[Quick Crossing + Red Mansions] I have a strong desire to survive

The Empress Dowager recalled Jia Min's several visits to the palace, she felt something kind, and said to the emperor: "His wife is also transparent, and she acts generously and decently in every way. It's a pity that the girl in their family is still young, otherwise..."

The new emperor quickly waved his hand to the queen mother: "Lin Ruhai and He Li, the Ministry of Rites, have already married their sons and daughters. How could I do such a thing as the king seizing the minister's wife."

The queen mother was a little disappointed when she heard this: "Speaking of which, you have been enthroned for several months, and the position of the empress is uncertain, which finally made that person feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of."

The new emperor smiled again when he heard this: "The Emperor Taishang wished that I would not get a little help so that I could be a puppet for him. However, he has raised people so much that even the slaves he has to use have become swords in the hands of others." .”

The empress dowager didn't know how to evaluate the emperor who had been with her for most of her life: she said he was not clear, and the emperor made herself the empress dowager, and he didn't make things difficult.Said that he is Qingming, his empress dowager is still there, and he lives in Daming Palace with Zhen Taigui Concubine. If he wants to care about this empress dowager, he has to look at the empress dowager's face by the way.

"Then the emperor thinks how to deal with this matter properly?" The queen mother only asked, seeing that she didn't mean to answer now, she didn't mention it anymore, and still talked to the emperor about the matter of drafting a decree.

That night, Lin Ruhai received the emperor's reply, which only consisted of four words: To commit a crime in vain.

When Lin Ruhai was in Yangzhou, he fought wits and bravery with those salt merchants all the way. After entering Beijing and became the Minister of the Ministry of Households, he even struggled to survive between the princes. .

Dai Quan can't always leave the palace, the pressure can be ignored.Feng Tang and Lin Ruhai have different ways of civil and military affairs, and it is not justified to seek Lin Ruhai in front of others.What's more, even if Lin Ruhai is the Secretary of the Household Department, the national treasury is not his own. They all know that they want to free up money from it, so that the right time, place and people are in harmony. Dai Quan and Feng Tang dare not press too hard.

This procrastination has been dragged on for a year, and I can see that it will be the second month of the Tongsheng Exam.With Lin Ruhai's status as Minister of the Household Department, it is very easy for Brother Tang not to have to go back to his hometown to take the exam.

Jia Min had someone take Brother Tang to the examination room early to see him. When he came back, he saw that Brother Tang looked a bit unhappy, and asked him: "If you think the examination room is difficult, you can take the test after two years. Or go directly to the examination room. Guozijian, just take part in the Chunwei."

Brother Tang shook his head repeatedly after hearing this, and said to Jia Min with a serious face: "Father was able to pass the exam all the way from Tongsheng back then, so I have to imitate my father."

"Brother Tang is really ambitious." Daiyu's voice of approval came from outside, and after a while she walked in with a smile on her face. After saluting Jia Min, she looked at her younger brother proudly: "Just don't worry about it." Don't worry about taking the exam, my sister believes that you will pass."

Jia Min felt a little helpless, ever since Brother Tang said that he would support his sister in the future, in Daiyu's eyes, he had changed from perfect to perfect, and the relationship between the two siblings was growing day by day.

This is also good, once one's soul is taken away, the siblings will not be alone if they support each other.But it's not once or twice that I used my ability. Why didn't the shuttle find it?Could it be that there is a problem with the shuttle, so can I return to the end of the world?

The current life is not scary at every step, but you have to be wary of villains all the time. Compared with the end of the world, it is better to only eat and use things. It consumes less energy and consumes a lot more mind.Comparing the two places, Jia Min doesn't know where he prefers to live.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Daiyu's slightly uneasy voice: "Mother?" It turned out that the two elder sisters hadn't seen their mother speak, and when they saw it, their eyes were empty. The struggle made Daiyu uneasy for no reason, as if her mother was far away from her, and if she didn't wake her up, she would leave her in the next moment.

Brother Tang blamed himself deeply, thinking that his mother was worried about him, so he was so distracted, and took Jia Min's hand: "Mom, don't worry, I just think that if the ranking is not good this time, I will lose face for my father. Zhongxiu is still sure."

Jia Min didn't want the two children to worry, and didn't say a word about what he was thinking just now, but asked Tang's nanny to take care of him to go to bed early and not to stay up late at night to read.After waiting for brother Tang to leave, he said to Daiyu:

"You go out when you should go out on weekdays. You don't have to confine yourself at home because of Brother Tang." Daiyu's boudoir friends will also help in the future, and it would be a pity if they become unfamiliar.

Daiyu blushed, "It's not all because of Brother Tang."

Jia Min thought about it and realized that the girl at this time was engaged, and she didn't go out to socialize much, firstly, to prevent the girl from being thin-skinned and being teased by other girls and not knowing how to get along, and secondly, to prevent being caught by other men I lost my reputation after watching it.

In Jia Min's view, this kind of custom is completely unnecessary. Daiyu is only 13 years old now, and even if she gets married in time, it will take three years, and she will not interact with others for three full years. will be rusty.

How can Daiyu keep in touch with those close friends?After Jia Min worried about his son, he started worrying about his daughter.

Seeing that her mother was still silent, Daiyu tried to explain to Jia Min, "The weather has not warmed up yet, and it will take some time for the flowers to bloom. It's just passed the New Year, and everyone's energy is low, so no one will hold a party. But I'm not lonely either. I have to study with my husband every day, and I have to learn housekeeping from my mother. Even writing letters to sisters who are close to me has to be scheduled until evening."

Jia Min was inspired by it: "I remember that there is a hot spring village in our house. After Brother Tang finishes the exam, I will take you to evacuate."

Where there are hot springs, the climate is warm, and there may be flowers that bloom early. You can enjoy the flowers and let the two children see the rural scenery. If it feels good, you can ask Daiyu to invite her honey friends to go there Living in Zhuangzi for a few days can kill three birds with one stone.

Daiyu had never been to Zhuangzi, and she was very moved when she heard it, but she still had concerns: "Father has to go to the yamen every day, and Xiumu only has one day. It's not good to leave him alone at home with no one to take care of him."

Seeing Daiyu thinking about this and that, Jia Min didn't care about comfort at all, and said distressedly: "Your father is as old as you, and there are a lot of maids and women at home. I'm afraid that people can't take care of him."

Daiyu was speechless.Afraid of breaking brother Tang's mind, the two mothers settled the matter without asking for his opinion, let alone listening to him.Lin Ruhai heard Jia Min say something that night, and thought about it and said to Jia Min:

"That Zhuangzi is not far from Iron Net Mountain. I heard that there are many beasts like tigers and wolves on the mountain. Why don't you go to another place?" The fact that the fourth prince's private soldiers were kept in Iron Net Mountain is a confidential matter. Lin Ruhai dare not say that he has nothing to do with Jia sensitive.

Jia Min is no stranger to the place name Tiewangshan, but he thought that the king of Yizhong County had already been killed, and the fourth prince hadn't gotten the money from Lin Ruhai, so there wouldn't be any chaos. He just went to live for two days and there shouldn't be any problems. He didn't care about the matter, and said, "It's freezing cold now, so I can only go to the hot spring village to warm up. I heard that the plum blossoms in that village are still good to see. Go to other villages, except for the loess and withered grass. What's there to see."

What Lin Ruhai was thinking was that after the Tongsheng Examination, the county, the prefecture, and the hospital all the way, it would have to go until June, when the emperor should also close the net to the fourth prince, and the iron net mountain could calm down, so it doesn't hurt to go there.

The husband and wife had their own thoughts and thought that the other understood, so they didn't explain their plans.As a result, after Tanggeer County tried it, and waited for him to recuperate overnight to regain his energy, Jia Min couldn't wait for his grades to come out, so he took Daiyu and Tanggeer and went out of the city to the hot spring village.

It wasn't until Lin Ruhai went down to the Yamen that he realized Jia Min was in such a hurry, he yelled in his heart that it was not good, and quickly ordered Lin An to take twenty strong guards out of the city to chase after him.However, it was late when he left the Yamen. When Lin An and the others wanted to leave the city, the city gate was already closed.

Not to mention that Lin Ruhai stomped his feet anxiously at home, thinking about how to remedy it, but the three of Jia Minniang arrived at the hot spring village safely.Li Sheng, the head of the village, had already received the letter, took his wife and tenants in the village, and waited in front of Zhuangzi from the morning.

Jia Min was impatient to listen to those flattering words, and only asked that the yard had been tidied up, and brought her children into the yard.This time, she brought quite a few people, and the rooms in the courtyard were somewhat crowded.Li Sheng's daughter-in-law expressed a little embarrassment that she could invite some people to live in her home, but Jia Min frowned and did not object.

After waiting to eat the "farm meal" that Li Sheng worked so hard to prepare, Tang brother was a little discouraged and said: "Didn't mother say that you can eat vegetable pancakes and coarse grain porridge when you come to Zhuangzi? I think the taste is poor. Some, similar to what you eat at home."

Just as Jia Min was about to speak, seeing Daiyu pursing her lips and smiling, she knew that Daiyu had sensed it, so she said, "Why don't you ask your sister to explain it to you."

Brother Tang rushed to Daiyu and asked Daiyu to tell what was going on.Daiyu wanted to take Joe with a smile, which caused Brother Tang to salute and ask for understanding.He was so persistent that Daiyu told him:

"This is my mother's first visit to Zhuangzi, and Li Sheng got the news early, so naturally he has to pay attention to it. Hot Spring Zhuangzi has a lot of promise, and my mother is not a harsh person. Li Sheng has some small property, and everyone knows it. "

That's the point.Brother Tang didn't expect that such a small Zhuangzi would have so many bright halls, so he bowed to Daiyu: "Mr. Weidao told me that all the world's insight is knowledgeable. After hearing what my sister said, I knew it."

After speaking, it seemed that something was unclear, so he frowned and asked Jia Min: "Even if Li Sheng can set up some small properties, it is impossible for him to be bigger than our main courtyard. But we brought a lot of people. Just now That woman took away more than half of the people, can their family stay?"

Jia Min nodded in satisfaction: "If you don't let people go and see, how will you know if you can live there?"

Brother Tang heard that his mother had already thought of it, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Seeing that his sister was also calm and relaxed, he was a little annoyed: "My sister also thought of it a long time ago?"

Daiyu tilted her head slightly, looked at Brother Tang's annoyed look, and said angrily and amusedly: "I have been studying housekeeping with my mother for several years. If such a thing is still unexpected, it is not for nothing? There is a specialization in art, you I have been studying all the time, and it is the first time I come to Zhuangzi, so I can think of it now is not bad.”

During the conversation, Chunfeng had already come in and replied to Jia Min: "It's a courtyard with three entrances. It looks rough on the outside, but the things used inside are not bad. New bedding has been prepared for the slaves, and there are all the things for grooming."

Daiyu laughed when she heard this: "Everyone is flattering like this, and Chunfeng will come to sue, which shows that there is a lack of support."

Brother Tang was still angry when he heard this, but when he saw that his sister was still laughing, his heart cleared for a while, and he also laughed and said: "Someone is willing to act for Chunfeng, so she will naturally come and tell us that the play has already started."

Jia Min first said to Chunfeng: "Let Lin Wang's family talk to that woman more. It's best if you can ask. If you can't ask, don't be alarmed. Let her come back earlier to serve the girl." Chunfeng promised to go down to find Lin Wang. Wang's.

Only then did Jia Min take the opportunity to teach Daiyu and Brother Tang: "Speaking of which, I picked Li Sheng again after I came to Beijing. Every year when I go to the mansion to pay the bills, I feel that he is still loyal. It has only been six or seven years. The circumstances of his life have allowed him to set up such a large family property. It can be seen that the master should not only hope for the loyalty of his slaves."

"He is used to being the master of the Zhuangzi himself. After a long time, he feels that the Zhuangzi is his own. Even if he pretends to be honest in front of us, he must be oppressing the tenants behind the scenes. By then, the tenants will not scold Li Sheng for bullying. Hiding it from top to bottom will only call us masters rich and heartless."

Brother Tang clenched his fists tightly angrily, and was about to ask for orders to take care of Li Sheng himself, but Daiyu held him down: "What kind of hero are you playing now? If my mother doesn't deal with him now, I don't want to deal with him." reason."

Jia Min wanted to see how much Daiyu, a talented woman who only focused on poetry and books, had learned about housekeeping, and motioned her to continue.Daiyu didn't refuse, she still said to Brother Tang:

"People say that a dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, and that a villain is hard to guard against. This Li Sheng dared to do things that deceive his superiors and his subordinates, so he is undoubtedly a villain. Although we brought a lot of people here this time, most of them were women, only two The butler is waiting for a dozen male servants. This Li Sheng has been running the village for six or seven years, and he has even deceived his mother. Is there any fellow party members to support him? If his mother punishes him now, what should he do if he jumps over the wall in a hurry. "

Brother Tang was speechless, and Jia Min was afraid that he would be hit too hard, so she waved to him, asked him to sit beside her, and smoothed his hair one by one.This is a rare move by brother Tang after enlightenment, and Jia Min can feel his body stiffen.

The brat also knows how to be shy.

"You don't need to be embarrassed." Jia Min stroked Brother Tang's soft hair again: "Your father always taught you that men should lead outsiders and women should lead inside, and you rarely talk about these money transactions. Now you have heard it and remembered it." If you live here, if you become a family in the future, you will know how to check these Zhuangzi and shops, isn't it great."

Brother Tang blushed when he heard his words about getting married in the future, and whispered: "I'm not going to have a family." He didn't care about the matter that he was not sensitive enough just now.

Because of the exhaustion all the way, the three mothers had finished talking for a while, so Jia Min asked the two siblings to go back to their rooms to rest, and called Qiu Yu to whisper: "Let Lin Ping lead the people to be more vigilant, I would rather work hard tonight." Come on, wait until tomorrow to pick someone to replace them."

After hearing this, Qiu Yu hurriedly sent a message to Lin Ping, the second housekeeper, and then asked people to go to Li Sheng's house to quietly call Chunfeng, Lin Wang's family and others back to guard the girl and the young master.No matter what Jia Min said after I went back to the house, I must keep vigil for Jia Min.Jia Min had no choice but to let the girl sleep on the couch in the house.

She felt that she had just fallen asleep when she heard human voices from far outside. Jia Min woke up and sat up. Although Qiu Yu was confused, she stepped forward and said, "Madam, don't worry, this servant will go out and ask what's going on."

Jia Min nodded: "Have someone call Yu'er and Brother Tang over here before we go."

When Daiyu and brother Tang came in sleepily, Qiu Yu had already returned: "I don't know what happened yet, but Lin Ping said that someone saw soldiers passing by outside the village."

Having passed the soldiers well in the middle of the night, Jia Min couldn't help remembering that Lin Ruhai once said that this hot spring village is not far from Iron Net Mountain. During this period of time, the movement of the court.

"Let Lin Ping lead people to guard the gate of the courtyard, and no one is allowed to move around casually. Anyone who is startled or spreads words indiscriminately, should be locked in the firewood room first." Jia Min sent another order to Qiu Yu, and saw that the spring breeze had come up Serving for Qiu Yu, I am very satisfied with these two girls.

Her expression was so solemn that Brother Tang couldn't sit still: "Mother, I'll go watch with Lin Ping."

How could Jia Min let him leave her?She had already made up her mind that if someone dared to break into Zhuangzi, they would rob them of the things, and Daiyu and brother Tang would not let them have any accidents anyway.At worst, he would expose the space between himself and Daiyu, and use his soul power to seal all the five senses of the servants like a monk.

Daiyu seemed to know what her mother was thinking, and nodded invisibly to Jia Min.Brother Tang saw that his mother refused to let him go out, so he wandered around the house anxiously, looking out the door from time to time, hoping that someone would tell him what was going on outside.

After an hour, Lin Ping ran to the window and said inwardly, "Madam, Li Sheng brought some soldiers to the gate of the courtyard and said that he has something to discuss with his wife."

Li Sheng came here with the soldiers and had to discuss matters with himself, which is really interesting.Jia Min released his soul power and found that Li Sheng was standing with several people in armor at the gate of the courtyard. Li Sheng was talking to those people anxiously, but was interrupted by a person waving his hand.

What they were talking about, Jia Min had no intention of inquiring - already knew that Li Sheng recruited them, so he had to drive these people out of Zhuangzi as soon as possible, otherwise others would think that the Lin family had colluded with the rebel party if they found out.

That's right, Jia Min has confirmed that the few people who came here are rebels!Even though the iron armor of those people is still neat, they still look like soldiers standing there, but real soldiers, knowing that this is the Zhuangzi of Lin Ruhai's family, Shangshu of the Ministry of household affairs, the family's female family members came to the Zhuangzi for the first time again, Is there any urgent matter that must be discussed in the middle of the night?This is because I am afraid that others will not misunderstand me or the Lin family!

So Jia Min is not going to meet these people.Nodding to Chunfeng, Chunfeng had already said to Lin Ping outside the window: "Second Housekeeper, I think you are insane. The master didn't come to Zhuangzi again, how can the wife see a foreigner in the middle of the night?"

Lin Ping had a bitter look on his face: "Young lady taught me that there is nothing you can do about it. It's not just these few soldiers who came, but many of them have already surrounded Zhuangzi."

Daiyu had already quietly held Jia Min's hand, and she had not been idle just now, she had already released her soul power.Her spatial ability was awakened earlier than Jia Min's, and the distance of her soul power release was not much worse than Jia Min's.Jia Min sometimes felt that if he hadn't had a fire ability that would have been perfected early, maybe his soul power might not be as good as Daiyu's.

Now that Daiyu shook her hand, it was obvious that she had discovered that there were indeed soldiers outside Zhuangzi.Jia Min didn't need the spring breeze to send another message, he asked the second housekeeper out of the window: "When this house was first built, was there a secret room or something?"

After asking, I realized that I was asking in vain, not to mention that the second butler was only mentioned in Yangzhou, but according to common sense, who has a hot spring resort for leisure, and even built a secret room?

But this question made the tense atmosphere in the room a little bit more: the wife has already thought about the secret room, and she is thinking about finding a place to hide.It can be seen how dangerous the situation has become.The whole room is full of women, but outside are soldiers who can surround the entire Zhuangzi...

"Ma'am, please ask my wife to change clothes with the servant." Lin Wang's family gritted their teeth and suggested to Jia Min.Chunfeng and the others heard this, and they also tried to exchange clothes with Daiyu, thinking that if those people really broke in, they would put aside their own life and death, and always hope for a chance for the wife and daughter.

Those who came out on their own really did not disappoint.Jia Min first said to Daiyu: "Yu'er, this is your nanny, you have to remember, wherever you go in the future, you will always take Lin Wang's family with you, and listen to what she has to say about everything."

Seeing Daiyu nod her head, Jia Min indiscriminately attacked the soldiers surrounding Zhuangzi with her fire ability.She had just finished attacking here, and the soldiers waiting outside with Li Sheng were getting impatient, and urged Li Sheng to go and ask Jia Min when he would see him.

Li Sheng was already riding a tiger. He had been in contact with these people for several years. He knew that he had already let his master know. If his family didn't follow them all the way to the dark, it would be a dead end.Because he called Lin Ping's name loudly outside the courtyard, he told him to quickly ask his wife if she had cleaned up.

If it was said that Lin Ping still had a slight illusion that Li Sheng was hijacked by soldiers and had to come to the main courtyard with them, it has been shattered now, and he couldn't help but cursed outside: "Li Sheng, you who betrayed the master! Slave, you actually collude with outsiders to coerce your master, I will fight you."

Hearing Lin Ping's scolding, Li Sheng retorted: "What does it mean to collude with outsiders to coerce the master? It is obvious that the military master has something to discuss with his wife. Please come out quickly, if the military masters go in directly, it will be hard to say gone."

Lin Ping was so angry that he yelled directly at the person he had brought: "Hurry up and bring in that slave who betrayed the master and let the wife punish him."

The soldiers outside the yard pulled out their waist knives with a stabbing sound. Although it was night, the main courtyard was also lit with wind lanterns, and those people themselves lit torches. a stagnation.