The Double Soul of Red Mansions

The happy time is fleeting, and Lin Daiyu's short but happy days with her father in Zhuangzi will soon be over. On the evening when she returned to the mansion, Lin Daiyu was very reluctant to leave here.

"My dear Yu'er, we will come again." Lin Ruhai comforted her daughter with a funny look at her reluctance.

"Daddy, I'm not reluctant. I just think it's hard to spend time with Daddy. Once we go back, Daddy will be busy." Lin Daiyu smiled, "Let's go, Daddy. It's getting late!"

"Okay." Lin Hai felt a little guilty about his daughter's thoughts, since he came to the capital, he had really neglected his daughter too much.Lin Hai thought that he must spend time with his daughter in the future.It's just that he didn't know that what was waiting for him when he went back was very troublesome.

The arrogance of scholars is unimaginable to ordinary people, and their ability to hurt others and satirize others is also unmatched.

Lin Ruhai went to court the next day, and before he walked out of the street in front of his house, he was stopped by a group of scholars at the intersection.

"What's the matter?" The carriage stopped, and Lin Ruhai asked the servant who was driving the horse outside.

"My lord, there are a group of people blocking our way." The groom outside the car said.

Lin Hai knew that it would not be a trivial matter to stop him at this point, so he got out of the carriage without hesitation.

"Why do you want to find me, Mr. Lin?" Lin Hai looked at this group of people dressed as scholars, and really wondered what these students wanted him for.

"My lord, we are all poor students. We don't have a thousand taels of silver to manage. All we can do is study hard." This group of people pushed out a leader to stand up.

Lin Hai didn't understand why these people stopped him here, so he stood still and waited and watched the development of the situation.

"My lord, you were also a Tanhualang back then, so you should know the importance of the imperial examination to us scholars." The leader said harshly, "Today, Lord Lin must give us an explanation."

Lin Hai became more and more confused the more he listened. Looking at the speaker who looked upright and looked down upon death, he finally asked, "What's your name?"

"I'm in Ningzhiyuan." Wang Xifeng took advantage of Lin Hai's reputation to fool many scholars. She was also a brave person, and she didn't dare to let go of the profit, so she boldly started these deeds.Moreover, she is really a little clever. Ever since Lin Daiyu sternly rejected her, she actually came up with a way that doesn't involve the Lin family.

Wang Xifeng is also really talented. She never promises others' requests to correct articles. Instead, she pretends to be esoteric and uses a pen to sketch a few strokes on the articles handed in by students who want to get acquainted. Sometimes it is a sentence, sometimes it is a word.Such pretending to play ghosts instead misunderstood those scholars with bad intentions, thinking that Lin Hai was a kind of cryptic revelation.They also thought that the thousand taels of silver was worth it.

This is the so-called "reminder". Some people who think they are smart keep things tightly covered, while those who are stupid will show off these things to others complacently in a showy tone.

There have never been any secrets in this world, and the matter of Lin Hai accepting bribes spread among the students.And Ning Zhiyuan belonged to that kind of angry youth student, and he was also a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, so he joined with other people to stop Lin Hai on his way to court.It is also very bold to choose this point.In this round, Ning Zhiyuan and the others overplayed it.

"Ning Zhiyuan? What do you want me to explain to you?" There was no emotion on Lin Hai's face, which made these scholars feel aggrieved and felt that Lin Hai was too hypocritical.

"My lord, we have studied hard for ten years, but because of your own selfishness, you actually leaked the questions ahead of time. This is really unfair to us poor students." Ning Zhiyuan said sternly, "Today, my lord must give us an explanation. Otherwise, my lord It’s no longer necessary today.”

"It's really ridiculous." Lin Hai finally knew what was going on.He doesn't even know the title, where did the leak come from?And he is only the supervisor and does not participate in the marking.This session of the imperial examination was determined by the Holy Spirit to be strict.At present, even the examiner has not been determined.And in order to avoid suspicion, he also offered to only prepare for the examination related matters, and never participate in the specific marking.

This news would have been brought up in the court today, but he didn't expect that he would be attacked by this group of stupid students now.

Lin Hai felt that this was a big deal, and he had to find out.Who the hell is smearing him behind his back.This is crucial.Lin Hai absolutely cannot accept that there is someone behind his back playing tricks on him all the time.

"You all grew up reading the books of sages and sages, you can tell right from wrong, understand?" Lin Hai looked at Ning Zhiyuan and a group of scholars with unswerving expressions, "I, Lin Hai, no matter whether I am an official or a human being, I am clean and upright. This matter I will find out the matter, but I will explain it to myself, not you people who listen to wind and rain."

"You said it as if you were innocent." Some self-important young people in the crowd couldn't stand Lin Hai's attitude, and said sarcastically.

Lin Hai gave even a stingy look to the speaker.He looked at Ning Zhiyuan and said, "Do you know what crime it is to frame a first-rank official in court?"

"Justice. I believe His Majesty will see clearly." Ning Zhiyuan's face of justice made Lin Hai disdainful. Justice without brains always looks so stupid and childish.

When the sage, who was preparing to go to court in the palace, heard the report from the slave, he laughed heartily and said, "Stupid. Lin Hai himself doesn't know the imperial examination questions, so how could he reveal it. Go and find out, who made this up?" Things. Send someone to take Mr. Lin into the palace. Then let people find out the details of these troublemakers."

This kind of people who don't have their own opinions and don't distinguish between right and wrong, even if they are awarded Jinshi, the Holy One doesn't intend to reuse them.

Being stopped by someone on the way to court, Lin Hai knew that the palace would know immediately.He took his own safety very seriously, so he didn't provoke these people.

And when the people sent by the Holy Spirit arrived, Lin Hai was completely relieved.

"Master Lin, how should we deal with these people?" The head of the guards was also a smart man, and the Holy One didn't say how to deal with it, so he was willing to sell Lin Hai a face.After all, Lin Hai is the celebrity in front of the Holy Majesty, and the guards naturally want multiple connections and multiple connections.

"Don't pay attention to these people." Lin Hai glanced at the people who were still righteous when the guards came, and really didn't bother to pay attention to these people who were stupid.Courage is nothing, if you want to go far in your official career, strategy and proper bowing are very important conditions.

"Just let them go like this?" The leader of the guards was a little unbelievable, looking at Lin Ruhai's appearance, he felt a little unworthy of him, "Master Lin, these people dare to block the way boldly, it's a serious crime to miss a major court event. "

"I've read the book to the stomach of a pig, why should I have the same knowledge as them." Lin Ruhai is also a poisonous person. These people planted him inexplicably, and he is merciless in his mouth.

But the leader of the guards didn't expect Lin Ruhai to describe these scholars in such a way, so he couldn't help laughing for a while.Looking at these people standing beside them who didn't know they were wrong, the leader of the guards felt that Lin Ruhai's words were quite right.Recently, so many students gathered in the capital waiting for the examination, but these people just listened and believed, and they were so bold that they came to block people on the official road, so much so that they alarmed the Holy Majesty.The leader of the guards couldn't help feeling that the future of these people is really worrying.

Originally, Ning Zhiyuan and the others had prepared for the worst, they thought they had nothing to fear.But when this matter was gently uncovered by Lin Ruhai, everyone was instinctively scared.

Seeing the guards escorting Lin Ruhai away, the people around Ning Zhiyuan said to him: "Brother Ning, is this matter just let it go?"

"I don't know either." Ning Zhiyuan felt that he was right, but for some reason, he felt very uneasy in his heart, "Go back, this incident seems to have alarmed His Majesty, since His Majesty didn't pursue it, it means we didn't Wrong. Go back and get your spirits up and prepare for the next test. I believe that after our resistance, there shouldn't be any tricks in the test."

Ning Zhiyuan was able to become the leader of this group of people, and he still had a certain right to speak.When he said this, everyone felt that it was reasonable, and they all left and returned to the inn where they lived.But these people don't know that Ning Zhiyuan's heart is very difficult to calm down.Soon he will be slapped in the face by the decree issued by the court, but at this time, he still doesn't understand where this anxiety comes from.

Lin Ruhai met a scholar blocking the way here, and spread the news as quickly as possible. When Lin Daiyu heard the news, her hands trembled while she was drawing, and a drop of ink ruined Lin Daiyu's rare good mood today. The landscape paintings painted.

"Is there something wrong with Daddy?" Lin Daiyu looked at Zijuan and asked.Zijuan shook her head and replied, "Girl, don't worry, it's because I didn't make it clear. My lord has now entered the palace safely."

Lin Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words: "Do you know what the reason is? Daddy still has a good reputation among literati and students. How could such a thing happen suddenly?"

"Girl, I heard that this matter was caused by the examination. Now it is spreading everywhere in the capital. When Steward Lin told me just now, I also got a general understanding. He said that it was an adult leaking the question. I think it is impossible. Girl, do you think it has something to do with the second grandma?" Zijuan's brain is very easy to use, and she can piece together the perfect facts as quickly as possible just from the information she heard from Butler Lin.

"It must be that bad woman." Xueyan on the side agreed with Zijuan's guess, "Girl, she came here to find someone to help you last time. Maybe she deliberately took revenge on us after being rejected by you."

"No, Lian's second sister-in-law is illiterate." Lin Daiyu said, "She is a woman in the inner house, how can she understand these things? And how did those so-called leak questions come about?"

Lin Daiyu was a little puzzled, she was indeed the same as Zijuan, the first person to suspect was Wang Xifeng, but thinking of Wang Xifeng's own abilities, Daiyu felt that it was impossible.

"Xueyan, ask the housekeeper to send someone out to investigate. Where did the news of this leak come from?" Daiyu decided to take the initiative. This time, no matter who harmed her father, she would not let it go.