Enter the red building

Chapter [-] Via Yangzhou

Xue Qiu and Shui Linglong sat opposite each other and didn't speak any more. They both seemed to be thinking about something.

Xue Qiu looked at Shui Linglong and still persisted, as if he saw himself in the past. At this moment, Xue Qiu wanted to know why he appeared in this world of red chambers, and Lin Daiyu was still dead.

Xue Qiu knew that at the moment when Lin Daiyu was dying, Lin Daiyu called her name, she was happy and happy, but she couldn't bear to leave her, she really wanted to live, hold her hand, and be with her forever as she once said If so, it's a pity that she couldn't do it, she must be very unwilling.Very helpless.

Looking at the slanting sunset outside, the sky is orange-red like a brocade, and the afterglow dyed the clouds red, inlaid with a layer of golden broken edges, mixed with orange, layer by layer infiltrating continuously, and the color gradually changes from light to dark.

Where the water and light meet, only half of the sun shines through, and the waves of light float on the water, like dancing white pearls, dazzled the eyes.The gold is scattered and broken, falling on the water surface, fluttering with the waves, flickering.

The setting sun fell on the two of them through the window, and the shadows continued to be elongated and merged together.

Shui Linglong looked at Xue Qiu under the setting sun, she couldn't find a shadow on her thin face, her white plain clothes were light golden yellow, her hair danced gently with the wind, but her eyes were as deep as an ancient well, covered with a Layers of sadness, what is left in the ancient well is endless sadness.

"Xue Qiu, why are you so nice? If you weren't so nice, I wouldn't have fallen in love with you!" Shui Linglong said just like that.

Xue Qiu didn't answer, just looked out the window and remained silent.

Shui Linglong smiled, and asked: "Can you tell me how you and Sister Lin met? You are clearly righteous brothers and sisters, but you still love each other. It's really enviable." The last two words are only Shui Linglong You can only hear it yourself, it is indeed jealousy, why is she gone, why is she still the only one in your eyes.

Xue Qiu didn't turn his head when he heard Shui Linglong's words, but his expression was a little loose, and he said softly, "Yangzhou is almost here!"

"Yangzhou?" Shui Linglong was a little puzzled, looked at Xue Qiu and asked, "What's wrong with Yangzhou? Could it be that you and her are in Yangzhou—"

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Xue Qiu's mouth, and he only said: "When I first saw her, I didn't know she was the daughter of my adoptive father. I was like a prodigal son, running up to stop her and ask her Who is it? This is the first meeting, and life is really just like meeting for the first time!"

"Life is just like seeing you for the first time?" Shui Linglong also whispered softly, but her heart was sour, she didn't want to see the intoxicated and nostalgic smile on Xue Qiu's face.When I first met you in the capital, it was not like this. I also wanted to ask you this question, but it's a pity that you left in a hurry and didn't take yourself to heart.

Shui Linglong asked softly: "Just that one look, you just—"

Xue Qiu didn't answer, but Shui Linglong already knew the answer.

Shui Linglong stopped talking, every word Xue Qiu said now was like a knife piercing Shui Linglong's heart, deep or shallow, making Shui Linglong very painful, but Shui Linglong still looked at Xue Linglong with a smile on her face. dragon.

For this unrequited love, Shui Linglong is like a lone traveler, walking alone, looking at the back of the person in front, closely following his footsteps, refusing to give up.

The boat went all the way south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and the scenery on both sides of the river was picturesque, but Xue Qiu and his party lacked the leisure to enjoy it.

Shui Linglong looked at the scenery on both sides of the river with great interest, this was the first time Shui Linglong left the capital and came to this Jiangnan area.If it wasn't for Xue Qiu's refusal to stop the boat, there would be a lot of delay along the way.

Although Shui Linglong had been smiling all the time, she also knew that Xue Qiu was returning home to help her spirit, and she was a filial person, so she was not too presumptuous.But Shui Linglong has been learning to take care of children from Xue Wuyou's nanny Chen, and now Xue Wuyou is very familiar with Shui Linglong.

For this reason, Shui Linglong didn't have much time to appreciate the scenery on both sides of the strait. Xue Wuyou was weak and couldn't see the wind, so she could only stay in the cabin all the time.

In this way, Xue Qiu and his party arrived in Yangzhou.

The prosperity of Yangzhou needn’t be repeated. Xue Qiu didn’t intend to take Lin Daiyu’s coffin to visit the grave of his father-in-law Lin Ruhai, but after thinking about it carefully, he should go. Wuyou went to pay homage to his grandfather.

Shui Linglong insisted on going with Xue Qiu, Xue Qiu had no choice but to nod in agreement, telling Qi Bo and others to wait on the boat after buying some clothes and dry food for the road.

Xue Qiu only brought Bai Xia, the nanny, and Lin Daiyu's maids Qian Que and Xue Yan.

Qi Bo had already told Aunt Liu who stayed in Yangzhou to guard Lin Ruhai's tomb about this matter, so he arrived at Lin Ruhai's tomb without spending too much time.

Aunt Liu knew for a long time that Xue Qiu had married her righteous sister Lin Daiyu, and she also knew about Lin Daiyu's birth. She couldn't help but lamented the marriage between Xue Qiu and Lin Daiyu, and felt that the line of the Lin family was really broken.

Looking at the young and beautiful Shui Linglong beside Xue Qiu, Aunt Liu couldn't help but feel a little depressed. She brought other women to pay respects to her father-in-law's grave, which is really rude.

Xue Qiu looked at Aunt Liu's simple clothes, elegant makeup, a few gray hairs on her temples, and her spirits were not in a good mood, as if she was depressed.Xue Qiu said in a serious voice, "Aunt Xiong has been guarding here all the time."

Aunt Liu knew her status and did not dare to trust her, so she said modestly: "It is the duty of a concubine to guard the tomb for the master. How can it be hard work?"

Xue Qiu didn't care about Aunt Liu's attitude, he hugged Xue Wuyou and said, "This is my child and Yu'er's, Auntie, would you like to hug her?"

Aunt Liu shook her head and said: "My status is humble, so I don't need it." Looking at the somewhat thin Xue Wuyou, Aunt Liu said again: "Young master, you look a little thin, but your eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Miss."

Xue Qiu said approvingly: "He naturally looks like Yu'er!"

Without further words, Xue Qiu hugged Xue Wuyou and knelt in front of Lin Ruhai's tomb.Xue Qiu just hugged Xue Wuyou and kowtowed to Lin Ruhai three times. He didn't speak, but said silently in his heart: "Father-in-law, when you asked me to recognize you as foster father, you probably didn't expect such a day to come. I didn't I won’t regret marrying Yu’er, I hope you can understand too! Now I’m bringing my child and Yu’er’s child to see you. You have a spirit in heaven, I hope you can bless him to grow up without any worries in his life.”

Shui Linglong and the others stood aside and watched, but did not make a sound at this time.

Lin Ruhai's tomb was well taken care of, it looked like it had been repaired.Xue Qiu also had a sense in his heart, got up and asked: "I don't know if my aunt is okay now? Is there a shortage of money?"

Aunt Liu's hesitation made Xue Qiu frown, and said, "If Auntie has any difficulties, tell Yun Xiao. After all, Yun Xiao is also half of the Lin family's son."

Aunt Liu hadn't spoken yet, but a maid beside her knelt down and said, "I beg my aunt to help our aunt!"

Xue Qiu didn't answer, but just asked: "What happened, can you tell me first?"

Aunt Liu didn't stop the girl from speaking, she just lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, as if something was really sad.

The maid cried bitterly: "Our aunt——the aunt's family has been wronged and imprisoned!"

It took Xue Qiu a long time to understand what was going on. Aunt Liu's family was a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou who specialized in silk, otherwise she would not have become the concubine of Lin Ruhai, a second-rank official. But now it seems that Aunt Liu's niece, Liu Yingran, was taken by Yangzhou. Governor Su Sansi fell in love with him, but Su Sansi was over fifty, and Aunt Liu's elder brother Liu Beifeng naturally didn't want his daughter to be a concubine for someone over half a hundred years old.He rejected the matchmaker's door-to-door marriage proposal, but he also offended Su Sansi because of it. Now Liu Beifeng's family is said to have bought murder and been imprisoned.

Xue Qiu hadn't spoken yet, but Shui Linglong was already furious, and said indignantly: "As a governor, it's really audacious to do such a thing!"

Xue Qiu knew that Shui Linglong was like this in the capital, she always stood up when she saw injustice, and she didn't care about her identity at all.

Aunt Liu didn't know Shui Linglong's identity, anyone would curse a few words after listening to it, but there was nothing she could do.Aunt Liu paid respects to Xue Qiu, and cried, "Please help my elder brother's family! My elder brother is really wronged!"

Xue Qiu has already relieved Ding You. Although he has a job in the Ministry of War, he can't do anything. Looking at Shui Linglong beside him, he said, "Don't worry, someone will help you with this matter!"

Aunt Liu was overjoyed when she heard Xue Qiu's words, but she turned to ask: "I don't know who the young master is talking about?"

Xue Qiu glanced at Shui Linglong indifferently, and said, "It's her! She will help you vindicate your brother."

Shui Linglong stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely explain this matter to your brother, so that the dog official can't bear to go around."

Aunt Liu was puzzled, how to hand it over to this woman, isn't this uncle just joking?

Seeing Aunt Liu's suspicious expression, Xueyan said: "This is Princess Linglong, the daughter of King Beijing Jing!"

"Princess?" Aunt Liu and the others were amazed. The one standing in front of them was actually the princess. How could she be with my uncle, but she didn't dare to think about it, and quickly knelt down and said, "See the princess!"

Shui Linglong waved her hand and said, "Get up! Since I have agreed to this matter, I will definitely do what I say."

Seeing Shui Linglong's indeterminate look, Xue Qiu couldn't help shaking his head. If the dignified governor dared to do such a thing, he was sure. How could it be so easy to overturn the case and punish the governor?This is not the capital city, without the support of Shui Linglong from the King of Beijing Jing, how can it be such a simple matter, you must know that this is Su Sansi's territory.

Xue Qiu said: "Princess, you should write a letter to the prince! Please handle this matter with the prince."

Shui Linglong shook her head and said, "No need, I dare not tell my father that I followed you to Yangzhou!"

But Xue Qiu said coldly: "You think the prince doesn't know about this matter. You just stay here to help Aunt Liu. I will write a letter to the prince and ask him to send someone to pick you up."

"You dare! If you do this, I won't care about this matter!" Shui Linglong tilted her head and stopped looking at Xue Qiu, as if she was angry.

In fact, Shui Linglong also knew that her father must have guessed that she followed Xue Qiu back to Jinling, but for the sake of her own reputation, she must have kept quiet, and she might have to agree with her own actions.

Aunt Liu didn't know about the relationship between Xue Qiu and Shui Linglong, but according to the current situation, Princess Linglong only helped her because of her son-in-law's sake.Aunt Liu didn't know what to do for a while, looking at Xue Qiu, he could persuade Shui Linglong in the past.

Xue Qiu was really speechless to Shui Linglong's reaction, and asked, "Didn't you follow what you said just now?"

Shui Linglong smiled and asked, "I changed my mind, can't I?"

Xue Qiu ignored Shui Linglong, and asked Aunt Liu: "The murderer Zhou Qing insisted that Liu Beifeng pay him to kill?"

Aunt Liu nodded, and said: "Brother will never buy murder. Although the Liu family and the Jiang family have feuds, they will definitely not commit murder. Brother has never seen that person before."

Xue Qiu didn't argue, according to what Aunt Liu said, Liu Beifeng should have been wronged, but you can't just listen to one side of the story, just murmured: "It seems that we may have to stay in Yangzhou for a while, I just hope This matter can be resolved as soon as possible.”

Aunt Liu naturally knew that Xue Qiu was going back to her hometown to help her spirit, so she couldn't delay for too long.Now with Xue Qiu's words, there is hope for the affairs of the Liu family, and he immediately thanked: "I thank my uncle on behalf of my elder brother!"

Xue Qiu waved his hands and said, "Go home first!" Then he turned to Bai Xia and said, "Bai Xia, go and tell Qi Bo that we are going to stay in Yangzhou for a few days! Tell the boatman too!"

Bai Xia nodded, and immediately rushed to the pier.

Shui Linglong saw that Xue Qiu ignored her at all and left like that. She was very angry in her heart, but she immediately rushed to Xue Qiu's side and asked in a soft voice: "Xue Qiu, what are you going to do? In this way, I really have to stay in Yangzhou for a while. But Auntie and Sister Lin—”

Xue Qiu didn't want to listen to Shui Linglong's noise anymore, so she dropped Shui Linglong in a few steps.

Shui Linglong saw that Xue Qiu was really angry, so she didn't dare to say anything.Shui Linglong knew in her heart that Yangzhou could not stay for long, Shui Linglong was not stupid, so it was not hard to imagine what Xue Qiu meant when she started saying that, this is indeed not the capital city, she can't come by herself, and she has no one to back her up if something goes wrong.I also thought about whether to write a letter to my father and ask him to send someone to deal with this matter.

"Xue Qiu, why don't I ask my father to send someone to deal with this matter! Let's go back to Jinling first!" Shui Linglong said.

Xue Qiu didn't even glance at Shui Linglong, and just said indifferently: "How can you say it's us?"

Shui Linglong was choked by Xue Qiu's words, she was relying on him, but is it necessary to bring this up all the time?

Aunt Liu on the side was really wondering why Xue Qiu was so indifferent to Shui Linglong. You must know that Shui Linglong's identity is the princess.There is also why it looks like the princess is pestering my uncle, which is really strange.But Aunt Liu didn't think much about it.One is because of her low status, and the other is that Aunt Liu is always thinking about her natal family in her heart.

And the other servants are all aware of some of the things inside, so naturally they wouldn't say anything, if Qiu Shan was here, they would definitely help Shui Linglong to speak up, but it's a pity that Shui Linglong is alone now.

There was nothing to say all the way, and not long after, Shui Linglong followed Xue Qiu back to the Lin Mansion.