[Red Chamber] Dai Yu became the favorite of the Song Dynasty

By the time they arrived at the Princess Mansion, the fire had been almost extinguished by the submerged fire team and the workers in the mansion. Fortunately, the fire was not too big and only burned a few rooms in the backyard, causing no casualties.Seeing the traces of the fire, Daiyu couldn't help but think of the fire in the Hou's mansion, which killed the people in the mansion, and Kai'er's fate changed accordingly.

The arsonist was escorted up by the workers in the house: "Princess, this is the person who has been hiding in the backyard secretly for the past few days. Today, when there is no one in the backyard, he set off several fires! How do you think about it?"

Daiyu recognized this person as Fushun at a glance. She was very angry and asked Fushun: "Why did you burn my mansion? You know that burning down the princess mansion is a capital offense!"

"What's burning the princess mansion? I want to burn down the palace too!" Fushun was not ashamed, not knowing what was wrong, but stiffened his neck and scolded Daiyu: "You, and the officials, you caused my sister to live in the cold palace!" It's better to die than let me see her, you are the real sinister people! I want to seek revenge from you!"

"Your sister was thrown into limbo, so you came to burn down my princess mansion? She deserved it, and you didn't even want your own life?"

"I'm alone now, what do I care about my life?" Fushun sneered a few times, and even when the people around him were not paying attention, he jumped to beat Daiyu, but he still forgot that there was a hidden guard beside Daiyu.Before he could succeed, the hidden guards appeared together, stood in front of Daiyu, and knocked Fushun away.Na Fushun lay on the ground, feeling pain and hatred, and burst into tears.

Before Daiyu was dispatched to Fushun, the official's personal official came to the mansion. It turned out that an official passing by had already entered the palace and reported the incident.The internal officer told Daiyu: "Your Majesty has heard that someone dared to set fire to the princess' mansion. It's really daring. Your Majesty ordered that the arsonist should be sentenced to death and be executed at noon tomorrow. No one can intercede!" Then the internal officer informed the guards around him : "Come on, take him away!"

"Yes!" The guards stepped forward and dragged Fushun from the ground.

Daiyu could not interfere with the decision-making of the officials, so she replied to the internal officials: "But it is up to His Majesty to decide!"

After Fushun was taken away, the Lin family began to clean up the burnt house.

Lin Jin discussed with Daiyu: "This house can't be cleaned up by a few of us. We have to invite professional masters to repair it before we can live in it again."

"It's burned down like this, can it be repaired as new?" Daiyu wanted to restore the courtyard to its original appearance. After all, this is a mansion bestowed by the government, and she is unwilling to change its original appearance.

Qiu'er's father is well-informed and has made friends with all kinds of people. He said: "Although I know some people who repaired the house, I'm afraid it will be impossible to restore it to its original shape."

Just when a group of people were in trouble, the government sent an internal officer to come. "Princess, Your Majesty has a decree. Your mansion has been burned down. The court will pay for repairs and repairs. You don't have to worry about it yourself. You just go home and go about your own business. It won't be long before you will return the same one." House." Neiguan conveyed the official meaning.

Daiyu quickly thanked her: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion!"

This is all right, the house has hope again.The officials were more thoughtful and solved the problems of the Lin family's manpower and funds.

Early the next morning, Xiao Jiang and Qiu'er's father took a few people and prepared to go to the countryside.Daiyu exhorts Xiaojiang thousands of times, telling him to hand over the hairpin to Wanwan, and Xiaojiang agrees and leaves.

The Lin family started to prepare for the store after breakfast.Today, Xiao Jiang and Qiu'er's father were absent, so Daiyu became Lin Jin's helper.Lin Jin has obviously become the chef in the shop, and many of the dishes he cooks are better than Daiyu's. Daiyu couldn't help but praise: "Brother, when you are free, you have to cook a table of good dishes for me to try." , I am very hungry after watching it now!"

"No problem, just tell me when you want to eat. I haven't cooked it for you after you've been back." Lin Jin agreed very readily.

While they were busy, a familiar voice came: "Miss Lin, please order me a roasted pig's trotter..."

When Daiyu raised her head, it turned out to be Lu Qingzhou. With the support of two servants, he came to Daiyu's booth.

Daiyu hurriedly stopped what she was doing, and asked in surprise, "Qing Zhou, why are you here? Can you walk?"

"I heard that your house was on fire yesterday, so I came here to take a look." After speaking, he let go of his servant and walked two steps in front of Daiyu alone.He walked very slowly, moving step by step, obviously working much harder than normal people.

Daiyu hurriedly stepped forward to support Lu Qingzhou: "Okay, it's good if you can walk, don't move too much for now."

The servant brought the prepared wheelchair, Daiyu helped Lu Qingzhou sit down, and then pushed into the room with Lin Jin.

"You haven't told me how the Princess Mansion is? Is it burning badly?" Lu Qingzhou asked Daiyu.

"It's okay, it's already been extinguished, only a few wing rooms were burned, and the officials have ordered people to repair it."

"That's good. Fortunately, nothing major happened."

Lin Jin said to Lu Qingzhou: "It's just in time for you to come today. I will have dinner at home at noon. I will cook a table of food and wine, and I will treat it as a clean-up for you and your sister. You have been back for so long, and you have never eaten at our house. , and your leg injury is gradually recovering, this is also a happy event, let's celebrate at home."

Lu Qingzhou didn't refuse: "Okay, then thank you, Brother Lin. I haven't eaten the food at home for a long time, and I really miss it."

"Remember to drink a few more glasses later." Lin Jin tapped Lu Qingzhou on the back, implying that he would have a drink with him.

But Daiyu was angry with Lin Jin: "Brother, don't you know that he is still a sick man and cannot drink."

Lin Jin slapped his forehead: "Look at my negligence, then I'll have another drink later."

Lu Qingzhou: "I will definitely accompany you."

Aunt Lin took out a pair of knee pads she sewed by herself from the bedroom, and handed them to Lu Qingzhou: "I made these for you a long time ago. The needlework is rough, so I hope you don't dislike them. When you fully recover in the future, you can wear them for walking. Yes, it can protect your knees against the cold.”

Lu Qingzhou never expected that Mrs. Lin would make knee pads for him, which made him feel the long-lost maternal love.His mother died so early that he almost forgot what she looked like.Lu Qingzhou choked up a little: "Thank you Ma'am, Qingzhou will remember it in my heart."

"Silly boy, what should you remember about a pair of knee pads, the business is to get well soon." Aunt Lin comforted.

Lu Qingzhou: "Hey, I see."

Lin Jin was going to work in the kitchen, so she said hello to Lu Qingzhou: "You play in the house for a while, I will cook first, and I will call you when the food is ready."

Lu Qingzhou: "Okay."

Daiyu then pushed Lu Qingzhou to the inner courtyard. The plants and trees in this courtyard were almost the same as when he was in Tokyo, almost unchanged.From the study window, they saw Yu'er sitting at the desk writing, Lu Qingzhou proposed: "Let's go and see the child, we haven't seen him for a long time."

"Row."

Daiyu then pushed him to the study room, and saw that Yu'er was using the same pen, ink, paper and inkstone that Zhao Mingcheng had given him a few days ago to write.

Yu'er looked up and found Lu Qingzhou, and shouted excitedly: "Uncle Lu, you finally came to see me! Both your mother and aunt said that you can't move, and it will take a long time to get better. They also didn't allow me to see you, saying that they were afraid that I would disturb you. Miss you!"

"Yu'er is good. Uncle was not very nice before, so I didn't come to see you. I came here in a hurry today, and I forgot to bring you a gift. Can I make it up next time?"

"Uncle, I don't want gifts, I just want you to be healthy." Yu'er said very sensiblely.He wanted to pull Lu Qingzhou to look at the words he wrote on the paper, it was a poem: sacrifice your life to go to a country in calamity, and see death as suddenly as home ①.

Lu Qingzhou asked him: "Do you know what this poem means?"

Yu'er is very confident: "I know, Mr. Ouyang told me that a man should defend his family and country, and regard death as his home. Just like when you fought on the battlefield, even if you risk your own life, you must defend Song Dynasty!"

When the child said these words, both Daiyu and Lu Qingzhou were greatly shocked. It seemed that Yu'er's learning was not in vain. She learned a lot from Mr. Ouyang, and was taught by Mr. to understand the truth and be righteous.

"Uncle is not as good as you said. Defending the family and the country is what every Song citizen should do. Right?"

"Yes. I want to be such a person too." Yu'er seemed to be proving to the adults that he would definitely be such a person.

Lu Qingzhou smiled and touched Yu'er's head: "Can you give me your calligraphy? I think it's very well written, take it back and keep it for collection."

"Of course. If you like it, I will write to you often in the future!"

"Then it's a deal." Lu Qingzhou coaxed Yu'er to become enthusiastic about studying, while Daiyu couldn't help but chuckle.

The three of them flipped through the books in the study, and Yu'er suddenly asked, "Uncle, do you know the art of war?"

"What? Do you like to study the art of war?" Lu Qingzhou asked back.

"If you want to win a battle, you must be familiar with the art of war, but you can't talk about it on paper and divorce it from reality."

Daiyu wondered: "Where did you know this? No one taught you?"

"There are children from various families in the school. They talk about everything. Naturally, I listen to it a little bit, but I'm not proficient."

"If you are really interested, you can come to the martial arts hall to find me in the future when you are free, and I will teach you well."

"Really?"

"When have I ever lied to you? But after learning the art of war, it can only be used by my Song Dynasty. You must not be a traitor who betrays the country and seeks glory. Can you do it?" Lu Qingzhou asked seriously.

"Yes, I promise!" Yu'er replied sonorously.

Daiyu laughed at them: "Okay, look at what you're talking about so seriously, those who don't know may think that you are doing some great deal, do you have to put your fingerprints in black and white?"

"That's not necessary. It's just that the foundation of educating children must be laid well, and they must not be crooked, otherwise they will regret it in the future."

"Yes, yes, Master Lu is right. Let's go out, it's time for dinner in a while."

When they arrived at the main hall, Dong Niu was serving bowls of vegetables to the table: "I was just about to call you, but here I am, please sit down."

Yu'er insisted on sitting next to Lu Qingzhou, he was more attached to this Uncle Lu than before.

Daiyu saw that many of today's dishes were nutritious, and her brother must hope that Qingzhou can take good supplements so that the injury can heal faster.But this reminded Daiyu of the ginseng that Shang Yang gave Lu Qingzhou before, that was the best tonic.

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①Quoted from Baidu Chinese, from Cao Zhi's "White Horse".