[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

Jia Shu saw how Chixia cared about what happened to her and felt guilty about holding the book, so she first expressed her doubts: "From what you said just now, I think you were rescued after nothing happened. "

Of course, it is not impossible that the person stunned Chixia first, and then "saved" her.But judging from the fact that it took the other party such a long time to think of Chixia, this possibility is too low.

But there must be no accident in Chixia.

Chixia suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with disbelief: "Little miss..."

Because she was too shocked, Chixia subconsciously called out the name she called Jia Shu from the bottom of her heart.

Jia Shu sighed: "You were too nervous at the time and didn't pay attention. Later, because of the conflict with holding the book and the sudden child, you didn't want to recall the details at that time. Otherwise, you should find out when you go home and take a shower. No one has been violated."

If it was in modern times, Chixia would go directly to the hospital for a physical examination, and naturally everything would be clear, but in ancient times, it was impossible for Chixia to let other people know about this kind of thing, so she has felt guilty and troubled for the past few years.

Chixia opened her mouth, and finally fell to the ground crying and laughing.

"Great……"

It's great that she was assigned to serve by Miss San's side;

She was not blinded by the interests, and told the young lady about it, that's great;

It was great that she was rescued...

Thousands of words flooded Chixia's heart, and at the end she only said this one, then sobbed, unable to say anything else.

Jia Shu got up, walked to Chi Xia's side, knelt down and patted her on the back: "It's over."

-

Two days later, Chixia appeared in front of Jia Shu with a big bag of presents and said, "Madam."

Jia Shu couldn't help laughing: "Have you talked about holding books?"

Chixia blushed and nodded: "It's all over."

Holding a book is a good person. When he learned that she might be raped, he didn't publicize the matter, and he never thought of divorcing her——

Even if Chixia is divorced, his book holding will not be affected in any way, and Chixia will return to Jia Shu's side as an errand. He doesn't even have to worry about Chixia's future life, but he still chooses to care about Chixia.He didn't even know if it was his child who was pregnant with her, and he chose to let Chixia stay because he was worried about hurting Chixia's body.

But with a green hat on his head, even if he didn't talk about holding the book, he must feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, but this discomfort is nothing compared to Chixia.Now knowing that nothing happened back then, the knot between Chi Xia and Ping Shu disappeared in an instant, and the young couple had a serious mischief in the past two days.

Jia Shu also watched Chixia recover, and then called her over.

"Since the matter between your husband and wife is settled, should you share my worries?" Jia Shu joked.

Chixia was embarrassed, but she nodded firmly: "Madam, you said, as long as the servant can do it, the servant will definitely do it."

Jia Shu helped her up: "I just want you to describe what that coachman looked like back then."

As for the man named Cui Yan, Jia Shu hesitated, and asked Chi Xia to describe his facial features.

Although she felt that there was definitely nothing useful to be found on this man named Cui Yan.

Soon, the portraits of the coachman and Cui Yan came out.

"Look, does it look like it?"

Chixia concealed her shock and nodded, "It's exactly the same as the coachman in the memory of this servant, and so is Cui Yan."

Jia Shu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

Chixia pursed her lips, and opened the gift that was placed beside her before, "Madam, this is the gift that Cui Yan gave to the servant."

Jia Shu walked over to take a look, and his face was a little bad.

In the gift box, there were several gold bars and several fine jade jewelry.

As long as Chixia has a little bit of delusion, it's hard to say whether she will betray herself or not.

Chixia's face was a little pale: "My wife mentioned to the servants when she was in the Duke's mansion that it is impossible for a pie to fall from the sky. What's more, this gift is too..."

It is gold bars and jade, even if Jia Shu has always been good to Chixia Cuiyan, the private houses they have accumulated over the years will only reach this amount.This is not a gift, this is terrible!

Jia Shu smiled and patted her on the shoulder: "It's okay, you take all these things back."

Chi Xia was taken aback: "Madam, slave..."

Jia Shu interrupted her: "Since this person came to you after two years, he must have needed your help recently." Her eyes sank, "If you return the gift, they will easily accept it." Guessing that you have told me the matter, it will inevitably startle me. It would be fine if they just give up, but it is more likely that they will give up on you and buy or install someone else in the Lin Mansion."

That person didn't have Chixia's vision and loyalty, so they might have succeeded. The Lin family couldn't guard against it, and it would be too late if something happened.

Chi Xia quickly nodded: "The servants will definitely not let them find out!"

Jia Shu smiled: "Be careful, but don't put yourself in danger."

-

She took the two portraits and handed them to the housekeeper of the Lin family: "Go and check these two people and see if you can find which prince they obey."

Butler Lin was shocked: "Prince?"

Jia Shu nodded: "This prince probably has no doubts about his kindness towards the Lin family."

Steward Lin is the son of the Lin family, and the lives of the whole family are tied to the Lin family. The family members all have good jobs in the Lin family, and they have a good temper. They are trustworthy.Jia Shu was relieved to leave the matter to him.

Lin Butler's expression froze, and he immediately nodded in agreement: "This old servant will definitely find out who is behind these two people!"

Jia Shu nodded in satisfaction, but he didn't forget to remind: "Everything is confidential, and the other party must not be aware that someone is investigating them."

Butler Lin agreed, and quickly withdrew.

-

Within a few days, Cui Yan's identity was found out.

The owner of the Cui Family Bookstore in the south of the city, due to the sudden rise of the Lin Family Bookstore in the past few years, his business has been declining day by day, and it seems that he will not be able to sustain it——

At first glance, the other party has enmity with the Lin family.He chose to win over Chixia, whether he wanted to avenge the Lin family or seek refuge with the Lin family, it was all a matter of course.

But it doesn't work that way.

Still the same question, if it was Chixia who was saved by Cui Yan back then, why didn't he ask her to repay his favor back then, instead, two years later, he suddenly remembered Chixia, a person who should have been forgotten long ago.

Even, the fancy dress that Chixia was talking about was obviously not something that a small book shop owner could afford.

No matter how elegant the business of opening a bookstore sounds, it is also a business.Businessmen, many fabrics cannot be worn on the body at all.

However, after careful investigation of who was instigated by Cui Yan, the clues were broken.

Butler Lin didn't even catch a small shrimp.

Steward Lin stood in front of Jia Shu, with a look of frustration and self-reproach: "This old slave is useless, please punish my wife."

The wife finally gave him an important errand, but in the end it fell directly into his hands.

Jia Shu waved his hand: "Cui Yan is not a key investigation target at all."

Butler Lin blamed himself even more: "Madam, the old slave showed the portrait to the person in charge of investigating the coachman, but so far there is no news at all."

"I can't rush this..."

Before Lin Ruhai was drugged, although Jia Shu realized that it was the handiwork of a certain prince, but because it did not cause any harm, and the attitude of the other party was not enmity with the Lin family, and the gun the other party was looking for was still Jinyang Hou, he had no idea at all. In the end, the Lin family had no choice but to let it go.

But Chixia's matter is not the same, and Jia Shu is sensitive to the crisis.

And the styles of the two incidents are too similar——

It's all very roundabout things, every time an unimportant chess piece will be pushed out to block the front, and if something happens, the chess piece will be discarded directly, without any commemoration, and it will not involve the opponent at all.

So far, no one knows the identity of the other party.

It was a surprise that Chixia could remember the appearance of the coachman.

The coachman is an inconspicuous little character, he is not even a chess piece, and the other party will never think that someone can still firmly remember the other party's facial features in his heart after several years.

Therefore, if this person can be found and traced, the identity of the prince will be revealed.

But all eggs cannot be put in one basket.

After Jia Shu sent Butler Lin away, he immediately walked to the toy room of the two children, and sure enough, he saw Mother Lin playing with the two children inside.

"Mother."

Mother Lin turned her head back, with a smile on her lips: "Count, are you done with the matter?"

Pippi ran over and hung directly on Jia Shu's thigh, giggling: "Ma Ma, Ma Ma..."

Jia Shu smiled and picked him up and turned him upside down, making Pippi laugh out loud before putting him down.

She turned her head and found that Zhuzhu had already stood in front of her, looking at her with bright eyes full of longing.Jia Shu smiled again and picked up Zhuzhu and turned it upside down.

After coaxing the two children, she nodded to Mother Lin and shook her head again: "Mother, my daughter-in-law needs to go to Rongguo Mansion for something."

Mother Lin was surprised: "Why do you want to go to Rongguo Mansion?"

Jia Shu’s first year of marriage to the Lin family was fine. In order to silence other people, Jia Shu would still be there in person for important events in the Rongguo Mansion, such as Zhang’s pregnancy and Wang’s pregnancy and childbirth. Later, Jia Shu only had a little bit of face for the Rongguo Mansion. When Wang's second child was born, he didn't show his face, but just sent a gift there.

Because he was still uncertain, Jia Shu didn't say his purpose, but emphasized: "There is an important matter that needs to be confirmed by Rong Guogong."

Lin's mother also knew Jia Shu's temperament, so she nodded and agreed immediately: "Then you go quickly."

After Jia Shu said goodbye to the two children, he turned around and went back to his room to change clothes.

-

Duke Rong Guo hadn't seen Jia Shu for more than a year, and his fear of Jia Shu hadn't diminished even for such a long time.

Seeing her, Duke Rong's face was not very good-looking: "Why did you come to Rongguo Mansion?"

With that expression, she almost said "you are not welcome" directly to her.

Jia Shu didn't care at all, glanced at the bedroom, turned to Jia Daishan with a smile and said, "Of course I have something to do with you."

Jia Daishan had guessed it a long time ago, but his tone was not very good: "Of course I know that you will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing." He glanced at Jia Shu, "But with your ability, I am a mere mortal, what else can I do?" Can I help you?"

Jia Shu was impatient with him, and asked directly: "The person behind Hu Yao, have you found out?"

Before she found out that Hu Yao's personal servant was bought by a wealthy businessman, and the parents of that servant also went to Jiangnan where the wealthy businessman left a year later. It stands to reason that with this clue, with the energy of the Rongguo Mansion, several years have passed. Well, no matter what, it's time to find someone out.

Jia Daishan's face darkened, "No."

Jia Shu was stunned: "No? The directivity is so obvious, and you haven't found it out for several years? Could it be that your subordinates have nothing to eat?"

The corner of Jia Daishan's mouth twitched: "What does this have to do with you?"

Turning his eyes, Jia Daishan's eyes were filled with malicious intentions, "I remember the agreement with you at the beginning, it was only when you found out the person behind it that the agreement was fulfilled, so what should we do now?"

Jia Shu gave him a blank look: "You are not capable, so you blame me?"

She also didn't want to argue with Jia Daishan, so she directly stated her discovery, "It just so happens that the fact that I'm looking for you is also related to this Highness."

Jia Daishan's eyes lit up immediately: "What's going on?"

"Before Ruhai was drugged by the Marquis of Jinyang..."

Jia Daishan was disappointed: "I know, I guessed at that time that Marquis Jinyang was also instructed by that prince, but the result of the investigation is no different from that of Dali Temple."

"But recently, another incident happened on my side." Jia Shu's expression was serious, "That His Highness suddenly wanted to deal with the Lin family for some reason."

Jia Daishan glanced at Jia Shu, and laughed mockingly: "If I didn't know that you are not very human, I would have attacked the Lin family."

In the previous Jiangnan incident, the crown prince was the one who suffered the most. Not only did he lose the power in Jiangnan, but he also disappointed Emperor Qisheng because of the thin horse in the mansion.

If it wasn't for the fact that the crown prince was a skinny horse and didn't dote on them, the image of the crown prince in Emperor Qisheng's heart would have fallen to the bottom.

But now, it doesn't seem to be getting any better.

Jia Shu didn't connect the Jiangnan matter with the Lin family at all, so he couldn't help but react: "What did the Lin family do? You all want to deal with the Lin family."

Jia Daishan originally didn't want to tell Jia Shu, but he was very curious about the information from Jia Shu's mouth, so he explained patiently.

"Didn't Lin Ruhai use the Western painting method to draw the portraits of two alien spies? The spies were caught, and the spy's lair was also taken away, but at the same time, because most of the spies were thin horses from Yangzhou, they ended up being killed. The south of the Yangtze River was in chaos, and even the affairs of the salt government were exposed, provoking the emperor's fury, and in the end, all the chess pieces that the prince had placed in the south of the Yangtze River were all abolished."

The money is gone, the people are gone, do you think those princes hate it?

It stands to reason that the people the princes should be angry with are alien spies, but Emperor Qisheng's methods are cruel, and those spies are all dead. If they want to vent their anger, they can't find a target at all. Didn't they just target the Lin family in the end?

Most of the princes are fine, such as the crown prince, although he is a little annoyed at Lin Ruhai, but because his portrait has indeed contributed to Daxia, he has no plans to do anything to Lin Ruhai and the Lin family.Jia Daishan and most of the princes also had the same thoughts, angry, they would not have targeted Lin Ruhai and the Lin family back then.

Of course, it may also be because one or two of them really regarded the Lin family as their enemies because of their heavy losses.

Jia Daishan's first reaction was that His Royal Highness, whose identity is unknown to this day, has caused many people to suffer a great loss because he has only revealed the tip of the iceberg.

Jia Shu sneered, "It's nothing!"

Jia Daishan glanced at her: "Jiangnan is now completely controlled by the emperor. If you want to intervene again, it will take at least four or five years. By then, it may not be able to develop to the same power as before. On the face of the prince, He was the prince who lost the most in Jiangnan, but the number of officials who were arrested in the end made me suspicious."

Jia Shu tilted his head: "What does the crown prince think of the Lin family?"

"Love and hate are mixed, but for the sake of Daxia, he decided to swallow this breath." Jia Daishan caught a glimpse of the distrust in Jia Shu's eyes, and coughed, "At most, give him a little trouble."

Jia Shu met Jia Daishan's eyes, and after confirming that he was not lying, he pursed his lips: "It seems that His Royal Highness who is hiding in the gutter has lost more people in the south of the Yangtze River than the prince."

Her eyes flickered, with some malicious intentions, "Maybe the power of His Royal Highness is Jiangnan?"

Otherwise, how could all of Hu Yao's loyal servants have gone to the south of the Yangtze River?

A gleam of joy flashed in Jia Daishan's eyes, if that was the case, the prince would not have to take him seriously.

Jia Shu directly took out the portrait of the coachman: "This man is a coachman, and he probably belongs to that prince's mansion. If you can find out which family's servant this man is, you may find him out."

Jia Daishan took the portrait and praised: "Ruhai's painting skills have improved again."

Because he heard that the alien spy was planted on the two paintings of Lin Ruhai, he couldn't help feeling itchy, and went to Dali Temple to ask for two portraits to taste at home.It is indeed different from the paintings you see on weekdays, and the characters in the paintings are also lifelike. Even ordinary people who have not received special training can find people through portraits.

And people who have undergone special training can even find out the disguised person through portraits.

is a good thing.

Jia Shu curled his lips: "I sent you a message, and you won't reply to me?"

Jia Daishan's eyebrows twitched: "This is what you owe me!"

Jia Shu leaned on the back of the chair, his eyelids slightly fluttering: "So you should tell me the information you know, otherwise how can I help you find him?"

Jia Daishan was a little hesitant. After all, he had the portrait of the coachman in his hand, so it was more likely that he would expose the identity of the prince.

After confirming that he could find the person independently, he didn't want Jia Shu to intervene—

If they had exposed the prince's identity in advance, then he could naturally take the news and ask Jia Shu to do one more thing for him.

Seeing Jia Daishan's hesitant expression, Jia Shu immediately guessed his inner plan, and immediately sneered: "If you don't tell me, this matter will be over, and don't come to me again in the future."

Jia Daishan was taken aback for a moment, and became more and more hesitant.

Although I feel that he and the prince will be able to rely on this groom and what they have investigated before to find him out, but what if?Thinking about them before, didn't they also feel complacent, thinking that they would be able to pull out the prince's fox tail?But after so many years of delay, progress has been very slow.

Besides, although this groom may guide them to find him, he is a servant after all.And the life of a servant is never worth anything, in case something happens to him...

Because of Jia Shu's words, Jia Daishan suddenly thought of many possibilities.

Seeing that his expression was loose, Jia Shu stood up suddenly: "Since you have decided, we will each rely on our own abilities. Don't come to me to ask about the situation in the future..."

"and many more……"

Seeing that Jia Shu was about to leave, Jia Daishan hurriedly called her to stop.

Jia Shu turned around: "What else is there for the Duke?"

Jia Daishan saw that she was calm and calm, and seemed to really not take the information in his hand to heart, and immediately made up his mind: "Sit down, I never said that I would not tell you the results of my investigation in Jiangnan."

Jia Shu glanced at him, knowing each other well about the confrontation just now.

She raised her eyebrows and sat down directly, as if everything was an illusion just now and nothing happened: "Master, please don't hide anything."

Now that he was going to say it, Jia Daishan naturally didn't intend to hide it.

He thought for a while, and asked someone to fetch a box from the study, and then took out a portrait from it: "This man is Feng Wen, and he handles everything in Jiangnan."

Jia Shu took the portrait, and said, "...what the hell is this?"

She looked up, a little in disbelief, "I remember that many people have learned the Western sketching method, why is your portrait..."

It was still the traditional freehand brushwork before, just like the famous historical figures in high school history textbooks, and it was impossible to see what the so-called Feng Wen looked like.

Jia Daishan didn't think there was anything wrong before, but after seeing the portrait of the groom that Jia Shu gave him, he felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

But there is no way...

"This portrait was painted by someone a year ago. At that time, the person who painted this painting was in the south of the Yangtze River, and he didn't know how to sketch at all."

You must know that this Western sketching method became widely known after the Jiangnan incident broke out completely. Before that, no one liked it at all.

Jia Shu sighed, "No more information?"

Xu felt that the information from the two parties was a bit off. Jia Daishan explained Feng Wen's personal information in great detail: "This Feng Wen is said to be from Bashu. He is a middle-aged man in his forties and now lives in the capital. But the rich businessman and Hu Yao's loyal servant were all connected by another person named Ku Wen, and we also spent a lot of effort to dig out this Feng Wen."

Jia Shu raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure you haven't been cheated? Otherwise, two years later, why haven't you found a person who lives in the capital?"

In two years, if this Feng Wen was really in the capital, how could he not find him?

Jia Daishan had an ugly expression: "We also have some doubts, but..."

The person who found out this news was a subordinate who had been with him through life and death. He trusted the other party's ability very much, and believed that he would never report to him a major discovery that did not exist at all.

Jia Shu fell into deep thought. Looking at Jia Daishan's expression, he knew that this Feng Wen must exist, but where did he go wrong, which would cause the Rongguo Mansion and the prince's power to fail to find this person?

"Could it be that the name is wrong?" Jia Shu hesitated, "For example, this person's name is not Feng Wen, but Feng Wen?"

Jia Daishan frowned: "What I got is Feng Tangyi Lao Zhifeng, the writing of poetry and poetry, there will be no mistakes."

Jia Shu was at a loss: "Could it be that the other party has chosen another alias?"

She is in the intelligence business, and when she needs to inquire about information at close range, she often needs to use an alias.So, could this Feng Wen also be a pseudonym?

Jia Daishan shook his head: "No. We also found other people who had been in contact with this Feng Wen, and after confirming that it was the same person, we asked him his name, and they all called him Feng Wen."

Even if it was a pseudonym, when everyone called him Feng Wen, the pseudonym became his real name.