[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Zijuan has served Lin Daiyu for many years. Because Lin Daiyu seldom sleeps at night, Zijuan has developed a pair of good ears that can wake up immediately when there is a disturbance.

This time Xiao Yu came to visit late at night and talked to Lin Jian in the courtyard. Although the two people's voices were extremely low, no one could hear what they were saying except Xiao Chen and Qian Ying who were accompanying them.

But Zijuan sleeps on the couch outside, she is used to light sleep, and suddenly someone lowered her voice to speak in the quiet night, Zijuan thought it was Lin Daiyu who couldn't sleep and called her in a low voice, Zijuan woke up suddenly up.

As a result, Zijuan woke up and saw that Lin Daiyu's bedroom was quiet and there was no sound at all, and the voices she heard while half asleep and half awake came from outside the house.

Zijuan didn't dare to light the lamp, for fear of waking Lin Daiyu up. The autumn was dry, and she felt a little thirsty after waking up, so she got up and poured a cup of tea for herself.

As a result, Zijuan inadvertently looked out through the window paper on the door, but saw four figures in the courtyard where there should have been only three people.Zijuan was startled, put down the teacup and went to the door to look out.

She went over to look and realized that the voice she thought was not Lin Jian talking to the guards of the Lin family, but Lin Jian talking to another strange man in black.

The night was dark and with some distance, Zijuan couldn't see clearly the appearance of the strange man who didn't know when he came through the crack of the door.But looking at the way Lin Jian talked with him, one could only conclude that it must be someone Lin Jian knew well.

Just when Zijuan was about to go back to rest, Lin Daiyu suddenly coughed a few times in Lin Daiyu's bedroom, Zijuan looked serious, and hurriedly brought hot tea in, but she didn't light the lamp, and as soon as she entered, she saw Lin Daiyu had put on her clothes She is already there, and is raising the curtain of the bed to call her.

Lin Daiyu saw that the room was too dark, and the frosty moonlight outside was covered by the window screens, and she could see everything very hazy. Afraid of knocking over the teacup in Zicuckoo's hand, Lin Daiyu lit a small wind lamp on the small table in front of the bed. up.

Lin Daiyu drank the tea with Zijuan's hand, and when the hot tea slipped down her throat, she suppressed the itching that caused the cough, and then Lin Daiyu looked at Zijuan: "I was going to light the lamp just now, but you were hesitant to speak." The appearance of stopping, but what is it for?"

Zijuan just wanted to stop Lin Daiyu from lighting the lamp, but her words were not as quick as Lin Daiyu's, and when she saw the candle was lit, she swallowed her words.

Seeing Lin Daiyu asking her at this moment, he told Lin Daiyu in a low voice what she saw when she woke up earlier.

Lin Daiyu got up and went to the window to have a look. As Zijuan said, there was a strange man in black with a hood outside.

When Lin Daiyu went to see it, it was the scene where Xiao Yu left after giving Lin Jian the brocade box.

Lin Daiyu only looked at it for a moment, then turned back and got on the bed, and after blowing out the small wind lamp on the small table, she said softly, "Go to sleep."

Zicuckoo didn't understand what it meant: "Girl?"

Lin Daiyu took off the jacket she was wearing and put it on the hanger next to the bed: "Tonight, just pretend you haven't seen anything, and let's pretend we don't know anything."

Zijuan naturally listened to Lin Daiyu's words, she agreed, and after serving Lin Daiyu to lie down, Zijuan also went back outside to rest.

After Xiao Yu left, Qian Ying walked up to Lin Jian and said in a low voice, "Master, I just heard Miss Lin coughing in the room."

Lin Jian nodded: "I heard that too. Presumably she is still a little uncomfortable. It is impossible for Zicuckoo to serve her at night without lighting the lamp. They didn't mean it. However, it's all right if the Ninth Prince left. It’s not good to stay here and be discovered.”

Lin Jian estimated the time in his heart, thinking that it was not too far away from the time of going to court, so he asked Xiao Chen to get the court clothes, and he went to Yihong Courtyard to change into them.

——Qiao asked Xiangwu Xianrou to bring a change of clothes, and brought Lin Jian's court clothes along the way.Lin Jian didn't need to go back to the West Garden to get it right now, he just changed his clothes and went to the palace.

Lin Jian practiced kung fu every morning, but today was an exception.

When Qian Ying asked about him, Lin Jian just glanced at Lin Daiyu's room with gentle eyes, and said in a low voice, "Even when practicing soft swords, there is a sound of piercing through the air. It is impossible to make no sound at all. Miss Lin is weak. , finally rested, I don't want to quarrel with her. Let's just let it go today. I'll make it up later when I go to court and return to the mansion."

Lin Jian entered the palace alone, leaving Xiao Chen and Qian Ying behind, and asked them to stay by until Lin Daiyu woke up and then returned to the West Garden with a change of clothes.

After explaining these things, Lin Jian took a last look at Lin Daiyu's room reluctantly, then turned around and left.

Today is the day of the Great Court Meeting.All civil and military officials have an audience as usual.

Before dawn, all the officials lined up and stood in front of the court hall, waiting for Emperor Chengsheng to ascend the throne to receive the congratulations from all the officials.

The fact that Lin Jian made such a incident the day before the Great Court Meeting was known to all the people in the city, and all the civil and military officials who came to participate in the Great Court Meeting naturally knew about it.

In addition to seeing the emperor and bowing down to congratulate him, this grand meeting also includes the impeachment of each other and the participation in government affairs.

Lin Jian handed over his mistakes and presented them in front of those people again. The result was naturally as he expected, and as Xiao Yu said last night, the spittle of all the civil and military officials who impeached him was almost the same. drowned him.

Speaking of it, he cut off the plaque bestowed by the first emperor, which is a real crime of disrespect.It’s not that someone framed someone for the crime of being attached to him. It’s okay to say that Emperor Chengsheng valued him and defended him. The Holy Emperor severely punished Lin Jian for rectification.

All voices criticize each other with their mouths and pens. In the past, they had different political opinions and each had their own standpoints. Now, all civil and military officials speak the same way. They collectively ask Chengsheng Emperor to punish Lin Jian severely.

Lin Jian was in the Southern Anhui Army before and never went to court. At least a year ago, Bai Yi took him to the Qinzheng Hall to meet Emperor Chengsheng. At that time, he saw some ministers discussing matters in front of Emperor Chengsheng.

But since he became the censor of the right-handed capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he has participated in all court meetings, big and small, and he has truly seen the scene of ministers at court meetings that Xiao Yu said before.

He had seen so many quarrels, but this time, everyone stopped arguing, and no one had any objection to what they said. They all had the same meaning, which was to punish him.

The adult princes who are on official errands also line up in front of the palace, but the princes don’t speak up easily when they participate in the grand court meeting. It’s just that when they encountered such a thing today, it was related to the Tai/Zu Emperor, and the princes all expressed their attitudes. Summarize It also means the same thing as civil and military officials.

There are only a few people in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty who have not expressed their attitude, and Xiao Yu is among them.

Before Xiao Yu left last night, Lin Jian told Xiao Yu that he should not speak for him during the court meeting today, let alone intercede for him. It would be fine if he could speak with everyone.

Xiao Yu just nodded to show that he knew.

But now that he was in court, he knew Lin Jian's intentions. He could not speak for Lin Jian or intercede for Lin Jian, but he couldn't do it if he asked Cheng Shengdi to punish Lin Jian with everyone.So, Xiao Yu simply kept silent.

Emperor Chengsheng didn't make a decision immediately, but looked at Lin Jian after all the officials finished speaking, and asked him in a deep voice: "Lin Qing, do you have anything to say? I will give you a chance to defend yourself."

Lin Jian bowed and saluted: "Thank you, my lord. I do have something to say."

After obtaining the permission of Emperor Chengsheng, Lin Jian looked at the ministers and said loudly: "Emperor Tai/Zu not only bestowed plaques on the eight princes, but also the four princes of the counties, all of whom had imperial letters. Plaque."

"These plaques were placed on the main hall after the completion of the County King's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion for posterity to admire. But think about it, these plaques given by the emperor are just for people to look up to for the descendants of the County King's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion. Is it useful for people to be proud of themselves?"

"Emperor Tai/Zu fought the world back then, and it took several years of hardships to establish the Great Zhou. At the beginning of the founding of the country, four county kings and eight dukes were canonized. These twelve families sacrificed for the Great Zhou in several years of war for the founding of the Great Zhou. How many people have been lost, do you all know in your heart?"

Lin Jian said in a deep voice, "Except for the imperial surname Xiao's family, there are files to check, these twelve families sacrificed a total of 430 people for the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. These people are all descendants of the main branch of each family, not counting Family members and recruited soldiers are included. If family members and soldiers from various families are to be counted, it will be counted in tens of thousands, and the number of words is even more impressive.”

"For the sake of peace in the world, almost all the main branch of Mu Junwang's mansion was sacrificed. In the end, only one branch was left. The Mu family sacrificed 78 people. These people exchanged their lives and blood for the imperial plaque. Is it just to show you a family of founding meritorious service? This imperial plaque is for the sacrificed heroic spirits. Incredible."

"Those amazing people are the ancestors of the various families who died, not their descendants who are lying on the credit book and doing nothing!"

Lin Jian spoke loudly, but all the ministers fell silent.

Not far away, Shui Rong looked at Lin Jian with a smile and said, "What Lin Yushi said really made me feel ashamed. But Lin Yushi really has a heart. We thought that others had forgotten these old things, but unexpectedly, Someone still remembers it."

Lin Jian took a look at Shui Rong, and Fang Surong said, "Your Majesty, my family started out in martial arts, and my father fought half his life. I am young, but since I was 16, I have also been in the Southern Anhui Army for three years. I have admired great heroes since I was young." General, under the influence of his ears and eyes, he will naturally remember it."

"Don't say how many people were sacrificed in the founding of the country, that is, from the Tai/zu emperor to the present, how many wars the Great Zhou has experienced, how many times it has won, how many times it has failed, who leads the army, who is the enemy, what is the route of the march, what is the middle What is the situation, I have read all kinds of files and records, and I keep them in my heart. This is what I do. I respect the heroes, and the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the peace of the world, but some people here are not worthy of the founding fathers throwing their heads and blood. For the family glory they won!"