The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 28
After explaining the future tasks to Jia Lian, Mu Xu suddenly remembered that the embroidered clothes and guards had to be repaired, so he hurriedly told Jia Lian,
"Don't be busy doing business with Xue's family, first find someone to renovate the premises in the yamen. Otherwise, after a while, there will be no place to work if all the staff are recruited."

As soon as he mentioned this, he hurriedly asked Zhang Cheng, "Did all the staff of our embroidery guards stay here in the yamen?"

Zhang Cheng explained, "Our embroidered clothing guards are generally handled in Beizhen Fusi, but there are generally only one hundred households left here."

"In the capital, our Embroidery Guards have two thousand-household offices, and one thousand-household office is under the management of Nanzhen Fusi. They are only responsible for maintaining military discipline." Speaking of this, he paused and added,

"The thousand-household office in Beizhen Fusi has one hundred more households than the other thousand-household offices. Except for the one hundred-household household in our Fusi town, the remaining three hundred-households guard the west city, the south city and the north city respectively."

"On weekdays, in addition to arresting the officials involved, they are also in charge of local security with the government officials in Gyeonggi Province. So there used to be places where people were stationed in three directions, but now the places are long gone."

Mu Xu nodded, and asked again, "How is Nanzhen Fusi Yamen going?" After all, he was the commander, and Nanzhen Fusi was under his control.

Zhang Cheng thought for a while and replied, "The Fusi yamen in Nanzhen is only two streets away from here, and there is only one person guarding the yamen. After all, the place over there is smaller, but it is also a bit dilapidated."

After hearing this, Mu Xu said to Jia Lian, "It's up to you to find the place to be stationed. As for the Fusi of Nanzhen, we will find craftsmen to repair it together with here."

Jia Lian nodded in agreement. Xue Pan heard that the house was going to be repaired, and he was eager to express himself. He interjected, "My family has two shops in Beijing, which specialize in selling building materials. When the time comes, just go and get them, and treat them as gifts from me." .”

Mu Xu was not polite to him, and nodded directly.Remembering that Xue Pan had helped him a lot this time, and now that he was under his command again, he immediately asked about his case in Jinling.

Xue Pan didn't care, and just said it was over.

Mu Xu shook his head, seeing him like this, no wonder the Xue family also completely fell in the original book.

Jia Lian knew something about Xue Pan's case, and seeing Mu Xu shaking his head, he couldn't help asking, "My lord, what's wrong?"

Seeing everyone's curiosity, Mu Xu said, "It's not just wrong, do you know how Xue Pan's case was judged?"

Without waiting for them to ask each other, he said directly, "The magistrate's verdict said that Xue Pan was killed by a wronged soul."

Everyone showed a look of surprise. Seeing that Xue Pan still looked ignorant, Feng Ziying reminded, "Brother Xue, according to the verdict, you are already a dead person, and now you are a criminal."

Zhang Cheng also reminded, "More than that, it will be useless if your case is not found again in the future. It is not easy for others to trouble you. You don't have to be responsible if you are killed."

"Ah, what should I do? Jia Yucun, who was begging for money, took so much money from my family, so this is the sentence." Xue Pan was not really stupid, and he panicked when he heard what they said.

Seeing him like this, Jia Lian shouted in a low voice, "Why are you panicking? What are you afraid of when you are here?"

Only then did Xue Pan come to his senses, and hurriedly knelt down and begged Mu Xu, "My lord, you have to save me."

Mu Xu said unhappily, "Hurry up, don't you feel disgusted, a big man makes such an expression?"

"Since I mentioned it, I will naturally settle this lawsuit for you."

Thinking of Xiangling's pitiful end in the original book, he couldn't help reminding, "There's also the girl you fought for, treat her well, she's a girl from a good family."

Immediately, he talked about Xiangling's origin and Jia Yucun's relationship with Zhen Shiyin.

When everyone heard this, they all cursed this man as a wolf-hearted dog, and would repay their kindness with revenge.Zhang Cheng even said that when the Embroidered Clothes Guards are rebuilt, they will be the first to investigate Jiayu Village, and when he arrives at the Imperial Prison, ask Zhao Dawei to entertain him well.

Only Jia Lian was a little embarrassed. After all, those who recommended Jia Yucun were all from his own family.

After explaining these things, think that there is nothing missing.Mu Xu let everyone go about their own affairs, and he took Yang An back to the house without mentioning it.

But when Xue Pan and Jia Lian left Beizhen Fusi, he first took Jia Lian to his own shop, and after letting the shopkeeper follow Jia Lian's arrangements, he ignored Jia Lian and returned to Lixiangyuan in a hurry.

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai have been fidgeting since he left, waiting for his news, and when they saw him back, they hurriedly welcomed him into the room.

Although Jia Lian explained very clearly yesterday, Aunt Xue is a woman with little knowledge after all, and she is still afraid that Mu Xu will take advantage of his family's money.

Xue Baochai understood that this matter would do more harm than good to her family, and besides, a son of the royal family would not act like this if he wanted to.After persuasion for a long time, Aunt Xue agreed to Jia Lian's statement.But Aunt Xue was still worried, and today she sent Xue Pan to follow Jia Lian to ask for clarification.

As a result, as soon as Xue Pan left, he was worried that his son would be wolfed into the tiger's mouth, and he was restless all afternoon. Xue Baochai couldn't persuade her, so he could only accompany her to worry.

Seeing that his son came back safely, he hurriedly asked, "What about my son, did the son make things difficult for you?"

Xue Pan wondered, "What are you doing to embarrass me? Didn't the second brother Lian make it very clear? The son of the family is only looking for business with our family."

Seeing her mother's embarrassed expression, Xue Baochai hurriedly interrupted, "Brother, why don't you tell my mother what happened in detail."

Hearing what my sister said, Xue Pan proudly said, "Mom, sister, now I'm a member of the Xiuyi Guard, a serious sixth-rank official."

When Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai heard this, they were overjoyed.Xue Baochai could still remain calm, and Aunt Xue was so happy that she shed tears.

The two brothers and sisters quickly helped her to sit on the chair. Aunt Xue grabbed Xue Pan's hand and said while crying,

"That's great. Now that my son is an official, we are no longer merchants. We won't be afraid of being looked down upon by others in the future. Your father will be happy if he is in heaven."

When Xue Baochai heard this, she also shed tears. She had an exquisite heart.After coming to the capital, how could he fail to see that no matter how affectionate his uncles and aunts were to him on the surface, he still looked down on him in his heart.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, who let themselves be the last merchants?So since she came to Jia's mansion, she didn't dare to make any mistakes, and she always kept her dignity, lest people would say that she was indeed the daughter of a merchant's family and couldn't get on the stage.

She didn't even dare to wear a piece of flamboyant jewelry. When others asked her, she could only say that she didn't like it. She was only a fifteen-year-old girl, so how could she not like it?
Even the servants of Jia's mansion, she was kind-hearted and gave some favors from time to time. She knew that her aunt spread the word that she was better than Lin Daiyu in Jia's mansion.She knew what her aunt's purpose was, and she knew that Lin Daiyu would be sorry for doing so, but what choice did she have?
No, she knew that since she chose to take shelter in Jia's house, she had no choice.

So when Jia Lian came and said that she wanted her family to help the prince of Dongping, she persuaded her mother to agree.Since they all choose others to depend on, why not choose Dongping Palace, which is more powerful than Jia's Mansion?

Fortunately, the prince of Dongping did not break his promise. He not only accepted his family, but also gave his brother an official position. From now on, his family will no longer be a merchant.

Xue Pan didn't know that his sister had already thought so much in just a short while.Seeing his mother and sister crying, he scratched his head anxiously.

Xue Baochai couldn't help laughing out when she saw her elder brother's appearance, and finally calmed down, and then persuaded Aunt Xue, who stopped crying and asked Xue Pan for details.

Xue Pan told the story in detail, and when he heard Xue Pan promise to give out one hundred thousand taels of silver, he couldn't help saying,
"You are really not in charge of the family and don't know how expensive Chai Mi is. Why don't you let the son speak up? I guess he won't be able to get so much money."

Xue Pan was about to refute, but Xue Baochai persuaded from the side, "Mom, I think brother has done a good job."

Seeing the color on Xue Pan's face, she ignored him and explained to Aunt Xue,

"Since our family has decided to cooperate with Prince Dongping, why don't we simply be more generous, so as to win his favor."

"Mom doesn't even think about it, he is the son of the royal family, or the emperor's nephew. If you want money, are you afraid that no one will rush to give it to you?"

Then he said, "Speaking of which, I have to thank Second Brother Lian this time. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have a way to give money to others?"

Xue Pan was even more proud when he heard it, and said with a smile, "It's my younger sister who can understand."

(End of this chapter)