Red Mansions Dressed Into the Forest

Lin Hai's "good color" is quite famous. Although everyone is reluctant to talk about other people's appearance in front of their faces, they have murmured many times behind their backs.

Everyone praised him for being handsome... Lin Hai occasionally heard a few words, and he didn't react on the surface, but in fact... he felt very happy.

King Yizhong was no exception, except that the object of his muttering was his wife and His Majesty.Later, when the monarch and his subjects were chatting, the Holy One told Lin Hai to know... Lin Hai had such an argument.

Fortunately, King Yizhong is a pure heterosexual lover: when he was the prince, he only slept with women.Otherwise, lend Lin Hai courage, and he would not dare to joke about his appearance to King Yizhong.

After King Yizhong and Lin Hai sat down as guests and hosts, King Yizhong looked at Lin Hai, "It's hard these days." After a pause, he chuckled, "Someone keeps pulling your hind legs."

In other words, Lin Hai has been working overtime on and off for a month just to prepare the food and pay for the army.He didn't lose much money, it all depends on his wife Wang Chan to take care of his basic necessities of life: the food is really...satisfactory!

Facing King Yizhong, Lin Hai was more at ease, "Thanks to my wife, otherwise when you see me again, you will lose weight back to the old days in Yangzhou."

I don't know what you were like at that time... King Yizhong smiled and said, "My cousin is a fastidious person. How is she?"

Lin Hai responded: "He's alive and kicking, he doesn't look like someone who wants to be a mother."

Thinking of his cousin's temperament, King Yizhong was happy again, "I'm very relieved that you two are singing in harmony."

If I treat your cousin badly, will you beat me up?

Lin Hai smiled without saying a word.

King Yizhong took a sip of his tea, and no longer cared about the relationship between his cousin and his cousin's husband, but showed nostalgia on his face, "A while ago, those who slept in the open did not even get good tea."

During the one and a half months from the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to the current beginning of March, King Yizhong has always seen the beginning and the end of the dragon.

Lin Hai, the Minister of the Household Department who "reported" to the Holy One almost every day, also rarely met King Yizhong in the palace.

It should be known that when King Yizhong was ill, the two of them could meet each other several times a day in the palace...

Lin Hai considered his words for a while, but still asked bluntly, "My lord, how is the situation at Daying on the outskirts of Beijing?"

By the way, in the era of the Red Chamber, which was half-overheaded according to the background of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the scope of Gyeonggi was very large, including not only "traditional areas" such as Chengde and Tianjin, but even Lushun.

It is not unusual for Wang Ziteng to take advantage of the name of inspecting the camp in the suburbs of Beijing to "nearly" run to the racecourse in the north of Shenyang and make a big circle.

Later, Wang Ziteng briefly wrote about the preparations for the battle in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing in the memorial, but spent a lot of time introducing the situation at the Northeast Racecourse. The key is that the Holy Majesty has no objection to this.

What the Holy Majesty really objected to was that Wang Ziteng actually took advantage of such an opportunity, which was not a chance, to "hook up" with the Three Kings of Northeast China.

In this regard, Lin Hai is also a "capitalized suit": Lao Wang is so long-sleeved and good at dancing, is this trying to hit the political tumbler?

For Wang Ziteng, King Yizhong also had something to say, "Wang Ziteng has nothing to say about his abilities, he is very good at deceiving others."

Lin Hai agreed very much, "Unfortunately, he is too... He always thinks about it."

How could King Yizhong misunderstand, "This kid is unreliable."

Jia Shiwang's three families are all nobles from the south of the Yangtze River, and they have the support of the Jiangnan gentry behind them.

It's just that the Jia family's official fortune has not been very good in recent years, and their old friends in Jiangnan are not as frequent as before, and the gentry in Jiangnan are not as supportive of Jia's family as before.

The Shijia brothers are in a different situation: they have deliberately alienated themselves from the Jia family, and they know a thing or two about their friendship with the "fellow villagers" in the south of the Yangtze River.

As for Wang Ziteng... After he made his fortune, he received full support from Jiangnan, including human and financial resources.At that time, King Yizhong, who was still the prince, also appreciated him quite a lot.

However, over the past twenty years, Wang Ziteng finally became a first-rank official, and the "benefactor" or backer who supported him the most has already become the old prince in the northwest.

But this old prince is one of the leaders of the Northwest Gang, and the Shanxi merchants in this world are similar to the Shanxi merchants in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, they are all extremely rich.

And how many officials of the Northwest Gang confiscated the contributions of Shanxi merchants?How many of them didn't benefit Shanxi merchants?

Wang Ziteng took refuge with this prince, and his family fortune quickly became richer. This move also made the Jiangnan gentry feel very complicated: Is Wang Ziteng still his own?

After thinking about it, Lin Hai said, "He can be used, but he can't be reused."

King Yizhong laughed loudly when he heard the words, "You really dare to say it." After a pause, he said, "It happened to be in my heart again."

Lin Hai waved his hand, "Seeing that I am firmly seated as the Minister of the Household Department, the number of complaint letters from Jiangnan has gradually increased. I asked me if Lao Wang had any grudges in his heart. When I read the letter, I thought, you guys are hiding something. Understand and pretend to be confused." He pointed to himself, "When I first came to Beijing, I didn't see how these fellow villagers helped each other. At that time, I personally went to inquire about all kinds of news, and those who were willing to help were former colleagues. division."

"It's just that if you don't see rabbits, you don't scatter eagles." King Yizhong was not surprised at all, "They are too short-sighted, so these years, those in the south of the Yangtze River can't beat the ones in the northwest, so who can we blame?"

Zhen Yingjia is the representative figure of Jiangnan gentry.

In short, he is a bit like Zhang Dun, who looks like a hero, but actually cares about everything... Well, using Zhang Dun as an analogy to Zhen Yingjia would be too much of Zhen Yingjia's face.

Thinking of the past, Lin Hai couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Whoever said it wasn't, even me, let Lao Zhen flash for a while."

King Yizhong said: "You are also from Gusu." A while ago, didn't you ask your cousin to send someone back to repair the old house?

Lin Hai was startled: I almost forgot about this!

His "last life" was a native of the capital.After wearing it, he adapted well, and he could speak both Mandarin and Suzhou smoothly. He almost forgot the difference between himself and the other Lin Hai.

With Lin Hai's reaction, King Yizhong naturally understood it as Qinggao.

Thinking about the fact that Jiangnan scholars have not been as good as one wave in recent years, I have not seen many talents to make for several years. Compared with the time when he was the prince in the past, the young talents in Jiangnan were like leeks one crop after another. The situation of cutting and cutting... is quite different.

So he felt that Lin Hai's attitude... was completely logical.

Before the two met, King Yizhong had made up his mind to draw Lin Hai as his confidant: Lin Hai was knowledgeable and capable, his personality was calm and firm, and his contacts with others were not far or close.He is neither a lone minister nor a "social butterfly" who can be both right and left, especially since he has been a "family member" from beginning to end.

Moreover, Lin Hai is very self-sufficient, and he has almost no grounds for being an official, and he is related to him by marriage—although it is the kind of relative who is far away.

The more King Yizhong thought about it, the more satisfied he became, and he couldn't help showing an eager smile to Lin Hai.

Lin Hai silently "hehe" in his heart: If he hadn't known that King Yizhong was once mentally ill, Lin Hai would have been mentally prepared for this, even if he occasionally did some "unique painting style" now, otherwise he would be ambiguous depending on how he looked at it. The sweet smile made him break out in a cold sweat.

Lin Hai's calm expression obviously pleased King Yizhong, he turned his head to look at the servant on duty beside him, "Hand over the things."

The servant immediately bent over and took two letters from the desk behind King Yizhong, and presented them to King Yizhong with both hands.

King Yizhong took it, glanced at it and handed the letter above to Lin Hai, "Let's talk after reading it."

Lin Hai is not short-sighted. When the letter was still in the hands of King Yizhong, his eyes flashed... the handwriting looks familiar!When he got the letterhead, he hurriedly browsed through it, and couldn't help but say, "My lord, please forgive me for being a villain. Lao Zhen doesn't even use such good Xuelang paper when he writes to me."

It makes sense for Lin Hai to be so "wronged": the recipient of Zhen Yingjia's letter is King Yizhong's long history, and the politeness of the words in the letter has once again refreshed Lin Hai's view of Zhen Yingjia.

That is, the Zhen family was copied in the original book... absolutely not wronged.

It’s okay to say things like being a running dog in front of King Yizhong, but it’s okay to talk about the long history of King Yizhong—the co-authoring is a letter exchange, there is no embarrassment of face-to-face, right?

King Yizhong interrupted Lin Hai's thoughts, "Is it nasty?"

Lin Hai said helplessly: "It's hard to say whether it's stinky or not, but this letter," he sighed, "let me know a brand new old Zhen."

King Yizhong is happy again: Lin Hai pops up some new words from time to time, it is always interesting to think about it.

He drank tea to moisten his throat and said, "Zhen Yingjia is a native of Jinling, excitedly headed into the northwest... Even though I can't help being tempted by the Mu family's temptation, I can't help but praise Zhen Yingjia for her courage!"

Lin Hai interjected at the right time: "That's right. The ignorant are fearless." Although he was full of gossip, he had to admit that Wang Shuo was really talented.

King Yizhong clapped his palms and laughed, "Wonderful!" He seemed to be feeling emotional, but also seemed to complain, "It's just a verbal promise." He pointed to the northeast, "It's really an arrow with a chicken feather."

I see.Lin Hai secretly sighed again.

If there was no noble person's promise, Zhen Yingjia would not be so stupid as to plunge into the "enemy"'s stronghold.

It is not appropriate to say that the "Northwest Gang" is the opponent of the "Jiangnan Gang", but it is definitely polite to describe the relationship between the two parties as cold.

King Yizhong continued: "The elders in the northwest and northeast were very close to me. Even when I was most proud, I couldn't believe it... These few are really from my side."

Lin Hai continued, "What's more, Zhen Yingjia may not have obtained the 'accurate words' from these old princes." Speaking of which, he still wanted to say a few good words for Zhen Yingjia, "He stayed in Jinling for a long time. years, it is understandable to be eager to make meritorious service."

"You are kind." King Yizhong didn't mean to mock at all.

"Could it be possible to still talk bad things about him with you?" You Yizhong Wang was sincere, and Lin Hai didn't shy away, "You can let him go. It's going to rain, mother is going to get married, and the former servant is going to climb the wall. There is no way to stop it. Of course, you can do what you want to do with it."

"You have a set of wisecracks."

"To tell you the truth, I originally thought that everyone in the village had their own aspirations, so I could get along with Lao Zhen. When I arrived in the capital and I didn't gain a foothold, I wanted to help him ask about his future. I never expected... At that time I understand how a woman feels when she encounters a heartbreaker."

Lin Hai frowned slightly and spoke in a serious manner, King Yizhong squinted his eyes and smiled back and forth.

Seeing this, Lin Hai couldn't help but slander: Your smile is too low.

In fact, Lin Hai heard the meaning of King Yizhong clearly: Zhen Yingjia "fouled", and King Yizhong wanted to make an example of others.

Changing courts is also quite common.But like Zhen Yingjia, who has already "run away with others", and soon after living a new life, he realizes that something is wrong, and the new enemy he meets can't resist himself, so he has the cheek to come back to the old master for help-this behavior is really cheap.

If King Yizhong doesn't deal with Zhen Yingjia, there will be ghosts!

But before the lord cleans up Lao Zhen, he is willing to share some news with him in advance - Lin Hai "laughs" at this kind of intention.The meaning of what he said just now is to let the prince do whatever he wants, but don't be offended by Zhen Yingjia's actions.

In addition, it is probably the key reason why King Yizhong is open and honest this time, that is, the Jiangnan Gang is now in a very embarrassing period, and it can be said that the group has no leader.

Lin Hai's Jinshi teacher, the elder who became the elder of the pavilion, did not designate anyone to be his successor after he retired.

Today, among the six cabinet scholars, there is an adult who was born in the south of the Yangtze River, but this person lived in the capital when he was young... Naturally, his feelings for the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River need not be mentioned.

There is no leader who can convince the crowd, and the current second- and third-rank Jiangnan gang officials also refuse to obey anyone.

At the beginning, Lin Hai also saw that the people were not on the same page—an organization with a large number of people and very complicated interests involved, how could they be expected to always unite and advance together?Not always pulling each other's legs is a good thing.

Therefore, the attitude towards Jiangnan Gang Lin Hai is almost always respectful and far away.

His mentor, the one who became an official a few days ago, seems to understand Lin Hai's concerns very well. Although he has never helped Lin Hai, he has never dug a hole for Lin Hai...

Thinking about it now, Lin Hai is quite grateful to his teacher who has no friendship.However, for King Yizhong's cryptic proposal: to support him to take over the Jiangnan Gang, Lin Hai still respectfully thanked him.

Still the same sentence, from the endings of Jia Wangxue's family and Zhen's family in the original book, it is not difficult to infer the general fate of this Jiangnan gang member who appeared here-because the house raid...is destined to implicate relatives and friends.

Meddling with these people?It's better to start a new stove!

Lin Hai just hoped that the old Wang next door could do something else—it wasn't that he underestimated Jia She and Jia Zheng, these two uncles couldn't even make a fuss about it.

However, Lin Hai hadn't had a chance to express his thoughts yet. King Yizhong held his forehead and said with a smile on his face, "You don't look down on those relatives, old friends, old fellow villagers at all, do you?"

Lin Hai was silent for a moment, but he still said seriously, "Maybe the minister is pedantic, but the minister always feels that it is not enough to be practical, no matter whether it is employing people or managing politics, you must have some real talents and practical learning."

"Yes." King Yizhong was also in a daze, waved his hand after a while, and said vaguely, "It's not in a hurry, just wait. The Holy One has already sent some people to go to the northwest secretly. As for the vanguard officer, there are other... Excellent choice."

So Lin Hai went home with a few question marks.

Today he still came back later than his wife and daughter. After returning home, he heard the eldest girl say that Wang Chanzheng and Daiyu were talking and laughing just now. Lin Hai asked curiously, "What's going on in the palace today?"

Daiyu replied: "Mother and I came out from the concubine Xian, and sat down with the concubine Gui, and met Mrs. Gao next door, the second aunt, and Aunt Xue's mother and daughter." Speaking of this, Daiyu couldn't help it Little face flushed.

Seeing this, Wang Chan hurriedly "take over", "What can I say? In front of the two young girls, Daiyu and Baochai, why don't you ask about their marriage? Afterwards, the imperial concubine and the empress will gossip about pregnancy with me."

Lin Hai was very relieved of Wang Chan, "With you here, there is nothing to worry about."

Wang Chan suddenly said again: "Master, I saw a few new faces in the palace, new faces from the guards."

Lin Hai wasn't surprised, he didn't avoid his wife and daughter and said bluntly, "I heard from the prince today that the Holy Majesty sent his henchmen to the front line."

Wang Chan nodded, and said again, "Isn't the vanguard official still undecided?"

She had heard that in order to fight for the vanguard, the imperial clan and Xun Guixian secretly confronted each other several times.

After all, it is certain that King Yizhong will take command in person, and the overseer is the third prince, so Xianfeng can no longer fall into the hands of the lineage of the Holy Lord and King Yizhong!

Lin Haidao: "Let's just watch the fun of this matter." King Yizhong's words "wait a little longer" are still in my ears.

For Wang Chan, there is no need to follow the line of Lin Hai to help the tribe through this war—her family can go directly to King Yi'an, King Yizhong, or the Holy One.

Seeing that the master seemed to be distracted, Wang Chan and Daiyu exchanged glances, neither of them disturbed Lin Hai again.

But the next day, when Lin Hai came out of the yamen to enter the palace to meet the king, he met a kind-hearted colleague on the way...

The Holy Majesty's servant was leading the way, but Lin Hai ignored him, smiled at the other party, and then went on to do what he should do.

When he returned home with the stars and the moon on his shoulders, the post on the desk finally brought back the memory that was suppressed at the bottom of his mind: This person seems to be Yunguang...

Which is Yunguang?

It was the first time in the original book that Wang Xifeng "tricked" a couple of lovers to death?The Chang'an Jiedu Envoy who "aided the evildoers" was Yun Guang.

Yunguang is considered to be half of Jia Daishan's student, and he had some friendship with Lin Hai before him. At present, Yunguang and the current Lin Hai only have the "love" of exchanging annual gifts.

However, Lin Hai would not refuse the post, so he replied that night.He never expected that Yun Guang would come to visit so loudly on the second day when he had a rare rest.

Yunguang is the "double family friend" of the Jia family and the Wang family, right?You met the king on the first day in Beijing, and came to see me the next day... this...

Lin Hai looked at the smiling Yun Guang, and wanted to say something in his heart: So you are also... a member of King Yizhong.

Yesterday, King Yizhong was also in the palace, and when Yun Guang entered the palace, it was natural that King Yizhong, the sage, had an audience with him—it was easy.

But it was said that Yunguang visited Lin Hai... The news spread to Rong Mansion within two or three hours.

Mother Jia heard that there was nothing on the surface, but she couldn't help sighing in her heart: Yunguang is now a first-rank, and one of her two sons is not really short, and the other is only a fifth-rank. It is delusional to want a senior official of the first rank to visit.

Mrs. Wang is still quite calm: after letting her daughter Yuan Chun beat and comfort her, her ambition is not so high.

Only Wang Xifeng's complexion became more and more ugly, and she finally figured out that something was wrong: Logically, Master Yun should visit Uncle first...

The author has something to say: After the first two chapters have been revised, they are all small places and have no impact.

First more.

I apologize to everyone, it’s been so long because my old man is healed, but I was tired and sick... I cut my hand during cooking... It’s just tears of bitterness.

I hope that the last three months of this year can be transferred.