The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 375 This Brother Is Unusual

Long before Princess Zhaoyang and Jia Lian moved into Kunyu Pavilion, the county magistrate and others asked Kunyu Pavilion to vacate the entire third floor, leaving no one idle.

Jia Lian didn't feel wrong about this.

If there was no matter at the gate of the city, and the three of them entered the city quietly, he would naturally not do anything special.

Now that his identity has been exposed, there are naturally more things to consider, and if there is less trouble, then there is less trouble.

The Xue family father and son, led by Xiaotong, came to Jia Lian's room.

The second master of the Xue family was very polite and saluted Jia Lian when they met.

It's a pity that he was too weak, and he who needed the support of his children, almost fell down under the bow.

Jia Lian hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and then said sincerely, "Uncle Shi, you don't need to be too polite. Based on the friendship between our two families for nearly a hundred years, Uncle Shi can call my nephew directly by name."

While speaking, he took the second master of the Xue family from the hands of the two brothers and sisters of the Xue family, helped him to sit on the chair next to him, and then turned around and sat down.

The second master of the Xue family was ashamed, but he didn't want to go against Jia Lian's words again and again.

"Since that's the case, please forgive me and call my lord a good nephew."

Jia Lian smiled, then looked at the brothers and sisters of the Xue family who were standing behind the second master of the Xue family, who seemed a little reserved.

"These two are Brother Xue Biao and Sister Baoqin, right? When I was in Beijing, I often heard from my aunt that Brother Xue Biao was born with a good-looking talent, quiet and sensible. Sister Baoqin is beautiful and far superior to ordinary people. I met you today. , it can be seen that what my aunt said is true."

When Jia Lian said this, a boy and a girl who were only in their teens became even more embarrassed and ashamed.

The second master of the Xue family knew that after the death of his brother, his sister-in-law could hardly maintain the family business by herself, so the whole family moved to the capital, and now he still lives in his sister's house, which is Rongguo Mansion.

And Jia Lian is the son of the Rongguo Mansion who inherited the title.

Therefore, Jia Lian's words were not surprising or abrupt.

"Tad'er, Qin'er, you haven't come to see your second elder brother Lian yet."

Hearing his father's words, Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin both looked serious, as if they had rehearsed it in their hearts long ago, and obediently stepped forward to pay respects:
"I've seen Brother Lian..."

When meeting with peers, no matter how big the age difference is, it is natural to return the courtesy.

But Jia Lian's identity was there after all, and he was not too humble, just raised his hand with a smile.

"Brother Tad, Sister Qin, please hurry up, there is no need to be so polite."

Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin raised their heads, although they could feel Jia Lian's kindness towards them, they didn't dare to do anything wrong in front of their father.

When quietly retreating to his father's side, he saw his father shaking his head and talking.

"They can't take the words of their aunts. I just found out that the two of them met a nephew at a teahouse outside the city before...

It was in vain for my nephew to make decisions for us like that before, but the two of them are ignorant, and they took away the things that my nephew loved.

For this reason, I have already taught them a good lesson, and I ask my nephew not to take it to heart. "

After finishing speaking, the second master of the Xue family didn't stop, and immediately frowned and looked at Xue Baoqin, "Qin'er, take out the jade pendant and return it to your second elder brother Lian, and apologize to the second elder brother Lian."

Hearing this, Xue Baoqin's small, blemish-free face suddenly frowned, as if she felt aggrieved.

After all, he didn't dare to disobey his father's words, so he had to take out the jade pendant from his bosom, walked up to Jia Lian, held back for a long time before saying, "Second Brother Lian, I'm sorry, I'll give this back to you~"

After the words fell, there were tears in a pair of big eyes, which became more and more watery.

She felt wronged.

If it wasn't for her father and mother who often taught them not to spend money recklessly when going out, she would naturally be willing to give some more money at that time.

If it were, she would have known that Jia Lian was a distant cousin, so naturally she would be the same.

However, my father didn't understand them at all. After learning about this, he blamed them, and now he asked her to apologize...

Seeing Xue Baoqin holding the jade pendant in both hands, standing in front of her crying, Jia Lian was stunned for a moment.

Not for anything else, just because he felt that he was about to be turned into a cute girl by the girl in front of him!

He didn't know how to describe it, but Xue Baoqin was definitely a girl who could not help falling in love with her at the first glance.

The little girl with unopened cardamom still exudes childishness and innocence.

Let alone that, all the handsome girls in the world have their own cuteness in this age group.

However, Xue Baoqin is not alone.

Not only does she have the innocence and cuteness of a young girl, but she also has the beauty and delicacy that should not be displayed at this age!
On the small face of Guazi, not only the facial features are exquisite and exquisite to the extreme, but also the skin is tender and smooth to the extreme.

Red in white, flamboyant, this kind of vocabulary seems to be only used on her, which makes people feel that it does not contain a little exaggeration.

With the black hair and black silk as the background, so is the slender neck.

Coupled with the slender figure wrapped in a pink hairpin skirt, and the ten slender fingers exposed from the cuffs, the whole looks like the heroine who came out of the Two-dimensional world, which makes people unbearable to touch, for fear of accidentally , it will break.

Purely in terms of natural beauty, I'm afraid that even the little Daiyu I saw when I first came to the south of the Yangtze River was not as good.

Because Daiyu has been in poor health since she was a child and has been taking medicine all year round, although her complexion is fair and beautiful, it is a little less energetic and rosy than Xue Baoqin.

It is such a clean girl, standing in front of Jia Lian at this moment, as if she has been wronged by the sky, which makes Jia Lian feel unbearable.

"Sister Qin doesn't have to be like this."

Without taking the jade pendant from Xue Baoqin's hand, Jia Lian gave the girl a reassuring look, then looked at the second master of the Xue family, and explained: "Uncle Shi must have misunderstood.

When I first arrived here, I was penniless, so I pawned a jade pendant with me.

Sister Qin also didn't want to see other people bullying me, so she came to help me, not only helped me out of the siege, but also allowed me to pawn the money successfully, which can be regarded as helping me two favors at once.

Speaking of which, I should thank Sister Qin well. "

As he spoke, Jia Lian stood up and gave Xue Baoqin a slight bow.

Xue Baoqin immediately took a step back and looked up at Jia Lian. At this moment, the most intuitive feeling in her heart was that the second elder brother Lian was so tall and mighty...

Seeing this, the second master of the Xue family was overwhelmed by Jia Lian's demeanor, and sighed deeply: "Even so, since this is a nephew's carry-on, he must like it very much at ordinary times. It's not something that my daughter can steal for herself."

"It doesn't matter. Don't say that this is a transaction where you pay and you deliver.

That's not the case. I met Sister Qin for the first time today. As a cousin, it's only natural for me to give her as a gift. "

While talking, seeing Xue Baoqin working hard with both hands, he held up her small hands with one hand, and slowly folded her outstretched fingers with the other hand, and said with a gentle smile, "It's okay, sister Qin, take it."

Baoqin's cheeks flushed slightly, and she quietly retracted her hands.

"Uncle Shi doesn't need to say any more about this, but Xiao Wu Er, what is it worth?"

Seeing Jia Lian's sincerity, the second master of the Xue family couldn't say anything more. After asking Xue Baoqin to thank Jia Lian, he paused for a while and gave his son Xue Biao a look.

Seeing this, Xue Biao calmly took out from his bosom what his father had given him earlier, and presented it respectfully to Jia Lian.

Seeing Jia Lian's doubts, the second master of the Xue family explained.

"My nephew may also know that my Xue family caravan arrived outside the city as early as three days ago.

He has not been able to enter the city, because the dandy of the Jiedu Mansion is bullying others.

If we hadn't happened to meet a good nephew to rescue us today, not only would my Xue's business have suffered serious losses, but even Qin'er's reputation would have been destroyed in the hands of that shameless villain. "

The second master of the Xue family glanced at his daughter with a slightly pale complexion, clasped his fists and said, "In order to express my gratitude to my nephew, I hope my nephew will accept the 3000 taels of silver note."

Jia Lian had already seen clearly what was unfolding in Xue Biao's hands. It was a few well-made bank notes.The first one was a bank note issued by Datong Bank, the largest bank in central Beijing, and the amount of a single sheet was as high as 1000 taels!

Banknotes of this denomination are rarely issued even by big banks, and are usually only issued to powerful and reputable people or families.

After all, the biggest advantage of bank notes is that they are easy to carry, so that people don't have to carry huge amounts of cumbersome silver from east to west, and from south to north.

The shortcomings are also obvious. The most important one is that most bank notes can only be exchanged in fixed cities and fixed banks.Because only in this way can the inside of the bank check the tickets to prevent counterfeiting and fraudulent claims.

To be honest, he had expected the Xue family to reward him.It's just that I didn't expect that the second master of the Xue family was so generous that he would pay 3000 taels for a single shot.

He remembered that Jia Lian once donated a prefect, and it only cost 1000 taels of silver!

After a moment of silence, Jia Lian shook his head and said, "I can't accept this money."

"This... ahem, nephew, I know that nephew is a man of high integrity, but if there is no nephew today, my caravan of Xue's caravan will not know how much goods will be lost.

This is also the only way I can express my gratitude to my nephew, please accept it! "

The second master of the Xue family was a little anxious, and he wanted to stand up and ask Jia Lian to accept the gift.

His obeisance is unusually sincere.With the money he spent on this trip, if he hadn't met Jia Lian, even if Wu Tuo City only seized [-]% of his goods, he would have lost at least [-] to [-] silver in goods.

Not to mention, that dude still wants to contaminate Qin'er!
Jia Lian stopped the second master of the Xue family from being polite, but his words remained unchanged.

"I really can't accept these money, and I won't accept it."

Jia Lian sat at the head with a calm voice.

"Let's not talk about Xue Jia's two families. Since the founding of the country, they have accumulated nearly a hundred years of friendship. I have heard people say that Jia Shi Wang Xue, the four major families, are in the same spirit, one is prosperous and the other is damaged. !
Let’s just say that in this world, my second wife of the Jia family and my mother of the Xue family were also close sisters.

And my wife, Mrs. Wang, is the niece of the mother of the Xue family!
Now that Aunt Xue sees this kind of behavior, she doesn't dislike my Jia family's contempt. She has traveled thousands of miles to Beijing with her two children, and lives next to us. She often goes to the house to chat and joke with my old lady.

What kind of trust and good family is this?

Now I just happened to help Uncle Shi once within the scope of my ability, and then asked Uncle Shi for a reward, which not only belittled my character, but also belittled the friendship between Xuejia and Xuejia for many generations, and even more let down Yes, Aunt Xue's trust in our Jia family.

If I really took the money today, I'm afraid that after I return to Beijing, my old lady will find out and scold me for being blind to money and valuing small profits over righteousness.

This matter is really impossible. "

Jia Lian frowned, finished speaking with a serious face, and then ordered Xue Bian to collect the bank notes again.

Xue Biao was at a loss immediately.

On one side was his father's confession, and on the other side were Jia Lian's loud words, which made him turn his head and look innocently at his old father.

"But……"

The second master of the Xue family wanted to persuade him to say something more, but Jia Lian interrupted: "Uncle Shi, you don't need to say any more, I have made up my mind. By the way, I forgot to ask Uncle Shi, what is the result of the doctor's diagnosis and treatment?

I was busy just now and forgot to visit my uncle, but my uncle was so tired that he came to see me with his sick body, my nephew was really ashamed. "

"What did my nephew say, you shoulder the important task of protecting the princess, so naturally you don't have to stick to such small details..."

The second master of the Xue family frowned, hesitating, obviously still unwilling to give up like this.

It's just that Jia Lian has already talked about other topics, so he can't help but repeat the old talk.The feeling that he couldn't give it away with so much money made him feel a little embarrassed.

Seeing that his father had lost his mind, Xue Biao, who had raised his hand for a long time, could only silently retreat to his father's side.

Xue Baoqin on the other side kept Jia Lian's actions in his mind from beginning to end, and his eyes flickered.

This second elder brother Lian is really different from ordinary people... No, it is very different!
Thinking of this, her tender fingers couldn't help but secretly rubbed the jade pendant that she had been holding in her hand, and then, while her father and others were not paying attention, she stuffed it back into her bosom.

(End of this chapter)