Edge of the Red Chamber

This year is definitely not a peaceful year.

The king of Nan'an County came out of Beijing, and another corruption case was found in Shandong.

On the same day, Lin Yu and his party were ordered to provide disaster relief, and at the same time, two imperial decrees were issued, ordering Jiangxi, Anhui, and Anhui to transfer grain to Shandong.The purpose is to save people from arriving, but there is no food.

They passed through Zhili all the way and entered Shandong, and they didn't care about it all the way. They didn't think about it. Going forward, what they saw and heard was something they had never seen in their lives.

As far as the eye can see, not a single blade of grass grows, and the ground is full of hunger, and the people who are so hungry even change their children to eat.

Lin Jue and others knew that there was a difference, so they didn't dare to make a big deal of it, and they were careful to investigate secretly.It didn't matter if the investigation didn't matter, a big corruption case was discovered.

Those who were involved in it were all honorable families, and even the royal family.

The Jia family was also involved, and Jia Amnesty brought Jia Lian to Lin Hai to beg.It's not good for Lin Hai to take care of it, and it's not good to ignore it.

In this eventful autumn, the emperor has the intention to take advantage of this matter to beat those intricate and noble families.

The decision has not yet been finalized, so it is natural that nothing should be done at this moment.But Jia She is not a sensible person, and may not be able to understand it.

He couldn't say some things well, but Lin Yang wasn't here, so Lin Yan said, "Uncle blamed my father for saying this. It's not that my father didn't want to, it was that uncle would be wrong. In the past, uncles had For embarrassing things, as long as they can help, why would uncles come to the door to speak? My father said that uncles and cousins ​​walk upright and sit upright, which is not their business. If my father If you take the liberty to beg for mercy, it's fine, I'm afraid something will happen. Uncle should go home and wait for the letter." After speaking, he got up and beat Qian'er to accompany him.

When the elders talk, they don't ask about their names. As a junior, it is not good to intervene arbitrarily.Except for this point, Lin Yan's words are reasonable.The case has not been decided, who is guilty and who is not guilty which one can be sure?At this time, beg for mercy, what kind of love are you asking for?Besides, when Lin Hai went to ask for this favor, he sat down and condemned Jia's family.Furthermore, it is presumptuous to speculate on the holy will.Fearing that the intercession would fail, Lin Hai would take the risk first.Even though Jia Amnesty wanted to pick the wrong one, Lin Yan took the lead.

Even though Jia Amnesty was an idiot, he was not a fool, and now he understood that they were too eager.Hearing that the house might be ransacked, he was like a frightened bird, and ran over to ask for help without thinking twice.However, a person like Jia She was wrong because he was determined not to look for the reason on himself, so he secretly blamed Lin Hai for not letting him know in advance.Now that he came to beg him, didn't he mean to make him lose face?

But he hadn't lost his mind yet, and knew that this was not the time to quarrel with the Lin family, so he forced a smile and praised Lin Yan a few words.Lin Hai took advantage of the situation and reprimanded Lin Yan severely. Although he didn't have the slightest sincerity, Jia She finally looked better.

Although Jia Amnesty was amiable in front of Lin Hai and his son, and seemed not to care about it at all, he still couldn't calm down in his heart.When Jia Mu came to her, she changed her rhetoric.Telling how Lin Hai disregarded his relatives and refused to help, how Lin Yan disrespected his elders, and confronted his uncle, who was his first relative, Lin Hai didn't say a word, which made Jia's mother unhappy.

The two of them really deserved to be mother and son. Knowing their own son's temperament, they also knew that Jia She's words were not true, but they felt that Jia Min had passed away. Naturally, he refused to do his best.

Lin Hai agrees with Lin Yan's words on the surface, but in fact, both father and son understand it in their hearts.Regardless of whether the matter is true or not, and the circumstances are not extremely serious, it must be fine.Those masters and young masters in the Rong Mansion can do so much, they can't make big mistakes, and the most serious thing is to confiscate their property.

Sure enough, within a few days the case was settled, and only a few of them were convicted of ransacking their homes, including Rongguo Mansion.

It was rare for Jia's mother to understand. She packed up the family property early, and when the imperial envoy arrived at the house, she asked Jia Amnesty to present it with her own hands.Because of this, the Emperor Taishang thought of Daishan, so he was extra merciful, even the first place in the government was given back, and Jia Zheng was appointed as an apprentice, and he was released to Jiangxi Liangdao, and he will take office soon.

The twists and turns, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, but it was a blessing in disguise, which instead taught Jia Zheng to be promoted.

Rongning and Ningfu were overjoyed, they had already thrown their previous fears to Java, and they thought that Emperor Qinghe was looking after Yuanchun and the fifth prince's face.

But those who are interested don't know that the few companies that have moved this time are just chickens in the hands of Emperor Qinghe, specially for people to see.

There are several meanings here: one is that these families have passed through several generations, and they are used to enjoying wealth and honor, but they don’t know how to manage them. The ancestors of these families all followed the Taizu to conquer the world, and made contributions to the country, and they took it lightly to show the royal family's kindness; fourthly, it can be regarded as a lesson for these families. Restraining the children of the clan, one's duty, if not, committing crimes again, it would be disrespectful, betraying the emperor's kindness, and beating and killing again, the emperor can act in a legitimate manner.

Nothing good happened one after another, and the drought in Shandong has not yet eased.In the harem, the empress took the lead in reducing expenses, and the wives of the inner and outer courts naturally followed, and every family obviously saved expenses.No matter what happens in secret, the Dragon Boat Festival dare not play openly.

The old lady was going to Dajue Temple to have a funeral ceremony, and it happened that the Zhen Guohou's mansion was also doing a funeral ceremony here.Hearing that the old lady was coming, Mrs. Ji hurriedly arranged for pigs, sheep, incense, candles, tea and silver to be delivered.

Everyone has seen it before, the old lady hastily stepped up to give way, how could old lady Ji just sit down at the bottom, and said: "It's so hot today, I thought you wouldn't come."

The old lady saw that she was unwilling to live and die, and she was an elder, so she didn't push back and sat on her own.Hearing this, he smiled and said: "They also stopped me, but the days are short. I'm at home all day long, and I sleep, but I feel uncomfortable. When I go out for a walk, I sweat a lot. I still have energy."

Mrs. Ji nodded, and said with a smile: "It's what the old lady said, this person should be more active. You see, the woman from the farmer's family spends more than a year digging in the field and has no free time. But In comparison, we have more than ten or twenty maids serving us all day long, and we are not as tough as others."

The old lady nodded again and again, and said: "I heard that the rules in Youzhou are different from ours. Girls are also the same as boys, so they still ride horses and shoot arrows?"

Xu Shi remembered what happened when she was a girl, and the old lady Ji smiled more and more, and said: "Isn't it? When I was a girl, I always rode a horse when I went out, which was easy and convenient. Later, when I came to the Hou's mansion, there were many things to do. I left it behind. Now that I’m in Beijing, I don’t even dare to touch it, for fear of being laughed at.”

As the old saying goes, do as the Romans do.Since Mrs. Ji has arrived in the capital, she naturally has to follow the habits of the capital.The old lady couldn't say yes, and said angrily: "You are also a person of age, and you are still young? You dare not ride a horse. It is the same if you go to the yard if you have nothing to do on weekdays."

Mrs. Ji nodded, and said, "You are always right." As she spoke, she turned around and looked around, "Where is my daughter-in-law? She is such a hardworking person, why is she being lazy today? The new daughter-in-law, I am too." I didn't see you, why didn't you come?"

The old lady smiled and said: "Why didn't you come? The two girls were thinking about it a few days ago, and they went to the back mountain to see flowers with their sister-in-law." In front of the family, he is like a monkey, unable to sit still."

Mrs. Ji also laughed and said, "It's still a child."

The old lady said: "Why are you still a child? You're going to talk about others, but you're still a child? Isn't it a joke if you continue to behave like this when you become someone's daughter-in-law tomorrow?"

The old lady Ji asked with a smile, "Is there anyone here?"

The old man loved to hear this. When it came to the future of the two granddaughters, the old lady was very happy and said with a smile: "Jun'er has settled for her aunt's child, but Dai'er has not yet settled down."

At the end of mid-April, the two families had a grand ceremony.

Hearing this, the smile on Mrs. Ji's face deepened, she nodded and said: "This is a good thing. Those who know the basics are better than those outside who don't know the basics."

The old lady also nodded, and said: "Speaking of which, that child also grew up in front of my eyes."

The old lady didn't go out before, and she didn't even see her family's descendants, let alone those of her relatives.Naturally, this is not referring to the old lady, but Mrs. Zhao.

Mrs. Ji didn't know what happened to the old lady in the past, so she thought that Jiang Wen often went to Lin's house with Mrs. Jiang. .”

The old lady smiled and nodded, and said: "I, I have been enjoying life for a long time."

Mrs. Ji couldn't understand, but she wisely didn't ask. She was taken aback for a while, then smiled and said, "Who is so lucky to be old like you?" and asked Mrs. Zhao again.

The old lady said: "My aunt invited her home to have a drink."

Mrs. Ji said, "I mean, if she's at home, she'll be there to serve you."

Just as he was talking, there was faint laughter from outside, and then the mother-in-law replied loudly: "The eldest grandma and the second grandma and girls are back."

Old Mrs. Ji turned her head and said with a smile, "I'm talking about them, and they're here."

After Mrs. Ji left, the old lady thought about what Mrs. Ji said from the beginning to the end, and felt that Mrs. Ji seemed to be seeking employment, but she didn't seem like it.Thinking about it for a while, I can't help but think of what Princess Wang Taifei said that day.Then thinking that Lin Jun's life is fixed, she really doesn't need to worry about it, and Daiyu is fourteen this year, but she hasn't settled down yet, so she can't help feeling anxious.

Thinking about discussing with Lin Hai no matter what today, when he went down the mountain, he didn't see Lin Hai, so he asked Lin Yan, "Where's your father?"

Lin Yan helped the old lady into the sedan chair, and said, "Uncle Zhang just came and said that the palace sent father to see him, and father went back first, teaching us to serve the old lady well."

Hearing this, the old lady stopped, stood in front of the sedan chair, turned her head, looked at Lin Yan, frowned slightly, and hesitated to speak.

Too many things have happened all this time, upon hearing the word "entering the palace", the old lady unconsciously thought of the worst, guessing that something happened again.But for older people, their hearts are softer. They would rather live a poor life. As long as the world is peaceful, they can't bear to ask when they think of someone suffering.

Lin Yan picked out the sedan chair curtain himself, and said, "Don't worry, old lady, maybe I asked Dad to give lectures."

The old lady nodded, indicating that she had listened, but the worry on her face remained undiminished.Lin Yan watched, but didn't know how to persuade him.

It's not that he never asked Zhang Youcai, but Zhang Youcai didn't know about it either.He also felt that something had happened, and he thought that it was either Shandong or Fujian.

If something really happened, the battle report from Fujian came back in the afternoon, and the king of Nan'an County was defeated, and even himself was captured by the Japanese.

Emperor Qinghe dropped the tea bowl in his hand at that time.

What made Emperor Qinghe most angry was not that he was defeated, but that he was captured.It is such a shame that the noble prince of the upper kingdom is captured by a small border country.

After Lin Hai entered the palace, he did not return all night.