[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Even though the Lin family had been conferred by the previous dynasty, the royal family of the previous dynasty was weak during the war, and the title of Lin Ruhai's father was basically useless.That title just made his life in Gusu easier.

However, the Lin family is a noble family with a deep heritage. Even though Gusu is in chaos, Lin's father still cares about the Central Plains. Taking advantage of Emperor Chengsheng's attack on southern Anhui, Lin's father sent Lin Ruhai out of Gusu to the Central Plains to participate in the imperial examination. Hai Zhongju, Emperor Chengsheng admired him very much, and appointed him to be a Tanhua, and then Lin Ruhai has been working as a censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and later became a doctor in Lantai Temple.

Lin Ruhai had worked outside Gusu for a few years, when Jia Min was still in good health, and Lin Daiyu was weak, but with Jia Min taking care of her, she was still in good spirits.Lin Ruhai lived in Gusu with his wife and daughter for a few years in order to let his wife and daughter see the scenery of Gusu. Later, one year after Lin Ruhai was transferred back to the capital, Jia Min brought Lin Daiyu back to the capital.

When Lin Daiyu came back this time, seeing that the scenery of Gusu was still the same as what she saw when she was a child, she couldn't help feeling deeply moved.

Aunt Li, who was staying in Gusu, got the news a long time ago. When the boat docked, Lin Daiyu got off the boat, and Aunt Li led the Lin family to meet her.

There are many people who come to pick up the boat from the shore.

Lin Ruhai passed away while in office. Not long ago, the imperial court issued a decree to reward Lin Ruhai. Emperor Chengsheng personally drafted the posthumous title Wenzhong for Lin Ruhai. This is a great honor for Lin Ruhai and the Lin family.

Even though the Lin family was not prosperous, and the uncles and brothers of the distant cousins ​​did not have frequent contacts with the Lin family, but because of the court's reward, they still rushed to the pier to pick up Lin Ruhai's coffin.It's just that because Lin Daiyu is a girl, and Aunt Li is the head of the family, it's inconvenient for them to go forward, so they just stand far away to greet her.

When Lin Ruhai's coffin returned to his hometown, Gusu's parents and officials naturally had to come. Besides, Lin Daiyu and Lin Jian were the ones who sent Lin Ruhai's coffin back this time.

The county magistrate of Gusu led a group of officials, big and small, who were also waiting from a distance. When he saw Lin Jian getting off the boat, he hurriedly led his people to meet him.

There are many people on Lin Jian's side, and since Lin Daiyu is on the pier, it is inconvenient for Lin Daiyu to lift the hood, so she can only look at Aunt Li with red eyes through the hood. He held Aunt Li's hand and refused to let go for a moment.

Lin Jian noticed that Lin Daiyu looked at each other with nothing but tears, so he pursed his lips, looked there for a while, and then took Gusu county magistrate and the others away.

With him here, the members of the Lin family may not be able to reminisce freely.He still has some matters to discuss with the county magistrate of Gusu, besides, although he is here on a non-business trip, Gusu is also part of southern Anhui, so he can't send people away in a big way, he simply takes everyone away and gives them to him. The people of the Lin family just stay quiet.

Lin Jian took only two guards with him, leaving the rest to Qian Ying, who asked Qian Ying to handle related matters at the pier and followed Lin Daiyu back to the old house of the Lin family, while he went back to the old house of the Lin family after meeting the county magistrate House to meet them.

The next day, Lin Ruhai's coffin was buried with Jia Min's in the tomb.

Before sealing the tomb, Lin Daiyu deliberately took off the three gold bracelets from her hands and put them on the coffin, then took a step back with tears in her eyes, and asked someone to seal the tomb again.

Both Aunt Sun and Aunt Li cried until they were in tears. Seeing this scene, they were quite moved: "Miss, how can you take this off?"

Lin Daiyu said with tears in her eyes: "This was originally my mother's dowry. My mother liked it very much and kept it with me all the time. There are six golden bracelets in total. After my mother left, my father left three, and the other three were given to me. Let me make a thought. I have been wearing these years and never want to leave. Now that I can’t go with them, let me wear these years to accompany them here. It is also a little bit of my heart gone."

Lin Jian offered incense at the side, and prayed for Lin Hongqiao. As a descendant, he sent Lin Ruhai to be buried. Hearing Lin Daiyu's heart-wrenching words, he couldn't help but have a sour nose.

Lin Daiyu has become much thinner these days, and cries a lot, so that Shui Lingling's beautiful eyes are swollen like peaches.

At this time, any comforting words are useless, Lin Jian felt that even if he said ten thousand times to make Lin Daiyu mourn, it would be futile, so he came up with a way to distract his attention and asked Lin Daiyu to accompany him there. Uncle Zhou to see if the real account book is in his possession.

Lin Daiyu was still thinking about this matter in her heart. She had been busy with Lin Ruhai's burial for the past two days. He nodded, then wiped his tears with his handkerchief and led Lin Jian to Uncle Zhou's residence.

The account book that has been missing for many days is really in Zhou Bo's place.

According to what Uncle Zhou said, it was indeed Lin Ruhai who quietly gave him the account book and ordered him to return to Gusu quietly to keep the account book properly.

"The master said, no matter how the world is turned upside down in Yangzhou, I don't need to worry about it, as long as I keep this account book. Unless, unless the new inspector censor dares to turn against Mr. Wang, I will never take out the account book. Just pretend that this account book doesn’t exist.”

Zhou Bo's words have confirmed that Lin Daiyu's judgment and Lin Jian's guess are correct.When Lin Jian looked through the account book, there was still a letter written by Lin Ruhai to the new Xunyan Yushi inside. The envelope was intact, which proved that Uncle Zhou had not opened it, and no one else had touched the letter.

Looking at Lin Ruhai's upright italic script written by the new inspector Yan Yushi on the letter, Lin Jian slightly curled his lips. Lin Ruhai probably would never have thought that after him, Yangzhou did not welcome a new inspector salt The censor, but he came here for a special inspection, right?

Lin Jian didn't read the letter in front of Zhou Bo and Lin Daiyu, he put the letter in his arms and planned to read it after returning home.

The account books have been recovered, Lin Jian, for the sake of Uncle Zhou's safety, asked him not to make any publicity about it, and just continue to live peacefully as if nothing happened.

Uncle Zhou is an honest person, and he also knows that the matter is of great importance. He solemnly wrote down Lin Jian's instructions.

Lin Jian sent Lin Daiyu back to her residence.

It was the hot weather in Shenshi, but there was only a shower around noon. Although the water on the ground had dried up, there was still wind.

As the breeze blew, Lin Daiyu saw the lotus leaves in full bloom in the water tank in her yard swaying gently in the wind, and the wind sent the delicate fragrance of lotus across her nose. Lin Daiyu felt moved, and couldn't help but stop and stare for a while.

She thought it was too hot in the house, so she didn't want to enter the house. There was no sun under the porch, and she could still see such beautiful scenery, so Lin Daiyu suddenly didn't want to enter the house.

Lin Daiyu said to Lin Jian: "Master Hou, I have something to discuss with Master Hou."

Lin Jian was following Lin Daiyu's eyes to look at the lotus, but when he heard this, his eyes softened, and he turned to look at her and said, "What's the matter?"

Lin Jian was very happy. This was the first time that Lin Daiyu took the initiative to talk to him.

Lin Daiyu said slowly: "My late father had a last wish, and wanted to revise the family tree. In order to make my father feel at ease, I have already started to arrange this matter. But, thinking of Lord Hou's several times of protection, I can't repay you. Lord and I have the same clan friendship, old general Meng Lin never forsakes, he is willing to treat his late father as a family, I would like to ask, is Lord Hou willing to join the family?"

Lin Jian was taken aback for a moment, then smiled softly with his lips curled up: "I don't want to."

Lin Daiyu was stunned for a moment, her eyes dimmed, and her expression also dimmed.She was probably a little embarrassed by Lin Jian's straightforward refusal, subconsciously bit her lower lip, not knowing what to say.

Seeing Lin Daiyu's reaction, Lin Jian hurriedly explained, "Girl, don't get me wrong. I don't mean anything else. It's just that my father has his own ideas about genealogy. Don't say it's me, even if he's here, I wouldn't want to either. This doesn't mean to dislike the girl and the Lin family, it's because my father has his own considerations."

Lin Jian stood beside Lin Daiyu with his hands behind his back. He looked at Lin Daiyu tenderly, and said patiently, "Tracing back to the origin, it's true that my father came from the Lin family in Gusu. Before he joined the army, my father had a family tree in his hand. It's been a hundred years, but it has been passed down intermittently. Although the records are incomplete, the origin of the ancestors is always correct. But everything is messed up during the war. My parents died early, and the branch of the Lin family passed it down to him. , he is the only one left, and this genealogy was lost at some point."

"Later my father named the Great General, and the Holy One proposed to trace the original source and rebuild the genealogy for him, but my father did not agree. He said that he was the only one left in the Lin family, and there was no need to do that. I will care about this. Later, in the ancestral hall originally prepared for the ancestors of the Lin family, the tablets of the soldiers who followed my father were put in. My father said that compared with the ancestors of the Lin family, these soldiers who died for the country more worthy of being remembered."

When Lin Jian talked about the past, his eyes were very bright and moving, "It was only when I grew up that I realized that my father is not the bastard who disrespects his ancestors as they say. He is a sword in the hands of the Holy One. This sword is extremely sharp. But it can only be used by the Holy Majesty. Rebuilding the genealogy and returning it to Zonglin's family will involve too much on my father, and he cannot be a pure sword in the hands of the Holy Majesty. This sword has a home, and it is difficult to use him again. Powerful."

"Miss Lin, it is not a good thing for the Gusu Lin family to let my father's name be written on the genealogy of the Lin family in Gusu. There is a former general who has shocked the government and the public. It will be difficult for the Lin family to stay out of it. There are too many people involved in this vortex, the Holy Majesty Yin Lin Yushi has a very good impression of the Lin family in Gusu, so this incident should not make the Holy Majesty suspect that the Lin family has other plans."

Lin Jian looked at Lin Daiyu very seriously, and said in a deep voice, "Miss Lin, now, I am also a sword in the hands of the Holy Spirit. But what I want is to protect you, and we cannot hurt you."

"Returning to the clan is just a form, and it's all for the world to see. We don't need the world to know how our Lin family treats you. As long as you understand in your heart, we completely treat you as a family, and that's enough gone."