Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat
Chapter 121
Rongguo implemented a system of feudal enfeoffment similar to that of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was not like the centralization of power in one person.Although King Rong Guo is the monarch of the whole country, he does not directly rule the people. He governs the chiefs of various tribes.The monarch has his own army and territory, and the tribal chiefs also have their own army territory. Although the territory of the tribe is not as large as the direct jurisdiction of the monarch, and the number and strength of the army are far inferior to the monarch, they have a certain degree of autonomy. It is like a small kingdom within the territory.
Due to the unclear territorial boundaries and the migration of herdsmen between tribes, frictions between tribes have occurred from time to time. Over time, the monarch’s control over the tribes has become more and more in name only. It was only when the current monarch——Emperor Dingyang—reunited the tribes, that it was relieved. .
The royal family of Rongguo was renamed Wanqi, and the emperor of Dingyang was named Wanqi Haowei. He was a very skilled ruler.
He lost his father when he was young, and succeeded to the throne at the age of eight. The queen mother was young and widowed, unwilling to be lonely, and had an affair with her brother-in-law, the regent.Wan Qi Haowei was born with great strength, and he liked martial arts very much since he was a child. He practiced martial arts well at the age of 16. It is said that he has the ability to shoot through Yang with a hundred steps, and he is a sharp archer on the grassland.It was in that year that he became a relative, and soon assembled a large number of young guards to arrest the regent and the queen mother, and beheaded the two close relatives with his own hands.
Since then, he has been fighting everywhere, and spent nearly ten years unifying the tribes, large and small, training a powerful army that is invincible and invincible.Wan Qihaowei felt that his meritorious service was outstanding enough to surpass the previous monarchs on the grassland, so he gave himself an honorary title and called himself the Great Dingyang.
Feeling that he has made outstanding achievements, his ambitions have also expanded.He also wanted to unify the world and become the king of the world, so he repeatedly went south to invade and attack the surrounding small countries.Despite repeated setbacks over the years, he doesn't seem to have given up on his ambitions at all.Of course, during this period, he has not forgotten to work hard to sow seeds. He gave birth to a bunch of sons and daughters, big and small. It is said that there are at least thirty or forty.
But this is not important, the important thing is that although he has meritorious deeds, he is too cruel, and even many people in Rongguo hold resentment towards him.Some small tribes have gradually grown in recent years, and they have a faint intention of wanting to break away from the control of Wan Qi Haowei.
It was precisely after seeing this point that Lin Ruhai felt that apart from relying on force to conquer Rongguo, Lin Ruhai could also use his brains.For example, this time when Rongguo asked for help, there was a lot to do.In addition to the envoys sent by Wanqi Haowei, there were also envoys from some small tribes who came to ask for help this time.
In the court, Lin Ruhai suggested that Wanqi Haowei should be released temporarily, and that the small tribes who came to ask for help could be given appropriate assistance.
Before he finished speaking, someone came out to object.
"Report to Your Majesty, Master Lin's words are for the enemy, and must not be accepted!"
It was expected that some people would object, but Lin Ruhai was not surprised.The voice came from behind. When he looked back, it was General Xie Anxiong of the Left Guard who was speaking. He couldn't help pursing his lips slightly and showing a smile.This man is upright and honest, brave and good at fighting, he is a veteran in the battlefield, now he has disarmed and entered the court, taking up the post of an idle general.He has fought for most of his life, most of which he fought against Rong Guo. Naturally, he hated Rong Guo deeply, so when he heard that he wanted to help Rong Guo, he immediately exploded.
After hearing this, Li Zhao just said tactfully "Oh" for the rest of his life, then changed his posture and looked at Lin Ruhai while touching his chin in a relaxed manner, not intending to speak.
Lin Ruhai knew that His Majesty the Emperor would not help, so he turned around and cupped his hands to Xie Anxiong, saying: "General Xie, please be calm and don't be impatient. Listen to me and speak slowly, the general will not have any objections."
Xie Anxiong was a little irritable: "There is no good reason for this. In short, we can't give them what we have. Although I haven't read any books, I am a rough person, but I also know that we have given them what we have. After they breathe Come on, we will continue to bully our common people!"
The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he suddenly shouted: "Anyway, you can't join the enemy!"
This sentence was shouted loudly and spit flying all over the place, splashing spit stars all over the face of the Minister of the Ministry of War next to him. He was very strict in the court and did not dare to take out his handkerchief to wipe it, his face was so ugly.Xie Anxiong naturally didn't notice his disrespect, he stood at the front of the court, behind the cabinet, next to the six ministers.Suddenly, he took a step forward, knelt down in the middle of the empty hall, and kowtowed to the ground to ask for an order: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask for an order to attack Rongguo. Your Majesty will give you [-] elite soldiers. Here comes the head of Wanqi Haowei!"
For a moment, there was complete silence in the hall, and all the officials held their breaths, waiting to see if the emperor would agree to play, and how Lin Ruhai would react.
Suddenly, there was a "bang" and "crack", and everyone looked at the source of the sound as if struck by lightning, but it was a little eunuch who broke the colorful vase of Cheng Kiln.The little eunuch's face turned pale with fright, and he knelt on the ground covered with broken porcelain, his body shaking like chaff, the fear had already made him unable to feel the pain.
The imperial court is a solemn and solemn place, that is, officials must abide by the rules. They must not make loud noises, whisper to each other, or even cough. Otherwise, they will be fined or demoted.Now that a little eunuch has made such a big commotion in the hall, according to the rules, he can be beaten to death with a stick.
The emperor frowned, and Wei Xing'an, who was standing next to him, had sharp eyesight and quick hands, hurriedly ordered people to pull the little eunuch down, and cleaned up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.But the little eunuch couldn't help shaking his head, and shouted to the emperor: "This slave has something important to report!..."
Before he finished speaking, he was dragged away by the guards covering his mouth, and then the palace servants quickly and silently cleaned up the tiles on the ground.
Although this episode didn't last long, it diverted the attention of all the officials, including the emperor, and made Xie Anxiong, who was still kneeling on the ground asking for troops, a little embarrassed.However, he was a warrior, and a warrior who hadn't read much. His nerves were strong enough, and he didn't feel embarrassed. Seeing that the matter was settled, he still looked up at the emperor.
Li Zhao cleared his throat, and said slowly: "I know General Xie's ability, and taking Rongguo is no problem. But it's winter, and it's cold, and even our place is freezing. General, think about what Rongguo is." Appearance. I am giving you [-] elite soldiers now, can you guarantee that they can adapt to the cold climate of Rongguo and maintain a strong fighting capacity in the cold winter?"
"This this……"
Xie Anxiong didn't think of the reason for the climate for a while, and was a little speechless when asked.
After a long time, he said: "I ask you to send troops after the spring!"
Li Zhao pointed at Xie Anxiong, and said with a smile, "Look, General Xie also said that it is not the time to send troops. So, why don't you stabilize Rongguo first? I can have a good year, but I don’t want Rongguo soldiers to harass the border people again at this time, so that the people can’t live a good year. You think, don’t you?”
All the ministers laughed when they heard the words, and said one after another: "Your Majesty is wise, that's the reason."
When everyone stopped laughing, Li Zhao said again: "The weather and the Chinese New Year are just one of them, and there are two..." He looked at Lin Ruhai, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "Lin Aiqing, what else is there?" What is the second, tell the ministers."
After speaking, he called Xie Anxiong to flatten himself, and let him listen to what Lin Ruhai had to say.
Lin Ruhai arched his hands upwards, said "yes", then turned to look at the ministers and said, "Rongguo is different from our dynasty, it is composed of tribes, large and small. Now Wanqi Haowei has been unified by force. The tribal chiefs have to obey him, but over the years their rule has become more brutal, and some of the stronger tribes have grown dissenting. What we need to do is to inflate this dissent, create suspicion among them, and win over Some tribes, let them belong to us. In this way, Rongguo will fall apart, and we are taking the opportunity to send troops to wipe out Wanqi Haowei and its main force. In this way, the worries of border troubles will be eliminated, and the people in the north will never again Suffering from the chaos of war. And now is a good opportunity..."
Speaking of this, he looked at Xie Anxiong, who was so wide-eyed that his jaw almost fell to the ground.
Lin Ruhai pursed his lips slightly, hiding the smile on the corner of his mouth, and then said: "This time Rongguo asked for help, we zoomed in and caught the small ones. The so-called zooming in is to let the envoys of Wan Qihaowei ignore it first, so we have to treat them well." The tribal envoys such as Mo He and Zhi Ran naturally aided these tribes. Wan Qihaowei is a dignified and suspicious person, and he will inevitably be suspicious of these tribes. If I expected correctly, the food, cotton clothes, etc. When the goods arrived in the tribe, Wanqihaowei would definitely not let it go. With his temperament, he would force a tribal chief to hand over the supplies and let him deploy them in a unified way. Those chiefs were forced to hand them over in the eyes of Wanqihaowei , I won’t be reconciled in my heart, and the families of those people who died of freezing and starving will even harbor resentment.”
Hearing this, Xie Anxiong suddenly said "Oh", "I see, this is what the military book said, what..." He couldn't remember the content of the military book, and he scratched his head anxiously for a while.
A minister on the side reminded in a low voice: "Divorce."
Xie Anxiong just slapped his forehead and said loudly: "Yes! Yes! Divorce plan! It's a divorce plan!" Turning around, he reminded the minister: "Thank you very much."
Li Zhao watched Xie Anxiong's various movements and expressions, and suddenly burst out laughing.When he smiled, all the officials also laughed.The matter was settled so happily, and Lin Ruhai was in charge of raising the necessary supplies, and the six ministries and all the yamen of the imperial court had the right to cooperate.
The morning of the day will end in a pleasant atmosphere.
After leaving the court hall, Li Zhao asked Wei Xing'an, "What's going on, why did the third princess suddenly barge in?"
The little eunuch who just broke the vase said that he had something important to report, but he didn't have a chance to say what it was.Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed over in a panic and accidentally bumped into the vase next to the pillar, causing a commotion in the court.Li Zhao understands this, but the court is a majestic place, and the courtiers and the emperor's discussion of state affairs should not be disturbed at will.Everything discussed in the court is a major event that concerns the people and the world. Once it is disturbed, the loss will be immeasurable.No matter who or what it is, as long as it violates this, it will be severely punished.
But severe punishment is severe punishment, if it is really important and urgent, it is not unforgivable.Before the court meeting was over, Li Zhao ordered Wei Xing'an to find out the situation, so he knew the reason.
It turned out that the three princesses suddenly broke into the Qilin Palace today, and even went straight to Zhou Hang's bedroom, and discovered the secret that Zhou Hang was not in the palace.
It has been a long time since the crown prince was announced to be injured and recuperating, presumably many people have been muttering in their hearts these days.After all, even if the Crown Prince was injured, he wouldn't even show his face, unless the injury was so severe that he couldn't even get out of bed.
The Qilin Palace is heavily guarded, with three steps, one whistle and five steps, one post, almost reaching the field where even a bird cannot fly in. How could the third princess and a girl break in and even reach the crown prince's bedroom?What's more, what did the third princess suddenly break into the Qilin Palace? She didn't have much contact with this brother who suddenly appeared in the palace. It made no sense that she would visit Zhou Hang when she was injured.
Li Zhao suspects that there must be a big conspiracy behind this.
"Long live, His Royal Highness the third princess asked the maidservant to put on her own clothes and climb up a very tall tree, pretending to be the princess. The guards heard the princess' maidservant calling for help, saying that the princess could not get up from the tree, so they went to rescue her. People. It was only later that I found out that it was a fake princess, and the real princess had already taken the opportunity to sneak in. The servant asked the princess why she broke in, and the princess only said that she was visiting her brother, and the servant refused to say anything about the rest..."
"What about the fake princess and the court lady calling for help?" Li Zhao asked.
"It's already brought here." Wei Xing'an hurriedly said.
"Drag out! Beat him to death with a stick!" Li Zhao's eyes shot out a cold light, without any emotion, "Let the princess watch!" He added.
Wei Xingan was stunned for a moment, his eyes were a little surprised, but it was only a momentary emotion, and soon, he bowed and said: "Yes!" After finishing speaking, he was about to withdraw to pass orders.Li Zhao called: "Wait!" Wei Xing'an hurriedly stopped, hunched over and ran over in small steps, and asked, "What else does Your Majesty order?"
"After the execution is over, take the princess to the dark room to think about her mistakes until she is willing to tell who instigated it."
"Yes." After Wei Xing'an finished speaking, he bowed and left.The leader of the secret guards was called here, and ordered to investigate the cause of the incident. It is related to the prince, and the relationship is very important. It must be strictly investigated, and nothing can be missed.
After a while, Wei Xing'an came back and looked at Li Zhao several times, hesitant to speak.
"Wei Xing'an, just say what you have to say." After putting down the memorial, Li Zhao said impatiently.
"Slave, slave..."
"What kind of slave? Others don't know you, so I don't know you? You have been with me since childhood, but you are rarely so timid. Do you think I have been cruel to the third princess?"
Wei Xing'an knelt down and said: "Your Majesty must have His Majesty's reason for doing this, I dare not speculate, but, only Her Highness the Third Princess is only nine years old, and those two were served by her side since childhood, so they are different from ordinary court ladies. ...The slave turned pale with fright when he saw Her Highness the Princess, and his voice became hoarse, some, some just couldn't bear it..."
Li Zhaodao: "She is my princess, not an ordinary lady. If she doesn't gain some wisdom in this matter, her future life will be even more difficult."
"This..." Wei Xing'an kowtowed, "I understand."
Li Zhao glanced at him and said, "Get up." He ordered him to make some chrysanthemum tea.Wei Xing'an hurriedly made some tea and brought him some tea, and took advantage of the situation to ask the brash little eunuch in the court hall how to deal with it.Li Zhaodao: "Although he disturbed the court, there was a reason for the incident. Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be forgiven. You can figure it out."
Wei Xing'an led the order to come out and sentenced the young eunuch to twenty boards and fined Yueyin for one year as a sign of punishment.
However, the third princess was frightened, and was locked in a small, dark and damp room with dark surroundings, and she explained everything within an hour.Girls like things like glittering pearls, corals, and amber, and she has collected quite a few of them herself, which she often takes out to play with.Today, when she was playing with a coral tree, it happened that the second prince came over and said that her coral tree is as beautiful as it is beautiful, although it is a fine product, it is not the best.
The coral tree of the third princess is an extremely rare tribute. There is only one tree in the entire palace. She thinks it can be called the best. Everyone who saw it before praised its beauty, and there is no second one.But it happened that the second prince had said that it was not the best, so she naturally refused to accept it and asked why it was not the best.The second prince said it wasn't big enough, the color wasn't right enough, and it wasn't crystal clear enough, it was far worse than the crown prince's.The third princess didn't believe it, and said that she had never heard of such a coral tree in the palace. The second prince told her that the crown prince's new tribute was brought up this year. I've seen it, so everyone doesn't know.
He also said that there are many treasures in the prince's dormitory, pearls bigger than longan, and amber that big and big, and he compared them to a huge shape.
The third princess had a childlike heart, and after being seduced several times by him, she wanted to go and have a look.
As a good brother who loves his sister, the second prince naturally wants to advise his sister, so what happened later.
The second prince had a grudge against Zhou Hang, Li Zhao had known it for a long time, and had warned him both openly and secretly.Not wanting him to disobey the advice and provoke again and again, Li Zhao felt that it was time to teach him a lesson.So, looking for a reason, the second prince was dismissed from office, and he was ordered to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors at the mansion, and he was not even allowed to participate in the family banquet on New Year's Eve.Fortunately, the third princess was caught before she went out, and she didn't tell him the matter, otherwise, he would not be so lucky.
As for the third princess, after coming out of the dark room, she fell ill for a while, and then her temperament changed drastically.It turned out to be innocent, like to toss and make troubles, the most impatient thing is to learn the rules, since then it seems to have grown up overnight, much gentler and more stable, not going out of the palace every day, follow the teachings of the mother Learn the rules, and do needlework when you are free.
Lin Daiyu was still worried about Zhou Hang's inability to recover.
These days, she has tried all kinds of methods, training desperately, taking a bath in the spiritual spring, and her skills have fully recovered or even improved to a higher level, but she still cannot recover her body.Lin Ruhai has been following the two of them closely all day long, and has long known that there are some little secrets between them. In the past, they didn't tell them, and he didn't ask them.But now that the matter is urgent, if Zhou Hang can't recover his body again, the court may not be able to hide it.
So, he had to ask this time.
Lin Ruhai knew that Pangpang was Zhou Hang a long time ago, and what the two of them kept from Lin Ruhai was different, space and cultivation.The reason why Daiyu didn't say anything was because of Zhou Hang. She subjectively felt that the space belonged to Zhou Hang, and only Zhou Hang had the right to say it. She had no right to tell Zhou Hang.The reason why Zhou Hang didn't say anything was because he didn't want to tell more people about his secrets except for Sister Lin. many.
As for later, he figured it out, sister Lin and Lin Ruhai were one, and if he wanted sister Lin, he had to treat Lin Ruhai as his elder.What's more, although Lin Ruhai is a bit stricter, he is really kind to him and loves him as his junior. He also regards Lin Ruhai as his father.
He also thought about telling Lin Ruhai about space and cultivation, but he has been busy since he came up with this idea, first abolishing officials, and then rectifying the household department, but he never found the time.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Ruhai took the initiative to ask, and Daiyu and Zhou Hang hit it off immediately, so they confessed.
Standing on the green grass in the space, looking at the undulating mountains and the trickling lake in the distance, Lin Ruhai was so surprised that he didn't speak for a long time.
"Daughter... Daughter, this, is this true?"
"It's true, Daddy." Daiyu laughed.
"So, Fatty, oh, no, His Royal Highness is really from another world, a place called the 21st century?"
"Yes, my lord." Zhou Hang said.
Seeing the kitten speak with his own eyes, Lin Ruhai was startled again, but he was also convinced that what Daiyu and the two said was true.Lin Ruhai couldn't stop taking deep breaths, calmed down for a long time, opened his mouth several times, wanted to say something, but didn't say it.After a while, he finally said it. Daiyu and Zhou Hang thought he would say something shocking, but who knew he said: "This place is good!"
Zhou Hang was stunned for a moment, and agreed: "What your lord said is true, it's really good."
Daiyu said contemptuously: "Sycophant!"
Zhou Hang wagged his tail, moved his ears, and scratched Daiyu's cuff.Daiyu pressed his paw angrily: "Don't scratch it anymore, the flowers embroidered on it are all unthreaded by you, Hui'er should ask me how I did it later."
Zhou Hang raised his paws to cover his face, feeling that he was humiliated. He didn't know what happened recently. He wanted to scratch everything he saw. It seemed that he had an uncontrollable instinct, like obsessive-compulsive disorder. If he didn't scratch, he just felt uncomfortable.Ah bah, why not, he is a human, a human, a human, not a cat!Could it be that he can't be restored to his human body, the cat's genes in him are starting to play a role, won't he become more and more like a cat in the future, don't!
Daiyu thought the movement of him raising his paw to cover his face was cute.A small cat face, not as big as a slap, made a shy gesture of covering his face, which made people feel soft and funny.
Lin Ruhai felt that it was a bit of an eyesore. Although he was a cat, he knew that he was actually a human at heart, and he was a real man. Seeing him nestling on his daughter's chest, he felt as if his daughter had been eaten tofu.
Although Lin Ruhai is eclectic and doesn't care about those worldly etiquettes, it doesn't mean that he can watch his daughter being molested by a man and remain indifferent.Sensing Lin Ruhai's icy gaze, Zhou Hang subconsciously shrank back into Daiyu's arms, hugging his tail and pretending to sleep.
Daiyu couldn't bear her father's scrutiny, so she put Zhou Hang in the water of Linghu Lake, and let him soak in the lake to practice.She dragged Lin Ruhai into the room of the space to talk, and told him all about how she met Zhou Hang and what happened afterwards.Although Daiyu didn't say anything about Jia's cold treatment of her, as long as she mentioned that the Wang family poisoned her ginseng Yangrong pill, Lin Ruhai would recall all kinds of situations that her daughter suffered in Jia's mansion, and she felt guilty. But born.
Daiyu said: "Speaking of which, it was Zhou Hang who saved my daughter's life. Without Zhou Hang, my daughter would not have written to you, and would not have returned to Yangzhou. Instead, she would have taken poisonous ginseng Yangrong pills without knowing it." , until the body is hollowed out and passed away. And the poison on the father's body can't be relieved, if the daughter loses her father, the situation in Jia's mansion will only be worse than before, what will happen then, think about it, father?"
What else can happen!The daughter was killed by the Wang family, and all the property of the Lin family went to Jia's house.
Thinking of that kind of situation, Lin Ruhai's heart ached like a knife. He had to say that Zhou Hang was indeed their Lin family's great benefactor.
Daiyu also told Lin Ruhai that Zhou Hang had vowed to treat her only for the rest of his life, marry her only, and never marry again, nor would he take concubines.Cultivators are different from ordinary people. If a monk's oath is violated, it will really be fulfilled.
Now that it's all said and done, Lin Ruhai is too embarrassed to stop him from getting close to his daughter.
However, Lin Ruhai made a rule: it is fine to get close when in the cat's body, but keep a distance when in the human body.
Both of them readily accepted.
In the next few days, Lin Ruhai fell in love with the days when he had nothing to do in the space.He yearned for Tao Yuanming to "pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and see Nanshan leisurely." The rural hermit life has not been realized due to various practical reasons.Now, he has opened up a small piece of wasteland in the space, planted various beans and chrysanthemums, and had a dry addiction.
In a few days, the chrysanthemums bloomed, and the fragrance was lingering, spreading for several miles, very fresh and pleasant.
Lin Ruhai decided to pick some chrysanthemums to make chrysanthemum tea, and also to make chrysanthemum cakes, chrysanthemum cakes, and chrysanthemum porridge.
Zhou Hang was cultivating in the accelerated small world. After Daiyu finished her cultivation, she saw Lin Ruhai wearing homely clothes picking chrysanthemums under a small hill from a distance, so she walked over and asked, "Daddy, do you want my daughter to help?"
Daiyu walked over, took the chrysanthemum-filled pouch from Lin Ruhai's shoulder, and said, "I've finished my cultivation, I'll be fine now."
Lin Ruhai straightened up, stared at Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Yu'er, who is a father, is more and more iconic, it's really cheap for that brat!"
Daiyu stamped her feet with a flushed face, "Daddy!"
"I'll take it." Lin Ruhai reached out to take the flower pouch from Daiyu's hand, "You are tired from cultivation, take a good rest. These flowers are enough, don't pick them anymore, let's go, father and daughter, go there to talk. "He pointed to a pomegranate tree not far away.
The pomegranate tree is full of red pomegranates, like red lanterns, which is very gratifying to look at.
Daiyu smiled and said, "Good!"
Spreading a piece of felt under the tree, the father and daughter sat on the ground, Lin Ruhai asked: "What kind of magic technique do you practice, can you really live forever?"
Daiyu nodded: "Daughter has been looking for a few days, and there is a kung fu that may be suitable for Daddy. It's just that it's too late for you to practice at this age, and you may not be able to cultivate longevity, but you will suffer. Besides, Daddy has been in poor health for many years. The damage is too great, and my current physique is not good enough, dad can rest assured, when my daughter's cultivation level is higher, I can refine the elixir suitable for dad, and dad will be able to cultivate together with us."
Lin Ruhai waved his hands and said, "Daddy doesn't care if you live forever or not, as long as you can support each other forever."
"Don't daddy want to be with his daughter forever? Don't want to watch his daughter get married and have children around his knees?"
"Then father has to listen to his daughter!"
"Okay, listen to our Yu'er." Lin Ruhai said, and after he finished speaking, he told Daiyu, "It's not a crime to conceive a jade, let alone the temptation of immortality, and the artifact of this space? As a father, you have to say Saying you, you are too careless, you should be killed for such a thing, and you should not open your mouth, even if you are a father, you can't tell it easily. What if your father sees such a big temptation and wants to kill you to seize the treasure?"
Daiyu said, "Daddy won't do that."
Lin Ruhai suddenly became serious, staring at Daiyu, "How do you know that you can't do it as a father?"
"If Daddy knew how, he wouldn't say these things. What's more, Daddy is Yu'er's biological father. If Yu'er doesn't believe in anyone, he can't help but believe in Daddy, right?"
Lin Ruhai said: "This is what my father wants to teach you. You must not have the heart to harm others, but you must have the heart to guard against others. From now on, you must not talk about this matter to outsiders, do you understand?"
Daiyu frowned and thought for a while, "Isn't the current Holy Majesty too good?"
"No." Lin Ruhai said.
"He is Brother Hang's father." Daiyu said.
"Hang'er is not the only son of the Holy One." Lin Ruhai said.Since the confession, Zhou Hang forbade Lin Ruhai to call him His Highness the Crown Prince again.Lin Ruhai felt that it didn't matter what he called because of this relationship, so when talking about it in private, he simply called him Hang'er, really treating him as his own child.
After finishing speaking, Lin Ruhai was afraid of losing her daughter, so she added another sentence: "If you and Hang'er agree that you can tell the Holy One that you can be trusted, you can tell the Holy One, and you should discuss it with Weifu first, understand?"
It's not that Lin Ruhai is suspicious, but years of experience in the officialdom let him know that the most unpredictable and fickle thing in this world is the human heart.It is true that His Majesty loves Zhou Hang now, but after seeing Zhou Hang's hidden strength and secrets, whether he can trust him unconditionally, or even make any sacrifices for the child unconditionally like him, including sacrificing his life, is not certain.Before ensuring that he can do this, Lin Ruhai will not let Zhou Hang and Daiyu tell him the biggest secret, because the consequences are unpredictable.
Lin Daiyu nodded: "Understood, thank you Daddy."
While the two were talking, Zhou Hang ran over and greeted Lin Ruhai first, then he plunged into Daiyu's arms, arched his small body and found a comfortable position in Daiyu's arms. with.Lin Ruhai turned his head away, although he didn't want to care about his behavior, but he still felt uncomfortable psychologically.
His good daughter was already taken over by someone before she got married, which makes her feel sad when she thinks about it.
Lin Ruhai felt that instead of suffering here, it would be better to go back and pick his chrysanthemums.As soon as he stood up, Daiyu asked, "Daddy, what are you doing?"
Lin Ruhai replied casually: "Find a tool to pick pomegranates and eat them."
"My lord, you like to eat pomegranates. You don't need to find any tools. I'll pick them for you." As he spoke, a certain cat slithered up the tree, so fast that Lin Ruhai didn't even have time to stop it.
"Is this okay? It's big and red, and I can smell the sweetness through the skin." A certain cat shouted from the tree, and Daiyu looked up under her subordinates, "That's not good, go to the branch on the left , how can there be a bigger one, you pick that one for daddy." He said and looked at Lin Ruhai, "Daddy, will that work?"
Lin Ruhai nodded, can he say no to the one his daughter picked?
Not long after, the big and red pomegranate was picked off, and Daiyu used magic to divide it into three parts, one for each person.After eating the pomegranate, Lin Ruhai told Daiyu and Zhou Hang to try not to enter the space these days.The Holy Majesty seemed to suspect that Zhou Hang was in the Lin Mansion, and there were a lot more people coming and going in front of the Lin Mansion these days.This is in the bright place, and there should be a lot in the dark place.
So in the next few days, apart from the necessary homework, Daiyu's most important thing was to hold Zhou Hang in the sun.
On this day, the sun was just right, and Daiyu was holding Zhou Hang in the yard again.Zijuan, Hui'er and others peeled a lot of walnuts and pine nuts for Daiyu to eat. Zhou Hang's mouth was full of sticky candies when he ate sweets, and the hair and beard around his mouth were all stuck together.Daiyu wiped it for him angrily, muttering while wiping: "Don't eat indiscriminately in the future, next time you make your mouth full, clean it up yourself!"
Zicuckoo followed suit with a smile: "Girl, even a cat can't understand you talking about it."
Daiyu raised her eyebrows: "How do you know he doesn't understand?"
Zijuan said: "How can cats understand human speech?"
Daiyu didn't answer anymore, she thought that if Zijuan said that no matter how smart a cat is, it's just a beast, Zhou Hang would be angry.Zhou Hang was already angry. If it was a man, he might have been clawed, but Zhou Hang never hit a woman, so he would just give Zijuan a supercilious look, turn over and look at Daiyu with hurt eyes, begging to be touched. comfort.
Zijuan said: "Girl, this kitten seems to be quite human. You know what we're talking about."
"Pangpang is already human." Unconsciously speaking of Pangpang, Daiyu frowned, a little bit regretting her slip of the tongue.But if Zicuckoo mentioned fatness, she also had a way to cover it up.
After hearing this, Zijuan just said: "Is this kitten also called Pangpang?"
It seemed that she did not doubt that this was Pang Pang, no wonder, Pang Pang was beaten to death by gangsters, everyone knew this.Besides, after more than a year, Zhou Hang grew up and became stronger, which is quite different from before.There are too many cats with the same color and hair, and everyone may not be able to tell them apart.Thinking of Daiyu, she smiled: "Yes, I have a relationship with this cat, but it happens that he is also brown, and even the white hair on his stomach is exactly the same as Pangpang, so he is also called Pangpang."
Just as I was talking, someone came to report outside: "The chess girl is here!"
Siqi is the dowry girl that Jia Yingchun brought to her husband's house. Now that Yingchun is pregnant and pregnant, she doesn't go out easily. She usually sends Siqi over for anything.When she heard that she was coming, Daiyu said, "please invite people in quickly."
The visitor took the order and left, and came in with Siqi and two little maids after a while.
Daiyu ordered someone to move a small box for Siqi to make, but Siqi did not sit down, but held out a box for Daiyu.
Daiyu asked, "What?"
Siqi said: "When our grandma came last month, I heard that the girl lost a handkerchief embroidered with lotus residues. The handkerchief is still very fond of the girl. Our nanny kept it in mind, and went back to find a needle and thread to embroider. , Now the embroidery is finally finished, and I sent my servants to bring it. Our grandma said that her needlework is not good, and the embroidery is not good. If the girl likes it, she can keep it. If she doesn't like it, she can just reward it." Grandma naturally refers to Yingchun. After a girl gets married, she is no longer a girl, but a young daughter-in-law, and the servants have to change their name to grandma.
Daiyu hurriedly opened it to look at it and said: "The embroidery is so good, how could I not like it? It's just that your grandma is heavy, and it makes me feel very uneasy if you want to bother me like this. Go back and tell your grandma, in the future, you will never be embroidered." Don't be like that, if there is something good or bad, wouldn't it be that I have offended you?"
Siqi said: "Miss, don't worry, the servant will definitely tell grandma when she goes back, and say it was the girl who said it."
Daiyu pointed to the scorpion and said: "You've been tired all the way, don't stand still, sit down and talk."
Siqi said: "I can't do it yet, I have one more thing to ask the girl."
Daiyu asked, "What's the matter?"
Si Qi said: "Grandma has a cough recently. The doctor said that during pregnancy, you should not take random medicines, and diet should be the most important thing. Besides, bird's nest can nourish yin and nourish the lungs. Taking it regularly can not only relieve cough, but also be good for grandma's body and children. But our grandfather ran away There are many pharmacies, big and small, but they can’t find any good blood bird’s nests, so I want to ask the girl if they have any, if there are any, I’d like to ask the girl for some, my master asked me to bring the money.”
Daiyu said: "What kind of money do you want, let's talk about money, go back where you come as soon as possible!" Then he said to Zijuan, "Go to open the warehouse and take the two boxes of good blood swallows I got last month. Bring the bird's nest and bring it to Siqi."
Zijuan said: "Are those two boxes given by the palace last month?"
Daiyu frowned: "The two boxes with the pattern of Linghan wintersweet, you know why you are asking?" Zijuan specifically mentioned that the gift from the palace was nothing more than telling Siqi that these two boxes of bird's nest were not ordinary. The bird's nest is a tribute in the palace, and ordinary people can't buy it with money.Daiyu didn't expect Zijuan to be so petty after following her for so many years.Giving things to others should be accepted calmly, making people feel at ease and comfortable. Doesn't she make Yingchun think more and embarrassingly.
Daiyu felt a little unhappy.
Zijuan blushed, said "yes" and hurried to get it.
Due to the unclear territorial boundaries and the migration of herdsmen between tribes, frictions between tribes have occurred from time to time. Over time, the monarch’s control over the tribes has become more and more in name only. It was only when the current monarch——Emperor Dingyang—reunited the tribes, that it was relieved. .
The royal family of Rongguo was renamed Wanqi, and the emperor of Dingyang was named Wanqi Haowei. He was a very skilled ruler.
He lost his father when he was young, and succeeded to the throne at the age of eight. The queen mother was young and widowed, unwilling to be lonely, and had an affair with her brother-in-law, the regent.Wan Qi Haowei was born with great strength, and he liked martial arts very much since he was a child. He practiced martial arts well at the age of 16. It is said that he has the ability to shoot through Yang with a hundred steps, and he is a sharp archer on the grassland.It was in that year that he became a relative, and soon assembled a large number of young guards to arrest the regent and the queen mother, and beheaded the two close relatives with his own hands.
Since then, he has been fighting everywhere, and spent nearly ten years unifying the tribes, large and small, training a powerful army that is invincible and invincible.Wan Qihaowei felt that his meritorious service was outstanding enough to surpass the previous monarchs on the grassland, so he gave himself an honorary title and called himself the Great Dingyang.
Feeling that he has made outstanding achievements, his ambitions have also expanded.He also wanted to unify the world and become the king of the world, so he repeatedly went south to invade and attack the surrounding small countries.Despite repeated setbacks over the years, he doesn't seem to have given up on his ambitions at all.Of course, during this period, he has not forgotten to work hard to sow seeds. He gave birth to a bunch of sons and daughters, big and small. It is said that there are at least thirty or forty.
But this is not important, the important thing is that although he has meritorious deeds, he is too cruel, and even many people in Rongguo hold resentment towards him.Some small tribes have gradually grown in recent years, and they have a faint intention of wanting to break away from the control of Wan Qi Haowei.
It was precisely after seeing this point that Lin Ruhai felt that apart from relying on force to conquer Rongguo, Lin Ruhai could also use his brains.For example, this time when Rongguo asked for help, there was a lot to do.In addition to the envoys sent by Wanqi Haowei, there were also envoys from some small tribes who came to ask for help this time.
In the court, Lin Ruhai suggested that Wanqi Haowei should be released temporarily, and that the small tribes who came to ask for help could be given appropriate assistance.
Before he finished speaking, someone came out to object.
"Report to Your Majesty, Master Lin's words are for the enemy, and must not be accepted!"
It was expected that some people would object, but Lin Ruhai was not surprised.The voice came from behind. When he looked back, it was General Xie Anxiong of the Left Guard who was speaking. He couldn't help pursing his lips slightly and showing a smile.This man is upright and honest, brave and good at fighting, he is a veteran in the battlefield, now he has disarmed and entered the court, taking up the post of an idle general.He has fought for most of his life, most of which he fought against Rong Guo. Naturally, he hated Rong Guo deeply, so when he heard that he wanted to help Rong Guo, he immediately exploded.
After hearing this, Li Zhao just said tactfully "Oh" for the rest of his life, then changed his posture and looked at Lin Ruhai while touching his chin in a relaxed manner, not intending to speak.
Lin Ruhai knew that His Majesty the Emperor would not help, so he turned around and cupped his hands to Xie Anxiong, saying: "General Xie, please be calm and don't be impatient. Listen to me and speak slowly, the general will not have any objections."
Xie Anxiong was a little irritable: "There is no good reason for this. In short, we can't give them what we have. Although I haven't read any books, I am a rough person, but I also know that we have given them what we have. After they breathe Come on, we will continue to bully our common people!"
The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he suddenly shouted: "Anyway, you can't join the enemy!"
This sentence was shouted loudly and spit flying all over the place, splashing spit stars all over the face of the Minister of the Ministry of War next to him. He was very strict in the court and did not dare to take out his handkerchief to wipe it, his face was so ugly.Xie Anxiong naturally didn't notice his disrespect, he stood at the front of the court, behind the cabinet, next to the six ministers.Suddenly, he took a step forward, knelt down in the middle of the empty hall, and kowtowed to the ground to ask for an order: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask for an order to attack Rongguo. Your Majesty will give you [-] elite soldiers. Here comes the head of Wanqi Haowei!"
For a moment, there was complete silence in the hall, and all the officials held their breaths, waiting to see if the emperor would agree to play, and how Lin Ruhai would react.
Suddenly, there was a "bang" and "crack", and everyone looked at the source of the sound as if struck by lightning, but it was a little eunuch who broke the colorful vase of Cheng Kiln.The little eunuch's face turned pale with fright, and he knelt on the ground covered with broken porcelain, his body shaking like chaff, the fear had already made him unable to feel the pain.
The imperial court is a solemn and solemn place, that is, officials must abide by the rules. They must not make loud noises, whisper to each other, or even cough. Otherwise, they will be fined or demoted.Now that a little eunuch has made such a big commotion in the hall, according to the rules, he can be beaten to death with a stick.
The emperor frowned, and Wei Xing'an, who was standing next to him, had sharp eyesight and quick hands, hurriedly ordered people to pull the little eunuch down, and cleaned up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.But the little eunuch couldn't help shaking his head, and shouted to the emperor: "This slave has something important to report!..."
Before he finished speaking, he was dragged away by the guards covering his mouth, and then the palace servants quickly and silently cleaned up the tiles on the ground.
Although this episode didn't last long, it diverted the attention of all the officials, including the emperor, and made Xie Anxiong, who was still kneeling on the ground asking for troops, a little embarrassed.However, he was a warrior, and a warrior who hadn't read much. His nerves were strong enough, and he didn't feel embarrassed. Seeing that the matter was settled, he still looked up at the emperor.
Li Zhao cleared his throat, and said slowly: "I know General Xie's ability, and taking Rongguo is no problem. But it's winter, and it's cold, and even our place is freezing. General, think about what Rongguo is." Appearance. I am giving you [-] elite soldiers now, can you guarantee that they can adapt to the cold climate of Rongguo and maintain a strong fighting capacity in the cold winter?"
"This this……"
Xie Anxiong didn't think of the reason for the climate for a while, and was a little speechless when asked.
After a long time, he said: "I ask you to send troops after the spring!"
Li Zhao pointed at Xie Anxiong, and said with a smile, "Look, General Xie also said that it is not the time to send troops. So, why don't you stabilize Rongguo first? I can have a good year, but I don’t want Rongguo soldiers to harass the border people again at this time, so that the people can’t live a good year. You think, don’t you?”
All the ministers laughed when they heard the words, and said one after another: "Your Majesty is wise, that's the reason."
When everyone stopped laughing, Li Zhao said again: "The weather and the Chinese New Year are just one of them, and there are two..." He looked at Lin Ruhai, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "Lin Aiqing, what else is there?" What is the second, tell the ministers."
After speaking, he called Xie Anxiong to flatten himself, and let him listen to what Lin Ruhai had to say.
Lin Ruhai arched his hands upwards, said "yes", then turned to look at the ministers and said, "Rongguo is different from our dynasty, it is composed of tribes, large and small. Now Wanqi Haowei has been unified by force. The tribal chiefs have to obey him, but over the years their rule has become more brutal, and some of the stronger tribes have grown dissenting. What we need to do is to inflate this dissent, create suspicion among them, and win over Some tribes, let them belong to us. In this way, Rongguo will fall apart, and we are taking the opportunity to send troops to wipe out Wanqi Haowei and its main force. In this way, the worries of border troubles will be eliminated, and the people in the north will never again Suffering from the chaos of war. And now is a good opportunity..."
Speaking of this, he looked at Xie Anxiong, who was so wide-eyed that his jaw almost fell to the ground.
Lin Ruhai pursed his lips slightly, hiding the smile on the corner of his mouth, and then said: "This time Rongguo asked for help, we zoomed in and caught the small ones. The so-called zooming in is to let the envoys of Wan Qihaowei ignore it first, so we have to treat them well." The tribal envoys such as Mo He and Zhi Ran naturally aided these tribes. Wan Qihaowei is a dignified and suspicious person, and he will inevitably be suspicious of these tribes. If I expected correctly, the food, cotton clothes, etc. When the goods arrived in the tribe, Wanqihaowei would definitely not let it go. With his temperament, he would force a tribal chief to hand over the supplies and let him deploy them in a unified way. Those chiefs were forced to hand them over in the eyes of Wanqihaowei , I won’t be reconciled in my heart, and the families of those people who died of freezing and starving will even harbor resentment.”
Hearing this, Xie Anxiong suddenly said "Oh", "I see, this is what the military book said, what..." He couldn't remember the content of the military book, and he scratched his head anxiously for a while.
A minister on the side reminded in a low voice: "Divorce."
Xie Anxiong just slapped his forehead and said loudly: "Yes! Yes! Divorce plan! It's a divorce plan!" Turning around, he reminded the minister: "Thank you very much."
Li Zhao watched Xie Anxiong's various movements and expressions, and suddenly burst out laughing.When he smiled, all the officials also laughed.The matter was settled so happily, and Lin Ruhai was in charge of raising the necessary supplies, and the six ministries and all the yamen of the imperial court had the right to cooperate.
The morning of the day will end in a pleasant atmosphere.
After leaving the court hall, Li Zhao asked Wei Xing'an, "What's going on, why did the third princess suddenly barge in?"
The little eunuch who just broke the vase said that he had something important to report, but he didn't have a chance to say what it was.Otherwise, he wouldn't have rushed over in a panic and accidentally bumped into the vase next to the pillar, causing a commotion in the court.Li Zhao understands this, but the court is a majestic place, and the courtiers and the emperor's discussion of state affairs should not be disturbed at will.Everything discussed in the court is a major event that concerns the people and the world. Once it is disturbed, the loss will be immeasurable.No matter who or what it is, as long as it violates this, it will be severely punished.
But severe punishment is severe punishment, if it is really important and urgent, it is not unforgivable.Before the court meeting was over, Li Zhao ordered Wei Xing'an to find out the situation, so he knew the reason.
It turned out that the three princesses suddenly broke into the Qilin Palace today, and even went straight to Zhou Hang's bedroom, and discovered the secret that Zhou Hang was not in the palace.
It has been a long time since the crown prince was announced to be injured and recuperating, presumably many people have been muttering in their hearts these days.After all, even if the Crown Prince was injured, he wouldn't even show his face, unless the injury was so severe that he couldn't even get out of bed.
The Qilin Palace is heavily guarded, with three steps, one whistle and five steps, one post, almost reaching the field where even a bird cannot fly in. How could the third princess and a girl break in and even reach the crown prince's bedroom?What's more, what did the third princess suddenly break into the Qilin Palace? She didn't have much contact with this brother who suddenly appeared in the palace. It made no sense that she would visit Zhou Hang when she was injured.
Li Zhao suspects that there must be a big conspiracy behind this.
"Long live, His Royal Highness the third princess asked the maidservant to put on her own clothes and climb up a very tall tree, pretending to be the princess. The guards heard the princess' maidservant calling for help, saying that the princess could not get up from the tree, so they went to rescue her. People. It was only later that I found out that it was a fake princess, and the real princess had already taken the opportunity to sneak in. The servant asked the princess why she broke in, and the princess only said that she was visiting her brother, and the servant refused to say anything about the rest..."
"What about the fake princess and the court lady calling for help?" Li Zhao asked.
"It's already brought here." Wei Xing'an hurriedly said.
"Drag out! Beat him to death with a stick!" Li Zhao's eyes shot out a cold light, without any emotion, "Let the princess watch!" He added.
Wei Xingan was stunned for a moment, his eyes were a little surprised, but it was only a momentary emotion, and soon, he bowed and said: "Yes!" After finishing speaking, he was about to withdraw to pass orders.Li Zhao called: "Wait!" Wei Xing'an hurriedly stopped, hunched over and ran over in small steps, and asked, "What else does Your Majesty order?"
"After the execution is over, take the princess to the dark room to think about her mistakes until she is willing to tell who instigated it."
"Yes." After Wei Xing'an finished speaking, he bowed and left.The leader of the secret guards was called here, and ordered to investigate the cause of the incident. It is related to the prince, and the relationship is very important. It must be strictly investigated, and nothing can be missed.
After a while, Wei Xing'an came back and looked at Li Zhao several times, hesitant to speak.
"Wei Xing'an, just say what you have to say." After putting down the memorial, Li Zhao said impatiently.
"Slave, slave..."
"What kind of slave? Others don't know you, so I don't know you? You have been with me since childhood, but you are rarely so timid. Do you think I have been cruel to the third princess?"
Wei Xing'an knelt down and said: "Your Majesty must have His Majesty's reason for doing this, I dare not speculate, but, only Her Highness the Third Princess is only nine years old, and those two were served by her side since childhood, so they are different from ordinary court ladies. ...The slave turned pale with fright when he saw Her Highness the Princess, and his voice became hoarse, some, some just couldn't bear it..."
Li Zhaodao: "She is my princess, not an ordinary lady. If she doesn't gain some wisdom in this matter, her future life will be even more difficult."
"This..." Wei Xing'an kowtowed, "I understand."
Li Zhao glanced at him and said, "Get up." He ordered him to make some chrysanthemum tea.Wei Xing'an hurriedly made some tea and brought him some tea, and took advantage of the situation to ask the brash little eunuch in the court hall how to deal with it.Li Zhaodao: "Although he disturbed the court, there was a reason for the incident. Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be forgiven. You can figure it out."
Wei Xing'an led the order to come out and sentenced the young eunuch to twenty boards and fined Yueyin for one year as a sign of punishment.
However, the third princess was frightened, and was locked in a small, dark and damp room with dark surroundings, and she explained everything within an hour.Girls like things like glittering pearls, corals, and amber, and she has collected quite a few of them herself, which she often takes out to play with.Today, when she was playing with a coral tree, it happened that the second prince came over and said that her coral tree is as beautiful as it is beautiful, although it is a fine product, it is not the best.
The coral tree of the third princess is an extremely rare tribute. There is only one tree in the entire palace. She thinks it can be called the best. Everyone who saw it before praised its beauty, and there is no second one.But it happened that the second prince had said that it was not the best, so she naturally refused to accept it and asked why it was not the best.The second prince said it wasn't big enough, the color wasn't right enough, and it wasn't crystal clear enough, it was far worse than the crown prince's.The third princess didn't believe it, and said that she had never heard of such a coral tree in the palace. The second prince told her that the crown prince's new tribute was brought up this year. I've seen it, so everyone doesn't know.
He also said that there are many treasures in the prince's dormitory, pearls bigger than longan, and amber that big and big, and he compared them to a huge shape.
The third princess had a childlike heart, and after being seduced several times by him, she wanted to go and have a look.
As a good brother who loves his sister, the second prince naturally wants to advise his sister, so what happened later.
The second prince had a grudge against Zhou Hang, Li Zhao had known it for a long time, and had warned him both openly and secretly.Not wanting him to disobey the advice and provoke again and again, Li Zhao felt that it was time to teach him a lesson.So, looking for a reason, the second prince was dismissed from office, and he was ordered to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors at the mansion, and he was not even allowed to participate in the family banquet on New Year's Eve.Fortunately, the third princess was caught before she went out, and she didn't tell him the matter, otherwise, he would not be so lucky.
As for the third princess, after coming out of the dark room, she fell ill for a while, and then her temperament changed drastically.It turned out to be innocent, like to toss and make troubles, the most impatient thing is to learn the rules, since then it seems to have grown up overnight, much gentler and more stable, not going out of the palace every day, follow the teachings of the mother Learn the rules, and do needlework when you are free.
Lin Daiyu was still worried about Zhou Hang's inability to recover.
These days, she has tried all kinds of methods, training desperately, taking a bath in the spiritual spring, and her skills have fully recovered or even improved to a higher level, but she still cannot recover her body.Lin Ruhai has been following the two of them closely all day long, and has long known that there are some little secrets between them. In the past, they didn't tell them, and he didn't ask them.But now that the matter is urgent, if Zhou Hang can't recover his body again, the court may not be able to hide it.
So, he had to ask this time.
Lin Ruhai knew that Pangpang was Zhou Hang a long time ago, and what the two of them kept from Lin Ruhai was different, space and cultivation.The reason why Daiyu didn't say anything was because of Zhou Hang. She subjectively felt that the space belonged to Zhou Hang, and only Zhou Hang had the right to say it. She had no right to tell Zhou Hang.The reason why Zhou Hang didn't say anything was because he didn't want to tell more people about his secrets except for Sister Lin. many.
As for later, he figured it out, sister Lin and Lin Ruhai were one, and if he wanted sister Lin, he had to treat Lin Ruhai as his elder.What's more, although Lin Ruhai is a bit stricter, he is really kind to him and loves him as his junior. He also regards Lin Ruhai as his father.
He also thought about telling Lin Ruhai about space and cultivation, but he has been busy since he came up with this idea, first abolishing officials, and then rectifying the household department, but he never found the time.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Ruhai took the initiative to ask, and Daiyu and Zhou Hang hit it off immediately, so they confessed.
Standing on the green grass in the space, looking at the undulating mountains and the trickling lake in the distance, Lin Ruhai was so surprised that he didn't speak for a long time.
"Daughter... Daughter, this, is this true?"
"It's true, Daddy." Daiyu laughed.
"So, Fatty, oh, no, His Royal Highness is really from another world, a place called the 21st century?"
"Yes, my lord." Zhou Hang said.
Seeing the kitten speak with his own eyes, Lin Ruhai was startled again, but he was also convinced that what Daiyu and the two said was true.Lin Ruhai couldn't stop taking deep breaths, calmed down for a long time, opened his mouth several times, wanted to say something, but didn't say it.After a while, he finally said it. Daiyu and Zhou Hang thought he would say something shocking, but who knew he said: "This place is good!"
Zhou Hang was stunned for a moment, and agreed: "What your lord said is true, it's really good."
Daiyu said contemptuously: "Sycophant!"
Zhou Hang wagged his tail, moved his ears, and scratched Daiyu's cuff.Daiyu pressed his paw angrily: "Don't scratch it anymore, the flowers embroidered on it are all unthreaded by you, Hui'er should ask me how I did it later."
Zhou Hang raised his paws to cover his face, feeling that he was humiliated. He didn't know what happened recently. He wanted to scratch everything he saw. It seemed that he had an uncontrollable instinct, like obsessive-compulsive disorder. If he didn't scratch, he just felt uncomfortable.Ah bah, why not, he is a human, a human, a human, not a cat!Could it be that he can't be restored to his human body, the cat's genes in him are starting to play a role, won't he become more and more like a cat in the future, don't!
Daiyu thought the movement of him raising his paw to cover his face was cute.A small cat face, not as big as a slap, made a shy gesture of covering his face, which made people feel soft and funny.
Lin Ruhai felt that it was a bit of an eyesore. Although he was a cat, he knew that he was actually a human at heart, and he was a real man. Seeing him nestling on his daughter's chest, he felt as if his daughter had been eaten tofu.
Although Lin Ruhai is eclectic and doesn't care about those worldly etiquettes, it doesn't mean that he can watch his daughter being molested by a man and remain indifferent.Sensing Lin Ruhai's icy gaze, Zhou Hang subconsciously shrank back into Daiyu's arms, hugging his tail and pretending to sleep.
Daiyu couldn't bear her father's scrutiny, so she put Zhou Hang in the water of Linghu Lake, and let him soak in the lake to practice.She dragged Lin Ruhai into the room of the space to talk, and told him all about how she met Zhou Hang and what happened afterwards.Although Daiyu didn't say anything about Jia's cold treatment of her, as long as she mentioned that the Wang family poisoned her ginseng Yangrong pill, Lin Ruhai would recall all kinds of situations that her daughter suffered in Jia's mansion, and she felt guilty. But born.
Daiyu said: "Speaking of which, it was Zhou Hang who saved my daughter's life. Without Zhou Hang, my daughter would not have written to you, and would not have returned to Yangzhou. Instead, she would have taken poisonous ginseng Yangrong pills without knowing it." , until the body is hollowed out and passed away. And the poison on the father's body can't be relieved, if the daughter loses her father, the situation in Jia's mansion will only be worse than before, what will happen then, think about it, father?"
What else can happen!The daughter was killed by the Wang family, and all the property of the Lin family went to Jia's house.
Thinking of that kind of situation, Lin Ruhai's heart ached like a knife. He had to say that Zhou Hang was indeed their Lin family's great benefactor.
Daiyu also told Lin Ruhai that Zhou Hang had vowed to treat her only for the rest of his life, marry her only, and never marry again, nor would he take concubines.Cultivators are different from ordinary people. If a monk's oath is violated, it will really be fulfilled.
Now that it's all said and done, Lin Ruhai is too embarrassed to stop him from getting close to his daughter.
However, Lin Ruhai made a rule: it is fine to get close when in the cat's body, but keep a distance when in the human body.
Both of them readily accepted.
In the next few days, Lin Ruhai fell in love with the days when he had nothing to do in the space.He yearned for Tao Yuanming to "pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and see Nanshan leisurely." The rural hermit life has not been realized due to various practical reasons.Now, he has opened up a small piece of wasteland in the space, planted various beans and chrysanthemums, and had a dry addiction.
In a few days, the chrysanthemums bloomed, and the fragrance was lingering, spreading for several miles, very fresh and pleasant.
Lin Ruhai decided to pick some chrysanthemums to make chrysanthemum tea, and also to make chrysanthemum cakes, chrysanthemum cakes, and chrysanthemum porridge.
Zhou Hang was cultivating in the accelerated small world. After Daiyu finished her cultivation, she saw Lin Ruhai wearing homely clothes picking chrysanthemums under a small hill from a distance, so she walked over and asked, "Daddy, do you want my daughter to help?"
Daiyu walked over, took the chrysanthemum-filled pouch from Lin Ruhai's shoulder, and said, "I've finished my cultivation, I'll be fine now."
Lin Ruhai straightened up, stared at Daiyu, and said with a smile: "Yu'er, who is a father, is more and more iconic, it's really cheap for that brat!"
Daiyu stamped her feet with a flushed face, "Daddy!"
"I'll take it." Lin Ruhai reached out to take the flower pouch from Daiyu's hand, "You are tired from cultivation, take a good rest. These flowers are enough, don't pick them anymore, let's go, father and daughter, go there to talk. "He pointed to a pomegranate tree not far away.
The pomegranate tree is full of red pomegranates, like red lanterns, which is very gratifying to look at.
Daiyu smiled and said, "Good!"
Spreading a piece of felt under the tree, the father and daughter sat on the ground, Lin Ruhai asked: "What kind of magic technique do you practice, can you really live forever?"
Daiyu nodded: "Daughter has been looking for a few days, and there is a kung fu that may be suitable for Daddy. It's just that it's too late for you to practice at this age, and you may not be able to cultivate longevity, but you will suffer. Besides, Daddy has been in poor health for many years. The damage is too great, and my current physique is not good enough, dad can rest assured, when my daughter's cultivation level is higher, I can refine the elixir suitable for dad, and dad will be able to cultivate together with us."
Lin Ruhai waved his hands and said, "Daddy doesn't care if you live forever or not, as long as you can support each other forever."
"Don't daddy want to be with his daughter forever? Don't want to watch his daughter get married and have children around his knees?"
"Then father has to listen to his daughter!"
"Okay, listen to our Yu'er." Lin Ruhai said, and after he finished speaking, he told Daiyu, "It's not a crime to conceive a jade, let alone the temptation of immortality, and the artifact of this space? As a father, you have to say Saying you, you are too careless, you should be killed for such a thing, and you should not open your mouth, even if you are a father, you can't tell it easily. What if your father sees such a big temptation and wants to kill you to seize the treasure?"
Daiyu said, "Daddy won't do that."
Lin Ruhai suddenly became serious, staring at Daiyu, "How do you know that you can't do it as a father?"
"If Daddy knew how, he wouldn't say these things. What's more, Daddy is Yu'er's biological father. If Yu'er doesn't believe in anyone, he can't help but believe in Daddy, right?"
Lin Ruhai said: "This is what my father wants to teach you. You must not have the heart to harm others, but you must have the heart to guard against others. From now on, you must not talk about this matter to outsiders, do you understand?"
Daiyu frowned and thought for a while, "Isn't the current Holy Majesty too good?"
"No." Lin Ruhai said.
"He is Brother Hang's father." Daiyu said.
"Hang'er is not the only son of the Holy One." Lin Ruhai said.Since the confession, Zhou Hang forbade Lin Ruhai to call him His Highness the Crown Prince again.Lin Ruhai felt that it didn't matter what he called because of this relationship, so when talking about it in private, he simply called him Hang'er, really treating him as his own child.
After finishing speaking, Lin Ruhai was afraid of losing her daughter, so she added another sentence: "If you and Hang'er agree that you can tell the Holy One that you can be trusted, you can tell the Holy One, and you should discuss it with Weifu first, understand?"
It's not that Lin Ruhai is suspicious, but years of experience in the officialdom let him know that the most unpredictable and fickle thing in this world is the human heart.It is true that His Majesty loves Zhou Hang now, but after seeing Zhou Hang's hidden strength and secrets, whether he can trust him unconditionally, or even make any sacrifices for the child unconditionally like him, including sacrificing his life, is not certain.Before ensuring that he can do this, Lin Ruhai will not let Zhou Hang and Daiyu tell him the biggest secret, because the consequences are unpredictable.
Lin Daiyu nodded: "Understood, thank you Daddy."
While the two were talking, Zhou Hang ran over and greeted Lin Ruhai first, then he plunged into Daiyu's arms, arched his small body and found a comfortable position in Daiyu's arms. with.Lin Ruhai turned his head away, although he didn't want to care about his behavior, but he still felt uncomfortable psychologically.
His good daughter was already taken over by someone before she got married, which makes her feel sad when she thinks about it.
Lin Ruhai felt that instead of suffering here, it would be better to go back and pick his chrysanthemums.As soon as he stood up, Daiyu asked, "Daddy, what are you doing?"
Lin Ruhai replied casually: "Find a tool to pick pomegranates and eat them."
"My lord, you like to eat pomegranates. You don't need to find any tools. I'll pick them for you." As he spoke, a certain cat slithered up the tree, so fast that Lin Ruhai didn't even have time to stop it.
"Is this okay? It's big and red, and I can smell the sweetness through the skin." A certain cat shouted from the tree, and Daiyu looked up under her subordinates, "That's not good, go to the branch on the left , how can there be a bigger one, you pick that one for daddy." He said and looked at Lin Ruhai, "Daddy, will that work?"
Lin Ruhai nodded, can he say no to the one his daughter picked?
Not long after, the big and red pomegranate was picked off, and Daiyu used magic to divide it into three parts, one for each person.After eating the pomegranate, Lin Ruhai told Daiyu and Zhou Hang to try not to enter the space these days.The Holy Majesty seemed to suspect that Zhou Hang was in the Lin Mansion, and there were a lot more people coming and going in front of the Lin Mansion these days.This is in the bright place, and there should be a lot in the dark place.
So in the next few days, apart from the necessary homework, Daiyu's most important thing was to hold Zhou Hang in the sun.
On this day, the sun was just right, and Daiyu was holding Zhou Hang in the yard again.Zijuan, Hui'er and others peeled a lot of walnuts and pine nuts for Daiyu to eat. Zhou Hang's mouth was full of sticky candies when he ate sweets, and the hair and beard around his mouth were all stuck together.Daiyu wiped it for him angrily, muttering while wiping: "Don't eat indiscriminately in the future, next time you make your mouth full, clean it up yourself!"
Zicuckoo followed suit with a smile: "Girl, even a cat can't understand you talking about it."
Daiyu raised her eyebrows: "How do you know he doesn't understand?"
Zijuan said: "How can cats understand human speech?"
Daiyu didn't answer anymore, she thought that if Zijuan said that no matter how smart a cat is, it's just a beast, Zhou Hang would be angry.Zhou Hang was already angry. If it was a man, he might have been clawed, but Zhou Hang never hit a woman, so he would just give Zijuan a supercilious look, turn over and look at Daiyu with hurt eyes, begging to be touched. comfort.
Zijuan said: "Girl, this kitten seems to be quite human. You know what we're talking about."
"Pangpang is already human." Unconsciously speaking of Pangpang, Daiyu frowned, a little bit regretting her slip of the tongue.But if Zicuckoo mentioned fatness, she also had a way to cover it up.
After hearing this, Zijuan just said: "Is this kitten also called Pangpang?"
It seemed that she did not doubt that this was Pang Pang, no wonder, Pang Pang was beaten to death by gangsters, everyone knew this.Besides, after more than a year, Zhou Hang grew up and became stronger, which is quite different from before.There are too many cats with the same color and hair, and everyone may not be able to tell them apart.Thinking of Daiyu, she smiled: "Yes, I have a relationship with this cat, but it happens that he is also brown, and even the white hair on his stomach is exactly the same as Pangpang, so he is also called Pangpang."
Just as I was talking, someone came to report outside: "The chess girl is here!"
Siqi is the dowry girl that Jia Yingchun brought to her husband's house. Now that Yingchun is pregnant and pregnant, she doesn't go out easily. She usually sends Siqi over for anything.When she heard that she was coming, Daiyu said, "please invite people in quickly."
The visitor took the order and left, and came in with Siqi and two little maids after a while.
Daiyu ordered someone to move a small box for Siqi to make, but Siqi did not sit down, but held out a box for Daiyu.
Daiyu asked, "What?"
Siqi said: "When our grandma came last month, I heard that the girl lost a handkerchief embroidered with lotus residues. The handkerchief is still very fond of the girl. Our nanny kept it in mind, and went back to find a needle and thread to embroider. , Now the embroidery is finally finished, and I sent my servants to bring it. Our grandma said that her needlework is not good, and the embroidery is not good. If the girl likes it, she can keep it. If she doesn't like it, she can just reward it." Grandma naturally refers to Yingchun. After a girl gets married, she is no longer a girl, but a young daughter-in-law, and the servants have to change their name to grandma.
Daiyu hurriedly opened it to look at it and said: "The embroidery is so good, how could I not like it? It's just that your grandma is heavy, and it makes me feel very uneasy if you want to bother me like this. Go back and tell your grandma, in the future, you will never be embroidered." Don't be like that, if there is something good or bad, wouldn't it be that I have offended you?"
Siqi said: "Miss, don't worry, the servant will definitely tell grandma when she goes back, and say it was the girl who said it."
Daiyu pointed to the scorpion and said: "You've been tired all the way, don't stand still, sit down and talk."
Siqi said: "I can't do it yet, I have one more thing to ask the girl."
Daiyu asked, "What's the matter?"
Si Qi said: "Grandma has a cough recently. The doctor said that during pregnancy, you should not take random medicines, and diet should be the most important thing. Besides, bird's nest can nourish yin and nourish the lungs. Taking it regularly can not only relieve cough, but also be good for grandma's body and children. But our grandfather ran away There are many pharmacies, big and small, but they can’t find any good blood bird’s nests, so I want to ask the girl if they have any, if there are any, I’d like to ask the girl for some, my master asked me to bring the money.”
Daiyu said: "What kind of money do you want, let's talk about money, go back where you come as soon as possible!" Then he said to Zijuan, "Go to open the warehouse and take the two boxes of good blood swallows I got last month. Bring the bird's nest and bring it to Siqi."
Zijuan said: "Are those two boxes given by the palace last month?"
Daiyu frowned: "The two boxes with the pattern of Linghan wintersweet, you know why you are asking?" Zijuan specifically mentioned that the gift from the palace was nothing more than telling Siqi that these two boxes of bird's nest were not ordinary. The bird's nest is a tribute in the palace, and ordinary people can't buy it with money.Daiyu didn't expect Zijuan to be so petty after following her for so many years.Giving things to others should be accepted calmly, making people feel at ease and comfortable. Doesn't she make Yingchun think more and embarrassingly.
Daiyu felt a little unhappy.
Zijuan blushed, said "yes" and hurried to get it.
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