The Fenghua Years of the Red Chamber

It is said that Jia Lian brought Lin Daiyu back to Yangzhou to reunite the father and daughter of the Lin family. However, Lin Ruhai was terminally ill and there was no cure. After two or three months, she finally died of illness. Lin Daiyu was young and a woman, and the closest relatives and friends around her were Jia Lian. So he handed over his father's funeral to Jia Lian.

Before Jia Lian came to Yangzhou, he received an order from the old lady. If Lin Ruhai's condition improved, he must take Lin Daiyu back to Jinzhong no matter what. Return to Rongguo Mansion.Jia Lian vaguely felt that the old lady wanted to control Uncle Lin, and now that Uncle Lin had passed away, Jia Lian did her part to help with the funeral and deal with the mourners.Jia Lian helps out with general affairs at home on weekdays, so he is familiar with it.

After hearing the news of Lin's father's death, the members of the Lin family came from Gusu. On the grounds that Lin's father had no children, they gave two options. As for Lin Daiyu, who is the daughter of the Lin family, she must follow them back to Gusu.The demands of the Lin family were not too much, but for the Rongguo Mansion who was greedy for the Lin family's property, this was intolerable. , too thin.

How to suppress the Lin family, Jia Lian had already thought up a plan, first let Zijuan discredit the Lin family in front of Lin Daiyu, promote the Jia family, then ask the prefect of Jinling to come forward to suppress, and finally induce Lin Daiyu to choose to follow Rongguo Mansion.There is absolutely no possibility of this strategy being miscalculated against the Lin family. Lin Daiyu grew up in the Rongguo Mansion since she was a child. Compared with the unfamiliar Lin family, she is naturally closer to the Jia family;

While Jia Lian was busy, he received two letters from his family, one from Mrs. Wang and one from Wang Xifeng.Mrs. Wang stated in the letter that the Lin family's property and Lin Daiyu must be brought back to the capital. Wang Xifeng asked him in the letter to leave the dowry of the Lin family's mistresses when handling the Lin family's property. gained fame.Wang Xifeng was worried that the letter would be leaked, so she didn't dare to say everything in the letter, so she could only use other names to let Jia Lian do things properly and leave a glimmer of life for Lin Daiyu.

Jia Lian read the two letters, and couldn't help sneering, they were indeed the daughters of the Wang family, knowing that Uncle Lin had passed away, there was no sympathy or sadness in the letters, the entire paper was to seek the Lin family property, so Mrs Wang was nothing more than Wang Xifeng's letter. He didn't express any caring words, but after reading the letter, Jia Lian couldn't help feeling sad. The old lady was always full of love for Lin Daiyu's mother, Jia Min. Looking at the contents of the letter, she was full of calculations.

Jia Lian thought about it for a long time, who was Wang Xifeng who was lying next to his pillow, he knew exactly who it was, and after thinking about it, he felt that there was indeed something wrong with the plan before, and there would be endless troubles. They could suppress the Lin family, but the dowry of the Lin family's mistresses was lost. If the family behind them join forces with the Lin family for the sake of reputation, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

Jia Lian grew up beside the old lady, and knew very well about the feud between Mrs. Wang and Jia Min. She also noticed Mrs. Wang's attitude towards Lin Daiyu. The ancestral property such as Tian Tian was returned to the Lin family.As for the remaining family property, it is stated that it will be used as Lin Daiyu's living expenses and dowry in the future.

As for why Jia Lian is so generous, apart from Wang Xifeng's letter, the most important property returned to the Lin family accounts for a large part of the Lin family's property on the surface, but in fact it is only the tip of the iceberg of the Lin family's property. He is willing to give up the money to the second master Lian. .Lin Ruhai has a reputation as an official. He has not bought much property on the surface after being an official for many years, but it does not mean that the Lin family has no money. The family property accumulated in the past dynasties is 300 million

"Second Master Lian, the old lady and the wife have told me that they must bring back all the properties of the Lin family, and how to explain to the old lady when they go back." Jia Lian did not reveal anything about the return of the Lin family's property before, and was sent by Mrs. Wang to monitor Jia Lian Zhou Wang was caught off guard by the news and immediately came to see Jia Lian, with a disrespectful tone.

"Why, take the old lady, madam to charge me?" Jia Lian sneered.Zhou Wang, a slave, relied on his wife's dowry girl, and even ignored him, a serious raider, and Jia Lian's eyes flashed coldly.If it weren't for the powerful Wang family, he would have dealt with this arrogant slave long ago.

"I don't dare. I'm just worried that I won't be able to do business when I go back. The old lady, the lady ordered..." Zhou Wang hurriedly knelt down, saying that he didn't dare, but he was obviously dissatisfied with what he said.

"Shut up, how can our dignified Rongguo Mansion be greedy for relatives' property? The old lady loves her aunt the most. After her aunt left, she brought her cousin to her side to raise her. Now that her uncle has also gone, how can the old lady let her sister suffer? You slave don't care." Talk nonsense. To ruin the old lady's reputation, step down." Jia Lian said this to Zhou Wang, and also to those other people in Jinling who were staring at them.

Lin Ruhai is a high-ranking imperial censor with a high position and authority. The dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River and even the royal family have sent people to watch over his funeral. No matter what calculations they make in the Rongguo Mansion, it will be impossible to find out on the surface.

"Second Lord Lian," Zhou Wang shouted resolutely. Seeing Jia Lian's indifference, he felt great hatred.Sure enough, the second master Lian was a white-eyed wolf who was not familiar with him. Fortunately, his wife made preparations in advance and left behind.

Zhou Rui visited the prefect of Jinling with Jia Lian's post on his back, and asked the prefect of Jinling to suppress the Lin family. Zhou Rui hurriedly contacted the prefect of Jinling, not to do it after the dust settled, but also not to let Jia Lian notice. Take care of him, after all, Jia Lian is the master and he is the slave.

Zhou Rui stepped up to deal with the affairs of the Lin family, so naturally he slackened his supervision over the handling of other assets of the Lin family. Jia Lian took the opportunity to order his cronies to step up the handling of the Lin family's property.The Jia family's master and servant fought for the Lin family's money in every possible way, but Lin Daiyu, the poor owner of the money, didn't know anything about it.

While the master and servant of the Jia family were calculating each other, news came from the capital that Jia Yuanchun was concubine. Jia Lian was too busy dealing with congratulatory people everywhere, and had no time to care about other things. In addition, there was news from the middle of the capital that he would return home as soon as possible and preside over the construction of the family-friendly villa. , Inadvertently lingering in the south of the Yangtze River, he hurried back to Beijing with Lin Daiyu, leaving Zhou Rui in Yangzhou to deal with follow-up matters.

Without his master above him, Zhou Rui acted even more unscrupulously. He directly pressured the prefect of Jinling to demand that the Lin family return the property of the Lin family. Buy it back, and the Jia family's reputation in the south of the Yangtze River will be ruined.

It is said that when Lin Daiyu returned to Beijing, the light and valuable items in the dowry of the Lin family's mistresses, such as jewelry, solitary calligraphy and paintings, etc. were brought back to Beijing with the boat, leaving only a bulky furniture in Yangzhou for Zhou Rui to bring back to Beijing later.The servants of the Rongguo Mansion, seeing Lin Daiyu's shabby luggage, underestimated Lin Daiyu as an orphan, thinking that Lin Daiyu came to fight the autumn wind.

Wang Xifeng originally planned to take advantage of Jia Lian's grooming time to discuss with Jia Lian to try to save Lin Daiyu a chance of life, but the old lady is mature, and Wang Xifeng's plan was shattered with a single action.As soon as Jia Lian arrived at the door of the house, she was invited to the old lady's place, and she was not even given time to wash and change clothes, for fear that Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian would play tricks on her.

When Wang Xifeng heard that Jia Lian was directly invited to the old lady's place, she tore the handkerchief violently, and then heard the report that Lin Daiyu had only brought about twenty suitcases back to Beijing, and her heart sank.Hastily took someone to the old lady.When Wang Xifeng arrived, the three of them had already finished talking, and it was a scene of grandparents and grandchildren in harmony.

"Girl Feng is here. When I heard Lian'er coming back, I couldn't sit still, so I chased you here?" The old lady joked with a smile when she saw Wang Xifeng enter the door, still panting.

"Since you moved to the big house, I haven't been able to see you at the old lady's place? It's really rare to see you today." Mrs. Wang also joked. She just made a windfall. couple.But there is also a hint of wit in the words, a metaphor for the two being unfilial.

"The old lady, the wife is used to making fun of us juniors. In my case, I have to stay far away. How dare I add trouble to the old lady." Wang Xifeng said sharply without blushing, "Why didn't you see Sister Lin? Poor Yes." Wang Xifeng asked.

"It's been a long journey from Yangzhou. Your sister is weak. I'll let her go to rest first. That's fine. Lian Er is also tired. Let's go back and rest." The old lady said with a smile.

"Why did you move back?" Jia Lian was in the south and didn't know anything about Wang Xifeng's move back to the big house. He was very surprised when he heard about it just now, so he asked the old lady.

As soon as Wang Xifeng heard Jia Lian's words, he knew that his heart was still biased towards the big house. She was blinded by the glory, wealth and her second aunt's sweet words before. I bought unclean things, and I am eating fast and reciting Buddha, I dare not add bad luck to my mother."

Jia Lian stopped abruptly, turned to look at Wang Xifeng, and asked her to explain, no one knew that Wang Xifeng didn't believe in retribution from ghosts and gods.Wang Xifeng gave him a look before going back.

When the two returned to the big room, Jia Lian wanted to go to greet Jia Amnesty, so he asked the boy who was waiting at the door to stop him, "Second Master, Second Mistress, the master has ordered that the second master is tired from traveling and traveling, go to rest first, and come to greet tomorrow." "Compared to the old lady and the second room, Jia Amnesty's actions touched the hearts of Jia Lian and his wife.

"You go back to the master and say that the master is back and everything is well. I will go to the master tomorrow morning to say hello." Jia Lian was taken aback and said with a smile.

"Master still loves his son." Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lian with a smile and said.

After Jia Lian cleaned up, someone brought in a box and signaled Wang Xifeng to open it. Inside were 5 taels of silver notes and a set of Jiangnan-style jewelry. Wang Xifeng knew that Jia Lian had embezzled more than this amount, so she jokingly asked, "Second Master, why not?" These? Didn’t keep them private?”

"With a second mistress as powerful as you, I wouldn't dare to keep it private. If you don't believe me, ask the servant." Jia Lian said with a smile.

"Ask those servants, why don't you hide it for me." Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes winkingly, and put the box back inside with a smile. "Second master went to Jiangnan this time, what did he get?" Wang Xifeng inquired about the Lin family.

"Our family is ignorant and ignorant, thinking that our mansion is rich and noble, and you and I know what's going on inside. The Lin family doesn't look obvious, and the family property is 200 million. According to your words, the master will return the apparent assets to the Lin family, and also keep I got the dowry of the mistress of the Lin family, and this time I came back with a million silver bills, which I handed over to the old lady just now." Jia Lian drank a cup of tea and said, although Jia Lian didn't have a proper job, but the Rongguo Mansion's daily outings were done by him. In her early years, her interpersonal knowledge is not comparable to that of a housewife.

"Why did I hear the servants say that sister Lin only brought back about twenty boxes?" Wang Xifeng asked.

"I came back in a hurry, so I only brought valuables. Don't underestimate those boxes. The jewelry, rare calligraphy and paintings inside are worth 30 million taels of silver. What do those ignorant slaves know?" Jia Lian disdainfully Said.

"Tell me, why did you move back, and what happened to that letter?" Seeing Wang Xifeng's attitude towards the first room just now, could it be that his stupid daughter-in-law is enlightened, and they often quarrel over Wang Xifeng's preference for the second room.

Wang Xifeng went through all of this before and after, and then said: "Second Lord, I have one more thing that I dare not tell anyone, except that I dreamed about Rong's daughter-in-law, and later I also dreamed that our house was ransacked. Dong Mansion, and our mansion, had these dreams in a row, even if I don’t believe in the retribution of hell in privacy, I don’t feel at ease, and the words of Rong’s daughter-in-law have already come true, so I can’t help but believe it.” She dared not say Let Jia Lian know about lending and taking power.

"There are other things like this? Does the old lady know?" Jia Lian asked.

"The eldest girl is concubine, at the moment of great joy, how dare you tell the old lady about this, but you just told the old man, and the old man has sent Lin Zhixiao to Jinling." Wang Xifeng returned, meaning that Jia She was already doing the last thing. Bad preparation.

"I'm going to see the master." Jia Lian went out after saying that, but was stopped by Wang Xifeng.