Whose Evil in the Red Chamber

The Lin family is a well-known scholarly family. Even since the founding of Emperor Taizu in this dynasty, the power of the aristocratic family in this court far exceeds that of Qingliu. Go through the murky waters of factional rivalry.

Therefore, the Lin family has passed down to Lin Ruhai's generation. Although they have accumulated a good reputation, they have really drifted away from the core of power.Different from Lin's father's willingness to dormant, Lin Ruhai was a high school candidate before he was weak, and he was a young man who won the gold list and praised his official position for three days. It is the first step, and it is Lin Ruhai's ultimate wish to finally become a cabinet scholar.

However, the same as his ancestors, Lin Ruhai was not willing to participate in the formation of cliques for personal gain. When Lin Ruhai entered the official career, the flames of fighting for the heir had just ignited. However, Lin Ruhai was very obedient. After realizing that the emperor was dissatisfied with the prince, he immediately assumed the posture of a pure minister, and he really got the emperor's favor.

Marrying his wife Jia Min was probably the most difficult thing for him. At that time, Jia Zheng's father had not passed away, and Jia Zheng was bent on seeking fame.

However, due to a chance meeting, the two met before the exam, and they became friends. After Jia Zheng failed, he was depressed, so he went to drink with Lin Ruhai. , with brilliant literary talent, which made Lin Ruhai unforgettable.After making indirect remarks, I realized that it was Jia Zheng's direct sister, Jia Min. This was the first time in Lin Ruhai's life that he had the idea of ​​marrying a wife.

However, the factional disputes among the four kings and eight males are really a quagmire, and Lin Ruhai is extremely unwilling to step into it, but in the end, he has no choice but to make a choice because of his good feelings for Jia Min.However, even though He Lin Ruhai became the son-in-law of Jia's family, he has always been wandering around the periphery of the four kings and eight males. Although that clear and streamlined posture is a bit blurred than before, it has never disappeared. This also caused Shui Rong and others to treat him. Not very trusting.

When the new emperor came to the throne, Lin Ruhai, who claimed that he did not participate in the "seizure" dispute, was full of expectations to be reused, and the fact was true. Although he experienced Ding You twice from his parents, he was not squeezed out after his recovery. Chaotang, on the contrary, has been promoted step by step, and now he is entrusted with the important task of patrolling the salt censor, which is the best explanation-the new emperor has shown his determination to reorganize the salt administration, and his position as the censor can be regarded as a tour on behalf of the sky.

At the same time, Lin Ruhai also faintly felt that the position of inspecting the salt censor might also be a problem posed to him by the new emperor. If the matter of the salt administration was handled well, it would be tantamount to proving his attitude as a pure minister, and his wish of a cabinet scholar would be fulfilled. It's not far away either.If he messed up this errand, he would also be far away from the center of the court.

Born in the south of the Yangtze River, Lin Ruhai is very clear about the twists and turns of the salt administration. Which of the three major factions in the court did not get involved in the salt affairs?This is also the reason why Lin Ruhai is in trouble now. He wants to be a pure minister who is reused by the emperor, yes, but if he offends all three factions at the same time, this pure minister will really become a lonely minister. This is not what Lin Ruhai wants result.

Although he has always been reluctant to go deep into the lineage of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, he also understands in his heart that after the expiration of his filial piety for his father and Ding You, it was the Wang family who opened up his contacts in the capital through the relationship with the King of Beijing, which allowed him to recover. That went smoothly.Now if Lin Ruhai doesn't show affection at all, it's really impossible for Lin Ruhai to do it.

But if only the King Zhongshun and King Zhongan were pulled out, but the Four Kings and Eight Dukes were spared alone, then he would not be able to take off his clique hat, and this result would certainly not be acceptable. If the emperor is satisfied, his future will probably be ruined by then.

Just when Lin Ruhai was hesitating and despondent about the salt administration, he heard the rumors about Jingxuan again, adding to the confusion in his busy schedule, making Lin Ruhai so angry that he wanted to break the leg of this scoundrel, so that he would not go outside It's embarrassing; but thinking of the emperor who is now "secretly" hiding in this evil son's house, Lin Ruhai can only hold back his anger.

As soon as the rumor about Huan Yi that it is better to say it without explaining it appeared, with Lin Ruhai's keenness, how could he not guess that it was Jing Xuan's counterattack? That's right, it's nothing more than that scoundrel making such gossip because of his indiscretion, but he still thinks that the matter is not difficult enough, and he publicizes the matter of Prince Zhong'an's mansion again. , which obviously violated Lin Ruhai's original intention of avoiding too much involvement with these factions as much as possible.

At the beginning of the Jinling incident, he felt that Jingxuan was a gun used by the emperor and the emperor, so even though he received complaints from his wife's family, the Wang family, and even the old mother, he finally digested the anger in his stomach, but now even if It was because the emperor was still manipulating behind the scenes, Lin Ruhai didn't want Jingxuan to "add chaos" at this time for the sake of dealing with the prospects of the Yan government.

However, Lin Ruhai's "a lot of painstaking efforts", obviously Jing Xuan did not agree. Facing Lin Ruhai's questioning, Jing Xuan took it for granted: "Repaying grievances with kindness, how can I repay virtue? This has never been my temper. A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye It's my appetite to fight back, since Huan Yi has the guts to gossip about me in Weiyang, don't blame me for tearing up my face and not giving him any face, right? Now let me calm down, I'm afraid I really can't do it. "

What he said was really too blunt, it only made Lin Ruhai so angry that he couldn't breathe freely, and the "father-son relationship" that "respected each other as guests" with great difficulty some time ago also cracked again.

"Presumptuous! Are you talking to your father? Whether you like it or not, go back to Gusu immediately, and don't spread any more rumors. I'm not asking for your opinion." Lin Ruhai's voice was clear. He was angry, his face was ashen, but his attitude was unusually tough.

However, Jingxuan has always been a soft-hearted person. Seeing Lin Ruhai's tough attitude, Jingxuan raised his eyebrows and said half-sarcastically: "What to do is my own business, so don't worry about it. You have the time to worry about it." As for my business, I might as well think about how to be your censor. Now that Huan Yi is complaining about his illness in Beijing, but he came to Weiyang, I think you should pay more attention to this."

Jing Xuan's words were mean, and to Lin Ruhai's ears, it was tantamount to adding fuel to the flames. Lin Ruhai couldn't help being furious, and scolded: "Sure enough, I indulged you too much on weekdays. What they said is right, you can't raise it." Teacher, father's fault, today I will teach you a good lesson, come and start a family law!"

Lin Ruhai yelled loudly, and the servants of the Lin family naturally obeyed his orders, and those who carried the boards and stools quickly set up a battle in the yard.Jing Xuan looked at him with his arms folded, with no fear on his face, stared at by his eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, many servants hesitated to step forward and pull him.

"It doesn't make sense, so you have to use the family law. I thought only the Zhen family was so unreasonable, but now it seems that you don't give way." Jing Xuan added fuel to the fire.

Jingxuan's temper has always been stubborn. If he were his biological parents, he could bear it for a while. Right now, Lin Ruhai has neither life nor support. He keeps silent when he gets benefits, turns his face ruthlessly when he touches benefits, and hurls tantrums when he doesn't make sense. Trying to act like a "father" in vain is what Jing Xuan can't stand.

Jing Xuan was unhappy in his heart, and so was Lin Ruhai. He was already holding back his anger, but when he saw that the servants were hesitating one by one, and Jing Xuan was still stubborn, Lin Ruhai became even more angry, and couldn't help but say:

"Reason? Is it your reasoning to treat a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye? What kind of reasoning is it for such a villain to behave like this?"

Jing Xuan raised the corner of his mouth and said with a sneer, "The behavior of a villain? Then I dare to ask, you have always said that the way to be a minister is to be loyal to the emperor and love the people. Now that the salt government in the south of the Yangtze River has been corrupted to such an extent that His Majesty is worried and the people are dissatisfied, why do you No action for so long? If you say now that you haven’t found out the inside story here, it’s really ridiculous! It’s really hard for you to justify yourself by disregarding your so-called way of being a minister for your own self-interest and human relations.”

Jing Xuan's mouth has always been unforgiving. Before that, because the relationship with the Lin family has become more and more relaxed in recent years, Jing Xuan was not willing to go all out. Now that Lin Ruhai has provoked him, Jing Xuan has no scruples. Trying to figure out people's hearts is what he is best at, so seeing what Lin Ruhai cares about most, Jing Xuan's upper lip touched his lower lip, and stabbed him a few words on the tip of Lin Ruhai's heart.

Lin Ruhai was already outraged by Jing Xuan, but now, after hearing these words, her face turned green and red, and she was startled, annoyed, ashamed, and angry in her heart. Trembling: "You... you... Nie Zi, Nie Zi!"

However, he couldn't utter half a sentence of rebuttal. Jing Xuan's words hit the most contradictory and hesitant place in him now. Lin Ruhai couldn't help but feel that his thoughts were all understood by the people in front of him and made clear to the world. A sense of fear, and for the first time he truly discovered that he had always underestimated this child.

At this time, Jia Yucun, who had been playing the role of the wooden man just now and did not participate in the dispute between the father and son, saw that Lin Ruhai was choked and speechless, coughed lightly, and said to Jingxuan: "Elder son This statement is wrong. As for the matter of the Yan government, since Mr. Lin took office, there has not been a day when he has not kept this important matter in his heart. It is just that the matter of the salt government involves too much, and it cannot be explained by a simple relationship. If you are not careful, you may shake the foundation of the country. It is precisely because you are loyal to the emperor and love the people that Mr. Lin dare not act rashly. The eldest son must not be provoked by outsiders and believe it is true. But it really hurt the harmony between father and son."

Jia Yucun's words were tactful, which not only took Lin Ruhai's face into account, but did not show any of his dry goods, and even pushed the conflict to the unwarranted "outsider provocation". The father and son of the Lin family who were really angry, Lin Ruhai's expression softened a lot when he heard it, Jing Xuan raised his eyebrows, Jia Yucun is really eloquent, and he didn't really want to distinguish right from wrong with Lin Ruhai, so he went down the donkey. No pressure either.

Lin Ruhai didn't want to argue anymore, after listening to Jia Yucun's words, Lin Ruhai stroked his beard, and then said: "What Shi Fei said is absolutely true, it's my father's fault if you don't raise him, and it's also my fault that you are so disrespectful today. .From tomorrow onwards, you come back to me every day, and I will let Shi Fei be your teacher, teaching you the way of a sage is the right thing to do!"

Obviously, after today's dispute, Lin Ruhai finally had to face a fact: whether he likes it or not, Jing Xuan is his son after all, especially in the eyes of outsiders.Jingxuan and the Lin family are also in a relationship of both prosperity and loss. This kid ruined his reputation outside, not only his reputation, but also the entire Lin family suffered together.This child's current thinking is too paranoid, if he doesn't get back on the right track in time, sooner or later he will cause a big disaster!

Lin Ruhai couldn't help feeling a little annoyed. He was still too young to trust a barefoot doctor in the countryside and entrusted Jing Xuan to him. What a mistake, a good child was taken away!

Lin Ruhai took it for granted in his heart, but it was a pity that he didn't say these words, so Jing Xuan walked down the steps provided by Jia Yucun. However, Lin Ruhai's words were meant to belittle Mr. Wu. Come on, for Jing Xuan, Mr. Wu is not only his teacher, but also his half father. How can Lin Ruhai belittle him here?And compared with a villain like Jia Yucun, it made the fire that Jing Xuan had just extinguished burn up again.

"Let Jia Yucun teach me the way of a saint?! This is really the best joke I've heard so far."

After Jing Xuan was extremely angry, his face remained calm, but his eyes were cold, as if icicles had seeped out, and he continued to sneer: "As far as I know, Mr. Jia's family was extremely poor before he was in high school. They lived in the Gourd Temple in Jinling and sold calligraphy and paintings for a living."

Although Jia Yucun was very uncomfortable being told by Jingxuan about his poor experience that day, he has always been eloquent and eloquent. Although he is unhappy now, he knows that whether he can subdue this young master Lin is all in this place. At that time, if he succeeds, his status in the Lin family will skyrocket. Lin Ruhai's official career is very good, and he will have to take advantage of this shareholder wind to return to the court. Therefore, Jia Yucun suppressed his unhappiness and said with a smile: "Yes. That’s true, but as the saying goes, a hero doesn’t ask where he came from, whether he is poor or rich, the title on the gold list is a hero, how can we judge by his birth.”

Lin Ruhai nodded after hearing this, and Jing Xuan continued unmoved: "This statement is reasonable, but it was Yinglian's father, Zhen Shiyin, who subsidized the travel expenses of the husband, so that the husband was able to go to Beijing to take the exam, and only then did he have high school. In this way, Mr. Zhen is very kind to you, but after you returned to your hometown, you found that the Zhen family was abducted by a kidnapper because of Yinglian, and the family was ruined. The original "Master Jia" tried his best to find the only daughter of this benefactor, or took care of Mrs. Zhen as her own sister-in-law, but gave her a few taels of silver to her natal family, but took someone else's maid as a concubine. Why?"

Jia Yucun couldn't help feeling a little thirsty when he heard the words, little is known about his love of Jiao Xing, and it's an old story in Jinling, how come this half-grown child in front of him knows so well?

Jingxuan didn't stop there, and continued to sneer: "The Gourd Temple once sheltered Mr. Jia, which is a great kindness. However, the Gourd Temple caught fire, and the monks in the temple had nowhere to stay. I have never stepped into the ruins of the site, let alone funded the reconstruction, and the big favor is not repaid. What is the reason for this?

In addition, Mr. Zhen once sponsored Mr. Jia to take the exam. It was both kindness and friendship. Mr. Jia neither helped to find the benefactor's daughter, nor did he support the benefactor's widow. Doesn't Mr. Jia feel ashamed of being a wife who never left her when the family was poor?

If Mr. Jia is really a villain to the end, I would also admire it. After you found Yinglian, you showed another affectionate expression. In my eyes, it means more hypocrisy and hypocrisy than sincerity. Call such a person to teach I am a sage, then I really can't afford it! "

No matter how eloquent and thick-skinned Jia Yucun was at these words, he couldn't help but blushed, and was as dumbfounded as Lin Ruhai just now, unable to speak a word.

Originally, Lin Jingxuan didn't think much of Jia Yucun's character. Knowing that he is now the teacher of his younger sister Lin Daiyu made Jingxuan even more dissatisfied, but it was probably because he taught girls, so Jia Yucun was just teaching calligraphy, painting and poetry. , Jing Xuan can tolerate it, but he doesn't like to see this person, and Jing Xuan is only indifferent when he meets him.

But now this guy is beyond his control, he is not upright and he still looks like a gentleman with high morals, and he is compared with Mr. Wu by Lin Ruhai, it is simply unbearable. The dissatisfaction poured out all over his head. After saying this, Jing Xuan felt much more at ease, and took the time to look at the expressions of Jia Yucun and Lin Ruhai.

Even Lin Ruhai, who had always admired Jia Yucun, couldn't help but be moved by Jing Xuan's words, and had a lot of doubts about Jia Yucun's attitude. Losing trust in front of him, I couldn't help but feel anxious and annoyed, but there was nothing I could do. For a while, the huge courtyard was silent, only the sound of the wind could be heard.

At this time, the person at the door came trotting in front of Lin Ruhai, and replied: "My lord, someone came to the door and handed over this post, saying that there is something urgent."

Lin Ruhai took a look at the post, and couldn't help being taken aback. The handwriting on it clearly belonged to the emperor, so it can be seen that the person who came must have been sent by the emperor. Lin Ruhai dared not delay, so he hurriedly asked someone to come in, and he was relieved in his heart , someone came, finally eased the extremely quiet atmosphere just now

When the visitors arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Lin Ruhai took a look. Among the two who came, the tall and strong warrior was Yu Hua, the most respectable imperial guard in front of the new emperor, and the old man dressed as a country gentleman next to him was the emperor. Zhou Quan, the old internal supervisor.

At this time, Yu Hua still had no obvious expression on his usually cold face, but this eunuch Zhou was arrogant, with an indescribably innocent look.The eunuch looked around this week and saw many servants standing in the yard, and some people were holding boards, so his face darkened, and he said, "Yo, it seems that we came here at a bad time, the board is even moving!" Come on, Master Lin, what happened?"

Lin Ruhai vaguely guessed the reason why these two people came to the door, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply: "The manager is serious, but it's because the recent gossip about me, this evil son, is really not good enough, that's why..."

Although Lin Ruhai really wanted to find an excuse to cover up this matter, if in the past, he could say that the subordinates made mistakes and gave small punishments, but since the new emperor came to the throne, he has strictly ordered officials and eunuchs not to engage in lynching, so Lin Ruhai can only bite the bullet and say up.

However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by eunuch Zhou, who said with a half-smile: "Master Lin is very angry, but it's just gossip, and it's not a big disaster. Is it serious enough to start a family law?"

Eunuch Zhou made no secret of his stance of supporting Jingxuan. Lin Ruhai is a fine person, how could he fail to hear the subtext of this week's eunuch? It's a trivial matter, but Lin Ruhai couldn't refute it to Eunuch Zhou, so he could only apologize with a smile: "I'm a little impatient."

"Since that's the case, why don't you ask Mr. Lin if it's convenient for the eldest son to let him go? The old man still has important matters to discuss with the eldest son." Eunuch Zhou's words were somewhat polite.

Hearing that eunuch Zhou had moved the emperor out, how could Lin Ruhai say nothing? In this way, Jing Xuan, who had ridiculed both Lin Ruhai and Jia Yucun, was unscathed, and Shi Shiran left the Lin family, leaving Lin Ruhai alone. Jia and Jia suffered from internal injuries, but there was nothing they could do.

Lin Ruhai was distracted and couldn't concentrate on her official duties, so she went back to the inner house with a flick of her sleeves and saw her daughter, Daiyu, who was writing a post. Daiyu was young, but she had a very quiet personality. She was very talented in reading and writing. Now that it was a bit of a heat, seeing her father coming, Daiyu got up to salute her father after finishing her last word. Her daughter's obedience and understanding greatly healed Lin Ruhai's "strict father's heart" that had just been hurt.

Lin Ruhai couldn't help sighing when his eyes touched the beautiful jade around his daughter's waist. This is Jingxuan's birthday gift to Daiyu. The color of the most delicate thing is black, which just fits the daughter's name, which shows the intention of the gift giver.

This kid Jingxuan... hey!For the first time in his life, Lin Ruhai really felt that maybe he really did something wrong.

Not to mention how complicated Lin Ruhai's mood was, just to say that as soon as Jing Xuan and others left the Yan government, the eunuch Zhou put away his smirk, and was very warm to Jing Xuan, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty As soon as I heard that you were called to the Lin family, I immediately sent us to beg for someone, for fear that you would suffer."

As the chief eunuch next to the emperor for more than forty years, eunuch Zhou has personally experienced the transformation of the emperor's temper. Since the appearance of this young master Lin, the emperor's moody temper has finally taken a turn for the worse. For the better, they don't have to be trembling all day as servants, because eunuch Zhou is very warm to Jing Xuan from the bottom of his heart, and this is their "talisman" for serving as servants!

At this time, the emperor was waiting anxiously in the back house of the bodyguard bureau. When he saw Jing Xuan, he pulled him over to look up and down. Seeing that he was fine, he was relieved, snorted and muttered Lin Ruhai said a few words: "Tomorrow, I have to get you a 'Like I'm here' sign to wear.

On the body, let's see if Lin Ruhai dares to offend! "

Jing Xuan looked at the behavior of the emperor getting older and younger, but he was very ironic about his "protection" in his heart, and said with a smile: "If you care about it, you will mess up. With his ability, he can't move me."

The emperor nodded with a smile: "Yes, you are a little cunning."

After a few gossips, Jing Xuan said seriously: "Now that Huan Yi has suffered this loss, I'm afraid he will jump the wall in a hurry, and the Xue family has to be fully prepared. Rice is it!"

Counting the days, Wei Zhen should be ready too.