The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 32 The Journey to Jinling
The boat sent by the Jia Mansion had already arrived in Yangzhou more than half a month ago, and Lin Ruhai arranged for all the men and women's servants to live in the Lin Mansion temporarily.

Now that Jia Lian came back from Suzhou, he would naturally come to see him and obey the arrangement.

It's rare that Zhou Rui and his wife are the leaders.

Jia Lian took out a prescription from his sleeve, handed it to Zhou Rui, and said, "You can buy ten jars of each item according to the above list. You don't need to transport it back to Lin's mansion, just put it on the ship."

Zhou Rui took it and looked at it. There were only a few lines on it, and each line was the name of a wine shop and a famous wine. Zhou Rui was very surprised: "Why do you buy so much wine?"

"My lord likes to drink wine. These Jiangnan wines are rare in Beijing, so I bought them specially to honor my lord. Why, you are not willing to do it?"

"Don't dare... The slave will immediately ask someone to do it when he turns around."

Zhou Rui's impression of Jia Lian probably remained a few months ago, and at this moment he suddenly heard Jia Lian's unfriendly tone, but he was taken aback, and hurriedly agreed, without further words.

Jia Lian said again: "This matter is my private matter, so you don't have to use the money from the officials. You just keep the accounts well, and you can come to me to report the accounts later."

"Second Lord is worrying too much, slaves don't mean that." Zhou Rui thought Jia Lian was overthinking, even though he was Mrs. Wang's companion, he still didn't want to offend Jia Lian.

Jia Lian shook his head, not distinguishing himself from him.

Buying more good wines for Jia Shen to honor him was something that Jia Lian had planned as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou. He had already asked people to inquire about the most famous wines in the south of the Yangtze River, and selected five rare ones in Beijing. Ready to get two or three cars back.

In fact, if it wasn't for financial constraints, Jia Lian would have bought him a few hundred jars and put them in the room for Jia Shen to pile up and drink.

But good wine is expensive, so it will probably cost half of his money at once!

"After tomorrow, I will go to Nanjing again, and I will be back in three days or seven days at most. For convenience, you don't have to go with me on this trip, just stay in Yangzhou with peace of mind, and when I come back, I will set off for Beijing .”

After seeing Jia Yucun today, Jia Lian suddenly thought of someone.

It is the woman who ranks first in the Jinling Twelve Beauties——Xiang Ling.

Speaking of this girl, Jia Lian couldn't help but sigh.He was originally from a squire family in Suzhou, and his father was Zhen Shiyin who had a kindness to Jia Yucun!
When Jia Yucun fell into poverty in Suzhou, thanks to Zhen Shiyin’s attention, he not only took good care of him in life, but also voluntarily subsidized his travel expenses and winter clothes to keep out of the cold after learning that he wanted to go to Beijing for the exam but was unable to move forward due to insufficient travel expenses. , This enabled Jia Yucun to enter Beijing smoothly and be named on the gold list.

But the Zhen family was unlucky. In the year when they helped Jia Yucun, their daughter was kidnapped by a kidnapper. Not to mention, the house was also burned down by a fire, causing people to leave home...

The most irritating thing is that Jia Yucun, who received such courtesy and favor from the Zhen family, clearly agreed to the Zhen family's help to find her daughter. Later, when he was an official residence in Yingtian Zhifu, he did know Xiangling's whereabouts.But in order to cling to the powerful, not only did he not think of any way to repay his kindness, but instead he helped the tyrant to abuse him, and helped Xue Pan, the eldest son of the Xue family who forcibly bought Xiangling, to get rid of the murder charge!

That Xue Pan is the number one fool in the world, after getting Xiangling, how could he cherish it at all?After being abused in every possible way, Xiangling died tragically at the hands of Xue Pan's wife Xia Jingui.

This is also a crime of Jia Yucun, and it is enough to prove that he has no gratitude and is a complete white-eyed wolf.

But now that Jia Yucun has not yet awarded Yingtian Zhifu, Jia Lian thought, if he goes to Jinling City at this time, he wonders if it is possible to find her before Xiangling meets Xue Pan and the dead ghost Feng Yuan, and let her get rid of it. Originally a tragic fate.

It just so happens that the Jia family is also the head of the four major families in Jinling. Although most of the Jia family's foundation has moved to the capital, there are still old houses in Jinling city, and some old relatives and friends.

As the direct son of the Jia family, he came to the south of the Yangtze River with great difficulty, so he should go back and walk around.

For a big family, relatives and old friends are the greatest extension of power, and those who can visit relatives and friends on behalf of the family are equivalent to gaining these powers!

This is the reason why in the original book, Wang Xifeng was able to command the Chang'an Jiedu envoy in the name of Jia Lian!
Because Jia Lian is the housekeeper, Jia Lian is basically in charge of the exchanges between Rongguo Mansion and the outside world. In the eyes of outsiders, Jia Lian can represent Rongguo Mansion.

Therefore, other relatives are fine, like the Zhen family, Xue family and other important relatives in Jinling City, they have to visit.

After hearing Jia Lian's words, Zhou Rui and others had no objection, and they could all think of Jia Lian's reason for going to Nanjing.

Zhou Rui even reminded: "Second Lord always has to visit relatives and friends when he goes to Nanjing. This money is definitely indispensable. It's not difficult. There must be some silver in the old warehouse of our old house. If it is not enough, The second master can also go to Zhen's house to withdraw.

In recent years, a large part of the benefits from Zhuangzi and homesteads in the south have not been transported back to the capital. They are all kept by the Zhen family for us, and the second master can also take some out for use. "

Jia Lian nodded.

After Zhou Rui and the others left, Xing'er, Zhu'er, Wang Xin and others were willing to go to Jinling with Jia Lian.

They are also people who used to follow Jia Lian.

Ruthlessly rejected their request, Jia Lian tidied up and went to ask Lin Ruhai to resign.

……

In the study room, the old butler was reporting with Lin Ruhai about the big and small matters of the Suzhou party.

Lin Ruhai didn't care much about other things, and just asked, "You mean, Jia Lian has been staying with her every step for more than a month, taking care of Yu'er in every detail?"

The old butler nodded with a smile.

Lin Ruhai couldn't believe it: "He never went out alone, for example, after your wife's coffin was buried?"

From Lin Ruhai's point of view, even if Jia Lian is a filial person, he will not go out to fool around during Jia Min's spiritual period like Lin Yi and other worthless people, but after Jia Min's burial, when Daiyu is recuperating in her hometown in Suzhou, he always Can't resist going out for a walk?

After all, Suzhou is as prosperous as Yangzhou.

"Before my wife was buried, Second Master Lian devoted himself to planning and planning the burial every day. At first, some people in the clan were not very obedient to Second Master Lian. Later, seeing that Second Master Lian acted safely and thoughtfully, even the grandparents in the clan, They also started to praise it.

As for the wife's burial, I heard that Second Master Lian practiced boxing and kicking in his yard all day long, and the old slave bumped into him twice. The guards that Second Master Lian accompanied him practiced really well. "

Lin Ruhai frowned upon hearing the words, does Jia Lian want to abandon literature and pursue martial arts?Given his family's background, it's a good way.

Lin Ruhai had realized at this time that Jia Lian probably had limited talent in reading.It's just that, as a pure literati, he still doesn't have much optimism about the path of military and army.

"By the way, I went out one day, but I saw that the lady was in a bad mood, so I took her out of the city to visit the temple fair. Although the slave didn't go with her, I heard from Wang Momo and others that the lady had a good time shopping that day. Yes, they also said that since that day, Miss seems to be much less depressed than before."

Lin Ruhai nodded when he heard the words, knowing his daughter Mo Ruofu, he was most familiar with his daughter's temperament, but this time, although it didn't take too long to come back from Suzhou, the changes in her daughter still couldn't escape his eyes.

It's about being cheerful.

No wonder her nanny said before that Daiyu had agreed to go to the capital.I thought it was because Jia Lian, the cousin, treated her sincerely, and thought that the other members of my uncle's family were probably not bad, so I felt less worried, so I was willing to go.

Seeing Lin Ruhai pondering, the old butler waited for a while, then took out the account book he had prepared, put it in front of Lin Ruhai, and said:

"Master, let's forget about other things, this is what I admire the most.

When Second Master Lian was in Suzhou, although he intervened in all matters big and small, he was not good at money matters.All the accounts were registered and compiled by the slaves themselves, and the accountant of the old house also said that the second master Lian had never withdrawn a tael of silver, so even if the people below wanted to find the faults of the second master Lian, they would have no way to find them. In the end, there was only admiration left, which is why the wife's affairs were handled so smoothly.

The master doesn't know, those people in the old house are becoming more and more worthless one by one. If it weren't for the second master Lian and the old slave alone, I'm afraid they won't be able to restrain them. They all want to get money from it. Money, they even dare to bully young ladies...! "

Lin Ruhai sighed slightly, this is the sorrow of the withering of the descendants.

The housekeeper and others are servants, how can those people in the clan be completely obedient?He couldn't get away by himself, even if he wanted to find someone capable of managing the affairs of the clan, he couldn't find one. Jia Lian was just an outsider after all, and he was going back to Beijing after this trip.

Otherwise, he really intends to punish those unscrupulous children in the family!

Picking up the account, flipping through it casually, it did save a lot of expenses than he expected.

Although he didn't care too much about saving this little money, after all, it was the result of Jia Lian's wholehearted efforts to help him, and he had to acknowledge that.

Just thinking about it, I heard Jia Lian begging to see me, and hurriedly let me in.

He was not surprised when he heard that Jia Lian was going to Nanjing. Anyway, he himself wanted to keep his daughter by his side for a while.

After sending Jia Lian away, Lin Ruhai couldn't let go of it for a long time after sitting in the case.

Thinking that his life was bright and aboveboard, he can be regarded as Juelu Gaodeng, and the wife he married is also a virtuous and virtuous lady, not a woman who is jealous and prodigal.

But on the point of heirs, he lost to the world.

If he could have a son, not to mention the brilliance of the family, even if he was just a man, why should he feel so powerless in managing the family and the government?
It's a pity that Lian'er is already married, otherwise...

Shaking his head, Lin Ruhai picked up the blank memorial and began to write it seriously.

The emperor heard that his wife had passed away, and sent an imperial decree to condolences yesterday. He received such favor, and he should do his best to serve the king loyally, so as to live up to the greatness of the dragon's grace!

(End of this chapter)