The Forest of Red Mansions

After the attack, there were no accidents, the road was calm, and they arrived in Yangzhou soon.

After landing, Jia Zheng's body was put into a coffin and sent back to the capital together with the soldiers who died unfortunately.

Jia Zheng died unexpectedly in Huangquan, and when the Narong Mansion heard the bad news, they might not know how to make a fuss. The old lady sent a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and she sent away her most beloved son. I am afraid it is unacceptable. That Mrs. Wang who has never been worried...

Just thinking about Lin Jinyao gave her a headache. She was not worried that they would be too sad to bear, let alone feel guilty. Jia Zheng dared to push her sister out to block the sword. It's just that neither the old lady nor Mrs. Wang are easy-going lamps, but I don't know how many things will happen.

After all, Jia Zheng came here this time because of their Lin family's affairs. The old lady and Mrs. Wang must hate their Lin family to death... Thinking of this, Lin Jinyao immediately went to the capital to write a letter, asking the servants staying at Jia's The three siblings packed up their belongings and returned to their own house in the Lin family.

The Jia Mansion is unbearable. Fortunately, she had asked someone to repair the Lin family's house in the capital two years ago, and now it is ready for people to live in. When she returns to the capital this time, she will live in her own house. It would be better if the province continues to live under the fence, and take this opportunity to stay away from the smoky place like Jia's house.

However, Lin Ruhai was stabbed three times that day, one of which was still in the chest, and his life was in danger at one point, but fortunately, he was lucky, and after all the best doctors in Yangzhou tried their best to rescue him, he was finally rescued by luck. One life, but in the end the injury was too serious, even though he was already awake, he still couldn't move at all, until Lin Jinyao and the others arrived in Yangzhou, he still couldn't get out of bed.

Lin Ruhai, who was originally thin and thin, became thinner and disfigured due to the serious injury, his face was pale and bloodless, and his whole body was so weak that it could be blown away by a gust of wind.

Seeing him like this, the three siblings immediately burst into tears, they rushed forward and knelt down in front of the bed, weeping bitterly.

"Daddy!"

After not seeing each other for a few years, Lin Ruhai was also crazily thinking about the three children. Looking at the three children who had already grown up, there was a moment of sadness and joy in his heart, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Hurry up, get up." Lin Ruhai held Lin Jinyao's hand tightly, looking at the eldest daughter who was slim and young, she was both relieved and sad, "My son has grown up and is already a big girl..." He looked at her again The second daughter and youngest son in the back have also changed their appearance, and they are filled with emotion, "They have grown up, good, good, good."

"You raised your younger sister and younger brother very well, thanks for your hard work, Fei'er."

Hearing her father's words of comfort and apology, Lin Jinyao couldn't help but shed more tears, and shook her head repeatedly, "It's not hard, my sister and brother are very well-behaved and sensible, so I don't need to worry about it."

However, Lin Daiyu and Lin Jinjun talked about how good their sister was, how hard they worked to take care of them and raise them. Lin Jinyao couldn't help but blush, but Lin Ruhai was very relieved.

"You are all good children. The most correct thing you have done for your father in this life is to marry your mother. The greatest achievement is to have you three good children. Now the greatest expectation of a father is that you all Be safe and sound, I hope the three of you, siblings, will remain so harmonious and friendly for the rest of your life."

Lin Jinyao said with a smile: "Then daddy must live a long life and watch us carefully, if any of us siblings grow crooked and disobedient in the future, daddy will definitely be good after a beating. "

"Yeah, daddy must take good care of himself so that he can support his sister and Dai'er. Count on Mo'er, who knows if he will remember his two sisters when he marries a wife in the future?" Lin Daiyu pouted Xiaozui, pretending to be disgusted, glanced at his little brother.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Okay, Daddy will live to be a hundred years old. In the future, if Mo'er really marries a wife and forgets his sister, Daddy will break his leg."

Brother Lin: "..." Is the agreed-upon son a treasure or a daughter?Ha ha, liar!

"Is your journey going smoothly?" Lin Ruhaian looked at the three children earnestly, and sighed, "You shouldn't have come back this time, it's too dangerous."

Lin Jinyao frowned and said: "Father is at stake. How can we as children ignore our own safety and enjoy ourselves? Then who are we? Besides, I am not impulsive and reckless. I am not protected by the elite soldiers of the imperial court all the way." Well, it's very safe, don't you see that we are all fine here."

Lin Ruhai looked at the three children carefully, and saw that although they were pale and thin, they were still alive and kicking, so he felt a little relieved, and said: "You are also tired from the journey, let's go back to your room to rest for a while. stop."

The three siblings were reluctant to part with each other, but they also knew that their father, fourth master, and Prince Yu still had important matters to discuss, so they had to leave without hesitation.

The yard and house of the three brothers and sisters are all cleaned up, and they still maintain the appearance when they left home, but they have added a lot of new clothes and jewelry. Throughout the year, from childhood to adulthood, there are new and old, as if they They have never left home in the past few years, as if they have been growing up here day by day.

Seeing all this, the three siblings couldn't help but their eyes turned red again. It seemed that they could still vaguely see the lonely figure of their father in front of them. They could only confide their sadness and worries over and over again in front of these clothes.

The Buddha said that there are eight sufferings in life: birth is suffering, old age is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering, love and separation are suffering, resentment and hatred will be suffering, not getting what you want is suffering, and the five skandhas are suffering.

Flesh and blood close relatives, disobedience and separation, the sufferings of life are also.

"Sister, I don't want to be separated from my father anymore." Lin Daiyu choked with tears.

Lin Jinyao didn't say a word, but only had a little extravagant hope in her heart. This time her father suffered such a catastrophe for the court, and it was a great achievement, but she wondered if the cold-blooded emperor would be merciful and allow her father to be transferred back to Beijing?

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

However, in order to satisfy their own selfish desires, and also to support the wolfish ambitions of the four sons of the late emperor, the Zhen family used their power to bully others to plunder the people's fat and anointment, and took advantage of the convenience of weaving in the south of the Yangtze River to make the most of it. Colluding with each other, the huge amount of profit gained from it is appalling.

In recent years, Lin Ruhai has been fighting against the Zhen family. He wants to bring the Zhen family to justice, and the Zhen family wants to get rid of him quickly. All kinds of conspiracies emerge one after another, which is hard to guard against. Lin Ruhai himself can't remember clearly. How many times has he been poisoned or assassinated in the past few years? It's like dancing on a sharp knife all day long, with his head pinned to his belt anytime, anywhere.

This is why no matter how much he misses his children, he refuses to ask them to come back.

After more than three years, he finally collected all the criminal evidence of the Zhen family. Although the process was extremely tortuous and difficult, fortunately, the result was good after all. Information from officials and salt merchants, and even the account books of the Zhen family, which are more closely guarded than family treasures, were obtained.

Immediately, Prince Yu took action, and the mansions of countless officials and salt merchants were surrounded and confiscated overnight, and the "nobles" who used to be high and extravagant became prisoners in an instant.

The cell was overcrowded for a while, but Prince Yu was also a vigorous and decisive person. When he left Beijing earlier, he had obtained the permission of the Holy One, so he naturally had no scruples at the moment. Those who did not deserve to die were either exiled to Ningguta, or sent to the frontiers and armored men as slaves, and some female relatives were even used as military prostitutes and could never stand up again.

Such iron and blood methods are enough to show how much the court hates these people.

What is extremely annoying is that the Zhen family who bear the brunt of the unforgivable is very cunning, there are only a few elderly masters left in the family, and the rest of the younger generations have long since disappeared, and even the family property is very small. transfer.

This result made Prince Yu's face livid, wishing he could burn down Zhen's house, and immediately issued a warrant for arrest, while sending people to investigate urgently.

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Rongfu

"Second wife, someone from Zhen's family is here, and they want to see the wife for something." Zhou Rui's family sneaked in and whispered in Mrs. Wang's ear.

Mrs. Wang was taken aback, "The Zhen family? What can their family do with me?"

"Perhaps I came to ask my wife for something. Our eldest daughter is now the imperial concubine..."

Naturally, one must give gifts when asking for help. Thinking of this, Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up immediately.

"Go and invite someone in, quietly, so that no one can see you."

Not long after, two women walked in with Zhou Rui's family.

As soon as they entered the door, the two women greeted Mrs. Wang respectfully, with obsequious smiles on their faces, and a string of compliments made Mrs. Wang feel happy and happy.

"Come here, serve tea quickly." Mrs. Wang couldn't help showing a proud face, her brows and eyes were full of arrogant arrogance, but she said: "I don't know why your master asked you to come to me? It's all from my family. Relatives, if you have anything to do, just write a short letter, why bother to travel all the way, it's your fault."

One of the women smiled and said: "The second wife is kind, but this matter is unusual, but it is absolutely necessary to ask someone to go there in person."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help asking curiously when she heard the words: "What is it?"

"It's not a problem for the second wife, it's just that my master has some things that he hopes the second wife can keep for a while."

"What is it?" Mrs. Wang frowned, don't be some shady and harmful thing?

But I only heard the old woman say: "Don't worry, the second wife, it's not something harmful. The Zhen family and the Jia family have always been close and close, and the relatives of the family are not as harmful as others. They are just some property." .”

As soon as she heard the word "property", Mrs. Wang's heart skipped a beat, and she said with a smile, "So that's what happened, it's just a matter of little effort, easy to talk about, easy to talk about."

Sitting at home with nothing to do, money comes from heaven!

Could it be that she was recently spotted by the God of Wealth?

Mrs. Wang was full of joy, but she never saw the sarcasm and sternness in the eyes of the two women, and she never thought about why they asked her to take care of their belongings, and why they didn't look for the old lady of the Jia family, but for the old lady of the Jia family. Fucked her second wife.

It's a pity that this Wang family is the most greedy, and she has been dazzled by the word "property". Maybe she hasn't noticed the strangeness at all, but she has a concubine daughter, who has long been unaware of her surname. Who is so famous, thinking that with the support of the imperial concubine, no matter how big it is, it is not a big deal.

That night, a few people quietly brought in a few boxes through the back door, and sent them directly to Mrs. Wang's private treasury.

After the people left, Mrs. Wang couldn't wait to open those boxes, and she saw silver light shining and golden light, and she was so happy that Mrs. Wang could see her teeth but couldn't see her eyes. She dreamed that she was lying on a big gold bed all night. , Countless silver bills fell from the sky one after another.

When she woke up early the next morning, Mrs. Wang was refreshed and smiling, but she couldn't imagine that extreme joy gave way to sadness.

"It's not good! It's not good! The second master is dead!"

"What!" Mrs. Wang was shocked, she firmly grabbed Yu Chuan'er's hand and asked, "Please tell me clearly, who is dead! Who is dead!"

Yu Chuan'er was trembling at the sight of her wanting to eat people, and cried: "Second Master, the Second Master is dead... Someone brought the Second Master's body just now... The Second Master was killed!"

Mrs. Wang immediately rolled her eyes and passed out.

Yu Chuan'er was busy pinching people, but she didn't expect Mrs. Wang to slap her dumbfounded as soon as she woke up.

"Little hoof! You are crazy, you are cursing the master with nonsense, be careful I will tear your mouth! The master should be in Yangzhou at this time, and Lin Ruhai should die! You must be deaf I heard it wrong!"

"Second...second wife..." Yu Chuan'er covered her face and cried, "I'm not talking nonsense, it's true, the second master was attacked by gangsters on the way to Yangzhou, and was...killed!"

Mrs. Wang trembled, her face turned pale, "I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" As she spoke, she staggered towards the outside.

Jia Zheng's coffin was parked in the living room, and the old lady passed out from the excitement.

Mrs. Wang threw herself on the coffin to have a look, and immediately wailed, "Master!"