Red House Shoufu

Chapter 283 Drinking blood wine and collecting retainers
The Zhengdan dynasty lasted until noon. After finishing the banquet, Lin Shu came out of the palace gate with a large food box in his hand.

The imperial dining room is so far away from Fengtian Hall, the food will be cold by the time it arrives.But these vegetarian snacks are still very good, Lin Shu even put these exquisite dishes into the big food box provided by the palace.

Can the matter of a scholar be called stealing?This is called fair and aboveboard Shun!
It is said that the family background of the Beijing officials is average, and they can live affluently for several years by relying on the tribute porcelain that is "shun" when the palace gives banquets every year.A shop in the square market bids 800 taels for bowls and dishes from the palace.

As soon as she entered the house, Daiyu ran over to take the food box in Lin Shu's hand, opened it and let out a wow, and shared the snacks made by the imperial dining room with Xueyan.

Of course, the Lin family will not lack these snacks. Daiyu is like this, but she likes Lin Shu and misses her in everything.

"The imperial concubine is not feeling well. Yu'er will have to go to the palace to pay homage in the first day of next year. In the past, the imperial concubine would give her handmade cakes. I think Yu'er will like it."

After Daiyu tasted a few mouthfuls of dim sum, Wang Momo had already brought over the meal that she had prepared earlier, and Lin Shu sat at the table and began to eat it.

While eating, he complained: "Yu'er didn't see it. Except for a few dishes of vegetarian dishes, the meat soup and rice in Fengtian Temple were frozen and couldn't be swallowed at all. It's better at home. This hot soup is a lifesaver." Killed me!"

Daiyu carefully added another bowl of hot soup to Lin Shu. Lin Shu cleaned up all the food on the table, drank the soup in the bowl, and then washed his face and sat on the rocking chair to pat With his stomach full, Daiyu covered him with a blanket, and he just flicked away his spare time.

Meow……

Thumping, Bai Jingjing with fluffy white hair jumped onto Lin Shu's stomach, feeling that Lin Shu's bulging stomach was lying on her belly comfortably, coiled into a ball, and narrowed her eyes snoring.

Lin Shu took a deep breath, and then exhaled, his stomach heaved and fell.The cat didn't even open its eyes, and continued to snore as it rose and fell.

The cat's purring seems to be able to infect drowsiness, and after a while Lin Shu also felt drowsy, so one person and one cat were snoring by the warm stove, while Daiyu sat aside and quietly flipped through the books. This travelogue.

The years are quiet and good, and there seems to be no worries.At the beginning of the nine years of Zhide, at least at this moment, Daiyu felt extremely comfortable.

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From the second to the fifth day of junior high school, the brothers and sisters of the Lin family hardly had a good rest.

On the second day of junior high school, I went to Rongguo Mansion to celebrate the New Year, on the third day of junior high school, I went to the palace of Prince Zhongshun, on the fourth day of junior high school, I went to Zuoshi Qian’s house.

It wasn't until the sixth day that there was leisure time. After a day's rest, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, Lin Shu led Daiyu, and Wang Huan and his brothers and sisters out of the capital to relax at Lin's Zhuangzi in the west of the city.

The Lin family village in the west of the city is a hot spring village bestowed by the palace when it was enshrined.

After the four of them entered Zhuangzi, the steward Lin Xian brought people up to welcome them.He led the carriage to the other courtyard, where the stove and kang had already been set up.

"Brother Weizhong, the life of your farmer is not bad. Every household raises chickens and ducks. I saw that the faces of those children are all pale."

Wang Huan was a restless person. He got off the carriage and walked around Zhuangzi without even entering the house.

Lin Shu called him to sit down, and handed him a cup of hot tea: "Actually, this Zhuangzi is living better. The rest of Zhuangzi are barely full. This Zhuangzi was bestowed by the palace back then. With the benefit of hot springs, melons can be grown. Fruits and vegetables make a lot of money. If other farms just planted crops, they would be able to chew for a year at most."

Wang Huan thought about his farmer, and nodded thoughtfully.These days, being able to have a full stomach is already a luxury for many poor people.

Lin Xian knocked on the door and reported to Lin Shu: "Master, those murderous talents in the village insist on coming to kowtow to the master, but this old slave can't stop them..."

"What are you doing here? Take me there to have a look."

Lin Shu let Wang Huan take care of himself, while he and Lin Xian walked to the front yard.When I came to the main hall in the front yard, there were more than 20 strong and strong men standing there.They all wear swords around their waists, the oldest is over fifty, and the youngest is only an eleven or twelve-year-old doll.

After Lin Shu came, these people knelt down on one knee: "Greetings to the Patriarch, may the Patriarch have a bright future and a prosperous life!"

Lin Shu helped them up one by one, and then he said to everyone: "I didn't have any free time last year, and I didn't come to visit you. , I survived. I am here to thank everyone!"

Lin Shu bowed and bowed down, but everyone dared not say it.After everyone sat on both sides, Lin Shu chatted with the retainers of the Lin family.

"Uncle Lian, whose family does this little doll belong to? Why are you called here at such a young age?"

Lin Lian was the leader of this group of people, and one of Lin Ruhai's confidantes back then. He had always been in charge of the strongest bodyguard of the Lin family in the capital.

Hearing Lin Shu's question, he sighed: "This is Brother Mastiff, the eldest son of Lao Liu's family. The younger one is still studying in school. After beating Lao Liu, I recruited him into the personal guard." .”

The sixth child is called Lin Liu, and the oldest group of people in this group are all orphans adopted by Lin Shu's grandfather.From Lin Da to Lin Jiu, they grew up eating the food of the Lin family, and loyally worked for the Lin family.

Of the nine people, only four were left alive, and Lin Liu, at the beginning of the seventh year of Zhide, blocked a poisoned feather arrow for Lin Ruhai.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly quieted down when Lin Lian mentioned Lin Liu. Lin Shu frowned and said, "Uncle Liu's family is only left with my aunt and two children to live with. How can I let Brother Mastiff suffer like this again? Send him to school!"

Lin Mastiff straightened his waist, clapped his right hand to his heart and said, "Patriarch, Lin Mastiff is willing to take over the sword in father's hand and serve the Patriarch with allegiance!"

Her voice still had a childlike voice, but her immature face was extremely determined.He pulled out the saber from his waist and cut his palm before Lin Shu could react.

The blood dripped down, bright red and dazzling, but it made Lin Shu sigh.He walked up to Lin Mastiff, took the long sword from his hand, and slashed his left arm: "Okay, from now on, Lin Mastiff is the official retainer of the Lin family. worship."

Lin Lian sent a jug and porcelain bowl, the blood of the two dripped into the bowl, Lin Shu took a sip first, Lin Mastiff took the bowl and drank it down.

This kid probably hasn't had a drink yet, after drinking a bowl of wine, not only his face flushed, but he also became dizzy.After kneeling down and kowtowing to Lin Shu, he lay on the ground and couldn't get up.

The people in the room forgot the look of sadness just now, and burst out laughing.In the end, one of them carried Lin Mastiff back home, and asked the doctor in the village to bandage the wound on his palm along the way.

Lin Shu casually bandaged the wound on his arm with a handkerchief, and told everyone about his future arrangements: "The wind and rain in the capital seem to have calmed down, but there are still many people plotting against our family. For example, That Wang Ziteng has been sending people to monitor Huanghuafang, and not far from Zhuangzi is hiding the former Beijing King Shui Rong."

(End of this chapter)