[Comprehensive Qiong Yao+Red Mansion] History is turning a corner

Yangzhou, the official residence of the patrolling salt censor

Layers of thin curtains are rolled up, and the bleakness of late autumn outside the window is like the illness of the person on the bed.

A man in his fifties, dressed as a manager, walked in with a tray, and his concerned eyes kept turning around him.

The person lying on the bed had protruding cheekbones, was extremely thin, and his temples were stained with snow spots. He was obviously seriously ill and old, but he had a pair of warm and jade-like star eyes, which could be seen from his youthful demeanor.

"Cough cough cough... cough cough..." He suddenly burst into a violent cough, a blush appeared on his pale face, but his lips turned black and purple.

"Master?" The steward hurriedly helped him up, and gently patted his back.It took a long time to stop coughing.

After taking the warm bowl and pouring down the dark, sour liquid, Lin Ruhai lay down again, panting heavily, and waved his hands weakly: "Go down, let me rest for a while."

"Master..." With tears in his eyes, the steward gently covered him with a quilt.

After the room became quiet again, Lin Ruhai opened his eyes, looked at the curtain embroidered with elegant cloud patterns, and smiled wryly: "Yu'er, I'm sorry, Dad, I'm afraid I really can't hold on..."

Talking to himself, he suddenly turned pale, coughed a few times, and the handkerchief was stained with black blood.

Lin Ruhai naturally threw the handkerchief into the brazier, stood up with force, came to the desk, and took out a palm-sized wooden box from the hidden compartment of the bookshelf. Inside was a thick stack full of bank notes, hundreds of them.

He pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly: "Yu'er, that's all Daddy can do for you."

After adding more than a dozen land deeds and putting the box back to its original place, Lin Ruhai wrote a letter and called the most trusted butler to send it secretly. He breathed a sigh of relief as if he had let go of a heavy burden, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

A few days later in the capital, Yong Jue frowned and looked at the secret package delivered by the special line in his hand, Lin Ruhai was dying of illness.

In the memorial, he expounded on the sad news that he studied hard, but suffered the successive deaths of his parents, his wife died early, his daughter was frail, and he had to devote his life to work and died after devoting himself to death.

In the end, Lin Ruhai expressed that he was running out of time and had owed the emperor's grace. He hoped that the emperor and concubine Zhao would take good care of Lin Daiyu and let her live out her life safely and happily.

Seeing the line "I wish the young girl a smooth life, I am grateful", Yong Jue rubbed his temples with a headache, Lin Ruhai has done a good job in salt administration, no matter who is asked to take this position, he is not as good as him, not to mention, the water in the south of the Yangtze River is too muddy up...

Suddenly, Yong Jue made a certain movement, he pinched the memorial hard, and was very puzzled, is the cover page of an ordinary seal so thick?

With an idea, he immediately pulled out the dagger, and carefully opened the bottom page. As expected, there were two pieces of paper hidden inside.

A very detailed list of the relationship network of the Jiangnan officialdom, who are the key people who need attention, who can be trusted, who have a huge amount of corruption, and who are even the disciples of someone in the capital. Clearly.

The other is Lin Ruhai's suicide note, which presents a list of his own property. After his death, all the books in his family will be dedicated to Wenyuan Pavilion. Among the rest of the family property, all silver will be turned over to the state treasury. The Lin family's farmland and shops in the south of the Yangtze River will be left to the clan. The old house, the houses in the capital, the farmland shops, and the dowries of the mistresses of the past all belonged to Lin Daiyu.

All the ancient books handed down by the family are presented. From now on, those civil servants will take care of Lin Daiyu whatever they say. The treasury has added money, and the royal family will not treat her badly. …

Holding the suicide note, Yong Jue was filled with emotion: "Poor parents in the world..."

Without further ado, he immediately ordered Hajilan to take Lin Daiyu back to Yangzhou, traveling day and night, hoping to arrive before Lin Ruhai died.

On the other hand, the old man Jia Min married also sent a letter to Jia's family. Seeing that her son-in-law was in danger, Jia's mother couldn't sit still, and hurriedly asked Jia Lian to rush to Yangzhou to help.

Mrs. Wang was also there, and the meaning behind the words made Jia Lian pay more attention to collect the Lin family's property. Jia's mansion is the home of Lin Daiyu's maternal grandfather, so it is of course duty-bound to help her keep the dowry.

Although Jia's mother felt that Mrs. Wang's words were too straightforward, but thinking of the situation that the mansion was getting worse day by day, and was about to have enough money, she had no choice but to keep silent, but she also made up her mind.

No matter how you say it, you have to leave enough dowry for your granddaughter, and the rest is... the fifth generation prince of the Lin family's scholarly family, and Lin Ruhai has been in the salt administration for another eight years.Nine years, no matter what, there are five or six million taels of silver, and those antique books handed down from generation to generation...

Looking at the bright and piercing eyes of the two above, the corners of Jia Lian's mouth twitched. If he had the ability, he would have brought Sister Lin back last time.

Concubine Zhao Gui hasn't spoken yet, so why are the people surnamed Jia in his family so hot?

Hurrying quickly, the group finally arrived in Yangzhou before Lin Ruhai died.

After getting off the boat, seeing the gray-haired and haggard housekeeper, Lin Daiyu almost cried at the pier.

Sitting in the sedan chair, the little girl tightly clenched her handkerchief, her eyes were reddened. Ever since her mother passed away, she was sent to the capital and lived in the palace. She hadn't seen her father for three years.

At the beginning, I was resentful in my heart, I didn't understand why my father did this, I just knew that without my mother, he would not want me anymore, although there were gifts and letters in every festival, it still didn't dispel the sadness in Xiao Daiyu's heart.

Later, when she grew up, she was taught by her aunt and cared for by her cousins. Although a certain villain always bullied her (Mianxin: You are wronged...), her uncle also cared about her everywhere. Lin Daiyu gradually understood Daddy's way.

Not only do I hope that she will surrender on behalf of the Lin family, but I also hope that she will have a bright future. What could be more dignified than a bereaved woman getting the concubine's loving care?

But now, she understands that her father will leave him soon...

Just after hearing the news, Lin Daiyu hid under the blanket and cried all night. She knew very well that her father and mother loved each other deeply, and there were very few aunts and concubines. Even if her brother died young and her mother was seriously injured, her father would rather rest alone in the study. I don't go to other people's places to sit around.

Now, when she heard that her father died soon, the little girl felt a strong sadness in her heart.

Dad is willing to die for mother, why is he unwilling to live for her?

Before departure, Lin Daiyu asked her aunt this question.

Lin Ruoyin just patted her head, and said with a gentle smile, "One couple for the rest of your life, fighting for two places of ecstasy, loving each other but not blind date, who is it for? Yu'er is still young, you will know when you grow up. "

Walking into the study, seeing the skinny but still smiling loving man, Daiyu burst into tears instantly.

"Daddy~~o(>_<)o~~" The little girl threw herself into the arms of the man and burst into tears.

Lin Ruhai hugged her daughter, gently stroked her hair, and repeated in a warm voice over and over again: "Yu'er is not crying, Daddy is here, good boy, don't cry..." As he spoke, he choked up and turned red orbital.

Hajilan stood quietly outside the house alone, not knowing what to think.

In the room, it was hard to put the frightened daughter to sleep. Lin Ruhai wanted to send her back to the boudoir, but found that her daughter's little hands were tightly clutching his clothes, as if afraid that he would go away quietly, and her heart was even more sour.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, he had no choice but to invite Hajilan in like this: "Sister Bi, I'm really sorry, Yu'er..."

Hajilan waved her hands and persuaded: "It's okay, let her sleep, this journey has been miserable."

Touching the dark spots under Yu'er's eyes, Lin Ruhai hugged her tightly in distress.

Hajilan made it clear: "The emperor has received Master Lin's memorial. Since it is your intention, then do it this way. Please rest assured that the emperor and the imperial concubine will treat Miss Lin as their own. In the future, Miss Lin Pick a good marriage and let her marry from the palace, the royal family will always be the backing of Miss Lin."

"The emperor's kindness is great, and this servant is very grateful." Wishing to lose his family and property, Lin Ruhai waited for this promise, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and the spirit of strong support suddenly weakened, and the whole person looked even more old-fashioned.

"Is there anything else?" Hajilan couldn't believe that Lin Daiyu was asked to go there just to send Lin Daiyu home to Yongjue.

Trembling, Lin Ruhai took out a one-foot-square wooden box and handed it to her.

"This is?"

"The lower officials have melted all the gold and silver into gold and silver bars, and they have been properly put away. The address and amount are on the top piece of paper in the box, and there is also a list of dowry left for Daiyu, which the lower officials have sent to the clan. Go and say hello..."

Lin Ruhai was gasping for breath after speaking a few more words now, and explained intermittently: "In order not to attract attention, I didn't change it into a bank note. Please be careful when Bi Momo is transported to Beijing. In addition, Daiyu's dowry is in the warehouse of the old house. , the key is with the housekeeper, and the ancient books and servants are in..."

"Okay, I got it." Hajilan quickly interrupted him, "You can talk about these things anytime, Mr. Lin should rest early, for Daiyu, you have to get better too. I still say the same thing back then, Aunts and uncles will never be able to kiss parents."

Lin Ruhai shook his head feebly, with a look of despair on his face: "Your official is really holding on, please be more considerate."

The arrival of Lin Daiyu made Lin Ruhai walk very peacefully, holding her daughter's hand with a smile on her face.

Staring blankly at her father's gratifying smile, Lin Daiyu broke down in tears: "Nurse Bi, will father and mother be together in the next life?"

"Don't worry, they are so loving in this life, they will meet each other at the right time in the next life." Hajilan hugged Lin Daiyu's shoulders which had lost weight in a few days, and comforted her in a low voice.

But she still felt that something was wrong. According to the statement in the Red Chamber, Lin Daiyu should have been twelve or thirteen years old when Lin Ruhai passed away, but now the little girl is less than nine years old!

Is something wrong?

Or has her memory blurred after wearing it for so long?

No matter what she thought, Lin Ruhai's funeral still had to be done. Under Hajilan's command, the distraught servants of the Lin family quickly returned to their previous carefulness and neatness, and prepared in an orderly manner.

The third-rank official died in office, everyone knows that the royal family will never treat the Lin family badly, not to mention that Lin Ruhai has been an official in the south of the Yangtze River for ten years, with many contacts, and there are noble concubines and princes in the palace, so there is an endless stream of people who come to pay homage , holding the idea of ​​getting close to the emperor's confidant, Nanny Bi.

As expected, the emperor's imperial decree also arrived on the day of the funeral.

But after listening to it, everyone could only sigh with emotion for the depth of the family members of the Lin family.

In the imperial decree, the emperor praised Lin Ruhai greatly, saying that he was "prudent, honest, and fair, and he is a model for the courtiers in the world." buried.

In the end, the emperor counted the contributions of Lin Ruhai and Lin Ruoyin brothers and sisters, and raised the Lin family from the white flag inlaid with the Han army to the Zhenghong flag of Manchuria, and bestowed the surname Lin Jia. Although it was only the five flags, the meaning was very deep, at least it was enough to make the empress black. .

The author has something to say:

Cough, well, getting a lunch box is a necessary foreshadowing.

The next chapter is the classic Red Mansion Terrier.