Lin Ruhai of the Red Chamber Reborn

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he hurriedly led people there. Gu Yue had nothing to do with him, so he knew that Lin Ruhai had come to Jinling to ask for a husband, so he followed behind.

On the way, after questioning the servants carefully, I found out that the matter was caused by some properties of Mr. Yan's sellers.

Although Mr. Yan's family is not very rich, it has some foundations. There are more than 100 mu of good farmland and more than 200 mu of medium farmland. In addition to the house where his family lives, there is also a courtyard with three entrances and a silk shop.

He originally thought that he had offended someone in Jinling, and the academy that Lin Ruhai said needed to be expanded, and he said that as long as he wanted to, he could stay in the academy and teach students for the rest of his life, so he planned to rent out the ancestral house and sell other fertile land Shop house, and then re-purchase property in Gusu, avoiding the pain of running around to collect rent every year. Recently, a buyer has been agreed. Who would have thought that another company would like to buy it. Mr. Yan has an upright temper. Even if the price paid by the latter family was high, they would not sell it, not to mention that they still blatantly lowered the price, so that family came to the door, very arrogant and domineering, and the first family did not dare to buy it when they saw this.

The boy said angrily: "One mu of good land is eight taels of silver, and one mu of medium-sized land can be sold for six taels of silver. There are still crops in the field. Our shop and its goods can sell for three to four thousand taels of silver. There is also a courtyard , Those people are so heartless, they are only willing to pay 4000 taels of silver to buy everything, and drive away the original buyers."

Lin Ruhai frowned slightly, and asked, "Which family is it from? So rampant?" As far as he knew, those who dared to buy by force and dare to lower the price were definitely not ordinary people's families, and there must be some influence behind them.

The boy glanced at Lin Ruhai, moved his lips, and whispered, "He's from the Rongguo Mansion."

Gu Yue was stunned when he heard this.

But Lin Ruhai said: "You don't have to be too careful, even though the Rongguo Mansion is my Yue's family, I can't lose my conscience."

The little servant immediately breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off his face, and said: "Our master didn't want to disturb Master Lin, after all, it is Master Lin's Yue family, if Master Lin intervenes, it will make Rongguo Mansion look ugly, just come here Those people here are really arrogant, and they brought a lot of people with them, the wife feared that they would hurt the master, so she ordered the younger one to come quietly and beg Master Lin."

Lin Ruhai smiled coldly after hearing this, and said: "As far as I know, the direct branches of the Ningrong and Rongfus all came to Beijing when the capital was moved, and now they all live in the Ningrong and Ningrongs in the capital, and there is no master living in the old Jinling house. , there are only a few servants left to look after the house. Let me ask you, you grew up in Jinling, you probably know the news and recognize people? Are those servants who went to your house to buy property forcibly, or the Jia family? Some offshoot descendants who stayed in Jinling?"

The boy nodded quickly and said: "I know, I know, I know everyone. I heard that the person who came here today is the son of the steward of the Rongguo Mansion, named Jin Cai. There is no one in the Rongguo Mansion now. The Jin Guanshi's family is in charge, and they are richer than our family." Woolen cloth."

Gu Yue was furious, and said: "It turns out that you are just a slave, but you are so bullying, you should be punished."

Lin Ruhai had expected it a long time ago, but he was not angry at all. After hearing Gu Yue's words, he just sneered, and said sarcastically, "This kind of thing has never been rare in the world? They use their power to suppress people, and I was the one who settled this matter for Mr. Yan in the past." , but it’s also about using power to overwhelm people, it’s all about who has more status than who, and who has more power than who.”

Gu Yue smiled wryly, and suddenly had nothing to say.

Although what Lin Ruhai said was not pleasant, it was true. In the world today, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. If the power is small, you can only be bullied;

Fortunately, Lin's house is not far from Mr. Yan's house, so we arrived in a short time. The gate was opened, and there were crowds of onlookers standing not far from the door, all pointing at Yan's house, some with sympathy on their faces, Some faces are gloating.

At this time, there were several tall horses at the door, and the boy said that they were ridden by people from the Rongguo Mansion.

Lin Ruhai snorted softly, and the servant rushed in to report. Mr. Yan came out to greet him in embarrassment, glared at the servant in dissatisfaction, and said to Lin Ruhai, "I have some trivial matters at home, why bother Brother Ruhai to come here in person."

Lin Ruhai said: "Mr. Why is this so? If you don't come later, how would you know that someone insulted you at your door?"

Said, looking into the courtyard.

The Yan family's house is not very big, it has three entrances in total, and it is very exquisite. Mr. Yan has a strong temperament, so he is not willing to let these people into the front hall of his house, so everyone who comes is in the front yard, and Lin Ruhai stands on the door, taking in everything at a glance.

There were a total of seven or eight of them, all of them with shiny faces and bright clothes, surrounded by a young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with delicate features, it was cold winter, and he was wearing a very gorgeous bucket of pearls and sheepskin robes. Moccasin boots, if it weren't for the fine cotton sweat towel tied around the waist that fits the status of a servant, anyone who looked at it would think it was a rich man.

Seeing this boy's appearance, and looking at the house in Jinling, Lin Ruhai suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Isn't the father of Yuanyang, the maid next to Jiamu, called Jincai?Could it be the person in front of me?No wonder there are some similarities between eyebrows.

As the No.1 deacon girl in front of Jia Mu, she dared to steal things for Jia Lian to pawn. Of course, Yuanyang has her own reasons for being considerate, and also because of her family background, it is absolutely extraordinary that she can stay in Jinling to look after the house. If someone can get an errand, their family must have a strong foundation in Rongguo Mansion.

Looking at houses is not a lucrative job for ordinary people, after all, it is difficult to make a living elsewhere, but Rongguo Mansion is different, as long as the big families allocate a lot of money every year to repair the old house, and because they are in Jinling, Relying on the Rongguo Mansion behind them, others dare not offend them. They only need to use the name of the Rongguo Mansion to achieve their goals.

Jin Cai looked haughty, brushed the wind on her collar and cuffs, looked up at Lin Ruhai, and said, "Mr. Yan, have you considered it? Let you know that we have let the wind out, except us, no one dares to Come and buy."

Although Mr. Yan was a literati, he was not eloquent, and his face flushed with anger. He was about to speak, but was stopped by Lin Ruhai, who looked at Jin Cai coldly, walked closer with his head held high, and said, "I want to know, It's just a slave, where can 5000 taels of silver be used to buy such a large family property?"

Jin Cai suddenly became angry and said, "Who are you? How dare you meddle in our Rongguo Mansion's affairs?"

The Jin family has been slaves in Rongguo Mansion for generations, and they know how to make money. Every year, the mansion allocates a sum of money to repair the old house. His father has been in charge of this matter. Considering that the old house is unoccupied every year, it only takes two or three years. It was repaired once, but all the money was kept, and at the same time, it quietly rented the houses on the back street and the back porch to others, and saved a lot of money.

Most of the high-quality fertile land and shops and houses in good locations are occupied by powerful people, and Jinling is also home to countless powerful people. Jincai and his father Jijiying camped for a long time, and finally heard that Mr. Yan sold the house and land. It's a local family. After several generations, the family business is very good, and they immediately took a fancy to it.

Gu Yue sneered and said, "Brother Ruhai, why bother talking nonsense with him? Just send a letter to Rongguo Mansion to ask what happened."

Jin Cai is not a person who has no wink. She felt that something was wrong when she said something before, and she regretted it very much. Lin Ruhai and Gu Yue did not dress like Mr. Yan. Now, after listening to Gu Yue's words, Sudden sense of ominous.

Lin Ruhai actually nodded and said, "You are absolutely right."

Then he turned his head and told the second housekeeper, "Let's go back to Gusu in a few days, remember to remind me to tell my wife, and ask my wife to write to ask the old lady and the two uncles when they will buy a house in Jinling. If you want to buy it, let me tell you, we are close to Jinling, so we can help you a little bit and inquire about the market. If you don't plan to buy it, you have to ask carefully, why did someone forcefully buy our husband's family business? Fortunately, I am here now. Jinling, if he wasn't here, wouldn't he be bullied by others."

The second housekeeper understood and immediately agreed.

When Jincai heard this, his face turned ashen. He suddenly remembered that the name of the Fourth Young Master of the Rongguo Mansion seemed to be Ruhai. Yue family, I want you to take care of each other."

Lin Ruhai smiled indifferently, and said: "Don't say that Wan Sheng came to invite Mr. to go to Gusu in person, if not, he can't stand by and watch."

Hearing this and seeing Lin Ruhai's extraordinary appearance, Jin Cai no longer had any doubts in her heart, fell to her knees with a plop, kowtowed to Lin Ruhai again and again, and said: "The villain has eyes but no eyes, please forgive me."

Lin Ruhai said indifferently: "You didn't offend me, so why?"

Jin Cai immediately turned to Mr. Yan, and said in his mouth: "The villain was deceived by fat, and he did such a foolish thing. Please forgive me, sir. The villain will never dare to do this again." I was doted on by my parents since I was a child, and I slapped myself on the face a few times, and my snow-white face instantly became red and swollen.

What a wink!If it wasn't for the fact that Jin Cai's actions were really hateful, Lin Ruhai would have applauded secretly.

Seeing this, Mr. Yan sighed, he couldn't let Lin Ruhai and the Jia family have a rift because of himself, waved his hand, and said: "Brother Ruhai, fortunately you came in time, and you haven't lost a single point, so please forgive him." .”

After hearing this, Jin Cai was overjoyed.

Lin Ruhai's eyes were as cold as ice and snow, and he said, "Didn't you hear that Mr. said to spare you?"

Jin Cai was overjoyed, kowtowed her head twice to thank her, and quit the Yan family. When she quit, she could still hear Lin Ruhai talking to Mr. Yan, saying: "If you don't have a buyer right now, you just sold it for sex. Compared with Gusu , Jinling is more prosperous, and my family also has a lot of family business here, so I send people here every year to collect rent and take care of it, and when the time comes, the master will send people to go with him."

Mr. Yan knew that no one dared to buy his own property because of Jincai before, and now it is not easy to find a buyer, so he said helplessly: "Although this is said, I have offended someone, even if I keep it, it may not be good. "

Lin Ruhai felt that this remark made sense, thought for a while, and said, "Wan Sheng has an idea, what do you think, sir?"

After hearing this, Mr. Yan hurriedly asked what his idea was.