[Red Mansion] Reborn Lin Ruhai

Not long after the imperial envoy returned to Beijing, the emperor recovered from his "illness" and went to court to govern.First of all, the disaster relief officials were rewarded, because Lin Ruhai took the lead, braved hardships and distributed private food to help the people, and made great achievements. There are countless treasures, and several large carts were loaded, so Chen Zhong personally sent his servants to Lin's mansion.

The rest, such as Zhang Huai, Feng Sicheng, and other officials who made great contributions to disaster relief, also received promotions and rewards. Some of them were praised by the court at one time, and some were envious of them. Those who were secretly annoyed and remorseful could only stumble and sigh at the moment.

A few months after Lin Ruhai entered the capital as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the Lin family once again became the focus of discussion among the dignitaries in Beijing.

Lin Mansion can also be called Shouanhou Mansion now.From that day when the imperial edict of Fenghou was issued, the emperor wrote "Shou'an Hou's Mansion" in big characters with a royal pen, and ordered it to be framed and hung up.Lin Ruhai's ancestor and father were originally the Marquis, and the house in Beijing was originally the old house of the Marquis's Mansion, with a large enough area and a good boundary, so there is no need to expand it now, just add some things according to the Marquis' specifications.

In the past few days, there was a lot of traffic outside the Shou'anhou's mansion, and there was a constant flow of congratulatory people every day.

Although Jia's mother knew that Lin Ruhai didn't want to see her family, but seeing that he was in such a powerful position, she couldn't help but think a little more, and picked out a few good things from her own, and asked her two sons to take them to congratulate her.It turned out that recently, from the princes to the general officials, all came to celebrate.Lin Ruhai was afraid that there would be too many people coming and going at the moment, and there would be no guarantee that someone would have some malicious intentions, so he told the concierge early on that no matter what his identity was, no valuables were allowed to be brought into the gate of the house.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were helpless, so they had to order someone to send the gift back, and they went in alone.

After a few more days like this, the door gradually became cold.

Lin Ruhai tidied up the backyard again. Although Aunt Li and Cui'er Antong had solved it in secret, Aunt Li's younger brother had also been sent to the government to be punished according to the law.But after all, treating the symptoms is not the root cause. In order to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future, Lin Ruhai planned to thoroughly investigate the servants.Those who have bad intentions and secretly accept gifts and extort bribes are kicked out.Some old people who can't do any work are also given money so that they can spend their old age in peace.After some investigation, almost one-third of the servants had gone, and Lin Ruhai ordered the housekeeper to buy some innocent maids and servants.

As a result, although the number of people is much smaller than before, they are all young and agile, and the turnover of various affairs is faster than before.Right now, there are only two masters left in Zuo Lin's family, and they are not ostentatious like some dukes' families, so it is enough.

After finally taking a breath, seeing that the vacation given by Xiao Zhelin had not been used up, Lin Ruhai took her daughter to wander in the street.There is an old custom in Beijing that there is a big market on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and all kinds of goods are put on the street for sale, dazzling and bright.Daiyu heard the news from nowhere, and insisted that her father take her to see it.

Lin Ruhai is not a pedantic and ignorant person, otherwise he would not raise Daiyu like a boy.Kuang often thinks of her daughter in the previous life who never left the gate all day long, only weeping at the flowers, watching the moon and chanting love, lonely and miserable, it is really pitiful, I think she can live more freely in this life, and I don't want to be constrained she.Furthermore, even though she is a girl, she should not be too ignorant of the world, and it would be good to let her know more about the sufferings of people's livelihood, so as not to be like in the previous life, practicing alone and lamenting endlessly.

It was late autumn at this time, the father and daughter were both wearing blue jackets, and they walked along with a few housekeepers.

Lin Daiyu came to this kind of big market for the first time, and everything she saw was new, touching this, looking at that, she was so happy!Lin Ruhai watched from behind with a smile. If her daughter liked something, she asked her followers to pay for it.Suddenly came to a lively place, crowded with people, bustling, everyone walked shoulder to shoulder, Lin Ruhai hurriedly called to her daughter and said: "Yu'er, don't run away anymore, there are many people here, be careful to get separated in a while!"

Lin Daiyu stopped, nodded, and responded with a smile: "Understood, Daddy."

Lin Ruhai took her daughter's hand and walked out to a place with few people, and saw a scholar setting up a stall by the side of the road.I saw that man wearing a scarf, old clothes, and an old Confucian hat. Although his appearance was shabby, he had the arrogance of a scholar.There is a small table, with pens and inkstones on the left side of the case, and a piece of rice paper supported by a wooden stick on the right side, on which is a masterpiece of a scholar's handwriting.This display is obviously a desolate scholar who sells his son to write articles for a career.

Lin Ruhai saw that the poem and characters were well written, so he went up to pick it up to read, and asked the scholar, "Did you write this poem?"

The man replied, "It's Xiaosheng."

Lin Ruhai sighed: "Young Master has a good literary talent, and his calligraphy is also good. It's really admirable to have such attainments at such a young age!"

The scholar even bowed and said, "Sir, I'm overwhelmed!"

Lin Ruhai said again: "It's just that I have some doubts, please don't blame me if you say it."

The scholar hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No blame, no blame, if you have anything to say, sir, you can speak it out."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Since that's the case, let me just say it bluntly. You are also a scholar. How can you be so down and out? Besides, there are many dignitaries in Beijing. Since you have this literary talent, why don't you find a government house to take refuge in, so as not to be like this?" Dining and camping."

The scholar sighed, and said: "It's hard to explain in words! Xiaosheng was originally from Mizhou. When he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, the government gave him a fee. However, the journey was long and bumpy. After a few days, he fell seriously ill. Seeing that the exam time was approaching, I had to leave due to illness. I didn’t want my illness to get worse. The delay on the way, plus the cost of seeing a doctor, cost more than half of the travel expenses, and the itinerary was also delayed. The date of entering Beijing has passed. During the trial period, I have to temporarily send him to the temple to settle down, and wait for the grand competition three years later. As for what the master said about joining an official family, I am afraid that no one will accept me, who is in tatters."

Lin Ruhai heard this, but smiled and said nothing. It is not unusual for scholars to be a little arrogant, and this book is probably the same.He ignored it, and only discussed Huizi's poems with him, and they exchanged names.It turned out that the scholar's surname was Shengqiao.Lin Ruhai couldn't help being startled when he heard this, and secretly thought that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he put it aside.

Unexpectedly, when Yu Shengqiao heard Lin Ruhai's name, he bowed his head and said: "I don't think it's Lord Hou, Xiaosheng is really rude."

This time the feudal marquis scene was so huge that almost the whole country knew it, let alone at the feet of the emperor of the capital?Therefore, Lin Ruhai was not surprised that the scholar guessed his identity when he heard his name, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Quickly excuse me, I came here today in casual clothes, so don't make a fuss!"

Yu Shengqiao took a look, and bowed to the tunnel again: "Forgive Xiaosheng's offense, I don't know that Lord Hou is dressed in white dragon fish, and he understands the people's sentiments. He should die!" , is indeed a role model for the world's scholars, Xiaosheng has admired him for a long time, and seeing him today, he really lives up to his reputation, and I really admire him in my heart, and please forgive me if I lost my composure." After finishing speaking, he bowed again and again.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Lin Ruhai waved his hand.

The two discussed knowledge for a while, and Lin Ruhai realized that this scholar's knowledge was extensive and his insights were profound, which might be more than enough for him to be the number one scholar. He would not accept it for his money, so he said: "I have some books in my family, it's a pity to leave them for nothing. You can go and have a look when you have nothing to do. You can't gain more knowledge, but it's better than nothing!"

"Then thank you, Lord Hou!" The scholar bowed.

When the two of them were talking, Daiyu was flipping through the calligraphy written by the scholar, pointing at it from time to time, sometimes surprised, or sighing, the scholar was amazed and said: "Can such a young child know calligraphy?"

Daiyu raised her neck and said, "Some people can compose poems at the age of three, and some people can't distinguish rhythm at eighty. It has nothing to do with age!"

Seeing what she said was interesting, the scholar said, "So the young master is 'able to compose poetry at the age of three', can you teach me a thing or two?"

Lin Ruhai smiled and said nothing, letting Daiyu make trouble.

Seeing that her father didn't care about her, Lin Daiyu snorted and pouted, "What's so difficult about this?" As she spoke, she took up a pen and wrote a masterpiece by Li Yi'an (Qingzhao), a famous poetess in the Song Dynasty[]:

Life is a master, and death is a ghost.

So far, Xiang Xiangyu refused to cross Jiangdong.

The scholar looked at it and said: "good calligraphy, good calligraphy, it's because Xiaosheng's eyes are clumsy!" It was like Lin Daiyu making a few bows, and Daiyu was a little at a loss, and kept looking at her father.Lin Ruhai pretended not to know.Daiyu snorted, stood up and returned the salute, and even said that she didn't dare to take credit for the teacher's good teaching.The scholar asked who the teacher was, and Lin Daiyu pointed to her father. Seeing that the scholar heard this, she kept begging Lin Ruhai for the letter.Lin Daiyu looked at her father provocatively, and smiled while covering her mouth.

When they were leaving, the scholar saw that Lin Daiyu liked it and gave her some calligraphy and paintings written by himself.Lin Ruhai asked his attendants to pay, but the scholar insisted on refusing to accept it, so he had to let it go.

After walking for a while, I don't want to meet another acquaintance head-on, who do you think?It turned out to be the number one scholar in the current department, and now the Imperial Academy edited Sun Biao.Of all the yamen in the court, only the Imperial Academy is the most leisurely.Except for occasional lectures and readings for members of the royal family, they only read books, play chess, or drink and visit guests every day.Therefore, on the day of the market, Zhu Hanlin often wandered in the street, bought some old things and antiques, and went home to play.

Coincidentally, on this day, Sun Biao bumped into Lin Ruhai, and even went to see him.This Sun Biao is also talented, and Lin Ruhai values ​​him more on weekdays.A few people went to a restaurant by the road, Lin Ruhai ordered tea and fruit snacks, put them on a small table for Daiyu to eat, and sat by the window chatting with Zhang Huai.Lin Ruhai asked how many things happened in Beijing and China recently, and Sun Biao couldn't stop talking.

While chatting happily, Sun Biao's entourage came to report that there was something urgent, but Sun Biao scolded the entourage and pleaded guilty to Lin Ruhai. !"

Sun Biao pleaded guilty several more times before retiring.

Lin Ruhai brought her daughter out with her.

"Daddy, let's go to a juggling show!" Lin Daiyu tugged at Lin Ruhai's sleeve and said.

Lin Ruhai raised his eyes to look at the crowd on the third floor and the third floor, and then looked at his daughter's expectant eyes, but he still didn't say the words of refusal: "Then hold on to daddy, don't run around, lest you get squeezed."

"Yeah!" Daiyu nodded like a pounding garlic.

A group of people squeezed in mightily, but it was a monkey juggler. Under the command of the monkey juggler, the monkey performed drilling hoops for a while, and imitated human movements for a while, which made everyone laugh.Suddenly, a mad dog ran out of nowhere, broke into the crowd, barking and barking.Everyone fled away, Lin Ruhai only felt a pain in his hand, as if someone had hit him with a heavy object, and when he looked up, Daiyu had disappeared.

At that time, people were side by side, and Lin Ruhai's family members were squeezed out, only a guard sent by Xiao Zhelin was still on the side.Lin Ruhai pulled him back and said, "Where's Yu'er, go find Yu'er?" Among the guards, there was a sharp-eyed man who saw a tall man carrying a child on his shoulders a hundred or so steps away. It was Daiyu, but At that time, there was a huge crowd of people, unable to move forward, sweating profusely, and hurriedly shouted: "Master, it's not good, the little master was kidnapped by the gangster, right in front!"

After Lin Ruhai heard this, he was extremely anxious, hurriedly pushed his guards, and shouted: "Leave me alone, go and save Yu'er! Go quickly..." At the end of the speech, he was a little hoarse.Pushing forward while talking, helpless people bumping into each other, stomping their feet anxiously, how can they move?After a while, the big man who kidnapped Daiyu disappeared.

Seeing things procrastinating and getting worse, Lin Ruhai was quick to think, and hurriedly pushed the guard on the side and said: "You are walking fast, go out from the alley on the side, and tell Jing Zhaoyin to immediately lead people to seal these streets, door-to-door. Search, go, it's urgent! Don't delay!"

"Yes!" The guard responded, squeezed into the alley on the side and flew away.