[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

"Earlier, the girl sent someone to the house to ask how the situation was going. I originally thought about sending someone to the house to ask the girl how she was doing. But after much deliberation, I was always worried if I didn't go there myself. The situation There are also some things to deal with at home, so I left the person sent by the girl behind, and waited until the family affairs were done, then I was busy bringing people over to the house."

Aunt Sun said, "Miss, just don't worry, the Marquis already had a lot of guards at home, but last night when there was a commotion/turmoil, the family members closed their doors and hid in the house, and the guards outside will come to act wildly." The thugs were all under control, and the family didn't suffer any crimes, but it was a little chaotic, and it will be fine in a few days."

Before Lin Jian and Lin Daiyu communicated with each other, Lin Jian was concerned about the old house of the Lin family.Fearing that someone would secretly harm the old people of the Lin family staying behind in the old house of the Lin family, Lin Jian secretly sent people to watch the old house of the Lin family at the beginning to protect everyone in the house.

Later, when the two got together, Lin Jian directly added guards in the old house of the Lin family. These guards were also from the general's residence, so it would be no problem to protect the old house of the Lin family.

It's just that Lin Daiyu was surprised when she heard this. The thugs taught by Rushi found her precisely in the chaotic situation last night, and they kept yelling loudly that they wanted to kill her.

Since they wanted to do something to her, how could they not know the address of the old house of the Lin family?

Could it be that the thugs taught in this way just want to kill her, just want to slaughter the whole family of the general's mansion, and are not interested in the people in the old house of the Lin family?

Lin Daiyu thought about it again and felt that it didn't make sense.

She also told Lin Jian about how the thugs of the Rushi Sect could accurately recognize her and find her in the dark under the chaotic situation last night.

This was definitely not an accidental event, it must have been carefully planned.

Lin Jian categorically told Lin Daiyu that someone had been secretly watching Lin Daiyu that day.

When he said this, Lin Jian squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Daiyu and smiled: "The people in the mansion first knew what you were wearing that day. Naturally, the people in the mansion would not spread the word. When it can spread, it is nothing more than you coming out of the mansion. car, and when getting off the car at the gate of the palace to enter the palace. But there are people on duty at the gate of our mansion and in front of the palace gate. If someone is really watching secretly, no matter whether it is the guards at our mansion or the guards on duty at the gate of the palace, they will find out. Therefore, it will not be seen at this time."

"The people who serve you are trustworthy people, and I have carefully selected them. They will never be bribed by outsiders, and it is even more impossible to leak your clothes."

After Lin Jian analyzed Lin Daiyu in this way, the only time she could reveal her attire was in the palace.

After she entered the palace, she was led all the way to Shou'an Palace by the palace servants. There were many people in the palace, seeing how many palace servants she dressed up yesterday, some of them might have spread the news.

Lin Daiyu said this to Lin Jian, and Lin Jian laughed immediately: "This is for sure. The people in the palace must have leaked your clothes to the thugs taught like this. But if you talk about this range, you won't It’s so big that everyone in the palace. It’s very easy to find out about this matter. If it’s an ordinary palace person, you only need to find someone to find out. But since they did this blatantly, it must not be easy to find out People, this person must be hiding very deeply, and he is not an ordinary palace man."

Lin Daiyu was a little worried when she heard the words, there are people with high status in the palace colluding with the thugs taught in this way, is that okay?If that person cooperated with the thugs taught in this way last night, wouldn't it just be the fall of Ximen?I'm afraid that the whole Miyagi city will be reduced to a battlefield where the thugs of the Rushi sect ran wild and massacred.

Lin Daiyu felt cold all over her body as she thought about it.

Lin Jian said it would not be the case.

"It's not easy to co-operate with the thugs who teach like this outside to make trouble in the entire palace. The reason why the west gate fell was because the palace gate was open. If the four gates were closed, they couldn't co-operate with the inside and outside. Even if someone made trouble in the palace, They couldn't get in touch either, you know, the guards guarding the gate of the palace were all selected by me, and there will never be any mistakes."

Lin Jian pondered, "They are the ones who can't cooperate with the inside and the outside, so they didn't choose this way at all, but attacked from the outside, which shows that this person doesn't want to expose his identity, and his purpose is not that. His The purpose is very clear, that is to let the thugs taught in this way attack you, Yu'er."

Lin Jian felt that it was strange for Empress Dowager Shen to go out of the palace to see the lecture venue in the evening.Why do you have to go at that time if you don't go early or late?But the key point is that when the Empress Dowager Shen went there, she couldn't find any problems.After all, the rebellion of Rushijiao happened by accident, and no one 'anticipated' it in advance.

After all, Lin Jian deeply doubted that the people in Shou'an Palace must have something to do with these things.

Lin Daiyu listened to Lin Jian's voice, just because of Lin Jian's words, she suddenly had a thought, could it be that he suspected that the Empress Dowager Shen of Shou'an Palace had colluded with the Rushi Sect mob?

Lin Daiyu was startled by her bold idea, but looking at Lin Jian's cold eyes, she still asked this question.Lin Jian didn't answer her, but just looked at her and smiled slightly.

Lin Jian said: "All of this is still speculation, and we have to wait for Dad to find out the results in Lingnan before we know."

Lin Daiyu was lost in thought, and Aunt Sun called her several times before Lin Daiyu came back to her senses.

Looking at Aunt Sun's suspicious eyes, and listening to Aunt Sun's concern about what happened, Lin Daiyu never told Aunt Sun what she was thinking.

These matters are related to the safety of her and the Lin family, but these matters also involve important affairs in the court, and even matters in the harem. Of course, she knows that Aunt Sun cares about her a lot, but because this concern is too deep, Lin Daiyu didn't want to scare Aunt Sun by telling these things.

Lin Daiyu closed her eyes and thought deeply, looked at Aunt Sun and smiled and said: "It's okay, I just thought of something. Auntie, let's continue."

And what Aunt Sun said next completely dispelled Lin Daiyu's previous strangeness.

Aunt Sun said: "There is nothing important at home, but it is different in the shop."

Aunt Sun told Lin Daiyu that after checking the situation at home, seeing that the disturbance/chaos had subsided, and the streets and alleys outside were cleaned up by the yamen, and she could go out, Aunt Sun sent people to the Lin Family Pharmacy, and Aunt Sun sent people to check the situation in some of the Lin family's shops in the capital.

Those who were sent to see it came back with terrible news.The medicine hall and shop of the Lin family were destroyed by Rushi mobs.

If the church mob rebellion happened suddenly, no one expected such a thing to happen in advance. The Lin's medicine hall and shop were closed at that time, and the doors of the shop were tightly closed.

However, after the massacre, hundreds of thugs from the Rushi sect smashed open the doors of the Lin family medicine hall and shop, then rushed in and smashed all the utensils and goods, and slaughtered all the people in the shop.

When Aunt Sun and Lin Daiyu were talking about this period, there were tears in her eyes, as if she was really frightened.

"I know that the girl is not afraid of these things now. If it were the past, I would definitely not dare to tell the girl about these things. But when such a big thing happened, it would be impossible not to tell the girl. Earlier, the master would I will take care of all the property and houses in the house. Because of the girl's previous instructions, the old members of the family are still staying in the old house, and they have returned home after dark, that is, the newly hired man and the shopkeepers. Stay in the pharmacy and shop."

"Those thugs are also really ruthless. They killed everyone. Although those shopkeepers and assistants are not from our family, they are all hired from outside, but after all, they are dozens of living lives, so they are gone. My heart is really hurting."

"The house is fine, but the pharmacy and the shop are like this, I'm afraid they won't be able to open. I heard that there is a lot of trouble outside, and now I don't know how the farms in the suburbs of Beijing are, but I have sent them away. People have asked, and I think there will be news in a few days."

Aunt Sun said that the medicine hall and the shop were messed up by the people who taught the way, and the corpses were not in good shape. against.

The doctor who was invited by the pharmacy had already returned home that night, so he should have been found by someone who taught him this way, and killed his whole family.

Aunt Sun shuddered when she mentioned this: "The people taught by Ru Shi are so vicious, it seems like they are targeting our family. But girl, our family has nothing to do with those people taught by Ru Shi."

"Is it the Duke's side—"

Although Aunt Sun didn't know about the affairs of the court, after she learned about these things, she thought about it many times on the way here. The foundation is in Gusu, and the family has nothing to do with the people taught by Rushi. Since they have long invested in the Xiao family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they have nothing to do with the royal family of the previous dynasty.

It is well known that Lin Hong suppressed Rushijiao in Lingnan back then, and Rushijiao targeted the Lin family's industry so much, which can only be related to Lin Hong's experience.

As Aunt Sun spoke, Lin Daiyu's heart sank, and when Aunt Sun finished speaking, Lin Daiyu's heart sank to the bottom.

She remembered what she had just thought in her heart, and only then did she realize that the person taught in this way was really ruthless, not moving the old house of the Lin family, but keeping her eyes on her property.Even if she and Lin Jian were incompetent and took care of everything, they couldn't bear the pervasiveness of the people taught in this way.

Lin Daiyu's eyes were serious: "The traditional Chinese medicine halls and shops in the capital are already like this, and the farms in the suburbs of Beijing must not be spared. The people who teach like this also made troubles in the suburbs of Beijing last night, and the government and office have already dealt with them. But if you want to come to our farm, I'm afraid Unavoidable."

"Auntie, let's do this. Auntie doesn't have to worry about this matter. Auntie has experience in doing business. When the shop is open, it is a good business. Now it is a time of trouble. At this juncture, it is not easy to call such things as Auntie." It's dealt with. Auntie will take a rest in the future. Leave this matter to me to deal with."

Aunt Sun looked at Lin Daiyu: "What do you mean, girl?"

Lin Daiyu said slowly: "What I mean is, there is the Rushi Sect now. Before the Rushi Sect is eliminated, the business at home should be temporarily stopped. On the surface, it looks like the Rushi Sect's handwriting, but not necessarily and no one will take advantage of it Fishing in troubled waters will start to attack our family's business. There are a lot of people staring at us, so it's better to be more cautious. I will explain this matter to Lord Hou, but I have made up my mind that this business will not be done. Save yourself from any other troubles."

Lin Daiyu has not only the original properties of the Lin family, but also Jia Min’s previous dowry. There are also land property shops in those packages. Those old people who originally came from the Jia family were unwilling to break away from the Jia family. Fortunately, Lin Daiyu rectified and cut off all those properties from the Jia family. It has nothing to do with that any more.

The land property and family business are hired by other people.

From the things left by the ancestors of this family to the things belonging to Lin Ruhai and Jia Min and his wife, Lin Daiyu is holding in Lin Daiyu's hands, and there are many real estate shops in this family.

She didn't do business with her before. At the beginning, she just opened a pharmacy to sell medicines and treat patients. Later, she gradually started to do it. Aunt Sun has been quite capable of managing the family business over the years. Coupled with Qiao's great assistance, this For more than half a year, the Lin family's business has gradually expanded.

It is even more spread out than the shelf when Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were in the past.

In addition to the expenses of supporting the family, Lin Daiyu has only been here for more than half a year, and the money she has received is even more than that of the previous year.

The Lin family has such a big business, and there is such an eye-catching signboard as the General's Mansion, how can it not make people jealous?

On weekdays, they were concerned about the Lin family's father and son not daring to move, but now is an extraordinary period, how could anyone know that someone would not take advantage of the chaos to make trouble?For the current plan, before the matter subsides, no matter how profitable the business is, it can only be stopped first.

It is the best policy to use movement to restrain stillness.

Lin Daiyu made up her mind, and talked with Aunt Sun for a while, and Aunt Sun felt relieved, saying that everything should be done according to the girl's wishes.

Seeing that Lin Daiyu made up her mind in an instant and considered the matter so thoroughly, Aunt Sun was quite moved.Seeing that Lin Daiyu is now more and more like Mrs. Hou, and is no longer what she used to be, Aunt Sun also feels very relieved.

In order to reassure Aunt Sun, Lin Daiyu called Xiao Chen in in front of Aunt Sun, and directly used the person Lin Jian allocated to her to deal with the follow-up matters of the medicine hall and shop, and sent someone to the suburbs of Beijing to check on the farm Industry, by the way, ordered that the people sent by Aunt Sun be brought back safely.

After dealing with these matters and talking for half an hour, Lin Daiyu felt a little tired. Now that it was late at night, Lin Daiyu left Aunt Sun to sleep in the mansion, and instead of asking Aunt Sun to go back, she asked Xiao Chen Duo sent a few people to the old house and shop of the Lin family to prevent any further mischief.

When something like this happened at home, Lin Daiyu was always worried if she didn't take a look. What's more, those shopkeepers and doctors in the pharmacy died innocently. Having Aunt Sun at the mansion also means that she will take Aunt Sun to those people's homes tomorrow.

She felt very sorry, and she had to deal with it herself to be at ease.

The next day.

Lin Jian got up before dawn.

He was going to attend the Great Court Meeting, and this matter could not be delayed, he took the time to wash and change clothes quietly, for fear of making a little noise and disturbing Lin Daiyu's sleep, he went out after hastily done.

He went back to the house from the study last night and heard about the Lin family's business from Lin Daiyu, as well as Lin Daiyu's thoughts and plans. He felt that Lin Daiyu's handling was very good and considerate, so he went with Lin Daiyu.

He only asked Xiao Chen repeatedly before going out to ask Lin Daiyu and Aunt Sun to bring more guards by their side when they went out.

In July, the day is even hotter.It was sunny for more than ten days in a row, and there was no rain at all, so there was such a big disturbance, corpses littered the streets and alleys overnight, blood flowed into rivers, and hundreds of people died.

The corpses of these people need to be cleaned up, and the blood-stained limbs all over the ground need to be washed and processed. In this hot weather, no matter how many people there are, the smell in the streets and alleys will be stifled by the hot weather and the sun. It doesn't smell very good, and the clean streets in the past naturally breed a lot of mosquitoes and flies.

Even if Lin Jian didn't go out after returning to the mansion yesterday morning, the outer walls of the outer courtyard of the General's Mansion were all within reason. How could Lin Jian not smell the smell of complaining?

When going out, Lin Jian was mentally prepared. People who are used to haunting the battlefield are no strangers to this smell, but when he came out of the corridor, he smelled the obviously much lighter stench, and Lin Jian was slightly picky. raised eyebrows.

——It was raining outside, and it must have been raining for a long time, washing away the unpleasant smell in the air.

Lin Jian slept soundly that night, and he didn't know when the rain started to fall. He was preoccupied with something and didn't pay attention to the movement outside. He didn't see the rain until he went out of the porch.

He was originally planning to ride a horse, but when he saw this situation, he simply ordered Qian Ying to set up a car and go.

The night was deep, the rain had fallen, which relieved the muggy summer night, but the weather was still very hot, the curtains of the car windows had been hung up a long time ago, and the partitions on the window panes were also opened by Lin Jian. Frowning, he looked at the streets and alleys outside, the smell in the alleys was a bit lighter, after cleaning up all day and night, the conditions of the alleys were much better than the night before.

But in this lonely late night, hearing the sound of his own carriage passing by on the stone slab, Lin Jian's heart sank.

This is the time for the court. In the past at this time, the streets and alleys were full of civil and military officials rushing to the palace. Not to mention the excitement, but it was not so quiet. A lot of officials died, and this grand court meeting seemed so lonely and uninhabited.