Lin Qingwan and Sun Huai were talking in the flower hall, Lin Wenze was taken down to play, and Master Qian was helped in, although his feet were still weak, he still broke free and knelt on the ground with a "plop".

Sun Huai's face was a little unsightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Master Qian, just the county lord and I interceded for you, and I don't want to miss the lives of two people for the face of some yamen, so you can take this watch back." ”

After that, throw the Qian family's invitation to him.

Master Qian picked it up, kowtowed again and again: "Thank you for your grace, thank you for the grace of the county lord, this matter is all the fault of my Qian family, because of Qian's vanity, I didn't have time to discuss with my family and went to the table privately, where did I know that my mother-in-law didn't discuss with me, and she privately allowed others to marry." ”

Master Qian sweated profusely and said: "Although I can regret it and suppress this family business, Qian really can't bear it, so I can only let down the adults and ask the adults to atone for their sins." ”

In this way, it can be regarded as pulling all the charges on himself, Sun Huai's face was slightly pale.

He is the governor of Jiangnan Province, if he leaves the impression that he does not love the people and only cares about face in Lin Qingwan, there will definitely be resistance if he wants to transfer back to the capital in the future, but it is different when Master Qian says this.

He said: "You also said that your father is hearty, although you are suspected of playing tricks on the court, but if you are a first-time offender, you will be spared this time, and then next time, this official will not be so easy to say." ”

"Yes, yes." Master Qian kowtowed again and again.

Lin Qingwan, who was sitting on the side drinking tea, took the opportunity to smile and said: "Master Qian, get up, this time it is also your Qian family, even if there is no other marriage, can you not ask your wife and daughter and act arbitrarily?" The above table invites such a major event as the archway of chastity, which is related to the life of Ling Qianjin, and he didn't even ask the other party? ”

Mr. Qian was covered in cold sweat and said cowardly: "Qian felt that when the archway came back, he could give his wife and daughter a surprise, and he might not think too much." ”

Lin Qingwan sneered, "What's so surprising about this thing?" The scare is pretty much the same. ”

Sun Huai couldn't help coughing lightly, he knew that Lin Qingwan couldn't look down on this chastity archway, but this thing was made by the imperial court, so it was not good to ridicule it in public, right?

Lin Qingwan accepted the words and waved her hand: "Forget it, I won't say it." ”

Sun Huai asked people to help the old man go down, and after the people left, Lin Qingwan said: "There is a Jinshi monument in the imperial court, a filial piety monument, and a chastity archway, so why is there no filial piety monument, no martyr monument?" ”

Sun Huai's heart trembled, and he guessed, but he was not sure and asked: "The monument of filial piety is easy to understand, but what is the monument of the martyr?" ”

"Like a festival girl, she does not marry when her wife dies, but she who has children will raise her children with all her heart, and honor her parents-in-law for her wife; Those who have no children also keep filial piety for their wives for a lifetime, and honor their parents-in-law for their wives can be martyrs. ”

Sun Huai: "...... No queen is a great unfilial piety. ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "They are all human beings, why is it that a wife has no children and no daughters, and there is a monument for her husband to observe the festival, but her husband does not?" Is it true that a woman is filial without a queen? It can be seen that the world has many prejudices against men. ”

Sun Huai knew that she was ironic, and was speechless for a while.

Lin Qingwan put down the teacup and said, "My lord, it's better to send someone to those two families to have a look, if the woman herself agrees to go to the table, then go to the table." If they don't want to, whether they want to remarry or live their lives freely, let them go. ”

Sun Huai nodded, "The imperial court should still encourage widows to marry and have more children." The Ministry of Rites has not liked to award this thing very much over the years, but it is a custom, and some people apply, and it is always bad to reject it every year. ”

"That's why I said that there should be a martyr monument on the table, and if there is a festival girl, there should be a martyr."

Sun Huai twitched the corner of his mouth and didn't speak.

Seeing Lin Qingwan keeping the festival for Xie Yiming, he thought that she was on the side of the festival girl, but who knew that she didn't like such a thing as the archway of chastity.

The next day, Sun Huai was about to leave, Lin Qingwan took Shang Mingjie and them to see off Ji Yuan, and there were many people who came to see him off.

Master Qian was also among them, plus the scholars who left with him, and occupied the entire city gate.

Zhou Tingshi swept it away at a glance, and saw many familiar people, and he was very happy, these thorns were leaving, it was really great.

Sun Huai also saw a lot of familiar people, and he was also very happy, these are all high-ranking officials and wealthy families of the family, after going to Yangzhou, I don't know how many business opportunities can be bringed, very good, very good!

Ji Yuan glanced at Lin Qingwan and said, "Lord Lin is satisfied now?" ”

Lin Qingwan bowed deeply in reply.

Ji Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he saw it, turned around and got into the car with his grandson, waved his hand and smiled: "The county lord will go back, and we will play another game of chess when we get together." ”

"Take care, sir!" Lin Qingwan took two steps back, watched his carriage drive onto the driveway, and then turned around to say goodbye to Sun Huai.

Mr. Qian was talking to Sun Huai, and when he heard that Yangzhou City was going to overhaul the river, he was willing to donate 10,000 yuan to help in return to his hometown.

In the words of Mr. Qian, Yangzhou and Suzhou are all Jiangnan families.

The last bit of anger in Sun Huai's heart also dissipated, and he glanced at Master Qian and smiled: "Master Qian loves his daughter very much." ”

Master Qian smiled innocently, bowed down and said: "Xiaomin only has one son and two daughters, if you don't hurt them, who do you hurt?" ”

"Also, if it's not your own child, you naturally don't feel distressed, so Master Qian, others may not understand your fatherly heart." Sun Huai stopped at the point, if he hadn't watched him go on the road and knew how to donate money to rest the river, he wouldn't have reminded him.

Sun Huai turned around to say goodbye to Lin Qingwan, and when the auspicious time came, he said a few words to Zhou Tingshi and got into the car.

The officers and men beat gongs to clear the way, and the team slowly started moving.

After the government's convoy traveled far away, the scholars who had been gathered on the side of the road began to set off, either by carriage or on horseback, in short, they followed the government's convoy and walked mightily.

Zhou Tingshi breathed a long sigh of relief, couldn't help wiping the sweat on his forehead, and said happily: "It's finally gone." ”

Lin Qingwan couldn't help laughing, "It's good for Lord Zhou to say this to me, but don't spread it, otherwise those who don't know will think that you have an opinion on Lord Sun." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare," Master Zhou said that it was absolutely wrong, and quickly changed his words: "No, no." ”

Lin Qingwan couldn't help laughing.

took Lin Wenze's little hand and was about to say goodbye and go back, when he suddenly noticed an obvious gaze, and couldn't help but look around, but he disappeared again.

Yi Han took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "...... over there"

Lin Qingwan looked in the direction he was pointing, and saw a woman wearing a hood just stepping into a carriage.

Yi Han asked in a low voice, "Do you want to send someone to take a look?" ”

Lin Yubin frowned and said: "That's Mr. Ji's granddaughter Ji Nian, since she is here, why didn't she come forward to greet Mr. Ji?" ”

Lin Qingwan tilted her head and asked, "Do you recognize her?" ”

Lin Yubin nodded, "When she was sent to Suzhou, I wanted to arrange for her to live with Ji Sheng, after all, they are sisters and brothers, but they seem to have quarreled and don't want to live together, so I let her live in the small courtyard of the Yao family, and Mr. Ji bought Ji's house, but she didn't move out with her." ”

Lin Yubin paused and said: "She went to the women's school before, because she is talented, I want to ask her to stay and teach at the women's school, but she doesn't like my women's school very much, so she refused." ”

What Lin Yubin didn't say was that she had been walking around the Wenyuan a lot recently, and she vaguely asked when the aunt in the garden would go to the Wenyuan.

She didn't feel very good about her, so she gave an order, and every time her aunt took Kang'er to Wenyuan, she didn't let the other party know.

Hmph, how could her aunt say she could see it?

You don't come to the door, you want to wait for my aunt to come to the door, I don't want you to see you, do you think you are a girl?

Thinking of Mei Niang, Lin Yubin immediately said: "Auntie, Mei Niang has decided to make incense and rouge, and she wants to buy a lot of flowers with our Lin family. ”

"Why, isn't there enough land?"

Lin Yubin said with a smile: "It's enough, just tell my aunt that I found several formulas from ancient books, and I plan to give them to her." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "You can send it if you want." ”

As soon as he got into the carriage, Lin Wenze climbed into his mother's arms, and when he saw that she was only concerned about talking to her aunt and grandmother, he pulled her sleeve vigorously and chirped: "Mother, mother, mother......"

After Lin Yubin finished speaking, he lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lin Wenze grinned and continued to call "mother", and it took him a long time to hold back one or three words, "I miss you......"

It was very vague, but Lin Yubin still understood, she was stunned, and then hugged her son in surprise and kissed her, "Kang'er can say three words, well, my mother misses you too......"

After that, he kissed him on the cheek again and coaxed him, "You say it again." ”

Lin Wenze grinned, and said vaguely with saliva: "I miss you...... Mother, mother, mother, mother......"

Lin Yubin was very happy, lifted the curtain and showed off to Shang Mingjie, who was riding a horse outside, "Mingjie, Kang'er can say three words, he said that he misses me." ”

Shang Mingjie was surprised, hurriedly pulled the horse over, simply lay on the horse's back and looked into the car, and asked in surprise, "Really, really, Kang'er said I'll listen to it." ”

Lin Qingwan saw a black line, and simply asked the coachman to take Lin Wenze out to Shang Mingjie, and let him take him to ride a horse, and they would say it immediately if they had something to say.

Lin Wenze was riding on a horse for the first time, looking left and right excitedly, almost not jumping up on the horse, so frightened that Shang Mingjie hurriedly hugged him, and he didn't dare to move.

Lin Yubin was lying at the window and watching, it was still early in the morning, the breeze was gentle, she looked envious, and simply asked the guards to vacate a horse for her, and she also wanted to ride back.

After speaking, he glanced at Lin Qingwan.

Lin Qingwan smiled and waved her hand: "Go, go." ”

Lin Yubin cheered happily and jumped off when the car stopped.

Yi Han took the initiative to dismount, gave the horse to her, and then sat on the wheel and drove with the coachman.

The carriage moved forward slowly, and the three of them slowly fell behind on horseback, and Jiang Nan led people to guard them.

Bai Feng was surprised in his heart, and when he saw his aunt and grandmother with a smile on her face, she whispered, "The eldest lady is becoming more and more cheerful." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "If she can be so casual all the time, I will be at ease." ”