[Red Mansion] Reborn Lin Ruhai

On the wide canal, there are two big boats floating side by side. The river is very calm, and the oars pass by, making ripples.

At this moment, Xiao Zhelin, Lin Ruhai, Xiao Lingwei, and Xiao Cheng are all sitting on the bow of the boat covered with blankets, but Xiao Zhelin and Lin Ruhai are in the same boat, while Xiao Lingwei and Xiao Cheng are in another boat.From time to time, there were waterfowls flying over the river, but others were fine, but Xiao Cheng was only in his teens after all, and he had a mischievous personality.Right now, he was staring at the group of water birds without blinking, looking eager to try. If Xiao Zhelin was not present, he might really have to roll up his sleeves to catch them.

Lin Ruhai looked at it funny, and thought of Daiyu, and he felt a little worried, and said to himself: That girl also has this expression when she sees something she likes?This time I brought a lot of gadgets from Jiangnan, the girl must like it after seeing it.Thinking about it, Xiao Zhelin couldn't help laughing. Even though Lin Ruhai was thinking about something, seeing him smiling made him feel happy.There is nowhere to express pride for a while, and when I see the boatman waving his oars, he has to learn to row.

Lin Ruhai looked at him, and nodded with a half-smile. This matter looked simple, but it was not so easy to control. He was still waiting to see Xiao Zhelin's joke?Seeing Lin Ruhai looking at him, Xiao Zhelin became more arrogant, picked up the oar and waved it wildly, almost falling into the river.Everyone was so frightened that they rushed to snatch his oar, Lin Ruhai also said: "Be quiet, not everyone can do that."

Xiao Zhelin rubbed his nose, knew that he couldn't row a boat, so he stopped showing off, and said with a sneer, "Ruhai, how about we play chess?"

Lin Ruhai was bored, so he was happy to entertain him, so he nodded.

Chen Zhong was like a fine man. Hearing this, he hurried in and took the chessboard, chess pieces, and a small piece, and put them on the bow of the boat.The two of them twiddled each other, you came and went for a while, gradually getting better, their faces all became solemn, from time to time they frowned in thought, with a serious look on their faces.Before the winner was decided, Xiao Cheng suddenly heard shouting: "There is someone there, it seems to be injured!"

Everyone who screamed turned their heads to look at the place Xiao Cheng pointed out, and they saw a person lying in the grass.This place is in the wilderness, overgrown with weeds, many of which are no longer tall, and the man fell there, if you don't look carefully, you really can't see it.Lin Ruhai and Xiao Zhelin looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes, so they ordered the boatman to come to the shore and sent guards down to check.

After a while, several guards brought the injured man over. There were many wounds on his body, almost like a bloody man.

Xiao Zhelin hurriedly ordered Tang He to make a diagnosis and treatment. Tang He couldn't stop shaking his head, and sighed: "This person has serious internal injuries, and there is no way to recover..." As he was speaking, the man writhed in pain, his lips parted slightly , seemed to say something, but was unable to wake up.Lin Ruhai said: "I think he seems to have an unfulfilled wish. Since he can't be saved, there is a way to make him feel better for a while, and it would be good to say a last word."

Tang He Ning brows pondered for a moment, and said: "You can only try your best..."

"Then let's try, the worst is nothing more than this!" Lin Ruhai said.

Tang He took out the silver needles from the medicine box he carried with him, twisted them up and pricked several acupuncture points on the top of the man's head one by one.Seeing the man's eyelids slightly raised, Tang Hexi said: "Wang Wanger!", raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and took out a few silver needles to pierce them carefully. Not long after, the man woke up slowly. Zhuan, just as soon as he opened his eyes, he was about to struggle to get up, several people hurriedly pressed down and said: "You have been seriously injured, you will die soon, don't move any more!"

The man grabbed a guard's arm tightly, and said anxiously: "Little master..." As soon as he said two words, he was out of breath, coughed several times, and spit out a few times Only then did he intermittently say: "Little master... in... the grass... save..." At this point, he couldn't speak anymore.

Lin Ruhai stepped forward and said: "You mean your master is still in the grass, let us save him?" The man could not speak, so he could only nod his head.Lin Ruhai saw that he still didn't forget his master at this moment, and he was commendable for his loyalty, so he said, "Don't worry, I will send someone to look for your master in a while." The man couldn't help but burst into tears, just nodded, but couldn't say a word With trembling hands, he took out a small cloth bag from his bosom, handed it to Lin Ruhai, and then spat out a mouthful of blood, wow!

"Go and see, are there other people in the grass?" Before Lin Ruhai could speak, Xiao Zhelin ordered.

"Yes!" Those people left in response.

Lin Ruhai sighed, and had no choice but to order someone to dig a hole to bury the dead man hastily.Not long after, the guards who were looking for someone came back with a child, Lin Ruhai asked: "Is there anyone else?" The guard replied: "No more."

Lin Ruhai took a closer look and couldn't help being startled. He and Xiao Zhelin looked at each other, and they both understood.Isn't this kid the kid I met when I took Yu'er shopping before leaving Beijing? (See Chapter 24) At that time, Yu'er fell in love with a brush washer, and this kid gave it up.Thinking about it carefully, the big man just now also had some impressions, remembering that he was following the little boy.The so-called "little master" that the big man said must be this child.

Since he agreed to the big man, this child still needs to help, Lin Ruhai took a look, and apart from a few small wounds on his body, there should be no serious problems with this child.It is not advisable to stay in the place where the incident happened for a long time. If there are thieves chasing them, they will know that they have not succeeded, and it will inevitably be another fight.He hurriedly boarded the boat, and called Tang He to see the injuries. There was nothing wrong with the child's body, they were all skin injuries, but the head was hit hard. I don't know how long it will heal?This is also the reason for his coma.

Tang He prescribed a prescription for calming the nerves, all of which were expensive medicines.He also told him not to move him, let him rest well, and he should wake up tomorrow.That day, the child was still in a coma, so Lin Ruhai ordered Chen Zhong to feed him some nourishing things such as ginseng soup and bird's nest.

"What do you think is the origin of this child?" Lin Ruhai asked, bending his elbow to touch Xiao Zhelin.

Xiao Zhelin spread his hands, expressing that he didn't know, and said with a smile: "Isn't it good to send someone to check?"

Lin Ruhai nodded thoughtfully, then raised his head suddenly, and said, "I think this child looks a bit like you, it can't be you..." Speaking of this, Lin Ruhai raised his eyebrows, and said with a half-smile, "Huh?" With a sound, the meaning is self-evident.

Xiao Zhelin was stunned, scratching his ears and cheeks, very anxious, Ruhai was asking him if he had any romantic debts outside.I finally managed to catch him, but I couldn't let him misunderstand anything, so I hurriedly expressed my loyalty and said: "Ru Hai, don't think about it, I have never met anyone else except you in all these years!"

Lin Ruhai said: "Why are you in a hurry, I didn't say what you have, can't you make a joke?"

Xiao Zhelin let out a long breath: "Ruhai, don't play such a joke in the future, I treat you..."

"Okay, okay, there's no need to say anything, I know what you want to say." Lin Ruhai hurriedly stopped him when he heard that he wanted to show his loyalty with a long speech.It's enough to hear those words once, but every time I hear those words too much, I feel chills every time, and I really have no other feelings.

"Then you are not allowed to doubt me indiscriminately in the future!" Xiao Zhelin hugged him forcefully.

"I see, relax, I'll go and see the cloth bag that the big man is carrying, maybe there is an identity card or something?"

Under the light, Lin Ruhai took out the cloth bag given by the big man today to check.Ning Mei was thoughtful, inside was a gold medal and a cloth towel, a wolf's head was engraved on the gold medal, and there were a few Chinese characters underneath.There is a flying eagle embroidered on the cloth scarf. I can't see why, but one thing is certain, these are not from the country. It seems that the child's background is not simple.

The Dashi Dynasty is a big country in the West, which was built by the Hu people. Its surname is Li Maozong. They are close friends like brothers and sisters, both of them have the talent of kings, one opened up frontiers in the east, and the other opened up land in the west, they established two powerful dynasties almost at the same time, and they made an oath to make the two countries good friends from generation to generation.

The Xiao family dynasty named the country as Sheng, which means bright and prosperous, and the Li family dynasty named the country as Shi, which means grand and grand, and together they are the two characters of prosperous age.It has been nearly a hundred years since this incident, and the two families still often send envoys to each other, and they have very close contacts. One of Xiao Zhelin's younger sisters is married to the current king of Shiguo and is the queen, and the son she gave birth to is nine years old and has been established. For the prince.

Although the Shi Dynasty invaded the culture of the Central Plains, its nature was hard to change, and it was located in the grasslands. Both men and women rode horses and shot arrows. The folk customs were extremely tough, and the customs were very different from those in the Central Plains.The most obvious point is that there are relatively few restrictions on women, who can be officials and generals, and the queen also has a lot of political power, and even controls a part of the army.This alone is absolutely impossible in the Central Plains.

"No wonder the first time I saw that child, I felt that the child's outline was a bit deep. It seems that he is not from our Central Plains." Lin Ruhai sighed after wrapping the jade plaque and cloth towel again.Xiao Zhelin gave a "hmm", noncommittal, and quietly took Lin Ruhai's hand, pinching and playing with it.Lin Ruhai pushed him, "Do you think this kid is your nephew?"

Xiao Zhelin nodded, "Yes".

Seeing his indifferent attitude, Lin Ruhai felt unhappy, withdrew his hand, and said in a bad tone: "Don't you care?"

Xiao Zhelin's hands were empty, he was stunned for a moment, turned his head to Lin Ruhai, put on a smile all over his face, and said, "Ruhai, don't be angry, Feng Sicheng has already gone to investigate, whether it is true or not, we will know soon." Then he took the cloth bag and handed it to Chen Zhong, beckoning him to go out, and said with a smile: "You are like this, you have to worry about everything, and you are not afraid of tiring yourself. Well, it's getting late, let's settle down too!"

Lin Ruhai raised his eyes to look out the window, the moon was already in the sky, and he felt sleepy after Xiao Zhelin said it, so he opened his mouth and yawned.Xiao Zhelin looked funny, and couldn't bear to torment him anymore, so he covered the lamp, and the two of them undressed and fell asleep, it was a good night's dream.

Early the next morning, after changing clothes, a guard came to report: "I saved the child yesterday and woke up!" Lin Ruhai and Xiao Zhelin visited together. The child's head was still wrapped in gauze, and his face was pale. He looked very pitiful. .Seeing Lin Ruhai coming, he was just a lifesaver, so he wanted to get up, Lin Ruhai hurriedly stepped forward to hold it down, and said with a smile: "Quickly stop moving, you hurt your head, be careful that the injury worsens!"

The child lay down when he heard the words, and whispered: "You saved me?"

Lin Ruhai nodded, and the child said again: "Thank you, how is little brother?"

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai was taken aback, and then realized that he was asking Yu'er. I met Yu'er on the street that day, and Yu'er was wearing men's clothes. It is understandable for this child to misunderstand.Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai felt it was funny again, and said, "Your son is fine, he is still in Beijing." The child nodded, and then asked his own people, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to tell the truth.After hearing that, the boy's face showed sorrow, Lin Ruhai patted his head and said: "Don't think so much, the most important thing is to heal your injury first!"

The child nodded, with tears in his eyes, still trying not to let go, and said: "Thank you for saving your life, I can't repay you, I can only remember it in my heart forever."

It was rare for Lin Ruhai to see that at such a young age, he did not lose his composure. He liked it in his heart, so he was relieved and asked Chen Zhong to take good care of him.

A few days later, the child's injury was almost healed, and when he was free, he sat with Lin Ruhai and Xiao Zhelin, or played with Xiao Cheng, so he became familiar with everyone.He is forthright, careful, thoughtful, and quite skilled in martial arts, but unlike Xiao Cheng's courage and courage, he is courageous and resourceful.Moreover, he behaves politely and politely. It seems that he was brought up by everyone. Although he is young, his knowledge and vision are farther than others, and everyone likes him, and they all call him "little son, little son".

On this day, Feng Sicheng came back and handed over the investigation to Xiao Zhelin.It turns out that this child is indeed the prince of the country, named Li Hao.Just because the current emperor of Shi Kingdom is the youngest son of the first emperor, he was loved because he was an old man. Therefore, after the death of the first emperor, he passed the throne to the youngest son. He holds one-third of the military power in the country, and he can't subdue him for a while. This time Li Hao was hunted down and killed by this person.

Knowing Li Hao's identity, Lin Ruhai couldn't help laughing and said, "Everyone calls my nephew Uncle Xiao, no wonder I think he looks a little like you?"

"You still say, I almost suffered a catastrophe, how will you compensate me?" Xiao Zhelin approached.

"How can there be such a salivating and smiling emperor like you? I think you are not as good as a nine-year-old child!" Lin Ruhai said as he pushed the man away, saying: "Go to see your nephew, and you should be honest It's time. Besides, since he came to the Central Plains, you uncle must protect him anyway!"

Lin Ruhai walked away after speaking, Xiao Zhelin quickly followed.Li Hao was playing chess with Xiao Cheng outside, when they saw them coming out, they all hurriedly got up.At this time, it was on the canal, surrounded by deserted people, and there was nothing to avoid with just such a few people, so Xiao Zhelin frankly asked Li Hao's identity.Li Hao didn't hide it, he just said it was a last resort to hide it first, and later he felt grateful for saving his life, and knew that Lin Ruhai and the others were not evil people, and he wanted to tell them, but he didn't want the other party to ask first, and then told about being hunted and killed cause and effect.

Seeing that what he said was true, Xiao Zhelin also had a little more affection for this nephew who had never been masked before, and also informed him of his true identity.Li Hao was shocked at first, then knelt down and bowed, calling him "Uncle", Xiao Zhelin hurriedly called out, and gave him the jade pendant he was wearing as a gift, Li Hao thanked him.Xiao Cheng was overjoyed, he pulled Li Hao and said, "Call cousin quickly, cousin also has a gift?"

Li Hao was so entangled by him that he had no choice but to call "Cousin". Overwhelmed with joy, Xiao Cheng hurriedly untied his sword and sent him off, telling him: "Cousin Hao, you have to take good care of him, this is my favorite sword!"

After hearing this, Li Hao hurriedly wanted to untie it, and said: "Since it's my cousin's favorite thing, I'm sure I don't want to take it away, so my cousin should take it back!"

Xiao Cheng waved his hands again and again: "Is there any reason to take back the gift I gave out? Cousin, just take it!"

Xiao Zhelin asked again: "Hao'er, since you came to the Central Plains, why didn't your parents have a letter? And why don't you come to me, even if you can't enter the palace, you can just ask your third uncle or cousin, why are you alone?" Wander around?"

Li Hao lowered his head when he heard the words, and said: "I have heard my mother talk about how prosperous the Central Plains is and how pleasant the scenery is, so I wanted to see the customs of the Central Plains with my own eyes. I ran out secretly with my entourage. I thought it was done in secret and there was no danger, but I didn’t want to be discovered. Fortunately, I met my uncle, otherwise my nephew would have died! I just feel sorry for those who follow, in order to protect me, They're all dead, it's my nephew who's sorry for them!" No matter how calm he was, Li Hao was a nine-year-old child, and his eyes turned red when he said that.

"Forget it, this is a last resort. Now that you are fine, they should rest in peace." Lin Ruhai said.

Li Hao raised his face and smiled, and said, "That's right, thank you Master Lin for your relief."

A group of people went up the waterway, but within ten months, they had already entered the boundary of Beijing.Xiao Cheng and Li Hao have known each other for a long time, Lin Ruhai has nothing to do, so he teaches them the art of war and chess, or takes them to study.For a long time, both of them simply called Lin Ruhai Master, and Xiao Zhelin was happy to see it succeed.On this day, when we arrived at Jingkou Ferry, Xiao Cheng yelled to let Li Hao live in his mansion before he disembarked, and Li Hao readily agreed.

The news was sent back early in the morning, but because everyone came here in a low-key manner, it is not good to make a big publicity, and not many people picked it up.But Xiao Lingwei and Xiao Cheng, each of them had someone to pick them up, and the few family members stood there like a giant.Not many people came to the Lin residence, only seven or eight family members with two small sedan chairs and a cart pulling luggage.Even if other people know that they are members of the Lin family, they will never think that this is the scope of taking over the head of the family.But one of them was absolutely beyond Lin Ruhai's expectation, and that was Daiyu.

It turned out that ever since Daiyu received the letter, knowing that Lin Ruhai was going to Beijing that day, she had already made plans in her heart to pick up her father in person.At first a few nuns disagreed, but Lin Daiyu couldn't help but pay attention, she is the master, although she is young, but her status is there, who would dare not listen to what she said?

Besides, Daiyu said, instead of going out as a daughter, she dressed up as a man.When the old master was around, he would often dress up girls and boys and go out to play. How could they dare to say "no"?But in the end she was worried, Mo Lan also followed in men's clothes, and brought a few guards along with her, so nothing would happen.

Therefore, when Lin Ruhai got off the boat and suddenly heard the sound of "Daddy", he was suffocated, almost shed tears, and hurried over.Lin Daiyu also ran over and threw herself into her father's arms. Lin Ruhai hurriedly picked up her daughter, kept touching Daiyu's head, and asked for warmth.Xiao Zhelin looked at the father and daughter with a smile, until Daiyu looked over and called "Uncle" excitedly, then took Daiyu with a smile and asked, "Does Yu'er miss Uncle?"

"Naturally." Lin Daiyu said with a smile.

"Do you miss Uncle or Daddy?" Xiao Zhelin asked.

Lin Daiyu blinked, and said with an innocent face: "Uncle, this is a strange question. Uncle and dad must both think about it."

Xiao Zhelin laughed and picked Daiyu up. Seeing her looking at everyone curiously, he pointed to Xiao Lingwei and said, "That's uncle's third brother, you can call him uncle." Then he pointed to Xiao Cheng, "This one is called fourth brother. Well, that's Brother Hao." Lin Daiyu called people one by one, and said: "I know Brother Hao, the brush washer in the study was given to me by Brother Hao."

Xiao Zhelin smiled and said, "What a smart girl!"

Because it was the first time they met, everyone was busy presenting Daiyu with treasures, gold beads, accessories, etc., stuffing their sleeves full, and Daiyu felt that it was heavy, so she asked Mo Lan to take them one by one. , Thank you again.After the gift was delivered, Li Hao took out another exquisite short knife from his pocket, only about three inches long, with a golden dragon chiseled on the scabbard, and quietly handed it to Daiyu.

Daiyu's eyes lit up, but she didn't answer, but looked at Lin Ruhai, who frowned slightly, and Li Hao hurriedly said, "Master, can I give this knife to my younger brother?"

Lin Ruhai frowned even more when he heard this.I don't want Li Hao to suddenly stuff the knife into Lin Daiyu's arms, and the latter also catches it, so it's hard to say no.There are children on the left and right, just playing around.It's just that this chiseled dragon object can be seen to be used by the Tian family at a glance, so you have to ask Yu'er not to take it out casually when you go back.

Several people got into the sedan chair and went back to their mansions.

Xiao Zhelin only asked Chen Zhong to bring people back to the palace to take care of it, but he himself went back to the Lin Mansion with Lin Ruhai, and did not return to the palace until sunset, so Chen Zhong brought the memorials that came in to check.Not long after, the eldest prince Xiao Qian brought all the princes to greet him, Xiao Zhelin sent everyone back after seeing him, leaving only the eldest prince Xiao Qian.Xiao Zhelin was still flipping through the memorial, Xiao Qian didn't know what his father meant, so he just stood there with his head bowed in silence.

After a while, Xiao Zhelin put down the memorial, and asked leisurely: "I've been 'ill' for so long, is there no disturbance in the court?"

Xiao Qian was startled when he heard the words, he quickly knelt down and said: "Return to father, the court has been stable recently and there is no disturbance."

Xiao Zhelin squinted at him, waved him to get up, and said: "You have done a good job, and the government affairs have been handled properly, I am very satisfied! You have worked hard these days, let you take a few days off, and go to court in five days!"

Xiao Qian hurriedly bowed and said, "I dare not be troublesome about matters that are my son's duty."

"In the past few days, the crown prince of Shiguo, that is, his aunt's cousin, is in Beijing. You can accompany him around!" Xiao Zhelin shook his head. The difference between his eldest son and his fourth son is really not a star and a half. Quite strange!Thinking of Xiao Zhelin couldn't help laughing, said: "Back off!"

Xiao Qian answered "Yes", then bowed and retreated.