[Red Mansion] The third master of jade-like stone treasures

Seeing Lin Daiyu's pale face, Bao Cong felt distressed, and said, "Even if that man has 1 reasons to pick you up, Brother Lian and I will definitely not agree. Before we came to Yangzhou, our ancestors also said , I will take you back."

"What kind of family is in our house, how can these people who don't know where to bully you? Don't be afraid, sister, we are here!"

That's right, even without her father, she still has her grandmother, elder brother Baocong, and second elder brother Lian to protect her.

Lin Daiyu felt at ease, held back her crying, wiped away her tears, and forced a smile to Bao Cong.

Baocong collected himself, took Lin Daiyu's hand and went in.

In the lobby, apart from Jia Lian, there were also the old patriarch of the Lin clan and his eldest son Lin Hong.Seeing Bao Cong and Lin Daiyu coming in, several people looked at them.

Especially the old patriarch of the Lin clan was very excited when he saw Lin Daiyu. He immediately got up on crutches, walked towards Lin Daiyu tremblingly, and said excitedly: "This, this is Miss Lin, right? Poor!"

Bao Cong quietly protected Lin Daiyu behind him, separated the two of them, and said to the old patriarch with a half-smile, "It's Sister Lin."

The old patriarch didn't seem to notice Bao Cong's little tricks, and only wiped his tears excitedly: "Master Lin had frequent contacts with my family back then, and even thought of adopting my grandson to be the girl's brother. Sigh, the world is unpredictable, I didn't expect Lin The master left immediately..."

As he said that, with the support of his eldest son Lin Hong, he tried to bypass Bao Cong and get closer to Lin Daiyu.

Bao Cong hurriedly took Lin Daiyu and walked a few steps towards Jia Lian, and said to the old patriarch, "Sister Lin has many brothers. Patriarch Lin, your own grandson, you should raise it yourself, lest others say that your family can't afford it." grandson!"

After hearing this, the faces of the old patriarch and Lin Hong suddenly became ugly.

"You say that!" Lin Hong was so angry that he wanted to argue, but the old patriarch stopped him with a wave of his hand.

Bao Cong is the third son of Rongguo Duke's mansion, even if they speak badly, they can't do anything.What's more, there are more important things now.

Jiang was still old and spicy, the old patriarch adjusted his mood, covered his ears, pretended not to hear the words, and only said kindly to Lin Daiyu: "Speaking of which, I am also from your grandfather's generation, and you can call me grandpa."

Lin Daiyu was always well-versed in etiquette, so she had no choice but to salute when the old patriarch said so, and called her grandpa softly.

"Hey!" The old patriarch responded very excitedly, and said happily: "Miss, although you are not familiar with it yet, your uncles and aunts at home are looking forward to your return home! You will know when you go, they are the kindest and most friendly." People who love you!"

Next to him, Lin Hong, the eldest son of the old patriarch, nodded again and again, and said softly: "There are also some sisters in the family. The girl will be happy to have them as company!"

Lin Daiyu was about to speak, but Bao Cong spoke first, "Patriarch Lin, Uncle Lin entrusted my grandmother to take care of her before he died, and she will return home only when she returns to my house! Your home is your home, how can you say it is Sister Lin's home?" ?”

Jia Lian also smiled and said, "That's right. Uncle Lin has already entrusted me, and my ancestors also said that I must take Sister Lin back. Sister Lin was raised under the knees of my ancestors. She is as precious as her own granddaughter. Patriarch Lin, you don't have to." Worry about it."

The old patriarch's eyes widened when he heard this, and he looked at Lin Daiyu, not daring to say anything: "Girl, although the old lady of the Jia family is your grandmother, your surname is Lin after all. You can live with your grandmother for a year or so. But, you can't depend on the Duke's mansion for the rest of your life, can you?"

"Our Lin family is connected by flesh and blood! Why doesn't the girl go back to her own Lin family, but why does she have to go to someone else's house?"

What she said, it seemed that she was greedy for something to go to Jia's instead of Lin's.If she is heard by outsiders in the future, wouldn't it make people look down on her?

Lin Daiyu was so angry that her hands trembled, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she choked up and said, "You, what you said is so unreasonable! Why do I want to go back to my grandmother?"

"Now my parents are gone, only my grandmother is my closest relative. I obey my father's last wish and honor my grandmother on behalf of my parents. Why can't I?"

"It's just like what you said about someone else's family. My father left millions of wealth to me. I will naturally hand over the money to my grandmother when I go back. I also have my own money for eating and drinking!"

As she said that, Lin Daiyu burst into tears, covered her handkerchief and began to cry, "This is also my fate. Just after my father left, this grandpa of the Lin family used words to oppress me!"

Seeing Lin Daiyu crying with anger, Bao Cong was so angry!

I didn't expect the old patriarch to be so shameless, saying these words disgusted Lin Daiyu!

Bao Cong immediately turned dark and said angrily: "Stop talking! Sister Lin will not go with you!"

"What other people's family? Sister Lin and grandmother are close relatives who are connected by blood. Are you guys who are out of the fifth server, closer than grandmother and sister Lin?"

Jia Lian was also very angry, but what he was more concerned about was that the silver in Lin Daiyu's hand was as much as one million taels, which was a huge sum of money!

Jia Lian followed suit and said sharply: "You have to think about it carefully, are you really going to go against my uncle's last wish and rob people from our Rongguo Mansion?"

Rushing to pick up Lin Daiyu, isn't it just stealing money from Jia's mansion!

The old patriarch coughed tremblingly, anxious and angry, his face turned red.

He just wanted to use this excuse to talk things out, but he didn't intend to offend the Rongguo Mansion!

So, he hurriedly explained: "No, no, your mansion is full of gold and jade, and the old lady is a kind person, so it is appropriate for Miss Lin to be in the mansion."

If it wasn't for the sake of the whole clan, would he be so embarrassing?

The whole Lin family can be counted casually, and there are also two to three hundred people.Except for Lin Ruhai's descendant who had a noble title and later became an official, there are not many other families that have made great achievements.

Now every family is living a cautious life, if he doesn't work hard to plan, it will be more and more difficult for him as the patriarch to take care of the whole clan!

Speaking of this topic, to say this again is against the Rongguo Mansion.

So the old patriarch changed his subject and said in a difficult way, "It's just that according to the laws of my Great Zhou, Mr. Lin's property... the Lin family will take over, and Miss Lin should also be taken care of by the Lin family. If the old lady of your mansion takes over Let her go, then...ahem...those industries..."

It turned out that this is what the old patriarch thought.

Lin Daiyu wiped away her tears and stopped crying, but looked at the old patriarch indifferently.Bao Cong squeezed her hand tightly in reassurance, staring at the old patriarch with a wooden face.

As for Jia Lian, his heart sank and his face completely darkened!

This patriarch Lin really poked his heart, so he insisted on mentioning it!

Both Lin Daiyu and Bao Cong were there, and Fan Yi was watching from the dark, so Jia Lian had no choice but to explain Lin Ruhai's last words to the old patriarch in detail.

"[-]% to the imperial court..." The old patriarch sighed deeply after hearing this.

"Yes, Uncle Lin has served the country and the people all his life, and he still thinks about the people of the court at the end of his life. He is really a good official!" Jia Lian said, crying sadly and excitedly.

"Yeah, what a good official!" The old patriarch and his eldest son also wiped their tears and sighed excitedly.

In a three-person scene, the two people watching were silent and indifferent.

Two days later, the old patriarch visited Jia Lian with a few other men from the clan, and brought up the matter of the transfer of property.

How could Jia Lian send out the silver so easily? She had to find many excuses and procrastinate outside all day long.

Fan Yi was also urging, but Jia Lian only said that the Lin clan hadn't settled yet.In addition to the [-]% of the money on the surface, Fan Yi also wanted to make Jia Lian spit out some money that he swallowed in private, so he had to be patient.

Several parties were involved, looking at the scene in a gentle manner, in fact, it was like robbers dividing up the spoils. Behind the scenes, there were various banquets, bribes to curry favor, or all kinds of swords and swords.

One day, Baocong and Lin Daiyu were reviewing their homework in the study, and he was holding a book of "The Doctrine of the Mean" in his hand, but he was in a daze.

It's summer now, even if the Lin family's affairs are delayed, Jia Lian will take care of it within two or three months.

Lin Daiyu was going back to Beijing, and Bao Cong himself had to go out secretly to study as originally planned.

However, now that he is by Lin Daiyu's side, Jia Lian still thinks about the money Lin Daiyu collected from time to time.After they return to Beijing,

Surrounded by many people in Jia's house, how can Lin Daiyu keep this huge sum of money?

He still remembered that Jia Lian's eyes lit up when he heard Lin Daiyu say that he had millions of silver!

Lin Daiyu suddenly saw Bao Cong in a daze, so she stretched out her hand and pushed him lightly, and asked doubtfully, "Brother Bao Cong is stumped? What are you thinking?"

Bao Cong came back to his senses and saw Lin Daiyu looking at him with a puzzled face, so he put down the book and sighed: "We can't learn today, let's talk!"

Lin Daiyu nodded when she heard the words, and said melancholy: "That's fine, I'm bored too."

Bao Cong then asked, "Why is my sister bored?"

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a while, thinking of all the experiences of the day before yesterday, she said sadly: "I, I heard some gossip at my ancestors before, and I already felt uncomfortable at that time. Looking at those people these days... Only then did I realize that those gossips are still light."

Recalling the first time she went to Jia's mansion, she was cautious, not daring to make a wrong move or say a word.Later, her grandmother loves her, her uncles and aunts love her, and her brothers and sisters love her. She gradually regards Jia's mansion as her own home.

Now, despite the words of her ancestors and father, it is only natural for her to go to Jia's residence as a guest, but as the head of the Lin clan said, her surname is Lin after all.

Lin Daiyu thought about it for a few days, and she wanted to go back to Jia's residence for a long time, but she felt a little anxious.After thinking about it, she found that there was no natural place to live in this world.

Thinking about this, she became sad again and couldn't help but shed a tear.

Although Bao Cong didn't know what Lin Daiyu was thinking, he also knew that she was in a difficult situation.

Many people were thinking about the money in her hand, and she was about to leave, so she couldn't be by her side all the time, thinking of this, Bao Cong also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very depressed.

"Sister, don't cry. There are so many slanders in the world, those who clean themselves up. Those people are like insects and ants, but they can disappear with the snap of a finger. It's not worth your trouble, and it's not worth your crying." Bao Cong wiped Lin Daiyu's tears, He asked her again: "Is my sister more trustworthy than me?"

Hearing this, Lin Daiyu couldn't help being a little annoyed, "We grew up eating and drinking together, and studied and played together. After coming to Yangzhou, you always think about me. Don't I know you? Now you come to ask me if I believe you. ...you, who do you think I am?"

Seeing that Lin Daiyu was getting annoyed, Baocong knew that he had said something wrong, so he rushed forward and coaxed: "My sister naturally believes me, I was wrong, so I asked this question for nothing!"

Seeing that Bao Cong had admitted his mistake, Lin Daiyu didn't hesitate, and asked instead, "What did brother think?"

Bao Cong sighed, and explained: "Before, I was only thinking about saving more money for you, but now that I think about it, it's not safe for you to carry so much money with you..."

No matter how ignorant Lin Daiyu is, she also knows that outsiders surnamed Jia, Lin, and Fan are all discussing how to divide her father's inheritance every day.Fortunately, with Bao Cong by her side, her place is quiet.

She sighed, and said anxiously: "I don't care about those silvers either. It's just that my father left them to me... He said it was for me, but I kept it, and I didn't have the confidence in my heart." Not only do I have no confidence, but I also feel hot...

She also thought that she was an orphan girl, and she would live and eat in Jia's mansion in the future, so she didn't need the money, so she said to Bao Cong: "I said earlier, after I return to Beijing, I will give the money to my grandmother, so it should be considered. "

As she herself said before, she had money for eating and drinking at Jia's house, and the money went where it should go.

Bao Cong frowned, shook his head, and said, "That's not right!"

As he said, he took Lin Daiyu to her room, found the brocade box where the bank notes were placed, and asked Zijuan to find two other empty brocade boxes with locks.

There were three boxes lined up on the table. Bao Cong took out the store deed, ordered 5000 taels of silver notes and put them into a brocade box together, and said to Lin Daiyu, "You can give the silver to the old ancestors. It’s just that I still need to keep some flowers around. I have already told the shopkeeper of this store to go to Beijing every six months to give you the account book and the money in the store. Adding the 5000 taels, it should be enough for you to spend for a few years. gone."

Lin Daiyu nodded thoughtfully, and saw that Baocong ordered another 1 taels and put it into another brocade box, and said to her, "I'll take this 1 taels and buy some fields, houses, shops, etc., and buy it for you." Although you are a girl, but you have your uncle’s will, the Holy Majesty should have allowed you to buy private property in your own name, and it will be your dowry in the future.”

When it came to the dowry, Lin Daiyu was a little shy, took a peek at Bao Cong, blushed, but still nodded.

What was left in the brocade box was a thick stack of banknotes, most of which were in large denominations, adding up to a million taels.

Bao Cong closed the brocade box, looked at Lin Daiyu and said earnestly: "I will write to my ancestor and tell her that these are the dowry that Uncle Lin left for you. You must remember that after you return to Beijing, don't give it to me in private. Grandma, but you have to give it in front of everyone. Just say that your money is kept by grandma, and all your food and drink expenses will come from it."

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she became anxious and asked, "Write to grandma? Where are you going?"

From the capital to Yangzhou, and then to Suzhou, during this difficult time, Bao Cong has been by her side.Suddenly hearing him mention leaving, Lin Daiyu couldn't help being a little panicked.

When Bao Cong found out that Lin Daiyu's main concern was not money, but his writing, he felt both funny and heartwarming.

He couldn't help but look at her dotingly and said: "Sister is really annoying."

But Lin Daiyu couldn't understand what he meant, so she just asked stubbornly: "Brother Baocong...is he leaving again?"

This was the second time she guessed that Bao Cong was going to leave secretly.

It's just that it didn't happen last time, but this time...it's true.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help the redness of her eyes again, fearing that Baocong would see her, she twisted her body and secretly wiped her eyes with a handkerchief.

Baocong is also very reluctant, but he can't help it. He can't just let himself be intoxicated in the luxurious life of Jia's mansion like Baoyu?

"Sister Lin, they say that traveling thousands of miles is worse than reading thousands of books, and I can't bear you either. But if I don't go out to study with a teacher, and I won't get a good reputation in the future, how can I protect you?" Bao Cong sat closer, softly Said: "Sister, don't cry, I am worried about you, and I will be reluctant to leave."

Lin Daiyu didn't know that Bao Cong's plan was right.

Since these days, those without fame have oppressed her based on their age, while those with fame have used their power to persecute her.

It's just that she is very reluctant...