yangzhou, and lived like this. They lived for five or six months before finding a stable wife. , pretending to produce once.