Haha, in her previous life, she didn't bother to care about these things. In this life, she didn't even think about caring, let alone having the time to care.
"What is the Lin family doing in Yangzhou?"
Wang Chenghai was stunned, obviously not expecting Meng Qi to not know this.
"The current head of the Lin family is the elder brother of Concubine Lian. The Lin family only has one daughter, Concubine Lian. Master Lin has the title of Juren, but he did not enter the government. Master Lin has three sons. The eldest son is a fifth-rank official in Yangzhou. I don't know what his specific job is, but it seems that this fifth-rank official was promoted as an exception when Concubine Lian was conferred. I don't know whether the other two have official positions. But the Lin family has property and I heard that they have many shops and live a good life."
Meng Qi suddenly realized that perhaps all the money Song Chengze used to build his career in his previous life came from the Lin family? Yes, that was a possibility. It seemed that if she had the chance, she would have to ask more about the Lin family.
"Okay, let's continue with the story about Madam Hai's eldest son. When Jiang Wu's men arrived in the town and saw her son, did he not have lung disease?"
Wang Chenghai gave Meng Qi a thumbs-up and said, "The princess is truly a female Zhuge Liang."
Meng Qi looked at his expression and burst out laughing, "Stop joking and get down to business."
"Yes, her son is not sick, but he has lost an arm."
"Oh?" Meng Qi asked in surprise, "What's going on?"
Wang Chenghai chuckled, "Jiang Wu's people asked the people around him earlier, and outsiders said that he accidentally made it while working for the master's family in order to protect the young master. The master wanted to thank him and asked him to be the manager here."
Meng Qi was stunned. "Don't the people over there know about the Lin family's situation?"
Wang Chenghai nodded. "The farm where Madam Hai's son lives is quite far from the Lin family."
Meng Qi said "oh" and motioned Wang Chenghai to continue.
"Her son was quite well behaved at first when he got there, but he went there alone after all and didn't know anyone. Even though he was in charge, no one obeyed him. It's still the same now; he just holds a position and earns a monthly salary."
"So he's just staying like that now?" Meng Qi asked.
"Well, he got a woman over there to wait on him. He usually walks around the farm and drinks a little. Sometimes he goes to town to have some fun. Maybe he's scared by what happened before, so he doesn't dare to have too much fun. He lives a good life and has enough money."
"How did Jiang Wu's people find out the specific reason why he went south?"
"I took advantage of his other hobby." Wang Chenghai said somewhat mysteriously.
"Another? A woman?" Meng Qi asked after thinking for a moment.
"That's right. Jiang Wu's men originally wanted to lure him back to gambling, but they figured it would be difficult to arrange in such a long and arduous way, and that would take time to plan. So they resorted to this method. Plus, he's addicted to alcohol now. So they hired a prostitute from Quanzhou and arranged a chance encounter. Although her son has a woman to serve him, she's just an ordinary country woman, no match for the women in the entertainment industry who become obsessed with her after just a few encounters."
Wang Chenghai took another sip of tea and continued, "After a few drinks, the prostitute would ask him why he came here and what happened to his arm. After a few times, he told her everything."
Meng Qi intuitively felt that the truth of this matter must have a lot to do with Nanny Hai's current behavior in the mansion.
"It turns out he killed someone in Beijing, and his arm was chopped off by that family in revenge."
"What did you say?" Meng Qi stood up. "Is it true?"
Wang Chenghai nodded. "He said it himself, and he sounded quite proud when he said it, thanks to the alcohol."
Yuan Dong also looked incredulous. How could this be possible? She had never mentioned this before. She just thought so and asked.
Wang Chenghai glanced at Yuan Dong. "Don't say I haven't heard of him, sister. I haven't heard of him in all my years in the mansion. I used to see him coming and going, but then he got more and more addicted to gambling, and he used the name of the prince's mansion to scam people everywhere. After that, the prince ordered him not to work in the mansion. Then I heard that Madam Hai said he was sick and begged the prince to take him south."
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