The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

After Xue Pan took Bao Dai and the two back to the Xue family mansion, they went to Xue Zhizhang's study.Unexpectedly, I met an unexpected person inside.

"Gao Wei?" Xue Pan subconsciously called out as he looked at the young man standing still in the middle of the ground.

A look of surprise flashed across Gao Wei's face, and then he said flattered, "I didn't expect the uncle to remember the villain's name."

"Why don't you remember that? You were always behind Fourth Master back then, and we've been together for several months!" Xue Pan said disapprovingly.

This is different.Gao Wei shook his head secretly.Back then when the Holy Majesty was the fourth prince who was not very favored, even though his personal guard followed around every day, how many people could call him by his name?What's more, there was an interval of five or six years, even the loyal and loyal Lord Xue, who was all-round, hesitated for a moment when he saw him for the first time!It can be seen that the uncle of the Xue family is really not a master of power who "sees people order dishes".No wonder the Holy Majesty has never forgotten him for so many years.I am afraid that apart from the way this uncle earns money, he also misses this natural feeling!

Gao Wei thought to himself, now his feelings for Xue Pan have become a little closer.

"By the way, what are you doing here in Jinling instead of staying in front of His Majesty?" Xue Pan joked with a smile, "But you are the one who comes to receive bonuses every month, that's really overkill .”

"My lord is making fun of me. If the Holy Majesty really assigns me this job, then I will be happy!" Gao Wei smiled and complimented, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty has another order to come here today."

As he spoke, he took out a secret decree from his pocket with a solemn expression.

Seeing this, Xue Zhizhang immediately stepped forward and knelt down on the ground, and at the same time stretched out his hand to grab Xue Pan who was still standing.Only then did Xue Pan regain his senses, pouted, and knelt on the ground with his head bowed.

"..." Gao Wei also talked a lot, and finally took out another jade pendant from his bosom, and gathered it high above Xue Pan's head.

"..." Xue Pan didn't respond.

"Ahem, Mr. Xue, you have to take an order to thank you." Gao Wei said in a low voice.Although the errand this time is extremely secretive, the procedures that should exist cannot be wrong.

"Oh!" Xue Pan responded blankly, and then mumbled, "Thank you for your favor."

"..." This time, Gao Wei, who was embarrassed and didn't know what to do, was looking at Xue Pan with a dull expression on his jade pendant.

Xue Zhizhang, who was kneeling in a hurry, jumped up, but this decree was not given to him.In order to show respect for the imperial power, he can only speak after Xue Pan has fully comprehended the order, "That..." Gao Wei cleared his throat, and continued to point out: "You have to raise your hands above your head to take the jade pendant."

Xue Pan moved his arms without raising his head, and the abrupt movement almost missed Gao Wei's face, Gao Wei felt speechless for a while.After thinking about it for a while, he had to hastily put the jade pendant in Xue Pan's hand.

After receiving the orders, they finally passed in a mess.

Everyone stood up, and Xue Pan was playing with the jade cards in his hands firmly.I saw that this jade pendant is made of the best Hetian jade.On the front is a lifelike carving of a coiled dragon, surrounded by pictures of auspicious clouds, and below is a line of small characters, faintly written with the words "Tuzhen".

Only Gao Wei said in a complicated tone: "This is the jade pendant of the status of the emperor when he was the fourth prince. This time, I am here to give this jade pendant to Uncle Xue. Uncle Xue must keep it carefully."

As soon as he said this, Xue Pan didn't react, but Xue Zhizhang jumped.Not sure what that means today.This jade pendant is nothing more than a status jade badge today, every prince has it.But if it goes a little further, with her current status, this jade plaque can represent "as if I'm here in person"!That's a lot of power, I really don't know what it means today!

Is it true favor, or do you want to "praise and kill".

Xue Pan hadn't changed his mind a bit, only to hear Gao Wei say again: "When the minister came over, the Holy Majesty and the minister said that they must bring a word to the uncle." Now I can protect you. Don't be bullied by anyone, I want you to go to Beijing quickly'."

Xue Zhizhang was startled again.Immediately looked at Xue Pan viciously, and asked solemnly: "What did you say to the Holy Majesty when the Holy Majesty left?"

"Ah?" Xue Pan stared blankly, subconsciously said, "I don't have any!"

Seeing Xue Zhizhang's expression of "I don't believe it", Xue Pan said unconvinced: "I really didn't say anything!"

Immediately, after thinking for a while, he added uncertainly: "Maybe he said something! But it's been five or six years... Where can I remember it?"

As he said that, he secretly complained about the good memory of the Holy Majesty, how could he still remember the gossip from five or six years ago!Don't they all say that there are many opportunities to be an emperor?Don't they all say that being an emperor has the world in mind?Why is the Holy Majesty thinking of him now!

Xue Pan scratched his head depressedly, looked at Xue Zhizhang who had a face of "hating iron but not steel", and said weakly: "It shouldn't be a big deal...is it?"

"..." Xue Zhizhang glared at Xue Pan fiercely, and couldn't help but scream up to the sky.

In the end, Xue Zhizhang, who felt that he had been hit hard, drove the bewildered Xue Pan out of the study.Xue Pan, who was "swept out", touched his nose and was about to walk into his yard when he was caught by Gao Weila who chased him out.

He took out a sealed letter from his pocket and handed it to Xue Pan. Gao Wei looked at Xue Pan solemnly, and said, "Your Majesty asked me to show it to the uncle alone. After you read it, destroy it immediately." , absolutely cannot let the second person know the content of the letter."

Xue Pan blinked, looked down at the letter, finally rolled his eyes, and accepted it helplessly.

After returning to the courtyard, the first thing he did was to enter the study room where he had been away for a long time, and carefully closed the door before opening the secret letter.After ignoring those useless modal particles and adjectives, Xue Pan summed up two main points in his mind: [-]. Hurry up to Beijing, you kid, and I have something to order.

Second, it is best to bring your master who is "not male, female not female" to Beijing together.Of course, there is no need to force this matter, just do your best.

Xue Pan sized up the letter with a strange expression, his eyes lingering on the long string of "adjectives" describing Mr. Shi.After a long while, he shook his head regretfully, and still put the letter in front of the candle, and quietly destroyed it.

In the study, Xue Zhizhang called Mr. Zhuang with a headache, and discussed how to deal with it together.

"I originally thought that Baochai would be drafted next year, and we would go there next year when the arrangements were made. But who knew that such a thing would happen... Sacred Heart is unpredictable!" Xue Zhizhang said with a sigh.

Zhuang You also frowned heavily.It stands to reason that the Xue family now has the merit of being a dragon, and it is normal for the Holy Spirit to reuse it.But since ancient times, "accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger", and the thinking of the emperor Laozi has always been different from that of normal people. Who knows what tricks are hidden in the heart of the emperor!

"But now that the imperial decree is issued, we can't help but shirk it." Zhuang You thought for a while, and could only say this sentence.It didn't hurt or itch, he felt bothered.

"This is just one incident, and there's the girl from the Lin family..." Xue Zhizhang just felt that it was hard to say.Well!You picked him up bluntly, but after only staying for two days, you sent him back... It's not easy for outsiders to know about this kind of secret of your own family, so it looks more and more unsightly, and it's not good to spread it out ah!

Hearing this, Zhuang You sighed again and again.How unlucky things are all in such a hurry.Immediately, he took over the matter of the letter to Lin Ruhai, and was planning how to word it properly so as not to mention it completely.

Let's talk about Lin Ruhai's side, who just adopted a young boy from a side branch to recognize his son under his own name.Looking at this young man who is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but has already passed the three yuan, and the young man who has been named and praised today because of his pure filial piety is feeling very comforted!Then came the news that the old matriarch of Rongguo Mansion in Beijing was very sad when he heard that his daughter had died, and wanted to take his granddaughter to Rongguo Mansion for a short stay, and now the people who came to pick him up from Rongguo Mansion have already arrived in Yangzhou.

Lin Ruhai's brows furrowed indistinctly, because the son he just recognized had been to Beijing for reference the year before last, and he had also heard about the messy things about Rongning Second Mansion.I didn't want my daughter to go into that dirty place and suffer.But from the mouth of the son-in-law, I learned that the Xue family was transferred to the capital by the saint.Although he didn't know where the news about the son-in-law came from, Lin Ruhai also vaguely knew that the ability of the son-in-law was not what he showed now.I couldn't help feeling hopeful, and asked aloud: "Mo Zhi, in your opinion, how should we deal with the matter of the Rongguo Mansion?"

"The old matriarch of Rongguo Mansion is an elder after all. She misses her dead daughter and wants to take her to live with her out of good intentions. If she flatly refuses, it will hurt her face. Besides, my father is a lot of trouble here, and I have no experience in taking care of my sister..." Lin Mozhi pondered for a moment, and then said: "It just so happens that I was going back to Beijing for a job review a few years ago, so I'll take my sister back with me! Besides, everyone from the Xue family is also watching... Zhuang You, the master of Xue Pan, the master of the Xue family... It's my tutor, and my father has a relationship with the master of the Xue family... The two families are not outsiders, and Mrs. Xue and the girl from the Xue family are both delicate girls. I'm afraid it's more appropriate for us big men to take care of them. some."

What Lin Ruhai said made Lin Ruhai nod repeatedly, he was so entangled in mundane affairs that he really couldn't care less.Immediately nodded and replied: "That's it! I will write a letter to Zifei later, and you will take the people from Rongguo Mansion to Jinling together, and go to Beijing with Xue's family!"

Lin Mozhi nodded in agreement.Immediately, he looked at Lin Ruhai's gray temples and faintly haggard appearance, sighed in his heart, and said, "After I return to Beijing... I can transfer my father away from such a troubled place in the south of the Yangtze River after I return to Beijing, but I don't know my lord father. how about?"

In other words, are you willing to pay for this fat job?

Lin Ruhai was overjoyed after hearing this.He was originally a pawn arranged by the emperor in the south of the Yangtze River, specially used to check and balance Prince Zhongyi.Now that the new emperor is enthroned, although it is not easy for people to leave the tea, but he and the new emperor did not have any kindred spirits before.Although after the change of imperial power, he immediately joined the new emperor's family, but this icing on the cake did not reach the point where the new emperor could sacrifice anything or bother to plan in order to keep himself.And the reason why he agreed to send his daughter to the Rongguo Mansion, and adopted his son in a hurry, was to make plans for the future.

Now listening to Mo Zhi's tone, he actually has the ability to transfer him out of this quagmire.Why didn't Lin Ruhai feel ecstatic.As for the worry in Lin Mozhi's mouth, it was not difficult for Lin Ruhai.To put it bluntly, although he has not extorted money in Jiangnan in the past few years, he has made a lot of money.Later, after establishing a relationship with Xue's family, he also took part of the money into the Xue family's salt shop, and he had both immediate and future surplus.As for this kind of fat errand... Why do you need an errand if your life is almost dead?

Immediately agreed again and again, and said worriedly: "If there is a need for flexible activities, just talk. There is no one next to our house, and some money and food can still be used."

At the moment, Lin Mozhi secretly prepared 50 taels of silver and not to mention many real antiques.

Let's talk about Xue Zhizhang and Mr. Zhuang, who were worried about how to write a letter to Lin Ruhai, but they received a letter from Lin Ruhai with a sudden appearance of a son-in-law and many servants of Rongguo Mansion.Immediately they couldn't help but looked at each other in blank dismay, only saying that it really was "a timely rain from the sky".

He politely welcomed Lin Mozhi to the Hall of Renyi.Because Zhuang You is Lin Mozhi's mentor, Lin Mozhi first respectfully gave Zhuang Xun's apprentice salute, and then he paid his respects to Xue Zhizhang and said, "My nephew, Lin Mozhi, has met the Lord Zhongxin."

"My family, my family, just call me uncle." Xue Zhizhang said cheerfully.Looking at Lin Mozhi's description secretly, but seeing that he is tall, handsome, gentle, and elegant, and his every move is [-]% similar to that of his teacher Zhuang Shaoyou, he couldn't help secretly praising him, "You are so beautiful." son".

At present, the attitude towards Lin Mozhi became more and more intimate.

"I received a letter from Brother Lin, and wondered why he suddenly adopted a side child as his son. Now that I see Nephew Mo Zhixian, I think Brother Lin's eyesight is really good! Such an excellent nephew, If you don't support and help, you will be an elder in vain." Xue Zhizhang praised with a smile.After seeing that Lin Mozhi was still calm and humble, without the slightest arrogance of suddenly becoming rich, he nodded repeatedly.I couldn't tell whether it was praise or boasting, and he said again and again: "Sure enough, he has a well-founded advance and retreat, and he is personable, much better than the devil king in our family."

"Uncle is really self-effacing. The reputation of the Xue family's virtuous brother and nephew is also impressive. Nowadays, who doesn't know the name 'Xue God of Wealth'?" Lin Mozhi said so that Xue Zhizhang couldn't laugh from ear to ear, and felt that this outstanding boy had won own spleen and stomach.

And this room, Lin Mozhi looked around, and asked calmly: "I don't know where the Xue family brother is now?"

Generally speaking, when guests of similar age come to visit, the host family of the same age should also come out to receive them.But now he didn't see Xue Pan, so he had to ask.

"Your junior brother has something to go outside the city today, and I'm afraid he won't be back until evening." Zhuang You explained Lin Mozhi's doubts with a smile.Seeing a moment of disappointment flashing across Lin Mozhi's eyebrows, he couldn't help feeling suspicious.Immediately asked: "Why, do you recognize your naughty junior brother?"

"That's not true, it's just that I often hear the master mention this junior. Although the master dislikes it, he loves this junior very much in words. It makes the disciple very curious. I can't wait to see this junior " Lin Mozhi leaned slightly and said seriously.

When Zhuang You heard the words, there was a flash of doting in his eyes, he waved his hands and said with a smile: "You will see it in the evening. You will have a headache then."

And here, Xue Zhizhang hesitated again and again, but he felt that he had a very close relationship with Lin Ruhai, and because of the relationship between Lin Mozhi and Zhuang You, he was not an outsider.After thinking about it, he still asked, "Nephew Mo Zhi, do you know what's going on in Rongguo Mansion?"

Even if he took a junior to Beijing, he wouldn't send a bunch of unworthy wives over.It's not easy to receive him even if he is connected.He had no choice but to arrange people to live in the outer courtyard, and ordered Xue Gui, the manager, to entertain him.

When Lin Mozhi heard this, a look of disdain flashed in his eyes.He sneered and said: "It's not that their Rongguo Mansion's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are fighting each other, and they actually used a little girl who lost her father as a son. I really don't know how to write the word shame."

After finishing speaking, he remembered the relationship between Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Wang of Rongguo Mansion, and a flash of vigilance flashed in his eyes.It's a pity that the words have been exported, but they can't be taken back.

But Xue Zhizhang didn't pay attention to this.It's just that Rongguo Mansion's actions are really absurd.No matter how you say it, the Rongguo Mansion had to send a nephew surnamed "Jia" to send someone over.After all, the relationship between Rongguo Mansion and the Lin family is different from their Xue family.Their Xue family was originally sparsely populated, and he only had a son like Pan'er under his knees.What's more, the Xue family and the Lin family are two families after all, and it is not easy for him to let his son pick up his daughter.What's more, Jinling and Yangzhou are not far away, just a trip by water.

The capital city is different from Yangzhou. It takes several months to travel thousands of miles!This Rongguo Mansion is really relieved.

With a sigh, Xue Zhizhang shook his head inexplicably, and stopped asking.He just said to Lin Mozhi: "Since brother Lin entrusted me to take care of my niece, then I am naturally duty-bound to take care of this matter. It just so happens that I am also going to Beijing here, and there is a support for our two families to go together. You can stay at our house for now. , when I make arrangements to go there with you.”

Lin Mozhi nodded in agreement, and bowed his thanks without mentioning it.

Xue Zhizhang ordered someone to take Lin Mozhi to meet Mrs. Xue later, and they exchanged warm greetings.He also ordered Daiyu to come out and meet her brother.That Daiyu just felt baffled. After reading the letter written by Lin Ruhai himself, no matter how disturbed she was, she obediently greeted Lin Mozhi and received a lot of things that Lin Mozhi had prepared earlier. Not to mention gifts.

Let's say that Xue Pan went to visit Mr. Shi in the underground palace outside the city, and mentioned the meaning of the Holy Majesty wanting Mr. to go to Beijing along the way.Mr. Shi didn't care about it at first, but then he thought that since the four princes ascended the throne as emperor, they should fulfill their original agreement, so he couldn't help being moved.

It's just that although he was tempted, he still flatly rejected the proposal to go to Beijing with Xue Pan's family.Mr. Shi has a lot of worries, after all, he has a special status and has a violent temper.It is most appropriate to take care of this unconscious apprentice in the dark.It would not be beautiful if people knew about their relationship, or hijacked the Xue family to threaten him, or really brought disaster to the Xue family.It's not as good as the current situation, and people can't hold on to it.

Xue Pan's persuasion was fruitless, so he had to shut up embarrassingly, bowed his head and remained silent.He looked dejected like a puppy that fell into the water. Mr. Shi saw it and shook his head. Finally, he couldn't bear it and told Xue Pan that although he didn't go to Beijing with him, he did go to Beijing at the same time.

He also told Xue Pan to contact him through the "Strengthening Heart Gu" if he was in danger, and he would definitely arrive at Yunyun at any time, Xue Pan listlessly responded one by one, only then was Mr. Shi forcefully changed his clothes and waved him away.