Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

The girl who ran away was named Jinhuan, and the servant was named Xingwang.

Lin Ruhai also had some impressions of the pair of young servants and maids who ran away privately two years ago. He thought they were too scared to see anyone when they were young and ignorant and made a mistake, so they ran away, but they didn't care much.Besides, he was busy with affairs at that time, so he really couldn't care about the affairs of the two servants.Who ever thought there was such a conspiracy hidden in it?

People who do bad things are often meticulous in their minds. Because they have ghosts in their hearts, they are afraid that others will see through them, so they are always cautious. Doesn't it seem that they are much more cautious than others?Jin Huan was also sent to the Lin Mansion as an eyeliner because of her boldness and meticulous thinking.Ordinarily, such a prudent person would never make the mistake of burying the poison under the bed in the end, which is too easy to be discovered and too easy to expose himself.

Unless she has a brain hole, or her master has a brain hole!

So, how did Li Feng's wife find it under the bed?

This matter came from Zhou Hang's handwriting.

After finding out that the escaped maid and the news were indeed the informants placed by the prefect's government in the Lin family, they accidentally learned that the two of them threw the bottle of poison and drugs into the lotus pond of Lin's mansion in order to destroy the evidence before they left.Zhou Hang himself went out and dived into the lotus pond on a dark and windy night of one month, and spent more than half an hour groping in the cold water for salvage, before he fished out the porcelain vase.He was so cold that he sneezed several times, and it took him more than an hour to fully recover after hiding in the space.

The small porcelain bottle was embedded in a piece of mud. Although it was already horrific when it was pulled out, it was fortunate that it did not break.

The quality of the bottle is also very good, it may be because of the fear of the leakage of the poison. Don't worry about finding out the source of the poison.

Otherwise, the man and the woman have committed a great crime.

You must know that the lotus in Linfu's pond grows extremely well, and in midsummer, layers of lotus flowers cover the entire lake surface, and you can't even see a drop of water in the pond.Back then, the lotus leaves and lotus pods that the Lin family ate every year were also from this pond.

Even so, Daiyu was still a little worried, if a little bit leaked through the cork, those unsuspecting and greedy servants in the mansion picked lotus leaves and lotus pods to make soup for cooking, wouldn't it be harming others in vain?

To be cautious, under Daiyu's urging, Zhou Hang took a large bowl of spiritual spring water and evenly sprinkled it in the lotus pond.

In Daiyu's words: There is no harm in detoxifying poison and strengthening the body without poison.

At that time, Zhou Hang laughed and said: "Then the servants in this mansion have been lucky!" This spiritual spring water is a combination of heaven and earth, and not everyone has this blessing.

Daiyu said: "It's not just for the servants to eat, I also like to eat some lotus leaf porridge and candied lotus seeds. It's better to eat what I grow at home than outside."

Hearing what she said, Zhou Hang immediately scooped up another large bowl of spiritual spring water.

"Since you want to eat it, you should sprinkle a few more bowls of water to completely detoxify it. Besides, this spring water is so unique that it may make the lotus leaves grow fat and delicious. When the time comes The porridge must be delicious and tender, making you want the second after eating the first bowl."

As he spoke, he seemed to have seen Daiyu holding a bowl of lotus leaf porridge and eating in small bites. Really, it's eye-catching!

Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled.

Sure enough, Zhou Hang poured a few more bowls of water until Daiyu called to stop.The two packed up and sneaked back to the residence, Zhou Hang asked Mao's subordinates to bury the small porcelain bottle under the bed where Jin Huan had slept before.The traces of newly buried soil are obvious, and normal people can see it at a glance, and the place under the bed is also the easiest place to ignore when searching.Although Daiyu reminded Li Feng's daughter-in-law to check the servants and maids who fled two years ago, it is still unknown whether she can be careful enough to check under the bed.

In order to be safe, Zhou Hang directed and acted himself, and sang a play with all the cats.

Every mansion has its own set of management methods, commonly known as rules.There are many servants in Lin's house, only the stewards and the first-class servants around the master have independent rooms. Generally, the second-class maids share a room with two people, and the third-class maids have to share a room with three people. The little girls are mostly four or five people crowded together.Jinhuan is the little girl in the kitchen and lives in a four-person room.After she escaped, her bed was idle for a while, and then a little girl named Yun'er fell asleep.

In the middle of the day and night, Yun'er got up to relieve his hands, went outside to blow a gust of cool wind and came back without sleepiness, lying on the bed thinking about the errands to be done tomorrow.Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a few rattling sounds under the bed, followed by rustling sounds, followed by a few "cheep chirp" mouse calls, followed by a scream of "squeak!" The sound of the mouse stopped abruptly, replaced by the sound of purring cats.And it's not just one, judging from the sound, there are at least three. .

Yun'er thought it was funny, several cats were catching a mouse and robbing it for food, she thought.

That's not to mention, the next few cats actually fought because of a mouse, and they jumped up and down for a while, causing everyone to wake up.

The little maids pushed me and pushed you, but they didn't want to move.

This one said: "Go and drive away these annoying cats!"

That said: "Why don't you go, I'm sleepy."

They all muttered and didn't want to get up, and finally Yun'er got up to check.Just as he lifted the bed sheet, he squatted down and looked under the bed. Before he could really see it, he saw several cats jumping out from under the bed. Subconsciously, he let out the cats on the side of his body. escape route.

Because the speed was too fast, Yun'er didn't even see how many of them it was.

The cats were gone, and she couldn't recover for a long time.After a long time, I took a serious look under the bed, and saw a small hole dug out on the ground, a small mound of earth was piled up on the side of the kang near the wall, and there was nothing on the outer side, so I quietly The small porcelain vase lying quietly in the pit with more than half of its body exposed was undoubtedly exposed.

The fetal bone is delicate, the enamel is moist, and the rich green and gorgeous blue and white color looks very delicate and small.

Yun'er was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly called a little maid who was close to her, and the two of them put away the small porcelain bottle together.Looking back, without the cat's disturbance, the other two girls were already sound asleep.Secretly buried under the bed, it must not be something that can be brought to the surface, either it is something stolen from the owner's house, or there is something secret.Although Yun'er and the other girl were young, they had been sold as slaves since they were young, and they had also been exposed to or heard about many dark and private affairs in noble families.

The two discussed it and planned to hand it over to the nurse in charge the next day.

The nanny in charge naturally took it to find Li Feng's wife, who did some investigation and found out many things.

Tightly holding the small porcelain bottle containing the poisonous drugs, Lin Ruhai was so angry that some blood shot out from the whites of Lin Ruhai's eyes.

"Are you sure this is the maid named Jinhuan?" The voice was cold and solemn, like the frost of the twelfth lunar month.

"Sure, master, a servant girl saw that Jin Huan took it, and she said it was rose powder bought by someone outside."

"Bring that girl in!" Lin Ruhai clenched his hands tightly, his nails dug into his flesh, and bright red blood flowed out, he seemed to ignore it, with blue veins popping up on his wrists and forehead.

Not long after, a thirteen or thirteen-year-old girl in a snow-green uniform came over with her head down, knelt down and said, "I saw Sister Jinhuan with my own eyes—" She realized she had made a mistake when she said this, and hurriedly He kowtowed and said: "Forgive me, master. This servant made a slip of the tongue. It was Jin Huan. The servant saw Jinhuan take the small porcelain bottle with her own eyes. She told the servant that it was rose powder. The servant wanted to ask for some to wipe her face, but she scolded me sternly." Dun. She is the elder sister, I can't say anything, so I had to leave. I never saw her take it again..."

Lin Ruhai folded her hands behind her back and said nothing for a long time, and the girl didn't dare to get up.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh, "Forget it, you step back."

The little girl stood up tremblingly and said goodbye, Lin Ruhai said: "Give her a few golden locks."

For the sake of confidentiality, there was no one else serving in the house, upon hearing this, Madam Li went out with the little maid and ordered someone to prepare a reward.When he came back again, Lin Ruhai stood with his back facing her, Li Feng's daughter-in-law saluted, and called out in a low voice: "Master." Then she stood there with her hands tied, not daring to move.

The room was so quiet that one could feel a trance, only the whispers of the willow leaves being blown by the wind outside.

After a long time, Lin Ruhai turned around slowly, and Li Feng's daughter-in-law raised her head and met his eyes, she couldn't help but be surprised!

The master actually cried!

Two lines of clear tears slid down his slightly vicissitudes of face, looking shocking.

Except before she was three years old, this was the second time she saw the old man cry, and the first time was when the old lady died.The master is the only child of the Lin family. He was taught from an early age to behave like the eldest son, to study, to make progress, and to inherit the ancestral hall to honor the ancestors.He was deprived of the right to cry at the age of three, hired the most knowledgeable teacher, and learned the best education.Such a tenacious, unyielding, and unwilling to show weakness master, in his opinion, it seems that nothing can trouble his master, but there is still such a fragile day.

"I don't even know that such villains have entered my home, how can I protect Yu'er for the rest of my life?"

After a long time, he sighed.

I knew that the master was so... heart-piercing, and it must be for the girl.Li Feng's daughter-in-law pursed her lips, and her eyes were sore, "Master is considerate, why should you belittle yourself? With your protection, the girl will be fine." Then she knelt down, "If you say something wrong, it is the fault of this old slave. It's even bigger, it's the old slave who let those people with bad intentions sneak into the mansion."

Lin Ruhai waved her hand and asked her to get up: "How can you blame you? Since those people want to make trouble, how can you prevent it?" Li Feng's wife is the maid of the old lady, and she watched him grow up since she was a child.He is well aware of her cautiousness. She didn't stay with the servants who entered the mansion after investigating the three generations of their ancestors to make sure there was no problem.But the enemy is in the dark and I am in the open, and people are plotting to do harm, and of course they can fake their identities. It is really hard to guard against.

After a while Li Feng's daughter-in-law said again: "The old slave looks at the girl is also very successful. These days, whether she handles housework, no matter her skills or thoughts, she is considered top-notch at this age. Even if she leaves the cabinet in the future, she will definitely not suffer. .Master, please relax, take good care of yourself, and it will be good for the girl."

"Yu'er is a good boy."

After finishing speaking, Lin Ruhai kept his hands behind his back, and after making an appointment for a cup of tea, he asked, "Have you found out the details of that girl and the boy?"

"The old slave was terrified when he found out about this, and rushed to tell the master, as for the origins of the boy and the girl, I haven't found out yet..."

"Don't bother with this matter anymore." Lin Ruhai thought for a while and said, after all, if the investigation continues, it will not only involve the inner house of the Lin family, Li Feng's daughter-in-law is not easy to intervene and cannot intervene.This matter is probably related to the Jiangnan officialdom and the salt class, and it may also involve the struggle of the princes to seize the heirloom, so he has to send someone to investigate it himself.

"How many servants are there in total?" Lin Ruhai asked.

"Not counting the two aunts, there are still 210 five people." Li Feng's daughter-in-law has just counted and checked the servants, released more than 30 people, and re-created the roster of the rest, so she remembers them clearly.

"Leave out some more, just leave enough people to serve you. You don't need many, you must be reliable. There are only me and Yu'er in the mansion. In addition to the three or four servants who follow me closely, there are two guards who grind ink in the study. Boy, I don’t need anything else. The girl and the two nuns should leave enough manpower to serve, and the rest should be given the deeds of prostitution and released.” The Lin family is not prosperous, and the serious master is now There are two left, and it is really not possible to use so many people to serve.If there are many people, there must be a vegetarian meal. When people are idle, it is easy to cause trouble. If the parents are provocative, it is better to let it out and clean it.

"Auntie won't stay there either?" Li Feng's daughter-in-law asked.

Lin Ruhai frowned, Li Feng's wife didn't mention it, he even forgot that he had two aunts.

"Leave four little maids for each of them."

"Yes!" Li Feng's wife said.

"How many people are there serving the girl?"

Li Feng's daughter-in-law: "There are twelve girls, big and small."

"Add four more." Lin Ruhai said: "The girl's family is not like when she was a child, she only knows how to play, she also socializes a lot, and she is thoughtful. Besides, her kitten is also difficult, and one or two people can't take care of her. I The last time I saw Yu'er took snow geese, azaleas and a few second-class maids to pick plum blossoms, camellias and other petals to make rouge cream, and she shouted that there were not enough petals picked by others."

If he is wronged, no one can wrong his daughter.

At the end, I did not forget to remind: "Remember, you must be smart and reliable, and don't make another golden ring."

Li Feng's daughter-in-law should be busy, she will not dare to be careless when choosing someone to serve the girl.

Daiyu came to bring tea to Lin Ruhai, and Li Feng's wife stopped talking under Lin Ruhai's signal, and then she left after casually reporting a few things.

Lin Ruhai clenched his fists and never moved the teacup.

Daiyu glanced at the small porcelain bottle on the table, Lin Ruhai pursed her lips subconsciously, thinking that Lin Daiyu didn't know about poisonous drugs, so she took the small porcelain bottle as if nothing had happened.Daiyu pretended not to see, Zhou Hang raised his neck, and his little beard curled up unconsciously.

Facing Kitten's teasing eyes that I know everything about, you don't need to hide it anymore, Lin Ruhai felt a little guilty for no reason.

He smiled and picked up the teacup to cover up, but the sharp-eyed Lin Daiyu saw the blood on the palm of his hand.

"Daddy—" she called.