There must be a few people in the outer court who can be used, and if they suffer, there will be a few servants who can be brute, so as not to be too passive.

And the itinerary of their trip, although it was stated in the letter that they were going to go to their grandmother, was changed by Lin Zheng the day before they got on the boat.

After they got off the boat, they didn't plan to go straight to the Jia Guogong Mansion.

Lin Zheng grinded Lin Ruhai to the steward who was guarding the Lin family's mansion in the capital and went to Xin'er in advance.

Let the people of the first mansion go to the dock first to take the little masters back to the Lin family's own mansion.

After the house was cleaned up and the luggage and belongings were all placed, Lin Zheng sent someone to send a message to his grandfather's house, and after getting the letter, he would come to visit.

As for the follow-up, the matter of temporary residence in Jia Province?

It depends on Lin Zheng's mood.

How long to stay and when to leave is up to him.

And the reason for this, Gu Zheng thought clearly.

Keeping filial piety for one's mother, even at the grandfather's house, is not convenient.

My grandmother was old, and she should not be irritated by sad things.

The Lin family is upright, and when the relatives are gone, they must close the door and keep filial piety for their mother with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Lin Zheng closed the "University" in his hand, and watched the blue river water getting slower and slower, he knew that the dock on the outskirts of Kyoto was about to arrive.

"Bang!

The boat was very flat, and when the stern of the boat was connected with the docking position on the dock, Lin Zheng, who was sitting in the cabin, only shook it slightly.

He was not in a hurry, but he just looked at the ink and calligraphy and painting to pick up his bookcase, and when the old housekeeper outside the door was in charge, he lifted his robe and walked out.

The water and land wharves in the suburbs of Beijing are really a little drier than those in the south of the Yangtze River.

The oncoming moist air brought a bit of heat to the edge of the capital.

The dock where they were was was full of people, and no one had stopped for a moment because of the size of their group or even the official flags on the bow of the ship.

Even the anti-bag masters who stood on the edge of the dock and squatted for work did not flinch a little because of fear.

They just watched, and their eyes were full of knowledge in the realm of the capital.

Not to mention this kind of foreign officials, even the princes and marquis inside, don't you have a time when you don't take advantage of them?

Lin Zheng, who had seen more than anyone else, was speechless, but Lin Daiyu, who was following her brother, was surprised by the unusual scene in the capital.

She played this little head to cover Lin Zheng's back, out of the reserve of her daughter's family, and only secretly glanced at it behind the fan.

However, as soon as he got off the boat, the steward who received the letter greeted him early.

The carriages and sedan chairs located at the gate of the wharf are all prepared for the little master of the Lin family.

Seeing that the group probably had no work, the dozen or so idle helpers sitting around the door headed for another docked boat.

After Lin Zheng and Lin Daiyu entered the Lin family's mansion, the day had already darkened.

Lin Daiyu, who was holding a small bowl of honey fruit porridge, tilted her head and asked the sweet eldest brother who was eating next to her: "Brother, I heard my mother say that my grandfather's family is different from other families, and it is a well-known family in Kyoto City." ”

Lin Zheng was choked by this, so he could only use the pigeon soup on the side to smooth his throat and make his own answer for this innocent girl who believed everything others said.

But it depends on which way you want to say it. ”

"Our grandfather's family has a really big reputation, but I'm afraid it's not a very good reputation. ”

"My brother is talking behind closed doors in the house, and only you and my brother and sister can know. ”

Seeing Lin Zheng's serious expression, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but nod.

Satisfied with the well-behaved nature of this little Lori, Lin Zheng went on to say: "Our mother was originally from the Jiaguo Mansion, and she can really be regarded as a noble child. ”

"But our Lin family is different from the Jia family. We are a scholarly family, a clear family. ”

"Since the founding of the new dynasty, we can see that the Lin family and the Jia family belong differently. ”

"The old lady of the Lin family is the way of the auxiliary country, and the grandfather of the Jia family is the road of martial arts. ”

"It's just that after the peace of the stage, the courtiers need to work hard to stabilize the country and make the country rich and the people strong. ”

"The ancestors of the Lin family retreated bravely, and the purpose of attacking the lord was quite resolute. ”

"Since my father's generation, it is equivalent to starting a family in white, except for the family in Jiangnan and the scholarly household, there is no side contact. ”

"My father relied on his real talent and learning to take the road of becoming an official in the imperial examination, whether it was officialdom or Shilin's reputation, he managed it. ”

"This is the only way to seek stability after the Three Dynasties, even the Jia family of the Wuxun family now wants to abandon Wu Congwen and take a safe road. ”

"So, when my brother takes you to Jiafu, all the biases and irrationalities you see will more or less carry the influence of your grandfather's stay. ”

"It's a pity," Gu Zheng sighed when he said this: "At the beginning of my childhood enlightenment, I met my second uncle's cousin Jia Zhu, although he is too dignified and not necessarily broad, but he is indeed the most proficient in reading among the Jia family's generation." ”

"If it lasts, the fame of a man can still be obtained, and then use the relationship of the Jia family to find a proper real shortage, so that the dignity of the Guogong Mansion can be maintained. ”

"It's a pity that during the scientific expedition a few years ago, I was seriously ill, and after I came back, it was delayed for a few months, and I just went!"

"Now it has become a huge state mansion, and there is not a single man who can hold the doorpost. ”

Only the unmasked cousin Yuanchun was ruthlessly sent to the palace by her mother, Mrs. Wang, to fight for a future for the men in the family. ”

Hearing this, Lin Daiyu at the table didn't even care about the food in the bowl, she put down her belongings and held the customary silk handkerchief tightly in her hand.

It seems that in this way, the woman's nervousness about the unknown can be relieved.

Seeing Xiao Daiyu's reaction, Gu Zheng never stopped his interpretation: "What he did was just the only bloodline of the second uncle's family, Jia Baoyu's future." ”

Just because of the reputation of his Zhongxiu Linghui in this family, and a bit of poetry and spirituality, he was sought after by the staff of the second uncle. ”

"Let our grandmother, Mrs. Jia have to agree with the actions of the second room. ”

"Because my grandmother probably already knows that none of the men in this mansion can stand up. ”

"As for what you're worried about, because of the difference in rules, eating and using, it will attract the shame of your grandfather's family?"

Speaking of this, Gu Zheng gently put the white jade hollow ivory carved chopsticks in his hand on the ivory chopsticks on the side, and smiled at Ji Yue: "Then don't worry." ”

"Such a bottomless outburst general style, I am afraid that my sister will learn from you, and even bring our Lin family's reputation for honesty and elegance. ”

"Besides, it's useless to talk more, when I arrived in Beijing today, I had already made a prayer post, and until tomorrow, I will take you into the mansion of the ancestors of the Najia family, you can see more, think more, if there is anything you don't understand, just send the four treasures to come to me. ”

"Oh, I guess my grandmother will keep the two of us in Jiafu for a little longer, and my sister and I must not live together. ”

"I will hand over the four treasures of my study to you, and he will contact your big maid in charge of taking care of the yard at noon every day, while you are taking a nap. If there is anything you want to entrust to someone, let him share it with him. ”

"If you want to see your brother, just tell him alone. ”

Looking at the eldest brother's advice, Daiyu nodded half puzzled and half ignorant, she always felt that her brother, who was about to go to her grandfather's house, was not like a string of relatives, but was going to fight.

Oh, forget it, after all, my brother will never harm himself.

Lin Daiyu, who was raised really well, didn't know what it was to be cautious, and left all the doubts behind her with a little apprehension.

Early the next morning, I saw a commotion in the outer courtyard.

Daiyu, who was already regular, sat in front of the dresser and casually asked the snow goose who grew up with her: "Brother, what are you doing? ”

Just in time for her family's eldest maid Wen Ying opened the curtain and entered the door, bringing a basin of warm water for dressing, and answered for Lin Zheng.

"Miss, the eldest young master of the outer courtyard is arranging a gift. ”

"It is really strange to say that my grandfather's family is not as good as the scholarly family in Jiangnan. ”

"I want to replace some of the good things that my father had prepared that are elegant but not valuable, and replace them with gold and silver that are not worth anything. ”

"Huh?"

Daiyu, whose pigtails on the back of her head had been spread out by the snow geese, opened her mouth slightly when she heard this.

How could a girl like her, who doesn't smile toothlessly, ever have such a gaffe.

"Poof!"

After figuring out why her brother did this, Daiyu smiled narrowly.

Hey, this brother of hers, really put the dislike of the Jia family on his face.

When she rarely put on the high-quality white juansi plain clothes produced in the Jiangnan Imperial Weaving Office made by her brother, she hung a set of gestures for the East China Sea to understand the beads, and the dots and emeralds between the temples were all white jade, without any silver jewelry, so that Daiyu felt that her body was precious and a little awkward, but when she saw her eldest brother's wear, she was suddenly compared to a little plain.

I saw that the handsome boy who could go out with only a plain hairband or a white jade hairpin on weekdays was now dressed up like the top family in the capital.

On his head is a white gold crown with jade wrapped in jade and inlaid with eastern pearls, with a blue and green bamboo of the same color, a white plum embroidered robe in the snow, a long tassel of gold and silver threads intertwined in the middle of the waist, and a foot boot with blue satin and black ground, which is dressed in elegance.

The day of his mother's funeral was not more than a hundred, and Gu Zheng was stunned to use his elegance to set off this too luxurious white to be a little dignified.

Coupled with the white horse without a trace of variegation, the oil shed must be removed, and the horse ride with plain white linen cloth is lived, and the person sitting on the horseback smiles at Daiyu with the light on his back, and the little girl understands that she and her brother are afraid that they are about to set off at this time.

Seeing the eldest brother with such an appearance, Lin Daiyu's original awkwardness also faded a little.

It's just that the brocade clothes are gorgeous, and the people of her Lin family have never seen it.

Daiyu, who was sitting in the car, suddenly became down-to-earth.

When Lin Zheng came to the north of the street, where there were two big stone lions at the door, Lin Zheng led a vast convoy of no less than twenty or thirty people.

There were a dozen or so people standing outside the gate, presumably waiting at the side gate next to the main entrance.

The double push there has been opened, and the group is divided into two teams and is looking forward to it.

I don't know whose sharp eyes saw the Lin family's carriage and horses, and a person who looked like a person in charge came over and took Lin Zheng's horse in his hand first.

Lin Zheng, who was riding on the horse, smiled very warmly, and the steward who came over was also very respectful.

"Young Master Cousin, the old ancestor has been looking forward to you coming for a long time, and the special little ones are waiting here to welcome you in. ”

Looking at the wide open side door, Gu Zheng raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but he said the appropriate words very smoothly: "It's okay, let's go in first and talk about it, don't let the old ancestor wait in a hurry." ”

After that, Lin Zheng put away the reins of the horse in his hand, turned over and dismounted with an extremely beautiful posture, and personally stopped the horse for Daiyu, and did not make a sound, but when the Huading soft sedan chair that had been parked at the side door came over, Daiyu first let Daiyu into the pink one, and then lifted the curtain and sat in the cyan one.

When the two of them sat down, the servants who followed the Lin family also packed up the cage and picked it up with a pole, and the two followed behind the sedan chair as soon as they carried it.

Forming a long dragon through the fish, it can be merged into the house from the side door.

Walking in the outer courtyard, after walking a shot, the last dozen or so boxes were ordered to be carried aside by the stewards first, and eight others, four relatively delicate, continued to walk together.

When they arrived at the crooked place outside the courtyard, the servants who carried the sedan chair left the two sedan chairs at the corner, and all of them retreated, and a few mother-like stewards attracted more than a dozen characters who looked like small servants, took the sedan chair, lifted the sedan chair again, and walked towards the courtyard.

When they arrived at the door of a hanging flower, all the mothers-in-law also stopped and dismissed all the small servants around them, and the four cages of the Lin family also fell outside the door.

Lin Zheng, who had seen the hanging flower door from the gap, whispered: "You guys are here, wait until I finish the transmission, and then put the things in the place where you live." ”

"Whoa!"

At this time, even the four scholars that Lin Zheng was used to had no possibility of following, and stayed outside this door with a few capable servants.

Seeing that the irrelevant people around him retreated far enough, a person dressed as a house-in-law stepped forward, opened the door curtain on the sedan chair for Lin Zheng and Lin Daiyu, and helped Lin Daiyu get off the sedan chair.

When the brother and sister stood still, they continued to move forward with the guide, and on both sides were the verandahs, among which was the hall, and there was a large interstitial screen of red sandalwood shelf marble in the middle of the field.

Turning the interstitial screen, there are three small halls, and behind the hall is the main courtyard at the back. The five upper rooms in the front are all carved beams and painted buildings, and the wings of the verandah through the mountains on both sides are hung with birds and birds such as parrots and thrushes.

On the platform next to it, there were a few little maids dressed in red and green, and after seeing this line of people, they were all happy, and they chattered a little smart: "The old lady was still reading it just now, but it happened to come." ”

After speaking, three or four people scrambled to open the curtain cage at the main entrance, and replied to the inside: "Uncle Lin, Miss Lin is here." ”

It's just that seeing this kind of scene, Lin Zheng and Lin Daiyu didn't move forward, not only did they not go to make fun, but Lin Zheng took a step back.

"Go, help me find it, there are irrelevant people in the house? ”

Although she was plain, she still felt that she was dressed more gorgeously, how could she feel that the lights on these little maids were so dazzling, she was uncomfortable, and her legs and feet naturally resisted.

The status of her grandmother, who she had never seen before, also fell by three points in her heart.

Seeing the serious expression on Lin Zheng's face, several little maids who were scrambling to shake their wits were stunned on the spot.

Originally, a few of the brothers of the Lin family were peeking at each other, but at this time, the pretty pink face was red and white, so he was not aggrieved.

Probably because Lin Zheng's voice was not light, and Jia's mother in the inner room had already heard the movement.

The old lady only had a moment before she heard a voice that was half like and half annoyed: "You monkey, how old are you, and that's it?"

"Grandmother, there were any outsiders here, they were all relatives and sisters in the family, you let me in, see if I don't rub you a few times!"

Hearing Jia Mu call like this, Lin Zheng laughed instead.

He lifted his outer robe, strode three or two, and went directly into the inner room.

Seeing two young girls, they greeted Jia's mother with their arms.

"Grandmother!"

didn't want the old thing to happen again, so Lin Zheng, who made Daiyu sad, picked up Jia's mother and didn't wait for the other party's heartfelt crying, but pulled Daiyu behind him to the opposite seat in advance.

He kept saying, "Grandmother, don't be sad, you see, isn't my sister and I standing in front of you with all beards and tails?"

"Look at the battle outside, they are all full of flowers, and my grandmother is so old that she should not be happy or sorrowful, but she is still as happy as usual. ”

"I don't have to cause you to get seriously ill again because of the grief of the juniors. ”

Look, what a proper word, what a mother Jia who was ready to hold Lin Zheng and Lin Daiyu in her arms and rub them all the time, she was a little unable to catch it and was stunned on the spot.

Scold.

Lin Zheng rolled his eyes very gloomily, but saw that the two aunts on both sides of Jia's mother had stood up early, ready to cry with Jia's mother, and the handkerchief held in his eyes was ready, but he didn't know whether he should continue to press it at the corner of his eyes.

"Hehe, grandmother, sit down!"

Lin Zheng's subordinates kept talking, pressed Jia's mother back to the Taishi's chair with a smile, and took Lin Daiyu to finish the elders' rituals in a proper manner, as if nothing had happened, and continued to say this.

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