Daiyu's wife in the Red Chamber

When Daiyu received the letter, she was just bored.

The porridge distribution in the city ended at the autumn harvest, because Wei Ruolan sent people to guard him, and soldiers patrolled day and night. This year, no robbers came to rob food. The people rejoiced, and there were still more than ten thousand taels for use. On the very poor old and weak in Ping'an Prefecture.

In addition, Daiyu has taken out 7 taels of silver to buy more than [-] mu of land. Each of the four squares outside the city has about [-] mu of land, and each has a farm. Everything has been built, and the inside and outside of the house are in good order. Wei Ruolan and Zhang Kuang are at odds in private, and Daiyu doesn't like Mrs. Zhang's personality.

As a result, Daiyu naturally has nothing to do except reading books and painting at home.

The mistress of other people's family is in charge of the middle school, going out to socialize, and making friends with dignitaries, so that the men in the family have no worries. Wei Ruolan doesn't care about these things very much, and she doesn't ask Daiyu to force her to do as she pleases. Anyway, there is no one in their family. People control.

Therefore, when she received a letter from Sister Feng Baoyu Xichun and others, Daiyu was shocked and hurriedly opened it.

Coincidentally, Wei Ruolan just came back from the training camp. She ordered someone to prepare hot water for Wei Ruolan to bathe and change clothes, while she handed Baoyu's letter to him, and said with a smile, "Yuanfang, come quickly and see Baoyu." These recent things did not call Qingwen and those girls into the Bo Ming Division." It finally lived up to everyone's expectations, which is very gratifying.

Although those girls have their own annoying places, but the crime does not deserve death, Qingwen is like this, and so is Xiren.

Wei Ruolan took it in his hand, looked at it, and said: "Brother Ruobao can't even take care of this, it's actually Bai Changjin who has been here for all these years. You said that you will live with him in the future, so you won't live in someone else's house. Before you leave I asked him to take care of it, and he said he was saving money to buy a yard?"

Daiyu nodded and said, "That's right. He said that the courtyard was idle, and he temporarily borrowed it for Qingwen and the others to live in for a while, and told them to move out when he saved enough money to buy a house. I'll see you soon." Write a letter, telling him that the house was originally bought with his money, and there is no need to buy a new one. When my grandmother was on her birthday, he melted it with a golden scorpion to beat the golden birthday star Jinshou Taoer, and he has no money in his hands."

After hearing this, Wei Ruolan smiled and said: "It's time to tell Brother Bao, he knows that the yard was bought with his own money, and he feels better when he lives in those girls. Simply, even the deed of sale of the janitor couple and send it to him."

Daiyu said: "This statement is reasonable, and I will pass it on when I reply."

Zijuan said back and forth that the hot water was ready, and Daiyu hurriedly urged Wei Ruolan to take a bath. After a while, she heard him yelling from behind the screen that she forgot to take a change of clothes, so Daiyu had to take it in herself.

Hearing Daiyu scream and scolding Wei Ruolan again, Zijuan and others outside the door all pursed their lips and smiled.

When Wei Ruolan came out half a day later, Wei Ruolan was wearing wet black hair. Daiyu wiped it with him carefully with a large handkerchief, babbling: "Is it impossible to train soldiers every day? I come back every night sweating and soiled." I don’t know how many times the clothes were soaked, and I sweated alkali, old doctor Wang often said that it’s not good to wash your hair at night, it’s easy to get a headache, you can’t do it if you don’t wash it like this.”

Wei Ruolan sat on the chair in front of the big case and let her do what she did, and said with a smile: "Since I have taken over the Ping'an Prefecture camp, I must set an example, otherwise my kung fu, even if it is ten times stronger than what they trained, I won't fail. sweat."

Daiyu asked: "Your kung fu has reached the point where you can do whatever you want, so you can't sweat all over your body and keep your hair dry and clean?"

Wei Ruolan smiled and said: "Even if I have such abilities, the barracks is full of dust, my hair will be covered with dust during training, and I still have to wash it when I come back, otherwise you will not allow me to go back to the house."

Daiyu glared at him, thinking that she was standing behind him, and he had no eyes to see behind him, so she gave up resentfully, and said, "Nonsense, if you have a scarf on your head, if you control yourself more, you won't fall into dust. No sweat stains anymore? I don’t believe that soldiers in the barracks wash their hair every day, how can there be so much water available. I see that you just want me to wipe your hair every day to make your whole body dirty.”

Wei Ruolan giggled, grabbed the hand she was wiping her hair sideways, and said, "Yaoqing is the one who knows me. Who is as lucky as me? I have a wife to help me every day." Originally, he went out early every day Come home late, if you don't find something for her to do, wouldn't it be lonely?

Daiyu muttered, "When I get impatient, let's see what you do."

Having said that, her movements were still very gentle, and she changed several large towels one after another, until the hair was dry until only the tips of the hair were slightly wet, and then she asked someone to put the towel away, and wash it to dry tomorrow.

Wei Ruolan pulled her to sit on the chair together, and asked: "I read Brother Bao's letter, what did the other person's letter say?"

Daiyu hurriedly said: "The Zhen family was raided. This is an important matter. They don't need to say it. We both know that it was indeed just after my grandmother's birthday and before the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is also in line with the manuscript and has not deviated from it. The second sister-in-law Lian Said that the Zhen family sent a lot of things to the mansion, and the second aunt took them all. Even if she explained to the old lady that it was important, the second wife still ignored it. I sighed at this point, remembering that the second aunt hid the Zhen family's property in the original manuscript "Yuan Fang, what do you think about the Zhen family being copied?"

Wei Ruolan played with her crystal-clear fingers, carefully looked at the impatiens flower juice dyed on her nails, and said with a light smile: "What can I think? The Zhen family was raided, which means that His Majesty has controlled the forces in the south of the Yangtze River. The Zhen family that has been entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River for nearly a hundred years has been uprooted, and the Supreme Emperor is powerless and helpless. If this is not the case, His Majesty will never act rashly."

Daiyu said: "I think so too. Now that the Zhen family has been defeated, grandma's house is not far away." She sighed a long time, knowing that it is irreparable, and most of these people are self-inflicted, not imposed charges.

Wei Ruolan comforted: "Now it's ten times stronger than the original manuscript, at least a lot of charges have been alleviated, and there is also a way out."

Daiyu sighed: "I understand what you said in my heart. If nothing else, the eldest uncle and the first room have lost many crimes, especially Lian's second elder brother and Lian's second sister-in-law. They don't have the fatal crimes in the original manuscript. The younger sister is waiting to be elected, but the fourth younger sister is hard to say. She got rid of her clothes as early as the end of July. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lian's second sister-in-law wanted to talk to her about a marriage, but she didn't want to. She felt that her family, like the Zhen family, was bound to decline No reason to implicate the man, it's hard for her to figure it out, Lian's second sister-in-law sent a letter asking me to persuade her."

Wei Ruolan couldn't help praising: "It's strange to say that you and these sisters are all extremely smart. My mother also said before that she has seen countless daughters of gold, and there are very few who can compare with you. This is the truth, not a lie. Sure enough. Live up to the name of Jinling Twelve Beauties, the difference is that you three cousins ​​are either cowardly and detached, or sensitive and shrewd, or cold and withdrawn."

Jia Lian was reminded by Li Ming, and Li Ming was arranged by Lin Ruhai, so it's not surprising that he and Sister Feng guessed a little bit, Xichun is so sensitive at such a young age, and Tanchun is already very sensitive in the original manuscript, isn't it? Call Wei Ruolan filled with emotion?

Daiyu didn't answer, and sighed: "It is said in the letter that the third younger sister is entering the palace for election, which is exactly what we expected."

Wei Ruolan responded slightly, and said: "Don't think too much, the third cousin has parents, so how can we have any room to talk? Besides, it's just waiting for election, it's not yet known whether she can be selected."

Daiyu turned her head and thought for a while, then said: "You don't know, the empress doesn't care about these things. Before I left Beijing, I went to the palace to bid farewell. When the empress mentioned that she was going to be elected, she said that she didn't care at all, lest those princes or Her mother secretly suspects that she has ulterior motives, so she has decided that the mothers of the princes, led by Concubine Wu Gui and Concubine Xiande, will personally inspect the candidates. To the princes? I just don't know which one the second uncle and the second aunt prefer."

Wei Ruolan said: "The empress is very thoughtful, no matter whether the final result is good or bad, it has nothing to do with the empress. If the three cousins ​​are selected in the first or second rounds, they can be selected. I remember that the palace only screened three times. The last time Read people from above."

Daiyu nodded and said, "I heard from Nanny Liu that it is true. The third younger sister is shrewd and arrogant. Although she guessed that the second uncle and the second aunt wanted to use her to marry a noble family, she was sad for a few days, but she It's not like I don't have these ambitions, but we and Baoyu's fourth younger sister are in vain to worry about. Also, the third younger sister has always followed the rules of the Duke's high school, and has always recognized the second aunt and Lord Wang Ziteng. How can we be like us and despise This kind of behavior of using children to marry high families? The fourth sister said in the letter that when she went to comfort the third sister, the third sister said that the fourth sister should not have those thoughts, which means that she is probably willing to participate in the election."

Wei Ruolan smiled and said: "In this way, we don't have to worry about you, third cousin, we feel that life is hard for her, and she doesn't think it is hard, that's enough."

Daiyu sighed, acquiesced, and said: "I think so too. I will never ignore other people's wishes. Since the third sister is willing, we should not say anything to outsiders. It is the fourth sister who is too lonely. She doesn't want to marry at all, but she thinks too simply, if she doesn't marry, how can she escape the crime of raiding the house? If she gets married, the crime will not be as good as her. "

Wei Ruolan patted her on the back of the hand and persuaded: "Don't worry, don't worry, there is always a solution when you get there, if you write back to persuade Fourth Cousin, maybe you can persuade her to change her mind."

Without saying a word, Xueyan said back and forth that dinner was ready.

Daiyu stopped talking, and said: "Eat first, and then talk about other things after eating." Although her spleen and stomach are normal, she still eats early or eats less at night, Wei Ruolan came back late, probably because she looked at Wei Ruolan When eating, serve him cloth and vegetables by himself, not by others.

In an instant, a small round table was set up outside, only for two people to sit opposite each other, within reach of each other's eyes.

The light three dishes, one soup and one meal, as usual, are not very extravagant.

Daiyu took the silver spoon in the soup bowl, scooped up a bowl of soup and put it in front of Wei Ruolan, said: "I use this soup to pour it well, it's not greasy or greasy, it's fresh and sweet, you can use it too some."

Wei Ruolan directly made rice with soup, three dishes and one soup immediately [-]% to [-]% finished, more than what Daiyu ate in a day.

Daiyu took it for granted, she was afraid that he would have a stomachache if he ate too much at night, but later she realized that he was only [-]% to [-]% full, so she let him eat so much, but the nights were always light and mostly vegetarian.

After the meal, they washed up and rested for a while. As usual, the two of them wandered around in the small garden in the backyard to digest their food. The nuns and servant girls followed from a distance with the lights on, not approaching.

Wei Ruolan turned on the lamp with one hand, adjusted the neckline of Li Daiyu's cloak with the other, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty moved the Zhen family, and the Jiedu envoy's family was also touched. Recently, spies reported that people frequently came and went from Miao's house. I don't trust you." Live in the city, pack up and go to Zhuangzi tomorrow, and only say to the public that Zhuangzi on the east side of the city is only two miles away from the camp in Ping'an Prefecture."

Daiyu asked softly, "Will you startle the snake?"

Wei Ruolan shook her head and said: "That's not the case, I don't do it at this time, they don't dare to act rashly, they only say to the outside that I have been training soldiers with all my heart, and if I don't go home for ten days and a half months, you can't worry about it, so I moved there Zhuangzili is closer to me."

Daiyu thumped him and said: "My good reputation has been completely ruined by you." It is reasonable for the young couple not to want to separate, but the world doesn't think so, and the world often accuses them of all crimes. They are all pushed on the woman, and their behavior of being so gluey and unwilling to be too far apart is naturally criticized by others.

Wei Ruolan said with a smile: "Let's live our own lives and pay attention to their thoughts? If you pay attention to it, you won't go to Ping'an Prefecture with me, and you won't be afraid of storms and bandits."

After finishing speaking, he said again: "I plan to stay in the camp permanently, how can I keep you in the city."

Daiyu said: "I see. I will ask someone to pack up the things tomorrow. Fortunately, the house is not very big. Many things are still packed in boxes and have not been put out. It is very convenient to pack up. Such as cloth, food, furniture and other unimportant things Put it in the house, it is convenient for the servants to transport it back and forth, and the rented houses from various places should be delivered next month, and the rest books, calligraphy and paintings have to be brought over."

Then she lowered her voice and asked, "The gangsters in Jiuhuanzhai, Ping'an Prefecture are really related to Jiedushi?" , she didn't believe it at all.

Wei Ruolan replied: "There is no conclusive evidence yet, but it is a fact that the gangsters are related to the Miao family."

Daiyu sneered, and said: "It's no wonder that other people's business is always difficult to be safe, and the Miao family's business is so big, and they are also a big grain merchant. They control all the grain businesses in Ping'an Prefecture, and there are no gangsters. It's not just because of shelter. Because of being under the Jiedu Envoy? Those gangsters dared to rob even us, so how could they be afraid of a mere merchant. It would be better to take him down sooner. It is because he monopolizes the grain business that the price of grain in Pingan Prefecture has not dropped for a long time. It’s even more expensive than the capital city. When our family rents it, you have to send someone to meet it.”

Wei Ruolan nodded and said: "Don't worry, I can't spare them, but right now I want to follow the clues and find out who the so-called Jiuhuan village master is, so I didn't move the Miao family right away. The only clue so far is the Miao family. You may I don’t know, I just got the news today that Miao Tong is actually the eighth master under the command of the chief of the Jiuhuan village, and he is so powerful just as a master, let alone the chief of the village?”

Daiyu was surprised and said: "He is actually the eighth master? No wonder you said that when you inquired about the bandit leader who robbed us that day, you found that the seventh master went in and out of Miao's house and made good friends with Mr. Miao. It turned out that he was a companion of equal status. No wonder Yi Cheng said he saw you The people below the Seven Heads come in and out of Miao's house."

After receiving this confidential information, Wei Ruolan changed her mind of handing over the stepping-point gangsters and Yicheng to the government, and directly killed them on the spot.

These people do all kinds of evil, and death is not a pity.

Daiyu had no sympathy for them, even the Yi Cheng who kept saying that she was forced to do so, colluded with bandits to persecute many officials and officials who came and went, life and death were decided by those bandits.

Wei Ruolan sighed: "Since we arrived in Ping'an Prefecture, we haven't seen any bandits in and out for several months. I'm afraid I dare not act rashly. Right now, I can only train soldiers and spy on their tracks. The vicious bandits are actually Ping An It's ridiculous to be a good person known to everyone in the city. If the eighth family is like this, who do you think the rest of the family are? I think that only with an identity like Miao Tong, no one doubts, can they be covered up Those who work in secret, I'm afraid those few are decent people."

Miao Tong is indeed a well-known benevolent person in Ping'an City. They only found out after they came to Ping'an Prefecture. Although his family's food prices are higher than those in the capital, he often gives porridge and charcoal to save people. Daiyu and Mrs. Zhang The places where people waited to collect money to give porridge were located in the south city and the north city, and the Miao family gave porridge in the east city and the west city, a few days later than Daiyu and others, to show their dignity.

The reason why Wei Ruolan didn't dare to take care of Miao Tong's group at this time was because she was afraid of stirring up a civil uprising. Only after she got the evidence and exposed her crimes and dealt with them, could Bai Xin not feel dissatisfied.

Daiyu secretly admired these gangsters. They have such intelligence that they don't need to do harm on the right path.

No one thought that the seventh head of the family was a respectable person. He was a magistrate of a county under the command of Ping'an Prefecture. His name was Bai Wen. He and Miao Tong were life and death brothers.

Daiyu supported his hand and walked back, saying: "It's time to investigate. There are nine masters in a village, and you can't find any traces of the gangsters at the moment. Maybe it was because you attacked too hard that time, and they didn't They came out. As you said, they probably concealed their duties as bandits with a decent status. The head of the village, together with the pawns, may come out and go in openly as masters and slaves, otherwise there will be no clues If they can’t find it, they can’t stop eating and drinking. Without the actions of Miao Tong and Bai Wen, I really wouldn’t dare to think like this, for fear of wronging the decent people in Ping’an Prefecture.”

Wei Ruolan said: "That's why I sent someone to investigate. The investigation is clear. The innocent are innocent and no longer make me suspicious. I know the guilty ones in my heart, so I can punish them in the future. Don't dare to say anything else. The Miao family and the Bai family I have secretly checked the servants of the nursing home a few times, most of them are strong men with fierce faces, eight out of ten they are gangsters under their command. I have ordered Niu Fang to secretly spy on the servants of each family Nursing homes, etc., there is a huge difference between ordinary servants and bandits."

Haifeng said that Emperor Changtai ordered him to act cheaply, and Wei Ruolan knew what Emperor Changtai meant. He not only allowed him the right to kill first, but also ordered him to deal with it completely, without having to abide by the so-called rules.Emperor Changtai is not a pedantic and upright person. If he were, he would not secretly organize his confidantes to do things, and he didn't think that rectifying Zhang Kuang and others had to find charges and sentence them before taking care of them.

Wei Ruolan has been very busy lately, and after trying all kinds of tricks, she finally managed to control the military power of the Ping'an Prefecture camp.

Thanks to the fact that the Zhen family was raided, many people knew in their hearts that the Supreme Emperor's power was declining but now he is in great power, and they wanted to take refuge in him, so as not to be liquidated in the future, and Zhang Kuang's power in the army had been secretly emptied. self-knowledge.

Anyone who came out of the camp can stand firm in Ping'an Prefecture, whether it is a civil servant in the officialdom or a general in the military camp, there is not a single idiot who was afraid of offending Zhang Kuang when he took refuge in him, so he secretly confessed his loyalty to him, On the surface, he still repulsed him very much, and showed Zhang Kuang, making Zhang Kuang think that they were always his confidantes.

Of course, Wei Ruolan didn't dare to trust these people who acted according to the wind, but took advantage of them to take advantage of the situation to control the military power, and arranged Liu Xianglian and the soldiers she brought into the camp, occupying some important positions.

Daiyu also knows the details, so she can rest assured that he is not alone in the military camp.

Back in the bedroom, the couple rested after washing their feet, Wei Ruolan didn't leave anyone in the bedroom for the night, turned off the lights, lowered the curtains, and said seriously with a smile: "Didn't you say you wanted to learn kung fu from me last time? After thinking about it, there is only one set of breathing methods that you can learn, which will have the effect of strengthening your body, and there is nothing else."

Daiyu had forgotten about this a long time ago, and it was just a whim at the time. Now when he heard him talk about it, she smiled and said: "It is good to be able to strengthen your body. Although I am like ordinary people, my energy and blood are not as strong as yours. I want to spend a lifetime with you forever."

Wei Ruolan smiled and said: "I'll teach you, come on, first recognize the acupoints, the skill of breathing must go from the eight extraordinary meridians and the acupoints."

Daiyu's nature could not help itching, and after a while, her laughter came from the tent, and she said out of breath: "Stop, stop, Yuanfang, stop quickly, I know you are uneasy and kind, how can you be so self-serving? If you keep doing this, I will be annoyed."

The night is just right outside the window, and the spring is infinite indoors.

Not to mention how the husband and wife taught secrets and studied together, and said that when Daiyu woke up the next day, Wei Ruolan had already left the city early to go to the camp in Ping'an Prefecture. Juan said: "Prepare hot water, I want to take a bath."

Zijuan smiled and agreed, they had already prepared everything after receiving Wei Ruolan's order in the morning, and waited for Daiyu to get up before serving her to take a bath, and the breakfast was about to be served, before it was ready, a maid came over and said: " Mrs. Zhang sent a post, saying that she will come to see grandma tomorrow, and ask for something."

Daiyu was just about to ask if there was anything she could ask her, when she suddenly remembered that Zhen Baoyu's wife, Zhang Shi, was Zhang Kuang's youngest daughter. The next house, not free.