The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Following the sound, Lin Yun found a woman squatting on the ground next to the rockery not far away, crying softly.

He hurried over to take a closer look, and saw that the woman squatting on the ground crying was still an acquaintance, it was Mrs. Cai who led the way for him when he came to Lin's mansion.

Seeing Lin Yun coming, Sister-in-law Cai quickly stood up, wiped away her tears and said, "Master nephew, I'm sorry to bother you."

Lin Yun hurriedly asked: "Sister-in-law Cai, what's wrong with you? Are you encountering some difficulty?"

Sister Cai hurriedly said, "No, no, I was just blinded by the sand."

Lin Yun said speechlessly: "If you want to hide it from me, you have to make up a better reason. Tell me, what kind of trouble did you encounter?"

Sister-in-law Cai hesitated for a moment before saying: "Master nephew, a niece of my natal family was bought by the Bai family to be a maid. Today, the servant girl heard that the Bai family had committed a serious crime of ransacking the house, so she was worried that my niece would be put in prison. That's why I cried."

Lin Yun: "It's easy, you tell me the name of that niece, and I'll ask Xiao Mo to go to General Dong and pick her up."

Sister-in-law Cai quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Yun, "My servant, thank you for your help on behalf of my niece."

Lin Yun quickly helped him up and said: "You're welcome, you've taken care of my uncle for so long, and it's only right to help you with this little favor. How about this, I'll let Xiao Mo go with you and pick him up directly. "

"Thank you, young nephew!"

Chapter 131: The Beautiful Cook

Lin Yun returned to his residence, called Xiao Mo, and asked him to accompany Sister-in-law Cai to Dong Xiong's place to find someone.

He had just sent Xiao Mo and Sister-in-law Cai away, and saw Zhong Yi leading a strong, dark-skinned young man to see him.

As soon as they met, the boy kowtowed to Lin Yun and said, "Little Du Qi pays homage to the young master."

Lin Yun quickly helped Du Qi up and asked, "I heard from Zhong Yi that you work for the Salt Gang?"

Du Qi: "Reporting to the young master, I have been in the Salt Gang for more than five years."

Zhong Yi interjected from the side: "Young master, Du Qi's skills are very good. Although he is not as good as me, he is still the best among young people."

"Oh!"

Lin Yun's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he is most lacking of bodyguards with high martial arts skills, and now he has a master sent to his door, he naturally cherishes it.

He immediately ordered Du Qi to compete with Zhong Yi in front of him. Sure enough, as Zhong Yi said, Du Qi's martial arts are indeed good, although not as good as Zhong Yi, but much better than him.

After the competition between the two, Lin Yun inquired carefully, only to find out that Du Qi was a martial art handed down from his family. His father used to be a guerrilla in the frontier army, and later retired due to injury, and joined the Salt Gang to make a living on the water.

Du joined the Salt Gang with his father at the age of 70. Until last year, his father died of a serious illness, leaving him and his mother alone.

Lin Yun heard that Du Qi still had a mother, so he immediately asked him to go back to pick up his mother and arrange her to do some chores in the perfume shop.

Those who have roots can feel at ease when they use it. Lin Yun thought Du Qi was not pleasant, so he changed his name to Du Sha, so that it would be more prestigious.

Zhong Yi complained endlessly after hearing this, but Du Qi liked the name very much. From then on, Lin Yun had another bodyguard named Du Sha beside him.

...

When it was dark, Xiao Mo and Mrs. Cai returned to the mansion in a carriage, and brought a beautiful girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, who didn't look like a maid at all.

When Mrs. Cai led the girl to visit Lin Yun, she explained to him: "I thought my niece was working as a maid in the Bai Mansion, but because she was so beautiful, she was taken over by that old bastard in Bai Yuan and made her a concubine. .”

The girl's eyes turned red when she heard this, and she kowtowed to Lin Yun miserably and said, "Ya'er thanks the third master for saving his life. I am willing to serve the third master as a slave."

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "You don't need to serve me, just help Mrs. Cai with some chores, and let her arrange things for you when the wife comes back."

When Ya'er heard this, she immediately cried and said, "Does the third master think that this servant is unclean and not worthy of serving you?"

Lin Yun heard the words and thought: "Aren't you kidnapping morally? A woman who has been a concubine really has a lot of evil eyes."

He said with a dark face, "I'm going to Jinling in two days. I don't need maids to serve me. If you want to stay in the mansion, you can help Mrs. Cai. If you want to leave, I can give you 100 taels of silver, which is about the same. Enough for you to live on."

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The girl was dumbfounded when she heard this, the third master in front of her is not taking the usual way, how could he be indifferent to a beauty like herself.

Sister Cai hurriedly said: "Master nephew, please forgive me for being ignorant."

Lin Yun: "It's okay, you take her back to rest first, and then tell me when she's done thinking about it."

"Ok."

Sister-in-law Cai agreed, and dragged Ya'er to her residence.

...

After returning to her residence, Sister-in-Law Cai checked that there was no one outside, she pulled Ya'er into the house, and complained to her: "You are too impatient, Master Nephew is not an ordinary person, you use it to deal with other men. Means are useless to him."

Ya'er nodded and said: "I was careless, I thought he was young and easy to deal with, but who knows he is different."

Sister-in-law Cai: "Master nephew just said that he will go to Jinling in two days. I'm afraid you won't be able to complete that task. I think you should go back to Mama Yin."

Ya'er said hurriedly: "I can't leave. Mother Yin gave me a death order and told me to stay here to help him."

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Sister Cai said helplessly: "But he doesn't want you to serve him, what can you do?"

"There will always be a way. I will help you first and wait for the opportunity."

Sister Cai hesitated and said, "Help me with these rough jobs, can you?"

Ya'er smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, this little thing won't be difficult for me. You can first help me find a set of coarse clothes, the cheapest ones."

"Ok."

...

In the early morning of Yi day, when Lin Yun got up, he saw that Zhong Yi and Du Sha were already competing in the yard. It was said to be a competition, but in fact Zhong Yi was pointing out the shortcomings of Du Sha's moves.

While Lin Yun was washing up, Feng Ziying rushed over with two followers. When he saw Du Sha fighting with Zhong Yi, his hands were itchy immediately, and he wanted to compete with Zhong Yi.

Zhong Yi disliked his martial arts skills, so he asked Du Sha to compete with him.As a result, Feng Ziying was tortured by Du Sha to the point of disgrace, which was horrible.

After the competition, Feng Ziying said enviously to Lin Yun: "Where did you find this guy, his shots are a bit more ruthless than Brother Zhong."

Lin Yun said with a smile: "His name is Du Sha, so he will naturally be more aggressive."

"Du Sha? This name is also appropriate."

While the two were talking, Sister-in-law Cai came over with Ya'er carrying breakfast.

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "I came by coincidence, just in time for you to have breakfast."

Sister-in-law Cai smiled and said, "It just so happened that I did a little more this morning, Mr. Feng, you can have dinner with our nephew and young master."

"Thank you!"

Feng Ziying took out a few silver locks from her pocket and handed them to Ya'er who was bending over to set the tableware.

Ya'er raised her head and smiled at him, "Thank you for your kindness, my lord. Without the third master's order, this servant cannot accept your gift."

Feng Ziying was stunned when he saw Ya'er's appearance. After a while, he complained to Lin Yun: "Brother Lin, how can you let such a beautiful maid wear coarse clothes?"

Lin Yun picked up a bun with chopsticks and said while eating, "She is not my maid."

Feng Ziying hurriedly asked: "Could she be the cook?"

Ya'er smiled and said: "Young Master is right, slaves are cooks."

Feng Ziying slapped the desk table and said angrily, "It's unreasonable, isn't this a waste of money?"

Lin Yun: "Why are you so excited? She's not your servant."

"Uh,"

Ya'er set the tableware, bowed and saluted, "Third Master, Mr. Feng, please use it with ease. I'll leave this servant."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and retreated with Sister Cai.

Feng Ziying smacked her lips and said, "What a pity."

Lin Yun joked, "If you like her, go after her."

Feng Ziying quickly shook her head and said, "How can I want your maid."

Lin Yun smiled and said, "As long as she is willing, I don't mind."

Feng Ziying's eyes lit up when she heard the words, then she shook her head and said, "There are many rules in my family, it is impossible to marry a cook as my wife."

"If you don't try, how do you know it won't work?"

"My old man, forget it, don't talk about it."

Lin Yun: "I'm going to Jinling in two days, do you want to go play together?"

Feng Ziying: "Naturally, I will go, otherwise, I will stay here alone, and I won't be suffocated."

Lin Yun: "Okay, let's go together."

Chapter 132: Princess Nan'an

Lin Yun originally planned to leave for Jinling on the sixth day of the lunar new year, but unexpectedly, his father and elder brother from his hometown in Suzhou suddenly came to Yangzhou, disrupting his travel plan.

Lin Ruhai had to deal with the big case of salt smuggling, and he was so busy that he didn't have time to eat. Naturally, he didn't have time to entertain this clan brother. Lin Yun had to temporarily cancel his plan to go to Jinling.

Mr. Lin attaches great importance to the fact that his youngest son wants to marry the princess. Although the princess has been implicated by her father, she is also a member of the Tian family, so he cannot afford to be slow.

The old man wanted to buy a few acres of land in Suzhou City and build a large garden as a place for Lin Yun and the princess to get married.

However, he was worried that the wedding date was too close and he would not have time to build a garden, so he rushed over to discuss with Lin Ruhai whether the wedding date could be moved to a later date.

After Lin Ruhai heard this, he persuaded the clan elders to let the young couple get married in Yangzhou. There was a vacant courtyard on his side, which could be given to Lin Yun to get married.

Mr. Lin was also reluctant to spend his blood to repair the garden, and when he heard Lin Ruhai's suggestion, he readily agreed.

Of course, the other courtyard still needs to be repaired before it can be used as a wedding room.

Lin Yun had no interest in this matter. According to his guess, Lin Ruhai would probably be transferred out of Yangzhou in the near future.Once the other party left, he would lose his foundation in Yangzhou City and there would be no point in staying here.

Just when Lin Yun was thinking about whether to renovate the garden, the capital had already received Lin Ruhai's urgent report of six hundred miles to the emperor and the court.

For a moment, the originally peaceful court was like a hot oil pan, full of noise.

...

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, which is also the birthday of the old lady Jia Jiashi.

This morning, the Rongguo Mansion was very busy. There was an endless stream of relatives and friends who came to congratulate the old lady on her birthday. Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng, the couple who were in charge of the reception, were very busy.