serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 133 Lie Flat
By evening the snow had stopped.

In the short winter days, a woman led Zhou Rui's family out of Lin Daiyu's yard with a lantern.

The mother-in-law had a smile on her face: "Miss Zhenzhenlin is so kind and generous that she actually rewarded me with a silver key. Amitabha, the last time I got a silver key was Mr. Xianzhu who was selected as a scholar. The old lady was very happy."

"These slaves are getting lazy, and they don't sweep the snow on the road."

Zhou Rui's family interrupted her and snorted coldly, "There are hard times for you!"

The mother-in-law glanced at Zhou Rui's family, whose face was full of frost, curled her lips, and said it in front of the second master if you have the ability.

It's cold outside, but warm inside the house.

Jia Hu lay on the recliner with his eyes closed and rested, with his feet dangling leisurely on the low table.

Xueyan sat on the low stool beside him and gently pressed his head.But her eyes were on Qingwen who was sitting by the incense burner doing needlework.

Qingwen raised her head, saw Xueyan looking at her pitifully, covered her mouth and smiled, then stretched out her slender hands with long nails, and proudly raised her head.

Lin Daiyu came out from the inner room, looked at Jia Hu's expression, shook her head with a smirk, walked to the desk and sat down, and said: "Uncle Baoyu is an elder, you shouldn't say that, at least be euphemistic. Madam should be more careful."

As he spoke, he picked up a pen and began to write, while continuing to say: "Whether you go or not, I will send someone to send a congratulatory gift tomorrow."

Jia Hu closed his eyes slightly, coping with "hmm" in his mouth, Wang Ziteng could not give birth to a son, in order to inherit the incense, Wang Xifeng's brother Wang Ren will be formally adopted at the Wang Family Ancestral Hall tomorrow, Wang Ren is the only son, so he cannot adopt, so let Wang Ren be alone Having two houses and marrying two daughters-in-law in the future is the so-called concurrent marriage.

Why ask yourself to be a witness, shit, just want to get news from yourself.

I thought that Wang Ziteng had become more courageous, but I didn't expect the emperor to frighten him as soon as he made a move. No wonder the emperor was so relieved to hand over the command of the infantry to his hands.

Suddenly remembered something, Jia Hu sat up and asked Lin Daiyu: "Do you still remember what you said at the poetry meeting that day?"

Lin Daiyu raised her head: "What are you talking about?"

Jia Hu: "You said that the wintersweet flowers in Yangzhou are blooming, and you wrote a song "Ode to Red Plum Blossoms"."

Lin Daiyu seemed to have thought of something, looked at Jia Hu with a smile, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jia Hu stood up and said, "Isn't there a piece of wintersweet transplanted in the back garden? I thought it would not bloom this year. I just met Lin Zhixiao's family on the road and heard from her that several wintersweet trees have bloomed. It happened to be in the garden. Work is also suspended, why don't we go to the snow to find plums tomorrow?"

Lin Daiyu smiled at the corner of her mouth, looked at him steadfastly, and said for a while, "So that's the matter, thank you for your trouble."

Jia Hu: "What are you worrying about? Let's make more money! You should explain and send someone to arrange a warm sedan chair, and prepare a hand stove and fox fur sleeves to pick you up to hunt for plums in the snow."

Lin Daiyu shook her head slightly: "The affairs of the Wang family can be regarded as serious matters, so it's fine if you push it away. If it spreads, it will be bad for you."

After a pause, "It's fine if you have the heart."

"No, I still have to look at other people's eyes in my own home? Besides, in my heart, it's serious to accompany you to find plums in the snow."

Lin Daiyu burst out laughing: "You're talking nonsense again. You're not serious every day. It's the end of the year, so you don't have to ask about family affairs. It's all your sister-in-law's work."

"Don't worry about this, I know it well."

Jia Hu leaned over and sat down beside the desk, and then said: "I've made up my mind, I won't go out a few years ago, lie flat! Depending on the situation in the next year, if I'm in a bad mood, I'll just lie down until someone comes to me. "

".It's all right!"

Looking at the uneasy anxiety in Lin Daiyu's eyes, Jia Hu smiled: "No matter how this game of chess is played, I will always be the one who holds it."

Lin Daiyu just nodded.

The chiming clock in the corner suddenly rang!
Lin Daiyu turned her head to look, it was three quarters of Xu o'clock.

"Hey! Where's Zijuan?" Jia Hu asked suddenly.

Lin Daiyu blinked her eyes: "Thank you for coming to talk with me, it's late at night, you should go back."

Jia Hu took out his pocket watch and looked at it: "It's not Haishi yet, I'll sit down for a while."

"All right."

At this time, Lin Daiyu stood up and pushed Jia Hu: "It's freezing outside, and there is snow on the road, you should go back early and come back tomorrow."

"puff"

Qingwen laughed suddenly, Jia Hu was startled, then turned her head and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Qingwen blinked her eyes, Lin Daiyu hurriedly said: "Okay, you can go back first." Then she shouted to the outside: "Is there someone outside?"

A woman responded, "Someone is waiting with a lantern."

Xueyan hugged Jia Hu's fur cloak, and Lin Daiyu put it on for him, and pushed him: "Go back quickly. Tomorrow, let's go to the snow to find plums."

"Hey, are you hiding something from me?"

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Lin Daiyu glanced at him, turned around and walked back to the desk, "As you like."

Suddenly a gust of cold wind came in through the thick curtain, and the azalea rushed in like a gust of wind, holding a branch of red plum in her arms, and said excitedly: "Girl, hurry up and enjoy it, Aunt Lai and the boys took it down from the mountain with great difficulty. .

The old lady was overjoyed, and praised "what a beautiful plum blossom", and the master, wife and girls have already sent it to them.Second, the second master. Sister Amber also has one, and Aunt Lai brought it back. "

Looking at the plum blossom, and then at her little red hands, Jia Hu took the plum blossom, put it into the vase on the desk, then turned and went out.

Zijuan was stunned, and after recovering, her face turned pale, and she asked cautiously: "Second Master is angry?"

Lin Daiyu smiled: "Angry? He felt embarrassed and ashamed."

Qingwen immediately answered, "Second Master really wants to save face in front of our girls."

Xueyan nodded vigorously.

Zijuan blinked and imagined: "I still remember that time when the second master played chess with the girl. The girl said that the ninth son and the second master were not happy. In the end, I kept losing. Humber and I were in a hurry. In the end, the girl missed the chess on purpose. The second master won a round and was so happy." He laughed himself first.

Lin Daiyu looked at the plum blossoms in front of her with a smile, and said after a long time: "Get the cloak and white fox fur sleeves ready, I'm going to look for plum blossoms in the snow tomorrow."

The family temple of Prince Jing's Mansion is about twenty miles away from the capital, and it is very quiet after nightfall.

From the mountain gate to the entrance of the main hall, there are spiritual banners and curtains. The coffin of Princess Bei Jing is placed in the main hall, and the people of the Shui clan wearing mourning knees are full.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and the spirit flags outside the hall rattled.

The windows of the apse were open, and there was no fire in the hall, and the lamp on the table was flickered by the cold wind.

Beijing Wang Shui Rong was standing in front of the window at this time, the cold wind blowing his cloak back.

The butler came in and closed the windows.

Shui Rong stood there motionless: "Is everything arranged?"

"Yes." The housekeeper held a bowl of hot tea to Shui Rong, and said in a hoarse voice: "My lord, Zhen Fu climbed up to King Yizhong again."

Shui Rong thought for a while: "Leave him alone."

"Yes."

The butler hesitated for a moment, and asked, "What should I do next, please show me, my lord."

There was a fierce look in Shui Rong's eyes: "The New Year is coming soon. Let them settle down for a few days and have a surprise New Year."

The butler lowered his head: "Yes."

"My lord." The eunuch's voice came from outside the door.

Shui Rong walked to the upper left and sat down: "Come in."

The chief eunuch came in, took out a letter from his sleeve, and offered it with both hands: "An urgent letter from Chang Shi from the capital."

Shui Rong took it and opened it to look at it, stood up immediately, and said excitedly: "Okay! Okay! This old thing has finally fallen down!" Speaking of which, he hurried a few steps and then stopped suddenly, and said to the chief eunuch: "You go there yourself and tell Chang Shi to get more gunpowder."

Chief eunuch: "Yes." He bowed and retreated.

The housekeeper was worried. Gunpowder was a controlled material, and it took a lot of money to get some from Shenjiying, and it would be easy to be exposed if it continued.After hesitating for a moment, he still said, "My lord."

"Needless to say."

Shui Rong's eyes flashed, and his voice revealed murderous intent: "Mr. Wu's hands are covered with the blood of the Shui clan, and they should pay it back."

(End of this chapter)