Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

"Did you send it away?"

"Send it off." A servant bowed and replied, for a while, he didn't hear the order again, turned his body sideways, looked at the previous speaker from an angle, and saw a gray-haired man in his 60s or [-]s I'm writing hard about the background, and I usually smile so that my face is deeply frowned.

"Is there any movement in the mansion?"

The servant lowered his head, "The gates of the Rongguo Mansion are closed, and even those who come out to buy things look terrified. Except for the news from Zhang Da just now, they can't find out anything else, but..."

The old man frowned even more when he heard the boy's first words, and he heard "but", afraid of missing something, he asked anxiously, "but what?"

The servant didn't dare to procrastinate, he was like a bean, "I found out in Ningguo Mansion, and said that in the near future, Dr. Sun will treat the girl. After the end, there may be young master Jia Lian from the big house who will go to the master to confess the crime in person."

It turns out that the old man is the old housekeeper of the Lin family. Lin Ruhai's father was still alive back then. When Lin Ruhai was not in the official career, the Lin family was an official in Beijing. Later, he became a family member. The imperial examination became famous all over the world in one fell swoop, and then he was an official in Kyoto, and then he was hand-picked as the censor of Yanyan, and he was appointed as "Weiyang", that is, Yangzhou.

The old butler Lin Fu was old, so Lin Ruhai asked him to guard his hometown in Kyoto. Lin Fu was impatient to guard the big courtyard by himself, so he moved to this other courtyard.

Later, when Lin Ruhai sent her daughter to Beijing, he asked the old housekeeper to pay more attention to him. The old housekeeper was always healthy and vigorous, and arranged staff everywhere, just to find out about the situation of his own girl. At first, it was better. They said that the old lady treated her very well, and her granddaughter Backed away, although there were some small voices saying that the girl was wrong, he also thought it was those people who couldn't eat grapes and said grapes were sour, but these days, the rumors became more and more serious, and when he was about to inquire carefully, he unexpectedly When the ban was imposed, the girl seemed to be sick due to rumors, and she didn't know anything else. This is the news I just got from Zhang Dana.

Now Dafang Lian brother is going to plead guilty, does this mean that it is not good?

Lin Fu's fists were clenched. The Lin family has always been a single family. In this generation, there is only Lin Daiyu.

"Steward Lin! Steward Lin!" The servant woke Lin Fu up. Lin Fu came back to his senses and smoothed out a corner of the crumpled rice paper. Seeing that the words on the paper were dry, he folded it and put it in the envelope. , seal it with sealing wax, and stamp your own seal on the seal.

Carefully handing the letter to the young servant, he ordered, "You send someone to deliver the letter to the master as soon as possible, and don't delay."

The servant understood in a low voice, and Fei also went out with the letter.

At this time, on the other side, a dusty old man in ragged clothes came to the gate of Ningguo Mansion, and the leader guarding the gate softly drove the old man away.

"Master, leave quickly! This is not a good place to beg for food." He also took out a few copper coins from his waist and gave it to the uncle.

Unexpectedly, the old man raised his eyebrows, stared at him, sprinkled those few copper coins, and said, "Fuck you beggar, give your family a respect and say that my grandpa grandpa is back! Tell him to come out to greet him quickly." welcome!"

The young men behind the leader got angry. Some helped the leader pick up the coins, while others yelled, "Oh, hello! Return grandpa! I will return Tathagata Buddha to suppress you monkey!"

The leader hurriedly stopped him, cursing, "Things with no eyes, how did I teach you in the past, things with dog eyes that look down on people!"

The most important thing for a gatekeeper is his eyesight. Since he was arranged by the master to watch the most important gate in the mansion, he naturally has his pride.At first glance, this old man really looks like a beggar, but upon closer inspection, the material of the clothes is probably a bit better than his own. In addition, when he called the old man of the mansion, he did not have any sense of awe, and his tone was quite familiar. , Seeing that his face is somewhat familiar, but if you want to recognize it carefully, you really can't recognize this unkempt one.

In any case, the most important thing about gatekeepers is that they should be looked down upon rather than underestimated. Even if he is really a beggar, if he looks up high, he can still give his master a good reputation as a virtuous corporal who cares about the old and the poor. Let those who talk badly talk, the master gets annoyed and blames everything on them, and the sentence of lax discipline is gone.But be careful not to lose the dignity of the Duke's Mansion, the tolerance here is not just talk, the leader thinks so.

"This, uh, uncle, they are young and ignorant, please forgive me, uncle, please sit here first."

As he said that, he slapped the stunned little brother on the head, "Stinky boy! Don't move the stool yet!" Although the boy was not smart, he still understood people's language, so he moved the stool awkwardly.

"Master, I'm going to invite someone right now, just wait a moment!"

After speaking, he dragged a younger brother to walk two steps closer to the door, and the younger brother asked in a daze, "What? I'm really looking for the master!"

The leader pinched him, "You stupid goose! You want to see me, can you see me!"

Although they are all slaves, the slaves are divided into ranks. The slaves at the top follow their masters every day, and they are rewarded and gracious. The slaves at the bottom never see their masters all year round. Only when the big girl was born with a big reward from the whole house can I get more things, and a few slaves can only see the master when they are married, which is why so many people want to get in front of the master. for the sake.

Logically, they should go to the housekeeper who is in charge of them first, and let the housekeeper notify Jiao Da, the chief steward of the outer courtyard, and then lead people to see the master after Jiao Da has seen and agreed. The leader of the Ningguo Mansion gave them the right to directly meet with the Chief Steward of the Outer Court.So the meaning of the leader is naturally to find Jiao Da.

The little brother understood and went in to find Grandpa Jiao.

After a while, Jiao Da came out. Jiao Da saved his master's life in the early years, and he was very honorable in front of the masters and masters of the Ningguo Mansion. The boys didn't see him in the past. One thing, Jiao Da came in person, and they all went to please him. Although he is old, his strength is not small, he pushed everyone away straight away, and moved to the old man's side in two steps in three steps.

"Grandpa Sun is here. Master has been waiting for you for a long time. Come in quickly!"

The boys opened their mouths wide in shock, especially the scolding boy, who couldn't help but shrink into a ball. The tall and strong boy cowered and hid behind the boy who was a head shorter than him, which was really ridiculous. When no one is looking at him.Seeing this, the leader breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that fortunately he was careful.

"It's Boy Jiao, since you're in a hurry, why don't you drag your grandpa in!" The old man was a little tired after traveling all the way, and he didn't show any pretense anymore.

Even if Jiao Da was in front of his master, he couldn't drag him, but he led him in respectfully in front of this sloppy old man.

Not to mention the suspicions of the boys outside, the old man surnamed Sun was led directly to the study by Jiao Da, and he guarded the door