The Jade of the Red Chamber

It was not difficult to bring Aunt Zhou out of Jia's house, Lin Zhenyu was anxious to get her out of the miserable Jia's house as soon as possible!After all, Lin Ruhai is experienced, he knows that if he takes Aunt Zhou out without any preparation, what if the Jia family reports a fugitive slave... Lin Ruhai has not forgotten their current position, the Jia family is not to be feared, the terrible thing is King Zhongshun and the officials of his faction who are on the opposite side of them will not let go of this matter. If there is any clue that the escaped concubine of the Jia family is in the Lin family...

Lin Zhenyu calmed down, he didn't want his mother to hide for the rest of her life!After he took his mother out, he wanted her to have a proper identity, so that she could have a proper social relationship with other wives and wives, and not have to be burdened by the shadow of the previous decades.

What Lin Ruhai meant was to first get Aunt Zhou a real and innocent household registration document. It would be best if there had been such a family and person in the local area, so that even if someone from the Jia family recognized Aunt Zhou in the future, they would not be afraid at all.

Zhenyu thinks more, as an official in this era, although he has his father and Shui Yang to protect him, but the king's heart is unpredictable, and he will suffer if he fails to protect it.If he has a solid identity and is not afraid of scrutiny, even if he suffers from misfortune, his mother can still live a normal life, and will not be sued by an insider of the Jia family to the yamen because of this. The virtues of those in the Jia family will be ruined in the future and they will have to dream about living a good life again. At that time, this will not be a good opportunity to curry favor with Lin Zhenyu's "enemy"!

Zhenyu thought about this in her heart, so she naturally paid more attention to the Ministry of Household Affairs. After Shui Yang knew about it, she pondered and said: "The Huangzhou area was hit by disasters in the past two years, and many wealthy families and ordinary people rushed to various places. Go, you can give this a try."

Zhenyu patted his head, he would not turn around when it came to his mother's affairs, the household registration paperwork in the capital is difficult, but it is much easier to handle in a disaster-stricken place, and it does not attract attention.

At present, the Lin family sent people to visit Huangzhou secretly. In addition, Lin Ruhai maintained a good relationship with the Ministry of Households and the yamen below him from time to time. A full three points, because several officials who were promoted from the household department have a very good impression of Lin Ruhai.

On this day, Lin Ruhai and Zuo Shilang of Hubu had a good conversation in the study outside. This Zuo Shilang of Hubu was not from a prominent background, but he was very powerful, and he often did things to scare others without making a sound.

When he was still a small manager, he sorted out, transcribed, and compiled the dilapidated documents accumulated by the household department over the years. The then minister of the household department saw that the files piled up in several rooms became clean When the albums were neatly arranged on a shelf, I was so shocked that my eyeballs almost fell out!Those are all the population data reported by various places in the past year, which is too complicated and has no political achievements to get - the Ministry of Households has books to record the names and places of origin, and no one cares about the specific data of these people, just let it year after year Years pile up inside.

Although this matter did show the perseverance and strong ability of the current Hubu Zuo Shilang, it was something that could not be credited after all, and everyone was just surprised.At that time, there was a doctor who was afraid that he would go to check those old accounts for many years, but he suppressed this person for a while. He didn't show any interest in checking the accounts. Even if it was the assigned task, he just finished it quickly, and went to the file room of those people who didn't care about it.

If it weren't for a very famous incident, the left servant of the household department would not have climbed to the current high position in his 30s.It was not long after Jinshang succeeded to the throne, but someone in Zhili at the foot of the emperor accused Dangke Chuanlu of being an impostor, and his real identity was Chuanlu Lord's cousin.

It turned out that Chuanlu's father died early and his family was poor, but his uncle's family was a wealthy landowner. Chuanlu had gained fame, and his uncle's family had malicious intentions, locked up Chuanlu, bribed the patriarch, and let this cousin replace him. This cousin is quite similar, and no one really recognized it for a while.Chuanlu's wife fled out of the capital overnight to sue Shuntian Mansion.This incident had a great impact at the time, and it is outraged today, but the false legend has household registration documents, handprinted documents with the big seal of the Zhili Yamen, and even a certificate of the local school. He insisted that it was the true biography!Today, I ordered the Ministry of Households to search for specific information, which made the Minister of the Ministry of Households very worried. The Chuanlu was not a wealthy family, but was just a commoner at first. There are so many files, where can I find them?

At this time, someone thought of the left servant of the household department, and it turned out that this ordinary and inconspicuous person took out a book shortly after entering the house, which briefly recorded the birth, private school, and childhood of Chuanlu and Tang brother Chuanlu. Based on the experience of the imperial examination at the beginning of the trial, and comparing it with the books, articles and some evidence brought by Chuanlu's wife, the truth of this matter will become clear!The Chuanlu cousin never imagined that he could practice calligraphy as well as his cousin and had many evidences, and he would be exposed so easily and so quickly.

Today, I am very satisfied with the result, and when I asked, the Minister of the Ministry of Households did not dare to hide it, so he told this little master. It was also from this time that the Ministry of Households began to pay attention to some of these household registration information.This principal is also favored by the monk Jinshang, and has been gradually promoted to Zuo Shilang over the years.

However, this Zuo Shilang still likes to drill into the population file room when he is free, and all the officials in the household department are used to it.Lin Hai also had this consideration in deliberately getting closer to him. If he can help him a little bit, future troubles will be almost gone.

"Brother Zhou, this is the dog Zhenyu." "Zhenyu, come and meet Mr. Zhou, the left servant of the household department!" Ruhai introduced to him.

Zhou Bing smiled and praised: "Brother Lin has such a son, which is so enviable." Ru Hai smiled, he knew that Zhou Shilang's wife had died early, but she didn't remarry. treasure.I heard that the girl from his family also came to see each other. Could it be that Zhou Shilang fell in love with Zhenyu?

Can't help but smile even more, if Ruhai Siwei gets such an in-law, it would be great!The Lin family is very prominent now, if they were to marry a duke and noble daughter as a wife, it would be too ostentatious.Zhou Shilang doesn't have any basic family, and his character and affairs are very good. If the Zhou family girl is really good, it will be an excellent marriage.It's just that the eminent monk once said that you can marry a wife only after you have perfected the jade and weakened the crown. Can the Zhou family agree this time?

No matter how much Ruhai thought about it in his heart, Zhenyu raised his head and looked at this man's smile, which was a little dazed—it was so similar!It's so similar to the smile when his mother smiled sincerely at him when there was no one else!

Zhenyu was a little dazed, confused and didn't even hear what Ruhai and Zhou Bing said. Later, even Lin Ruhai realized that her son had always advanced and retreated at a certain pace. Isn't this sick?

Zhou Bing could see that the father and son were absent-minded. The son was out of his mind, and the father was anxious and exposed. The father and son had some genuine feelings for each other. It seems that the Lin family is really good...

Zhou Bing got up to leave, Lin Hai apologized a little, but didn't hold back, he only thought about what happened to his son.

Lin Zhenyu opened her mouth a few times, but swallowed the words back on the edge of her mouth. If not, it would be difficult to explain this matter.

After Zhou Bing left, Ruhai hurriedly pulled Zhenyu over, and asked Chang Qing to invite the doctor.Lin Zhenyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she hurriedly called to stop her, and helped her father into the study to talk.

After hearing this, Lin Hai's face was solemn: "It's very similar?!"

Zhenyu nodded, her mother used to be expressionless and dull in front of outsiders, and many maids and daughter-in-laws in the mansion were still saying behind their backs, "This week, my aunt has no color at all, why did she lift her up?" Aunt Cheng', in fact, my mother's smile is quite beautiful, her eyes are like crescent moons, Zhenyu just followed his mother's point.Shui Yang privately feels that this person is much more attractive when he smiles than when he doesn't smile, so he often teaches this young man who loves to laugh to smile less when facing outsiders, saying that only in this way can he show his majesty.

"My mother mentioned my uncle when I was a child. She once said that their siblings are like grandmothers. My mother also said that my mother once told her that their siblings have the most similar eyes." After a moment of hesitation, Zhenyu said again: "... It's just that my uncle's name is Zhou Yu, and I have ordered people to look for him over the years, but there is no news every time."

Lin Hai said, Aunt Zhou has a younger brother. He had heard his wife mention it in a daze, and knew that his son had looked for this uncle, but he didn't think Zhou Shilang might be him. If it was true, that would be great!

"Father, you said... this Zhou Shilang loves to drill into the human files, could it be that... he is also looking for his mother?" Zhenyu hesitated.

Lin Hai stood up, and the officials in charge of the Ministry of Officials were appraised and appraised. The lives of these officials were all on file, so he said, "I'll go to the Ministry to check!"

Zhenyu supported the old father, his eyes were a little wet. All these years, his parents treated him so well, it was no different from his own. Especially when he was going to take a scientific examination, he paid more attention than Fuyu. Now his father has to pay more attention to him He was worried about these things... Lin Zhenyu held back the tears in his eyes because of the feeling of licking the calf. He had to work hard and make steady progress step by step, so that he could protect his father and Daiyu and Fuyu from the wind and rain in the future!

In the dusty house, Lin Ruhai finally found the records of Zhou Shilang before he became an official, and touched the line under his hand that "President Shen of Ulsan Academy changed the word '焌' to 'Bing' for him", Ruhai couldn't help but I sigh that life is like a play, and this is really Aunt Zhou's good luck.

The father and son discussed it, and decided to test Zhou Bing no matter what. If he still does not forget his sister, then it will be easy to handle. If he has no intention of looking for it or even admits it, then he will do as he said before. If you do it, this uncle will never do it.Zhenyu didn't need to tell Aunt Zhou first, because Zhou Shilang would deny that he made her sad.

In the name of apologizing for his lack of care during the previous visit, Lin Ruhai invited Zhou Bing to his home again. Zhou Bing had a good impression of Lin Zhenyu, and just wanted to see him more, so he readily agreed.

Lin Hai smiled and asked, "I don't know who else is in Brother Zhou's family?"

Zhou Bing glanced at Zhenyu, obviously misunderstood, smiled and said: "Zhuojing passed away early, and now there are only my father and daughter in the family." After a pause, he said sadly: "My brother also has a sister, In the early years, in order to allow me to study and work for a rich family, later I sold myself as a maidservant and gave me money to study, but I lost the news. I have been looking for my sister all these years." Zhou Bing didn't care about these things. Tell the Lin family father and son that if they want to marry anyway, they have to accept that maybe they have to have an aunt who is a slave, and he will not give up looking for his sister. If Zhou Bing's son-in-law looks down on his sister, then such a marriage is not worth it!

Lin Ruhai and his son looked at each other and smiled, feeling very satisfied in their hearts, and Zhenyu was even more excited: "Mmm...Master Zhou, may I ask for your sister's name?"

Zhou Bing looked at Zhenyu with some doubts, and saw that Lin Hai was also listening with a smile, and said dryly: "My sister's single name has the word 'Hui'...Brother Lin, who are you?"

Zhenyu felt a little choked up, he knew that all these years his mother had been wondering if his younger brother was okay, and felt guilty for not being able to take care of him, leaving him alone, not knowing what the future would be.

Zhenyu cleared her throat, and said with a bow: "Uncle!"

Zhou Bing was a little dumbfounded. Is this Mrs. Lin's family from the Rongguo Mansion?Everyone knew it, why did he become his nephew? !

Zhenyu smoothed her thoughts, and talked about it when she was a child in Rongguo Mansion... For a long while, Zhou Bing clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were red, and he exhausted all his strength to stop the thought of going straight to Rongguo Mansion to meet his sister .

Zhou Bing choked up and said, "Okay, okay! My sister has a son like you! Good!" Zhou Bing wanted to laugh out loud. Since his sister entrusted him with the money for selling his body, he vowed to make his sister live a better life. It was a good day, but later my sister sent a letter to him saying that she had been sold to another place, and asked him to study hard and not have to look for her. This time, I lost hearing from her for nearly 20 years!

This matter has weighed on his heart since that day, and the household registration department is also because all the household registration information in the country has to be reported to the household registration department every few years. Even if it is like finding a needle in a haystack, he has not given up. , with my elder sister's temperament, I will definitely not be willing to let my child also bear slavery, and will marry a commoner, so the reported file will have "Zhou's, native place...". There are many Zhou families in the same hometown, but none of them are found. He dare not think whether his sister has...

Zhou Bing was very excited, and finally calmed down to discuss the household registration with Lin Zhenyu and his son, and did not leave until sunset.

After returning to the mansion, Zhou Bing immediately recruited his confidant and asked him to investigate the matter of the Rongguo Mansion. The confidant was a little disdainful of the Rongguo Mansion, and said with a smile: "The servants of the Rongguo Mansion are not very good. What happened in the back house of the mansion They dare to speak out about the matter, and they heard that besides Jia Tai Zhaoyi, there are three other girls in his family, and the older one is already thirteen, and no noble from the family has asked for it yet."

Zhou Bing suppressed the various thoughts in his mind and asked, "I heard that Jia Zheng is quite an upright gentleman. It seems that he only has one wife and two concubines?"

The confidant thought that it would be the elder brother who was born in the jade in their family, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "His family is not good, this political master is an extremely pedantic and incompetent person, he can't even manage his own inner room well, he Everyone knows that Mrs. Jia's wife bullied the three children of Aunt Jia's grandma, and those three are the children of Lin Shilang! There are also his two concubines, one is nicknamed "wooden man" and the other is even more Can't get on the stage..."

"Wooden man?" Zhou Bing showed some doubts at the right time.

"Hey! This aunt has become a wooden person, and it's because the mistress is too powerful!" This confidant is a well-informed person, and he said mysteriously: "I remember saying that this aunt had a son in the early years, but I don't know when this child has been quietly mentioned by no one, probably..."Master, don't take it too hard, get married to his family!

Zhou Bing's face was ashen, and his confidant looked at it, hesitantly said: "In fact, the Lin family is very good, and the Lin family is also promising..." If you want to be engaged to a girl, the Lin family is really good!