[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Lin Liu hugged Daiyu distressedly: "You are still young, what are you thinking so much about?"

Even if they get married in the future, it is absolutely impossible for Lin Ruhai and Jia Min to choose such an unbearable person for Daiyu. Even if they don't know anyone well before marriage, as long as they go home and tell them after marriage, how can Lin Ruhai make their daughter endure it?It's not that they can't reconcile.

Jia Min spoke to comfort her distressedly, and even the ignorant Maoshou reached out to hug Daiyu's hand, and said milkingly to her: "Miss sister, don't be afraid, if you meet bad people in the future, Maoshou will help you fight." Run him!"

While speaking, he waved his small fists in the air.

Daiyu couldn't help laughing out loud when she saw how cute her younger brother was, and the fear that had lingered in her heart gradually dissipated.

She has several brothers. Even if something happens to her after she gets married, she can go back to her natal family for help. If it doesn't work, she can still let her brothers call her. What's so scary about her?

Thinking like this, Daiyu hugged Maoshou: "You said, when I grow up, I must help my sister fight off the bad guys!"

"Yeah!" Mao Shou nodded childishly.

Jia Min and Lin Liu looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

The family quickly returned to Lin's house, woke up after a nap, and left behind what happened yesterday, and continued to study with the two gentlemen.

Guiling was supposed to go to the Imperial College to study, but because this year he will go back to Gusu to take the examination of talents and candidates, and enter the Imperial College to receive teaching from an unfamiliar teacher. I am afraid that it will waste time to adapt to the teacher's teaching method, so it is better to learn directly from Zhen Shiyin Safer.

According to the previous plan, Guiling originally planned to return to Beijing this year after finishing the Juren examination in Gusu.

Lin Ruhai also planned to stay in Gusu to accompany Gui Ling after the exam, and then return to the capital to take up a post.It's just that the emperor was pressing hard, and they were in the Shandong area at that time, which was closer to the capital, so naturally they could only choose to return to the capital first, and then make other plans.

Lin Liu planned to go to Jinling in two months. Apart from dealing with grain merchants, there was also the reason that Gui Ling had to go back to his hometown for an exam.

The twins originally wanted to go back to Gusu to take the imperial examination this year, but it was not safe for the two of them to take the provincial examination with their knowledge, and there was no 100% chance of passing the exam, so Lin Ruhai simply forced them to stay and decided to let them go together in three years. Back to Gusu, from Tongsheng directly to Juren.

Guiling and the others wanted to sprint for the imperial examination, Daiyu played with Yinglian every day, and even Maoshou had Yingzhu as a little friend.

Thinking that it would be unreasonable to just stay at home like this, Lin Liu talked to Jia Min, then took Mu Li and drove to the cloth shop that Ji Song opened in the capital before.

Because the business of the cloth shop is too hot, if it is opened in the capital, it will easily attract the attention of the two people in the palace, so after discussing with Ji Song, Lin Liu did not open the cloth shop in the capital at first.

But now a few years later, Jiangning Weaving Bureau's eight-fold efficiency version of the Jenny loom has been spread out, and many skilled craftsmen have even made machines with ten times or twenty times the efficiency based on the Jenny loom.

Although it is not as good as the [-] times the version that Lin Liu produced, these looms can already keep the weaving workshop alive and start to make money.

It is precisely because of the wide spread of Jenny looms that it is inevitable to hear the rumors in the capital. Lin Liu thought about it and felt that it has reached this point. It would be suspicious if the cloth shop was not opened in the capital again, Only then did he write a letter asking Ji Song to open a cloth shop in the capital with the same high quality and low price, specializing in the sale of low-cost cloth.

Cloth Village has been opened for less than a year and has not yet gained a firm foothold.

Lin Liu went to inspect the cloth house today, to see if anyone troubled the cloth house——

If there is, Lin Ruhai's status as a cabinet scholar can still be a deterrent.

It's just that she didn't expect that after she came to Buzhuang, not only did she not find anyone picking on Buzhuang, but she even heard a great news.

On the day of Jia Zheng's fiftieth birthday, it was inevitable that one or two of the female family members in Rongqingtang would be bitter. The Lin family didn't mention what happened that day, but these people inevitably told their close ones about it.

It was passed on from ten to ten, and after a period of time, what happened that day naturally couldn't be covered.

When one thing is dug up, it arouses the interest of others. After repeated inquiries, it is inevitable that the carrots will be dug up and brought out of the mud to lead to more things.

So Lin Liu, who rarely went out today, learned from the customers who came to buy fabrics that this Wang Yushi was not only beaten by Wang Ziteng at home, but also conceived several children between the two girls he gave birth to. The boy was aborted by Wang Ziteng's personal order.

reason?Naturally, Wang Ziteng took the position of his elder brother Wang Zisheng. In order to make up for it, he decided to train his only son Wang Ren with all his strength.

In order not to let himself be partial, he did not plan to have a son before Wang Ren grew up.

Ever since she traveled to the world of Red Mansions, what Lin Liu saw and heard was patriarchal thinking, and it was not unheard of that she abused her daughter in order to have a son. It is conceivable that Wang Ziteng, for his own sake, Nephew, but let his wife kill his son...

Simply unheard of.

After Lin Liu heard the news, she thought those people made a mistake, but when she went home and told Jia Min, she shook her head: "It's true, although Wang Ziteng didn't kill the child voluntarily, but there is indeed such a thing. It's up."

Lin Liu didn't understand: "Wang Ziteng doesn't like his son?"

"How is that possible?" Jia Min sneered, "The most important thing in the Wang family is the male. The daughters of the Wang family are all marriage tools and never have the right to make decisions on their own. Their marriages are always a bargaining chip to pave the way for the male."

The most typical ones are Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue. One of the sisters married into the Rongguo Mansion and had the opportunity to gain access to the power of the Rongguo Mansion, and the other married into the royal merchant Xue's family, allowing the Xue family's money to be used for themselves.

Even Wang Xifeng's marriage was essentially to consolidate Mrs. Wang's influence in Rongguo Mansion.

The Wang family valued their daughter?This is really a big joke.

Lin Liu didn't understand: "If that's the case, why did Wang Ziteng ask his wife to kill the child?"

Jia Min sighed: "Because of the transaction."

Lin Liu looked at Jia Min suspiciously: "Deal? Who is Wang Ziteng with?"

"His elder brother, Wang Zisheng." The four big families are united, and Jia Min, as the daughter of the Rongguo Mansion, is naturally familiar with the power transfer of the Wang family. From the position of the third rank. Originally, the future was bright, but when the crown prince was abolished, he was also angered by the Supreme Emperor and almost went to prison."

Waste the prince?

Lin Liu quickly remembered this incident, not because of anything else, but because the emperor's behavior of letting someone do something to a child was too vicious, which left a deep memory in her memory, and she would never forget it.

Jia Min went on to say: "After discussing with Wang Ziteng, Wang Zisheng decided to sacrifice his own future to protect the Wang family, but he made an agreement with Wang Ziteng that his son Wang Zisheng must be the only heir of the Wang family."

It's not that Wang Zisheng is careless. Now he is willing to step back to take care of the Wang family's affairs. Isn't it because his son's future is guaranteed?

If not, see if Wang Zisheng will help Wang Ziteng willingly.

Lin Liu was stunned: "So it's not that Wang Ziteng doesn't want to have his own son, but because he can't have his own son? Because if he has his own son, Wang Zisheng won't believe it, and he will wholeheartedly train Wang Ren?"

Jia Min nodded: "Wang's parents and children are not separated, but the family is still harmonious, and nothing has happened. Naturally, it is not because the Wang brothers are saints who are indifferent to fame and fortune, but because there are constraints between the two brothers, so that they can maintain Peaceful on one face."

Wang Ziteng was ambitious and gave up having a son for the sake of power; Wang Zisheng took a long-term view and had his son Wang Ren as his hope.

Both brothers got what they really wanted, and naturally the brothers lived in harmony.

But this kind of harmony is based on Wang Yu's misery——

Wang Ziteng's eldest daughter is more than two years older than Daiyu, but his youngest daughter is younger than Jia Cong. I don't know how many children I have conceived in the intervening years, but all of them were conceived artificially. I don't know how sad Wang Yushi is in private .

In front of these lost children, the whip marks on Wang Yushi's body are not so noticeable.

But no matter how big the incident is, as long as Wang Ziteng is involved, it cannot be spread for too long——

Wang Ziteng is in the limelight now, and he is quite embarrassing in front of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor, who would dare to offend him for a little gossip?

So it didn't take long for this news to disappear from the market, as if it had never appeared before.

Lin Liu didn't have much energy to pay attention to Wang's family, because it didn't take long before Ji Song sent someone to send her news, saying that he had found some clues about the murder of his family members, and wanted to stay in the capital to continue the investigation, and did not plan to return to Jiangnan. up.

After Lin Liu received the news, she couldn't help worrying about him——

Jia Zhen has no bottom line at all, if Ji Song is discovered, there is no guarantee that he will not be wiped out by him.

But when Lin Liu asked people to go to Rongguo Mansion to inquire, they got the news that the servant Qin Keqing brought from her natal family did not know what she said some time ago, which angered Jia Rong and Qin Keqing, and made them furious. Let people drive him out of Ningguo Mansion.

After Lin Liu heard the news, she subconsciously thought of Jia Zhen coveting Qin Keqing, but because of this, she couldn't help but become more worried.

However, contrary to Lin Liu's worries, Ji Song's current state is actually not bad.

After Jia Zheng's fiftieth birthday banquet was over, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and his son reunited with Youshi and Qin Keqing, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and then returned to Ningguo Mansion.

In order to check, Ji Song observed Jia Zhen's expression all the way, and then, without any surprise, he saw a bit of lust in Jia Zhen's eyes when she looked at Qin Keqing.

This made Ji Song determined to remind Qin Keqing and his wife.

When he returned to the courtyard that night, Ji Song told Jia Rong and his wife what he had found on the grounds that he had something to report.

But what I didn't expect was that when Jia Rong found out about this, she was not angry, but frightened.

Ji Song froze for a moment, not knowing how to react for a while.

In the end, Qin Keqing was the first to react, and drove Ji Song out of the room.

Ji Song felt at the time that these two people were hopeless, so he planned to find a way to leave Ningguo Mansion the next day.

But before he left, Qin Keqing asked the maid to call him into the room.

As soon as we met, Qin Keqing asked directly: "Aren't you a child of Mama Zhang's family? I have been to Mama Zhang's house to play before, and I have met her kid. He is a simple and honest man with dark skin, small eyes and small mouth. Nothing like you."

Ji Song was stunned, subconsciously wanting to refute.

Qin Keqing said: "Last night, I asked someone to go home overnight and asked your identity. I already knew that you and Zhang Mama have known each other for less than half a year. In fact, you are just someone arranged by my mother. But who are my mother's people? Clearly..."

"Tell me, why did you follow me to Ningguo Mansion?"

Ji Song didn't expect that neither Qin Ye nor Hua Kui found out, but was discovered by the girl in front of him who looked two years younger than him.

but……

So what if you find out?

Ji Song showed a naive smile: "I don't know what the girl is talking about. If the girl doesn't believe what I said last night and thinks I'm trying to sow discord, I'll leave Ningguo Mansion tomorrow and go back to Qin's house. Why should Miss doubt me?" loyalty."

Qin Keqing frowned: "It's not that I don't believe your words. On the contrary, after listening to your words, I took advantage of today's visit to my mother's room to observe the way my father looked at me. I... I have already believed it." what you say."

Ji Song's eyes turned, a little surprised at Qin Keqing's intelligence.

However, his identity is a secret, so naturally he cannot tell others, not to mention that Qin Keqing's identity is also related to the death of his family members, it is even more impossible for him to let her know at all.

Qin Keqing seemed to be a little angry at Ji Song's reluctance, but after all, she cared about his kindness in reminding her, so after being depressed for a while, she gave up her plan to inquire about Ji Song's identity.

She thought for a while, and said directly: "After I greeted you this morning, I specially asked someone to ask the servant who you have been in contact with during this period of time, what you said, and what you have asked about. I will ask you After collecting and analyzing all the news, you will soon find out your real purpose."

Ji Song started to take precautions subconsciously, and looked at Qin Keqing with unkind eyes——

If she really knew something she shouldn't know, he wouldn't mind following the example of those who protected her and killing her.

Perhaps Ji Song looked at him too frighteningly, so Qin Keqing didn't dare to keep it secret, and explained directly: "I don't know much, I only know that you are inquiring about the truth about the destruction of the entire family in Pingnanbo's residence. I can't help You, but I can tell you a clue, which can be regarded as a reward for your reminder last night."

"During the time when Ping Nanbo's mansion had an accident, my adoptive father often went out in the evening and would not come back until dawn the next day. I suspect that he was related to this matter. If you want to investigate, you might as well inquire about it. Whose house did my adoptive father go to?"

Ji Song's expression was shocked, and he almost wanted to rush out of the room immediately.

But soon, he calmed down: "Why did you tell me this news? If this matter is really related to your adoptive father, don't you worry that I will kill your adoptive father?"

Qin Keqing bowed her head: "This is my business. You just go to investigate. I definitely didn't lie to you."

Ji Song couldn't believe that Qin Ye was Qin Keqing's biological father after all. She told herself such important news, so there was no guarantee that there was no trap behind her.

Qin Keqing was also annoyed: "I've already said that the clues I told you are true, why do you care why I betrayed my adoptive father, does this have anything to do with you?"

Seeing that there was really nothing left to ask, Ji Song simply said goodbye and left.

That night, he left Ningguo Mansion directly.

It was also after he left that Qin Keqing played with Jia Rong, and news spread that Ji Song had offended their husband and wife and was kicked out of Ningguo Mansion by them.

But Ji Song can no longer control the affairs of the Ningguo Mansion. After he got clues from Qin Keqing, just in case, he still asked people to investigate the time when his family had an accident. go out at night.

Then the clues found showed that during that time, Qin Ye really often stayed out all night.

Ji Song has vaguely realized that the clues Qin Keqing told him are not half-deceived, but he also knows that he may be killed if he is not careful about what he is investigating now, so he did not relax his vigilance because of this, but let people carefully investigate Explore.

Just before the one-month period with Lin Liu was about to end, Ji Song's subordinates found a piece of news——

After Qin Ye left home at night, he would only go to those two or three places every time.

Ji Song is also familiar with these two or three places.

Beijing County Prince's Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, and Ji Song's ancestral home...

Nan'an County Prince's Mansion.

And every time Qin Ye went to a house, except for Rongguo Mansion, the other four kings and eight princes would send people to the house Qin Ye went to.

As we all know, the four princes and eight princes are a community of interests, and the DPRK and China have always stood in the same line.

It is also because of this that even though the four kings and eight princes began to decline during the process of the first prince's two abolitions and two establishments and the weakened forces, they still have a certain right to speak in the court.

With so many people gathering frequently in a short period of time, it is hard not to suspect that they are discussing something important.

The most likely thing is the murder of Ji Song's family.

Because of this sudden discovery, Ji Song decided to stay and investigate the follow-up, so naturally he couldn't go back to Jiangnan with Lin Liu——

There is no way, Ji Song has been investigating in the capital for so long, and only traced some trivial news, those clues related to the truth about the death of his family members, even when he was in the Lin family, Lin Liu told him.

Now that it is hard to find another clue, Ji Song is of course unwilling to give up.

Lin Liu was very worried after receiving the news, so he asked someone to bring a letter to the small vendor opposite Yuan Ping's Nanbo Mansion, and asked him to pass it on to Ji Song.

About two days later, Ji Song sent someone to send a reply letter. Although he didn't explain what news he knew, he also reported her safety.

Only then did Lin Liu feel relieved, temporarily letting go of his worries about Ji Song.

But turning around, she asked Jia Min to help pack her and Gui Ling's luggage: "I originally made an appointment with someone to leave together, so I planned to wait for a while, but he suddenly sent a letter saying that I can't go to Jiangnan, I think After thinking about it, I decided to leave early with Guiling."

This is the first time for the two children to travel far away. Jia Min is full of worries: "What are you doing so early? You can stay at home for a few more days, and you can relax for a few more days."

Lin Liu smiled: "It's okay for me, but Guiling still has to take the college and township examinations. Living in Gusu for a period of time in advance can also get used to the local climate, so that the acclimatization of the environment will not have a bad impact on Guiling's examination level. .”

Jia Min knew very well that this was her daughter's excuse, but since her daughter said so, she, as a mother, naturally couldn't ask, so she had no choice but to start packing their luggage for them.

Because the family was always running around in the past few years, Jia Min almost gained experience in packing her luggage. In less than a day, she packed Lin Liu and Gui Ling's luggage properly, and she could set off directly.

The pier in the capital is always crowded with people, and it is almost impossible to see the end at a glance.

Because Lin Liu and Guiling were the only ones who went out this time, the Lin family did not arrange their own big boat, but specially found someone to board the big boat of Lin Ruhai's friend's house to go to the south of the Yangtze River——

Small boats are prone to encounter Jiang bandits, but larger boats are safer.

After Lin Liu and Gui Ling bid farewell to their families, they boarded the big boat surrounded by maids and servants.

Not long after, the big ship set sail.

Lin Liu and Gui Ling stood on the bow of the boat and waited until the figures of their family members could no longer be seen clearly, then turned and returned to their room.

The family name Lin Ruhai found for the two siblings was Zhou, and it seems that they have some connections with the two siblings——

It turns out that this week's family is the middle-income family of two friends of the same age that Guiling rarely made when he was studying in the Imperial College.

At the beginning, Guiling had a good time with Zhou Xin and Wu Ming, two friends, and they were always inseparable except for reading.

It's just that later, when Guiling left the capital, he had to separate from his two friends. Since then, he has been living without a fixed place, walking around, and there is no fixed communication place at all, so the connection between Guiling and the two friends was cut off.

This time, Lin Liu and Gui Ling were able to board Zhou's family's big boat, because Zhou Xin's father's foreign office was in Hangzhou, so there was a favorable boat for Lin Liu and Gui Ling, the siblings, to board.

The only pity is that the weekly salary is not enough to study, and there is no plan to take the exam for the time being.However, Zhou's father felt that the teaching level of Guozijian was good, and he didn't want his son to go out with him, so as to delay his studies, so he directly left his son in the capital, and did not take him with him to work abroad.

Otherwise, Guiling would have a talking and reading buddy along the way.

The siblings had met Mrs. Zhou, who was also Zhou Xin's mother, in advance. Now that they were boarding the boat, they naturally had to go over to say hello to Zhou's family.

Because Lin Liu is a woman, it is not convenient to go out, so the leader became Guiling.

He took Lin Liu to a servant and asked him to lead the way to Mrs. Zhou.

Perhaps the young man had been ordered by his master, and after listening to Guiling's words, he walked ahead and led the way.But before going to see Lord Zhou and Mrs. Zhou, the servant took them to his room first.

The rooms of the two are close together, one on the left and the other on the right. Jin Qiu and the others have already tidied up the room. The two of them went in to have a look, and then came out.

The boy took the two of them to Mrs. Zhou's room.

When they arrived, Master Zhou's family was there. Seeing the two coming, Mrs. Zhou got up quickly and walked to the two siblings with a smile on her face. After turning her eyes around the two, the smile on her face became more real.

"Here are the eldest daughter and eldest son of the Lin family, right? They look so good, they look like siblings." Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "I heard that Mr. Lin is returning to his hometown this time for the exam? I don't know which one he is taking. Field? The college exam or the township exam?"

Guiling was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Go back to aunt, the younger generation will go back to their hometown to take part in the hospital exam."

"College exam? That's a test for a scholar?" The enthusiasm in Madam Zhou's eyes plummeted, "My family's husband said that his current talent and learning are safe enough for a scholar, but he still has a little time to rely on his talents. That's why..."

The more Mr. Zhou listened, the more he felt something was wrong, and interrupted with a frown: "Shut up, ma'am!"

Mrs. Zhou was taken aback, she wanted to be angry, but she turned her head to meet her husband's gloomy expression, and suddenly she didn't dare to speak.

Master Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "You two nephews, don't blame me. Your aunt is not very good at talking, but she doesn't mean anything bad to you. Please don't mind her words and deeds."

Guiling waved his hand: "Auntie is frank, what's wrong?"

Master Zhou heaved a sigh of relief, and turned his head to stare at his wife.

Madam Zhou didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, she could only curl her lips, and returned to her seat to sit down.

When Mr. Zhou was chatting with Lin Ruhai, he learned a lot about Guiling from him. He knew that Guiling wanted to pass the college examination and the township examination when he returned to his hometown this time. Like it so much.

Seeing it now, I naturally want to test the knowledge of longevity.

So not long after, he took Guiling to the study next door.

Lin Liu stayed in the room and could only face Mrs. Zhou and her two daughters alone.

After Mrs. Zhou left, Madam Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes fell on Lin Liu's outstanding facial features, thinking of her unmarried nephew, after a moment of hesitation, she couldn't help but stepped forward to ask: "Miss Lin, I wonder if Lingtang has Arranging a marriage for you?"