The Lin Family of Gusu in the Red Mansion

"I just heard someone mention it by accident. Could it be that this matter is still a secret? Can't we tell it?" Lin Ke asked in a puzzled manner, with straight eyes and no intention of dodging, "If I'm rude, I hope the housekeeper will forgive me. "

Butler Luo secretly wiped off his cold sweat, family ugliness must not be exposed!

"Housekeeper, the master said that he wants to see Master Ke, and he is in the study." Suddenly a girl ran over in a hurry, took a look at Lin Ke, and immediately saluted.

"This..." Steward Luo hesitated for a moment, and asked Lin Ke for his opinion, "Master Ke still waits for Miss Su to come with me?"

"Butler, don't worry." The girl smiled this time, and said hastily, "Just now on the way here, I accidentally bumped into a girl of Miss Lin Su, and when she asked me why I came, Miss Su said If you say she won't come, it's all up to Master Ke to make up his mind, and she will have no objection anyway."

Seeing this, Lin Ke no longer hesitated: "Okay then, please lead the way to meet my uncle."

Lin Ke and the girl went to Lin Ruhai's study in silence.The girl sneaked a few glances at Lin Ke along the way, clearly feeling that Lin Ke was extraordinary.

"Master, Master Lin Ke has arrived." The little girl announced in a low voice at the door, her respectful appearance showed some good upbringing.

"Let him come in, cough, cough, cough!" After a few words, he coughed badly. It seemed that Lin Ruhai was really sick.

Listening to the coughing sound, Lin Ke always felt uncomfortable, so he paused and stepped into the study.

Looking up, I saw a thin middle-aged man sitting behind the desk, his complexion was sallow, and he was in good spirits, but he didn't know if it was a flashback. It was very different from what Lin Ke saw five years ago. If it was the only one that hadn't changed, I'm afraid it's that elegant temperament.

"Nephew, I haven't seen you for five years, but I've changed a lot." While Lin Ke was still in a daze, Lin Ruhai smiled and said, stood up and walked over, "Sit down quickly."

Lin Ke came back to his senses in an instant. Over the years, he had smoothed out all the remaining impulses, but the moment he saw Lin Ruhai, he still clenched his fist tightly, but now, he slowly loosened it again. .

"Thank you uncle, I don't know why uncle called me here at this moment?" Lin Ke didn't say anything, and went straight to the point, "Nephew will know everything without saying anything."

After Lin Ruhai sat back, he was a little dull, frowned and asked the question: "Do you know how well Yu'er has spent in Jia's house all these years? Although I asked her, but because of my illness, the child also I don’t want to tell the truth. I’m one of those people in the capital. They all said that Yu’er’s life in Jia’s mansion was not necessarily good, or even very hard. ···”

Lin Ke secretly concealed the sarcasm in his eyes: "Uncle, does he want to hear the truth, or..."

"It's the truth, if you want to hear the fake one, why bother to ask you." Lin Ruhai felt particularly bitter when he said this sentence.

Lin Ke smiled slightly. He felt that taking pleasure in others' misfortunes was also a good quality: "In this case, I will say nothing. When Sister Yu'er just came to our house, my sister told her to be careful of Jia's house. Of course, His tone and manner may be a little extreme, so he was rejected by his sister. After arriving at Jia's house..."

Lin Ke told the story of Lin Daiyu's entry into Jia's house in detail, and Lin Ruhai's complexion was getting worse and worse, from white to green, and finally completely blackened.

"Later, a girl surnamed Xue came to their Jia's mansion. She seemed to be a family who had been doing business for generations. The family had a lot of money. She was generous and kind. That Miss Xue is so nice, and Sister Yu'er is so bitter and mean, and how she lives under the fence of Jia's family. She is a relative of Qiufeng. This kind of behavior is allowed to go unchecked, of course, mainly because I don’t want to offend a rich man like the Xue family. I remember that my sister went to Jia’s house through the corner door, but the businessman Xue’s family entered through the side door.”

After Lin Ke finished speaking, he looked at Lin Ruhai with those ancient well-like eyes, and saw Lin Ruhai looking at him in disbelief.

"You didn't lie to me? I thought it was Yu'er's maternal grandfather's family. No matter how bad it was, it was better than other families. Obviously, I would send a batch of things and money every once in a while. How could it be that?" Hit the autumn wind?" Lin Ruhai's face flushed a little, but he really looked like a pig's liver, obviously annoyed by the Jia family, "I half believed what my old friends in the capital said, but I didn't expect it to be like this .”

Lin Ke sneered, seeing Lin Ruhai like this, he really didn't know whether to say that he deserved it himself, or that what Jia Min did should be retribution for her daughter.

"Uncle, I don't know where your money and things are. You can ask Jia's family, or ask your former wife back to life, maybe she knows very well." Lin Ke said the words coldly, no longer the gentleness just now, and now even the contempt was really revealed.

Lin Ruhai didn't react when he heard this at first, but when he turned around, he couldn't help being furious: "What nonsense! How could my nephew say that about his aunt?"

Lin Ruhai was not in good health at first, and when he got angry, he immediately began to cough, clutching his chest and said, "I thought you were a good person, a person who knew etiquette, but I didn't expect you to be like this..."

Lin Ke was not angry either. He moved into a more comfortable position in his seat and said slowly: "It is true that I am not polite. My mother was killed by the principal when I was born, and my father didn't care about it. Teach me, how do I know how to be polite?"

"What are you talking about?" Lin Ruhai was taken aback. This was completely different from what he knew about Lin Qingze's family. Wasn't this Lin Ke born in the main house?To be more precise, Lin Qingze didn't have a concubine at all.

"Hmph!" Lin Ke knew what Lin Ruhai was thinking when he looked at Lin Ruhai's appearance, and couldn't help being a little annoyed, "Don't think wrong about my father. Why, doesn't uncle remember your bastard who died young? Don't remember you Is that concubine who died early gone? Do you want me to remind you, that woman surnamed Zhang. It seems that she was also killed by my good aunt, exactly like my mother. Ah, I forgot, my uncle has always been The nobleman forgets things so much, how could he remember such two mere little people, you say yes, Uncle!"

Lin Ke felt that every word he uttered was like a knife, piercing others as well as himself, his body seemed to be bleeding drop by drop, until finally there was no more blood to flow.Obviously the sun outside is very warm, but he is so cold that his teeth are chattering. No matter how warm the sun is, even if it warms the flesh, it can't warm the heart.

"You...you are..." Lin Ruhai's eyes widened instantly, trembling and trying to stand up, but fell back heavily, so he could only point at Lin Ke with trembling fingers, "Are you ······Is that the child? You are not······"

"Oh, what am I? What am I not? Naturally, I am the son of Lin Qingze, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and my name is Lin Ke." Lin Ke walked up to Lin Ruhai, as if looking at the other person's terrified but remorseful appearance would be able to shake the heart. It was as if all the resentment had been vented, "Could it be that my uncle has forgotten things so much? It seems that the doctor really needs to treat it well. Could it be that you thought that the master would still be the bastard of your family who died young? I know that your family said he was dead back then, if I were, I would be a fraudulent corpse, I am afraid there will be a Taoist master tomorrow to accept me as a monster!"

Lin Ruhai stretched out his hand as if trying to catch Lin Ke, but Lin Ke dodged it first, and sat back in a seat away from Lin Ruhai again.

"It's not like that. I didn't want to treat you like that. Can you listen to my explanation?" Lin Ruhai finally calmed down, with tears still in his eyes, "I just want to explain to you."

Lin Ke raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth curled into a beautiful arc, and his words were extremely gentle: "Explanation? What is that? I'm really sorry. My books have always only had the word 'result'. Even if you explain it, can you explain it?" Change the status quo? If the explanation is useful, what is the use of the Ministry of Punishment and the police? Hasn’t my father been doing useless work?”

When Lin Ruhai heard the "daddy" son he emphasized, his face turned pale, and the words were stuck in his throat for a moment, not knowing where to start.

He obviously didn't want to listen to his explanation, and he could just turn around and leave, but for some reason, Lin Ke couldn't move his feet, hands, and body as if rooted in the chair.Is it a lie to say that you don't care?

Seeing that Lin Ke didn't intend to leave, Lin Ruhai didn't care whether he wanted to hear it or not, and started talking on his own.

"Your mother is very beautiful. Sitting far away looks like a picture of a lady. I used to like her very much. But you know, her status cannot be the main wife, and for my official career, I need a family with a strong personality." A girl from a powerful family is my main wife, and I chose your aunt, not only because Jia's mansion, where the old Duke was still at the time, was in full swing, but also because your aunt looks like your mother at a glance."

When Lin Ruhai said these words, his face was full of tenderness, as if he had really returned to his youth, but in Lin Ke's view, he felt extremely disgusted and smiled coldly.

"Later, your aunt made me gradually alienate your mother. I didn't realize it was too late until you were born and your mother passed away. But seeing you more and more like your mother's eyebrows and eyes, I felt more and more guilty. Then I just stopped paying attention to you. My younger brother and sister were born after you, and I devoted myself to them in order to get rid of the shadow of the past." Speaking of this, he smiled helplessly and sadly, "This neglect It was seven years, and on the last day when I came back from inspection on the dam, I was told that you had died young, and even your body was taken away."

"Papa papa!" Seeing that Lin Ruhai had finished speaking, Lin Ke couldn't help applauding, with a look of admiration and relief on his face, "It's really touching, what a seed of infatuation. Then let me ask you, why did you never investigate the cause of my mother's death?" ? Do you know that I was treated harshly and poisoned by your kind wife? Then why did you never suspect my sudden death? To cover up this matter, even the servants in the house cleaned it up? Don’t tell me it’s also for My mother, for me? Do you think everyone is as easy to deceive as your daughter? Lin Hai, Lin Ruhai, uncle, you are really..."

Clutching the robe on his body tightly, Lin Ke felt that his heart didn't hurt at all, and the pain was severe, so he didn't feel it.

"I..." Lin Ruhai lowered her head, feeling as if she was about to leave the world, "Your aunt said your mother died in childbirth, and I ignored you all those years, how could I find out what she did until The words of your death came out of her mouth, and I realized that something was wrong, so I started a thorough investigation. After I found out the truth, I confronted your aunt, but she was Yu'er's mother, and she was not in good health, so she went to the hospital soon. Yes. As for those servants, she also replaced them, I really..."

"Do you really know nothing?" Lin Ke no longer knew what to say to this man, but he blindly pushed his faults on others, and he was as clean as a lotus flower out of water. Now he seems to really want to Thank him, thank him for abandoning himself, otherwise he really couldn't stand such a father, "Is there anything else to say? If not, I'll leave first."

After hearing such a speech, Lin Ke now felt powerless in his heart. He couldn't even hate him. He felt that he was wasting his time hating such a man. As for Jia Min, he was dead. How to hate?

"Wait, can I ask you something?"