Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 61 Li Weijian made two plans to give his eldest sister an opportunity to leave the house.

Li Weijian made two strategies. One was to ask the saints to remove the shares of the water company from the list of picks, which was equivalent to family land; the other was to diversify the shares, hold less than five points of the shares, and subscribe to the shares without recognizing anyone.

The former dispels the worries of the rich, and the latter relieves the rich's desire to hide their wealth.With this two-pronged approach, the water company's shares will surely attract wealthy investors.

After hearing this, King Zhongyong put his hands behind his hands and looked at the water with an eyebrow. After thinking for a long time, he said: "Resurrection will probably lead to the corruption in the court to escape with his stock in the future."

Li Weijian smiled: "Student, dare I ask the prince, without this, the prisoners will have no other way to hide their property?"

"Huh?" King Zhongyong thought for a moment and nodded slowly: "That makes sense."

There are many ways to avoid being confiscated, such as placing the property in the name of relatives, or simply casting it into silver winter melons and burying them in the mountains. Unless the prisoner himself confesses, there is absolutely no way to find out the whereabouts of the gold and silver.

Li Weijian struck while the iron was hot: "Instead of letting the gold and silver be buried in the soil without knowing anything, why not take it out to relieve the imperial court's financial shortage. Besides... if you don't pick it up now, you may not be able to pick it up in the future."

King Zhongyong glanced at him, and immediately smiled and pointed his fingers: "Resurrection is cunning, this is to invite rich men into the urn."

Li Weijian smiled and said: "It's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice, and the court's finances are insufficient, so the student has no choice but to come up with this plan."

"Okay," King Zhongyong said, "I will tell the saint tomorrow and ask the saint to make a decision." He was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Haha, the resurrection is indeed full of wisdom. This time, I made the right call. Let's go. , please follow me for a walk, the peach blossoms are blooming just right over there."

"Yes."

The two came out of the waterside pavilion and walked slowly along the garden path.King Zhongyong and the saint share the same mother, and they are most trusted by the saint.In his early years, he led troops abroad, and was the commander-in-chief when he conquered Junggar. However, he returned without any success. After his army returned to the court, he was placed in the inner palace by the saint.

King Zhongyong originally wanted to lead the army, but in the affairs of the inner government, he was just chasing ducks. After a few years, he was not good at all.Fortunately, Li Weijian happened to appear, so there is no doubt that the inner government will win a jackpot this year.

Perhaps he felt that Li Weijian had many ulterior motives. During his journey, the loyal and brave king revealed many difficulties in the inner palace and asked Li Weijian to make suggestions, which made Li Weijian dumbfounded.

He had no choice but to hand over his hand repeatedly: "Your Majesty, the student is only this age, and he doesn't know the situation in the inner government. I'm afraid this talk on paper is just empty talk."

"Huh? Well..." King Zhongyong stopped to think, and then turned to look at Li Weijian: "I have seen Qiu Wei, and I told the sage that I would just order you to come to the inner palace."

Doesn't this suit Li Weijian's wishes?He immediately said: "Your Majesty is so trustworthy, how dare students disobey orders?"

"Huh?" Now it was King Zhongyong's turn to be surprised and asked: "After the resurrection, Qiu Wei doesn't want to become an official in the court?"

"Your Majesty, the autumn period has passed, and I am just a practical scholar. Even if I am an official, I am afraid I will only be a humble official. Besides, students are good at creating things, so it is better to show off their talents in the inner palace."

"Hey," King Zhongyong was overjoyed and patted Li Weijian on the shoulder: "Okay, okay, then it's settled, you will definitely come to the inner palace in the future."

Just then, a silvery bell-like laughter suddenly came from afar, accompanied by instructions.

"Giggle-"

"Princess, please slow down, be careful of falling!"

Li Weijian turned around and looked over, and saw a little girl in an undershirt coming out of the end of the corridor. She was about ten years old, running towards this side while holding a paper kite.Behind it were two maids.

Li Weijian turned to look at King Zhongyong, and saw the "aunt's smile" on the dark-faced prince's face. He stopped it after a while and scolded: "Nonsense! How can you let Meng Qing come out to play naughty in such little clothes? Come on! Go take Mengqing to wear too many clothes before you come out!"

But the little girl stopped and held the flying paper kite and said, "Father, I'm not cold. I'm sweating all over. If I wear too much, I'll have to cover up the prickly heat!"

King Zhongyong's expression changed again: "Okay, okay, Meng Qing, please slow down and go wipe the princess's sweat quickly."

Turning around, he saw Li Weijian lowering his head and saying nothing, don't look at anything inappropriate.King Zhongyong scratched his nose and said: "My daughter is spoiled a little too much and has no rules. This... I am looking for some nuns and nuns to teach her."

Li Weijian said hurriedly: "The princess is so innocent and innocent, but it would be unsightly to be too restrained."

"Haha, the words about resurrection are exactly what I want."

Li Weijian's heart was moved, and he turned around and walked to the other side with King Zhongyong, so he asked: "Your Majesty, may I ask what kind of nanny you want to hire for the princess?"

"This one must be someone who knows some poetry. It's best to be quiet." King Zhongyong walked with his hands behind his back and said: "The princess left early, and I indulged her blindly. Meng Qing's temperament is a bit wild. In the blink of an eye, she is ten years old. , you have to learn some rules, don’t go on messing around anymore.”

Li Weijian made up his mind, thought about it and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I wonder if the student can recommend someone?"

"Oh? Come back and tell me."

He then said: "This person is the sister of the student clan. She was originally the daughter of the student's uncle Li Jijiu. She married Jia Zhu in Rongguo Mansion and had a son. Unexpectedly, the student's brother-in-law fell ill and died early two years ago, and the clan sister died due to illness. It's a widowhood.

He didn't dare to deceive the prince. The student was cared for by his clan sister when he was young, so he was lucky enough to survive.This time I went to the capital and met my clan sister. I was very anxious when I saw that she was as gray as a dead tree.Just then I thought, if the clan sister had such a job, it would be better to come here every day to relax than to stay at home and think randomly every day. "

King Zhongyong asked about the past again, and Li Weijian told the story of his childhood. King Zhongyong sighed repeatedly, saying: "It's rare to be reborn with a heart. Since Sister Yin is the daughter of Li Shouzhong, she has a well-established family background, so she thought it would be good to study. Yes. In this case, you should go back and ask her first. If she nods, I will write a document to hire your sister as the princess’s female teacher.”

Li Weijian was overjoyed and quickly bowed his head to the ground: "Student, thank you, Your Majesty."

The loyal and brave king waved his hand casually: "It's just a trivial matter, and resurrection should not be like this."

Later, King Zhongyong hosted a banquet in honor of Li Weijian. In addition to the officials of the palace, there were also several doctors from the inner palace. The banquet was enjoyable and enjoyable.It is worth mentioning that this loyal and brave king only drank a few too many drinks and praised his precious daughter in two out of three sentences, just like a slave girl.

He returned to his small courtyard just after midnight that day. Li Weijian had just sat down and had a cup of sobering tea when he heard a knock at the door from outside.

Hongyu hurriedly went to greet them, turned around and said, "Fourth Master, Second Mistress and Miss Ping'er are here."

Li Weijian hurried out to greet them, and saw Wang Xifeng and Ping'er, who looked like fairy concubines, leading a group of maids into the courtyard.

He hurriedly greeted her and said, "Why is the second sister-in-law here? Please come inside quickly."

Wang Xifeng glanced at it and said with a smile: "Hey, brother Jian, did you have a drink? But the palace left a meal?"

Li Weijian smiled and nodded: "Thanks to the prince's love, I was allowed to have a banquet." Everyone walked inside as they talked, and Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "To say that Brother Jian is really a promising man, how many days have he been like this? How early? Not to mention the former Young Sikou and the Great Sikong, now they have favored the prince again, tsk tsk, the future is not limited."

After entering the inner room, the guests and hosts were seated. Without waiting for the tea to be served, Wang Xifeng took a stack of deeds from Ping'er and said, "I am here today to present the deed to Brother Jian. Look, the red jade ’s and Qingwen’s are all here.”

There were three body contracts in total, but Wang Xifeng ignored Qian Xue.

Li Weijian glanced at it and then smiled and handed over his hands: "Excuse me, second sister-in-law."

Wang Xifeng said: "It's rare for Brother Jian to open his mouth. Can't I, the housekeeper, try my best to answer correctly and satisfactorily?" After laughing twice, she said again: "The Lin Zhixiao family is reluctant to part with it. Brother Jian, I'm looking forward to seeing you." Sooner or later, I have to give Hongyu a future. Hahaha..."

Wang Xifeng glanced at Hongyu. Hongyu suddenly blushed, turned away, and then hurriedly went to work outside.

"Second sister-in-law is joking. I'm still young, so I have to wait for another two years to talk about it."

"Look," Wang Xifeng said to Ping'er, "Brother Jian can still control himself with a maid as beautiful as a flower and jade by his side. It shows that his character is not comparable to others."

Ping'er also said: "What Second Grandma said is, who in the whole family doesn't praise Fourth Master Jian for his greatness?"

Talking and laughing, Li Weijian never took these compliments to heart.After chatting for a while, Wang Xifeng changed the subject: "That's right, I almost forgot about the real thing. Brother Jian, you have collected the money. When do you think it will be transferred to the owner?"

Li Weijian said: "What I heard from the second sister-in-law is that if the second sister-in-law said morning, then we will do it tomorrow morning."

"Okay, if it's early rather than late, let's do it together tomorrow morning." Wang Xifeng saw that the business was about to happen, so she simply stood up and said, "Okay, I wanted to talk more, but unfortunately Brother Jian drank. Then I'll come back tomorrow. If Brother Jian is short of anything, just go find Ping'er."

Li Weijian stood up and sent Wang Xifeng and Ping'er out the door.When I came back and just sat down, Baochai came to the door again.

I haven't seen Sister Bao in several days since I met Tanchun once when she gave birth to her son.

Li Weijian welcomed Baochai into the courtyard and invited Baochai into his room.

After sitting down, Baochai glanced at the tea cup on the table and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I think Fourth Brother Jian just sent away the guests."

"Yes, the second sister-in-law and Miss Ping'er came here for a visit. Is your brother setting off on his journey?"

Baochai nodded and said with a smile: "We set off a few days ago. If we calculate the water journey, we might have arrived in Shandong by now." After a pause, Baochai said: "Fourth Brother Jian, I am here to work for the water company. Stock."

She looked at the maid beside her, who placed a brocade box on the table.Baochai opened it, revealing a pile of banknotes inside: "This is 9 taels, what does Fourth Brother Jian do?"

Li Weijian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Can I still trust Sister Xue?"

Baochai said, "If money is involved, it must be settled in person."

Li Weijian called Qingwen and Hongyu over and asked them to count together.

Xiangling served the fragrant tea, Baochai took a sip and said, "Fourth Brother Jian, what I mentioned earlier——"

Li Weijian said: "There is a painting shop in the outer city. Sister Xue buys a painting and can talk to Yan Shilang. But -" he pondered for a while and said: "-Shaosikou is good at official skills. I’m afraid I don’t want to get involved in this matter.”

Just kidding, where are the cases left by the Ministry of Punishment that were just checked off?

Baochai frowned and said after a long while: "You have to give it a try."

Li Weijian thought about it, this time the Xue family lost their foundation as an imperial businessman, so they could at least vent their anger, right?In this case, whether it is to maintain the character or to give Baochai a good impression, you must always come up with a practical idea.

Because he lowered his voice and said: "Sister Xue, if you rely on me, it is better to think of a solution from Jinling."

Although Baochai is smart, he does not know the outside world due to his age and experience.So he quickly asked: "Jinling? Please tell me, Fourth Brother Jian."

"Why don't Sister Xue write a letter, find the right person to bribe the subordinates, set up an account for Wenlong on the side of the Xue family, and then record the adoption of the big house, and then change her appearance... She also has to carefully appease the Feng family , from now on, if the people do not hold officials accountable, won’t your brother’s lawsuit be resolved?”

Dashun Guozuo has lasted for more than a hundred years, with no hereditary officials and feudal officials.The subordinate officials are colluding and colluding with each other, and there are constant things like cheating and cheating, including establishing a legal identity for the gangsters.

What Li Weijian came up with was a real idea, which would have been effective in ordinary times.But in Xue Pan's case, it might not be the case.

Jia Yucun followed Lin Ruhai's path, so he attached himself to the Jia family and became the prefect of Jinling.After Xue Pan beat the man to death, both Jia Zheng and Wang Ziteng wrote letters to Jia Yucun.

Jia Zheng is pedantic, upright, maybe a little prude?But he didn't tell Jia Yucun in the letter to settle the case like this.But Jia Yucun happened to get seriously ill and died. Li Weijian secretly thought about it, was there any reason for Wang Ziteng?

If Prince Teng had the intention of exterminating the Xue family... then such operations would be in vain in the end.

Although Baochai was smart, she never thought that her uncle would harm the Xue family. She only thought that Aunt Wang was greedy.Hearing this, he thought about it for a moment, and suddenly his face showed joy: "The authorities are really confused, thank you Fourth Brother Jian for your guidance."

Li Weijian smiled and shook his head: "I am just a fool. Sister Xue is very smart. I think she will be able to think of this after some time."

"Fourth Brother Jian is too modest." Baochai calmed down for a moment, then stood up and said goodbye: "I have to argue with my mother. If this happens, I will visit Fourth Brother Jian again one day to thank Brother Jian."

"Okay, sister, go slowly. Hongyu, send Sister Xue off for me."

"Hey."

Baochai left in a hurry, but Li Weijian thought about it for a while.Just now, Baochai's words and deeds were extremely decent, and even that smile seemed to have been practiced thousands of times, as if it was carved out of the same mold.There was a smile on his face, but his eyes were extremely cold.

I guess it was after the initial panic that Baochai finally regained her original temperament?Something doesn't seem right... Although Baochai concealed it skillfully in the past, a hint of affection could still be seen in his eyes at an occasional glance, but now he didn't let it out at all.Could it be that Baochai has completely hidden his true nature since then?
Li Weijian thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why Baochai changed into the "ruthless yet touching" appearance he has now.

Just then, I heard a call from outside: "Is Fourth Master Jian here? The eldest master invites you to go to the study for a talk."

(End of this chapter)