The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Satisfied with wine and food, and the matter was settled, Jia Lian had no intention of listening to the flattery of these salt merchants, and said goodbye after saying that he was grateful for the hospitality.

All the salt merchants hurriedly got up to send them off, but they didn't dare to crowd them all, only Zhou Boru sent him to the gate of the restaurant.

Wangjianglou is built facing the river, surrounded by water corridors in front of the main entrance. Perhaps there is no curfew at all in this area, so even if it is already late at night, looking head-on, the two sides of the river are still full of feasting and feasting.I don't know how many rich and noble people enjoy themselves here.

"grown ups……"

Zhou Boru bent forward and called out in a low voice. Seeing Jia Lian looking back at him, he dared to reach into his bosom and took out something to present.

"This is the land deed and house deed of the manor that my lord has seen that day, please accept it, and I have the right to be a villain to apologize for my negligence to my lord!"

Although his attitude was very sincere, Jia Lian shook his head: "President Zhou's kindness, I appreciate it, but after this incident, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to go to Yangzhou again, leaving such a good garden for nothing. It's a pity that the second official does not have the energy to arrange personnel to repair and maintain it, which is cumbersome."

Zhou Boru obviously anticipated Jia Lian's concerns, and said hastily: "I also know that adults will not live in this small Yangzhou city forever, so I have already thought about it for adults. In the future, the maintenance of the garden and other matters are up to you. My Zhou family works for the adults, and I will not let the adults spend more time. The villain has also attached the list of personnel responsible for the care and maintenance of the garden to the house deed. As long as the adults come over at any time, they can be used like their own servants. them.

As for the pity, I can't even talk about it. Anyway, the garden has been idle for many years. Even if the adults can live in it once in the future, it can be regarded as fully exerting its value.Even if the adults don't go in and live in it once, it can be regarded as its good fortune if it falls into the hands of the adults. "

"Hehehehe."

Jia Lian finally laughed.Zhou Boru is really interesting. Hearing what he said, Jia Lian still doesn't know his plans.

Needless to say the value of that garden, only that Zhou Boru knew that he was going back to Beijing, and he might not come to Yangzhou again in a few years or ten years, but why did he decide to give the garden to him?
Is it just for the convenience of his occasional trip to Yangzhou?

Of course not.He is, he must climb into his relationship!

You must know that even if you use 20 to [-] taels of silver to curry favor with others, even if people are very happy at first, after a long time, it is inevitable that they will forget or be indifferent to this "friendship".

But houses and gardens are different.Just like what Zhou Boru said, as long as he received the deed and land deed, it means that the garden belongs to him and is his property.

In this way, as long as he thinks of Yangzhou in the future, he will be able to think that he is still such a beautiful and luxurious asset in Yangzhou, and he will naturally be able to remember that it was a gift from the Zhou family.

It can be said that as long as the garden exists, the relationship between the Zhou family and him will last for a day.

Not to mention, the Zhou family will always help him take care of the garden. In this way, even if he suddenly loses one day, it will be a breeze for the Zhou family to take back the garden.And if Jia Lian has been thriving, it will be more cost-effective. One investment will be effective forever.

But what can Jia Lian say?Not to mention that what others say is so nice, but to say that what they do is only good for him and has no harm.

Only accept the deed, don't take over, he doesn't say anything, the Zhou family doesn't say anything, who knows that the garden is actually Jia Lian's property?
Even if he goes to Yangzhou in the future and lives there, it can be said that he has friendship with the Zhou family and they just entertain him.

This eliminates the risk of others impeaching him for corruption and accepting bribes, so that fixed assets can be sent in with the left hand and out with the right hand.

It can be seen that Zhou Boru's actions this week are really exquisite in all aspects, and he has his own set of rules.

"Okay, so I will be disrespectful."

Jia Lian accepted the contract with a smile. Jia Lian never liked to refuse this kind of benefit.

Even if something happens to the Zhou family in the future, he doesn't want to interfere, at worst, he will transfer the garden to someone else...

Seeing that Jia Lian finally agreed, Zhou Boru immediately showed joy on his face.However, if he knew Jia Lian's unworthy calculations, he probably wouldn't be able to laugh.

During the compliments, he saw Shen Paner Yingying approaching, so he said to Jia Lian: "By the way, at the banquet, I heard that it was the first time I came to the Little Qinhuai River. Take time to visit carefully.

So the villain has already arranged a boat for the adults, and the adults can take the boat to see the most representative Yangzhou Fengyue tonight..."

After speaking, he immediately cupped his hands to Shen Pan'er who came up to him: "Lady Lao Pan'er is here tonight, and I will take good care of you."

"President Zhou is very polite. It is my honor to be able to serve you."

Zhou Boru and others thought that Shen Pan'er was already Jia Lian's woman, which was why they specially invited Shen Pan'er to come over tonight. They thought that with Jia Lian's old lover around, Jia Lian would not refuse their bribes.

In fact, Jia Lian did not mean to refuse.A night cruise on a shipwreck, accompanied by beauties, is enough to arouse people's imagination, not to mention, with the style of these salt merchants, there may be some other programs, of course he is happy to wait and see.

Seeing that his own soldiers had taken control of the upstairs boat, Jia Lian did not hesitate, followed Shen Pan'er to board the boat, and then went up to the second floor.

The boat in this building is not too big, especially on the second floor, there are basically no rooms, only a cabin like a pavilion, with no walls on all sides, scattered and connected screens, and countless silks of various colors hanging down from the beams. Cloth and bamboo curtains, the scene looks rich and noble, yet elegant.

Of course, it was the three dancers on the deck that attracted Jia Lian's attention even more.They all started dancing before Jia Lian boarded the boat. Seeing Jia Lian coming, they all showed shy expressions towards Jia Lian, but there was no sense of disorder in their dancing posture.

In the cabin with the bamboo curtains wide open, there were already many beauties accompanying them.These beauties either hold the pipa, play the guqin, or play the erhu.

These musical instruments should have their own repulsion, but under their superb skills, they not only play with great compatibility, but also have no melodious sound, and appear quiet and elegant.

Except for the few maids at the bow and stern of the boat, all the women here are stunning.

They are all those expensive oiran ladies whom I have seen at the banquet before, even if I have seen their appearance, this time I saw so many top oiran ladies at once again, even if their appearance and figure, It's a bit of the same thing, but it still makes people feel amazing enough and can't help but feel restless.

Just imagine, changing the age of the twelve beauties of Jinling, including Yuanchun, into a youthful appearance, and then letting them perform their talents in a unified way after dressing up beautifully, how glamorous it is?

"Hehehe, my lord, please sit down, don't worry, I will wait for twelve sisters tonight, but all of them belong to my lord alone, everyone has enough time, take your time to appreciate..."

Shen Pan'er smiled and helped Jia Lian into the cabin, and sat down on a chair that had already been covered with old fur.

Because she purposely spoke charmingly, which naturally made the other beauties in the cabin who wanted to see Jia Lian but were too shy to look directly at her more shy.

No one had a strange look, and many people even quietly corrected their postures in order to see their most beautiful postures when Jia Lian swept towards them.

Of course, among these people, there is no Gu Qingyi.

This girl in Tsing Yi, who has won the top prize in two consecutive Oiran Competitions and is known as the No. [-] Oiran Lady in the south of the Yangtze River, is sitting at the nearest position to Jia Lian, stroking the guqin with a very calm expression.

At this time, she also took off her veil, fully revealing her gorgeous features.

Jia Lian couldn't help taking a closer look, and found helplessly that this girl was exactly what he had guessed at the beginning, not only was she about the same age as Miaoyu, she was also beautiful and refined, and even her look and temperament were the same as his first time. The Miaoyu I saw at the Panxiang Temple in Suzhou for the first time, is very similar!
That is to say, in the future, after he completely conquers Miaoyu, if she is dressed in such a delicate and charming way, wouldn't it be like a pair of peerless sisters?
If he hadn't known that Miaoyu was the only daughter of Suzhou weaving, and that her father committed the crime the year before last, but this Gu Qingyi had been famous for three or four years in the south of the Yangtze River, Jia Lian couldn't help but want to I wonder if this girl is the sister who has been separated from Miaoyu for many years!

Moreover, Jia Lian probably knows why this Gu Qingyi is so sought after by others. Apart from her appearance and talent, which are the conditions for the benevolent to see the benevolent and the wise to see wisdom, she is calm and always looks cool and refined. She is a proper ascetic goddess Fan!

This kind of woman may be nothing to those real powerful people, but to those self-proclaimed romantic men who are actually shy and arty, they are simply killer beauties.

Seeing Jia Lian admiring the beauty and skills of the other sisters, Shen Pan'er, who had nothing to do, turned behind Jia Lian to give Jia Lian a shoulder squeeze.

As the number one dancer in the south of the Yangtze River, she naturally would not serve men like this before, but since she has made up her mind to rely on Jia Lian, she must seize every opportunity that Jia Lian can find her benefits.

But just out of Jia Lian's line of sight, he suddenly felt that he was being watched.Looking back, she realized that it was Jia Lian's two maidservants looking at her, especially one of them, the indifference and even murderous look in her eyes made her take a step back quietly.

Quietly calming down, she couldn't help complaining in her heart, such a fierce woman, I don't know what adults are doing beside her...

She didn't dare to do it again, she knew that Jia Lian's personal guards took Jia Lian's safety very seriously.That is to say, when they were still preparing to rehearse the show here, the officers and soldiers rushed up and turned over all the inside and outside of the ship, but they took away all the utensils that threatened the human body in the slightest. They were all searched by these two women.

At that time, they still felt a little dissatisfied, but later found that a lot of troops had been controlled on both sides of the river bank at some point, which made them speechless. At the same time, they praised Jia Lian, a dignitary who came from the capital, which was really different from their Jiangnan.

Because of this, Shen Pan'er couldn't help feeling that if people like Jia Lian were so closely protected wherever they went, life would seem a bit rigorous and boring.

How did she know that it was the people around Jia Lian who knew that Jia Lian was now a mountain on top of these salt merchants, and both parties had interests.Therefore, when Jia Lian set foot in the territory of these salt merchants, they would be extremely cautious and cautious, and dare not give each other the slightest chance.