[Red Chamber] I am Lin Daiyu and her uncle

Lin Qing calmed down for a long time before finally finding her own voice, "Then will you tell my elder brother?"

Gongsun Liang smiled meaningfully, "Of course not, on the contrary, I will help you hide it from him. Even, this secret will not be known to anyone other than me."

"Why are you helping me?" Lin Qing frowned at him.

This person is too evil, and it feels as weird and unpredictable as the "one monk, one monk" in the original text of "A Dream of Red Mansions".

Gongsun Liang sneered, "Help you?"

"It's not so much helping you, it's better to say I'm helping myself..."

"Boy." Gongsun Liang called Lin Qing, "How about I accept you as an apprentice? Ru Hai has not been long, and you still have a big job to do in the future. No one is behind you, you will go It's tough."

Lin Qing heard him say that Lin Ruhai "hasn't been around for long", and immediately became vigilant. Speaking of which, Lin Ruhai did disappear around this time period in the original book, but he was originally from the "Red Mansion", so how could he know Fang Wai's past? thing?

"You are not from this world." Not a rhetorical question, but an affirmation.

Gongsun Liang didn't speak, stood up slowly, came to the window, and looked at the verdant bamboo forest outside.

After a long time, he said, "Let me tell you a story."

"Once upon a time, there was a boy who was gifted and intelligent since he was a child. He was quite talented in reading. He was a child prodigy in the eyes of everyone. Finally, when he was 17 years old, because of a bet with his friends and to prove himself, he won the first prize in one fell swoop. In addition to the first two times, he has achieved the goal that all scholars in the world dream of - winning three yuan in a row. During the palace examination, he was full of energy and became the focus of everyone's eyes as usual, but he only wanted to be in the eyes of the person behind the bead curtain... "

Gongsun Liang's clear and bright eyes gradually became obsessed, as if he was reminiscing about a past.

After a long time, Gongsun Liang continued to narrate: "Later, he stayed by her side and tried his best to assist her and help her complete her hegemony. Although he preferred to be free and easy, he was willing to accompany her to be trapped in the deep palace."

After speaking, the blurred eyes gradually became melodious, and the voice stopped abruptly again.

Lin Qing, who was at the side, was listening to the story with great enthusiasm. Seeing that he did not speak for a long time, she urged anxiously: "And then?"

Gongsun Liang heard the sound, turned his head and glanced at him, and said indifferently: "Then she died, and she died very simply, without messing around at all, without caring about the living, and just left without mercy."

"Ah??" Lin Qing didn't react.

How could this be so affectionate one second, and so indifferent the next?

Gongsun Liang looked at the bamboo grove swaying in the wind outside the window, and said with a wry smile: "Many people often say that they are free and unrestrained, but that is because they have never met someone who cares about them all their lives. When they meet, they realize that they are just an ordinary person, a...an ordinary person with seven emotions and six desires. "

Lin Qing didn't bother him this time, but was just curious about what kind of woman would make such an accomplished person like Gongsunliang worry about her, even if she became a monk, she still couldn't forget it.

Gongsun Liang also seemed to be aware of his gaffe, so he calmed down, withdrew his gaze from a distance, and regained his former immortal demeanor.

"Boy, no matter what, your arrival has solved the doubts in my heart. As compensation, I can accept you as my apprentice. Be my apprentice, and I will guarantee you smooth official career and promotion in the future."

Seemingly seeing Lin Qing's subconscious refusal, Gongsun Liang hurriedly said: "Hey, don't rush to reject me, go back and think about it carefully, and come back to me in a few days to tell me the answer."

After all, he confidently walked outside and informed Lin Ruhai to come in and lead someone.

"Take him back. He just hasn't adapted to the environment from Gusu to Kyoto, so he has nightmares from time to time. It's not a serious problem. That picture..." Gongsun Liang pondered for a while, "You don't have to worry too much about that picture. I care about it, it is estimated that this child is entrusted by someone's dream, but I see that his aura is pure and there are no ghosts around him, so don't worry."

As an expert, your speech is always cloudy.

So Lin Ruhai didn't dare to ask any more questions, and when he heard Gongsun Liang say that Lin Qing was fine, he didn't bother anymore, thanked him, and took Lin Qing back.

On the way back, Lin Qing didn't say a word, just sat aside with a serious face.

Lin Ruhai didn't know what Gongsun Liang had said to him specifically. Seeing his silence, he couldn't help feeling a little worried, "What's wrong with you? You look so ugly."

Lin Qing raised his head slowly after hearing the sound, and looked at Lin Ruhai, "Brother, what is his identity?"

"He is my teacher, the chief examiner when I will take the exam."

Lin Ruhai didn't hide it from him, and it wasn't something hidden in itself.

"Sir, what did you just say to you? I saw that your expression was always gloomy after you came out. Could it be that..."

"He wants to take me as an apprentice."

"What?" It was finally Lin Ruhai's turn to be surprised.

Lin Qing didn't give Lin Ruhai time to digest it, and continued to speak without surprise, "He also said that if I become his apprentice, he will ensure that my official career will be prosperous and I will be promoted every step of the way."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai didn't make a sound, and said at half-pay, "We'll talk about it when we go home."

Lin Mansion, study room.

"Brother, tell me, what does he mean by that? All right, why does he want to take me as an apprentice? He doesn't even know me."

Lin Ruhai leaned back on the chair, silent.

"You tell me exactly what your husband told you."

Although Lin Qing didn't understand, but out of trust in Lin Ruhai, he still told Lin Ruhai.

Of course, he concealed the fact that he "resurrected the dead".

But even so, it was enough to surprise Lin Ruhai.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Lin Ruhai didn't speak for a long time, his eyes drooped, he couldn't see his expression clearly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The atmosphere was too oppressive, and there were too many things that happened recently that were beyond Lin Qing's range of cognition, which made Lin Qing inexplicably feel a deep sense of fatigue.

Tired, really.

He is just an ordinary person, and he came here by chance. Apart from serving as an encyclopedia and a cheating tool for his own exams, the system does not help him in his ideological growth. Therefore, dealing with those people with superior IQs these days, he is really serious. It's a bit overwhelming.

so tired...

Lin Ruhai was so shrewd, so he was aware of Lin Qing's exhaustion at this moment, so after careful consideration, Lin Ruhai made a decision.

"Since Mr. has opened his mouth, you can agree."

Lin Qing lazily leaned back on the chair. Hearing this, she didn't have the slightest desire to move, "I have three questions to ask before I agree. If you don't answer me, it will be difficult for me to convince myself."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai didn't talk too much nonsense, he was very straightforward, "Say, I will try my best to answer it for you."

As soon as Lin Qing heard that Lin Ruhai had agreed to her request, she got excited and sat up immediately.

"First, what is Mr. Gongsun's identity?"

"Second, how does Mr. Gongsun know the secrets of heaven."

"Third, who is the 'she' that the gentleman mentioned?"

After listening to Lin Qing's questions, Lin Ruhai picked up the teacup at hand, drank a few sips of warm tea, and then said leisurely: "Mr. Gongsun is amazingly talented. He was the number one scholar at the age of 17, and he entered the cabinet as a substitute at the age of 20." Empress Dowager Wen Huan works. She is the right-hand man of the Empress Dowager with General Shen, but one is in charge of military affairs and the other is in charge of government affairs. The reason why Nanke Kingdom was able to gain the upper hand in the competition with the small border countries in the early stage is inseparable from the cooperation of these two people Credit."

"Of course, as the empress dowager who can mobilize and control these two people, she is even more skilled and clever."

"No wonder." Lin Qing suddenly realized.

Seeing Lin Ruhai looking at him in puzzlement, Lin Qing hurriedly said: "Shen Gui said before that his father, General Shen, has a certain relationship with your elder brother and your teacher. I was wondering, General Shen is a general , Brother, your teacher must also be a civil servant, how could there be a 'origin', that's how it is."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai didn't say much, and continued: "Later, the border defense map was stolen. The Empress Dowager deeply felt that she had become a sinner of the Nanke Kingdom, so she confined herself in the palace until she passed away. During the period, except Mr. Gongsun, I don’t see anyone.”

"The test that Yun Songrui and I participated in happened during the period when the Empress Dowager was secluded in the palace. Because the Empress Dowager had not officially returned to the Holy One at that time, I was staying in the deep palace. If you don’t want to meet anyone, Mr. Gongsun will preside over the test.”

Great, even if the empress dowager didn't show up in person, wouldn't there still be an emperor?Although he has not yet formally ruled in person, but if he remembers correctly, when the emperor was in charge, there were times when he was in charge, and when the emperor was sixteen.

He was sixteen, so he should be sensible and have his own opinions, so how did he tolerate a subject exercising his power as the supreme ruler of the empire?

"After the palace examination, the two of us naturally became Mr.'s disciples. Four years later, Empress Dowager Wenhuan passed away. Since then, Mr. has been obsessed with Taoism and no longer pays attention to government affairs. Later, he even resigned as the chief assistant. Travel the world."

"At that time, my husband was only thirty and one-year-old, and he was in the prime of life. The Holy One didn't want the empire to lose a talent like him, so he personally persuaded him to stay in the court as a second assistant. However, he still didn't care about the matter. Serve as a tool for the Holy Majesty to balance the power of the cabinet."

"Then, who is the 'she' Mr. Gongsun mentioned?" Lin Qing still didn't know.

Listening to Gongsun Liang's tone, this "she" must be the love of his heart, otherwise he would not lose his composure like that.

Hearing the words, Lin Ruhai gave Lin Qing a sideways glance, and asked indifferently, "What do you think?"

"Me?" Lin Qing pointed to himself, "I don't know..."

Just as he was about to say that he didn't know, he suddenly realized that there was a heroine in Lin Ruhai's speech that could not be ignored.

"Empress Dowager Wenhuan!"

No way……

"Isn't the empress dowager the holy grandmother? And when the empress dowager passed away, Mr. Gongsun was only 31? How could it be..."

Isn't that a big age difference?Regardless of age, Empress Dowager Wenhuan can be Gongsunliang's mother, no, she is grandma.

"What are you thinking? The Empress Dowager was only 35 when she went. Although she is not a young girl, she is not an old person." Lin Ruhai frowned.

Lin Qing smiled awkwardly, this is more or less...

It's just that the empress dowager is too young.

Think about it, a young powerful official, a young queen mother, and this powerful minister was single-handedly promoted by the queen mother.Thinking of what Lin Ruhai said just now, before the death of Empress Dowager Wenhuan, she only saw Gongsun Liang alone, Lin Qing couldn't help thinking about a forbidden love...

But just when he was about to take a step closer to the association, Gongsun Liang's potbellied figure suddenly appeared in his mind, which made him feel boring.

Although Gongsun Liang's eyes are very noble, but because of his appearance, the queen mother probably doesn't like him, right?

"I've said everything I need to say, what do you think?"

After listening to Gongsunliang's glorious history, Lin Qing also felt that his promise to himself was a bit credible, and even Lin Ruhai agreed, Lin Ruhai would not harm himself, so being his apprentice must have more advantages than disadvantages, so he said I want to.

After that, things became logical, Lin Ruhai took Lin Qing to visit Gongsun Liang again, and became his closed disciple.

Lin Ruhai also returned to Jiangnan a few days after Lin Qing finished his apprenticeship.

Lin Qing originally intended to go to the Imperial College to study, but Gongsun Liang insisted that Lin Qing was "not calm" and that everything he did was useless.

There was no way, Lin Qing had no choice but to follow Gongsun Liang to start "retreat".

On the Guozijian side, although Yun Songrui was stubborn, he was really obedient in the face of a teacher who was much more crazy than him, and also much more powerful.

So as soon as Gongsun Liang spoke, Yun Songrui took care of everything in school for Lin Qing, so that he could follow Gongsun Liang to retreat with peace of mind.

Royal Palace.

Since Daiyu entered the palace, she has been living in Zhongcui Palace where Concubine Kang is.

Concubine Kang is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, she looks difficult to get close to, but she is considerate and considerate.

Knowing that Daiyu only had a baby name but not a real name, he personally gave her a scientific name——Lin Wu.

"Wu" is the name of the star, that is, Wu girl, one of the 28 constellations, the third of the Xuanwu seven constellations, and it also means "elegant, soft and beautiful".

It is a good and noble name.

It can be seen that Concubine Kang really put her heart into it.

On weekdays, apart from going to school with the princesses and princesses, Daiyu stayed with Concubine Kang, and the nuns beside Concubine Kang taught her some etiquette for everyone.

Because Concubine Kang is getting older, and the emperor only favors concubines, she has not seen the emperor since Daiyu entered the palace.