[Red Mansions] Minruo Spring Breeze Returns to Dream

No.30 Seven times a sentence awakens the dreamer

Jia Min didn't know what these old men were doing outside.After Daiyu's two-year-old birthday, Jia Min received a letter from Peiwen, saying that Aunt Zhao in the Rongguo Mansion had given birth to a brother early, and Wang wanted to take her away on the pretext that she must be born prematurely. She came to raise her by her side but was rejected by Jiamu, so angry that she couldn't eat for several days; she also said that the talented person in the palace trespassed on the Palace of Qinzheng and was reprimanded by the emperor. to be reprimanded.

No wonder the wife of the Cheng family doesn't dare to show off outside these days. It seems that Cheng Sihan is telling the whole family to keep a low profile.Jia Min asked someone to collect all the letters, and asked, "How did my second brother's aunt give birth prematurely?"

The person who delivered the letter was Peiwen's sister-in-law, Liu Shi. She and her man came to Yangzhou this time with the income from Zhuangzi in the capital.Mrs. Liu replied: "Because the slaves and maidservants never went out in the mansion, my sister-in-law asked someone to inquire about it, and she only said that she gave birth prematurely because she didn't believe she slipped and fell."

Accidentally slipped and fell, who would believe it!Jia Min nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, how is Mama Liu?"

"Everything is fine, thank you Madam for your concern." Mrs. Liu said.

"Go down first." Jia Min asked Cui Liu to give the reward purse, and then told Cui He, "Go and get the account book from the warehouse." Hui Ye and Hui Yao are about to get married, and she has to pack up the congratulatory gifts quickly Ask Lin Liu and the others to go back to Beijing together.There is also the joy of adding a baby to my second brother, so I have to wrap up a congratulatory gift.

"Ma'am, the wife of the Liu family is asking to see you." Seeing Jia Min seriously drawing up the list of gifts, Cuitao walked up to her and whispered, "If Ma'am is busy, the servants should go and refuse her."

"The Liu family?" Jia Min put down the pen in his hand, "I have never had any friendship with the wife of the Liu family, so it's rare for her to come to visit." Could it be that he is pleading for the Liu family's recent difficulties?

"My servant saw her anxious expression," Cui Tao said, "There must be something urgent."

Jia Min thought for a while before saying, "Please go to the side hall."

The head wife of the Liu family is a daughter of the Tang family who was also a salt merchant. The Tang family was considered a large salt merchant in Yangzhou back then, but it gradually declined and was overtaken by the married family. Now it is just an ordinary salt merchant's family.The timing of her marriage was good. Before the decline of the Tang family, she married the Liu family, which was also prosperous, and had three sons in a row. Therefore, even though the Tang family's family background was not as good as before, the Tang family's position in the Liu family was still stable.It's just that this time, even a person like her who eats vegetarian food, recites Buddhism, and lives a happy life can't sit still. She doesn't understand men's affairs. He couldn't just sit and wait for his son to have an accident, so he had to bring a gift and try his best to intercede.

Seeing Tang's fidgeting, Jia Min smiled and greeted, "I was just drawing up the gift list, thinking that the girl in your mansion is about to get married, and I also thought about giving her a gift."

Tang twitched her lips, and said: "Madam Lin is interested, the little girl is not worthy of Madam Lin's trouble." The daughter of the Liu family who is going to marry is the eldest daughter of the family, born of the family aunt, and did not raise by Tang shi's side. , so the Tang Corporation was indifferent to her, and asked someone to arrange a 24-unit dowry early on, only waiting for the wedding in half a month. "It's because I disturbed Mrs. Lin."

"Where, I'm naturally glad that Mrs. Liu is here. We didn't have the chance to talk much before, so it's good to have a good chat this time." Jia Min asked someone to serve tea, "Try it, this tea is Wuyi rock tea, which was rewarded by the emperor. Yes, it was specially brought to entertain Mrs. Liu today."

Tang shi was holding the teacup, not knowing whether to drink it or not.She had heard of this Wuyi rock tea, it was always a tribute, and the amount was not much every year, the Lin family was able to get the tribute tea from the emperor, it can be seen that Jane is in the heart of the emperor.She took a sip and said: "It really is good tea, it shows that Mr. Lin is much valued by the emperor."

"It's just a matter of being loyal to the emperor." Jia Min said meaningfully, "I can't afford Mrs. Liu's praise."

Tang moved his body a little impatiently, and wanted to talk to Jia Min about his family's situation several times, but Jia Min moved the conversation to another important point like Tai Chi. Tang simply said directly: "Actually I still have something to ask Mrs. Lin for help when I come back."

Jia Min's expression turned serious, and he only said that the important point is coming!

"Madam also knows that our Liu family has been salt merchants for generations, but this time we don't know what happened. The ship carrying salt was detained by the local magistrate when it went to Suzhou, and they didn't give us an explanation. I know that such a request is very abrupt. But I still want to ask Mrs. Lin to come forward and ask what's going on." Tang twisted her handkerchief and said, "It's just that I'm a woman, so I hope Mrs. Lin can help me to make peace with this matter."

Jia Min put down the teacup and said with a smile, "I never ask about outside affairs in the inner house, and our master doesn't like women to intervene in his business. If Mrs. Liu is worried, I can invite your master to go." Just talk to our master. In fact, the prefect of Suzhou is the same subject as Lord Yao, wouldn’t it be better for you to go to the prefect’s wife?"

Tang shi is suffering and can't tell. Why didn't she think of going the way of the magistrate?It's just that the servants of the Liu family just bumped into the magistrate's seat, and she sent someone to post a post, but the prefect's people stopped her with "Madam is not fit to see guests", so she thought of coming to Jia Min.

"This……"

Tang still wanted to say something, but Jia Min said: "It's probably because the capital has been strictly censored recently, Mrs. Liu, don't worry. I have something to do, so I won't let my wife come down for dinner." After speaking, she picked up the teacup.

Serving tea to see off guests, Tang still has this wink.She gritted her teeth, knowing that Jia Min would not come forward to help, so she had to leave a lot of gifts and leave with others.

"Go, divide these things up, and I can choose some to give away." Jia Min didn't plan to keep these things, so he asked someone to pack them up and register them one by one, and picked out two sets of gold inlaid jade ornaments among them. Send it to Beijing.

"That Mrs. Liu is really in a panic. Although I don't know the key to it, Mrs. Liu seems to be very anxious. I heard that the head of the Liu family has not moved yet. Looking at the head of the Liu family, he seems very confident that nothing will happen to him. "After dinner in the evening, Jia Min told Lin Ruhai about Mrs. Liu's visit today.

"Her eldest son and second son are already married, and the third son is preparing for the autumn. No wonder she doesn't think about her sons." Lin Ruhai took a sip of the sweet snow fungus and lotus seed soup, "Her third son is indeed studying. It is expected that taking part in the imperial examinations may not lead to success in the future. It is a pity..." Liu Youming, the head of the Liu family, is determined to follow Prince Shunyi to the dark side.

"It's a disaster for my wife and children." Jia Min hugged Daiyu and sighed, "It would be great if the Liu family was headed by someone else."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, the corners of his eyebrows twitched, and he secretly had an idea in his heart.

"Daddy, I want to eat." Daiyu wrinkled her delicate nose, smelled the fragrance, and saw her father eating something delicious. The corn soup she usually ate was a bit similar but the smell was different. Then she said coquettishly, "Yu'er wants to eat!"

Seeing her daughter's delicate appearance, Lin Ruhai spooned half a spoonful of sweet soup into Daiyu's mouth.

Daiyu sipped it, it was thick and sweet, she liked it very much, she was about to grab the spoon and send it to her mouth.

Jia Min simply asked Cuilan to bring a bowl of hot food for Lin Ruhai to eat quickly, while she said to Daiyu, "Don't steal it from your daddy, your daddy has worked hard outside, let daddy eat well. Mother, can someone bring you a new bowl?"

Daiyu pouted and nodded.

After eating the sweet soup, Lin Ruhai went to Yilan Garden, intending to tell Fan Yao and others about what he just thought of.What he meant was that he had obtained the emperor's imperial decree and used the temptation to protect the future of Liu Tang's three sons and one daughter, so as to persuade Liu Tang to abandon the dark and turn to the bright to help them find the account book.

Because they couldn't find the account book for the past two months, Fan Yao and the others were also very anxious. The emperor meant that the sooner the better.It sucks to be so close to the last step.

"Master Lin means that we want us to start with Liu Tang?" Bai Yu asked, "But how can Master Lin be sure that she will help us find the account book?"

Lin Ruhai then told the story of the Tang family's visit to the door today, and said: "Liu Youming favors the concubine, and the eldest son Liu Changxin is also eyeing the position of the head of the family. Liu Tang's relationship with Liu Youming is not deep, but she can't ignore herself. There are two sons and a young daughter in the future. Her third son, Liu Haoxi, is a good student, and he is the only member of the Liu family who is likely to pass the imperial examination."

Zhang Kang pondered for a while, then said: "Master Lin also has some truth in what she said, but Liu Tang and Liu Youming have been in a relationship for many years. I'm afraid she will retreat. Unless we have hostages in hand, I heard that Liu Tang's daughter I have to go out the day after tomorrow..."

"Inappropriate!" Lin Ruhai interrupted, "It's really inappropriate to use such indecent means, and the emperor probably won't agree to it."

"Master Lin is right. This method is too low-handed." Teng Yin said, "But this plan is still open to question. Master Lin's proposal is indeed good. If Liu Tang is willing to help us, we will You can send someone to her side to assist her. There is a woman in our ministry who is responsible for spying, just treat it as a servant girl for Liu Tang." He winked at the three people except Lin Ruhai, " Let us brothers go back and discuss this matter, and then tell Master Lin."

"That's fine." Jiabu has always obeyed the emperor's orders, and it was probably the emperor's intention that Bai Yu risked his life to protect him.Lin Ruhai knew that everyone in Part A had a special reporting channel, so he probably had to report this opportunity to the Holy One first, and he couldn't stop the Holy One from ruling.He only hoped that the emperor would not agree to coerce Liu Tang to help, otherwise he would feel uneasy. "Thank you, everyone."

As for the follow-up method, Fan Yao gave a reply on the fifth day after Lin Ruhai made the suggestion, only saying that His Majesty agreed with Lin Ruhai's statement and lured Tang to come forward to help.Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief, and prepared a secret small courtyard for people to invite Tang over.Lin Ruhai, Fan Yao and the others knew exactly what the conversation was about, and when Mrs. Liu was sent away, the five were half relieved and waited for the result.

The author has something to say: Tang and Liu Tang are the same person, but the former is what the author calls her, and the latter is what the characters in the text call her, so don't confuse them.

Mr. Manuscript Box you see now, Xiaonuan went to see a doctor. He was miserable and miserable. He hung up 4 bottles of medicine. When the nurse gave me the injection, he poked it in the wrong place. A piece of land is now hard QAQ

There is another chapter in the afternoon or evening, to celebrate the happy birthday of my dear editor╭(╯3╰)╮

PS. The author is not familiar with whether such a pardon can be done in history. If you have relevant information, please tell me.But it's settled in this article, and her three sons will also have roles in the future~