Lin Ruhai's heart moved, if his daughter was willing to marry Jia Chen, it would not be impossible.

Although Jia Chen is still only a fourth-grade imperial guard with a sword, he is only thirteen years old, and he is already in the emperor's heart, and the holy family is rich, and His Majesty sent him to be the minister of the Qincha, which is proof of this.

This son will definitely be able to soar in the future and make steady progress.

But Lin Ruhai's original intention was to let Lin Daiyu marry Jia Baoyu, and in his correspondence with Jia's mother, he already knew that Jia Baoyu was interested in Lin Daiyu, and Jia's mother also agreed with this family affair.

Lin Ruhai was a little undecided for a while.

At this time, a small servant ran in and reported that Dai Quan, the head of the Daming Palace, had come to visit.

Lin Ruhai had just recovered from a serious illness and couldn't get out of bed, so he hurriedly ordered the little servants to carry him to meet Dai Quan.

Dai Quan exchanged a few words with him and proposed that he wanted to accept Lin Daiyu as a righteous daughter.

Dai Quan is a big celebrity next to Emperor Chongrui, although he is only an internal minister, but what he says is sometimes better than that of a first-class master.

If Lin Daiyu can have him as a backer, then there will be more security in the future.

The Lin family is thin, and Lin Ruhai has offended many people because of his official business, so he is naturally worried about Lin Daiyu's safety.

Lin Ruhai agreed to Dai Quan without hesitation.

Lin Daiyu worshiped Dai Quan as her father-in-law.

The corners of Jia Chen's lips twitched slightly, if he married Lin Daiyu in the future, wouldn't he also call Dai Quan a "father-in-law"?

It's not that he dislikes Dai Quan as a eunuch, but Leng Buding suddenly has a stepfather, which is a little awkward.

Dai Quan praised Jia Chen's outstanding performance in investigating Yangzhou officialdom this time, and asked Jia Chen to return to Beijing to report to His Majesty and receive a reward according to his merits.

Unexpectedly, Jia Yu came.

It turned out that Jia's mother was worried that Jia Chen was young and could not handle things well, and Jia Lian's talents were limited and it was difficult to take on big responsibilities, so she sent Jia Yu over.

Jia Yu, as a first-class general, is a member of the first grade, although he has no real power, but his grade is extremely high, and when he arrives in Yangzhou City, he is the nominal highest official, who dares to be disrespectful?

Jia Yu saw Dai Quan and greeted him with a few words.

When he learned that Jia Chen did an excellent job, Dai Quan recognized Lin Daiyu as his goddaughter, and while he was overjoyed in his heart, he secretly sighed that he had run for nothing.

It's terrifying!

Lin Ruhai was originally worried that Lin Daiyu and Jia Chen's lonely men and widows alone would cause thunder to ignite the fire, but fortunately, Dai Quan came and Jia Yu also came, so he was a little relieved.

Although Jia Chen cleaned up the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou City, there were many salt merchants in Yangzhou City, and the situation was still complicated and dangerous.

If Lin Daiyu stays in Yangzhou City, she is still worried about her life.

Lin Ruhai asked Dai Quan to escort Lin Daiyu back to Beijing, and Dai Quan readily agreed.

Jia Chen saw that Lin Ruhai was wary of himself, and knew that he had not yet made up his mind to fulfill himself and Lin Daiyu.

But Jia Chen is not in a hurry, nor is he annoyed, anyway, it will be a long time in the future, and he will be named on the gold list in the future, and he will be the official slaughterer, and it will not be too late to officially propose to the Lin family.

Since Lin Ruhai wants to avoid suspicion, then he will do what he wants.

Jia Chen smiled at Dai Quan:

"Lord Nei, I finally came to Jiangnan, Yangzhou City is very close to Jinling City, the ancestral tombs of the Jia family are in Jinling City, I want to go to Jinling with my uncle and second brother Lian to worship my ancestors, and I also ask the Minister of Internal Affairs to return to Your Majesty, just say that Weichen wants to worship his ancestors and fulfill his filial piety, and he needs to return to the capital for a period of time."

Dai Quan smiled:

"The Great Zhou Dynasty governs the country with filial piety, Jia Qincha can have this heart, it is really rare, if Your Majesty knows, he will definitely be gracious, and our family will convey it on his behalf, please rest assured that Jia Qincha can do so!"

Jia Yu and Jia Lian on the side were confused, but they didn't expect that Jia Chen would drag them to Jinling to worship their ancestors?

Is this a whim, or is it an ulterior motive?

The next day, Dai Quan and Lin Daiyu returned to Beijing first, while Jia Chen rushed to Jinling City with Jia Yu and Jia Lian.

When he arrived at the old house in Jinling, Jia Yu wanted to open his mouth to ask several times, but he didn't open his mouth.

He actually wanted to ask Jia Chen, why did he suddenly want to come to Jinling to worship his ancestors?

Although Jia Yu asks flowers to find willows on weekdays and hides in the house to play with his little wife, he is not a straw bag, and he always feels that Jia Chen came to Jinling not to worship his ancestors.

Jia Chen saw what he was thinking, retreated from everyone, leaving only Jia Yu and Jia Lian, and then said to Jia Yu:

"The eldest uncle was supposed to be the head of the Rong Mansion, but he was usurped by the second uncle, is he willing?"

Jia Chen deliberately provoked, so he naturally had his own plans.

Jia Yuden was furious, and snorted coldly:

"If it weren't for the old lady's partiality with him, how could I have allowed him to be presumptuous?"

Jia Chen continued to follow the good path:

"Since he did something so inauthentic, how could we do what he wanted?"

Jia Yu slapped the rosewood table case violently, shaking the tea cup to a clang:

"What Chen'er said is very true, I must not swallow my anger, I must let out this evil breath! It's just that the second child has the support of the old lady, and if he wants to regain the power of the housekeeper, I'm afraid it's not so easy! ”

Jia Chen thought for a moment, lowered his voice and said:

"Second uncle, I have an idea, I can get some money back first."

Jia Yu's triangular eyes suddenly rounded, and he asked urgently, "What is Chen'er's good plan?" Come on! ”

As soon as these words came out, Jia Lian also became interested, and quickly came to sit down.

Jia Chen corrected faintly:

"It's not from the second uncle, it's from the old lady."

Jia Yu and Jia Lian's faces changed at the same time, and they were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

After a while, Jia Yu asked in a snuggent voice:

"Chen'er, you're joking, right? How dare we collect money from the old lady? ”

Jia Chen smiled mysteriously and said:

"Naturally, we don't dare to ask the old lady for money in person, but we can collect the old lady's money in Jinling City."

"What do you mean?" Jia Yu was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and urged:

"Chen'er, tell me about it, how do you collect money in Jinling City?"

Jia Chen sneered:

"Although the second uncle usurped the steward power of Rongguo Mansion, his hand has not yet reached Jinling, we must rush ahead of him and take over the Jia family's Zhuangzi, old house, shop, sacrificial fields and other properties in Jinling."

"Good! It's a good one to strike first, and Chen'er can come up with such a clever plan, which is comparable to that Zhang Zifang and Zhuge Liang. Jia Yu clapped his hands and applauded.

"What a good strategy, the foolish brother admires it so much!" Jia Lian also smiled, his heart was full of joy, if he could take away so much money, then he could also profit from it.

Jia Yu thought about it for a while, suddenly his face darkened, and he said with difficulty:

"Although Chen'er's plan is very good, I'm afraid it won't work!"

Jia Lian smiled disapprecitately:

What are my father's concerns? Let's just forcibly take all the family property in Jinling! The old lady and the second uncle are far away in Shenjing City, who can stop them? Who dares to stop us? ”

Jia Yu sighed heavily and said:

"Lian'er, you think too simply, even if we forcibly take all the family property in Jinling, when the old lady knows about it, we only need to write a letter, and we have to spit it out honestly."

Jia Lian's originally shining peach blossom eyes suddenly darkened, full of disappointment and unwillingness.

Seeing that Jia Yu and Jia Lian were discouraged and sighed for a long time, Jia Chen said impassionedly:

"The eldest husband has done something, and he has not done anything, and the second room has been bullied to the head of the big house, and he must fight back if he is reasonable.

Otherwise, the second room will feel that the big room is a soft persimmon that can be handled at will, and it will only intensify the wanton bullying in the future. ”

The second room refers to Jia Zheng's family, and the big house naturally refers to Jia Zheng's family.

Jia Lian was aroused by this remark, gritted his teeth and said:

"Brother Xian is right, if we shrink back and give in, the second room will definitely gain an inch, and at that time, the Rong Mansion will have no place for our big house."

Seeing that Jia Yu was still frowning, Jia Chen hesitated, and said with an indifferent smile:

"I have an idea, the eldest uncle has just arrived in Jiangnan from Shenjing City, and the eldest uncle can lie that he is not accustomed to the water and soil, suffers from dysentery, is sick in bed, and cannot leave to rush back to Shenjing City.

As long as the eldest uncle can stay in Jinling City for a long time, we will have a greater certainty of turning all the family properties in Jinling City into our own.

At that time, it will be difficult for the old lady to take it back, even if she snatches it back in the end, at least we will block the old lady and the second room, so that they know that our big house is not easy to bully. ”

Seeing that Jia Chen looked like he was holding a pearl of wisdom and looking confident, Jia Yu's confidence increased greatly, his courage was full, and he nodded with a gloomy face:

"Okay, Lao Tzu is not a puddle of mud that can't support the wall, you can let anyone handle it at will, from today on, I will say that I can't get sick, and I will leave the matter of collecting the Jia family's property in Jinling to you and Lian'er!"

"Don't worry, uncle, this matter is on me and Second Brother Lian!" Jia Chen said goodbye to Jia Yu and went out of the room with Jia Lian.

Jia Lian couldn't wait to propose: "Brother Xian, let's go and collect the Zhuangzi and Tian property now?" ”

Jia Chen smiled calmly:

"What's the hurry? The Zhuangzi, the sacrificial fields, the shops and the old house are all fixed, and they will not grow wings and fly away, so we must first get the private money that the old lady hid in Jinling. ”

Jia Lian was stunned and asked:

"How does Brother Xian know that the old lady has hidden private money in Jinling?"

Jia Chen said step by step:

"Second brother Lian, think about it, Mandarin Duck is Jia's mother's eldest girl, responsible for Jia's mother's dowry, and Mandarin Duck's brother Jin Wenxiang is the comprador of Rongfu.

It stands to reason that the two mandarin duck brothers and sisters are so valued, their parents should be able to live in Rongguo Mansion with the mandarin duck, but the mandarin duck's parents were arranged by Jia's mother in the old house in Jinling, what does this mean? ”

Jia Lian's eyes lit up and exclaimed:

"It shows that there are valuables in the old house in Jinling, and they need to be guarded by Mandarin Duck's parents."

Jia Chen bowed slightly:

"That's right, the old lady must send the most trusted servant to be responsible for guarding her private money, the old lady left the two Mandarin Duck brothers and sisters by her side, in fact, she took them as hostages, forcing the Mandarin Duck's parents not to dare to embezzle the old lady's private money in Jinling.

If the mandarin duck's parents dare to think crookedly, the mandarin duck brother and sister will not only lose a good job with a lot of oil and water, but may even lose their lives. ”

Jia Lian suddenly realized, and said with emotion:

"After listening to the penetrating analysis of the virtuous brother, the foolish brother suddenly opened up, the virtuous brother has such an unfathomable strategy, today really opened my eyes and admired it."

As he spoke, he suddenly changed his words and asked with a bitter face:

"Eighty percent of the old lady's private money is in the hands of Mandarin Duck's parents, but they will definitely not admit it, how can we force them to hand over this money?"

(End of chapter)