[Red Chamber] I am Lin Daiyu and her uncle

Lin Qing listened patiently to Shenjiao's complaints, and waited until Shenjiao's complaints had finally subsided, before saying: "How can Changrong go to the countryside so well? Even if you want to go, you shouldn't choose a day like Mid-Autumn Festival for family reunion go."

Shenjiao talked for a long time, but now he was hungry, picked up a piece of snacks and ate while replying: "He went to the countryside to give a bride price, and the fortune teller said that these few days happened to be auspicious days, so my father told him to go at this time." .”

Lin Qing understood, but felt that something was wrong, and after a while, she finally realized it.

"Isn't Changrong your elder brother? He should be twenty now, why didn't he decide to get married before?"

He did not know which book he had read before, saying that in ancient times, people often believed that "the younger ones will get married before the older ones, and they will overcome the elders." Shen Gui's age was considered older in ancient times, and the older ones were also good-looking talents. It's even better to train your body all day long, and your family background is prominent. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be so late to talk about marriage.

Shen Jiao didn't even raise his eyelids when he heard this, "Hey! You ask this? It's my father's fault. When he was young, he was fighting outside. He had a fateful friendship with a comrade-in-arms named Wan from his hometown. , said that he wanted my eldest brother to marry the eldest daughter of his family. It was nothing at all, it was just a good relationship between the two families. Unexpectedly, after the first child of that family gave birth to a son, it took more than ten years for a daughter to be born. Nine years older than her."

"The family was very sorry, saying that they were afraid of delaying my eldest brother, so they proposed to dissolve the engagement, but my father is the most serious person, and he will never dissolve the engagement just because of this. It's a bit unconventional to come here to congratulate him on his first birthday and issue a letter of appointment, but it shows his sincerity. Seeing this, the Wan family couldn't shirk it any longer, and the marriage of the two families was settled like this."

Shen Jiao has long been accustomed to this kind of questioning. Many playmates have asked about this matter openly and secretly, and she has explained it countless times.

"So that's how it is." Lin Qing said reverently: "Yue Zhang really has a gentleman's demeanor! The real 'words, deeds'!" ①

As soon as Lin Qing heard Shen Jiao say that the Wan family is now in the countryside, and then thought of the treatment of military officials who were born in the middle of the court, he knew that the Wan family might have lost their power, and at most they could only live in the countryside. The prominent Shen family?

The Patriarch of the Wan family probably understood in his heart that age was just an excuse, and he actually didn't want to get involved in this marriage.

As one of the top dignitaries in Kyoto, the Shen family has a good family tradition. Shen Fang himself has lost his wife for so many years and has not remarried. There must be many ladies who want to marry into the famous Shen family. His only son Bai has waited for so many years to fulfill the original agreement, his character is really nothing to say.

Shen Jiao laughed and said, "That's all you said. I don't know how many people in the capital say that my father is stubborn and admits death!"

"Hey! How can you say that?" Lin Qing corrected him solemnly: "A gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, and a villain is a metaphor for profit! ② What Yue Zhang did, is it something that people who only have interests in their eyes can understand?"

After hearing this, Shen Jiao looked at Lin Qing for a long time, and then burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Lin Qing was a little puzzled.

"It's nothing." Shen Jiao pressed the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and barely stopped her smile.

"I just feel that compared to my eldest brother, your son-in-law, your son-in-law is more like my father in terms of temperament and temperament. They are both elegant and refined, with the character of a literati, but not rigidly bound by the rigid rules of a literati, how to behave in the world , seems random, but actually has its own set of rules.”

Lin Qing also smiled, "If it's true as you said, it would be my honor."

After all, the couple looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

The next day, Hanlin Academy.

Lin Qingzheng and his colleagues in the Imperial Academy were extremely busy. Although the work of the Imperial Academy had a bright future, it was really tiring, especially when they were directly responsible to the emperor, and there was no room for any mistakes.

Lin Qing's own ability, to be honest, is limited.As for the rest of the Hanlin Academy, they all passed the exam based on their own strength, and they were still among the top batch.Among these people, who was not a well-known child prodigy in his hometown before he was in the middle school?Lin Qing can only be regarded as an ordinary person with relatively good qualifications. Compared with these geniuses, it is incomparable.Thanks to the plug-in of the system, he can barely cope with the complicated work of the Hanlin Academy, otherwise he would have to make a big joke out of gangsters.

People in the Imperial Academy were so busy that Li Yifang came late. Of course, he was reprimanded by his boss, but he was thick-skinned and able to bear it. let him escape.

Lin Qing's work location is close to Li Yifang's, so he took this opportunity to chat with him in a low voice.

"Zishang, after get off work, let's ask Shang Leye to sit down with him in Hele Lou?"

Li Yifang was sitting on a chair like an old man at the moment, not caring about work, just holding a cup of tea and sipping it carefully. Hearing Lin Qing's invitation, he raised his eyelids and glanced at him.

"Okay, we haven't been together for a while." Li Yifang said calmly while holding tea.

Lin Qing saw that Li Yifang's face was calm, there was no trace of sadness between his brows, and he was just "hanging around" as usual, and he couldn't tell that he had just lost his wife, so he thought it was very strange, but he still comforted him out of politeness: "Brother Zishang, please express your condolences. "

Li Yifang also only said "hmm" twice, without answering.

Since Lin Qing is a frequent visitor to Helelou, he has his own special seat, so there is no need to reserve a seat a few days in advance.

Recently, Liu Daoan and the others are busy with their department, so they get off work much later than Li Yifang and Lin Qing. After all, waiting is waiting. Lin Qing also knew Li Yifang's extraordinary family background, so she said in a slightly teasing tone: "If Unbeknownst to Qing, brother Zishang is actually the child of the eldest princess of Nanping, with such an extraordinary family background, it is strange that brother Zishang has an aura that is different from ordinary people, and it is due to the origin of his family education."

This is not entirely a joke.After all, in the eyes of Lin Qing, a modern soul, as the direct grandson of Emperor Gaozu, he is really very close in blood. The founders of empires are all great talents among men, and it is normal for them to inherit the good genes of their ancestors. .

Li Yifang squinted at Lin Qing, still chewing on Helelou's signature lychee cream, and said slowly, "Ruqing, why haven't I seen you for a few days? You have such an official tone? There are not many other things in Kyoto, the royal relatives It can be said that there are as many as a cow's hair, and there is nothing special about us."

As soon as these words came out, the scene immediately cooled down, and Lin Qing didn't know how to answer the words.

I was even more puzzled, is he very bureaucratic?Didn't he say it in a slightly mocking tone?

In the midst of embarrassment, Liu Daoan, who was sweating profusely, pushed the door open and entered.

"Sorry for keeping you two waiting for so long!" Liu Daoan apologized to the two people sitting inside as soon as he entered the door.

"What the hell weather! It's still so hot after the sun goes down!"

Liu Daoan took the warm tea that Lin Qing handed over, thanked him in a hurry, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Why are you here so late?"

When Liu Daoan saw Li Yifang asking him, he said angrily: "You are free, and you have taken a few months off. Pity me and Ruqing, who are hard-working people. They are so busy every day that they don't even have leisure time. "

Li Yifang wanted to talk about it, but someone came to report it outside.

Everyone looked towards the door in unison, the person who came claimed to be a servant from Nanping Princess Mansion.

"What's the matter?" Li Yifang asked.

The young man respectfully said: "Second Master, the old master said that he has something important to discuss with you, so he asked you to go back now."

"Go back now..." Li Yifang muttered.

"Did you say something?"

"No."

Li Yifang's complexion was a little dark for a while, and she didn't speak for a long time, and the young man standing beside her was at a loss as her second master hung out in front of outsiders.

Lin Qing smiled and smoothed things over: "Brother Zishang, since you have something important to do at home, you should go back first, and then find a suitable time tomorrow to make an appointment to play."

Li Yifang was not in a hurry, after a good meal with Lin Qing and Liu Daoan, she slowly followed the young man's house.

Liu Daoan was not surprised by this, he just picked up the ice cubes in the lychee cream plate and chewed them until they were crunchy, trying to relieve the heat from his body.

Lin Qing frowned and thought, "Leye, do you feel that brother Zishang's condition is a bit, er..., too, too..."

"It's too calm, isn't it?" Liu Daoan snapped.

Lin Qing looked at him in astonishment, apparently not expecting him to say it so accurately.

Liu Daoan sneered and shook his head, "You, after all, you suffered from being a newcomer. You go to the street and ask someone, who doesn't know this capital? The youngest son of Princess Nanping is notoriously eccentric and rebellious. At the funeral of my mother’s death, my eldest brother cried so hard, he was fine, not to mention showing a sad face, and disappeared for several days in a row. Li Concubine personally led people to search the entire capital and found no trace of him until the day of the princess’s burial. He just showed up. After the funeral, if the eldest brother of the Li family didn't stop him, Prince Concubine Li would probably beat him to death on the spot!"

"Ah?" Lin Qing was a little surprised, "But some time ago, I met Zishang at Shuyao Zhai on the day of the princess's death. He specially bought dim sum from Yunyan Pavilion, Caiyunjian and Shuyao Zhai, saying that his mother was still alive. It’s my favorite food at that time. Logically speaking, if it’s really unfilial, there’s no need to do these “superficial efforts” for many years after the mother’s death, right?”

Liu Daoan chewed all the ice cubes in the lychee cream plate, but he was still not satisfied, so he ordered someone to send another plate of lychee cream, and asked to put more ice.

"That's why he's 'weird'. He didn't do his filial piety when he should be, and when the people around him almost forgot the grief of the death of his relatives, he became filial to his relatives. Even his own mother was like this, let alone the second-married one. stepwife."

"Zi Shang is a second marriage?" Lin Qing exclaimed.

"There was another wife in front of him, who also died early." At the end, he smacked his lips and said enviously: "I don't know what kind of blessing this kid has cultivated in his previous life. With such a poor reputation, he still attracts two noble girls to compete to marry him. .”

"It's just like Qing." Liu Daoan changed the subject, "I just heard from our Shangguan that the matters in the south of the Yangtze River have been handled in a similar manner. The Holy One is very satisfied. I am afraid that Mr. Lin will go to Beijing soon, and he will definitely go to Beijing soon. There are many rewards, brother, I am here to congratulate your family in advance!"

After finishing speaking, he smiled and gave Lin Qing his hands.

Liu Daoan is a member of Zhongshushe, and he usually deals with drafting documents such as summons and orders. He also said that he learned from Shangguan, so it must be close to ten.

Lin Qing was very happy then, and turned his attention back from Li Yifang. When he was happy, he invited Liu Daoan to have a big meal at Helelou.

After the two said goodbye to each other at the gate of the Hele Building, Lin Qing accidentally ran into Yun Songrui who hadn't seen him for a long time. Yun Songrui was accompanied by a young man in a purple shirt, with high hair, a handsome face and a serious expression. .

The author says:

Note: ① Words must be followed by deeds - "Mozi Gongmeng"

② A gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, and a villain is a metaphor for profit——"The Analects of Confucius Liren"