In the midst of the chaos, the prefect squeezed to the front, and suddenly fell into the water with his feet empty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The people on the info dock were busy, and nearly 100 people jumped down to save the Suzhou prefect, and the dock suddenly became a dumpling soup.

That Yang Yanguan understood that these people were not going to greet him, and seeing that it was already a mess here, he stomped his feet angrily, and left the dock straight with his family and others.

Besides, when the boatmen of the Jia family saw the excitement on the dock here, they hurriedly came over to pay tribute to Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng came out to take a look, thinking that the big family in Suzhou came out to greet the people on the boat in front, so he asked the boatman: "Are there any other wharves here?" ”

The boatman replied, "There is another one, just where I passed by, only half a mile away. Jia Zheng nodded, and instructed the boatman to turn around and go to another pier. The bustle on the dock here is also because they are too far away to be unaware of it.

After the Suzhou prefect was fished up, it took several mouthfuls of sewage to recover. As soon as he opened his eyes, he ordered everyone: "Are there other docks around here?" Master Jia must have gone to another dock to go ashore. When these people heard this, they hurriedly divided a group of people and rushed to another pier.

The prefect was half-dead and was carried into a sedan chair by the guards, and looked at his embarrassment, so he had to be carried back to the house to change clothes and prepare for the banquet, and then contact Jia Zheng after he settled. The prefect was carried back to the mansion in muddy water, but he was secretly praying in his heart that Jia Zheng would not make a note because he didn't go to greet him.

There were also a few people waiting there on the small pier. Jia Zheng took two Qing guests off the boat first, followed by Baoyu, Daiyu and Zijuan Qingwen and other girls. The people who were waiting for the boat saw Jia Zheng and the others coming down from the boat, their eyes lit up, and one of the young men stepped forward and asked, "May I ask if you are Master Jia from Rongguo Mansion in the capital?" ”

Jia Zheng saw that these people were not dressed as officials, and the Jia family did not have any family property in Suzhou, so when he heard their questioning, he was very surprised and replied: "It is the old man." ”

The young man hurriedly saluted: "The little one is the descendant of the Lin family." A few days ago, I received a letter from the eldest lady, saying that she came back with Master Jia, and now that the house has been cleaned up, Master Jia and the eldest lady can just stay. ”

He didn't say that he had waited at the wharf with people five days ago, but on this day, the big wharf was occupied by the people of the government, and they didn't dare to come forward, so they had to go to the small wharf where the fishing merchants walked.

I saw a few Beijing ships passing over before, thinking that Lin Daiyu, Jia Zheng and others were going to be picked up by the government, and I was about to wait for the people who went to find out the news to come back, and then go to the government to wait, but I didn't expect Jia Zheng's ship to turn back and land at the dock here.

Daiyu and the girls were slowly getting off the boat wearing hats, and the young man hurriedly left Jia Zheng and rushed forward to greet him.

Jia Zheng was suddenly displeased, and secretly scolded this young man for having no rules, and when he looked back, he saw that the young man saluted Daiyu first, and then waited aside, Daiyu's grandmother slowly got off the boat, and when she saw this young man, she suddenly looked excited.

Jia Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the young man's eyes with red circles, and his eyes were just looking at the old woman, and he knew that he was wrong. This young man who claims to be a subordinate is about the son of Daiyu's nurse, and the mother and son have been separated for many years, and it is reasonable for them to welcome each other.

The people from the Lin family knew that they had picked up the right person, so they hurriedly came up to help move the boxes and cages, and hired five or six carriages to come over, and when they saw that there were many people and things, they hurriedly sent two more people to Suzhou City and hired two carriages to come over.

At that moment, Lin Daiyu and Jia Zheng, Jia Baoyu and others got into the carriage first, and the luggage of several masters was also loaded with two or three carriages, the people of the Lin family led the way, and the little servants of the Jia family followed the sedan car to escort them, and they all went to the Lin family's house in Suzhou City.

When the officials of Suzhou Prefecture arrived at the dock here, only the last few servants of the Jia family were left on the dock and were climbing up the newly hired carriage. The prefect fell into the water and went back, and the prefect took the lead, he looked at the dock where only the little guy was left and asked, "What about the people?" What about Lord Jia? ”

A clever little guy in the carriage came out and said, "You ask our master?" It's time to enter Suzhou City! ”

Zhixian looked at the Suzhou city wall not far away, and sighed, at this time, catching up with it again, not only could not leave a good impression on Jia Zheng, but would make people think that they had something to ask for. In this way, it is even more suspicious that the officialdom in Jiangnan is not clean.

The entourage around the county magistrate asked the little guy left on the dock by the Jia family about Jia Zheng's whereabouts, and the guy said with a smile: "Our lord's stay in Suzhou City is about to live in the house left by Aunt Lin. ”

The magistrate of Suzhou was confused, and he couldn't remember which wealthy businessman in Suzhou was surnamed Lin, and he had a relationship with Jia Zhengpan. Then I remembered that the late Lin Ruhai, who was a former detective and a salt patrol, was a native of Suzhou, and this Lin Ruhai should have left a house in Suzhou, and it was reasonable for Jia Zheng to come to Suzhou and live in the house left by his sister-in-law.

The magistrate of Suzhou inquired and understood this, so he took someone back in a hurry, and he wanted to quickly report the news to the prefect who had been frightened and turned into a soup chicken.

The prefect of Suzhou listened to the report of the county, but was glad that he did not go to the small pier again, so that more people could see his jokes. But in the blink of an eye, his attention shifted from not being able to reach people to how to remedy it.

The prefect of Suzhou drank the ginger soup brought by the beautiful aunt Jiaodidi, and instructed the magistrate through the tent:

"Hurry up and send someone to the restaurant, wrap the best restaurant for me, and tell them to clean up the best banquet. Also, in the next post, I will invite a few talented people who can talk to come over to the banquet. In addition, the building also said hello and told them to keep the Oiran and not be allowed to pick up customers these days......"

The prefect was sweating while listening outside, and while scolding the prefect in his heart, he bent his waist lower and answered more respectfully.

The prefect of Suzhou didn't know that the magistrate outside was scolding him in his heart, and while enjoying the warm fragrant nephrite, he recited all the ideas that could be flattered, and then asked a few words of the magistrate's opinion, and finalized the plan to entrap Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng naturally didn't know that the officials in Suzhou had booked the best restaurant for him, invited a group of "talented people" who were best at flattery, and also wrapped the most popular brand in Willow Lane in Flower Street for him...... He took the Lin family's carriage to Suzhou City, listened to the Wu language and Wu sound of passers-by, smelled the lively and noisy market life, passed through the streets and alleys, twists and turns, and the carriage stopped in front of a quiet mansion.

Jia Zheng got out of the carriage and looked up, only to see that this mansion looked like it was some years old, with water-mill wall stones and cyan eaves tiles. The corner of the wall is moss-stained, and a thick weeping poplar tree is planted at the door.

At this time, it is the middle of spring, the willow silk hangs down like a tassel, flutters gently with the wind, and a few pleasant birdsongs come from the dense green leaves, and through the mist-like leaf tent, you can vaguely see the figure of the yellow warbler flashing by.

A peach tree on the courtyard wall should be a hundred years old, and the flowers and branches are luxuriant, like a pink cloud. The breeze is fine, the peach petals are sprinkled down like rain, and with the willow silk fluttering, it is fresh and bright, and the scenery is picturesque.

This is Jiangnan, this is Suzhou.

Jia Zheng sighed at the courtyard in front of him. After him, Baoyu also got out of the carriage, praised the beautiful scenery in front of him, looked back at Daiyu, and saw that Daiyu was helping Zijuan and Snow Goose to get out of the carriage, lifting the light veil on the hat in front of her face, looking at the long-lost mansion in front of her, her eyes were moist.