Weiyang of the Red Mansion

Lin Lang sat quietly in the private room, and after a while, he called the waiter from the restaurant, "What would you like to eat?"

"A jug of good wine."

The clerk asked suspiciously, "My lord only wants wine?"

"Just wine!" Lin Lang said lightly, "Hurry up and get the wine!"

Seeing that Lin Lang didn't seem to be in a good mood, the waiter hurriedly left, and after a while came in with a pot of Lihuabai and put it on the table, "This is the best Lihuabai, sir, please!"

"Go down." Lin Lang waved away the waiter in the restaurant, and began to drink by himself.

After a while, the whole jug of wine went into Lin Lang's stomach, and Lin Lang was slightly drunk. Before he passed out in the restaurant, he called the waiter to pay the bill, and then went back to the house.

The news of Lin Lang's drunken return quickly reached Jia Min who had already returned home. Jia Min couldn't help sighing when he thought that Lin Lang had rejected the invitation from the palace today because he wanted to visit his grandmother.

Last year, I heard that the Beijing Palace was choosing a son-in-law for the county lord, but I haven't heard the news of the county lord's engagement for a long time. She still has a chance as a son, and she never thought that she would be invited to the palace today to reminisce about the past. The princess mentioned in words that she and the prince look Du Shaofeng, the eldest son of the Marquis of Chuanning, was chosen, and the two families have already started to see each other. If the county lord does not reject it, the marriage will probably be settled after the eldest son is engaged.

She didn't think that she must marry the palace, but Lang'er put herself in such a mess, although it was not a posture that Feiqing would not marry, but as a parent, how could she watch her son suffer?

Although she has two sons and one daughter, what she loves the most is not her well-behaved daughter Daiyu, nor her youngest son Lin Zhang, but the oldest Lin Lang.

Lin Lang was weak since he was a child, and it was difficult to bring him up. She spent more time on Lin Lang than the two young ones combined.

Lin Ruhai went down to Yahui Mansion and was invited to the backyard by Jia Min.

Hearing Jia Min mentioning the matter of the eldest son, Lin Ruhai couldn't help sighing, "I also met the lord today, and the lord specially invited me to watch a good show. If there is no accident, the small county master of the Beijing Prince's Mansion will be given to Sichuan. Marquis Ning's eldest son, Du Shaofeng, is dead."

He understands that Shui Zhenchuan is angry in his heart, and he probably did it on purpose to show him today. The implication is that my daughter doesn't have to be promised to your family Lin Lang.

The couple looked at each other and smiled wryly. They had known that Lin Lang would make such a fuss, so why did they push back this marriage in every possible way?

Although it won't affect the relationship between Lin Ruhai and Wang Ye Shui Zhenchuan in the past, I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart. She was a good girl who was supposed to get married and get married, but instead of refusing, she ran away. Can people feel better?

"Master, Lang'er...what should I do?" Jia Min asked worriedly.

Lin Ruhai smiled wryly, "What can we do now? When the news of Wangfu county master's engagement comes out, Lang'er will give up. When he finishes taking the exam after the new year, if he passes the exam, let him continue the exam. If he doesn't pass the exam, he will start the exam." Let Lang'er take care of his wife, this year Lang'er will be fifteen, and after the new year will be sixteen, there is no longer any delay."

"That's all it takes."

Jia Min rubbed her forehead and felt ten years older in an instant.

The conversation was divided into two parts, after Shui Rong and Lin Lang parted ways in the restaurant, they went straight back to the palace, instead of going back to their own courtyard, they went straight to the courtyard of their younger sister Shui Keyu.

Entering the courtyard gate, I saw Shui Keyu's maids were shut outside the gate, all looking gloomy and gloomy.

"What's the matter? Why are you guys locked out? Where are you girls?"

But he asked this question knowingly, in the current situation, he couldn't tell that the younger sister got angry and drove out all the people who were close to her and shut the door.

Shui Keyu's eldest maid, Bi'er, smiled wryly, "My lord, the county master was summoned by the princess today. I don't know what he said, but he came back angrily and locked himself inside. No matter how much the servant calls, he won't open the door."

How can I not know why it is water-soluble?His father, queen, mother and concubine have already decided on the candidate, and the decision will be made on the eighth day of the next month.

As for the marriage of the younger sister Ke Yu, since Lin Lang left Beijing, the father, mother and concubine, because of their love for her sister, invited the Lin family couple to come to discuss the marriage of the two children several times, but no matter what the father, mother and concubine said, the Lin family could only politely refuse. It's polite, but after a long time, everyone will be annoyed.

Finally last year, Lin Ruhai was let go of Yangzhou to inspect salt and censor, and the father, queen, mother and concubine seemed to accept their fate, and began to select young talents from other honorable clans, as if they wanted to find someone who was better than Lin Lang for distribution. younger sister.

But no matter who was chosen, the younger sister was not satisfied, her heart was already taken away by Lin Lang who left Beijing.

A few days ago, he heard that when his father went to the monastery to fulfill his vow, he met a young man who was quite agreeable. He turned around and found out that he was the eldest son of the Marquis of Chuanning. Higher, although Du Shaofeng's talent is not as good as Lin Lang's, he is also a rare outstanding person in the younger generation. He can't feel any bad feelings after meeting him once, but... thinking of Lin Lang, it is difficult to calm down.

No matter how good Du Shaofeng was, regardless of his family background, he was still inferior to Lin Lang.

The father, queen, mother and concubine looked at Du Shaofeng before, and did not disclose it to the younger sister. Now that the father, the queen, the mother and the concubine have finished the school exams, they are very satisfied with him. The younger sister locked herself in the room at this moment, fearing that the mother and the concubine are about to send her away. The news promised to Du Shaofeng was revealed to her.

But the younger sister's heart is on Lin Lang, and she still hopes that Lin Lang will marry her. If she is willing to marry someone else, she must make trouble.

This... was her protest.

Thinking of Lin Lang's blessing in the restaurant just now, Shui Rongmei's face instantly twisted.

He was still calm when facing Lin Lang, but when he got to his sister's yard, he began to complain that Lin Lang was too hard-hearted and refused to give his sister a chance.

"Okay, I see, you all stand back." Shui Rong frowned and waved away the girls at the door, then came to the door, knocked on the door, "Yu'er, I'm the eldest brother, open the door."

"Don't open!!" A woman shouted angrily from inside the room.

Shui Rong was helpless, and was about to persuade him, when he suddenly thought of Lin Lang, changed his mind, and said, "I met Lin Lang on the street today."

The door opened soon, and Shui Keyu, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, stared at her brother, "Did you really meet him?"

"Have I ever lied to you?" Although he wanted his sister to open the door, he would not deceive her just to let her open the door.

Shui Keyu dragged his elder brother into the door, and then closed the door.

"You guys, did you talk? Did he ask me? Is he all right now?"

Looking at the younger sister whose heart was planted on Lin Lang, Shui Rong sighed, "He didn't mention you, sister, let it go, the father, the queen, the mother and the concubine have already decided to promise you to Du Shaofeng, the eldest son of Marquis Chuanning. I have also seen that he is a modest gentleman, even if he is not as good as Lin Lang, he is good enough for you..."

"I don't listen, I don't listen!!" Shui Keyu was a little happy when she heard Lin Lang's news, but when she heard her brother say that Lin Lang didn't mention her, she felt a little depressed, and when she heard her brother persuade her to let go, she immediately Then I got angry, "I thought my brother understood me best, but it turned out that my brother, like father, queen, mother and concubine, doesn't consider my feelings!"

Saying this made Shui Rong feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Sister, are you not guilty of what you said? For your marriage with Lin Lang, the father, the queen, and the concubine invited Mr. and Mrs. Lin to the door several times. They didn't want to lose face, but the Lin family still refused to nod. If you say Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin are right You are dissatisfied, but it is not necessarily true. You have met Mrs. Lin many times. Has Mrs. Lin ever been dissatisfied with you? It is clear that Master Lin and his wife are satisfied with you, but why do they refuse to allow you to marry Lin Lang? You Still don't understand? The bottom line is that Lin Lang doesn't want to marry you, he doesn't have you in his heart at all! How long are you going to fight with your father, queen, mother and concubine because of Lin Lang?"

Shui Keyu's face turned pale, "I don't believe it, my concubine told me clearly that Brother Lin gave me the lamp because he admired me..."

Shui Rong was dumbfounded. How would he tell his sister? When Lin Lang gave the lantern, he didn't understand the meaning of giving the lantern at all.

He didn't give the lamp because he admired Shui Keyu at all.

What a mess!

Sometimes he really didn't know whether to blame Lin Lang who gave the lamp, or the mother concubine who pierced the window paper.

Shui Rong rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Sister, let's not bring up the past. Lin Lang doesn't want to marry you now but it's on the surface. What's the use if you refuse to admit it? It's better to listen Mother and concubine, forget about Lin Lang, marry Du Shaofeng, and live a good life is better than anything else."

"No, I'm not good, I can't marry him, I'd rather die." Shui Keyu fell to the ground softly, whispering with a bloodless face.

Shui Rong turned pale with shock, and raised his hand to slap Shui Keyu, trying to wake her up, saying some stupid words, but halfway through waving his hand, he couldn't bear to stop.

With tears in her eyes, Shui Keyu looked up at her elder brother who raised his hand, and cried, "Brother, hit me, kill me, my heart hurts so badly, I'm dying..."

When she saw Lin Lang for the first time, she felt that she had seen this beautiful brother... a feeling of déjà vu.

Although I haven't seen him a few times, every time she saw Lin Lang, she cared a little bit more about him. When her mother broke the window paper and said that sending the lamp was to express her love, she stepped in. I can no longer climb out of this trap, and I don't want to climb out.

She didn't want to admit that Lin Lang didn't have her in his heart.

Shui Rong squatted down slowly, wiped away the tears on Shui Keyu's face, and said with a wry smile, "Sister, don't do anything stupid, you obviously haven't seen Lin Lang a few times, why did you just spot him, it's him Are you married?"

"I don't know..." Shui Keyu lowered her head, "I don't know..."

But if she doesn't marry Lin Lang, she will definitely die.

Shui Rong looked at Shui Keyu with a headache, gritted his teeth, and said, "Sister, on the eighth day of next lunar month, I have decided that Lin Lang will come to congratulate him, you go and see him, while the father, mother and concubine are busy with my marriage, You go to see him, if he really refuses to marry you, then give up and promise me that you will never do anything stupid."

"Brother..." Shui Keyu stared blankly at Shui Rong, threw herself into Shui Rong's arms and cried loudly, "Brother, I feel bad..."

In fact, she knew very well in her heart that Lin Lang probably really didn't love her, otherwise how could she have left Beijing for four or five years?

It was still when their family intended to get married.

"Sister, Concubine Mother really loves you very much. If it wasn't for the fact that there was no result from the Lin family, how could Concubine Mother disregard your wishes and force you to marry someone you don't like? From last year until now, think about it. How many people have you rejected from your mother? Did the concubine mother say anything? If she was not sure that Du Shaofeng is a good person, the concubine mother would not force you to marry him. "

"But……"

"I know you only have Lin Lang in your heart," Shui Rong interrupted Shui Keyu, and said, "But you also have to understand that some things cannot be forced. You are not willing to marry someone you don't like, so how can you force it? How about Lin Lang marrying you who he doesn't love? Comparing your heart, sister."

This is also the reason why he was angry again and did not criticize Lin Lang too much today.

Shui Keyu buried her head in her brother's arms, and didn't say anything anymore, protesting silently.

Shui Rong smiled wryly, it seemed that the younger sister still insisted on her own ideas.

He couldn't understand his sister's insistence on marrying Lin Lang, but he respected his sister's wish.

If Lin Lang wasn't his friend, he might not be able to resist beating someone.

Is there such a thing as ruining someone else's mind?

"In a few days, I will invite a few people to go hunting in the Western Mountains. The concubine's intention is to let you go with me."

Shui Keyu twitched the corner of her mouth, and explained the intention of the concubine mother, "Du Shaofeng is also here, isn't it?"

Shui Rong was speechless immediately, having a smart girl is really not a good experience.

"younger sister……"

Shui Keyu lowered her head, interrupting Shui Rong's persuasion, "Understood, I will go."

Such a negative attitude... Shui Rong frowned, a little worried that something would happen after hunting in a few days.

Although his girl was raised in a deep boudoir, she has a bad temper. Since she paid homage to a master in the world a few years ago and learned some kung fu, she has become more and more savage.

Du Shaofeng won't be beaten tomorrow, right?

Thinking in his heart, it's not easy for Shui Rong to say this, so he could only accompany his sister for a while, then got up to leave.

After returning to his own yard, Shui Rong thought about it, wrote a post, and asked someone to send it to Lin's residence.

To prevent my sister from causing trouble, I'd better call Lin Lang, since Lin Lang is present, my sister will pretend to be.

Therefore, Lin Lang, who was drunk, only saw the invitation post from Shui Rong the next day.

"Hunting in Xishan?" Lin Lang rubbed his forehead, his head hurts after a hangover, "Qing Yan, go to the palace and write a letter for me. I said I will go hunting in Xishan for a few days."

After drinking yesterday, he thought about a lot of things in a mess, and when he woke up after a hangover, he still decided to explain the misunderstanding to Shui Rong.

He didn't leave Beijing to escape the palace's desire to get married, but he really wanted to travel.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of hunting. Lin Lang didn't wear the usual fancy dress or straight gown, but a close-fitting dress. He looked a little less bookish and a little more heroic than usual.

Lin Lang came to the Beijing Prince's Mansion, and was quickly led to the courtyard of Shui Rong. At this moment, there were already three people sitting in the room, one of them was Shui Rong, and the other two were unfamiliar faces, which Lin Lang had never seen before. .

Shui Rong got up to greet them, pulled Lin Lang to the front of the two, and introduced with a smile, "This is my friend, Lin Lang, the eldest son of Mr. Lin, the minister of household affairs." On the right side, at this moment, the young man in royal blue clothes who had stood up said, "This is the heir of Chuanninghou's mansion, Du Shaofeng, the eldest son of Chuanninghou," he said, pointing to Du Shaofeng who was standing beside Du Shaofeng. The young man in Tsing Yi introduced, "This is Chen Yejun, son of General Chen's family, and a friend of Brother Du."

Lin Lang listened to Shui Rong's introduction, stared at Du Shaofeng for a while, and said with a smile, "Brother Du, Brother Chen."

"Brother Lin, is Lin Lang the one who won three consecutive yuan a few years ago?" Du Shaofeng looked at Lin Lang curiously and asked.

Lin Lang was slightly surprised when he heard the words, "It's been four or five years, brother Du still remembers?"

"It's really you?" Du Shaofeng laughed, "I've been friends with you for a long time. I heard that in this year's provincial examination, you won the first place in Jinling, Xie Yuan? You really are a man of no vain under a great reputation. I have admired your name for a long time! "

Lin Lang didn't expect Du Shaofeng to admire him so much, but he didn't know if Du Shaofeng would still treat him like this if he knew about the one or two things between him and the little county magistrate of Beijing Palace.

He... was suddenly curious.

"Okay, stop bragging to each other, Ruolan and Ziying should arrive soon, sit down and have a cup of tea first, and when they arrive, we will leave for Xishan." Shui Rong interrupted the conversation of the two, and said.

He already planned to let his younger sister try to get in touch with Lin Lang first, to see Lin Lang's reaction, no matter whether Lin Lang responded or not, these two people should not communicate too closely for the time being, otherwise how embarrassing their family will be then?

Just looking at Du Shaofeng's appearance, he doesn't seem to know that his family is negotiating marriage with the palace?

Otherwise, facing him, she shouldn't be so frank.

Shui Rong thought to himself, looked at Lin Lang again, and sighed inwardly.

Sister, brother, I can only help you so far, after that it depends on your luck.

Lin Lang could see that Shui Rong intentionally interrupted his conversation with Du Shaofeng, and probably knew the reason in his heart, and he didn't intend to confront Shui Rong, so he sat down quietly and drank tea, answering a few words from time to time, so as not to make himself appear too silence.

Not long after, Wei Ruolan and Feng Ziying also arrived, and Shui Rong called everyone to set off.

As a result, when they reached the door, they saw a carriage following them, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

Du Shaofeng smiled and said, "Who is this carriage for?"

They all went hunting, so naturally they all rode horses, so this carriage... seemed very abrupt.

"These sisters are not in a good mood these few days. The mother concubine asked me to take her out to relax. It happened that I asked you to hunt today, so I just brought her out."

Hearing this, everyone knew that the person in the carriage was the county head of Prince Jing's Mansion.

"So that's how it is." Du Shaofeng and the others suddenly realized, and they didn't feel that the county magistrate was getting in the way. Although it would be a bit inconvenient, but the water-soluble words are here, can they still let people stay at home and continue to be in a bad mood?

Lin Lang, on the other hand, heard Shui Rong say that Shui Keyu was going as well, and couldn't help feeling a little dizzy.

He also planned to find an opportunity today to explain to Shui Rong the reason for leaving Beijing, but he didn't expect Shui Keyu to go too.

Suddenly there is a bad feeling...

But none raised any objections, and he couldn't speak, so he could only follow behind the crowd in silence.

After leaving the city, everyone was chatting and laughing as they headed towards the west mountain. Lin Lang answered a few words from time to time, and it was nothing special.

Suddenly, something seemed to hit his head. Lin Lang looked back suspiciously, and all he saw was the shaking car curtain.

Lin Lang: "..."

What does it mean?

He was sure that the county magistrate was hitting him. Is this an expression of dissatisfaction?

After thinking about it, Lin Lang didn't say a word, turned his head and continued on his way.

Then his head was hit from time to time, he just pretended not to feel it, and after a while, the people behind him stopped.

Lin Lang also breathed a sigh of relief.

If he continued to smash down, he wasn't sure how long he could endure.

After all, there is a limit to human patience.

Soon, everyone arrived at Xishan, Shui Rong turned the horse's head, came to the side of the carriage, and said, "I asked Liu Dong and the others to stay and protect you. Don't run around. We have entered the mountain. I don't know when we will come back. If you If something goes wrong, we are beyond our reach."

"I'm going too!" came the words from the carriage.

Shui Rong's expression froze, "Nonsense, you're not a three-year-old kid, the elder brother invited all men, you have to avoid suspicion!"

There was no sound in the carriage.

Shui Rong said helplessly, "Stay here and don't run around!" Then he told Liu Dong, the guard of the palace, "You keep an eye on the county lord here, don't let her run around, if you have anything to do, go to the mountain to find me immediately .”

"Yes!"

Lin Lang followed Shui Rong and the others into the West Mountain, and soon after, they hunted a lot of prey, but now that the weather is getting colder, there is not much prey in the West Mountain, so they are just having fun today.

Lin Lang had been paying attention to Du Shaofeng all the time, and found that Du Shaofeng's arrow skills were excellent, almost hitting every shot.

Most of the prey in the group were hunted by Du Shaofeng. Of course, he also saw that Wei Ruolan and the others intended to let them.

What does this mean?

Although Lin Lang was not very familiar with people like Wei Ruolan, he could tell that they were not the kind of flattering people, and they would not deliberately try to please Du Shaofeng.

He watched coldly from the side, Du Shaofeng and the children of these aristocratic families are very caring, in this case, there must be a reason for Wei Ruolan and the others to let Du Shaofeng.

After contacting the county lord Shui Keyu who was waiting outside the forest, Lin Lang probably understood the reason.

Probably they have all got the news, and deliberately made a fool of Du Shaofeng.

What a good brother!

Seeing that Du Shaofeng had hunted a lot of things, Shui Rong seemed satisfied, and said, "It's getting late, let's go back."

His sister is not a law-abiding person, so he is afraid that she will make trouble.

Du Shaofeng and the others didn't object, and followed Shui Rong out, but met Liu Dong on the way.

As soon as he saw Liu Dong, Shui Rong's expression changed, "Why are you here, where is the county lord?"

Liu Dong immediately knelt in front of Shui Rong, his face was pale, "Returning to my son, a group of people suddenly appeared outside Xishan and took the county master away, and the others went after him. The subordinates are here to report to the son."

Shui Rong's eyes darkened.

To be taken away by someone, at the critical moment of marriage negotiation, it's really...

"What the hell is going on here? How could the county master be taken away? What are you doing for food?" Shui Rong was furious, and her beautiful face became grim because of anger.

Liu Dong didn't dare to defend himself, and said with a pale face, "The county lord, relying on his martial arts skills, came out of the carriage to fight the enemy, and accidentally fell into the hands of that group of people, and now he is taken to nowhere."

Hearing this, Shui Rong only felt a severe pain in his brain.

Lin Lang frowned and said, "Now is not the time to question him, the most urgent thing to delay is to rescue the county master first."

The longer Shui Keyu falls into the hands of those unknown people, the more damage will be done to her reputation, and now she can only try her best to restore it.

Shui Rong heard the words and said, "You are right, but where should we save people?"

Lin Lang looked at Liu Dong and asked, "Did that group kidnap the county magistrate on horseback?"

"Exactly!"

Lin Lang nodded and looked at Shui Rongdao, "There have been two rains in the past two days, and the road is not completely dry. Following the horseshoe marks, we should be able to catch up with them."

"Then let's chase after him!" Shui Rong didn't dare to delay, pulled the reins and asked Liu Dong to lead the way.

A group of people chased to the fork in the road, but they saw horseshoe marks on both sides of the road, and they were dumbfounded.

"This……"

Lin Lang pondered for a moment, "Chasing separately, I'll take Liu Dong and the others to the right, and the prince will take Du Shaofeng and the others to the left. Whether you find them or not, go straight back to the palace to gather." After speaking, he took the lead and went to the trail on the right.

Du Shaofeng followed Shui Rong to the left, galloped his horse again and said, "Young Master Lin seems to be very concerned about the safety of the county lord."

Shui Rong frowned slightly, "It's not when you're talking about these things, you should find my sister first!"

Hearing this, Du Shaofeng lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Why not talk about it?Take people for fools?Du Shaofeng grinned lightly and let out a sigh of relief.

Regardless of whether the county lord can be found or not, today's affairs must be explained clearly to mother.

He is not a bastard!

Shui Rong doesn't know what Du Shaofeng is thinking, at this moment he just wants to find his sister.