dream of red mansion

Chapter 370 Going to Gusu

"Come on!"

Wang Shun was always worried about being scratched by a beggar, and when he saw that the beggar took the money and would not leave, he immediately urged him.But the beggar suddenly turned around and passed him after being stunned for two seconds.

Wang Shun was taken aback and was about to reach out to grab him.But then I saw him kneeling on the ground, and said to Jia Qing who was in the distance: "Master, I know you are a noble person, please take us in!"

Jia Qing was about to take Daiyu and others into the house to take a look, but turned around upon hearing this.

"Blind thing, our master kindly gave you money, are you still relying on it? What kind of person is our master, how could he take you little beggars and leave quickly."

Qingwen on the side said to Zijuan: "I really don't know that Wang Shun is so sympathetic. It's disgusting. We will let the second master stay away from him in the future."

Daiyu nodded, apparently agreeing.Only Zijuan smiled, these evil things are usually done by subordinates, otherwise, it would be a loss of face to let the master do everything.

Wang Shun didn't know that he had unintentionally offended two people he couldn't afford to offend.He just didn't want these dirty people to pester Jia Qing.

Beggars, just show kindness and send some money away. Are you really going to take care of them for the rest of your life?

Jia Qing said: "Take you in? There is no shortage of people in my house. Besides, if I take you in, what can you do?"

Yeah, what can we do?Big Brother thought to himself.However, he really didn't want to live a mediocre life all his life, thinking all day long how to get a bite of food, so that his poor little brothers and sisters could have a bite of food
Daiyu saw that Jia Qing didn't seem to have any intention of helping these poor people, so she reminded: "Second brother, you promised me."

Jia Qing nodded, but didn't answer, just looked at the kneeling person in front of him.

He felt that this beggar was very unusual.Under such circumstances, the other beggars stood behind him without knowing what was wrong, and only he knelt there firmly.

The eldest brother's face was full of blood, and he suddenly said: "I don't know anything else, but I can work hard for the master!"

Only he himself knows how he can grow so big.It's ridiculous to say that he is a beggar who can't eat enough to eat, but he has a hobby, which is "listening to books".

That's right, listening to books!His favorite place to beg for food is the teahouses and restaurants in the streets and alleys, because there are often storytellers in those places, and he likes to eavesdrop on those storytellers from a distance telling how the predecessors were originally poor, but finally turned into human beings The Venerable Master's story!

This is the greatest ambition in his humble physique, and he wants to be that kind of person.

Jia Qing was surprised, absolutely surprised.When someone says they want to work hard for themselves, Jia Qing will be very calm, because there are too many people who want to climb up.However, when a beggar resolutely says to you, "I can work for you", the shock from the heart makes Jia Qing have to look up at this emaciated beggar with a sallow complexion and a ragged body.

"Okay, I can give you a chance!"

The eldest brother was overjoyed, and heard Jia Qing say again: "You go to Xunfeng Chariot, find the person in charge, and tell him that it is the second master of the Ningguo Mansion in Beijing to take you in. They may ignore you, or they may not believe you. You You have to find a way to make them care about you and trust you. In addition, I will not give you any help.

As long as you can do this, I can promise to take you in. "

The elder brother's complexion changed for a while. Undoubtedly, this matter was very difficult for a group of little beggars.However, looking at Jia Qing's calm expression, he seemed to understand what Jia Qing meant, kowtowed again and said, "Okay, I can definitely do it!"

"Okay, then you can go." Jia Qing said flatly.

Looking at Jia Qing again, the elder brother stood up silently, and slowly walked out of the small courtyard with the other beggars who were at a loss.

"Second brother, they are so pitiful, why do you have to make things difficult for them? Didn't you say that your car dealership is very suitable for adopting these orphans? Why don't you just take them in? What if they go out and meet bad people and get bullied?" what to do?"

As soon as the little beggars left, Lin Daiyu couldn't help complaining about Jia Qingdao.

Looking back, Jia Qing saw a bun on Daiyu's face blown up by the wind, put his hand behind her ear, and said with a smile: "Things that are obtained too easily are always not as precious as those obtained through hard work."

Regardless of whether Dai Yuming didn't understand after speaking, he said to Wang Shun: "Arrange two people to watch their movements secretly, and under the premise of not letting them get into trouble, don't disturb them."

Daiyu was still thinking about what Jia Qing meant, but after hearing this, she felt relieved.

"Second Master, what's so happy about it?"

In the Rongqing Hall of Rongguo Mansion, Xiren couldn't help asking when he saw Jia Baoyu, who was dressed in red, bouncing back from Jiamu's room.

"Hehehehe." Unexpectedly, Jia Baoyu was always happy when he heard the words, ignored her, and sat down at the desk to write his "diary".

"what happened to him?"

Seeing that Jia Baoyu didn't say anything, Xiren asked Qiuwen who followed him.

Qiuwen also laughed and said: "It's really a good thing. I was in the old lady's room just now, and the old lady said that Mrs. Lin took our second master from the East Mansion as a foster son. Tell me, after hearing such good news, Can the second master not be happy?"

After Qiu Wen finished speaking, she gave Xi Ren a meaningful look.

Xiren thought for a while, and immediately realized that he couldn't help but find it funny. Then, he didn't know what he thought of, sighed in his heart, turned around and left the house.

Daming Palace, inside the South Study Room.

"Really daring!"

Emperor Zhengqing threw the sealed book after reading it on the imperial case and said.

The cabinet minister Cui Wenlong was sitting at the bottom at this moment, and heard the voice: "I don't know why Your Majesty is angry?"

"Aiqing will know after just looking at it!" Emperor Zhengqing said flatly.

Dai Quan on the side quickly picked up the folder and handed it to Cui Wenlong.Cui Wenlong opened it and looked at it. After a while, his face darkened, and he said: "They are really brave. They dare to openly block the holy hearing and intercept and kill the post envoy halfway. Your Majesty, I believe that this matter should be strictly investigated. !"

Emperor Zhengqing also meant the same thing, so he said: "Zhao Quan, I ordered you to investigate this matter with all your strength, and you will definitely find out the mastermind behind this matter. If you don't kill me if you act so boldly, what is the majesty of the king's law?"

"The minister obeys the order."

Zhao Quan, the commander of the Jinyi Army, took the order and left.

"Your Majesty, I feel that the reason why they did this may not be to conceal this matter." After Zhao Quan left, Cui Wenlong said.

"Oh? What does Ai Qing think they are for?"

"They should be in a hurry. They don't know how much we have mastered, and because of panic, they did such a desperate thing! However, it just proves that this time, His Majesty hit them seven inches above. "

Cui Wenlong laughed.

Emperor Zhengqing said: "I don't care about seven or seven inches, at least, these people above can be removed!"

As he spoke, he tapped on a list on the imperial case, which was submitted by Zhao Quan just now.The author is Feng Tang.

"So, Your Majesty is sure to put the big case three years ago back on the agenda?" urged Wen Long.

"Exactly!"

Cui Wenlong thought to himself: It seems that the court will not be peaceful again in the coming days.However, he doesn't need to worry about this, he just needs to keep up with the emperor's pace.

"Here is Lin Ruhai begging for bones, what does Cui Aiqing think?" Emperor Zhengqing suddenly picked up a memorial and said to Cui Wenlong.

"Master Lin has paid so much for the court over the years, it is reasonable to beg to return home to recuperate now."

"Hmph, he's only in his 50s, and he's no more than two years older than me. Where can't he recuperate, so he has to go back to his hometown?"

As soon as Cui Wenlong heard it, he knew that the emperor didn't want to let Lin Ruhai go, so he said: "Master Lin is indeed a capable minister, and it would be a great loss for the court to not have Lord Lin. However, if His Majesty refuses to allow it, I'm afraid it will make people think His Majesty is not sympathetic to his subjects."

"Forget it, I'll give him a year."

The cold wind is bleak, and today's Yangzhou City Wharf is extraordinarily solemn.

Looking from a distance, there are more than a dozen boats, large and small, standing on the broad river.On the shore, a line of mighty soldiers stood proudly in the wind, ready to fight.

Before the pier, Jia Qing smiled and said to Feng Tang: "The old general has a heavy responsibility to escort the criminals and related evidence back to Beijing. I hope the old general will be more careful."

Feng Tang also smiled and said: "I wanted to go to Gusu with General Jia, but the emperor's order cannot be neglected, so I have to go first."

"Old General, take care all the way."

"General Jia, take care too."

After finishing speaking, Feng Tang stopped being polite and turned to board the boat.

Watching Feng Tang's boat leave, Jia Qing didn't turn around and go back to the city, but just stood there.After a while, a huge blessing boat came and put down the pedals.
Today is the day when Feng Tang is ordered to escort the bandit leader of the White Lotus Sect back to Beijing, and it is also the day when Jia Qing escorts Lin Ruhai back to Suzhou.

Because Lin Ruhai was still ill to the outside world, so Caicai didn't come forward to see Feng Tang off just now, and only asked Jia Qing to see him off on his behalf.

After staying in Lin Ruhai's room for a while, Jia Qing came out, but saw Daiyu leaning on the railing of the boat lost in thought, Jia Qing walked over and said: "My sister is not in good health yet, she is standing in the air vent to do her work." What?
What is my sister looking at? "

Daiyu looked back at Jia Qing, pointed to a "strange boat" moving along with their boat on the river in the distance, and asked, "What is that boat used for?"

Jia Qing looked in the direction, and it turned out that what Daiyu was talking about was the flower boat sent by Wu Zhong and others. He heard that Jia Qing was about to leave, and it was handed over to Jia Qing yesterday afternoon.

"That, which one is a program prepared for our young lady's family visit."

"What program?"

"Music and dance."

Daiyu was silent, and Jia Qing didn't know what Daiyu was thinking, so he said: "Sister, go into the room, will you really be sick later?"

Daiyu frowned into a small word, and said: "You are so annoying."

Still turned around and went back to the house.

Jia Qing touched his nose and followed into the house.

It was another dozen days, and Jia Qing and his party had been in Suzhou for several days.

When they arrived in Suzhou, the first major event was the ancestor worship in Lin Fu.

The old house of the Lin family.

"I know you still have a lot of work to do. Now, things on my side are basically safe, and you don't have to stay here all the time. If you choose another day, you can take Yu'er back to the capital."

When he arrived at his hometown in Suzhou, Lin Ruhai didn't have to pretend to be sick anymore, so he sat on a chair and said to Jia Qing.

Jia Qing said: "Take care of the adoptive father is what the son should do, how can it be called a delay."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "There is no need to be courteous between us. You have been busy for two or three months because of my affairs, and you can't live at home for years. Now, it's time to go back. Don't forget that you still have the emperor. It's life."

"Then, foster father, are you here alone?"

"Don't worry about that. Even though it's for recuperation, you and Yu'er can't be allowed to follow me here to recuperate, right?"

Since Lin Ruhai said so, Jia Qing stopped being hypocritical.After being out of Beijing for so long, he really should go back.

"That's fine. It's just that sister Lin needs to be persuaded by her adoptive father."

Lin Ruhai was recuperating, so it was reasonable for Daiyu to stay and take care of her.However, firstly, Mother Jia repeatedly asked to take Daiyu back, and secondly, both Lin Ruhai and Daiyu were ill. Add sadness, why bother?

Lin Ruhai also meant the same thing.

"Don't worry, I'll just tell her where Yu'er is."

In Lin Ruhai's mind, letting Daiyu follow Jia Qing is definitely better than following him.

"Girl, the master is thinking of you. Why doesn't the girl understand? If the girl doesn't go back to Beijing with the second master, the old lady will be sad.

Besides, the girl is not in good health, if she stays here alone, even though there is a master, it is not as good as being in Beijing, where brothers and sisters, big and small, are good for her health.

Besides, the master's health is not good, if the girl stays here, the master will love her dearly, and seeing the girl unhappy, he will not feel better, so it will not be good for the recovery."

In the evening, in Daiyu's room, Zijuan was doing ideological work to Daiyu earnestly, but did not get any response.Seeing this, Zicuckoo could only sigh helplessly.

"Hey, the second master is here!" Suddenly, Zijuan became happy.As soon as this master arrives, the girl will definitely be fine.

Jia Qing came over, looked at Daiyu who was sitting on the couch with tears in her eyes, sighed too, and said softly:

"Okay, sister Lin, if you don't want to part with foster father, we'll stay for a while before leaving."

Daiyu cried very sadly just like when Lin Ruhai persuaded her to go to Beijing four years ago.

However, after hearing Jia Qing's words, Daiyu turned her head away and said, "No, no, it's not that I don't want to leave, I, I just want to go and see my mother."

Jia Qing was taken aback, yes, why did he forget this.

This is the first time Daiyu has returned to Suzhou in so many years, how could she not miss her dead mother?Fortunately, both I and Lin Ruhai didn't think of this, but thought that Daiyu didn't want to go back to Beijing.

"Okay, tomorrow I will accompany my sister to see my aunt."

Daiyu finally stopped crying, raised her head to look at Jia Qing with clear eyes, and said, "Well, second brother, thank you."

Jia Qing smiled and said, "Silly sister, you're being polite to me."

(End of this chapter)