The next morning, after waking early, Lin Zezu did not pick up his pen. Fugui remained in the front room, staring blankly, and the stewards in the outer courtyard, having evidently received instructions from Steward Zhao, did not call upon Fugui to perform any chores.
Lin Zezu held a copy of the *Primer*, his mind elsewhere. By his calculations, his elder brother, Lin Zeguang, would come to discuss matters with him today. The Zhao family was wealthy and powerful in Linjiang County Town; securing these trivial documents would not be difficult, especially since the mistress, Madam Zhao, was anxious to see him evicted from the mansion. The documents would surely be in the hands of the clan patriarch by today.
After struggling through lunch and unwilling to wait idly any longer, Lin Zezu was just preparing to lie down for a nap when Steward Zhao knocked on the door of the West Side Room.
Chapter 20