The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

"Rumor?" Lin Yao raised her eyebrows.

Using these two words, it seems that Ye He thinks that Mr. Zhou is innocent.

Although Ye He didn't know what Lin Yao was thinking, but he had been with Lin Yao for ten years, and he knew Lin Yao's temperament very well. He could tell from Lin Yao's tone that he was already unhappy.

He held his breath, lowered his head, and lowered his voice, "I checked for a long time. On the night of Miss Qian'er's accident, Zhou Wenlang had never been out in Zhou Mansion. Miss Qian'er is beautiful, but Miss Qian'er had an accident the next day. Of course, many people suspected Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou was also called to the yamen by the people of Shuntian Mansion for questioning, and he went home after a while. The magistrate announced that Zhou Wenlang had been at home the whole time. , Miss Qian'er's death has nothing to do with Mr. Zhou."

Lin Yao sneered, "The magistrate claimed to have nothing to do with Zhou Wenlang, so it really has nothing to do?"

"That's not what I mean." Ye He already knew about Zhou Wenlang's humiliation of Daiyu in Guangji Temple. After following Lin Yao for eleven or twelve years, Ye He knew very well how much Lin Yao cared about Daiyu, and Zhou Wenlang humiliated Daiyu. , It was like stepping on Lin Yao's minefield. Lin Yao didn't directly kill Zhou Wenlang at that time, which was already a manifestation of self-restraint.

Lin Yao poured a cup of tea and drank it. The cold tea flowed from the esophagus to the stomach, cooling the heart.

Suppressing the anger just now, Lin Yao asked blankly, "That's all you investigated?"

"Of course it's more than that, I just don't know what the uncle wants to know." Ye He said.

Lin Yao thought for a while and said, "Do you know where Zhou Wenlang likes to go recently?"

"Where Zhou Wenlang likes to go, it's no secret. He always comes out with great fanfare, shouting and hugging, surrounded by a bunch of people. Apart from going to Wanhualou, he mostly hangs out with his cronies."

Lin Yao asked about Zhou Wenlang's whereabouts in detail, and then let Ye He go down.

Although Zhou Wenlang humiliated Daiyu verbally, he was stopped by King Qi without touching Daiyu at all, so Daiyu was not humiliated.

If it's just to vent your anger, according to what Ruan Yiran said, blocking people in a dark alley and beating them violently will be enough.

But he was unhappy and his thoughts were not clear.

But when it comes to how to deal with Zhou Wenlang, Lin Yao doesn't have a perfect plan for the time being.

Next month there will be a competition, Lin Yao is planning to take the test, he doesn't have much time to spend on a waste like Zhou Wenlang.

Lin Yao thought about it, and decided to finish the exam first. After the exam, there was nearly a month to wait for the results to be released. Almost a month was enough to clean up Zhou Wenlang.

After making the decision, Lin Yao lived in the study almost day and night.

After Jia Min heard about it, she thought that Lin Yao was stimulated by the marriage bestowed by the emperor. She didn't know how to persuade her. Min couldn't sit still.

When Lin Ruhai came back from the yamen, Jia Min hurriedly sent someone to invite him.

When Lin Ruhai returned to the mansion, not long after he entered the study, Yujin, who was in front of Jia Min, came to see him, and kept saying that Jia Min had something urgent to see him, and it was Lin Yao's business.

In the past few days, the imperial court had just opened the seal, and there were a lot of official duties, Lin Ruhai was almost too busy to touch the ground. Hearing this, he immediately went to the main courtyard to meet Jia Min.

Jia Min told Lin Ruhai that Lin Yao locked herself in the study these days and did not come out, eating and sleeping in the study.

"This child has always been kind to Yu'er, did the emperor's gift of marriage hurt the child's heart?" Jia Min asked worriedly.

Lin Ruhai frowned after hearing this, "Yao'er is not as fragile as you think, maybe it's because of other things, let me ask."

Hearing this, Jia Min couldn't say anything more.

Lin Ruhai left the main courtyard, and was about to ask someone to call Lin Yao to meet him in the study, but immediately wanted to know what Lin Yao was doing these days.

After much deliberation, Lin Ruhai decided to go to Lin Yao's yard to meet Lin Yao.

When Lin Ruhai came to the East Courtyard, the servants of the East Courtyard saw Lin Ruhai and hurriedly saluted. Lin Ruhai was always generous to his subordinates, and waved his hands to let them do their own work. When they saw Ye He, they waved, "Ye He, come here!" , I have something to ask you."

Ye He came forward, "Master."

"What is your uncle doing in the study these days?"

Ye He was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then said, "The uncle said that he will take part in the general examination, so he is preparing for the examination."

After hearing Ye He's words, Lin Ruhai suddenly said, "So that's how it is."

He also forgot to sleep and eat in order to prepare for the exam. Lin Yao's current situation is normal.

That being the case, Lin Ruhai didn't go in to disturb Lin Yao, and told the servants not to tell Lin Yao that he was here, and left.

Back in the main courtyard, Lin Ruhai told her about Lin Yao's preparation for the exam, and told her not to disturb Lin Yao during this time.

"This child has been sensible since he was a child, and he has his own sense of propriety." Lin Ruhai said.

When Jia Min heard that he was preparing for the exam, he was relieved a lot. When Lin Ruhai went to the study to do some business, Jia Min ordered the kitchen to prepare soup and delivered it to Lin Yao every day, so that he should pay more attention to his body while preparing for the exam. .

Lin Yao received her wife's tonic soup, and had breakfast with Jia Min early the next morning, expressing that she was in good health, and returned to living in the study day and night the next day.

The twelfth day of February is Daiyu's Jiji ceremony. Lin Yao was going to enter the Gongyuan on the ninth day of the ninth day. On the twelfth day, he couldn't pass the exam in the Gongyuan. So he picked out a lot of things suitable for Daiyu from his backpack a few days in advance and packed them in the They were given to Daiyu together in a larger wooden box.

After the general examination, Lin Yao picked some things to give to Daiyu, calling it compensation.

"Brother, where do these beautiful gemstones come from? They are crystal clear, and they emit colorful lights under the sun." Daiyu asked curiously as she looked at a box of diamonds.

Lin Yao smiled and said, "A friend from a salt merchant in Yangzhou gave it to you. Does it look good?"

"Good-looking is good-looking," Daiyu said hesitantly, "But... when did my brother make friends with a salt merchant?"

"There are quite a few rich young masters who came from salt merchants in our academy. Although the family is a salt merchant, their character is still good. I don't know my background when I make friends." Lin Yao said.

It is true that he has salt merchant friends, but this diamond is not something his few salt merchant friends can afford.

The friends from the salt merchants in Yangzhou sent him some things to the capital a few days ago, but only Lin Yao knew what they gave, and it was impossible for Daiyu to ask his friends from the salt merchants. True or not, he wasn't worried at all that he would be worn out.

Daiyu knew that her brother made friends without knowing his background, so she said that there was a man named Xie Yan in the academy who came from a farming family. Didn't her brother also befriend him for several years and help him several times?

She closed the lid and turned to ask about the test.

"How did brother do in the exam this time? Are you confident to win the championship?"

Ever since her elder brother took the imperial examination, he has always been the top one. Xiao Sanyuan and Xie Yuan, if they can take the imperial examination, they will win the first place. I believe Lin Yao can become famous all over the world in one fell swoop.

After all, there has never been such a young No. [-] scholar in this dynasty.

"Confidence is naturally there, but there are people out there, and there is a sky out there. How do you know that there is no one stronger than me? The chances of passing the exam are half and half." Lin Yao thought for a while and said.

The two brothers and sisters were talking with tenderness and tenderness.

Suddenly Ye He's voice came from outside the door, "Master, there is a man outside the house who calls himself Ye Fei asking to see him."

Ye Fei?

Somewhat familiar, Lin Yao thought about it, and found out the information of this person from her memory.

Ye Fei, who used to be an imperial physician at the Imperial Hospital, was later invited by Qin Yuxing to take care of Mr. Qin's body, and at the same time served as a resident doctor at Shanhai Academy.

When the Yang family collapsed overnight, Ye Fei left Shanhai Academy in the same year and disappeared without a trace.

For so many years, Lin Yao has never heard of this old doctor again, and did not expect this old man to come to her door today.

Lin Yao was extremely puzzled, he had nothing to do with this Doctor Ye, what did Doctor Ye ask to see him for?

Although she was puzzled in her heart, they were old acquaintances after all, so Lin Yao would not refuse to meet her.

Looking at Lin Yao's expression, Daiyu knew that he wanted to see this Ye Fei, so she got up immediately and said, "I just have something to see my wife, brother should do it first."

Lin Yao got up and sent Daiyu out, and when Daiyu was gone, she called Ye He, "Go and invite Doctor Ye to come in."

doctor?

Ye He thought to himself, it seems that the uncle knows someone.

Ye He was a little puzzled, he had been with Lin Yao for so many years, but he never knew that Lin Yao knew a doctor named Ye Fei.

It's normal that he doesn't know each other. Shanhai Academy doesn't allow young servants, so Ye He has never been to Shanhai Academy during Lin Yao's years of study. Naturally, he doesn't know that there is a doctor named Ye Fei in Shanhai Academy.

Ye He went to invite Ye Fei to come in, and as soon as he entered Lin Yao's study, Ye Fei knelt down with a thud, and begged with tears, "Master Lin, help me!"

Lin Yao was originally sitting on a chair, but when Ye Fei knelt down, he jumped up in shock, and quickly went to help him, "What is Doctor Ye doing? Get up and talk."

Ye Fei was not as strong as Lin Yao, and he couldn't kneel even if he wanted to, but was lifted up by Lin Yao, and couldn't help but stood up tremblingly.

When he raised his head, Lin Yao was startled.

Although Ye Fei was a bit old back then, he didn't look old. After all, Ye Fei was less than 50 years old at that time.

But I haven't seen him for eight or nine years, but Ye Fei looks very old. He is only in his fifties, but he looks like an old man in his 70s. What has Dr. Ye experienced in the past few years, and how did he become so old? so?

"How did Doctor Ye do this?" With Ye Fei's superb medical skills alone, he wouldn't be able to make himself like this, right?

Ye Fei couldn't stop crying when he heard the words, heartbroken.

Lin Yao felt uncomfortable seeing Ye Fei crying so sadly, "Doctor Ye, don't cry, you just asked me to help, what's going on?"

Although Dr. Ye looked much older, he was not injured. It can be seen that this life-saving words were not for himself, but for others.

Lin Yao remembered that Doctor Ye had a lost granddaughter.

But it has been more than ten years, even if Dr. Ye's granddaughter is still alive, I'm afraid it will not end well.

Ye Fei cried and told about his experience after leaving Shanhai Academy.

At first, he wanted to rush back to the capital and ask Yang Long's son about his granddaughter's whereabouts, but he came too late, Yang Long and his son were beheaded, and they died so badly.

Ye Fei had no choice but to buy the people that the Yang family had served by his side in the past, hoping to find out the whereabouts of his granddaughter from them.

But these people didn't know what to ask, and some even said that his granddaughter had been sold long ago.

He didn't believe it, and he was still looking for the whereabouts of his granddaughter.

Until last year, he met a girl who looked like his daughter-in-law, and after careful inquiry, she turned out to be the maid next to the oiran of Wanhualou.

Ye Fei has been following this servant girl all the time, hoping to find a chance to meet her in private to see if it is his granddaughter.

Finally one day, he found a chance.

The maid next to the oiran is his long-lost granddaughter, Ye Jingshu.