Rice Fields in the Red Chamber

Because of today's southern tour, wherever the imperial driver passes by, the figures of those dudes who often make trouble outside are rare, and they are all detained at home by the elders of their respective families. They are afraid that they will be released one day. A nobleman who didn't watch and ran into the southern tour, it can't be solved by spending a little money and giving up some benefits. If one is not done well, it will cause a fatal disaster, but it will affect the family. Big deal.

To say that in this grand event of the southern tour, the most unhappy people are these dudes.However, they have nothing to do, at least until the end of the southern tour today, they still can only stay at home, nesting obediently, not going anywhere.

It's just that, without those messy people who hang out at home all day long, tease cats and dogs, and bully men and women, the atmosphere of the whole Jiangnan is cleared up.

Lin Mo and Jinjin were sitting on the side of the boat, each holding a glass of wine brought from far away France, admiring the beautiful scenery of the Qinhuai River. Lin Mo didn't know what to think of, and whispered with a smile: "This time you are old, you are also in the south of the Yangtze River. You have done a great deed, and the people in Jiangnan can live a stable life for a few days in the past few months."

He is quite proud now that a single trip to the south can cause such a big shock in the whole of Jiangnan. Apart from him, there is probably no one else, even his father, who went to Jiangnan six times in the early years, did not receive such treatment. .

Today's weather is good, and there are quite a few painting boats on the Qinhuai River. On a whim, Lin Mo took out the artifact that he carried with him - the telescope, and looked around.Only to find out that in the past few days, there are still many people who can still make waves on the Qinhuai River, and they are generally not very old. Most of them are young people dressed as scribes and students. Lin Mo was curious.

He turned around and asked the flower girl named Ruyan: "Come and see, who are those people? They seem to be holding a literary conference?"

The painting boat literary society is quite common in Jiangnan, and it can be regarded as a characteristic of Jiangnan.

Ruyan looked hesitantly at the binoculars that were handed to her, and didn't dare to reach out to take them. These things are so precious, and if they get bumped, she wouldn't even want to sell them.

A few days ago, one of her benefactors got a "telescopic mirror" by chance, like something precious.If he didn't want to show off in front of his friends, the master would not be willing to show it in front of others.

At that time, Ruyan could only stand and watch from a distance.That's just a single-lens "telescope", and it's completely different from the one that this master brought out today.

Lin Mo saw what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "In the eyes of others, this thing may be a rarity, but to the Lord, it is just ordinary. You just need to treat it with an ordinary heart."

When Ruyan heard this, she couldn't help being speechless, and thought to herself, these three masters are probably either rich or noble, even the top sons in Jinling City probably don't have such generosity.

Following Lin Mo's movements, she put her beautiful eyes on it.

Fortunately, this Ruyan girl is very smart. After playing with it for a while, she basically understood how this thing works.

After all, she has seen the world before, so she naturally knows that only generals in the army can own such things as telescopes, and ordinary people can't buy them with money.

Just being frightened by this thing, how could Ruyan dare to say everything without knowing it?

When she saw the people and objects on the distant painting boat clearly displayed in front of her eyes with the help of the telescope, the eyes of this Ruyan girl almost fell out of their sockets, and she was frightened.

Lin Mo waited patiently for Ruyan to see clearly, and then asked her again: "Tell me, what are those people doing?"

Ruyan regained her composure and recovered from the fright. Seeing Lin Mo questioning, she hurriedly said, "Master asked the right person this time." She pointed to a very elegantly decorated painting boat on the front left and said: "The painting boat There are several sons who are well-known talents in Jinling City. Some of them are also quite famous in the south of the Yangtze River, and two of them are the proud students of the great Confucianism in the world. I see, the other few should also be quite talented sons. When we get together in one place, it should be holding a literary meeting."

Su Shou then pointed to the jeweled boat in front of the right, which was interpreting everywhere the taste of "trench and inhumanity", and his eyes were full of little stars, "On that boat are a few Jiangnan merchants, slaves I recognized one of them, he is the Vice President Chen of the Jiangnan Salt Chamber of Commerce."

Lin Mo raised his eyebrows. The name sounds a little familiar.

He hurriedly looked in the direction of Ru Yan's finger, and sure enough, he saw a fat man who looked familiar, who was accompanying the last seat with a flattering smile, but the person sitting in the middle seat was a little unclear.But I also know that with the temperament of Vice President Chen, the status of a person who can be cured so hard by him must be extraordinary.

Tu Qian on the side took Lin Mo's binoculars and glanced at Huafang over there, "Isn't that Vice President Chen the elder brother of Lin's successor?"

As soon as Lin Mojing reminded him, he finally remembered who the familiar fat man was.It is indeed Lin Chen's elder brother.

Back then, when Lin Ruhai wanted to adopt him as his heir, this Vice President Chen was the one who opposed him the most. In his own mind, this person most hoped that Lin Jie, the second son of Lin Chen's family, could replace Lin Mo and become Lin Ruhai. Heir, and made a lot of efforts to this end.

Even if Lin Jie can't do it, isn't there still Lin Yang?

Think about it, one Jiangnan salt merchant, the other is a Yangzhou patrol salt censor, if his nephew can become Lin Ruhai's heir, it will be beneficial to him and the Chen family!

Think about it, one Jiangnan salt merchant, the other is a Yangzhou patrol salt censor, if his nephew can become Lin Ruhai's heir, it will be beneficial to him and the Chen family!

Even if Lin Ruhai died early, it would not change this matter.

It's a pity that the reason why Lin Ruhai adopted a step-heir before his death was to find someone who could protect the Lin family's foundation and Daiyu for several generations. From the very beginning, Lin Ruhai's adoptive candidate was for Lin Mo.If it wasn't Lin Mo, how could Lin Ruhai mess with these things before he died?

Therefore, the plan of Vice President Chen was completely lost.

However, this one is also thick-skinned.After the dust settled that day, seeing that there was nothing to be done, the vice president Chen came to him with a lick of his face, pretending to be his uncle, and almost made Lin Mo sick to death. In the end, it was the appearance of Uncle Yun that made him This person gave up and stopped.

Lin Mo didn't expect to see this person again under such circumstances, but he was just a stranger. He didn't take it seriously, but for some reason, Lin Mo always cared about these people's gatherings.

At this time, the painting boat with a group of talented scholars approached, and everyone on board saw them and greeted them: "The three young masters are unparalleled in style, and they must be people of literary talent. Here, today, some young masters proposed that we do it. There is a literary meeting, just on this painting boat, why don't the three of you come up together and join in the grand event?"

The other party is so warmly invited, and now I feel that I have more face, and I immediately accepted the other party's invitation, and brought my younger brother and brother-in-law, as well as Ru Yan and another flower girl whom he liked, to go on the other party's boat together.

Lin Mo and Tu Qian looked at each other, shrugged helplessly, and silently followed behind the present, who was clearly drifting, and boarded the boat.

As soon as Lin Mo came up, he swept his eyes and saw that there were seven young people dressed as scholars on the boat. At this time, they were talking in this cabin.

Lin Mo listened carefully, and found that in the mouths of these young talents, the current southern tour was the subject of their discussion.

Three other people were writing pens at the table, as if they were composing poems on the spot.

Seeing the three strangers getting on the boat, they were all a little surprised. Even though the three of them were in the Qinhuai River, their leisurely appearance seemed as if they were in their own back garden, free and easy.

Seeing such a character, even if those people were dissatisfied, they suppressed their dissatisfaction.

The young man who led them up introduced them with a smile on his face.

He pointed to the young man who seemed to be the leader among them, and said to Lin Mo, "This is the eldest son of Wang Yuan's family, the chairman of our Jiangnan Salt Chamber of Commerce. He is the most elegant son in our Jiangnan Academy, Wang Chen. The word Qingyun."

Lin Mo was a little speechless. As far as he was concerned, he was also an acquaintance. He really didn't meet in life.It's just that when I saw Wang Chen back then, he was still young, so I don't know if he still remembers him.

Thinking of Vice President Chen who was attentively accompanying the guests on the other boat, and seeing Mr. Wang who was meeting friends with poetry and essays at this time, doubts suddenly arose in Lin Mo's heart.

Facts have proved that people who can become talented people have a memory that is not comparable to ordinary people.When he met Lin Mo back then, although Wang Chen was young, he had already started to remember things. Lin Mo was such a person with outstanding charm, his impression would never be low.

Wang Chen is such a person who is impressed by Lin Mo's demeanor.

When he saw Lin Mo who was walking at the back of the three of them, he didn't recognize him at first sight, he just felt familiar.After looking at it for a while, a flash of light flashed in my mind, and I remembered the glorious young man deep in my memory.

If it's not Hai Guogong, which one is it? !

Looking again, the two noble young men who were walking with Lin Mo suddenly had an incredible idea, and their eyes widened in disbelief.

If his idea is correct, then who would be the one who can walk side by side with Hai Guogong?Who could it be? !

Wang Chen's face flushed with excitement. This is him, has he met a nobleman?

Seeing Wang Chen's expression, Tu Qian immediately knew that the person in front of him probably knew his family Ah Mo a long time ago, and had already recognized Ah Mo's identity.

He coughed lightly, and said: "You guys are very elegant, writing lyrics and fu with the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, presumably they will be able to leave a few masterpieces for future generations. It is fate to meet, why not the three of us Come and have fun, how about it?"

Naturally, there is no opinion nowadays, it just so happens that his recent poetic interest has also been aroused, and he also wants to find an opportunity to express his feelings directly.

On the contrary, Lin Mo frowned. He was a painstaking writer of poems and lyrics. It was okay to ask him to memorize the poems of his predecessors and write argumentative essays, but it would be very difficult for him to write poems by himself.