Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 321 5.3 Met Sister Lin

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5.3 Met Sister Lin

The next morning, Lin Mansion.

Even if there is a "pause" rule these days, with Jia Min's identity, the funeral cannot last long, let alone more than half a month; therefore, although the so-called "condolences" are complete with all kinds of props, they are actually more of a walk-in As a procedure, it is enough to burn paper and kowtow at a special place in the house where memorial tablets are enshrined.

"Lord Lin, my condolences!" Of course, all necessary procedures must be completed, such as meeting Lin Ruhai in the study room of Lin's residence.

"Thank you, General Zhou!" Compared with the high-spiritedness when we last met in the capital, Lin Ruhai was only in his thirties at this time. She was emotionally stunned and gave people the feeling of a "hero in his twilight years", with extra frosty sideburns. , which surprised Zhou Yang, "I have received the message before the general came here. If you need to give Lin any instructions, please don't be polite."

"Lord Lin, what you said is serious!" Zhou Yang quickly said politely. Even if he didn't talk about anything else, although Lin Ruhai in front of him was only temporarily assigned to the fifth rank, his official status had been changed to the censor of the Inspectorate and the third rank Lantai. The title of the temple doctor said, "This time when I come here, the Queen and His Highness Yongchang have ordered me to bring some gifts to Miss Lin. My wife has already sent them over just now."

"Lin Hai would like to thank the Queen and His Highness Yongchang!" Lin Ruhai stood up slowly, bowed in the direction of the capital, then sat down again and said, "Your Majesty has also given a verbal order in advance, asking me to follow your arrangements, but I don't know what will happen this time. Act?"

"Before discussing actions, I still need to understand what you have in your hands." As the saying goes, "Know yourself and your enemy and you will win in any battle." Knowing your enemy aside, Zhou Yang will definitely not forget to sort out his own affairs. "'The Eight Major Salt Merchants The family's name is spread all over the world, and Yangzhou is their home court. If there is no good opportunity to start, it will be difficult for anyone to do it.

But I don’t know how much Lord Lin has mastered?What I mean is, is there a target that can be directly attacked and killed without having to worry about someone claiming the blame?The power of the salt merchants is not only in Yangzhou, not even just in Jiangnan, even the imperial court in the capital also has their backstage arrangements, if not."

"No!" Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Although we have more or less evidence, these things can only bring down some small families, and those eight families can do nothing anyway, even if they are involved. , if we really talk about it, the most it will do is make them uncomfortable, but General Zhou has already seen the result."

"Since there is no chance, we can only create opportunities." Zhou Yang sighed helplessly and explained in detail the plan he had discussed with Dongfang Bing. He found that although Lin Ruhai's expression was a bit serious or even gloomy, he never spoke to object, "Lin Ruhai Sir, I know this will put Miss Lin in danger, but with the current situation, Sir, I also know that dragging it out will only make it more difficult."

In the original work, Lin Ruhai failed to get support from Emperor Yonghe and relied on her own strength to resist in Yangzhou. As a result, the delay lasted for a long time. Apart from sending Lin Daiyu to the capital, she could not do anything else, and ultimately ended up with her own life. Not to mention, in fact, it didn't achieve much effect. The original work didn't even mention posthumous titles or "glory after death."

Because Yangzhou is ultimately the territory of salt merchants, it is difficult to say what evidence will be retained if time is delayed a little; and the longer it is delayed, Lin Ruhai's situation will only get worse, and there is absolutely no possibility of improvement; unless the capital can start from above. He went down to help, but under the current situation, Emperor Yonghe himself was in danger and could not spare any manpower.

"Your Majesty, did you only arrange for the general to come over?" Lin Ruhai's voice was a little hoarse.

"Not bad!" Zhou Yang nodded helplessly, "There is some instability in the capital."

"Speaking of which, Lin remembers that the general is a disciple of Rongguo Mansion?" Lin Ruhai looked obviously disappointed, but still held back his emotions, "It's really rude. Since I took office last year, I haven't been able to visit my mother-in-law for some time. I don’t know what’s going on in that house now.”

"The old lady is in good health. She was still in good spirits the last time I saw her. There will be no problem if she lives for another ten years." Zhou Yang said with a smile, "Second Uncle Zheng is quite stable in the Ministry of Industry, and Mr. Lin also knows the specific situation. "Second brother Lian was also appointed to a foreign post last year and is currently serving as the county magistrate in Yancheng. I heard that he has achieved great results."

"Haha——" Lin Ruhai showed a knowing smile and saw that Zhou Yang's words were not entirely true. For example, the people mentioned here were either unable to get through or were officials. The problem was that the man from Rongguo Mansion was There were more than a dozen people and dozens of female relatives, but most of them didn't say a word, obviously not wanting to say anything unpleasant, "Okay, let's leave it like this for now.

Lin agreed to your arrangement, but you must ensure that there will be no problems with the little girl this time. Furthermore, after this time, Lin will send the little girl to the capital, whether it is Rongguo Mansion or not, no matter what the general arranges. , no matter other places, we must not continue to stay in this land of right and wrong. Lin will arrange the rest. "

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin!" Zhou Yang frowned, but nodded in agreement, "My main purpose is to lure the snake out of the hole, so I will naturally protect Miss Lin. If we can take the opportunity to capture the enemy this time, it will be considered a real victory in Yangzhou. I have torn a hole in the land of barrels; please prepare all kinds of evidence from before so that I can act more conveniently."

"Don't worry, general!" Lin Ruhai nodded, "Do you need any help from Lin?"

"No need. As the saying goes, 'Nothing can be accomplished unless it is kept secret'. It's hard to tell if the manpower here in Yangzhou has someone else's manpower. I brought the manpower with me when I came down, so I don't have to worry about it." Zhou Yang smiled and shook his head in refusal, " It’s just that I have some things that I need to explain to Miss Lin personally, so please don’t mind me.”

"General Zhou's words are serious - come here, take General Zhou to the garden." Lin Ruhai sighed softly and waved his hand, and actually asked Zhou Yang to go see Lin Daiyu by himself.

"Master Lin," Zhou Yang was confused for a moment, then quickly stood up and said, "Isn't it a little inappropriate?" "Since you are a disciple of Rongguo Mansion, you naturally don't have to be acquainted with this manor." Lin Ruhai waved his hand lightly and signaled. He went out directly, "What's more, this matter is all led by you. It's gratifying to succeed, but it's just a family reunion if it fails. Lin doesn't care about trivial matters."

"Don't worry, sir!" Zhou Yang nodded solemnly.

A moment later, the pavilion in the back garden of Lin Mansion.

A distressed-looking girl sat at the stone table with a sad expression, her beautiful eyes swollen into peaches; but she was holding her chin with her right hand, letting the girl behind her dressed as a maid repeatedly persuade her, but she looked at the small bowl on the table. Neither of them looked; there was another person looking anxiously at the two people in front of him, but there was nothing he could do. Who was it if it wasn't Zhao Yanling?
"Brother-in-law, why are you here?" Not to mention the master and servant who were still fighting, Zhao Yanling saw Zhou Yang coming alone at a glance, and hurriedly greeted him, "This is the inner garden of the Lin Mansion, and there are family members here. This, you"

"Don't worry, I said hello to Mr. Lin before I came here." Zhou Yang smiled and nodded, then turned around and looked towards the stone table.

"Sister Lin, this is my brother-in-law Zhou Yang. I came here with him this time." At this time, an introducer was obviously more suitable. Zhao Yanling took it over in time, "Brother-in-law, this is the sister of the Lin family in the mansion. I must be You already know it from Master Lin!”

"Little sister has met Brother Zhou!" Even though she was unhappy, sister Lin still maintained the most basic etiquette of a lady, and took the initiative to stand up and give a Wanfu gift as a greeting.

"I've met Sister Lin!" Zhou Yang smiled and returned the favor, then looked at the steaming small bowl on the table and said with a smile, "Why, sister, what's wrong with you, why can't you even eat this little food? This night's rice porridge, not only for me, but also in Yan Ling's hands, I'm afraid it's not even a snack.

Sister Lin should remember one thing, the body is the capital of life, no matter how big the problem is, there is always a solution, but if the body is broken, no matter how good things are, it will not have anything to do with you; the first thing to ensure is the body. The thing is, you must eat enough. I see that your body is so thin that it makes people feel distressed. If you don’t eat anymore, do you really want to be blown away by the wind? "

"Brother-in-law is right!" Zhao Yanling turned around and sat next to Lin Daiyu, hugged her gently and said, "You have been suffering from insufficiency since you were a child. You have to eat this or that all day long, even if you are Mrs. Lin You can't do this too? I guess Madam has a spirit in heaven and she doesn't want to see it, right?"

"Yan Ling?" Zhou Yang then remembered that Zhao Yanling's medical skills were very good.

"It doesn't matter, you don't even need to take medicine. You just need to add a few herbs to your daily meals to supplement your food." Zhao Yanling smiled and brought the red dates, shredded chicken, and japonica rice porridge to Sister Lin's mouth, "Eat it quickly. , it will get cold if you don’t eat it!”

"How about this? You take care of yourself and recover, and I'll take you out for a walk in two days to relax." Zhou Yang's words made Sister Lin's expression brighten, but it quickly dimmed.

"General Zhou, this..." The servant girl obviously got instructions and knew about Zhou Yang's situation, but it would be nonsense to ask her girl to go out with a man she just met once, "The girl just wants to go out, where is the master?" "

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin arranged this for me. Otherwise, if we hadn't met for the first time, there would be no reason to go out together. Besides, I didn't really take Sister Lin out for fun and relaxation!" Zhou Yang comforted her with a smile. ,"May I have your name?"

"My slave Xue Yan has met General Zhou!"

"Brother-in-law?" Zhao Yanling realized Zhou Yang's purpose and expressed it with worried eyes. She didn't feel relieved until Zhou Yang nodded with a smile and put the rice porridge to Sister Lin's mouth again.

"Thank you, Brother Zhou and Sister Yan Ling!" Sister Lin stood up and bowed gently, then sat down again and took the small bowl from Zhao Yanling's hand.

"General Zhou, I wonder where you are going?" Xue Yan was obviously still not at ease.

"Mrs. Lin has just left. Sister Lin might as well find an ancient temple nearby and pray for her!" Zhou Yang said with a smile, "The time is the day after tomorrow. As for the place, I heard that Tianning Temple is an ancient temple with a history of thousands of years. It is efficacious, so let’s go there!”

"Thank you, Brother Zhou, for taking care of me!" The "bowl" of rice porridge would probably only be three mouthfuls for an average person. Even if Sister Lin ate slowly, she had finished it at this time. After hearing the arrangement, she stood up gently to thank her.

"Okay, you two rest!" After meeting and saying hello, it was naturally inconvenient for Zhou Yang to continue to take it with him in the inner courtyard of the Lin Mansion. After speaking, he nodded to Zhao Yanling, and the two stood up and said goodbye together, "Sister Lin Remember, you must take good care of yourself, this is the greatest filial piety to Mrs. Lin!"

(End of this chapter)