The rain covered the sky, and the busy people on the dock were desperately tying up the passenger boat.

Soon after Jia Yu and his fleet docked, three luxurious passenger ships slowly sailed into the Huai'an wharf.

"Madam, this rain is getting heavier and heavier, and I am afraid that I will not be able to sail tonight. I can only grieve my wife, brother and girl to rest at the inn for a while, and then we will start again when the weather clears tomorrow. ”

Xue Cheng, the chief housekeeper of the Xue family, was the right-hand man left by Xue's father to their mother-in-law, and Mrs. Xue looked at the pouring rain outside the cabin and nodded.

"This rain is coming, let's go ashore first to take shelter. I remember that there was a good inn on the dock, so I quickly sent someone to ask if there were enough rooms. ”

After arranging these things, Mrs. Xue had to go back to the cabin to take care of a pair of children.

"Mother, it's raining so hard outside, why do we have to go out? Wouldn't it be nice to take shelter from the rain in the cabin? It's so uncomfortable to get people wet! ”

The personalities of the brothers and sisters of the Xue family are very different, Xue Pan has a luxurious temperament and arrogant speech. Although I also went to school, I only knew a few words, and I only had cockfights and horses all day long, and I just played in the mountains and rivers.

However, Baochai has a square character, beautiful appearance, and intelligent nature, erudition and macroview. This time, they were able to dispose of Xuzhou's business well, thanks to Xue Baochai who found evidence of the shopkeeper from the account book.

It's a pity that Baochai is not a man, otherwise the Xue family would not have become more and more difficult.

Xue Cheng came back happily not long after he went to the inn, he wiped the rain from his face and said, "Madam, our luck is really good, guess who the old slave met in the inn?" ”

Without waiting for Mrs. Xue to answer, Xue Cheng explained to the mother and son by himself: "After the old slave went to the largest inn on the dock, he didn't expect that this inn had been chartered by a nobleman from the capital. Originally, the old slave planned to go to a few other houses to have a look, but he met the second master of Rongguo Mansion in the inn! ”

"Jia Lian? Feng girl's husband? ”

Mrs. Xue covered her mouth and asked in surprise: "Why did he come to Jiangnan when he didn't have a festival?" ”

"Back to Mrs., Second Master Lian said that he was accompanying the eldest master of Rongguo Mansion to Yangzhou to visit Lord Lin, and by the way, he went back to Jinling to deal with the affairs of the clan. Madam, let's go to the inn first, Second Master Lian specially left a few upper rooms for us, and the old slave has already asked people to clean up in advance. ”

……

Xue Cheng asked people to bring a carriage and braved the wind and rain to send the three of them to an inn not far away.

On a boat that entered the dock after the Xue family's passenger ship, a boatman wearing a hat looked at the Xue family's mother and son who were far away, threw the oars, and got into the cabin.

In the seemingly inconspicuous ordinary passenger boat, there were several middle-aged men with dark expressions sitting at this time.

The man dressed as a boatman took off the hat on his head, bowed down and reported to the person on the main seat: "Master, the people of the Xue family have just gone ashore to the inn, which is the one chartered by Jia Yu and his party. ”

"This is a bit troublesome, if it's just those guards of the Xue family, we can do it seamlessly with this heavy rain. But if we provoke the group of people in the Jia family, we may not be able to quit completely. ”

The middle-aged man on the main seat rubbed the jade wrench on the thumb of his right hand, kept his eyes closed and remained silent, allowing several other people to argue noisily.

It wasn't until there was a knock on the door outside the cabin that he snapped his eyes open.

I saw a man in black in a cloak walk in, clasped his fists and said, "Fourth Master Zhen, everything is arranged." No matter what happens on the dock tonight, Huai'an Mansion City will not send a single soldier over. ”

"Well done, Third Master Wang!"

It turned out that this third master Wang was none other than Wang Ziteng's younger brother Wang Zisheng. This time he went south, but he vacated Beijing without telling the prince, in order to have a relationship with the Zhen family, and he couldn't be a second housekeeper at home for the rest of his life!

And the fourth master of the Zhen family is Zhen Yingjun, the cousin of Zhen Yingjia, the eldest master of the Zhen family. has been hiding in the shadows all these years, and few people know that the fourth master of the Zhen family is actually the biggest water bandit leader on the canal.

The capital has been urging the silver in a hurry recently, and before it is released, Zhen Yingyun will definitely not take a huge risk to confront the Xue family in Jinling. After all, the Zhen and Xue families had close contact in the early years, that is, after Xue's father passed away, the contact slowly faded.

As for Shang Jia Yu and the others, Zhen Yingyun thought of the letter he received from the capital two days ago, and a smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "Since they are all together, then we should also do our best to be a landlord." Wang Sanye, you just wait here, rest assured, Mrs. Xue and their mother and son will be fine, and when the time comes, Wang Sanye might as well think about how to persuade Ling Mei to bring her children into Beijing. ”

……

Because of the sudden rainstorm, the prosperous place by the wharf was crowded with merchants from the north and south at this time.

The torches could not be lit at all, only a few lights faintly appeared under the eaves on both sides, pointing out the direction for the Xue family's carriage.

Jia Lian yawned and stood in front of the door of the inn, Mrs. Xue was also his wife's aunt, as a junior, he didn't want people to think that the second master of Rongguo Mansion had lost his manners.

"Master, here!"

Xiao Xing'er saw the old servant leading the carriage from a distance, and it was the Xue family's chief steward who had just spoken to his grandfather.

The canopy in front of the door was crackled by raindrops, and after the carriage stopped, Jia Lian greeted him.

"Nephew Jia Lian visits his aunt."

The second master of Lian is a handsome and beautiful son, and there are few people in the capital who are better looking than him.

Mrs. Xue has been married to Jiangnan for nearly 20 years, and the last time she visited Rongguo Mansion was in the Zhaowu Dynasty, she could vaguely recognize Jia Lian's appearance from Jia Lian's face.

She got out of the car and picked up a pair of children. Mrs. Xue gave Jia Lian a blessing in response, and Baochai also bowed down with her mother Yingying, but Xue Pan on the side stared straight at Jia Lian's peach blossom eyes.

Mrs. Xue coughed lightly, interrupted her son's rudeness, and after giving Jia Lian a brief introduction, Jia Lian led a few people upstairs.

"Brother Lian, has the eldest master ever rested? I asked Pan'er to kowtow to the eldest man. ”

"My father has already rested, my aunt doesn't have to rush for a while, they are all relatives, why do you have to make such a fuss?"

Jia Lian took it to the three upper rooms on the west side, pushed open the door and said with a smile: "Auntie, you and your younger brothers and sisters go to wash up briefly, and my nephew has already asked the people at the inn to get some food." If there is any need, my aunt will ask her to come to her nephew. ”

Looking at Jia Lian, who was all-encompassing, and thinking about this son Xue Pan who gave her a headache, Mrs. Xue felt remorseful in her heart.

I knew that I should have listened to my brother's words back then, and sent Brother Pan to the capital early to let his uncle discipline him, which is good, and raise a gentleman alive!

Because he wanted to make room for the Xue family, Jia Lian only had to squeeze a bed with Jia Cong.

"Knock knock!"

Jia Lian, who was about to turn off the lights and fall asleep, heard a slight knock at the door, and carefully opened the door to see Jia Shiyi standing at the door.

"Second master, the lord has an order, please ask the second master to go to the room to discuss matters!"