The Red Mansions

Chapter 160
The sky is bright.

Jin Yiwei came and took away all the people who attacked last night.

After one night, the bloody smell in the Lin Mansion was completely washed away by the rain, as if nothing had happened.

Jia Yun came out of Lin Daiyu's room early, and after explaining to the Jinyiwei staff, she turned around and ran into Jia Lian with a haggard face.

"Why did Second Uncle Lian get up so early, don't you sleep more?" Jia Yun greeted with a smile.

"After waking up last night, I haven't been able to fall asleep." Jia Lian shook his head and said, then he stared straight at Jia Yun and asked, "Brother Yun, do you have something to hide from me?"

Jia Yun shook her head and said, "What can I hide from you? You're thinking too much!"

Jia Lian saw that he didn't want to say anything, so he didn't ask any more. He just said, "Can I go out to have fun today?"

"I'm afraid it's not enough, maybe we have to stay in the Lin Mansion for ten and a half months." Jia Yun said with a smile.

After all, they stayed in Lin's mansion with the door closed, just to attract other people's attention.

As long as Lin Ruhai doesn't succeed for a day, they will have to stay in the mansion.

Last night, someone blatantly came over to attack. It can be seen that the two sides have reached the point of hand-to-hand combat and life and death.

Jia Lian scratched his head, and said depressedly: "You said that it was so easy for me to get out of Beijing and have some freedom, but I was locked up in the house. What's the matter?"

At this time Xue Pan came out of the room with sleepy eyes and shouted:

"Earlier, I told you not to be reluctant to part with the money, but to buy a few skinny horses, now you know how lonely you must be when you are bored?"

Jia Lian spread his hands and said, "If I want to have as much money as you, I promise to buy ten or eight skinny horses to raise."

"Since we can't sleep, let's go to the tea room and make a pot of tea!" Jia Yun suggested.

So the three of them came to the tea room and sat down. Jia Ming brought in the stove and clear water, boiled the water, and retreated.

Jia Lian asked curiously, "Brother Yun, where did you get such a clever eagle?"

"Hehe, Big Brother Xue bought it back in Ningbo, and I had someone specially train it, and it can barely work." Jia Yun fiddled with the tea set and replied with a smile.

Xue Pan said: "Not to mention, last night, thanks to the eagle's advance warning of tea time, we were able to take down all those thieves so easily."

Jia Yun smiled and glanced at him, and said, "Do you really think that only the eagle warning is enough? The key lies in our personal guards. There are secret whistles in the surrounding streets..."

Jia Lian exclaimed: "Your personal guards are really powerful, all of them kill without blinking an eye."

The former guards of the Jia Mansion were also very powerful.

But now the guards in the mansion only know how to drink and gamble.

It's okay to act like a domineering and scare the common people.

If you really want to encounter the kind of battle last night, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it.

In the final analysis, raising a family guard is a very expensive matter, which is much more expensive than raising a maid and an ordinary nursing home.

Jia's mansion now seems to be cooking with fire, but in fact it is empty inside. It has been struggling to make ends meet for a long time, so naturally it cannot afford a large number of elite guards.

Jia Lian didn't know where Jia Yun got so much money and had so many personal guards, but he was really envious.

Not to mention anything else, it is also a very majestic thing to be surrounded by such a large group of people when traveling.

Jia Yun didn't know what Jia Lian was thinking.

Seeing that the tea would take a while to boil, he called Jia Ming to bring over some melon and fruit snacks, and chatted while eating.

Gusu is far more than garden buildings, ancient streets, ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, etc.

There are also various special snacks that taste sweet, soft and crispy, which are famous all over the world.

For example, Aozao noodles, Fengzhen noodles, oily fermented noodles, marinated tofu dried, crab shell yellow, jujube paste cake, crabapple and plum blossom cake, squid lung soup, squirrel mandarin fish, lard rice cake, sock sole crisp, Taihu three Bai, etc., too many to count.

After eating a few pieces of cakes, Jia Lian asked Jia Yun, "Brother Yun, will you take part in the test in the future?"

"Well, there will be an Enke test next year, so I guess I'm going to try my luck." Jia Yun nodded.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "If you can get the gold list in high school, you will be the second of our Jia family to win the Jinshi exam."

Jia Yun shook her head and said: "It's not that easy to be a Jinshi. You think some people are young if they win the exam at the age of 40 or [-]."

Jia Lian nodded and said, "Even if the exam is difficult, you are still young now, not counting Enke. If you take the general exam normally, you can still take the exam ten or twenty times."

"Haha, Second Uncle Lian, why do you sound awkward when you say that?" Jia Yun laughed loudly.

While joking, Jia Wenlin suddenly ran in: "Master, there is a letter from the capital."

Jia Yun nodded, took the letter and opened it, her face showing surprise.

Xue Pan asked urgently: "Brother Yun, something happened in the capital?"

"Well, something happened, or it's a big deal!" Jia Yun said after recovering:
"Someone reported fraud in the imperial examination this year, involving more than [-] officials and nearly [-] candidates. They were arrested and sent to prison. Basically, this spring session is abolished."

Jia Lian frowned and said, "The general examination will be held in February, and the palace examination will be held in March. Why did the case happen so late?"

"I don't know the specific situation, but the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor, and the cabinet have issued instructions one after another, and will deal with the people involved in the case quickly and severely." Jia Yun shook her head.

The imperial examination has always been a very serious matter, related to the foundation of the ruler and the core interests of the scholar-official class.

Not to mention the occurrence of such a large-scale fraud case, even if one or two people cheated, there would be an uproar. It is estimated that those involved in the case will not end well.

To put it simply, when taking part in the imperial examination, as long as it is found to be cheating, it will be exile at the beginning, but most of them will be beheaded directly, which shows the severity of the punishment.

Jia Yun was lucky now that she didn't take part in the examination this year.

You must know that once you are involved in this kind of thing, it is difficult to explain clearly.

At the same time, regarding imperial examination fraud cases, the imperial court usually takes the attitude of rather killing the wrong than letting them go, quickly deal with the relevant personnel, and quickly quell the incidents and criticisms.

As long as you have doubts, you should deal with them seriously, without too much reason, and there is little room for maneuver.

Jia Lian, Xue Pan, and Jia Wenlin were also dumbfounded and shocked when they heard this.

Xue Panhou said fearfully, "Damn it, brother Yun, it's a good thing you didn't take part in the examination this year, otherwise you'd be in trouble."

"That's right, if you take the exam, even if you didn't cheat, as long as you get bitten by someone indiscriminately, you can't get rid of it. It's hard to clear your innocence!" Jia Lian nodded.

Jia Wenlin said with a smile: "This shows that our master has a good fortune."

"Think about last year, Master Xu tried every means to prevent the master from participating in this year's test in order to make the master more tempered, but he did not expect to let the master escape!"

Jia Yun laughed loudly and said, "How can I say this? If you lose your horse, you know it's not a blessing. That's right!"

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For the next ten days, Jia Yun and others stayed in Lin's residence and did not go out.

During this period, several waves of people came to attack the mansion, but they were all stayed behind by Jia Yun's personal guards.

It wasn't until mid-April that Lin Ruhai finally rushed back from Yangzhou.

In the living room, seeing his relaxed face, Jia Yun knew that the matter was almost over.

But he didn't ask, he didn't want to get too involved in this kind of thing, if it wasn't for Lin Daiyu, he would have gone to the countryside long ago.

"Thank you Zizheng for your help during this time. Don't say thank you for your kindness. In the future, if you have anything to do, just ask me. I will never refuse." Lin Ruhai thanked him with his hands clasped.

Jia Yun smiled and cupped her hands and replied, "It's not worth mentioning, Mr. Lin is serious."

Lin Ruhai waved his hand. It's not an exaggeration to say that he and Jia Yun were life-and-death acquaintances. If there is anything to remember, just keep it in your heart. It's too polite, but it's a segregation.

Then, he turned his head and said to Jia Lian: "Because of the old man's business, I feel a little sorry that my tired nephew came from the capital. During this time, I will have a good time in Gusu, and all expenses will be covered by the Lin family."

Jia Lian's face brightened, he did not refuse, and thanked him.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Ruhai said with a smile to everyone, "The matter in Jiangnan has been dealt with almost. In ten days, I will leave for Beijing to report on my work. How about we go back together?"

Jia Yun nodded and said, "I'm fine here."

He was fine, and Xue Pan and Jia Lian would naturally be fine, so the matter was settled like this.

After having dinner together in the evening, Lin Ruhai had to go out to do some work again the next day. Jia Yun said goodbye to him, saying that he would go to Xinde's farm to take a look.

Lin Ruhai didn't ask him to stay either. Knowing that Jia Yun came here this time to see the farm, he asked him to protect Lin Daiyu and let him be imprisoned in the Lin Mansion for half a month, and he felt very sorry.

But he asked Jia Yun, saying that he didn't have time to accompany Lin Daiyu these days, and hoped that Jia Yun could take her to the countryside to relax.

Jia Yun readily agreed.

Soon, Jia Yun and his party packed up and saluted, and went straight to the farm, and heard a lot of news on the way.

It was rumored in the market that in the past few days, dozens of big Jiangnan families headed by the Zhen family in Jinling had their homes ransacked.

Jia Yun knew it was true.

Although he has been staying in the Lin residence, he is not closed to outside news, so he already knew what happened to the Zhen family.

"The Zhen family fell, and the emperor was full." Jia Yun thought to herself.

This is Lin Ruhai's achievements in exchange for his efforts. Like Jia Yun, he also obtained it by stepping on other people's bones.

Jia Yun's field is located in Wu County, Gusu, on the edge of Taihu Lake, backed by mountains and facing the lake, where the climate is suitable, the land is fertile, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, the lakes are arranged, and the products are rich.

After leaving the city.

In the carriage, Lin Daiyu jumped up and down happily, opening the curtain to look out from time to time.

Jia Yun hugged her, put her in her arms, and said with a smile, "Have you rarely traveled outside?"

"Well, when I was young, my mother often took me to burn incense. Since I went to the capital, I have hardly gone out to play." Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and said.

After a pause, she blinked her eyes and sighed: "I heard that Wu County is rich in hairy crabs, but it's not the time to eat them right now. It's a pity."

"Do you like eating hairy crabs?" Jia Yun asked curiously.

Lin Daiyu shook her head and said, "Not to mention that I like it very much, but I'm going to Wu County right now, so I suddenly want to eat it."

Jia Yun smiled and said, "If you want to kiss me, I will let you eat fat and delicious hairy crabs at night, how about it?"

"Really?" Lin Daiyu asked eagerly.

Jia Yun nodded and said, "Of course, um..."

(End of this chapter)