Enter the red building

When Ji Zhou saw that Lin Ruhai was so angry that Lin Wuxi vomited blood and fainted, he slapped him across the face without saying a word, full of murderous aura.

Lin Wuxi herself was also frightened by Lin Ruhai's reaction, and felt uneasy. If Lin Ruhai had any troubles, she would not let her go just by looking at the expressions of these people.Lin Wuxi was slapped by Ji Zhou, but she didn't dare to vent her anger, so she could only bear the humiliation with her head down.

Xue Qiu didn't care about them at all, and directly carried Lin Ruhai into the inner courtyard, and ran all the way to the main room where Lin Ruhai was.And at the same time he panted and said to the housekeeper, "Go and ask the doctor!"

Butler Qi didn't want Xue Qiu to talk too much, and immediately ordered a servant to invite the doctor.

Xue Qiu put Lin Ruhai on the bed, feeling Lin Ruhai's faint aura, his heart turned cold, but he still suppressed his grief and told the maid next to him: "Go and ask my sister to come over, hurry up! "

Ji Zhou entered the inner courtyard together with Xue Qiu, while the others went back first. In fact, they all knew in their hearts that Lin Ruhai might not succeed, and their hearts were heavy.As for Jia Lian being Lin Ruhai's nephew, of course he had to be present when such a thing happened.The members of the Lin family went back to their room anxiously, very scared.

When Lin Daiyu heard Xue Qiu calling her to come over quickly, her heart trembled, maybe something happened to her father, and she rushed towards the main room in a hurry.As soon as he entered the door, he heard the doctor say, "Prepare for the funeral!"

Lin Daiyu burst into tears when she heard this, and almost fainted. Fortunately, Zijuan beside her was supporting her, otherwise she might have fallen to the ground.With Zijuan's support, Lin Daiyu walked to the bed in a nonchalant way, feeling still in a daze, not knowing what happened or where she was.

Xue Qiu was also at a loss in his heart, but he knew that there should be no chaos now, Lin Ruhai had already entrusted Lin Daiyu to himself, and now Lin Daiyu had to rely on him.He has to hold on.

Xue Qiu softly called to Lin Daiyu: "Sister? Sister?"

Lin Daiyu turned her head to look at Xue Qiu, and cried, "Brother!"

Xue Qiu tried his best not to shed tears, but his eyes were already red, and the mist was still spreading in his eyes.Xue Qiu tried to calm himself down, "Don't worry, brother will be with you." Then he turned around and asked Butler Qi, "Is everything ready?"

Butler Qi naturally knew what Xue Qiu was referring to, wiped his tears with his sleeve, nodded and said, "I've already prepared."

Xue Qiu nodded, and asked someone to take the doctor down again.

Lin Ruhai opened his eyes at this moment, coughing non-stop, looked at Lin Daiyu, then at Xue Qiu, "Yun Xiao——, Yu'er—"

Knowing what Lin Ruhai wanted to say, Xue Qiu quickly said, "Don't worry, foster father, Yun Xiao will definitely take good care of foster sister."

Lin Ruhai nodded slightly, coughed very painfully, and said to Lin Daiyu: "Yu'er, Yu'er, you have to be good—be good."

Lin Daiyu cried and said, "Yu'er will be fine, she will be fine!"

Lin Ruhai exerted all his energy and begged Ji Zhou: "Ji Zhou, Ji Zhou! They, you must—"

Ji Zhou's eyes were also red, "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will definitely take care of them."

Lin Ruhai breathed weakly, slowly closed his eyes, and said intermittently: "Okay, okay, here, here..."

The voice gradually disappeared, and the eyes did not open again.

In the quiet room, there were only Lin Daiyu's grief-stricken crying and Xue Qiu's suppressed sobbing.Lin Daiyu was so exhausted from crying that she fell asleep and was still sobbing in her sleep.

The mourning hall was quickly set up, a piece of white, a piece of sadness, paper money turned into ashes and blown away by the wind.The entire Lin family was shrouded in this desolation.Everyone left for tea, and apart from a few friends from Lin Ruhai's lifetime who came to pay respects, few people came.The members of the Lin family didn't dare to stay for long after worshiping, and they left the next day, presumably because they were afraid that they would be settled in the autumn.

Xue Qiu, who was wearing a white linen suit, knelt in front of the mourning hall to watch the night. Lin Daiyu came over and saw Xue Qiu's haggard face, and said, "Brother, I will watch the night tonight. Go and rest."

Xue Qiu shook his head and said, "It's very cold at night, sister, don't suffer from the cold. Brother has practiced martial arts, and his body is very good."

Lin Daiyu didn't say anything anymore, she knew that Xue Qiu was thinking of him, after all, she was really weak, and she had to cause trouble for her brother.

Steward Qi came over and said to Xue Qiu: "Master Xue Qiu, Second Master Jia Jialian said that he will bring Lin Daiyu back to Beijing after the first seven days."

When Lin Daiyu heard it, her face was a little sad, and she didn't know what it was like. Lin Daiyu really didn't want to go to Jia's mansion if she had no choice. Although she was loved by her grandmother, it was really hard not to care about all kinds of gossip.

Looking at Lin Daiyu's expression, Xue Qiu knew what she was thinking, and said, "Sister, don't worry, brother will go to the capital soon."

Lin Daiyu knew that Xue Qiu was going to take the imperial examination, and he was the head of the court examination. He would take the provincial examination soon, and then he would go to the capital to take the general examination.Lin Daiyu nodded and just asked, "Brother, are you sure?"

Xue Qiu only said: "Sister, don't worry!"

Xue Qiu thought for a while, and then said to the butler: "Call all the servants over tomorrow, I have something to say. And ask Aunt Liu, what is her plan?"

Butler Qi knew in his heart that this was probably going to dismiss the slaves.

In the early morning of the next day, all the servants of the Lin family gathered in the hall, feeling anxious, not knowing what their fate would be.Butler Qi said to Xue Qiu: "Aunt Liu, I told you yesterday that she will guard the tomb for the master and does not consider remarrying." After hearing this, Xue Qiu nodded and said nothing more, he knew that this was Aunt Liu's own choice.

Turning around, Xue Qiu looked at the people in the hall, and asked directly: "I will give you 20 taels, and those who are willing to go home will stand up."

As soon as this was said, about two-thirds of the people stood up.Without further ado, Xue Qiu asked Butler Qi to give them 20 taels each and their contracts of prostitution.

Some of the remaining one-third were old people from the Lin family and some young maids. They might be sold again when they went back, so they didn't stand up.

Xue Qiu looked at about eighteen other people, and asked again: "Stand up here alone." After speaking, five maids stood up.Xue Qiu looked them over carefully, but didn't say anything.Turning to look at the remaining thirteen people, including how many families, Xue Qiu asked, "How about you follow me to Jinling?"

All the old people in the Lin family nodded. They thought that Xue Qiu was Lin Ruhai's adopted son, and they should follow him.Butler Qi's family was naturally among them.

Xue Qiu waved the others away, and told them to invite their younger sister, Lin Daiyu, to come over.

The five maids left behind were very worried, not knowing what would happen to them.Xue Qiu didn't say anything, just observed them quietly, waiting for Lin Daiyu to come over.