On the thirteenth day of the lunar month, it is advisable to pray for blessings and sacrifices.

Lin Ruyu and her sister Lin Rumei accompanied their grandmother to the Guanyin Temple in the city to offer incense, asking the Bodhisattva to bless the family with safety and all the best.

The plum blossoms in the Guanyin Temple have been opened, and the snow that has not yet melted constitutes a vibrant plum and snow spring map. Lin Ruyu saw that her grandmother was full of elegance, so she helped her to enjoy the plum blossoms in the backyard of the Guanyin Temple, and Lin Rumei even asked the monks in the temple for a pair of scissors, to cut a few beautiful plum blossoms and bring them back to the house, and give them to her mother and aunt to enjoy.

Mrs. Fang didn't want to detain her granddaughter, so she went to the dormitory to rest after a circle, leaving their little sisters to choose plum branches in the courtyard. Lin Ruyu sent her grandfather back to the room, and also took a pair of scissors and returned to Meilin with great interest, but she didn't see the second sister, and when she asked, she knew that the second uncle also came to the Guanyin Temple, and the second sister ran to the front hall.

Lin Ruyu asked, "Are there guards with you?"

"There are two of them."

Hearing that someone was following, Lin Ruyu didn't ask any more questions, and looked up with scissors to pick the budding plum branches. This plum forest is carefully cultivated by the monks in the temple, and there are yellow, white and red plum blossoms that complement each other, which is beautiful. Lin Ruyu picked two branches of various colors, then handed the scissors to Yunjuan, holding the plum blossom and sniffing it lightly.

The fragrance of plum blossoms is called "dark incense", which seems to be absent, difficult to catch but always refreshing, and has always been praised by literati and artists. I hope that Shen Ge will catch He Jiongming as soon as possible and return to Xuanzhou for the New Year, so that they can come to enjoy the plum blossoms together. Lin Ruyu closed her eyes and sniffed the plum fragrance, listening to the distant noise coming from time to time in the front hall, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and she smiled.

"Sister!" Lin Rumei hugged the plum blossoms and ran over happily, "Sister, look at these two red plums, aren't they beautiful?"

The plum blossoms chosen by my sister are as warm as her character, like a fire in the snow, Lin Ruyu smiled and nodded, "Beautiful, who is the second uncle from?"

"With General Zheng." Lin Rumei handed the plum blossom to the maid, took her sister's hand and walked towards the plum tree she thought was the most beautiful, "Let's go over there, there is a branch that blooms just right."

"Prune one last one." They have already cut a lot today, and the monks in the temple should be in a hurry if they cut it again, Lin Ruyu followed her sister forward, and asked casually, "Is there only the second uncle and General Zheng?"

Lin Rumei's whole mind was on the plum blossoms, and she replied casually, "I only saw the two of them, I don't know if there are others."

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Lin Ruyu glanced at Xianyin, and Xianyin immediately understood and sent someone to the front yard. When the little sisters returned to the dormitory where Mrs. Fang was resting, Xianyin brought the news back.

"In addition to the second master and General Zheng, there is also the second master. Zhu Second Master came with General Zheng, and the Second Master met them on the road by chance, so they came together."

Lin Ruyu nodded and advised, "Send someone to protect the second uncle, don't let him go out of the city with General Zheng."

"Yes." The strings sounded, and he walked out quickly.

Old Madam Fang asked, "What does Jiaojiao think is wrong?"

Lin Ruyu said in a low voice, "General Zheng's father and uncle are in prison, and his mother, wife and children are still in Hezhou Dongshan. It stands to reason that he shouldn't have the heart to hang out and burn incense and gather to eat and drink at this time."

Old Mrs. Fang felt that there was nothing wrong, "He is running in Xuanzhou now, one is for his father, and the other is for his own future. If his father is sentenced to beheading, as the son of a rebellious minister, no matter how many military exploits he makes, he will only be a lieutenant general of the fifth or sixth rank in the army. If his father had been exempted from punishment for "waking up" and "making meritorious contributions" at the last moment, his career would have been much smoother. Whether it's your second uncle or Zhu Taishou's grandson, it's a help for him."

Lin Ruyu shook his head, "If he wants to intercede for his father, he will definitely intercede with Taishou directly, instead of turning around and looking for my second uncle or Zhu family's son to help him say good things."

Old Madam Fang smiled, "What you are talking about is Zheng Changming, the son of Cheng of Lingchuan County, and the current one is Zheng Changming, who has experienced the ups and downs of life and returned from meritorious service, the two are not the same."

"Grandmother is right." Lin Ruyu felt that what her grandparents said made sense, but she still felt that something was wrong. She wants to meet Zheng Changming.

But when they came out of the Guanyin Temple, the second uncle and Zheng Changming had already left the temple to eat and drink, and Lin Ruyu was not suitable for the past, so she accompanied her grandfather home. After the second uncle came back, Lin Ruyu ran to the front yard and asked where the second uncle had gone and who he had a drink with.

Although I don't know why my niece cares about this, Second Uncle Lin, who was slightly drunk, still began to count, "In the elegant secluded residence, with Zheng Changming, Zhu Xuewen, and Du Peiling......

The second uncle said that several people had a good time with Zheng Changming before, and the elegant and secluded residence is a high-end restaurant with a quiet environment, both of which are correct, but Lin Ruyu is still not at ease, "Does the second uncle think Zheng Changming is much different from before?"

Second Uncle Lin leaned back in his chair and sighed, "After so many things, how can it not be big, Second Uncle feels that he always has the strength to laugh now."

Lin Ruyu continued to ask, "Is it for his father's business that he asked you and others to have a drink?"

Second Uncle Lin paused before sighing, "Yes. Everyone has difficulties, it is not easy for him to get to this point, we all want to help whoever we can, but to be honest, we really can't help this matter."

Lin Ruyu raised her eyes and asked seriously, "That'...... Did the second uncle ever think about treating him in front of my father and asking my father to help him come up with ideas?"

This one...... Second Uncle Lin scratched his head, "I have this idea, but I don't think it's appropriate for our family to meddle in this matter. But regardless of him, I feel ...... Eh...... It's really a wrong step, the Zheng brothers are on the wrong path, and their children and grandchildren can only beg in a low voice in order to survive."

Daddy has a lot of eyes and many ways, and now that the Lin family is married to the Marquis of Wu'an, if Zheng Changming is desperate and comes to the Lin family to ask his father for help, his father will definitely see him.

Lin Ruyu nodded, "I understand what the second uncle means, but our family is a businessman, not an official, and we can't control the affairs of the yamen." The second uncle has done everything he should do, and we can't do the rest."

"Big brother must have said the same." Second Uncle Lin sighed again.

After Lin Ruyu returned to her Rongxin Courtyard, she immediately called Xianyin and Luo Xian over, and said solemnly, "I suspect that Zheng Changming is pretending to be He Jiongming."

Xianyin and Luo Xian were shocked, wasn't He Jiongming in the Raozhou rebel camp, why did he become Zheng Changming again?

"What does the girl mean that the current Zheng Changming is He Jiongming wearing a mask and pretending?" Luo Xian reminded, "Girl, when Zheng Changming entered the city, the officers and soldiers guarding the ship carefully checked his identity and wiped his chin, and he did not wear a human skin mask."

Xianyin also said, "My subordinates remember that the little prince said that the marshal has sent someone to interrogate all the people in King An's Mansion. There is only one craftsman in the Anwangfu Association to make human skin masks, and this person died of illness at the end of last year. He Jiongming can't make a new human skin mask, and he can't pretend to be General Zheng."

(End of chapter)