[Red House] Big Salt Merchant

Lin Hai, whose name is like the sea, was a Tanhua in the 36th year of Kangxi, and only this year he ordered the Lianghuai patrol salt censor. He was originally a shrewd person.

After taking charge of the Lianghuai salt department, he admired the Lu family, and appointed Lu Chong, the head of the family, as the general merchant this year to act as an agent for the salt department.Unexpectedly, the Lu family was accused of embezzling the salt department, accepting bribes, and cooperating with the Yamen to privately issue excessive salt quotations.

The Lu family was ransacked and beheaded for "breaking the law", but in the end the family wealth was in the hands of the Xue family.

It's not that Lin Hai didn't doubt it before, but after all, he was the one who recommended Lu Chong back then, so he should have been jointly and severally responsible, but he was the one who knew people and didn't know who he was, so he was bound to be punished.It's just that Lin Ruhai is highly valued by Lord Kangxi today, and has the shadow of his ancestors. Although he has never been a knight, he is favored by the left and right emperors, so it has been exposed like this.

Now that Xue Zan came, he had already finished his work, and he was only looking for Lin Ruhai to cultivate relationships.

But now, Xue Zan felt that he was wrong.

Unlucky for him!

Why are you unlucky?

He is Xue Pan's uncle. Xue Pan lost his father in the early years, and all the affairs of the Xue family were handed over to his brother. Now he is in charge of the Xue family.He came to Lin Ruhai's place today and wanted to make a relationship, but on the way here, his nephew was beaten up!

Xue Zan, who was rushing to the meeting, only said that he stopped by Lin Ruhai to bother him.

Now the maids surrounded him, helped Xue Pan into the house, sat down, and hurriedly called the doctor.

Lin Ruhai was nearly forty years old, and he was a long time ago. He was much older than Xue Zan.

He stood in the room and asked a few words of concern: "How did my nephew become like this?"

Xue Zan was also surprised. After asking for a while on the way, Xue Pan only said that he was beaten, but refused to say more.

Lin Yu heard this conversation at the door and secretly laughed.

He explained to those ruffians that after they were beaten with sacks, they pretended to have run away, and then came back to pretend to be good people to save others. By the way, they frightened Xue Pan, saying that Xue Pan bought them to beat the cripple before. I found out that by making this kid restrain himself, he could be blackmailed by the way.

Unexpectedly, by mistake, these people actually carried Lin Ruhai out.

Now when Xue Pan sees Lin Ruhai, he thinks that his case has been ruined. That frightened one--how pitiful!

The doctor came to show Xue Pan, and there was nothing serious about it, except that he needed some wound medicine.

Only then did Xue Zan feel relieved, and Lin Ruhai comforted him, saying that auspicious people have their own signs of heaven.As an outsider, it's not easy for Lin Ruhai to ask what's going on, so he only comforts him and doesn't ask anything else.

Xue Zan's eyes flashed, he glanced at Lin Yu, and asked if this was his son.

Lin Ruhai's smile faded, and he just said, "It's brother Yu, the heir of the Lin family." Seeing why Lin Ruhai didn't want to say too much, Xue Zan stopped asking.

These two people are very interesting, seeing that Xue Pan is fine, they want to go to the front hall to talk about things.

Lin Yu took the initiative and said: "Father, my son is about the same age as the younger brother of the Xue family. The younger brother of the Xue family is a guest. It's not good to have no one to accompany him. It's better for my son to stay with him to talk and relieve boredom. What do you think?"

His speech is so decent, when Piansheng talks to him alone about studying and getting fame, it becomes annoying.

Lin Ruhai didn't know what to say now, so he just answered him: "That's fine, the maids and women will bring some things, and you juniors can have something to say when you sit together."

After saying this, he looked at Xue Zan.

Xue Zan also nodded, "It's really great to have Mr. Lin say that."

So Lin Yu stayed logically.

The maid was applying medicine to Xue Pan, and Lin Yu sat by the huanghuali wood desk, poured herself a cup of tea, and saw Zhang Baoer standing outside with her eyes swaying left and right, with a look of Guilty look.

Zhang Baoer saw Lin Yu plot against Xue Pan with her own eyes. Although she didn't say clearly, Lin Yu could easily guess the matter.

Zhang Baoer was terrified, and Lin Yu knew he was afraid, but he felt a little gloating in his heart.

Zhang Baoer is a funny person, she is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, she might please her master.

It turned out that Lin Yu seemed to like him very much, even now——Lin Yu had a good impression of Zhang Baoer, teasing him from time to time.

"Ah - ouch, ouch!"

A scream came out from the side suddenly, Lin Yu turned his head to look over, only to see Xue Pan baring his teeth, screaming really desolately.

At this moment, the medicine had been applied to the last place, and the maids waited on him to change into clean clothes, which were Lin Yu's before, and Xue Pan's clothes were just right.

Xue Pan lay on the couch, the pain passed for a while, and he gradually felt better, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Lin Yu: "Are you the son of Master Lin's family?"

Lin Yu glanced at him, walked to sit by his couch: "Exactly, are you okay?"

Xue Pan thought he looked familiar, and suddenly remembered that he had seen him on the city wall before, so he said "I've seen you".

Lin Yu saw that he was working hard on his back, so he asked the servant girl to raise the pillow behind him, brought him a cup of tea, and said, "I have seen it before. I was under the city wall before. I think Mr. Xue is very majestic."

The language contains irony.But Xue Pan's brain is not bright, and he can't hear it.

He laughed foolishly, looking dumbfounded, "It's a coincidence."

The topic has already started, Lin Yu naturally refused to let go of this opportunity.

He plotted against Xue Pan, found someone to beat him, and extorted money from him, but Lin Yu really couldn't find any guilt in his heart.Earlier, Xue Pan hadn't been so reckless, since his father was gone, he was disciplined by his mother and uncle, his mother indulged him, and his uncle didn't care about him, and he became as stupid as he is today.

That old cripple was originally a tea, rice and fruit offering outside Lu's courtyard, and Lu Jinhong had saved his life back then.People say that Lu Jinhong is nothing but an iron rooster, but the good deeds he should do have not been missed.The cripples on the left and right have some kind of friendship with him, it is enough for Xue Pan to take the money and throw the old cripple, and find someone to beat him when he comes back, where does such a domineering person come from?

He was beaten up today, he must have learned his lesson.

Lin Yu's thoughts were extremely fast, and it only took a moment for the thought to flash by.

"Speaking of which, I saw you throwing things at that old cripple before, and you said 'Brother Lu', what kind of thing is it?"

——In fact, he naturally knew what was going on, and he wanted to use this as a breakthrough point regardless of wanting to get more out of it.

From the shallow to the deep, it can last long.

These words hit Xue Pan's sore spot. The little fat man stretched out his hand and waved it. His fat face tightened. He pursed his lips and said, "Brother Lin, you are in Yangzhou. Was it a major event? The salt merchant Lu’s family was ransacked, and there was a famous man named Lu Jinhong in his family. He is the elder brother of the Lu family as I mentioned. It's an iron plan to suffer a little bit, but the old cripple just slanders him casually. The dead are the greatest, and the old cripple has no morals, and dares to avenge his kindness. Even if I beat him to death, he deserves it!"

When he said this, only a light of indifference flashed in Xue Pan's eyes.

Lin Yu saw his eyes, but was very displeased in his heart.

At this age, a child regards human life as worthless.

"I'm afraid this matter is not what you think." Lin Yu finally refuted it. He laughed and saw that Xue Pan was puzzled, so he explained, "I heard from a merchant that the lame man's leg was Lu Jinhong's. Find someone to heal. The cripple revealed the notice, don’t let everyone read it, and cried while hugging the notice. I looked at his sad eyes and it didn’t look like a fake. I’m afraid we all misunderstood him.”

Xue Pan didn't expect such words to come out of Lin Yu's mouth. He stared, but the wound at the corner of his eye immediately hurt, and he immediately "Ouch" and was speechless.

Laughing secretly at this baby's stupidity, Lin Yu casually persuaded: "Brother Xue's family should be careful, in case the wound bursts, the medicine will be in vain."

When Xue Pan heard this, he could only burst into tears secretly.

With a long sigh, Xue Pan said with an old-fashioned look on his face, "My elder brother of the Lu family is an astonishing and stunning figure, and I can't see anyone saying that he is not good."

Lin Yu here became more and more sarcastic the more he listened, thinking of the stupid things the fat man said when he went to his grave, he really wanted to push this guy into the water and drown him.Lin Yu knocked on the teacup, and asked casually: "What's so great about Lu Jinhong you said? Doesn't the Lu family still owe you the Xue family 300 million silver? The news has spread, and the Lu family must have It's just superficial. You think that Lu Jinhong is amazing, did he mention this to you?"

Xue Pan shook his head subconsciously, not realizing that this was a language trap set by Lin Yu.

He said: "Before the accident, I never knew... Well, now that I think about it, it's no wonder my Brother Lu is so stingy and refused to give me half a copper coin."

After saying this, he actually buried his head a little sadly.

Lin Yu almost crushed the teacup, this fat man couldn't hold back his words!

It was a waste of his exhortation to him back then, but this kid had completely forgotten—when the Xue family and the Lu family had a good relationship, Xue Pan also pestered Lin Yu all day long, and Lin Yu occasionally taught him to read and settle accounts.At that time, looking at Xue Pan, although he was stubborn, he was still very motivated. Now, in just two months, he has changed.

As for Xue Pan, he never knew that Xue's family had lent money to Lu's family before, and there was no rumor at all, so this matter really came up halfway.Xue Pan's uncle, Xue Zan, is the person in charge, and the conspiracy probably comes from this person.It's just...Xue Pan, this kid, can actually connect debt with miserliness...

Lin Yu was almost powerless, he glanced at Xue Pan, and said, "This is the end, this Lu Jinhong has nothing to do."

"Bah, you're talking nonsense!" Xue Pan immediately opened his mouth to retort.

Lin Yu's eyes turned cold when he heard this, and he didn't bother to care what the maids next to him thought. He grabbed a handful of fried almonds and threw them into his mouth. He gritted his teeth and sneered, "You can eat things indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. Xue The young master is also from a rich family, why do you speak so unpleasantly?"

Xue Pan yelled "Hmmmm", his mouth was full and he couldn't eat any more, so he stared at Lin Yu with puffy eyes.

Lin Yu got up, looked indifferent, glanced at the maidservants around, and said: "Don't go out and say this, Mr. Xue is also unintentional, and he didn't want to say such a thing. If it spreads out, people will I heard, you are the ones who have damaged Mr. Xue's reputation, and that is not something I can save..."

Everyone was stunned, completely unexpected that Lin Yu would make such remarks.

Obviously, this master stuffed Xue Pan's mouth with almonds, but now he tells them to shut up, saying that he is afraid of ruining Xue Pan's reputation—it was originally wrong, but everyone thought about it carefully, isn't it reasonable? ?

Let me talk about the swearing first, it is the master of the Xue family. If they spread the word out and make trouble for them later, wouldn't it be okay to make trouble for them?

So after Lin Yu said this, all the maids and women took it seriously, like a gourd with its mouth sawn, and didn't say a word about it.

I just feel sorry for Xue Pan, who was stuffed with almonds, and was dazed for a long time, neither eating nor vomiting.

Looking at it, he felt that Lin Yu in front of him was really hateful!

Some words were spoken by him, it really turned black and white, but there was a threat in those words, if it was really spread, and let his mother know that he had learned these dirty words in the market, he would definitely beat him to pieces.

At this moment, Xue Pan suffered from being dumb, and was so angry that he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Mr. Lin's evildoer must be his nemesis and nemesis in the future!

——Xue Pan's feeling will come true sooner or later.