Baoyu Fights the Red Chamber

Chapter 36: Going to the South of the Yangtze River: Going to the Lin Mansion in Yangzhou

The fake stone kept the banknotes and kept it secret. Jia Lian spent what he "earned" from Xue's family, and even gave some to Bao's second brother so that he would not make trouble.A certain one finally realized his conscience and let Lian Er eat flower wine along the road.

From Jinling to Yangzhou, it first goes down the Yangtze River, and then turns to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal at Zhenjiang. The transfer point is the "Guazhou Ancient Ferry" under Yangzhou.How fast it was going down the river, but the Jia family's official boat traveled for a full ten days, and it was a night in Guazhou not far from Yangzhou, which was said to be "the first taste of Yangzhou".

Uh, these ten days did not include going to Suzhou to buy earth instruments, and did not go to Suzhou.Baoyu didn't want to really hug Lin Ruhai, and said beautifully: "Our hometown is Jinling, so sending Jinling earthenware will show your true heart!"

Jia Lian didn't have much yearning for Gusu, and the "elegant name" was popular all over the world, which was not his style, so he didn't insist on it.

Seeing that Yangzhou is approaching, Baoyu proposes to stay in the inn again. The reason is that Uncle Lin's official duties are too heavy and there is no mistress who presides over the inner latitude.

Jia Lian felt that Bao's second brother was knowledgeable and interesting. He didn't want to live in Lin's residence.According to the regulations of this dynasty, all court officials are not allowed to enter Huajie Liuxiang. He has the false title of five-rank Tongzhi. Uncle Lin was appointed as Yangzhou Yanzheng from the position of "Lantai Temple Doctor". The original title is still worn, Lantai That is to say, Yushitai, hear the rumors and play the holy, if you see the current criminal...

Dai Liang didn't even object, because before leaving, Mr. Zheng had explained that he wanted to be close to the Lin family but not too close.

It is said that although the political master is pedantic, he is not stupid enough to rule. He is optimistic about brother-in-law Lin, but the Yangzhou salt administration is hard to come to a good end. It will either fall for corruption, which should not happen after four generations of princes; or die in office. This possibility is not small , There have been many heroes and heroes for more than a hundred years.Therefore, he never dared to offend the Wang family for the Lin family, so he had to wait a few years before discussing the marriage. Yangzhou Yanzheng served at most two consecutive terms. extreme.

But some things are not dependent on the will of some people. When they docked at the pier and got off the boat, the butler of the Lin family led the servants to welcome them.

Lian's brothers and younger brothers looked at each other, and the fake stone turned to look at a certain servant. Lian's eyes flashed with anger, and then quickly disappeared.

Who is a certain servant?The name is "Laiwang", Sister Feng's companion.Sister Feng knew that she couldn't stop Lian Er from cheating, but she couldn't let Lian Er bring her concubine back to the house, especially the concubine with a baby in her stomach. She hasn't given birth to a son yet, only sister Qiao is the only girl.Lai Wangling wakes up people, while flattering Lian Er, while eliminating danger, he is highly nervous all day long.

This will be caused by the bitterness of the two masters. He did deliver the letter to the Lin family. He delivered the letter to Mr. Lin on the post road under the order of Lian Erye when he was in Jinling. Damn, why did you blame him?

Baoyu caught a glimpse of Laiwang's face, knew that he should be a loyal servant, and immediately realized: Lin Ruhai's position, I'm afraid he will have to report Lin Ruhai's position as soon as the ship enters Yangzhou.But you might as well make a mistake and use Laiwang to make a fuss. Wang Xifeng did so many dirty things through Laiwang and his wife.

But it is said that Lian and Bao had no choice but to go to Lin's mansion after being greeted by housekeeper Lin. Jia pardoned Jia Zheng and Jia Min's mother. They are Lin Ruhai's authentic nephews, dare they be obedient?

Lian Er was infinitely saddened, he expected to be caught by Uncle Lin sooner or later, so he spent the night fooling around in Guazhou, and then arrived in Yangzhou in the morning, intending to stay in a hotel to get enough sleep, go to the flower boat in the evening to have a good time, and post a post to Lin's mansion the next day , claiming to wait for Uncle Lin to come to the house when he is taking a bath, if Uncle Lin agrees to hang out for a few more days, if not, he has also played.

Yangzhou is too prosperous, and it is inconvenient to ride a horse on the street, so the Lin family prepared a sedan chair.The car curtain was drooping, and Wupin Tongzhi felt even more aggrieved as he lifted the curtain to peek at the street scene like a girl who had never seen the world.

The sedan chair was bumped and bumped, and suddenly there was a shout from the front, and the bearer quickly moved to the side of the street.

Jia Lian couldn't help lifting the curtain of the sedan chair, but when he saw the military prison coming quickly, one by one passed by, and in a short while, an official in a big sedan carrying a black hat and a robe, about forty officials, passed by.

He doesn't know this official, and the guard of honor is the magistrate.He didn't take it too seriously, because he went to Yangzhou, he had inquired a little bit before: when they went to Jinling, the former magistrate of Yangzhou was deported to Beijing for corruption.The new magistrate's surname is Liu, he used to be an official in Shandong, seeing the tired look on Liu Zhifu's face, I'm afraid he just arrived in office due to the wind and rain.Uncle Lin was supposed to welcome Liu Zhifu, but he was in no hurry to arrest his nephew.

Half an hour later, the sedan chair entered the Lin residence.Both of them are juniors, so they entered the mansion through the side door and got off the sedan chair at the Yimen door.

Baoyu has been to Yangzhou before, and the ancient city is not full of ancient and modern traces, which can be regarded as authentic: it is just a typical third-grade residence, with the same color of water-polished walls and white stone terraces, and the moss on it forms artistic patterns. The vines on both sides of the stone walking path are shaded, the flying towers are inserted in the depths of the flowers and trees, and the carved and embroidered sills are worthy of the architecture of Yan~Hua Wenrou.

Lian Er also had a little bit of thought, always felt that behind the window of Zhulou Pavilion there was a beautiful woman whispering and lingering flowers~ Jiao'e came walking in the path, and Baoyu pulled his sleeve to recover.

It turned out that they had already arrived at the guest room, and the steward was saying that the servants of the Rong Mansion were tired on the way, and they should be served by the servants of the Lin Mansion.

Lian Er had a faint feeling of being imprisoned, and after knowing it, he thought: Could it be that Uncle Lin knew about Guazhou?Fortunately, I stopped in Guazhou for one night, otherwise I would go to Yangzhou for nothing!

Baoyu knew how aggrieved "Brother Love" was, so he rested early on the boat, took a short rest meaningfully, and then went to the next door.Sure enough, Lian Er was playing the chessboard alone boredly, and he didn't get up when he saw him, pointing to the stool with his chin without poise.

A male servant who looks like a supervisor on one side is busy pouring tea for Baoyu. The male servant is middle-aged and looks dull.

Lian Er continued to use his chin—the chin was lifted slightly, his eyes slanted, and the corners of his mouth twitched to the side, and said: "The whole family is full of male servants, our uncle is going to be a monk by cultivating himself."

Baoyu didn't want to offend Mr. Lin, so he smiled and said, "Renrou Township is a tomb of heroes. I haven't seen the new magistrate arrive on the way."

Lian Er hummed a note from his nose, and said: "Prefect Yu is greedy for ink, not because he refuses to be a monk. After all, it is difficult to not be greedy for ink in Yangzhou, so our uncle can be re-elected firmly."

Bao Yuxin's words would be greedy for you!He said: "Yesterday I heard a joke in Guazhou. It said that a son of a noble family married a rich and powerful woman, and he feared his wife like a tiger. That rich and powerful woman is not comfortable in her room, she is very greedy for money, and she puts usury debts outside. , and took the husband's famous post to take the lawsuit..."

Jia Lian's brows twitched slightly, and what he said in his heart was like a rouge tiger in the world!But Baoyu continued: "There is no one in the family who does not laugh at the aristocratic family. He sighed and said, "I endured her for the sake of the whole family. Why do you only laugh at me?" The son was detained, and the son of the aristocratic family shouted for grievances during the interrogation: "My daughter-in-law did it!" The official slapped the gavel and said, "The husband is the guide for the wife, but your wife is the guide for the husband. Bad guides are common! Because of this, you should also be exiled for three years." Thousands of miles!' The son of the aristocratic family shouted: "What about the culprit?" The official yelled angrily: "The husband is the guide for the wife, and you should be responsible for what she does! Now sentence and divorce, you will be exiled, and she will marry another."

Jia Lian laughed: "Where is the unofficial history? A good girl does not marry twice. No matter how fierce the rouge tiger is, it also comes from a powerful family. You should understand that a husband and wife are one body. One is prosperous and the other is damaged."

Baoyu sneered: "I'm afraid that some people don't understand. In the previous imperial examination case, the family members bribed the master's illiterate servant to steal the questions, and then spread the questions to his confidantes, which finally caused the whole family to lose their heads and exile the whole family. I have become a lowly citizen. I have also personally heard the officials of the wealthy family say that it is helpless to bully others and seek wealth and life. The nobles of our family have a high position, and the annual birthday ceremony and the birthday ceremony of the princes and grandchildren are a huge expenditure. '. If the Holy Majesty hears about it, I'm afraid he will vomit blood. You are so extravagant that you put the crime on the head of the royal family. These treacherous ministers and slaves will kill one less!"

But Jia Lian felt that it was too much to hear, because Ning Rong's second mansion was generally virtuous.He laughed at the moment: "There are such unrestrained servants, the master's family should have killed them early."

Baoyu squinted and said, "That's exactly what I said. It's not uncommon to see servants who bully their masters and cause disasters for their masters. The women in the back house are short-sighted. Some of them don't know a few big characters. How can they know the law?" The strictness of the law? If there are no thugs and accomplices, what kind of storms can they cause if they don't go out of the door without breaking the door?"

This time Lian Er listened to his ears, and his eyes were annoyed. Baoyu once stopped him for money, and he would never be suspected of it once the incident was over, but Laiwang was the dog of the family. The matter is much more serious than him playing with a few beauties.

Baoyu continued to poke the fire: "The restlessness of the house will inevitably cause troubles. Husband and wife should raise their eyebrows together, respect and forgive each other, but if they do so, they will not get extra rewards. So, after they instigated the big deal, the family The trellis fell."

Jia Lian got even more angry, but he could only let out a long sigh: "You know a lot, you can talk about wars on paper! When you marry a wife, you will understand that the companion house is a dowry, and the husband's family can't be moved. At most, you can beat it a few times, but you can't beat it too hard."

Baoyu looked distressed: "That's what happened! Sure enough, I'm young and don't know much, so I can't do anything?"

Lian Er was amused, and secretly kicked him: "Don't worry about it, your ancestors will marry you a good wife, Mu Sha brothers."

Baoyu lowered her eyes to pretend to be embarrassed, then raised her eyes suddenly, and glanced at him sympathetically.The evil fire in Lian'er's belly was burning again: it is inconvenient to deal with that tricky slave openly, but there are ways to do it secretly!

Lin Ruhai didn't return until it was time to light the lamps, and immediately called the two nephews to the study.

The person who came to invite Lian and Bao was the housekeeper Lin, who had a pleasant smile on his face, but Lian Er felt a cold chill on his back for no reason.

Baoyu was faintly excited, "Tanhualang, sister Lin who gave birth to a celestial being, who is a famous character in fan fiction, can see a real person."

The expectations are too high, and you will be disappointed. A certain one walked in the door and took a look: blah, barely counted as clean and elegant.It's really too thin, Zhen Shiping's thinness is pity, Lin Ruhai's thinness is frightening!The cheekbones are high, convex and wrinkled, and the facial features can't be seen no matter how handsome they were.People under fifty, with white hair and beard, more or less black, looking at their father who can be a political lord.Under the candlelight, Lin Ruhai's complexion was extraordinarily dark yellow, and his eyes were not fierce, on the contrary, they were cloudy, probably because he was tired all day, or maybe he didn't want to show his authority to his nephew. The prestige of the members.

When the junior sees the elder, the two kneel down on the stone slab to pay respects.Lin Ruhai didn't cry out, and coughed lightly: "Baoyu has been admitted to Tongsheng, and will be a teacher, teaching the boys to learn the law."

The law book was begged by the fake stone from Zhenjia Baoyu, and Zhen Baoyu begged from Mrs. Jia, and Mrs. Zhen asked Zhen Ying to reward it.After a certain cat passed the homework of Yinquan, he was ordered to be the primary school teacher of the four servants, Xiaohong and Zixiao, and recite the law every day.

The fake stone kowtowed, and said in a deep voice: "Let my uncle laugh! My nephew saw some slaves taking advantage of the master's power to do evil, so he ordered the servants to recite the law. They will always work by my nephew's side."

Lin Ruhai smiled, and casually picked up an ancient book on the shelf to read and appreciate it. After a while, he said, "You know how to restrain slaves, but you don't know how to persuade brother. Jia Tongzhi, did you have a good night at Guazhou?"

Sweat dripped from Lian Er's forehead: "My nephew is convicted, I dare not do it again!"

Lin Ruhai threw the book on the case with a letter: "People don't flirt with young people, but they also know the importance. This official is responsible for salt administration, and your fault is not due to the example of my official participating in the performance. However, I have nothing to do with other people's participation in the performance." A plea for mercy. Get up and make a show for someone."

Lian's forehead was sweating, and he hated himself for not thinking too much about it: Uncle Lin's position, there are too many people in the way, those people read a copy of himself in order to embarrass Uncle Lin, it's completely wronged!

But Baoyu felt that Lin Ruhai held it up high and put it down gently, just to make trouble for Lian and make it too ugly.

Sure enough, when Lin Ruhai and Yan Yuese asked about relatives and friends in Beijing, Jia Lian hurriedly presented a letter from Jia Mu Jia pardoning Jia Zheng.After reading the letter, Lin Ruhai said a few more gossips, and then sent them to "rest early".

The fake stone was inexplicably angry, and Lin Ruhai never asked Daiyu from the beginning to the end!What an indifferent, cold-blooded, ruthless bastard plus a third-level super-grade scumbag father... Well, in fact, Mr. Lin follows the basic etiquette. If the two families want to discuss marriage, it is not easy to mention Daiyu in front of a certain bun.Because of this, when a certain one thought that Lin Ruhai had called Lian Er to the study alone, and the two of them had negotiated and negotiated to trade him by carcass, his anger would burn like the sky!

So a certain one refused to leave, knelt down, and said softly: "My nephew went to Yangzhou to visit my uncle. I have something to ask. Please uncle as a step-heir!"

The author has something to say: The Fake Stone of Grief and Indignation: People say, are Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian going too far? !

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