[Red Chamber] Daiyu Reborn

Afterwards, Lin Jifeng accepted Jia Zhen's invitation and went to Beijing Palace to enjoy a dance of the girl Qiangling in her neon clothes and feathers, and followed him to several famous teahouses, taverns and opera gardens in the capital...Finally, autumn came, and Lin Ruhai The Vice Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, Shen Zhizhengshi, officially took office, and Lin Rui also solved another pirate problem in the southeast coast. He rushed back to the capital from the coast, and traveled all the way.

Lin Jifeng had already been waiting in Lin Rui's Dingyuan Hou's mansion, and asked the kitchen to cook a table of side dishes according to Lin Rui's taste, and boiled a few pots of wine, as his nephew to welcome his uncle - of course, the palace will definitely The banquet was held, but Lin Jifeng was confident: his unsmiling uncle would definitely prefer to eat with him.

Those who fought at sea were tired of eating fish, and what the warship lacked most were fresh vegetables and fruits.So Lin Jifeng asked the kitchen to stir-fry garlic spinach, minced chicken eggplant, and sweet and sour lotus root slices, served with a bowl of sour radish and water duck soup, and put a few fruit dishes on it. .

Lin Rui washed up a bit, sat down at the table, and didn't say much. He took the warm wine glass from Lin Jifeng and drank three glasses of warm wine with his neck raised, before sitting down.

Lin Jifeng smiled and picked up food for him: "Uncle, this time is fast enough! Tsk tsk, within a month, the noisy floating waves were solved. Now, the court is jealous of you and fears that you will give you little shoes to wear." But there's more!"

Lin Rui picked up a few chopsticks, minced garlic and eggplant, and ate it unhurriedly before replying, "It's not considered a 'solution', this time the other party took the initiative to back down."

"'Concession'?" Lin Jifeng blinked his eyes, "Could it be that there is trouble within the country again?"

"That's called Fusang Kingdom." Lin Rui looked at Lin Jifeng's disdainful face, and shook his head lightly, "You know, the military and political power of Fusang Kingdom is in the hands of the Edo shogunate, but their emperor is the nominal leader. The Emperor and the Shogunate have had a long history of grudges—and they are, after all, our nominal vassals."

Therefore, the shogunate now needs Daqi to support them and deal with the emperor's power.In exchange, they also contribute people, money and efforts to help solve the problem of Japanese pirates who have been harassing the southeast coast of their suzerain country.

——By the way, for the so-called Japanese pirates, Fusang Kingdom’s explanation to their suzerain country is that those are warriors who can’t make a living, or convicted warriors, who are not under the jurisdiction of their government and often harass them The people of Fusang country.

——The central government of a dignified country, well, whether it is the shogunate in Edo or the imperial family in Kyoto is considered a government, it is helpless to a bunch of pirates who rely on their small island country for supplies and wealth, not only allowing them to harass their own The suzerain country also allows them to bully their own people... Is it possible?I don't believe it.

"Cut!" Lin Jifeng curled his lips, "These Japanese people just don't know what to do! You don't know how to be honest when you ask for help. When you are beaten up, you will know that the sky is high and the earth is thick!"

Lin Rui glanced at him: "Are you going to beat me up?"

Lin Jifeng immediately sneered, picked up the steaming water blue broken flower glass jug like a dog's leg, and poured wine: "Hey, when are you free, uncle, when are you going to beat up..."

Lin Rui ignored him, and after drinking a few more glasses of wine, he changed the subject: "How is the Jia family?"

Mentioning this, the corners of Lin Jifeng's mouth twitched: "Let's put it down, that family has shallow eyelids, courage enough, appetite enough, enough cowards, and means enough cheap!"

This series of words "enough" made Lin Rui frown constantly, and Lin Jifeng continued to eloquently for a long paragraph, and then concluded: "In short, forcing people into prostitution, printing money privately, seizing private property, filling private pockets... In short, only you can't think of it, no They can't do it!"

Lin Rui continued to remain silent, and Lin Jifeng quickly put his shoulders on his shoulders: "Uncle, this family must not be messed with, you are already at a high place, if you pull them, it is like riding a pig and a tiger for skin , maybe I don’t even know how I will die someday!”

Lin Rui put down his chopsticks, rubbed the center of his brows, and seemed very troubled: "But, it is the emperor's intention to let the Jia family enter the game."

Lin Jifeng sneered: "For his throne, you risked your life to fight one unnecessary battle after another, and when you return to the court, you will be stared at by half court people as if you were staring at your father and enemy - in the end, he did it for his own self-interest. , to force you into such a dangerous situation!"

Lin Rui didn't have any complaints, but he was quite emotional: "What he lost for the throne... you can't think of it."

"Is he the emperor!" Lin Jifeng rolled his eyes.

"You also know that he is the emperor, and his words are the imperial decree." Lin Rui sighed, "Besides, if I am in danger, he will be more dangerous than me." Now the emperor's military achievements in court are almost all supported by him, Lin Rui That said, now is not the time for the birds to hide their bows and the rabbits to die.

"Knowing that there are tigers in the mountain, I prefer to go to the mountain..." Lin Jifeng continued to roll his eyes, "But if he is really so talented, can he just be the hero Wu Song who fights the tiger by himself? Why drag you? If you die Do you want to drag a backrest?"

Lin Rui didn't respond to his rebellious and extremely unfavorable words—filtered them directly, and turned to the main topic: "In short, the Jia family's entry is certain, and the palace is already making arrangements, so we can't allow us to withdraw now. But the Jia family is so ridiculous, I'm afraid we have to change our plan." He is not afraid of death, but he doesn't want to be dragged down to death by a bunch of unknown things!

Lin Jifeng provoked a sly smile, obviously he already had an idea, before those were just routine complaints: "Uncle, we made a big fuss about going back to the clan this time, just to prove to the whole world that we did it through Uncle Ruhai Those who make friends with the Jia family, that is to say, their previous messes have nothing to do with us."

Lin Rui nodded.

Lin Jifeng continued confidently: "In the future, although we are 'in-laws' with the Jia family, as long as we have no direct common interests with them, we will not be caught by others."

"You mean..." Lin Rui seemed to understand, and frowned again, "You wrote to me half a month ago, you wanted to expand your business in the capital, and you chose the Qin family instead of the Xue family, which is related to the Jia family."

Lin Jifeng nodded: "That's right, the Xue family is indeed several generations of imperial merchants, but their relationship with the Jia family is too close, and his pig-like son is too troublesome. He even beat someone to death for a maid before." ! Although the Qin family is not as financially powerful as the Xue family, they have the grace to pay tribute to the royal family. The best thing is that they keep a low profile, isn't it a better choice?"

"This is indeed an opportunity. For you, killing two birds with one stone is not suspicious." Lin Rui gave him a meaningful look, and continued to ask, "What about after that?"

Lin Jifeng was thick-skinned enough, deliberately pretending that he didn't understand Lin Rui's subtext, sighed to the sky, and with a handsome face, expressed the emotion of "Luoyang's relatives and friends are like asking each other, and a heart of ice is in the jade pot": "After that, I'm afraid it will be inevitable." It's a prison disaster... Uncle, how many people are there in the sky prison, right?"

Lin Rui hesitated: "That's right, but..."

"It's okay," Lin Jifeng's smile remained unchanged, and he patted himself on the chest, "Uncle, don't you know me? I'm rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and I'm used to hitting and falling!"

Lin Rui understood that Lin Jifeng's choice was to protect himself to the greatest extent and prevent future troubles.There was never any need to be hypocritical between their uncles and nephews, so Lin Rui just nodded: "Be careful, the girl from the Qin family is not a good idiot——I can't come forward in business affairs."

Lin Jifeng leaned over, without any sense of seniority, hooked Lin Rui's shoulders and smiled cunningly, holding a fan in one hand and began to gesticulate: "Don't worry, uncle! If you say that you command thousands of troops, cross the battlefield, kill The enemy is serving the country, my nephew is definitely not one-tenth of your ability; but in the mall, you can talk to people and take advantage of the loopholes to change your face... You should not be ashamed to ask me, you stupid gourd, learn from me!"

"Nonsense!" Lin Rui raised one shoulder unceremoniously, stretched out his arm, and threw Lin Jifeng out from the side in a circular arc. Lin Jifeng pressed the table dangerously with one hand in mid-air, and leaned against the corner of the table. After a while, he quickly changed to the foot-first landing position, and then half-bent his knees to buffer his strength. He leaned against the table to barely stand firm, and immediately bared his teeth: "Uncle, a gentleman uses his mouth but not his hands!"

Lin Rui ignored him, and just drank and ate food by himself - Lin Jifeng, who had been serving him food all the time, had piled up a hill in the bowl!

Lin Jifeng sat down boredly, and continued to eat with him, but Lin Rui suddenly looked at him, expressionless, but there was a faint smile in his eyes: "I forgot to tell you, go out and have a look, I brought you a gift."

Lin Jifeng shook his chopsticks, suspicious and careful: What gifts can't you bring in?

Seeing Lin Rui's motionless appearance, Lin Jifeng gritted his teeth, and finally curiosity prevailed, and carefully opened the door a crack - it was normal, there was a row of Lin Rui's personal soldiers standing outside.

Lin Rui waited for him to walk out with the catwalk before bowing his head and holding back his smile.

Sure enough, in the next second, Lin Jifeng howled loudly, angrily: "Uncle, what is this, what is this!"

Lin Rui didn't go out at all, and replied through the door: "Koi."

Lin Jifeng outside the door stared at the big white jade fish tank behind the soldiers, Qingjun's face was twisted to the extreme, as if he had seen a ghost, pointing at the fan of the fish tank trembling: "Of course I know it's a koi! But, it's so big... Is it because the carp has cultivated to become a master?"

Lin Rui explained: "The envoy of the Fusang Kingdom sent it, saying that it is their national fish, which represents their sincerity."

This koi really deserves the title of "National Fish". There are two in total, one is white with red, yellow and black patterns, and the other is white with red, orange and black patterns. Lin -- but, what can't be ignored is their size!

The white one was about four feet long, while the black one was five feet long!Two extremely gorgeous and huge koi were raised in a huge white jade fish tank that was eight feet long and six feet wide. Even so, it was almost impossible for them to turn around!

It's no wonder that a team of soldiers is required to carry and push. This is not only to gather strength, but more importantly, to build courage!

"This is a 'tribute', you should send it to the palace!" Lin Jifeng's expression twisted.

Lin Rui nodded slightly through the door: "Of course I sent them to the palace, and then the emperor gave them to me." The emperor's brother-in-law's face was gloomy at that time, and he stared at him several times, but It's not easy to attack, the words "reward" are almost ground out from the root of the tooth.

Your uncle!Lin Jifeng greeted rebelliously again in his heart: "Uncle, what do I want them for? Where do I keep them? I don't have such a big pond in my house!"

Lin Rui remained motionless: "You can eat them."

Lin Jifeng jumped up: "Are you sure this carp essence can be eaten?" Do I eat them or do they eat me?

Lin Rui was not sure, so he remained silent.

Lin Jifeng stood in front of the white jade bathtub, facing the noble and elegant pair, carefully looking at the koi carp with a hint of pride, couldn't help reaching out and poking the huge fish head lightly - fish with noble blood are all It has a temper, the black koi swung its tail beautifully, crystal water splashed in all directions, Lin Jifeng flashed fast, but his face was still washed.

Lin Jifeng wiped his face sullenly under the sympathetic eyes of the soldiers: "Uncle, why don't you bring it to Aunt Princess? There is a big fish pond in her Princess Mansion."

Lin Rui shook his head: "It will scare her."

Lin Jifeng felt that the root of his back teeth was a little itchy: No matter the court or the people, everyone thought that the emperor married his own sister to Lin Rui in order to win him over - but the fact is that this quiet, virtuous and even slightly cowardly princess is It's rare for his unsmiling uncle to grind the emperor for three years with a stern face, and he was forced to grind it!

Back then, in order to stabilize the frontier, the Supreme Emperor had sent Princess Roulan to a court in the northern border to marry her. It was Lin Rui who belonged to the princess, who sent Princess Roulan over there intact, and sent back a strand of hair, and by the way, helped Chen Guo to settle the rebellion—Lin Jifeng had always suspected that the "mutiny" in northern Xinjiang , Is it the opportunity created by my uncle's anger for the beauty.

No matter how many times Lin Jifeng asked this question, Lin Rui kept it secret - it seemed that if it had nothing to do with him, no ghost would believe it.

But, Lin Jifeng himself is not qualified to say anything about Lin Rui. The men in the Lin family are a little paranoid about the word "love".Including Lin Ruhai, who lost his mother, but loved Jia Min for half his life, and respected each other like a guest... Everyone is right and wrong.

"Hey~ The pride of a hundred battles is no match for the enchanting beauty, the blue sky and yellow sun on the drunken battlefield, the black blood and silver sword, and the brocade and water sleeves, the Qinhualeqin, especially the red comb mirror held in front of the hand, the jade hand holding the blue silk..."

Lin Rui played with the wine glass, listened to the lyrics and music written and sung by Lin Jifeng outside, smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass, and drank it down.