[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Although Jia Lian was masculine, he was different from Jia Baoyu. He was older and often traveled outside to socialize.

So after being dazed for a moment, Jia Lian immediately gathered his mind and greeted him with a smile.

"I don't know about Lord Hou's arrival. I'll meet you if I'm lost, and I hope Lord Hou will forgive me. Look at this boat—or else, I'll order people to moor the boat right now. Please let Master Hou's boat dock first."

Lin Jian's eyes kept falling on the boat of Jia's house. He had seen Jia Lian a long time ago, so he naturally saw Jia Lian's dazed eyes when he saw him.

To be honest, although Lin Jian hated the way Jia Baoyu stared at him, it was obvious that Jia Lian's way of looking at him was even more disgusting.

Compared with Jia Lian's naked/naked eyes, Jia Baoyu's eyes are obviously more reserved.Although Jia Lian was well-born, and his eyes looked forward, there was a natural romantic demeanor that seemed drunk but not drunk, but when he looked at Lin Jian with a straightforward look that he could not hide for a moment, it seemed that he wanted to strip his clothes off immediately. Like.

Facing Jia Lian's warm greeting, Lin Jian was very cold.

He said softly: "No need. You just need to prepare, I can wait."

Lin Jian said he could wait, but how dare Jia Lian make Lin Jian wait for so long?

He hurriedly turned the boat around and signaled the servants of his family to speed up and clean up, and the boat must set off in a quarter of an hour.

Especially Lin Jian who had been standing on the pier with his hands behind his back put a lot of pressure on Jia Lian.Originally, Lin Jian's tall and tall appearance was very eye-catching in the crowd, and Jia Lian wished to take a few more glances, but now that he was busy sailing, he couldn't even take a look at him.

After a while, the four boats of Jia's mansion finally set off from the shore. The moment they started, the people in the cabin almost hit the board of the boat due to the sudden force when they set off. This was also because of Jia Lian's hasty departure. Otherwise, relying on the exquisite and sturdy ships of the Jia Mansion, there would not be such a big commotion when they set off from the shore.

Dazhou has a vast territory. Except for bordering neighboring countries on the north and west, it is connected to the sea on the east and south.

Most of the garrisons in Lingnan and Anhui had to go to sea to fight. Therefore, after Emperor Chengsheng succeeded to the throne, the shipbuilding industry of Dazhou flourished with the support of Emperor Chengsheng.

After 30 years of accumulation, Dazhou's current shipbuilding industry, especially in the areas near the water in the east and south, is very developed.Especially where the water system in the south of the Yangtze River is vertical and horizontal, the boats are more gorgeous, exquisite, stable and sturdy. For people like Jia's mansion, the boats used for traveling in the mansion are naturally better.

Jia Mu prepared four boats for Lin Daiyu to go to Yangzhou this time. The two larger boats were given to Jia Lian, Lin Daiyu and their servants, and the other two smaller boats were given to the family servants who went with them.

Zijuan is Lin Daiyu's maid given by Jia Mu, and she has been by Lin Daiyu's side since Lin Daiyu entered the mansion.At this time, she was standing beside Lin Daiyu, and the huge momentum of the boat almost staggered Zijuan into Lin Daiyu's body. Fortunately, Zijuan held onto the boat in time to stabilize her figure.

"Is the girl okay?"

Zijuan immediately went to check on Lin Daiyu's situation, for fear that Lin Daiyu would be bumped.

It was too hot during the dog days, and Lin Daiyu's body was relatively weak. It was a bit of a bitter summer, so she had to use some decoction to relieve the heat every day.Lin Ruhai's death was also a blow to Lin Daiyu. Every time Lin Daiyu remembered that she was unable to go to Yangzhou to see Lin Ruhai for the last time because of her poor health and illness, she would cry silently, crying so heartbroken that she couldn't help it.

A few days ago, Lin Daiyu didn't dare to cry too much in the mansion because she was afraid that Jia's mother would be worried. After leaving today, she rested in the cabin, and when only Zijuan was left by her side, Lin Daiyu didn't have to worry much, so she leaned on the Sitting in front of the window, with tears in my eyes.

Zijuan was really afraid that it would be bad for Lin Daiyu's health if she cried too much, but she didn't dare to persuade her too much, because she was also afraid that it would be even worse for Lin Daiyu's health if she didn't cry too much.

Zijuan checked and found that Lin Daiyu was fine, and saw that the untouched medicine bowl on the small table had spilled a lot of medicine juice because of the movement just now, so she hurriedly took the handkerchief and came over to clean it up.Zijuan thought, Lin Daiyu only cares about weeping and doesn't care about drinking medicine, it won't be a good thing if things go on like this.

Zijuan deliberately distracted Lin Daiyu's attention. After cleaning up the concoction, Zijuan raised her eyes and looked out from the bamboo curtain raised on the cabin pane. The forest stream on the pier.

"Miss, look, isn't that the young master of the Lin family? Why did young master Lin come to the pier today? Could it be that the young master is here to see the girl off?"

Zijuan had never been out before, so she didn't know what was going on outside. Seeing that their boat had left and Lin Jian was still standing on the pier with his hands behind his back, Zijuan decided to go out and inquire. She thought, no matter what the news came back , can also distract Lin Daiyu's mind.

Lin Daiyu was stunned, she felt that Lin Jian had only met her once, so it was really unlikely that he would come to see her off.

She didn't even bother to wipe away her tears, and looked to the shore through the window screen with tears all over her face, and she saw a blue figure standing by the pier with her hands behind her back.Lin Jian's eyes looked at her through the flowing water, obviously it was a little far away, and obviously it was impossible to see clearly through the window screen, but Lin Daiyu always felt that Lin Jian could see her.

Lin Daiyu hastily looked away, and pulled down the bamboo curtain. Lin Jian's eyes were so bright that he seemed to be able to see into her heart.

Zijuan quickly inquired about the news and came back. As soon as she came in, she saw that the bamboo curtain on the window pane had been lowered, while Lin Daiyu was holding a handkerchief with her back to the pane and gently wiping her tears. Zijuan suddenly felt that her girl looked like this. Really poor and cute.

"Miss, the young master of the Lin family was originally ordered to go to Yangzhou to investigate the case. The case to be investigated is the one that Mr. Lin has not yet investigated."

Zijuan was disappointed when she heard that Lin Jian was not here to see Lin Daiyu off, and then she heard that Lin Jian was going to Yangzhou to investigate the case. , this young master will go to Yangzhou to take over Master Lin's unfinished case.

However, Zijuan only dared to think about it for himself, and never dared to tell Lin Daiyu her thoughts.

Lin Daiyu frowned slightly when she heard the words, she didn't say anything, she just picked up the medicine bowl and drank the remaining medicine in the bowl silently, she thought that she and that cousin from the Lin family were just traveling together.

From Duzhong to Yangzhou, the scenery on the water along the way is excellent, but looking at daily products every day, in addition to green mountains and green waters, it is gradually less attractive.

The weather was too hot, everyone just wanted to rest in the cabin, but Lin Jian was not like that.

He had already changed back into a new suit, and sat on the bow of the boat with his feet up every day, looking at the sky, the clouds and the water.Everyone thought he was looking fresh, and estimated that after two days, he would be unbearable in the sun, but Lin Jian didn't react at all, and he was in the sun every day on the bow of the boat, and he didn't frown, let alone even a little tan .

Lin Jian looked at the sky, the clouds and the water, but what he saw the most was Lin Daiyu's boat.

After starting from the capital, because the destination was the same, and because he wanted to take care of Lin Daiyu along the way, his official boat always followed Jia's boat step by step.

It's just that Lin Jian saw Jia Lian staring at them with concern several times, and Lin Jian also knew that it would be confusing for him to follow them like this, not to mention that the official boat had a shallower draft than the boat of Jia's mansion, and it could be faster in itself, so there was Sometimes, Lin Jian would let the official boat go ahead of Jia's boat, or occasionally lag behind by a day. Anyway, his boat was fast, as long as he didn't fall too far, he could always make it back.

Lin Jian hadn't seen Lin Daiyu leave the cabin since the departure.He thought that it would not be a problem for Lin Daiyu to be bored in the cabin like this every day, so sometimes he deliberately stayed away from the boat of Jia's house when the boat of Jia's house was docked to rest, so as not to let the boat on his side People approached, and the other end was Jia's own people, and Lin Daiyu could come out of the cabin to breathe, even if she could only come out wearing a veiled hat.

After half a month of stopping and going like this, Lin Jian also read most of the files of the Yangzhou salt class deficit case, and he also discovered a problem - the lights on the boat Lin Daiyu was sitting on were always on until midnight , Sometimes the lights stay on all night, and he can always see Lin Daiyu's sleepless figure alone in the cabin through the window screen.

Lin Jian's hearing is good, and he overheard the servants on the boat in Jia's house discussing that Lin Daiyu was always crying because of Lin Ruhai's affairs, and her spirit was so bad that she couldn't sleep well.

Lin Jian thought, no wonder he occasionally caught a glimpse and saw Lin Daiyu's pale and haggard face exposed behind the window screen that was accidentally raised.

If she continues to be sad like this, Lin Daiyu will fall ill before she reaches Yangzhou.

While the official ship was docking, Lin Jian ran to the bamboo forest on the bank to pick a few bamboo leaves and washed them. After nightfall, everyone saw Lin Jian sitting on the bow of the boat, putting the bamboo leaves to his lips and playing a tune.

The sound of frogs and cicadas chirping at night in summer, the water by the lake against the moonlight is quiet and comfortable, and the melodious music played by the bamboo leaves in the forest, passing through the water-like night, falls on everyone's ears , evoking the tenderness and tranquility that had been hidden in everyone's hearts for a long time, everyone was silent for a while, only the sound of the song floated far and far away on the water.

When he was a child, he refused to sleep quietly, so Joe would play this tune to him to lull him to sleep.

Although this song can't relieve people's sorrows, it is still possible to borrow a moment of meditation.

Lin Jian sat on the bow of the boat and blew for more than an hour. When he saw that the lights on Lin Daiyu's boat had been on for a day and night and went out, he slowly stopped.

——I hope that the music blown by the bamboo leaves can make that beautiful girl sleep peacefully.

A month later, the official ship of the imperial court arrived in Yangzhou on the same day as the ship of Jia's mansion—this was of course Lin Jian's painstaking calculation.

When going ashore, Lin Jian only took one look at Lin Daiyu, she was wearing a veiled hat, she couldn't see her face clearly, and she was surrounded by maids, mothers and mothers who got into the soft sedan chair, Lin Jian couldn't see anything, so she had to look away do not read.

One side is the imperial envoy, the other is the second master of the Jia family, both are people who cannot be offended, the magistrate of Yangzhou has no choice but to treat both sides as distinguished guests, and arrange both groups of people to live in the house provided by the general merchant in the city with.

However, Lin Jian was not satisfied with this accommodation arrangement.