Weiyang of the Red Mansion

Lin Lang also knew that Lin Ruhai's brain was troubled by what he did today. Thinking about the past, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

If he hadn't left Beijing in the past, what happened today would not have caused the old father to worry. The root cause is still his fault.

"Father, my son didn't shirk his responsibilities. He left Beijing that day to travel, not to escape the palace's responsibility." After a pause, Lin Lang glanced at his old father, who had caused a headache, "It's just that my son picked the wrong time. Leaving Beijing caused my father to misunderstand, and the child should bear all the bitterness caused by this. The ending of the ending."

Lin Ruhai was a little bit annoyed in his heart, but was defeated by Lin Lang's heart-to-heart words.

"Alas..." Lin Ruhai sighed, and said, "Why are you bothering? A few years ago, although our Lin family began to fall into disarray, and even though we got married from very different backgrounds, we are close friends as father and prince, and you have outstanding character. No one is dissatisfied with you from the concubine to the crown prince and county lord, you..."

What were you thinking back then, that you played a good hand of poker so badly!

Although Lin Ruhai hadn't finished speaking, but Lin Lang is so smart, how could he not know what Lin Ruhai said?

"Baby..." Lin Lang smiled wryly, "This is all my fault."

How should he explain that he always dreamed of a girl with a face similar to Shui Keyu?On the night of delivering the lantern, he had a nightmare. He dreamed that "he" gave the lantern to the girl in his dream. He dreamed that the girl begged him to take her away, but he refused. As a result, the girl cut her pulse while sitting in the sedan chair on the wedding day. commit suicide

The bright red color made Lin Lang extremely uneasy.

He was afraid that the scene in his dream was his and Shui Keyu's previous lives, and he was afraid that he would kill Shui Keyu.

So, he began to avoid seeing Shui Rong, using the excuse of reading to stay out of the house, and after getting Lin Ruhai's permission, he even left the capital far away, not giving Shui Keyu any chance to increase his relationship with him, he thought that this would be If you can cut off all contact, you won't kill her.

After leaving Beijing, although he wrote to his parents to report his safety from time to time, he never revealed his whereabouts.

"Lang'er, back then you and the county magistrate were both young, so you could have declined the marriage for your father on the grounds that you didn't understand. Everyone knows what you did today, and now that you've reached the age of marriage, you can no longer use your marriage I don’t understand why you put off the marriage, and I believe that you understand the consequences of what you did today,” Lin Ruhai sighed inwardly, “Are you ready to marry the county lord?”

His close friend Shui Zhenchuan seems determined to marry his daughter to Du Shaofeng, but in fact, if there is a chance to fulfill his daughter and his useless eldest son, Shui Zhenchuan will still marry his daughter to his son Lin Lang without hesitation. .

It's not that he is narcissistic, but that he knows Shui Zhenchuan's love for daughters.

He didn't understand that Shui Keyu had only met his son two or three times, how could his love be so deeply rooted that he would not marry unless his son?

"My son has figured it out, and he won't run away anymore."

Shui Keyu has a deep affection for him. In this case, no matter who she marries, it will not end well. It would be better for him to marry her to make up for Lin Shaoqing's debt to the girl in her dream in the previous life.

What he cares about Shui Keyu now is all affected by the extra memories, but he doesn't mind giving himself a chance, giving Shui Keyu a chance, maybe...they will fit well?

As if he owed her in his previous life, no, he owed her in his previous life.

"In that case, let's give up this old face for my father, and go see my old friend again." Lin Ruhai sighed.

What else can I do with the evil son I gave birth to?Forgive him of course!

"Thank you, master!" Lin Lang said gratefully.

Lin Ruhai waved his hands tiredly, "Go back and rest first, let me be quiet for a while."

Glancing at the tired Lin Ruhai, Lin Lang bowed to leave, and was stopped by Han Mei just after leaving the study.

"Master, madam, please go over there."

Lin Lang knew the reason, since he had made up his mind, he did not escape, and followed Han Mei to the inner room of the main house.

Jia Min leaned on the soft couch, looking a little haggard, Lin Lang had no doubt that it was related to him, and couldn't help but feel guilty.

It was he who made his father and mother hurt.

"You have made up your mind to marry the county head of Prince Jing's Mansion in what you have done today?"

Undoubtedly, it refers to the fact that he shared a ride with the county magistrate in the street.

Ever since the eldest son survived from a serious illness, Jia Min most of the time did not understand what was going on in his eldest son's mind, but as long as it was about Shui Keyu, Lin Lang's thoughts and Jia Min, a mother, could guess what was going on in his mind. Seven or eight points.

He knew very well that if Lin Lang had no intention of marrying Shui Keyu, he would never ride with Shui Keyu in public.

In the public, young men and women who have not yet engaged in marriage ride together on the same horse, which means that the reputation of both parties will be ruined, and if they do not get married, both sides will suffer.

"Didn't the mother already understand the child's mind?"

A few months before the beginning of Qiu Wei, he had painted portraits of Shui Keyu and the girl in his dream. At that time, Qing Yan was accompanying the pen and ink, and saw that he was painting the girl's house, and said that if his sweetheart, why not ask the old lady to propose marriage if.

At that time, he had just received a letter from the master, and the master said that he had rejected the proposal of getting married in the Beijing Palace. Qing Yan's words made him feel inexplicably annoyed when he heard Qing Yan's words. When Yan packed up the study and looked for it again, the portrait he crumpled up and threw out had disappeared.

Obviously, it was picked up by someone, but there was no gossip in the mansion, so he knew that the portrait must have fallen into the hands of his wife, and only the wife who was in charge of the inner house would pay special attention to it. Don't let any rumors that affect his reputation spread.

As for why his wife didn't come to ask him about the portrait, there's no need to ask.

He was preparing for the autumn exam in August, and the master and wife had high hopes for him, so naturally they didn't want him to be affected.

Later, when the Yangzhou affairs were over, the master returned to Beijing to report on his duties, and was retained in the capital. He was promoted to the servant of the household department. His wife and younger siblings were all taken to the capital. He was the only one who went to Jinling to participate in the autumn examination.

As soon as he returned to Beijing, he learned from his mother that the prince and concubine were going to marry his beloved daughter to Du Shaofeng, the eldest son of Marquis Chuanning.

Since then, the wife has still not said a word about the portrait, just pretending that this painting has never existed.

But because of the existence of this painting, the wife must have no doubts about his 'admiration' for Shui Keyu.

I didn't mention it, because I was worried about provoking him.

In fact, although Lin Lang cared a little about Shui Keyu, he really didn't fall in love to the point of deep love, and it was a bit reluctant to even say that he liked it.

It was just because of his extra memory that he paid extra attention to this Shui Keyu, who had almost the same face as the girl in his dream.

After all, the prodigal son Lin Shaoqing is suspected to be his past life, so who knows if the girl in the dream is Shui Keyu's past life?

The things in the past and present life are too ridiculous, if he didn't have more memory and a system, he would feel that he was sick.

He felt that in this life, he and Shui Keyu continued their relationship in the previous life.

It was because of this faint thought in his heart that he had an inexplicable obsession with Shui Keyu.

If it hadn't happened that the county lord was kidnapped today, Lin Lang might have just watched Shui Keyu marry Du Shaofeng. After all, he was not tempted, it was only because Lin Shaoqing's memory cared about this girl who looked like the girl in his dream.

But when he entered the bandit's den and heard those bandits insulting Shui Keyu, he couldn't control his killing intent and killed him. When he took Shui Keyu down the mountain and found that there was only one horse for sharing, Although he hesitated for a moment, he found that he did not reject close contact with Shui Keyu, and even when he rode a horse and bumped into Shui Rong, Du Shaofeng and the others head-on, he had no intention of avoiding suspicion at all, so he just brought Shui Keyu in. out of town.

He knew in his heart that from the moment Shui Keyu was taken away, the marriage between Wang Mansion and Chuanning Hou Mansion was doomed to fail.

The county lord was taken away in public, no matter how broad-minded the Marquis of Ren Chuanning is, he will never allow his eldest son to marry an innocent woman, even if this woman is the only heir of the King of Beijing female.

What's more, when he and Shui Keyu rode together and looked at Du Shaofeng head-on, Du Shaofeng had obviously noticed something. Although there was no limit on his face, Lin Lang was sure that Du Shaofeng had no feelings for Shui Keyu, even He didn't care about this marriage at all, and even when he found out that the relationship between him and Shui Keyu was not right, his attitude... seemed a bit weird.

Du Shaofeng seems to have no intention of marrying Shui Keyu, and Shui Keyu is even more unwilling to marry Du Shaofeng.

That being the case, he can't be regarded as a slasher.

After all, he was convinced that Shui Keyu wanted to marry him more than Du Shaofeng, otherwise he would not be willing to ride with him.

Even... Shui Keyu was more active than him in the matter of riding together.

"It seems that you have figured it out," Jia Min was relieved when she heard Lin Lang's firm words. After all these years of tossing and tossing, she also felt extremely tired. Now that Lin Lang has made up his mind, Jia Min also Feeling relieved, "In the past, your father refused to marry because he misunderstood that you had no intentions for the county lord, which caused a gap between the two houses. Now that you want to continue your relationship, the palace's prejudice against you has to be redeemed by you personally. I and you Father can propose marriage for you, but he can't solve the palace's prejudice against you on your behalf."

"My child understands!" This is what he should do.

Jia Min's forehead said, "It's good that you understand, if you can solve the palace's prejudice against you, neither your father nor I will object to you marrying the county magistrate, and you know that both your father and I really like the county magistrate. Whether this marriage can be accomplished or not depends on you in the end."

"Yes!"

"You have to understand that what you did today is suspected of deliberately destroying the reputation of the county magistrate of the Wangfu County. You have to solve the possible future troubles caused by this incident. You are now an adult, and you should learn to bear the consequences yourself."

Lin Lang was startled, and lowered his head in shame. He... did have some deliberate intentions at that time.

He thought, the story of the county lord being kidnapped has probably spread all over the world. Although the matter of marriage negotiations between the Chuanning Hou Mansion and the Wang Mansion is still undecided, such things have never been a secret in the noble circle, and he is also worried about the county lord Qingyu. If he was damaged and his marriage was regretted, he would be criticized by others. It would be better for him to bring Shui Keyu into the city openly. Although his reputation is still destroyed, as long as he marries Shui Keyu, it will not be affected.

Isn't this the best of both worlds?

It's just that thinking about it now, it's still a little thoughtless, after all, he didn't discuss it with the palace.

……

Beijing Palace.

"Sister, what are you thinking?" Shui Rong came to the courtyard where Shui Keyu lived, and before entering the door, he saw Shui Keyu leaning on the soft couch with blushing cheeks and smiling brightly, guessing in his heart that it was because of Lin Lang.

When Shui Keyu heard her brother's voice, she immediately came back to her senses, rubbed her cheeks, and said, "Brother, are you back? Where's Brother Lin?"

"Brother Lin..." Shui Rong rolled his eyes, "You can only see Brother Lin in your eyes, right?"

"Big brother..."

"When I came back, Lin Lang had already left." Shui Rong glanced at his sister, and said, "I didn't expect such an accident to happen today, but it might not be a bad thing for you, and the Chuanning Hou Mansion probably wouldn't agree to marry our family. Got married."

Whether it's the younger sister being kidnapped, or riding with Lin Lang on the street, it's enough to make the marriage that hasn't started come to an end.

Shui Keyu didn't feel regretful at all, and happily tugged on his elder brother's sleeve, "Then... will my father let me marry Brother Lin?"

"..." Sister, how deep is your obsession with Lin Lang?Why do you want to marry him?Just hate marriage so much?

The corners of his mouth twitched, Shui Rong rubbed his forehead, and sighed, "Whether this marriage can be accomplished depends on Lin Lang. If he is willing to marry you, my father will not ruin your marriage."

"Brother Lin brought me back on horseback today, he should..." He should be willing to marry me, right?

Seeing his younger sister's blushing cheeks, Shui Rong was speechless.

He thought so too, but Lin Lang was out of his mind, who knows what he thought?

"Tomorrow's father invites him to the mansion for a banquet, and he has already accepted. No matter what the result is, you will have the answer tomorrow. Don't worry. No matter what, since he did what he did today, he should be responsible, otherwise I, Bei Jing The palace is not easy to bully."

What happened back then is one thing, Lin Lang don't want to repeat the old tricks, otherwise he will really turn his face!

But Shui Keyu didn't realize the deep meaning in Shui Rong's words, she only felt that she would soon get what she wanted.

The next day, Lin Lang really came to meet the appointment.

"Nephew, you also know that this king has always valued you. In the past, he even intended to marry his daughter to you. What happened yesterday has been known throughout the city. My nephew is always smart. I want to know the consequences of doing so. Yesterday I didn't ask any further questions, but I wanted to give you time to think about it, one night's time is enough for you to think about it clearly, I wonder if my nephew can give me an explanation?"

Over the years, Shui Zhenchuan has been tormented by his daughter's marriage. Yesterday, the Chuan Ninghou Mansion sent word that the marriage is over, and the marriage of men and women has nothing to do with each other.

He didn't feel regretful either, seeing the beautiful Lin Lang yesterday, how could he still see Du Shaofeng?

If Lin Lang is willing to marry his daughter, he can lightly reveal the past, as long as Lin Lang is devoted to his daughter, he won't bother to worry about it too much.

Lin Lang naturally knew that the prince invited him to a drink yesterday for this purpose, so it was not surprising.

He beautified one or two reasons for leaving Beijing, and then explained it to the prince in a twisted manner. The whole meaning is that he left Beijing not to escape marriage with the palace, but to study abroad. His master misunderstood his meaning and refused to marry All in all, all the past was a misunderstanding, and he was willing to marry Shui Keyu.

Shui Zhenchuan: "..."

So what has he been tossing about all these years?

Taking a deep breath, Shui Zhenchuan dismissed distracting thoughts and poured the wine with a smile, "Since it's all a misunderstanding, I can rest assured."

After exchanging pleasantries, they asked someone to send Lin Lang back.

In the blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of November, and the Prince of Beijing went to the Su family to make an appointment on this day. The daughter of Su's parents was the fiancée chosen by the Palace for the eldest son Shui Rong.

Since 'explaining' the misunderstandings of these years, the relationship between the Beijing Palace and the Lin family has eased a lot.

Not to mention whether the lord believes Lin Lang's misunderstanding, as long as Lin Lang is sincerely willing to marry his daughter, he doesn't want to get into the reason, so it's a misunderstanding. fate.

Lin Lang also knew that the excuse of misunderstanding is not so easy to win people's trust. The prince did not pursue it and said that he believed his nonsense, rather it was a compromise for his daughter.

At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the weather gradually turned cold, and Lin Lang also gradually reduced the number of times he went out. Although his younger sister Daiyu was still young, she had already started to learn housework from her mother. Her father was busy with government affairs, and Lin Lang was left alone in the house. Lang and Lin Zhang are two idlers. Lin Zhang is young and noisy. In order to prevent Lin Zhang from interfering with his mother and sister's housework, Lin Lang took the reluctant Lin Zhang and started studying. With him as a gifted brother enlightened, my lord The wife was very relieved and completely ignored Lin Zhang's distress.

Although Lin Zhang is a bit clever, he is not good in front of his elder brother Lin Lang. Lin Zhang regretted being a monster in front of his elder brother countless times, but in the end he was caught by his elder brother to study.

When he was free, the younger brother ran to his sister to complain, but was taught by her sister, "You really don't know how to be blessed, you know, the elder brother won the junior three yuan, and he was a talented person who won the first prize at a young age. If you are not brother’s direct younger brother, it would be wishful thinking to ask brother to give you enlightenment, why don’t you go to study? If you don’t, I will invite elder brother.”

Lin Zhang: "..." The baby felt bitter.

It was another year of Lantern Festival, and Lin Lang hadn't celebrated Lantern Festival in the capital for four or five years, and he was filled with emotion for a while.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Lin Lang took his guards and led his younger siblings out to watch the lantern festival.

The three brothers and sisters were strolling slowly in the bustling street, when they suddenly heard someone shouting, "It's on fire! Come and put out the fire!"

Daiyu shrank away from her elder brother with some fear. Although Lin Zhang was young, he was courageous. Hearing the commotion ahead, he wanted to sneak in to watch the excitement, but was caught by the sharp-eyed Lin Lang, "Where do you want to go?"

Lin Zhang stood next to his brother awkwardly, "I just heard that there was a lot of noise in front, so I wanted to go and have a look."

"There's a fire ahead, what are you looking at?" Lin Lang said flatly.

The chance of the Lantern Festival catching fire is indeed high, but there are very few major fires. Although there is a lot of noise ahead, Lin Lang has sharp eyes and did not see the flames soaring into the sky.

Some weird!

Lin Lang pondered for a moment, but still planned to take his younger siblings back home to save accidents.

"Brother, I haven't had enough fun yet. What are you doing going back so early?" Lin Zhang tugged on his brother's sleeve, refusing to leave.

Lin Lang frowned, "It was said earlier that it was on fire, but no one put out the fire. Instead, it was noisy and a little strange. The most abductees are on the day of Lantern Festival. Many children are always abducted at this time in previous years. You and Yu'er are both young. We There will always be times when we can’t take care of you two, in order to avoid accidents, we’d better go back earlier, and I’ll take you out to play some other day.”

Although he still wanted to continue playing, Lin Zhang often heard Lin Lang say how hateful the kidnapper was, so he didn't dare to pester him anymore, and walked back with the guards in his arms.

The three brothers and sisters went to bed early after returning home, and the next day they heard that the youngest son of the second master of Dingcheng Hou's Mansion was abducted by kidnappers while visiting the Lantern Festival last night, and his whereabouts are unknown now.