Old things in the Red Chamber

What happened in the Rongguo Mansion had nothing to do with Jia Gu’s family, at most it was Jia Gu and Jia She who chattered a few words while drinking, but now, there is a lot of noise in the court, the emperor and his elder brother, Prince Zhong, are fighting each other, causing countless disasters Jia Gu asked Jia Amnesty to keep Jia Lian from going out.

Only a few days after saying this, Jiang Nan sent a message that Lin Hai is now useless.

Not useful is a euphemistic way of saying it, to the effect that the letter from the Lin family had just arrived in the capital when Jia Gu was still on duty at the time of his deathbed, so the emperor sent him over.

"I heard that your brother-in-law is useless."

Jia Gu bent down, "I haven't received the news yet."

"If he is useless, your niece will definitely go back. Who do you think is appropriate to send her back?"

Jia Gu thought for a while, "I want Quanzi to send her back, but Quanzi has an errand, so it's better to let Jia Lian go."

"The emperor smiled. Xu'er married my niece, and I can be considered his elder. He has grown up in the Northland for more than ten years, and he has never seen the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River. As an elder, I should naturally give it to the younger generation. For the sake of consideration, give him three months off, send the daughter of the Lin family back, and then bring her back."

Inside Zhongwuhou's mansion, Mrs. Tong and Jia Yingchun had just finished packing Lin Daiyu's luggage, when Jia Gu sent a message back, and Mrs. Tong hurriedly packed her son's luggage again.

The news of Lin Hai's serious illness first reached the Zhongwuhou Mansion, and then to the Rongguo Mansion. After hearing this, Mrs. Wang pondered for a while, dispatched troops and generals, and sent her confidantes to the Wang family and Jiangnan respectively.

When Mrs. Tong packed all the luggage of her son and niece over there, it was already dark, and Zhongwuhou's mansion was cooking oil and wax to prepare dry food.Mrs. Wang at the Rongguo Mansion went slowly to Shi Taijun's yard, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for half the night.

"...Now that my niece is not at our house, why don't we pick her up first, let's prepare our luggage, hire a boat, and let Lian'er take my niece back, you see?"

Shi Taijun nodded, "According to what you said, tell Lian'er how to take people away, and how to bring them back. If those shabby householders from the Lin family say something, don't take it seriously. Just take our family's post , the government will take care of itself."

Mrs. Wang was waiting for this sentence, she returned to her yard with a low eyebrow, called Wang Xifeng, and gave instructions for a long time, everything was kept silent.

In the middle of the night, Jia Xun knelt in front of the emperor, with his forehead pressed against the floor tiles, "Your minister should be ashamed."

Before dawn, Jia Xun led his horse out. In the backyard, Mrs. Tong took Jia Yingchun and watched Lin Daiyu being supported by the color screen and color photos into the car, Zijuan was also stuffed in, and the other women got into the car. Ma, told them, "Pay attention to the girls on the road, and don't rush on the road if you are not feeling well."

One of the women responded, and the two doors opened, and the women rode horses to meet Jia Xun in the front yard. Jia Xun persuaded Lin Daiyu, and the group rushed to the city gate before the city gate opened. , galloped away, and arrived at Tongzhou Wharf in half a day, where a large official ship was waiting.

It took a quarter of an hour to get on the boat, even people and horses went directly to the boat, and when the boat left the pier, Lin Daiyu finally cried out.

In Kyoto, the sun was rising and it was almost lunch time before the women of Rongguo Mansion arrived at Zhongwuhou Mansion.

Mrs. Tong said to Zhou Rui's family and Lin Daiyu's nursing mother Wang Momo, "You are late, count the time, and now they are already on the boat. We received the news yesterday, and the housekeeper of our house immediately found the boat and let Xi'er They took a leave of absence, before dawn, and their brothers and sisters all went out."

As if Wang Momo was struck by lightning, Zhou Rui's family immediately became impatient, "How can Mrs. Tong let Miss Lin go first? What should I do?"

"Master Lin is like this. Don't let my niece go back quickly. If you go back a moment earlier, maybe you can meet again. If you drag it on, I'm afraid Master Lin won't be able to wait."

When Zhou Rui's family came back, Mrs. Wang threw a teacup immediately, and hurried to see Shi Taijun, Shi Taijun immediately made a decision, "Let Lian'er chase after him, after all, Yu'er is young and has not as much experience as Lian'er, and Lian'er has to make up his mind on this matter." It’s justified.”

Jia Lian's boat was not sent out until the third day. It was really complicated, and there were so many servants who followed. The people who were sent out first fought for time, and Jia Lian was reluctant to part with the bustling capital, so he procrastinated. At this time, Lin Daiyu was already very close to Yangzhou.

On the fourth day after Jia Lian left, Jia Gu came back on duty. Jia She rushed over in the morning and asked him about Lin Hai. "I think it's a bit... I can't say it. Lian'er is my son. I still know his temperament. Even if he is in the oil pan, he will take out two taels of oil. This trip to Yangzhou is a hard job. He I went there in such a hurry and didn't hear a single complaint, so I felt a bit..."

"Let me tell you why. Your old lady and Jia Cunzhou's daughter-in-law want to bring back the dowry of their niece. After the meat is gone, there is still oil in the hands. Why do you say your son is so happy."

"This... Baoyu should go here. This is Baoyu's business. It's not Lian'er marrying a daughter-in-law. Even if Baoyu is indifferent, he should go to his brother-in-law for a while."

"Did Jia Laoer prepare a bride price for his son? Even if time is tight, has the marriage been written? Has a matchmaker been found?"

Is Jia Amnesty really stupid? Sitting on the stool blankly, the expression on his face changed a few times, "I see."

Jia Gu rubbed his wine glass and asked Jia She, "If you have this windfall, do you think Jia Laoer will pay back the debt from the treasury?"

Half a month later, something happened in the Jiangnan officialdom. Lin Haihai, the dying censor of Yanke, impeached half of the Jiangnan officialdom. The emperor was furious and sent imperial envoys to Jiangnan to investigate to the bottom.

Apart from paying attention to Jia Xuan, Jia Gu ignored everything else. He was on duty as usual every day, and he didn't have much contact with outsiders. Except for drinking with the son-in-law of the eldest princess of Anyang, he also went with Jia Amnesty. Go shopping on Qipan Street.

Half a month later, two letters from Jia Xuan arrived in the capital, one was a secret letter, which was delivered directly to the palace, and the other was a family letter, because Jia Gu was not at home, Madam Tong opened it and read it.

The content of the letter is as follows:

Jia Huan and Lin Dai traveled both starry night and night, exchanging land and water, and arrived in Yangzhou in seven or eight days. Lin Hai was already terminally ill.Jia Xuan went to Lin Hai's official residence and met the members of the Lin family, but they hadn't been in office for a long time, and Lin Hai had no heirs, so they forced a young man to be Lin Hai's heir, which made Lin Hai unhappy.

After seeing Lin Daiyu, Lin Hai finally made up his mind and invited several great Confucian scholars and former colleagues from Yangzhou to witness together that he entrusted his family property daughter to his brother-in-law whom he had never met---Jia Gu, please Jia Gu To choose a good son-in-law to marry Lin Daiyu, the requirement is that the other party must be willing to change the second son's surname to Lin, inheriting his line, and share half of the family property he left with the grandson who has not met in the future.

As evidenced by written evidence, Jia Xun signed on behalf of his father, and the Lin family began to count the family property, discarding what should be discarded, taking away what should be taken away, Zhuangzi in Jiangnan kept it, and the yard was sold.Holding on to the sick body, he explained the precious things at home bit by bit, and told Lin Daiyu how to live in the future and how to get along with her husband and mother-in-law. When it came to sadness, the father and daughter cried.

As soon as the real estate and bulky furniture started to be dealt with here, there were people pushing down the price and suppressing other buyers.Lin Hai simply did not sell it, sealed it up, and found a few dishonest servants to stay behind to take care of him, and let Lin Daiyu faithfully lead him to the north, but also obeyed the emperor's order with his last breath, vowing to bite off a piece of meat from the Zhen family. down.

When Jia Lian arrived, the general situation of the Lin family had already been settled.

Jia Lian first sent a servant to inquire about Jia Xun's news. Someone said that Jia Xun had only been in and out of the Linhai mansion for the first few days, but now he has gone to Jinling.Jia Lian was overjoyed and tidied up his clothes and visited Lin Hai. In the past few days, Lin Hai has looked like a flashback, taking his daughter with him everywhere, even at night, he can't sleep, and he can't wait to finish talking with his daughter.This made Lin Daiyu secretly cry a dozen times.

When Jia Lian came in to meet, Lin Daiyu hid behind the screen first. Jia Lian thought that there were only each other's confidantes in the room, so he also learned Mrs. Wang's words, which he pretended to be on Shi Taijun's head.

"Our old lady is reluctant to part with Sister Lin, and wants to keep her for a long time. When Sister Lin reaches Ji, she will marry Sister Lin for Baoyu."

Lin Hai coughed a few times, "Where is the marriage certificate?"

Jia Lian took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Lin Hai. It was not a marriage letter, but a letter of guarantee, signed by Shi Taijun.

"What I want is a marriage certificate, which has been witnessed by the government. Otherwise, how can I safely entrust my palm beads and these belongings to your mansion before I die."

"This?" Jia Lian used the dragging formula, and Mrs. Wang also said that Jiangnan had long been prepared, not afraid that these funds would fall into the hands of others, "After my nephew sends a letter back and asks for a marriage letter, I will visit my uncle again."

Watching Jia Lian go out, Lin Ruhai coughed so hard that his lungs almost came out, "It can be seen that he didn't mean to beg you." Lin Daiyu had no choice but to comfort her father.

"The Jia family refuses to show even a single marriage certificate. It can be seen that you and this million pieces of furniture will belong to them after your father dies." After taking a few sips of warm water, "Books are the foundation of family heirlooms. Good. You also need to keep all kinds of land deeds and land deeds. Don’t pay too much attention to the number of tickets, gold and silver, there is only so much I can do for you in a hurry.”

Lin Hai did more than he said. He solemnly wrote a letter to Jia Gu and his wife, and entrusted his daughter to Mrs. Tong, asking her to raise her daughter for Jia Min's sake. Mrs. Tong is the wife of the imperial court. It is said that Lin Daiyu was born after Liehou and grew up in the hands of imperial orders, and no one would say that she is a widow and eldest daughter who is uneducated.In one afternoon, Lin Hai passed away.

Revolving around Lin Hai's funeral and aftermath, especially his position, there was a fight in Jiangnan.

The representative figures are Jia Xuan and Jia Lian.Jia Xuan represents the emperor, and Jia Lian is fighting for the power of the Zhen family.It is a trivial matter to talk about the honey belly sword above the mourning hall.In the next few days, some people even led soldiers to break in. Lin Daiyu fainted three times in one day, crying loudly outside Lin Ruhai's coffin.

After all, Jia Lian was not as tyrannical as Jia Xun. Jia Xun's personal soldiers and now long followers killed several servants of Jia's mansion who made a fuss. Jia Lian was so frightened that he didn't dare to say more. Method.The salt tax account books and various evidences over the years were collected from Lin Hai's relics, and they were immediately sent to the capital under heavy escort.