The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

Chapter 201 Throw him out

In the north at this time, the wind is howling and the whole place is bleak and desolate, but in late autumn Yangzhou is still green and beautiful with lush vegetation and green mountains.

Although the cavalry of 500 people did not show off, the dust raised by their horses' hooves alone formed a nearly two-mile-long yellow dragon on the post road, rolling and making a terrifying sound!
Yangzhou City is already in sight.

There were shouts and gasps, and the cavalrymen pulled the reins one after another, and the horse teams stopped one after another.

"The green mountains are hidden in the distance, and the water is far away. The grass in the south of the Yangtze River has not withered at the end of autumn. On the night of the bright moon over the Twenty-Four Bridges, where is the beautiful woman teaching me to play the flute?"

Li Hu sat upright on his horse, silently looking at the distant Yangzhou City.

"Good!" Wang Daniu applauded.

Li Hu said unhappily: "Flatterer."

Wang Daniu chuckled.

Everyone laughed.

Li Hu looked at the post station in the distance and said to Wang Yaozu, "You can rest here. You can go into the city, but you are not allowed to disturb the people."

Wang Yaozu responded loudly, “Yes.”

Li Hu then said to Wang Daniu and his personal soldiers: "Come on, follow me into the city!" As he said that, he squeezed his legs together, spurred his horse and galloped straight towards Yangzhou City.

Wang Daniu and his personal soldiers hurriedly rode their horses and followed Li Huchi.

Wang Yaozu: "Go to the post station!"

The cavalrymen in the sentry camp hurriedly followed on their horses.

The grass and trees are still green, and the scenery is still charming. Li Hu walks slowly among the crowd with his hands behind his back. In front of him is the city gate, and many people are queuing to cross the bridge to enter the city.

Li Hu stopped and looked at the surrounding scenery.

Just then, there was a sound of horse hooves, followed by the exclamations of the people.

Li Hu turned around and saw a young man in brocade robe leading several followers riding horses galloping towards them from a distance, scaring the passers-by so much that they dodged.

The officers and soldiers at the bridgehead not only did not stop him, but saluted the young man.

Li Hu frowned. Are all the children of salt merchants so arrogant?

At this time, an old man came over carrying a load of vegetables. Seeing that the people in front of him were still queuing to cross the bridge, he put down the load.

Li Hu stepped forward and bowed: "Please come in, old man."

The old man bowed back quickly: "Please come in, sir."

Li Hu: "Excuse me, sir, is the man riding the horse just now the son of a salt merchant?"

The old man shook his head: "It's not the same as before. How can a salt merchant's son have the guts to do that? That man is the nephew of the new Governor-General of Liangjiang!"

Wang Ziteng’s nephew? Could he be Wang Xifeng’s brother, the beastly Wang Ren?! What was he doing in Yangzhou?
Li Hu suddenly remembered Lin Daiyu's letter and then shook his head. Wang Ziteng was crazy about money.

Hey, the imperial edict has just been issued, how do they know about it?
Li Hu: "I have a friend who works in the Governor's Office. He just learned in the past two days that the Governor of Liangjiang has been replaced. My father-in-law is well-informed!"

The old man: "Hey, speaking of this, we have to mention the Salt Inspector Lin."

Li Hu: "Oh? Why is that?"

The old man glanced at the people queuing in front of him and continued, "This prince was like this when he first came to Yangzhou City. Later, Lord Lin saw him one day and not only reprimanded the prince, but also beat each of the slaves with twenty lashes and drove them all out of Yangzhou City. Only then did the people of Yangzhou City live a peaceful life. What a pity!"

At this point, he shook his head. "This prince came back yesterday afternoon. Not only did he charge his horse through the city, he also injured the officials of the government office. It caused a big uproar in the city. Everyone knew that his uncle had been promoted to the Governor-General of Liangjiang! Who dared to intervene?"

Li Hu frowned. This little bastard was too arrogant.

At this time, the soldiers at the bridge head shouted over here: "If you want to cross the bridge, hurry up! Don't block the road!"

The old man said, “Excuse me.” Then he picked up the vegetable basket and walked towards the bridge.

Li Hu took the reins: "Let's go too!"

The group walked towards Yangzhou City.

In front of the gate of the Salt Inspectorate, eight soldiers, four on each side, were standing on both sides of the open gate with swords slung across their shoulders.

The team officer walked back and forth in front of the gate with a knife slung over his shoulder, stopping from time to time, and kept glancing to the left, where several strong slaves were standing. They were the people Li Hu met outside the city.

The tranquility in front of the door was broken by the sound of hurried horse hooves.

The team officer quickly looked over and saw twenty or thirty horses appear.

The group of people were all in plain clothes and it was impossible to tell where they were coming from. While Li Hu was still hesitating whether to stop them, he rode his horse straight to the gate of the Salt Inspectorate's Office and then stopped.

Li Hu first glanced at those slaves, then dismounted from his horse.

The officer seemed to have seen the extraordinary background of Li Hu from his imposing face, and hurried forward, raised his hand to Li Hu, and asked: "Who are you?"

Wang Daniu replied, "Li family in the capital."

The officer was stunned for a moment and bowed with a "Oh!" sound. "Butler Lin has already instructed you to pay your respects to General Li. Please wait a moment, General Li. I will report to Butler Lin right away."

Wang Daniu: "Master Lin is not here?"

The officer gave a bitter smile and said, "You should ask Steward Lin." Li Hu said, "Go quickly."

"Yes." The team of officers ran in like flying.

Li Hu glanced at Wang Daniu.

Wang Daniu understood, walked up to a soldier and asked, "Is Wang Ren, the nephew of the new Liangjiang Governor, in there?"

The soldier: "I just arrived, sir."

In the living room, an old man presented a bowl of tea to the seated Wang Ren.

Wang Ren took the tea bowl and asked, "Do you know where your Imperial Censor Lin is?"

The old man said, "My Lord, I don't know. How about this, you go back first, and when my master comes back, I will send someone to tell you?"

With a snort, Wang Ren said, "The monk may escape, but the temple cannot. I will wait for him here. You can't hide from me!"

The old man looked a little grim.

The officer hurried in, walked up to the old man and spoke quickly with his head down.

Steward Lin was overjoyed and said to Wang Ren, "Young Master Wang, please sit down." After saying that, he walked out quickly.

Wang Ren's eyes flashed, he stood up and followed him out.

Steward Lin had seen Li Hu's portrait and walked towards him quickly: "General Li"

Li Hu smiled and said, "Call me uncle."

Steward Lin was startled at first, then smiled and said, "Greetings to the son-in-law!"

Li Hu clasped his hands together: "Uncle Lin."

After hearing this, Butler Lin smiled even more happily: "Please come in, son-in-law." Then he leaned sideways and walked in with Li Hu.

As Li Hu looked around, he asked, "Is Old Taishan not here?"

Steward Lin: "The master is in the study in the backyard. I have sent someone to invite him."

"Well, you old bastard, how dare you lie to me!" Wang Ren walked over angrily, but was stopped by Wang Daniu.

Wang Ren glared at Wang Daniu and said, "A good dog doesn't block the road!"

Li Hu raised his eyebrows, he was really arrogant!

Wang Daniu: "A good donkey doesn't bray."

Wang Ren was startled at first, then he became furious and raised his hand to slap Wang Daniu: "You son of a bitch."

Wang Daniu grabbed his wrist.

Wang Ren grimaced in pain: "You..."

Wang Daniu used more strength to lift his hands upwards, and Wang Ren's face turned red with pain.

Wang Daniu: "Does your mouth still stink?"

Wang Ren felt pain and annoyance, and cursed, "Fuck you."

Li Hu: "Slap!"

Wang Daniu raised his hand and slapped him twice, making Wang Ren feel dizzy.

Manager Lin was worried about something going wrong: "Stop hitting him, stop hitting him, son-in-law."

Li Hu: "Throw him out!"

Wang Ren: "How dare you hit me! Do you know who my uncle is?"

Wang Daniu grabbed him by the back of the collar and said, "Let's go!" and was about to drag him out.

Wang Ren shouted: "Leave your name if you dare."

"Tell Wang Ziteng that my last name is Li."

"Just wait, I can't kill you. Stop hitting me, stop hitting me."

"Uncle."

Butler Lin looked at Li Hu with some concern.

Li Hu waved his hand and said, "Wang Ziteng is nothing!"

Butler Lin's mouth twitched. This son-in-law was indeed different from others.

At this time, a servant hurried over and said to Steward Lin, "Uncle Lin, the master wants General Li to come in."

Steward Lin nodded and said to Li Hu, "Please in, son-in-law." Then he extended his hand.

(End of this chapter)