The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

Daiyu stayed in Jia's mansion for another two days, talked to Jia's mother, and then returned to Lin's mansion.

Jia's mother also knew that because of the incident in Yingchun yard a few days ago, Daiyu heard some gossip again, so she didn't hold back. She just asked Daiyu to visit her old man often when she had time, and explained a few more words, and loaded a car full of things. , Fang told Daiyu to leave.

When Baoyu came back in the afternoon, he went to greet Jia Mu as usual. When he heard that sister Lin had left again, he cried and made a fuss for a while, which made Jia Mu feel annoyed, so he didn't stop.

Baoyu has a friend named Liu Xianglian who has returned from a wandering in other places these few days. He either goes to school or hangs out with those people these few days, so he can't care about Daiyu who lives in the mansion.In addition, Daiyu had a Nanny Fang at her side, and for some reason, Baoyu was always a little afraid of this old nanny, so she didn't dare to go in front of Daiyu.

Now that Daiyu is gone, he suffered from dementia again, but he let go quickly, only thinking that sister Lin was locked up again by her brother who was bent on being a national thief and ghost, and he was very sorry for Lin. My sister was sad for a while.His youthful friendship with Daiyu was originally a little thoughtful, and Daiyu has always been different from others, but after seeing him for a few years, Baoyu has always been surrounded by nephrite, warm and fragrant, and now that Daiyu comes back, it is in his heart No matter how much you think about it, it will eventually fade away.

Daiyu would never know Baoyu's thoughts.The Double Ninth Festival came in a blink of an eye, and Daiyu finished her embroidery work a few days earlier and sent it to Jia's mansion, and made a set with the Yingchun sisters, and sent it to Jia's mother together.In addition, there was also the ritual of the Double Ninth Festival, which was also sent to Jia's mansion, but the Lin family brothers and sisters did not go there in person.Looking at the delicate embroidery work, Jia Mu only told Yuanyang to keep it away until the day of Chongyang Festival, she didn't look very happy.

The mandarin ducks responded nonchalantly, looked at Jiamu's face, didn't dare to say more, just put away all the clothes carefully.

After the Jia family's festival gifts are over, Daiyu still has a lot to do.This can be regarded as the first festival that the Lin family has celebrated in Beijing. The friends and acquaintances who have known Lin Ruhai in the past, although they don't come to visit in person, they still have to give gifts to those who should.Moreover, their siblings are still in filial piety, so the gift giving is a bit particular.Fortunately, Daiyu has Nanny Fang to help her, so although she is a little busy, she will not go wrong and cause people to talk.

On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, the brothers and sisters of the Lin family changed into new clothes after offering sacrifices to their parents and ancestors.The servants in the mansion gave an extra month's money, and those who had elderly people in the family gave extra rice, noodles, vegetables and meat. Everyone kowtowed to the uncle and the lady before they dispersed.Daiyu took out a dogwood sachet, and asked the girl to hang it on the jade pendant worn by Lin Jue, "I know that my brother doesn't like incense, so I should hang one after all, in response to the festival."

Lin Jue fiddled with it a few times. He was used to wearing jade pendants on his clothes, but he was not used to wearing such a one out of the blue. After all, it was his sister who asked him to hang up.Besides, Daiyu also hung up one herself, seeing that Nanny Fang also hung up one for Nian An, Lin Jue couldn't say anything more.

Touching his nose, Lin Jue smiled and said, "It's dark and early today, and the boundary of Taici Temple is very remote, so let's set off quickly."

The housekeeper, Lin Cheng, had already prepared the carriage. Because the Lin family was still in Xiaozhong, it was not easy to go out in a big way, so he only prepared two carriages, one for Fang Nanny and Daiyu, one for the maids, and the young servant Qingsong Qingtong. Following the driver, Lin Jue led Fang Nian'an on horseback to protect him.

The carriage drove for about an hour before leaving the city. Lin Jue spoke to Daiyu, first greeted Master Luo Xie, who had set up a shed outside the city to donate medicine and medicine, and then went to the shed next to him to have a look. In the case of giving out porridge, after all, he also responded to Chen Yejun's call to donate money, so it is right to see if his money was spent in the right place.

Although it is the capital city, there are too many poor people in the world, and the porridge shed has never lost people since it was set up in the morning.Chen Yejun called a group of friends to donate money. For example, Beijing Jing Wang Shuirong took the lead in responding. Brother Xie was on the sidelines donating medicine and giving medicine. Here is also the meaning. Lin Jue can donate along with him , can be regarded as taking advantage of it.But he didn't realize it at all, and was afraid that his money would be wasted.

Luo Song really looked down on his little apprentice's temperament of taking advantage everywhere, so he patted him on the head, "Don't act like a money fan, your senior brother said that this porridge shed is meant by the superior, who knows when it will be superior Someone is going to come and see, no one dares to detain you, besides, your senior brother is still on the sidelines. You go quickly, I will take your senior brother to your village later, don’t eat all the crabs by yourself gone."

Lin Jue immediately showed a painful look, which made Master Luo dumbfounded.After Lin Jue left, Xie Jinxuan said, "When I first met Junior Brother Lin, I felt that Junior Brother Lin was too steady at such a young age, but now he is more cheerful."

"He's got to know you well, so he won't hide his true nature, otherwise whoever doesn't praise him is the most stable." Master Luo stroked his well-groomed beard, quite pleased with himself.

Xie Jinxuan looked at his master, shook his head helplessly, and wondered that the two had similar temperaments, they both had the same jumping temperament, but they just put on a steady look, which really made people wonder what to say.

Later on, the imperial court sent people to come to inspect it, and Shui Rong Chen Yejun and others came to have a look. Shui Rong heard that his little uncle would not celebrate the Double Ninth Festival with his family this year, so he was very curious. He wanted to follow after making a fuss, but was stopped by Xie Jinxuan.After all, he still has other thoughts on his mind, it's really hard to ask Shui Rong to go with him, lest he offend his junior brother.

It can't be dissolved in water, but it's just that Lin Jue, who has met once, has become more and more curious.

The Lin family's carriage left the city and arrived at the foot of a mountain full of green pines until noon.Although the scenery here is good, there are no people around here. It is really remote, and Taici Nunnery is on the mountainside.The head of the Taici Temple was originally the most beloved concubine Chen of Emperor □□. After the death of Emperor □□, the concubine Chen asked her to go out of the palace to clean up, so this Taici Temple came into existence.

However, Concubine Chen has passed away long ago, and most of the palace people who accompanied Concubine Chen have also passed away, so there are even fewer people coming to this nunnery.Lin Jue was able to know this place because he heard Master Luo mention it.Although this is a nunnery, it does not accept incense from outsiders. All the expenses are the belongings brought by Concubine Chen when she left the palace. However, as time goes on, it is inevitable that it will become increasingly stretched, so it will take in some passing merchants from time to time. , collect some property for daily needs.However, only female relatives are accommodated in the nunnery, and all male guests live outside the nunnery.

Lin Jue didn't intend to bring Daiyu to stay overnight, but it was the custom of climbing high during the Double Ninth Festival, and Concubine Chen loved chrysanthemums very much, so the nunnery was filled with chrysanthemums of various colors inside and outside, which is a rare sight now.Lin Jue walked all the way, but he didn't see anyone, and the saying that he wanted to come here to be secluded was true.

All the way up, although I didn't go up the mountain by myself, after all, it can be regarded as a meaning of "climbing high".

Lin Jue at Taici Nunnery had sent someone to greet him a few days ago, and now the nunnery is ready.When the carriage arrived at the nunnery, Dai Yufang got out of the carriage after the coachman and servants had all escaped. Surrounded by the maids, she entered the nunnery to rest.

Lin Jue waited outside the nunnery with Nian An, talking to an old nun.This old nun was a little palace maid next to Concubine Chen, and she is quite old now.Lin Jue was quite polite to this old nun. After all, she was someone who served Concubine Chen back then, so it's better to respect her.And this Taici nunnery is different from other places, it is indeed a clean nunnery, otherwise he would not dare to let Daiyu come.He didn't know about other places, but it was the Shuiyue Nunnery that people in Jia's mansion often went to. Qin Zhong would have an affair with the little nun there, so it was a nunnery, but it was not as clean as the decent Chu hall.

"Sister She doesn't go out often, and it happened to be Chongyang Festival, so I thought about taking her out for a walk, which would cause trouble for the teacher."

The old nun was quite self-confident and didn't exchange many greetings, he just said: "It's not troublesome, the vegetarian meal is already prepared, I don't know whether to serve it now or later?"

Lin Jue didn't take it seriously, he was quite self-aware, so he smiled and said: "Then it's hard work for the teacher to put it on now, and I have a few family members waiting outside the nunnery, and I have to ask the teacher to send them some A pancake to satisfy your hunger."

"Of course, Mr. Lin will wait a moment." After the old nun finished speaking, he nodded with Lin Jue and left.

Lin Jue nodded slightly and watched the old nun leave with a respectful expression.The old nun glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and in his heart, he admired the character of the old man of the Lin family a little more.

After lunch, Lin Jue and Daiyu thanked the old nun again before going to play nearby.

This Taici Nunnery is located on the hillside of Qingshan Mountain, chrysanthemum bushes can be seen everywhere, because few people pruned it, so it is not regular, but one cluster and another cluster have a unique charm.Few people came to the mountain, and a few people walked out of the back gate of the nunnery and went up the mountain along the winding path.

The hillside is gentle, and there are small paths stepped by monks and nuns for daily walking. Even Daiyu and other female relatives can walk without much effort.Nian An's child's heart, Xiang Shao went to play in the mountains and forests. Now that he entered the forest, he was like a bird out of a cage, and he couldn't be locked up anymore.

Lin Jue had always loved and pampered him, and when it was a big holiday, it was easy for him to come out. Nanny Fang didn't control him too much, she just told her to watch the road carefully and focused on Daiyu's side.

After all, it was in the mountains and forests. Daiyu was followed by a group of maids, and Mother Fang was always watching. Lin Jue was not worried, so she quickly followed Nian'an and walked ahead, letting the female relatives follow slowly behind. .

Nian An was running and jumping ahead without carefully looking at the road ahead, and broke into a secluded place in a short time, was held straight by the guards here, and hurriedly called "Brother Lin".

Lin Jue was strolling leisurely here, but lost Nian An's trace in a blink of an eye, and was in a hurry at the moment, when she faintly heard Nian An calling herself in a crying voice, she became even more anxious. He hurriedly searched in the direction of the sound.

"Nian An?"

"Brother Lin, help, some bad guys are arresting me! Brother Lin... woo woo woo..."

When Lin Jue looked over, he saw Nian'an being held by a tall man who looked like a guard twisting his arms. There were no tears in the corners of his eyes, but he howled loudly, as if he had been wronged by the sky.He heaved a sigh of relief and at the same time couldn't help being a little funny, he could tell at a glance that the guard's clothes were not ordinary, thinking that the guard probably belonged to a rich family, looking at that helpless look, he probably didn't want to hurt Nian An, then cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother, this child is my family member. He is young and ignorant and has no malicious intentions. Please forgive me if he offends your master."

Seeing Lin Jue, the guard looked relieved and hurriedly let Nian'an go.As soon as Nian An got away from that person, he immediately ran to Lin Jue's side, hugged Lin Jue's arm and did not let go.

The guard's cheeks were slightly red, he thought he was embarrassed to have bullied the child, and hurriedly bowed his hands in return, saying: "Because this child broke in suddenly, and there was no one to guard him, the villain had no choice but to catch him, what an offence. I also ask this master to forgive me."

"It's ours, isn't it..."

"Young Master Lin?"

Lin Jue was about to speak again, but was interrupted by a voice, his phoenix eyes raised lightly, and he saw a white figure turning out from the flowers.

"Master Twelve?"

The person who came was the Twelfth Prince, Li Yibai.