Daiyu of the Red Chamber is fierce

Lin Ruhai has been operating in Yangzhou for many years. During this period, he secretly investigated and visited, and naturally gained something.And he was assassinated at the beginning, probably because his several actions aroused suspicion and alarmed the other party, which caused the disaster of killing.However, the Lin family had taken precautions after Jia Min's incident, so that the other party had no choice but to take the risk and choose to assassinate.

In fact, after receiving the emperor's order, Lin Ruhai's papers had already arrived in the capital, but the emperor kept waiting for the opportunity. The original plan was to ask Lin Ruhai to conduct an unannounced visit to get some results, and then use Jiangnan as a knife. Unexpectedly, the other party was so decisive. After discovering that Lin Ruhai had made a move, he was not sure but did not hesitate at all, and went straight to the killer.

Until the news of Lin Ruhai's assassination was received, the emperor simply didn't hide it. After suppressing the news of the assassination, he threw the previously published papers on the morning court, and announced the news of Lin Ruhai's assassination the next day. The case has become more and more controversial.

After all, the assassination of court officials is completely different from corruption and fraud, and it is simply contempt for the court.

On Lin Ruhai's side, since the assassination had already been made, he simply led the snake out of the hole. When the other party succeeded in the assassination and he was "comatose" and died, some people in Yangzhou were really ready to move. Lin Ruhai used this to turn the light into darkness, combining the previous clues After tracing all the way, he was not afraid of the other party moving, but he was afraid that the other party would not move. The greater the movement, the greater the opening.

Lin Ruhai explained some of the clues and guesses he had traced one by one. Now the matter is in general shape, but the purpose of their trip is not just to copy a few salt merchants. The Jiangnan Salt Administration, no, not just the Salt Administration, I am afraid the entire The officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River has to be shaken, and the most important thing is to see if this matter can implicate those high-ranking nobles in the capital.

Several people deliberated for a long time before making a preliminary plan. Seeing that they were resting for a while, Lin Daiyu thought about it and asked suddenly, "Daddy, where is Mr. Peng?"

Lin Ruhai was taken aback for a moment, but she didn't expect that she would say this suddenly, she calmed down, her expression was subtle but she still replied: "When your father was assassinated that day, Mr. Peng, he was also injured and passed away unfortunately. gone."

Lin Ruhai sighed after saying that, this is really a coincidence.

The rectification of the salt administration was originally an order from Peng Shixing, so since the investigation of the salt tax, Peng Shixing has been inseparable from him most of the time, both assisting and monitoring.

When the sun came out of the mansion, Peng Shixing was naturally there. Peng Shixing was also unlucky. He was not as lucky as Lin Ruhai. The knife happened to be blocked by a turtle. He died, but died of poison on the way back.

To be honest, although Lin Ruhai always wanted to get rid of him, he really didn't do anything about it. Looking back now, when he went out that day, Master Gui gave Peng Shixing an unprecedented look. I remember that look, and now I think about it, it's still a little flimsy.

Lin Daiyu's expression also became subtle. Speaking of which, she had a good relationship with Mr. Peng. After all, Daiyu was opened by him since she was a child, and she always regarded him as a mentor. Tangled for a long time.But when she returned to Yangzhou this time, she hadn't figured out how to face this Mr. Peng.

But now, this person is just gone?Lin Daiyu couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

Seeing her like this, Lin Ruhai sighed, and started to chase people away, "You are tired too, why don't you go back and have a rest."

Lin Daiyu nodded. Anyway, Dad had already seen her, and she had heard about it, and the rest of the matter was up to Dad and the others.

Lin Daiyu left, but Tu Huaishen's affairs were not over yet. After discussing with Lin Ruhai, he returned to his room. Eunuch Sheng's subordinates who stayed in Yangzhou were already waiting there. After careful questioning, he gave new orders.Lin Ruhai has already found out some people's problems, and now it's time for them to keep an eye on them and check them out.And tomorrow, there will be a reception banquet to welcome him. Countless people in Yangzhou will be present, and he just happened to reveal something.By the way, after the welcome banquet, visit several key figures.

At the same time, Jiang Xia, the current head of salt merchants in Yangzhou, was so angry that he dropped his glass.

"A bunch of idiots! Me!"

The butler quietly waited aside, listening to his master scolding his mother, he didn't dare to say a word.

"Who gave them the guts to assassinate an official of the imperial court, or inspect the salt censor? Now it's all right, the matter is completely messed up! Now that the king of An Jun has come, they have the guts to kill the king of An Jun too!"

Hearing these words, Steward Jiang didn't dare to speak out, just pretending that he hadn't heard such rebellious words.

After losing his temper for a while, Jiang Xia finally calmed down, pondered for a while, but suddenly said, "Maybe they really dare, some people are not afraid of anything!"

After finishing speaking, he sneered again, "I'm really getting more and more courageous. If there is someone behind, everything will be protected. Let's make trouble, the bigger the trouble, the better, when the time comes, let's go down to the bottom as companions!"

As he said this, Jiang Xia's face showed a look of despair, he paused, and asked the housekeeper who had been standing by, "Have you found out which one did it? Is it the bastard named Sun?"

"Master, our people have checked, but this time it seems that the Sun family really did not do it. The clues are wiped clean, and there is no way to find out the back, but it does not look like the style of the Sun family. .”

The housekeeper's meaning was very clear. These assassins were well-trained, and the division of labor was clear during the assassination. After being caught, they died very cleanly, and the follow-up was even wiped clean. It was really not something that the Sun family could do.Their level is just arranging internal responses and poisoning. The follow-up has not been dealt with cleanly, and people found clues, "Also, when our people checked Sun's house, they found another group of people staring at Sun's house." Home."

Jiang Xia waved his hand, "Lin Ruhai had a bad time back then, and he was always on guard against the Sun family. He probably belonged to him. Hmph, he could bear it. If something like this happened to my wife, I would have killed them long ago."

Steward Jiang lowered his head, rolled his eyes silently, and didn't answer.Can this be the same?

"Forget it, it's difficult for him." I don't know what to think of, Jiang Xia sighed again, and stopped talking about it.

"Master, do you still want to check?" The butler continued to ask as if he hadn't heard Jiang Xia's words.

Jiang Xia, however, was a little less interested, "What to check, the imperial envoys are here, and my life is almost dead, so there is nothing else to check."

Seeing his sadness, Steward Jiang also felt a little uncomfortable. He has accompanied Jiang Xia since he was a child, so he naturally has deep feelings. He persuaded, "Master, these years there have been famines, water conservancy repairs, and the court has to use money. You don't know how much you donated, let alone this A lot of the money you got in it was exchanged for tribute and presented to that person. The funds for this tribute have always been known. And you also did your best when you picked up the driver back then. It's a friend of the common people, now it's impossible to say that we can accommodate..."

Jiang Xia smiled wryly, can the emperor's words be believed?People just reward you with face, if you really take it seriously, you are a fool.

Besides, the assassination of Lin Ruhai was so clean, sometimes when he thought about it, he always doubted whether it was the handiwork of that person. There was no reason, but he suddenly felt so. Not so.Lin Ruhai is dead, what good can he do?

As for Yanyin’s shortfall, it’s not his family that’s doing this, but every family’s. Salt merchants, salt officials, and even some people in the capital have made a lot of profits, but if they’re wrong, they’re wrong. No one mentions it. , It's just so rotten inside, but if it's found out, it's all a crime.He could see that the matter was serious this time, and a thorough investigation was really needed.

But it's too late for him to get out now, but he doesn't want to fall into the trap. Unlike those who are lucky, now he wants to give it a go. He can't say that he can make amends, things can turn around, and the lives of the whole family can be saved.

"The king of An Jun is not safe now. I'm afraid someone wants to harm him. No matter who it is, the dirty and smelly ones can be pushed on our salt merchants. You send someone to watch secretly, and then find a way to connect with him. Send him a few words."

Steward Jiang listened silently, nodded, and asked hesitantly for a while, "Master, have you decided to bet on the Prince of An?"

Who else could there be but him, Jiang Xia leaned weakly on the chair of the Grand Master, the Supreme Emperor made it clear that he wanted to praise him, not to mention that he had met the former Crown Prince during the Southern Tour, and had some contacts, he was a man of the highest glory, with principles But it is not pedantic, and it makes people yearn for it.To be honest, if the prince had succeeded to the throne early, these messy things in Jiangnan would have been sorted out by now.

Well, but he's probably already done playing.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Xia rubbed his chin, and thought a little sinfully, it's better for the prince not to succeed to the throne.

But now, he can only hope that the son of the former prince can show a little mercy to his family because he has learned from his mistakes and made a good report.Of course, it would be even better if you could keep some family wealth, and really, really, just a little bit.

As for those rumors about Tu Huaishen, he didn't believe it at all. How could someone like the former crown prince give birth to such an idiot? He probably pretended to be a pig and eat a tiger.There are times when they regret it.

Well, Jiang Xia touched his chin again, thinking of a bad idea, if there is a chance to save him, it would be better to show his sincerity.As for the other people, people don't kill the world for themselves. Anyway, everyone deserves what they deserve, so he can only take care of his wife and children first.

Tu Huaishen didn't know that someone was thinking about giving him a big gift.At this time, there is still no news from Mr. Li, Tu Huaishen ignores him for the time being, anyway, he will always show up when the time comes.Now he is starting a new round of eating, drinking and having fun.