The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

"Okay, I'll wait for your news."

Ding Yuannan said worriedly: "Ruoyu, you come to pick people, but I can't even get 100 people here, how will you go back and make a job?"

Lin Yun smiled and said: "It's okay, I'll take 50 people back. Since they dare to bully our fourth battalion, if I don't do something, it will chill the hearts of the brothers."

Ding Yuannan said anxiously: "Ruoyu, you are now waiting for an imperial edict in the Imperial Academy, don't ruin your bright future just to get angry."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he stood up and said, "I'll go and see those brothers, and you should also hurry up and talk to Yuan Xi. He pestered me for a long time yesterday and said he missed you very much."

Ding Yuannan smiled and said: "He probably said that deliberately because he wanted to come to the military camp to have a look."

"Ha ha."

...

Lin Yun selected fifty soldiers and led them out of the military camp and back to the city.

When he went back, he didn't go to Zhao Yong and others to ask for news about Qin Rong. Since the other party avoided seeing him, he would not be willing to flatter him.

...

As soon as Lin Yun left, Zhao Yong ran into Qin Rong's army account and reported to him, "General, Lin Daizhao has left."

Qin Rong was flipping through official documents, when he heard Zhao Yong's report, he quickly raised his head and asked, "Did he ask you for soldiers?"

Zhao Yong: "No. He only picked 50 people from the fourth battalion and took them away."

"what?"

Qin Rong stood up abruptly, and said anxiously: "Quickly call someone to stop them."

Zhao Yong: "It's too late. Lin Daizhao has been walking for a long time. With the speed at which he took away those soldiers, he may have already entered the city."

Qin Rong slumped down on the chair when he heard this, and said with an ugly face: "This kid is trying to make things big."

Zhao Yong: "Don't worry, general, those left in the fourth battalion are all elites. Even if there are 50 soldiers, the British soldiers will not be able to defeat them."

Qin Rong said angrily: "Idiot, I'm not worried about them losing to the foreigners, I'm worried about them revealing to Your Majesty the fact that the fourth battalion was divided up and only 50 people were left."

Zhao Yong panicked and said: "Lin Daizhao intentionally brought few people to participate in the martial arts competition, because he wanted to expose this matter in front of His Majesty?"

"That's probably what he intended."

After a pause, Qin Rong stood up again and said, "No, I have to stop that kid quickly."

After speaking, seeing Zhao Yong still standing in a daze in front of him, he immediately reprimanded him, "What are you still doing? Go and gather fifty soldiers and follow me into the city."

Zhao Yong quickly reminded: "General, without the official dispatch document issued by the Ministry of War, you will not be able to enter the city."

Hearing this, Qin Rong slumped down on the chair like a deflated ball.

He regrets it very much now, and he shouldn't have done too much.At the beginning when he saw that all the guards in the Beijing camp came to poach people, he decided to act first and transferred 500 people from the fourth battalion to serve as his guards.

Unexpectedly, that guy Ding Yuannan contradicted him publicly, saying that he shouldn't split up the fourth battalion.Under the fury of his brain, Qin Rong pushed Ding Yuannan out of the small circle of confidantes.

Later, the guards from the Beijing camp came to mobilize people with official documents from the Ministry of War, but he turned a blind eye and let them tear the fourth battalion into pieces.

Anyway, someone from the Ministry of War endorsed him, so he wasn't worried that Ding Yuannan would get into trouble.But he never expected that Lin Yun would intervene in this matter.

Qin Rong sighed secretly in his heart, "It was a miscalculation. I thought that the boy never came back because he didn't want to consult on the matter. Who knew that if he didn't move, he would make trouble. That boy is really a cruel person!"

...

Lin Yun entered the city from the north gate with fifty soldiers. The old inner minister Dai Quan and the head of the military department Qiu Tongwei had been waiting here.

Dai Quan wanted to check the vigor of the soldiers, and Qiu Tongwei was responsible for checking the number of soldiers entering the city, and then presented the official troop deployment document to the city gate guard.

After checking the number of people, he realized something was wrong. Qiu Weitong hurriedly asked Lin Yun, "Lin Daizhao, isn't he going to bring a hundred soldiers into the city? Why do you only have 50 people here?"

Lin Yun: "Master Qiu, it's not that I don't want to bring more people into the city, it's just that the elite soldiers of Zuo Wuwei's fourth battalion have been divided up, and only these 50 people are left worthy of a battle."

When Dai Quan heard the words, he asked anxiously: "Who is so bold that he dares to carve up the emperor's pro-army?"

Lin Yun smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that it was divided among the Jingying people. I don't know who made the decision specifically."

Dai Quan: "What should we do now? With so few manpower, can we win?"

Lin Yun turned around and asked everyone, "The old inner minister is asking if you can defeat the foreigners?"

Everyone shouted in unison: "Yes!"

Dai Quan smacked his lips and said, "They are all good men! The Ministry of War actually broke up such an elite soldier, those bastards really did a crime!"

Qiu Weitong said in embarrassment, "Old Minister, what should we do now?"

Dai Quan: "Let's go to the city first. Boy Yun, take them to the Dongcheng Army and Horse Department to rest. Our family is going to report back to His Majesty and then make a decision."

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "I respect your orders."

Chapter 289: Adopted Daughter

After the soldiers settled down, Lin Yun hurried back to Lin Yuan.

The matter of Zuo Wuwei's Fourth Battalion being partitioned was really strange. He seemed calm on the surface, but in fact there were countless question marks in his heart.

Zuo Wuwei is the emperor's personal soldier. It stands to reason that every move here cannot be hidden from the emperor's eyes and ears. So does Emperor Zhide know about the division of the fourth battalion?

Earlier when he told Dai Quan about the Zuowuwei Fourth Battalion being divided up by various ministries of the Beijing Camp, he also paid special attention to the expression on the other party's face, trying to find clues from it.

To his disappointment, Dai Quan just said a few perfunctory words, and then went back to the palace.

Lin Yun secretly guessed in his heart that the decision to disperse the soldiers of Zuowuwei's fourth battalion to various ministries was probably made by Emperor Zhide.It's just that the people below were too ugly to eat, and they even wiped out the fourth camp, leaving only an empty frame.

...

Back outside the gate of the mansion, Lin Yun asked the servant guarding the gate if Lin Ruhai was in the mansion.In the end, the servant told him that Lin Ruhai went to Yichen Academy, and Jia Min led Daiyu to Rongguo Mansion, and the three of them have not returned until now.

Lin Yun knew in advance that Jia Min was going to Rongguo Mansion to say goodbye. If the emperor hadn't sent him to Zuowuwei to handle errands, he would have accompanied him there today.

To be honest, Lin Yun really didn't want to go to that messy place in Rongguo Mansion.Every time I go there, I get angry, so why bother.

...

Lin Yun returned to the inner house and saw Qin Keqing sitting in the bedroom talking to Xiangling.

Seeing Lin Yun coming in from the outside, Qin Keqing got up to greet him.Lin Yun quickly stepped forward to hold her down, and complained in a low voice: "How many times have I told you that you don't need to be polite at home."

Qin Keqing smiled and said: "Miss Pearl told my concubine, let me do more activities when I have nothing to do, which is conducive to the birth of the child."

"This is true. It is indeed beneficial for pregnant women to exercise more."

Qin Keqing: "Has your husband had lunch outside?"

"It's already been used."

After Lin Yun finished speaking, he took off his coat, handed it to Xiang Ling who was standing beside him, and washed his face under the service of Bao Zhu and Rui Zhu.

After washing, he sat down next to Qin Keqing, stretched out his hand to touch her swollen belly, and asked with concern: "Is the little guy good today?"

Qin Keqing smiled sweetly and said: "He is so cute, he kicked my concubine several times today."

At this time, Ruizhu came over with a fruit plate filled with fresh peaches, smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Third Master, this is sent by Uncle Cheng. You can try it."

The Uncle Cheng in Ruizhu's mouth was Cheng Rixing, Mr. Zheng's guest. This guy sent people every now and then to bring some fresh fruits and vegetables, saying that they were for Grandma Xiao Qin's health.

Lin Yun picked up a peach, took a look at it and asked, "Have you all eaten it?"

Rui Zhu hurriedly said: "The slaves and maidservants have eaten, and Uncle Cheng sent two whole baskets of carrots, everyone in the whole house has a share."

"That's good."

Lin Yun took a bite of the peach and felt it tasted good. He said to Xiangling: "I will tell you later, Sister Ping'er, that I will send someone out of the city tomorrow to buy more so that everyone can eat enough."

"Young maidservant, go and tell Sister Ping'er."

After Xiangling finished speaking, she walked out quickly.

Seeing this, Ruizhu and Baozhu thoughtfully found a reason to leave.

When only the husband and wife were left in the room, Lin Yun passed the peach in his hand to Qin Keqing's mouth, and said with a smile, "Take a bite too."

Qin Keqing took a bite of the peach meat shyly, and said while chewing: "This peach is big and sweet, quite delicious."

Lin Yun glanced at Qin Keqing's chest, and then said with a chuckle, "No matter how delicious it is, it's not as good as Keqing's peaches."

Qin Keqing was ashamed when she heard the words, she rolled Lin Yun's eyes, and said coquettishly, "What crazy things did my husband say, and it won't make people laugh to death if it spreads."

Lin Yun put the leftover peach pits on the table, wiped his hands with a silk handkerchief, and said, "This is called boudoir happiness, and no one else can envy you."

"My husband is so shameless!"

Qin Keqing blamed her, but she was happy in her heart.

She nestled her body into Lin Yun's arms, and said softly: "I don't know what good deeds I did in my previous life, so that I met my husband in this life."

Lin Yun: "It should be said that I didn't know how many wooden fishes I broke in my previous life, so that I can meet such a good lady like you in this life."

Qin Keqing raised his head and smiled at Lin Yun. That smile was charming and tempting.

Lin Yun couldn't help lowering his head, and tasted the beauty's lips.

Qin Keqing put her arms around Lin Yun's neck, and lingered with him passionately.

When the two were making love, suddenly they heard Baozhu calling out from outside the door: "Third Lord, my wife is back, I want you to go and call back."

Hearing this, Qin Keqing hurriedly broke away from Lin Yun's entanglement, and said shyly: "My aunt is calling you, Husband, hurry over."

Lin Yun reluctantly said: "It's really a coincidence, I want to taste the taste of peaches again."

Qin Keqing said with embarrassment: "Husband, stop talking nonsense, be careful of others listening to you."

"Okay, then I'll go there first, and I'll have dinner with you later."

"Ah."

...

When Lin Yun came to Jia Min's side, he saw Shi Xiangyun also coming, sitting with Daiyu and talking to Jia Min.

After everyone greeted each other, Jia Min smiled at Lin Yun and said: "Yun'er, my ancestor told me today that Girl Yun and her second uncle wrote a letter and agreed that I would recognize Girl Yun as my adopted daughter. From now on, you will Take care of one more sister."

Lin Yun smiled and said: "This is a good thing, Yu'er will not be lonely in the future with Sister Yun as her companion."

Shi Xiangyun stood up again, and saluted Lin Yun: "Little sister pays homage to brother."