The eldest brother of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

After entering the twelfth lunar month, the Ministry of Rituals became more and more busy. There are a few small countries that do not celebrate the new year, but they would like to stay in the upper kingdom of the Celestial Dynasty to experience it. For those who do things, there are a lot of troubles, Jingzhao Fu Yin is also very nervous, afraid that something will happen to these distinguished guests in the capital.

"Cousin, you also know that the first-class guards and the second-class guards are all delicate young masters from famous families. They can't lift their shoulders or lift their hands. Don't ask them to protect people. Don't send people to protect them." It’s difficult for them, expect them to follow those envoys? If there is less than one envoy, it’s fine if you don’t ask distinguished guests to serve them!” He complained a few words, but his hands still didn’t stop. The ministers also need to go, and the etiquette of serving people has to be specially taught to say..."

Lin Mo added: "Their customs also need to be known to the House of Internal Affairs."

"Of course, even King Zhao will not ignore this." After Rong Jia finished his business, he couldn't help but say a few more words, "Cousin, my new sister-in-law really can't speak, I feel anxious for him , Sui Cheng is not afraid of her. Thanks to my mother's help in dealing with human affairs."

Lin Mo said: "If she is capable, you have to worry about her bullying your nephew again. If you gain something in this world, you will lose something. If you think about it, at least your brother's back house will be safe."

"In a few years, the girl in my brother's house will show her face, how can there be a peaceful life." Rong Jia was very worried.

"If he is in such a hurry and wants to accept the younger brother, don't let others mention it. You can go and laugh at his hypocrisy towards Ouyang's sister-in-law. It's really to the point where he spoils his concubine and kills his wife, and the evil servant deceives the master. You don't need to worry about your sister-in-law." " Lin Mo grinned, "Your nephew, although he is young, has no business, he will naturally choose a branch to stay in. Do you think he will choose those slaves?"

Rong Jia blinked and blinked: "Cousin, when should I go to your house to hire?"

Lin Mo pulled out a small smile at him.

Rong Jia took a few steps back: "Cousin, you made my forehead hurt from laughing."

"After the spring, let's see for ourselves." Lin Mo lowered his head and said, "Now that you are in the Ministry of Rites, you should know the rules better than me. Is your fourth girl settled?" Rong Jia also nodded: "Xie Zao, governor of Liuzhou The family's nephew is named Xie Chengxiu."

Lin Mo frowned: "I haven't heard of it."

Fourth Miss Rong was born from a concubine, and she loved to dance with knives and guns since she was a child. Marriage is also a little more difficult than her three elder sisters.Earlier, Rong Mingqian loved Liu Xiangru's talent and strength, and wanted to give him his daughter, but it failed in the end, and the girl was delayed for a while.Fortunately, the family education of the Rong family is obvious to all, and even Rong Jia, an elder brother who wants to be a son-in-law, stood up, and some people came to ask for it. Rong Mingqian chose left and right, but chose an unknown one for the girl. .

"This man is a practitioner, he probably wants to take the road of martial arts." Seeing that he was puzzled, Rong Jia added, "He doesn't look good, but he is tall and strong, not like those weak ones." The younger sister is a difficult one, but she doesn't like red makeup and loves armed forces. Xie Chengxiu's matter was also nodded by herself.

Lin Mo laughed: "It should have been so picky. Earlier Brother Liu—hey, if I didn't mention it, I almost made a fuss."

"Brother Liu, has his brother been found? Or has he really become a monk?" Rong Jia and Liu Xiangru were also in the same year. Although they almost got married because of their sister, they let go after the matter, "I see His younger brother, although deviant, is happy and at ease, which is also a way of life, somehow he went to become a monk for a woman, not like him."

Lin Mo hated the You family sisters very much, and sneered at Liu Xianglian's pursuit of death and life, and only said: "It's a good man's family, not to mention being filial to the aunt, and sharing the burden with his brother, even if it doesn't cause trouble, it will make the elders feel at ease. Good. If he is like this, he is worthy of his aunt raising him for so many years!"

Although Linhou Liulang is always compared, the two teach younger brothers are obviously different. Although Liu Xiangru is strict, he still thinks that Xianglian lost his orphan when he was young, and indulges in every possible way. The younger brothers taught him to fear him like a tiger.

"Uncle left in a hurry this time, and didn't leave any words for mother. Letters always come at this time in previous years." Rong Jia sat down, "Have you received the letter from my aunt? Where is the grandfather's house? I don't know how the border situation is now. Is Che'er really going next year?"

He asked these words one after another, but Lin Mo didn't bother to answer him, and asked directly: "Where's Uncle? I've been waiting for a long time, and I can't wait for anyone."

Although Rong Mingqian liked to put on the majesty of the elders in front of the juniors, he saw Lin Mo differently, especially since his son was still begging for his younger sister, so he naturally treated the Lin family as honored guests, which is really rare like today.Rong Jia also said: "I don't know the origin of the guests who came today. My father waited for me with tea and wine last night. He didn't allow me to see him, so he took my brother there. Now that I'm talking about it, I don't know what to say. "It's been a long time since he saw Rong Mingqian so close to the enemy.

Lin Mo knew that Rong Mingqian had been an official for so many years, so he naturally had some past affairs with his colleagues. Maybe he was really anxious, so he patiently asked someone to make another pot of tea.He and Rong Jia have always been close, and he handled the Rong family's maid as easily as his own, and even ordered: "Let's just use Lu'an Guapian."

Rong Jia laughed that he was difficult to serve, and jumped up to serve him a teapot, flattering him: "Cousin, do you know what King Zhao and King Qin have—"

Lin Mo glared at him.

"You used to be a child, so it's fine to talk nonsense. Now what is your father's identity, what is your identity, these words, even if you say them in your own home, may cause death." Lin Mo said Dissatisfied, "What does it matter, think for yourself, don't keep thinking about asking."

Rong Jia was quite unconvinced: "Cousin didn't ask anyone?"

Just as Lin Mo wanted to refute, he remembered that he was still asking Shui Rong a few days ago, his face flushed, and he coughed dryly: "Don't ask me that, ask your father, and see if he beats you."

Rong Jia came up and whispered: "A few days ago, King Yunjun came to the Ministry of Rites to look for King Zhao, but King Zhao hid himself." Zhao Wang avoided seeing him, almost making it clear that he was not giving face.Although the status of King Yunjun is indeed different from the original King Yizhong, since the Supreme Emperor called him back to Beijing, he has been treated favorably. Although King Zhao has always been known for his perverse behavior, he dare not disobey his grandfather on the surface. .Now that it has come to this point, think about what happened.

Lin Mo squinted at him: "Why?"

"I don't know, I only vaguely heard about Nan'an Prince's Mansion. By the way, cousin, have you heard that the Second Master Bao in Rongguo Mansion is going to order the daughter of Yu Yining's family in Hangzhou Weaving?"

Lin Mo originally hated the word Rongguofu, but when he heard "weaving", his spirit froze again: "Who are you talking about? Yu Yining? Jia Baoyu is a white body—" Rong Jia said: "My cousin thinks , What kind of extraordinary people is Yifu weaving? Wealth is incomparable to the country, golden branches and jade leaves... They really dare to brag, and they are not afraid of getting killed. Tell me, as an official, everyone knows that they are rich. I really don’t know what’s going on. The Supreme Emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River and asked the Yu family to pick him up once, but he didn’t want to see what happened to the Zhen family.”

Lin Mo said "Oh": "Jiangning, Suzhou, and Hangzhou all have weaving, and Yu Yining is indeed the richest family."

"The other two - heh." Rong Jia also laughed, "It's just too far away from Beijing."

"It's a fat job." Lin Mo knew what he was going to say, but just interrupted, "There are too many people like this. Later, they made it themselves. The official department will investigate and find anything. Without thinking, I just said what happened to them, and I went to investigate them. The first person to fall was myself. When the water was clear, there would be no fish. That was myself. A pack of tea leaves. Manchu civil and military, if you want to be honest and honest, you have never received a single needle, there are, but they are definitely not in Beijing."

Naturally, Rong Jia understood, lowered her head, and muttered after a long time: "I scared Jia Baoyu not long ago."

"Why are you so scared?" Lin Mo asked.

"Just... I moved my hand in front of him, and it was a bit harsher." Rong Jia blushed, "His words are really unpleasant, I can't seem to restrain myself." Lin Mo couldn't help laughing The voice said: "Okay, okay, but why didn't I hear anything? It's not like him, who can hold back when he is frightened?"

"Maybe he himself feels useless." Rong Jia said.

Baoyu really felt useless.He was pampered and spoiled since he was a child, although Jia Zheng always thought he was useless, but with Jia Huan and Xue Pan beside him, he was considered polite and sensible, and whenever the elders met him, they would only praise him.However, Rong Jia was unreasonable, arbitrary, and overbearing, but he was worried about Sister Lin, so he dared not tell others, and even if he knocked out his teeth, he could only swallow it in his stomach, which was bitter and inhumane.

A few days ago, there was a word in Jia Mu's room, saying that she wanted to tell him about the marriage, but she didn't let him know, but even Xiren Muskyue knew about it, and he was not really deaf.The Yu family's daughter was heard to be smart and capable, not inferior to Sister Bao, but when he heard about this, he really couldn't get interested.

Sister Bao has icy muscles and bones, dignified and quiet, which is good of course, but she always likes to mention some things about studying and improving, which makes him often splashed cold water on his high spirits. The daughter of the Yu family was born in an official family. Waiting for a "virtuous name", I think it is also a reasonable person.

Mrs. Wang knew that she couldn't hide it from him, but she admitted it openly: "My son, don't be ignorant. The wealth and power of the Yu family is no worse than that of the Zhen family back then. You have to pay more attention to their daughter-in-law." What's the matter?" Originally, Jia's mother said that she wanted to marry Baoyu, but she thought the old lady was too much, but after hearing who it was, she was only satisfied.

Unexpectedly, Baoyu was even more discouraged, and slipped back to the Grand View Garden to find Tanchun.

Now that Sister Feng is away, Tanchun and Li Wan are taking care of the family affairs. They are looking at the rent from the farm in Daoxiang Village and arranging the things for the New Year. Happy, wondering: "What's the matter?" Baoyu sighed: "I always feel that this year's Chinese New Year is so boring."

Li Wan said: "The second girl is married, and Miss Xue and Yun'er are preparing to marry at home again. It is inconvenient to go out, so it is not as lively as usual." Tanchun said, "Will it be lively again next year?" , also laughed, and said: "I often hear that the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River support people. When I saw Sister Lin, I thought she was a fairy descended from the earth, no worse than a princess. Later, isn't it? Hangzhou is also a good place. I think There are many scenes in those places.”

Baoyu thought of the beauties from the Jiangnan water town, and yearned for them very much. But with Daiyu and Zhuyu in front of him, he couldn't help but think about it, and thought: "There is only one sister Lin in the world. It's a pity that she followed her brother. I really feel wronged." gone."

Tanchun patted his head: "It's not lively this year, and it's because Sister Feng is not here. In previous years, she was alone, and she could be said to be three people."

Li Wan said: "That's right, she's not here, I feel that there are so many things that I can't sleep at night, and I don't know how busy she was back then. Didn't it mean that Second Brother Lian went to pick her up?"

Baoyu's eyes lit up: "Brother Lian is going to pick up Sister Feng? I'm going too!" After that, he was anxious to leave, and Li Wan hurriedly pulled him: "Don't make trouble!"