[Comprehensive] The Giant of the Red Chamber

"Someone is checking Xue's house."

Master Xue, who was playing chess with his left and right hands, stopped at the speed of his moves when he heard about it.

"Who is it?" This time the Xue family basically stayed away from the center of power. They didn't even do business as an imperial merchant in the book. They focused on running their own business in peace and stability. The relationship with the other three major families gradually faded because of his existence. Now There are still people paying attention.Since I was specifically reminded by 738, it must not be a simple search.

"Yangzhou Lin's family." 738 was also puzzled. Originally, the two families shouldn't have an intersection at this time. Why did the Lin family suddenly become interested in the Xue family.Furthermore, Lin Ruhai shouldn't be saddened in the mansion, waiting to go underground to reunite with Jia Min, why would he check Xue's family inexplicably! 738 has checked the members of the Lin family, especially Lin Ruhai. This person seems to be no longer discouraged, and is ready to treat his illness. 738, who is extremely sensitive to such sudden changes, immediately checked whether there is any interference from foreign souls. Unfortunately, no abnormalities have been found for the time being. .No wonder 738 is not careful enough. Although they are two parallel worlds, they are both Lin Ruhai. The soul fluctuates on the same channel, and someone helps to deliberately cover it up. Naturally, there is no difference.

Master Xue twisted the chess pieces unconsciously, seemingly thinking about where to play next, and after a while he said: "Check it out." There is nothing shameful about Xue's family, so wait for the other party to check it out and move on to the next move It is good to know the purpose.

In the Lin Mansion, Lin Ruhai has a thick record of all the big and small things about the Xue family.Because the object of suspicion is Aunt Xue, Lin Ruhai started watching Aunt Xue when she married into Xue's family. There was nothing worth paying attention to in the past few years. A few years ago, Mrs. Xue was still Mrs. Xue.

It wasn't until Master Xue had an emergency a few years ago, but suddenly crawled out of the coffin again inexplicably, such a node that was obviously different from the memory of the previous life, made Lin Ruhai focus on it.Lin Ruhai looked carefully at the records of recent years, seeing that the Xue family began to do good deeds, Madam Xue also slowly changed her attitude, especially for Xue Pan, who has always been doted on, it can be called a 180-degree change. Pan means to do good deeds, so the Xue family can stage a mother-son battle from time to time.From this point of view, Mrs. Xue became more and more suspicious.

Just looking at Mrs. Xue's more and more aggressive behavior on the paper, Lin Ruhai put a big question mark in her heart, will the daughter-in-law really become like this?Lin Ruhai was extremely reluctant to imagine that one day his daughter-in-law was chasing people all over the yard with a feather duster. Would this make her a habit?Lin Ruhai thought uncertainly.

But apart from the tendency to develop towards Yan's mother more and more, it is really difficult for Lin Ruhai to see from the text that this Mrs. Xue has any other similarities with her lover.In order to avoid being discovered by others, I have changed my core, trying to act like this person’s previous behavior is normal, but it’s like acting like there are always some small habits or small preferences carved in the soul that will be revealed inadvertently, but never According to the investigation, except for the change in the behavior involving Xue Pan, the rest is no different from that before Master Xue got the emergency.Even up to now, Mrs. Xue still needs someone to read the accounts. This is clearly the appearance of not knowing a lot of characters, and it is really the opposite of a lover who knows astronomy and geography.

But who would it be if it wasn't Mrs. Xue?Lin Ruhai didn't believe that a loving mother who was used to doting on her children could become a strict mother who always takes care of her family law overnight.There are also various indications that the main task of the Xue family in the past two years has been to teach their children, and it is obvious that they want to correct Xue Pan.In Lin Ruhai's mind unconsciously, the scene of encountering Xue Pan in the street in his previous life, such a stupid overlord who waits forcibly and murders, if he is not properly disciplined in this life, I am afraid that the ending will not be so good.So this is similar to the mission of a lover to help people change their lives.

The Xue family should be the focus of attention, Lin Ruhai intuitively told himself.However, if it is not Mrs. Xue, who is most likely to change the Xue family?A candidate quickly flashed through Lin Ruhai's mind, but he quickly denied it, impossible, impossible.This answer was subconsciously ignored by Lin Ruhai, so let's confirm Mrs. Xue's identity first.

It’s just that it’s hard to be sure if you don’t get in touch with them personally. Anyway, Jinling is not far from Hangzhou. Lin Ruhai felt that it was necessary to find an excuse to get in touch with Xue’s mansion for a while, and then make plans for the next step.Before that, he had to prepare something.Of course, apart from Xue's family, Lin Ruhai sent people to pay attention to other possible candidates at the same time, but they happened to be far away, without suitable and trustworthy people, it would be self-defeating, you can't act too hastily, you can only take your time.

"Lin Ruhai has arrived in Jinling." 738 made an ear report for the first time, always feeling that Lin Ruhai became more and more suspicious the more he looked at it.

"The purpose is known."

"It seems that he has prepared several big boxes for meeting friends and relaxing." 738 can only collect and analyze useful information from the conversations between Lin Ruhai and his servants.

"What's in the box?"

"In addition to daily expenses, there is a box of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, a box of children's toys, and a box of jewelry and clothes." It seems to be a gift, which coincides with the purpose of the members.If Master Xue had seen the contents of the box, he would have guessed immediately that Lin Ruhai's identity might have changed, and he could have guessed the purpose of Lin Ruhai's trip to Jinling. place.

"Are you going to meet him?" 738 couldn't help asking, it had been holding back this sentence for a long time.In this life, the host didn’t care about anything other than the one-acre land surrounded by Xue’s family all day long. After all, she interfered with the fate of the Lin family either directly or indirectly in the previous two lives. They are all out, and there is no place to care if they want to, but in this life, if they make a move, there is still time, but the host has never taken the initiative to mention it.In this way, it is not good for 738 to mention it on its own, lest people always say that it favors sister Lin, although it is true.

"Lin Ruhai has a problem." The words were a little doubtful, but revealed beyond doubt.

"I think so too, but it's a pity that the problem was not found." 738 is a little unhappy. It has been upgraded to the top configuration and it can't find it. If there is a problem, how hard is the background support behind it!

"Maybe it's a visitor from another world!" Master Xue also had a guess in his mind at the moment that he consciously ignored it, but he was more convinced that he was a visitor from another world who knew the plot of the Red Mansion. To test the relatives?If so, this person really has a big heart!

"I didn't find any difference in the soul."

"Maybe it's hidden deep, maybe there's a golden finger, maybe something unexpected happens in every world, doesn't it?"

"That's right, I'll watch him the whole time."

"It doesn't matter, if his target is really Xue's family, why not just follow his wishes, and it doesn't matter if we meet." Hei Zi fell, Bai Zi was defeated.The days of playing chess with myself are quite boring, so maybe we can have more fun.

Lin Ruhai went to meet a friend in a decent manner, and chose an inn that was very close to Xue's residence to stay. He ordered people to keep an eye on the movement of Xue's family, and was ready to find a chance to strike up a conversation.Of course Lin Ruhai had heard of the name of the Xue family in Jinling before, but no matter how famous it was, it was still a family of merchants. The Lin family was a family of scholars and princes, so naturally they disdain to associate with such people.If you rashly send a famous post to invite people, it is easy to make people suspicious, which is not conducive to follow-up inquiries, so you will use the excuse of your friends to think about whether you can have a chance encounter with Master Xue. wrong.

Lin Ruhai just waited outside Xue's house for five or six days. Except for the servants coming in and out of the corner gate, the front door of Xue's house was tightly closed, and he had never seen the owner's sedan chair.After inquiring with the nearby vendors, I found out that since Master Xue came back to life, the Xue family often stays behind closed doors, because Master Xue is not good at work, and his health is not good, and he has almost cut off communication with the outside world.Uncle Xue's family used to come in and out frequently, and I don't know what happened in the past six months, but he was detained at home and almost disappeared outside.

"A few days."

"This is the seventh day." It was obviously aimed at the Xue family.

"Playing chess alone is too boring, go to Master Huiming to discuss two games, so as not to be bored at home." I am afraid that someone will be in a hurry if he doesn't show up again, and he probably has to find another way.

"Master, master, Master Xue's carriage has left." The servant came to report out of breath.

In the past few days, Lin Ruhai has been strolling around the streets near Xue's house from time to time, trying to have a chance encounter, but Xue's house is closed, and he almost wants to find a way to get to know Master Xue through other channels. Now he heard the report from the servant How can you not be excited.

"Do you know where to go?"

"Jishan Temple outside the city."

"Get the car ready."

Lin Ruhai ordered his men to hurry up, and finally caught up with Xue's carriage at the foot of the mountain.

Jishan Temple is located halfway up the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, the sedan chairs, chariots and horses can only stop. They can either be carried up by people on a sliding pole, or they can walk up by themselves.However, since they come to worship in temples, most of them climb up by themselves out of sincerity, some even kneel in three steps, kneel in nine steps and kowtow in nine steps.

Master Xue could only be carried up the mountain by others, and Xue Pan followed him. Of course, he didn't have this treatment, so he could only climb up by himself.Before leaving, Aunt Xue reminded me thousands of times to recite silently every time I walked three steps: I pray to the Bodhisattva to bless my father in good health, and I had to kneel and kowtow three times for the last 200 meters.It’s not that I don’t want Xue Pan to kneel and kowtow all the time, it’s just that Aunt Xue knows Xue Pan’s weight. If he makes things difficult for him, he might be exhausted before halfway up the mountain. Start and stick to the end.

Fortunately, this kind of thing has been done many times, and Xue Pan is also familiar with the road, so he fought hard for his father's body.

As soon as Lin Ruhai got out of the carriage, Master Xue and his party were ready to go up the mountain, and the golden wheelchair was carried by two servants and followed behind.

"Master, do you want a pole?" The pole bearer waiting for guests at the foot of the mountain has already stepped forward to solicit business.

"You two." The butler recruited two seemingly strong men, and threw a string of silver, "You follow first, and then carry it when the master is tired."

"Okay!" The two obediently carried the empty sliding pole and followed behind.