Delicate Flower

When the mother and son turned their heads, they saw a handsome man in a fuchsia gilt silver tunic coming in with a smile.

"Ajue!" Lin cried out happily, holding the hand of the maid beside him, and about to stand up, "When did you come here? Why didn't you say hello in advance, so I can let your cousin pick you up."

The visitor was Lin Jue, the nephew of Lin's maiden family.

He is the eldest son of Lin's brother. He has been beautiful and talkative since he was a child, and he is the nephew who likes Lin the most.

Lin Jue quickly stepped forward before she stood up, and hurriedly supported Lin before the little maid stretched out her hand.

"Auntie!" He called Lin affectionately, and laughed, "You are not another place here, didn't I want to give you a surprise? I didn't expect the surprise to become a fright!" He said , Glanced at Li Duan thoughtfully, and continued to say to Lin: "I didn't scare you, did I? I knew that I should let Xiao Si speak in advance."

With a deep sense of regret in his tone, Lin felt distressed and hurriedly said: "Is your aunt such a timid person? Besides, I dare not boast about other things, your aunt's skill as a housekeeper. But it’s one of the best. Who can come to my room without making a sound? Who else can it be if you don’t come and go?"

Lin Jue didn't deny this.

After greeted Li Duan, the two cousins ​​helped Lin sit down at the round table outside.

The maid served refreshment.

Lin asked Lin Jue: "Is this time passing by or planning to live for a few days? How have things been handled in Huai'an? Is the family business okay? Is your father's health okay?"

Lin Jue said with a smile: "My father is in good health. The family business has been helped by my uncle over the years, and everything has gone smoothly. I came this time because the business in Huai'an has been completed. First, I came to tell my aunt. I'm not worried about you. Secondly, I want to thank you too. If it weren't for my uncle's help, I'm afraid I'll lose my money this time. Speaking of which, there must be a scholar in this family!"

Lin kept nodding and said, "So I urge your two cousins ​​to study hard."

Li Yi is only a fourth-rank prefect, and he has already brought the Lin family's business to a higher level. If it is like the Pei family, wouldn't it be possible to pour money into the house like flowing water? !

Lin thought of Lin Jue's newly born eldest son, and said, "Although your daughter-in-law's natal family is rich, her background is a little worse. When your eldest cousin becomes a relative, you will take the child here to raise her. No It is said that to read a scholar, you have to read a scholar. Look at those big families in Hangzhou, the business is top-notch, and eight or nine out of ten are talented people. Only in this way can they match up with those who are officials. If something goes wrong, someone can keep it."

Lin Jueshen agreed and nodded repeatedly, thanking Lin and Li Duan in advance. Then he said it intentionally: "It happens to be nothing during this time. I will accompany you and talk to my cousin. It would be better if I could meet the third master of Pei's family."

Is the last sentence the main thing?

Lin thought, but her nephew spoke beautifully, and she was still very happy: "Okay! Just stay here for a few more days. Lin'an City is not good, but the scenery is still elegant. Every time you come, you will be in a hurry. Yes, I will stay here for a few more days this time, and let your cousin take it around. I am bored, take a boat and go back and forth to Hangzhou City on the same day."

Lin Jue immediately got up and thanked him, and chatted with Lin for a while. Seeing Lin's face looked a little tired, he left with Li Duan and Li Duan accompanied him to the guest room.

However, as soon as Lin Jue entered the door, he drove out the sorting bins and the servants sent by the Li family to clean the house, closed the door, and pulled out a scroll from one of the bins he carried and handed it to Li Duan with a smile: " How is it? I said that your method doesn't work, right? In the end, you still have to look at me. Here, Lu Xin's "Relic", see if it's the map that your family is looking for."

Li Duan smiled serenely: "Have you got it?"

Since hearing the news that Lu Xin still has the relic, they have begun to make the idea of ​​the relic. It's just that Lin Jue's idea went so smoothly.

Li Duan couldn't help defending himself: "The main thing is that Ah Jun fell in love with the girl from the Yu family. I killed two birds with one stone, and I agreed with it smoothly."

Although the Lu family's affairs are progressing smoothly, it is easy to find out who owns the painting if they want to check it. The profits of the maritime business are so great that killing and genocide is nothing in comparison. The Li family's foundation is still too thin to withstand the toss. Besides, there is another Pei family pressed on top of his head.

If the Pei family is allowed to share a piece of the pie, then their family will always be able to act with the eyes of the Pei family, so what future does the Li family have? What's the point of his struggle all his life?

Lin Jue was proud, but didn't want to offend Li Duan, his cousin who might bring unlimited benefits to the Lin family in the future. Not only did he not argue with Li Duan about winning or losing, he also followed Li Duan's words: "If it were me, I would also. I just didn’t expect the Yu family to be so stubborn. However, after all we got this painting, we had to hurry up until the Pei family found out that the painting had already been in the hands of the Peng family. No matter how good their Pei family is, they can still be more powerful than Peng’s. Can't you go home?"

Fu'an Peng's house is the first in Fujian.

Not only did the family have two elders, but now the seventh elder of the Peng family, Peng Yu, is also a close minister to the emperor. The Yudu Yushi of the Imperial Court is responsible for picking out hundreds of officials. He is the second brother of Pei Yan, a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, and a scholar of Dongge Jiang Hua did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Peng Yu.

It is the Peng family who wants this painting.

And Li Yi, in the past few years, has wanted to transfer to the capital. The Pei family is too old-fashioned and the pace is too slow. He finally caught up with the Peng family, and the Peng family was willing to help him. Naturally, their family would also reciprocate and help the Peng family. Go to this painting as a certificate.

It's just that the foundation of the Li family is in Lin'an. Before forming a tightly tied interest relationship with the Peng family, the Li family is unwilling to offend the Pei family, nor can it offend the Pei family. But it's too much, why do so many things?

Li Duan smiled and said nothing.

The Peng family wanted this painting, not their Li family, but their Li family, but the Peng family. It's no use saying anything now, it's true that Lin Jue got the painting.

There is no paper in the world that can wrap the fire, and Li Duan didn't want to keep the Pei family from it forever, but he had to let the Li family stand in front of the Peng family to let the Pei family know.

He asked Lin Jue: "You didn't come out in person, would you?"

"How can I be so stupid?" Lin Jue felt that his big cousin was a little stupid in reading. He glanced at Li Duan and said, "Of course it was for someone else to do it! This person is also the confidant beside me. I went to contact. I just said that this is an ancient painting. I have a way to sell it to people who like it. When I get it at the pawnshop, I can use it for four or five hundred taels of silver. Sold for a thousand taels of silver. That person was fooled. I spent four hundred taels of paintings and sold me five hundred taels of silver. Although it was a bit too much, I thought it was a cessation of spending money, and I didn’t give it. He kept the price down."

Knowing that this painting can sell for a thousand taels of silver, but it was bought for four hundred taels and sold for five hundred taels. This is also a real person.

Li Duan pretended to take a breath, and smiled: "This person is not greedy."

"So, it depends on who it is to do business." Lin Jue was a little proud of this, and said, "Look at me, following my dad to go north and south, there has never been a problem with a partner. So I said, Peng My family is capable of doing great things, and it's a good idea to follow them."

Li Duan was noncommittal.

On this point, he and Lin Jue had the opposite view.

He felt that the Peng family was greedy.

Of the nine fleets in Fujian, the Peng family’s fleet is the largest and owns most of Fujian’s ships. But when their family inadvertently learned that Lord Zuo had hidden a nautical map in this painting, they were afraid of being acquired by others, didn't they try their best to get it?

However, this is also human nature.

Who wants to add a tiger to his bed?

Li Duan and Lin Jue talked about the painting: "Should we just send it to Peng's house like this? Or should we take a look at the painting first?

He didn't think that the Yu family could discover the secrets in this painting, but was afraid that as Lu Xin had confessed, even he didn't know the secrets in this painting, and they got the wrong thing.

Lin Jue said shrewdly: "Of course I have to find a way to look at the map in this painting. What if the Peng family regrets it?"

In addition to inspecting the goods, they had better take the handle of the Peng family and copy the map to prevent the Peng family from turning over and denying the account.

After all, they and the Peng family are not at the same level. It is easy for the Peng family to deal with them, but it is not easy for them to resist the Peng family. Especially there is a Pei family in the middle-if there is no such thing, they can still ask Pei family for help. Once their transaction with the Peng family is exposed, it is good for Pei family not to clean them up. Don’t expect Pei family to pay. Can protect them.

When the two cousins ​​said this, they exchanged glances that could understand each other.

Li Duan said, "Leave this to me."

The purpose of Lin Jue's plan to stay here for a while is just for this matter.

He had to see the map with his own eyes to be relieved!

He will personally bring this map back to Fujian and send it to Peng's house.

This was also discussed with the Li family at the beginning.

Fight tiger brothers, father and son soldiers. Whether it is the Lin family or the Li family, they are too weak now. Only when they hug each other tightly can they do their family business.

The two discussed who to remount the painting.

The news that Yu Tang waited for a long time finally got an answer.

The person behind the Lu family is indeed Lin Jue.

She thought a lot about this painting. I felt that it would be impossible for the Li family to make a maritime business without the help of the Lin family, so the Lin family must have been aware of this matter. In the previous life, Lin Jue had the closest contact with the Li family.

He came far more frequently than a relative who was thousands of miles apart.

Yu Tang tried to draw a portrait of Lin Jue and showed it to Ah Liu who sells pears in Xiaomei Lane, and asked him to stare at the door of Li's house. This person immediately told Ah Tiao when he came to the door. He showed this portrait to the two brothers of the Qu family, and asked them to stare at the man who traded with the Lu family to see if the picture finally fell into Lin Jue's hands.

Fortunately, with those things in the previous life, she stared backwards, waiting for the result she wanted.