"Holy Father" Jia She of the Red Chamber

It wasn't until King Yong and the others came out of Prince Zhongshun's mansion that Lin Ruhai's worried and resolute expression changed, and he looked more polite.

Jia Amnesty smiled and patted Lin Ruhai's shoulder: "How do you feel?"

"How could it be good?" Lin Ruhai also laughed: "But your method is very effective. If you continue like this, no matter it is my uncompromising or your eloquent tongue, you can take people down. .”

At this moment, Lin Ruhai finally felt that this matter had some clues.

In fact, at the beginning, Lin Ruhai was really frightened. King Zhongshun was right. This matter is not as simple as asking for arrears. It's useless to have the prince, King Yongjun, but he was the king of Yongjun who wanted to come here specially because of this incident. When he got out of that quagmire, he was already grateful. In the end, he was dismissed from office, but his life could still be saved, but if he continued to sit in the position of Xunyan Yushi , then he must be dead, when the time comes, what will his Yu'er do.

Ever since the crown prince was abolished, all the princes have been eager to move towards the position above. Jiangnan used to be the crown prince's purse, but now it may be a certain prince's purse. He himself has received invitations from the eldest prince, third prince, and fifth prince. Fortunately, he got out in time now. According to his observations these days, the king of Yongjun is considered upright, and if he works with him, even if he is not the king of Yongjun who will ascend the throne in the future, he will not be tabooed by the new emperor. Nothing is wrong.

The next few people went to the mansion of the Minister of the Ministry of War. It was also Lin Ruhai who was in front, and Jia Amnesty was behind. , and looking at Situ Zhen with a cold face, he finally felt that it was okay for him to resist now, and he was really easy to talk about and paid back the money owed.

The few people have been busy all day, but they still recovered the money owed by the Liuqi family. It seems that it is much easier to get rid of the stubborn king of Zhongshun.

But after that, Lin Ruhai was in a dilemma.

After confiscating the owed money and bringing it back to the household department, Lin Ruhai felt troubled looking at the family who was going to ask for it tomorrow.

This time they asked for the owed money in accordance with the order of the household department red list posted at the door. If they didn't want to return the family's money, they would not only return the IOU, but the household department would write off the account, and even the red list would indicate "repaid." 'Two characters.

But the first family to ask for money tomorrow is the Jia family in Rongguo Mansion.

Lin Ruhai looked at the list in embarrassment, hesitated for a while, and then took the list and asked Jia She: "Brother, look at this..., tomorrow, what will we do tomorrow?"

"What should I do?" Jia She took the list in doubt, looked at the familiar name on it, and looked at Lin Ruhai with a half-smile: "The emperor's order is hard to break, what are you worried about, Mr. Lin?"

When Lin Ruhai heard Jia She called himself 'Master Lin', his body trembled, and he immediately became serious: "I'm just afraid that the Rongguo Mansion can't make up all the pieces now, and it will be embarrassing to meet when the time comes."

"No matter how embarrassing it is, it is the Rongguo Mansion's business. It has nothing to do with you and me." Jia She shook his head and handed the list back: "With the current reputation of the Rongguo Mansion, there is actually no right to challenge us, and there will be Yong County at that time." The king is in charge, we just wait to get the money."

Lin Ruhai nodded, with a worried expression on his face. The reputation of Rongguo Mansion is indeed not good, especially when it comes to dealing with Jia Amnesty. In this matter, even if there is a righteous extermination of relatives, no one will say anything.

What he was worried about was himself. Now he and Yu'er are still living in Rongguo Mansion. Although the previous incident made him have a lot of dissatisfaction with Rongguo Mansion, in the eyes of outsiders, it is their Lin family who have received the favor of Rongguo Mansion. Now he regrets more than once that he listened to his wife's words and insisted on sending Yu'er to Rongguo Mansion, but now he is really held back by Rongguo Mansion, and it is difficult to get out.

Thinking of this, he looked at Jia Amnesty gratefully. If he had been the elder brother who had taken care of Yu'er before, he didn't know what his Yu'er would be like by the Rongguo Mansion?

Lin Ruhai went back worried, and sure enough, as soon as he returned to the mansion, he heard a message from a servant that the old lady wanted to see him.

Lin Ruhai sighed deeply, met Lin Daiyu's worried gaze, warmed her heart, patted Lin Daiyu's head: "Yu'er, go with daddy to greet the old lady."

A playful smile appeared on Lin Daiyu's face immediately: "Well, Daddy is too busy today and didn't go to pay respects to the ancestors, so Yu'er can go with Daddy."

Lin Ruhai was moved again when he said that, it really was his good Yu'er.

When we arrived at Rongqing Hall, not only Shi Taijun was there, but Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, Jia Lian, Wang Xifeng, and even Jia Zhen from the East Mansion were there, all with serious expressions.

This is, three joint trials will fail.

Shi Taijun saw Lin Ruhai coming in, and without waiting for Lin Ruhai to greet him, he immediately said, "Son-in-law Lin, Zheng'er came back today and said that he is now following King Yongjun to collect the owed money at the household department, but it is true."

Lin Ruhai quickly nodded in response, thinking that Jia Zheng's news was too ill-informed. The red list has been posted for three days, and today is even one day of payment. Jia Zheng only now knows that this is also a talent.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai recognized him, Shi Taijun immediately patted his thigh and sighed: "You are stupid, son-in-law Lin, why can't you discuss this kind of thing with me."

Lin Ruhai's expression froze for a moment, and then he said: "Old lady, that's in the hands of King Yongjun."

Shi Taijun's voice choked, and bad memories of King Yong flooded his mind.

Seeing that Shi Taijun's expression froze, Jia Zheng stepped forward quickly: "Brother-in-law, this matter will kill you. You did it wrong. This matter of owed money will affect your whole body. Once those powerful and powerful people are excited by you, Yongjun The king can't deal with it, so why can't he deal with you, a small servant of the household department, when the time comes, even the Rongguo Mansion will not be able to protect you."

Lin Ruhai's face darkened: "Then according to what the second uncle said, what should Ruhai do?"

"Naturally, I'll stay home and avoid this matter." Jia Zheng said impatiently.

If you stop now, you guess the real danger.

Lin Ruhai's eyes narrowed, he didn't know whether he wanted to lament that the people in Rongguo Mansion were too stupid to be led by Jia She and feel complacent, or whether he should lament that the people in Rongguo Mansion were too naive.

Lin Ruhai sneered: "Second brother-in-law may not know that today my brother-in-law has gone with King Yongjun to collect the money owed, and the first one to collect money tomorrow is Rongguo Mansion."

"what?"

Before others could react, Mrs. Wang jumped up first: "Repay, pay back the money, how much do we owe?"

"58 taels." Lin Ruhai replied truthfully.

"Why, why are there so many?" Mrs. Wang's whole body was spread out on the chair. When they were separated last time, Jia Amnesty gave them a hard time, and they lost 7 to [-] taels of silver for no reason. Thinking that the current life in the mansion is to live without money, and this time I can't afford so much money, Mrs. Wang rushed forward and grabbed Jia Zheng's sleeve: "Master, there is not so much money in the mansion."

"No money?" Jia Zheng's first reaction was whether his daughter-in-law was greedy for things from the public again. Jia Zheng's eyes froze: "What's the matter, how come the dignified Rongguo Mansion has no money."

Mrs. Wang smiled wryly. His master really thought that he was Rong Guogong because of this title: "The last time we separated, our second house was divided into a total of 26 taels, and this does not include the residence of Rong Guo Mansion 12 taels, and those gifts from the imperial court, but they couldn’t be sold, and at that time, the eldest brother said he thought it was troublesome, so he just took the cash away. Those antique calligraphy and paintings didn’t cost much. , but it’s only more than 1 cash.”

Jia Zheng's face changed, and his lips trembled: "Well, that's far from 58 taels."

Lin Ruhai coolly added: "Although the Ministry of Household Affairs can also accept those antique calligraphy and paintings, house deeds and land deeds, they will pay a high price, and will pay [-]% of the market price. Looking at it this way, it is more cost-effective to return the cash. , As for the imperial gift, it is even more impossible to receive it."

All of a sudden, Jia Zheng's legs went limp. If Mrs. Wang hadn't pulled his sleeves to get closer to support him, maybe Jia Zheng could really sit on the ground.

After hearing Lin Ruhai's words, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng immediately turned ashen. A title without money, what do you want to do here?

At this moment, Jia Lian hated Wang Xifeng very much. If Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Wang hadn't cheated out of his money, his mother would have left him even more.

Shi Taijun's complexion also became ugly, she looked at Lin Ruhai, and discussed: "Ruhai, how come you are also under the prince of Yong County now, see if you can intercede and let the prince give a little grace for a few days."

Lin Ruhai shook his head: "I'm afraid the old lady doesn't know that the first person to visit King Yongjun today is Prince Zhongshun's mansion. In the capital, what a powerful figure Lord Zhongshun is, and he gave the money honestly. Not at the prince of the county," Lin Ruhai pointed to the top, lowered his voice: "The top is watching."

Everyone's faces were ashen, which meant that the emperor supported this matter behind the scenes, then, that was an imperial decree and could not be disobeyed.

"Old lady." Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang looked at Shi Taijun hopefully.

"Old ancestor." Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng looked at Shi Taijun expectantly.

Even Jia Zhen looked at Shi Taijun silently, hoping that Shi Taijun could figure out a way.

Shi Taijun was silent for a while, then suddenly patted the armrest and cursed: "Well, you Jia Amnesty, you are so cruel, this is to kill the Rongguo Mansion, he is the original heir, and he should be the one to pay back the debt Also, son-in-law Lin, you just take the county prince to find Jia Amnesty before tomorrow, and don't come to us."

Lin Ruhai twitched her lips, it was really shameless: "Old lady, now my uncle is also doing this for King Yong with Ruhai."

"That's better, just ask Jia Amnesty to return it." Shi Taijun snorted.

"Old lady, this is according to the law. Since the second uncle inherits the title, the second uncle should pay back the money owed. After all, the borrower was from the Rongguo Mansion, and the second uncle now represents the Rongguo Mansion." Lin Ruhai's eyes rolled, and he took out a stack of bank notes from his arms: "The son-in-law has prepared 5 taels of silver here, hoping to solve the urgent needs of the family. It's good to tell the uncle personally, the son-in-law really can't do anything about it."

When Jia Amnesty comes tomorrow, isn't the king of Yongjun also coming?Shi Taijun held her chest and gasped for breath. She didn't say anything to ask Lin Ruhai to take back the bank note. Her mind turned a few times, and when she turned her eyes, she saw Lin Daiyu standing next to Lin Ruhai and looking at Lin Ruhai with a worried expression on her face. , smiled and said: "Ruhai, Yu'er is already eight years old now."

Lin Ruhai's expression became serious, and there was a gleam of coldness in his gaze towards Shi Taijun.