The ship dispatched by the Jia Mansion had arrived in Yangzhou more than half a month ago, and Lin Ruhai had arranged for all the men and women to stay temporarily in the Lin Mansion.

Now that Jia Lian has returned from Suzhou, he naturally wants to pay a visit and follow the arrangements.

It’s rare that the leaders are Zhou Rui and his wife.

Jia Lian took out a prescription from his sleeve, handed it to Zhou Rui, and ordered: "You follow the list above and buy ten jars of each item. There is no need to transport it back to Lin Mansion, just put it on the ship directly."

Zhou Rui took it and took a look. There were only a few lines on it. Each line was the name of a famous wine in a wine shop. Zhou Rui was very surprised: "Second Master bought so much wine to make What?"

"My eldest brother likes to drink wine. These Jiangnan wines are rare in Beijing, so I specially bought them to honor my lord. What, you are not willing to do it?"

"I don't dare... I will send someone to do it immediately when I turn around."

Zhou Rui's impression of Jia Lian probably still stayed a few months ago. At this time, he suddenly heard that Jia Lian was a little worried. The unkind tone frightened me, and I quickly agreed without saying anything more.

Jia Lian said again: "This matter is my private matter. There is no need to use the money from the official. You just keep the accounts well and come back to me to report the accounts."
< br />　"Second Master is over-worrying, I don't mean this." Zhou Rui thought Jia Lian was over-thinking. Although he was Mrs. Wang's companion, he still didn't want to offend Jia Lian.

Jia Lian shook his head and refused to tell him.

Buying more good wine for Jia She to honor him was something Jia Lian had planned as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou. He had also asked people to inquire about the most famous wines in Jiangnan and selected five of them. This kind of thing is rare in Beijing, so I plan to get two or three cars back.

In fact, if it were not for financial constraints, Jia Lian would have bought hundreds of jars and put them in the room for Jia She to pile up and drink, invite people to drink, and trade tricks with the little wives and actors. Drinking...

But good wine comes at a premium, so just drinking it like this would probably cost him half of his money at once!

"After tomorrow, I will make a trip to Nanjing. It may take as little as three days or as long as seven days to come back. For the sake of convenience, you don't have to go with me on this trip. Just stay in Yangzhou and wait. After I come back, I will set off back to Beijing."

After meeting Jia Yucun today, Jia Lian suddenly thought of someone.

It is the woman ranked first in the supplementary book of Jinling’s Twelve Hairpins—Xiang Ling.

Speaking of this girl, Jia Lian couldn't help but sigh. He was originally from a squire family in Suzhou, and his father was Zhen Shiyin, who had the kindness to know Jiayu Village!

When Jia YuThe village in Suzhou was poor, but fortunately Zhen Shiyin took good care of him. Not only did he take care of his daily life, but after learning that he wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam, but could not go because of insufficient funds, he took the initiative to support his travel expenses and winter clothes to keep out the cold. Only then did Jia Yucun successfully enter Beijing and be named on the gold list.

But the Zhen family was unlucky. Just when they helped Jia Yucun, their daughter was abducted by a kidnapper, and their house was burned down by a fire, causing people to leave home. Scattered...

The most annoying thing is that Jia Yucun, who received such courtesy and favor from the Zhen family, clearly agreed to the Zhen family's help in finding her daughter. Later, when he became the prefect of Yingtian, he also We do know the whereabouts of Xiang Ling. But in order to cling to the powerful, he not only had no idea how to repay his kindness, but instead helped the tyrants to do evil, and helped the eldest son of the Xue family, Xue Pan, who had bought Xiangling by force, to absolve him of the crime of murder!

That Xue Pan is the number one fool in the world. After getting Xiangling, how can he cherish it at all? After being abused in every possible way, Xiangling died tragically in the hands of Xue Pan's wife Xia Jingui.

This is also a sin of Jia Yucun, and it is enough to prove that he has no sense of gratitude and is a complete white-eyed wolf.

But now that Jiayu Village has not yet awarded Yingtian Prefecture, Jia Lian thought that if he went to Jinling City at this time, he might encounter Xue Pan and the dead ghost Feng Yuan in Xiangling. Before, find her and save her from her tragic fate.

It just so happens that the Jia family is also the head of the four major families in Jinling. Although most of the roots of the Jia family have moved to the capital, after all, there are still old houses in Jinling city, and some old relatives and friends.

As the direct son of the Jia family, he finally made a trip to Jiangnan, and it was time to go back and walk around.

For a big family, relatives and friends are the greatest extension of their power, and those who can visit relatives and friends on behalf of the family are equivalent to gaining these powers!

This is the reason why in the original work, Wang Xifeng was able to command the Chang'an Jiedu Envoy under the guise of Jia Lian!

Because Jia Lian is the housekeeper, Jia Lian is basically in charge of the exchanges between Rongguo Mansion and the outside world. In the eyes of outsiders, Jia Lian can represent Rongguo Mansion.

Therefore, other relatives, such as the Zhen family, Xue family and other important relatives in Jinling City, have to visit.

Zhou Rui and others had no objection after listening to Jia Lian's words. They could all think of Jia Lian's reasons for going to Nanjing.

Zhou Rui even reminded: "The second master always visits relatives and friends when he goes to Nanjing, so this money must be indispensable. It is not difficult. There must be money in the old treasury of our old house. There is still some money in savings. If it is not enough, the second master can go to the Zhen family to withdraw it.

In recent years, a large part of the benefits of Zhuangzi and homesteads in the south have beenIf it wasn't transported back to the capital, we asked the Zhen family to keep it for us. The second master could also take some out for use. "

Jia Lian nodded.

After Zhou Rui and others left, Xing'er, Zhu'er, Wang Xin and others were all willing to go to Jinling with Jia Lian.< br />
They were all people who used to follow Jia Lian.

Ruthlessly rejected their request, Jia Lian cleaned up and went to Lin Ruhai to ask for his resignation.

　……

In the study, the old housekeeper was reporting to Lin Ruhai on the major and minor matters of the Suzhou group.

Lin Ruhai didn’t care much about anything else and just asked one question. : "You mean, for more than a month, Jia Lian has been taking care of Yu'er every step of the way, taking care of her in every detail? "

The old housekeeper smiled and nodded.

Lin Ruhai didn't believe it: "He never went out alone, for example, after your wife's coffin was buried? ”

In Lin Ruhai’s view, even if Jia Lian is a filial person, he will not go out and fool around during Jia Min’s period like Lin Zhuo and other good-for-nothings. But after Jia Min is buried, Daiyu When he was recuperating in his hometown in Suzhou, he couldn't help but go out for a walk, right?

After all, Suzhou is as prosperous as Yangzhou.

"Before my wife was buried, Lian The second master worked hard every day to plan and plan the burial. Originally, many people in the clan were not very obedient to the second master Lian. Later, when they saw that the second master Lian acted prudently and took care of everything, even the elders in the clan began to praise him.

As for after the wife was buried, I heard that Mr. Lian was practicing boxing and kicking in his yard all day long. The old slave also bumped into him twice. Mr. Lian followed him as a guard, and he practiced really well. Something like that. "

Lin Ruhai frowned when he heard this. Does Jia Lian want to abandon literature and join martial arts? With his family background, it is a good path.

Lin Ruhai had already realized at this time Guess, Jia Lian probably has limited talent in studying. But as a pure scholar, he is still not optimistic about the path of joining the army.

"By the way, I went out one day, but it was Seeing that the young lady was in a bad mood, he took her out of the city to visit the temple fair. Although the servant did not follow, I later heard from Grandma Wang and others that the lady had a great time shopping that day. They also said that since that day, the lady seemed to be less depressed than before. "

Lin Ruhai nodded when he heard this. He knew his daughter better than her father. He was most familiar with his daughter's temperament. But this time she came back from Suzhou, although it wasn't too long, but the changes in her daughter were... Still can't escape his eyes.

Looks more cheerful.

No wonder her wet nurse said before that Daiyu had agreed to go to the capital. She thought it was because her cousin Jia Lian really treated her well, and thinking that the rest of her uncle's family was probably good, she felt less worried, so she was willing to go.

Seeing Lin Ruhai pondering, the old butler waited for a while, then took out the account book he had prepared, placed it in front of Lin Ruhai, and said:

"Master, there is something else. No matter what, this is what makes the old slave admire the most.

When Mr. Lian was in Suzhou, although he intervened in all matters, big and small, and was involved in every matter, no matter how small it was, he still had nothing to do with money. He is not expert at anything. All accounts are registered and recorded by slaves. The accountant of the old house also said that Mr. Lian has never withdrawn a tael of silver. Therefore, even if the people below are interested in looking for Mr. Lian There was no way to find any omissions. In the end, all I had left was admiration, so I could finish my wife’s affairs so smoothly.

I don’t know, but the people in the old house are becoming more and more useless one by one. If this trip had not been thanks to Mr. Lian, Lao Nu alone would not have been able to control them. They all wanted to take money from it, and they even dared to bully the young lady...!"
< br />Lin Ruhai sighed slightly, this is the sadness of the people in the direct line withering away.

The housekeeper and others are servants after all. How can those people in the clan be completely obedient? He couldn't escape himself. Even if he wanted to find a capable person to manage the affairs of the clan, he couldn't find one. Jia Lian was just an outsider after all. After this trip, he would return to the capital.

Otherwise, he is really serious about punishing those unscrupulous children in the family!

Picking up the account and flipping through it at random, he found that he indeed saved a lot of money than he expected.

Although he didn’t care too much about the little money he saved, in the end it was the result of Jia Lian trying his best to help him, and he had to appreciate this.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Jia Lian asking for an audience and hurriedly let him in.

When he heard that Jia Lian was going to Nanjing, he was not surprised. Anyway, he wanted to keep his daughter by his side for a while.

After sending Jia Lian away, Lin Ruhai sat behind the case for a long time, unable to let go.

I think he has lived an upright life, and he can be regarded as a noble and noble person. The wife he married is also a virtuous and virtuous lady, and she is definitely not a jealous and wasteful woman.

But in terms of Zi Si, he lost to the world.

If he could have a son who would not only shine in the family, but even be a good person, why would he feel so incompetent in running a family and managing politics?

It’s a pity that Lian Erye is married, otherwise...

Shaking her head, Lin Ruhai picked up the blank memorial and started writing it seriously.

The emperor heard that his wife passed away and sent an imperial edict to express condolences yesterday. He was so favored and should serve the king with all his loyalty and diligence, so as to live up to the dragon's grace!