The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

But on the Lin family side, because the Lin family siblings only returned to Beijing yesterday, although the servants got the letter in advance, the fire dragon was lit a few days earlier, and the house was scented with incense, but there was still some humidity.Lin Jue didn't think much of it, but Daiyu was delicate and frail, and she was afraid that she might not get used to it.

"Our yard only has three entrances. It is incomparable with the houses in Yangzhou, but it is also exquisite." The Lin family's yard is not big, but the location is good. The left and right neighbors all work in the Imperial Academy, although it is not a lucrative department , but rare and precious.

The Lin family's garden is a typical Jiangnan-style garden, which was left by the original owner of the house. Lin Ruhai bought this house because he thought he would stay in the Hanlin Academy when he was awarded Tanhua.But he didn't want to be sent to Yangzhou by the emperor, and became the emperor's eyes and ears, so the yard was vacant, thinking that he would go to Beijing to report on his work every year, so he didn't sell it, and now the brother and sister just happened to live in.

"Now that it's getting colder today, it's not suitable for groundbreaking. When spring comes next year, if my sister sees something that doesn't fit my eyes, let's call someone to fix it." Lin Jue is not a picky person, and he doesn't care about food and lodging. Asked, this place is considered an old house, and he looked at it, but what if he wanted to see Daiyu?

Counting the previous three years, it was the first time for Daiyu to come to Lin Zhai in central Beijing.The Lin family's house only has three entrances, which is really not that good in Beijing where nobles are everywhere.And because the house has never been lived in by an owner, only a few family members guard it. Although it is repaired every year, it still has a sense of desolation and decay.

Even so, Daiyu just took one look at her and fell in love with her.As the saying goes: gold nests and silver nests are not as good as one's own kennels. Daiyu originally felt that this was vulgar, but now she takes it seriously.My own yard is not as big as Jia's mansion, and the scenery in the garden is also not comparable to Jia's mansion.Even so, Daiyu still feels very comfortable living here.

"There's nothing to make a big move about. It's just that the courtyard where the coffins of father and two mothers are placed is a bit dilapidated. I wonder if I should repair it?"

This was supposed to be something that Lin Jue, the head of the Lin family, should have worried about, but since Daiyu returned to Lin's mansion, Lin Jue has become the hands-off shopkeeper and handed over all matters in the mansion to Daiyu.But this matter is no different than others, even if Lin Jue ignored it, Daiyu had to explain to Lin Jue.

Lin Jue was taken aback when he heard the words, but he hadn't paid attention to this matter. After all, he has lived in modern times for too long, and it is always difficult to really change some concepts. "What my sister said is true, but my brother didn't think about it."

"Brother, what's the matter? My brother is busy with other things. All the affairs in the mansion were originally entrusted to me. These things shouldn't let my brother worry about it."

After Daiyu returned to the mansion, she took over the housekeeping affairs of the mansion, with Fengju and Nanny Fang helping her, everything went smoothly, and Lin Jue had nothing to worry about.

Most of the servants who were originally from the Lin Mansion in Yangzhou were released. Some of the servants who were willing to follow their master to Beijing were brought here directly by Lin Jue, while the rest stayed in Yangzhou temporarily.When the industry over there is almost done, Lin Chengyi will bring it over.There were only a few servants in the Lin Mansion in Beijing, and with the addition of these people from Yangzhou, it was not enough.Daiyu asked the servants in Beijing to find a reliable tooth, and was going to buy some rough envoys.

Lin Jue didn't care about all of this, he brought Lin Ruhai's secret copy with him, but he had no official name, so he could only find ways to clear up the relationship and hand over the secret copy to the emperor himself.

This secret book is Lin Ruhai's life-threatening talisman, but it is also a life-saving talisman for their brothers and sisters. No one knows the existence of this secret book, so Lin Jue dare not hand this secret book into the hands of others.Today, he has no one behind him to be reliable, and he dare not trust others easily, even the acquaintances and friends mentioned by Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and indeed he has made friends with one or two friends. However, when people go to the officialdom, the benefits are maximized. Lin Jue really can't believe people's conscience.What's more, this matter is very involved and involves the secrets of the royal family. If the secret book is handed over to someone else, it will be handed over to the emperor.

The involvement here cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

However, Lin Jue had his own way. He couldn't face the saint directly, but he could also ask others to face the saint in a roundabout way, waiting for the emperor to summon him.The person chosen by Lin Jue was the emperor's own mother, Chen Yejun, the nephew of the Empress Dowager Chen.

Speaking of Chen Yejun, Lin Jue only saw his name when he was studying in his previous life. Because he didn't say much, and the book was not written by one person, Lin Jue didn't dare to take his seat.In this life, when he listened to Lin Ruhai's analysis of the situation in Beijing, he deliberately named this name, only to realize that he was the emperor's confidant, but he did not set foot in the officialdom, but often stayed with some dignitaries and dignitaries. It should be Inquiring about information for the emperor.

Lin Jue's plan was to follow Chen Yejun's path, but this path was not so easy.Lin Jue only knows one person in the capital, Jia Lian.

I heard that after Jia Lian brought the woman back, he treated the woman like a pearl like a treasure. Now that she has a body, so if my "benefactor" came to the door, are you afraid that Jia Lian will not do things for him?

On the second day after bringing Daiyu back, Lin Jue sent a message to Jia Lian, asking him to come out for a gathering at noon the next day.Jia Lian received the post, so there is no reason why he shouldn't.He was able to accept Cuihe as a concubine, Lin Jue had done a lot at the beginning, but now that he is about to have a son, let alone the joy in his heart.

Although after bringing Cuihe back to the mansion, the old lady was very preaching because of Wang Xifeng's disturbance, she might as well have slipped her mouth, and was provoked by the old lady again.However, Jia Lian knew in advance the possible reaction of the Jia family from Lin Jue, and Cui He was gentle and caring, so he didn't take Jia's mother's words to heart, but felt that Lin Jue was a rare and honest person.

Jia Lian is greedy for flowers and lustful, but he is quite proficient in common affairs. It is really easy to match up like this. "Cousin Lin is coming to Beijing this time, is he planning to live permanently?"

After talking about the business, Lin Jue didn't care about exchanging pleasantries with Jia Lian, "That's right, because I have to prepare for the exam three years later, it's always more convenient to be in Beijing."

Jia Lian was very happy when he heard the words, "It's been three years since we left Yangzhou, and your sister-in-law is already eight months pregnant, hahaha, you're going to have a nephew."

Lin Jue said with a smile after hearing the words: "It seems that Lian's second cousin is very happy, it seems that this little sister-in-law is really in line with my cousin's wishes." For a concubine like this, it is too flattering to call her a sister-in-law. When the mistress heard this, she was afraid that she would take it as an insult to herself.However, there are also masters who dote on their concubines and kill their wives, and use the concubine's room as the main room. They outsiders have to follow the master.

"I would also like to thank my cousin for his fulfillment." Jia Lian stroked her chin and smiled, giving Lin Jue a wink that both of them understood.

Lin Jue laughed and didn't say much. It would be embarrassing for everyone to say such a thing, and he would not admit anything.That woman named Cui He was just a woman from a good family that Jia Lian met by chance, so what does it have to do with his Lin family?I believe Cui He will not say too much, after all, there is a big difference between a good concubine and a lowly concubine.

After having a few drinks with Jia Lian, Lin Jue was slightly drunk, declined Jia Lian's kindness to take him to "see and see", and left.

Seeing that Lin Jue was drunk, the young man didn't dare to ask him to ride a horse. He helped him to rest in the teahouse next door, and then asked the waiter to take care of him, and ran out quickly to call for a carriage.

The carriages and horses were not far away, and the boy trotted all the way, and it didn't take long to go back and forth. Besides, Lin Jue was not a troublemaker, so the boy was relieved to put him in the teahouse for a while.

But everything is just a coincidence, even Lin Jue didn't expect that he met Xue Pan, the dumb king under such circumstances.

At this time, most of the teahouses had storytellers or female singers stationed in the store to solicit customers. If you wanted to talk about business, there was also a private room upstairs to talk about things.Lin Jue didn't go upstairs because she just took a break, but drank tea and listened to a little song downstairs.

In the past when he was in Yangzhou, when Lin Jue came to the teahouse, he mostly wanted to chat with people in the private room, not on the first floor for entertainment.Now that I have nothing to do and listen to ditties, it is quite pleasant.Lin Jue was a little bit drunk again, and now he ordered a pot of tea and drank it for the time being, so he could sober himself up.

Lin Jue half-closed her eyes, and was getting excited listening to the song, when she heard the noisy voices coming from the other side, the little song was cut off, and the sound of a woman sobbing came from the stage.Lin Jue opened his eyes and saw a man standing on the stage with his back to everyone, grabbing the woman's wrist and yelling loudly.

Lin Jue had never met Xue Pan, so he would not recognize him, let alone meddle in his business.The current situation is quite in line with the bully who robbed the women in the TV series in the previous life. At this time, a certain hero suddenly appeared, and a hero rescued the beauty and cleaned up the bully.Lin Jue watched the fun with great interest, to see which brain-twitching hero would suddenly appear later and teach this big-headed and ignorant guy a lesson.

Xue Pan was originally a dandy, and he came to Beijing, but because he lived in his uncle's house, he restrained himself for a while.Later, he became acquainted with the younger generation of the Jia family, and every day someone led him to watch flowers, drink, gamble, and he felt more at ease than before.That day, I made an appointment upstairs to meet someone, because he arrived early and was impatient to stay alone in the small room, so he had tea downstairs first.

He is a man of meat and vegetables, originally he was drunk from listening to the little song, so he took a closer look at the woman who sang the song, this time it didn't matter, he looked directly into his eyeballs.

Xue Pan has always been used to being king and hegemony in Jinling, but now in Beijing, he has been hanging out with a bunch of dudes, so he doesn't know what restraint is.Now that he fell in love with it, Xue Pan jumped directly onto the stage, stretched out his hand to pull the woman, "Little lady, if you can earn some money by singing here, why don't you go back with you, Uncle Xue, and take care of your delicious and spicy food. "

The woman was grabbed by the wrist, unable to break free, flushed with shame, and sobbed softly.The old man playing the erhu beside him stood there with his hands shrunk, as if he dared not speak out.The shopkeeper thought that he often saw this kind of thing, and he only looked up at that side, then lowered his head and continued to count the accounts.

Lin Jue had a panoramic view of everything, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the big fool on the stage.In a place like the capital, a falling brick can kill a royal family member, how can anyone be messed with?Since the old man and the weak woman dared to show their faces and sing, they must have something to rely on, and this stupid big man didn't know that he was tricked by someone!

Lin Jue didn't mind meddling in this matter, the family servants had already found a carriage and came back to pick him up, so they recruited the waiter to pay the money and prepare to go back.

Just as I was walking out, I heard someone say: "You little lady is so short-sighted. What is the status of Mr. Xue, it is your blessing to be able to see you. That old man, how much did you pay for your girl? The master pays double, It will not make you suffer.”

The Xue family, Xue Pan?Lin Jue stopped and looked back at the people on the stage carefully.Xue Pan hadn't put on his crown yet, but he was not small, with his tendon and flesh gathered in his clothes, he looked very powerful.He was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with the tips of his eyebrows tucked into his temples. If he ignored the lustful look in his eyes, he would still be a handsome young man.

If this person is Xue Pan, then what he did before is also reasonable.Lin Jue secretly said: This Xue Pan deserves to be called Xue Idiot, he is really stupid and stupid.

Although she and Xue Pan were somewhat close because of the Jia family, Lin Jue did not want to recognize this idiot.But when he stopped for a while, he had already attracted Xue Pan's attention.After all, although Lin Jue was dressed in plain clothes and didn't wear any gold, silver and jade ornaments, his overall demeanor couldn't be concealed no matter what.Especially in this tea house, there is a bit of a stand out from the crowd.

Xue Pan's eyes straightened immediately, and he unconsciously let go of the woman's hand.Jumping off the stage, walking in front of Lin Jue, bowing, Xue Pan smiled and said, "This little brother, next to Xue Pan, I don't know what the name of the little brother is, where does he live?"

Lin Jue laughed secretly, this Xue Pan was half illiterate, so he didn't know there was such courtesy. "It turns out that you are the cousin of the Xue family, and the younger brother Lin Jue. After all, you are somewhat related to cousin Xue."

"Lin Jue?" Xue Pan rubbed his chin for a while, then said "ah", and suddenly realized, "It turns out he is the cousin of the Lin family." Xue Pan held Lin Jue's arm familiarly, "I have heard about my cousin's words for a long time. Name, I have never met each other, I don't want to meet here today, it seems that we are really destined."

Lin Jue didn't dislike Xue Pan much. Compared with the rest of the Xue family, Xue Pan was somewhat bloody. "The last time I went to Jia's mansion, my uncle mentioned Cousin Xue, so I didn't want to see him this time."

Xue Pan smiled and blushed, but he was somewhat self-aware, knowing that he had a bad reputation, so he would not have anything good to say about his uncle.He didn't care about these things at first, but now in front of Lin Jue, thinking of what he did in the past, he felt very ashamed, and he didn't even want to let cousin Lin know.

Lin Jue didn't want to get entangled with Xue Pan, so he smiled and said: "Brother Xue, because of something at home, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you today. When I'm free in a few days, I'll post a post to invite my cousin to meet again, cousin But don’t give up.”

Xue Pan didn't want to let Lin Jue go just like that, but he didn't know how to keep him, so he had to watch Lin Jue leave.

"Uncle Xue, what should I do with this woman?" After Lin Jue walked away, the person who spoke for Xue Pan asked aloud.

Xue Pan frowned impatiently when he heard the words: "What to do with it, what kind of vulgar fans, I don't think so much, but it's just to tease her. That's all, what's the point, after waiting for a long time No one is coming, the uncle is gone!"

Xue Pan shook his sleeves and left the tea house without looking back.The rest of the man just now glared at the woman who was still crying on the stage, and couldn't help cursing: "Trash!"

Xue Panyou didn't know that he had escaped a catastrophe because of Lin Jue, and was still secretly thinking about how to ask the Jia family where Lin Jue lived. Naturally, for a fairy like Lin Cousin, he should take the initiative to visit him. .