serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 31

Under the surprised eyes of Aunt Xue's mother and daughter, the official ship docked, and the officials in charge of wharf management who had been waiting here for a long time commanded the servants to lean on the ship's plank. After a while, a soldier walked off the ship. , said something to the officials, and those officials dispersed.

The old housekeeper: "Is it the Jia family?"

Baochai: "It's the Jia family!" As he spoke, he looked at Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue nodded. She and Mrs. Wang have been in correspondence with each other, and she knows the Jia family's affairs very well. She knows that Jia Hu, the head of the Ningguo Mansion, was appointed by the emperor to supervise military affairs in Yangzhou and train the new army.

Looking at the sturdy soldiers standing on the deck, the old butler said, "Why don't I bring my uncle's name card to visit?"

Aunt Xue nodded, then shook her head quickly, sighed softly, and said, "Get ready, I'll go in person."

The old housekeeper: "Yes." He replied and withdrew.

Xue Baochai: "Mother."

"do not talk."

Aunt Xue's face became serious: "The Ning Rong Second Mansion Branch has been the fourth generation, and it is about to be released. The Xue family is only a relative of the Rong Mansion Second Household, and has nothing to do with Ningguo Mansion. Don't mention this, it is the identity of the other party now. .Ah! I hope the other party can remember the love of the ancestors!"

The river wind blew the flags on the official boats rattling.

Eight personal soldiers, four on each side, were standing at the stairs leading to the third floor with their knives in their hands.

The sentry officer walked up and down the stairs with a knife in his hand, looking back and forth from time to time.

There was a sound of footsteps, and the officer quickly cast his gaze away. It was Lin San, the captain of the personal army, who came.

The officer stepped forward, arched his hand towards Lin Sanyi, and asked, "Captain Lin?"

Lin San: "Tell Mother Wang, I have something to report to the girl."

The officer: "Yes." Then he turned and went up to the third floor.

In the cabin, Lin Daiyu is painting with ink.

Xueyan stood aside and watched quietly. Ever since she learned from the Rongfu's mother-in-law that Jia Hu's younger sister Xichun likes to paint, Lin Daiyu picked up the brush and started painting.

Suddenly, the door curtain was raised, Wang Momo led the two women in, and said, "Girl, Captain Lin, please see me."

While painting, Daiyu asked, "What's the matter?"

Nanny Wang: "The concubine of the Xue family in Jinling came to visit the second master." Spreading the name card in front of Daiyu, she continued: "The Xue family and the Jia family are old relatives, and the concubine is the sister of the second wife of Rongfu. .”

Daiyu only glanced at the unfolded name card, and then continued to paint: "Did Lin San not say that the second brother is not here?"

Wang Momo: "I said it, but the matter is more complicated." Then he told the matter of the Xue family again, and said: "The steward of the Xue family said that the other party threatened to kill the brother of the Xue family in prison. Come ask Second Master for help."

Daiyu put the paintbrush aside, thought for a while, and asked, "What did Lin San say?"

Wang Momo: "Captain Lin said, this matter is entirely up to the girl to decide."

Hearing this, Daiyu frowned slightly, and Wang Momo hesitated, "If the girl is undecided, let Captain Lin decide for himself."

Daiyu frowned even tighter now, she remembered the teaching of her mother Jia Min, and realized that if she could not handle this matter well, Jia Hu's subordinates, even Jia's servants would despise her, perfunctory herself, and rely on her back. Sitting down in the chair, he let out a long sigh of relief, "Call Lin San to come in."

Wang Momo: "Yes." She waved to the two women, turned and walked out.

The two women hurriedly carried the prepared screen over and divided the cabin into inner and outer rooms.

After a while, footsteps came from outside the door, and then Mother Wang's voice came: "Girl, Captain Lin is here."

"Please come in."

"Captain Lin, please."

Lin San didn't dare to raise his head, and bowed to greet Ann.

Daiyu: "Is there any influence?"

Lin San understood, and immediately replied: "It's just a fifth-rank Zhizhou, it's nothing special, if you don't open your eyes, it will smash his yamen."

"okay."

Daiyu interrupted him, she would be lawless if she continued, waved her hand at Xueyan, and said: "You take the name card from Ningguo Mansion to bail him out."

After a pause, "Try not to touch your hands."

Lin San: "Yes." He took the name card and withdrew.

After seeing Lin San off, Nanny Wang came back and looked at Daiyu who continued to paint, thinking that Jia Min should be relieved to have a spirit in the sky.

"Easy, light."

While talking, Aunt Xue ordered the servant to send Xue Pan to the cabin.

Seeing her son's miserable condition, Aunt Xue couldn't help but burst into tears, with a "son" and a "meat", "You bastard, you have to drag yourself into it to finish, if you have something good or bad in this situation, you Tell me and your sister what to do."

Baochai heard it from inside, and ran out quickly. Looking at Xue Pan, who was pale and weak, she couldn't help crying.

The old butler: "Ask the doctor to take a look before you come here. They are all flesh wounds. It's not a nuisance. General Lin specially gave the army's golden sore medicine. The medicine was researched with wine and applied on it for the uncle to dissipate the heat poison of the blood stasis." Open it, it will be fine." He said, and handed the medicine to the woman beside him.

The old housekeeper took out another gift list from his sleeve, "The thank you gift is ready."

When Aunt Xue heard the words, she hurriedly shed tears, "I'll go in person." Having said that, she paused and looked at Baochai, "Let's go together, girl Bao."

Baochai covered her face and cried, but when she heard this, she froze there, as if she couldn't believe it. Aunt Xue said with a smile: "That boat is not Mr. Jia's granddaughter, but your uncle's." My niece, the daughter of the Lianghuai patrol salt censor."

Baochai breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes."

Here Xueyan had just served Daiyu to take the medicine, when suddenly the mother-in-law came to pass the news, the wife of the Xue family brought the sister of the Xue family to visit, and quickly opened a window to let the medicine gas out.

In the early spring, the river was windy, and the wind made Xueyan shiver. Daiyu also felt cold. She grabbed the skirt of her clothes with both hands and tightened it tightly. Xueyan hurriedly closed the window and went to light the incense burner, and the room was full of fragrance.

"My concubine and sister Xue are here." Mother Wang's voice came from outside the door.

Lin Daiyu got up quickly and said, "Please come in."

The door curtain was lifted, Aunt Xue, mother and daughter came in, Daiyu went up to greet her, bowed her knees to Aunt Xue Yingying, and said softly: "Auntie, please be well!"

Aunt Xue laughed hastily and said, "I can't do it! Girl, this is really breaking me!"

Daiyu said with a smile: "My aunt is an elder, so she should." Then she looked at Baochai, and her eyes lit up. There is such a beautiful woman in the world, so beautiful and dignified.

Baochai was also sizing up Daiyu at this time, and as soon as she got off the boat, she had a better understanding of the power of the Jia family. Just a single name card scared Jining Zhizhou to break the legs of her parents and children and came to plead guilty. The armored soldiers and the servants of the Jia family met on the second floor shocked her, making her understand what a noble family is, and she also became interested in the people on board. The family is so inspiring.

As expected of a daughter of an official family, although she is young, her manners and speech are not vulgar. Needless to say, her appearance is breathtakingly beautiful, but her body and face are a little timid, giving people a weak willow and supportive look, but it also adds A natural romantic attitude, in every move, reveals a kind of beauty that one can't help but care for.

Aunt Xue took Baochai's hand and said with a smile, "Baochai, I came to see you."

Daiyu: "Auntie, I'm a sheep."

"Oh, that's my sister!"

"younger sister."

"elder sister."

After talking and laughing for a while, the three of them sat down, and the women brought tea and snacks.

Aunt Xue took a sip from the tea bowl, put it down, and then said: "Thanks to the girl today, otherwise, what will happen to my evil family."

Daiyu smiled, "We are all relatives, so it is right to help each other."

"It's a strange way to say 'gifts come out to everyone', and I saw you today." Aunt Xue took the gift list from the mother-in-law, and said with a smile: "This is a kind gesture, girl, don't refuse."

Daiyu smiled and asked Nanny Wang to pick it up.

Aunt Xue felt relieved, and then said: "It is said that our three mothers are also a fate today, and we will see each other often in the future. How long do you plan to stay in the capital this time?"

Daiyu was slightly taken aback, then lowered her head.

Seeing Daiyu's expression, Aunt Xue was at a loss and looked at Baochai.

Baochai stood up, looked at the painting on the case, and said, "The painting is not bad, but the color is a little floating."

Daiyu came back to her senses, "Oh?" Then she also stood up, "Sister also likes painting?"

"I learned it when I was a child, but I haven't done it in the past few years. I probably forgot a lot."

Daiyu sneered and said with a laugh: "Well, I probably forgot a lot, just based on a sentence just now, I know that my sister is proficient in painting."

Baochai laughed and said, "If you don't write for one day, it's difficult, and for three days, you don't draw something unfamiliar. If you don't do it for many years, it will be gone."

Daiyu saw that Baochai's words were reasonable and it was difficult to refute them, so she stopped talking back to her and said, "Sister also makes a painting, let's open our eyes too."

Before Baochai could respond, Aunt Xue stood up: "Baochai, you are staying here with your sister, killing time, I'll go back and see your brother first."

"Thank you, Auntie." Daiyu bowed her body, and said to Mammy Wang, "Mommy, give Auntie a gift for me."

"Yes." Wang Momo nodded with a smile, looked at Baochai with love in her eyes, and said to Aunt Xue: "Concubine, please!"

Yangzhou.

The brave guard camp.

Jia Hu finished reading the letter in his hand, threw it on the table, and snorted coldly in his heart, after Jia Yucun became the prefect of Jinling, he still chose an official career. He was absolved of the guilt, no, he immediately sent himself a letter asking for credit.

At this moment, Yang Dayong came in and reported: "General, one hundred sub-cannons from Jinling Manufacturing Bureau have arrived."

Jia Hu: "Okay! Immediately order the gunners to shoot with live ammunition!"

The sub-cannon was improved from the Folang machine gun of the Ming Dynasty. The body of the cannon was five feet eight and weighed 85 catties. Put the sub-cannon into the medicine chamber, and the rate of fire is very high.

The longest range can reach 350 steps.

The mother and child cannons are installed on the four-wheeled vehicle and can be pushed and pulled.

(End of this chapter)