Lin Ruhai of the Red Chamber Reborn

Lin Ruhai knew Gu Yue well, so he was naturally willing to make friends with him.

Back then when he was wandering in the capital, he also discovered that Mrs. Gu's family sent people to give Daiyu gifts more than once, and originally planned to pick Daiyu up to marry him, but it's a pity that Daiyu neither saw the gift, nor did she know who was coming from the Gu family, so she broke her relationship with her. Everything related to the Lin family is old.

Lin Ruhai never thought that the people of the Rongguo Mansion were unpredictable, but after all, she was only one woman, and she had entrusted a few friends to take care of her. However, the world was so cold, and there were only two or three families that took Daiyu seriously in their hearts, and Gu Yue was one of them. None of the three families had any contact with Rongguo Mansion, and every time they gave a gift, they would return a gift, but they couldn't see Daiyu. They regarded Daiyu as unwilling to make friends with her, and gradually lost their minds.

Every time Lin Ruhai thinks of this, Lin Ruhai sighs to himself, who is to blame?

Gu Yue is the youngest son of Prime Minister Gu. Prime Minister Gu and Mr. Lin are very good friends. The two children are friends of the general manager. Gu Yue has been unruly since he was a child. Because he has three older brothers, he doesn't care about fame, but only knows how to bear the wind. Xiuyue, who visited the world's famous sites, later knelt down when he saw officials because of his white body, and he didn't need to be a scholar. Fang reluctantly took part in the imperial examination, passed the exam, and participated in Chunwei with Lin Ruhai. Lin Ruhai high school, he failed the exam, and then fell again I just felt bored, so I went out of Beijing to play. When I arrived in Jinling, I heard what a fortune-teller told me. Come out and play."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Leaving Beijing because of such a trivial matter?"

Gu Yue's eyes widened, and he said, "What's the small thing? I failed the rankings twice in a row. In terms of age, I'm a year older than you. Although I don't care about fame, I feel uncomfortable after all, and my third brother laughed at me for a while." fan."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Brother Ling is not as good as you? Why do you keep it in your heart?" Gu Yue is 24 years old this year, one year older than himself, and won the Juren at the age of 19. Although he failed the ranking this year, he is still young, so no one will say a word Young and promising?Even at the age of three or fifty, he is still a young Jinshi in the eyes of others.

Gu Yue laughed loudly, nodded and said, "Sure enough, I was thinking too much. The third brother is 26 years old this year, and he hasn't been selected as a scholar yet."

Lin Ruhai asked, "How long have you been out?"

Gu Yue thought for a while, calculated with his fingers, and said in surprise: "I left Beijing the day after I failed the ranking, and now it has been half a year. By the way, you used to observe Duke Lin's filial piety, so you were filial last year? How come this year? Didn't you go to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination?"

Lin Ruhai took off his cloak calmly, revealing his filial piety.

Because of his heavy filial piety, it is difficult to move around, but it happened to be winter, so Lin Ruhai was wrapped in an azurite-colored cloak, so he couldn't see it from the outside.

Gu Yue stood up in surprise, and said, "What do you mean?"

Lin Ruhai sighed softly: "My mother passed away at the beginning of the year, so I never went to Beijing to take the exam."

Gu Yue was at a loss when he heard this, and said apologetically, "I never got any news, Brother Ru Hai, please forgive me."

Lin Ruhai laughed quickly and said: "Why is this between you and me? I thought that when you went to Beijing to report the funeral, I was afraid that you had already left Beijing, so I didn't know. It has been almost a year since my mother passed away, and my mood has long since calmed down. But you, come here How about going back to Gusu with me when you are in the south of the Yangtze River? I am here to ask for a gentleman for the children of my family, and I will leave in about ten days."

Gu Yue thought for a while, and said: "Ten days is enough for me to travel all over Jinling." Then he agreed with a smile, and immediately ordered the boy to go to the hotel to pick up the luggage and send it to Lin's house, while he and Lin Ruhai went down to the restaurant and walked slowly along the road.

The reason why Lin Ruhai invited Gu Yue was to persuade him to return to Beijing. He remembered that Prime Minister Gu passed away in March next year. At that time, Gu Yue was away and never returned home. When he saw him later, he regretted it.

The Gu family has gradually declined since the death of Prime Minister Gu. It is probably a common problem in the family. The ancestors are high-ranking and powerful, and the children are spoiled and spoiled since childhood. However, in the third generation, it is said that Junzi Zhize was killed in the fifth generation, not only the Rongguofu family.

Lin Ruhai still remembers clearly that a few years later, elder brother Gu Yue was found to be corrupt and short-lived in office, and his family confiscated tens of thousands of taels of silver, all of which were anointed by the people.Counting the crimes at that time, it seems that Gu Yue's eldest brother started to embezzle and accept bribes not long after he became an official, isn't it a few years now?For such officials, Lin Ruhai didn't have the slightest sympathy. Since he didn't treat the people kindly, he deserved the crime, and he didn't deserve to intervene.

Fortunately, due to the death of Prime Minister Gu, the brothers had already separated, so Gu Yue was not implicated. However, the eldest brother was convicted, the second brother died early, and the third brother was incompetent. Since then, he has worked hard, and he was in high school the same year as himself, and he was born as a Jinshi. He was 30 years old.

At the age of 26, I should be able to participate in Chunwei, but due to a sudden serious illness, I missed the wedding date, so I went to Tanhua at the age of 29.Lin Ruhai now pays great attention to maintenance, just to be able to participate in the palace examination at the age of 26, without having to waste another three years.

Is it luck or misfortune to know the funeral?Lin Ruhai couldn't tell anymore.

The two of them were walking on the street with their servants. It was almost noon at that time, and they felt a little warm. Seeing that there were many shops along the road, people came and went, and it was very lively. Its prosperity could not let Gusu, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but smile, and said: "Speaking of which, I haven't been so free for a long time. I have gone to study before.

Si, how about we go here and have a look? "

Seeing him pointing at an antique shop, Gu Yue smiled and said, "Very good, I don't know what good things I can see."

Whenever an antique shop is opened, it will not open for three years, and it will be eaten for three years. There are not many shopkeepers in the shop, only the shopkeeper and two shopkeepers. He was so expensive that he greeted him personally, and said: "What do you two want to see? Is it calligraphy and painting, or is it a writing tripod? It is precious inkstone, Tang ink, wood carving and gold carving. We also have everything here."

Gu Yue looked at Lin Ruhai, and said with a smile, "Brother Ruhai, I'm asking you." The Gu family is not as rich as the Lin family. Gu Yue wanted to buy his favorite antiques, but because he was away from home for half a year, he only had enough money to spend, so he dared not for entertainment.

Lin Ruhai said: "Is there any good calligraphy and painting calligraphy and calligraphy, inkstones, inkstones, pen holders and other stationery, let me have a look."

The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Please come to the two masters, and I will fetch it here."

The two went in and sat down, the waiter brought tea, and after a while, the shopkeeper came in with several scrolls, a stack of calligraphy and some inkstone ink sticks on a tray, and brought them to the two of them. He took two steps back and stood aside .

Lin Ruhai washed his hands with the hot water brought by the clerk and dried them. Fang picked up a scroll and unfolded it. After reading it briefly, he felt displeased. He put down this scroll and picked up another scroll for a closer look. These things were lacking, but he thought the more the better, and Daiyu loved them so much, so he came to have a look.

Gu Yue laughed and said, "The things in your house are better than here, why did you fall in love with this place?"

Lin Ruhai pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Even those who come here have to pick the best ones, and save them up first, and make them a dowry for my daughter in the future." After saying that, he put down the picture scroll in his hand, feeling bad, instead He took a fancy to an ebony carved pen holder with the pattern of Suihan Three Friends, which was carved very delicately. There was also an inkstone, which was also an ancient relic, so he took it in his hand to play with, and ordered the shopkeeper to put away the rest.

Gu Yue laughed out loud when he heard this, pointing at him speechless.

The shopkeeper didn't know that Lin Ruhai had no children so far. Hearing Lin Ruhai's words, he hurriedly laughed and said, "If you buy it for the lady, there are a few good things in the store, which are very suitable for the lady. Why don't you take a look?"

Lin Ruhai asked what it was, and ordered to fetch it.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "It's an ancient mirror, and there are also ancient jades. Among them is a hollow mirror of the Warring States period, which is extremely exquisite." The gold hairpin and jade bracelets are all ancient relics.

Lin Ruhai took a look, and sure enough, he fell in love with the hollow mirror of the Warring States Period, and chose a pair of Xuan Kiln rouge boxes and an ancient jade hairpin.

The shopkeeper grinned from ear to ear, and at the end of the calculation, there were thousands of taels.

Lin Ruhai ordered Gu Se to fetch the silver and come back to pay the bill, Fang and Gu Yue left the shop.

Gu Yue glanced at the few things that Gu Se was holding, and couldn't help but smile: "It's not that I said, your daughter has not been born yet, you are thinking too far, if you don't like what you bought, what can you do?" good?"

Lin Ruhai was confident, and said: "How can I not know about my own daughter? Don't worry, she will like it. When my daughter comes out of the cabinet in the future, don't forget to add makeup to her." In this life, he will definitely protect Yu'er tightly. In fact, sending her to get married in a safe and secure way will never die at a young age like in her previous life.

Gu Yue thought about it, isn't Lin Ruhai's daughter his niece?It is natural for the Shibo family to add makeup to their niece, so after hearing Lin Ruhai's words, he agreed casually. He would never have thought that Lin Ruhai's daughter would be born more than ten years later, and he would not implement it until 30 years later. own promise today.

Without further gossip, Lin Ruhai and Gu Yue returned to the mansion, ordered the people to settle down, and each of them rested.

The news of Lin Ruhai's arrival in Jinling naturally couldn't be hidden from the Zhen family, but thinking of Lin Ruhai's filial piety, Lin Ruhai didn't pay a visit to show his heart, so he stopped paying attention.

Lin Ruhai was not used to such mundane affairs, so he left it to the second housekeeper who accompanied him to take care of it, or to reply to thank you, or to return gifts.

After a few days of hustle and bustle, it gradually stopped.

Lin Ruhai and Gu Yue were reading the mansion newspaper. Although they hadn't become officials, they could still understand the movements in the court from the mansion newspaper. While listening to Gu Yue talk about what happened in the capital in recent years, someone came in and said, "Master, Yan The gentleman's family sent someone to ask to see the master, saying that there is something important to report."

Lin Ruhai was startled, and hurriedly ordered someone to come in.

He admires Mr. Yan very much now, and has agreed to leave in a few days. Could something have happened?

The servant next to Mr. Yan came in in a panic, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Master Lin, please go and save our master, there are a lot of people with teeth and claws coming to the house."