Red Mansions: No Tears

Lin Daiyu has seen a lot of scenes where Wang Xifeng has seven or eight women and maids around to serve her, but she herself never likes to be so public, but Lin Yu loves her sister very much, and there are not many servants or mothers-in-law in her yard But in her yard, including six maids including Ziyun Xueyan and Chunxiao Xialing, and Hu Su, two old mothers who are not from the Lin family, there are at least fifteen or sixteen people. In the end, Zhao Hua As the master, she married Lin Daiyu to Jiang's family together, and gave two companions, one family surnamed He, the head of the family named He Da, the other family surnamed Xu, and the head of the house named Xu Quan.

Because there are young men who are nearly 20 years old in these two households, Zhao Hua probably also heard Lin Daiyu say that the maids around him don't plan to stay in the future, so he deliberately arranged this way, thinking that they would have each other in the future. betrothed meaning.

Lin Daiyu ordered a lot of specialties in the middle of the capital. After sending her mother-in-law away from the capital, the only one left in the family was Yan Lao, who had not finished talking with those old friends. Lin Daiyu arranged for him an independent courtyard closest to the street, with After going to two errand boys and a few errands and servant girls, after confirming that the old man lives in a comfortable place, at most he can only order the housekeeper to remember to deliver three meals a day and the items needed for daily life on time, and the rest He seldom asks about his affairs, but Jiang Keruo never forgets to say hello to him when he is free.

On this day, Lin Daiyu was sitting by the window, thinking that Xueyan and Ziyun should be married. Ziyun is not yet twenty, so she can wait a little longer, but Xueyan is already 21, and she is the servant girl of a rich family. Xu's marriage is rarely more than twenty...Of course, like a mandarin duck...It seems to be favored, but in fact, the unlucky maid is also a minority of the minority. She selfishly thinks that if she doesn't find a husband's house for Xueyan quickly, she is afraid that she will stay. Going and staying are enemies.

It's not that Lin Daiyu didn't understand Zhao Hua's intention for her two-bedroom family, but unfortunately, in her opinion, the two young men are younger than Xueyan, and she is more used to the man's age being one year older than the woman's. A little bit, so I don't plan to choose from them anymore, so at the moment she is thinking about which of the few servants who followed Jiang Ke to the capital from Jiang's house is suitable.

Suddenly, the sound of bamboo curtains falling and knocking brought Lin Daiyu back to her senses. She looked back, but Jiang Ke had already returned from the yamen, and quickly called Ziyun and the others to the kitchen to deliver the meals.

"The crimes at Jia's house have already been concluded. I'm afraid it's not a small matter. Why don't you go home for the next two days, or go to Zhuangzi for a few days?" Jiang Ke said as soon as he came in and saw his wife Open your mouth and say.

"Did Seventh Brother hear any news?! What crime did they charge Jia's family?" Lin Daiyu was startled. Is it the Jia's turn to be raided? !It's just that there have always been different opinions about how the Jia family was convicted, and she really didn't know which one it might be.

"I heard that an official in the border area was involved. Some people participated in the Jiedu envoy of Ping'an Prefecture and had frequent contacts with some Beijing officials, and even arranged a lawsuit. The emperor was furious and ordered the officials of the Jinyi Mansion to investigate the matter thoroughly. There is a lot of evidence, even the Jia family is listed, now there is no need to think about how to make trouble for the Jia family, this one alone is enough for them to lose their positions." Jiang Ke replied.

It can be said that forming a party for personal gain is an unspoken rule that is criticized in the officialdom, and it is also the thing that the emperor fears the most. After all, if the courtiers are all huddled together, there are too many things that can be done in secret, and it is easy to replace the emperor. Therefore, what the emperor likes most is definitely not the total harmony and joy in the court, but the occasional sword, light and sword shadow.

Lin Daiyu suddenly frowned again, thinking to herself, she had only advised Wang Xifeng not to touch loan sharks, but she had never mentioned the matter of champerty lawsuits to her, and she didn't know if Lin Yu had mentioned such matters to Jia Lian. After all, such things as champerty lawsuits are all men's names. I remember that in the original book, Wang Xifeng took a personnel lawsuit in Tiekan Temple and killed two people. How could she forget it?If Wang Xifeng still got into that mess, wouldn't her actions all these years be in vain?

"I don't know if the involvement is serious or not? How to say... Lian's second sister-in-law is still pregnant with a child, and she is about to give birth in two months. What if... do you want the child to be born in a prison? If someone takes the child again in the future Speaking of his birth, that child is the most unfortunate." Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu suddenly worried again.

"When the Zhen family was raided that day, the emperor only decreed that those who had official positions were removed from their posts, and several stewards suspected of serious circumstances were sent to prison to serve their sentences. The rest of the Zhen family did not suffer any embarrassment. Sins should be about the same. The emperor doesn't like to involve too many lives, so anyone who has not committed a serious crime can only be reduced to a commoner. I remember that the fourth brother once told Lian that the second master should not record all his property in one or two Under my personal name, I think the second master Lian should have kept it in mind." Jiang Ke thought for a while, but replied indifferently.

It has always been a common practice that the children of rich families are not allowed to own private property, but as the saying goes, "There are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom." As the children of nobles, who can not have one or two confidants?So if they want to have their own private property, most of them will put it under the name of their confidants, but even though they are confidantes, they are still common people, otherwise how can they have their own private property?However, no matter how powerful the nobles are, it is impossible to completely control the mind of a commoner, so there are many confidantes who greedily greedy the master's private property because of the decline of the master's family fortune. It can only be said that this is a test of mutual trust.

Lin Daiyu knew that she couldn't help at all, so even if she hoped that Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian would be safe, it's a pity that their husband and wife belonged to the Jia family after all, or from the eldest son of the Rongguo Duke's mansion. If something happened to the Jia family, whether it was Ningguo Whether it's the beginning of the Duke's Mansion or the beginning of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion, they are inseparable from each other.

Lin Daiyu thought that Jiang Ke came back to talk about the Jia family, but she just heard the wind first, but she didn't expect to see Ziyun running into the house at noon the next day, shouting: "Grandma, grandma, I, I heard people say that many officers and soldiers went to Rongning Street, I don’t know if something happened to Ningguo’s mansion or Rongguo’s mansion!”

"Huh?!" Why so fast? !Lin Daiyu was so startled that she jumped up from the soft couch, she thought it would take ten days and a half a month for that to happen, so how could she just copy it? !She didn't even have time to think where she should go to avoid this trouble.

"Be quieter, what does the chirping look like?" After hearing the sound, Mother Hu gave Ziyun an annoyed look.

"Let's find a young man to watch and see what's going on, and come back and tell me." Lin Daiyu guessed that the confiscation of two such large mansions should not be over in a short while.

It wasn't until the evening that the servant came back to report to Lin Daiyu about the confiscation of the two mansions of Rongning and Ningxia: "As soon as I got there, many people heard the news and ran to watch the excitement. After making a few bends, I went to the front and asked the elder brother about it. He said that it was Mr. Zhao's job in the Jinyi Mansion. What happened at the beginning, because he was in their mansion, so he couldn't see him. Everyone waited. After almost an hour, I saw that many officers and soldiers began to carry boxes from the two mansions. Each box was sealed with the Jinyi Mansion. The direction is to go to the prison of Jinyi Mansion, the female family members are not escorted away, they all stay in the mansion, but there are officers and soldiers staying outside, presumably they are not allowed to go out, even outsiders are not allowed to enter."

Lin Daiyu thought to herself, this situation is better than she thought, originally the female family members of the Jia family were also taken away, and later the emperor kindly released them.

Lin Daiyu thought that since only the man was taken back to Jinyi Mansion and imprisoned, she might be fine soon, but she didn't know that early the next morning, another officer and soldier went to Rongguo Duke's Mansion to bring Mrs. Wang and his companion Zhou Rui back to Jinyi Mansion. .

After a few more days, the Jinyi Mansion let go and allowed the Rongning and Ning Mansions to send three people out of the mansion every day to buy, but they still have to go through very strict inspections to prevent any things that were not found that day from being taken out of the mansion. .

Jia Mu also took advantage of this situation, and quickly ordered people in the mansion to ask for help from some old friends and old friends in the capital. During the period, some people came to Lin Daiyu to seek help. Unfortunately, Lin Daiyu had already left the capital first. It is said that she was with her sister-in-law. County Master Huaining went to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing to play, but he didn't know when he would return.

Mother Jia also asked Wang Xifeng to go back to Wang's house and ask the family members who were still in the capital to see if there was any way to rescue the men in the family. She didn't care about the life or death of others. Anyway, her men were also in prison, so she would never Don't worry? !

In other words, Wang Xifeng is really not worried! !It was also at this time that Wang Xifeng really felt the benefits of maintaining friendly contacts with the Lin brothers and sisters.

On the third day after the men from the Jia family were imprisoned, someone from the Lin family quietly came to tell Wang Xifeng that there might be some problems at the end of the Rongguo Duke's mansion, except that there might be some problems with the second room, and the two masters of the big room would be fine. Big sin, uh... Unfortunately, because of the involvement of the second wife, I have to be an ordinary commoner in the future, but fortunately, my life is still safe.

Besides, what outlets does the Wang family have now?The only Wang Ziteng who was on the stage had also died of illness. Before Fuling returned to Jinling, the widow Mrs. Wang Ziteng came to tell Wang Xifeng that she would not come to the capital again in the future. Afterwards, it was naturally broken, who would give her any face?

So Wang Xifeng just responded a few times, and when she left Jia Mu's yard, she pretended nothing had happened, but after a few days, Jia Mu found something was wrong and called her to scold her again. , A few more exhortations, it is nothing more than doing the same thing again.

Under Lin Yu's instruction, Zhao Hua brought Lin Daiyu to live in the village under her name for a few days. The purpose was not to let the Jia family disturb Lin Daiyu, but as soon as she heard that something happened to the Jia family, she immediately went to the door and took them away without delaying anything.

Lin Yu still doesn't understand that Lin Daiyu doesn't want to get involved in the Jia family's affairs just like him. She is also worried that Lin Daiyu will meet the people who come to the Jia family for help because of her reputation, and she is also worried that Jia's mother will use her grandmother's identity to insist on her Trying to save those people in Jia's family, I'm afraid she won't know what to do, he thinks his sister must be no, no, no, but this kind of thing is not like going shopping on the street, who has that ability Can you challenge the emperor to say that this is not allowed?

Thinking about it from another angle, if Lin Daiyu really accepts this trouble, why won't he and Jiang Ke come out to deal with the aftermath in the end?He and Jiang Ke are not even a green onion in the court now, why should they offend people for the Jia family? !Lin Yu thought about it for a long time, and finally made up her mind to tell Lin Daiyu that she was not allowed to see anyone from Jia's family, but she thought that it would be impossible for her to hide at home all the time, so she simply asked her wife to come forward. It shouldn't be surprising that sister-in-law wanted to take sister-in-law out for a few days Bar? !As for him?He said earlier that he broke up with Jia Jiaen, and it was only right not to help him! !

Mother Jia saw the people who were sent out to ask for help come back with sad faces and sighs, and she felt more and more cold in her heart. Finally, she realized that even her granddaughter, who she thought would come forward to help, had already left Beijing to avoid disaster, and her whole body suddenly Everyone froze.

The more Jia's mother thought about it, the more sad she felt. Li Wan, Jia Tanchun and the others sat at the bottom, equally helpless and full of uneasiness, but at this moment, the gatekeeper's mother-in-law hurried into the yard, unable to wait for the maid outside the house to report, Then he shouted loudly: "Old lady, old lady, there is a message from a judge outside, saying that because our family masters did not make any serious mistakes, the emperor has issued an order to release them, let us quickly send someone Take it!"

"What?! Really... Brother Zhu, daughter-in-law, hurry up! Call a few servants and send a carriage to pick up the master and Baoyu and the others!" When Jia Mu heard the good news, her spirits immediately recovered, and she was excited. said.

"Hey!" Li Wan naturally didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately went out to arrange a carriage to pick him up, and asked the people in the kitchen to prepare a moldy brazier, a table of banquets, and boil several large pots of hot water. People took out a set of men's clothes for backup, but after a while, the whole Rongguo mansion seemed to be alive again. ?