A close look at the Red House

Daiyu, who is at home in cat winter, is sitting and lying on the heated kang by the window.While eating snacks, while reading novels.

The kang was a little hot, and several cats slept from the top of the kang to the bottom of the kang.One by one stretching their waists and hugging each other, they are so happy.

Daiyu took the tea brought by Zijuan and drank it in small sips.

"It's still warm in the south. In February in the south, the willows are green and the flowers are so lively. But here in Beijing, it's still so cold. It will be the county lord's birthday in a few days. Has the county lord thought about what to do?" Zi Juan took Daiyu's cup and asked Daiyu.

"What to do, it's noisy and tiring. It's serious to cook a few good dishes, and it's serious for us masters and servants to have a good time."

"The county lord's birthday, how can it be so different. It doesn't look like it for outsiders to see." Zijuan doesn't agree with Daiyu's statement.

"Which outsider is it? People must know who you are!" Daiyu disapproved.This day is a day of death and death.Not to mention that she knows fewer people, even fewer people know her.Who can really take irrelevant people seriously when they live behind closed doors.

When Zicuckoo saw what Daiyu said, she knew that her mind was determined.Also do not say anything.

On the birthday, only Jia's family came.Gave some birthday presents.Everyone in the house just sends some clothing, jewelry, handkerchiefs and purses.

In early March, Daiyu finally went to Jia's mansion after staying at home for five months.

I knew before that there were some delicate guests in Jia's mansion.Baoqin, Xing Xiuyan and other celebrities in the Red Chamber finally joined forces in victory.In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Daiyu didn't want to go out, so she just asked the messenger to give a gift on the head.

This time when I came to the mansion, the sisters first met and said hello one by one.Afterwards, as in the old days, I got up and down to say hello, and had a banquet and tea party.Every year.

Unexpectedly, the old concubine represented in the original book passed away this year, and all imperial orders are enlisted in the court attendant class, according to the system of nobility.Because Daiyu is the imperial county lord, she and Jia's mother, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law go to the court every day for sacrifices. For several days, it was only in the afternoon before returning to Jia's mansion with Jia's daughters-in-law.The rules and etiquette in the palace are cumbersome, and Daiyu's nerves are always tense.Fortunately, Nanny Li was on the side to give pointers, and Zijuan was on the side.After 21 days of hard work, tomorrow is the day to invite the spirit to be buried and leave.

Because of the large number of female family members of the Jia family, there are maids and servants in the nursing home.In addition, the luggage is full of cars and horses, and I don't know how complicated it is.Because Jia's mother was worried that Daiyu would act alone.Then Daiyu and his party were merged into Jia's motorcade.

Because it is a long journey, it is not suitable to take a sedan chair, and everyone travels in a carriage.Don't mention how others are.Daiyu only brought Zicuckoo, Nanny Li, two maids and two nanny rough envoys.Originally, Daiyu didn't want to take those four people with her.But Nanny Li thinks that Daiyu has been away for more than a month, and she and Zijuan alone cannot take care of her.Although Daiyu didn't think so, she listened to others' persuasion and added another carriage.

Daiyu, Zijuan and Mammy Li took one, and the two maids and other people's luggage took one, and the two rough envoys sat outside the car, pushing the car along.The outside of the carriage is protected by the second housekeeper Lin and eight or nine guards on horseback.

After traveling for many days, Daiyu stayed in the carriage almost all day except for getting out of the carriage during meals.Even if Daiyu was riding in a carriage she had customized, her life would be more tiring than sitting on a cramped train.Dirt roads with potholes and depressions, horse-drawn carriages without shock absorption.Sitting in the car, I feel that even the rib fan is about to be reorganized.When she finally arrived at her destination, Daiyu wanted to cry a lot.

The place Jia Xun stayed at was the family temple of a senior official, which was burnt by a bhikkhuni, and the houses were numerous and clean.Because there are two courtyards, east and west, everyone in Jia's mansion rented the east courtyard to live in, while the west courtyard was rented by the female family members of the later Beijing Prince's Mansion.Daiyu was going to live with Jia's mother, but it happened that there was a small courtyard behind the east courtyard.It's just a few rooms, others think it's too small.But after Daiyu saw it, she felt that it was just right for her.Then Bingming knew Jia's mother, rented it out, and led everyone in the Lin family to live here.

After being resettled, Daiyu was led by Jia Mu to visit the female relatives of the Beijing Palace.In the days that followed, they went out and in with each other, taking care of each other.

Go out and salute.Kowtow, bow down.For a whole day, he could finish all the rituals.After dinner that day, Daiyu sat in Jia Mu's room, listening to Jia Mu and others talking.Because tomorrow is the last day, only Zijuan is left with Daiyu, and she sends Nanny Li to tidy up Li.Unexpectedly, Nanny Li hurried in following an eunuch.

"I've met all the ladies, grandma. The miscellaneous family is the chief eunuch of the Shangnian Bureau. Liu Fu." The little eunuch walking in front of Nanny Li bowed and said.

Seeing this, the female family members of Jia's family in the house hurriedly looked at Jia's mother.Jia Mu smiled and said, "Eunuch Liu doesn't need to be present. May I ask why you're here...?"

"Tomorrow is the last day of the sacrificial offering. Because there were a large number of people when they came, I said today that it was too disturbing to the people. Therefore, I ordered the accompanying sacrificial personnel to return to Beijing in two batches. The miscellaneous family was ordered by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inform your mansion The second batch of female relatives will leave here and return to Beijing the next day." After finishing speaking, he took the purse from Jia Mu and left.

At this time, Nanny Li stepped forward and packed her luggage, and said to Daiyu, "Go back to the county lord, a father-in-law went to our place just now. He said that the county lord will go back to Beijing after the sacrifice tomorrow."

Daiyu couldn't figure out why she was in the first batch and the Jia family was in the second batch.Why did you separate her from the Jia family?Looking up at Jia's mother, Jia's mother was also puzzled.So he ordered people to investigate again, who was on the list of the first batch and the second batch to return to the capital.

After a while, the inquirers came back and said that the first batch were all civil servants and their wives.The second batch is the lord generals and their wives.After everyone knew the reason, they didn't say anything.But Mother Jia was a little worried about Daiyu's safety.

After hearing this, Daiyu felt a little strange.Not to mention entering the palace to worship, but to say that I have been here for so long.Daiyu still hasn't figured out what kind of identity this old concubine is.Even the emperor and empress came to enter the underground palace after death.Ordinary concubines can't use this power.There is also the matter of returning in batches.Except for the emperor's family, the first batch was just some civil servants, and even the Beijing Palace was in the second batch.Is the status of civil servants so high these days?Also, can the Shangren Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also take care of this kind of thing?

In the afternoon of the second day, Daiyu's frame was ranked among the third-rank civil servants.Slowly drive towards the direction of the capital.

Along the way, Daiyu also specially made acquaintance with several civil servants.Not to mention taking care of each other on the road, even in the future, we can have multiple places to go.In the past few days on the road, although the funeral process and scriptures have all been completed, everyone still dare not chat and laugh casually.The carriage drove quietly, giving Daiyu the feeling that she was not returning to Beijing, but a great migration.

The mutation happened two hundred miles away from Beijing.How it happened, Daiyu sat in the car and didn't know.All I could hear was shouts and screams.Daiyu's carriage was escorted by the second butler Lin, leaving the main road and driving to the side.

"Steward Lin, what happened? Have all our people followed? How is the situation now?" Seeing that the carriage was not moving forward, Daiyu raised the curtain and asked.

"Returning to the county, a large group of assassins rushed out from the hillside ahead and went straight to the imperial driver. The remaining part of the assassins came towards us. Because of the guards brought by our group The manpower is small. They didn't dare to attack the assassin head-on, and the servants waited to protect the county lord's carriage first and shifted to the side."

With a flash of inspiration, Daiyu finally knew what was going on.Since ancient times, civil servants are mostly out of poverty and don't pay attention to ostentation, while nobles are rich.The accompanying guards are naturally incomparable.The reason why civil servant families like the Lin family are well-off is that the Lin family was also a noble family.Daiyu's group of seventeen or eight people, in the eyes of people like Jia Mu, was nothing more than a small fight, but among this group of people, they were all very conspicuous.

Daiyu was thinking of a group of frail scholars and their family members.Encountering an assassin, isn't it sending a sheep to a tiger's mouth?Even with my own IQ, I can find out that there is no such thing as an inside ghost that cannot attract outside wolves.

Seeing that Daiyu didn't speak, Lin Butler was in a daze, thinking that Daiyu was frightened. "Don't be afraid, the county lord, we are already far away from that place. A female family member of the county lord will not be deliberately noticed."

"What's the shape of the terrain here? How will we respond in the future?" Daiyu is not someone who pretends to understand.So many lives follow him.If it is not serious, everyone will die here.Butler Lin must be an aborigine in this world, so he should be better than himself, who has been in a peaceful age.

Seeing Daiyu asking such a question, Lin Butler knew Daiyu's trust in him.You have to think it over.

"The assassin rushed out from the left side of the official road. This is the forest on the right side of the official road. It's still early in the day, but it's not suitable to stay here for a long time. The assassins should have come prepared this time. It's not safe. It's better to abandon the car and go across the mountain to the other side. It's good to take a detour back to Beijing. It's just that it will be hard for the county magistrate." The second housekeeper Lin looked at Daiyu apologetically.

Daiyu thought about it, and felt that Lin Er's housekeeper's method is better now.nodded. "Let's do it like this." Although it is hard work, it is far from danger.Now the only thing that matters is being alive.

Daiyu asked all the female relatives who came out to serve to change into light clothes, then abandoned the car and went into the forest.

There are no roads in the mountains and forests, so Daiyu and the others had a hard time walking.I walked for a long time and didn't go far.I asked Daiyu why she knew she hadn't gone far. It was because she could still vaguely hear the shouts of killing at the foot of the mountain.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, Daiyu suddenly turned her head.Said: "No, let's go back."

"Go back?" Everyone was puzzled.

"This time when the convoy encountered an assassin, it must have been caused by cooperation from inside and outside. If the assassin fled, the court would count the number of people afterwards. We found that we were the only ones there. How can we make it clear. If we can't prove it, it is very likely that we are identified as the same as the assassin. Partner."