The Lin family has a female named Qingyun [Red Mansion]

Tu Yan immediately raised his eyebrows, his eyes were full of surprise.

These four words are unusual, but any son with these four words on his body will completely ruin his reputation.Filial piety is the most important thing in the world, that is, the old people who serve by their parents have a bit of dignity in front of their young masters, and these young masters and ladies have to be respectful, but you are a girl who molested your mother, and even your parents If filial piety, righteousness, honesty and shame are all ignored, then what good can this person do?

In the royal family, if a certain prince bears such a crime, he will not be eligible to fight for the position in disguise.It's the same in everyone.It's one thing to do it in private, but it's another thing to make a scene out of it. It's not like you can't touch people around your parents, you can ask your parents, or you can simply be rewarded by your parents.

It is conceivable that Jia Baoyu made such a fuss, so it is impossible to find a suitable marriage in the Beijing family.After all, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, not to mention that the servants of the Jia family are so talkative, no matter how tightly the master covers them, the outside will still know.

Lin Qingjun really didn't know how to comment on Baoyu's goodness, so he didn't say a word, just talked about the incident: "It is said that it happened on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Jia Baoyu went to the room of the second wife of Jia's family at noon, and ran out in a panic after a while. Immediately afterwards, the second wife called people in, and ordered a girl named Jin Chuan in front of her to be taken out by her parents. Although the second wife said that Jin Chuan had broken her beloved vase, her expression was obviously different from usual. It's useless to plead. A few days later, I heard that the girl had a hard temper and jumped into the well to die. After Jia Baoyu heard about it, she lost her mind and was hit by Jia Zheng. The chief historian of Zhongshun Palace came to look for Jia Baoyu. Jia Zheng was extremely embarrassed to ask for a lost actor in the house, and someone reported Jin Chuan's death in front of him. Jia Zheng was a pedantic and old-fashioned character, so he couldn't tolerate such things, so he got angry and personally Fucked the board and beat Jia Baoyu. The old lady Jia and others rushed over after hearing the news, and Jia Baoyu turned pale."

Tu Yan only felt that he seemed to be listening to the story in the script, which was even more interesting than the script.

When talking about Jia Baoyu, Tu Yan remembered something, and asked her: "You have been to Jia's house, and you have seen Jia Baoyu, but have you ever seen the treasure that he held in his mouth when he fell into the grass? "

"Although I haven't looked at it carefully, I have seen it. It is a good piece of jade with words on it. There is also a joke. Because he has a piece of jade, he will ask others if they have it. If others say no, he will ask for it." Crazy. Back then when my sister went to Jia's house, because she was a newcomer and didn't know his temper, she jumped up and smashed jade when she didn't answer a sentence correctly. The troublemakers turned their backs on their backs, and my sister was worried and sad all night." Lin Qingyun complained half-truthfully, only Because Jia Baoyu's piece of jade came from a strange source, she didn't want to hang around on it.

Tu Yan seemed to be very interested: "That year I was eight years old, and suddenly I heard that the second room of the Rongguo Mansion had a youngest son who was born with a vision, and actually held a jade in his mouth. It's an anecdote in the world. Regardless of whether the matter is true or not, the Rongguo Mansion should keep a close eye on it, but they made it public with great fanfare, and even named it Baoyu, and posted the name all over the street, just to make people shout, for the good It was the first two years of my father's ascension to the throne. When I suddenly heard about this incident, I thought it was because the four kings and eight princes were unwilling to abdicate the Supreme Emperor and wanted to set up another master. As a result, after a thorough investigation, Jia Baoyu was actually a white man. To live up to her clever appearance, some people in the palace joked that Jia Baoyu was cast in the wrong fetus and should have been a girl."

Lin Qingyun sneered: "The emperor made such a guess, but he praised them. They don't have that ability, and they don't have the courage. Now, as far as I know, only the Nan'an palace and the Wang family are still in full swing, but after all, there are only a few of them. It's been a great year."

Tu Yan smiled and asked back: "Why did you leave out the historian? The historian has two families."

"Want to test me? If I look at the court, I can't see it. After all, I haven't heard any news from historians. Shi Hou died young and left a daughter who has been living with Bao Linghou, but after a year She spent most of the time in Jia's house. That Miss Shi is a straightforward and informal person, she is not careful in her daily conversation, and the servants of Jia's family can't help but see it. Laid off, everything is done by the female relatives themselves, so it can be seen that life is difficult, but it is just maintaining the airs outside." Lin Qingyun couldn't help wondering: "Their family is not supposed to be so difficult, why is it like this all of a sudden? The first to fall among the four major families."

At first, Lin Qingyun speculated whether the historian would have repaid the money owed to the treasury, but later dismissed this idea.

The four big families have always been connected with one another, and historians have never been the first. In the past when Jia Daishan was alive, the four big families were headed by the Jia family. Now that the Jia family has declined, it is headed by Prince Teng of the Wang family.What's more, officials of the current dynasty have borrowed from the treasury for a long time, and no one has ever repaid it. How could historians come forward first.

After all, it was Tu Yan who revealed the secret, he just asked back: "Didn't you always say that Rongguo Mansion's inner pockets have been raised, and the private property of each house is allocated. The huge public has no money, and even the monthly bills of the maids have been reduced again and again. , the girls spent much less than Miss Lin's mother did back then. You understand how the Jia family became what it is now, but why don't you know the historians? These old nobles are almost the same, they just look bright on the outside .The descendants are worthless, sitting on the mountain, looting the public to fill the private treasury, no matter how much money there is to divide the family, no amount of money is enough. The historian has two princes, and the expenses are huge, not to mention..."

Lin Qingjun knew what was going on next.

What's more, the four big families are the old department of the abolished prince, and later they became scumbags. Now that the prince has risen to respect and filial piety, according to the wavering temperament of the four big families, they must be flattering but dare not bet all their wealth.Prince Jingxiao has learned a lesson from his father's affairs. Although he has to endure these people for the sake of employing people, how can he trust them?It's just trying to get the best out of it.On the other hand, the historian still has a position in the army, and this time he married the Wei family so easily, which also meant to employ the historian.Old General Wei is a subordinate of the Prince of Nan'an, and now among the "Four Kings", only the Prince of Nan'an controls the military power and is stationed in the West Coast, which has already made the emperor unhappy.

This time their last stop was Guangzhou, and the prince of Nan'an was stationed on the coast of Guangdong, practicing sailors day and night to prevent bandits from harassing the people on the border merchant ships.

The prince of Nan'an has been reluctant to hand over his military power for a long time, and he is very familiar with the war along the West Sea. The emperor has no suitable successor and the right time to take power, so he can only shelve it for the time being.

Lin Qingyun was just suddenly worried. This time they went to Guangzhou, they must be in contact with the Prince of Nan'an. If the other party notices something... After all, Guangdong is the residence of the Prince of Nan'an. Rather than being difficult to get rid of the relationship, how can Tu Yan know everything about it.

Seeing her deeply furrowed brows, Tu Yan guessed something, and said with relief: "Let's walk around in a big way, one is to hide people's eyes and ears, and the other is for safety. The more upright, those people dare not act rashly. Besides, The prince of Nan'an rarely returns to Beijing to protect his military power, how can he give the emperor a reason to seize his military power? He will definitely not do this."

Lin Qingyun understood that the Prince of Nan'an and others relied on the presence of the Supreme Emperor, and some of them did not take the Emperor seriously.Moreover, these old nobles were all involved with the deposed prince. Some policies implemented by the emperor after he ascended the throne touched the interests of the old family, which made them very dissatisfied with the emperor and even hoped to establish a new master.

At the end of the month, the ship arrived at Xuzhou Port, and the group abandoned the ship and landed. Local officials had already prepared chariots and horses to welcome them.After resting for half a day, I went to Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui by land, and the journey this time was much slower.When I arrived at Mount Jiuhua, there was a torrential downpour, so I didn't go to the village or shop, and finally came across a tea shed two miles away.

This tea shed is very simple, just a large wooden shed open on all sides, with a big straw mat made of reeds as the roof, and inside are four rough wooden tables and long benches. The straw mat on the roof was lowered to form a curtain door to keep out the wind and rain.Behind the tea shed is a farmer's house, three and a half adobe houses, very old, and there are still piles of firewood on one side of the house.In front of the house and behind the house, there are fragmented plots of reclaimed land, and some vegetables and fruits are planted. It is obvious that the whole family makes a living here.

There are some small fenced yards in the farmhouse. Out of the yard is a small river about two feet wide, and a wooden board is built as a bridge.After crossing the bridge, less than ten steps away, there is a tea shed. This tea shed also provides simple meals, so there is a thatched hut for businessmen to eat hot porridge and steamed buns.

The business of the tea shed was very cold today, only an old couple sat and chatted, and saw a large group of horses and horses approaching from a distance, busy boiling water and making tea, and at the same time calling their son and daughter-in-law to help.

The first to come were two guards on horseback. Due to the heavy wind and heavy rain, even though they were wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats, their faces were still covered with rain.The two rushed to the tea shed, reined in their horses, looked carefully around the tea shed, and then asked the family in the tea shed: "Is there any other family around here? How many people are there in your family and who are they? Where are you now?" ?”

All five members of the family were taken aback.

Although they are from the mountains, but because they opened a tea shed and had a lot of business trips in the past, they also practiced a bit of eyesight.Seeing that the two men were looking strong, wearing the same dark brocade clothes, sitting astride the horse with a horizontal knife on their waists, and asking questions as if they were judges, the old man who was in charge of the family guessed that they must be noble people in this line of work.Immediately bowing to answer, he reported his family members in detail one by one, and also talked about the nearby terrain and cottages.

"Don't be nervous. It's raining heavily. Our master wants to rest here and boil some hot water for preparation. We don't need anything else. We have someone to arrange for us. We only borrow your place for use." This guard also went out with Tu Yan in the past. Once you are familiar with the procedures, explain it clearly first, let another person go back and inform the team, and he will continue to investigate.

Old man Wang's family got busy. As soon as the water was boiled, the convoy slowly arrived, and an expensive two-horse cart stopped in front of the tea shed.At the front, back, left, and right sides of the carriage, there were guards riding tall horses and carrying horizontal knives at the waist, and another person dressed as a follower followed the carriage, and another smart boy of thirteen or fourteen held an umbrella for him.

"My lord, my concubine, the tea shed is here." Eunuch Le wiped away the splashing rain on his face while frowning: "This tea shed is really simple and shabby, with ventilation from all sides, it really can't keep out the rain, but it's not as good as a carriage. What's more, the muddy ground is full of potholes." It’s not flat, not only is it muddy and difficult to walk, but it’s also hard to get off because of the accumulated water. According to my servant’s idea, it’s better to stay in the car, and continue walking after the rain stops.”

Inside the car, Lin Qingyun glanced at Tu Yan and said, "My lord and I won't go down, so you can take care of yourself. Although the rain is heavy, it won't last for a long time. It will be fine after a while." Inside the car, it was neither hot nor cold, but Eunuch Le Zhangbao had a few servants, passing things back and forth to serve him, but he was only holding an umbrella, and his body was already wet.After thinking about it, he explained: "Let the owner of the tea shed cook a pot of thick ginger soup. Each of you will have a bowl, and the guards will also share a bowl. It's already past noon. , get yourself something to eat in the tea shed."

"Concubine Xie is sympathetic, and the servant will be useful once." Eunuch Le replied with a smile, and kept the little bun Xiaoxia to greet him. The eight guards were divided into two shifts to rest, and the maids in other cars had to come down to relieve themselves , and then got back into the car.The tea shed is really too simple, even in summer, because of the strong rain and strong wind, it is very cold outside.

Listening to the movement, Lin Qingyun knew that only the inner eunuch, guards, and coachmen were in the tea shed.

Tu Yan had nothing to do along the way, so he simply charted the coastal route.They also brought a map when they traveled, which marked the geography of the coastal ports and major cities, but they were all scattered. There was a map of the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, but it was not very detailed.Tu Yan gathered the information together, and Lin Qingyun was there to help him find various convenient tools, and finally drew a three-foot-long coastal route map, which not only marked the main major ports, but also included various forks, tributaries, and small rivers. Ports, coastal provinces, cities, and even famous landscape buildings in various places are marked.

Tu Yan focused on the locations of the three city shipping departments, and then set his sights on the coast of Guangdong and the coastal countries.

Lin Qingjun ordered a sketchbook by herself, and drew landscapes along the way, and had saved up a thick copy.Tu Yan felt itchy again, so she followed suit, and added text descriptions to her paintings, which became a book of travel notes.

Tu Yan saw that she was drawing again, which was a small village that she passed in the morning.There is a hundred-year-old pagoda tree at the head of the village. Under the pagoda tree is an earth temple. A group of children are playing there. The golden light of the morning sun has just emerged, and the warm golden light bathes everything in it. Farmers in the fields far away They have already started their day's work.

The painting was already in the finishing touches. After it was finished, Lin Qingyun handed him the brochure, waiting for him to add words.

But Tu Yan described the scenery of the mountain village in a few short sentences, and then turned to the title page of the booklet, and wrote on the cover "Journey to the South", "Mr. Youzhu's manuscript", "Yan Qi Pei Wen" and other words.

"Mr. You Zhu? This is my nickname? Why do you think of calling yourself Yan Qi? Layman Zhuyun is not very easy to say." Lin Qingyun smiled, but knew that "You Zhu" corresponded to her name.Qing, secluded; Yun, bamboo.As for Yan Qi, he was ranked seventh, and his name "Yan" was a homonym for "Yan".

Tu Yan laughed and said, "You are also a layman, and I am also a layman, and it is too much."

The two were chatting and laughing when they suddenly heard the tune of Huangmei coming from outside, and it was a duet of men and women.Although the voice is not very good, it is very simple, and it has a special charm in this heavy rain.After asking outside, I found out that the heavy rain did not stop for a while, and the people resting outside were bored, so the old couple in the tea shed sang a few tunes to relieve their boredom.The status of actors in this world is really low, they belong to the lower ranks, they belong to the humble family, and they cannot intermarry with good people.However, in the countryside and villages, they are not as fastidious as the rich and powerful families. Singing a folk song or occasionally singing folk songs is nothing. Besides, the couple is old and can let go. On the contrary, the daughter-in-law is a little shy and has been hiding in the The kitchen didn't come out.

After listening to a few words, Tu Yan suddenly picked up a pen and paper, wrote "The Husband and Wife Return Home" that he had heard from Lin Qingyun, and ordered the little eunuch to give it to Eunuch Le.Eunuch Le served Tu Yan since he was a child, and he was also literate. He understood the prince's meaning after hearing the eunuch's recitation, so he taught these few words to the old couple.It is not difficult for those who are used to the tune to sing a few words, and they can sing it straight away.

It's a pity that the old couple are getting older after all, and their voices are a bit older.

"Weiqing sings better." Tu Yan said jokingly.

After more than half an hour, the heavy rain finally stopped. Although the road is not easy to walk, if you don't walk at night, you will have nowhere to stay.When the night was dark, the convoy finally arrived at the foot of Mount Jiuhua. The local county magistrate, Cai Wen, had been waiting for a long time and hurriedly ushered the convoy into a private garden.This private garden was used by the big households in the city to cool off and relax. When they learned that Prince Chun was coming to Jiuhua Mountain, they took the initiative to find the county magistrate to donate it, and repaired various places in the garden.

Even though it was getting late, Tu Yan glanced lightly and said, "It's too extravagant."

They didn't plan to live down the mountain, it was inconvenient after all, but they couldn't go to the town on the mountain because of the heavy rain.After sitting for a long time, the two of them were really tired, so they went to bed after washing up.Before going to bed, Lin Qingyun asked Zhang Bao to ask who owned the private garden, what kind of business the family did, etc. After all, she was not very used to this kind of offering a garden as a hotel.

The next morning, Lin Qingjun fell asleep late, and it was already late in the morning when he woke up.

Bailu combed her hair and said, "My lord woke up half an hour ago, and I didn't bother you when I learned that my concubine hadn't woken up. The weather is fine today, but it just rained heavily yesterday, and the road up the mountain is not easy. My lord said wait." Go up the mountain again tomorrow."

Huamei preached outside: "Princess, Eunuch Zhang is here."

"Let him in."

Zhang Bao came in to salute, and replied: "I went to inquire about this garden. The owner of the garden is surnamed Qi, who is a tea merchant. His ancestors have been doing this business for generations. There is a big tea farm with rich family resources. Qi's family is second to none in Chizhou." Wealthy family. Their family also has a tea mountain in Jiuhua Mountain, and there is also a courtyard of their family on the mountain, and it is said that they donated them together."

"I've already lived here, so why bother with another place." Lin Qingyun asked again: "How's their family style?"

Zhang Baodao: "The evaluation of the Qi family style is not bad. When it comes to the Qi family, the local people call their family benevolent. It is said that every year the Qi family spends a lot of money on repairing bridges and paving roads or giving money to the village, and there is no rumor of any bullying by the children of the family. The bad deeds of the domineering girl, several young masters have been studying since childhood, and only formally accepted the business when they were older. This is also an anecdote in the local area. The master of the Qi family even donated a private school outside the city, and many poor children can be free. Enlightenment."

"If it's as good as it said outside, it's fine to use his garden." Lin Qingyun was afraid that she would owe favors because of this, and it would be difficult for the other party to ask for help in the future, so she usually refused to owe favors.

At this time, the little eunuch, Xiao Baozi, came to report: "Princess, Chizhou magistrate ordered, Qingyang county magistrate ordered all the officials' wives in Chizhou and the Qi family's wives to pay their respects to the princess."

"Did you see someone over there?" Lin Qingyun asked.

"The prefect of Chizhou and the county magistrate of Qingyang have already been summoned by the prince."

"Then ask them to wait in the living room." Lin Qingyun got up late, and had just finished dressing and hadn't eaten yet.Those people must have been waiting a day earlier to see her, because it was very late and they didn't dare to disturb her, so they only came here early this morning, it was really hard to think about it.

Bailing Thrush brought breakfast, she only drank half a bowl of porridge, ate two steamed dumplings with vegetarian fillings, changed her clothes for meeting guests, and then went to the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, he could only see the pearly temples of the huge hall, except for the women in front of him who were dressed in official clothes, the rest were mostly young and pretty girls.Everyone sat in the hall together, Yaqueer didn't hear it, but when they heard the eunuch's report, they hurriedly stood up and greeted them.

"Greetings to the princess, I wish the princess good luck and good health."

"Please get up." Lin Qingyun sat on the seat, quickly swept across the crowd, and his eyes fell on the two leaders.This kind of meeting and asking An Duo is a polite way of greeting. Lin Qingyun is accustomed to going to and from the palace banquet, and he looks at his family while talking.

This time, these officials' wives all brought their own daughters, and they were all very well dressed, only the Qi family did not bring their daughters.According to Zhang Bao, the Qi family has a daughter who is just fifteen years old and has not yet been married, but those who seek her are like crucian carp crossing the river.

At this time, I only heard the order from the prefect of Chizhou: "Although the second girl of our family looks ordinary, she has also studied poetry and composition with her husband since she was a child. If the princess doesn't dislike it, she will be left to serve."

Lin Qingyun remained calm and looked at the second girl with a smile. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and she was as delicate as a willow, and she immediately praised her.At the end, he said: "Has such a good girl ever made a marriage? If a marriage is made, it is not appropriate to stay with me. If there is no marriage, I have a good marriage to tell her."

The magistrate's order changed slightly, obviously hesitating for a moment, then smiled and said: "Our lord has mentioned this matter, but it was delayed by something earlier, and it has not yet been approved. I don't know what the master means at the moment."

"That's a pity." Lin Qingyun turned to talk to the county magistrate again, and at the end he didn't forget to exchange a few words with the women of the Qi family, then said he was tired, and served tea to see off the guests.

As soon as the man left, Bai Ling said angrily: "What does the magistrate's order mean? Are we all dead? Are we people not good enough for the concubine, but want to use the daughter-in-law of the fourth-rank magistrate? Who knows what?" mean!"

"If you know it, you know it. What are you shouting about? The concubine hasn't spoken yet." Huamei glared at her.

Lin Qingjun watched them bicker with a smile, ignored them, and went straight back to the yard.Although the magistrate's decree made her displeased, it wouldn't make her have any other worries. She can still trust Tu Yan as a man, but if he doesn't care, even a fairy will not be afraid, not to mention, she, the princess, is not just a show .

Tu Yan also heard about this matter, but just laughed it off. Such things are commonplace, but her trust warms his heart.