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Chapter 224: Buddhism competes for novelty and beauty

 Seeing the disturbed beauty, Jia Lian hurriedly came out and saluted:

"I am Jia Lian of Jinling Rongguo Mansion, not a prodigal son."

Miaoyu turned away coldly:

"The Duke Hou Men's Mansion will only use noble power to suppress others, which is a custom within the customs."

Then he said to Xiuyan:

"Don't pay attention to these vulgar people, they stink."

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The stench is overwhelming?

Why are you saying such ugly things?

Is this Miaoyu a monk? Why is he so stubborn!

Just as Jia Lian was about to reply, Xing Xiuyan on the side said politely:

"It turns out to be the Second Master Lian of Rongguo Mansion. We are still related, but we are not outsiders.

My father is the eldest brother of the eldest wife in the family. The younger girl’s surname is Xing, her given name is Lianyun, and her given name is Xiuyan.

It's a pity that my father and mother are out for a visit today, so we can't meet each other." After saying this, he greeted Jia Lian first.

Jia Lian saw that Xing Xiuyan behaved generously and spoke in a decent manner, so he quickly returned the gift.

I couldn’t help but admire:

Look at this girl, not only is she beautiful, she also has a good personality and is well-educated.

Even though this girl is only fifteen or six years old, it is obvious at a glance that she will be a good wife and mother in the future. Whoever marries her home will be considered lucky.

The original book of "A Dream of Red Mansions" does not describe much about Xing Xiuyan. It only says that she is the niece of Mrs.

During the period when Xing Xiuyan stayed in the Jia Mansion, Mrs. Xing treated her very generally, either neglecting or scheming.

Even Wang Xifeng, who is so calculating, thinks this girl is pitiful and gives her a monthly payment of two taels of silver.

But Mrs. Xing actually asked Xing Xiuyan to use another half of the two taels of silver to subsidize the girl's parents. She also told Xing Xiuyan with a shy face: "What are you going to do? Anyway, there are things belonging to your second sister that you can use."

It's over now.'

Yingchun's unscrupulous servants were very good at bullying, so they asked Xing Xiuyan to buy them drinks and snacks with money, which forced the little girl to have no choice but to send even her cotton-padded clothes to the pawn shop in the middle of winter.

Later, Aunt Xue took a fancy to Xing Xiuyan and asked Wang Xifeng to be a matchmaker, so that Xue Pan, Xue Pan's cousin, could marry Xing Xiuyan as his wife.

It is said that Xue Pan is very handsome, talented and moral. Everyone says that he and Xue Baochai are like siblings, while Xue Pan seems to be picked up.

Wait, Xue Biao looks like Xue Baochai?

Are you so mean-spirited and calculating?

What he says is better than what he sings. There are a hundred twists and turns behind every word he says and every thing he does.

When he thought of Baochai, Jia Lian couldn't help but shake his head.

She has high emotional intelligence but is too utilitarian. When being with a woman like Xue Baochai, a man will feel tired from the bottom of his heart.

Because that kind of merchant's daughter has long been accustomed to calculating all the time, calculating what is the most beneficial way for herself.

Her beauty, her intelligence, her gentleness, her generosity, everything about her are just her external manifestations after careful calculation.

What you see is just what she wants you to see.

Maybe the man who has spent her whole life with her has never seen her true appearance.

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Xiuyan didn't know that what Jia Lian was thinking at this time was already far off topic, so he said to Miaoyu:

"Master Miao, this Second Master Lian is a relative of my family, and he must not be a bad person."

Miaoyu did not turn around, but still faced Jia Lian with her slender figure, and coldly said:

"Not a bad person, but also a common person."

Laity?

Your sister!

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When it was almost dusk, the big ship Jia Lian and his party took docked at Wumen Pier.

Jia Lian has been in a bad mood ever since he saw Miao Yu's aloof demeanor. At this time, he revisited his old place and came to Susu again, a "land of flowers and willows, a gentle and wealthy town", but Jia Lian was not interested.
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The sun is getting darker, and the layers of pink lotus petal-like sunset gradually dim in the curling smoke.

Jia Lian walked out of the boat with a sullen expression, and met a hunchbacked old slave who knelt down and kowtowed:

"Old slave Lin Ping'an has served the master of Mr. Lin's family for three generations, and now he is looking after the house in the Lin family's old house.

The master wrote a letter and said that he would invite the second master Lian to stay in the old house temporarily. The old slave calculated that the second master Lian's ship should arrive in Gusu today, so he has been waiting here for a long time. Unexpectedly, the second master arrived.

Now it will arrive sooner or later.

Mr. Lian has had a long and tiring journey, and it is indeed a hard work."

It turned out that before Jia Lian set off from Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai had already ordered his family to rush to Gusu via the land route, and asked the Lin family to take care of the old house to make arrangements so that when Jia Lian arrived in Suzhou from the water route, he could directly enter the old house to settle down and rest.

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Lin Pingan was so considerate that Jia Lian felt guilty:

"I was delayed on the way. Thank you for waiting so long."

It was all because he suddenly wanted to go to Panxiang Temple to see Miaoyu. As a result, the hunchbacked old slave Baba had to wait for most of the day. Jia Lian felt very sorry. As he spoke, he took out a piece of silver from his arms and handed it to Lin Ping'an personally:
"It's still cold at this time of year, so go buy a glass of wine to warm yourself up."

Lin Ping'an became more respectful when he saw that Jia Lian was not taking advantage of him and offered him a reward of ten taels of silver.

Please invite Jia Lian and others to board the carriage that has been prepared. Lin Pingan will lead the way and go straight to the Lin family's old house.

Three carriages, one with Jia Lian, Zhuyu and Qingwen in them, and the other two carrying luggage, were walking on the stone road in Suzhou, and the sound of carriages was heard all the way.

It wasn't until the car stopped and someone came to open the car curtain that Jia Lian suddenly realized something was wrong:

Damn! It’s so quiet along the way.

Regardless of whether it was Zhuyu or Qingwen, it was Xu Shu who entered Cao Ying without saying a word.

This is not normal.

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Things are not normal in the Gusu Prefecture.

The then prefect of Suzhou, Shuyu, had only been in office for half a year, but he was already destined to be written down in the annals of local history - a saying originated from him is now being spoken all over the streets of Suzhou.

"It will be smoothed with a soldering iron", this proverb is said in Wu Nong's soft language, and it is very pleasant. All Suzhou people understand that this proverb perfectly expresses the meaning of "one step to get the final result, no sloppiness".

In fact, the phrase "smooth it out with a soldering iron" was not what Shu Zhifu said, but what he did.

Ever since Prefect Dashu Yushu came to Suzhou and took office, he has been playing the "Qingming" card, claiming to be "extremely good at solving cases" and claiming that "murderous cases must be solved" and "backlogged cases must be solved".

At first, people in Suzhou didn't really believe this. After all, solving cases is never easy, especially murder cases, difficult cases, and even unsolved cases that have been pending for several years.

But Shu Zhifu actually did it.

In just half a year, in the entire city of Suzhou, all cases, big and small, as well as historical backlog cases, were solved without any omissions.

For a time, all the good and bad people in Gusu City were trembling with fear when they heard the name of Shu Zhifu.

Others think it is difficult to solve the case, but Zhifu Shu thinks it is easy - as long as he is ruthless.

Of course, it means that the soldering iron is impartial.

Because Magistrate Shu firmly believes that the key to being good at solving cases is to be good at using a soldering iron.

As long as the case is being tried, first put the hot iron with charcoal fire in the lobby. Take the prisoner to the hall, put aside the facts and the reasons, and first use the red hot iron to judge the prisoner's innocence. That's it.

,Case closed!

Such a governance achievement that resolves cases like a god is worthy of being passed down by Suzhou people - "smoothed with a soldering iron".

But today, Magistrate Shu did not use the soldering iron, but kept waiting for news until someone came to report:

"When Jia Lian came to Suzhou, he brought two maids with him, not one."


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