Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

"Oh, what a rare visitor. I don't want Brother Jin to come to my place."

As soon as Lai Da saw the visitor, he happily gave way to the room. I had forgotten about him before.

As the purchaser of Jia Mu's house, Jin Wenxiang has never made any big noise. If it hadn't been for the fact that Jia She wanted to take Yuanyang as his concubine, Lai Da wouldn't have thought that he had defected to Jia Lian.

It can be seen that there are still many people who are optimistic about Jia Lian, but it is a pity that his father is not Jia Zheng... Just one Jia She has dragged his children to death, so in terms of status, he can only follow Jia She and be embarrassed.

"I don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything."

Jin Wenxiang said helplessly:

"The old lady knew that Mr. Lian had suffered a crime, so she asked me to find good sore medicine. But I... originally made the old lady unhappy because of that incident, so I must do this job well. Grandma Lai has been with the old lady for a long time and is well-informed, so I wanted to ask if there are any good medicines you can recommend?"

"Hey, it's a pity. My mother has just gone to bed. I will call my wife to ask..."

Lai Da pretended to call someone, but he saw Jin Wenxiang stopping him.

"Oh, I was in a hurry to run an errand. I wasn't in a hurry at first, so I delayed your rest this night."

Although Jin Wenxiang said this, he was not in a hurry to leave. When he saw Lai Da sent someone to make tea, he sat down "with no choice but to do so".

Jin Wenxiang is about the same age as Lai Er. His father Jin Cai was left in his hometown to look after the house, so Jin eldest brother was left to take care of the old man.

Jin Wenxiang, the second child, was favored by Jia Mu only because of the mandarin duck.

Originally, when he saw that his sister was older, he planned to find a good owner, but he didn't want to be a mandarin duck but fell in love with Jia Lian.

In fact, Jin Wenxiang was more optimistic about Baoyu, but unfortunately there were too many big Baoyu and he didn't like Baoyu, so he followed his sister and placed his "bet" on Jia Lian.

In his opinion, Jia Lian was an upright grandson of Rongguo Mansion, and he was originally meant to be the family member of Rongguo Mansion. Besides, Second Mistress Lian has managed the house on Mrs. Wang's behalf for so long, so there is no way she can really give it to the future Second Mistress Bao just because she keeps it.

Otherwise, she would be underestimating Second Mistress Lian’s ability.

Unfortunately, his calculation was wrong.

Before the future "Treasure Second Grandma" appeared, Yuanyang was thrown out of the game.

Jia Lianbai received a good beating, but few people really felt sorry for him.

If Yuanyang hadn't been reluctant to let go of his old relationship and asked him, as the elder brother, to help, he wouldn't have to secretly find medicine for Jia Lian.

"Anyway, it's all for the sake of the master. If Aunt Lai wakes up tomorrow and happens to see that good medicine, she can just send it to Second Master Lian directly. This will save me the trouble of going through the process again."

"I heard that Brother Lai is going to enjoy the blessing with Brother Rong, but I haven't congratulated you yet! If it hadn't been for this incident in our family, I should have come to congratulate you long ago."

Jin Wenxiang beat around the bush and finally got down to business.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Similarly, a man who doesn't want to be a butler is not a real man! Jin Wenxiang's father was originally a big manager. If he hadn't been left in Auiling by the old man, how could Lai Da be in trouble?

He felt that in terms of seniority, he, Jin Wenxiang, could still compete.

Therefore, after finding out that Lai Da wanted to escape unscathed, he promised that if he could sit in this position, Lai Da would be relieved.

The two reached a tacit understanding before saying goodbye.

After seeing the person coming away, Lai Da went to the study room in the backyard, where Grandma Lai was waiting.

"Unfortunately, that's not what the old lady meant."

Lai Da thought that Jia Mu had forgiven Jin Wenxiang and wanted to push him out to compete in the ring.

"I really didn't expect him when he didn't show up. Now that he shows up, I still think he is more suitable."

Lai Da wants to choose Jin Wenxiang to succeed him, which will make it easier for them to escape.

"Then make the water a little more muddy."

Aunt Lai is also optimistic about Jin Wenxiang, but his ability is too low, and he handled the incident inappropriately this time. Mother Jia doesn't like to deal with him. Seeing his wife's snobbish look, she looks down on him.

It would have been impossible to support him strongly in the first place.

"I'll go see Yuanyang tomorrow."

If there is a mandarin duck willing to help her brother, Jin Wenxiang still has hope.

At dawn the next day, Grandma Lai went to Sister Feng's place first with some sore medicine. She gave the medicine to Ping'er, asked about Jia Lian's situation, and then went to the old lady's place along the path.

On the way, I happened to meet Mrs. Lai greeting Aunt Xue.

Oh, I almost forgot, the official job that Lai Shangrong wants to be is not far from Jinling, and the Xue family's shops are everywhere, so he can really get in touch with Aunt Xue.

"...Really? I originally heard that your family was leaving, but I couldn't bear to leave! If Pan'er hadn't been injured too seriously, I would have gone to congratulate you again."

Aunt Xue smiled so kindly that she fooled Mrs. Lai into confusion.

If Xue Pan was so affectionate before being beaten, Grandma Lai wouldn't think much about it, but... Xue Pan was beaten at a banquet to celebrate Lai Shangrong's becoming an official, so it couldn't be just like that, right?

"Thanks to your second son for being sensible and coming to visit Pan'er often. Otherwise, he would still be angry and the medicine wouldn't taste good."

When Grandma Lai heard this, she realized something was wrong. Recently, Lai Shangrong had been saying that she was going out to meet friends, but she didn't say that it was Xue Pan who was meeting them!

"If Pan'er hadn't gotten better too slowly, this would have been a convenient journey. It would be great if we could go together, so that the two children can still take care of each other."

Due to the direction of the wind, Aunt Lai could only hear what Aunt Xue said clearly, but it was not clear how Lai's daughter-in-law responded.

Seeing the two finally saying goodbye, Grandma Lai realized that she had underestimated the friendship between Lai's wife and Aunt Xue.

And what is Lai Shangrong doing? Why are you stuck with Xue Pan again?

Before Aunt Lai could interrogate him, Da Lai discovered it first.

It turns out that Lai Shangrong was worried that Lai Er's family would become officials, and he was afraid that he would be short of money.

It happened that Xue Pan was known as a "lucky boy", so he set his sights on Xue Pan.

The Xue family doesn't have much else but the most money. Hearing that Lai Shangrong might be short of money as an official, Xue Pan generously said that they were all his "brothers" and gave Lai Shangrong 10% of the interest as protection fee for the shops in Ping'an Prefecture and County.

The requirement is that after Lai Shangrong takes office, he must unconditionally protect the Xue family's shop.

For Lai Shangrong, this was a business without capital, so he readily agreed.

He also made a written note according to Xue Pan's request, completely unaware that the Xue family was accustomed to using money to set traps.

Therefore, by the time Lai Da found out, Xue Pan already had the handle on Lai Shangrong.

There have always been "experts" in the Xue family.

"So that's why you spread the word?"

Lai Da was originally checking who leaked the news that day, but he didn't expect Lai Er to actually tell him that the person who spread the gossip was his son!

"You deserve to die!"

Lai was furious and wanted to beat his son with a stick.