[Red Mansion] Reborn Lin Ruhai

But when she said that Aunt Li got the money for selling jade, she was really worried for a few days.

At first, he hid in the small Buddhist hall upstairs in a low-key manner, and recited scriptures for a few days without leaving home.Seeing that no one came to ask her, she thought she was ignorant, but after a few days, she became more courageous, and she couldn't help being greedy again.When I had nothing to do, I wandered in the garden, racking my brains to find an excuse to go to Lin Daiyu's house.But several servant girls were on guard against her, so they had nowhere to start.Also, the nurses and maids don't want to see her, they love to answer and ignore her, so it's not boring to go back and forth a few times like this, and they don't bother to annoy others. Leave another girl, Qing'er, to look after the house.

There are two gardens in the inner courtyard of the Lin Mansion, the small garden is close to Lin Daiyu's courtyard, and the large garden is not far from the Chuihua Gate.

Today, Aunt Li was tired from shopping, so she sat in a gazebo in the big garden and sent Cui'er to serve herbal tea.Not long after I sat down, I suddenly heard a rustling sound behind me, and I got up to check. It turned out that there was a boy in Tsing Yi squatting on the ground to catch grasshoppers.I saw the man with round eyes, staring at the ground without blinking, extremely focused, and did not see anyone beside him.Aunt Li stepped forward and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

The boy's name was An Tong, he was only 16 years old, and he was still a little childish. Today, he delivered things to the garden. Seeing the lush branches and leaves in the garden, he couldn't help staying for a while, not wanting to be bumped into by someone.An Tong is also smart and clever. When he saw that the person was not dressed like a maid, he knew it was his aunt. He knelt down and kowtowed: "My aunt, please forgive me. The little one was just playing for a while. I didn't want to offend my aunt. Please forgive me." Sin, the little one will leave immediately!"

Aunt Li saw his young boy's handsome features, his clever and well-behaved appearance, and she felt good about him, so she said, "Get up, I didn't blame you, how do you know I'm my aunt's?" An Tong saw this. Knowing that this matter has been uncovered, she stood up and smiled: "The little girl has been working as a job in the second door for so long, and I have never seen such a well-groomed girl. I think she must be my aunt!"

"You little brat, you can talk!" Aunt Li couldn't help being elated after hearing An Tong's words, and said with a smile.He also asked An Tong why he came to this garden, and An Tong sent him things inside, how to get in, how attractive the scenery in the garden was, and so on.Aunt Li said: "I'm short of some hair oil here, you can also send me some tomorrow!" An Tong answered hurriedly.

At this moment, Cui'er brought tea over, and Aunt Li waved him off.

Since then, Aunt Li has been short of hair oil and rouge for a while, and asked An Tong to send some things.Aunt Li is now in her early twenties, Lin Ruhai hasn't been in the inner courtyard for a long time, and she is a restless person, so she is inevitably alone and lonely, usually due to Lin Ruhai's power, she does not dare to behave indiscreetly.Now that Lin Ruhai is not here, it is expected that Lin Daiyu is a child again, even if the housekeeper may not be thorough, and she has the experience of the theft last time, she is a little more courageous, and she can't help feeling a little lustful.

That An Tong is handsome, and is used to currying favor and being good-looking. Every time she brings something, Aunt Li will dress up carefully, with bright eyes and bright teeth, pretending to be looking at flowers from outside.Then he called the young man into the house and offered wine to eat with him.In such a few days, the two developed friendship with each other.When I meet you in the garden, you will take a look at me, and I will look at you to express affection.But the house has strict rules, even if the servant comes in to deliver things, he can't stay for long, and Aunt Li has a servant girl who follows her all the time, so she has no guts and no chance to do something more outrageous.

On this day, the two met again in the garden, Aunt Li sent Tweet away, seeing no one around, she took out a bulging purse from her sleeve and stuffed it into An Tong's hand.The boy took the opportunity to touch Aunt Li's hand, and quickly held the purse tightly in his hand.Aunt Li blushed and whispered: "The person who bribed the porter with this, I will wait for you in the garden tonight..."

Aunt Li left after saying that, An Tong squeezed the heavy purse in his hand and smiled triumphantly.According to his estimate, there are as many as dozens of taels in it, and he couldn't help but smile.He was happy to gain both money and man, and when he thought of Aunt Li's beauty, he couldn't help but feel itchy, and he only hoped that the sky would get dark soon.Finally, until sunset, An Tong took a bath, changed into new clothes, straightened his hair, and didn't bribe the porter. Relying on his youth and stamina, he climbed over the wall and quietly stalked in the densest vegetation in the garden. .

After an unknown amount of time, I saw a figure approaching from a distance, An Tong pinched his nose to imitate meowing, and Aunt Li followed suit.It turned out that this was a secret code that the two had discussed earlier, in case Ye Hei mistook someone and caused trouble.After a pair of codes, An Tong knew that it was Aunt Li who was coming, so he rushed out and hugged him tightly, saying, "My aunt, wait for me to die!"

Aunt Li scolded: "Little bastard, you dare to hug him without seeing clearly. If you hug him wrong, be careful with your life!"

"If others won't answer my password, why would Auntie lie to me?" An Tong said, holding Auntie Li and pressing her down on the mountain stone, and wanted to kiss her to untie her trousers.Aunt Li firmly grasped her belt, and cursed angrily, "How can you be so impatient, and don't check if anyone is there, it's not fun to be bumped into!"

"Don't worry, Auntie, the night check has just passed, and you won't be able to come back for a while, so why bother, let's be happy!" As he said, he ripped Aunt Li's clothes into a mess with both hands and mouth. The skirt and trousers were taken down to the knees and hung danglingly.Aunt Li was so teased by him that she couldn't help but speak sweet words and gasp for breath for a while, and she couldn't stop twisting her body to cater to him.An Tong touched it again, and said with a smile: "My aunt is really a beauty, the master is not here these days, my aunt is really aggrieved!"

Aunt Li flushed with embarrassment when she heard this, she was bright and enchanting, although she was over twenty, under the pretense, she was as shy as a young girl. , not so fast... ah..." Before he finished speaking, the boy took off his pants, raised his waist and pushed it in stiffly, shaking it dozens of times.Aunt Li swayed like a sieve, trembling and groaning under the boy.

"Is it the same for Aunt Li under the Master?" An Tong said, lifting Aunt Li's leg, smiling lowly and pumping deeply.Aunt Li stood on the ground with one leg, and was so teased by him that she could hardly stand, she just said: "I don't know what to do with him, I don't know the style at all, I'm not as good as you, you don't need to use more force!"

Hearing this, the young man felt more energetic, his blood pulsed in an instant, and his whole body was full of energy.The two had a big fight in the garden, but they were afraid of alarming the night watchers, so they had to end it hastily, each dressed up and went back, and agreed to meet again tomorrow.

Since then, the two have had an affair every day, and the venue has been moved from the garden to a small room next to Aunt Li's yard.The courtyard where Aunt Lin lived was remote, and this small house was vacant all year round. Aunt Li secretly gave the key to An Tong as a place for the two to have an affair.This An Tong got a kind of perspiration medicine from somewhere, just put a little in the tea, and another strong person can fall asleep for three hours.Aunt Li was afraid that the girls would find out, so she quietly put the medicine in the girls' tea or wine, and watched them take it every day before she felt relieved.

A few days later, after dinner, Aunt Li gave tea to the maids again, Cui Er just took a sip, but Aunt Li had something to go out.At that time Cui'er had just drank a large bowl of porridge and was not thirsty, but the tea that Aunt Li gave her was not good.As soon as Aunt Li left, she poured out the tea casually.When Aunt Li came back and saw that the cup was empty, she just thought that Tweety had already drunk it, and she didn't make any sense.

But when Cui'er woke up and found that Aunt Li was not there, she went out to look for her.He walked to the corner door, pushed it lightly, and found that it was just a cover-up, so he came out quietly.Tweety could smell it not far away and there seemed to be some noises in the room, she thought to herself that it was in the middle of the night, it was another deserted room, but who was there, not a ghost!When I want to go back, I am curious again.Suddenly there was a vague sound from inside, which seemed to be a human voice.

Cui'er thought, don't care who it is, just look at him!Then he boldly followed the sound and approached, the movement became louder and louder, when he got close, the sound of panting and frolicking seemed to be in his ears, it was the voices of Aunt Li and a man.She is also not ignorant, how can she not understand what is going on inside, and immediately blushes with embarrassment.Secretly said: Aunt Li has always been mean to her servants, if she knew that I knew about her scandal, she would not be kind, now I'd better leave quietly.

Thinking of Tweety'er, she raised her foot and wanted to walk away, but she didn't want to step on the ground with her foot, sprained a bit, and couldn't help but let out a painful "Ouch".Fang felt that this sound was not good, so he quickly covered his mouth, feeling uneasy in his heart, guessing that he must have heard it from inside.Just when she was feeling remorseful, she heard Aunt Li hurriedly ask: "Who is outside?" Tweety'er wanted to pull away and ignore her, but she didn't want to call out again: "Tweety, I know it's you, if you don't come in, if you Take a step back and see if I go back and not expose your skin!"

Helpless, Tweety had no choice but to go in, but lowered her head, not daring to raise her eyes.

Aunt Li and An Tongfang hastily straightened their skirts, still breathing, Aunt Li looked at Tweet for a while, softened her tone, and said, "Good girl, I know you and I are of the same mind. If you are willing to cover it up for me, I will definitely benefit from you." As he spoke, he picked out a golden phoenix inlaid with this pearl from the hairpin ring that was removed just now, and stuffed it into Cui'er's hand.

Cui Er hurriedly shook her head and said, "I'm my aunt's girl, so I want to cover it up for my aunt, but this Jinfeng would never accept it."

Aunt Li said: "If you don't accept it, I won't believe your words!"

At this point, Cui'er had no choice but to accept it, and Aunt Li said again: "Don't blame me for being careful. As the saying goes, 'People's hearts are separated from the belly', and it is also said that 'Be careful to sail for ten thousand years'. Even if you accept this golden phoenix , I'm still not at ease, and I need to show some sincerity..." He said and glanced at Tweety meaningfully.Cui'er didn't know what Aunt Li's words meant, so she quickly knelt down and said, "Tui'er swears to God, I will never say a single word about this matter, if I violate it, I will only have sores on my tongue..."

Before Cui'er finished speaking, Aunt Li said: "That's not okay. People in the world swear to the sky as soon as they express their determination. There are not many people who really come true. I don't believe it. You have to fight Tong'er once, I will I believe you!"

Tweety's face turned red and white after one conversation, so she wanted to refuse, but Aunt Li insisted on not obeying.He took Tweety'er's hand to comfort her, and tried hard and soft, forcing Tweety to nod in agreement.An Tong was really happy in his heart, although Aunt Li is coquettish, she is a bit older, how can she compare to Tweety at her young age?Tweety blushed, endured her shyness, and slowly took off her skirt and trouser belt, lay on her back on a small couch, and let the boy take advantage of her legs.

Since then, Aunt Li has not kept secrets from Tweety, and often has private meetings with An Tong, and sometimes calls Tweety, and the three of them play together, and ten months have passed.

As the saying goes, "If you want people not to know, you have to do nothing yourself." It also said that "there is no impenetrable wall." Within a few days, the maidservants of the other two aunts were the first to notice it and quietly told the master.Although the two aunts were cowardly and orderly, they didn't usually play tricks.But they were often bullied by Aunt Li, so they hated her to the core. After receiving this news, how could they not take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire?

So the two aunts got together to discuss, and one of them said: "The girl is too young, so it's inconvenient to tell her about the adultery. Now, except for the girl, Nanny Qin is in charge of all the affairs in the house, so we will quietly Tell her! As for whether to tell the girl or not, it is up to her to decide, it has nothing to do with us."

The other person applauded again and again, and said: "That's the reason, it's settled like this, let's go now!"

The two of them walked away hand in hand, quietly asked the little girl to go in and called Mother Qin, and explained the doubts in their hearts in detail.When Mother Qin heard this, she was stunned with fright, and hurriedly asked whether it was true or not. Both of them said it was true, and said that it happened every day. After careful inspection, Aunt Li would definitely have nothing to say. .Nanny Qin told them to keep quiet and was about to send them back when Daiyu happened to bump into her. After the two had left, she asked, "Mother Qin, what are you muttering with the two aunts at the corner of the wall?" ?”

Mother Qin couldn't speak bluntly, so she hesitated and said, "Yes...it's about the thing I lost earlier..."

Lin Daiyu asked: "When did I lose something again, why did no one reply to me?"

"It's just that I lost a few worthless things. The servants don't need to bother the girl, but let the servants look for them in private!"

"Is that settled?" Lin Daiyu asked.

"I found some clues, it's a trivial matter, girl don't have to worry..."

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu knew that there must be something inside. Since Mother Qin didn't say anything at this time, there must be some truth in it, so she ignored it and continued to play chess with Mo Lan.Mother Qin quietly withdrew, and asked people to investigate quietly, and it was indeed true.Secretly said: Although the girl is the housekeeper, this matter is not easy to answer. It is better to put Aunt Li, Cui Er and An Tong in custody first, and come back and wait for the master to make a decision!

Therefore, it was only said that Aunt Li and Cui'er were stealing, and people overwhelmed them to overwhelm the guards in the chaifang. An Tong also found a reason to imprison him, and Aunt Li's other maids were also put under house arrest.Seeing this, Aunt Li, Cui'er, and An Tong also knew that the matter had been revealed. They were trembling with fright, knelt down and kowtowed for mercy, and Nanny Qin was upset by the quarrel, so she simply asked them to slap their mouths and ordered them to The door of the room is nailed to death, don't worry about them, let's go hungry for a few days first.

Not long after this happened, Lin Ruhai got the news.

Holding the secret report from the capital, Lin Ruhai's face turned ugly, Xiao Zhelin called out tentatively, and said cautiously: "Don't be angry, you don't like that woman, so what does she do?" Lin Ruhai glared at Xiao Zhelin With one glance, he was so angry that he paced back and forth in the room, kicked the stool, and said angrily: "Now it sounds nice, if your harem concubines have an affair with someone, you can still be so safe!"

"I don't care about them? It's just a glass of poisoned wine!" Xiao Zhelin said nonchalantly.

Lin Ruhai snorted, stared at Xiao Zhelin for a while, and said coldly: "If she is just greedy, I can still save her life. If that is the case, it is really hard to keep her. Aren't you someone in Beijing? Let them do it. Three people, not one left!" He and Xiao Zhelin had no distinction between each other, and with the existing resources, Lin Ruhai didn't bother to do it himself, and it would be the most convenient to hand it over to Xiao Zhelin.

"Don't worry, I will take care of this matter, but..." Xiao Zhelin said anxiously: "How about the other two?"

Even if he didn't say it clearly, Lin Ruhai knew that Xiao Zhelin had to be his other two concubines. After Aunt Li's incident happened, Lin Ruhai didn't have any affection for the women in his family, so he said, "Both of them should be dismissed too. The house is also causing trouble, I have already written back to Beijing and entrusted this matter to Nanny Qin, you found this person, don't worry!"

"Thank you, Ruhai!" Xiao Zhelin smiled and pulled Mimi's lover's hand. Thinking that from then on, Ruhai would not even have a woman in name, and he felt extremely happy in his heart.After thinking about it, he couldn't help but look worried again, almost forgot that he still has a lot of harem, I wonder if Ruhai would feel uncomfortable, and secretly said: When the time comes, I must dismiss them as well.

"Thank you..." Lin Ruhai said: "I didn't do anything, it's worth it to you?"

"That's not true," Xiao Zhelin said with a smile, "As long as you do it, even a single drop is like a vast ocean to me. I am grateful for your kindness, let alone putting it into action this time. Is there any reason for me not to thank you?" Then he pulled Lin Ruhai to sit down, "You also calm down, it's not worth it for those irrelevant people!"

"Pretentious words!" Lin Ruhai snorted, and said, "I don't want to sit down anymore, I just wanted to take a look outside? You also said it's irrelevant, why should I get angry with them?"

He was a bit angry at first, but after being teased by Xiao Zhelin, his anger dissipated long ago, and he remembered his plan for today, originally planning to go to the market in the south of the Yangtze River.One is buying some Jiangnan gadgets to bring back for my daughter to play with, and the other is catching up with the market in the city. All kinds of goods are rushed to the street for sale. It is said that there are a lot of people, and there are many good and old things.After all the affairs in Jiangnan were over, and there was a big gathering, Lin Ruhai also wanted to join in the fun.

"It's good that you can think so, and I'm relieved." Xiao Zhelin smiled.

The two of them have decided on a plan, so they write a letter and return to Beijing to deal with all the affairs in Beijing.After Chen Zhong held the basin and washed his hands, the two of them changed into toilet towels and casual clothes, and took a few guards to the street for a walk, and bought a lot of gadgets for children in Jiangnan.Lin Ruhai secretly said: Yu'er grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, so she must be happy to see these things.Forget about the original unswerving.

The two talked and laughed, feeling very uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Lin Ruhai saw a white-haired old man with some odds and ends on a small table, most of which were used by ordinary people.It turned out that it was a torn scroll, but Lin Ruhai picked it up with his hands, but it turned out to be a scroll of "Diamond Sutra", which is nothing.The most expensive thing is that the "Diamond Sutra" was written by a famous family in the previous dynasty. Lin Ruhai picked it up and read it carefully, and couldn't help sighing secretly. Broken pages?"

The old man said: "Only these are not the old man's. It was a down-and-out scholar who rented my house. Before he left, he couldn't pay the rent, so he bought some old things. The old man thought he was really pitiful, so he had no choice but to let it go." Take these things to the market and sell them, and buy them for a few dollars, so as to make up for this shortfall."

Lin Ruhai sighed again, then asked the price, the old man said: "Small things, I don't know what, just let the master reward you!" Lin Ruhai saw that his white hair was gray, but his clothes were ragged. Zhong Duo gave a few taels of silver, bought the book, and then left.

Fang walked to a gold store, and saw two boys of seventeen or eighteen years old walking towards him, one of them was holding a gold lock in his hand.Lin Ruhai could see clearly that the golden lock was eight or nine percent similar to what Xue Baochai matched in the previous life.One person said: "I don't know what's so rare about this lock, but it costs so much money..." The other person said: "What do you do with so much money, just follow the orders from above."

"I heard that my aunt wrote a letter asking our wife to make this golden lock for the girl. I don't know why. There are a few words embedded in it, such as 'leave' and 'abandon'. It's really strange!" It was still before. That person shook his head and said.It turned out that there were eight characters "never leave, never abandon, forever and ever" engraved on it, but the boy couldn't recognize them all, so he said so.The other person hurriedly covered his mouth, and scolded: "You don't want to die, you dare to talk nonsense, you forgot what the master ordered? Gossip again, let the master know, and you still haven't stripped your skin!" "

Lin Ruhai listened to the conversation between the two, and was a little more sure. He nodded thoughtfully, and then asked the passers-by: "Is the servant of the Xue family who just passed by?"

The man said: "Exactly, sir, don't you know?"

"I'm not a local, I just came here not long ago." Lin Ruhai said.

"I don't know what the gentleman is doing here?"

"Come to do business." Lin Ruhai said.

"I said, it turned out to be a merchant." The man suddenly realized, "The one who just passed by is Mr. Xue's personal entourage. Who doesn't know him in Jinling City? Mr. is a foreigner, so it's not surprising that he doesn't know. The Xue family is not easy to mess with, there are old friends in every yamen, sir, be careful when doing business carefully, don't offend his family, or..." The man shook his head, but stopped talking.

"I see, thank you for reminding me." Lin Ruhai cupped his hands.

From the time the two boys appeared, Xiao Zhelin noticed Lin Ruhai's abnormal condition, but he didn't ask rashly. He just watched Lin Ruhai ask someone coldly. He believed that Ruhai would take the initiative to tell him.Sure enough, after the man left, Lin Ruhai took Xiao Zhelin into a teahouse by the street, entered a private room, retreated from the crowd, and explained in detail the ins and outs of why the mother and daughter of the Xue family in the previous life ostracized Daiyu because of their marriage. He also talked about the suffering Daiyu suffered in her previous life.Xiao Zhelin jumped up against the table and was about to go out in a huff.

Lin Ruhai hurriedly held him back, and said, "Why are you still so irritable? If I had known this, I wouldn't have told you!"

"I..." Xiao Zhelin stammered, "I'm going to copy Xue's house right now, to avenge you and Yu'er!"

"Just you going alone?" Lin Ruhai smiled.

"Am... am I confused?" Xiao Zhelin paused for a moment, chuckled twice, and said, "I'm not going to take advantage of them so much, it's so boring to play people to death..." Give them hope first, then He said that only by extinguishing hope little by little, he would destroy people's hearts. He said that he would never let anyone who has hurt like a sea, not even those who did wrong things in the previous life!

"The Zhen Mansion and the four major families are in the same spirit. Now that the Zhen Mansion has been copied, the Jia and Xue families are probably already in trepidation. I heard that they are busy transferring their belongings now?"

"It's useless even if they move to the horizon, I have already sent someone to watch!" Xiao Zhelin said.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said nothing, Xiao Zhelin did things extremely well, he had already realized this.After strolling around for a while, the two lost interest, so they sat by the window, drinking tea and watching the people coming and going outside.Suddenly there was a flash of people below, Lin Ruhai raised his eyes to look at Xiao Zhelin, and said with a smile: "Your son is here, why don't you ask him to come up and have a look?"

Xiao Zhelin heard the words and saw that it was really his fourth son Xiao Cheng (see Chapter 17), and thought to himself: What happened recently, Xiao Lingwei is fine, he is a master who runs out of Beijing at every turn. At the age of 17, how dared to go out of Beijing privately.Feeling angry, he called Chen Zhong in and said, "Call Xiao Cheng up below!"

Although Chen Zhong didn't see anyone, but he knew that since Xiao Zhelin said so, there must be someone, so he hurriedly took him down, and brought him back after a while.Although Xiao Cheng is self-willed and martial, doesn't like writing and ink, and is quite chivalrous, he still has some fear of his father.At this moment, seeing Xiao Zhelin's cold face, he felt anxious, he hurriedly knelt down to meet each other and said: "My son left Beijing privately, and I ask father to punish me."

"You are getting more and more courageous, will your brother let you come?" Xiao Zhelin said angrily.

As soon as Xiao Cheng heard that the emperor was involved, he quickly kowtowed and said: "Father, calm down, I sneaked out, and the emperor didn't know about it." Xiao Zhelin snorted, and said: "Don't care if you know it or not, since Xiao Qian supervises the country. During the period, if you run out, he will be responsible." Xiao Zhelin fell silent after finishing speaking, Xiao Cheng bowed his head and knelt down, and he didn't dare to get up when his father didn't call out.

Seeing the stalemate between the father and son, Lin Ruhai didn't want to expose his relationship with Xiao Zhelin at this moment, so he couldn't persuade him, and only gave Xiao Zhelin winks.After a while, Xiao Zhelin got up and glanced at Xiao Cheng, and said: "Get up, follow along, if you run around again, I will definitely not let you go!" Then he walked out side by side with Lin Ruhai, Xiao Cheng could only follow behind.

Several people went back to the other hall alone, Xiao Zhelin and Lin Ruhai went back to their rooms.Xiao Lingwei was overjoyed to see Xiao Cheng, among these nephews, these four nephews were the ones he liked the most.Both of them are people who don't like restraint, and they are the most able to chat. When they were in Beijing, they often came and went, sometimes they even went in and out together, riding horses and hunting, and roaming all over the streets and alleys.So when Xiao Cheng saw Xiao Lingwei, he said: "Third Uncle, why didn't you call your nephew when you left Beijing?"

"Can you live the same way as I do? I'm an absurd prince, why don't I do something out of the ordinary? You can't, if I take you out casually, your brother will not follow me later!"

"Brother Huang just took it easy and said that it would be dangerous for me to come out alone. It's okay if I've been out for so long, and besides, my kung fu is not for nothing, so what's the danger?" Xiao Cheng said carelessly, suddenly thought of something, bitter With a straight face, he said, "Uncle Huang, my father seems very angry about my leaving Beijing without permission. It's inconvenient for him to punish me when I was outside, I... I'm afraid..."

"Are you afraid that you will suffer for a while?"

Xiao Cheng nodded, made a bow, and said repeatedly: "I also ask the emperor to beg for mercy for me later!"

"Look at how promising you are! You've been talking about being a general all day long, so you're scared by this idea?" Xiao Lingwei snorted, and said again: "Why did you go so early, only now do you know you're in a hurry. Tell me the truth. You, it's useless for me to intercede. I'll tell you one person, you go beg him, keep your father and emperor will not punish you!"

"Really? Who is the emperor talking about?" Xiao Cheng said happily.

Xiao Lingwei raised his eyebrows and looked around, hooked his hand to signal Xiao Cheng to come forward, and whispered in his ear: "It's Master Lin, as long as he promises to help you, Brother Huang promises that he won't pursue you any more..."

"Uncle Huang, you didn't lie to me, did you?" Xiao Cheng said half-believingly.

"When did I ever lie to you? Whether you believe it or not, I've already told you. If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer a disadvantage. Don't blame me!" Xiao Lingwei said, walking away.

Xiao Cheng hurriedly stopped him and said, "Uncle Huang, I believe you, but I will ask Mr. Lin, will he help me?"

"It depends on your ability!" Xiao Lingwei said.

After hearing Xiao Lingwei's words, Xiao Cheng wanted to find Lin Ruhai, but Lin Ruhai was with Xiao Zhelin, so he didn't dare to hit the gun at this time.With great difficulty, Xiao Zhelin went out, and Xiao Cheng hurried into the courtyard.It happened that Lin Ruhai was reading under a sycamore tree in the courtyard, when he saw Xiao Cheng he hurriedly got up and gave up his seat.Now that Lin Ruhai has the title of Grand Master, he is the only official first-rank official in the court, which is equivalent to the title of a prince, and he doesn't need to salute when he sees the prince.

Xiao Cheng was always casual, sat down with a smile, and said: "I came to Mr. Lin to ask for something..."

"Prince Zhongshun asked you to come!" Lin Ruhai said with a smile.

Xiao Cheng sneered, and replied: "Master Lin guessed right, it was my uncle who asked me to come to him."

"The fourth prince is worried that the emperor will punish you for leaving Beijing without permission?"

Xiao Cheng nodded, Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Don't worry, if the emperor has been punished early, can you still wait until now? Even if this matter is exposed, you don't have to worry about it." Xiao Cheng nodded dubiously, and was about to leave Go, suddenly saw the book on the table, his eyes lit up, it was "Sun Tzu's Art of War", he couldn't help wondering: "My lord also reads the art of war?"

Seeing his surprised and puzzled look, Lin Ruhai couldn't help laughing and said: "I often read the art of war, what's wrong?"

Xiao Cheng rubbed his nose and laughed, "That's not true, it's just that I think only those who are good at martial arts like the art of war..." The implication is that he thought that civil servants like Lin Ruhai didn't like to study the art of war. of something.

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "The art of war refers to combat methods and strategies. The so-called constant change is not only used for fighting. This is a university question. If you learn it well, you can use it anywhere. I heard that the fourth prince is determined to be a general, so he must be familiar with the art of war."

Xiao Cheng felt embarrassed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's just a superficial understanding, not as thorough as adults."

Lin Ruhai likes to read Art of War while making notes on another piece of paper.Just now, Xiao Cheng glanced at Lin Ruhai's annotations, and he felt that every word was eloquent, and he couldn't help feeling suddenly enlightened.Guessing that Lin Ruhai's attainments in the art of war must be higher than his own, he couldn't help admiring him.

"The fourth prince is too modest. I just have more experience than you. When you reach my age, you won't think so."

Xiao Cheng shook his head, at least for now, he and Lin Ruhai are really not in the same class.

As the two talked, they inevitably started talking about the art of war. The more they talked about Xiao Cheng, the more they admired Lin Ruhai.He has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and he thinks that he has some attainments. Compared with Lin Ruhai, he is so insignificant, how can he not be moved?Finally, he simply said: "My lord, why don't you accept me as your apprentice!"

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "If you really want to learn the art of war, why don't you go to your father? He knows the way very well, and I can't compare it."

"I learned from Lord Lin first, and then learned from my father, wouldn't I be invincible in the world?"

"You are greedy. It is said that there are heaven and man outside the sky and there are people outside the sky, so there will be invincibility in the world? Be careful not to chew too much!"

"How do you say that? No matter what it is, I will stuff it in my stomach, and one day I will chew it!" Xiao Cheng said in disbelief.

Lin Ruhai saw that he spoke interestingly, without the dignified pretentiousness of the royal children, but he was a casual person, and said with a smile: "If you want to learn, what's so difficult? I still have a few books on the art of war in my collection, but they are all You can take the lonely copies from all over the place, study them carefully, and ask me if you don’t understand. You don’t need to learn from a teacher, and I don’t keep secrets. Wouldn’t it be wonderful for us to learn from each other?”

"Then how can I do it?" Xiao Cheng smiled, "If you want to learn, you must learn from a teacher..." Just as he was talking, he saw Xiao Zhelin approaching from a distance, Xiao Cheng hurriedly stopped, stood up respectfully, and asked to come over. Ann, he withdrew.

Lin Ruhai couldn't help laughing at his receding figure. Such a man full of chivalry and disrespectful of etiquette, seeing Xiao Zhelin is like a mouse seeing a cat. It can be seen how harsh Xiao Zhelin must be to the princes and how little love he has.He knew that Xiao Zhelin's nature was like this. He had cultivated his character over the years, and he couldn't change it for a while, so he didn't say much.Thinking of the fact that the other party lost his mother as soon as he gave birth, and was born in the royal family, it was not easy, so he couldn't help but feel sad.Seeing Lin Ruhai in a daze, Xiao Zhelin couldn't help asking with concern: "Ruhai, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing..." Lin Ruhai shook his head, was it luck or misfortune to enjoy his tenderness all to himself?