Red Mansions: My Book is Cool

Jia Lian anxiously urged the boatman on his way, thinking about Jia Mu's orders all the way.

One of the servants who came to deliver the letter was originally a dowry brought by Jia Min. He told Jia's mother the current situation of the Lin family in detail.This time Lin Ruhai had a long-standing ailment that was hard to cure, and I'm afraid it was hopeless.While telling Lin Daiyu the news, Jia's mother immediately ordered someone to pack and arrange for the ship's servants, then called Jia Lian, gave her a good entrustment, and told him to take good care of Lin Daiyu all the way and send her to Yangzhou smoothly. See Lin Ruhai for the last time.After that, be sure to take her back to Jia's house.Uncle Lin is a close relative by blood, and he doesn't have a brother's direct lineage, God is pitiful.If it is unfortunate to donate the coffin to Yangzhou City, Yu'er, a daughter's family, how can she manage it.Lian'er, you must take care of Uncle Lin's funeral and the Lin family's affairs on her behalf!

Jia Lian knew what Jia Mu meant.The Lin family's family business is quite impressive, and Uncle Lin has been a salt censor for several years.Even if he is not greedy, but "Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand white flowers and silver", the routines of "ice tribute" and "charcoal tribute" sent by salt merchants every year are a lot of income.Not to mention that the Lin family has been passed down for several generations, and the property has never been dispersed. The dowry of the mistresses of the past generations is worth half of the family property of the Jia family.That's real money!

Jia Lian's wife, Wang Xifeng, is in charge of the house now.The couple knew the current situation of the Jia family very well. Although they could still maintain this luxurious appearance on the outside, they became embarrassed on the inside.Such a large family, including the master and slaves, thousands of people, are used to being rich and honorable, and the cost is more than one year, but the business of the farm shop is getting worse and worse.Jia Lian also knew that some of them must have their hands and enrich their own pockets, but those servants all have backers. Although he is the heir of the Duke's Mansion in name, he can't move them.Aggrieved!

The ancestors knew about all this, right?In fact, most of the masters of Jia's family knew it well.Everyone pretended to be ignorant, holding on to their private houses tightly, how about Guan Gongzhong!Therefore, this extraordinary wealth of the Lin family came very timely, it was like sending charcoal in a timely manner!The Jia family really benefited a lot from the aunt's marriage.

Thinking of Lin Daiyu who came here yesterday to thank him for his hard work, Jia Lian felt guilty and hesitant.But then I thought about it, now that Baoyu is here, and sister Lin is in love, isn't it a good pair?The property of the Lin family should be sent as the dowry first, presumably the ancestors also had this intention?Thinking about it this way, I immediately felt at ease.

However, it is not easy to take away this huge family property, and the Lin family clan must obstruct it.In a daze, I heard that Uncle Lin inherited a concubine in his early years, because his fate was incompatible with Tianyou's little cousin.However, in the end God Bless's little cousin couldn't keep it either.

If Tianyou's little cousin was alive, there would be no reason for the Lin family's property, the Jia family, to intervene.However, based on his understanding of these people in his family, Jia Lian took a deep breath and dared not think about it any further.

I don't know if this bastard who came out will come to disrupt the situation and want to get a share of the pie?Hmph, it doesn't matter to him if it's emotional or reasonable!If he is restless, the Jia family will teach him to be a man!

Hurrying to Yangzhou, Jia Lian immediately followed Lin Daiyu to meet Lin Ruhai.

I saw Lin Ruhai lying powerlessly on the bed, looking short of breath and dark-faced, the room was filled with a strong smell of bitter medicine, and the smell of the dying patient.Jia Lian thought to himself, sure enough, Uncle Lin is not far away from leaving, fortunately there was no delay on the way.

Lin Ruhai only asked Lin Baifu to entertain Jia Lian and settle him down, but he didn't mention anything about the arrangements behind him.Jia Lian knocked on the sidelines several times, but got no response, so he had to give up.He can't ask when someone is seriously ill: Well, after you die, what will happen to the family's property?That would be too offending.Jia Lian is tactful, he would never do such a thing!

Lin Ruhai has lived in the officialdom for a long time, and his eyes are vicious, how can he not see Jia Lian's intention?He looked at Lin Daiyu, his only child, who had worked tirelessly these days and served by his bedside, and couldn't help feeling sad, and his eyes were moist.

He called Lin Daiyu to his side, screened back left and right, let Lin Baifu guard the door, sighed, and said: "Yu'er, you know, you have an older brother."

"That brother, he is a second-class Jinshi in this department. He is knowledgeable and talented. He will definitely achieve a career in the future, and even benefit the country and the people. He will be famous in history. He is also filial to his parents and loves his sister. Unfortunately, I lost it." killed him!"

"What?" Lin Daiyu was stunned: "Father, what you said is true? I don't only have one older brother, but both of them have already passed away!"

"It's true!" Lin Ruhai said bitterly: "He is called Lin Ming'an now, and he was my eldest son. Now, he is no longer my son!"

He muttered in his mouth: "Your mother and I did something wrong! If it weren't for this, you wouldn't have been left alone with no branches to rely on!"

"Back then" Lin Ruhai slowly told Lin Daiyu one by one about the grievances and grievances of the past, without hiding anything.When a person is about to die, his words are good!As he was about to leave, he was finally able to face up to what he had done.It's just that the child he let down will never come back!

And that young man named Lin Ming'an who recovered his past life memories would never recognize himself and Yu'er as relatives.

He chose to tell his daughter everything because he was afraid that Daiyu would be instigated by someone with a heart in the future, who would not know the truth and make things difficult for Lin Mingan.He was worried that it would affect Lin Mingan, and he was also afraid that Lin Mingan would retaliate and hurt Daiyu.He has already deeply felt Lin Mingan's indifference towards his father and daughter.

Lin Daiyu was caught off guard and was greatly shocked. In her memory, the beautiful and gentle mother and the elegant and gentleman father would actually do such a thing?She couldn't accept it for a while, and her heart was full of anxiety and mixed feelings.

Seeing Lin Daiyu's unbelievable eyes, Lin Ruhai smiled wryly: "Telling you this is also to remind you that the inner house seems to be peaceful, but people's hearts are actually unpredictable! In the future, when your father is gone and you are alone, you must be careful and see people's hearts clearly." !"

He took a deep breath and said, "Father planned for you and made the following arrangements"

On the other side, Jia Lian was thinking about how to take over the property of the Lin family.He tried several times to ask for help, but was politely rejected by the housekeeper Lin Baifu.Lin Baifu said, Second Master Lian is a distinguished guest, escorting the young lady back to Yangzhou has been hard work.I don't dare to bother you with those trivial matters of the Lin family.Withdraw 3000 taels of silver from the account and let him spend it, saying that this is the expression of the master's heart.

Jia Lian was both annoyed and pleasantly surprised at the same time, and he had a more personal understanding of the Lin family's wealth.He was in Jia's house, but he had never had so much money in his hands all at once.

Be sure to get the property of the Lin family!Thinking that he would be the master of Rongguo Mansion in the future, Jia Lian immediately felt a sense of responsibility.He ordered his confidant Laiwang to inquire about the attitude and actions of the Lin family in private.Also, go to my aunt's former dowry family to learn more about the Lin family.For example, what industries does the Lin family have?What kind of relatives and friends does the Lin family have?Oh, the concubine who has already been born should also ask clearly, don't let him come out to make trouble, and divide it into the Runlin family, no, it is the Jia family's property!

Jia Lian boasted that although he couldn't study well, he was still a person who could do things on the scene, much better than Jia Baoyu who was only romantic.He felt something was wrong.Uncle Lin has no heirs, only sister Lin is an orphan.According to the rules, the clan must take away part or even most of the property.Jia Lian was gearing up to compete with the Lin family along the way, and sent people to Jinling's family to send letters, asking them to prepare to contact the Zhen family's forces and use the government's power to suppress the Lin family's clan.However, it can't be out of control. The Lin family is also a famous local family with a scholarly family, and the local officials may not be willing to work too hard for the Jia family.Therefore, Jia Lian was very distressed.

Unexpectedly, the Lin family did not show any covetousness towards Uncle Lin's property.After Jia Lian moved into the Lin Mansion, the patriarch of the Lin family only brought people to see Uncle Lin once, and the rest of the clan members who had been friends with Uncle Lin came to see him a few times, and they didn't stay for long. No one mentioned the arrangement of Uncle Lin's belongings behind him.

Huh?It seemed that a heavy punch had hit the cotton, which made Jia Lian feel very dazed.Could it be that this scholarly family treats money like dung and doesn't eat the fireworks of the world?

Oh, that's what I wished for!Jia Lian was worried about the bastard again.

The news that Laiwang heard made him so startled that he almost didn't jump up.

What?The concubine who came out was called Lin Ming'an, and he was the No. 7 Jinshi in the second class of this discipline?Jia Lian paused in his heart. He knew that Jinshi had a high status.Although my father kept saying that people like them couldn't afford to compete with poor families for fame.But for people like them, Jia Lian smiled wryly, if it weren't for the merits of the ancestors, and the ancestors, the duke and wife of the country, had a first-rank imperial order to support the situation, and his father was demoted to the rank of marquis, and now he is only a first-class general, what is it in the capital?If fame is not precious, why would Jia Zhu have to leave early for the imperial examinations, exhausting his energy and breaking his body?The second uncle was excluded and despised in the Ministry of Industry because of his lack of fame!Then Lin Mingan became a second-class Jinshi in less than [-] years old. Could it be that he followed Uncle Lin and was especially good at reading?Alas, I don't know, how could Uncle Lin be willing to succeed such a son?If it was Jia Lian, he would never be willing, even if he had a falling out with Sister Feng.

Lin Ming'an's current father is named Lin Qing, who is also a Juren, and was rewarded by the emperor for offering the 'Salt Sun Salt Method', and was bestowed the title of first-class baron.

Ministry of Industry?Isn't that a colleague of the second uncle?Their father and son are highly valued by the emperor, and the emperor summoned Lin Qing?Also, Lin Qing's uncle was promoted to Daotai in Sichuan due to his achievements in politics and recommendation, and then he was the Chief Secretary of Sichuan, a high official in a province!

This is troublesome!Jia Lian was shocked, they were not ordinary people, they could be handled by the Rongguo Mansion!Even if the four kings and eight princes are all at the same time, they may not be willing to offend others too much for the sake of the Jia family.If Lin Qing and Lin Ming'an were planning on Uncle Lin's family property, blood would be inevitable!What's worse, maybe Uncle Lin wants to leave all the family property to Lin Ming'an?After all, it is his own flesh and blood, and he is so upbeat.

Then why didn't Lin Mingan come out to fight for it?Jia Lian was very confused.

"Isn't that afraid of our family's power?" Laiwang said triumphantly: "He is just a Jinshi, and he dare not go against the Duke's Mansion!" "

Jia Lian was so angry that he kicked Laiwang.Are the slaves in the mansion so rampant now, dare to talk nonsense in public?If it spreads out, just wait for Yushi to impeach him!That's a Jinshi, a student of the emperor, can you let a slave look down upon him?Are you still the Duke's mansion when Jia's family was still grandfather?Hurry up to find out!

The news that Laiwang found surprised Jia Lian.It turned out that before they went to Beijing, Uncle Lin planned to let Lin Mingan return, but he was flatly rejected, not even agreeing to adopt a son as the great-grandson?In front of the Lin family members, he told a story to satirize Uncle Lin and make Uncle Lin lose face?He passed the Jinshi examination and returned to Gusu to worship his ancestors. Uncle Lin was seriously ill, so he begged again to let him inherit the Lin family, but was flatly rejected again.Now, regardless of Uncle Lin who was seriously ill, he went directly back to Sichuan to pick up his adoptive mother and sister?

Jia Lian felt incredible when he heard the twists and turns of the story.Lin Mingan is really ruthless, he doesn't lie to his biological father, and he doesn't take such a big Lin family property seriously. He admires him so much. If it were him, even if there was resentment in his heart, he would never dare to confront Jia She. , let alone want Jia Amnesty's property, otherwise how would he live?

Puzzled, Jia Lian ordered Laiwang to find out what was wrong.Lin Mingan acted like this, treating Uncle Lin like an enemy, without any affection, there must be some unknown reason.Laiwang quickly found Mrs. Shisunlai. It turned out that she was also from Jia's family and would not lie to them.

The Shisun family was expelled from the Lin family by Lin Ruhai after the incident happened in front of the Xuanmiao Temple in Suzhou.Jia Min didn't treat the slaves who worked hard for him badly, and repaid their contracts of selling themselves, and gave them a modest Zhuangzi and a sum of money.Shisun's family leased the land to farmers for cultivation, started a business by themselves, and lived a good life with Jia Min's help.

Shi Sunshi wanted to hide it for Jia Min, but seeing Jia Lian insisted on asking, he had to tell the twists and turns with a sigh.Jia Lian listened with complicated emotions, she never thought that Aunt Min would do such a thing!He had never met Jia Min before, but he only heard that she was beautiful, elegant, well-educated, and full of style.Are women like her no exception in the inner house battle?What about the other women in the Jia family?Thinking about it, Jia Lian couldn't help being terrified.

This is a great enmity!Jia Lian could understand Lin Mingan's rejection of Lin Ruhai.Well, at least in this way, he has no interest in the Lin family.Jia Lian felt relieved.In this way, everything is ready, waiting for Uncle Lin to ascend to heaven.

During this difficult waiting, Lin Ruhai's condition gradually worsened.But he still persisted tenaciously, hanging his life with ginseng soup every day.Jia Lian was so anxious that she wanted to shout to him: Uncle Lin, don't procrastinate and make everyone suffer, just go at ease!

Fortunately, Jia Lian did not wait too long.Soon, Jia Lian understood why Uncle Lin was waiting so hard.During Uncle Lin's last two days, the emperor's imperial decree was delivered quickly.