[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

"This is not."

Seeing that Lin Jian had misunderstood Lin Daiyu, she quickly explained, "My late father never talked about government affairs with me, not to mention that the family letter sent from Yangzhou had to go through the hands of many people, and it was impossible for my late father to talk about such a sensitive matter. write on it."

"On one occasion, my late father wrote in a letter from home, saying that Uncle Zhou, who took care of him here in Yangzhou, was getting old, so he sent Uncle Zhou to go back to his hometown in Gusu to recuperate. I thought it was strange when I read it. He never took the initiative to mention his life in Yangzhou. He always said that he was very good and told me not to worry. I had never talked about people around me like this. I couldn’t understand it at the time, and I didn’t understand it later. I didn't think much about it, and put it aside not long after. It was only after listening to what Lord Hou said last night that I remembered this matter."

Lin Daiyu asked Zijuan to show Lin Jian the letter from Lin Ruhai that she found when she got up in the morning, "This Uncle Zhou has been serving my late father and was very loyal to my late father. He was also quietly sent away before his death. He left No one else knew about it. I guess, the real account book hidden by my late father should have been brought back to Gusu by Uncle Zhou."

Although Lin Daiyu didn't know the whole story of the Yangzhou salt class deficit case, after she knew that the killer was sent by Wang Ziteng last night, she quickly guessed Lin Ruhai's situation and the links involved, and thus deduced the truth of the account book .

She came to Yangzhou to deal with Lin Ruhai's funeral this time, and brought all the letters that Lin Ruhai had given her over the years. Useful.

Lin Jian read the letter.

In Lin Ruhai's letters, he mostly asked about Lin Daiyu's daily life, but he rarely mentioned his own affairs.The mention of Zhou Bo's matter in the letter is also very abrupt, like a casual mention in Xianlai's pen, but if you pay attention to it, you will feel that there is a lot of profound meaning in it.

Lin Jian thought, the real account book is probably in Zhou Bo's hands.

Lin Ruhai's residence in Yangzhou, and the residences of people around Lin Ruhai, were basically searched by Wang Ziteng's people, but they never let go of any suspicious places and people. Only Gusu's hometown has not been moved. After all, Lin Ruhai He hasn't returned to the capital and Gusu for several years, and has no contact with both sides, and Wang Ziteng didn't bother with these two places.

Lin Ruhai crossed the sea and secretly sent his uncle Zhou back to Gusu. Presumably what he wanted to really settle was actually the real account book.

Lin Jian handed the letter back to Lin Daiyu. The thunder outside the window was deafening, and the rain was pouring down, but his voice was as deep as a rock and as firm as gold: "When will the girl leave? After the girl recovers, I will go to Gusu with the girl. "

Lin Daiyu thought that Lin Jian was going to investigate the real account book. She was asking Zijuan to put away the letter, but she was taken aback when she heard this: "Master Hou believes my words like that?"

Lin Jian smiled slightly: "I believe in the girl, and I also believe in myself."

"To tell you the truth, I made this judgment earlier, but I didn't know where Lin Yushi hid the real account book, so I made this scene to force the real account book out. Now that I have the whereabouts, I should go See if it's real or not."

"What's more," Lin Jian paused, his eyes fixed on Lin Daiyu's face, and he said softly, "Besides, I accidentally overheard the girl's words outside just now. The girl went to Gusu to deal with family affairs. I don't care. Don't worry, I will go with the girl. With me here, the girl can do whatever she wants with the Lin family's things, and outsiders are not allowed to intervene."

Lin Jian was afraid that Lin Daiyu would blame him for eavesdropping, so he apologized to Lin Daiyu for this matter.

In fact, Lin Daiyu didn't blame him, but she was stunned for a while when she heard what Lin Jian said, and then she didn't know what to say. Her eyes flickered, and she looked at Lin Jian and moved her lips a few times, but after all, she couldn't do anything. speak out.

The room was quiet for a while, Lin Jian looked at Lin Daiyu, and saw that she lowered her eyes slightly, her thick eyelashes were still trembling slightly, the tiny trembling was like a butterfly flapping its wings tremblingly. Into Lin Jian's heart.

He sat with Lin Daiyu and listened silently to the sound of the rain outside for a while, and then he laughed.

Lin Daiyu looked up at him suspiciously, not understanding why he suddenly smiled.

The corners of Lin Jian's brows and eyes were full of smiles. Instead of continuing the topic just now, he smiled and talked to Lin Daiyu about his childhood.

"When I was young, I was chosen by the Holy Majesty to be the companion of the Ninth Prince. In fact, I was very reluctant. There are too many rules in the palace, and there are too many red tapes. My father never restrained me like that at home. I couldn't get used to it at first. , I just thought how can I not do this accompanying reading. When I was a child, I was very naughty. When I had this idea, I would find faults and provoke the Ninth Prince every day, and forced him to fight me until he couldn't bear it. Then I fought against him. At that time, I Don't be afraid of the sky, don't be afraid of the earth, just thinking that I'm already fighting with the prince, now I have to be kicked out of the palace, right?"

"In the end, both the Ninth Prince and I were killed. One of them injured their legs and the other injured their hands. They both lay on the bed for three months. After they recovered, everything was still the same. I just don't believe in this evil. After recovering Going to provoke the Ninth Prince again, in the winter when it was snowing all over the place, I dragged him into a fight, and he rolled with me in the snow and cement water all over the ground, and then I yelled when he couldn't win, saying that I was only relying on me Father is a great general who acts so unscrupulously, if someone else dared to beat the noble concubine's son, he would have been dragged out and beaten to death long ago, how could he stay in the palace properly!"

Lin Jian said with a laugh, "I was stunned for a long time by what the Ninth Prince said, and I didn't wake up until the snow soaked/wet/underwear. I remember, the first thing I did when I woke up was He grabbed the Ninth Prince's collar viciously, and arrogantly said yes, I just rely on my father as a general, I just want to bully you, I just want to beat you, what can you do? You can't understand me, you Drive me out of the palace!"

"As a result, before I finished speaking, the Ninth Prince stuffed my mouth full of snowballs. The snow melted in my mouth and it was very cold and icy. He looked at me and laughed, and then I spit out the snow in my mouth, thinking that we are both very childish and ridiculous, so I also laughed with him."

The willfulness in Lin Jian's words attracted Lin Daiyu's full attention, and the story Lin Jian described also aroused Lin Daiyu's strong interest. She listened to it, but Lin Jian stopped talking.

Lin Daiyu was concerned about the ending of the story, and hurriedly asked: "Then what happened after that?"

Lin Jian smiled very gently, and he looked at Lin Daiyu with gentle eyes: "Later, the Ninth Prince and I became very good friends."

"Miss Lin, I am always scolded by my father, saying that I rely on him to rely on the Lin family's military exploits to run amok, frivolous and willful. He always calls me a brat, a jerk, a white-eyed wolf, and I never thought about changing it. That's just how I am. The Ninth Prince said, I was born as the son of a great general, so I should have such a temper, which is also to my advantage."

"Miss Lin, I told you this to tell you that our Lin family is willing to protect you, and I am willing to protect you. When you return to Duzhong, you will be able to see my parents. They are all Very good people, they also love you very much. Miss Lin, the past is gone, but in the future you have us, you don't have to live so cautiously, with my Lin family protecting you, you should be able to run amok. You Take what you deserve, and dispose of your own things as you want, the Jia family has no right to comment."

"Even if someone is gossiping, you don't have to pay attention to it, I will let them shut up."

Maybe Lin Jian's eyes were too gentle, or maybe Lin Jian's words were too heartwarming, Lin Daiyu blinked, her nose was sore, she felt like she wanted to cry.

But she hasn't let go of herself and cried loudly for many years, even if she thinks about it like this, it's just a lump in her throat and soreness in her heart.In front of Lin Jian, she tried not to cry.She didn't want Lin Jian to see herself crying too much.

From the first day Lin Daiyu entered the Rongguo Mansion, she was afraid of being caught/holding excuses for her. Even if she lived in her grandmother's house, the feeling of living under the fence was not pleasant.

She is used to such a life of looking forward and backward and being cautious. Only by joking and frolicking with her sisters occasionally can she show a little bit of temperament.If it hadn't been for seeing Lin Jian's unrestrained and unrestrained style these days, she would have almost forgotten that a person like her was not such a well-behaved temperament.

She actually envied Lin Jian very much.I envy his free and easy casualness, envy his 'running wild'.

Her life in the past few years is like a beautifully framed painting, which is only suitable for hanging on the wall, but after taking it down for a closer look, she finds that the painting is a fake, not the one handed down from generation to generation. do.

The seemingly glamorous and colorful spring, summer, autumn and winter are actually always entangled in a chaotic darkness. She can't break free, and can only be attached to the bones by the darkness.

And Lin Jian, like a ray of light cast by the dark clouds in the sky, planted a fresh seed in her heart.

She wants to keep the seeds, and also wants to keep the light.

Lin Daiyu lowered her eyes slightly. She avoided Lin Jian's gaze, suppressed the throbbing in her heart because of looking at Lin Jian, and said in a low voice: "If Lord Hou goes to Gusu, what about Yangzhou?"

Lin Daiyu was still a little worried that Jia Lian might not let go.But she did not express this concern.