The Honor of the Red Chamber

The journey was smooth and smooth, and we rushed to the boundary of Yangzhou in less than a month. The Lin family had sent a housekeeper here, and they had been waiting at the pier for several days.

The big butler of the Lin family is so young, he looks only about thirty, his eyes are clear, elegant, and gentle like the wind, but he is not like those housekeepers of his Jia family, every bone is soaked with the smell of slaves, If you don't know his identity, you can only think of him as a literati somewhere, a person from a family of poets and books, it is really different.

Butler Lin had heard a little about his wife's natal family, and from Daiyu's mother Wang's introduction, this was Jia Rong, the grandson of the Ningguo Mansion, not Jia Lian, the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion. She doesn't have the slightest dandyism, nor does she have a bookish temperament, but her figure is like a jade mountain and cold pine, her temperament is like a sword that has not yet been sharpened, her sharp edge is restrained, her actions are chic and neat, very straightforward, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and her face is still respectful He was polite, and he didn't take Qiao because of Jia Rong's seniority at all.

When the two met each other, they looked at each other secretly, but they were both satisfied.

Daiyu was listening to the local dialect, and looked at the family she had known since she was a child. She was already in tears, and she couldn't wait to go home, wishing she could fly to her father with wings.

This housekeeper Lin is also a knowledgeable and interesting person, he didn't say much, he quickly arranged Jia Rong, Daiyu and others into the carriage, and led them back in person, while the rest of the servants tidied up slowly, so don't worry too much.

The Lin family's house is not as open and closed as the Jia's. It is a high-profile and exquisite garden-style mansion with a tall ebony front door. In the spacious alley, you can see a white wall with black tiles from a distance, and the green willows are like silk, filled with the mist in the south of the Yangtze River, which has a special charm.

The carriage drove directly into the gate and stopped in an open space. The group of people changed into sedan chairs and shuttled between small bridges with flowers, trees, rockery, and flowing water. Jia Rong, who is well-informed, took a few steps outside the sedan chair. The changing scenery is also dizzying, and I am amazed, but there is a sense of decadence hidden in the splendor of the mansion. It seems that even the flowers and trees know that something unfortunate is about to happen in the place where they live, and they have shown sadness early on.

After walking through half a cup of tea, Jia Rong finally saw Lin Ruhai, who was as thin as a stick and had a sick face.

Daiyu couldn't care about Jia Rong's presence, she exclaimed, and rushed over, the father and daughter cried, in Lin Ruhai's heart, this was the last time the father and daughter saw each other, so she felt very sad for her only daughter. She, in Daiyu, saw his father almost out of shape after his illness at first glance, almost frightened and in pain, and passed away several times from crying.

Lin Ruhai was not in a hurry when Daiyu was in a coma, but he himself came to meet his daughter with his sick body, how could he hold on?As soon as Daiyu fainted, he followed closely, panting and dizzy, with Venus staring in front of his eyes.

At present, Lin Butler ordered the maidservant to send Daiyu back to her original East Courtyard, and at the same time helped Lin Ruhai go down to rest, appearing to be orderly, while he himself stayed to settle in Jia Rong, while apologizing for the Lin family's rudeness.

That night, Jia Rong didn't see Lin Ruhai, and even Daiyu fell ill in bed because of her mental and physical exhaustion.

Carrying on Jia Rong's body is the secret letter brought by Jia's mother to Lin Ruhai. Jia Rong has already peeped into the contents, but mentions Baoyu's and Daiyu's marriage in a vague way to reassure her son-in-law.However, the whole article neither mentions the Lin family's property nor mentions the tokens of the agreed marriage, it's just empty talk.

Mother Jia's calculations were loud, but she didn't guard against Jia Rong's tricks. She tore up the letter and sealed it again. Even with a father like Jia Zhen and a wife like Qin Keqing, he would regard the Jia family as a shame at all, but with his conscience, he couldn't just watch the Jia family take away the money. The Lin family's property, but in the end they broke the promise and took the life of the last ray of incense in the Lin family.

It turned out that when Jia Rong came to Yangzhou, she should have handed over the letter to Lin Ruhai on the first night, but there was no chance. Later, Daiyu dragged her sick body to Lin Ruhai's bed to serve her filial piety. In Yiyi's state of mind, even the servants of Jia's family dared to say that she was right and wrong, and she also expressed her doubts about why others said that she was an orphan girl who lived under the fence of others when she clearly had a family and a father. Shocked, she cross-examined carefully, only to find that her daughter had no idea how much money she had given to the Jia family for her upbringing, and she also said that she had come to join the Jia family penniless——Lin Ruhai was distraught, holding it in her palm for fear of melting. The jewel in the palm of the hand, a dignified second-rank official, the eldest daughter of the fifth-generation Zanying Duke's family, was bullied by the daughter of an imperial merchant in someone else's house, and was talked about by a group of servants. At the beginning, Jia's mother promised to raise Yu'er well, but she didn't do anything accomplish.

In fact, Lin Ruhai's thinking was a bit extreme. Although Baoyu and Jia's family were more important in Jia's mother's heart, she might not have Daiyu's place. Even if she loved Daiyu more than Sanchun, it was only compared with the huge benefits. But it's all about giving up and gaining. After all, Mother Jia is not the current head of the Jia family, and the interests are intertwined. How can she protect Daiyu all the time?

This father-daughter exchange fully fulfilled Daiyu's wish. Part of it was out of anger at what happened to her daughter, and part of it was out of concern about her daughter's situation. Calculation is like resurgence, this little spark finally ignites the fire of life, and gradually is willing to eat a little bit, even if you really don’t have an appetite, you have to slowly swallow the thick soup for the night. After two months, the person was still so thin, but his spirit recovered. The doctor who came to diagnose the pulse was amazed that this life was recovered from the gate of hell!

Therefore, it was not until Lin Ruhai recovered from his illness and his impression of the Jia family fell to the bottom that he saw this letter with unclear meaning from Jia Rong. After learning about the real situation of his daughter, Lin Ruhai believed that this letter was true. Now he has malicious intentions, and he can't help but completely guard against Jia Mu, who he trusted very much before.

In the past two months, Lin Ruhai's father and daughter relied on each other and changed their respective fates. Lin Ruhai was able to go to the field, and he also learned about Jia Rong's actions from Daiyu. What is Jia Rong's plan for doing this? Although he is grateful for Jia Rong's words that indirectly saved the lives of their father and daughter, he still tells Lin Butler to be careful. Only then did I know that Jia Rong had been away for nearly two months. The entire family did not know when Jia Rong left the house, and the servants and maids around Jia Rong were less than half, and the rest were tight-lipped. He didn't want to confide half a word, but gave Butler Lin a letter and told him to hand it over to Master Lin.

In the entire Lin family, no one knew his real whereabouts.

Lin Ruhai opened the letter, and saw that the characters were like silver hooks painted on iron, sharp and bold, and pierced through the back of the paper. He was born in Tanhua, and he was also a heir to poetry and calligraphy. The letter didn't say much, it only said that there was something to do, and that he would not disturb the reunion of Aunt Lin's father and daughter, and that he would come back in two months. He also said that since Aunt Lin had read this letter from him, his knot must have been resolved and he was in good health. Hehe, thinking about how Aunt Min under the Nine Springs would not want to see his father and daughter suffer so much, she must cheer up for Daiyu's future.

For a while, Lin Ruhai was quite curious about this nephew who hadn't seen clearly from a quick glance. After Lin Steward and Daiyu described Jia Rong's appearance and behavior respectively, they became more curious, and only asked Lin Steward to pay attention to Jia Rong's return date. .

When Lin Ruhai was able to eat a plain and normal diet, Jia Rong came back in a hurry. She was dressed in a blue linen sword-sleeve padded gown, a sword was hanging from her waist, and she was striding like a young knight from a legendary play. Lin Steward and Daiyu almost didn't recognize her.

The two of them are careful people, each with their own observation angles, Jia Rong's appearance is no different from two months ago, but the two feel that Jia Rong at this time, like a phoenix nirvana, has undergone a reborn change , the thick sword eyebrows flew into the temples slantingly, the eyes were cold and deep but dull, and there was a sudden awe-inspiring aura that was not angry but majestic on his body, which both of them could feel.

That night, Lin Ruhai finally met this grandnephew who was completely unexpected to him, and also saw the letter Jia Mu gave him, and he was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and even Jia Rong didn't show a good face. Jia Rong didn't care too much, anyway, he had already done what should be done, and the rest depended on the choice of the father and daughter.

The author has something to say: A relative mentioned the title "Gu Dae" before, but I didn't find out the specific way of calling it in the Red Mansion, so I deal with it according to the relationship between Jia Min and Jia Rong. Jia Min is Jia Zhen's aunt, and Jia Rong's Auntie, so Lin Ruhai is an aunt. This "father" in our modern times is a grandfather's generation, but in ancient times, sometimes it was a father's generation, and sometimes it also referred to a grandfather's generation. If there are relatives who disagree with this explanation, please take the blame... (^o ^)~