The mother and son turned around and saw a handsome man in a fuchsia gilt brocade robe walking in with a smile.

"Ah Jue!" Lin said happily and loudly, holding the hand of the maid next to him and about to stand up, "When did you come over?" Why don't you say hello in advance, I'll let your cousin pick you up. ”

The person who came was Lin Jue, the nephew of the Lin family.

He is the eldest son of Lin's brother, he has been beautiful and eloquent since he was a child, and he is the nephew who likes Lin the most.

Lin Jue didn't wait for her to stand up, he stepped forward quickly, and held Lin before the little maid stretched out her hand.

"Auntie!" He called Lin affectionately and said with a smile, "You are not somewhere else, don't I want to surprise you?" I didn't expect the surprise to turn into a fright! As he spoke, he glanced at Li Duan thoughtfully, and continued to say to Lin, "I didn't scare you, did I? I should have known that I should have asked the little guy to come and talk about it in advance. ”

There was a strong sense of regret in his tone, which made Lin feel distressed when he heard it, and he hurriedly said, "Is your aunt such a timid person?" Besides, I don't dare to boast about anything else, your aunt is one of the best in this housekeeper's ability. Who else could have come to my house without a sound from you? ”

Lin Jue did not deny this.

After saying hello to Li Duan, the two cousins helped Lin to sit down at the round table outside.

The maid served refreshments.

Lin asked Lin Jue: "Are you passing by this time or are you going to stay for a few days?" How has everything been handled in Huai'an? How is the family's business going? Is your father okay? ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "My father's health is very good, and the family's business has been helped by my uncle over the years, and everything has gone well." I came this time because the business in Huai'an has been completed, and I came to tell my aunt so that you don't have to worry. Second, I also want to thank you, if it weren't for my uncle's help, I'm afraid I would have lost all my money this time. Speaking of which, there must still be a scholar in this house! ”

Lin couldn't stop nodding and said, "So I urge your two cousins to study hard." ”

Li Yi is now just a four-grade prefect, which has already taken the Lin family's business to a higher level, if it is like the Pei family, wouldn't it be silver pouring into the house like flowing water?!

Lin remembered Lin Jue's eldest son who had just been born, and said, "Although your daughter-in-law's family is rich, her background is a little worse. In the future, when your eldest cousin becomes a parent, you will take the child here to raise it. Not to mention reading a jinshi to raise people, you have to read a show before you come out. You look at those big families in Hangzhou, the business is top-notch, and eight or nine out of ten are from Xiucai. Only in this way can we talk to those who are officials, and only when something happens can someone protect them. ”

Lin Jue thought so, nodded again and again, and thanked Lin and Li Duan in advance. Then he said: "It just so happens that there is nothing to do during this time, so I came to accompany you and talk to my cousin." It would be better if you could meet the third master of the Pei family. ”

The last sentence is the main one, right?

Lin Shi thought, but her nephew's words were beautiful, and she was still very happy in her heart: "Okay! You just stay here for a few more days. Lin'an City is not good, the scenery is still elegant, every time you come in a hurry, this time stay here for a few more days, let your cousin take a walk around. If you are bored, take a boat and go to Hangzhou City on the same day. ”

Lin Jue immediately got up and thanked him, chatted with Lin for a while, and saw that Lin's face was a little tired, so he said goodbye with Li Duan, and Li Duan accompanied him to the guest room where he was resting.

However, as soon as Lin Jue entered the door, he drove out the servants who had sorted out the cages around him and the servants sent by the Li family to clean the house, closed the door, and took out a painting scroll from one of the cages he carried with him, handed it to Li Duan with a smile: "How is it?" I mean, you can't do that, do you? It's up to me in the end. Oh, Lu Xin's 'relic', see if it's the map your family is looking for. ”

Li Duan smiled sneeringly: "You already got it?" ”

Ever since they heard the news that Lu Xin still had a relic, they began to fight the idea of this relic. It's just that I didn't expect Lin Jue's idea to go so smoothly.

Li Duan couldn't help but defend himself: "The main thing is that Ah Jun fell in love with the girl of the Yu family, and I killed two birds with one stone, so I agreed to come down with the boat." ”

Although the affairs of the Lu family are going well, if someone wants to check, it is easy to find out whose hands this painting is. The maritime business is too lucrative to kill people and exterminate the people by comparison. The foundation of the Li family is still too thin to withstand the toss. What's more, there is a Pei family pressed on top of his head.

If the Pei family is allowed to get a piece of the pie, then their family will always be able to act according to the eyes of the Pei family, so what future does the Li family have? What's the point of his life's struggle?

Lin Jue was proud in his heart, but he didn't want to offend Li Duan, a cousin who might bring unlimited benefits to their Lin family in the future, not only did he not argue with Li Duan about winning or losing, but also followed Li Duan's words and said: "If it were me, I would be willing." It's just that I didn't expect the Yu family to be so stubborn. However, after all, we have to hurry up and wait until the Pei family finds out that the painting has already reached the Peng family. No matter how powerful their Pei family is, can they still be better than the Peng family? ”

The Peng family in Fu'an is the first in Fujian.

Not only have there been two cabinet elders in the family, but the current seventh master of the Peng family, Peng Yu, is still a close minister of the Son of Heaven, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, responsible for picketing hundreds of officials, that is, Pei Yan's second senior brother, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu, Dongge University Shi Jianghua, and he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Peng Yu.

The one who wants to get this painting is the Peng family.

And Li Yi, who has been wanting to be transferred to the capital in the past few years, the Pei family is too conservative and the pace is too slow, he finally caught up with the Peng family, and the Peng family is also willing to help him.

It's just that the foundation of the Li family is in Lin'an, and before forming an interest relationship with the Peng family that can be tightly tied together, the Li family is not willing to offend the Pei family, nor can it offend the Pei family, otherwise it will be reduced to ten times, and the current Li family will not be able to bear it, why make so many things?

Li Duan smiled and didn't make a sound.

The Peng family wants this painting, not because they have to be the Li family, but their Li family is not necessary for the Peng family. It's useless to say anything now, it's true that Lin Jue got the painting.

There is no paper in the world that can hold the fire, and Li Duan didn't think that he could hide it from the Pei family forever, but no matter what, he had to let the Li family stand in front of the Peng family to let the Pei family know.

He asked Lin Jue: "You won't come out in person, will you?" ”

"How could I be so stupid?" Lin Jue felt that his eldest cousin was a little stupid in reading, glanced at Li Duan, and said, "Of course it's to ask someone else to do it!" This person is also the confidant steward around me to contact. I just said that this is an ancient painting, and I have a way to sell it to people who like this painting, and if I get it to a pawnshop, it will be worth four or five hundred taels of silver at most, but through my hands, it can be sold for thousands of taels of silver. And the man was deceived. He bought the painting for four hundred taels and sold it to me for five hundred taels of silver. Although it was a bit much, it was just to spend money to buy a stop, and I didn't give him much to lower the price. ”

Knowing that this painting can be sold for thousands of taels of silver, but buying it for 400 taels and selling it for 500 taels, this is also a real person.

Li Duan pretended to gasp and said with a smile: "This person is not greedy. ”

"So, doing business depends on who you are." Lin Jue was a little proud of this, and said, "Look at me, I have never had any problems with my partner when I followed my father to the north and south. That's why I said that the Peng family is capable of doing great things, and it must be good to follow their family. ”

Li Duan was noncommittal.

On this point, he and Lin Jue had the opposite opinion.

He felt that the Peng family was very greedy.

Of the nine fleets in Fujian, the Peng family fleet is the largest, and has most of the ships in Fujian. But when their family inadvertently learned that Master Zuo had hidden a nautical map in this painting, they were afraid that someone else would get their hands on it, so they didn't try their best to get it?

However, this is also human nature.

Who wants to have another tiger next to their bed?

Li Duan and Lin Jue talked about the painting: "We sent it to Peng's house like this? Or do you want to see if this painting is the right way to go? ”

He didn't think that the Yu family would be able to discover the secret in this painting, but he was afraid that just like Lu Xin confessed, even he didn't know the secret in this painting, and they took the wrong thing.

Lin Jue said shrewdly: "Of course, I have to find a way to look at the picture in this painting." What if the Peng family repents? ”

In addition to inspecting the goods, it is best for them to take a handle of the Peng family and copy a copy of this map, so as to prevent the Peng family from turning their faces and denying it.

After all, they and the Peng family are not of the same level, it is easy for the Peng family to clean them up, but it is not easy for them to rebel against the Peng family. Especially if there is a Pei family in the middle - if there is no such thing, they can still ask the Pei family for help, once their deal with the Peng family is exposed, it will be good if the Pei family does not clean them up, don't expect the Pei family to protect them.

At this point, the two cousins exchanged glances that could understand each other.

Li Duan said: "Leave this matter to me." ”

Lin Jue's purpose for staying here for a while longer was for this matter.

He had to see the map with his own eyes to be relieved!

He will also personally bring this map back to Fujian and send it to Peng's house.

This is also what their family and the Li family discussed at the beginning.

Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers. Whether it is the Lin family or the Li family, they are too weak now, and it is possible to do the family business by hugging them tightly.

The two discussed who to find to reframe the painting.

Yu Tang's long-awaited news finally had an echo.

The person behind the Lu family is really Lin Jue.

She thought a lot about the painting. felt that if the Li family did not have the help of the Lin family, it would be impossible to do a maritime business, so the Lin family must know about this matter. In his previous life, the person who had the closest contact with the Lin family was Lin Jue.

He came far more often than a relative thousands of miles away.

Yu Tang managed to draw a portrait of Lin Jue to show Ah Liu, who sold pears in Xiaomei Lane, and asked him to stare at the gate of the Li family. He also showed this portrait to the two brothers of the Qu family, and asked them to stare at the person who traded with the Lu family to see if the painting fell into Lin Jue's hands in the end.

Fortunately, there were those things in her previous life, she stared at people upside down, and waited for the result she wanted.

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