Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 399 5.81 How did it affect Miss Lin’s reputation?
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How did 5.81 affect Miss Lin’s reputation?
Early the next morning, someone who still had some ideas was forcibly kicked out of the room, and had no choice but to leave the Xue family garden. He wanted to take a six-foot-six-broken horse sword from the inner study for daily training, but he heard a soft sound in the garden of the inner courtyard. Shouting, he walked over with a thought in mind, and sure enough he saw the Zhao sisters sparring.

But I saw that the two girls were like walking through flowers and twisting trees. The originally dangerous fight turned out to be extremely beautiful, like two colorful butterflies flying continuously. The only thing that showed that they were sparring was the occasional clash of weapons, and the background. The flash of sword light in the morning light made Zhou Yang stop in his tracks, shocked by the excellent swordsmanship skills of the two girls.

"Brother-in-law, are you finally willing to give up?" The two girls obviously saw her, and after less than half a cup of tea, they each sheathed their swords. Zhao Yanling smoothly put the sword to his waist and came forward with a smile, "But The two sisters couldn't help but kick Brother Zhou out?"

"Damn girl, what are you talking about?" Zhou Yang went up and hugged her, raised his hand and gave her a few blows, "It's not like I didn't tell you what happened back then. If I had been as capable as I am now, Where would...um."

"Puff-chuck!" The sisters of the Zhao family held each other's hands and laughed non-stop while looking at someone who was stuck in embarrassment.

"Brother Zhou, although my younger sister can't understand the current world, just like Long Yang, who has become an 'elegant thing' for the son of a family, but for a brother like elder brother, younger sister really don't want to talk about it." But, I haven’t even heard of it, at least my younger sister knows that His Royal Highness Yongchang has a niece, who seems to be in the eldest brother’s too.” Zhao Qiying said with a mocking smile.

"Okay, you two have been practicing all morning, why don't you go take a shower and take a break?" Zhou Yang awkwardly put on a staring expression and got angry at a certain sister who was still mocking, "Also, are you guys? Too free, don’t you have anything else to do at home?”

"There is nothing to talk about at home, but there is another matter." Contrary to Zhou Yang's expectation, he was just trying to change the subject, but he actually met Zhao Qiying, who was obviously well prepared, "Brother Zhou was busy with official duties yesterday afternoon. At that time, my younger sister got the news that Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and his son from the Ningguo Mansion left the capital in the afternoon, and went to the village outside the city, presumably to do some dirty things."

"Oh?" Zhou Yang immediately understood what Zhao Qiying meant, "Are you sure?"

"Brother Zhou, don't worry. What's the problem with these two losers? They don't even have any bodyguards around them. The few key servants just look glamorous. Maybe it's okay to scare ordinary people. It's okay for any second-rate or above expert in the world. It's all of no use." Zhao Qiying said confidently, "Do you want to arrange an attack?"

"Don't let them go back to the capital again." Zhou Yang nodded without hesitation. Originally, if the two of them were just eating, drinking and having fun behind closed doors, even if something crossed the line, he would be too lazy to deal with it, but they shouldn't No, you should never be attached to Yizhong County King, and you want to drag yourself into the water. This is the red line of the current court. Whoever touches it will die!

"Little sister, I'll tell you to go down now. I think there will be news back tomorrow." Zhao Qiying nodded, pulling Zhao Yanling to leave.

"Wait a minute." Zhou Yang stopped them with a sudden thought, "As soon as I mentioned taking action, I thought of another thing. How is the prefect of Jinling City doing now?"

"He does have a lot of ideas, but what can he do?" Zhao Qiying shook his head disdainfully, "After we left, he thought about revenge more than once, but the current reputation is really bad. Who among the forces with dignity would fall in love with a loser whose wife ran away with a slave? Aren't they afraid of ruining their reputation along with them?"

"You mean, he didn't take any actual actions?" Zhou Yang thought for a while and asked, "And he didn't cause any losses to us?"

"No, at least he was still the prefect of Jinling. For a period of time, he was bent on being a mad dog, which indeed caused a lot of trouble for Xue Zihao." Zhao Qiying shook his head and said, "Later, Mr. Xue came up with a way to pay for the entire company. Everyone in the Tianfu Yamen was fed, and after that, the prefect’s thoughts could only stop at the Yamen’s backyard, especially after the news that his wife ran away with his slaves spread throughout Jiangnan."

"Okay, don't make him work so hard." Zhou Yang said nonchalantly, "Although it's just a small loss of money, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. You can't feed the dog in vain - make arrangements to send the prefect to rest. Well, prepare in advance and release the news in time afterwards, saying that his life was difficult, depressed and depressed, and he committed suicide because he couldn't stand the rumors."

"My little sister will pass the news to Mr. Xue as soon as possible. I think he will be interested." Zhao Qiying said with a smile.

"Oh? I forgot about my second uncle." Zhou Yang couldn't help laughing, "That's it, you don't have to worry about it. It just so happens that Brother Tao is here to deliver things during this period. The next time I run into him Just saying it will save us both sides from having too big a target and causing unnecessary leaks."

"Brother Zhou, it's good if you have the intention." Zhao Qiying nodded and left hand in hand with Zhao Yanling.

Zhou Yang didn't think much about it. He was about to wash up and have breakfast, and then go to the military camp to supervise training or official duties, when he saw Qingwen rushing over in a hurry, with anxiety on her face.

"Master, Master Lin is here." As soon as the girl came over, she said hurriedly without bothering to salute, "When the servant came, he was already at the door. Because no one in the family was worthy to greet him, the servant had no choice but to come over."

"Master Lin?" Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment. Normally, he and Lin Ruhai belong to the civil and military fields, so it's okay to have a little friendship in private. However, such public interactions are very taboo according to the rules. "I'll go over there right away. Please take care of yourself as soon as possible." A pot of tea is delivered to the main hall of the main courtyard."

"Slave, let's go now." Qingwen nodded and turned around to leave.

Not to mention the matters on his side, at the same time, the Xue family garden was in the sleeping room and the pavilion. "Baby girl, get up." Even though it was still early, the winter sun had just emerged from the east, barely beginning to sway the warmth that was not much, the room was still illuminated by the morning light, and it also shone on the two people who had an awkward relationship. Wang Shuying said angrily and with shame, "Ziyang just went out, we should have gone earlier."

"Mother!" Xue Baochai interrupted her softly, frowned and sat up to hold back the discomfort, and pulled a pillow behind her back. "Although my daughter is very uncomfortable, it is not unacceptable, but what happens in the future will not be difficult for us." Is this going to continue?”

"Bao Yatou, what do you mean?" Wang Shuying, who has never been a very smart person, asked hurriedly after hearing this.

"Since my daughter has accepted the errand of His Highness Yongchang, she should serve him more in the future." Xue Baochai said softly, "We still have to exercise some restraint. My daughter understands Brother Zhou's thoughts, but if we really follow him, everything will be wrong." If he goes too far, how should we deal with it?"

"Silly girl, you just think too much." Wang Shuying gently hugged her daughter, lowered her head and bit her ears, and briefly explained her experiences with other girls in the Zhou family these days, which made Xue Baochai so embarrassed that she couldn't even lift her head. , "He is used to being ridiculous, but you are right. From now on, it will be good to only stay with His Highness Yongchang. But if he has any thoughts again, he must not refute them all."

"It's up to mother to decide." After fully understanding someone's "hobby", Xue Baochai knew that he couldn't avoid it, so he could only say helplessly, "Daughter, you still don't listen to your mother."

The girls here spoke in a relaxed manner, but the atmosphere in the living room was a bit depressing. After such a long time, Zhou Yang and Lin Ruhai had naturally passed the time for greetings, but now Lin Ruhai's face was a little gloomy, and Zhou Yang was obviously embarrassed.

"General Zhou means that he doesn't want to take care of it anymore?" Lin Ruhai asked with a cold face.

"Master Lin, I also helped arrange the arrangements before sending Miss Lin back to Beijing. I took care of her along the way and didn't even meet her a few times." Zhou Yang explained with a wry smile that he would never let go of Lin Daiyu. But that was an arrangement for the future. "After I returned to Beijing, I made even more careful arrangements. In order to avoid suspicion, I specially placed him in the Xue family."

It's obviously not possible now, because there is only one position for the head wife, but Princess Yongjing has already decided on it, and there is no way to go back on it anyway. He originally wanted to delay for some time and slowly think of a solution in the future. Sister Lin is still young anyway, but The only thing I didn't expect was that the old father-in-law Lin Ruhai would personally come to "force the marriage".

"General Zhou doesn't think that outsiders don't know the conditions of the four courtyards in this alley, right?" Lin Ruhai glared at someone and said, "Just like the last row of corridors in the courtyard, do you really think you can't see it from the outside? Back then, I It was General Trouble who took care of me when I went to Beijing, but I didn’t expect you to arrange it directly in your own yard.

Although the Lin family is originally from Suzhou, Jiangnan, they rarely go back since the Zhou Dynasty returned to the capital. They have their own mansion in the capital. They only need the help of the general to repair it, and the daughter can live there; even if she is not available for a while, It is convenient, and there is also a grandma's house where she can stay temporarily, but now according to General Zhou's approach, what will happen to the little girl's reputation in the future? "

"Mr. Lin, not to mention that I came back from Jiangnan all the way. I didn't even sit on a passenger ship with Miss Lin. Even if I arranged for her to stay at Xue's house after coming to Beijing, I wouldn't spread it casually in my mansion. Why? Will it affect Miss Lin's good reputation?" Zhou Yang's voice was already filled with anger. He wanted to take Lin Daiyu home, that would be a matter of the future, but if it really affected the girl's good reputation, it would be more than worth the gain.

"Of course I believe it." Lin Ruhai nodded without hesitation, "It's just that General Zhou only thought about the facts, but never thought about the old incident of 'Zhao Kuangyin sent Zhao Jingniang'?"

"Ah?" Zhou Yang was taken aback, as if he had been tricked by the old fox in front of him.

Of course, such "discussions" will not lead to any results, and will end up "breaking up on bad terms."Zhou Yang thought about it depressedly for a long time, and didn't expect how to solve it now; but what he didn't see was that Lin Ruhai left Zhou's house with an "angry face" and got into the carriage. As soon as he closed the door, he relaxed, and his face became dark. A meaningful smile.

That night, the Lin family's old house.

"Dad, do you really mean that?" Lin Daiyu's face turned red with embarrassment. Fortunately, the two of them were in the backyard living room, and no outsiders saw them. "Brother Zhou takes such good care of you, how can you say anything so directly to Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Jingniang? How can my daughter be at home with Big Brother Zhou and several sisters now?"

"Silly girl, it's not because of you." Lin Ruhai smiled confidently, "As for the future, I will arrange it for you."

"But, my daughter seems to have heard that His Highness Yongchang made arrangements," Lin Daiyu said worriedly, "Even Sister Bao of the Xue family is living there now. What should we do if we get involved with the royal family? "

"What about the royal family?" Lin Ruhai smiled lightly and didn't take it seriously at all.

At the same time, in a village in the western suburbs of the capital, Jia Zhen, the third-ranking powerful general of the Ningguo Mansion, and his only son Jia Rong stayed for a while to relax. Unexpectedly, they were targeted and assassinated by the White Lotus Demon. Jia Zhen died on the spot, and Jia Rong suffered several injuries. It's okay, but it can't be recovered in a short time. The main problem is that I heard that he was injured in an undisclosed area.

A few days later, the yamen of the prefect of Jinling, Yin Jiayu Village of Yingtianfu, because of the oppressive and difficult life, couldn't think of committing suicide for a while, which caused a lot of sighs; , even the funeral affairs were handled with the help of colleagues in the yamen.

(End of this chapter)