The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

Lin Yao heard the deep meaning hidden in Lin Ruhai's words, and her tense mind suddenly relaxed, "I understand, father."

Seeing that Lin Yao understood the meaning of his words, Lin Ruhai was also very satisfied, "Now that you understand, let's go back and review the book."

"Yes, father."

After Lin Yao left, Lin Ruhai thought for a moment, wrote a letter, and ordered someone to send it to Yangzhou to Xu Zhang, urging him to investigate the relationship between Jia Yucun and the Zhen family as soon as possible.

As long as he thought that Jia Yucun might be a white-eyed wolf like Zhang Shusheng, Lin Ruhai couldn't feel at ease.

Because Jia Yucun in front of him has always been a talented man with high aspirations and unrecognized talents. Not long ago, his old friend in the capital wrote a letter, mentioning that someone in the capital had started to play the old guard. meaning.When he first got the letter, he thought about writing a letter to his brother-in-law Jia Zheng, asking Jia Yucun to go to Beijing to find Jia Zheng, and maybe he could be reinstated.

But if Jia Yucun is this kind of white-eyed wolf, he will have to weigh this idea carefully.

After waiting for several days, Xu Zhang finally returned to Yangzhou and brought back the news that Lin Ruhai needed.

"I have found out clearly that Mr. Jia in our house is from Huzhou. His family was poor, so he went to Beijing to seek fame and fame. When he ran out of money on the way, he settled down in the Calabash Temple on Shili Street, Changmen, Yangzhou. He sold calligraphy and composition for a living every day. , the master of the Zhen family, Zhen Shiyin, lived next to the Calabash Temple, so Master Zhen and Mr. Jia knew each other, and often invited Mr. Jia into the mansion. I heard that Master Zhen gave Mr. Jia 50 taels of silver to Beijing for the exam five or six years ago, and Mr. Jia did the same He won the Jinshi examination for the first time, and was selected into a foreign class as an official."

Xu Zhang slowed down when he said this, and then said, "The younger one sent someone to Daru Prefecture and the place where Mr. Jia worked before he was dismissed to inquire about it. Mr. Jia was sent to be the magistrate of the county, and within two days he accepted Mr. Zhen. Jiao Xing, the maidservant next to his wife, was his concubine. Later, after the death of his wife, he helped Jiao Xing to be his wife. Mr. Jia was dismissed because he was greedy and cruel after he was promoted to magistrate. Angry, therefore dismissed."

After listening to Xu Zhang's detailed narration, Lin Ruhai only felt that he had attracted a wolf, and he didn't feel a headache.

"You go down."

"Yes." Xu Zhang didn't expect that the Jinshi master who had been an official in the mansion turned out to be a ruthless person. If he hadn't been ordered to investigate, he would have been deceived by Jia Yucun's appearance.

Of course he couldn't hide the matter about Zhen Yinglian from him, and he was there when Zhen Yinglian was rescued.

I didn't expect Zhen Yinglian to have such a relationship with Mr. Jia. If Zhen Yinglian's father hadn't donated the silver to rush for the exam, how would Jia Yucun be today?He even recognized Zhen Yinglian, and he never thought of helping Yi Er.

It's really a white-eyed wolf.

Master Zhen is really blind!

Lin Ruhai naturally didn't know what Xu Zhang was thinking. He was thinking about how to get Jia Yucun to resign on his own initiative. As for asking him to dismiss Jia Yucun, he would not do such a stupid thing to offend a villain.

But Lin Yao is relaxed here. In the past month, he would visit the Gu family's second master Gu Zhen from time to time, and Gu Zhen would occasionally come to the Lin family to find Lin Yao to play with. Excellent friend.

This day Gu Zhen came to the Lin Mansion to look for Lin Yao, and saw Lin Yao was practicing calligraphy.

"Are you here?" Lin Yao raised her head to see Gu Zhen coming in, without stopping to write, she greeted casually.

They are very familiar with it now, and no longer pay attention to those empty etiquette.

Gu Zhen came to Lin Yao's side and said with a smile, "Last time you told me that you wanted to change your husband, I'm here today to report good news to you."

"What's the good news? Could it be possible to find another husband for me?" Lin Yao asked back.

Jia Yucun was invited by his father, Lin Ruhai, not to mention character, knowledge is excellent, even Lin Yao can't find any reason to pick on this gentleman as not qualified.

"Hey, that's not certain." Gu Zhen said with a smile.

Lin Yao paused while she was practicing handwriting, and immediately stopped writing, her emotions suddenly rose, "You didn't tease me?"

"It's fine, why am I playing tricks on you?" Gu Zhen said.

Lin Yao thought for a while, and Gu Zhen really didn't play tricks on him, so she immediately believed him, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Have you ever heard of Qin Fu?" Gu Zhen asked without answering.

Lin Yao frowned slightly, her mind moved slightly, "I've never heard of it, why don't you tell me about it?"

Gu Zhenben was a talker, since Lin Yao took the stage, he took the initiative to sing on stage, and immediately introduced Qin Fu's deeds to Lin Yao.

Qin Fu is the elder of the three dynasties of this dynasty, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and even a great Confucianist in the world.

Qin Fu begged for the bones a month ago, and just a few days ago, he dragged his family to Yangzhou.

Gu Zhen's father was regarded as a protégé of old Mr. Qin Fu, and Qin Fu was the chief examiner of Gu Shiming's rural examination for Gu Zhen's father.

Although Qin Fu didn't give Gu Shiming any help in the officialdom, Gu Shiming still respected Qin Fu very much, regarded himself as a student, and would send congratulations every year on Qin Fu's birthday, even if the person didn't arrive, the gift would still arrive.

Gu Shiming and Qin Fu's sons are quite familiar with each other, so they got the inside information in advance.

Qin Fu plans to open a college in Yangzhou. Of course, Qin Fu will not give lectures every day, but giving lectures twice a month can also benefit people a lot. Once the news is released, one can imagine how many people there will be She sharpened her head and wanted to have a little relationship with Qin Fupan.

Lin Yao took a deep breath, "You mean, let's go to the academy run by Mr. Qin...to study?"

"That's right, I've already asked my father. There is absolutely no problem for us to go in. As far as I know, your father and Mr. Qin's youngest son are still close friends." Gu Zhen said.

Naturally, Lin Yao didn't know this, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Gu Zhen's proposal was very feasible, and the more he thought about it, the better his mood, but after a while, he thanked Gu Zhen with a smile on his face, "Thank you for your trouble."

"Hey, what's there to be thankful for? I also wanted to study with you, so I told you." Gu Zhen said with a smile.

Although he didn't know why Lin Yao wanted to change husbands, but the time spent together, let him know that Lin Yao is not a person who seeks faults for no reason. Want to change Mr.

"No matter what, I still want to thank you."

Gu Zhen played with Lin Yao for a while, then said goodbye and went home.

As soon as Gu Zhen left, Lin Yao couldn't wait to see Lin Ruhai.

After Lin Yao expressed her wish, Lin Ruhai laughed, "I already know that Mr. Qin wants to open a college in Yangzhou. I wanted you to go, so I just took this opportunity to dismiss Jia Yucun."

Lin Yao was taken aback by Lin Ruhai's words, "So father has already figured out how to deal with Mr. Jia?"

"Xu Zhang is back," Lin Ruhai said with a sigh, "Although Jia Yucun has some talents, his character is too poor. This kind of person must not stay by your side. Even if you don't come to me, I will look for him." You talk about it."