Lin Jinlou was clasping his fists left and right to deal with it, and suddenly saw Brother De coming over with a glass of wine, and said with a glance: "Nephew respects Uncle Lin with a glass of wine." ”

Lin Jinlou smiled all over his face, stretched out his hand to take the wine and drank it, rubbed Brother De'er's little head again, and said, "Good boy, I have grown taller again in the past two days, and I will take you to the horse race again tomorrow." ”

De Ge'er's eyes were shining, and he jumped up and hugged Lin Jinlou's legs: "Really? ”

Lin Jinlou pinched his round little face again, and his heart couldn't help but feel soft, at his age, there should be such a tiger-headed child under his knees, if Xianglan has an heir, she doesn't have to be so cautious. Since Jiang Xiyun entered the mansion, Xianglan has become more and more cautious, she was timid, but now she doesn't even dare to breathe, she shows weakness and retreats everywhere, he can't figure out what she is afraid of, she is his Lin Jinlou's concubine, what embarrassment she can't tell him, even if he intends to marry Jiang Xiyun, he will never wronged her. The Jiang family's thoughts are clear in his heart, and he came to the jade pendant, if the pandan skills are not as good as others, it would be fine, but if he wants to play eagle under his nose, there is no door.

At this time, everyone raised their glasses and toasted, and they even claimed to punish three glasses of wine.

Lin Jinlou didn't shirk either, and drank three glasses in one go, and everyone laughed and applauded, and gathered him into the table. Shuangxi saw that he hurriedly poured wine into the cup in front of Lin Jinlou, and Jixiang hurriedly spread his favorite dishes and put them in the pink and white plate in front of him. Lin Jinlou beckoned, Shuangxi hurriedly lowered his body and attached his ear, Lin Jinlou said softly: "Go find the book and take the brand in the house, send someone to invite Imperial Doctor Zhang again, and say that he took a few medicines last time, and there is no news from his stomach, let him come over for diagnosis again and change the recipe to eat." ”

Shuangxi shrank his neck and said secretly: "My lord, this is going to be discussed with the Jiang family, and I am still worried about letting Xianglan have a child, and I am not afraid that I will really have the eldest son of the Jiang family to make the Jiang family girl respond." He raised his head and wanted to make eye contact with Jixiang, and comprehended it, but he didn't expect Jixiang to glare at him fiercely, Shuangxi shrank his neck again, and trotted away like a gust of wind.

For a while, everyone took turns to toast Lin Jinlou, and Lin Jinlou also saluted one by one, and after a polite review, Chu Dapeng said with a smile: "I heard that my brother has been driving in front of the palace for a few days, and he has the prince's blue eyes in front of the palace, which really makes our brother envious, what good things will my brother do in the future, don't forget a few of us." ”

Lin Jinlou pointed and said with a smile: "I have no conscience when I say this, since I was a child, when did I have a good thing to do less than you." ”

Liu Xiaochuan coaxed: "If you say this, you should be punished for drinking." ”

Chu Dapeng raised the wine cup with a smile and drank it, punishing himself with a glass.

At this moment, I saw Lu Chaozong come over with a glass of wine, and smiled at Lin Jinlou: "I'll give Brother Lin a drink." ”

Lin Jinlou also stood up, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Brother Lu is polite. ”

The two toasted each other, and Lu Chaozong said with a smile: "Since Brother Lin returned to Jinling, you and I haven't seen each other for two or three years. ”

Lin Jinlou said: "It's a family of relatives, so you should move around more." He ordered again: "Why don't you add a chair to Lu Ye at this table." ”

Lu Chaozong consciously had a glow on his face, and sat down next to Lin Jinlou, he was the emperor's pro-army Yulin Youwei, although he was only six grades, but his status was high, and he had a bright future in the future. ”

Lin Jinlou said with a smile: "Brother Lu said this, and he was outside. ”

Lu Chaozong poured wine for Lin Jinlou on the one hand, and said on the other hand: "Speaking of which, she often mentions it to me, saying that her fifth sister is beautiful, generous, kind-hearted, filial and likable, and there is nothing that is not respectable and lovely. In the past, when they got along with a few sisters, it was inevitable that their teeth would touch their mouths, and when there was a quarrel, only the fifth sister never quarreled with others, and her face was always harmonious, and she often persuaded her to make peace, and she also clung to her brothers and sisters when there were good things. Especially a good girl, she made several sets of clothes for her nephew from head to toe, if Brother Lin wants to do something, just look for her. As he spoke, he lifted up the wine in front of him, touched a glass with Lin Jinlou, gossiped with Lin Jinlou in his mouth, and pulled back to praise Jiang Xiyun.

What does Lu Chaozong mean by saying this, Lin Jinlou knows it very well in his heart, now the Jiang family is living in all female dependents, so it is naturally not good to sell and boast, these words are praised from Lu Chaozong's mouth, and it is logical. He only smiled on his face and listened quietly, Lu Chaozong toasted frequently, and Lin Jinlou did not refuse to come, and drank one by one. Lu Chaozong's face became more and more smiling. Liu Xiaochuan muttered, "What the hell, pug." ”

Chu Dapeng kicked him at the bottom and said, "Don't you say a few words, haven't you seen that everyone has drunk all the wine Lin Overlord?" ”

Liu Xiaochuan closed his mouth and touched his nose. He and Lu Chaozong originally had a friendship, but Lu Chaozong looked down on him for being a gentleman, and said at the banquet that he "relied on Zuyin's wine bag and rice bag". The words reached Liu Xiaochuan's ears, and the two have been friends since then.

At one time, Tao Hongxun came to toast Lin Jinlou, Lin Jinlou ate the wine and said with a smile: "Let's have something elegant today, and I'll invite the big guy to taste the painting." As soon as he finished speaking, seven or eight servants came in, all holding scrolls of paintings in their hands, and distributed them to everyone.

Everyone opened it to take a look, only to see landscapes, or flowers and birds, or people, all the same.

Lin Jinlou said with a smile: "This is the painting of my concubine in the house, you are all merry and talented, look at this painting, can you get by?" ”

Liu Xiaochuan immediately came to his senses, glanced at Lu Chaozong as if gloating, and greeted Yuan Shaoren and said, "Old Yuan, come and see my painting, it's really ...... Belch...... It's so good that it's tight. Yuan Shaoren looked at it in the past, only to see that it was a picture of "Falling Flowers and Swimming Fish", the painting skills were all used to color stains, and a tail of carp shuttled in the falling flowers and flowing water, with various postures and lifelike.

Yuan Shaoren blurted out praise: "Good painting." ”

Xie Yu nodded and said: "It's rare that every one is a fine product, Brother Yuan will look at this orchid again, it is thick and round, and it is extremely beautiful." ”

Liu Xiaochuan rolled his eyes and said, "It's still the truth, can you understand it?" ”

Xie Yu said: "Even if I don't understand, could it be that you Liu Dacai understands?" ”

Liu Xiaochuan said with a smile: "I naturally don't understand, but someone understands, isn't it Brother Lu?" Brother Lu is not shallow, married the first talented girl in the capital, I heard that she is also good at painting, Brother Lu came to comment, is the talented girl in the capital painting well, or the concubine of Ying Yang is painting well? ”

Lu Chaozong was secretly angry in his heart. Just now, he praised Jiang Xiyun's benefits for a long time, but Lin Jinlou didn't say anything, just echoed the praise, but turned his head to show everyone the painting, and raised the concubine in his room, Lu Chaozong only felt that his face couldn't get up and down. Just now he opened the painting and looked at it secretly surprised, he is a child of a family, both civil and military, is a real talent and learning, as soon as he sees these paintings, he knows that this person's painting skills are superb, the artistic conception is lofty, can be called everyone's style, naturally more clever than Jiang Feiyun's paintings, but now admit in person that the first talented woman in the capital is not as good as a concubine in someone else's room, it is too shameful, but not admitted, and it should be laughed at and generous. He smiled reluctantly on his face: "I'm a rough person, where will I judge these things, each has its own good." ”

Liu Xiaochuan smiled and said: "Brother Lu is too modest, it is better to invite Mrs. Zun's Mobao, everyone will know after a comparison." ”

Chu Dapeng was dumbfounded and said: "The inscription of this painting is 'Lanxiang Monk', could it be that he is the one with a great reputation in the Jinling area?" Her paintings have always been hard to find, and she didn't expect to be her brother's concubine. While saying this, he shook his head, and his face was full of admiration and admiration. Lin Jinlou looked very useful.

Tao Hongxun said: "The teacher's home also receives a dripping Guanyin painted by the Lanxiang monk, which has both form and spirit, dignified and atmospheric, and is still in the Buddha's hall for the master." ”

Lin Jinlou's face was faint, his eyes were full of smiles, and he said: "When she was young, she got the Jinling calligraphy and painting monk Dingyi Master Taizhen, she just likes to paint, and I don't like to detain her. ”

Liu Xiaochuan smiled again: "Brother, it's not me who praises you, even the people in the room are the first, your ability to steal incense and jade is really good." "A thumbs up when it comes to this.

Lin Jinlou was quite happy to hear the first few sentences, and after listening to the last half of the sentence, he immediately glared at Liu Xiaochuan.

When everyone heard this, they didn't understand anything, and they praised the benefits of these paintings, and some people whispered: "It's a pity that it's a concubine, otherwise the reputation of the first talented woman will change hands." ”

Lu Chaozong walked to the cloister with a calm face, called his henchman over, and said to him: "Go and bring a message to your grandmother, she asked me to praise the benefits of the five girls here, and people turned their heads to make faces for their concubines, and I feel panicked if I stay in this place any longer." ”

For a while, Lin Jinlou went out to relieve himself, and when he went back, he saw Yuan Shaoren standing under the corridor, and Lin Jinlou said, "Why are you here?" The sun is poisonous outside, and the house is cool. ”

Yuan Shaoren said with a smile: "Brother De'er didn't know where to go to the wild, I came out to find him." After glancing at Lin Jinlou, he smiled and said: "Listening to Brother Lu's words, this Jiang Wu girl is a talented and beautiful girl, and she is a rare lady in the world, and you have to congratulate you here." You love your concubine to be familiar with calligraphy and painting, and your wife will be smart and lovely in the future, which is really a good blessing. ”

Lin Jinlou smiled casually: "Fifth Miss Jiang just looks good, and she will be likable." ”

Yuan Shaoren raised his eyebrows slightly, Lin Jinlou has been immersed in officialdom for a long time, and he has already cultivated into a refinement, and he wants to know which tail of the fox spirit is under his nose after a while, and the words are exactly what he said, because he said: "Oh? Could it be that the Jiang family is cheating, and what he just said is not the truth? ”

Lin Jinlou said: "It's the truth. Jiang Wu girl is indeed a group of harmony with the world, but she 'does not fight' because she is incapable of fighting, so she has the right to endure it, otherwise she hides needles in her cotton, and she is used to pretending to be stupid and behaved. ”

Yuan Shaoren chuckled and said, "I see, this woman is not a good person?" ”

Lin Jinlou said: "It's not bad, and the character is much higher than that of ordinary women." Shrewd and sleek, exquisite, with an economic future, very good at weighing the benefits and disadvantages, and has his own sincere side, but for fear that he will be wronged, if he is in one place in the future, he must treat her well in every possible way, until she feels that you treat her well enough, and then she will return your true affection to you. Or you are useful to her, even if she is dissatisfied with how many grievances in her heart, you can hold a face and be courteous. Lao Yuan, you and my brothers have seen too many of this kind of people, walking in the world, for a long time, naturally everyone has a heart, and how many of them are really fools? ”

Yuan Shaoren said with a smile: "She is a little girl's family, knows the current affairs, has means, has a sweet mouth, and knows how to observe words and feelings, it is not easy to be a small low, if you marry in the future, you will treat her well, and she will have a peaceful day with her eyebrows." ”

Lin Jinlou shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't understand, if there is no one else to support, she is rare, there is such a person in the world, who is willing to suffer, how much he has been wronged and bullied, and he has never sued for methods, even if he is disappointed, he still remembers the benefits of others." You say she's stupid, but she's like a mirror in her heart. I didn't understand it before, but then I did, and I really admired it. ”

Yuan Shaoren smiled: "Who is this person you are talking about, could it be your 'cousin of Yangzhou'?" De Ge'er has been talking to me for a long time, saying that she is very knowledgeable, gentle and kind-hearted. ”

Lin Jinlou smiled, didn't answer, patted Yuan Shaoren's shoulder, and walked in.

Yuan Shaoren shook his head and chuckled, thinking that this woman could be admired by Lin Jinlou, and it didn't all depend on that face, and remembered that Xianglan and Shen Jialian were quite similar, and couldn't help but be stunned, packed up and went to the study to find De Ge'er, and when he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw De Ge'er dragging a woman from behind to the study, followed by a maid wearing red and green, De Ge'er said: "Okay Aunt Lan, you stay here, I will call Uncle Lin, you beg for me, I still want to live here, and when my father goes to the barracks, you will take me back." ”

Xianglan was amused when she heard this, stopped, bent down and said, "Why don't you say it yourself?" Uncle Lin also loves you very much. ”

De Ge'er wrung his hands and said: "That's different, I want to say it in person, Daddy will be sad when he knows." ”

Xianglan's heart softened, touched Dege'er's little head, and asked softly, "Why don't you want to go home?" Your father treats you so well. ”

Brother De'er lowered his head, kicked the stones on the ground with his little feet and said: "My father will go back to the camp in a few days, I am the only one in the family, it is really boring, no one wants to play with me, no one wants to play with me, and the third brother always bullies me and beats me with a slingshot, but I can't beat him." ”

Xianglan's heart tightened again, squatted down and asked, "What did you hurt?" Did you tell your dad? ”

De Ge'er shook his head, looked at Xianglan with dark and bright eyes, and said with a smile: "I also threw mud at him, and he was so angry that his face turned green!" He wrinkled his little face and said, "I hate him to death." ”

Xianglan was really distressed, and couldn't help but take Brother De'er in her arms and patted it, let go again, looked at his face and said: "You are the youngest in the family, and you are the most loved, in addition to going to the army, your father usually takes you with him, and personally enlightens you, your third brother has never been favored by his father like this, so he is naturally jealous, so he will treat you like this, do you know?" If your father doesn't pay attention to you and only takes your brothers and sisters with you, you don't feel comfortable, yes or no? ”

De Ge'er thought for a moment and nodded.

Xianglan said slowly: "I can't be by your side all the time, just tell you three rules, as long as you do this, my brothers and sisters will be willing to play with you." First, be generous in your life, your favorite toys, food and all kinds of things are outside the body, the more beloved you are, the more you must know how to share them with your brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and those who are anxious for justice and righteousness are good men; The second is to say more good things to others, comforting words, gentle words, and praise others, a manly husband cannot be as bitter and mean as a vulgar woman, and he is jealous and jealous; Three, be big-hearted, don't hold grudges, and be able to forgive. ”

Xianglan said and compared her hand to the size of an egg pill, and said: "Your heart is so small, you care about things the size of sesame mung beans, others scold you twice, beat you, you are angry and resentful, you want to take revenge, your heart is full of troubles, how to cultivate self-cultivation, how can you be worthy of a great responsibility in the future?" He spread out his arms again, drew a very large circle, and said with a smile: "If your heart is so big, you can tolerate everything, and you are willing to forgive the mistakes of others, then you will be at ease no matter what the circumstances are in the future." ”

When Yuan Shaoren heard this, he secretly exclaimed in his heart: "It's amazing! This female stream actually has such insight and open-mindedness! Men are not as good as all! Immediately in awe.

De Ge'er tilted his head and thought about it again, and said, "If I do this, what if my brother treats me badly?" ”

Xianglan smiled slightly: "At first, he would bully you, but if you keep doing this, it won't be long before he treats you well, even if he doesn't like you, he will respect you." After speaking, he touched Brother De'er's little head and said: "If the family wants to be strong, the siblings must be harmonious, not afraid of foreign enemies coming to kill, but afraid of brothers and sisters, and if there is chaos inside, outsiders will push and scatter." After speaking, seeing that Brother De'er seemed to understand whether he understood or not, he sighed in his heart and thought secretly: "Brother De'er is still young, Master Hou is busy with affairs, and there is no proper person around him to teach, I am afraid that this teaching to him will be forgotten after a while." couldn't help but feel a little sad again, only silent, suddenly heard a cough behind her, Xianglan turned her head to look, only to see Yuan Shaoren walking in from outside, De Ge'er saw it, spread his arms and pounced over: "Daddy!" ”

Yuan Shaoren hugged De Ge'er and smiled at Xianglan and nodded.

Xianglan hurriedly curtsied, and Yuan Shaoren took it sideways. Xianglan knew that it was inappropriate for her and Yuan Shaoren to meet here, but she had just taught Brother De once, and she had something full of words to say to Yuan Shaoren, and she was thinking about how to speak, so she heard Yuan Shaoren say: "Aunt Fang Cai's words to Brother De'er have been heard below, and I am really ashamed to say good words, I am not strict in governing my family, and I will teach them well in the future." ”

Xianglan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Yongchang Hou is serious, Brother De is an excellent child, kind-hearted, humble and intelligent, it can be seen that Hou Ye's words and deeds teach him, and he will do something in the future." ”

Yuan Shaoren looked at Xianglan and suddenly understood what Lin Jinlou meant, "If there is no one else to lin, she will be rare". The first time he saw Xianglan was in the Qinglou of Yangzhou City, she was covered with Lin Jinlou's clothes, and she couldn't see her appearance, and then he went to the nunnery to clean up her things, and he didn't think of her talent, and her poems were hidden in a gloomy meaning, only that girls shouldn't be like this, and those who love to talk and laugh can express their hearts directly, cute and gratifying. Later, he finally saw her, born so beautiful, but without a trace of vitality, but she was so similar to Jia Lian, but when he saw her again today, he found that she was already bright and restrained, quiet as a pool of clear water.

He was full of admiration, and suddenly he didn't know what to say, so he was a little at a loss, and coughed lightly and said, "I just saw your painting in front of me, and it is very expressive." ”

Xianglan was stunned and said, "Master Hou praises falsely, it's just a small skill of carving insects." ”

Yuan Shaoren said with a smile: "Painting so well is also called a small skill of carving insects, it is too humble, and Fang Cai Yingyang has always been in front of the head to show off." ”

Pandan's long eyelashes drooped and she let out a soft "oh".

Yuan Shaoren looked at her and said in a low voice: "He is also for your good, to say a word, Ying Yang will marry a wife sooner or later, and support your waist earlier, and you will be more comfortable in the future." ”

Xianglan smiled faintly and said, "Actually, he doesn't have to be like this, it's useless to earn these false names." ”

Yuan Shaoren was taken aback, feeling that he seemed to have heard it wrong, lest Brother De'er heard the learning tongue, and ordered Xiaojuan to lead him to the side to play, and said: "You say such things, it is chilling." ”

Xianglan suddenly asked: "I often hear others say that Hou Ye is a person with deep affection, and he has always had a deep love for Dege'er's mother, and today I dare to ask, I don't know how she died?" ”

Yuan Shaoren was taken aback again and looked at her fixedly. Xianglan's calm and deep eyes looked deep into his heart, Yuan Shaoren felt as if Jialian was looking at him, he suddenly felt pain in his heart, and suddenly had the desire to talk, and he didn't want to make up any bullshit reasons to prevaricate, he turned his face away, looked at the slim lotus flowers in the large vat in the courtyard, and said: "Brother De'er's mother is the daughter of a criminal minister, because her father planted a good relationship with my uncle, her family was guilty that day, and her uncle brought her out of the sect. When she first came to the house, she only had half a breath left, and her face was crisscrossed with tear stains, and after she was rescued, she shrank in the corner of the wall in a daze every day, neither crying, nor making trouble, and not making a sound. I took pity on her, and gave her the calligraphy and paintings that her father had given me before, and when she saw it, she hugged her in her arms, slowly squatted down, buried her face in the crook of her arm, began to choke, and finally cried, which was heartbreaking."

"She was only a little girl in her early tens, and I pitied her so much that I always kept a copy of the good things I received, and she became close to me. She is slowly getting better, she has a lively personality who loves to talk and laugh, and she is smart, and she knows all about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. After a few more years, she was getting older, and I was already in love with her, so I wanted to take her as a concubine. My deceased wife Wei had no heirs after marriage, and she originally personally accepted two concubines for me, but somehow, I was not allowed to accept Lianniang. Lianniang didn't want to follow me, and the matter dragged on for a few years. It's just that she is an official slave, what kind of decent family can she have? Besides, I also have a lot of affection for her. My uncle took matters into his own hands and gave her to me. ”

"At first, I raised Lianniang outside, the family was safe, and then because Lianniang was pregnant, my uncle ordered someone to take her home, I favored Lianniang, Wei's dissatisfaction, so that the trick tortured her, Lianniang endured at first, and then complained to me, I mediated from it, but several times, I lost patience. On the day Lianniang gave birth to Brother De, I was serving as the chief soldier, and the affairs were complicated, and I was impatient to take care of the affairs in the house. Lianniang complained to me again, but was reprimanded. She seemed to be dead, never mentioned it again, and used means to fight back against Wei's, causing chaos, and the two of them rushed to me to cry and justify, and the miasma at home made me more and more troubled, and I often stayed outside. Later, Wei wanted to take De Ge'er to raise in person, somehow, she fell from the rockery and almost fell to death, everyone said that it was Lian Niang who pushed it, I ate too much wine and came back, fainted, angrily went to question, and wanted to take De Ge'er to others to raise, Lian Niang just looked at me without saying a word, and suddenly shed two lines of tears and said"

Speaking of this, Yuan Shaoren couldn't continue, took a deep breath, and said: "She said, 'I was a clean and honest person, for you, I tempered myself to such an unbearable situation, even if I calculated people, you forced me, but I asked myself if I had never done such a thing as pushing people and framing me, since you don't believe me, I will die with my will. When he had said this, he drew his sword from the wall and wiped his neck. ”

The wind suddenly rose, the sky was cloudy, it seemed to be raining, and there was rolling thunder. The wind was still hot, but it blew him cold, and a faint pain came out from the bottom of his heart, this was the first time he had mentioned the secret things in his heart to outsiders, after so long, his heart still hurt so much that people trembled, he lifted a breath and said quickly, as if he had purified his heart with this woman who was very godlike to Lianniang, and there was salvation.

Yuan Shaoren said with a blank expression: "She died, and I followed half of it, and then I heard her personal maid talk about the past, and I knew how unbearable she was, in the past, I mistreated her Wei Shi since she fell on the rockery, she couldn't afford to be sick, and she passed away in a few years, and she told me before she died, that day she slipped her foot and fell down, and said that she hated me, and she had a knot qing, but there was no husband and wife love. I used to hate her, but look at her like that, describe her as pitiful, and suddenly pity her. When I was at the funeral, I looked at her spirit card and told her that I would never meet her again in the next life. ”

Xianglan grabbed the handkerchief tightly with both hands, only lowered her head to hide it, and said with tears in her eyes: "The little woman thanks the Hou Ye for her frank confession. After a long silence, he said: "God knows this matter, and I am determined not to confide half a word." After a pause, he said, "Especially in front of Degoer." ”

Yuan Shaoren smiled reluctantly and said, "Yuan can trust his aunt's character. ”

At this time, De Ge'er clasped his hands, flew over, and said with a smile: "Daddy, look, I just caught a butterfly." As he spoke, he cautiously opened his little fat hand and held it up to Yuan Shaoren.

Yuan Shaoren touched Brother De'er's head.

De Ge'er happily ran to Xianglan's side and raised her little hand to show her, and suddenly said in surprise: "Aunt Lan, why are you crying?" ”

Xianglan wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and smiled: "Where did I cry, it was the sand that blew and I was blind." ”

Before he could say a word, he heard someone say, "Really? Then let me see. I saw Lin Jinlou coming over, and his burly and tall body was lying between Xianglan and Yuan Shaoren. RS