Saying that the Han family was at the funeral here in the capital, Jia Lu and others were heartbroken, in Jiangnan, Lin Daiyu was not much better than Jia Lu.

Since Daiyu heard that his father was not very good, half of the three souls and six spirits were lost, and he followed Jia Lian to Yangzhou by boat in a daze, and entered the Salt Patrol Imperial History Mansion, but he couldn't see people coming and going, so he was stunned and went to the main room of the inner courtyard.

Daiyu is the only daughter of the Lin Mansion, no one dares to stop her, Jia Lian still has to greet Lin Rui and Lin Steward, but she didn't have time, so Daiyu broke into it all the way, Daiyu looked at Lin Ruhai's face was pale, the key was that her lips were purple, and she didn't ease up the breath she had been holding onto, and she fainted.

Aunt Mei was taking care of Lin Ruhai here, and saw a cardamom girl break in, although she was young, she could also see Jia Min's shadow, Aunt Mei had followed Jia Min for many years, and she was happy to see it, and she was about to go up to greet her, so she might as well faint, and the maid next to her screamed in fright.

Although Aunt Mei was born as a slave, since Jia Min went, she has been helping to take care of the inner house, saying that she is an aunt, and she is not bad compared to other people's housewives, so she immediately stopped everyone's exclamations.

"Silence! The master is still resting, what are you arguing about!"

In the end, it was the person in charge, and under Aunt Mei's greeting, he finally quieted down. Aunt Mei glanced at Lin Ruhai and relieved herself when she saw that he was not awake.

went over in person, tried to pick up Daiyu, and scolded softly to the motionless person next to him,

"Come over here, this is our girl!"

Only then did everyone realize that they helped the person up and sent him to the next room. Aunt Mei hurriedly asked someone to call the doctor, but Lin Ruhai was seriously ill, the doctor was resident in the family, and the doctor passed the pulse and passed out, so he fainted in a moment of anger, and he didn't need to prescribe medicine, just wait for half an hour.

Over there, Steward Lin arranged for Jia Lian to live in the guest room, and when he heard that he had found a doctor in the backyard, he was anxious and hurried over with Lin Rui.

Lin Rui was young, and he had suffered before coming to the Lin family, he knew that although he was the heir, he was not biological, his sister was biological, and his father was also the one who passed on to her sister. During the Chinese New Year, his father took him back to Beijing to report on his work, and he also met this talented and peerless sister, and he also had a good impression of her, and when he heard that his sister had fainted, he volunteered to accompany her.

It is naturally best for her own girl to have a good relationship with her heir, and Aunt Mei and Steward Lin naturally have nothing to do, Aunt Mei told him a few words, and let people send them over.

Here, Aunt Mei and Steward Lin sat down in the flower hall, and the two talked.

Aunt Mei was originally Jia Min's dowry maid, and later Jia Min lost her son, so she opened her face to Lin Ruhai as an aunt, but Lin Ruhai is not a woman, she is busy with business, and she doesn't love her much, so she has never conceived a child.

Steward Lin is the old man of the Lin family, and his father is the old Lin steward who stayed in the old house in Kyoto, serving the Lin family for generations, with high merit and hard work, and was given the surname Lin.

The two had nothing to do in their early years, but since Jia Min's death, Daiyu's trip to Beijing, and Lin Ruhai's busy affairs in the yamen, Aunt Mei in the house, and Lin in charge of affairs, the two have gradually become acquainted.

"How is the master now?" Steward Lin asked Aunt Mei.

Aunt Mei sighed, "What else, the doctor said that the poison is under control, but the poison is too strong to suppress it, I'm afraid it's only a matter of one or two months." ”

Steward Lin was worried, "Alas, this old man is seriously ill, and the girl fainted when she came back, and there was a fall out outside." ”

"What's going on?"

"What else can there be? The tiger is not at home and the monkey is called the king, without the suppression of the master, this group of people outside is like crazy to grab money, the Zhang family, the Li family, the Wang family, and the Cheng family can be said to be about to die!"

Aunt Mei was surprised,

"These are all salt merchants in our Jiangnan region, there are many families in the family, and the backers behind them are tough, even the master can only restrict them from moving more, who has the courage to do this?"

Steward Lin said sarcastically, "Who else is not the backer behind them?"

These families look respectful on weekdays, but they are not easy to get along with, in the past, they had to ask the lord three times and four times to converge the point, they eat full of fat intestines, and often outside the lord is strict, competing with the people for profit, etc., and when the lord is sick and changes their master, they can't wait to confiscate all their family property, and they are so anxious that they are now giving gifts every day, sending medicinal materials, and I can't wait for the lord to get better immediately, I know today, why bother in the first place!

Phew!

Aunt Mei has also been in charge of the family for so many years, she is not an ignorant woman, and she knows more or less about things outside.

"Let them go! Anyway, they are all big businessmen who are so rich that they can't involve the common people!"

Steward Lin snorted coldly, "This is not necessarily, these big businessmen cover the sky with one hand, even if they are unlucky, they have to pull down others, what do you say?"

Aunt Mei shook her head.

"They've got the taxes on the move!"

Aunt Mei exclaimed, "This, how is this good, if you pay taxes, you can't pay them, and the master is in office again, isn't it, isn't it a black pot?"

Steward Lin shook his head, in the end, she is a woman, with long hair and short knowledge,

"If something happens to this tax, don't talk about our lord, the entire Jiangnan prefecture and county, I'm afraid it will have to be finished from top to bottom, as for our lord, people die like lights going out, don't care if it floods!"

Aunt Mei slapped it, "How did you talk!"

Steward Lin was also resentful for a while, only saying that he had done something wrong, said the wrong thing, and slapped himself.

"Look at what I said!"

Aunt Mei doesn't care about the things outside, Steward Lin's words are not rough, and it really has nothing to do with them, but this old man's future is imminent, and it is not known what kind of character this second master of the Jia family is.

"When I went out with my wife, Second Master Lian was still a milk doll at that time, you just received him, how do you look at him?"

If their Lin family goes to the master, only the sick and weak girl and the young master are left, they will definitely not stay, and they will follow the second master of Lian to Beijing, and their group of people will not be able to follow, so they can only be put back on the spot, this second master of Lian is the person in charge, it is related to his own vital interests, and the Lin steward must also be serious.

"This second master of the Jia family has a set of talking and doing things, and it is polite to treat the young master, but do you remember what happened last year?"

Aunt Mei naturally knew, "But the girl is seriously ill?"

"At the beginning, it was said that this master would come to ask for guilt in person, but then it was over, and if you look at this matter, he is not a very reliable person. ”

Aunt Mei stayed in Jia's house when she was young, and she knew more about Steward Lin than Lin, and said

"This is not necessarily, although this second master Lian is the grandson of the Jia family, there is an old lady above, and two masters and wives, but it is not his turn to call the shots, he is just obeying orders. ”

Steward Lin frowned, "This Second Master Jia is also in his twenties, and he can't be the master at home." ”

For a family like them, the heir has been determined early, and it should be cultivated, it is some general affairs, and then personal relationships, etc., even although Lin Rui is young, if he speaks, Lin Ruhai will also listen, and as for them, Lin Steward and others can't help but obey.

Aunt Mei was about to answer, but she heard a report from outside that Jia Lian was coming.