Daiyu, who had been quietly looking at Jia Cong, looked away when she saw her coming.

I felt my heart pounding, and I was a little panicked.

I didn't know what Jia Cong said in a daze, so I answered.

After reacting, he looked up again, and there seemed to be a layer of water vapor floating in his slightly red and swollen eyes, and he said in surprise: "Bao girl...... Why are they here? ”

mentioned Baochai and Ping'er, the fierceness in Jia Cong's eyes weakened a lot, and he replied: "Because I will stay in Jiangnan for a while, Sister Ping'er and they have nothing to do at home, so they will take them out for a walk together." ”

Zijuan on the side was simply envious when he heard this, which was like the boss in later generations who invited employees to go to the Maldives for a vacation at public expense.

Daiyu didn't care about this, she blinked and asked, "What about the treasure girl?" ”

When Aunt Yue on the side saw this, a deep meaning suddenly flashed in her eyes.

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Sister Bao is because her brother got into trouble in the capital, got into trouble, and was injured again, so she can only escort her to leave Beijing and go to Jiangnan to avoid trouble." ”

Daiyu let out an "oh" and lowered her head again.

Seeing that Daiyu was silent, Zijuan on the side smiled brightly and said, "Third Master, how long are you going to stay here?" ”

Zijuan's face is a little long, but her appearance is delicate and good-looking, she was the girl next to Jia's mother, the old lady likes to be beautiful all her life, and the girl who can be by her side is good-looking except for a stout silly sister.

Coupled with the impression of her previous life, she knew that Zijuan was a very loyal person, so Jia Cong's tone towards her was relatively easy-going, and she replied: "I don't know how long it will be, but most of it will not be short." ”

Zijuan asked again: "Third master, when will Miss Bao come to Yangzhou?" ”

These words made Daiyu raise her head again, and Lingxiu's eyes looked at Jia Cong quietly.

Jia Cong glanced at the slight bow, and said to Zijuan: "Wait until after October 15." ”

The purple cuckoo wrench did the math, and it was less than ten days before October 15, and it brought a smiling face.

However, this time the smile was not bright, because she didn't know if the old man of the Lin family could hold on for another ten days......

Aunt Yue, who had been watching from the sidelines, opened her mouth and said softly: "It's better to go to the house and say, relatives come from afar, and they always have to take the wind and wash the dust." ”

Jia Cong nodded, and said politely: "My aunt calls me Brother Cong, my uncle is the closest relative of the Jia family, and my aunt is also an elder." ”

Hearing him say this, Aunt Yue naturally didn't want to say anything.

Although Jia Cong said that he was polite, what he said to his subordinates now was an order, and there was an undoubted strength in his tone subtly, which was not something that a woman in the house could push.

After everyone smiled, they walked to the guest hall together.

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After sitting down one by one in the side hall, there were maidservants serving tea.

Jia Cong looked at the style of the Lin family's maidservants, which was still different from the Jia family.

The Lin family does not have the strong luxury of the Jia family, which may be related to the more open atmosphere in Jiangnan.

Moreover, the layout of the furniture in the hall of the Lin family is also based on the atmosphere of life, comfortable and concise, clear and beautiful.

It is different from the luxury and solemnity in the noble mansions of Shenjing.

Jia Cong sighed in his heart:

Sure enough, Jiangnan is more suitable for life......

The main seat in the hall was vacated, and the brothers Jia Lian and Jia Cong were on the left, and Aunt Yue and Daiyu were on the right.

After sitting down, Jia Lian greeted Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, Xing Shi and others, and learned about the trouble caused by Xue Pan, and sighed: "I don't know what the situation is in the capital now?" Ningfu ...... Alas. ”

Although he was stubborn in Yangzhou, he also found an old man and cured the problem that he was scared of at the beginning......

But living in the capital since childhood, there are still some worries.

Especially after the Ning Mansion was revoked, Jia Lian could clearly feel that some old friends had changed their attitudes towards him.

Although it is not slack, it must be much colder than the warm compliments it once had.

Jia Lian also understands that the truth of the world is to chase the rise and kill the fall, but he is still uncomfortable.

He thought that if the Jia family hadn't had so many changes because of him, the Ning Mansion might not have been removed, and with the Jia family's dual dukes, it would not be impossible to protect a relative.

Jia Cong saw that his expression was low and even blamed himself, so he said: "The matter of the East Mansion is over, thanks to the grace of the Emperor of Heaven, the door seal of the East Mansion has been removed, and Your Majesty has rewarded me with the East Mansion." ”

Seeing that Jia Lian's face was moved and dumbfounded, he said to Daiyu again: "Before I came, I also wandered with my sisters in Huifang Garden a few times, and Sister Lin also had a place to go after she went back." ”

When Daiyu heard this, she looked at Jia Cong and smiled reluctantly, but there were tears in Lingxiu's eyes.

She knew that the day she would go back would be when her father died.

She also had to help her father's coffin back to the ancestral grave of the Lin family in Suzhou for burial......

Thinking of this, where can Daiyu stop her tears?

Seeing this, Jia Cong was about to ask Lin Ruhai how his condition was, when he heard a burst of footsteps and wanton laughter outside.

Jia Cong raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and looked at others.

Seeing that Aunt Yue's face on the other side changed slightly, she was faintly ugly.

Daiyu also frowned, her expression was disgusted and displeased, but Jia Lian still smiled......

Jia Cong was suspicious in his heart, but before he could say anything, he saw a middle-aged man and a young man come in freely, with a warm expression on their faces to welcome the guests.

Rao is with Jia Cong's wisdom, and he didn't react for a while, what will be the origin of these two people......

Looking at the smugness hidden under the reserved smiles on the faces of the two people who entered the door, Jia Cong's brows furrowed.

Looking at the other side again, Daiyu lowered her eyes and didn't speak, Aunt Yue's face was gloomy, and there was a trace of sadness and grief in her eyes, Jia Cong's eyes narrowed slightly.

But Jia Lian beside him stood up and smiled at him, as if he was ready to introduce someone to him......

Jia Cong still couldn't figure out what the identity of the person who came would be, but this was not Jingzhong, and few people could suppress him with their identity, so he didn't have to wronged himself, so he asked bluntly: "Second brother Lian, who are these two?" Sister Lin and her aunt are here, except for their closest relatives, how dare a foreign man enter the house? ”

As soon as these words came out, Jia Lian and the two men changed their faces, but Aunt Yue and Daiyu raised their heads and looked at Jia Cong with some surprise......

Jia Lian hurriedly explained: "Third brother, don't be angry, that's the case, these two people are from the Lin family in Suzhou, and my uncle sent someone to invite them." My uncle has no children under his knees, and when he can't bear to speak, there will always be a Lin family who will fall into the pot...... Moreover, in the future, there will be people to sacrifice incense during the New Year's festivals. ”

Hearing Jia Lian's words, Jia Cong's face softened slightly.

No wonder......

In this era, the theory of inheriting incense is more important than life, and it is a great fear to become a lonely ghost after death.

Aunt Yue's face was so ugly, I think it was because she understood that her situation was going to be embarrassing or even difficult......

As for Lin Daiyu, she naturally doesn't like to let a stranger share her father, and even her status in the future is much higher than her.

But this kind of thing is taken for granted at the moment.

Otherwise, Lin Ruhai would not have taken the initiative to do so.

In the final analysis, it is nothing more than because men are inferior to women.

Since it was Lin Ruhai's own decision, Jia Cong didn't have much to say, he should have passed like this......

It's just that Jia Cong didn't expect that the tree wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop.

I don't know if I was carried away by the family business that I was about to get my hands on, or if I was flattered by people these days and really thought that I had become the noble son of the Yanzheng Yamen, who had come to see relatives with good intentions, who had wanted to be driven away by such ruthless questioning, the middle-aged man could still hold back, and the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man really couldn't bear it, and sneered: "It's really strange, I don't know whose rules and etiquette, the guests come to the host's house as guests, and they are also anti-guest-oriented, and they have caught up with the host!" ”

When they heard this, their faces changed.

The middle-aged man immediately turned around and scolded: "Damn beast, what kind of thing are you, if you don't look at what kind of place this is, it will be your turn to talk more?" ”

Then he smiled at Jia Lian and Jia Cong: "The dog is young, he doesn't know the rules and etiquette, and his words make people laugh, so he really lacks education......"

This is clearly about his son, but who can't hear which one he actually accuses?

Jia Lian, who had always had a smiling face, lowered his face and looked at a pair of fathers and sons opposite with gloomy eyes.

In his heart, it would be a lie to say that he did not have jealousy of Jia Cong, after all, Jia Cong took his place.

But he was a mild-mannered man with no temperament.

In my life, I almost never hated anyone except for a woman.

He didn't even hate Jia Yu, who cut off one of his ears, because it was his old man, and it was a matter of course.

So he only thinks about Jia Cong's jealousy occasionally.

More often than not, Jia Cong is regarded as a brother.

Even if it's not close, at least it's much closer than the two Lin family members opposite.

At this moment, the two Lin family members pointed at Sang and scolded Huai and Jia Cong in front of him, how could he not be annoyed?

Not only him, but even Daiyu and Zijuan turned red, glaring at the two distant relatives of the Lin family.

When it comes to proximity and distance, these two Lin family members are far inferior to Jia Cong.

To this day, the two still use the soap given to them by Jia Cong......

However, he didn't give Jia Lian a chance to attack, so he heard Jia Cong say calmly: "The second brother is tired to go to the second gate to invite Shen Lang in." ”

Jia Lian had a good temperament, and he didn't ask which Shen Lang was, guessing that Xu was Jia Cong's personal soldier, so he went out directly.

The middle-aged man is not a fool, so he naturally knows what Jia Lian is doing.

But he thought that Jia Lian would be able to call a Rongguo Mansion to follow him.

If it had been placed a year ago, he would naturally not dare to be right with the wealthy families in Beijing.

The Jia family can leave him some leftovers, and if he is cold, he will be able to burn high incense and be grateful to Dade.

But these days, he has already inquired clearly, and the Jia family today is no longer the Jia family of a year ago.

The huge Jia family's Fang Ning Guofu was removed, which shows that the Jia family's holy family is not there.

He also heard that the Jia family had offended the powerful New Party giants of the current dynasty, and they were simply crumbling and in danger.

If it weren't for the old exploits of the second prince of Rongning in the palace, and ordered the Jia family to send a son to Jiubian to die to atone for their sins, the Jia family was afraid that they would not even be able to keep the Rongguo Mansion.

Although the Jia family is the founder of the country, it is the Zhenyuan lineage that is now in charge of military power.

The Jia family is no longer in charge of the military aircraft, and now it is in decline.

How can he, an "upstart", be afraid of such a decadent wealthy family?

And he had already inquired and understood that the prefect of Yangzhou was the backbone of the new party, and he would not pay attention to a wealthy family in Chang'an City that was beginning to decline.

Although the Jia family still has many old relatives in Jiangnan, this is the Lin family!

Although he is a distant branch of the Lin family, he is also a member of the Lin family, and he was personally invited by Lin Ruhai in a letter......

He didn't believe it, there was no royal law in this world, and he could let a Jia family bully the Lin family in the Lin family!

The most important thing is that these days, the housekeepers of the Lin family's former mansion, the officials of the salt administration and yamen, and even the head of the salt soldiers treat him politely.

Several top salt merchants in Yangzhou City invited the host to a banquet.

After seeing such a world, how could he be afraid of a hairy boy?

With a sneer on his face, the middle-aged man said to his son: "Lin Yuan, go to the front and tell Steward Cui that the master is recuperating, don't let the messy people come in." If someone forcibly breaks in, let people go to the front and say to Zhao Yingzheng, you can't let people mess up my Lin family's tranquility.

Now it's not the same time, now that the Son of Heaven is above, ignorance is not allowed to run rampant. ”

The young man named Lin Yuan blushed with excitement when he heard this, and after scanning the circle with his face held high, he went out.

Jia Cong, whose face did not change at all, saw that Aunt Yue on the other side was restrained and uneasy, Daiyu and Zijuan were both worried and angry, looking at him with concerned eyes, and a smile appeared on his face that he had not shown for a long time.

Jia Cong smiled faintly at Daiyu: "I came in a hurry today, and I didn't bring gifts to my uncle and Sister Lin, so I will clean up the family affairs for Sister Lin on my behalf." Although it's not all here, and the old lady is not in front of me, I won't let the messy people bully my sister. Otherwise, how can you be worthy of Sister Lin's 'third brother'? Scold. ”

I don't know why, although I thought that the father and son of the Lin family's distant branch had the upper hand just now, but now looking at Jia Cong's almost imperceptible flat smile, whether it was Daiyu or Zijuan, they all had strong confidence in him.

Daiyu said softly: "Thank you, third brother." ”

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