"Ahem, sir, please don't be angry. We don't intend to disturb Mrs. Lin's peace. To be honest, we are here to express our condolences today.

We are usually taken care of by Mr. Lin, how can we Is there any reason to be disrespectful to Mrs. Lin?

The previous approach was indeed a lack of consideration on our part. I will leave now and discuss the salt policy with Mr. Lin alone another day..."

Finally, after the situation was deadlocked for a few breaths, a smooth person had the nerve to break the awkwardness.

But listening to his words, it was obvious that he was only forced to give in because of Jia Lian's status, not because of Jia Lian's words, otherwise he would not have said anything to discuss it another day.

Jia Lian naturally doesn't care. After what happened today, I believe they will not harass Lin Mansion again in the name of condolences.

As for the salt policy...

After all, the interests involved were huge and it was Lin Ruhai’s responsibility. How could he help solve it with just a few words?

Therefore, it was Lin Ruhai who had the headache. His only role was to help him beat up these people. Maybe they would pay more attention to their discretion in the future.

So without hesitation, he said indifferently "I won't send it away", so the group of aggressive salt merchants from before walked out under the guidance of the housekeeper,

Those People who are polite and polite, or who feel that they have not offended many words before, still say goodbye to Jia Lian.

Of course, Jia Lian couldn't return the favor. He was still holding his sword. If he put away his pose at this time, wouldn't he lose his momentum?

However, he still nodded to those who had not spoken much before and were polite.

There may be a chance to deal with these wealthy locals someday. Don’t let them be too wary of you, otherwise they may not be able to wield the sickle in the future...

After a while, the housekeeper came back, smiled at Jia Lian and said, "Thank you, Second Master, for rescuing my master. Second Master may not know that these people come here almost every day, and it's not the same group of people who come every time, but they After entering the house, they would burn a stick of incense in front of the wife's soul, and it was hard for the old slave and others to drive them away. Unexpectedly, they stayed in the house and refused to leave, insisting on seeing the master. The master was also annoyed, and sometimes he would be patient. We met, but there was no result.

“Ha, now that the second master is so intimidating, I’m afraid they won’t dare to bother our master again in a short time.”

Jia Lian shook his head and said with a smile: "This is just a matter of duty. I am afraid that I will cause trouble for my uncle by not acting well." , to deal with these shameless guys, we have to have a tough attitude like the second master. WeMy master, it’s just that he’s too gentle, so he can’t do anything to them! "

Jia Lian smiled and let Zhao'er hold the sword in his hand.

This was the sword he took out from Dongkuoyuan. He originally liked it. , happened to need weapons for self-defense this time when I went south, so I imitated those knights and knights and wore them around my waist.

But before entering the Lin Mansion to pay tribute, I gave it to Zhaoer to take care of.
< br />　"Okay, could you please butler, please take us to our hotel. "

"Yes..."

...

In the study, after the housekeeper came back, he explained everything in front of the side hall. Lin Ruhai said.

Lin Ruhai originally thought that even if Jia Lian could send those people away, it would take a lot of effort, because he knew how difficult those people were!

Those people are actually small salt merchants in Yangzhou City. Those who are really powerful will judge the situation and will not openly oppose the court, so they send these brats to entangle them.

And he Even though he knew the reason, he still couldn't do anything about them.

In fact, if those big salt merchants really came to cause trouble, it would be easy to say, he could still kill them as a warning.

But these small characters, take care of them It’s troublesome not to say it, and it’s meaningless.

“I will live and die for the benefit of my family and my country, not by profit or harm. Even after I heard this, I felt enlightened. How could I have expected that From his mouth. It can be seen that he is a young man with ideas and ambitions, and with that kind of background, he will definitely have good fortune in the future! "

Lin Ruhai murmured to himself, and suddenly smiled: "But Yuan said that he is a calm child, after all, he is still young and energetic, and he used a sword when he disagreed. In this way, he I'm afraid I'll offend those people a lot. "

The old housekeeper had a surprisingly good impression of Jia Lian, so he smiled and said: "Young man, how can you not be energetic? It's just that the master is an elder, so he naturally behaves well in front of the master and does not dare to make any mistakes. This is where he knows etiquette.

As for using the sword, the old slave thought that Mr. Lian did a good job and should be so tough against those people. "

Lin Ruhai smiled, and naturally he was not blaming him. Although Jia Lian acted roughly, he still solved the problem for him.

He had really been worried about these things recently. People feel very depressed.

…

The Lin family is small and there are many houses, so the housekeeper arranged a separate courtyard for Jia Lian.

When Jia Lian saw that there were extra rooms in the courtyard, he politely refused the Lin Mansion to arrange additional service personnel for him, and in order to save moneyOn the grounds of causing trouble, Zhaoer and others were asked to stay in a side room in the courtyard.

This way, it is easier for him to control, and secondly, it is also easier to restrain him.

Most of the servants in the Jia family have a rich heart. After finally coming to Yangzhou, they are afraid that their hearts will become wild.

He did not want to be like Jia Zheng, who failed to control his subordinates and allowed them to ruin his good reputation.

Did not stay in the courtyard for long. Jia Lian simply tidied up his belongings and then went out. While walking along the mourning hall, he observed the buildings and the population of Lin Mansion.

"I've seen Mr. Biao..."

"Yes."

Jia Lian found that most of the servants in the Lin Mansion looked at him The unusual respect in his eyes.

Jia Lian was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood the reason.

Although Yangzhou is known as one of the most prosperous places in the world, it is only a local state capital after all, and its governors are only of the fourth rank. Therefore, he was originally thought to be unattainable as he was born in a royal family in Beijing.

On the other hand, perhaps the fact that he just scolded the salt merchants in the side hall with righteous words and confronted them with swords has spread in the Lin family.

Thinking about it, those salt merchants did have a different status and prestige in Yangzhou, but he was able to subdue those people alone, which naturally made the people of the Lin family admire him.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian felt happy unconsciously.

Although after a few days of running around, I finally managed to develop a good impression in front of Lin Ruhai.

The only pity is that Lin Ruhai turned out to be a short-lived person.

If he could live longer, not only would Lin Daiyu not be lonely and depressed in the future. And he will even have an extra strong arm in the Jia family.

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw the old housekeeper chasing after me from behind. Before he could get closer, he smiled and said, "Looking for the second master everywhere. The master has prepared food in the hall. Please come over." Let’s have lunch.”

Jia Lian frowned and could only follow the housekeeper back.

"The second master doesn't know that since our wife left, the master has not been in good health, so he usually doesn't eat out.

Today, because the second master has arrived, the master I specially ordered the kitchen to prepare food for the second master."

On the way, the old housekeeper said this. Jia Lian listened and hurriedly handed over his hands and thanked his uncle for his kindness.

When we arrived at the front hall, we didn’t see Lin Ruhai either. There were only three tables set up above and below the hall, but there was no wine.

There are also more than ten people sitting thereHe was sitting there without moving his chopsticks. When he saw Jia Lian, several young people greeted him with smiles.

Jia Lian knew that these were probably members of the Lin clan who came from Suzhou to help with the funeral.

The ancestors of the Lin family were descendants of princes, and they were also the family of Zhong Ming Ding Shi. Although they have lost their title, they still have the style of a big family, so this place is full of men. It is expected that the female relatives should be in the backyard. There are other responses.

"I've met my cousin Lian in Lin'an."

"Lin Huan, I've met my second cousin Lian..."

Sure enough, In less than half a day, Jia Lian's reputation had spread in the Lin family. As soon as he showed up, a group of younger people from the Lin family came over to make friends.

The butler smiled and introduced them, but they were Lin Ruhai’s nephews or even grandnephews in the next room...

Then the butler invited Jia Lian to the hall.

This move immediately caused many people’s expressions to change.

At this time, there were only three people at the table in the hall. They were all elders of the clan who were of the same generation as Lin Ruhai, or even one generation above them.

Jia Lian even saw the jealousy on his face that he had introduced himself as Lin Lao with a smile.

Thinking about it, he thought that because of his bigger teeth, he couldn't even go to the living room. Now the housekeeper's arrangement made him feel slighted and lost face.

Although Jia Lian didn't take the outlying Lin family members to heart, after all, they greeted him with smiles and didn't want to offend him, so he pushed through the housekeeper's arrangement and said with a smile: "I'll just sit here."

After saying that, he sat down next to me.

"But..."

The housekeeper was in a dilemma when he saw Lin Ruhai coming out of the back hall.

After Lin Ruhai greeted the elders and sat down, he glanced at Jia Lian and called the housekeeper.

"Didn't I tell you to invite Brother Lian to come over?"

"This..." The old housekeeper pointed his eyes at where Jia Lian was.

When Jia Lian saw this, he stood up and bowed.

Lin Ruhai laughed and said, "What are you doing sitting over there? Come up and sit."

"Thank you uncle, but my nephew will just sit here. "

Lin Ruhai understood something as soon as he looked at the expressions of his nephews in the hall, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be like this. You have an official position, so you are different from them. Come and sit down."

Many people in the hall originally only knew that Jia Lian was from the government, but did not know that he held the position of Tongzhi. But Lin Ruhai didn't know how to talk nonsense, so he became more and more respectful and persuaded Jia Lian to sit down.

"That's right...since uncle asked you to go up, cousin Lian, don't be polite..." Lin Biao also advised, seemingly very generous.

Lin Ruhai invited her again, but Jia Lian could no longer refuse. Seeing them like this, he bowed his hands and walked into the hall.

He saluted the four elders sitting on the table and then started to sit down.