[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Lin Yuan and Lin Liang accompanied Lin Hong to send Emperor Chengsheng and the prince to the lake and left.

They couldn't just leave the garden full of guests alone. After explaining a few words to Lin Jian, the two brothers saluted Emperor Chengsheng and the prince before leaving.

Lin Jian accompanied Lin Hong all the way to send Emperor Chengsheng and the prince into the water pavilion.

As soon as Emperor Chengsheng entered the water pavilion, he nodded again and again, looked at the prince with a smile, and then looked at Lin Hong with a smile and said that the water pavilion was well decorated, elegant and warm, which shows that the people who arranged it put their minds to it.

Emperor Chengsheng is getting old, and although spring is here now, the spring is still cold, and there is still a lingering coolness. Emperor Chengsheng was ill once again, and spring is the time when wind and cold are frequent. In order to prevent Emperor Chengsheng from catching cold, this Curtains are hung on the partitions and panes of the water pavilion, and charcoal pots are still burning in the house, not only does not have a trace of wind intruding, but it is also very warm and pleasant.

Lin Hong waited until Emperor Chengsheng and the crown prince were seated, then he sat down slowly with Lin Jian's support, then looked at Emperor Chengsheng with a smile and said, "All the affairs in the mansion are arranged by Yunxi. A praise from the Holy One is also Yunxi's blessing."

Emperor Chengsheng glanced at Lin Jian with a smile. Lin Jian didn't sit down. He stood beside him. Feeling Emperor Chengsheng's gaze on him, Lin Jian smiled and saluted, and then said: "Please also invite Your Majesty and Your Highness Sit down, I'm going to arrange the banquet, there are still many things outside that I need to deal with. Please forgive me for not being able to accompany you."

Lin Hong was here, and Emperor Chengsheng let Lin Jian go.

Emperor Chengsheng chatted with Lin Hong for a while, and sometimes the prince would follow up with a few words from time to time. After two quarters of an hour, Emperor Chengsheng watched the banquet outside, and there was already Lin's family on the side of the waterside pavilion. Well-prepared dishes are served.

Emperor Chengsheng didn't move his chopsticks, first glanced at Xiao Yu, and said in a low voice: "I'm here, you go out to meet them on my behalf. Talk to your grandfather and the adults. Today is a good day for your Uncle Lin, You and Yunxi grew up together and have a deep friendship, so you should go out and help him too. You, Uncle Lin, are here, so I don’t need you to accompany me.”

Xiao Yu replied yes, bowed to Emperor Chengsheng again, and then withdrew from the waterside pavilion.

Emperor Chengsheng sent Xiao Yu away, one is to let him, the crown prince, take this opportunity to get closer to the officials outside, and two, he also has something to say to Lin Hong alone.

Without the younger generation at the banquet, Emperor Chengsheng and Lin Hong, two old friends who had known each other for decades, were obviously much more at ease.

In the past few years since Lin Hong's leg was injured, although he has kept a low profile and lived a secluded life in the West Garden most of the time, he is not completely invisible to outsiders.He seldom appeared in front of people, and he would always see Emperor Chengsheng a few times a month.

He came up from the bottom, step by step to the position of the general. He has a bold and neat side, but also has a cautious and disciplined side. He and Emperor Chengsheng are friends and cherish each other. For his kindness, he was never cautious in front of Emperor Chengsheng, but he was very polite and well-behaved.

Whenever Emperor Chengsheng met him, he always felt that the atmosphere was harmonious and casual, yet caring and at ease.

But since Lin Hong's leg was injured, Emperor Chengsheng met Lin Hong again, and he clearly felt that Lin Hong's attitude had changed.

Lin Hong became more cautious, and the sharpness and vigor that Emperor Chengsheng admired were gone, or very little remained, even when he spoke to Lin Hong.Lin Hong is more like a courtier than a like-minded friend of the emperor.

Emperor Chengsheng himself thought about it in private, wondering why Lin Hong behaved like this.

He thought that Lin Hong was stimulated by his leg injury, and the sudden ups and downs in his life would change a person's temperament drastically.Emperor Chengsheng thought that Lin Hong probably had a knot in his heart because of the leg injury, so he closed his heart, and he was not as radiant as before.

Emperor Chengsheng missed Lin Hong's pain. Even though he felt Lin Hong's transformation, he never asked anything face to face. He was more considerate and never mentioned his leg injury in front of Lin Hong. He has been using him for several years. He felt that it was an appropriate way to help Lin Hong, and hoped that Lin Hong would understand that even though he was injured, in the heart of the emperor, he would never forget him as a great hero of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Emperor Chengsheng thought, maybe as time goes by, Lin Hong will slowly let go of his knots, and he will gradually get better.

Therefore, no matter before or after Lin Hong's leg injury, Emperor Chengsheng's attitude towards Lin Hong has never changed.No matter how he, the emperor, is in front of others, as long as he is alone with Lin Hong, he is comfortable and casual.

——It was as if he had let go of the heavy responsibility of the emperor, and was just an ordinary person having a drink and chatting with close friends.

But in these years, Emperor Chengsheng's intentions were good, but Lin Hong never changed his cautious style. Just when Emperor Chengsheng thought that Lin Hong would spend the rest of his life like this, the change happened so quietly. coming.

Seeing that Lin Hong's radiant spirit had returned to his previous bold, easygoing and casual appearance, Emperor Chengsheng thought, as expected, Lin Hong's change was due to that knot in his heart.Now he can stand and walk again, although not as good as Hershey's, but it is excellent compared to now.

This person's heart knot was untied, and his natural temperament was restored to its original state.

Emperor Chengsheng poured himself a glass of wine and raised his glass to invite Lin Hong to drink with him.

"Meng Zhuo," Emperor Chengsheng called Lin Hong's name, and said with a smile, "I was still thinking about why you refused to make a big deal on your fiftieth birthday, but now you are willing to ask Yunxi to hold a birthday banquet for you on this birthday." I've seen you now, and I know it. Yunxi's idea is really a coincidence, he just wants to hide you, and he intends to surprise me and everyone at today's birthday banquet, right?"

Emperor Chengsheng put down the wine cup in his hand, pointed at Lin Hong with his index finger and said with a smile, "You guys are keeping this information secret! I didn't even know about it beforehand. When I saw you before, you didn't even say a word to me. Speaking of it. If I didn't see it with my own eyes today, I wouldn't believe it."

The smile in Emperor Chengsheng's eyes was sincere, "Come on, have another drink with me! Today is a good day for you. You can stand up again and walk again. This is something worth celebrating. I am happy for you .”

After drinking wine with Emperor Chengsheng, Lin Hong smiled and said, "What the Holy Majesty said is correct. This is indeed Yunxi's idea. But it is not entirely Yunxi's idea. This is the first time I tried to walk with a machine, I was also afraid that I would fail, or that I would not be able to do this. If I said it in advance, but I didn't make it when the time came, it would inevitably have a bad impact. I didn't want the Holy One to know that I was disappointed, so I simply didn't tell anyone. After practicing well, I dare to give it a try today.”

"Also please don't blame the deceitful king of the minister."

Emperor Chengsheng smiled casually, turned his eyes to look at Lin Hong, and then looked at the courtiers at the banquet in the shore garden.

From the perspective of Emperor Chengsheng, he can have a panoramic view of the scene in the garden on the shore.

"What kind of deceit are you? Meng Zhuo, you are serious."

Lin Hongqing smiled slightly: "If the Holy Majesty does not blame the offending minister, the minister will feel at ease."

"To tell you the truth, it's really hard for me to use this machine to practice walking. I practiced in private for more than a month, and I practiced for no less than three hours a day, and this is the result I have now."

Emperor Chengsheng thought that the leg injury had always been a knot in Lin Hong's heart. In order not to touch the hidden pain in Lin Hong's heart, Emperor Chengsheng never asked Lin Hong about this in person.It was at this moment that Lin Hong himself took the initiative to mention the hard work of installing the machine, including practicing standing and walking. Emperor Chengsheng saw that Lin Hong's expression was normal, so he asked a few more questions with concern.

It was only after Lin Hong answered carefully that Emperor Chengsheng knew that Lin Hong installed a special mechanism on the flesh and blood of his thigh, which was able to support the weight of Lin Hong standing and walking, and Lin Hong also paid a great deal of effort. It was hard work that made it possible to achieve what it is today.

Emperor Chengsheng was very interested in talking, and seeing that Lin Hong was not shy about these things, and he was very willing to talk about them, so Emperor Chengsheng simply asked the questions in his heart, and planned to ask them one by one.

"According to what you said just now, this kind of special mechanism cannot be made by ordinary craftsmen, it must be made by craftsmen who know this craft. Then who found this craftsman for you? Since it was Yunxi's idea, come to think of it." It was also Yunxi who found this craftsman, right?"

Lin Hong's eyes were light, but the expression hidden in his eyes was dark and deep: "The Holy Majesty guessed right, this craftsman was found by Yunxi. However, this craftsman has a certain relationship with this minister. It's not that I just now know that there is such a craftsman. A special mechanism allows the subject to stand and walk. As early as ten years ago, after the subject was amputated and regained consciousness, the subject knew that there was such a mechanism that could allow the subject to stand and walk again."

Emperor Chengsheng hurriedly said: "Then why didn't you use it then?"

Having said that, Emperor Chengsheng asked Lin Hong again, "Meng Zhuo, I actually want to ask you, since you have this thought, why didn't you tell me earlier? You know that after you were injured, I also I am very sad, and I want to help you too. Since you know about this matter, why don’t you come and tell me? If you tell me, I will definitely do my best to find a craftsman who can make this kind of mechanism for you , why wait until now? Why do you need Yunxi to find it for you?"

Emperor Chengsheng thought that it was Lin Hong himself who told Lin Jian what he thought, and now Lin Jian found this craftsman for him, and then made the machine for Lin Hong to use.

Emperor Chengsheng really didn't understand why Lin Hong didn't explain it earlier, and even more puzzled why he just told Lin Jian and asked Lin Jian to handle the matter.Lin Yuan and Lin Liang were both older, and they had been on business for a long time. Even if Lin Hong refused to explain to him, why didn't he entrust this matter to Lin Yuan and Lin Liang earlier?

Lin Hong heard Emperor Chengsheng's misunderstanding, but he didn't intend to explain this to Emperor Chengsheng.

Lin Hong quietly drank the remaining wine in the cup, and then looked at Emperor Chengsheng and said softly: "At that time, the affairs in Lingnan were complicated, and the minister was accidentally injured, but the war with the enemy could not be stopped. At that time, the Holy Majesty could not sleep peacefully every night, and was worried about state affairs and wars every day, and I could not bear it and did not want to cause trouble for the Holy Majesty, besides, this is my personal matter, and I did not dare to bother the Holy Majesty, so I never mentioned it."

"Actually, I learned that there is a special mechanism that allows me to stand and walk. The lieutenant generals who accompanied me in the battle told me. At that time, I was unconscious, and my wife told me that my stump was amputated. Later, the lieutenants found a craftsman who could make this kind of machine. However, because of an accident, the craftsman died of a sudden illness. Later, the lieutenants were also punished by military law for sending troops to find the enemy's wounded minister without authorization. Afterwards, I returned to the capital, because my legs were sad and disheartened, and I couldn't find such a craftsman again, so I just let it go."

"Yunxi doesn't know where he heard these old things, and he was taken aback, so he quietly found the craftsman's nephew for his minister, and brought him back to the capital. mechanism."

Lin Hong picked and picked, and did not tell the truth/truth of the year to Emperor Chengsheng. Most of his lieutenants were damaged due to various incidents, craftsmen and family members were assassinated, and even the lieutenants who were scattered everywhere He didn't say anything about being hunted down and relegated.

In the past nine years, he has always believed that these things were done secretly by Emperor Chengsheng.Even if Emperor Chengsheng did not do it, he still felt that these things had something to do with Emperor Chengsheng.Because many signs and traces prove that many things are related to Emperor Chengsheng.

This is also the reason why Lin Hong refused to investigate deeply in the past few years, and followed the rules and retreated willingly.He was really afraid of finding out something he didn't want to face.

But Lin Jian's words moved him again, and in the current situation, at such a critical point, Lin Hong couldn't tolerate it in silence any longer.

He was tempting with ulterior motives, but he looked at Emperor Chengsheng as if he was really gossiping with him.

But the emperor's heart is unfathomable, who knows whether Emperor Chengsheng is really gossiping with him, or is it a scheming feign?

There was no one else in the water pavilion except Lin Hong and Emperor Chengsheng. Emperor Chengsheng sent everyone away, and he never left anyone to serve him, so he just took food, food and wine by himself, and felt at ease.

After hearing Lin Hong's words, Emperor Chengsheng's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled and praised Yunxi as a good and filial boy. Seeing how unruly he was, he still cared about his parents.

Emperor Chengsheng also said that Lin Hong was a good minister who kept his duty, he said with a smile: "Meng Zhuo, in fact, you don't have to be so careful, you told me, and it's just a matter of one word, I have my servants to help you If you bother to search, I can do something for you. It won't hinder my things."

As he was talking, Emperor Chengsheng recalled the busy days of internal and external troubles, and sighed in his eyes: "Speaking of which, after I canonized you as a general, I entrusted Lingnan to you. I have the full power to make you responsible for the war, and I didn't spend too much thought. At that time, there were a lot of affairs in the capital, and the surrounding areas were not peaceful, and the sea and the north were not easy. My life is also difficult, and later you were injured, and I entrusted Lingnan to the Xining County King, and asked him to follow the plan you left behind, and I didn't bother too much."

"So, I don't know much about many things in Lingnan. I just have a rough impression of personnel changes in the army and the things you mentioned. I don't seem to remember the specifics."