The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 28 Visiting the patient
Jia Rong didn't rest for long before riding down to Yangzhou.

There are also businesses in Yangzhou, mainly wine shops, blacksmiths, and Ganguozhai, which sells candy.

After entering Yangzhou, he went to see Lin Ruhai, who was the Imperial Censor of Salt at that time.

The official position is not important, the main thing is that he is Lin Daiyu's father.

Jia Rong had never met this learned and well-educated scholar, but both knew more or less about each other.

Because of the status of Ningguo Mansion, the servant let Jia Rong and others in without informing them.

Soon Lin Ruhai came back from outside, and his eyes lit up when he saw Jia Rong and Liu Xianglian.

"Lord Lin." Jia Rong took the initiative to stand up and salute.

Liu Xianglian stood aside without saying anything, but was equally respectful.

All three of them are handsome guys, and I had a good impression of them the moment I met them.

Jia Rong introduced Liu Xianglian to Lin Ruhai. Liu Xianglian was not a scholar, but he gave people a good impression.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "You're welcome. I heard that you passed the imperial examination and are quite knowledgeable. Are you here to study?"

The three of them sat down to talk.

Jia Rong said, "I'm here to study for a month or two, and I also want to stay with Master Lin for a while."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "That's good. It would be boring for me to live in such a big place by myself."

Jia Rong took out Lin Daiyu's letter and gave it to Lin Ruhai, and told him that he had met Lin Daiyu in the capital.

"Ms. Lin has just entered the Jia Mansion. She is a little reserved and cautious now, but you can see that she is well-educated, well-mannered, and intelligent. The Jia family takes good care of Miss Lin. Lord Lin can rest assured."

"There are many girls of the same age as Miss Lin in the Jia Mansion. They are so lively and happy. Maybe if they laugh more, their illness will be cured."

Jia Rong smiled and talked about a good future.

Lin Ruhai was in a good mood and felt that what Jia Rong said was right.

"That's true. My home is too lonely and I can't recover well at home."

Jia Rong looked at Lin Ruhai and said, "I know some medical skills. I think Lord Lin's health is not very good. He must be overworked and worried."

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's true."

Jia Rong consoled him, saying, "Your Excellency should pay more attention to your health. I know some medical skills and I have some herbs with me. Let me make you some warm and nourishing soup."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "No, how can I trouble you, my dear guest?"

Jia Rong said, "Just consider it as the cost of board, lodging and tuition. I am here to study and seek answers, so what's wrong with serving soup and food to you? Besides, I don't do this every day, so please accept this kindness."

Lin Ruhai asked, "Do you have any words?"

Jia Rong said: "When I was studying, I gave myself a name, Yaoshi."

"Pharmacist Jia..." Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and said, "It is indeed a good name."

Jia Rong said, "Sir, what kind of physical discomfort have you had recently? Please tell me one by one, so that I can diagnose and prescribe the right medicine."

Lin Ruhai smiled and shook his head. "Life and death are determined by fate. I am in good health. I don't need to see a doctor or take those nourishing foods."

This is the problem with literati. They won’t cry until they see the coffin.

Jia Rong already had a plan.

"To be honest, what I gave myself to drink was not an ordinary tonic medicine, but a medicine for strengthening the body, called Shenbao."

At this point, I can only lie. At least I can get Lin Ruhai to cooperate.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Then I don't need to drink it. You just said that I can't take supplements when I'm weak. I'm almost fifty years old. Why do I need this?"

Jia Rong said seriously: "To be honest, since I drank it, I have abstained from sexual intercourse for three years, and my wife and I can always get married in bed."

"Less than two years after we got married, my wife gave birth to a son for me, and she is pregnant with another." "I have one wife and two concubines. Now my wife and concubine have all given birth to sons, and now the three people in my family are also pregnant."

"I also used it on Jia She, who was in his 40s or 50s from Rongguo Mansion. The old man also became very strong. It is said that his concubine might be pregnant."

Lin Ruhai sat up straight and casually sat over here.

"Is this thing really so magical?"

Lin Ruhai had no son. He once had one, but the son died not long ago.

This is the pain in the heart of Lin Ruhai, a middle-aged man.

In the eyes of scholars, not having a son is a very painful thing, which is equivalent to cutting off the lineage and grandchildren.

Now there is a ray of warm yellow sunshine in the gloomy sky.

Jia Rong whispered, "Do you want to try it yourself, sir?"

How can you refuse this?
Lin Ruhai soon became thoughtful, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It's good to try it, just like taking some tonic."

We are all men, how can we not understand this?

Jia Rong smiled and said quickly, "It depends on the person who is giving the medicine. Sir, please tell me in detail about your recent physical condition. Only when the right medicine is given can it be cured. Otherwise, it will be either a boy or a girl. It is not easy to give birth to a son."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "It's all the same, I don't believe in it."

He said he didn't believe it, but he said everything he needed to say.

I took the prescribed medicines obediently and followed the diet as planned.

Lin Ruhai had no sons and no legitimate or illegitimate relatives.

After getting along well with Jia Rong, he took Jia Rong and Liu Xianglian out to dinner and got to know many powerful and wealthy gentry in Yangzhou City.

As the patriarch of the Jinling Jia family, Jia Rong naturally found it easy to get along with the powerful and wealthy circles.

During the time when Jia Rong was studying and making friends, the Jia family in the capital also welcomed the fleeing Xue family.

Aunt Xue, the mother of the Xue family, is Mrs. Wang’s younger sister.

One of the Wang sisters married the second eldest son Jia Zheng, and the other married the eldest son of the Xue family in Jinling.

Originally, the two sisters married similarly, one to power and the other to wealth.

But now the Xue family has fallen on hard times, and Aunt Xue doesn’t have a royal title, so she can only be Aunt Xue.

In terms of status, position and wealth, there is now a huge gap between them.

Aunt Xue's son was a disappointment and got into trouble, having been removed from the list of imperial merchants. Now he has fled to the capital to seek asylum.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Ziteng served as the Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp for a few years, which started after Jia Zhen's death. As a result, there were constant problems in those three years. Not only was he not promoted like in the original novel, he was also demoted to be an official on the border. Naturally, he dared not bring bad luck again.

Their elder brother Wang Ziteng refused to take them in, and he also did not want to be reported for harboring criminals which would affect his official career prospects, so he used the excuse that he was an official working away from home to avoid seeing them, and he also did not allow his wife to take the family in.

Aunt Xue and her family could only seek refuge with her sister, Lady Wang.

If she could have the protection of the Duke's Mansion and the presence of a first-rank Duke's wife like Lady Jia, no official would dare to go to her house to arrest anyone.

Aunt Xue soon brought Xue Baochai, Xue Pan and a dozen servants to visit. With the warm hospitality of the Jia family who were unaware of the situation, they moved into a small courtyard northeast of the back door of the Rongguo Mansion.

Xue Pan treated the murder lawsuit as a child's play, thinking that it would be a piece of cake just by spending a few bucks.

But I never thought about what the current situation of their family is and whether what I said would work.

The Jia family is more powerful than the Xue family. Not only are their words effective, but many people in the family also have more fun than Xue Pan, which makes Xue Pan, who comes from a small place, very excited.

In the eyes of these people, Xue Pan beating someone to death was no big deal at all.

The playboys from a small family in a small place were soon led astray by a group of idle and unemployed playboys from the Jia family. They spent their whole days playing with men and women, gambling and drinking, and doing everything else. They became ten times worse than before they came.

(End of this chapter)