[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

Lin Kou never expected that the Zhao family would directly get Miss Zhao onto the boat she was on.

Zhen Fu didn't expect it at all.

In his opinion, he has nothing to do with the Zhao family, and even if there is a relationship, it is an enmity. Zhen Fu can't understand Zhao Zhizao's insistence on pairing his daughter with him.

He even preferred to let his daughter be his concubine.

Yes, not long after boarding the ship, the Zhao family found out about the room where Zhen Fu and Lin Kou lived, and after scribbling to arrange Ms. Zhao, they found them without hesitation, and told Zhao Zhizao about the situation. statement.

For this, Lin Kou and the two couldn't understand it at all.

Zhen Fu still has two reputations in the capital. After all, he used to be a blood drop, and he worked as a guard with a knife for the emperor for a few years, and married the daughter who had just been found by the General Zhen Guo's mansion...

But he is not so famous in Jinling.

After all, he himself had already been determined to have no way out in the imperial examination, and the Zhen family had completely collapsed, and he had lost the slightest halo in the eyes of the powerful and powerful in Jinling.

Even if you know Yuan in the exam, if a local wealthy businessman or an ordinary official wants to marry Zhen Fu, then it makes sense, but if it is Zhao Zhizao?What are you kidding?When the Zhen family was still there, Zhao Zhizao didn't like Zhen Fu, but now that the Zhen family is gone, Zhen Fu is just a small person, what can Zhao Zhizao see in him?

And said he was willing to let his precious daughter be Zhen Fu's concubine?

Zhen Fu drove the man out of the door directly.

Seeing that Zhen Fu was unmoved, the man immediately turned around in a hurry.

At this moment, Miss Zhao finally woke up.

Ms. Zhao is a shameless person. After learning that she has been sent to the ship, and her father even told the servants that she can be a concubine for Zhen Fu, Ms. Zhao was so annoyed that she wished she could die on the spot!

Fortunately, the maid around her dissuaded her in time, so Miss Zhao gave up her thoughts of suicide.

Zhao Zhizao's confidants who followed Miss Zhao were also worried that Miss Zhao would commit suicide again, not only immediately dismissed the idea of ​​disturbing Lin Kou and his wife, but also told Miss Zhao everything Zhao Zhizao had told him.

Miss Zhao was dumbfounded.

But now that she's on the boat, even if she wants to get off the boat, she can only get off at Weiyang's place. The time spent in the process is enough for Miss Zhao to understand what Zhao Zhizao said.

After thinking about it seriously, Miss Zhao asked Zhao Zhizao's confidant: "According to my father, he tried his best to send me to the boat, and even wanted to send me to Zhen Fu, all because Zhen Fu had been the emperor's guard with a sword. , have two points of thin face in front of the emperor?"

The confidant nodded: "My lord still begged a lot of people, so he was pointed to the bright road of Zhen Fu."

"Can't he just ask Zhen Fu for help? Why do you want to abuse me like this?" Miss Zhao was furious, "Even if my father wants to use Zhen Fu's relationship with His Majesty to do something, he has no other way of trading, he has to treat me like a commodity Push in front of Zhen Fu? Ren Zhen Fu has been married for a long time, and the husband and wife love each other, isn't sending me there an enmity?"

Even though Miss Zhao already knew the reason why Zhao Zhizao did this, she still couldn't understand what he did.

Ms. Zhao's mother is a very wise person. It was her mother who got engaged to Zhen Fu for Ms. Zhao at the beginning. Unfortunately, Ms. Zhao's mother was sick all the year round and couldn't speak in front of Zhao Zhizao, so that Zhao Zhizao made the marriage After they all retired, Zhao's mother learned the news, and she couldn't afford to get sick afterwards.

Later, Zhao Zhizao wanted to find a fiancé of "the right family" for his daughter, but the so-called "right family" was just that Miss Zhao was from a low family but was beautiful and virtuous, and the fiancé was from a high family but was dandy and lustful...

Such a marriage directly pissed Zhao's mother to death.

Fortunately, Ms. Zhao managed to escape this marriage because she had to observe filial piety for three years.

Miss Zhao no longer has much father-daughter affection for Zhao Zhizao, but she still can't imagine that Zhao Zhizao would do the thing of giving herself to someone else as a concubine, and this person is actually her ex-fiancé!

His confidant knows more than Miss Zhao, thinking about the attitudes of Zhen Fu and Lin Kou, and seeing the attitude of obviously not planning to cooperate and wanting to disembark directly in Weiyang, he realized that he had to deal with what happened to the Zhao family. Erquan told Ms. Zhao, otherwise the master's plan would not be successful if neither party intends to cooperate.

And once Miss Zhao gets off the boat, I'm afraid I won't get well with Zhao Zhizao.

The confidant quickly explained: "The master is also forced to help. If it is possible, the master doesn't want to marry the girl into a high-ranking family? Even if he wants to send the girl to be a concubine, why should she be a high-ranking official, a royal family member, or a famous family?"

Miss Zhao: "..."

This person is really telling the truth, which is indeed very close to Zhao Zhizao's idea.

The confidant saw that Miss Zhao had listened, and quickly explained: "The master had to push the girl to Zhen Fu's side because only by becoming an in-law and a grasshopper tied to a rope can Zhen Fu fully help our Zhao family. "

Miss Zhao couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "You can pull it down, you will only end up enmity with Zhen Fu."

The confidant has heard Miss Zhao say three times that doing so will make her enmity with Zhen Fu, but he still doesn't take it seriously: "Among all the men in the world, which one is not lewd? The girl is born with a beautiful face, she is the most beautiful girl in the world Well, Zhen Fu just hasn't seen the girl's face, once she sees her face, she will definitely be unable to walk. If the girl tries to win over Zhen Fu again, even if you are just a concubine, what is the difference from your regular wife? You have to be our Zhao family's ox and horse, and the crisis of the Zhao family..."

Miss Zhao just thought he was whimsical: "If Zhen Fu is really a person who can't walk when he sees beauty, it is impossible for the emperor to choose him as a guard with a knife."

"Do you think the emperor will let a person who gets dizzy when he sees a beauty become his confidant?"

Miss Zhao looked at her confidant from top to bottom: "Father chooses a confidant himself and knows that he can't find a womanizer. Could it be that the emperor's eyes are not as good as father's?"

The confidant paused, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

Miss Zhao didn't bother to continue this topic, but asked directly: "Since father wants to seek Zhen Fu's help, he must tell you the troubles encountered by the Zhao family, right?"

The confidant took a deep breath and said, "Speaking of which, it has something to do with the Zhen family."

The Zhen family?

Lin Kou was resting on Zhen Fu's lap, and Zhen Fu was leaning against the wall at the head of the bed. The two of them were reading a book with the light from the window.

The butler was packing the luggage, while Bai Xue was sitting beside him embroidering.

There were clearly four people in the room, but it was as quiet as if there was no one there. Only the occasional sound of Lin Kou and Zhen Fu turning the pages of the book, and the rustling of the butler packing their luggage could be heard.

knock knock --

A knock on the door broke the silence in the room. Everyone frowned and looked towards the door subconsciously.

The butler was the closest to the door and hurried forward to open it.

A girl who looks as bright as an autumn moon, soft and refined, and two maids are standing at the door.

The housekeeper didn't know each other: "Who are you? What's the purpose of your visit? My master and wife are here, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to see you, if you have anything to do, please tell me directly, and I will tell the master and wife."

Miss Zhao smiled awkwardly: "My little girl's surname is Zhao, she is the daughter of Zhao Zhizao in Jinling."

The housekeeper frowned instantly, and he looked at Miss Zhao's hairstyle: "Miss Zhao is not married yet, so I'm afraid it's not easy to meet my master. If you have anything to tell me directly, I will tell the master."

Miss Zhao quickly explained: "I'm here to find Mrs. Zhen."

The housekeeper's face became even more ugly: "I said, what's the matter with your Zhao family? This is because my master is not moved, so I want to follow Madam's way, and I want Madam..."

"Butler, be careful!" Lin Kou said in time, "Let Miss Zhao in."

As soon as the words were finished, the butler looked back at Lin Kou disapprovingly.

Zhen Fu also looked at Lin Kou in disbelief.

Lin Kou smiled helplessly and said, "This matter has to be resolved. I've been dragging on for so long and I'm always being interrupted. If you don't bother me, I'll be annoyed. Especially the words of the few people who came to the door before really made people sick. Now Miss Zhao When you come to the door, you always pay attention to what you say, and there is nothing wrong with seeing me. Of course, it would be even better if you can dispel Miss Zhao's thoughts."

Zhen Fu looked at Lin Kou: "We just need to hide, and it will be fine when we return to the capital."

Lin Kou was helpless: "What if Miss Zhao followed to the capital?"

"What's none of my business?" Zhen Fu said indifferently, "We don't have any friendship with the Zhao family. It's because they have the cheek to join us. Even if they have nowhere to stay in the capital, it's their own fault."

Lin Kou smiled: "I'm still very satisfied with your attitude, but I don't want people to come and disturb me from time to time during the half a month on the boat."

Thinking of what the Zhao family had done, Zhen Fu had an ugly expression on his face.

But he didn't have a better solution: "Why don't I come forward to negotiate with the person in charge who came last time and dress up again?"

Lin Kou gave him a squinting look: "The key to this matter is Miss Zhao, what's the use of you clarifying it with a manager?"

Zhen Fu was distraught and could not wait to throw the Zhao family overboard.

Lin Kou laughed, got up and gave him a hug: "Okay, okay, I will discuss with Miss Zhao as soon as possible to clarify the matter, so you can leave for a while, okay?"

Zhen Fu was unhappy: "I'm worried, you..."

"What are you? Since the Zhao family dared to force you to divorce your wife, there must be something to rely on," Lin Kou snorted. This daughter's appearance has changed. What are you staying for? Do you still want to see how beautiful this Miss Zhao is?"

Zhen Fu couldn't say no to Lin Kou, and was worried that she really misunderstood, so he had to leave quickly.

The two of them never avoided Ms. Zhao outside the door when they spoke. Ms. Zhao, who was forced to listen to the whole process, was already blushing with shame. She hurriedly retreated behind the servant girl to cover her facial features when she heard the footsteps, and only raised her head after the footsteps had gone away. took a look.

Looking at the back of Zhen Fu striding away, Ms. Zhao was stunned for a moment, and she felt a little lost in her heart.

But soon, she put this thought behind her.

Miss Zhao asked two servant girls to guard the door, and entered the room alone.

Lin Kou glanced at it, then let Bai Xue and the butler back out.

After they left, Miss Zhao boldly raised her head to look at Lin Kou, and she froze in place with just one glance.

She thought she was already pretty enough, but she didn't expect this Mrs. Zhen to...

No, not right.

If you look closely, this Mrs. Zhen's facial features are actually not as refined as her own, but this Mrs. Zhen's temperament is outstanding, and the confidence in her eyebrows and eyes is so attractive that people are caught by her at a glance, and people are born in a blink of an eye. Mrs. Zhen is the most beautiful woman in the world.

Miss Zhao paused, and saluted Lin Kou embarrassedly.

Lin Kou waved his hand: "Don't make those empty gestures, you should hurry up and tell me why you are looking for me. I am not a patient person, and I don't intend to greet you. If you make it clear as soon as possible, I will Let someone come in and ask you to leave."

Her words were really blunt, and Miss Zhao's original words of greeting were stuck in her throat, and she couldn't utter a single word.

After a while, when Lin Kou was about to get impatient, Miss Zhao quickly said, "Mrs. Zhen, I'm really sorry. I didn't know until the day before I boarded the boat that my father had bothered you on his own initiative, and even said very unpleasant things. As for boarding the boat this time, it was not my daughter's intention. My daughter was suddenly knocked unconscious by her father while arguing with her father, and she was already on board after waking up. When the steward came to disturb her before, she was still in a coma. Stewardship is not…”

Lin Kou looked at Miss Zhao strangely: "You came to me, do you just want to tell me that you don't know anything about what the Zhao family did before, and it has nothing to do with you? If that's the case, you've already made it clear. Miss Zhao, please..."

"No, no," Miss Zhao hurriedly interrupted Lin Kou's words of seeing off the guests, "I came mainly to tell Madam why the Zhao family did that."

Lin Kou finally became interested: "Tell me?"

Miss Zhao took a deep breath, and said: "The Zhao family will try their best to give... me to Zhen Fu, because they didn't know when they found out that Zhen Fu had served as a guard with a knife for the emperor. And the Zhao family happened to meet someone recently. They have encountered some troubles, and they have no way to get in touch with other more powerful people, so they can only find ways to get Zhen Fu."

Lin Kou's eyes moved slightly. The relationship between this girl Zhao and the Zhao family doesn't seem to be very good?

Ms. Zhao explained: "On the eve of the ransacking of Zhen's family, in order to leave some money for the useless descendants, so that the descendants would not be reduced to the point of being unsustainable, several boxes of money were arranged in a hurry and sent to some acquaintances. Store at home."

"Because the Zhao family is half-in-law with the Zhen family, they also got a box of gold and silver from the Zhen family."

"My father was greedy by nature. Not only did he take the money boldly, but he even kept all the money in his hands after that, and he didn't intend to return it to the Zhen family. The Zhen family also knew that hiding the money before ransacking the house would result in beheading." It’s a big crime, so I can only suffer from being dumb.”

So what can I do if I don't suffer from this dumbness?Could it be possible to report to the government that the Zhao family hid the Zhen family's money?

After hearing this, Lin Kou felt that the Zhen family really deserved this retribution——

In the original book, on the eve of the ransacking of the Zhen family, they also hid gold and silver.It's just that the Zhen family Xu got the news in advance, so they had plenty of time, and they didn't hand over the Zhen family's money to the people in Jinling, or only part of it was handed over, but the bulk was still sent to the capital, and sent to the people who had mutual connections with the Zhen family. Rongguo Mansion was handed over to Jia Baoyu's mother, Mrs. Wang.

But who is Mrs. Wang?

A person who regards money as his life is a ruthless person who dares to commit crimes for money.

The money that Zhen's family sent to Rongguo Mansion was also embezzled by Mrs. Wang in the end.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang still had some conscience, or she was worried about affecting the virtuous concubine in the palace, so after the Zhen family went to Beijing, she still entertained the Zhen family well.

But the Zhao family had no reason to be in the hands of the Zhen family, so naturally they swallowed a large amount of money for nothing.

however……

"At the beginning of this year, the treasure of the Zhen family, Zhen Baoyu, suddenly returned to Jinling," Miss Zhao sighed, "The Zhao family didn't take Zhen Baoyu seriously at first, after all, the whole of Jinling knew that Zhen Baoyu was just a lustful person You trash, even if you go back to the Zhao family in Jinling, you will never be afraid."

"Who would have thought that Zhen Baoyu seemed to be enlightened. She signed up for the county examination, the government examination, and went all the way smoothly, and directly won the reputation of a scholar. Later, I heard that Zhen Baoyu had signed up for this year's rural examination, and seemed to be interested in it. The rural examination is quite sure."

"The Zhao family is worried that Zhen Baoyu will continue to take the Jinshi examination after being successful in the Juren examination, and finally enter the court as an official..."

Miss Zhao paused for a moment, with a bitter smile, "Although the Zhen family has collapsed, Zhen Baoyu still has a sister who is the princess of Beijing County. If he really passed the Jinshi examination, he will not say that he will go straight up in the future, and the road to promotion will be difficult." Better than my father... In fact, within a few years, Zhen Baoyu would climb on top of my father."

"My father was afraid, so during Zhen Baoyu's second exam...someone drugged Zhen Baoyu's food, making him miss the provincial exam."

Lin Kou suddenly realized, she said why Zhen Baoyu didn't even get the last few exams, so she actually missed the last two exams.

She paused, and couldn't help looking at Miss Zhao: "Zhao Zhizao's brain is really all right?"

Even if Zhen Baoyu really climbed to a high position, the Zhao family would just return the money they hid at the beginning. In order to keep Zhen Baoyu, the "hope of the whole family", the Zhen family naturally did not dare to entangle with the Zhao family. There is no way to climb up, and no matter how much you do, you will definitely not dare to do it again.

If Zhen Baoyu really climbed to a high position, wouldn't the Zhen family be afraid to push the Zhao family into a hurry, and the Zhao family would be killed?

So there is no need for the Zhao family to worry too much.

If the Zhen family is really going to die with the Zhao family fish, and the Zhao family has been under the Zhen family's gold and silver for so many years, how can the Prince's Mansion of Beijing County stand by and watch?

Although the Prince's Mansion of Beijing County was also involved in the girl-changing incident, it is not a problem to target a small Zhao family.

So, why did the Zhao family drug Zhen Baoyu?

Originally, there was no enmity between the two families. At most, the Zhao family owed the Zhen family money.But now, the Zhen family and the Zhao family are probably deadly enemies, right?

wrong……

Lin Kou looked at Ms. Zhao: "I can probably understand Mr. Zhao's idea of ​​forcing you to my husband. It's nothing more than offending a Zhen family, so I decided to win over a more promising Zhen family? But this matter What does it have to do with the emperor?"

Miss Zhao smiled awkwardly: "After Zhen Baoyu found out that he had been drugged, he reported it directly to the authorities."

"It just so happened that the prefect of Jinling had an enmity with the Zhao family, so..."

"Then Zhen Baoyu and his young servant were also open-mouthed. After reporting the case, the prefect of Jinling questioned him, and casually revealed that the Zhao family owed the Zhen family a lot of money. The prefect of Jinling is not stupid. , I felt something was wrong when I heard this, so after some investigation, the Zhao family's hiding of the Zhen family's stolen money couldn't be hidden."

In fact, if it's just these things, it's really impossible for Miss Zhao to make this trip.

After all, she had been delayed by Zhao Zhizao for so many years, and her mother was so mad that she really didn't have much affection for the Zhao family.It would be good if she didn't take revenge on the Zhao family, how could she lose her life for the Zhao family?

But Zhao Zhizao's confidant also revealed one thing——

The family of the prefect of Jinling had an idiot, who was the only son of his wife.In order to let his son stay behind, the prefect of Jinling has also taken many concubines for him over the years, but he still wants to leave the most important position of wife to a noble daughter.

It's just a normal situation, which noble girl is willing to marry a fool?

So the prefect of Jinling set his eyes on her.

It's not that he wants to make a deal with Ms. Zhao and let the Zhao family go after marrying her back home, but after planning to bring down the Zhao family, he will directly snatch Ms. Zhao home.

In order to protect herself, Miss Zhao had no choice but to go to Lin Kou and Zhen Fu.

Worried that Lin Kou might misunderstand, Miss Zhao hurriedly explained: "I have no intention of destroying other people's marriages, and I don't want to be a concubine. I found Mrs. Zhen, but I just hoped to enter the capital with the two of you, and Zhen Fu would introduce me to the emperor. Expose it."

Lin Kou was stunned: "Are you sure? Once this matter is exposed, the Zhen family may be doomed, but your Zhao family should be finished too, right? This should not match Zhao Zhizao's original intention?"

If you just want to surrender, Zhao Zhizao is an official anyway, so why not just write a memorial to the emperor?Why bother to go around such a big detour, and directly make enemies with my husband and wife.

Miss Zhao paused: "Mrs. Zhen and Zhen Fu have a very good relationship. What my father did should have offended the two of you severely, right?"

Lin Kou laughed: "Not at all, but if there is an opportunity to make trouble, I will definitely not miss it."

Miss Zhao twitched the corners of her mouth: "Isn't that the end? The Zhao family is completely over. I have to find a way to protect myself. The dowry left by my mother is still there, so I have to give myself something to think about."

Lin Kou stared at Miss Zhao and nodded for a while: "Okay, you can come to Beijing with us."

Miss Zhao's acceptance letter no longer kept it in the eyes, and she just said goodbye and left.

Zhen Fu will be back soon.

Lin Kou didn't hide anything, and told Zhen Fu what Miss Zhao had said before.

Zhen Fu frowned: "Is what she said believable?"

Lin Kou shrugged: "Nine truths and one falsehood, it has nothing to do with us anyway."

Zhen Fu felt relieved: "Yes."