Red Mansions Dressed Into the Forest

Lin Hai has seen almost all the young people mentioned in the original book.

I have to say, just look at the appearance, this appearance includes appearance and temperament, the King of Jingjing is the most important, followed by Liu Xianglian.

If you only talk about the exquisite facial features and appearance, Baoyu will do my part, but the temperament... I really can't do it: it's not that Baoyu has a bad temperament. Vitality and vigor.

Lin Hai definitely doesn't like Baoyu, but he can't say he hates Baoyu now that he looks like a well-behaved playboy.

So Daiyu went to Rongguo Mansion, and he didn't stop her.As long as he himself doesn't do anything to make Mrs. Wang "whimsical", that's enough.

As for plotting against Daiyu, Mrs. Wang certainly didn't have the guts to plot against Daiyu before the Rong Mansion was cornered.

Lin Hai didn't think about it for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he praised Liu Xianglian with a smile—in the original book, Liu Xianglian's skills were really good, he was chivalrous and righteous. If someone supported him, he might be able to do so in the army. go far.

Liu Xianglian's uncle said proudly: "My nephew is very family-like!"

Liu Xianglian is also a descendant of a family. His great-grandfather is also his uncle's grandfather. He is of the same generation as Jia Yuan and Jia Yan. Although his meritorious service is not enough to be a knight, he is still a second-rank general.

Although Liu Xianglian was rebellious, she was the kind of person who dreamed of reviving the family tradition. Hearing his uncle praise him in front of the servant of the household department, he couldn't help straightening up.

Lin Hai was delighted when he saw it, "Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, and Chen Yejun are all going to go to the northwest with King Yizhong, why don't I introduce you to the prince, and you go too, brothers are together. It’s good to help.”

Liu Xianglian is only eighteen this year, seventeen years old, and she is still a very easy-going boy.Lin Hai's kind and loving appearance made Liu Xianglian feel good.

The young man's eyes lit up, he nodded quickly without thinking, and was about to answer... Suddenly he felt wrong: Mr. Lin is an elder, am I too big?

His uncle slapped his nephew's back, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and thank Master Lin!"

Liu Xianglian ate his uncle's palm and straightened her body even more, then followed the spring and folded in half... He bowed to the end, "Thank you uncle."

Well, the young man is very clever and knows how to build relationships.Lin Hai deserved this gift.And Jia Lian, who was beside him, looked at the pair of uncles and nephews, and couldn't help feeling envious in his heart.

Lin Hai was short of manpower, so this time Liu Xianglian and his nephew came to the door together, he was also overjoyed, he looked at the sky and said, "Both of you go to my house to sit for a while, and I will bring my girl back. "

Upon hearing this, Jia Lian hurriedly said, "Leave this matter to my nephew." He sent Daiyu back to Lin's residence, and he could have a meal by the way...Maybe.

Ever since he knew what his second aunt and daughter-in-law had done to make money, he had neglected his daughter-in-law for a long time.

However, Sister Feng still couldn't figure it out: after a long period of strict investigation inside and outside, I didn't find that the second master Lian had a newcomer... After thinking about it, the only reason why the second master Lian was in a bad mood after taking office was the only reason.

As for why she was in a bad mood, Sister Feng didn't dare to think deeply.

Jia Lian was supported by his own uncle and uncle in his official career. In terms of backing alone, he may not be much worse than Sister Feng's uncle, Wang Ziteng.In particular, Jia Lian has now served in the Six Departments, and his connections and methods will definitely not be what they used to be with the passage of time.

Sister Feng, who has always been a bully and fears the tough, still dares to act domineeringly with Prince Teng outside the mansion, but in the mansion she is very wise and cautious and restrained a lot.

However, she embezzled the monthly money from the whole house to get loans from outside the house... She was still the same: the house didn't have much money left, so she had to take advantage of the housekeeper's opportunity to save more for her private house.

Sister Feng has a hunch: this family will be divided sooner or later!So when she was pondering and flipping through the account book, she heard Ping'er waiting for a few girls outside the house to greet in unison, "Second Master."

Sister Feng got up quickly and took the heavy coat from Jia Lian, "Are you freezing? The food is ready, let's serve it now?"

Jia Lian shook his head and said, "Change clothes." He was still wearing court clothes, "I have to send Sister Lin home."

Sister Feng said right away, "Second Master should be walking around with Uncle more. The girls are sitting and talking in Pear Fragrance Garden."

Jia Lian replied, "I'll go right away."

Before he went out, he heard Ping'er who had come back from inquiring, said, "The old lady wants to save some food."

But she said that Daiyu stayed in Rongfu for a whole day, and when she saw the meal, her father hadn't come to pick her up yet, so she wondered if her father was busy with work... If her father didn't come home, she would leave her pregnant stepmother at home. What a disgrace all day!

It is said that Daiyu and Wang Chan are treated similarly, as long as Lin Hai is free, she will pick it up in person... But the sun has already set, and before Uncle Lin comes, Baochai asked, "Shall we use some together?"

Xiangyun hurriedly smiled and said, "This is really a blessing."

Baochai said: "Anyway, they are home-cooked dishes, not worth anything. It's best if you like them."

Baoyu patted the back of Daiyu's hand, "Sister Bao is lucky, she robbed me of my market. I'm supposed to be the host today, right?"

Daiyu covered her lips and smiled, "Didn't you invite me at noon?"

As soon as Daiyu finished speaking, Ying'er brought mandarin ducks into the door.

Yuanyang bowed to Baoyu and the others, got up and smiled behind her, "The old lady asked if my brothers and sisters have eaten. If not, the old lady has prepared it."

Mother Jia kept dinner, so Baochai naturally didn't join in the fun: Yuanyang talked about brothers and sisters, but in fact the old lady asked Yuanyang to ask Daiyu only.

So Baochaiyu bid farewell to everyone and sent the brothers and sisters out.

Baoyu and Daiyu walked a long way, and then looked back: Baochai was still supporting Yinger and watching them at the door.

Daiyu waved her hand at Baochai, then turned her head and said to Baoyu, "Sister Bao looks pretty good, I thought she would have to be low for a few days." Let us see it."

Baoyu sighed, "Yes."

But when it was said that Sister Bao was going to marry into the Xuanping Palace, I didn't see that Sister Bao was reluctant.Since then, Baoyu's attitude towards Baochai has become more subtle, "We should be cautious about lifelong affairs."

Daiyu stared at Baoyu immediately, "This is not what you usually like to say."

Baoyu laughed and said, "Sister Mingcha, this is what my master said."

The two cousins ​​didn't mean to hide anything from Xiangyun and Sanchun when they said what they said, but each of them had different tastes in their ears.

Both Xiangyun and Tanchun have a tacit understanding: Sister Bao is still Aunt Xue's biological daughter!One of the two of them has to rely on their uncle to live, and the other is a concubine... I'm afraid they can't be in charge of their marriage.

The two of them have another great thing in common: they don't want to be concubines, and they don't want to enter the palace.

The two little girls looked at Daiyu, who was walking slowly beside Baoyu, envious but also helpless: No matter what messy thoughts they have, they still have to get along with this cousin.

Tanchun's thinking is more realistic: if the master and wife really "give her away", with Daiyu's help, she will always have a chance to sue the empress in the palace!

Everyone came to Jiamu's yard with their own thoughts. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Jia Lian sitting under Jiamu's hands. Both grandparents and grandchildren were smiling.

After all, in the Rong family, the last person to see their children and grandchildren relying on Wang Ziteng to live their lives... must be Jia Mu.

But after everyone greeted, Jia Lian said to Daiyu, "I met my uncle on the way, and my uncle asked me to take you back."

Holding Daiyu in her arms, Jia Mu told Jia Lian, "Be careful on the road." She didn't mention the food anymore.

Among the people present, Baoyu was the one who regretted the most: as long as he could stay with Daiyu, he was very happy, and it didn't even matter whether he talked or not.

So behind Jia Lian who sent Daiyu home... there was a little tail.

When Lin Hai got home, he changed his clothes, saw his chubby daughter-in-law, and "carried" Liu Xianglian and nephew to the study together.

Halfway through the interview with Liu Xianglian and his uncle, Jia Lian came with Daiyu. Lin Hai looked at Baoyu beside Jia Lian and asked, "It's been a while since I saw you," he said deliberately teasing Baoyu, "You get along well with your master." How are you?"

Baoyu's face turned red.

Baoyu's temperament and temperament are different, but he does have real talents and learning.

You have to admit that it is very unusual for a young master of the [-]th or [-]th year to write such poems—it is said in the original book that Baoyu's poems are quite popular.

Generally speaking, talented people have arrogance.

With his father's prestige, he can't get a good teacher. Baoyu is lawless in his own school.However, when he has a teacher who can convince him both in knowledge and as a person, Baoyu will naturally become...more well-behaved.

Facing his uncle, Baoyu became even more obedient: first, Baoyu did not discriminate between good and bad; second, he dared not be rude to Sister Lin's father if he had the guts.

Lin Hai smiled.Now that Jia Lian and Baoyu are here, Lin Hai also has to leave a meal. Seeing Jia Lian's attentive and... hesitant to speak today, I'm afraid the child is suspicious and needs an explanation from his uncle.

It is said that Baoyu and Liu Xianglian naturally recognize each other, and they can still talk about it.When Lin Hai was talking to Liu Xianglian's uncle and Jia Lian, Baoyu asked softly, "Why are you here?"

Liu Xianglian told her bluntly, "I was here to accompany my uncle to visit Lord Lin. I never thought that Lord Lin would recommend me to King Yizhong."

Baoyu was not surprised, "Are you going to the northwest too?" His buddies all wanted to go to the northwest, and he felt inexplicably unhappy, but... Baoyu didn't know how to say in the scene, "A man should... make meritorious deeds and seal his wife Yinzi."

Liu Xianglian said with a smile: "Make meritorious deeds... I don't dare to think about it yet."

It's just that I don't dare to think about it now.

After the meal, Liu Xianglian's uncle took his nephew to leave first, his heart fell back to his chest.

Jia Lian had something to ask for advice, so naturally he had to stay a little longer.As for Baoyu, he went to chat with Wang Chan with Daiyu.

If you want something from someone, you must lower your posture. Jia Lian poured tea for his uncle himself—in fact, it is not a big deal to pour tea for an elder, the key is that Jia Lian did it very naturally.

Lin Hai couldn't help but sigh with emotion: Sure enough, stepping into the officialdom, the whole person matured all of a sudden.

It is said that the Ministry of Punishment may not rank high among the six departments, but it is a good place: as long as you search carefully for the various files of the Ministry of Punishment, you can find everything from clansmen and officials.

Jia Lian entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice, with powers and responsibilities in his hands, and he also went through a lot of case files, and then he was stunned.

It is said that Sister Feng secretly lent money, because the persecution was so severe that the other party couldn't bear to sue the lender to the Yamen——as Jia Lian remembered, it was Sister Feng's confidant Laiwang's subordinate.

In addition, Sister Feng also took the lawsuit, although it was only once, but it still forced people to death-although the person who suffered the lawsuit was of course not Sister Feng, but Jia Lian wanted to pursue it, and when he sent a letter, he knew how much his daughter-in-law had received. thousand silver.

Jia Lian is indeed very lustful, but his character is rare: No matter how mischievous he is, there is always a bottom line, that is, he is unwilling to kill for money.

Sister Feng and even her aunt and aunt are not so "taboo".

But he said that he found out all these scandals in his family after being on the job for a month, and Jia Lian only had a little respect for Sister Feng at home... It's not easy.

Because Jia Lian always felt that the family had no money... As the saying goes, a clever woman can't live without rice, so he felt sorry for his wife.

It has to be said that without Daiyu's dowry filling in the original book, Rongfu is now half empty.The reason why it is said to be half is because Jia Mu knows that the situation in the mansion is not good, and she has secretly used her body to plan for her children and grandchildren.

Mother Jia could see clearly: Mrs. Wang and Sister Feng's methods of housekeeping, and the momentum of the two sons spending money, if there is no plan, the family will be defeated within three to five years.

These Jia mothers did not hide Jia Lian-Jia Lian is also the grandson of the old lady, and will be the grandson who will be the pillar in the future.After all, it will take at least ten years to wait for the title of Baoyu Gold List.

It is said that Jia's mother was honest with Jia Lian, and Jia Lian was also very honest with his uncle-to put it bluntly, he would not be a bachelor, so could Rongfu hide this matter from his uncle?

It's just that Lin Hai couldn't laugh or cry when he heard his nephew complaining to him: I can control how you live?

Jia Lian really didn't mean to ask his uncle to give him convenience in money: if you live your life carefully, it's not like you can't live.It was rare for him to face a reliable elder. After being bored for a long time, he finally had an outlet, but he couldn't stop it for a while.

Jia Lian's cheeks were hot when he came back to his senses... Lin Hai could only comfort him and said, "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite." He refused to say a word.

This time Jia Lian finally realized that he had misunderstood his uncle.He wiped his face and said anxiously, "Uncle, what my nephew is begging you for is not...money."

Lin Hai nodded, "It doesn't look like much." It's really hard to get money, and it shouldn't be Jia Lian who came to beg.

Jia Lian pondered for a long time and finally said: "My nephew feels that something is wrong. Since King Yizhong recovered from his illness, he has hardly had any contact with King Suduan, and it is not a good face to meet him, but now he can talk a few words." The two If they join forces for the time being, who are they going to deal with?

The answer was almost ready to come out, but Jia Lian was somewhat lucky, so he ran to his uncle to ask for an idea. After all, his uncle belonged to King Yizhong.

Although Jia Lian didn't want to be controlled by the wife's family, it would be no good for him if the wife's family really fell.

Lin Hai smiled and said, "Did your uncle remind you?"

"Uncle reminded me to pay more attention to the princes..."

Jia Lian's uncle has already made a career, and continues to work in the southwest.In fact, with Jia Lian's uncle's ability, it is no problem to find an important official position in the Northwest - it can be seen that this person can be controlled very well.

So Lin Hai said sincerely: "Your uncle is amazing, you should learn more from him." He also used Zhen Yingjia as a negative teaching material, "Master Zhen just followed your uncle's footsteps and found a job in the Northwest. You must know that Master Zhen has never done this for many years. In contact with common affairs, the Northwest is destined to be complicated in the past few years, and because it is responsible for the transportation of food and grass for the army, if something goes wrong, it may not be able to turn around in ten years."

Uncle means...does it mean that Uncle can hold his breath, but Uncle Zhen Shi is too overwhelmed?

Thinking of this, Jia Lian's face revealed a few traces. It is too embarrassing for a young man in his 20s to make him hide his emotions and anger.

Lin Hai continued: "In the face of foreign enemies, those who are unwilling must first stop fighting internally." Seeing Jia Lian nodding vigorously, Lin Hai added the second half of the sentence lightly, "How can it be possible?"

Jia Lian was dumbfounded.

The Holy One, King Yizhong, and King Suduan are teaming up to clear the field: if the capital is not enough, they are not eligible to enter the game.

Wang Ziteng, as the minister of the interior—that is, the deputy of the minister of the bodyguard, even with the princes behind him...in modern terms, the right to speak is not enough.But they wanted to get involved again, and they even took money from burning hands to buy military horses.

In all fairness, Lin Hai didn't know why Wang Ziteng made such a seemingly gamble.But he could guess that what Wang Ziteng might face... is an irresistible temptation.

It doesn't matter what ~ lure ~ tempt ~, anyway, he doesn't want to know.

Jia Lian took Baoyu home with a heavy heart.

And when Mrs. Wang sees her son who has returned, she can feel at ease and prepare to rest...

Thinking of this, she would laugh at herself: It seems that Lin Hai will do something to Baoyu... Even if Baoyu is close to brother Lian, she really feels a little uncomfortable.

So she rubbed her son for a while before asking, "What did your second brother tell your uncle?"

Baoyu didn't care about officialdom at all, "errands in the yamen." It was just that he couldn't show impatience when facing his mother.

As for Jia Lian going back to the house, Sister Feng didn't pay attention... He lay on the bed and thought for half the night before falling asleep drowsily due to exhaustion.

But Jia Lian and Baoyu said goodbye, and Daiyu went back to the room. When only Lin Hai and Wang Chan were left in the room, Lin Hai finally collapsed on the Luohan bed, "Brother Lian is beyond my expectation."

Wang Chan also said: "I heard from my brother that the second master of the Rongfu is very calm and easy to learn." After entering the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he patiently flipped through the files. Doesn't he look calm and studious in the eyes of others?

Lin Hai nodded and said: "This nephew is also worth supporting." However, he wanted to support Jia Lian more because of Jia Lian's uncle and... Yuan Chun.

If Jia Lian can't figure it out, then he should hone in the Ministry of Punishments for a few more years.

Let alone Jia Lian's uncle, he may not be able to join the cabinet in the future, but he is likely to be a person who can "be as calm as a mountain despite the wind and rain".

As for Yuan Chun, Lin Hai only realized a while ago: Yuan Chun is more favored than he imagined.

It's not that Yuan Chun has much influence on the saint, she is not the kind of peerless concubine who wants to promote her natal family, and the saint also approves, but she is no worse than the other three concubines in delivering news... It should be noted that the three concubines have followed the saint for at least 20 Years, and everyone gave birth to a wonderful son for the Holy One!

Thinking of this, Lin Hai couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "The imperial concubine is not greedy, and all her demands are within the tolerance of the Holy Majesty."

Wang Chan's cousin didn't regard Yuan Chun as an opponent... So what if Yuan Chun's child is a son?There is too much age difference with his elder brothers. When this little prince grows up, the day lily will probably be cold - the premise is that this little prince can really grow up safely.

Don't you see that although King Yizhong was abolished in the past, it was Jinshang, who was about the same age as King Yizhong, who won the throne later on.

Wang Chan sat next to Lin Hai and said, "So it's not easy to say that the imperial concubine is not easy. With her, the Rong Mansion may not be very beautiful, but it's not too bad."

This is the truth.

Although Jia Amnesty and Jiazheng brothers still have their heart towards Prince Teng, but with Jia Lian around... As long as Jia Lian can hold on and not fall to Prince Teng's side, even if his biological father and uncle are convicted, the Rong Mansion will still be able to survive.

However, even if his daughter-in-law came over, Lin Hai didn't bother to move, except for his mouth, "The imperial concubine asked me to mention Brother Lian." He was in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Jia Lian was in the Ministry of Punishment. How could he mention something?In addition to this occasional meeting to answer questions, it is natural to ask the father-in-law who is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment to help.

Asking the father-in-law to take action would naturally have to tell his daughter-in-law.

However, if the noble concubine dared to come to make a request to the Wang family through Lin Hai, then the noble concubine in the palace and the concubine Xian, who is Wang Chan's cousin, have joined forces.

It's not hard to guess.Naturally, Wang Chan thought it over clearly. She planned to turn around and ask her natal family to ask her cousin for verification. If it was true, what would happen if she told Jia Lian all the things that Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng did outside... just a little effort.

The next day, when Lin Hai was having lunch with his colleagues, he heard that Wang Ziteng had returned... Mr. Zhengzheng.

Jia Yucun belonged to Wang Ziteng, so how to deal with Jia Yucun largely depended on how Wang Ziteng argued with the Holy Master: Jia Yucun was obedient and able to shamelessly collect money, such a good subordinate Wang Ziteng might not give up.

If you don't abandon Jia Yucun... the Xue family, especially Xue Pan, should give instructions in advance.

In the afternoon of this day, Xue Pan was invited away by an official from "Tender Township".Xue Pan's servant almost ran back to the Rong Mansion in a frenzy, reporting the news to Aunt Xue and Baochai with a mournful face.

Aunt Xue was feeling unwell these days, and she was taking a decoction to regulate qi and blood. When she first heard the news that her son was taken away by an official, she rolled her eyes and passed out.

This is the capital, not Jinling.

The maids had already laid Aunt Xue flat on the ~bed~, while Baochai ordered with red eyes, "Go get the doctor!"

After a while, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, who got the news, arrived together. Before they even had time to sit down and say a few words, Jia Mu, Mrs. Xing and Li Wan also arrived.

In fact, he called Xue Pan to the yamen and said... Jia Lian had heard about this in the morning, and he sent his servant back to the mansion first to say hello to Jia's mother.

Xue Pan ordered his servants to beat Feng Yuan to death for Xiangling, and Jia Yucun judged the case indiscriminately in order to protect Xue Pan... If Jia Lian didn't know the whole story, he would be in vain as the head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

His family and even his uncle's family were involved here: Jia Yucun was recommended by his second uncle and uncle, although it was Wang Ziteng who really needed Jia Yucun.

After hearing this, Jia's mother felt that it was not a big problem with her family, so the old man said nothing.Since something went wrong in Jia Yucun, Jia's mother could even guess that Wang Ziteng and Lin Hai were at odds...and the grandson's bias was also very obvious!

How sincere is Mother Jia in her dealings with others? She may not be happy to see Xue's family suffer, but the Rong Mansion really can't interfere in this matter...

It's a pity that the old man was wrong. Jia Lian generally knew all kinds of secrets and decided to stand by. However, his second uncle was an "honest man".

It's a pity that after handing over the booklet, there is no more text.

Jia Zheng waited for several days... After Xue's family handed over tens of thousands of silver, Xue Pan was sent back completely intact, and the "deeply affectionate" book written by himself still fell into the sea.

Jia Zheng's heart hung on for several days and finally couldn't hold back, so he went to Lin Hai.

Don't tell me, Lin Hai really didn't know that his second brother-in-law had begged Jia Yucun for a favor...until Jia Zheng confessed everything himself.

Lin Hai also couldn't laugh or cry: Do you know who came up with the idea to join Jia Yucun?It's me……

You said that Feng Yuan was injured to death by accident, and Xue Pan never took action, which may be true, but the real reason why Jia Yucun "obstructed people's eyes" was that he followed the salt administration to make up for the vacancy and collected 20 silver...

Why is it not easy to use the 20 silver as an argument? That is because until now, those insignificant vacancies in the Yanzheng can be bought and sold directly!

Unlike Liubu, which requires money, connections, and personal ability to fill vacancies, the petty officials at the Yanzheng side really only need to give money, and the Holy One and King Yizhong have both benefited from it. When there are foreign enemies, Yanzheng cannot move lightly.

Even if he could say these words, Lin Hai didn't bother to explain them to Jia Zheng.

He raised his forehead and said, "I'll help you find out, but I can't guarantee if it will work or not."

After all, Jia Zheng has a soft temper—he only seems to be more "competent" with his children, "thank you brother-in-law."

Jia Zheng left and left, Lin Hai looked at the back of his second brother-in-law and fell into deep thought: It is not so much that Jia Zheng wants to protect Jia Yucun, but that he is firmly "showing his loyalty" to Prince Teng.

After all, he has been an official in the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years. Lin Hai believes that Jia Zheng may not be capable enough, but he will never... be as stupid as he appears to be... silly and sweet!

Think about it, when Jia Lian heard that King Yizhong and King Suduan planned to deal with Wang Ziteng and the backers behind him first, he was very decisive... Try to keep a little distance from Wang Ziteng.Si Lin Hai thinks that Jia Zheng should also have this thought.

He squeezed his temples, and suddenly he was blessed: In the original book, Rongfu is indeed gradually becoming empty, but even without Daiyu's generous dowry, Rongfu would not even have the money to repair the yard...

So why did Jia Zheng embezzle the large sum of money from the Rong Mansion? !And... Lin Hai felt that he seemed to have underestimated his uncle.Jia Zheng said one thing in Rongfu... That's impossible, Jia Amnesty's words will still work... So what did these two brothers do with that large part of Rongfu's family fortune? !

In the old days, Jia Daishan was a person whom the king of Yizhong would give way to three points. He had seen the majesty of his own father... Lin Hai felt that the person who could make Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng work hard for his life was probably not Wang Ziteng, so he just I can guess at the Supreme Emperor who has always "ignored foreign affairs" and only practiced behind closed doors in the palace.

The author has something to say: I am so sleepy, the typo will be corrected in the next update...

PS, Sister Bao in this article is not a concubine.Tanchun is still the princess.