Daoist Lin sister [Red House]

Lin Ruhai and Daiyu stood in front of the old house of the Lin Mansion, looking at the brand-new plaque and the familiar stone lion at the door, they were filled with emotion for a moment.

It was here that he married Jia Min back then, and the couple lived in harmony with each other for more than 20 years, but it is a pity that things are different now.

Ten years of life and death are boundless, without thinking, and unforgettable.Thousands of miles of solitary graves, where is the desolation.

A drop of muddy tears rolled down from the corner of Lin Ruhai's eyes silently, and was wiped away by him under the guise of brushing his sleeves.

It's a pity that Daiyu still didn't escape her eyes.

Why doesn't she miss her mother?If mother is still here...

It's a pity that there is no such thing in the world!

Daiyu took a step forward, took Lin Ruhai's arm and said, "Daddy, let's go home."

Lin Ruhai looked down at her.I saw that there were tears in Daiyu's eyes, but her eyes were firm and clear, and there was a calming force coming out.

Yes, where there is a daughter is his home!

"Let's go home!" Lin Ruhai walked in through the open middle door with Daiyu on his arm.

As soon as the two sat down in the main hall, Lin Fu introduced a neatly dressed servant.

The visitor bowed to Lin Ruhai and said, "My villain pays respects to Mr. Lin. This villain is the servant of Prime Minister Du, and I'm here to pass a message to you by the master's order."

When Lin Ruhai heard that the person was actually his teacher, a member of Du Ming's family who was the prime minister of the court, he hurriedly got up and offered the seat.After he decided to return to Beijing, he first wrote a book and asked his teacher about the situation in the capital.As soon as he arrived at the mansion, his mentor sent someone here, thinking that what he said must be very important.

The man refused to sit down, but still bowed and said, "Master said, you are exhausted from the journey back to Beijing, so please rest at home. As for the interview, there is no rush." A letter was handed to Lin Ruhai, "Master still has a letter, let the villain deliver it to Master Lin himself."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly took it, rewarded the visitor, and ordered Lin Fu to send him out in person, then turned around and opened the letter in front of Daiyu.

Du Ming said in the letter that the reason why Lin Ruhai was not allowed to enter the palace immediately was because of a major event in the capital in recent days.Now it's time for performance appraisal, the Holy One somehow found out that several officials from other provinces who were personally recommended by the former Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs not only extorted money from the corpses, but also formed cliques for personal gain, colluding with Beijing officials without authorization.

The Holy One was furious, dealt with a large number of people, and even dismissed the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and sent them to Dali Temple for investigation.Everyone in the bureaucracy is in danger, but the huge vacancy for a servant has finally been vacated.

As we all know, Lin Ruhai is a confidant of the Holy One and has been a censor for many years, and he happened to be returning to Beijing at this time...

I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at him.

What Du Ming meant was to let Lin Ruhai hide his strength and bide his time, and avoid the limelight first.And he said that this is also what the Holy One meant.

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai was very grateful to his mentor.Unexpectedly, Du Ming added another sentence at the end of the letter: "The teacher has made arrangements for what you asked for, and I will let the two of you see each other after these days pass."

Lin Ruhai blushed when he saw the word "look at each other".I wanted to hand over the letter to Daiyu for a look, but suddenly lost my mind, hurriedly folded the letter intact and stuffed it back into my sleeve.

Daiyu was at the side, seeing her father's complexion suddenly changed, she thought something happened, so she hurriedly asked, "But what happened?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "It's nothing. It's just that the teacher is considerate and pity my father and daughter for their exhausted journey. Let us rest well and talk about other things later."

Daiyu didn't believe it all, but since Lin Ruhai said nothing happened, she didn't worry too much.After a heart-to-heart talk at Hanshan Temple, Daiyu realizes that she is no longer a loner, and believes that her father also has a plan.

He didn't mention how Lin Ruhai and Daiyu rested, but said that the door of Lin's mansion opened early the next morning.

Lin Ruhai came to Rongguo Mansion on a tall horse with Daiyu and many gifts.

Not long after, the sedan chair stopped.Daiyu sat in the sedan chair, opened the curtain of the sedan chair, looked from a distance, and saw a few rows of people standing in front of the gate of Rongguo Mansion.

Lin Ruhai and Ma Yuan hadn't reached the place when Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng brothers came forward.Lin Ruhai hurriedly got off the horse and greeted the two uncles.

The Rongguo Mansion's side door was wide open, and servants on both sides stood with their hands down.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng took Lin Ruhai's arms one by one and walked inside.

It was inconvenient for Daiyu to show up behind her, so the maidservant of Jia's mansion picked up the sedan chair and entered through the side door.

As soon as Daiyu changed into a soft sedan chair and was carried to the second gate, she saw Jia Lian and Sister Feng respectfully there, meeting Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai glanced at Jia Lian, saw that he was handsome and bright-eyed, not like Jia She, so he took off a jade pendant from his body and gave it to Jia Lian.

Sister Feng had a good mouth, and hurriedly pulled Jia Lian to greet Lin Ruhai again, calling "uncle" non-stop.

Just when Daiyu arrived, before the servant woman put down the soft sedan chair, Sister Feng rushed forward, held Daiyu's hand tightly, looked her over from head to toe, and then said: "After all, the water and rice in the south of the Yangtze River support people, my sister Being brought up by my uncle to be so juicy! It’s just pity on me, I miss my sister and don’t think about eating and drinking, but I’ve lost weight!”

Daiyu laughed out loud when she heard this, and instead held Sister Feng's hand, she said, "Yo, that's a pity that the new clothes my sister brought from Jiangnan were originally for my second sister-in-law, but now..."

Who doesn't know that there are beauties in Jiangnan?People rely on clothes, and the ladies of the capital flock to the new clothes from the south of the Yangtze River.What's more, Jia Lian still likes colors!

Sister Feng's sharp eyes cast a reproachful glance at Daiyu.The amorous feelings on the brows and eyes are much more dazzling than her splendidly embroidered clothes.

A few people exchanged only two or three greetings, but the people in the inner courtyard couldn't wait any longer, and the mandarin ducks were eagerly looking for them.

Lin Ruhai and Daiyu hurried to Jiamu's courtyard.

The mandarin ducks here just opened the curtain when Jia's mother's voice came out, "But Ruhai has my son arrived?"

Lin Ruhai hadn't heard Jia's mother's voice for many years, and his heart was surging for a moment. He stumbled on the threshold and almost fell when he entered the door.

Fortunately, Daiyu and another person supported her from the side.

Lin Ruhai stood firm, and before he had time to thank the man for his support, he heard a joyful voice saying: "Sister Lin, I hope you are back!"

Daiyu tilted her head and looked at the person who spoke. If it's not Baoyu, who else is it?

I haven't seen her for more than half a year. Baoyu has grown taller, and her features are more youthful, but she has lost a lot of weight.

Daiyu deliberately asked him if he was unwell?But Lin Ruhai was in front, but Baoyu didn't know how to be courteous, and hurriedly gestured with his eyes.

Biansheng Baoyu hasn't seen Daiyu for a long time, his eyes are full of only her, he doesn't notice the slightest hint to her, he just looks at her infatuatedly.

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai couldn't help frowning: I just sent away one Yongyu, why did Baoyu come again?

No need to guess, the woman in this room is a boy alone, who is it not Baoyu?

Lin Ruhai shook his head when he thought of Jia Min's words describing Jia Baoyu.But he ignored him, took Daiyu, stepped in, knelt down respectfully in front of Jiamu, and saluted.

"Unworthy children and grandchildren pay respects to the old lady like a sea!"

Behind him, Daiyu knelt down and kowtowed.

In the house, the two wives of King Xing, Li Wan and Sanchun are all there.Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Sister Feng then entered.Everyone didn't expect Lin Ruhai to give such a big gift, and they didn't even prepare the futon.

Seeing Lin Ruhai and Daiyu kneeling on the cold ground, how could Mother Jia be willing?He ran down from the couch, helped Lin Ruhai up, held his arms, fixed his eyes on his face, and examined him carefully.

Over there, Mrs. Xing stepped forward and helped Daiyu up.

Mother Jia looked at Lin Ruhai carefully, and saw that he was full of energy, not as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. She was relieved and curious at the same time, she grabbed him and sat down beside her, and asked him a lot.

Lin Ruhai answered one by one, and when it came to Yang Yi's strangeness, he was even more eloquent, boasting without words, which made Jia's mother want to match Yang Yi.

Daiyu sat at Jia Mu's feet, picking up details to add.Mother Jia listened with great interest, and when she heard that Yang Yi had just married on February [-]nd and was now living in Lin Ruhai's house in Gusu, she sighed regretfully!

Everyone in the room was listening to the father and daughter gossiping, only Mrs. Wang's face was not very good-looking.

After talking about the family life, the conversation naturally turned to Lin Ruhai's current official position.This time, although he said he was returning to Beijing to report on his duties, the position of inspector of salt and censor had been given up to others, and it was in fact waiting for a vacancy.

"I don't know if Ruhai came back this time, has he ever met the saint?" Jia Zhengxian couldn't help asking.

Lin Ruhai replied with a smile: "I handed over the booklet, but I never got permission to face the saint."

"Oh? Why is that?" Mother Jia interjected.

"The sage is busy with state affairs, Ruhai is a small censor, and there is no big deal. Naturally, it is rare to see the holy face." Lin Ruhai said.

All fools know that Lin Ruhai is talking politely, what is a little censor?The official can tell the emperor wrong, not to mention that he has occupied Gusu Yanzheng for many years!

It's a pity that there was no one in the Rongguo Mansion, and Wang Ziteng never took Jia Zheng's brother-in-law seriously. Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng didn't know about the matter of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, let alone Mrs. Wang.

Sure enough, after listening to Lin Ruhai's words, Mrs. Wang's complexion improved obviously.

"Then Ruhai has any plans for returning to Beijing this time?" Jia Amnesty interjected rarely.

Lin Ruhai waved his hand and said: "The salary of eating the king, the worry of being loyal to the king, I think the emperor has his own arrangements. I haven't been back to Beijing for many years, and my relatives and friends are not familiar with each other. I have to walk around more first." After finishing speaking, he looked at Daiyu and said , "It's a pity that Yu'er's mother died young, otherwise..."

When everyone first saw Lin Ruhai, they deliberately avoided talking about Jia Min, but now that he brought it up, Jia's mother couldn't help but burst into tears.

"It's really Min'er who has no luck!" Mother Jia choked up, and the last resentment she had towards Lin Ruhai subsided.

Jia Min died early, how could it be that Lin Ruhai's wholehearted pursuit of a child made her take inappropriate folk remedies?Mother Jia was not without doubts.

It's inconvenient for her to announce it because the heir is a big matter and there is no proof.Now seeing that Lin Ruhai really has deep affection for Jia Min, he no longer doubts it.

Sister Feng saw that the atmosphere had suddenly turned gloomy, so she stepped forward boldly and said, "I heard that my uncle and sister came back this time and brought many special products from the south to our ancestors, as well as many items from foreigners that have never been seen in Beijing."

After Lin Ruhai and Daiyu were reminded by her, they realized that they had never given a gift, so they hurriedly asked someone to lift up the gift, and it was all over the floor.

First of all, the ruby ​​ruyi, agate bracelets, several Buddhist scriptures hand-copied by eminent monks and a lot of food from the south were given to Jiamu, which are exquisite, lovely and easy to digest.

Jia's mother couldn't put it down, especially the pair of Ruyi Ruyi, which was very similar to the pair of precious treasures when she got married.

The other wives Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and Xing Wang all had gifts.

Jia Baoyu couldn't get in the way from the beginning to the end, and now he finally had time to go to Daiyu's side and want to talk to her.

Unexpectedly, Daiyu was so busy distributing presents that she didn't give him half a look.Baoyu was unhappy, for no reason, someone stuffed a handful of books into his arms, looked up in surprise, and met Lin Ruhai's cold eyes, and was startled.

Just listen to Lin Ruhai said: "This is Baoyu, right? These are the Four Books given to you by my uncle. A man should start from the Four Books to cultivate himself, regulate his family, govern the country and the world."