Getaway in the Red House

If it is said that the most affluent place in the south of the Yangtze River, it is naturally Hangzhou.In this prosperous place, where gold is sold, apart from those places of consumption, another thing has emerged as the times require, that is, there are temples, large and small, all over Hangzhou.

Because there are many generous benefactors, all of these temples are full of incense, and there are many pilgrims.Among them, Lingyin Temple is famous for having many magical legends, attracting pilgrims from all over the world to offer incense and worship Buddha.

On this day, it happened to be sunny and sunny, and the spring was just right. Seeing the girl staying at home all day, copying scriptures in her room, Madam Wang was very distressed, so she thought of urging the girl to go out for a walk. Let go of your mood.

Daiyu was busy re-planning the space these days, and she didn't want to go out, but because of Wang Mama's kindness, she could only put everything aside temporarily, thinking about where to go.

Because Xinzhu heard from the mother-in-law at home that Lingyin Temple's Su Zhai is very famous, she tried her best to persuade the girl to go to Lingyin Temple to offer incense.

After hearing Xinzhu's suggestion, although Wang Momo knew that she had other ideas, she also thought it was a good idea, so she asked the girl what she meant.Daiyu didn't have any objection to this, and everything was done according to their thoughts.

At this time, Zijuan happened to be at home. Seeing that the girl was going to offer incense, she naturally wanted to go with her.After a while, the carriage was ready, Daiyu took Zijuan, Wang Mama took Xinzhu, Liuer, and took two carriages, and the housekeeper Li Fu took Lin Shun and Tianyou to accompany him and set off.

In Hangzhou in spring, the grass grows and warblers fly, and the pink is lightly dyed. The beautiful scenery along the way is dizzying, and the mood is relaxed and happy.

Daiyu and Zicuckoo were appraising the scenery that flashed outside the car from time to time, when suddenly they felt the car jolt and stopped.Just when he was puzzled, Tianyou ran back and forth: "Girl, it seems that something happened ahead, we were blocked in the way, Dad has already gone to check, please wait a while, girl."

Although the two were curious, it was not easy to get out of the car to have a look, so they had to wait patiently.Fortunately, not long after, Li Fu asked why and rushed back: "Girl, the front is Miss Han's carriage, because when I was avoiding people, the wheel got stuck in the pit next to it, so I lifted it up but found that it was pulled out. It's a mess, so a group of people are anxious, look, can we help?"

When Daiyu heard this, she knew what Li Fu meant.Although the Han family has only two brothers and sisters, they are well-known merchants in Hangzhou.Although Daiyu had never met the brothers and sisters of the Han family, Li Fu had dealt with them a lot because of the Lin family's shop.

Moreover, Daiyu had heard Li Fu say more than once that the Han family took great care of the Lin family's shop, not only giving advice frequently, but also helping to avoid many right and wrong. I'm going to ask the girl to help me.

"Since that's the case, go ask and see where Miss Han is going. It's best if you go the same way. If there are other important matters, let's give her a car."

Li Fu got the girl's order and hurried over to ask the members of the Han family.When Miss Han heard that it was a girl from the Lin family who went to Lingyin Temple to offer incense, a sly smile appeared on her face, and there was a lot of interest in her eyes.

"Steward Li, my elder sister and I went to Lingyin Temple to offer incense. If you don't mind bothering me, I will trouble you today."

Miss Han is a very straightforward person, she immediately left a servant here to repair the carriage, she brought a girl and a few servants, and followed Li Fu to Daiyu's carriage.

Daiyu had heard the news a long time ago, and when she saw them coming, she quickly asked Zijuan to open the curtain to welcome Miss Han up.In order not to disturb the conversation between the two girls, Zijuan and Miss Han's girl, Qingling, got into the car behind Wang Momo.

"Sister Lin, it's really helpless to disturb me this time. I hope my sister will not blame me. Bao'er thanked my sister here."

"Sister, you don't need to be too polite. You will inevitably encounter difficulties when you go out. Since you encounter difficulties, there is no reason not to help. Sister, please sit down."

The two sat down to talk after being courteous.Taking advantage of this gap, the two looked at each other unobtrusively, and when the scrutiny was over, both of them praised each other's appearance and temperament in their hearts, which was rare in their lives.

Beautiful things always make people feel happy, and the two people who liked each other couldn't help becoming friends. Because they were not very familiar with each other, they used the scenery outside the car as an excuse and started talking.

It doesn't matter this chat, both of them find that the other is not a vulgar and superficial person, and their talents are even more comparable to their own.In this way, the conversation between the two became more and more speculative. After a while, they forgot that it was the first time they met, and they were like friends for many years.

When the car arrived outside Lingyin Temple, when Zijuan and Qingling came to ask the girl to get off the car, they were still whispering, unaware that the car had stopped.

Daiyu and Baoer looked at each other and smiled, and they entered the temple together surrounded by the servants.This Lingyin Temple is indeed worthy of being the first of the five Buddhist temples, with a magnificent and solemn atmosphere.The quiet scenery and the prosperity of incense are all breathtaking.

Daiyu and Bao'er followed the steady flow of pilgrims into the Buddhist hall, and knelt down in front of the solemn Buddha, praying silently. If someone looked at the expressions of the two at this time, they would be surprised to find that their tangled and complicated expressions were actually No difference.

After the two worshiped the Buddha, they got up and stood aside to wait for Zijuan, Wang Momo and their party.Daiyu looked at the crowd asking for a lottery and said with a smile: "Since my sister came to offer incense and worship the Buddha, why don't you ask for a lottery?"

Bao'er heard the words, and smiled shrewdly: "Didn't my sister also ask for it? But I don't know why my sister is?"

Daiyu raised her hand and lightly tapped Bao'er's forehead and said with a smile: "You are so slippery that you actually asked my sister back. My sister doesn't want to do this, she just thinks, what if the signature is good? So what if the signature is not good? Apart from controlling your own emotions , What's the use? In the end, don't you have to work hard on your own."

Bao'er clapped her hands and praised: "My sister really has the same heart with my sister! My sister also thinks so. Burning incense and worshiping Buddha is to pray for relatives. As for asking for a signature, it is purely asking for trouble. Not to mention whether the signature is accurate or not, even if it is So what if you get it right, don’t you have to live on? It’s better to be ignorant and fearless.”

"Oh, my two good girls, don't talk about it in front of the Buddha! Amitabha, the two little girls are young and ignorant, the Buddha must not blame them!"

At this time, Wang Momo brought Zicuckoo and the others over after she had finished worshiping the Buddha. When she heard the words of the two girls, she hurriedly bowed to the girls to apologize for fear of offending the Buddha.

Daiyu and Bao'er couldn't stop laughing when they saw this, and led the maids out of the Buddhist hall.Because they will return after eating vegetarian food in the temple, they still have a lot of free time.

Seeing that it was still early, Li Fu rented a few meditation rooms in the guest courtyard to rest for a while, Daiyu and Bao'er naturally wanted to take the opportunity to have a better conversation.Zijuan and Qingling begged for hot water and made tea for the two girls before going to another Zen room to talk and laugh with Wang Momo and the others.

Without the presence of outsiders, Daiyu and Bao'er both let out a sigh of relief and relaxed their bodies.Seeing each other's actions and expressions, the two were taken aback for a moment, and then laughed.

Bao'er leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and said with a smile: "I thought that my sister's temperament was Tsinghua, and she must be a calm and self-restraining lady, but I didn't want to be as casual as Bao'er in private. It's really surprising!"

Daiyu squinted at her with a smile, and said lazily: "On the surface, the rules are not bad. If you put on airs every day, wouldn't you be a bit tired? Compared with the rules and etiquette all day Those who never leave their mouths, but do things that are contrary to etiquette, we can be regarded as true temperament after all, aren't we?"

After hearing this, Bao'er couldn't help laughing.When Daiyu was looking at her with a teacup and smiling, she suddenly saw Bao'er put away her smile and said softly, "Sister Lin, do you know Bao'er's real name?"

"Ah? What?" Daiyu was stunned for a moment, so she couldn't help but stand there.

"Han Bao'er is just my younger sister's pseudonym. My younger sister's surname is Xue, and her name is Baoqin. She is from the Xue family of the four major families. I must have met my cousin Baochai in the capital, right?"

"...you are from the Xue family? Xue Baoqin?" Daiyu's expression changed, and she was shocked.Naturally, she knew Xue Baoqin. When she read the book, she liked this character very much.Originally thinking of leaving Jia's mansion, he would definitely miss the group meeting and miss it.Unexpectedly, the world is impermanent, and they met each other in Hangzhou, but how Xue Baoqin would be known by the surname Han, this made Daiyu puzzled.

"My sister has heard about the matter between my sister and Jia's mansion. Now that I have seen through my sister's background, is my sister not worried that I will leak your whereabouts to Jia's mansion?" Baoqin couldn't help but look at Daiyu's lack of reaction. asked curiously.

Daiyu said firmly: "Why should my sister be worried? If my sister has malicious intentions, I'm afraid she won't reveal her identity to her and tell her the truth. What my sister is curious about now is where did my sister know my whereabouts?" , could it be possible that you and your cousin living in Jia's house are still communicating with each other from time to time?"

"Let my sister be right, my sister will not be against my sister. On the contrary, if my sister needs it, we brothers and sisters will spare no effort to help my sister. As for the source of the news, my sister will tell me later, but my cousin's family, Our brothers and sisters are not as rich and powerful as others, but we dare not provoke them, otherwise we will not know how our lives were lost, and we will die wronged."

Looking at Baoqin's mocking appearance, with a faint hint of sadness in her expression, Daiyu thought in her heart, it must be another dispute between right and wrong.

There was a brief silence in the meditation room, and Baoqin calmed down, and then explained the cause and effect...

It turned out that the four major families followed Prince Zhongyi to rebel and failed. Although Prince Zhongyi was put to death, his son King Zhongshun was saved by the former emperor.Although the former emperor was forced to abdicate and become the Supreme Emperor because of his unavoidable responsibility, he still intervened in the government under the instigation of his favorite concubine.In order to protect the King of Zhongshun, the Supreme Emperor not only forced the emperor to make him a prince, but also intensified his efforts to protect the four major families and save some power for his favorite grandson.

After the four big families experienced some thrilling shocks, some people lost their way and thought of retreating, and Xue Xun, the father of Baoqin, was one of them.

Xue Xun was clever and clever since he was a child, and had a talent for business. He showed his sharpness when he was an adult, and he made countless fortunes for the Xue family. He was faintly the best candidate for the next head of the Xue family.Unexpectedly, his outstanding talent attracted the attention of Prince Zhongshun, who forced Xue Xun to secretly collect money for him in order to make a comeback.

After Xue Xun experienced family changes, he knew very well that Prince Zhongshun's move was against the will of God and against the will of the people and would not succeed, so naturally he would not embark on this road of no return.So after a deep talk with his father, he politely declined Prince Zhongshun's solicitation.In order to avoid the revenge of Prince Zhongshun, Xue Xun went on business and rarely returned to Jinling.

Prince Zhongshun had no choice but to support Xue Xun's brother Xue Qian to control the Xue family. For this reason, he appointed Xue Qian's second daughter-in-law as his daughter-in-law, so that he could completely use them for his own use.

Xue Qian is a cowardly person, and the Wang family doesn't take Xue Qian seriously because of the backing of many forces. Xue Qian has been bullied by the Wang family for more than ten years, and finally died of depression.

However, the Wang family was afraid that the Xue family would fall into Xue Xun's hands because of Xue Qian's death. Under the suggestion of Prince Zhongshun, he bought a close friend of Xue Xun's side, and drove him into the river when he was out on business. drowned.

Afterwards, the Wang family bought many clansmen and expelled Xue Xun's wife and children from the clan, leaving them to fend for themselves.Xue Xun's wife became seriously ill because of this, and finally left a pair of children and went with Xue Xun.

Brothers and sisters Xue Biao and Bao Qin have nowhere to go, so they can only go to their grandfather's house.However, there were constant disputes in the grandfather's family, and the life of the siblings was also very difficult.

Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road, Xue Biao went out to do business once, and accidentally met Mu Zixuan, the king of Dongping County who was seeking medical advice everywhere. After learning about Xue Biao's experience, Mu Zixuan took him as a subordinate. Let their brother and sister inquire about news in the name of doing business in the south of the Yangtze River, so as to bring down Prince Zhongshun and the four major families, and avenge their parents.

In order not to attract the attention of the four major families as much as possible, the brother and sister temporarily used their mother's surname when they were in Hangzhou.Because Xue Biao mostly controls everything about the store behind the scenes, and deliberately avoids people from the four major families, so no one connects Xue Biao with the Han family store.This also shows how incompetent Prince Zhongshun's subordinates are. If such a person wants to succeed, it is really wishful thinking

After listening to Baoqin's story, Daiyu marveled at her experience.All of a sudden, the feeling of being the same people who have fallen into the world, why should we meet each other before, is born.

"Sister Baoqin, the former Fanlin's shop encountered some troubles, thanks to your brothers and sisters helping each other, my sister thank you here."

"My sister doesn't need to thank us, but I should thank the prince. My sister just left the capital, and my brother received a message from the prince, saying that my sister will settle down in the south of the Yangtze River and let us take care of it in secret. If it is not necessary, I must not go to disturb. I don't want to confess to my sister, but my sister really likes my sister, so I can't help but tell the truth, will my sister be far away from my sister because of this?"

Baoqin asked anxiously, Daiyu felt sorry for her timid little appearance.It's no wonder that Baoqin is like this, because she has been in her boudoir for a long time and no one communicates with her. Even if she has her own brother by her side, she can't tell her daughter's family's worries with her.It is rare to meet a like-minded friend who is in the same situation today, Baoqin is really worried about gains and losses, and is afraid of being rejected by Daiyu.

Daiyu had always liked Baoqin, but at first she was concerned that she was from the Xue family, but after hearing what happened to her, she had already agreed with her in her heart, now seeing her pitiful appearance, how could she be willing to tease her again, Immediately admitted this friend with a smile.

Baoqin was young and enthusiastic, she was ecstatic when she saw the result, she immediately ran to Daiyu's side, took her hand and chattered endlessly, very happy.Daiyu was overwhelmed by her noise, and faintly felt that she had caused a big trouble.

Sure enough, since the trip to Lingyin Temple, Na Baoqin has found a playmate. After communicating with her brother Xue Biao, she ran to Daiyu's place to live here from time to time, and took Daiyu with her every day. , Zijuan, Xueyan and others had a great time playing.

Everyone in the Lin family liked Baoqin's cheerful and straightforward character, so after a long time, Baoqin became the second lady of the Lin family, which made Baoqin very proud and showed off in front of Daiyu.

Regarding Baoqin's attachment to Daiyu, her elder brother Xue Biao is naturally happy to see it come true.He was running around all day long, and his younger sister was alone and unaccompanied. Now that he had a bosom sister, he would feel much more at ease when he went out again in the future.

Besides, according to his understanding of the lord, it is very imaginative to be able to take care of Miss Lin in this way. It is impossible to say that Miss Lin is the future princess of the county.Baoqin can make friends with her and get some care from her, which will be of great benefit in the future.

After all, Baoqin's future husband, Mei Jinyu, is the prince's subordinate, even for the sake of Miss Lin, Mei Jinyu will treat Baoqin well.So Xue Biao not only encouraged his younger sister to make friends with Daiyu, but also instructed Li Fu and others with his heart, making the Lin family shop so prosperous that it was hard to show his love for his younger sister.

The sincerity is always exchanged for the sincerity. Lin and Xue, who have a common experience, get to know each other better, and the relationship becomes closer and closer. In the end, the three of them get along like brothers and sisters. Yes, this makes Daiyu's life in Hangzhou more colorful...