Enemies in the Red Chamber

Facts have proved that Steward Lin's worries were not unfounded. Jia Min and his party were assassinated half a month later.

The day was sunny and sunny, and the group had just rested for two days from the pier in the last town, replenishing some food, toys and local products, and they were relaxing.Jia Min was leading the two children to watch the scenery and talk at the bow of the boat. Suddenly, several assassins in black tights appeared in the water. The sting of the blade hurts people's eyes, and they are very close to the boat after three or two strokes.

Jia Min was stunned for a moment and turned around to protect the two children in his arms, and hurried forward two steps. The girl and woman next to her rushed over to protect her, and while hugging the three masters, she retreated to the cabin and called for someone to come.It turned out that the servants in the mansion couldn't react for a while, but fortunately, Steward Lin brought some specially trained people, who reacted promptly and arrived before the assassin climbed onto the boat.

Seven or eight people from the escort boats on both sides jumped into the water immediately, and all of them were excellent in water. The few people on the bottom of the main boat who were about to dig the boat were no match at all, and they were cleaned up in two or three times.Butler Lin ordered people to bring out their bows and arrows, and shoot and kill anyone who appeared.Someone next to him asked if he wanted to keep a life alive so as to extract a confession, butler Lin raised his eyebrows, "What's the use of keeping a life alive? It's just those people left, so what if you force a confession, it's either you die or I live."

Jia Min stayed in the cabin and covered Brother Chen's ears with both hands, and Brother Chen covered the warmth with his small hands, and the two children faced each other and closed their eyes in Jia Min's arms.Jia Min's face was very calm, and his heart was also very calm. Since an assassin appeared, it meant that he did the right thing about going to Beijing.

But after two quarters of an hour, Steward Lin came in to report that everything had been cleaned up, and Jia Min said softly, "Clean up everything, don't leave any traces, and don't need to live. Order to go down and continue sailing, and wait until it gets dark to talk about other things when it docks. Yes, those who made a move today were rewarded with half a year's salary, and those who didn't make a move were given two months' salary in shock, they kept their mouths shut, and nothing happened today."

Butler Lin replied yes, go out and arrange things.Jia Min looked around, "You are all close to me, I don't care about you on weekdays, but you have to know when to be deaf and blind, and you haven't seen blood for many years, don't forget what I did that day. "Everyone around screamed in unison, and responded quickly.

When Lin Hai was first in charge of the salt class, the husband and wife suffered a lot, and they were always rebellious and couldn't stand the temptation to do something wrong to the master.Jia Min, a gentle and soft-spoken housewife, insisted on using thunderous means to kill a group of traitors and spies in front of everyone, wailing and begging for mercy for a whole day, and three execution boards were broken before finally Cleaned up the backyard.Those who followed today were all those who experienced that incident back then. Even though Jia Min Kuanhe had forgotten Jia Min's ruthless methods all these years, after such a mention, they all remembered it.

Nuan Nuan didn't understand, but she also knew that her mother was unhappy, and she was so overwhelmed by the atmosphere on the field that she didn't dare to speak, so she gently scratched Jia Min's palm with her little hand, as a comfort.The corners of Jia Min's mouth finally showed a smile, and she tapped the little girl's head lightly, "Little naughty, you are not so brave!" Brother Chen is a boy, and he listened to Lin Hai all day long, "You are a man, you should protect your mother and mother." Sister and sister', very manly, with a small chest and a small face, said seriously: "Madam, don't be afraid, I will protect you and my sister."Immediately, the oppressive atmosphere dissipated, and everyone in the circle laughed.Jia Min also laughed, "Do you know what happened? You have to protect your mother and sister?" Brother Chen pouted in disbelief, consciously disdainful of being as knowledgeable as these women.

When the boat stopped at night, Jia Min asked Steward Lin again, "Send two people to go overland quietly, one to Beijing to make Brother Liu and his brother be careful, and one to Yangzhou to tell the master that some people really can't bear it." Living."

In another five days, another wave of more powerful thieves came to kill, this time when it was dark and docked.Just after midnight, when the sky was dark and the clouds were thick, people who were ambushing in the water on the bank came out all at once. At the beginning, they really caught the Lin family by surprise. One knife, luckily the masters are all fine.

Unfortunately, that day, there happened to be another boat parked not far from Lin's boat, and it seemed that it was also a passenger boat heading to Beijing.Although the two sides did not say hello, it is obvious that the other party should also be aware of this matter, and sooner or later they will have to reveal the news.Jia Min then agreed with Steward Lin to file the case directly in the yamen, so as not to show the truth.So I stopped the ship there for a day, and after explaining everything, I left a steward here, and then set off again.During this period, some officials heard that the family members of the patrolling salt censor were coming, so they naturally attracted a group of people from the salt road on the water transport to visit. Hearing that the family members were attacked and injured, some of them even brought people to help escort them to the capital. Min refused.

After that, the road was fairly clear, and I didn't encounter assassins or anything.Brother Chen and Nuannuan were sleepy at the beginning. An older woman took their little clothes and burned two sticks of incense and a few knives of yellow paper. After drinking a bowl of soothing soup, I was alive and kicking again the next day.Jia Min deliberately made the two children open-minded, and often put on their veiled hats and took them to the bow of the boat to see the scenery when there were no one on the road. Sometimes when they went to a pier market, they would ask Lin Butler to take Brother Chen out to see the world.

When the two children fell asleep, Jia Min would frown and sit at the desk to calculate what to do after entering Beijing, constantly writing and drawing on paper which ones can be used and which ones can't, and how to get close.Thinking about the mess in the Rongguo Mansion, the more calculations the more difficult it became.

When Lin Hai received the news, he was worried about his wife and children while stepping up his pace to clean up. After being a salt official for many years, even if he had no regrets in his heart, he dared not say that he was clean and dust-free. He had to do everything he could think of.

Besides, for the Lin family siblings in Beijing, it is much more convenient for Daiyu Liu to do things as a male.There are many factions in the capital, and the Zhongshun princes are indeed powerful, but they are not overwhelming. Even if the emperor is closer to them than other princes, it is limited.After some investigation, Liu Ge'er confirmed the candidate to win over - Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong.

Shui Rong's father was also the right-hand man of the Supreme Emperor back then, and he was close to the Rongguo Mansion.At the same time, Shui Rong himself had become friends with him at a very early age, and he could be regarded as a person who can be reassured today.It is most appropriate to be close to him, not to be jealous than others.

In fact, according to Brother Liu, the purpose of attracting Shui Rong is not to ask him to help in any way, but to be a sounding board to convey the meaning of the Lin family to the emperor.Since the emperor has racked his brains to calculate, why not offer it directly from the Lin family. No matter how capable others are, they can grasp more than the Lin family?

Now that he has a goal, according to Brother Liu's ability, he can naturally lead him to the line with twists and turns.On this day, Brother Liu heard that the King of Beijing Jing would go to the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing to play, and found out the location and time of the Beijing Wangfu Zhuangzi, so Yi Yiran took a carriage and went to work nearby, and purposely found a cart with two horses.On the way back, the axle of the car happened to be broken, and the general stopped in the middle of the road, blocked tightly, and could not move.

Sure enough, the horses and horses that King Beijing Jing was returning to Beijing happened to pass by, so it was natural to ask whose horses and horses belonged to it.King Beijing heard that he was the son of Lin Ruhai, the grandson of the Rongguo Mansion. He remembered how many times he had heard that Lin Zhao was elegant and eloquent.

Along the way, the two talked about poetry and paintings, including scenery, stories, characters, legends, and customs. Liu Geer was a lot younger than Shui Rong, but the two of them were able to talk in agreement, which surprised Shui Rong. Interested.There are also tea sets and chess sets in the carriage that Shui Rong was riding in. The two of them drank tea and had a hand-to-hand chat. After Shui Rong put all his heart into it, he still lost, and he immediately introduced Brother Liu as his confidant.According to Shui Rong, character can be judged from the quality of chess, and one should enjoy the joy of playing chess regardless of high or low.Brother Liu was very disdainful in his heart, thinking that this is the real hypocrite, who is in a high position and naturally has the appearance of a high-ranking person, so what if he knows it is flattery, this is what he deserves, and even if he loses, it is nothing at all Masochist.He even boasted that the water-soluble prince really has the style of the ancients and the appearance of a gentleman.

When they came to Beijing, Shui Rong asked Brother Liu: "Brother Zhao, do you have anything else to do? If there is anything else, I will send Brother Zhao back first, and we will meet again at another day. If there is no today, let's make it clear. It just so happens that there are good fruits in my house." Good food and wine."

Brother Liu naturally wouldn't say that he has something to do, and immediately said: "The boy should thank the prince, how can he bother the prince to entertain him."

Shui Rong laughed, and directly ordered the coachman to go back to the palace.The two got out of the car hand in hand, and the people waiting around gave Brother Liu a high look instantly.

When they arrived at Prince Jing's Mansion, Shui Rong arranged the banquet in the water pavilion.The waterside pavilion is located in the center of the lake. Two layers of silver-red gauze are hung on the three sides facing the water. Weeping willows are planted all around the lake, and flowers and plants of various colors are planted on the outer periphery.On the other side is emerald gauze of gold and silver thread, and there is a corridor leading to the shore. Various brightly colored flowers are placed on the corridor, and the interplay of brilliance and echoes is very beautiful.

There was a qin next to it, Shui Rong saw it and said with a smile: "Coincidentally, I haven't taken away my qin, I've heard about Master Lin's name of visiting flowers, the sound of a qin at the Qionglin Banquet shocked everyone, why don't Brother Zhao come to play a piece too? "

Shui Rong is quite a celebrity, and he has little scruples because of his excitement, or he wouldn't have had no bad intentions when his father was closely following the Supreme Emperor when he was in touch with the present.Unexpectedly, Brother Liu was used to being a master in his previous life. When he heard that someone invited him to play the piano, the first thing he thought of was not the joy of being affirmed by others, but the anger of being teased by others. Although he couldn't express it now, He also secretly made a note for Shui Rong in his heart.In fact, nowadays, playing the piano and singing with close friends is a common occurrence, not much different from playing chess and composing poems. It is because of the great gap between Brother Liu's past and present that he pays too much attention to these things.

Brother Liu finally played a song that melts in water, but when he played the piano, he thought about the time he spent with the second brother Ning Ru when he was young in his previous life.Shui Rong was very intoxicated when he heard it, and when he finished, he praised, "Although I have never heard the sound of Master Lin's piano, I think Brother Zhao can also sing like a young phoenix as clear as an old phoenix."

When the interest is high, there are really good fruits, but they are crab apples that have been preserved somehow. They are still fresh, moist skin, and fragrant. The appearance alone looks the same as when it is in season.