Lin Hai, Emperor Kangqing never thought of recruiting him as a concubine, if Jing'an Hou was still alive and was the Lin family, he might still think about it. Now, even in the old sense, he would not have acted in this way.

"Old five, do you always bother the prince? Fourteen, it's not too young, I heard that the previous time because of playfulness, even Mr.'s homework was not completed, and in the end it was the prince who interceded for him to be exempted from punishment. "Emperor Kang Qing is very helpless for this son, he doesn't like to go to the study since he was a child, and he likes such messy things.

"The fifth prince is still young, and it will be fine in a few years. Liang Degui said with a smile.

"That's it, he wants to enter the Ministry of Industry when he enters the court, and he has been begging the prince to come here to help him say good things about him recently, and he is very smart. Emperor Kang Qing thought that it was very funny when he thought of the previous report of the secret guards, this Rui'er was a lot smarter, and he was the most clever and eccentric all day long, thinking about picking up the jade pendant on his waist again, and playing with it, the smile on his face deepened.

Liang Degui raised his eyes and looked at the jade pendant slightly, which was the filial piety of the five princes some time ago, in the palace for so many years, he had already practiced a fiery eye, the jade pendant is a good purple jade carving is the pattern of the double dragon playing with pearls, just suitable for the saint's belt, from the pattern of the jade pendant, the carving of the five princes is better. The purple jade was originally rewarded by the Queen Mother to the five princes, "Song Shu - Fu Rui Zhixia": "Yellow silver purple jade, the king does not hide gold and jade, then yellow silver and purple jade light can see the deep mountains." It can be seen that the purple jade is precious, and the five princes carved the jade pendant of the double dragon play bead and the unicorn pattern respectively to the saint and the prince after getting the purple jade. The rest made peonies and hibiscus hostas and gave them to the queen mother and Zhuang concubine, which is really a prince with few filial piety in the palace, whether he is sincere to the saint or the prince, it is not like pretending. As the saying goes: 'Since ancient times, the royal family has no father and son, and the wealthy family has no brothers', but this does not include the five princes, the people in the royal family, are not so simple, more or less have some disguises. It's just a disguised decade like a day, and that's not true but also true.

"Let him go to the Ministry of Industry in another year, it will be as he wishes, and when the time comes, Jia Enhou will also be transferred together, and the two of them also have the same interests, and they are afraid that they will have something to say together. It just so happens that Jia Enhou has been in the house for three years, and it is time to raise the grade. ”

Liang Degui stood with an unchanged face, and his heart was constantly thinking, did the sage want to tie up the five princes of Rongguo Mansion and the crown prince together?

Emperor Kangqing saw that this time it was the northwest, and the investigation found that the queen and the four princes had more power in the court than he expected, and there was a faint suspicion of surpassing the crown prince. On the other hand, the crown prince is also surrounded by some civil officials in the East Palace. Although most of the ministers in the court will support the eldest son of the crown prince, but there is too much relationship between the prince and the generals, and the prince's family outside the palace also resigned and returned to his hometown due to the early death of the empress.

In the Lin family's study, Lin Ruhai was reading a book, although he knew that he was the top Xie Yuan, but he thought that he would not dare to slack off at all after three years, if he could not be admitted to the Jinshi and the Shi, he was afraid of his father's heart under Jiuquan. Lin Ruhai, who was reading and was in a trance, suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing, and as soon as he lifted it, a dark shadow stood in front of him, and the man shook hands and saluted: "Young master." ”

"Why are you here. Seeing that person, Lin Hai's face was frightened, and after he hurriedly got up and walked to the door to see if there was anyone else, he closed the door tightly, turned around and said, "Didn't you ask you not to have contact with the Lin family." ”

"Young master, the subordinates and the brothers in the pavilion were all cultivated by the old master, and they swore allegiance to the Jing'an Hou Mansion in this life. ”

Lin Ruhai stopped: "Now this is no longer the Jing'an Hou Mansion, but the Lin Mansion." I am not your young master, and my father never mentioned you before he died, nor did he hand me the pavilion master's token, so I have nothing to do with you. ”

"Young master. Seeing that Lin Ruhai's face was a little ugly when he heard the 'young master', he turned his mouth and said: "Uncle, the old master is gone, if you don't care about us anymore, I'm afraid that the Hades Pavilion will only be ruined in the future." The Hades Pavilion was built by the old master, and it was all the old master's hard work, can you bear it?"

"Okay, don't talk about it, it's because of the Yama Pavilion that your father died so early, do you want the Lin family to be buried with you? If the saint knows that you have a connection with the Lin family, then it will be the Yama Pavilion or the Lin family. Lin Ruhai heard the man mention his father, and shouted out in a gaffe.

"Could it be that the death of the old master is how possible, this is impossible" The expressionless person was torn apart by Lin Ruhai's words, and there was a trace of horror.

"My father was sure he died of illness. Lin Ruhai also calmed down after venting and said lightly.

"What Uncle Fang Cai said is true"

"Okay, what did you come to me for?" Lin Ruhai didn't want to mention that matter again, so he asked.

The man handed over a fold, Lin Ruhai opened it and saw that what was written on it was exactly the same as the secret report from the northwest received by Emperor Kangqing. Lin Ruhai was not interested in this matter, so he said: "This matter has nothing to do with the Lin family, let the saint have a headache." ”

"But the sage wants to tie the five princes of Rongguo Mansion to the crown prince, then Rongguo Mansion will be the uncle's father-in-law family in the future, and I am afraid that the Lin family will also be implicated. By the way, the sage mentioned the uncle's marriage today, but he didn't say anything, as if he just mentioned it casually. ”

"Okay, I got it. Hearing the sage mention his marriage, Lin Ruhai was shocked, and he didn't understand what Emperor Kangqing was thinking. "Go back, tell the people in the pavilion that there will be no Hades Pavilion in this world in the future, and you have chosen a secret guard to be loyal to the saint. As for those who have not been chosen, let him go to these places, and someone will arrange for them to live a good life. After saying that, he turned and walked to the bookshelf, and after knocking three long and two short, he opened a dark pavilion, took out a box and handed it to the man.

The man took the box and left silently.

After the man left, Lin Ruhai sat weakly on the chair, and his thoughts returned to the late night of the third day when his father had just died. Lin An and the others were also sent down by him to rest because they were busy in the past few days. Lin Ruhai was left alone in the mourning hall of Nuoda, and Lin Ruhai, who was really a little unable to stay up in the second half of the night, slowly closed his eyes, half-dreaming and half-awake, the cold wind blew, and a slight sound sounded in his ears. Lin Ruhai was startled, and his body shivered involuntarily. When he opened his eyes suddenly, he saw that the empty mourning hall was full of people, Lin Ruhai was very frightened in his heart, but he felt in his mind that this matter could not be known to a third party, otherwise the Lin family would be in great trouble.

Seeing that those people respectfully paid tribute to their father, the leader turned around and knelt straight in front of him, and a group of people behind him also knelt down together, and said in unison: "My subordinates have seen the young master." ”

"Who are you, I am not your young master. Looking at the group of strangers kneeling on the ground, although Lin Ruhai was a little scared in his heart, his years of upbringing made him still ask calmly.

"Young master, didn't the old master mention the Hades Pavilion to the young master before he died?" The leader was very surprised to hear Lin Ruhai's words, the master didn't mention them to the young master on his deathbed, so they Hades Pavilion wouldn't become ownerless people in the future. So what will he and his brothers in the cabinet do in the future? Although he received a letter from his master a few days ago, saying that after he left, he asked the Hades Pavilion to be loyal to the Holy One who was already a secret guard, and those who had not yet become a secret guard would stay in the Hades Pavilion or leave according to their wishes, but in the future, the Hades Pavilion and the Lin family would have nothing to do with it.

After receiving such news, the people in the Hades Pavilion were panicked, if they no longer had a relationship with the Lin family, they would be a group of dragons without a leader, do they want them to recognize the current saint as the master, then the final result is just that the saint will appoint a person to lead them. Compared with the unknown person, they are more convinced of the Lin family, and they are more loyal to the Lin family, after all, most of the brothers in the pavilion are orphans, and it was Jing'anhou who gave them a way to live and hope in the most desperate time.

After receiving the news again, they wanted to go to the Jing'an Hou Mansion to meet the master the next day, but they didn't expect the news of the master's death to come before they could see it, and the brothers in the cabinet discussed it together, and decided to go to the third night to pay tribute to the master, so as to meet the young master, although Lin Ruhai was young, they believed in the upbringing of the Lin family, after all, the young master was also raised by the master.

Speaking of this, Lin Ruhai didn't know that he remembered his father's expression before he died, looking at him who wanted to speak and stopped being embarrassed, and at that time he mistakenly thought that his father couldn't rest assured that the Lin family and his mother were. Now it seems that my father has been hesitating whether to tell him the secret things that the Lin family does not know, since my father did not say in the end whether he hopes that he has nothing to do with the Hades Pavilion.

Lin Ruhai looked at dozens of people staring straight at him, and said with a headache: "Father has never mentioned Hades Pavilion to me, let alone told us about you, you should go back first today, and wait until I figure things out." ”

Those people listened to Lin Ruhai's words, and their hearts slowly relaxed, but fortunately, the young master did not clear up the relationship with them all at once, so it can be seen that there is still room for turning around in this matter, so they left first.

After those people left, Lin Ruhai hurriedly asked people to find Lin An, he felt that only Lin An, who grew up with his father, would know a little about the Hades Pavilion, if even Lin An didn't know, I was afraid that no one else would know.

When he was young, Lin An came over in a hurry, his clothes were a little messy, and his hair was combed off, Lin Ruhai said apologetically when he saw this: "Uncle An, I'm really sorry to call you here at night." It's just that I have some doubts in my heart, and I want you to solve my doubts. ”

"Uncle is polite, the old slave is just a slave of the Lin family, because the old man has such a status from the beginning, uncle, please say anything directly. Lin An said respectfully.

"Uncle An, you grew up with your father, and you are your father's brother, I think you also know a lot about your father, I wonder if you have heard your father mention Hades Pavilion?"

When Lin An heard this, his heart was shocked, and his face became a little difficult, he looked up at Lin Ruhai, turned around and looked around the mourning hall, only to find that a few new pillars of incense were inserted in the incense burner in front of the old man's coffin, and he knew that he couldn't hide it from Lin Ruhai, so he said: "Uncle, they have been here." ”

Looking at Lin An's expression, what else did Lin Ruhai not understand, the Hades Pavilion definitely had something to do with his own family, and after listening to Lin An's question, he just nodded, and looked at him to know the answer.

"The old slave actually doesn't know much, only know that the Hades Pavilion was originally just a health hall set up by the Lin family, specifically to take in some poor people, but later the lord entered the palace and became the companion of the sage who was still the prince at that time, and then the first emperor named the sage as the prince, but other princes are still eyeing the throne, and the sage needs to avoid the first emperor has his own power to compete with other princes, so he gave this time to the lord to do, and then there was the Hades Pavilion, the first emperor died, the sage ascended the throne, the lord wanted to dissolve the Hades Pavilion, but at that time the sage was not stable in the court, and some princes were secretly manipulating the forces to want to take it, and the sage was not worried about the power left by the first emperor, and a new secret guard was formed, and most of those secret guards were selected from the Hades Pavilion. After a few more years, the court was stable, and the lord wanted to return the Yama Pavilion to the sage, but the sage had not been able to take over by a suitable person, so he had been let the lord take care of it. ”

"Then why hasn't my father ever told me anything?" Since the Yama Pavilion was managed by my father for the saint, why didn't I tell him?

"Master, I don't want my uncle to have anything to do with Hades. The old man said that the saint has been the emperor for so many years, and he is no longer the person who trusted him well back then, in order to balance the Lin family and the Hades Pavilion, the saint has long secretly cultivated a force outside the country. Therefore, the Lin family's support for the Hades Pavilion will only make the saint more and more defensive of the Lin family, which will not be beneficial to the Lin family in the future, so he will let Yiqiē disappear with him leaving. ”

"Does my father's death have anything to do with the saint?" Hearing such an amazing thing, Lin Ruhai was in a state of flux and asked with difficulty.

"No, I'm sure I'm sick. ”

"Even if my father goes, will the saint let down his guard against the Lin family?"

"The lord said that as soon as he leaves, the saint will definitely re-check the secret guard, and the lord has also made some preparations, which will make the saint feel that the Hades Pavilion has been disbanded, plus as soon as the lord goes, the Lin family will no longer be above the court, and it will take at least six or seven years for the uncle to come out, and such a long time will make the saint let down his guard in his heart. Six or seven years later, the princes under the sage's knees have grown up, and I am afraid that the sage will not have the energy to think about the Lin family at that time. Lin An said word for word what the old man said before he died, "The lord also said that the world often says that the emperor is ruthless, but that is ruthless to the living, but for the dead, the emperor will not spare their affection, just like the first queen, people have said that the saint has a deep affection for the Yuan Hou, and even the Fengqian Palace where the Yuan Hou lived is now worshiped as the Yuan Hou during his lifetime, and the prince is even more favored." If the former queen is still alive and alive to this day, I am afraid that in the heart of the saint, she will be like the current step-queen. With the master's understanding of the saint, even if he saw the feelings in the past, the saint would also be tolerant of the Lin family, and he would return the care of Rongguo Mansion in the future. ”

After listening to Lin An's words, Lin Ruhai knew that his father had calculated the future affairs clearly, and he had to sigh at his father's good intentions, and said, "There is nothing else left about the father of the Hades Pavilion?"

"The lord just said that if the master knows the storage of the Hades Pavilion, he will let you look at the codex he left before his death, and after reading it, you will know what to do, and someone will take care of the affairs of the Hades Pavilion. ”

In the three years of filial piety, Lin Ruhai read all the codex left by his father in addition to reading, and the things recorded on it were shocking, and the so-called monarchy and ministers of the saint and his father were just a joke, and the father's middle-aged children were all because of the design of the saint, and the father knew everything from beginning to end. There is also a saint who succeeds to the throne is not the Shun lì written in the history books, and it is known from what his father wrote that it is dangerous and abnormal. What made him most unacceptable was his father's death. Although my father died of illness, my father actually begged for his own death, and if he took good care of his body from the beginning, his father could live a few more years. But his father was worried that the longer he lived, the deeper the sage's thorn in the Lin family, the more dangerous it would be to the Lin family. It would be better to draw money from the bottom of the kettle and directly use his death to pull out the thorn in the heart of the saint.

"Hai'er, what's wrong with you?" Mrs. Lin pushed open the door of the study and walked in, seeing that her son was not studying, but just sitting there blankly, and stepped forward to care.

Because of his mother's voice, Lin Ruhai woke up from his thoughts, and hurriedly said: "Mother, my son is fine, why are you here." ”

"Now you are also in the first place, finally did not live up to your father's expectations, but you can also be the credit of Mr., for the mother to prepare a Tang Dynasty Li Sixun calligraphy and painting, as well as the Song Dynasty Mi Fu's word panel, Ming'er will bring it over" Before he finished speaking, he coughed with a handkerchief.

"Mother, just let Uncle An and them sit on these things, don't worry about your health if you're not good, it's not good for your body. Lin Ruhai stepped forward and gently patted his mother's back and said.

Seeing her son's filial piety, Mrs. Lin was very comforted and said: "I know my mother's body, how can I be so strict as you said, my son is high school Xie Yuan, isn't it happy for my mother, and since I took the medicine prescribed by Dr. Qiu, my body and bones have been much better." By the way, now that you have also mentioned the marriage of the Rongguo Mansion, what do you plan, if it is according to the agreement between your father and the Rongguo Mansion, it is time to arrange for the marriage to be proposed. ”

"Mother. When it came to family affairs, Lin Ruhai was a little embarrassed and called out in annoyance.