Indulgence in the Red Chamber

In the car behind got out a woman in Chinese dress, wearing a golden phoenix hairpin on her head, and a dress embroidered with the color of the imperial concubine Xiang. , tall and tall, with a long face, a pair of almond-shaped blue eyes, with a subtle shrewdness.The two of them came to the front of the big car one after the other. The girl stepped forward and lifted the door curtain of the car, and said softly: "Old lady, we are here. Please get out of the car."

"Yuanyang, this street is so deserted, ask girl Feng, does Yu'er really live here?"

"Old lady, I've made inquiries. Miss Lin lives here. She must be at home now." The lady in Chinese clothes is Sister Feng. She and Yuanyang came forward together and helped the old lady get out of the car. Standing at the door for a while, he asked someone to come forward and knock on the door.

Daiyu was sitting idle under the eaves of the porch, when her family members came in and reported that the old lady of Jia's mansion had brought Lian's second grandmother to see the girl, she was taken aback, she got up hastily, and went out to greet her.

Jia's mother looked at it all the way through the door, and saw that although the courtyard was not big, it was neatly tidied up, and the flowers, plants, trees, mountains, stones, pavilions and pavilions were also very particular, making it a quiet place for self-cultivation.He sighed in his heart, after all, the Lin family has some background, and the yard they built in a hurry can be so particular. It can be seen that although Daiyu is small, she also has some ideas.

Daiyu walked around the corridor and saw Jia Mu holding Yuanyang's hand and walking slowly on crutches. She took a few steps quickly, went up to meet her, and knelt down slowly: "Granddaughter pays respects to grandmother. I am sorry for Lao Madam, Dai Yu Yu felt deeply disturbed."

"My silly child." Mother Jia bent down and pulled Daiyu up, holding her face and shaking her head repeatedly: "I haven't seen you these days, why are you so thin? Poor your father is not at home, you live at home alone, even There's no one to talk to, but it's not a way to take care of you. It's because I'm old, neglected, and can't take care of you. I just came to see you today."

"What did my grandmother say? Daiyu can't be filial for her mother. It is already a great sin to have fun in front of the old lady. How can she dare to worry about the old lady? It's getting more and more unfilial." Daiyu said, standing up , invite Jia Mu to enter the house.Turn around and order people to watch tea, and say hello to Sister Feng and all the sisters at home.

Sister Feng said one by one, then took Daiyu's hand and smiled: "Others will pay it back. Brother Bao, every time he talks about his sister, he sighs for a long time, saying that a person like a sister cannot be raised in front of the ancestors. It's really a pity."

"It's all right for sister-in-law to tell jokes." Daiyu felt uncomfortable, so she didn't want to talk to Sister Feng, let alone Baoyu.

Seeing that Daiyu was not very happy, Jia Mu pointed to Sister Feng and said, "You monkey, you can't be at peace for a moment."

"I'm telling the truth. Why didn't the old ancestors get sleepless because of brother Bao's nagging? The old lady invited wine and sang an opera at home, and the old lady said that my uncle let go of his foreign job again and couldn't return to the capital for a while. We are very sad. I should take my younger sister into the mansion to recuperate."

"That's not exactly what you said." As Jiamu said, she pulled Daiyu to her again, and sighed, "My dear boy, I brought a few cars here today. You ask the servants to clean up the clothes and come with me." Let's go. You are a child living alone outside, how can I feel at ease? If you are really filial, come back with me. Live in my house, eat and drink with me. I will personally mediate your soup and medicine Bai, your body will be fine in a year or so. Your father is on business in the Northwest, so he is naturally more at ease."

There was a hundred things in Daiyu's heart that she didn't want to go, but Jia's mother came to pick her up, and she said these heartfelt words to herself, and she didn't know how to refuse as a child.It's just that Lin Ning is thinking about him, and I don't know if he is safe now, the emperor issued a secret decree, ordering people to search for him all over the capital, but there is no news of him.I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

Seeing that Daiyu was silent, she didn't say anything, and she just stood in front of her and lowered her head to think about things. She couldn't understand her thoughts for a while, so she turned her head to look at Sister Feng.Sister Feng understood, and hurriedly stepped forward to talk: "My good sister, the ancestor loves you a lot. Even if you like quietness and don't want to go to our place with the sisters, at least you can stay for a few days. It is not in vain for the ancestor to talk about it." If you don’t really love you when you look at the hot weather, why would you come to see you in the car yourself? "

Daiyu heard the words, she had no choice but to nod her head and said: "Sister-in-law is very true, I was young and didn't know what to do, so I showed the old lady's kindness." Daiyu said, several people walked to the door of the house, and Daiyu opened the curtain herself Invite Jia Mu to come in, invite Jia Mu to take a seat, and then continued: "It's just that something happened in the past two days. A family member I brought from the south has no news. I don't know what I am doing outside now. If I go , He won’t see me when he comes back, and he’s afraid that there will be trouble again.”

"Hey, why is family so important?" Sister Feng knew Lin Ning well, but she didn't say it clearly.He just pretended not to know and asked.

"He is a manager of my family. Because of his father's entrustment, he is holding the family's money and looking for some business outside. So he is different from others." Daiyu was taken aback by Sister Feng's question, so she had to find a reason to say past.

Mother Jia laughed and said, "I've heard about it. It was your uncle who met you in the household department office that day and found out that you lived outside alone without a company. After returning home, I told you Speaking of this matter, I sighed and said that my uncle did not take good care of my niece, and it would be difficult to see your mother in the future. I begged me to let me take care of you more. It happens that I miss you too much. Come back with me, your uncle is always paying attention to the matter of Mr. Ning. If there is any news, he will be the first to tell you."

When Daiyu heard this, she understood.It turned out that it was the uncle who told the old lady about himself, so the old lady condescended and came to pick her up.

Having said this, Daiyu knew that she couldn't refuse.If he refuses to go, he will definitely have an enmity with his grandmother's family, and he will be ridiculed as unfilial and unrighteous, and even hurt his father's reputation.Besides, by going to Rongguo Mansion, you might be able to learn about Lin Ning sooner, or you might be able to find out the secret of your mother's death.In this way, even if I suffer some grievances, it will be fine.

After making up her mind, Daiyu got up and knelt down slowly in front of Jiamu, weeping and said: "Daiyu is grateful to her grandmother for her compassion. Daiyu is young and doesn't understand human affairs. She was a little frivolous. Grandma only sees her dying." For my mother's sake, I don't care about anything like my granddaughter, and today I came here to pick me up, if I don't go, it's really a world. Grandma, sit down, and I will tell my family to pack up, and I will go back with my grandma."

When Jia Mu heard this, she immediately beamed with joy, and hurriedly took Daiyu and patted her hand and said, "Just take what you need with you, and don't take any of the clumsy furniture. Just leave it here. Leave it for another day." The Fang family will wait here again, if there is anything, feel free to come to the mansion to report. What do you think?"

"Yes. Grandmother is very considerate. I'll go and tell my servants right away." Since Daiyu decided to go with Jiamu, she naturally wouldn't argue with her any more. She promised and told Nanny Wang to serve the tea, and turned to go out by herself.

In the northwest corner of the capital, there is an old house.

This courtyard has existed since the Manchu Qing cavalry entered Beijing. The courtyard is not luxurious, but it is very spacious.The black-lacquered door has been closed for many years, and it is rarely opened, and no one has ever seen anyone enter or exit through this door.There is no plaque on the lintel, so naturally the owner of the house is unknown.

Of course, the houses in this area are basically deep houses and large courtyards. Most of the wealthy people who do business from other provinces will buy one or two courtyards in the capital for emergency needs.Therefore, there are very few idle people passing by in this area, and most of the houses are empty.In the eyes of the surrounding people, this courtyard is the property bought by those businessmen to bribe the dignitaries of the capital.

On the west side of the courtyard, there is a side door. Outside the door is a deep alley. The alley is not wide, and there are high walls on both sides. People in Beijing commonly call it "Jia Dao".

A boy in his teens hurried over from the outside carrying several packs of herbs, entered the narrow passage, walked to the side door, and knocked on the door, one long and three short.The side door opened with a creak, and a white-haired old man let the boy in, then poked his head out, looked around the alley, saw no suspicious person following him, and then closed the courtyard door.

The boy trotted all the way to a small courtyard, ran in along the verdant bamboo, stopped in front of the broad noon Baosha, and said to the boy at the door: "Little Yunzi, go in and go back to the master. Bought it back."

"The master said, go in as soon as Brother Lu comes back." The boy at the door said, raising his hand to open the curtain.

The boy named Brother Lu rushed in, but saw an old man in his 60s sitting in front of the bed covered with a water-blue cotton quilt and a pale boy. It was Lin Ning who had been missing for two days and one night.And this old man happened to be the old man of the Ling family who was rescued by Lin Ning in front of Wande Hall.

"Master. The medicine has been bought."

"Well, Xiao Yunzi, take the medicine and fry it." Old Master Ling turned to look at Brother Lu, and when Xiao Yunzi went out with the medicine, Fang asked in a deep voice, "Is there any news outside?"

"It is said that Lord Long Live has returned to the Forbidden City from Changchun Garden. The concubine Defei who went to Changchun Garden to plead guilty accompanied her back to the palace. It seems that she was not convicted. It's just that Sibei Le was reprimanded by the emperor and punished to stay at home and contemplate for a while Yue, you are not allowed to go out, the master said it was funny, the emperor punished Si Bei Le to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors, but let Si Fujin supervise. It is rumored in the capital that this Si Fujin is deeply relied on by the emperor, and the emperor ordered her to take care of her husband and children, and supervise Si Fujin well. Baylor has turned around."

"Well, is there anything else? How is the son's house?"

"My son's house is fine, and the girl didn't have any serious accidents. I just heard that the Rongguo Mansion sent several carts there yesterday, and then the girl went to their house. People nearby said that at that time Lin The girl's belongings were packed into two carts, and there were only some clumsy things left in the yard..."

"Hmm..." The comatose person on the bed snorted softly, Mr. Ling hurriedly waved his hands, Brother Lu hurriedly stopped talking, and the master and servant stepped forward to visit, but Lin Ning slowly opened his eyes.

"My lord! You finally woke up!" Mr. Ling sighed softly.

"Where is this?" Lin Ning looked at Mr. Ling, feeling a little kind, but couldn't remember where he had seen him.Looking at the surrounding environment, it is also very strange.I was about to struggle to do it, but I couldn't gather any strength in my body, so I had to lie on the bed slumped.

"This is the little old man's outer house. The little old man's surname is Ling, from Shanxi. He was framed and misused medicine a few days ago, and almost died on the street. Fortunately, the young man was kind and righteous, and saved the little old man's life." A sudden torrential rain fell in Tianjing City the day before yesterday, and the people in the city were killed or injured in martial arts. The little old man did not have time to go home because he was inspecting the business of the store. He happened to find that the young master passed out in the heavy rain and was blown towards the west of the city by the water, so he rescued the young master. "

"Oh, so that's the case." Lin Ning frowned, squeezed his eyes again, and tried to recover his consciousness from the splitting headache, "Who was talking just now? What did Miss Lin carry with her? Two carts left, and all that's left in the yard is some clumsy stuff..."

"It's this boy. He went out to buy medicinal materials for the young master to dispel the cold, and heard some news. Now inside and outside the city, the people of the nine admirals are looking for the whereabouts of the young master. It is said that the emperor issued a secret decree, and must find the young master. The little old man didn't dare to be careless, so he hid the young master in this secret place. When the young master is in good health, we will find a way to send the young master out of the capital." When Mr. Ling heard that the emperor ordered Lin Ning to be arrested, he thought he was What a heinous crime he committed, that's why he acted like this.

"..." Lin Ning was speechless. He opened his eyes and looked at the embroidery on the top of the tent, secretly thinking about the future.

"Don't worry, my lord. The little old man has already had someone look at your illness. It's just a bit of cold and heavy rain. It's inevitable. But the system of your lord is very good, so there's nothing serious about it." .Take one or two doses of medicine and you will be fine. You are a doctor yourself, and you know it well after thinking about it. You are the savior of the little old man. Even if the little old man puts his life on the line, he will keep you safe."

"Thank you, Mr. Ling." Lin Ning smiled and said weakly, "Please help me sit up."

"Okay." Mr. Ling got up and put his hands together, helped Lin Ning up, and put a big pillow behind him.

"Thank you, old man, let me sit quietly for a while."

"Success. Young master, sit down for a while. I'll go and see how the soup is cooking." Mr. Ling said, and ordered the servant to take good care of him, and then he went out.

Lin Ning leaned on the bed, secretly mobilizing his internal energy to heal his injuries, but found that he couldn't raise any strength.Frustrated for a moment, he lay down dejectedly.I miss Daiyu in my heart, and I don't know what will happen to her when she enters Rongguo Mansion, whether she will be wronged, whether she will be harassed by Baoyu and will not have a moment of peace, and most importantly, whether she will become a bosom friend with Baoyu from now on, and put herself Put it aside and never think about it again...