Red House Shoufu

Chapter 24
The fallen leaves soon covered the ground, and Lin Shu stood at the Suzhou pier looking at the shadow of the boat in the distance.

Fuquan led the guards to observe the pedestrians around vigilantly. The last assassination has no clues so far, which makes Lin Shu's confidant feel very ashamed.

"Fuquan, don't be so nervous. Both the Suzhou Government Office and the Embroidery Guard Qianhu Office have already warned those people, and they will not do anything again for the time being."

Lin Shu said sarcastically: "A group of scumbags who hide their heads and show their tails only have so many dirty tricks."

Fuquan nodded, but still observed the surrounding situation.Seeing him like this, Lin Shu just smiled and said nothing.

A few days ago, I received a letter from Jia Lian, saying that the emperor had granted him a vacation, and he was going to Yangzhou today.

Suzhou Wharf is very busy with merchants delivering goods and visiting relatives and friends.

After waiting for a long time, Lin Shu finally saw Jia Lian on the side of a rather luxurious passenger ship.

"Cousin Lin, I'm here... here..."

Lin Shu saw that the other party was waving to him excitedly, he also waved with a smile and went up to meet him.

I saw Jia Lian helping a slender young woman with a beautiful appearance, a pair of red and phoenix triangle eyes, and two curved willow-leaf hanging eyebrows, to get off the boat.

"Cousin Lin, this is your sister-in-law!"

Wang Xifeng?The letter didn't say she was coming!
Lin Shu hurriedly cupped his hands and said hello: "I've seen my sister-in-law, and Cousin Lian didn't know how to say it in the letter, so I can take Yu'er with me. She has been talking about my sister-in-law for a long time."

Wang Xifeng covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "I also miss Sister Lin very much. I haven't seen her for more than two years. I don't know if she is still that Sister Lin who loves to cry."

"This is not a place to talk, let's go home quickly to clean up the dust..."

Lin Shu saw that the two were very tired, and quickly led Wang Xifeng into the carriage, and Jia Lian rode with him.

Jia Lian is now the envoy of Sipinlong Guard Township. Compared with two years ago, he has lost his flashy look. He looks majestic and his skin is rough and dark.

Wearing a strong military robe today, with an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist, seeing Lin Shu sizing him up, he said with a hearty smile, "Cousin Lin thinks brother's appearance is a bit strange?"

Lin Shu shook his head: "Second Lord Lian, who looks like this, is like a descendant of Xianrong Kingdom!"

Jia Lian laughed out loud. I don't know how much suffering he has endured in the past two years to get his body back to normal.He practiced martial arts with the masters in the palace every day, rain or shine. Although he couldn't fly over the wall like in the storybook, three or five people were really not his opponents.

Seeing that Lin Shu looked a little thinner, he said with concern: "Even though it is the time of filial piety, Cousin Lin should also make up for it, and next year's spring will have a good time."

"Wait until we get rid of the server, anyway, it's not too late."

Lin Shu patted his horse and approached Jia Lian, and asked in a low voice, "Why is my sister-in-law here too? You didn't say anything in your letter."

Hearing Lin Shu's words, Jia Lian, who was originally high-spirited, replied with a bitter expression: "It's not my good second aunt, her own brother was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, and he has been tossing a lot in the mansion these days. If the old lady didn't stop me , I want to bring my second sister here."

So it turned out that Lin Shu also saw the news from the mansion newspaper that Prince Teng, the governor of the Beijing camp, suddenly entered the Ministry of War and sat on the high and powerful position of Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

Needless to say, the Supreme Emperor once again vented his dissatisfaction with the emperor's son and intervened in the central appointment.

Jia Lian continued: "However, His Majesty arranged for two confidants to serve as the left and right servants of the Ministry of War. Wang Ziteng didn't get any real power, but he only had the name of a minister."

After all, the emperor has been on the throne for a long time, and the emperor's mind has become more proficient.Lin Shu thought about the news he had received from the Wang family a few days ago, the center had been greatly mobilized, and the cabinet even changed two cabinet ministers.

Now the emperor should take the initiative. Among the four ministers in the cabinet, except for the first assistant who is neutral and the second assistant who is backed by the Supreme Emperor, the remaining two are the emperor's cronies.

The two discussed the affairs of the court in a low voice, entered the city from the north gate, and arrived at the Lin Mansion in a short while.

Daiyu was originally studying with the two nuns Zhang and Lu in the study, when she suddenly saw an impossible figure appearing in the yard through the window.

"Ah, am I dazzled? Why is there a phoenix pepper in the yard?"

Xueyan who was serving at the side also followed Daiyu's gaze, she was also surprised.

Wang Xifeng strode to the window, stretched out his hand and pinched Daiyu's face sitting by the window: "Feng Lazi came from the capital to see Xiaoleibao, do you welcome me?"

"Ah, it's really Sister Feng!"

Daiyu jumped up happily, and then returned to her ladylike appearance, Fushen apologized to the two mothers, Zhang and Lu: "You two mothers, a relative is here, and I would like to ask the two mothers to rest first. Let’s make up this lesson another day.”

Nanny Zhang nodded kindly. Nanny Wang had already told her about the people and affairs of Daiyu's family, the Rongguo Mansion.

"The county lord is the lord, and this old slave will naturally obey the county lord's orders."

Wang Xifeng walked into the room, and the two nuns blessed him: "This old servant has met Mr. Gong!"

Wang Xifeng returned the salute generously to the two nanny, these two are high-ranking nanny in the palace, even if she has the order of a fourth-rank respected person, she still can't be rude.

"I'm bothering you two sisters. I haven't seen my cousin for two years. Please don't take offense at the rudeness just now."

"It's human nature, how could you talk about being rude. Mr. Gong is polite, and the old slave will leave first, so I won't bother the county master and Mr. Gong to reminisce about the old days."

Zhang and Lu bowed and retreated, and Wang Xifeng breathed a sigh of relief: "How did Sister Lin survive these two years? Standing there with these two nuns, I feel nervous all over."

Daiyu smiled and took Wang Xifeng's hand to lead her to sit down: "Don't talk about Sister Feng, I didn't dare to approach the two nuns at first. They are so serious, but after getting familiar with them, I realized that the two nuns are just There are more rules in the palace, and I am not used to life outside."

Wang Xifeng touched Daiyu's face and looked him up and down.Sure enough, the family is still comfortable. Judging from Daiyu's current appearance, she is not as thin and weak as she was back then.

It seems that this Cousin Lin, as Jia Lian said, raised Daiyu like a daughter.

"Your Lian's second brother said that Cousin Lin raised you as a daughter. I didn't believe it at first. Now that I see your appearance, I believe it. Look at this little face, so delicate and tender, you can squeeze water out of it... ..."

Wang Xifeng smiled coquettishly, pinched Daiyu's pretty face lightly with her hands, and jokingly said, "It's Cousin Lin himself, with a thin face, did he feed you all the delicious food, and he was hungry?"

Daiyu lightly patted Wang Xifeng's "devil's claws" away, rushed forward and hugged Wang Xifeng's waist, scratching the itchy flesh, and the two began to fight on the soft couch.

……

At noon, the four of them had a vegetarian banquet in the front hall. Although there was no silk and bamboo opera during the banquet, it was extremely comfortable and joyful.

(End of this chapter)