Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Chapter 14

Xue Baobao met Lin Ruhai and only said that Xue Pan was sick and couldn't get out of bed, and asked Lin Ruhai what to do.

Lin Ruhai knew that the inside story must not be as simple as Xue Pan's illness, but it was inconvenient for him to pry into other people's privacy, so he thought for a while and said, "Since he is sick, there is nothing he can do about it. Later, I will explain to the two imperial envoys, presumably the imperial envoys I won’t blame you.”

Xue Pan can't come anymore, so blame him, there's nothing he can do about it, isn't it?

Xue Baobao nodded. After eating, Lin Ruhai ordered the two imperial envoys to go to the main hall of the outer courtyard, and took Xue Chen away.

Xue Baobao was extremely curious, and wanted to meet that poppy, but she was not familiar with the ancient etiquette system, and Lin Ruhai didn't mention taking her there, so she had to obediently wait in the backyard.

Over there, Xue Chen followed Lin Ruhai to the main hall to meet He Yan and Yu Xin, and ordered the servants to hold out two boxes, apologizing, "The owner of the family unfortunately fell ill, and I was afraid that it would be a sin if I gave it to the two adults, so I sent the servants away." People come to handover with the two lords, and I ask the two lords to forgive me."

Sure enough, Yu Xin was as handsome as the rumors said, with a cold and sharp demeanor, like a sharp sword out of its sheath, and had no intention of greeting Xue Chen at all.

He Yan was shrewd and talkative, and said with a smile, "No problem, no problem, let Patriarch Ling spend the money, please tell Patriarch Ling, don't take care of your health."

After exchanging pleasantries, Xue Chen ordered to present the bank note and ledger.

He Yan worked in the household department for several years, and this was the first time he saw so many banknotes at one time, and he was so excited that the banknotes even faded away.

After clicking it three times to make sure it was correct, he wrote the receipt and stamped it.

The account book records the accounts of all the Xue family's farms, cloth shops, medicine shops, etc. that can be used for disaster relief this year. This is a lot of trouble to clarify.

It was not until noon that the inventory was finally completed. He Yan carefully packed up all the banknotes, account books, receipts and other items, and said with a smile, "It makes the owner of the family so brave to give up such a large amount of property without hesitation!"

Xue Chen didn't dare to say it, but he thought in his heart, where is the grandpa's boldness, he is obviously a big girl, but it's a pity that the daughter of the boudoir has a high reputation, but such words must never be known to outsiders.

Lin Ruhai saw that the handover was completed and ordered the table to be set.

Xue Chen pushed that he would go back and give an account to the Patriarch, and he would not say goodbye.

Lin Ruhai was not reluctant, and accompanied He Yan and Yu Xin to the table.

Although Yu Xin didn't speak during the dinner, He Yan was an eloquent person, and his interactions with Lin Ruhai were harmonious.

When the wine was half full, Yu Xin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Xue Chen said he wanted to go back to pay the Patriarch an account, but he detoured to the backyard of your mansion, and he hasn't come out yet."

Lin Ruhai was surprised, he had already discussed with Baobao Xue before he came, Xue Chen couldn't have dinner at the same table with Yu Xin, and after paying the bill, he pretended to go back to the mansion, went back to the backyard by detour, and handed over to Baobao Xue, by the way Have lunch.

After he entertained Yu Xin and the two, he came to the backyard to have a detailed talk with Xue Baobao.

Xue Chen has always been prudent in doing things, and this was in his house, and Yu Xin had never left with him from beginning to end. How did he know that Xue Chen had taken a detour to the backyard and still hadn't left until now?
He Yan was also stunned, and then smiled and said, "Yu Qianhu suspected that the head of the Xue family was actually hiding in the Lin Mansion's backyard. He just didn't bother to see you and me, so he sent a steward to send us away, but he himself Hiding behind and enjoying yourself?"

Lin Ruhai was an old minister of the Supreme Emperor. He was thinking about asking the new emperor to give him a favor and let him return to the capital to fill the vacancy. How dare he offend these new emperor's confidants? Hearing this, he broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly left his seat to apologize.

"The two imperial ministers clearly understand that Lin and the Xue family would never dare to neglect these two adults. Only the head of the Xue family is sick——"

He Yan interrupted him, "Master Lin, you don't have to always tell lies about your illness. Even if the head of the Xue family is ill, can you still go to your Lin residence to recuperate?"

Lin Ruhai's thoughts changed sharply, not to mention that he didn't want to offend the new emperor's confidantes, even the Xue family, who spent such a large amount of money, obviously wanted to ask the new emperor for grace, let alone offend the two of them because of a trivial matter.

It was originally a good thing, but it would not be beautiful if there were twists and turns due to a small incident.

Lin Ruhai had made up his mind and said half truthfully, "It's true that Uncle Xue family is ill and can't come. Because Uncle Xue couldn't come, he was afraid of being disrespectful, so he sent his sister to hide the house.

Because of the inconvenience of the daughter in the boudoir, I will greet the two adults in the future and wait in the backyard.

Butler Xue had finished his errands and naturally wanted to go to the backyard to pick up his master.

It was thought that it was approaching noon, and the family members of the Hefu kept Miss Xue for dinner. Miss Xue was a good person and wanted to wait for Lin to resign in person after dinner, so it was delayed."

He Yan sneered, "According to Master Lin, this Miss Xue is actually able to take charge of affairs when her brother is not around. So, He needs to meet her."

Seeing his frivolous words, Lin Ruhai suddenly changed her expression, "Sir, please be careful what you say. Your boudoir's daughter has a body of gold. How can you, a foreigner, make random comments and meet her?"

He Yan's inattentive words were caught by him, and he got up to make amends angrily, and made a haha ​​toast again, but Yu Xin didn't speak again, and the topic was automatically revealed.

After they had had enough wine and food, He and Yan said they wanted to take a stroll and asked Lin Ruhai to do what he wanted.

Lin Ruhai saw that they really didn't want to accompany him, so he found a servant to guide them, and went to see Xue Baobao without mentioning it.

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Here, He Yan and Yu Xin left the Lin Mansion and wandered around Yangzhou Street. However, the more they thought about it, the more disgusted they became. They said to Yu Xin, "Lin Ruhai is obviously up to something. Why don't we find a place to block it? The girl has entered Lin's house and will come out sooner or later. Let's go meet her for a while. A little girl is easier to deal with than Lin Ruhai. Let's see if we can trick her into something."

Yu Xin ignored it, but He Yan was not reconciled, "Hey, before the emperor came, he ordered that in addition to getting the money, he had to check Lin Ruhai by the way.

This is your Jinyiwei's business. Now there is obviously a gap. You still don't ask. Do you want to dereliction of duty? "

Yu Xin stared at him, and said coldly, "I've already found out, Mr. Xue's family did have a high fever last night, and the people from Xue's residence went to call the doctor in the middle of the night, and took the medicine. The prescription is indeed for high fever. prescription.

The one who entered the Lin residence this morning was indeed the daughter of the Xue family, and when that Miss Xue came in, she brought a lotus lantern and gave it to Master Lin."

He Yan, "...Wait, when did you check? You've been with me all this time, and I haven't seen you sending anyone out?"

Yu Xin sneered, "I also know that Miss Xue also came to the Lin Mansion yesterday morning, and she also brought a lotus lantern."

He Yan, "..."

Early yesterday morning?
They haven't arrived in Yangzhou yet!

He Yan finally came to his senses, "Did you send people to Yangzhou a long time ago to keep an eye on the Lin family and the Xue family?"

Yu Xin snorted and continued to walk forward.

He Yan hurriedly chased after him, "Hey, as expected, you Jin Yiwei have two brushes! Hey, since you know, why don't you tell me what the hell Lin Ruhai is doing?"

Yu Xin ignored him, but He Yan had a naughty temper and kept chattering in his ear, and even wanted to grab his shoulders. He was so annoyed that he said angrily, "It's nothing, it's just what Mr. Lin said." ".

He Yanwu refused to believe it, "But this matter, he can't explain it! You said that Uncle Xue came to Yangzhou for business, why did he bring his sister with him?

It is said that Uncle Xue is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and her younger sister is at most ten years old.

Even if he brought his sister to Yangzhou to play, and Yangzhou is close to Jinling, why didn't he choose a day in spring to bring his sister to play, instead of taking his young sister back and forth in the cold and freezing winter?
Even if he had to bring his younger sister to Yangzhou to play in the winter, why did he bring his younger sister when he came to the Lin Mansion yesterday for business?

Not to mention girls close to her age, the Lin family didn't even have any serious female relatives, only a few concubines. Did she come here just to play with Lin Ruhai's old concubines? "

Yu Xin stopped abruptly, turned back and stared at him coldly, "How do you know that it was Mr. Xue who brought Ms. Xue to do business, not Mrs. Xue who brought Mr. Xue to do something?"

He Yan was stunned, and then he clenched his fist like chicken blood, "So I'm talking nonsense, right? Then Miss Xue can take charge when her brother is away?
Tsk tsk, she is indeed the daughter of a merchant, and I am afraid she is very knowledgeable about accounts."

Yu Xin frowned, "The daughter of the boudoir has many shackles due to various rules. Even if the daughter of a merchant is in charge of the family, what does it have to do with the 200 million silver, and what does it have to do with you and me? Don't stare at her anymore."

He Yan looked at him in surprise, "Yan Luo with a cold face, I didn't expect to have such a compassionate heart, it's really a rare thing."

Yu Xin didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued to walk forward.

He Yan clung to him again, everyone in the capital was afraid of this venomous beauty snake, and he hated it at first.

This time I took on such an errand, which made me even more depressed and unable to eat for several days.

Unexpectedly, along the way, this beautiful snake that everyone in the capital fears but everyone wants to curry favor with unexpectedly meets his appetite.

The journey was boring, so he liked to tease this cold-faced and cold-hearted beauty snake.

Even if Yu Xin keeps silent, he can still talk happily just to his gorgeous face.

"It's okay not to mention that Miss Xue, but tell me about that Uncle Xue. According to what you said, he came to Lin's mansion as a guest yesterday morning. Why is he so sick that he can't get out of bed today? Could it be that he was arrested? Your cold-faced Yan Luo's notoriety has frightened you..."

(End of this chapter)