The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

On the day of Xue Baochai's marriage, Jia Lian was busy with official business and did not come in person. He only had a glass of wine with Xue Pan one night in advance, which was a kind of kinship bond. The second wife of King Xing brought the two sisters, Yingchun and Tanchun, to accompany her early in the morning.The Xue family has only two relatives from the Jia family and the Wang family in the capital, and the Wang family has no unmarried girls. Mrs. Wang Ziteng said that something happened in the family and left early after dinner, which made the Jia family and the Xue family very close. some.

In addition, Xue Baochai was married in the Rongguo Mansion, so there must be a censor who heard the news and wanted to get a copy of the very popular Rong Enbo to show his steadfastness.You must know that although the business outside the Xue family has shown signs of decline, many prosperous shops that once made a lot of money have been sold at a low price. After all, the accumulation of several generations is still there, and they are still counted as rich and wealthy. The upstarts, with Xia Shouzhong at their backs, had a really grand marriage, which might not be possible for an official family with a lesser background.

The censors are in the name, and the others who secretly promote this matter are for profit.Jia Lian and Xia Shouzhong, both ministers of the Dragon Conglong, are the emperor's confidantes. It has always been rumored that their friendship in private is not normal. How many people have blocked the way of the court, the inner court, and now these two have become in-laws, who knows? I don't know if I have violated the Holy Majesty's taboo.Even if the marriage is approved by the Holy One, they can modify their words a little, so that the Holy One can understand the wolfish ambitions of the two. At that time, as long as there is a slight suspicion, someone will naturally take the opportunity to win a favor.

It's a pity that these people underestimated Xia Shouzhong's sophistication, they didn't know about the expenses of the two families when they got married, they arrived at Yuqian early in the morning, passed Yang Yuan's eyes, Yang Yuan thought Xia Shouzhong was too careful.Xia Shouzhong is impeccable, and Jia Lian is an open-minded gentleman who can't stop his relatives for his own future. He directly silenced the matter.

Xia Shouzhong was still worried about those who dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, but Jia Lian didn't take it to heart, devoted himself to his duties in the government, and still went his own way in his spare time, and he didn't see anything when interacting with others. Taboo.

There are many nobles who act like this, and Jia Mu, Jia Amnesty and others don't know what to do. The He family and other upstarts on the other side of the generals have a close relationship with Jia Lian, and they are lazy to pay attention to those calculations, and they don't care, but Qingliu is quite Some people can't see it.

Lin Hai was in better health, and no longer recuperated behind closed doors in the palace, an old friend from his colleagues wrote a letter, recording all the gossip and gossip in the capital these days, and cryptically asked him to restrain his disciples and not to be with him again. Make friends with eunuchs and work as minions for tigers, so as not to humiliate the character of scholars.

A teacher is like a father, and Lin Hai is Jia Lian's mentor, and he also supports and advises him a lot on weekdays. If he reprimands Jia Lian as his old friend persuaded him, it will indeed force Jia Lian to change his ways and avoid suspicion in words and deeds.No matter how bad it is, as long as Jia Lian dares to disobey Lin Hai, there will be many indelible stains on the festival.

The old friend looked forward to Yin Yin, as if Qingliu's reputation was only for one thing, but Lin Hai felt incredible after reading it, and even beckoned Jia Min to come and read it again, and the husband and wife looked at each other.

After a long while, Jia Min covered her lips with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "Lord Li, I'm afraid you don't know about our betrothing Yu'er to Lian'er? It's good to expect you to help them suppress Lian'er." Big skin."

Lin Hai raised his eyebrows, and made a disapproving expression with little effort, but this time he didn't agree with Jia Min's words: "Everyone has a good nose, I just wish I could bite off a piece of meat from someone else and swallow it, it's so big How can I not know about it. It's just judging others by myself. I think I care more about the integrity and want me to do it for my own reputation. If I'm afraid that Lian'er's reputation will be burdened, I don't want to rush to believe it. Scold him once or twice, so as not to ruin the century-old reputation of the Lin family?"

The Lin family's title was cut off for the third generation, but Lin Hai was just for nothing. He studied hard for his future and entered the officialdom. Over the years, he was naturally classified as Qingliu.However, as far as Lin Hai was concerned, the so-called etiquette and etiquette that many famous ministers of the Qing Dynasty talked about were not worth mentioning at all.The purpose of his imperial examinations to become an official is to display his ambitions and protect his family. He does not argue with them, but he thinks that being an official in the same dynasty is not good and is too different. , That is indeed a misread of Lin.

Jia Min was born in a family and had been with Lin Hai in his ups and downs for many years. He had heard a lot about scheming and scrambling for fame and fortune, and then he thought about it and sneered: "What a thing, when your accident happened, no one was there, only Lian I'm accompanying us ladies, and now I'm still dreaming about our own family killing my own family. It's really a daydream. It's just a girl from a relative's family getting married, and walking around many corners. What's the value? If you really want to calculate it this way, Most of the centuries-old families don’t need to get married, just a rope strangles the offspring and grandchildren.”

Although there was a hint of anger, what Jia Min said still had some truth.Since the founding of the country and the establishment of the dynasty, most of the aristocratic families have flourished and flourished. Even if the first-line family can still support the dignity of the ancestors, many remote branches have long been no different from ordinary people, and their children are not very particular about marriage. , It really seems that the three teachings and nine teachings are very chaotic.Now only talking about Jia Lian's Rong Xue Baochai's marriage from the Rongguo Mansion is obviously just an opportunity to attack.

Seeing that his beloved wife was really angry, Lin Hai hurriedly held her hand to comfort her, and personally comforted her back. He said with a smile: "Madam, have you heard an anecdote in the countryside? Two people watch the moon, and one person explains that the moon rises in the east and sets in the west. One person insisted that the moon rises in the west and sets in the east, and the two quarreled furiously, and after a night of quarreling, no one conceded, so they dragged them to the county government and asked the parents to make a decision."

When Lin Hai said this vividly, Jia Min couldn't help laughing out loud. He pulled Lin Hai's sleeve in hatred and cursed: "It's still Master Shangshu who is Tan Hualang! It's just such a crooked arranger, who is the county government?" Where is the magistrate of feelings for us to make fun of?"

Jia Min seemed to be very imposing, but his movements were very light, so Lin Hai continued with a smile: "The county magistrate asked his wife to go to the study room to watch the sky at night, and he was furious when he heard what the two said. , I couldn’t help but ask the team leader to take down the person who said that the moon rose in the east and set in the west. You even argued with him all night, if you don't hit anyone, it's you."

After finishing speaking, Lin Hai himself couldn't help smiling, and leaned against Jia Min to persuade him gently: "The rumors in the country are rough, but the truth is true. Since you and I understand it in our hearts, why bother to get angry for irrelevant people? If Yiyi For them, it is best that everyone is a saint, ruthless and desireless, so they can do things for them. You and I just take good care of our bodies, and in the future, we will see Yu'er get married and Zhang Geer get married, and we will be a pair of old ladies who understand the truth , isn’t it beautiful?”

Jia Min was still a little awkward, but when Lin Hai talked about the future with full of anticipation, he couldn't help showing a slight smile, lowering his eyes and nodding, and whispered that he wanted Lin Hai to take care of himself, and he would personally enlighten his grandchildren in the future.Lin Hai responded again and again, if Jia Min hadn't stopped him, he might have made a book list on the spot.

The husband and wife talked intimately for a while, and then asked the palace servants to call Daiyu over and explain the matter to Daiyu in detail.After all, she was going to marry Jia Lian after she reached the age of Ji, and she would go through all the ups and downs in the officialdom with him to support the family business, and her mother-in-law was a fool, so she couldn't teach her anything.After thinking about the twists and turns in the officialdom in advance, they can feel a little more at ease with the young couple.

Daiyu heard the ins and outs of the matter, not only did not show any dissatisfaction like Jia Min secretly worried, but she also smiled and blinked, flirting with them: "Mother, why do you look at me like this? Could it be Afraid that we have too many books in our family, will it make me stupid?"

Before Jia Min could speak, Lin Hai felt a little unhappy, snorted and asked back: "Your mother has a motherly heart, the little girl really doesn't know what to do. A while ago, you held Li Yishan's poem and sighed with your brother for a long time. Who knows if it's true or not?" Is it really bad to read?"

Daiyu has seen a lot of love and sweetness from her parents since she was a child, even though Lin Hai and Jia Min have gotten worse in the past few months, she doesn't take it seriously, and occasionally even secretly thinks of Jia Lian late at night.Her father loves her mother so much, and her sons and daughters have to stay behind. I don't know if her husband will be like this in the future.Thinking about it, Daiyu often blushed and slept peacefully until dawn with the wooden box next to her pillow.

At this moment, Lin Hai protected Jia Min from ignoring her coquettish words, and Daiyu just wrinkled her nose and talked about her views on the matter: "Although they are not very close, Mrs. Xue and Second Aunt They are direct sisters, and the Xue family has been renting with the family for so many years. I heard that their house is dilapidated and dilapidated. Sister Xue's marriage is coming soon. It is human ethics for him to let the Xue family stay in the Rong Mansion to handle the marriage. There is nothing wrong with it. "

Before Daiyu finished speaking, only the word "he" remained in Lin Hai's ears, and he caught his breath in his chest. He almost blurted out and asked his daughter which "he" he was, but Jia Min pinched her on her forearm. There was no sound, but he still listened attentively like a loving father.

"Besides, there is something wrong. He puts everything in the clear, and he is open and upright. Thinking about it, he is the same old man who is loyal to the emperor. After serving loyally together for many years, there is always a little bit of incense. If he really connects It's too strange to have no affection on the surface. Take a step back and say, even if you make a mistake, how can this courtier not make mistakes? If you have no left sex, no ideas and mistakes, then you can't be a saint? "

A courtier who restrains himself and abides by etiquette is like a saint, then it is really not a pity to copy his family and exterminate his family.

After Daiyu finished speaking, she didn't know if she had mentioned Jia Lian too many times, her cheeks were quite hot, so she lowered her head and stopped talking while drinking tea to moisten her throat, while Lin Hai and Jia Min looked at each other and smiled.They knew that Daiyu was intelligent early in the morning, but they didn't expect that she was really good at reading people's hearts. If they adopted a daughter like this, they were both proud and reluctant.

Lin Hai also wanted to talk to Daiyu about the court disputes, but Jia Min saw her daughter's shame, and stopped the conversation, only asking Daiyu to accompany her for a walk outside, and left Lin Hai alone. The palace was left with the help of Daiyu.Lin Hai was too late to stay, and he couldn't say anything about loving his wife and daughter, so he could only blame Jia Lian, secretly hating himself for promising to marry his daughter too early, which made that brat cheaper, and also hating Jia Lian for being shameless, the old man actually dared to marry his beloved daughter .

Just now Jia Min stopped Lin Hai from speaking, and after being supported by Daiyu into the small garden, he couldn't help but tease his daughter one or two words.

Pretending to be enjoying the flowers by the water made the palace people retreat a bit, Jia Min looked at the pots of golden chrysanthemums on the other side and asked with a smile: "I don't know who you were talking about just now. Tell me, who is he?"

Daiyu was turning a few lines of chanting chrysanthemums in her heart, and she felt that her heart was broad, so why not Jia Min suddenly asked a question, her face flushed suddenly, she dared not speak, she just lowered her head and fiddled with her belt and purse, and refused to meet Jia Min's eyes again.

Jia Min couldn't help laughing at such a young daughter's shyness, and couldn't help showing a very kind smile, deliberately teasing her: "In the past, Lian's second brother called him so smoothly, but now he is really old, and he knows how to be embarrassed. If not , I still think you don’t want to go back to Lian’er even with a single word, and I don’t like it. You don’t want to talk about your purse anymore, isn’t it also sent by him?”

Jia Lian returned to Beijing in a hurry according to the order, but after he left, he asked people to send letters to the other palace every now and then. If there was a letter to Lin Hai and Jia Min to say hello, there must be a letter to Daiyu himself.The two of them got married, and Lin Hai and Jia Min were happy to get close to them, so they acted as if they hadn't seen each other, and let them exchange letters.

But the letters Jia Lian sent were thick and numerous, but Daiyu never heard back. No matter how well Jia Min knew that the girl was thin-skinned, she couldn't help guessing her daughter's thoughts secretly, and was afraid that she would chill Jia Lian's heart and cause suspicion in the future. The husband and wife were not in harmony, so they avoided asking people for a while.

Daiyu even blushed on Yubai's neck, she let go of her hands as if she was being burned, stomped her feet and said angrily, "It's not easy to reply, but it's just random copying of poems and words, it's not very good to reply. "

When she looked at Jia Lian at the beginning, she was as serious and reliable as the elder brother in the book. Who knew he was like that in private.The incense burner that I brought to the court was misplaced, so I can’t do without my wife. The dim sum made by the cook has some Suzhou flavors. Let her taste it in the future. What kind of clothes do you wear on a certain day? What kind of strange things happen? If you want to write to her to know, there are always many lies, but how can she reply?

Not to mention that she has been getting worse recently, saying that she doesn't know how to compose poetry, and she has mastered nine out of ten proficiency in poetry, and insists on sending her poems along with famous masterpieces for the occasion to teach her, treating her as something people.Daiyu didn't bother to write him a single word, she just locked his letter in the wooden box.

Seeing her daughter's duplicity, Jia Min laughed so hard that she couldn't help but hope that Lin Zhang would grow up soon, and she would come to this one time, but she still wanted to teach this silly girl calmly: " If you don’t come back, don’t come back, it’s just that Lian’er is pitiful to see, the men next to him all wear purses, and he alone wants Baba’er to send exquisite purses, so you can just take pity on him and just give it to him. I can't bear to look at it."

When Daiyu didn't speak, Jia Min knew she had agreed.Sure enough, another letter arrived from Beijing three days later, and Jia Lian's servant happily took a box and left when he replied.

After a few more months, Lin Hai's body was finally in a state of exhaustion, so he asked to go home, and the four members of the Lin family finally returned to their long-lost mansion by car.The plaque on the gate of the mansion has been replaced, and the words of Zhongzhengbo Mansion written by the imperial pen are shining brightly.