The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Lin Yun raised his glass and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's wish the business a prosperous business and have a drink."

The three of them toasted and clinked together, and then drank each in one gulp.

After drinking, Lin Yun said, "Brother Xue, I have too many things to do and I don't have time to run outside. I will leave it to you to find a carriage dealer."

Xue Pan said happily: "Brother Lin, don't worry, I will definitely handle this for you."

Lin Yun warned: "You are not allowed to buy by force. The most important thing in business is to make money with harmony. If you can solve the problem with money, don't mess around."

As soon as Xue Pan heard this, he immediately blushed. He always does things as he pleases, so he doesn't know what kindness makes money.

Lin Yun said again: "Second brother Lian knows that I look down on people who bully others the most. If you can't do this, don't get involved."

Jia Lian said happily, "Brother Xue, if you can't accept it, then you should break up as soon as possible."

Xue Pan said urgently: "That time was a misunderstanding, I usually don't like to cause trouble."

Lin Yun thought: "Are you lying to a ghost?"

At this moment, a woman came in with a food box and said to Xue Pan: "Master, Madam asked the servant to send a letter of bad goose feet and duck, and serve you with wine."

Xue Pan: "This wine is good, bring it up quickly, and let Second Brother Lian and Brother Lin taste it."

Jia Lian was not interested in eating food. After a few glasses of wine, he remembered Miss Yi Mei's instructions and asked Xue Pan to help him redeem his life.

Although Xue Pan is unreliable in doing things, he also knows that this matter cannot be easily agreed.He promised Jia Lian that he would intercede with his mother for him later.

Lin Yun shook his head secretly after hearing this. If Aunt Xue knew about this, the girl Yimei would definitely suffer a lot.

No matter how stupid Aunt Xue was, she would not dare to send a prostitute to Rongguo Mansion. This would not only offend the old lady, but also embarrass Mrs. Wang.It's no wonder that Aunt Xue agreed to such a thankless task.

...

Seeing that the drink was almost done, Lin Yun and Jia Lian said goodbye and left together.

After Xue Pan sent the two away, he went to the inner house to see Aunt Xue.It happened that Aunt Xue, mother and daughter had just eaten and were sitting in the house drinking tea.

Seeing Xue Pan coming in, Aunt Xue smiled at him and said, "Your second brother Lian and they left?"

"left already."

After a pause, Xue Pan said again: "Mother, my boy just promised Brother Lin that he would invest a sum of money in his rickshaw business."

Aunt Xue frowned and said, "Why don't you tell me how much money you want to invest, and just make your own decision?"

"I want to invest 1000 taels of silver, and Lian's second brother has also invested."

After Xue Pan finished speaking, he took out the drawing of the rickshaw from his arms and handed it to Aunt Xue.

Baochai came over to look at the manuscript paper, and then asked curiously: "Brother, how could that brother from the Lin family think of driving a rickshaw?"

Xue Pan: "Brother Lin said that there are many piers in the south of the Yangtze River and the traffic is heavy. If you can set up a rickshaw business, you must be able to earn a lot of money. Seeing that Brother Lian readily agreed to buy a share, I feel embarrassed to refuse."

Aunt Xue said angrily, "You should think about this matter, and it won't be too late to make a decision after discussing it with the steward at home."

Xue Pan said dissatisfiedly: "It's just a thousand taels of silver, and you don't have to dig and search to make people look down on you."

Aunt Xue's face darkened when she heard this, and she scolded Xue Pan: "1000 taels is not much, but 1000 taels today and 3000 taels tomorrow, no matter how big our family is, it's not enough to lose like you. "

Xue Pan was also annoyed when he heard the words, "Mother said this as if this business is bound to lose. If so, then let the child pay for the shares by himself."

After saying that, Xue Pan turned around angrily and walked out the door.

After walking a few steps, he turned back to Aunt Xue and said, "By the way, Second Brother Lian has taken a fancy to Miss Yimei from Songzhu Hall and wants to help her redeem her body. You can figure it out."

When Aunt Xue heard this, her expression changed drastically.

1Chapter 17: Beating Mandarin Ducks with Sticks

Ever since he learned that Qin Keqing was the daughter of Prince Zhongyi, Lin Yun had wondered whether Xiangling might also be the orphan of Prince Zhongyi.

At the same time, he was also thinking about whether to find Xiangling and find out her life experience.

After arriving in Jinling, Lin Yun still couldn't make up his mind whether to send someone to look for Xiangling.

It wasn't until he came back from Xue's house that he finally made up his mind that no matter what Xiangling's identity was, he should find her first.

Back on the cruise ship, Lin Yun immediately called Xiao Mo and Du Sha over, told them about Zhen Yinglian's situation, and asked them to go to the place where people were sold in the city under the pretext of buying a maid to look for Zhen Yinglian's whereabouts.

Xiao Mo never doubted or thought too much about what Third Master told him.He asked about Zhen Yinglian's situation and took Du Sha to find someone.

...

After seeing the two off, Lin Yun made himself a cup of tea and stood at the window to watch the performance on the stage outside.

Although the distance is a bit far, the boathouse where he lives is on the top floor, and he can still see clearly that there are people showing their talents on several stages.

In the auditorium below the stage, there was a burst of cheers from time to time.

Lin Yun was watching with great interest, when he suddenly heard several knocks on the door outside.

"Please come in."

Lin Yun turned around and saw that the warehouse door was pushed open, and the person who walked in was Doctor Guo.

He hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old man, why don't you go to the show and come to me."

The old genius doctor: "Now the girls with mediocre qualifications are appearing on stage. It's useless to watch too much. Why don't you come over and have a chat with you?"

Lin Yun asked the old genius doctor to sit down, made tea for him, and said with a smile, "You want to ask about Miss Liu, right?"

The old genius doctor: "I'm still relieved that you're doing something."

"Well, you've learned to flatter anyway."

"Go, go, this old man is not that kind of person."

After a pause, the old miracle doctor said again: "I heard that your father came to Yangzhou a few days ago, does he have any objection to your marriage with Keqing?"

Lin Yun said with a smile: "If there is no objection, my father will worry about where to settle for us."

The old genius doctor: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about, you young couple can settle down in Yangzhou."

Lin Yun smiled wryly and said: "If my uncle hadn't been transferred, it would be okay, but now it probably won't be. I heard from Lian's second brother that after discussing with my uncle, my father plans to buy a garden in Beijing so that we can get married in the capital."

The old genius doctor frowned and said: "There are too many troubles in the capital, and you are not a troublemaker, and you will probably cause trouble there."

Lin Yun: "There are right and wrong everywhere. I've already figured it out. In Beijing, my uncle will take care of me. In Yangzhou, no one can protect me."

"That's right."

After a pause, the old miracle doctor said again: "I heard Miss Liu said that you want her to help you do business?"

Lin Yun nodded and said: "If she finds someone to marry after she redeems herself, she won't have to worry about it. Now that there is no one to marry, she must find something to do."

The old genius doctor: "It's not easy for a woman to come out to do business."

"All right, let her try."

As soon as Lin Yun finished speaking, he saw Xing'er, Jia Lian's servant, rushing in and said to him, "Master nephew, please go and have a look, our second master is arguing with someone."

As soon as Jia Lian came back, he disappeared. Lin Yun guessed that he must have gone to see Miss Yimei in the painting workshop of Songzhu Pavilion. It is not surprising to hear that he had a quarrel with others.

It's common for men to get jealous over actors, not to mention that Jia Lian drank a lot of wine at noon, so it's good that they didn't get into a fight.

After Lin Yun bid farewell to the old genius doctor, he took Zhong Yi and Xing'er to the painting workshop of Songzhu Pavilion.

There are quite a lot of maids and servants in the painting workshop. All the way, everyone is whispering to each other, presumably discussing the quarrel between the guests inside.

A few people came to the top floor of the painting workshop, and they heard Jia Lian's voice from a long distance away, "Old man, if you are sensible, get out of here quickly, lest your second master let someone throw you into the lake."

Another old voice sounded, "I'm here today to see who dares to touch me."

Immediately, another woman's voice sounded, "Lord Cao, Second Master Lian, please calm down and talk if you have something to say."

Jia Lian: "What the fuck, if you don't drive the old man away today, Second Master, I'll even demolish your painting workshop."

Lin Yun quickened his pace and walked into an elegant warehouse where the dispute had arisen.

Going in and taking a look, he saw swords were on the verge of breaking out in the warehouse. Jia Lian and his long follower, Zhao Er, were confronting a five-year-old man in brocade clothes. Beside the two, Mama Liu from the Songzhu Pavilion tried hard to persuade them to reconcile.

The girl Yimei who caused the conflict hid in the corner without saying a word, presumably she didn't want to offend these two guests.

Seeing Lin Yun coming in from the outside, Mother Liu smiled at him as if she had been rescued: "Mr. Lin, you came just in time, come and persuade Second Master Lian, everyone has something to discuss."

Lin Yun reprimanded Zhao'er: "What's the matter with you here, get out quickly."

Zhao'er heard the sound and hurried out of the warehouse, he was very clear about the interests of this young nephew, he would rather offend the second master than dare to contradict the young nephew.

After drinking Zhao'er back, Lin Yun cupped his hands at the old man again and said, "Dare to ask the old man's name?"

The old man glanced at him and said coldly, "Who are you?"

Lin Yun: "My surname is Lin and my name is Yun. This is my elder brother."

"Oh, are you Lin Yun and Lin Ruoyu?"

Lin Yun was stunned when he heard the word Ruoyu from the other party. Lu Xingzhi took the word Ruoyu, and not many people outside knew about it.

He hurriedly asked: "May I ask the old gentleman's name?"

The old man twirled his beard and said, "My surname is Cao, and my courtesy name is Shaoqian."

"Uh,"

When Lin Yun heard that the other party was called Cao Shaoqian, his mind immediately went blank. Isn't this the Imperial College offering wine? How could he come to visit the painting workshop.

Seeing that his expression was not right, Jia Lian quickly asked, "Brother Yun, what's the matter with you?"

Lin Yun hurriedly cupped his hands at Cao Shaoqian and said, "I'm disturbing the old man's elegant mood, and this junior will bid farewell."

After speaking, he grabbed Jia Lian's arm and walked out of the warehouse.

Jia Lian asked anxiously, "Brother Yun, who is he? Why are you so afraid of him?"

Lin Yun lowered his voice and said, "Shut up, let's go out and talk about it."

Jia Lian was reluctantly dragged out of the cabin by Lin Yun, and when they arrived on the lower deck, he immediately asked Lin Yun, "Who is the old man?"

Lin Yun: "He is Jinling Guozijian Jijiu. Whether my younger brother can enter the Guozijian to study depends on him."

"what!"

Jia Lian exclaimed, and then said indignantly: "The Guozijian sacrificed wine and came to visit the painting workshop. It's really insulting to the gentlemen."

Lin Yun persuaded: "Second brother Lian, you should go back to Beijing quickly."