[Red Mansion Qing Chuan] Lin Siye Marries a Daughter

"Auntie, auntie." Cuiqiao hadn't finished eating the fragrant pears when she saw Xiaohong running back in a panic: "Auntie, come out..."

"Speak well, you're such an adult, you'll panic when things happen." Cui Qiao threw the unfinished pear out of her hand: "The sky is falling, it's not like I'm holding it back, what are you afraid of?"

Xiaohong didn't know whether she was running or in a hurry, Yuanyuan blushed, "Guard Li is gone." Poking Xiaohong's head: "Look at your talent."

Xiaohong said anxiously: "I didn't go out to do errands, Auntie, I really disappeared." Xiaohong didn't know how to explain, and said incoherently: "If he disappeared, he couldn't be found. The accountant said he hadn't seen him for two days. , so I said no more."

"In the past two days..." Cui Qiao sat down on the chair: "How can he disappear? By the way, he must be sick, or he has something to go back home." Cui Qiao is no longer as relaxed as before: "Xiao Hong, You go and ask if he is sick, or he has something to go back home."

"Auntie, you forgot." Xiao Hong whispered: "Guangshi Li's home is not in the local area, he is from Suzhou, he lives in the mansion, and even if he wants to go home, he will not keep silent."

"Auntie, will Manager Li..." Xiaohong looked at the pale Cuiqiao hesitantly: "Running away with Auntie's jewelry." fainted.

After half an hour, Cuiqiao woke up, her face was still pale, her eyes blurred: "How could this happen, how could..." "Auntie, don't worry, maybe Li Guanshi really has something to go out." Xiao Hong helped Looking at Cuiqiao, she persuaded in a low voice.

"Yeah, I must have gone out for something, maybe I've come back, Xiaohong, go and have a look again." Cuiqiao sat up suddenly, and said anxiously: "Hurry up, if the jewelry is not pawned, you can take it back , we are wrong."

Hmmm, Xiaohong said: "I'll go right away, don't worry, Auntie." "Can I not worry, that's all my belongings, I've been busy all these years, so that's all I have left." Cuiqiao's voice was high-pitched: "I'm worried and fearful all day long, what am I planning, maybe I want to have a stable life in the future, who knows..."

Cuiqiao shouted hysterically: "Li Ming, if this is true, I will never let you go."

"Don't think about it, Auntie. I'll go and have a look. Besides, if something really happened, isn't there still the second master of the Jia family? If you don't look at the face of the monk or the face of the Buddha, they are all from the Jia family..."

"I'd have forgotten if you didn't tell me." Cuiqiao finally came to her senses: "Xiaohong, you go to the front yard and watch. As soon as you see Li Ming, come back and tell me. I'll go to the second master first to find out."

"Okay, auntie, I'll go first." Xiaohong trotted away, Cuiqiao didn't dare to neglect, she washed up hastily, and to avoid suspicion, she called a woman and walked to the courtyard where Jia Lian lived.

Before Cuiqiao turned into the Yuanyue Gate, she saw Aunt Shan coming out, "Why is Auntie here?" Cuiqiao forced a smile and said, "Mom, is Second Master here?"

"I just went out, and I heard that I was going to see Yangzhou Bayan." Aunt Shan shook her head, "Oh, men nowadays are not like before. Apart from eating, drinking and having fun, they don't do anything serious." Cuiqiao didn't care about Aunt Shan's Complained: "Since the second master is not here, I will go back first."

Aunt Shan is a talkative person, and since she came to Yangzhou, she didn't know anyone she knew well, so she held back a lot of words in her heart. At this time, when Cuiqiao said she was going to leave, she couldn't help saying: "What's wrong with Auntie today, I have something to say Father, please help."

After many years in Jia's mansion, to be able to get to this point, Aunt Shan is naturally not a vegetarian. Seeing Cuiqiao rushing here with a smile on her face, courteous people must ask for something, so she can see through Cuiqiao's mind at a glance.

Cuiqiao thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Yes, Mom has been in the mansion for many years, so she must be aware of Second Master's temper. I... have something I would like to ask Mom to point out."

Aunt Shan's slender eyes narrowed into a slit: "After I arrived in Yangzhou, my aunt did not take care of me less. If you have something to do, just tell me. I will tell you if I know."

Lowering her head, Cuiqiao whispered a few words in her ear, and Aunt Shan shook her head before Cuiqiao finished speaking: "Auntie, I didn't say that this matter will not happen."

"Why, I have served the old lady before, not to mention that every year the master sends things to the mansion over there, that time I was not..." "Auntie misunderstood, I don't mean these." Aunt Shan lowered her eyelids, unhurriedly He said: "Second Mistress is in charge of everything in the mansion, Second Master has nothing here, even if he wants to help, he can't help."

"No way, could it be that when he came to Yangzhou this time, he was carrying around..." Aunt Shan smiled coldly: "Second Lord was expecting to come to Yangzhou to make a fortune, but who knows... These two days, Second Master You are sulking, Auntie, let me advise you, it is better not to mention the matter of borrowing money."

"No, Mom, I..." Cuiqiao cried and said with a mournful face, "Mom, I have nowhere to go."

"How could it be, Mr. Lin is a fat job, and he has been doing it for so many years. Didn't he say 'clear the magistrate for one year, one hundred thousand snowflake silver', and my aunt helped the housekeeper. I’m so old, my wife told me when I came here that it’s a fat job to come here.”

"Mom doesn't know." Cuiqiao said with a mournful face, "This is the last way out. I must see Second Master, Mom. When will Second Master come back?"

Aunt Shan thought for a while: "I don't know, who knows how long the night will last, or Auntie will come over early tomorrow." "Okay." Cuiqiao hurriedly said: "I will definitely come." After speaking, she hurried gone.

Aunt Shan looked at Cuiqiao's leaving back and shook her head, "You asked for this, don't say I didn't tell you."

Seeing Ning Chu, who was expressionless and approaching step by step, Daiyu involuntarily retreated, her stiff legs inadvertently touched the pillars, Daiyu knew that there was no way to retreat behind her.

The golden master knocked on the folding fan, and said with great interest: "Such a delicate beauty, it's hard for the prince to let go."

"Whoever ruins my business, whoever blocks my way, die!" Ning Chu's tone was still calm, even the last word "death" was uttered from his mouth with indescribable elegance, as if he was saying something Romantic affairs.

"As expected of Prince Chu, you can say bloody words so gracefully, but Jin is born to cherish the beauty, and he can't wait for the beauty to fade away, so he has to go first. Ten days later, Jin will be waiting for the prince in the capital."

"Okay, see you there or leave." Ning Chu didn't turn his head, his eyes were still fixed on Daiyu, and the corners of his thin mouth showed a bit of ruthlessness.

The footsteps gradually faded away, and the surroundings became quiet again. For some reason, Daiyu suddenly felt that Ning Chu's killing intent seemed to be much weaker than before.

"Why are you here?" Ning Chu looked at Daiyu, although his beautiful face was calm, but his eyes were still sharp: "You heard everything."

At this point, Daiyu calmed down instead. Since she had no choice between life and death, she just let nature take its course: "Whether it is what I should hear or what I should not hear, I have heard it."

The two met several times, all at unusual times. Ning Chu was deeply impressed by the calmness on the river boat, the wit in the salt field outside the city, the cleverness in the embroidery village, the cunning of Lin's sleeve-cutting sleeves, and every aspect of Daiyu. A delicate and weak little girl, like an elf, is full of wit and tricks, and changes in many ways, so you never know what surprise she will surprise you next time.

But at this time, between life and death, Ning Chu never thought that a girl like her could tease herself calmly at such a time, and said it calmly and indifferently.

The phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and Ning Chu couldn't help looking down.

Although Qingqing Lili's face is calm, the trembling eyelashes, tightly knit hands and slightly arched shoulders all reveal her fear. Only the gaze she looks at herself has a kind of expression different from her age. commensurately indifferent.

"You're afraid." Ning Chu used an affirmative tone. As soon as he said the words, Ning Chu regretted it. He didn't even know why he asked such a question. Moreover, when he said these words, he unconsciously brought a little bit...

"Yes, I am very scared." Daiyu confessed more frankly, "But it makes no difference to the prince whether he is afraid or not." Taking a breath, Ning Chu raised his folding fan, and his eyes were filled with coldness again: "Why don't you beg for mercy. "

Closing her eyes, Daiyu said calmly: "If I beg for mercy, will the lord forgive me? The lord has already made a decision in his heart. No matter what I say, it can't be changed. Why should I waste my words?"

Feeling something cool against her throat, Daiyu sighed inwardly, she didn't expect that she had somehow become a dead ghost, and it was in this solemn Buddhist pure land.

Just when Daiyu thought she was going to die, suddenly a warm breath rushed towards her face, before she could open her eyes, Daiyu felt her hair loosen, and a low voice said in her ear: "The jade hairpin of the Lin family is now in my hand. Li, if you tell others what happened just now, I will take out the hairpin, I believe that in Yangzhou officialdom, there are many people waiting to see Lin Yushi's jokes, sometimes a woman's reputation is more important than her life."

Still with that calm tone, still that elegant voice, before Daiyu could react, Ning Chu continued: "Remember, you still owe me a favor, which you admitted in Xiuzhuang."

After speaking, Ning Chu turned and left without looking back. Behind him, the raised corner of his robe revealed a myriad of elegance.

"Girl, girl." Xueyan hurried over: "Girl, what's wrong with you." When she came to her senses, Daiyu hurriedly lowered her eyelids to hide: "It's nothing, why did you come here, the cloak."

Xueyan said: "I'm afraid that the girl is in a hurry, so I asked Yunfeng to get it from the car. I'll come and accompany the girl. Girl, why did your bun come loose?"

"The hairpin fell off." Daiyu concealed it without thinking: "Xueyan, please help me tie up my hair first."

"Okay." Xueyan came up, and seeing Daiyu's face was flushed, she couldn't help but said: "Girl, are you cold, why are you blushing?" Tightening her clothes tightly, Daiyu didn't dare to look up, just followed the trend and said "hmm" One voice: "Xueyan, have you met anyone along the way?"

Xueyan shook her head: "I met one or two, and they were busy on their way after offering incense. There are not many people in the temple today, and there are even fewer people in the backyard."

Secretly heaving a sigh of relief, Daiyu said sincerely, "It's good that I didn't meet."

"All appearances are illusory; all conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such."

"Living in this world is like being in the midst of thorns! If the heart does not move, people do not move rashly, and if they do not move, they will not be hurt. If the heart moves, people will move rashly, hurting the body and hurting the bones..."

Yinzhen liked Buddhist scriptures very much in his previous life. In his free time, he often went to famous ancient temples outside the city to discuss scriptures and Taoism. The first time I met Master Yumo, the abbot of Minghua Temple, the two talked about Zen and Taoism, and they were very happy.

"Benefactor Lin has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he can see through this step. It is really admirable. Although I am in Buddhism, I can't let go of my obsession. I am ashamed, ashamed."

"The master's words are serious, and the Buddha said: □□, emptiness is form, everything is just an appearance, passing by..."

"Master..." Before Lin Hai finished speaking, he was interrupted by the knock on the door from Xiao Shani outside, and then Xiao Shani came in and bowed to whisper a few words to Master Yumo, and Yumo nodded: "Old man knew."

Turning his head, Master Yumo took a look at Lin Hai: "Benefactor Lin, an old friend of the old monk has come. This person also has a lot of experience in Buddhism, I don't know..." Lin Hai said lightly: "The Buddha said: There is no self-image, There is no one, no sentient beings, I still have something to do, so I will not bother the master, if there is a destiny, Ruhai will come again to ask for advice."

After bidding farewell to Master Yumo, Lin Hai had just left the monastery when he saw a person approaching him. It is not uncommon to see wives burning incense and worshiping Buddha in the monastery. They may be pious or worried, but the gestures of the visitors are without the pretentiousness of an ordinary woman. , even the gaze that looked over was neither humble nor overbearing, with a faint indifference and calm that was refined from the world.

Looking at each other, the lady inadvertently said "Hey", and a middle-aged nanny behind her said: "Master, what's the matter." The lady glanced at Lin Hai's back and said to herself: "I can't think of a There are such people in such a small Buddhist monastery."

In the backyard, Xueyan was tying Daiyu's hair when she saw Yunfeng running over with sweat profusely: "Girl, you... are fine." Xueyan said angrily, "Young lady is doing well here, why is there something wrong? , where is the girl's stuff?"

Yunfeng glanced at Daiyu, his black eyes couldn't hide his joy: "It's okay, it's really okay." After speaking, he turned around and ran back, saying as he ran, "I'll get it right away."

"Yunfeng." Daiyu suddenly shouted, "How did you know something was going to happen to me? Who did you meet?" Yunfeng paused, without turning around: "It's fine, I'm going to get my things first."

It wasn't until he ran a long way that Yunfeng let out a breath and touched the dripping sweat on his forehead. The wound was soaked in sweat and felt numb and painful.

As soon as I got out of the courtyard, I saw that person walking over with a smile: "Hey, last time the little girl who insisted on your debts had an accident. If you run fast, you can still see people. If you run slowly, you can see them." It could be a corpse."

Without doubting him, Yunfeng asked eagerly, "Where is it?"

"Beside the pool in the backyard, this time your favor can be repaid..." Yunfeng didn't hear the words behind, but ran to the backyard in one breath. There was a bloodstain on his face.

Someone came over in a hurry, met Yunfeng face to face, looked at each other, and both of them paused slightly.