The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

In Suzhou in March, spring is the most beautiful time of the year in Jiangnan.Many people on the hills outside Suzhou City took advantage of the sunny days to go out to visit graves, and many families rented cars and boats to go out to enjoy spring outings.

Suzhou has been a prosperous place since ancient times. There was a poem by Du Xunhe, a poet of the Tang Dynasty: "There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below." Even Tang Bohu, one of the four famous talents in the south of the Yangtze River, wrote in "Changmen Jishi": " The paradise of the world is Wuzhong, and among them there is Changmen, which is more adept at heroes. There are three thousand buildings with green sleeves, and there are millions of gold in the water from the west to the east. Wugeng market has never been bought, and the dialects in four distant places are always different. If an artist is asked to draw and paint, the artist should Taoism is hard to do."

Suzhou is to China what Shanghai is to China. Suzhou is famous all over the world, not only for its picturesque scenery, but also for its paradise on earth.Economically, this place is also the richest place in the world. The most important taxes in the world come from Jiangnan, and the most important taxes in Jiangnan come from Suzhou.The population of Suzhou, Songjiang, and Changzhou is less than [-]% of that of Quanfeng Dynasty, but the taxes they provide account for [-]/[-] of that of Quanfeng Dynasty. Today, the wealth of Jiangnan can be seen.

Gusu City was listed by the gentry and celebrities of the Feng Dynasty as one of the five metropolises that must be visited in the world, ranging from concubines and family members, officials' wives and daughters, down to folk wives and even Jianghu entertainers. Bai, singing Wu songs, I am proud of it.Especially for all kinds of prostitutes, Wu Zhuang must be dressed, Su Bai must be spoken, and being good at Wu songs has become a necessary skill, otherwise it is not enough to raise one's self-worth.

Su people think that what is elegant, the four directions follow suit; Suzhou people think that what is vulgar, the four directions follow the vulgar. This is the current Gusu City.

It was already noon when the boat arrived in Suzhou, because people had already been sent back to clean the old house first, so they were well prepared when they came to pick them up. Lin Hai and Kong Jiayi were also a little tired when they arrived at the old house in Suzhou. After lunch, I wanted to take a break. Before I changed my clothes, someone said that the prefect of Suzhou was coming!

To say that Lin Hai's current official position is not worth mentioning no matter where it is, it is just a small official of the sixth rank.Not to mention in the capital, even in the south of the Yangtze River, there are existences who can overwhelm him by one level, even the prefect of Suzhou is a fourth-rank official!

However, the unstoppable thing is that Lin Hai has a good father!And there is a good family behind it, the Lin family is a well-known scholarly family in Suzhou, and there are many Lin family children working outside.In addition, his father had just joined the cabinet, and he had several good relatives in the capital. Although it is not said that the Suzhou prefect cannot afford to offend him, if it is not necessary, there is no need to offend him.

Wouldn't it be more in the interests of both parties to have a good relationship between the two sides?That's why the prefect of Suzhou came to greet him in his private capacity, to see if he could win a relationship.If you can win over.In the future, he can also have another way, and one more way may save his life in the future.

Otherwise, you would have thought that the prefect of Suzhou was really idle all day looking for something to do!People can manage everything in one day.

However, since it was under the banner of returning to worship the ancestors, the whole play had to be performed, so Lin Hai refused the kindness of the prefect of Suzhou to host a banquet, expressing that he would go to worship the ancestors first.The prefect of Suzhou didn't say much, after all, the dead are the big ones!

So after Lin Hai and Kong Jiayi rested for a day at their ancestors in Suzhou, they were led to worship their ancestors!

I don't know if it has always been like this, or after receiving the letter from Lin Hai to worship the ancestors, he rushed to send someone to clean it. In short, the cemetery of Lin Hai's ancestors is not because they are not in Suzhou.It's overgrown!It was still very clean.

If Lin Hai was killed before time travel, he wouldn't believe that there was no such thing as ghosts and gods at this time, but after time travel, Lin Hai faced this matter.He was half-believing and half-doubting, so he kowtowed respectfully and offered incense, and then led Kong Jiayi to burn money papers for his ancestors.

After paying homage to his ancestors, Lin Hai had the mind to deal with these relatives, and the first to bear the brunt was a gray-haired man whom he had met once.He is the patriarch of Master Lin's generation.

The rules of the Lin family are a little different from those of other families, the question of whether or not to seize the title in the court.It has nothing to do with the internal affairs of the Lin family.For the sake of the prosperity of the family, the ancestors of the Lin family came up with a rule, that is, to establish four direct lineages.Then, the patriarch was selected through elections among the other tribes excluding these four families. In the future, any major events in the Lin family would be voted on by the heads and patriarchs of the four direct lineages with a show of hands, and the minority obeyed the majority.

Lin Hai used to be one of the four direct lineages, but was later pushed out due to the renewal of the dynasty, and has been hanging around in the capital, so the Suzhou clan has already selected another one to take over, that is, Said, in fact, Lin Hai's family has already completely separated from Suzhou!But it is because of a common ancestor that they have always been connected.Later, because of Lin Hai's relationship, this connection was further strengthened.

Lin Hai is not the original owner. Although he knows the story, he still can't empathize with it, so he respects the patriarch very much.

The patriarch also had winks, in terms of relatives, Lin Hai's family and Suzhou had long been divided clans, in terms of seniority, he was only a generation higher than Lin Hai, and there was another senior official of his generation in the capital!Therefore, what Lin Hai wants to do in the south of the Yangtze River is neither his business nor his competence. After hearing Master Lin's answer about the letter, the patriarch left!

After tossing and tossing for a long time, Lin Hai was also a little tired, so he didn't say anything to keep people, but sent the patriarch out in person.

Because he had already rejected the kindness of the prefect of Suzhou, and in order not to hold grudges against the Lin family's children in the future, Lin Hai held a banquet at his residence in Suzhou after a day for the prefect of Suzhou. At the same time, officials of Suzhou came.You must know that the king of Hades is easy to talk, but the little devil is difficult to deal with, so you have to do everything perfectly, and the truth is that you don't miss a single thing.

Lin Hai and Kong Jiayi are a bit busy during this time, busy visiting relatives, the children in Suzhou are not like Lin Hai's family, they are only seedlings, and there is no place to visit relatives!A few years ago, the exams were not allowed here, so a group of elders were busy giving birth!

Adding up the big and small, there are a hundred people who are about the same age as Lin Hai, not counting those who are still young children and those young people.What's even more tragic is that Lin Hai's seniority is too high, and he is the only one who gives gifts when they meet, and those "uncle" and "uncle" addresses really make Lin Hai Alexander!

"Master, County Magistrate Hu of Taiping Town just handed in a post to invite him to a banquet at Yingmenglou. I wonder if the young master would like to attend?" Nong Shu came in with a post this day and asked.

"Oh!" Lin Hai felt a little strange. It wasn't that he had invited them to a banquet not long ago, so why is he coming to entertain him now, and the return gift doesn't look like it! "Show it to me."

"Yes!" Nong Shu handed the post to Lin Hai, thought for a while and said, "I heard from the person who sent the post that it was County Magistrate Hu who had something to say to the young master face to face."

"Oh?" Lin Hai pondered for a while when he heard it. He came down to the south of the Yangtze River to worship his ancestors in an open and aboveboard way. The officials of the land boundary should know that he is not interested in political affairs, and he is only a sixth-rank junior of the Imperial Academy. It's just an official, but the Taiping county magistrate still insists on seeing him, maybe there is something important.

Lin Hai frowned, but even if there was something important that County Magistrate Hu couldn't solve, it should be reported layer by layer!It is impossible to poke him here!But thinking that more than half of the ancestral graves of the Lin family are in Taiping County, Lin Hai thought for a while and agreed, "In this case, the county magistrate Hu insists on inviting me, so I'll go. You go out and tell the visitor that I will be there on time tomorrow. "

"Yes." Nongshu replied, and then stepped back to pass on the message!

The next day, Lin Hai, dressed in casual clothes, rode a sedan chair to the place written on the invitation - Yingmenglou.

But when Lin Hai got out of the sedan chair, he felt a little strange. The place seemed deserted. It was noon, but there were few people there. After thinking about it, maybe the magistrate Hu really had something important to say to him, so he wrapped it up. The whole restaurant is not an exaggeration! , He ordered the bearers to wait outside, and went in by himself.

Just after entering the Yingmeng Building, a thin middle-aged man greeted him: "Your Magistrate, Taiping County Magistrate Hu Jinlu, greeted Mr. Lin." The quality is one level lower, so magistrate Hu is not wrong to say so.

Although he is one level higher than County Magistrate Hu, how dare Lin Hai accept the gift!Quickly helped magistrate Hu up.

This County Magistrate Hu is a familiar one. After walking along Lin Hai's hand, he smiled and said, "Master Lin is willing to show his face today. It is really a great honor for me to be an official." Hu Jinlu smiled and welcomed Lin Hai into the room. A gorgeous private dining room.In the private seat, a table of wine and food has been set up, just waiting for the arrival of those who enjoy it.

Lin Hai was also polite, and chose the uppermost seat to sit down, and County Magistrate Hu sat down next to him.

The two of them spoke polite and dignified words. Hu Jinlu toasted Lin Hai several times with a wine glass, but he didn't mention his so-called important matters at all. Lin Hai was not in a hurry. Lingding must have some unspeakable private matter that is difficult to talk about, he just waited for him to say it when he was a little drunk, and then tricked himself into agreeing to help!

But how do outsiders know that they are not drunk after a thousand cups, Lin Hai drank leisurely, saying that the wine from Yingmenglou is not bad.This county magistrate Hu also had his own little calculations in mind, so he was not in a hurry, he was calculating the time in his mind, he kept talking, and was busy toasting Lin Hai!

Both of them have their own little calculations and act out their own dramas, so they don't know who will win in the end!

Ps:

[May [-]th is Mother's Day, Lan Lan hereby wishes all mothers in the world a happy holiday!This is your holiday]