Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 45 Fate
The rain covered the sky, and the busy people on the pier were desperately fastening the passenger ship.

Not long after Jia Amnesty's fleet docked, three luxury passenger ships slowly sailed into Huai'an Wharf.

"Madam, it's raining harder and harder. I'm afraid we won't be able to sail tonight. I can only wrong my wife, brother and girl to rest at the inn first, and we will start our journey again when the weather clears up tomorrow."

Xue Cheng, the chief steward of the Xue family, is the right-hand man left by Xue's father to their three mothers. Mrs. Xue looked at the pouring rain outside the cabin and nodded.

"The rain is coming fast, so let's go ashore to take shelter. I remember that there is a good inn on the pier, so I quickly send someone to ask if there are enough rooms."

After arranging these things, Mrs. Xue had to go back to the cabin to take care of her two children.

"Mother, it's raining so hard outside, why do we still have to go out? Why don't we just take shelter from the rain in the cabin. It makes people wet all over, it's really uncomfortable!"

The brothers and sisters of the Xue family have very different personalities. Xue Pan is extravagant and arrogant.Although he also went to school, he only knows a few words, and he just fights cocks and horses all day long, and travels around mountains and rivers.

Baochai, on the other hand, has a dignified character, beautiful appearance, intelligent nature, and erudite knowledge.This time, the three of them were able to handle Xuzhou's business well, thanks to Xue Baochai who found evidence from the ledger that the shopkeeper was acting as a demon.

It's a pity that Baochai is not a man, otherwise the Xue family would not have crossed over and become more and more difficult.

Not long after Xue Cheng went to the inn, he returned happily. He wiped off the rain on his face and said, "Madam, our luck is really good. Guess who the old servant met in the inn?"

Before Mrs. Xue could answer, Xue Cheng asked and answered the mother and son by himself: "After I went to the biggest inn on the pier, I didn't expect this inn to be booked by the nobles from the capital. I intend to visit several other houses, but in the inn, I met the Second Master Lian of the Rongguo Mansion!"

"Jia Lian? Feng girl's husband-in-law?"

Mrs. Xue covered her mouth and asked in surprise: "It's not a year, why did he come to the south of the Yangtze River?"

"Returning to Madam, Second Master Lian said that he was accompanying the Elder of the Rongguo Mansion to Yangzhou to visit Mr. Lin, and by the way returned to Jinling to deal with family affairs. Madam, let's go to the inn first, Second Master Lian specially reserved some rooms for us. Going up to the room, the old slave has already had someone clean it up in advance."

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Xue Cheng asked someone to bring the carriage, and braved the wind and rain to send the mistress and the three to an inn not far away.

On a boat that entered the pier behind the Xue family passenger boat, a boatman wearing a bamboo hat looked at the Xue family mother and son who were far away, threw the oars, and got into the cabin.

In the seemingly inconspicuous ordinary passenger ship, there were several middle-aged men with gloomy expressions.

The man dressed as a boatman took off the bamboo hat on his head, and bowed to report to the person in the seat: "Master, the members of the Xue family just went ashore and went to the inn, which is the one booked by Jia She and his party."

"This is a bit troublesome. If it's just the guards of the Xue family, we can do it seamlessly through the heavy rain. But if we get into trouble with the Jia family, we may not be able to withdraw completely."

The middle-aged man on the main seat rubbed the jade wrench on his right thumb, kept his eyes closed and kept silent, letting the other people argue loudly.

He didn't open his eyes until there was a knock on the door outside the cabin.

A man in black wearing a coir raincoat came in, cupped his fists and said, "Fourth Master Zhen, everything has been arranged properly. No matter what happens on the pier tonight, Huai'an Fucheng will not send a single soldier over. "

"Well done, Mr. Wang!"

It turns out that the third master Wang is none other than Wang Ziteng's younger brother Wang Zisheng.This time he went south, he vacated the capital without telling the prince, in order to establish a relationship with the Zhen family, he couldn't be the second housekeeper at home for the rest of his life!
And the Fourth Master Zhen of the Zhen family is Zhen Yingyu, the cousin of the eldest master of the Zhen family, Zhen Yingjia.He has been hiding in the dark all these years, and few people know that the fourth master of the Zhen family is actually the biggest water bandit leader on the canal.

The capital has been urging Yin Zi very urgently recently, and before letting go, Zhen Yingyu would never take a huge risk to confront the Xue family in Jinling.After all, the two families of Zhen and Xue had close contacts in the early years, and it was only after Xue's father passed away that they gradually lost contact.

As for Jia Amnesty and the others, Zhen Yingyu thought of the letters from the capital he had received two days ago, and put on a smirk: "Since they have all gathered together, we should also do our best as landlords. Third Lord, you Just wait here, don't worry, Mrs. Xue and their mother and son will be fine, when the time comes to see the truth in times of crisis, Mr. Wang might as well think about how to persuade Lingmei to bring her children to Beijing."

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Due to the sudden rainstorm, the bustling place by the pier was crowded with merchants coming and going from north to south.

The torches couldn't be lit at all, only a few lights peeked out from under the eaves on both sides, pointing out the direction for Xue's carriage.

Jia Lian yawned and stood guard in front of the inn gate. After all, Mrs. Xue was also his wife's aunt. As a junior, he didn't want people to think that the second master Lian of Rongguo Mansion had lost his etiquette.

"Grandpa, here we come!"

The boy Xing'er saw the old servant leading the carriage from a distance, and it was the steward of the Xue family who had just talked to his master.

The canopy in front of the door was slapped by the raindrops, and with a groan, after the carriage stopped, Jia Lian went up to meet him.

"Nephew Jia Lian pays a visit to aunt."

Lian's second master is handsome and beautiful, and there are few people in the whole capital who are better looking than him.

Mrs. Xue has been married to Jiangnan for nearly 20 years. The last time she visited Rongguo Mansion was in the Zhaowu Dynasty, she could only vaguely recognize Jia She's appearance from Jia Lian's face.

She got out of the car and picked up another pair of children.Mrs. Xue gave Jia Lian a blessing ceremony as a response, and Baochai also bowed down with her mother Yingying, but Xue Pan, who was on the side, stared straight at Jia Lian's pair of peach blossom eyes.

Mrs. Xue coughed lightly, interrupting her son's impoliteness, and after a brief introduction to Jia Lian, Jia Lian led several people upstairs.

"Brother Lian, did the old man rest? I asked Pan'er to kowtow to the old man to say hello."

"My lord father has already rested. Auntie doesn't need to be in a hurry. We are all relatives of our own family. Why make such a difference?"

Jia Lian took him to the three upper rooms on the west side, opened the door and said with a smile: "Auntie, you and your siblings go to wash up first, and my nephew has asked the inn to bring some food over. If there is anything else you need Well, my aunt sent someone to find my nephew."

Looking at Jia Lian, who is thoughtful of everything, and thinking about her son Xue Pan, who gave her a headache, Mrs. Xue felt regretful.

If I had known that I should have listened to my brother back then, I would have sent Brother Pan to the capital to be disciplined by his uncle.

Because Jia Lian had to make room for the Xue family, Jia Lian only had to share a bed with Jia Cong.

"Boom boom boom!"

Jia Lian, who was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep, heard a slight knock on the door, opened the door carefully and saw Jia Shishi standing at the door.

"Second Master, the general has an order, please go to the room to discuss matters!"

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　　The new crown is really tormenting, and I still have a fever. After taking a pill, I will sleep for a while, and then I will get up to type in the middle of the night when I feel energetic.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)