Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Yu Xin said, not giving Lin Daiyu time to react. He stood up and lifted off the white cloth covering the canvas.

What comes into view is a girl running against the wind amidst the vast expanses of green. The girl is wearing a gorgeous and exquisite dress, with a smart and cunning smile. She opens her arms slightly, as if she will cross the canvas and jump into their arms at the next moment.

Lin Daiyu suddenly opened her eyes wide, looked at Yu Xin in disbelief, and murmured "big brother".

Yu Xin smiled a little reservedly, "Huh, you know, I am a poppy, and I am not just a fancy embroidered pillow!"
Lin Daiyu stood up eagerly and trotted to the canvas. She wanted to reach out and touch it, but then she retracted, incredulously, "This is Sister Bao! How can it be painted so similar?"

picture?
That's just the most basic skill, his paintings are more than just images!

Yu Xin murmured silently, but smiled modestly and said, "This is a completely different painting method from our freehand painting. It emphasizes realism, but it is just a novelty. It will make my sister smile, and it is not worth mentioning."

Lin Daiyu's academic attribute was triggered, and she had long forgotten her embarrassment. She took Yu Xin to teach her about Western painting methods, and she was eager to get started.

Seeing that she was interested, Yu Xin naturally told her everything. Seeing that it was getting late, he urged Lin Daiyu to go back to rest, and said with a smile, "This doesn't need to be explained clearly in just one or two hours. If you can learn it, my sister doesn't have to." Don't worry, just take your time later."

It won’t be as convenient as it is now!

Lin Daiyu replied silently and returned to her room obediently.

She was thinking about Western paintings and thinking about Yu Xin's departure. She went back to wash up and lie down, but she couldn't sleep at all. She clearly saw that the light in the west room had been on all night.

She felt like a cat scratching her head and wanted to take a look. She even thought that if her eldest brother was not asleep, she could continue to ask for advice.

However, she did not move in the end, lying on the bed obediently, until she saw the candlelight in the west room went out, followed by a slight sound on the window.

She knew that Yu Xin was gone.

She lay silently in the darkness for a while, then got up, put on her clothes, held the candlestick and headed to the west room.

The injured person who had been recovering there for nearly half a month has left. There is a canvas on the desk next to the window.

On the canvas, a girl who looked exactly like her stared at her with a pair of loving eyes, looking cute and happy at the same time.

Lin Daiyu stood there and watched quietly for a while, then stepped forward, picked up the folded rice paper in front of the canvas, and opened it. There were only a few words inside, "So, my sister must like my brother, right?"

But he was answering her sentence "Who wants to like you——"

Lin Daiyu slowly folded the paper as it was, and held it against her heart. It felt sour, stuffy, and uncomfortable.

It must be reluctance, right?

She was reluctant to let go of her brother who had just started teaching her painting. He was so busy and lived in the outer courtyard of Xue Mansion. He didn't know when he would be able to find time to teach her?

If I had known earlier, I would have shamelessly asked him what he was doing in Tutu Huahua.

Lin Daiyu twitched the corner of her mouth, but her eye circles were red...

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After Yu Xin left the Lin Mansion, he did not return to the Xue family, nor did he go to Zhenfusi. Instead, he directly blended in with the courtiers who entered the palace, and sent himself directly to the emperor, once again standing on the bright side. .

His injury has been healed. This is in the capital. The emperor knows that he is back. No matter how arrogant the people behind the scenes are, they will not dare to pursue him openly.

They didn't know where he hid the evidence, or whether he took it directly back to the capital.

Although the baby is on the way, no one dares to be presumptuous as long as the fake monk is there.

What he has to do is to quietly retrieve the hidden evidence and wait for the person behind the scenes to jump over the wall and reveal a flaw, so that he can be beaten to death!
Yu Xin had a good plan, but he didn't expect that some dogs would not only jump over the wall when they are anxious, but also bite indiscriminately.

After Xue Baobao met Baozhuang, he handed over all the chores along the way to Baozhuang.

Baozhuang always chooses official roads with lots of people and lively places, and lodging places always choose lively large market towns.

They didn't encounter any trouble along the way, and they were as calm as if the interception that night had never happened.

However, the transportation conditions in ancient times were limited. It was more than 2000 kilometers away from Chuting to the capital. It was impossible for them to walk on the official road forever, let alone stay in the lively and prosperous market towns.

Ten days later, they arrived at a mountain range.

When he stepped into this continuous mountain range, Xue Baobao's heart was beating wildly for no reason.

She didn't want to look like a superstitious little old lady, but she couldn't control her timidity. She clung to the horse's reins and hesitated to move forward.

Baozhuang noticed something strange about her almost immediately and asked why.

Xue Baobao had no choice but to hesitate to explain the reason. Baozhuang thought for a while, took out the prince's seal and handed it to Yang Jinping, asking him to go to the local government office and ask for hundreds of government officials to escort him.

Yang Jinping stammered, "Hey, hundreds of government officials? Do you need such a big movement?"
This place is hundreds of miles away from Chuting County, so they can't pursue it this far, right? "

Moreover, when they first left Chuting County, they had already hired more than 100 government officials to escort them!
Baozhuang smiled, "Just think of it as buying my sister peace of mind."

Yang Jinping, "..."

Okay, who is the prince and who keeps his word?

The group retreated to a small town near the official road again, and Yang Jinping desperately ran errands to find someone.

At noon, he came back with more than 100 people with a good look on his face. "We can't gather that many people at the moment, so we can only bring back so many first. It may take another three or four days to wait."

Xue Baobao was worried about Yu Xin's safety, so he didn't want to wait for so long, so he said, "There are almost 300 people at both ends. That's enough. Let's go into the mountain."

Baozhuang naturally agreed without any hesitation. Xue Baobao smiled sheepishly at Yang Jinping and said, "I'm sorry for bothering Mr. Yang."

Yang Jinping returned the gift, "Miss Xue, you are so polite, we are all part of the same family!"

Xue Baobao looked at his bright and handsome smiling face and secretly regretted that this Mr. Yang had a good temper.

The young master from an aristocratic family is good-looking, well-educated, has a good temper, and has no bad habits. He is very pleasing to the eye and heart.

I heard that the Yang family proposed marriage to Uncle Lin for him, but it was a pity that he was not good at reading, otherwise he could still be a match for her, Sister Lin...

Xue Baobao's regret reached its peak when Yang Jinping personally brought a bowl of soup to Nan Xing.

Serving soup to a servant may seem like nothing to modern people, but it was rare and rare among ancient people.

However, this young man from an aristocratic family had obviously never done such a job, so he kindly handed over a bowl of soup, but he let go before Nan Xing could hold it firmly.

Fortunately, Nan Xing was very skilled. He bent his waist slightly, turned his wrist, and was about to catch the bowl firmly.However, Yang Jinping also rushed to pick it up. The two of them collided with each other, and a bowl of soup was poured onto Nan Xing and Yang Jinping. Not only that, Yang Jinping also bumped into Nan Xing's arms.

Beside the lit bonfire, Nan Xing sat next to Asafoetida, and Xue Baobao sat next to Asafoetida, very close to the accident scene.

Seeing that he was likely to suffer the disaster of fish in the pond, Xue Baobao hurriedly turned his body and leaned down to lift his skirt, fearing that he would also be splashed by the soup.

The moment she lowered her eyes, Asafoetida screamed. Xue Baobao subconsciously looked up and saw Nan Xing falling on his back, with a metal object stuck straight into his heart where the soup was splashed.

For a moment, Xue Baobao didn't even understand what the metal thing was and why it was inserted into Nan Xing's heart.

In the next second, Awei and Xiliu fell down almost at the same time. Baozhuang beside them tightly held her hand and pulled her to stand up.

Almost at the same time, there was a noise not far away. That was where more than [-] government officials were located. Qian Biao, Butler She, and most of the people brought by Baozhuang were there.

With more than 300 government officials, Baozhuang could not just leave them alone, so he ordered Butler She and Qian Biao to take charge of them temporarily.

There must be something wrong there too!
Xue Baobao subconsciously looked over there, and Baozhuang suddenly squeezed her hand and whispered, "Don't look."

Xue Baobao snorted, tightly controlling his tears and not looking over there.

She knew that Butler She and the others, like Nan Xing, were probably in bad luck.

"what do you want?"

Baozhuang's voice sounded steadily, and Yang Jinping quickly retreated as soon as he succeeded in the attack. He took out a thick handkerchief from his sleeve and covered his mouth and nose tightly.

The casual and endearing smile on his face had completely disappeared without knowing when, leaving only a cold edge.

"Cousin, I have no ill intentions towards you, it's just that you care too much about your fake sister, and I can't help it."

Baozhuang chuckled lightly, and the sarcastic smile blooming on Baoxiang's solemn face was actually pleasing to the eye.

Xue Baobao said before him, "I'll tell you where those account books are hidden!"

Yang Jinping sighed, "It's too late. Commander Yu has already returned to the capital. So what if we find the account book? It's more cost-effective to use you, Miss Xue, to threaten Commander Yu."

Xue Baobao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he didn't kill them now, they would always have a chance to escape, and his brother would definitely come to save them!

"Miss Xue, you are Miss Lin's sworn sister, and your cousin is a prince and my first cousin. I don't want to disgrace your status, so please commit suicide."

Xue Baobao's eyes widened suddenly, "Wait a minute, you just said you wanted to threaten my brother with me!"
Yang Jinping smiled and said, "Miss Xue, you are very smart, but my cousin's identity is too troublesome. There are too many variables if he is alive. I believe that even if it is your body, Commander Yu will definitely care about it."

Xue Baobao, "..."

For the first time in my life, I had the urge to yell!
Baozhuang spoke unhurriedly, "There are many beautiful women from the Yang family and many incompetent men from the Yang family. No wonder Lord Lin rejected the marriage proposal from the Yang family.

Cousin, you want to do something big but are so timid. I'm afraid that in another 100 years, Mr. Lin will still look down on you, and Sister Lin will look down on you even less! "

Yang Jinping's face stiffened and he sneered, "Then I won't bother my cousin."

When he rises to prominence and gains power, he wants to see if Lin Ruhai dares not to marry his daughter to him?
Baozhuang said with a smile on his face, "Cousin, how about this, let's make a deal. The master behind you has promised you many benefits, can I give you double?"

Yang Jinping said coldly, "If my cousin refuses to commit suicide, don't blame me for not saving my cousin's dignity."

Baozhuang sighed sadly, put his hands together and saluted, "In that case, I would like to ask my cousin to have more time."

He said that before Yang Jinping could object, he reached out and picked off the Qingxin Stone that had fallen on his forehead, and lowered his head to tie it for Xue Baobao.

His movements were slow, gentle and solemn, as if he were performing some ancient ritual. Not only Xue Baobao, but also Yang Jinping subconsciously held his breath for fear of disturbing him.

"Sister, Master said that this Pure Heart Stone will accompany me in life and death. If you wear it well, I will definitely find you in the next life."

Baozhuang smiled brightly as he spoke, the dimples at the corners of his mouth rising deeply, "In the next life, we will be brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters who are closer than you and Commander Yu.

When the time comes, you must no longer favor Commander Yu, and remember to treat me as your closest and most trusted person."

Xue Baobao bit his lip, but tears still flowed down, "Yes - I'm sorry -"

If it weren't for her, how could he come to this wilderness, how could he get involved in this muddy water, and face such danger?
Baodang moved his hands hanging in his sleeves, but in the end he only handed over a handkerchief and said with a smile, "What's there to be sorry for?

If you really feel sorry for anyone, then it should be me who feels sorry for you, because I trusted the wrong person."

Baozhuang sighed as he spoke, "I hope I can have a healthy body in my next life. I grew up with my parents and have seen too many evil people. Maybe I won't be deceived so easily.

It doesn’t matter if I was deceived, but my sister was also frightened and suffered along with me.”

Xue Baobao shook his head desperately, choked with sobs and couldn't say anything.

Baozhuang clenched his fists, desperately resisting the urge to hold her in his arms and lick away the tears on her face bit by bit. He turned around and saluted Yang Jinping, "Cousin, after my sister and I die, we still need to Please cousin, please bury us together."

Yang Jinping nodded with a cold face, and for some unknown reason, he clasped his fists at Baozhuang again, "Cousin, I don't want to kill Miss Xue, let alone you.

If Ms. Xue had been willing to hand over those account books earlier, we wouldn't have had to come to this point."

"It seems those account books are really important!"

Baozhuang smiled and didn't say much about the account book, "I wonder if my cousin can extend the time of burning incense and let me recite a section of the Purana Sutra for myself and my sister?
People who die violently often cannot enter reincarnation, I don't care, my sister will definitely be scared."

Yang Jinping said nothing, Baozhuang gently let go of Xue Baobao's hand, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes and clasped his hands.

"Namo Amitabha Ye, Dotagata Ye..."

The sound of Qingyue's chanting was unhurried, neither high nor low. It was peaceful and compassionate in this blood-soaked night, but it made Yang Jinping feel chilly for no reason.

"Master, the long nights have many dreams!"

Chang Sui's voice rang in his ears, Yang Jinping let out a sound as if he was startled, and subconsciously tightened the handkerchief in his hand.

He thought of the people who held strong bows and crossbows to intercept and kill Xue Baobao and his party that night.

Baozhuang left in a hurry, and he didn't want to attract the attention of Xue Baobao and his entourage in a big way. He didn't bring many people with him. He even sent a group of imperial guards sent by the emperor to Xue Baobao's side.

At that time, the incident happened suddenly, and the group of people was too strong. Baozhuang and the others had no time to step forward. The people guarding Xue Baobao had already been killed.

And they had no chance of winning against that group of people.