Red Mansions: No Tears

Naturally, Lin Yu didn't intend to listen to Lai Dawei's explanation for his masters, but waited for Lin Steward to report the results of the inventory with a livid face.

"Master, the Rongguo Mansion sent back a total of 58 boxes, 37 items... the master entrusted to Lian Erye 170 boxes, and the number of items should be... [-] six items. This, this is actually returned. Not even half of it! I really don’t know what Rongguo Mansion means by that?” Steward Lin glared at Lai Da who was beside him indignantly, and his tone seemed to be gnashing his teeth.

"Oh? What are these things? I seem to have heard that they are all the dowry brought by Mrs. Xian to the Lin family?" Lin Yu sneered and asked again.

"Where is it? Some things are not in the dowry list left by the late wife, um... It seems that they are not things entrusted by our master? I just took a closer look, and some things are fakes that can be bought for a few taels of silver, like It's this Golden Lotus Seed Fushou Pot. I remember that the one in our house is made of pure gold. One piece should weigh at least 17 taels, but...look, sir, it's light... like a piece of paper... maybe it's hollow? " Steward Lin picked up a pot casually, weighed it with only one hand, and threw it back and forth neatly... If every piece of pure gold was so light, everyone wouldn't rush to make more gold pots. jewelry?

"Old Mrs. Shi is very good, can someone make this thing? It's time for me to gain experience, butler Lin, why don't you keep it, and change it to the young master after the county lord gives birth to a baby tomorrow. The little girl is playing, since this thing is light, it can't hurt a baby." Lin Yu sneered, looked at Lai Da and mocked.

"Hey?! This is a good idea!" Lin Butler has been looking forward to another generation of masters in the mansion for many years. Now that he heard Lin Yu's suggestion, his eyes lit up immediately, and he gave this thing to Xiao Master playing, it sounds like a lot of money! ?Immediately afterwards, he searched earnestly in several wooden boxes, as if planning to find a few more such items.

"Steward Lin, don't be so busy looking for things yet, call a few articulate boys to invite Jiang Qiye and Lord Zhen Guo to come over, and say that I have something important to discuss with them," Lin Yu saw Lin Butler sticking his head out of the pile. Looking around in the box, he hurriedly ordered him to invite someone to the mansion, then turned to Lai Da and said, "Does Steward Lai want to go back first? Or is he going to stay to testify? Now the Rongguo government is maliciously stealing the property of the Lin family." , you can be regarded as one of the important witnesses."

"Wh, why steal the Lin family's property?! Uncle Lin, it's not easy to say such nonsense, obviously...obviously..." Lai Da was stunned for a while, the Duke's mansion took over the family's property? !He dare not bear the crime of losing his reputation!

"Obviously what? When my father handed over half of the Lin family's wealth to the second elder brother Lian to take back to the capital, he had already stated that those things were only temporarily entrusted to the Rongguo Duke's mansion, and they would only return them to the Lin family at an appropriate time in the future. Now, my sister and I both Wouldn't it be the best time to start a family? But the old lady of your mansion only sent back these things, not to mention that the amount was far from the amount entrusted by my father, even the dowry of my late wife Jia was not in full. Well, I really don't understand what Mrs. Shi means by doing this?" Lin Yu said with a gloomy face.

"Uncle Lin means, it is..." Lai Da felt more and more bad when he heard it, and couldn't help but hate his master again.

"Obviously, Mrs. Shi has disdain to continue the original in-law relationship with the Lin family by doing what Mrs. Shi did. It just so happens that my father also meant this when he was alive, but I always thought that it was my sister's uncle's family after all, and I didn't want to make my sister difficult to be a man. , so I have never stopped my sister from going to the Rongguo Mansion to say hello, so that the two families have maintained a relationship from time to time, but now that the Rongguo Mansion is not benevolent first, then don't blame the Lin family for being unrighteous, and please ask Butler Lai Go back and tell Mrs. Shi that since she has agreed to take back the dowry of the late wife, it is the result of the decision to break off the relationship between the two families. This is the end of our two families. You should also make it clear to her old lady that now the Lin family belongs to me, Lin Yu. The master, even my sister has to listen to me, please don't use any excuses to say anything bad about my sister in the future, let her come to me if she has the ability!" Lin Yu put his hands behind his back and looked said angrily.

Now it's November and December, but Lai Da is sweating all over his head. He just obeyed Jia Mu's order and sent the Lin family's things back to Lin's house. How could he have thought that it would cause so much trouble?Now that the uncle of the Lin family is still saying that he wants to sever ties with the Duke of Rongguo, if the old lady knows, she must say that he did not do his job well and offended Uncle Lin somehow, which led to such a result, and he is still a success at the moment. What witnesses... it's over!It's over!Now the future is gone!

When Lai Da at the other end was still in a daze and couldn't decide whether to leave or stay, Jiang Ke and Zhao Hui had rushed over one after another. Seeing them coming, Lin Yu signaled to Steward Lin to invite Lai Da After going out, Lai Da came back to his senses suddenly, and found that he was already standing outside the gate of the Lin family. He could only sigh heavily, and then told a few boys to report back to Duke Rong's mansion.

"What's going on here? Why didn't Duke Rong's mansion think of returning these things, but they waited until Miss Lin was about to get married, and they suddenly thought of returning them?! Besides, there may be something missing? "As soon as Zhao Hui entered the door, he circled all the things on the ground, and then asked Lin Yu with a funny and puzzled face.

"They didn't remember to return these things until my sister was getting married, but I asked the county lord to remind them when the county lord came to visit last time. Unfortunately, what I didn't expect was that all of them Knowing that they deliberately reminded them, they dared to hide the things, they probably thought that it was impossible for me to know what things my father asked Jia Lian to take away before he was alive, and they didn't know that my father had already left me behind." Lin Yu shook his head contemptuously smiled.

"Uncle Lin Biao has always been very far-sighted, but he chose the Jia family... This Rongguo mansion is also more greedy than I imagined, or do they think that your Lin family has already climbed the high branch of the palace, so they are not short of that? It's a pity. Things that are not theirs are not theirs after all." Jiang Ke sighed with a smile while checking the contents of the box.

"I'm afraid that's true, huh? Wait! This thing..." Zhao Hui saw Jiang Ke looking at each thing, and he picked up a few curiously, and suddenly saw a corner of a piece of jewelry. He let out a cry of surprise.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Hearing Zhao Hui's voice, Jiang Ke frowned slightly, and then he and Lin Yu quickly stepped forward to look at the phoenix hairpin in Zhao Hui's hand.

"I dare say this is definitely not from the Lin family, but it is not from the Jia family either." Zhao Hui pointed to the end of the hairpin and smiled lightly.

"Huh? There's actually a word Zhen!?" Jiang Ke also noticed the abnormality that Zhao Hui said, and then exchanged glances with Zhao Hui as if they had a heart-to-heart.

"I heard that the Zhen and Jia families were old relatives. It's not surprising that there are things from the Zhen family in the Duke Rong's mansion, right?" Lin Yu asked in confusion.

"At the beginning of last month, the emperor sent imperial envoy Ruan Mu to Jinling to search Zhen's house. He was worried about the turmoil in the court, so he didn't act rashly. A few days ago, when he heard that Master Ruan reported the inspection results to the emperor, he said that there was something in the Zhen family's warehouse. A lot of things are missing...Master Ruan also guessed that those things might be in the hands of some old relatives, so the emperor ordered him to continue to search several houses close to the Zhen family, but unfortunately, there are still many things missing that could not be found. .” Zhao Hui explained with a smile while turning the phoenix hairpin.

"It turns out that Zhen's family has already... No wonder our place was very lively two days ago. Unfortunately, because Shangfeng didn't let me participate, I didn't dare to ask more questions, so I only found out today." Lin Yu nodded suddenly and said.

"A Yu just came to the household department as an errand, and they don't dare to use it with confidence. It will be fine after waiting for a while, but there are also things from the Zhen family in the Rongguo Duke's mansion... This is a surprise. The thing you ordered is in the Rongguo Palace, and Zhong Ning would rather go to the palace to ask for instructions, anyway, it is a credit." Jiang Ke said to Zhao Hui after a few words of comfort to Lin Yu.

"Of course it is! Anyway, the Jia family will follow in the footsteps of the Zhen family sooner or later, it's just because of this incident that their unlucky time has come earlier." Zhao Hui nodded in response.

Lin Yu didn't remember whether it was mentioned in the original book that the Zhen family's stolen goods were indeed hidden in the Duke Rong's mansion, but it seemed that many people said that there was indeed such a thing, so it should be eight or nine, right?As for where things might be hiding?It must be either Jiamu's place or Wang's place.

But if the Jia family is unlucky, will it implicate the Lin family?Would it be too late for him to announce that he has no relationship with the Jia family? !After all, he has just stepped into his official career, and his foundation is not yet solid... Lin Yu couldn't help frowning when he thought of this, and said abruptly: "If it's according to your intentions, does it mean that it will soon be the Jia's turn to be raided?" Already?!"

"I don't think it will be too long, but there is no need for Ayu to worry. The fact that the relationship between you and Rongguo's government is getting colder and colder is obvious to many people in Beijing. How can the emperor not know? Otherwise, he would not I will still be willing to appoint you as the imperial court official when I clearly intend to send those people down." Zhao Hui seemed to understand Lin Yu's concerns, so he naturally did not hesitate to explain his doubts. There is no guarantee for his wealth and future, so how could he be so stupid as to promise his sister to him.

"That's true...but if that's the case, second brother, please pay attention to whether all the property of my Lin family is still there. Although my father once explained that the things he gave to the Rongguo Mansion are belongings outside the body, it's okay if they don't return them. Forget it, after all, we brothers and sisters have never suffered because of this. We just pretended to have been stolen by thieves, but I thought that after all, it was something accumulated by the Lin family for generations. Measure." Lin Yu thought about it too... He forgot that he married a girl from the Zhongsu Palace, and since the emperor was willing to praise the Zhongsu Palace and the Lin family, he obviously didn't think about counting the Lin family in the future when the four kings and eight lords were liquidated. Inside, what else is he worried about? !It's just that the things of the Lin family are cheap for others, even though he has never been short of those taels of silver, he still feels unwilling.

"Ah Yu has already asked for help. As a brother, how can he say no? But we still have to see who is in charge of this matter. If it's not my family, I'm afraid I can't make the decision." Zhao Hui pointed He nodded, but he didn't agree to it face to face, he only said that he would try his best to do it.

Lin Yu knew that he couldn't force it, so he replied, "I understand."

Later, seeing that it was approaching noon, Lin Yu simply invited the two of them to stay for lunch. Zhao Hua heard that his brother was coming, so he specially ordered the kitchen to cook some dishes that his brother liked, and then came out to meet Zhao Hui. After saying a few words, when Jiang Ke saw Zhao Hua coming out, he looked in a certain direction with some anticipation. Unfortunately, he forgot how unscrupulous his future brother-in-law is, and no one mentioned him to Lin Daiyu at all. information.

Of course, if you ask Lin Yu what he said, he will naturally say that the two of them are getting married anyway, and don't the older generation say that new couples should not meet before marriage?As a good brother who thinks about his sister in everything, how can he not follow the rules! ?Just citing this reason is enough for Lin Yu to confidently ignore Jiang Ke's implicitly expectant gaze. ?