Whose Bride in the Red Chamber

It is said that Liu Laosan left Lin's mansion and traveled by boat for more than a month before returning to Jia's mansion.As soon as he entered the mansion, he hurriedly returned to the backyard.Standing under the eaves waiting to pass the message, not long after, a woman with a little freckles on her face came out with a smile, bowed to him, and said: "The old lady has been thinking about you these days. No, I heard that you are here, so let me invite you into the room to talk."

Liu Laosan knew that she was a very honorable maid in front of Jiamu, so he turned sideways to avoid her courtesy, and said with a smile, "Please trouble Miss Yuanyang."

As soon as I entered the room, I could smell a faint scent of sandalwood wafting from the toad spitting beads in the bronze Wuwang tripod. Jia Mu was leaning on the big kang by the window, with a stone blue four-height blessing pillow on her waist, and saw people He came in, straightened his body slightly, and after he was greeted, he pointed to a chair not far away and asked him to sit down and talk, and then asked, "Can you see the girl?"

Liu Laosan quickly replied: "I see, I handed the letter to the girl, and the girl asked me to say hello to the old lady and the second master." As he spoke, he repeated the conversation that day with Jia's mother. , at the end, I added another sentence, "I see, the girl's complexion is not bad this time, but it has faded a little. It's a pity that after returning to the mansion, I haven't seen my uncle since he was away on business."

Jia Mu relaxed a little, talked again, and told him to back down.After Liu Laosan left, Jia's mother couldn't help but wondered. It is said that the people sent to Qiantang went a few days earlier, and Liu Laosan came back. How could there be no news from the other end?The journey between Qiantang and Yangzhou is only more than a day away. Could it be that there is something delayed on the way?

I don't know if there is still an arrangement in the dark. Mother Jia just thought of it, and only two days later, she heard that the people from Qiantang had returned, and hurriedly called someone into the room to talk. Before she could ask, she saw someone coming. With a plop, he knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.After careful questioning, it was said that the matter was messed up, and there were mistakes. I didn't expect that the caller escaped, only hurting the person in charge.

Before Jia Mu breathed a sigh of relief, she heard him say: "The little one planned to wait there for a few more days to see if there was another chance to do it again, but the little one waited for five or six days. I didn't see those two people walking around again, so the younger one thought something was wrong, quietly used the money, and asked the neighbors, he said that they took several carriages the next day, and they should have left the house for a trip. I didn't know where to look for someone, and I stayed for a few days, but I couldn't see anyone coming back, so I had to come back first."

"It took only one night, and the figure disappeared?" Jia Mu couldn't help sitting up, seeing him nodding, her brows were frowned even tighter, looking at this posture, Su Yunxiu must have found something to think of this overnight escape "Is the person you are looking for reliable? Have you ever been targeted?"

"Absolutely not." The man quickly shook his head and denied, "I was so worried all the time, how could I not act carefully? Even when I came back at the end, I slipped to the side before leaving. After leaving the ground of Qiantang, boarding the passing merchant ships, he breathed a sigh of relief, it is absolutely impossible for people to see his whereabouts."

Hearing what he said with such certainty, Mother Jia felt relieved, and checked the matter carefully, and seeing that there was nothing left behind, she waved her hand and told him to leave.When the people left, the calm on his face could no longer be maintained, he slapped the kang table fiercely with a gloomy face, and said in a hateful voice: "It's cheaper for the mother and son!" The little one was crippled, but he didn't want to make such a mistake. If he wanted to do it again, those two people would be alert in their hearts, and they wouldn't be able to get it so easily.

Thinking of this, Jia's mother was unswerving. Jia Min married Nalin Mansion for nearly 20 years. There is no credit but hard work. How can she make wedding clothes for others?What's more, if the mother and son enter the mansion, how can Jia Min have a good life in the future?That's the daughter that I hold in the palm of my hand and love so much, how can she bear to see her being wronged?

not to mention……

Mother Jia narrowed her eyes slightly. If what Jia Min said was true, it would be several million taels of silver. Unexpectedly, a small forest mansion would have such rich family assets.If the Lin family only had Daiyu as a single seedling, wouldn't all these silver taels be left to her?But right now, when she thought that all these things might fall into the hands of the Su family mother and son, Jia's mother felt her liver hurt, no, she felt uncomfortable all over.

With something in mind, Mother Jia couldn't eat well or sleep soundly. After thinking hard for a long time, she finally called Jia Lian to her and said, "You don't have a busy job in the capital, so why don't you go to your Uncle Lin's to see it?" Look, it is very helpful to have your uncle to help you with a few points. Your aunt is a noble person, and she is kept in the inner courtyard. If there is something wrong, my relatives can also help her deal with it outside. trivial."

Jia Lian answered in a daze, went back to his room, and discussed with Wang Xifeng: "What do you mean by the old lady? Why did you send me to Yangzhou for no reason?"

"The ten miles of Yangzhou, but Yinggeyanwu is very intoxicating, the second master really doesn't want to go?" Wang Xifeng glanced at her phoenix eyes, covered her mouth and giggled for a while, seeing him beg for mercy with a wry smile, Fang Shi said calmly, "My Second Lord, even this kind of thing can make you feel so embarrassed. No matter what it is for, you will always know when you get to the ground. If others don't know, when you get to the Lin family, you can ask you Doesn’t a good aunt understand everything?” But she also wondered in her heart, why did she suddenly think about it for no reason?The gift from the Lin family just arrived in Qingming, and it was still very generous, just like in previous years. The uncle of the Lin family has always respected his first wife. After all these years, it has been very peaceful. Maybe there is something wrong now. If Otherwise, why did Jia Lian go over there? It's not really to help my uncle, is it?

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly said again: "I don't know how long it will take to go to Yangzhou this time, you should pay more attention to yourself, don't ask others to know anything about you, and don't argue about right and wrong, just do it bluntly." I have gone. Otherwise, I will let Ping'er go with you, and I really can't rest assured that you are alone."

"Are you willing to leave Ping'er?" Jia Lian teased, reached out and shook her hand, and said, "Don't always think about what you have, this time I lived in the Lin family in the past, and I was doing business. With a tight job, how can you have the time to deal with those other people? Besides, there are Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin staring at you, so you can't worry about it?"

The husband and wife chatted for a while, watching the moon pass in the middle of the sky, and the night was already deep, Fang blows the lamp to rest.Because Jia's mother was thinking about it, within three or five days, Jia Lian went out in a hurry, took some nourishing medicinal materials and a few local gifts, and headed south all the way to Yangzhou.But Jia Mu, who had settled her mind, started her happy days with her children and grandchildren around her knees again, but she didn't know that in Yangzhou Mansion, thousands of miles away, her daughter, who was on top of her heart, was struggling on a pole in the haze and rain, and the wind was rustling. Rain Lingling.

After leaving Song's place, Lin Ruhai tidied up hastily and then went to work in the yamen.However, this day, he couldn't calm down, holding the scroll in his hand, but the words on it were blurred one by one, and Song's empty eyes and powerless hands slowly emerged.After a day of hard work, he politely declined the proposal of a small gathering with his colleagues, and hurried to the mansion again.After returning to the study, she found Lin Ping, and after listening to him explain the arrangements for the mansion today, Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Madam has never been there, but she is too sick again?"

Lin Ping was stunned for a moment, and when he glanced over, he quickly replied: "Elder Sun said before that my wife's body needs to be taken care of, and Aunt Song's... Maybe it's getting cloudy and cold. , Madam sent Nanny Li to take care..." As he spoke, he subconsciously swallowed the rest of the words. At this juncture, it's so wrong to say too much, anyway, the meaning is just right.

Lin Ruhai listened, nodded slightly, thought for a while, and asked again: "Are there still people who served the old lady before?"

"There are still two or three raised in the Zhuangzi." Lin Ping replied, but he was thinking about the master's intention in his heart. He really cared about his wife's body, but he was still worried, and wanted to cut off the power of the head of the house. ?

"Since the wife's body can't stand it anymore, let her take care of it. She doesn't have to worry about the affairs of the house for the time being. Ask the old lady to take care of it. Nothing will happen to the left and right." Lin Ruhai said lightly. After giving an order, after a meeting, he added, "If there is not enough manpower, the aunts are also old people in the mansion, and it is also necessary to help with one or two."

"Yes." Lin Ping quickly responded, and he made up his mind that he would beat his own bastard when he turned around, and if that didn't work, he would find an excuse to ask him to go out on errands. Right now, the water in the mansion is gloomy. , It's really too deep.

After sitting in the study for a while, Lin Ruhai felt tightness in his chest, so he walked into the garden to catch his breath.Right now is the most beautiful season of pink, willow and green. Along the way, the spring flowers are blooming, colorful and full of spring scenery, but he has no intention of admiring it. It seems that the more delicate and beautiful the fragrance is, the more irritable he is. The more he walked, the more he walked, the quieter he walked, and when he came to his senses, he saw the Song's small courtyard.

He was hesitating whether to go in, but he heard voices coming from not far away. As soon as he thought about it, he dodged to the corner of the wall, and listened intently behind the white wall.

I saw a woman with her back to herself, holding the unbent branches of the weeping willow with her hand, sighed quietly, and said: "Leave early, leave late, it's always just to leave here. It's better to just leave like this ,quiet."

The other older one, seeing that she should be her personal maid, hurriedly tried to persuade her: "My aunt's words are so unlucky, it's not easy for us to be around, just want to be quiet, isn't it okay?"

"Hehe..." The woman laughed softly, but she didn't answer. She just said in a nonchalant way, "We are the smartest, but we are still happy." He smiled happily, "If it can be changed, I also look forward to being able to win the first round, so I just fell asleep peacefully."

Aunt?Lin Ruhai's heart moved, he wanted to see clearly, and he didn't know if it was a blessing to his heart, the woman just turned around, it turned out to be Mrs Zhao, before the old lady died, she gave her two more people in the room, this Mrs Zhao One is that Lin Ruhai doesn't remember much about his duty and reticence on weekdays, but occasionally when Jia Min pushes him to sit with his aunt, he will mention her, and he will come to Zhao's room to rest for a night.But I don't know, it turned out that she didn't just hang her head in silence, Lin Ruhai felt a little indescribable, she just felt that the house was covered with a layer of veil, what she saw or thought was not necessarily the same. real.

Laughing self-deprecatingly, Lin Ruhai returned to his thoughts, and returned to the conversation.After she mentioned it, she suddenly remembered that Mr. Sun had mentioned the poisoning, and her heart shuddered. Today, she was patronizing others, but she really ignored the cause of Song's death. Listening to what Zhao said inside and outside the meaning, it seems that she also know something.Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai couldn't stand anymore, and couldn't help but walked out from behind the wall: "What did you say?"

Suddenly a male voice appeared, Zhao's master and servants were startled, saw the person coming, hurried forward to salute, but was interrupted impatiently by Lin Ruhai, and said directly: "What exactly did you mean by what just said, you and I Come ten."

Mrs. Zhao lowered her head, her eyelashes trembled slightly, concealing the deep meaning in her eyes, and said: "The concubine just said it casually, there is no other meaning."

Lin Ruhai's complexion sank, and she was about to speak again, when she suddenly remembered that there were people coming and going here these days, and it was inconvenient to talk, so she walked towards Zhao's residence.Zhao's master and servant exchanged glances with each other, hesitated for a moment, and followed.

As soon as he entered the inner room, there was a faint smell of medicine, and Lin Ruhai couldn't help frowning: "Are you not feeling well? Have you checked with a doctor?"

Mrs. Zhao replied calmly: "It's an old problem. Every year when the catkins float, I will cough a few times. Just grab a few doses of the prescription left earlier and eat it. There is no need to ask the doctor to trouble you."

She spoke lightly and casually, as if she didn't take it seriously, but because of this, Lin Ruhai felt even more uncomfortable in her heart, and couldn't help shouting to the servants: "Master is so careless, why do you let her do things like this? Hurry up and ask the doctor to come over and see how the prescriptions from the past few years are suitable for the symptoms?"

After the sound of footsteps, there were only two people left in the room.Lin Ruhai sat on the main seat, and saw her sitting on the last seat with drooping eyebrows and supple eyes, with her hands resting on her knees, she couldn't see her expression, but felt that the whole person was very dull, neither sad nor happy, like a sculpture In general, he couldn't help but frowned again, after a moment of silence, he asked, "What do you know about the words under the tree earlier?"

Mrs. Zhao didn't answer. After a long time, when Lin Ruhai thought she would not speak again, she heard her ask in a flat tone: "It's been a long time, and it will be clear. I don't know what the master is asking?" one?"

Lin Ruhai opened his mouth, but he really didn't know how to continue. Seeing that he was speechless, Mrs. Zhao followed suit. The two sat at each other, thinking about their own things, and the room soon fell into silence again.Such a silent atmosphere was not broken until there was a human voice outside the house: "Master, the doctor is here."

Lin Ruhai nodded, motioning for someone to come in.Zhao Shi still lowered her head, but there was a faint smile in her eyes, but she quickly retracted it, and silently put her hand on the pulse pillow.The old doctor stroked his sparse old goatee with one hand, and put his other hand on his wrist to check the pulse. After a long time, he switched to the other hand. After thinking for a while, he asked carefully about his daily appetite and how much food he used. How did you sleep at night? Did you ever use the other prescriptions? Mrs. Zhao truthfully stated them one by one, and the maid would add a few words from time to time.

The more detailed and trifling the question, the more uneasy Lin Ruhai felt. If not, the doctor hesitated for a long time before he thought about his words and said: "Madam's prescription is also suitable for the coughing and wheezing symptoms. It's just Madam's body. It still needs to be recuperated carefully, madam may not be very clear about it in the early years, and she ate a lot of cold things by mistake, but now the palace cold syndrome has penetrated deep into her skin, I am afraid it is this heir..." The old doctor shook his head, and then Although the half-sentence did not go on, anyone could understand the profound meaning in it.

"Thank you doctor." Mrs. Zhao didn't seem to feel the stagnation in the room, she calmly withdrew her hand, nodded to the doctor, and signaled to the maid to ask the doctor to prescribe the medicine outside, and behaved as usual, just like before It's just a minor ailment that doesn't matter.

Lin Ruhai looked at her vaguely, his throat tightened, and after a long time, Fang said, "You know?"

Mrs. Zhao finally raised her eyes to look at him, and then turned her gaze outside the house. Concubine Xiang's tears were still there, rustling in the evening wind, seeming to be mournful, or whispering, telling the beautiful past like smoke, Her voice was still calm and calm: "It's been a long time, and I'll understand it naturally." After a pause, she finally withdrew her gaze, and slowly fell to her knees again. Folding her hands, "I'm also a maid and concubine. Without this fate, I can't blame others, and I won't blame anyone. It's just fate."

Inexplicably, Lin Ruhai was at a loss for words, and after a while, he asked with difficulty: "How did you know?"

Mrs. Zhao smiled slightly: "Master, although the maid and concubine can't read a few words, and don't understand any advanced things in pharmacology and medical science, they still know how they are. If not, the old lady might have seen it back then." Not a concubine." Speaking of this, Zhao paused for a while, as if hesitating for something, Lin Ruhai was about to speak, but she saw a bit of determination slowly appearing on her face, raised her head, and faced him calmly , smiled and said, "If the master doesn't believe it, you can go to the side as much as possible. Although the servants and concubines are dull, they also understand the truth that if you listen, you will be clear, and if you believe, you will be dark."

This is the first time that Mrs. Zhao met his gaze, and Lin Ruhai felt unbearable with that gaze, which was neither happy nor sad, as if she was just watching indifferently, watching with cold eyes, but never said a word , even, even I... don't care much about it.

"You're good to live and support." Lin Ruhai uttered this sentence dryly, but Lin Ruhai really didn't know what else to say.Mrs. Zhao responded, got up, and sent him to the gate of the courtyard as usual, and watched him go away before turning back and entering the house.She still bowed her head, with a soft and stern appearance, but no one had ever seen the frost-like sharpness in her lowered brows and eyes, and the undisguised, very clear and clear hatred.Let a woman lose the most precious ability, the most reliable dependence, and stay in this narrow courtyard, exhausting her youth and life, how can she not complain, how can she not hate?

When she heard the libretto of the banquet guests in the front yard and the news that Mrs. Song passed away overnight, she knew that the best opportunity had come.Although she doesn't know who is behind the scenes, this does not prevent her from wanting to add fire.

Leaving the house, Lin Ruhai summoned Lin Ping and asked him to quietly invite Mr. Sun over to take pulse number one for several concubines in the mansion. Mr. Sun didn't know why, but he sighed and sighed in his heart, judging from the pulse. , this method is really clever, all of which are slowly drawn with a long stream of water, slightly aggravating the taste of the soup, adding something short to the daily nourishing tea, and paying more attention to the combination of meals, such as cress, almonds, fungus, etc. These are common dishes, and in seasons, there are often crab claws and turtle shells for nourishing conditioning, supper after meals, and sometimes porridge made with barley. , but it is difficult.

Elder Sun shook his head and left with a sigh, leaving Lin Ruhaiku with a gloomy complexion sitting in the room.Old Sun's words were clear, and hit his heart word by word, making him unable to retreat and avoid.Hehe, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but laugh out loud, the more he laughed, the more he couldn't suppress it, and finally he laughed loudly, so madly, tears flowed out of laughter, and his whole body was terrified of laughing. Couldn't help curling up on the couch, Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai, it's useless for you to be familiar with poetry and books for half your life, but it turns out that you are not even as good as a woman!No, it's more than that, you don't know that you let her play with you, and you are even complacent, saying that you have a good wife and children, and you will live up to this life.

Having a wife like this, what can a husband ask for?

Thinking of how many times he had been so emotional with his old friend and good friend, Lin Ruhai couldn't stop laughing, laughing loudly, shaking all over, laughing so much that he could not get up on the couch, laughing so hard that he wanted to take out his heart and liver and smash it hard Last time.After [-] years of husband and wife, Lin Lao knew the face of the person next to her pillow. The pretty lady in pink has such a vicious heart.But he foolishly thought that she was a good, virtuous, magnanimous, his best wife, and the most perfect mistress of his Lin family.

All these years, he has always believed in her, and entrusted him with all the affairs of the inner house, thinking that God has treated him well, that he has given such a beautiful wife and his own body, that he can raise cases like eyebrows, can sing with husband and wife, and can walk hand in hand through ups and downs.

Back then, she felt pity for her grievances, and she did not hesitate to argue with her biological mother, causing father and son to be separated for 12 years, but they were strangers when they saw each other again. Even, when they heard the news that she was seriously ill, they angrily scolded Su Yunxiu, and rushed back to the house in a hurry to save her. Asking doctors for medicine, at all costs, just hoping that she will be healthy soon.But now, when all the facts were cruelly unfolded in front of him, he couldn't bear to look directly at him, and it made him feel heartbroken and chills all over his body.

But it turned out that all of this was just a play, a dream, a game of inviting you into the urn, and he really mistrusted the person, and even more so, wrongly paid his heart.

"Jia Min, you are so ruthless! How can you bear to treat me like this?"

40. Think hard about Jia Min's final alliance

Lin Ping followed Lin Ruhai's instructions, and told Jia Min about the housekeeper in a tactful tone. The smile on Jia Min's face suddenly froze: "Master is really like this... Which sister did you point at?"

Lin Ping's head drooped a little lower: "Madam still needs to make up her mind."

"The younger sisters are all old people in the mansion, those rules are naturally clear, and it is good to take care of each other." Jia Min tried his best to maintain a steady voice, paused for a long time, and said softly, "I'm coming to the mansion In these years, it can be considered that you have watched over, and with the help of your father and son, it is quite reassuring."

Lin Ping groaned secretly in his heart, but his face became more respectful: "My wife said so, I don't dare to be an old slave. It's because the masters are generous that they give the slaves this dignity." If the matter between Jishan and Jinxiu is left behind It's all right to move forward, his son is happy, he naturally has nothing to do, but at this juncture... Fortunately, he saw something was wrong earlier, so he sent his own bastard to the outside. Come.

The silk handkerchief in his hand was clenched again, and Jia Minqiang sighed with a smile: "Butler Lin is always so humble." His eyes fell on Lin Ping, who was perfectly polite, but he couldn't help but frowned. Sister, old and immortal are called thieves, this is true when it comes to Butler Lin.

After a few perfunctory words, Lin Ping paid close attention to how he couldn't see her being far-fetched, so he stayed for a while knowingly, and then excused other things to leave.

As soon as the person left, Jia Min couldn't hold on to the chair anymore, not only was there a smile on his face, but his expression was also indifferent. He closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, before asking softly, "Is the master really suspicious of me?" Asked, but the tone is flat, it seems that no one else needs to answer, it seems that the answer is already in the bottom of my heart.

Nanny Li has been serving her close to her body, and she can hear every word of Lin Ping clearly, not to mention Madam, even she is feeling uneasy, but at the moment, there is nothing she can do except confront her face.Considering his words, he began to comfort him and said: "Madam, don't think about it. These years, the master has treated his wife with deep affection, and everyone in the house understands it, let alone how he treats the young lady. I am afraid that the master treats his wife like this. body. Even...for a while, I misunderstood it, as long as my wife tells me carefully, the master will believe it."

Jia Min drooped her eyelids, her white hands were clear-cut, but her palms were red, traces of which had already condensed into knots, but she slowly tightened them, holding them in her palms, even though it was cold, she could still Unwilling to give up, she couldn't help but smiled slightly: "I understand what you said."

As soon as Lin Ping returned to the study, a servant came forward and whispered to him what was wrong with Lin Ruhai. Hearing this, Lin Ping's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but look up at the room. The perfectly embroidered Sihefu characters are also a little silent, as if covering the spring scenery outside the house, and it is so dense that not even a trace of spring breeze enters the house.

Standing on the threshold, looking back at the dusky sky, it was as if ink had been splashed on it. There was no more brilliance in the sunset before, only a thick blackness remained. Lin Ping sighed for a long time, and finally bowed his head Walking to the curtain, bowing down respectfully, he said softly to the room: "Master, it's getting late, today's meal, can I ask you to serve it?"

The room was very quiet, there was no sound at all, it seemed to be just an empty room.Lin Ping waited and waited, but did not see Lin Ruhai responding, and the depression in his heart became more intense, but it is not a good thing for the master not to eat, so he couldn't help raising his voice: "Master?"

Be quiet again.

When Lin Ping was hesitating whether to go in and say a few more words of persuasion, he heard a noise in the room, like the muffled sound of his body bumping into the coffee table, and Lin Ruhai's voice followed, "Where is Madam?"

Lin Ping hastily opened the curtain and entered the room, only to see Lin Ruhai reclining on the couch, the short table in the middle had been abandoned on one side, still showing a partial and refined look, even the folds on the skirt seemed to have never been changed, but the voice, But as if his voice was hoarse, with a gravel-like low, Lin Ping's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but bend his waist a little bit lower: "Yes."

Lin Ruhai smiled in a low voice, and suddenly said, "How?"

Lin Ping didn't know how to answer for a while, and he couldn't tell what the master was asking, so he just stood there with his head down, and after a while, he said cautiously: "Madam agreed, and asked the younger one to watch."

Lin Ruhai didn't say any more, just hummed softly, lowered his head and played with Wen Run and Tian Baiyupei on his waist for a while, then turned his gaze out of the window, saw a person walking from a distance on the path outside the courtyard, and squinted his eyes slightly, The smile on the corner of his mouth grew even stronger: "It's hard for her to have a heart."

Lin Ping couldn't help but quietly looked out the window a few times, and felt even more bitter after seeing the appearance of the person coming.It was Jinxiu, the big maid in front of Jia Min, who came, carrying a food box in her hand, just like in the past.Not long after the person came to report, he walked into the room lightly, approached, and saluted Zhou Zheng: "Master, this is the new ginseng soup that the wife asked someone to cook. The wife wanted to send it to the master herself, but she was sick. Feeling a little uncomfortable, she asked her servants to bring them, saying that the master is busy with work these days, and asking the master to take care of himself is also Madam's kindness." Jinxiu did not do little to send soup and water, but for some reason , but I was a little apprehensive in my heart, and the words became softer and softer in the end, I just lowered my head and said everything respectfully, and didn't say anything more.

Lin Ping only felt that it was chilly in the room. It seemed that it was not the warm day of spring when the flowers bloomed, but the cold and bleak late autumn. He shrank his hands unconsciously into his sleeves, and felt that the cold cloth rubbed against him so that his hairs stood on end. , the eyes are fixed on the feet, as if to stare at a flower from the flat ground.

The line of sight shifted slowly from Jinxiu, who was curtseying, to the black lacquered food box painted with gold and red background, and Lin Ruhai's eyes gradually darkened: "It's hard to be a wife. How can I live up to such a heart?"

The hand holding the food box tightened slightly, Jinxiu felt uncomfortable all over her body, but she couldn't tell what was wrong, hearing what Lin Ruhai said, she quickly put the food box on the table beside her, and carefully took out a cup Tangzhan, but it was in the shape of a double flower, Lin Ping's heart trembled when he saw it, and he handed it with both hands, Lin Ruhai took it in his hand, looked down for a while, but only leaned forward and put it in a corner on the low table.

Jinxiu hesitated and wanted to speak, but Lin Ping stopped her with his eyes. He bit his lip, then curtseyed while carrying the empty food box, and then backed out.

The room returned to the previous quietness, no, it should be quieter than before.Lin Ping stood anxiously in a corner, bowed his head and lowered his eyebrows, wishing he could shrink himself into the shadow so that others could not see him.I don't know how long I stood there, but Lin Ping felt that his hands and feet were numb, and wanted to move quietly, but he heard Lin Ruhai's faint words suddenly: "I found out everything I asked you to investigate before?"

With just one sentence, Lin Ping was told not to move an inch, he froze in place for a while before he woke up, and quickly replied: "It's been a little longer, most of the personnel books back then didn't have any roots, even if there were, I'm afraid They also stayed in the old mansion in the capital, scattered far away, I have already sent someone back to Beijing, and I guess I will hear back in a few days. It's just..." Lin Ping hesitated for a moment, considering his words , and said carefully, "The matter of Xiao Fangqing..."

Lin Ruhai glanced at him lightly, his eyes were full of indifference and coldness, Lin Ping couldn't help shivering, lowered his head, closed his eyes slightly, and poured out everything he found out: "Just I sang two times, but I didn't sing any more. It didn't spread much in the public, but the name of Su... Leshantang was very popular. Mrs. Zhao took the lead in donating a hundred taels, and several officials' wives The young lady and the family of the rich businessman and the country gentry also rarely act righteously. Recently, the pennants and red plaques sent by Leshantang are like running water. As long as there is a donation, they can get a receipt, which has attracted the attention of the public to this place. .”

Lin Ruhai nodded, he could control the ups and downs of public opinion with ease, but his mind was not here at the moment: "Where is the wife?"

"There are a lot of things in the house, maybe..." Although the words were not exhaustive, the meaning was very clear.Lin Ping paused for a moment, and then added, "I only sent more reward silver to Zhao's family." As for whether to send reward silver or not, Lin Ping didn't go any further. Thinking about it, the master also thought about it. of.

Silver reward?Lin Ruhai's eyes darkened, his eyes were brilliant, and he tapped the side of the couch beside him lightly with his fingers: "I will get... 100 taels from the tent, and send it to Le Shan Tang." Lin Ping accepted the order and said yes, Just about to leave, Lin Ruhai laughed again, "Since it's the wife's business, let's talk to the wife, there must be no exceptions." After finishing speaking, she turned her head and glanced at the cold soup cup on the low table , the corners of his mouth were raised slightly, and the slightly ironic smile disappeared.

Lin Ping walked out of the room with his head bowed, couldn't help rubbing his arms vigorously, looked at the dark night sky, and plunged into it again trembling.

Lin Pingdi went back and forth, but it also broke Jia Minwu's self-supporting composure. He felt his eyes darkened, his whole body was limp, and he had no strength left. She couldn't help holding her heart and panting and coughing, as if she was going to cough up all her internal organs. She coughed to the end, and couldn't hold it anymore and fell down on the couch.I don't know when the palm of the hand was soaked with blood again, dripping out from the ferocious scab, staining the skirt of the clothes, leaving drop after drop of marks, like the remaining tears of dragon and phoenix candles on the candlestick overnight, and I thought about it a long time ago, a night When I woke up, the bright red falling from the snow-white brocade.

Nanny Li hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, but Jia Min stretched out her hand and pushed her away. She said with a sad smile, "I didn't expect, hehe, to ask me to give money to that bitch... He actually asked me... Where do you want to put Yu'er and me?"

Lin Ping's words were very short, but each word pierced her heart like a needle.Why did the lady of the next family do the same, what about the other family, what has it to do with her, Jia Min?She would rather set up a porridge stall to help the people, and even took a lot of money and spread it out, but she would never hand it over to that Leshantang, that woman!Using her money to achieve that woman's reputation, how could she swallow this breath!

I also want to invite the red silk plaque into the mansion. Today it is her plaque, but tomorrow it will be her mother and son passing through the door?In the future, is there still a place for her and Yu'er?When she thought of her beloved daughter being wronged, and when she thought of her loving husband being taken away, Jia Min felt trembling all over her body, and her whole heart was in a tearing pain. How to give up?

At dawn tomorrow, the money added in the name of her and Daiyu will be in the hands of the woman, and Jia Min feels that all her face has been removed, and she can even see the woman's proud mockery. I couldn't help but say with hatred, "Lin Ruhai, you are so cruel!"

"Ma'am, you should make a plan early." Nanny Li also became anxious now. In the past, even if the master had no choice but to do it, there would be no need for Butler Lin to come over to inform his wife in person. The outer courtyard would do it alone. That's all, but right now, doesn't this slap your wife in the face?Even, even Miss...

"Nurse, please find out for me, where they live, what they do on weekdays, where they go, and what kind of friendship they have with that surnamed Qin." Jia Min wiped the corners of her lips with her hand. The fishy heat, the coldness in the eyes, let you escape, I want to see how lucky you are.

Nanny Li quickly responded, and then suggested: "Then Su Xuan, do you think Madam also..."

"If something happens to Su Yunxiu, what else can he do?" Jia Min squinted his eyes and said coldly. Su Yunxiu has been seeking that good name, but it is for Su Xuan. Coupled with a notorious mother, that is the stain he will bear all his life, how can he walk the path of cleanliness?

"What Madam said is true." Madam Li suddenly felt her eyes light up, and couldn't help laughing, "Master also fell in love with this. If Su Xuan is destroyed, Master may not have such thoughts."

Jia Min lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly became dim again: "Three points of this matter are man-made, and seven points depend on God's will. It would be fine if it was earlier, but it is also difficult now." Thinking of Lin Yan, Jia Min felt that the current situation It may not be easy to intervene, but if she does nothing, it is not in her nature to sit and wait for death. She only hates herself for waking up too late and missing the opportunity, "Mother, what if Yu'er complies with mother's wishes?"

Nanny Li was stunned for a while: "What does Madam mean?"

"Although I don't like Baoyu's child very much, he is even stubborn, and he doesn't like to study, and his mother loves him very much. If things go on like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to become a talent in the future." Speaking of this, Jia Min endured