Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 99 Engagement
  "This kid is really pitiful. Please follow us first. We will investigate later and then send him back to others!" Jia Min said in the carriage at this time.

She also saw what happened just now, and she hated to see such a thing the most.

She also lost a child a few years ago, and she knew the pain of losing a child best. Seeing how beautiful Yinglian was, she felt sympathy for her.

"This is the best, this is the best, it's just troublesome for my wife!" The leader of the city guard dared to disobey.

"Brother Jia, you and I haven't been together for many days. I'll treat you when I have time!" Zhang Ximing saluted in the direction of the carriage, turned to Jia Qiang and said.

From the time he was kidnapped and rescued, until the Salt Gang was wiped out a few years ago, he was locked up at home.

Even if the Salt Gang was wiped out, Zhang Zhizhou waited until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before letting Zhang Ximing leave the house. Even so, Zhang Ximing was protected by four healthy servants to prevent what happened before happening again.

During this period of time, Zhang Ximing was so suffocated that he lost energy while reading at home every day.

Meeting an old friend now, if Jia Qiang hadn't been on a mission, she would have dragged Jia Qiang away to drink.

He didn't know that it was Jia Qiang who saved him. Only Zhang Zhizhou knew about this and did not tell his son.

"Listen to Brother Zhang!" Jia Qiang said with a smile.

At this moment, the two nuns had helped Yinglian onto the carriage, and she was pulled into the carriage by Jia Min.

Yinglian fell into the hands of human traffickers and was frightened by the beatings. Her actions were timid. The more she behaved like this, the more Jia Min felt pity for her.

Zhang Ximing would not meet the female family members on the carriage on the road. He chatted with Jia Qiang for a few words and left after seeing that the city guard had taken care of the matter here.

Jia Qiang was riding on a white horse, wondering how it could be such a coincidence.

This Yinglian must have been sold to two families at the same time by human traffickers in Suzhou in the past year.

It was that time that Xue Pan ordered his slaves to beat someone to death by mistake, and had to leave Jinling to avoid disaster.

Now that Jia Qiang has rescued Yinglian from the traffickers in advance, she has indirectly rescued Xue Pan. It seems that the future of the Xue family is completely different.

As for Yinglian's life experience, he remembered that he lived in a place near the Calabash Temple, and his father's name was Zhen Shiyin.

But now Zhen Shiyin, I don’t know if he has been transformed by an immortal.

"Forget it, let's wait until the government finds out everything!" Jia Qiang shook his head. He couldn't take the initiative to say such a thing.

On the carriage, Yinglian had always been very reserved, and Jia Min could see it, so she didn't force her to ask anything, but just watched the lanterns outside from the car window as planned.

Lin Daiyu, on the other hand, glanced at Yinglian from time to time and seemed to like Yinglian very much.

Lin Daiyu made good friends with Yunfei and Zhujun in the mansion, but after all, Yunfei and Zhujun were both seventeen or eighteen years old, much older than her.

And Yinglian is not much older than her, and she is very beautiful. Beautiful things always make people like her, and the same is true for her.

"Brother Qiang, stop in front and ask grandma to buy some clothes for this girl!" Jia Min saw a ready-made clothing store in front of her and said to Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang obeyed the order and the carriage stopped in front of the clothing store.

Without Jia Min's special explanation, the two grandmothers went into the shop and bought two sets from head to toe.

Jia Min was in the carriage, helping Yinglian change her clothes.

"Tsk, tsk, little Yinglian is so beautiful!" After changing her clothes, Jia Min looked at Yinglian and praised her with eyes brightening.

Yinglian put on new clothes, even the heavy winter clothes, gave her a good-looking, graceful and delicate look.

At this glance, you can tell that she is not a young lady from an ordinary family, her background must be extraordinary.

Jia Min became more and more happy as she saw her again. Lin Daiyu, her daughter, also had a good impression of Yinglian and wondered if she could let Yinglian stay.

Of course, the premise is that if Yinglian's family cannot be found, even if she does find her family, she will not be able to snatch their daughter.

When they returned to the Lin Mansion, the two nuns took Yinglian to take a bath. Even the place they lived in was the guest room of the Lin Mansion.

This kind of treatment is due to Jia Min's attitude. The two mothers are very smart in this regard.

On the morning of the next day, someone came to the Yamen and registered the records of Jia Qiang and Yinglian.

Jia Qiang asked about the investigation, and the person from the Yamen replied that it would take at least a month. Although the time needed to get from Yangzhou to Suzhou was not that long, the handover between the two parties also required investigations and other matters, so the government would naturally need a lot of time. More.

It has already been a month because it concerns the Lin Mansion, so the Yamen has paid more attention to it, otherwise this time would have been delayed even longer.

In the next few days, the human traffickers will be interrogated. No matter what, the two traffickers are capital crimes. Now it depends on how many cases can be dug out from the mouths of the traffickers.

A few days later, Jia Qiang went to the backyard to find Lin Daiyu, which was specifically requested by Jia Min.

Regarding the engagement between Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu, the entire Lin family knew.

Some purchase preparations have already begun. The mansion has not experienced any happy events for a long time. With the New Year and the happy events, the atmosphere in the mansion has become much more lively.

"Miss, do you usually read these books?" Jia Qiang walked outside Lin Daiyu's boudoir and heard the conversation inside. The voice was Yinglian's.

Since Yinglian came to Lin Mansion, although Jia Min arranged her to the guest room, she has always regarded herself as a maid.

Hearing that Lin Daiyu almost fell into the water before the Chinese New Year, Yinglian didn't say anything, but except for sleeping, she followed Lin Daiyu almost every step of the way.

It seemed that this was the only way to repay the kindness of being rescued. She had no other thoughts in her simple heart.

It was this kind of simplicity that made all the girls in the Lin family quickly accept Yinglian's existence.

"Many of these books were borrowed from Brother Qiang." Lin Daiyu's voice replied.

"Sister Lin, how about I move all those books to you?" Jia Qiang walked into the room and said with a smile.

Lin Daiyu was about to nod, but she hesitated when she thought about how her room was filled with books, especially the books on her bed.

"Master Qiang!" Yinglian saluted Jia Qiang respectfully.

"Yinglian, no need to be polite, you also like reading?" Jia Qiang waved her hand and asked.

The trafficker actually made Yinglian literate. It wasn't because the couple were so good, but because literate girls were sold at a higher price.

It's just that the traffickers made Yinglian literate, so Yinglian didn't have the chance to read many books.

Yinglian didn't dare to answer and looked a little scared. She was afraid of being beaten by the traffickers and didn't dare to say anything.

Although everyone has been very gentle towards Yinglian after these few days, this kind of influence since childhood cannot be changed for a while.

"If you like reading, you can go to my study with Sister Lin when you have time to pick up books and read them back!" Jia Qiang said with a smile. "Thank you, Master Qiang!" Yinglian replied in a low voice.

"Those books are still where they are. When I want to study, I will choose them myself!" Lin Daiyu finally had the answer. She didn't want her room to be filled with books. The most important thing was that she didn't like many of those books. .

Jia Qiang couldn't help but laugh. He just made a joke, and Lin Daiyu took it seriously.

Now that Lin Daiyu is still too young, he regards Lin Daiyu as his younger sister. Perhaps he will only change when Lin Daiyu grows up.

"Xueyan, how did your lady sleep at night recently?" Jia Qiang found Xueyan and asked.

"Miss is rarely woken up in the middle of the night these days, but she complained for a long time, saying that Master Qiang made the food in the house more delicious and made her gain a lot of weight!" Xue Yan replied with a chuckle.

Xueyan was happy for the young lady. In the days after the Chinese New Year, the young lady would be woken up almost every day in the middle of the night.

She has been eating well recently, and Jia Qiang often comes over to keep her company. The young lady is obviously getting better and better.

"Watch more, and come to me if you need anything!" Jia Qiang explained carefully.

Since Lin Daiyu will become his wife in the future, he must pay more attention to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu's weak body has always been his biggest concern. Although there is a 'healing technique [advanced]' that can treat her, her body has been weak for a long time and the fundamental damage has been done.

The therapeutic effect of 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' is indeed beyond doubt, but it cannot solve all physical problems.

To make up for the basics of Lin Daiyu's body, she still needs to adjust her diet.

Jia Qiang still remembers that Lin Daiyu was weak for a long time and finally died of illness. He will not let the current Lin Daiyu go down that old path.

Since getting married to Lin Mansion, he not only paid attention to Lin Daiyu's physical condition, but also used the 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' for Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, and the healing energy slowly took effect.

Even if something unexpected happens to Lin Ruhai and Jia Min again, with the healing energy of the 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' in the body, they can still keep some vitality and can fully support his arrival.

After learning about Lin Daiyu's situation, Jia Qiang read a book with Lin Daiyu for a while. He left after Yunfei and Zhujun came over.

Returning to the study, he began to continue the lessons assigned by Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai would spend an hour every day teaching him and assign a lot of homework.

In addition to studying, Lin Ruhai is also actively collecting information about the big salt merchants for Jia Qiang, hoping to find evidence that can kill the big salt merchants.

This was originally Jia Qiang's mission to Yangzhou, but now that Jia Qiang has become a family, he will naturally help Jia Qiang to the greatest extent possible.

Unfortunately, the evidence found is difficult to nail the big salt merchant. With the support of huge financial resources, even if some serious crimes are discovered, the big salt merchant can find a scapegoat to take the blame.

There is enough money to spend, and there are a large number of people who want to work hard for their families to gain stability in the rest of their lives.

The peaceful days came unknowingly to the second day of February, the day when Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu got engaged.

Funny to say, the day that was very important to Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu had nothing to do with them.

Jia Qiang had no other elders. Lin Ruhai and Jia Min regarded one as Jia Qiang's elder and the other as Lin Daiyu's elder, so they exchanged birth dates in the house.

"Brother Qiang, this is Yu'er's birth date. You have to take more care of Yu'er in the future. Yu'er is spoiled by me a lot, so you have to let her be!" Jia Min put Lin Daiyu's birth date in a box. He handed it to Jia Qiang and asked.

Jia Qiang carefully took the box. According to the rules of this era, the birth date in the box meant that Lin Daiyu would be his wife when she grew up.

Like some regrets about marriage, the prerequisite is to ask for the birth date and birth date back, which shows the importance of the birth date and birth date.

"Master, please rest assured and the teacher, I will definitely pamper Sister Lin just like you do!" Jia Qiang replied seriously.

"Master's wife believes in you!" Jia Min said with a smile.

The more she looked at Jia Qiang, the more satisfied she became. Being able to arrange this marriage for her daughter Lin Daiyu was her proudest thing.

Jia Qiang is both civilized and military, and she is already a first-class viscount. In real terms, even if Jia Qiang is not promoted again in the future, her daughter Lin Daiyu will still be a first-class lady when she marries him.

Looking at the whole Daqian, there is no one who can compare with Jia Qiang.

On the other side, Lin Ruhai looked at her daughter. Lin Daiyu also knew what happened today, her cheeks were flushed.

Lin Ruhai was really reluctant to give up. Although her daughter's marriage would be many years away, she was the apple of her eye.

But no matter how reluctant you are to let go, the engagement process still has to go through.

"Yu'er, this is Jia Qiang's birth date, I leave it to you!" He put a wooden box in front of Lin Daiyu and said.

Lin Daiyu stretched out her hands to hug the wooden box. She vaguely seemed to see Jia Qiang's smiling face. From now on, this smiling face was much closer to her.

Unconsciously, a smile appeared on her face.

Lin Ruhai saw Lin Daiyu's expression and almost stretched out his hand to snatch the wooden box back. He felt as if the pearl in his palm was about to fly away.

He couldn't talk too much about relationships to Lin Daiyu, which made him regret it. He should have let Jia Min come to see his daughter.

It's just that this was his deliberate choice, and he didn't want to hand over his daughter's birth date to Jia Qiang with his own hands.

"Yu'er, rest more!" Lin Ruhai didn't want to stay any longer, so he stood up and said.

"Dad, my daughter is here for you!" Lin Daiyu only reacted at this moment, and her face became even more rosy.

The Lin Mansion held a banquet in the evening and invited some friends to witness the engagement.

This was originally hosted by the man, but since Jia Qiang had no other relatives, it was Lin Ruhai who came forward. This made Lin Ruhai feel much better, as if she had an extra son.

The identities of the guests in the evening were not simple. Many people from the top level of Yangzhou City came.

Zhang Zhizhou, General Luo Wu, Huang Quanyi, Xi Tian, ​​Wu Zhifu and some officials. For this dinner, the Lin Mansion invited several famous chefs in the city.

The craftsmanship of Sun Ma, the chef of Lin Mansion, would not be comparable to those of these famous chefs without the blessing of MSG.

Sun’s mother is not without things to do. Her task is to control the water where the MSG is dissolved, and add MSG to the dishes at the right time to enhance the freshness.

Jia Qiang stood outside the back door of Lin Mansion. The front door was the gate of the Salt Transport Envoy's Yamen, so it was impossible to welcome guests there.

Next to him is Old Butler Lin. Old Butler Lin knows all the guests, and he represents Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai couldn't stand outside to prevent someone from assassinating him.

As long as they are officials in Yangzhou officialdom, no one knows Lin Ruhai's situation, so no one will say that he is rude.

(End of this chapter)