[Red Chamber] I am Lin Daiyu and her uncle

Hele Building.

Lin Qing followed the boy to the box.

The young man stopped outside the door, smiled respectfully at Lin Qing and said, "Master Lin, my young master is inside."

Lin Qing nodded, and pushed the door open by himself.

After going around the screen and coming to the inner room, there was no sign of Shen Gui. There was only a young man in plain robe and brocade clothes sitting in front of the chessboard, playing chess alone. The incense was still burning on the table, which was refreshing.

Due to the position, Lin Qing could only see his profile.

It's just this brocade robe...

It seems deja vu.

The young man noticed that Lin Qing was standing there and hadn't stepped forward, so he turned his head and looked at him.

Lin Qing was shocked!

This was actually the "honored guest" he happened to meet that day in front of the Bayeux God's Residence!

Seeing Lin Qing's shocked appearance, the boy smiled and said, "It seems that Editor Lin has a very good memory, do you still remember Bengong?"

Upon hearing that he called himself "Ben Gong", Lin Qing understood everything.

Ma Liuer knelt on the ground with all four limbs bowing his head and prostrating.

"Chen Linqing, kowtow to His Highness the Fifth Prince!"

Xia Zhen didn't ask him to get up immediately, so Lin Qing could only keep kneeling like this.

After a while, layers of fine sweat gradually appeared on Lin Qing's forehead. If it wasn't for the eyebrows blocking it, it would almost cover his eyes.

The room was silent, with the occasional sound of chess pieces falling, which seemed so crisp in the stalemate atmosphere.

One click, one click... as if knocking on the tip of Lin Qing's heart.

The vibration from the chest made Lin Qing feel the coercion from the superior for a long time. It was a kind of bewilderment with nowhere to hide, which made people feel surrendered for no reason.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing couldn't help but despise herself deeply.

Nonsence!

As a serious modern person, in ancient times, he wanted to kneel and submit at every turn. How can he have the strength of a scholar?Really read into the dog's belly!

However, even if he despises his actions in his heart, Mingmian still has to "pretend to be a grandson"...

Seeing that the sweat was about to drip into her eyes, Lin Qing blinked vigorously.After a long time, when Lin Qing's eyes were almost covered with sweat, a casual male voice finally came from above.

"Get up."

Lin Qing hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his cuff while standing up.

While fiddling with the chessboard, Xia Zhen asked without raising his head, "Can you play chess?"

Lin Qing was stunned for a while, then hurriedly nodded, "Yes!"

"Very good." Xia Zhen smiled, and quickly cleared the pieces on the chessboard with his fingers.

"Then sit down and play a few games with me."

Lin Qing couldn't figure out his temper, so he could only follow him first.

So he bowed respectfully, said "yes", and sat opposite Xia Zhen.

At this moment, the two are facing each other, and the chessboard has been tidied up.

Xia Zhen looked at Lin Qing who was sitting opposite, and raised his hand as a gesture of invitation, "You are a sunspot, you go first."

Lin Qing nodded slightly, and picked up a grain from the jar.

The two immediately started a "fight" on the chessboard.

Lin Qing had taken courses related to Go in college. When he first came to be interested, he studied it specially.Because of his excellent performance in class, the Go teacher praised him greatly, saying that he is very talented, and asked him if he would be interested in learning Go with him, but participated in the competition to win prizes.

At that time, due to family troubles and academic pressure, Lin Qing did not agree. After being rejected, the teacher felt very sorry for it.After finishing the family affairs, Lin Qing finally freed up his energy, but the Go teacher had already been transferred to another school.

For this reason, he has been lonely for a long time, feeling that he has lost a bole.

In the days to come, Lin Qing would often compete with unknown netizens on the Internet, and gradually gained a little fame, but he didn't care about it, and only regarded it as entertainment in his spare time, so his fame was not great. Famous in a small area.

Although she is a half-baked guy, Lin Qing has a good attitude.

In particular, Xia Zhen's chess style was gentle in the early stage, and he had been laying out the layout unhurriedly, and gradually became more aggressive in the later stage. Although Lin Qing's strength was far inferior to Xia Zhen's, he was defeated in the later stages, but Xia Zhen let him lose. Lost very decently.

That's pretty flattering.

After that, they played several games in succession, all with the same chess style and the same ending.

Lin Qing put down the chess pieces in his hands, cupped his hands and said in admiration: "Your Majesty's chess skills are superb, and I am willing to bow down!"

Xia Zhen smiled meaningfully, "Editor Lin exaggerates the truth. My chess skills are really average, and thanks to the guidance of an expert, I am now able to improve."

After finishing speaking, there was a sound coming from outside the door.

The two looked up, but it was Shen Gui who pushed the door and entered.

Seeing that Lin Qing was also inside, Shen Gui was obviously stunned for a moment, but he recovered in an instant, stepped forward, and bowed to Xia Zhen.

"Your Highness."

Xia Zhen let out a "hmm", then stood up and walked straight to the door.

"Brother Sanhuang invited me to eat at his mansion, so I won't chat with you."

Seeing this, Shen Gui and Lin Qing hurriedly bowed down to salute.

"Congratulations, Your Highness!"

Xia Zhen waved his hand behind him, and then went out without seeing anyone else.

After Xia Zhen left, the room was silent for a while.

In order to keep the atmosphere from being too awkward, Lin Qing coughed a few times, sat down at the tea table, and poured herself a cup of warm tea.

"Why hasn't there been any water melting recently?"

Shen Gui didn't answer, and sat down on the seat opposite Lin Qing with a solemn expression, without saying a word, just looking at him like that.

Lin Qing felt terrified when he saw him, and took a sip of water to cover up. After a while, seeing him still looking at her like that, she felt a little helpless, "What are you doing looking at me like that!"

Shen Gui nodded and poured himself a glass of water.

"I know everything about my sister."

"That day at the Spring River Meeting, she was looking at the magnificent scenery of the Spring River Terrace with the 'telescopic mirror' that my aunt begged for her from His Majesty, and accidentally bumped into you."

Lin Qing was a little surprised that Shen Gui would say this to himself.

The delusion that day proved to be one aspect, the key point is that the defense of men and women in Nanke Kingdom is quite strict! "Ethical principles" and "three obediences and four virtues" can be seen everywhere, so Shen Gui told him that his sister took the initiative to fall in love with him. This...

Should it be said that he has enough trust in himself, or is he too naive to take his own sister's reputation seriously?

Seeing Lin Qing's complex expression, Shen Gui smiled, as if he had read his mind.

"Ruqing, you are one of my few friends and someone I trust more. I 'cherish' you as a close friend."

The word "cherish" was deliberately emphasized by Shen Gui, and at the same time, he gave Lin Qing a deep look.

"Perhaps from the very beginning, you were baffled by my unreasonable closeness. I grew up in the army and went through all kinds of trials with my father. People don't say 'everything hits', but it's almost the same. We The military general went to the battlefield later, and the thing of 'intuition' can save lives when necessary."

"The first time I saw you, I sensed a 'pure' aura on your body. I've also felt a similar aura in Li Yifang. But he has more 'depressed' aura than you, and it doesn't seem so clear. through……"

"What do you want to say?" Lin Qing interrupted him.

"I want to say, if you want, I still hope that we can become a family. My sister lost her mother when she was born. Although we grew up apart, I love her very much. I hope she can have a family." Good place to stay."

"She's going to take a fancy to you. To be honest, I didn't expect that, but I'm very pleased."

Shen Gui picked up the teapot casually and refilled Lin Qing's half-empty teacup, "One more thing, I'm not afraid you will be annoyed. Although Master Lin has a high position and authority, he is not as good as our family. If my sister marries into your family, Her family has the ability to protect her."

This is true, Lin Qing has been in the capital for so many days, and now he is working in the Imperial Academy, so he has heard a lot of gossip.I have also heard about Concubine Xian pampering her niece. According to Concubine Xian's love for her niece, if it hadn't happened to him, then the girl must marry a prince or nobleman, or even a nobleman. Compared with these people, marrying He, Lin Qing, is indeed a low-marriage.

Of course, Shen Gui's tone of voice was sincere enough to talk to him: My family is like this, if you want, you can marry, if you don't, we are still good friends.

Very sincere, and there are limits to advance and retreat.

Lin Qingjing smiled and said nothing, holding the white porcelain glazed tea cup in her hand and gently rubbing it.

Shen Gui also patiently waited for him to express his opinion, without urging him.

It took a while for Lin Qing to speak.

"Marriage matters, parents' order, matchmaker's words. I don't care about this matter. I have to go back and ask my elder brother."

Upon receiving this answer, Shen Gui couldn't help laughing, and Lin Qing also laughed.

The two comprehended each other, held up the teacups in their hands, smiled at each other across the tea table, and drank it down in one gulp.

Royal Palace.

Recently, due to Concubine Zhen's serious illness, Zhang Jieyu, who had always been by her side, was also by her side all day. It will take a few days without "home".

On this day, the fifth princess came to Zhongcui Palace to play with Daiyu again. They hadn't sat in the courtyard for a long time before someone came to report.

Seeing this, Zicuckoo hurried over, talked with the palace maid, and then returned to Daiyu's side.

"what's up?"

"Girl, it's the concubine Zhou who is next to His Royal Highness King Yu who wants to see you."

Daiyu and the fifth princess looked at each other, seeing the doubt in each other's eyes.

"Wu'er, are your family and the Zhou family old acquaintances?"

Daiyu frowned and thought about it, then shook her head.

"It's not clear, I haven't heard my father mention it before."

Just as he was talking, the concubine Zhou had already stepped into the courtyard.

I saw a beautiful woman in a green brocade dress slowly enter the courtyard with the support of the nurse beside her.

The beauty's complexion is fair and rosy, her face is pretty, her limbs are slender and slender, her chin is slightly rounded, her black hair is raised high, her delicate and slender swan neck is fully exposed, and her pair of almond eyes line her with gentleness, a typical The beauty of the water town.

The beauty stared at the two of them, and smiled back, "Princess, county lord."

Daiyu and the fifth princess hurriedly stood up to welcome them, and returned a salute, "Concubine Zhou's concubine is well."

Concubine Zhou's eyes were full of tenderness. After exchanging greetings with Daiyu and the fifth princess, the three of them sat down and talked together.

During the banquet, Concubine Zhou took Daiyu's hand and said with a smile: "Your father is the same age as mine, so we are also sisters of the same generation."

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Don't dare. The concubine Zhou's empress Qiongzhiyuye, the ministers dare not compare with her."

Concubine Zhou's tone is always gentle and gentle, her voice is not loud, but it seems to be able to speak to people's hearts.

"This is out of the question. Your mother and my mother were handkerchief friends in the early years, and they have a very good personal relationship. If Uncle Lin hadn't been transferred to Jiangnan, we must also be friends with Jinlan."

When Daiyu heard her mention Jia Min, her heart was touched, and she also knew that her mother still had such a friendship with her, and she became close to Concubine Zhou for no reason.

In front of the fifth princess, Concubine Zhou greeted Daiyu for a while, and then chatted about her sisters at home.

"Speaking of which, my natal family also has a little sister who is four years older than you. She also likes to compose poetry and read books on weekdays. She is a girl, but there are several rows of large bookshelves in the boudoir. Don't move, my aunt hates her to death, but my old man loves her studious character, and said: If this is a brother, he must win the toad palace and be a fearsome future generation!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone laughed.

In fact, the content is not very funny, but when Concubine Zhou said this, she also imitated her old lady's expression and voice. Seeing her old-fashioned appearance, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Even the fifth princess, who was watching silently at the side, couldn't help but be amused by her humor.

After that, several people chatted for a while before Concubine Zhou left.

The fifth princess watched Concubine Zhou's leaving back, and suddenly said out of nowhere, "Your big sister is probably going to enter the mansion soon."

"Ah?" Daiyu was a little confused.

Seeing Daiyu's dazed look, the fifth princess leaned close to her ear and whispered to her in a low voice: "My third elder brother, the best is a beauty with a thin waist and a light figure, and that concubine of Zhou has a stunning appearance." , and her figure is even rarer to see. But it's only been a few months? That lady's chin is so round, and she was cautious when she came in."

Daiyu was so clear that she exclaimed: "You mean!"

Facing the direction where Concubine Zhou was leaving, the fifth princess raised her chin confidently, "Just wait."

When Lin Qing arrived home, night had fallen, and the full moon sprinkled silver frost.

Lin Mansion, study room.

Lin Qing went straight to the study to find Lin Ruhai, and without talking nonsense, went straight to the point, and told Lin Ruhai all about what happened in He Le Lou.

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai remained silent.

After paying half the salary, he asked, "What did Mr. Gongsun say?"

"He made me follow my heart."

Seeing that Lin Ruhai was about to remain silent again, Lin Qing couldn't help but say: "Brother, the matter has come to this point, I can't figure it out, why are you still entangled? The fifth prince has already taken the initiative to 'show favor' to us, what about the third prince?" But it hasn't moved yet!"

Lin Ruhai sighed, feeling helpless.

"I don't know what you said? But the point is, the fifth prince's body is a big problem..."

"Ah?" Lin Qing was a little confused by his words.

He met Xia Zhen twice, although the other party was gentle, he would never be ill. How did Lin Ruhai say it was so serious?

"You are young, and you don't understand many things. Although the fifth prince is better than His Royal Highness King Yu in every way, he is a medicine from snacks to adulthood. It is three-point poisonous. Is the traditional prince a medicine pot? If there are any heirs, it’s fine, but the fifth prince has not yet married a wife, and even if he succeeds in ascending the throne, he will easily end up with no heirs.”

"Your Majesty only has three princes in total. Will the throne fall into the hands of King Yu again? Can we 'Helping the Dragon Ministers' still be in the right place by then?"

Lin Qing was silent.

He really didn't expect that, every time he saw Xia Zhen, he looked like a gentle spring breeze, and he couldn't imagine that the other party was actually a sick child.

But thinking of Gongsun Liang's words, Lin Qing's heart was shaken again.As he said, Gongsun Liang is a truly transcendent existence in this world, and Lin Qing even vaguely feels that the other party is trying to understand the secrets of heaven.

Therefore, people like this can talk in a cloud, but they can't easily deceive others with lies.

After thinking about it in Lin Qing's mind, she decided to tell Lin Ruhai that she saw Xia Zhen at the gate of Baye God's Residence that day.

Lin Ruhai's originally frowning brows became even tighter after hearing Lin Qing's words, to the point that a hanging needle was forced out.

"Is this true?"

"really."

Lin Ruhai got Lin Qing's affirmation, stood up with a worried expression, walked back and forth on the ground for a while, then stopped, and asked Lin Qing, "What do you think?"

Lin Qing looked at the moonlight shining on the ground at the door, and suddenly felt that the metaphor of "suspected to be frost on the ground" was very subtle.

"bet."

"What?" Lin Ruhai thought he heard it wrong.

"I, think, bet!"

Lin Qing looked up at Lin Ruhai and said word by word.

Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Qing in front of him with a complex expression: the eyes shot out dazzling light, which is a symbol of strong vitality, and also the yearning and pursuit of power...

Lin Ruhai closed his eyes, sincerely feeling that he was getting old, and his courage could no longer match that of Lin Qing, a young man.It's okay to encounter other things, but when it comes to my own affairs, I can't help but cringe.

Is he getting old and starting to "greed for life and fear death"?