The Second Master of the Red Chamber

When she came out of Daiyu's room, she ran into Daiyu's nanny, Nanny Wang.

"I've seen Lord Hou..."

Nanny Wang is a woman in her 30s with a gentle and kind face.When she saw Jia Lian, she was a little cautious.

Jia Lian glanced at her, thinking that with Daiyu's warm heart and cold exterior, and her personality of keeping everything in her heart, it would be difficult for someone like Nanny Wang to get close to Daiyu.Perhaps only a girl like Zijuan who has a clever mind and insight into habits can truly consider Daiyu's thoughts.

He also thought that Xueyan was also the girl Daiyu brought to Jia's house from Lin's house, but she was also stupid and not very close to Daiyu.

Jia Lian thought that maybe her aunt Jia Min was also a gentle and delicate woman, so the nurse and mother-in-law she chose for Daiyu looked so harmless.

With half a salute to her receipt, Jia Lian looked at her and said, "I still have important things to do, so I'm leaving Suzhou tomorrow. During my absence, please ask Mother Wang to take good care of Sister Lin for me. Be more careful about everything. .”

"Yes……"

"If there is nothing wrong, don't let other members of the Lin family bother Sister Lin. I will take Steward Lin away this time, but I will leave ten soldiers guarding the outer courtyard. If there is any situation or trouble, Mama Wang can Send those people to do it, or let them inform me."

"Yes."

Wang Momo nodded blindly, perhaps also aware that in her capacity, she should not wait for Jia Lian to order such things, so she hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your concern for our girl, the servants will follow what Lord Hou ordered. "

Jia Lian said "Yes", nodded and left.

Once outside, ask Lin Youquan to summon the main members of the Lin family to the hall to announce Lin Ruhai's will and the arrangements for the Lin family's property.

The branch of the Lin family is not prosperous, and there are less than ten people who can take charge of their own affairs, and they are scattered in the hall.

Jia Lian was also not polite to them, and sat down directly on the head seat, seeing the relief expressions of most of them after they were stunned for a moment.

Turning his head to look at Lin Youquan, he said calmly, "Tell them about it."

Lin Youquan bowed to answer, then faced the people in the hall, and said in a serious voice: "Masters, gentlemen, call everyone here, firstly, I have good news to tell you gentlemen, and secondly, before the master dies, I would like Some affairs in the family have been arranged, and we need to let the grandfathers and gentlemen know."

"It's this time, what good news can there be?"

"Yeah, what is the good news?"

Lin Youquan waited for everyone to finish complaining before continuing: "Although our lord has gone, the sage conferred a special honor on Long En, conferring the eldest lady of our family as the township lord and the fourth-rank noble. Therefore, our Lin family, from now on In the end, it is still the Xun family, and it will not become an ordinary poor family!"

"What is Xiangjun..."

"What, there is such a thing??"

"Oh my god, is this true..."

The title of Duchess can cause some waves in the Rongguo Mansion in Beijing, but in Suzhou and other local prefectures, it is naturally even more unfamiliar to the branches of the Lin family, these families who have not been in official positions in several lifetimes.Just hearing about a fourth grade, everyone was shocked and excited beyond recognition.

Rank four, maybe it's nothing unusual in the capital.But in Suzhou, he is definitely a big shot that people can look up to!

Even the prefect of Suzhou, the parent official of the entire Suzhou, known as the Grand Master of the Fu, is only a fourth rank.

The ancestors of the Lin family were princes, and although they could only be passed on for three generations, they were honorable no matter what.Later, the emperor Jiaen inherited one more generation, but when he came to Lin Ruhai, the title was still gone, and the plaque on the gate of the Lin family's ancestral house also changed from "Liehou's Mansion" to "Lin Mansion".

Fortunately, there was a Wenqu star like the patriarch, a high school student, and continued the glory of the Lin family for more than [-] years.

Now that Lin Ruhai has also gone, the other branches of the Lin family still haven't been able to produce a person with official status. I originally thought that even if the Lin family is completely in decline, in the future when people mention the Lin family, they will only talk about their ancestors, but never again. Will respect and awe them.

Because such a family with glorious ancestors and declining descendants has had a collective name since ancient times.

poor family.

Yes, their Lin family is about to become a poor family.

Although he was faintly unwilling in his heart, there was nothing he could do.Who knew that at this time, Lin Youquan suddenly told them that the eldest lady, that is, Daiyu, had been canonized by the emperor, and she had a decent official status, or was she a fourth rank?
Everyone was suddenly inexplicably excited, even the two old bony old men stood up with their canes, and kept asking questions.

Of course Lin Youquan understands the thoughts of these elders in the clan, why not himself.

Glancing at Jia Lian, he saw Jia Lian sitting silently drinking tea, not urging him, so he also smiled and explained the matter to the clan elders in detail.

After a long time, the excited discussions among the members of the Lin family finally dissipated.

Lin Youquan was also afraid of Jia Lian's impatience, so when everyone returned to their seats, he straightened his expressions and said, "The second thing I need to tell you gentlemen is about the eldest lady.

Before the master died, he betrothed the young lady to our wife's nephew, that is, the dignified Zhenyuan Hou Ye as the second wife.So, from now on, Lord Hou will be the uncle of our Lin family.

In addition, the master also explained that Lord Hou will take care of his funeral and arrange various assets of the Lin family. Therefore, let Master Hou explain the next thing to the gentlemen. "

It was another piece of heavy news that shocked the minds of the masters of the Lin family who had just calmed down a little.

They looked around and seemed to have something to say.But after taking a look at Jia Lian, who was dressed in filial piety, but still could not conceal his dignified and aggressive demeanor, he didn't dare to question him.

So, they all bowed their heads and whispered.

They all knew Jia Lian's identity, so they were more concerned about Lin Youquan's last words than asking Daiyu to be Jia Lian's second wife.

After all, the Lin family has four generations of princes and a lot of family property, so they are just handed over to Jia Lian for disposal. How can they, the Lin family, be reconciled.

How could Jia Lian not know what they were thinking, because he put down his teacup and said bluntly: "It seems that everyone has some doubts about the arrangement of my uncle before he died."

All members of the Lin family looked at each other, knowing that if they didn't speak at this time, they would have no chance.

So soon a middle-aged man stood up, cupped his hands at Jia Lian and said, "Please forgive me, Lord Hou. It's not that I didn't respect the patriarch's will, but... it's just a big matter. After all, we all know that the patriarch is How much you love Daiyu's little niece, how could it be... So, I don't know about Lord Hou, but there is our patriarch's will letter, etc., which can convince us?"

Jia Lian smiled indifferently, and took a look at the middle-aged man. If he remembered correctly, this was the Lin family, Lin Ruhai's generation, who had the most hope of becoming an official.Well, the only gentleman who is a scholar, he really speaks at a certain level, clearly they are most concerned about the Lin family's property, but they only talk about Daiyu, it seems that they have no selfishness.

"About the fact that my uncle promised me sister Lin, everyone who was with my uncle before knew it. If you are really worried, there is a marriage letter signed by my parents and my uncle at my sister's place. If you really want to If you want to see it, I can send someone to get it from Sister Lin right away for you to see.

But I don't think it's necessary, and I think you don't really care about that.

Uncle Quan, please take out my uncle's dying handwriting and show it to all the gentlemen. "

"Yes."

Lin Youquan made preparations early.Speaking of it, Lin Ruhai still cared about these relatives very much. In fact, Lin Ruhai didn't need to write this handwritten letter at all. With the witnesses around them and Jia Lian's own identity, even if these Lin family members had doubts, it was not important at all.

Therefore, Lin Ruhai wrote this handwritten letter not for Jia Lian, but for these Lin family members.

He took out the handwriting in his arms and presented it to the elders of the Lin family to read it one by one.

Seeing the above content clearly, the members of the Lin family naturally have different expressions, some are not reconciled, and there are even greater doubts.

Could it be that, in order to embezzle their Lin family's property, Jia Lian joined forces with Lin Steward and others to forge the handwriting on purpose...

They have also been thinking about this family business for too long.They didn't even think about it, even if Lin Ruhai died, Daiyu should inherit the inheritance of the Lin family's lineage, and it had nothing to do with collateral clans like them.

Originally, even if Lin Ruhai allocated all the family property to Daiyu as a dowry, it would not be an exaggeration.

It's just that Lin Ruhai cared about his relatives after all, and wanted to distribute the output of the Lin family's ancestral property to the clansmen. One was to help them, and the other was to hope that their children would have money to study, and there was still some hope in the future.

Jia Lian looked at these things in front of him, afraid that he would embezzle the people of the Lin family's property, and he felt somewhat displeased.

"Why, if you gentlemen still don't believe it, you can ask a professional to appraise it to see if it is the fingerprint of my uncle."

Hearing Jia Lian's slightly cold words, the members of the Lin family who were still studying with Lin Ruhai's handwriting finally came to their senses with embarrassing expressions on their faces.

Some people wanted to agree to the inspection, but they were immediately stopped by others.Someone finally realized that, with Jia Lian's identity and status, even if it was an obvious robbery, what could they do?
If you really want to invite someone to verify the fingerprints, if they are correct, then let it go. If it is found out that they are fake, Jia Lian, who is furious, will treat them, it is really hard to say...

Therefore, it was still the scholar who came forward, looked at Lin Youquan, and said embarrassingly: "Well, this, the patriarch gave half of the private property to Daiyu's niece as a dowry. We all understand this, but, for some reason, the other half also Give it to Lord Hou, give it to Lord Hou to cook..."

At this time, Lin Youquan couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous of these Lin family members. Fortunately, the master made a clear decision and let the son-in-law take care of the funeral.Otherwise, if it was handed over to these people, I'm afraid they would have fought over the family's inheritance, so they don't care about the master's funeral!
Jia Lian's patience was exhausted at last, and before Lin Youquan could reply, he said directly: "This is very simple, because the Marquis promised my uncle that the first child I will have with Sister Lin in the future will carry my uncle's blood. His child will be adopted under the name of his uncle and will inherit the lineage of the Lin family.

Therefore, the half of the family property was left by my uncle for my son, who is the grandson of his old man.

So, do you understand? "

Jia Lian said without giving the Lin family any time to discuss, and continued: "But my uncle still sympathizes with you, knowing that your life is not very good. So tell me, when my sister Lin and I's children did not grow up and inherit Before taking the position of patriarch, let me choose an acting patriarch from among you, and he will distribute the output of the Lin family's ancestors over the years to your houses.

That's all there is to it, what concerns do you have? "

It was obvious that Jia Lian's attitude had turned cold, and the Lin family also became a little uneasy.Jia Lian is not only a high-ranking Marquis, but also an imperial envoy who goes out of Beijing that even the magistrates are afraid to curry favor with. If he is really angered, who can bear his anger?

A patriarch stood up, cupped his hands and said: "We all understand what Hou Ye said, since the patriarch has made these arrangements, the old man and others should obey their orders.

I just don't know, who does Lord Hou want to be the acting patriarch of my Lin family during this period?

Also, forgive me for my presumptuousness, but I dare to ask, if in the future, Lord Hou and the second wife do not have a male heir, what will happen then? "

Clan elders Clan elders are those who are highly respected in the clan.I kept silent before, not because I didn't care, but because I was weighing the pros and cons, and let the juniors charge forward.

Now that Jia Lian and the old housekeeper have explained everything clearly, they also know what to do.

Although some are not reconciled to the fact that the Lin family's affairs have to be handed over to an outsider to judge, but what can be done, who told them that there is not a single one who has become successful.Scholar?In the countryside outside the city, it may be quite respectable.

But in front of Jia Lian, I'm afraid it's nothing.

Therefore, they really have no room for bargaining.

Fortunately, it seems that Jia Lian has no intention of encroaching on the Lin family's ancestral property, and is willing to distribute the income from the ancestral property to each house.

What else is there to say?

Originally, even if they wanted to fight, they were only eligible to fight for the ancestral property.As for the private property accumulated by the descendants?If Lin Ruhai died without saying a word, then of course they might fight.

But Lin Ruhai made the arrangements, so they had no right to say anything.

Moreover, for most members of the Lin family, they only see the ancestral property of the Lin family.As for Lin Ruhai's private property, who knows how much?There is no concept, so naturally I am not so attached, and attachment is useless.

"As the acting patriarch and the management of the Lin family's ancestral property, after my uncle's funeral is over, I will call you to discuss it again. Now, the most important thing is that you all work together to make my uncle's funeral a good one.

As for what you are worried about, sister Lin and I will have no children in the future...

If that's the case, naturally there is nothing to say, as long as the acting patriarch does a good job and wins the hearts of the people, he will be the new Lin family head in the future. "

For Jia Lian, he really didn't care about the three melons and two dates produced by the Lin family's ancestors.

Even willing to talk so much with these Lin family's side houses, it's just because they will be his son's relatives in the future, and they want to arrange it as well as possible.

Originally, I was a little apologetic for adopting my son, but if I messed him up again, even Jia Lian would feel embarrassed.That's why I have to be more patient with these meager Lin family members.