Jinling Ningrong Street, Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Jue asked Jin Cai to clean up a courtyard for himself, and in the side hall, there was a bowl of rice, a bowl of hot soup and a few dishes on the table.

Jia Jue sat opposite Xiangling and said, "Eat first, and then talk slowly after eating." ”

Xiangling nodded, stretched out her hand to take the rice, took a small bite first, probably been hungry for a long time, drank a mouthful of soup, and began to eat the rice in a big gulp, and didn't care about eating the vegetables.

Sure enough, people want clothes, and Xiangling, who has changed into clothes, looks even more moving.

At this time, Jia Fu walked in, approached Jia Jue's side, and whispered a word in his ear.

Jia Jue was stunned for a moment, then stood up, and saw Xiangling looking at him carefully, so he smiled and said, "You eat slowly, I'll be back in a while." ”

Xiangling blushed and nodded slightly.

In the living room, the old shopkeeper of the Xue family had just been sent away, and Jia Jue shook his head with a wry smile.

"Third master, this is sent by the Xue family."

Jin Cai held a gift slip in his hand, walked up to Jia Jue and said, "Look? ”

"Forget it, take it!"

Jia Jue waved his hand and said, "Let people prepare things overnight, and I will go to worship my ancestors early tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes."

Jin Cai didn't say much and withdrew.

Jia Jue himself also walked out, came to the small study and walked to the bookcase, spread paper and pen, and wrote a letter.

....

Jia Jue pushed open the door, Xiangling, who was sitting on the chair outside, immediately stood up, hesitated, or stepped forward to hold Jia Jue, Jia Jue was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse, helped Jia Jue to the top and sat down, and hurriedly poured a bowl of tea, and offered it with both hands, "Master, you drink tea!" ”

Jia Jue took the tea bowl and took a sip, and said with a smile: "Don't be a master, you call me old, you can call me the third master." ”

Xiangling: ".... Third Master! ”

Jia Jue put down the tea bowl at this time, looked at the cautious Xiangling, and deliberately asked: "If you feel uncomfortable staying here, I can send you home, do you remember where your home is?" ”

Xiangling panicked, then knelt down with a plop, and kept saying while kowtowing: "Third master! Third Master! Have mercy on me, don't drive me away, I can do anything, I don't eat rice, I don't remember anything..."

Jia Jue smiled: "Get up, get up quickly!" ”

"Third Master Xie."

Xiangling hurriedly responded, kowtowed again, and when she got up, her face was already full of tears.

Jia Jue pondered for a moment, and then said: "You can slowly recall in the future, if you think of something, you can tell me, I ordered someone to find your family, and it is also your blessing to find it, and if you can't find it, you can rest assured in the future." ”

Xiangling was stunned, hesitated for a while before saying, "Thank you, Third Master, if you think of something, I will tell you." ”

As he spoke, he wiped his tears with his cuffs, "I'll go wash your feet." ”

Jia Jue: "No, there will be a mother-in-law to send it later." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Caijia led the two mothers-in-law to walk in with face wash water and foot wash water, and then retreated after putting it down.

Seeing this, Xiangling hurriedly stepped forward to go to the handkerchief in the winch basin and presented it to Jia Jue with both hands.

Jia Jue took it and wiped his face simply, Xiangling turned around and walked to Jia Jue with the copper basin, put it at his feet, and squatted down to take off his shoes and socks.

Xiangling picked up Jia Jue's feet and put them into the steaming basin, and said, "As long as the third master doesn't dislike it, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life." ”

Hearing this, a trace of laughter crossed the corner of Jia Jue's mouth, and then obediently put his other foot into the basin.

Nothing was said all night.

The sky just showed a hint of brightness, at the end of the day, Jia Jue quietly got up, this is a habit he has developed for more than a year, no matter what day it is, he will get up early to exercise, today because of rest only slept a little more, in the past he got up at the beginning of the day.

He moved very lightly, he didn't want to alarm the sleeping Xiangling, he originally asked her to sleep on another bed in the compartment, who would have thought, she said confidently, she was her own girl, she should warm her bed, this is late March, warm a ghost's bed, but it is not good for her to agree to be careful, and then she fell asleep in her own bed, and it was not easy to drive away, so she could only make do with lying all night, but she chose the latter between the beast and the beast, and last night chatted to know that she was fourteen years old this year, and she was still a flower bone, Even beasts can't bear to do it, let alone themselves.

That's right, she is the same year as Baochai, and Baochai is two years older than Daiyu.

Maybe it was because the movement when she got out of bed was too loud, Xiangling "Hmm! She opened her eyes with a bang, she almost didn't sleep all night, and she didn't fall asleep until the fourth watch, the movement around her woke her up suddenly, and instantly recalled everything yesterday, she hurriedly got up, the third master got up, she had to wait for him to freshen up, this is what the Jin Cai family repeatedly told her after entering the house yesterday, this is the duty of being a maid, in fact, she was forced to learn from the traffickers.

"Okay, you go back to sleep, I don't need you to serve me."

Jia Jue held her down with a smile, got up and dressed herself, and went out.

Looking at Jia Jue's disappearing figure, Xiangling reached out and twisted the back of her hand vigorously, it hurt, it was not a dream, and she suddenly felt that God had begun to favor her again....

......

In the study, Jia Jue, who had just come back from worshipping his ancestors, was reading a letter, and after reading it carefully, he couldn't help frowning, this was Lin Ruhai's handwritten letter, but what he said in the letter made him hesitate, although he was also hot about the Bai family's money, but let him send the handle to the emperor's hands, to be honest, I don't feel at ease, although I have the impression that Emperor Tianyou is not a person who is unkind, but this matter will eventually become a sword hanging over his head, which may fall at any time.

However, Lin Ruhai has a sentence that he agrees with, that is, Xungui and the emperor are grasshoppers on a rope, in addition, in the second half of the winter solstice ceremony, the Wenguan Group will mention the matter of Lichu again, this matter will directly lead to the emperor's support for the declining Xungui Group and the civil official group to contend with, how to become the emperor's own person, that is, to do some private things for the emperor, and therefore have a handle in the hands of the emperor, so that the emperor will rest assured that you will use you, only with you, you can rise to the top.

As for the civil official group and the three princes they support, hehe, the Jia family and the entire Xungui group in the previous life were destroyed in their hands, even if they switched to them, they would not be accepted by them, and they would only be thrown into the garbage heap after they had no use value, which is what they have always done to the noble generals.

Closed the letter, stood up and paced, while thinking about how to get greater benefits from it, there was no letter from Lin Ruhai, and he also planned to make some money, no money and power is like a cripple, now the Ming officialdom is rampant corruption, no money is blocked everywhere, money and power open the way, and the magic power is boundless!

This will make him more comfortable in the case of grasping the opportunity, and it is impossible to say that he will stand at the top of the court in a year or two, and even the title may be in hand.

The Bai family, a salt merchant, started in Jiangxi, and after five generations of hard work, they have today's wealth, which is why they dare to buy the confidence of murder, of course, the main reason is because of the decline of the Jia family's power, otherwise he would not dare to do it if he had a hundred guts.

Jia Jue took a pen, and made a heavy circle in a place called Wanshou Town in the southeast of Yangzhou, and clicked in the circle, this is the base camp of the Bai family, the whole town except for the Bai family's nature, the rest of the people are all tenants of their family, all the young and strong have been organized into family guards, countless knives and guns, it is estimated that there are even firearms such as three-eyed firearms, Yanding and Dongchang Fanzi of Yandao Yamen may be helpless against such an armed Wanshou Town, but it is not a problem for the Jiangnan camp at all, the wooden gate can be blown open with gunpowder, As long as you rush in, it is a wolf into the sheepfold.

Although he will get the secret decree of Emperor Tianyou, he still has to talk to Xu Pengju, the king of Dongping County, and Niu Jizong, the prince of Zhenguo, compared to the royal family with a cold nature, these old relatives are more reliable. In addition, Jia Daishan has been dead for so long, that is, the generals in the Beijing camp have been replaced, not to mention other places, if he wants to make achievements in the army, he can't do without the support of these people.

The Bai family's money must be in their hands, and by the way, they will kill chickens and monkeys, and tell those people that the Jia family is still the same Jia family two years ago, and not everyone can come to pick up the tiger's beard, and they will be beaten if they stretch out their hands!

Thinking of this, he made a heavy cross in Wanshou Town with his pen, and ordered Jia Fu who was standing on the side: "Select ten soldiers from the camp who are nimble and quick-witted, and you will personally lead them to Wanshou Town, find out the situation there, especially the surrounding trails and waterways, and verify the information in this letter, there must be no mistakes." ”

As he spoke, he handed him the letter.

"Third master, don't worry, the small one will definitely do it!"

Jia Fu took the letter and looked at it, then turned and walked out.