The mother and son turned their heads and saw a handsome man in a purple-red gilded silver brocade robe walking in with a smile on his face.
"Ajue!" Lin said happily, and was about to stand up while holding the hand of the maid beside her, "When did you come here? Why didn't you say hello in advance, so that I can let your cousin pick you up."
The person who came was Lin Jue, the nephew of Lin's natal family.
He is the eldest son of Lin's brother. He has been beautiful and eloquent since he was a child. He is Lin's favorite nephew.
Before she stood up, Lin Jue stepped forward quickly, and supported Lin before the little maid reached out.
"Auntie!" He called Mrs. Lin affectionately, and said with a smile, "You are not somewhere else. Didn't I want to give you a surprise? I didn't expect the surprise to turn into a shock!" He said , glanced at Li Duan thoughtfully, and continued to say to Lin: "I didn't scare you, did I? If I knew this, I should have asked the boy to report in advance."
There was a deep sense of regret in his tone, which made Lin feel distressed, and hurriedly said: "Is your aunt such a cowardly person? Besides, I dare not boast about other things. The housekeeper's ability is your aunt's." But it is one of the best. The one who can come to my room without making a sound, who else could it be if it wasn’t you who come and go frequently?”
Lin Jue did not deny this.
After saying hello to Li Duan, the two cousins helped Lin to sit down at the round table outside.
The maid served tea.
Lin asked Lin Jue: "Are you passing by this time, or are you planning to stay for a few days? How are things going in Huai'an? Is the business at home okay? Is your father in good health?"
Lin Jue said with a smile: "Father is in good health. The family business has been helped by my uncle these 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 Just to save you from worrying. Secondly, I want to thank you. If my uncle hadn’t helped me out, I’m afraid I’d lose everything this time. Speaking of which, there must be a scholar in this family!”
Lin nodded and said, "So I urge your two cousins to study hard."
Now that Li Yi is only a fourth-rank magistrate, he has already brought the Lin family's business to a higher level. If it is like the Pei family, wouldn't the money be poured into the family like running water? !
Mrs. Lin thought of Lin Jue's eldest son who had just been born, and said, "Although your daughter-in-law's family is rich, but the background is not good. Afterwards, when your eldest cousin gets married, he will take the child here to raise him. No It is said that someone who is a Jinshi Juren has to be a scholar. Look at those big families in Hangzhou City, whose business is top-notch, and eight or nine out of ten are from a scholar background. Only in this way can we get along with those officials If something happens, someone will keep it."
Lin Jueshen agreed, nodded repeatedly, and thanked Lin and Li Duan in advance. Then he said it meaningfully: "It just so happens that I have nothing to do during this time, so I come to accompany you and talk to my cousin. It would be even better if I could meet the third master of the Pei family."
The last sentence is the main one, right
Lin thought about it, but her nephew spoke beautifully, so she was still very happy: "Okay! You can stay here for a few more days. Lin'an City is nothing else, but the scenery is still elegant. Every time you come here, you are in a hurry Yes, this time I will stay here for a few more days, and let your cousin take it around. If you are bored, take a boat, and you can go back and forth on the same day as Hangzhou City."
Lin Jue got up immediately to thank her, and chatted with Lin for a while, seeing that Lin looked a little tired, then said goodbye with Li Duan, and Li Duan accompanied her to the guest room for rest.
However, as soon as Lin Jue entered the door, he drove out all the servants who were tidying up the boxes and cages and the Li family sent to clean the house, closed the door, took out a scroll from a box and cage with him, and handed it to Li Duan with a smile: " How about it? I said your method won’t work, right? It’s up to me in the end. Here, Lu Xin’s 'relic', see if it is the map your family is looking for."
Li Duan smiled embarrassingly: "Have you got it?"
Ever since they heard that Lu Xin still had the relic, they started thinking about it. It's just that Lin Jue's idea went so smoothly.
Li Duan couldn't help defending himself: "The main reason is that Ah Jun fell in love with the girl from Yu's family. I agreed to kill two birds with one stone."
Although the affairs of the Lu family are going well, if someone wants to check, it is easy to find out who owns the painting. The profits of maritime business are so lucrative that killing people and exterminating clans is nothing compared to them. The foundation of the Li family is still too weak to withstand the toss. What's more, there is a Pei family pressing on top of her head.
If the Pei family is allowed to take a share of the pie, then their family can only act according to the Pei family's winks forever, so what future is there for the Li family? What's the point of his life's struggle
Lin Jue was proud of himself, but he didn't want to offend Li Duan, a cousin who might bring infinite benefits to their Lin family in the future. Not only did he not argue with Li Duan about winning or losing, but he also followed Li Duan's words: "If it were me, I would be willing too. It's just that I didn't expect the Yu family to be so stubborn. However, at least we got this painting, we have to hurry up, and when the Pei family finds out, the painting is already in the hands of the Peng family. No matter how powerful their Pei family is, they can still surpass Peng Can't go home?"
Fu'an Pengjia is the first one in Fujian.
Not only have there been two elders in the family, but the current seventh master of the Peng family, Peng Yu, is also a close minister of the emperor. Jiang Hua didn't dare to act presumptuously in front of Peng Yu.
It was the Peng family who wanted to get this painting.
As for Li Yi, he has been wanting to be transferred to the capital for the past few years. The Pei family is too old-fashioned and the pace is too slow. He finally found the Peng family, and the Peng family was willing to help him. To this painting as a vote of honor.
It's just that the foundation of the Li family is in Lin'an, and before forming a closely bonded relationship of interests with the Peng family, the Li family was not willing to offend the Pei family, nor could they offend the Pei family. But it's too much, why bother to make so many things
Li Duan smiled and said nothing.
If the Peng family wanted this painting, it was not because of the Li family, but because of the Li family, it was the Peng family. It is useless to say anything now, it is true that Lin Jue got the painting.
There is no paper in the world that can cover fire, and Li Duan didn't want to keep it from the Pei family forever, but no matter what, the Li family must stand in front of the Peng family before the Pei family can know.
He asked Lin Jue: "You didn't come out in person, did you?"
"How could I be so stupid?" Lin Jue felt that his eldest cousin was a bit stupid in reading, so he glanced at Li Duan and said, "Of course I asked someone else to do it! This is the person who is also my confidant in charge. Just say that this is an ancient painting, I have a way to sell it to someone who likes it, and the pawn shop can only pawn it for four or five hundred taels of silver, but after passing through my hands, it can It sold for thousands of taels of silver. That person was duped. He bought the paintings for four hundred taels and sold them to me for five hundred taels of silver. He undercut the price."
Knowing that this painting can sell for thousands of taels of silver, but buying it for four hundred taels and selling it for five hundred taels, this is a real person.
Li Duan pretended to take a deep breath, and said with a smile: "This person is not greedy."
"So, doing business depends on who it is." Lin Jue was a little proud of it, and said, "Look at me, I followed my father everywhere, and never had any problems because of a partner. So I said, Peng Families are capable of great things, and it would be a good idea to follow them.”
Li Duan was noncommittal.
On this point, he and Lin Jue have the opposite opinion.
He felt that the Peng family was greedy.
Of the nine fleets in Fujian, Peng's fleet is the largest and owns most of the ships in Fujian. But when their family inadvertently found out that Mr. Zuo had hidden a nautical map in this painting, they were afraid that others would get it, so why didn't they try their best to get it
However, this is also human nature.
Who wants to have a tiger next to their bed
Li Duan and Lin Jue talked about this painting: "Should we just send it to Peng's house like this? Or should we first see if this painting is right?"
He didn't think that the Yu family could discover the secrets in this painting, but he was afraid that, as Lu Xin confessed, even he didn't know the secrets in this painting, and they took the wrong things in the end.
Lin Jue shrewdly said: "Of course we have to find a way to look at the map in this painting. What if the Peng family repents?"
In addition to inspecting the goods, they'd better take advantage of the Peng family and make a copy of the map to prevent the Peng family from turning their backs on them.
After all, they are not at the same level as the Peng family. 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 the Pei family for help. Once their deal with the Peng family is exposed, it will be good if the Pei family does not clean them up. Don't expect the Pei family to be able to protect them.
When the two cousins said this, they exchanged a look that they could understand each other.
Li Duan said: "Leave this matter to me."
The purpose of Lin Jue's plan to stay here for a while is for this matter.
He has to see the map with his own eyes before he can rest assured!
He will also personally bring this map back to Fujian and send it to Peng's family.
This was also discussed between their family and the Li family at the beginning.
Brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers in battle. Whether it is the Lin family or the Li family, they are too weak now, and only by huddling together tightly can the family business be possible.
The two discussed who to reframe the painting.
The news Yu Tang had been waiting for 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. He felt that the Li family would not have been able to do business at sea without the help of the Lin family, so the Lin family must have known about this matter. In the previous life, the person who had the closest contact with the Lin family was Lin Jue.
He comes far more frequently than a relative who is thousands of miles away.
Yu Tang thought of a way 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. As soon as this person came to the door, he immediately told Ah Shao. Then he showed the portrait to the two brothers of the Qu family, and asked them to keep an eye on the person who traded with the Lu family to see if the painting ended up in Lin Jue's hands.
Fortunately, with those things in her previous life, she stared at people backwards and waited for the result she wanted.