Daiyu of the Red Chamber owes no one

But it is said that Lin Feng and Li Han and their group left the competition field in the suburbs of Beijing, and a group of people also walked out of the dense forest outside the competition field.The man in the lead was dressed in a jade belt brocade suit, which was extremely gorgeous, but he was the son of the loyal prince in casual clothes.Prince Zhongshun turned his head and said to the person beside him: "Go and find out the identities of those people just now, you must find out."

The person next to Prince Zhongshun bowed and answered yes.

One day, Daiyu was reading in her study, and she didn't read a few words, when she suddenly heard the parrot on the corridor say, "Brother Meng is here, brother Meng is here." Yinglian heard this and hurriedly avoided behind the bookshelf.Daiyu also shook her head and said, "How old are you, and you're not upright yet, so you're so rampant." After she finished speaking, she waited for a while, but no one came in.

Daiyu is wondering, is the parrot on the porch shouting nonsense today?Hurriedly ask the snow geese to come out to see, is there anyone on the corridor?Xueyan said to the parrot on the porch: "You're talking nonsense again, where is brother? If you talk nonsense carefully, I won't give you more rice." The parrot tilted its head to look at Xueyan, and shouted: "You are bullying, bullying! La!" Xue Yan felt both angry and funny.

Xueyan returned to the room and said, "I haven't seen Brother Cheng before."

Daiyu nodded and thought: Although the parrot is naughty, it doesn't shout nonsense, so Yinglian and Xueyan are asked to go out first, and then Wang Momo is asked to look for Lin Feng.Sure enough, this Lin Zhen has been here before, only thinking that he and Yinglian are both grown up, and Yinglian is a good family member. If there are people, go find the nurse in charge to report.

Daiyu saw that Lin Feng was very polite, so she praised him once, and said with a smile, "Is there anything wrong with looking for me?"

Lin Feng looked around Daiyu's study for a week, and seeing no one else, Fang said: "Sister, didn't I go to the suburbs of Beijing to practice riding and shooting with my elder brother Li?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "It's such a big deal, it's just another beating, so it's worth not letting others hear about it?" Just because Xue's family finally forced Yinglian to death in her previous life, Daiyu couldn't have a good impression of Xue's family.Besides, Xue Pan's unrestrained nonsense to Liu Xianglian, he didn't blame others for beating him.With Li Han's skills, if he really wanted to beat Xue Pan, how could he be allowed to go back in a good manner?So Daiyu didn't care about it.

Lin Feng hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Beating people is the second priority. Brother Liu and Brother Li Han were also well-known teachers. We only discovered one thing. Although it is not a big deal, I always find it strange."

Seeing Lin Feng's serious expression, Daiyu asked what was going on?Lin Feng glanced at the study door again, and said: "I didn't find anything, but brother Li Han found that there seemed to be movement in the woods after the contest. Originally, Xue Pan was not clean with brother Liu, brother Liu The lesson is, why did brother Li Han go forward to attack again? After returning, brother Li Han told me quietly that there were people in the forest behind the contest. That's why brother Li Han beat Xue Pan, Xue Pan and his gang Cowardly, seeing Brother Li Han being fierce and domineering, he was naturally frightened and left, so we also came out."

Daiyu is so clever, she understood the truth as soon as she heard it, and said with a smile: "Brother Cheng is a child of our family after all, but he is also clever. Just don't go to those places in the future." Go to the place where you practice riding and archery, and idlers can't easily get in. The people in the dense forest at the back of the contest don't know what mysterious identity they are, and they are planning some shady things. There are nobles everywhere in the capital. , it will bring disaster for nothing.

Lin Fengzi also understood this truth, knew that Daiyu had also guessed it, and said with a smile: "As expected of my sister, she is really transparent. It's nothing at the moment. There are not many people going to the contest in the winter around. If there are more people going after the beginning of spring Well, maybe something big is going to happen. Now that the general election is coming, let's see which emperor's grandson's house the daughters of the powerful princes will go to, and there will be open and secret fights."

Daiyu nodded and said, "Fortunately, you are not old, people understand." Lin Feng's so-called big event, Daiyu naturally understood: if someone takes advantage of the winter to set up a trap in the dense forest behind the Beijing suburbs, after the beginning of spring, There are too many princes and grandsons who go to practice riding and archery, and if they are not in order, no one will plot against them.

The two siblings were talking, when the parrot called out again: "Young lady has eaten, young lady has eaten." After hearing this, the two siblings opened the door of the study and came out.

After the family had lunch, the outside manager spread the word that the long history of Zhongshun Palace had arrived.The whole family heard Zou Mei: The Lin family and Zhongshun Palace have nothing to do with each other, what is the long history of Zhongshun Palace doing?However, King Zhongshun is the respected prince after all, so he is not to be neglected, so Lin Ruhai hurriedly ordered people to welcome him in.

Shi Zhongshun, the head of Prince Zhongshun's residence, was also polite, and after meeting Lin Ruhai, he said, "I came here by the king's order. I would like to ask you to tell me something."

When Lin Ruhai saw it, he ordered people to serve tea, and asked the chief historian what he was asking.The long history said: "Master Lin invited us. There is a Qi official who is a small Dan in our mansion. He used to be in the mansion well, but now he hasn't gone back for three or five days. I heard that this Qi official has the title of Rongguo Mansion." The young master who was born in Jade is very close to each other, and I heard that the young master of your family met Qi Guan once in a competition in the suburbs of Beijing, so I want to ask Mr. Lin to be a witness and talk about what happened that day."

Lin Ruhai heard this, and said solemnly: "It is true that the dog went to the suburbs of Beijing to compete for a day, but it is absolutely impossible to make friends with the Qi official of your mansion. Therefore, I don't know that since the chief historian knows that Qi official was originally befriended by the son of the Rongguo mansion Why did you come to my house instead of looking for someone in Rongguo Mansion?"

After hearing this, Chang Shi bowed again and said, "My lord, don't misunderstand me. I just asked you a few words about who you met that day, and who was there? I know that your family is good at teaching children, so I am convinced. According to Mr. Lin, he will definitely not think that Mr. Lin will make friends with Qiguan."

The Lin family has a clean and upright family style, and has never liked to make friends with people who raise actors.It would be blasphemy to say that Lin Feng, a well-educated son of a scholarly family, is put together with the actor of the palace.So Lin Ruhai said with a cold face: "In that case, please ask the chief historian to wait for a while." Then he called the steward and said: "Go and invite Brother Meng to come here."

Daiyu is now in charge of the family, and she also knows that Shi Zhongshun, the head of the palace, is visiting.In the previous life, Liu Fu died in Prince Zhongshun's mansion, and Daiyu became suspicious. Today, the head of Prince Zhongshun's mansion, Shi, came to the mansion for no reason. It is related to the fact that there are people in the dense forest after the suburban competition.

So Daiyu told Lin Feng: "I'm afraid that no matter what the loyal and obedient people come to the palace, they will just inquire about whether you and your party have found out that the people in the forest are doing things. If you say that the father will not call you later, then it's fine. Tell you to talk, you can just tell the truth, the more truth you have, the less likely you are to reveal your flaws. The only thing is, keep your mouth shut. The fact that you found someone in the forest behind the battle was made by people loyal to the palace. If you ask, you just pretend you didn't understand." How clever Lin Feng was, he understood everything in a few words, so he nodded.

The two brothers and sisters were talking, and the woman in charge came over and said: "The master asked Brother Cheng to talk in the hall."

The siblings looked at each other, Lin Feng straightened his clothes, followed the woman in charge to the hall of Songhe Garden, knocked on the door and entered.First saluted to Lin Ruhai, and after being introduced by Lin Ruhai, Fang Xiangzhongshun, Prince Zhongshun, respectfully saluted.

Shi, the head of Zhongshun Wang's mansion, was also very polite, he hurriedly said that he didn't dare to take it seriously, and once again praised brother Reng's good looks and good manners, and then began to say to Lin Reng: "It's the lower official who came to disturb the mansion, but Now that you are here today, I would like to ask Mr. Lin to inform the subordinate officials of all the events that took place in the outskirts of Beijing that day, so that the subordinate officials can go back and report to the prince."

After listening to Daiyu's suggestion, Lin Feng talked about the events of that day in detail.Lin Feng has good eloquence and clear thinking, and he still speaks in a childish voice, clearly and clearly talking about the practice of riding and shooting that day.Starting with Lin Ruhai and his wife agreeing to let him go out with Li Han, how to make an appointment with Liu Xianglian, Wei Ruolan and Chen Yejun, when to go out, and when to compete in the suburbs of Beijing.Each of them took a few servants, ran around the horse a few times, practiced arrows a few times, and met Xue Pan and others a few moments.What Xue Pan said to Liu Xianglian, how Liu Xianglian and Li Han beat someone, how many times, where they were beaten, and how they broke up later, they all explained clearly.

Lin Feng talked straight for a while, and after he finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Ruhai and asked his father if he could drink tea, Fang took the tea bowl and drank it to moisten his throat.

After hearing this, Shi Zhongshun, the Chief of Prince Zhongshun, praised: "Mr. Lin is really amazing. I asked many people, but Mr. Lin explained it most clearly. I just don't know if Mr. Lin has met other irrelevant people besides this." people?"

After hearing this, Lin Feng secretly said: "My sister really knows things like a god."He was really thirsty after a long speech, and after drinking a few sips of tea, he said: "The Liu family brother and Mr. Xue had a conflict that day, we lost interest, and went back home that day. other people."

Nachang Shi asked again: "After this incident, Mr. Lin or the other young masters, have you ever been to the suburbs of Beijing?"

Lin Feng listened and said: "I study all day long, but my father gave me a day or half day off, so how can I go out every day? Besides, if I go for a walk, I must find another restaurant with a good taste to eat, isn't it? Going to the competition field and blowing the cold wind can spoil the fun? Just blow the cold wind until it’s all right, it’s not in vain to encounter bad luck!"

After hearing this, Shi Zhongshun, the chief minister of Prince Zhongshun, had nothing to say and left.

Back in Prince Zhongshun's mansion, King Zhongshun asked Chang Shi carefully about the circumstances of his investigation at the Lin family today, and Chang Shi bowed and said, "Returning to the prince, what the son of the Lin family said today is exactly the same as what we have learned from our investigation. I guess they didn't find anything."

King Zhongshun nodded and said: "I thought so too, but I just thought about it again. If they really didn't find anything, why didn't they go to the competition for several days? It seems to be avoiding suspicion."

Chang Shi heard what Lin Feng said today, and said: "The Lin family's face is full of indignation, saying something that is not good or bad, I think it is because he is afraid of encountering those dudes who lie to the gods again. This Lin family's family style Qingzheng, I don’t think I’ve seen Jiazi and Xuejiazi like that.” After Chang Shi finished speaking, he also covered his mouth and smiled.King Zhongshun understood that there are some upright families with strict upbringing, and he looked down on those dandies who love masculinity and hang around all day long.

King Zhongshun listened, nodded and said: "Perhaps this is the case. I don't know. I thought that the person who went to the competition that day, the Lin family was the youngest and the easiest to talk. If I didn't think about it, it would be a waste of time. I just listen to you. Well, the Lin family son not only opens his mouth well, but also has an excellent memory. Let him recount what happened a few days ago, and he never forgets it. The tiger father has no dogs, and the Lin family son is already like this. Lin Ruhai can't be younger. I just hate that Lin Ruhai can't be used by me."

After hearing King Zhongshun's words, Na Chang Shi flattered: "Lin Ruhai is just a civil servant after all, so you don't need to worry about it."

King Zhongshun shook his head and said: "You don't know, a good minister can stand up to thousands of troops, don't underestimate a man with great talent. I only hate that the useless old fifth lost to the useless stupid prince during the hunting last time. Otherwise, why do we need to bother? You go on, let them be more careful about the competition. We just need to speed up the progress. After the spring, I am afraid that there will be more people going, and it will be difficult to do things. Call Qiguan here .”

That Chang Shi bowed his head, he should have retreated.

After a while, Jiang Yuhan really came to King Zhongshun's room, and King Zhongshun lost the shrewdness of talking to Chang Shi just now in his eyes, and regained his lustful look, and hugged Qiguan in his arms.

Ever since King Changshi of Zhongshun came here once, Daiyu always felt that something was wrong, and continued to meditate in the study every day.After dinner that day, Daiyu got up to leave again, Jia Min hurriedly said with a smile: "What is Yu'er busy with all day long? If there is no spring next year, I would have thought that Yu'er was going to be the No. [-] scholar."

After hearing this, Daiyu jokingly said, "What's the mother's anxiety? I don't even look at the talent of our family's brother Lun. Even if he ends up like this, I believe he can earn his fame back. But now brother Lun is still young. It's a little bit more, and we have to wait a few more years before we can earn the number one prize for our mother and come back first. If the end is too early, is it too conspicuous, and I'm afraid it will attract people's taboo?"

Lin Ruhai used to test Lin Rong's talents and studies at the school, and he also felt that Lin Rong's studies had a certain foundation. Although the rural examination may not be enough, the children's examination may be enough.Hearing what Daiyu said, she laughed and said, "Sure enough, it's brother Reng's own sister. How do you know that brother Reng will win the first prize? You have confidence in him. Only our brother Reng has a superb memory, it seems that he is really better than me back then. .”

Daiyu felt that what she said just now seemed to have touched a clue, but she couldn't remember it.Hearing Lin Ruhai's words "Brother Cheng has a superb memory", he was suddenly shocked: This is it!So Daiyu suddenly turned away and asked: "Father, brother Reng, when Shi Zhongshun, the governor of the palace, came to ask brother Reng, did brother Reng also have a superb memory, and he recounted everything that happened verbatim?"

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai and Lin Wei nodded together and asked, "So what?"

King Zhongshun is the concubine's younger brother of today's sage, and the uncle of several princes. Daiyu has never known who King Zhongshun leans toward.If it wasn't for the suspicious death of Liu Fu in the previous life, Daiyu might have mistakenly thought that King Zhongshun was just a greedy and foolish person.Therefore, after Zhongshun Wang Changshi left, the father and son of the Lin family just treated the questioning that day as nothing more than a trivial matter, and Daiyu always felt uneasy in her heart.

Talking about Lin Feng's talent today, Daiyu suddenly found out why she was uneasy.After listening to Lin Ruhai's questioning, Daiyu sighed, "I'm afraid something bad will happen. My brother is too smart, don't attract people to covet me." There are no fools in the Lin family.

For half a day, Lin Feng smiled and said: "I will go out less in the future. I am only about ten years old, and no one pays attention to me. And that day Zhongshun Wang Changshi only cared about whether he was a good official or not, so he didn't care about me." Did you describe the incident too clearly?"

Lin Ruhai also said with a smile: "Yu'er is good at everything, but he is too cautious. King Zhongshun is a prince who spends his days and nights, and never asks about the affairs of the court. Even if the long history of his family knows that our brother Reng has some talents, he should be careful It doesn't matter."

Daiyu shook her head.The previous prince and fifth prince died one after another, and the seventh prince took the throne.The other four kings and eight princes fell into exile one after another, but King Zhongshun stood tall in the court, and the new emperor respected him very much after he ascended the throne.And in this life, Daiyu no longer believes that King Zhongshun is really stupid. Apart from Liu Fu's incident, there is also Jiang Yuhan's incident: Jiang Yuhan is the so-called inseparable official of Zhongshun Wang, but Jiang Yuhan and Jia Baoyu's friendship in the previous life was not a day or two.Why did King Zhongshun never ask about this matter when the two had been friends for several years, but after several years, when the situation in the court became clear and Jia's family was in decline, King Zhongshun stepped forward to embarrass him?It can be seen that King Zhongshun never put the word "color" above everything else, even Qiguan is just an excuse for him to beat Rongguo Mansion.Qiguan made friends with Jia Baoyu, so he buried a pawn for King Zhongshun to beat Rongguo Mansion. When to use this pawn depends on King Zhongshun's heart.

Thinking of this, Daiyu began to clarify the ages of several emperors and grandchildren, while the others were nothing.The fourth grandson and fifth grandson are all 14 years old this year, the second grandson and third grandson are older, and the others are princesses.The only tenth emperor's grandson is 12 years old this year, only two years older than Brother Reng, and the tenth emperor's grandson is the prince of the previous life.if……

Daiyu was startled suddenly, and went to check again in person, there was no rough envoy outside the house who hadn't escaped in time, Fang went back to the house and said in a low voice: "Father has helped the prince once when he was hunting in Iron Net Mountain, He just stood behind the crown prince. If after the general election, the palace selects several princes to read as companions, and Brother Cheng is chosen to be next to the tenth emperor's grandson, how will father behave in the court in the future?"

The other three members of the Lin family were all shocked when they heard it. If it was true that the words of brother Ling was too smart spread out, the seventh prince wanted to ask brother Ling to read with him, and the sage agreed again. Proton?

Lin Rong is the only son of the Lin family, and now Lin Ruhai and his wife are both over [-] years old. Seeing that the Lin family is the only son, Lin Ruhai will never let Lin Rong take such a risk.But just because Lin Ruhai is the one who promoted important ministers today, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to follow the prince closely.If the other princes wanted to, they would definitely not win over Lin Ruhai, and would only get rid of them and then quickly.Gein Lin Ruhai was loyal to the present more than ten years ago.

Lin Ruhai and Lin Rong were fine with it, Jia Min was the most loving mother, panicked when he heard this, looked at Lin Ruhai and said, "My lord, you can't read with the grandson of the Tenth Emperor."

Lin Ruhai persuaded Jia Min: "Min'er, don't panic, this is just Yu'er's guess, and it is the worst outcome. The good outcome is that Zhongshun Wang Changshi didn't pay attention to Brother Ling, and nothing will happen. "

But Jia Min shook his head and said: "My lord, please don't comfort me, this has nothing to do with King Zhongshun. No one in the palace knows that brother Ling is smart, but the seventh prince came up with this trick and found an excuse to point us at brother Ling What's the harm in reading with the grandchildren of the ten emperors?"

Lin Ruhai persuaded again: "That's not true. I'm in charge of the household department now, and I'm in charge of the country's money, food, silver and salaries. Any prince who blatantly wins me over will be feared by the saints." Take it easy.

Daiyu felt that she had already thought of something, so she should take precautions before it happened.After pondering the meeting, he hurriedly wrote a post and said: "Tomorrow morning, Brother Cheng and I will go to ask Mr. for advice." After hearing this, Lin Ruhai and his wife felt that it made sense, so they agreed that the family should go to bed separately.