Indulgence in the Red Chamber

When Lin Ning met Lin Ruhai, the two couldn't help exchanging pleasantries for a while. Lin Ruhai had already heard Daiyu tell the story of the past few days in the capital, and he admired Lin Ning's behavior and attitude even more in his heart.His love for him is beyond words, but it is a pity that his life experience is still a mystery. This is a fly in the ointment, and it is also a little care of Lin Ruhai.

That night, Lin Ruhai and Lin Ning ate wine until the third watch before going to bed.Early the next morning, Lin Ning got up and heard that Lin Ruhai was still sleeping, so he ordered his servants to prepare breakfast, and went out to the inn to visit Lu Siniang's master and apprentice.

Qiao Meier's poison has most likely been cured, and when Lin Ning came, she was sending Lu Siniang to dinner.Seeing Lin Ning, the two hurriedly got up and kowtowed to him, saying that the kindness of saving their lives would save their lives, and that it would be hard to repay the favor of being a cow.

Lin Ning waved his hands with a smile, let the two stand up, and said: "These illusory words are impossible to talk about. I don't believe that there will be an afterlife. Even if there is an afterlife, I may not be the life of the peasants. You are a cow and a horse." You can’t repay me. It’s not hard to repay your kindness, you have some martial arts skills, and this little girl is pretty clean. My family is short of manpower, so I wonder if you would like to follow me?”

"This..." Qiao Meier only looked at little Lu Siniang after hearing Lin Ning's words.Ordinarily, Lin Ning saved her name, and it would not be an exaggeration to make her a slave. However, Lu Siniang bears a deep hatred and is born as a young lady. If she were to be a slave for others, Qiao Meier would not be able to be the master.

"Aunt Mei," Lu Siniang was still a child, there were no outsiders at this time, and she forgot what Qiao Meier taught her for a while, and she didn't call her a master, so she regarded herself as a young lady and called Qiao Meier Aunt Mei, and glanced at Lin Ning again. , said seriously: "Mr. Lin saved our lives, and he is our reinvented parents. I am willing to go with you. I wonder if you are willing, Aunt Mei."

As soon as Qiao Meier heard this, she lost any worries in her heart, turned around and knelt down in front of Lin Ning, calling herself a slave: "Slave Qiao Meier greets the master. The master is auspicious and wealthy, and everything goes well."

Seeing Qiao Meier like this, Lu Siniang also followed her example and knelt in front of Lin Ning: "Slave Lu Siniang pays homage to master, master is blessed and safe."

"Okay, okay. In fact, I hate these vulgar customs the most. You two get up, since you have followed me, this original name can no longer be used. Qiao Meier can be called Qiao Shi in the future, and the word Meier will definitely be used. I want to hide it. Si Niang, change it to Chunxian from now on."

"Thank you, Master, for the name." Qiao Shi and Lu Siniang were both busy and happy.

"I don't have to change your names. Only in this way can I save a lot of trouble in the future. Also, you don't have to call me 'Master Master' in the future. I am also a slave of someone else's family, and I am not a real person. Master, you come with me later, and I will take you two to meet your real master." Lin Ning said this, but secretly thought in his heart, everything else is fine, the word "Lv Siniang" will be used in the future. He has a lot of background.This girl didn't know what relationship she had with Yongzheng, so she attracted future generations to make up so many stories.

Qiao Shi and Chun Xian hurriedly agreed, and went to pack up their simple salutes. Qiao Shi took his sword and followed Lin Ning out of the inn.

Back at the door of the house, Lin Ning said to the two people around him, "This will be my home from now on."

Qiao looked up hurriedly, and saw two large characters written on the black lacquered gate: Lin's house.Although the door is not big, it is serious and tidy. There are two stone lions at the door, and there are also brass lion heads on the door knocker.

Lin Ning turned around and came back. Lin Ruhai had just woken up. When Lin Ning brought the two of them in to greet Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai was washing his face.Since Mrs. Jia's death, Lin Ruhai simply dismissed all the girls in the house, and this time when he came to Beijing, he didn't bring a maid to serve him. At this moment, one of the two servants was holding a washbasin and the other was holding a towel. Very humble, but after all, he is a man's family, and he is not very good at serving others.Lin Ning glanced at Mrs. Qiao, and Mrs. Qiao hurriedly handed over the package to Chunxian, went forward and knelt down slowly, took the washbasin from the servant, and held it up high.

Lin Ruhai was taken aback, and looked up to see Lin Ning, who only smiled faintly.

"This...?" Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Ning with wet hands.

"Slave Qiao, please greet the master. The slave is the poor man who saved his life. I beg the master to take you in." Saying this, Qiao kowtowed, took the handkerchief from another servant, and handed it to the top of his head. above.

Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Ning, saw the little girl next to her holding a bundle and a sword in her arms, and asked, "Do you know martial arts?"

"The servant learned a few tricks from his father when he was a child. Later, when his family was in trouble, he was struggling to earn a living, and he also learned three tricks and two styles when walking on the rivers and lakes. Later, he was framed by an adulterer and poisoned. Thanks to his benefactor, he was able to save his life. The two slaves His life was given by the master. From now on, I will swear to serve the master." Qiao is a girl from a rich family, she knows the rules of etiquette, and she also knows the importance of the answer.I don't dare to go too deep, and I can't hide it from the sky.Thinking about just arriving here, there is no need to talk about those messy things, as for the inside story, I will report in detail in the future.

"Well, I think you also know the rules. I don't need anyone to serve you here. Since Mr. Ning has accepted you, you can follow the lady." Lin Ruhai naturally thinks of her daughter in everything. Since Mrs. Qiao is good at martial arts, she serves Dai Jade must be good.

"My lord, this little girl has a good foundation. I will train her personally, and she will definitely become a master of the generation. It is very appropriate for her to serve the young lady. This Qiao family should stay by the adult's side to serve, and the young lady can feel at ease." Lin Ning persuaded road.

"I'm used to it. There are many women around me, but they get in the way." Lin Ruhai said, waving his hands.

Qiao's face turned red all of a sudden.

She married her master to the Lu family when she was 15 years old. She was planning to confiscate the house for the master. She didn't want to confiscate the house and something happened to the family. She escaped with Lu Siniang out of the friendship between master and servant, and she has lived until now. In her teens, she once planned to find another family, but she was afraid that the man would abuse her, so she insisted on taking her around alone. Today, when Lin Ruhai said it suddenly, her daughter's family's thoughts spontaneously arose, and she hurriedly Turn around, not daring to look at people.

Lin Ning is a person with half modern thinking. It is common for a widow to remarry a widower and then remarry, so he persuaded with a smile: "My lord is doing this because he is afraid that the lady will feel sad. Youdao is the best relative and friend." , are not as good as my own parents. The wife is gone, and the young lady is already helpless. If the adults don’t know how to take care of their own health, if there is a disease or disaster in the future, won’t it make the young lady even more helpless? Under the circumstances, the most important thing is for the adults to feel at ease and to regain their energy to live."

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, nodded reluctantly, and sighed: "After all, my Yu'er's life is suffering."

"Don't worry, my lord. As long as my lord is in good health and my lady has someone to rely on, I won't become an orphan. It's not a hard life." Lin Ning said, then looked at Chunxian again: "Chunxian, kowtow to your lord, I Take you to see Miss."

After hearing this, Chunxian hurried forward to kowtow to Lin Ruhai.Lin Ning took her to see Daiyu.

At Daiyu's place, Lin Ning couldn't do without a lot of talking, and persuaded Daiyu a lot. Although Daiyu is young, she is also a sensible person.Besides, in that society, it is common for men to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that the mother is no longer there, and the father is just served by a servant, who is neither a concubine nor a concubine, so what's the problem?

For a while there were two more people in the family, and the housekeeper had to ask someone to tidy things up and buy clothes and bedding for Qiao and Chunxian. After Lin Ruhai stayed at home for a few days, there was an imperial decree. thing.This is hard work, if things are done well, there are Jia Zhen and Sun Shaozu in front of them to take the credit, if it is not good, it is naturally Lin Ruhai's supervision that is not good.Fortunately, Lin Ruhai has always acted prudently, kept a calm face, and still has the ability to protect himself.Now that the imperial decree has come down, he is also cautious and must not take the order to go.

Lin Ning secretly thought, Lin Ruhai has always been on errands in the south of the Yangtze River, and this time he went to Beijing to report on his duties, even if his political achievements were mediocre, he would not be sent to the northwest as an errand.This hard work fell on his head, there must be a reason, most likely who said something in front of the emperor's ears, it's just that such a thing cannot be purely based on guesswork.Even if he guessed who it was, he couldn't retaliate for a while.I had no choice but to comfort Daiyu with a few words, and then secretly went to Dai Duo to inquire about the news, hoping to learn some of the reasons from Yinzhen's mouth, but it was not a matter of a day or two.

Daiyu watched her family tidy up Lin Ruhai's surname Li, and gave Qiao many words.Thinking about it now, I feel that Lin Ning's arrangement is very appropriate. The trip to the west is very dangerous. Qiao's martial arts skills and years of walking in the rivers and lakes are definitely better than others.

After Lin Ruhai left, the small courtyard returned to its usual tranquility.Daiyu felt a little lonely, and worried about her father when no one was around.Lin Ning always has his own things to do. In addition to pointing out Chunxian's martial arts every morning, he still finds a way to go out to investigate the affairs of the imperial pharmacy.Every day when I come back, I always shut myself in the house for an hour or two.I don't know what he's busy with. Daiyu sometimes asks him, but he just vaguely explains it, or uses other words to divert it.

That day when Lin Ning came back from the outside, as soon as he entered the house, five or six people in official uniforms knocked on the door and entered.The doorkeeper's family hurriedly invited them into the study to have a cup of tea, and then asked someone to rush in and return to Lin Ning.

Lin Ning had just changed into a homely summer shirt, and was about to talk in Daiyu's room, when someone said that the person who checked the household registration diskette had come. .”