[Red Mansion] The adopted son of the Lin family

"If you like it, let him go with you."

The next day, as soon as Lin Ze woke up, he remembered that Gu Zhiyuan said such a sentence with a gentle smile at the door of Gu's house the night before, which shocked him a little.This boy can give others so casually!Intuit, Intuit does not pay attention!Lin Ze slandered like this, but thought that people like Dong Zhi were very useful after all.Then he sighed in his heart: Alas, this Gu Zhiyuan also had good intentions, fulfilling my thoughts.I will treat the person he gave me better in the future, that's all.

Because after breakfast, I went to the small courtyard where Dongzhi lived, and saw Dongzhi practicing boxing and kicking from a distance.Lin Ze didn't bother him either, he just stood in the distance and looked at it for a while before going back.

When Dong Zhi came to say hello, Lin Ze only said indifferently: "You used to be a servant of the Gu family, so you must have been very useful. However, now that he has given you to me, naturally everything should be my priority." Dong Zhi Hearing this, he hurriedly said, "It should be so." Lin Ze nodded, and thought again, since Gu Zhiyuan gave himself the winter solstice, there must be another person beside him.Lin Ze also knew that the servants around Gu Zhiyuan were all ranked according to the 24 solar terms, and now that there is a "winter solstice", it is imperative to make up for it.

"Since you come to my side to do things, I won't underestimate you. Well, you should change your name in the future." As he spoke, he frowned and thought about it, and said, "Just call it 'Chang'an'. "

Winter solstice, oh no, it's called Chang'an now.Chang'an hurriedly bowed down and thanked him again and again.Lin Ze waved his hand lightly to get him up, looked at him carefully for a while, and suddenly said, "Chang'an, do you know some kung fu?"

Chang An was taken aback, looked at those clear black eyes, and only nodded yes.Lin Ze really asked again: "How much kung fu do you know? Do you want to practice again in the future?" Lin Ze thought, although he is young now, he can take advantage of this time to raise a few capable and loyal servants so that he doesn't care about it .He also thought that Chang An already had the foundation of kung fu, if he is willing to learn it again, it will be of great benefit to him in the future.

Chang An bowed and said: "Uncle Meng will not give up, Chang An naturally wants to learn it again." If he learns Kung Fu well, he will be even more effective in protecting his little master in the future!

Lin Ze nodded in satisfaction, and smiled warmly, "You follow me back to Butler Lin, but I want the old man to find you a master to learn Kung Fu." After saying that, he went to Lin Fu's place.And Chang An who was following Lin Ze silently lowered his head, little master, in fact, he already has a master.Even so, Chang An still followed Lin Ze, watched the little master Wen Sheng and Lin Fu talk a little bit, and chose a very strong guarding master to be his teacher, and he should learn boxing and kicking in the future.

Looking at Lin Ze's gentle smile, Chang An swore softly in his heart: Little master, I will definitely protect you well.

Since then, Chang'an has practiced martial arts and has never missed a day.His hard work and diligence made Lin Fu and the nursing master a little impressed.In less than a year, Chang'an's stature has grown taller, and his whole person has a different look.It's just that he usually wears black clothes, and he is silent and doesn't like to talk much, so he doesn't show much.This is something for later, let's not mention it for now.

Just to say, Lin Fu saw that Lin Ze himself had taken in a servant, thinking that the uncle is now the one who invited his husband back to study, so naturally he should keep an eye on the people walking around him.After a few days like this, Lin Fu brought out all the teenagers who were about the same age as Chang'an in the mansion, and after looking at each other for a while, he chose eight honest and hardworking boys to bring to Lin Ze.He just smiled and said: "Although the uncle is only five years old now, the servants around him should be taken care of from a young age." Thinking that Lin Ze usually doesn't care about these things, he had to add another sentence: "The old man only stayed in the mansion in the past. I want to read and write, but in the future I won’t be able to keep things clean and I often have to go out as guests, so I have to bring a servant with me to be decent.”

Lin Ze didn't want to take away Lin Fu's kindness, so he looked at the eight boys one by one.Some are clear-eyed, some are pretty, some are honest and dull, and some are articulate.In the end, Lin Ze only had seven boys left, and Lin Ze politely rejected the other boy whose stature had not yet grown up, saying, "I already have Chang'an in my courtyard, and it wouldn't look good to have one more."

Lin Fu asked someone to take the boy back, and asked: "The names of these seven people need to be picked up by the uncle."

Lin Ze has always been the most impatient to choose a name, and Jia Min chose the names of the four maids around him.Thinking that there are only seven names, it really hurts.Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Chang An coming into the room holding the Four Treasures of the Study. Lin Ze stroked his palms and said with a smile, "Yes. They all start with the word 'Chang', which is easy to remember and pleasant to hear." As he spoke, he took it from Chang An's hand With a writing brush, he picked up the pen and wrote the names of the seven people on the paper.It is: Changning, Changjing, Changqing, Changguang, Changfeng, Changjiu, Changyan.

Lin Fu wrote down one by one, and then mentioned it to everyone one by one, and then left.Here, Lin Ze was drinking tea, looked at the seven people standing upright in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "I also know that everyone is about the same age as me, and there must be some who are slightly older than me. , if you come to serve me, you must be very honest and responsible, and you must not have such a black heart." He said: "I will not use my status to force you to obey me. If you work with me again, just go back to Chang'an, I have nothing to say. But if you work as a errand at the same time, you have a different heart at the same time... My ugly words are before, if there is such a person, this person will definitely not be able to eat Let's go."

After finishing speaking, he asked Chang An to hand out the name tags one by one, and then continued: "Chang Ning, you will be with Chang An in the future, and you will only be by my side. Guang and Changfeng, you two are in charge of the carriages and horses, long time, long talk, you two are in charge of the study. If something goes wrong in the future, I will just find the person in charge of it, do you understand?"

"understood."

"Let's leave today." Seeing that everyone had dispersed, only Chang'an and Changning were still standing in the corridor, Lin Ze said, "I don't plan to go out today, you should go and rest first." Then he said to Chang'an: " You stay here, I have something to say."

Chang Ning bowed and retreated, only Chang An went into the house to obey orders.Lin Ze took a sip of tea before slowly opening his mouth: "I heard from the master of the nursing home that you have suffered a lot of injuries from practicing fists and feet recently, can you ask the doctor to take a look?"

Seeing that Chang An was about to speak, he stopped him with a smile, and said, "You mustn't deceive me, whether you have seen it or not, I just need to ask someone to know." Chang An bowed his head and remained silent, Lin Ze said again : "I usually hate lying and deceiving people the most. I can bear the truth no matter how ugly it sounds, but no matter how beautiful the lie is, it will be nothing but joy in the end. What does that mean?"

Chang An then said in a low voice: "If you go back to the old man, I never asked the doctor to see the wound." Afraid that Lin Ze would get angry, he hurriedly explained: "It's just because these injuries are bearable for me, so I don't want to burden others."

Lin Ze smiled, only turning the teacup in his hand.He didn't open his mouth, and there was no one else in the room. Bai Guo and Bai Shao knew that Lin Ze was going to promote a servant today, so they didn't serve here to avoid suspicion.At this time, there was no sound in the house, standing and sitting, feeling anxious and relaxing.Just when Chang An felt uneasy, Lin Ze suddenly put the tea bowl in his hand on the table, and the crisp sound startled Chang An severely.Looking up, Lin Ze's clear and dark eyes contained deep anger. He didn't know what he did wrong to offend the little master, so Lin Ze sneered and pulled out a roll of drawing paper from his arms.

The texture of the drawing paper is light and fine, and it lands silently.But when Chang An caught a glimpse of the familiar outline on the drawing paper, his mind suddenly went blank, and his knees involuntarily knelt heavily on the ground.The knee collided with the hard ground, and the sound really made people's heart tremble.Lin Ze couldn't bear it, but when he saw the drawing paper, he felt angry again. He just sneered and said, "I don't know, you have these skills before. You can not only be good at fists and kicks, but also draw, huh?"

Hearing this, Chang An's temples were sweating, and he just knelt on the ground and said, "Please enlighten me, I did not draw this painting!"

Lin Ze snorted coldly: "Oh? You didn't paint it, but you found it in your room. What's the reason? Besides, you are new here, who would use such a painting to frame you? Don't say what the meaning of the painting is. , even the whole family, I dare say, I can’t find anyone who can draw so well!" Lin Ze violently pulled up the drawing paper on the ground and spread it out, only to see the pure white drawing paper, impressively It is the sight of him taking a nap.

His eyes narrowed slightly, although he drank alcohol, he still couldn't remember anything clearly.He still remembered that it was Chang An who personally helped him into the Luomei Pavilion, and when he woke up again, it was Gu Zhiyuan and Chang An who personally escorted him to the door.Isn't there Chang'an in every place here!

But Chang An said: "Since I entered Gu's mansion, I have been working with Young Master Gu. I have never studied or studied, nor have I learned the art of painting." This is a bit ambiguous.After he entered Gu's mansion, in order not to attract attention, he never touched anything else except the boxing kung fu that he had to learn.But before entering Gu's mansion, he learned a lot.However, he couldn't tell Lin Ze the truth.

Lin Ze took a closer look at Chang An's expression, and there was no sign of lying at all, and he believed it in his heart.It's just that the painting in his hand is really disturbing after all.Inevitably, the tone was a little irritated: "Then who made this painting? And why is it here?"

"This..." He couldn't say, this is the painting that Young Master Gu Zhiyuan couldn't help himself to make when he saw your little master, you look so sleepy, right? !

Lin Ze's heart trembled when he saw his faltering appearance.Could it be that Gu Zhiyuan drew it?If it was painted by Gu Zhiyuan, how could Chang An, as Gu Zhiyuan's old servant, betray his old master?Although, this is not a betrayal.After thinking about it, Lin Ze turned to ask: "You used to work in Gu's family, Qing...Young Master Gu is cute?"

"Master Gu attaches great importance to Young Master Gu. When he was very young, he invited famous teachers to enlighten Young Master Gu. Young Master Gu also has unique views on Danqing, and many people are full of praise."

After hearing this, Lin Ze already understood who wrote the painting. After looking at it silently for a while, he said, "Take it down and tear it up. I don't want to see it again." Why was Zhiyuan's handwriting found in Chang'an's house?

Chang An took the painting and retreated, leaving Lin Ze sitting there alone in a daze.After returning to the room, Chang An let out a long breath, and sighed: Fortunately, I sent the painting to the master earlier, this one was just copied by him later.Although the little master didn't destroy the painting in a fit of anger this time, the little master would change his mind if the authentic painting is here.Changan shrank his shoulders when he thought of the anger in the little master's clear eyes.

The master said that the little master's character must be very delicate, so if you want to gain the trust of the little master, you must first expose a little flaw.So, he copied Gu Zhiyuan's painting, pretended to put it in the room and waited for the little master to find out, and sure enough...

Looking at the painting in his hand that hadn't even been painted, Chang An moved his fingers, but still burned the painting according to Lin Ze's wishes.After all, this is the wish of the little master!