Survive in the world of Red Mansions

The imperial examination is held every three years, and occasionally an Enke is added. The top three of the first class go directly to the Hanlin Academy, and some of the second and third class people pass the Shujishi exam and then enter the Imperial Academy.Because of this, the staffing of the Hanlin Academy has always been relatively sufficient, except for a few times when it will be busy with the affairs of the court, most of the time it is relatively leisurely.

Lin Rui is now a bachelor of the fifth rank, and now he has adapted to his own affairs. Apart from often writing various edicts for the emperor, or consulting various documents and materials in the Imperial Academy, he will not be busy when he is busy. too much.

On this day, when it was time to release the yamen, Lin Rui packed up his things and prepared to go back home.As soon as he left the Imperial Academy, he saw Fang Helin standing in front of the gate in a daze, and asked curiously, "Brother Helin, are you waiting for someone?"

"Brother Yue Ze, are you going back home?" Fang Helin asked naturally after hearing Lin Rui's question.

When Lin Rui turned 20 years old, the emperor personally picked it for Lin Rui. Originally, Lin Rui didn't want to take the word again, but the scholars here have to take it after they reach the age. Lin Rui can't be too independent by himself. Special line, besides, it's the emperor, he took it all, you can't refuse it!

Lin Rui glanced at Fang Helin, and felt that his condition was not very good, but although the two were in the same year, it didn't matter how close the relationship was when they were talking about it. I have nothing else to do, so I might as well go back home earlier."

"Brother Yue Ze, it seems that there is no appointment today, how about going for a drink together?"

Lin Rui listened, and it seemed that his feelings were not wrong. Fang Helin was in a bad mood, and he was sure that he had nothing else to do today. It was defenseless to go out and sit together, "Okay, let's go!"

Hearing Lin Rui's answer, Fang Helin finally felt that his face was not as depressed as before. Lin Rui ordered Gan Song to go back to the house and report to the grandma, saying that he would go back later today, and then he rode on his horse and followed Fang Helin.

After the two entered the restaurant, Fang Helin even had a good mood and asked two waitresses from Jiaoshifang to accompany him. Although the beauties were by the side, looking at the two guests tenderly, the two were very fond of the beauties next to them. They don't seem to be very interested.

Many of the women in the Jiaosifang are the family members of criminal officials. Once they enter the Jiaosifang, they can basically say that they are hopeless. It will definitely be given up for the sake of the family's reputation.These two maids were both in their teens when they entered the priest's workshop. They cried, made trouble, and committed suicide, but the teaching nun inside had never seen anyone, no matter how fierce their temper was, they became docile after a few months , naturally obediently obey orders.

I was quite happy to see these two people when I came in. They also practiced their eyesight here. Although these two people were not at all cautious about their arrival, they could be more or less not the kind of frivolous son-in-law.Moreover, both of them have a refined temperament and calm eyes. They are obviously not those dudes. It is always a good thing if they can get the favor of such two people.

Although it is impossible to go out after entering Jiaofang Division, if someone is willing to take a long bag, their life will be much easier.Not to mention that both of them are young and have good looks, and their clothes are not bad, especially the younger one. Although he looks ordinary, it is definitely a rare good fabric, and his family background is definitely not ordinary.The eyesight of the officials/prostitutes from these two teaching workshops is indeed correct. Although Lin Rui's clothes look ordinary, they are indeed rare and good fabrics.

The dressing styles of Lin Hai, Lin Rui and his son can be said to be the same. They are both very ordinary at first glance, but they are very particular about fabrics and workmanship. This is the case in modern times. At that time, not only Lin Hai himself, but also Lin Rui Lin Hai's clothes, except for school uniforms, are custom-made by Lin Hai for everyday clothes, bringing that low-key luxury to the extreme. It's no wonder that Lin Hai's brothers and nephews said that Lin Hai had a sullen personality.

Lin Rui looked at Fang Helin. Although he called two beauties to come in, he was not interested in seeing him. Let's wait until he is almost drunk.Lin Rui didn't care about other things, and started to eat some food by himself, and after eating almost, Fang turned his attention to the beauty who was sitting beside him.

The beauty next to her who was pouring wine saw that Lin Rui had finally set her sights on herself, so she couldn't help but leaned closer to Lin Rui, and said softly, "Young master, I'm toasting you." After speaking, she held the wine glass with her bare hands Pass it to Lin Rui's lips.

"Beauty's gift, but it's disrespectful!" Lin Rui has a good capacity for alcohol, and has always been restrained in drinking outside, but he will not hypocritically refuse the wine brought to his lips by a beautiful woman, so he drank the glass of wine from the beautiful woman's hand.

Lin Rui has been married for four or five years, and he has always been self-disciplined. Although he always looks at her with a smile on his face, he is actually cold-tempered, but it doesn't mean that he never deals with this type of woman.Those dandies like to go in and out of the brothel Chuguan, and these scholars also have their own aspirations. It is normal for friends to get together in the same year and find a few beauties to accompany them. It has been passed down from ancient times to the present, and there are countless children related to the brothel Chuguan. It is not just Liu Yong who has long love, sad and moving poems.

Qian'er saw that Lin Rui didn't refuse, and her soft, boneless body gradually leaned over. Lin Rui put one hand on the table, and she didn't refuse when she saw this, but she didn't see how warm she was. Speak, and occasionally echo a sentence or two.

Although I also know that Fang Helin has a good capacity for alcohol, but now he has drunk a lot. It is not good to continue drinking at this momentum, so he smiled and persuaded, "Brother Helin, look at the beauty next to him, but it is getting worse and worse. The more you worry and complain, you don't want to comfort me, don't just drink too much, if you really want to drink, wouldn't it be better to go home and drink?"

Fang Helin looked bored, slammed the wine glass, put it on the table vigorously, and sighed, "Woman, what a trouble!"

Fang Helin only focused on drinking, Lin Rui saw him like this, waved his hand and said to the woman sitting beside him, "You two go out!"

"Son..."

"go out!"

Qian'er, who was sitting next to Lin Rui, still wanted to beg, but hearing Lin Rui's voice was very low, and Sihao couldn't feel any anger, but she could still feel that after Lin Rui finished saying this, she felt a little nervous. It was different, so I didn't dare to beg anymore, so I hurriedly pulled the woman next to Fang Helin back out together.

"Brother Yue Ze, all the beauties have gone out, who will pour me a cup of wine?"

"If I don't stop you, if you drink like you just now, you won't have to enter the Hanlin Academy tomorrow. Besides, drinking too much alcohol will hurt your health. What's the big deal?"

"Yeah, it's not a big deal, you can't understand my difficulties like this now!" After Fang Helin said this, he glanced at Lin Rui rather displeasedly, although he drank a lot, But people are still awake!

Lin Rui was a little curious, "It's still a difficulty that I can't understand, why don't you explain it to me?"

"My mother came to the capital, less than a month ago, oh..."

Although the latter words were not uttered, the last words are even more meaningful.Lin Rui saw Fang Helin like this, and thought of him saying that he couldn't understand his difficulties just now, so he thought that it should be a conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Fang Helin probably became the middle part of the sandwich biscuit.Obviously, after Fang's mother came to the capital, she probably had a lot of conflicts with her daughter-in-law. During this period of time, the fight in the Fang family's back house should have been fierce.

Lin Rui knew the situation of the Fang family very well. After the palace examination list came out, the first few people, including those who later passed the Shujishi examination and entered the Imperial Academy, had their backgrounds and in-laws checked by Lin Rui. very carefully.

The Fang family failed to participate in the seizure of the heirloom, and finally the whole family returned to their hometown in Yangzhou. When Fang Helin's father saw him, the Fang family had already fallen. It is conceivable that she is just the daughter of a poor local scholar.

As for Fang Helin himself, it can be said that he became famous as a young man in Yangzhou. He won No.15 in the hospital examination when he was less than 2 years old. Seeing this, the deceased old man of the Fang family asked his old friend Ju's grandson to marry a Lu family daughter in order to find a backer for the Fang family's grandson with unlimited potential.

The Lu family and the Fang family are old, the old emperor has abdicated, the old man of the Lu family is very optimistic about Fang Helin's future, so he betrothed his second son's daughter to Fang Helin.At that time, Fang Helin only had the reputation of a scholar, and he asked to marry the first daughter of the fourth-rank Zhizhou family. It can be said that Lu's marriage was really low.

In recent years, the development of Lu's natal family in the officialdom has been considered smooth. Lu's father is now a third-rank magistrate. Although Lu's uncle has not been an official, he is also a Jinshi. He is now working in an academy in Yangzhou. Lu's own elder brother Now he is sent to Jiangxi to serve as county magistrate.

It can be said that Fang Lu's wonderful killing of all the sisters-in-law can't be uncomfortable, but one thing is bothering him. After nearly ten years of marriage, he still has no son!It's not that Fang Lu's family can't have children, Fang Helin now has two prostitute daughters, but not having a son is still a problem.A few years ago, after Fang Helin won the first prize, he stayed in the capital, and then Fang Lu went to Beijing with his daughter.Fang Heling's mother was dissatisfied with this matter at the time. The man was an official outside. In many families, the daughter-in-law stayed at home to serve the parents-in-law and take care of the children, but the daughter-in-law followed her son to the capital.

Lin Rui could tell from Fang Helin's scrap of paper that he loved his wife very much.There is another Lu family, although no one is working in the capital for the time being, but the uncle of the Lu family has worked in the academy for many years, and his own father-in-law is now a third-rank magistrate. These two people definitely have a lot of friends in the same year. , absolutely essential.Even if there is no son yet, with these two aspects, Fang Lu's position in the Fang family is as stable as a rock.

Fang Helin's mother was delighted to know that her son was able to marry such a noble girl at the beginning. For a woman from an ordinary scholar's family, even a seventh-rank county magistrate is unattainable, let alone a four-year-old like the Lu family. Pin Zhizhou's daughter.

It is true to say that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies. Fang Helin's mother was proud that her son married a noble daughter, but this feeling quickly dissipated.

After Lu entered the Fang family, although he did not deliberately put on the air of a high-ranking prostitute, but he had cultivated an air since he was a child. There were a lot of maids and maids waiting around him, and he brought a large amount of dowry into the house, and he didn't want to say anything. , so he overwhelmed her mother-in-law and all the sisters-in-law and aunts of the Fang family.

After the Lu family came in, he didn't rely on his status. It can be said that he strictly abides by women's morals. Fang Helin's mother is also very conscientious, and never gives anyone a chance to talk.In Yangzhou in the early years, Fang's mother often caused some troubles for this daughter-in-law. Not to mention Fang's father was on top of her, it was Lu himself. Ten streets, so in this long-term dispute between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the Lu family has won the most.

After so many years of fighting, Fang's mother is actually a little helpless towards this daughter-in-law, but since her son won the first prize, Fang's mother finally feels that she can feel proud, and her dissatisfaction with this daughter-in-law is even stronger.However, after Fang Helin won the first prize, Lu Fang soon brought his children to Beijing, and did not have the opportunity to show off in front of his wife.

It can't be blamed that Fang's mother has the heart of such a local tyrant and nouveau riche. The daughter of a scholar's family can barely read a few words. She feels that her son is now the number one scholar, which is equivalent to becoming a high-ranking official. A daughter-in-law is so unworthy How can she be worthy of her son? She has been married for almost ten years and has not given birth to a son. She is kind enough to say that she is divorced. Now she is just asking her son to accept a few concubines so that she can report to her grandson.

She didn't know, how many champions spent their whole lives in the Hanlin Academy, officials of the fourth and fifth ranks, and even officials of the fifth and sixth ranks until their death. His son is now only a small official of the fifth rank. Fang Heling will rely on There are still many places in the Yue family!

Fang Helin himself really likes his wife, Mrs. Lu, and now he has two lovely daughters. Not to mention that he will have to rely on the Yue family for help in his official career. Looking for someone to obstruct the eyes of his wife and Yue's family?

On the one hand, Fang's mother cried in front of him how she did it for herself, saying that now that he has a daughter-in-law, he forgets about his mother. Although he feels bored, what can he do if that person is his mother?On the one hand, his wife was in front of him, tears streaming down his face, hesitant to speak.

Fang Helin felt that since his mother came, a silent war was going on at home every day, and he was the unlucky cannon fodder, neither mother-in-law nor daughter-in-law would let him go.

Seeing Lin Rui, who was sitting across from him, slowly drinking wine, looking leisurely, Fang Heling was upset, "I said, you don't have a son yet, don't you worry, didn't Mr. Lin Ge urge you? "

"Why the rush? He will come when it's time!" Lin Rui said nonchalantly, he really doesn't care whether he has children or not, as long as his father and himself are well, it doesn't matter to others.

He didn't care, but seeing that Li Jingya was getting more and more anxious about the child, and often went to the doctor to recuperate her body. After thinking about it, since a few months ago, he has no intentional contraception anymore. It's good to have a child now , but if Li Jingya is like Jia Min, then it is God's will, and there is nothing to worry about!

Lin Rui saw that it was not too early, and Fang Helin was almost drunk, so he ordered Licorice who was guarding outside to pay the bill, "I'm almost drunk, and I have to go to the Imperial Academy tomorrow morning, it's time to go back!"

"Oh, I really don't want to go back to the Zhuangyuan Mansion!" That's what he said, but after all, they are all people with strong self-control. After dawdling for a while, they still walked out with Lin Rui.

After the two said goodbye, Lin Rui was about to get on his horse, when Fang Helin came over again, approached him and whispered, "Brother Yue Ze, have you heard that Xiao Zongbo is looking for a way out, and wants to find a job as a county magistrate?"

"Is there such a thing? I've been busy at the Imperial Academy these days. I haven't met Xiao Zongbo, so I really don't know." Although Lin Rui knew about it, he wasn't going to take the initiative to help for the time being, so there was no need Too many branches to say anything.

There is another one. Lin Rui said that he was busy, so he really didn't panic, because the emperor asked to know the taxation of various places in Huguang in the past five years, and the allocation of funds by the imperial court when disasters happened at the same time. For a few days, Lin Rui was sorting out some documents from the Imperial Academy.Lin Rui suspected that he was planning to attack the officials in Huguang. The Lin family also had several shops there, and some news was sent back, but it was very superficial, but some clues could still be seen from it.

Fang Helin also knew that Lin Rui was busy these days, but he didn't know what he was busy with. Lin Rui often obeyed the emperor's orders now, so it was hard for him to ask.Seeing what Lin Rui said now, he didn't say anything more. After all, it's not his own business. Even if he wants to ask Mr. Lin for help, it's Xiao Zongbo's own business. It's better not to be too busy.

The sky had already darkened, and there were few pedestrians on the street. Lin Rui rode on the horse, urging the horse to trot, thinking about what Fang Helin told him about Xiao Zongbo on purpose before leaving, what was the point?Xiao Zongbo deliberately entrusted him to speak, because Xiao Zongbo himself is not good at speaking, so he asked someone else to pass it on to him, or did he just have a heart of gossip, pure curiosity?

In the end, it was decided that Xiao Zongbo's matter should be regarded as ignorance, unless he himself speaks up, otherwise it's better to ignore it, and when he reached the gate of the mansion, this matter was completely let go.

After returning home, he directly changed the clothes that were stained with fat and powder, practiced martial arts for half an hour, took a shower and freshened up, and then returned to the main room.

Entering the room, I felt that the maids and maids waiting inside were obviously excited, and Li Jingya was also leaning on the beauty couch by the window with a full face of joy, "Jingya, is there any happy event? I see a Everyone has a happy face."

Li Jingya looked at Lin Rui with a shy face and unstoppable joy, "Husband, after the imperial doctor came to check the pulse today, he said I have it!"