Chapter 291 The little brother discovered Yehui Xiangling
"There is another person in the room."
As soon as he left Zhuangzi and was about to ride his horse to the official road, Jia Lan suddenly heard the voice of his little brother in his ears.
"That man's strength...is not weak..."
Jia Lan's expression remained unmoved, and he walked straight away without stopping.
"Everyone has a secret. This is his freedom. He will naturally tell it when the time comes."
He said this, but in fact he was not really that indifferent in his heart.
His mind still echoed Jiao Da's words, "May I ask, Master, if you have ambitions to aspire to the throne?"
Jiao Da has always been mature. If he still can't notice the difference, then Jia Lan is too careless.
Now I heard from my brother that there is someone hiding in the house. Could it be that all the abnormalities in Jiao Da today are due to this person?
Although he is not as sharp as the younger brother, Jia Lan's spiritual sense was still able to detect someone quietly walking into Jiao Da's inner room when he was saying goodbye.
As the little brother said, this is a master who hides his aura very well.
But he didn't show any malice, which was what made Jia Lan hold back his curiosity in the end and didn't ask.
However, although this person tried his best to hide it, he was still somewhat familiar to Jia Lan.
Jia Lan frowned and thought for a while but couldn't think of a reason, so he simply put aside his distracting thoughts, concentrated on what was in front of him, and rode all the way to Shenjing.
Anyway, not all secrets have to be yours forever.
Jia Lan, who was working hard, finally returned to the capital before the city gate closed. At this time, the lanterns of Shenjing were starting to come on, and all the lamps and candles were lit in the Rongguo Mansion.
After changing, Jia Lan went to the main room of Daoxiang Village and sat down, chatting with Li Wan for a while.
Li Wan saw that Jia Lan wanted to ask something, so he directly said: "Is there something you want to ask?"
Sure enough, she knows her son better than her mother.
"There is something I want to ask my mother about, about Aunt Xue's family..."
"Xue family?" Li Wan raised his eyebrows.
"I heard that Aunt Xue's family came to the capital originally for Aunt Xue's selection of girls. Now that the girls are not selected, why doesn't Aunt Xue go back to Nan Province? Doesn't her family's business need to be taken care of?"
Although he was a little surprised that Jia Lan suddenly asked about the Xue family, Li Wan still opened his mouth to explain his son's doubts: "Miss Bao, her father passed away and left her a large property, but Aunt Xue was not very good at taking care of it, so she left the family property behind."
I entrusted it to the second master of the Xue family and came to Beijing with a pair of children."
Jia Lan frowned: "Second Master of the Xue family? How come I didn't hear about it?"
Li Wan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "You are either studying or going out all year round. You avoid socializing as much as possible. There are many people coming and going in the house on weekdays. You have only seen one or two out of ten at most.
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Speaking of this, Li Wan took the opportunity to teach the child a few words, saying that he was now a man of fame, and he usually came out to meet relatives and friends who usually interacted with Rongguo Mansion.
"Mom, I know you are dedicated to learning, which is really good.
But I have been avoiding seeing her all day, and the old lady’s face doesn’t look good at all. It’s time to go out and see her..."
"Oh..."
Seeing that Jia Lan only agreed verbally and didn't care at all, Li Wan became anxious.
Seeing this, Jia Lan hurriedly said: "I will do it. Don't worry, mother. Isn't this all to prepare for the exam in the coming spring?"
Hearing that it was for the imperial examination, Li Wan couldn't say much. After all, she was used to being indifferent and didn't really take the fame seriously. She only hoped that her son could have a future.
At nightfall, Jia Lan found an excuse to have a few drinks with Qingwen Lingguan. After the two of them fell asleep after drinking too much, they walked alone through the Grand View Garden in the night and came to Hengwu Garden, separated by the Qinfang that was gradually opening up.
Creek, unfold your spiritual awareness.
After a while, a figure came over in the dark.
"Lang Ge'er suddenly came to see me, but something happened?"
Every time he hears Xiangling's voice in his mind, Jia Lan sighs, it is so pure and flawless, just listening to the voice is already an ultimate enjoyment.
No wonder Xue Pan fell in love with Xiangling as soon as he saw it. From the perspective of Jia Lan's later generations, Xiangling was beautiful, but it was just beautiful.
But coupled with her voice that is as fresh and elegant as a lotus in the water and makes people feel the heart, she is worthy of the word "stunning".
Perhaps because she felt that Jia Lan was praising her, Xiangling's mood became brighter and brighter.
Jia Lan calmed down and replied in his mind: "There is indeed something I want to ask you about. It's about Aunt Xue's family..."
"Second uncle?" Xiangling was a little surprised. She didn't expect Jia Lan to suddenly ask about Uncle Xue Pan, and she became quiet for a while.
"It doesn't matter, if you're not sure..."
Jia Lan originally didn't want to disturb Xiang Ling, but Li Wan didn't know much about the Xue family's affairs.
As a daughter-in-law and a younger generation, Li Wan has always abided by etiquette to serve her mother-in-law and never inquired privately about things that should not be inquired about. All she could know were what Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue talked about publicly on weekdays. No matter how detailed and in-depth they were,
She has no idea at all.
Just when Jia Lan thought that this trip was fruitless, Xiang Ling finally said: "I have heard a lot about my second uncle. Grandma and Miss Bao didn't avoid me when they read the letters from their hometown in Nan Province."
Great.
Jia Lan secretly thought, and then asked the questions in his heart.
Sure enough, as he thought, Aunt Xue brought a pair of children to Shenjing to join relatives, which does not mean that the Xue family has completely withdrawn from the stage of history and declined.
On the contrary, the Xue family's business still seems to be pretty good.
Xue Baochai's father died young, and Aunt Xue didn't know how to run a business, but that doesn't mean the Xue family didn't.
According to Xiang Ling, Aunt Xue only handed over the management rights of the Xue family business, and there was no shortage of annual dividends. It was precisely because of this that Xue Pan could not stop spending money after arriving in Shenjing.
Compared with the Jia family, which has a military background and is constantly trying to transition to a civil service family, the Xue family has been a businessman for generations. In other words, they have been business professionals for generations.
Although after the death of Xue's father, the business bureaus, general managers, clerks, etc. in various provinces saw that Xue Pan was young and ignorant of the world, so they took the opportunity to defraud Xue Pan.
Several businesses are gradually being consumed.
But the Xue family has eight houses. With the prospectus documents in hand and the business network that has been run for generations, it will be difficult for the Xue family to fall.
There have been constant natural disasters these years. Let alone the Xue family, which family has a better business?
Now the head of the Xue family is Xue's father's younger brother, the second uncle of Xue Pan and Xue Baochai. Xiangling learned from the daily conversations between Aunt Xue and her daughter that this second uncle was experienced and knowledgeable. In the past, when Xue's father was still alive, he traveled all over the country to do business.
Together with Xue's father, he manages the Xue family's property both outside and inside.
Although Xiangling didn't hear anything more specific, Jia Lan inferred that this second uncle was in charge of Kanhe Trade, the core of the Xue family.
Jia Lan also learned an important piece of news from Xiang Ling.
Like Xue's father, this second uncle also raised a pair of children. The son's name was Xue Biao, and his daughter's maiden name was Baoqin.