When the Lin brothers heard Li Wenxuan's words, they knew very well that the other party was polite. Today's Lin family, with the help of Lin Ruoxi and his husband and wife, can show the majesty in their hometown that no one is afraid of and does not put in their eyes, and they can stand tall in the capital, and the related transactions can be smooth sailing in the national turnover and circulation.

Lin Jiafu, who had a quarrel with his second child just now, remembered that there was something that needed to be handed over to Li Wenxuan, so he used this incident to break the current embarrassing atmosphere. While standing up, he took out the unopened letter from his cuff and said, "Brother-in-law, I have a letter from Liu Wenjing entrusted to me to pass it to you on my behalf." ”

Li Wenxuan, who didn't stand up at all and walked over to pick it up, saw him hand over the letter to Wang Dake, the housekeeper of the Lin family, and then walked in front of him with both hands, hunched over, looking extremely respectful. As soon as he raised his hand, he took the letter from his hand, tore open the seal, and poured out the contents of it.

This is a total of two pieces of paper that fell into Li Wenxuan's hands, and one can be identified as a silver ticket from the appearance at a glance without looking at it. As for the amount, I don't have much interest. He threw the silver ticket aside, unfolded the letter written by Liu Wenjing himself, and took a good look at it.

All in all, the content of this letter is nothing more than to talk about the perennial past, how good the relationship between himself and Liu Wenjing is in Guixi's hometown, and then tell how he has been unwilling in recent years, and he is still an official of the seventh grade, and the last thing is to congratulate himself on being trusted by today's son, and he served as the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites of the third grade, and sent a ticket of 5,000 taels of silver to congratulate, and said very implicitly and hoped that he would help. Allows it to progress upwards a little more.

Li Wenxuan especially saw the last paragraph written by Liu Wenjing, he was still very young, and he hoped to be more loyal to the Son of Heaven and share his worries, and he hoped to walk around with him and discuss some related issues with each other, so he couldn't help laughing and asked: "So many years have passed." Liu Wenjing is still on the county magistrate of Guixi? ”

Lin Jiafu, who was very clear about this, told the truth: "Before I entered Beijing, the imperial court assessed him as competent, so he was transferred to the position of the official of Guangxin Mansion. Brother-in-law, you know the way, Liu Wenjing was originally the magistrate of Guixi County, although he has not been downgraded now, but the magistrate of a government is far less comfortable and has oil and water to fish than when he is a magistrate, after all, the former is in charge of the criminal name of a prefecture. The second official of the praise system, and the latter is the chief official who holds the power of a county. From a certain point of view, Liu Wenjing is not only getting better and better, but getting worse and worse. ”

Li Wenxuan, who heard him say so bluntly and explicitly, pondered for a moment and did not rush to speak. I know that Liu Wenjing is not a clean official and a good official, but he is also a rare competent official in the Ming Dynasty. Knowing the inside story of officialdom, he continued to ask without hurrying: "Did he offend someone?" As a result, will it end up with such a result? ”

Lin Jiafu, who stretched out his right hand and pointed at him with his thumb, was not a deliberate sycophant. But he really admired his ability to perceive the subtleties from it, and said slowly: "If you really want to talk about this, then you have to go back to a few years ago, when you were able to enter Beijing because of your merit in praying for rain." It was precisely because of this one thing that Qian Ming was recommended and meritorious that he was directly promoted from the Guangxin prefect of the fourth product to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites of the third product, but Liu Wenjing did not get anything. The start was fine. But as time passed, he became more and more unconvinced, and how good his relationship with his brother-in-law was, which was originally the credit of his recommendation, was monopolized by his former boss Qian Mingzheng, and he erased everything about him and so on. Presumably these rumors. More or less, it was passed into Qian Mingzheng's ears, which caused dissatisfaction, and this incident happened. If it weren't for Qian Mingzheng's scruples about the relationship between you and Liu Wenjing, the other party wouldn't want to slap him to death. ”

After listening to his explanation, Li Wenxuan felt a lot relieved in his heart, and he also felt that there was indeed a reasonable element in it. He folded the letter in his hand and put it into the envelope, and then picked up the five thousand taels of silver ticket that he threw aside, handed it to Lin Ruoxi's hand and said, "You put these things away well." ”

Lin Ruoxi, who glanced at the amount of the silver ticket, handed it over to Lu'er, who was standing next to him, and directly ordered: "You put this thing upstairs for me, and as for the things in the house, you can put it in the treasure pavilion next to the upstairs first." Lu'er, who said yes, arranged for Zijuan and Ziyan to slowly carry the gold in the house to the second floor to pile it up together with Fuqin, Siqi, Shishu, and the four third-class maids who entered the painting.

They were busy with their affairs, and Lin Ruoxi mentioned the donation to his father-in-law in front of his eldest brother and said: "The eldest brother wants to donate a candidate position above the sixth grade, but he doesn't need to fill the vacancy, so he wants you to help." Lin Jiagui, who was sitting next to him and didn't make a sound, was unhappy in his heart when he heard this, after all, his brother's meaning couldn't be clearer, that is, he wanted to at least suppress him. It was not good for him to attack again here, and he stared at Lin Jiafu opposite.

Li Wenxuan, whose heart is like a mirror, knows that as long as this official does not make up for a real shortage, a fat shortage, or a good shortage, then all of them can issue a "license" to do things as soon as they see the silver, and he has no worries about the future: "It's a trivial matter." ”

Lin Jiafu, who is proficient in business, naturally would not send so much gold in vain, and said with a smile on his face: "Earlier, my little sister and I have already said that I plan to live in the capital, so I have to ask you to help me match up and get to know some powerful people and figures in Beijing." ”

Li Wenxuan, who seemed a little puzzled, asked more: "If you come to the capital, then who will take care of your Lin family's property in Guixi's hometown?" ”

"That's naturally my father, after all, he is also old, and he has long lost the ambition of his youth, and he is more and more nostalgic for his homeland. However, all the transactions of the Lin family are up to me. Lin Jiafu explained.

"As the saying goes, if you have elderly parents in the family, the eldest son should not travel far. Since your father and mother are already old, it is best for you to stay in Guixi's hometown and do your filial piety. Otherwise, you will not be filial. "It's just that Lin Jiagui, who doesn't want him to stay in the capital, can't wait to drive him back to his hometown now. (To be continued......)