The Hulk of the Red Chamber

After the imperial decree was issued, even today's princes hurriedly changed into plain clothes and came to the door to offer sacrifices. Naturally, each family did not dare to neglect, no matter whether they were friendly or not, sincere or false, they swarmed to the door.All of them expressed great regret and mourning for their relatives, even if their relatives died, it was nothing more than that.

This gave Shi Hong a wonderful sense of absurdity. In later generations, when he was working in a public institution, he once attended a memorial service for a person who was declared a martyr. According to the legend, the veterans probably didn’t do well in the army, and they didn’t get any arrangement after retiring from the army. As a result, they died bravely, especially when the target of his bravery was a second-generation official. After that, he became a martyr. A large number of public institutions, government departments, and college student representatives came here, and all the outstanding deeds came out. The eulogy was a touching one. I have never seen it.

It's the same now. Although Lin Ruhai has made a lot of friends, there are superiors at the top, subordinates at the bottom, and colleagues in the middle. However, after he arrived in Chang'an, in places like the Ministry of Rites, Lin Ruhai has been more honest and responsible in the past few years, and his social interactions are limited to one person. Qingliu, even after getting married to the Shi family, he didn't have much contact with those nobles, but at this moment, all these people jumped out, and even many of them had tripped Lin Ruhai and almost killed him , now they all ran over to express their condolences, holding Shi Hong's hand, regardless of the specific seniority, one bite at a time, nephew's mourning and so on.

Shi Hong was so busy that he was dizzy, and found out how many powerful people there are in the capital. He had never seen many people before, and if they suddenly appeared, they might have some oblique relatives.

Naturally, the Jia family did not let go of this opportunity. Jia Lian just spread the news that the Rongguo Mansion and at least the Ningguo Mansion with whom they had contact were dispatched. Several elders came to express their condolences in plain clothes. Jia Zheng also brought a What is dazzling is that although Jia Baoyu put on plain clothes, the psychic Baoyu, who was regarded as his lifeblood, never left his body. Although it was covered under the plain clothes, when Jia Baoyu saluted, Shi Hong suddenly saw a bit of gold, it should be a gold collar, this made Shi Hong feel angry all of a sudden, but it was not easy to flare up at that time, so he had to give Jia Baoyu a cold stare, and then averted his eyes, seeing that it was pure .

Although the Lin family was worried that Lin Daiyu would be even more sad when they found out about similar things, and wanted to hide it, but Lin Daiyu is such a smart and sensitive person. She has lived in the Jia family for a long time, and I have to say that she also has feelings for the Jia family. Yes, especially for Grandmother Shi Taijun, even if she later found out that the Jia family did some things that are not so authentic, Lin Daiyu is not a person who will think badly of others, she only treats her as an old lady who loves her, but she is old and has not thought carefully There are also.But this time, she is really hard to forgive. In Lin Daiyu's heart, the most important thing is Lin Ruhai and Jia Min. When Jia Min passed away, that's all. Sad, always report good news but not bad news.In the end, it was several days after Jia Min died that Jia Lian arrived in Yangzhou from the waterway. Naturally, the waterway would not get up anytime soon. If he took the official route and changed horses from the post station along the way, even if he went from Chang'an to Yangzhou, he would arrive in three to five days. There was still time to see Jia Min for the last time.Poor Jia Min, she has been thinking about her natal family for half her life, and in the end she didn't even see a trace of her natal family.

At that time, Lin Daiyu was still young, so naturally she didn't think deeply about it, but later, when she left the Jia family, Lin Ruhai intentionally alienated her from the Jia family, so she asked the servants to instill in Lin Daiyu some things about the Jia family's ruthlessness.Lin Ruhai is a literati, and the greatest ability of a literati is not actually reciting poems and composing Fu. China has been dominated by literati for thousands of years. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of public opinion.Lin Ruhai actually knows how to spoil a person, so he let the servants in the family casually talk about what happened in Chang'an City on various occasions. Of course, you can't just talk about the Jia family, that's too obvious Let’s just put on any name. Anyway, Lin Daiyu stays at home and has nothing to do with these people. She talks about some specious things, but many of them can correspond to some things about the Jia family. Lin Daiyu is not really The ignorant kind of boudoir daughter, after knowing it, someone will mention it, and slowly and naturally develop a bad feeling towards the Jia family. At first, she only thought that the slaves below did it without telling the master's family, but later she dared not think so. Things, without the consent of the master, how could the servants have such courage.This made Lin Daiyu very sad. She wanted to tell Shi Taijun, but looking at the appearance of Jia's family, it seemed that they didn't take these things seriously. Therefore, Lin Daiyu didn't bother to listen to these things afterward.

Now Lin Daiyu is Lin Ruhai's only daughter, and there are also some female relatives and relatives who come to pay homage, and they are all in the backyard. Many female relatives said that when they mentioned this person, their faces were filled with disgust, and someone whispered that it seemed that Jia Baoyu had met someone who was interested in his psychic jade before, and he took it out. Sometimes, from a distance, I saw a little gold, and when I got closer, what's more, the gold collar on Jia Baoyu's neck was inlaid with red coral.

Lin Daiyu didn't hear it at the time, but the maid who was serving beside her heard it. At night, even though she knew she couldn't disturb Lin Daiyu, she couldn't help but talk to Lin Daiyu in the end.Lin Daiyu was so angry that she beat her chest, and suddenly remembered that when she first came to Jia's house, she was still in Jia Min's filial piety period. As a result, the whole family was dressed in bright red and green, and there was no taboo at all.

Lin Daiyu was so angry that she didn't eat for a whole day, until Shi Hong came to persuade him for a long time after hearing about it, and then reluctantly ate a bowl of bird's nest porridge, her expression could be called disheartened.

Shi Hong sighed. For Lin Daiyu, this kind of thing almost destroys her previous concept of family affection, which makes him feel exhausted physically and mentally. However, this can only be figured out by herself.To be honest, if Jia Min hadn't died, she had lived in Jia's house for a while, and Shi Taijun had shown an attitude of loving her even more than Jia Baoyu. Lin Daiyu was not that close to Jia's family, after all Well, when Jia Min was around, even talking about her natal family, but the distance these days, and the fact that Jia’s family thinks highly of themselves, the relationship between Mrs. Wang and Jia Min is not very good, and it’s not easy for the two families to get close However, Lin Daiyu would not have much affection for the Jia family.It's just that there are no ifs in this world, Lin Daiyu is destined to have an intersection with Jia's family, if Lin Ruhai hadn't died, Lin Daiyu would be trapped in Jia's family for the rest of her life, don't expect to get out.

After Lin Ruhai's death, it can be said that there was a great deal of grief and honor, and there were wave after wave of mourners. In addition, Lin Ruhai had presided over the provincial examination, and a large number of people thought they were Lin Ruhai's students. He had to get acquainted with Shi Hong, Lin Ruhai's disciple and son-in-law.In addition, the Lin family also invited eminent monks to do a water and land dojo for 49 days. After everything was settled, Shi Hong wore hemp and filial piety and took Lin Ruhai's coffin back to Gusu by water.

The people in Gusu are not close to Lin Ruhai's branch, and their blood relationship is also relatively distant.However, for so many years, the Lin family in Gusu has not produced a few capable talents. There are quite a few scholars, and there is also a candidate, but they fail in the examinations repeatedly, and finally have to accept their fate and come back to do it. rich man.A Juren is naturally a great figure in a poor country, but in a place like Gusu where the literary style is flourishing, many Jinshi can be produced every three years, let alone a Juren, which is naturally worthless.A Juren in another place can protect a family, at least most of the family's land does not need to pay taxes, but in Gusu, a ninth-rank official in a yamen may punish him, and if it is more serious, Deprivation of fame is not unheard of.

Therefore, the Gusu Lin family was mostly protected by Lin Ruhai's branch. Now that Lin Ruhai died, the short-sighted people were thinking about the Lin family's property, and the long-sighted people were worried about the future of the Lin family.If there is no power as a protective umbrella, even if the Lin family has a huge fortune, it will cause trouble because of this.You know, Lin Ruhai and his team have been in the country for a hundred years, and they have bought a lot of fertile land at the beginning of the founding of the country. Even though capitalism has already begun to emerge, in the eyes of Chinese people, land is still the most important resource.For the sake of a few acres of fertile land, some powerful slaves would dare to force their families to be ruined. What's more, the land left by Lin Ruhai is as much as a thousand hectares in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of them are fertile land. The Lin family can't keep these.

Therefore, before knowing that Lin Ruhai was dying, he made an arrangement and booked a grandson who had not yet been born, no, it should be said that he did not know whether he would be born or not. Complaints abounded, secretly hating Lin Ruhai for his heartlessness, while others saw an opportunity.Historians are more powerful than the Lin family. In the future, the Lin family will have an heir with the blood of the Shi and Lin families in charge. If the Lin family has any troubles, the historians will naturally not be able to ignore them. Gusu is able to gain a foothold.

I also heard that Lin Ruhai also handed over the property from Gusu to the family, and there are few people in the Lin family who are greedy. In this way, most people are already satisfied. When they came, the Lin family showed great enthusiasm.