Jia Min's Counterattack

Seeing that the end of the new year was coming, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min decided to spend the new year in Suzhou before moving to Jinling with his family.However, the backyard of the Yingtian government office and the Lin family's mansion in Jinling are only courtyards with three entrances. According to the regulations, Jia Min also needs to be equipped with a hundred soldiers, plus the original one hundred soldiers of Lin Yu. No matter where you live, there is no room for so many people.

Lin Ruhai asked the shopkeeper Bai of Jinling's Zhenxiu shop to inquire about buying another big house.While Jia Min was busy with Chinese New Year matters, he had to take people to pack their luggage.Jia Min and Lin Ruhai planned to take Lin Lang to Lin Family Island this time, and going to Mount Putuo was just a cover.

Jia Min personally took people to pack the luggage for the three of them.They will take the Lin family's merchant ship to Mount Putuo first, and then they will leave the servants who followed the Lin family in Mount Putuo, and people from the Lin family's island will come to pick them up.

After packing up the travel stuff, Jia Min led others to pack other luggage.Fortunately, this time we are going to move from Suzhou to Jinling. The journey is not as far as from the capital to Suzhou. Some things that are not needed can be put in the warehouse of the old Suzhou house.Anyway, they will go to sea for three months, and they don't need to bring so many servants, so Wan Momo can stay in the old house and take people to clean up slowly.

This year because of moving, Jia Min did not go to Jinling with Lin Ruhai to pay New Year's greetings, Lin Ruhai only took Lin Lang to Jinling.On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Ruhai still took Lin Lang to the Zhen's Mansion, and as soon as he arrived at the Zhen's Mansion, the old lady Zhen asked her personal servant to take Lin Lang to the backyard.Zhen Yingjia led Lin Ruhai to the study to talk.

"Ruhai really has a bright future! It's only been a year, and I've been promoted to a fourth-rank magistrate. I'm sure I'm not mistaken!" Zhen Yingjia smiled kindly, but her heart was still very unbalanced.He knew that Lin Ruhai was extremely capable, and he also knew that he was highly valued by the emperor, but he was promoted to the magistrate in his twenties, and everyone would be jealous of Lin Ruhai's good life, not to mention that Zhen Yingjia had always been pretentious, and was once valued and relied on by the emperor. But when he was Lin Ruhai's age, he had just passed the Jinshi exam, and he was still waiting for the emperor's favor in the Imperial Academy.

Lin Ruhai naturally felt Zhen Yingjia's jealousy towards him and the alienation in his tone, he stood up modestly and bowed to Zhen Yingjia: "Ruhai thank you Uncle Zhen for your kindness! If there is no uncle to support Ruhai, Ruhai will not be able to do things. It won't go so well!"

"Hey! Ruhai is being polite. It is right for us relatives to support each other. Now that you are the magistrate of Yingtian Mansion, uncle, I have to rely on you more!"

"Don't dare! Don't dare! Uncle has a high prestige in the south of the Yangtze River, Ru Hai needs Uncle to support Ru Hai!"

"Okay! Let's not be so polite to our own family! According to the relationship between our two families, which family has a problem and can't help it? That's right! Can you take care of it? When do you plan to move? Jinling is coming?"

"The original mansion here in Jinling was too cramped, so people searched for a house near the mansion. The house did not have many houses, but fortunately it took up a huge area, and there was a big Huayuanzi. When I plan to go to Putuo Mountain to serve Xianci, I will find someone to make some changes in the house. I think it will be almost finished when we come back from Putuo Mountain."

"Oh! That's right. Now my niece can live in a seven-entry mansion according to the regulations, and she has to support soldiers. It is really not suitable for you to live in the yamen. I know which house you are talking about. It is far away from the government office and government schools. It’s very close, it’s in the east of the city center. That house used to be a merchant’s house, so there aren’t many houses, but the garden occupies a larger area than the houses. It will take you three months to go to sea, so find more The craftsman can also build the house before you come. If you need help, you can tell me, and I will ask the housekeeper to run errands for you. He is familiar with him in Jinling City!"

"Thank you, Uncle! I have searched quite a lot here, and invited Master Liao from Suzhou to draw the blueprints for the garden. There is no need to bother Uncle at the moment. If there is any embarrassment, I will come to ask Uncle for help!"

"Alright! Let me explain to the butler, if you are not at home, just ask your butler to go directly to him."

"Then Ruhai would like to thank Uncle!"

Lin Ruhai and Lin Lang stayed at Zhen's Mansion until after dinner before returning home.That night, Ying Ying and Qi Lan came to meet Lin Ruhai together.

"Qi Lan, Xun'er will go to the capital with King Yan on the ninth day of the ninth day, and you will go with me when the time comes. After that, you will stay in the capital and go to the Valley of Immortal Medicine to train the female dark guards I mentioned earlier, remember Only one year."

"Yes! Doesn't the second master need to arrange someone around him?"

"I asked you to follow Xing'er all the way back to the capital, and I also wanted you to see if there are any hidden guards around Xing'er, and whether the people around him are all right. If you find anyone who disagrees, send a letter directly to King Yan!"

"Yes! This subordinate understands!"

After Lin Ruhai finished explaining to Qi Lan, he let him leave first.When only he and Ying Ying were left, Lin Ruhai opened the door of the secret room of the study and gave Ying Ying a wink, and the master and servant entered the secret room one after another.

"The people on the island have sent a message. Now they should have set off for Putuo Mountain. They will arrive around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Are you ready?" Lin Ruhai said while sitting on the armchair in the secret room.

"Back to the master, our side has already prepared. The subordinates arranged for An Er to follow the master to the island, as well as An Qi for the master, An Ten for the mistress, and An 39 for the young master. The others have also been prepared. Arranged properly, if there are any emergencies, the subordinates will find a way to solve them, and if they cannot be resolved, they will wait for the master to come back."

"The dark guards around us won't go to the island this time, let them stand by in Mount Putuo, and they can also secretly protect the servants of the Lin family. I plan to make An Er change his appearance, and follow Xing'er as Xing'er's servant Jing. Xing'er is with King Yan, I can't arrange a dark guard to protect Xing'er, Xing'er is still young, I'm afraid those people will hurt Xing'er by private means, An Er's medical skills are excellent, I can feel at ease with him by my side."

"What about Mo Lan and Wei Zi? Don't they follow the mistress?"

"They didn't belong to the hidden guards of the Lin family, so they were not allowed to go to the island. What Min'er meant was to let them go to Beijing with Xing'er. As for Min'er, there are waiters on the island. You just need to keep an eye on them." Just go to the Zhen family, the Xue family and the Wang family, and in addition, you should also let people keep an eye on the new house on the Jinling side, lest people take advantage of any loopholes!"

"Yes! Don't worry, master, the subordinates will personally watch over it!"

"Well! If you have anything to do, you can contact Hua Chong secretly. My master is still a bit quick-witted!"