The Lin Family of Gusu in the Red Mansion

Time waits for no one, it flies by like a white horse.Five years hastily passed by at the fingertips.

The happiest thing in spring is to go outing in the green, Xiao Yao is so uncomfortable.

From afar, I saw a few young people chatting and laughing happily all the way.The young man at the beginning was tall and handsome, but the next one was the complete opposite, with a romantic and charming appearance.

"Yue Zheng, why is your head so long? We are the same age, but only sixteen, why are you half a head taller than me?" When the folding fan opened, the young master smiled coquettishly, "But it's okay, It’s enough that I look better than you, son.”

Yue Zheng continued walking expressionlessly, without even giving alms to the people next to him: "I'm not crazy with you. Or you can ask Liu Xian why he can grow so much when he is three years younger than you. mind."

The swinging folding fan froze suddenly, and the corner of Mei Yan's mouth twitched: "My lord, I'm not a fool, I went to provoke that fox for no reason. I've never seen anyone of my generation in the capital who dared to provoke him, my lord. By the way, What about others? They were still here just now?"

Turning around, he saw the young man in blue standing under the apricot tree, dazed in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"For a spring outing, apricot blossoms are blowing all over your head. A young man on the street is full of flair." Mei Yan smiled maliciously while shaking the folding fan, but in Yue Zheng's eyes, it seemed a bit muttering .

Turning around and looking back, a slight smile appeared: "Mr. Mei, if you are willing to marry me, Liu Xian will definitely not refuse."

Mei Yan gritted her teeth: "Young Master Lin, Lin Ke, Lin Liuxian, what do you think Master Lin will do when he hears you say that?"

"It's probably Master Mei's reaction when he heard that you went to Yimenglou two days ago. Don't worry, because of your admiration, Mr. Mei, Liuxian can still stand this." Lin Ke smiled gently, as if leisurely. Ting walked towards Mei Yan like taking a walk, "I don't know what Mr. Mei wants?"

So a certain person couldn't help taking a few steps back, pointed at the person in panic and said, "Liu Xian, you should stop at the right time, the rabbit bites even when it's in a hurry! Tsk tsk, it's really wasted. The emperor personally gave you such a gift!" Immortal character. How many people do you think you have deceived with this elegant skin?"

"Why, are you going to count it?" Lin Ke walked straight past Mei Yan and walked towards Yue Zheng, "Madman, I don't mind having my people count the number of times you go to the fence, and then report to Master Mei. When the time comes, we will I'm afraid Master Mei will sell you directly to the Goulan."

"Lin Ke, you are shameless! My son, I want to talk to you..." Mei Yan was interrupted by someone who came from afar before she could finish her sentence.

"Master, master asked you to go back, there is something important!" Lin Ke's servant hurried over, sweating profusely, presumably he came all the way, "Master is already waiting at home, and the girl also told me Let me tell you to hurry up."

Lin Ke wondered why he was so anxious about something, but he thought it must be a big one, so he said to Yue Zheng, "I'll go back and discuss that case with you tomorrow. Remember, keep an eye on the historian's movements, and anyone suspicious Don't let it go."

"Don't worry, I will leave this matter to me and Mei Yan. You have a lot to do, so don't bother with this case. Whatever you say this time, you have to hurt Zhongshun." Yue Zheng's words were full of self-confidence and ruthlessness. In the past two years, Zhongshun always took Prince Rui's sword. He had long wanted to frustrate Zhongshun, "You should go back quickly, so that the family members don't have to wait."

Lin Ke hurried back home after greeting the two of them, and then walked into the door of Lin Qingze's study. Sure enough, all the two big Buddhas in the family had gathered here.

"Daddy, sister, is there something urgent?"

Lin Qingze gave Lin Ke a complicated look, and then said quietly: "Lin Ruhai is seriously ill, I'm afraid he won't last long, you should go and see."

Lin Su sat on the side and looked at Lin Ke worriedly. Although Ke'er hadn't mentioned it all these years, she was like a mirror in her heart. Lin Ruhai had always been a hurdle in Ke'er's heart. If Lin Ruhai dies, there will be no way to solve the demonic obstacle.But she knew that Ke'er was not even allowed to collect information from Lin Ruhai's family in An Ye Pavilion.

"Ke'er, let's go. If you don't ask about some things in person, you will never be able to see the truth behind it. Is it okay for my sister to accompany you?"

Lin Ke stood there quietly, his eyes were dim and difficult to distinguish, usually calm like an ancient well, but now it was rough.

Although Lin Qingze and Lin Su were nervous, none of them urged him to make a decision. There are some things that others cannot understand and empathize with.

After a long time, Lin Ke looked at his father and eldest sister in front of him and said, "I'll go."

Lin Qingze nodded secretly, and Lin Su finally smiled lightly.

Due to time constraints, Lin Su and Lin Ke set off by boat in the afternoon, and they had to let go of things in the capital.

When the two came to Yangzhou, the first thing they did was not to visit Lin Hai, but to live in the restaurant in Yangzhou in the Dark Night Pavilion. Lin Ke invited the people in the pavilion to learn more about the current situation in Lin Ruhai's mansion.

The person who came was a middle-aged man, who happened to be the shopkeeper of this restaurant. If you want to say that the best place to gather news, the restaurant is definitely one of them.

"What is the situation in Lin Hai's mansion? How long can his body last?" Lin Ke's voice at this time was no longer the usual spring breeze, but cold and ruthless, otherwise he would not be able to grasp the Dark Night Pavilion, "The movements of all parties What about it?"

The shopkeeper bowed his head and said, "Returning to the master, Lin Daiyu, Lin Hai's daughter-in-law returned home three days ago, accompanied by Jia Lian, the second master of the Jia Rongguo Mansion among the four major families. However, Jia Lian's purpose does not seem to be the same. Simple, these days I have been getting close to people in the Lin family. As for Lin Hai's body, it looks better because of Lin Daiyu's return, but his subordinates feel that it is just a flashback. Others seem to have seen that Lin Hai is afraid In the near future, everyone wanted to seize the position of Xunyan Yushi, among them, the people from the Zhen family were the most active, and they had already started to negotiate with the higher-ups, and they will take over as soon as Lin Ruhai leaves, but I don't know if it has anything to do with King Zhongshun."

After listening to Lin Ke one by one, he understood that the situation of Lin Hai's family was quite simple.The purpose of the Jia family is clear at a glance, it is for a fortune.Lin Haizu was a prince of the Five Dynasties, and his family property must be rich, and the Yanzheng is really a ten-year Qing magistrate, a representative of [-] snowflakes.It would be a dream come true for those ineffective descendants of the Jia family to expect them to inherit the position of Xunyan Yushi.As for the Zhen family, it can only be said that the heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and they don't know who to blame when they die in the end. Of course, it has to be able to eat by his family.

After dismissing the shopkeeper, Lin Ke went to Lin Su's place and told him what he knew.Lin Su wasn't too surprised, after all, it was not much different from what was written in the book.

The next day, the two went to visit Lin Hai, and they were greeted by an old butler of Lin Hai, surnamed Luo, while Lin Su left with a girl beside Lin Daiyu.

Just after entering the door, Lin Ke saw a young man approaching with a smile on his face. When he got closer, he looked good-looking, but unfortunately he was ruined by the aura of that dude.

"Housekeeper Luo, who is this?" Lin Ke glanced at the visitor, turned his head and asked, "Could it be a side branch of the Lin family?"

When Housekeeper Luo heard Lin Ke's question, he hurriedly answered, "This is the second master of the Jia family, Jia Lian."

Lin Ke could tell that Housekeeper Luo had deliberately emphasized the word "Jia's family". Looking at the displeased expression, it seemed that he didn't have a good impression of Jia Lian either.

Standing in front of Lin Ke, Jia Lian couldn't help but flinch a little. Even though the young man smiled gently and politely, when he glanced at him with his cold eyes, he always felt that he was being seen through.

"My lord, Jia Lian, I don't know what the son should be called?" Jia Lian immediately put on an upright appearance and asked with a smile, "Your master is also surnamed Lin?" If so, that would be really bad!

Before I came here, my wife insisted that I take the property of the Lin family. As for the old lady, she also said that in order to prevent Miss Lin's property from being divided up by the slaves of the Lin family, she had to take it back no matter what. She kept it for her, but if the person in front of her was really from the Lin family, it would be really hard to get along with her.

Lin Ke glanced at Jia Lian, he knew what Jia Lian was thinking about even without using his brain, he smiled slightly, and immediately changed into a harmless boy and said: "Damn Lin Ke, my father holds the position of Minister in the capital. , Mr. Jia should be no stranger to him."

When Jia Lian heard this, he didn't know who it was. He rubbed his hands together and smiled awkwardly: "So it's Mr. Lin. Last year, you passed the Juren examination at the age of 12. The second master in our family has a lot of things. Said, envious! Mr. Lin also came to visit my Uncle Lin this time?"

Although the words were affectionate, Jia Lian felt embarrassed in his heart.For so many years, the Jia family has always wanted to pick up the big tree of Lin Qingze, and Lin Ke is also talented and intelligent. It is a pity that people ignore you at all. As far as Jia Lian remembers, he visited Lin Qingze four times, but Every time I was dismissed for various reasons.In the end, they really bothered them. That time it happened to be her daughter-in-law who went to see Miss Lin Su, and she made it very clear that she had nothing to do with the Jia family, and asked them not to come again. People laughed at it.

In fact, Jia Lian also understood that this cannot be blamed on others at all. The Jia family and others have nothing to do with each other, and the only one who is connected with each other is Sister Lin.But even if Sister Lin's family and others are both named Lin, it is only related to the ancestors. These generations have been very estranged. Well, besides, it was Sister Lin who didn't want to contact them at the beginning, so they have nothing to say, don't they?

"It seems that Second Master Jia still has other things to do, so I won't bother you." Lin Ke didn't even bother to continue, so he issued an order to evict the guest, "Housekeeper Luo, can you take me to a quiet place to rest? I'm fine too." Wait for my sister to visit my uncle together."

"Okay. Lian's second master, the old slave, will not accompany you. Please do what you want." Housekeeper Luo agreed, obviously not wanting to stay with Jia Lian any longer, "Master Ke, please come with me."

After all, Steward Luo led Lin Ke away.

Housekeeper Luo walked halfway, looked at Lin Ke, and suddenly asked, "Master Ke, what do you think of Second Master Lian?"

Lin Ke tilted his head and gave a harmless smile, which really had a bit of innocence: "How would I know, besides, my father said that if you talk too much, you will lose it. Don't you think so, Housekeeper Luo?"

Housekeeper Luo had no choice but to respond resentfully. It seems that there is nothing to be learned from this master.