Daiyu of the Red Chamber is fierce

Jiang Xia originally thought that it would take some time before he could meet King An himself, but King An sent someone to send an invitation that night, inviting him to attend the banquet on the second day.

And at the dinner party on the second day, Jiang Xia finally saw the long-rumored Prince An with his own eyes.

Jiang Xia's mood, how should I put it, is a bit complicated, and there is always a feeling of recklessness...

(Tu Huaishen: Hey!)

However, no matter how complicated his mood was, Jiang Xia stepped forward with a smile when everyone exchanged greetings.

Jiang Xia was originally a gambler. When he was young, he had a falling out with his family. He was alone and penniless, so he dared to take the half-baby Jiang Steward out to make a fortune. Now, he is willing to gamble for the future What's more, Prince An of the Supreme Emperor's family is already his best choice.

Because of the previous events, Tu Huaishen's nature of money lover has been widely known, so before the banquet, Tu Huaishen received a lot of gifts.But at the banquet, faced with vague temptations, Tu Huaishen practiced Tai Chi with a smile on his face, but he refused to give an accurate word. In the middle of the meal, Eunuch Fu Lu came to King An and whispered a few words, with a smile on his face. King An's attitude changed a bit.

So a small number of people were warmly received by King An, most of them were small and medium-sized salt merchants and middle-level officials of the salt government, but their cautious attitude towards most of the others cooled down. Some people went back, but several officials and salt merchants who received special treatment were politely stayed.

Facing the prying and suspicious eyes of the colleagues who are about to leave, these people are also full of doubts, and they can't say anything, they don't know, okay?

Eunuch Fulu coughed loudly, interrupting their continued communication, and began to chase people away, reaching out to those who did not need to stay, and said with a fake smile: "Your Highness still wants to leave." Meet those adults, are you a few?"

The meaning is very clear, you can get out.

Eunuch Fu Lu's intention of chasing guests was so straightforward that those who were asked to leave could not continue to stay. He looked at the few people left behind in a warning way, but he cupped his hands, said goodbye and left.

When everyone left, Eunuch Fu Lu turned around and put on a standard smile, "Several, please."

And what is Tu Huaishen doing at this time, he is receiving Jiang Xia.

To be honest, as the head of the salt merchant, Jiang Xia was not on the list left by Tu Huaishen, so he turned a corner and delivered it to his door automatically.

Tu Huaishen was also a little dazed when he received the small note forwarded by Mr. Fu Lu. The chief executive must be too sensible. This, this speed is too fast, or is there any other reason?

After sizing up Tu Huaishen at the banquet, Jiang Xia made a decision, Jiang Xia was so decisive, he didn't wait any longer, and just took advantage of the time when he was leaving and the crowds were coming and going, and he and his little one The servant changed his clothes and went back to the house again.

So the two met like that.

Jiang Xia was also straightforward, first cried bitterly, then admitted his mistake happily, scolded himself once, singing and writing very well, and then said the request.

The requirements are not high, I just want to save the life of my family, and I am willing to donate all the family wealth to the court. Of course, after saying this, I added a sentence, secretly paying tribute to His Royal Highness is also possible.

Tu Huaishen: ...

Seeing him being straightforward, Tu Huaishen also cut straight to the point, "If this king protects you, what can you give this king?"

Jiang Xia blinked his eyes, and there were crystal tears in his eyes. Seeing an old man acting cute, the key is a not very good-looking old man, Tu Huaishen couldn't bear to look straight, and turned his head slightly.

Jiang Xia whispered: "Caomin has the records of the amount of salt withdrew over the years, the account books of salt tax advances, and the account books of dealings with several adults. Some are filial piety alone, and some are filial piety together , it’s all customary.”

It was an unexpected joy, Du Huaishen looked at Jiang Xia kindly, but Jiang Xia said again: "It's just that although the grassroots are the chief, but the people below don't listen to me. To put it bluntly, many big salt merchants are behind. Some people, Caomin only have this account book, they don’t have any. But Caomin still has some information about their general contacts.”

"What about the ledger?"

Du Huai cautiously went straight to the point.

Jiang Xia began to hesitate to speak again, "It's not that the grass people don't believe in His Highness, it's really about life... this... if the grass people give it to you, you don't care about it, this... ...The young and old of the Caomin family!"

This is for a certificate.

The corner of Tu Huaishen's mouth twitched, he glanced at Jiang Xia who was still pretending, and asked, "Would you like to write down your testimony?"

Jiang Xia looked at Tu Huaishen's face, and couldn't bear to let the child not be caught by the wolf, so he nodded cruelly, "Cao Min is willing."

Tu Huaishen motioned to Niu Heng to get it.

Niu Heng quickly came back with the pen and paper, Jiang Xia picked up the pen, and under the watchful eyes of the two of them, he wrote each sentence. He wrote very quickly at the beginning, but later, his hands gradually trembled, as if something was blocked somewhere , Jiang Xia gritted his teeth, and finished writing sentence by sentence.

Blowing on the ink, Jiang Xia glanced at the testimony again, sighed, signed with his handprint, and handed the testimony to Tu Huaishen. After doing all this, he seemed to be exhausted. Jiang Xia knew that he had Can't turn back, can only keep going.

Tu Huaishen looked at it carefully and was quite satisfied, then handed the testimony to Niu Heng, walked to the table, wrote a note to Jiang Xia, and handed it to him.

Jiang Xia hurriedly picked it up, looked at it carefully, folded it solemnly, and put it in her arms like a treasure.

"Caomin will deliver it personally." Jiang Xia promised.

Tu Huaishen refused, "No need, there are people watching here all the time, I'll send someone to get it from you. For the rest of the time, you pretend it's not the case, and if there's anything you need to send a message," Tu Huaishen Looking straight into Jiang Xia's eyes, carefully observing his expression, "After all, the more you do, the greater the credit, the better for me to intercede for you, I will send someone to you, you can just ask him if you have anything to do."

Jiang Xia complied seriously.

After sending away the unexpected Xi Jiang Xia, Tu Huaishen went to Fu Lu to deal with the people left behind, he was not in a hurry, he wanted them to wait.

We met one by one, and when things were settled, it was already too late. Fortunately, the moonlight was bright tonight, and we could see the way clearly. Tu Huaishen stretched his waist, walked towards the yard where he was temporarily resting, and walked into the courtyard. But here I met someone, it was Daiyu.

Daiyu sat on the steps, resting her head on her hands, staring at the starry sky.

According to Lin Ruhai, he didn't want Daiyu to get too close to Tu Huaishen anyway, but now it's better to have one more thing than one thing less, Lin's family knows too many people about Daiyu, just to be on the safe side, let Daiyu still pretend to be a friend. As a young eunuch, fortunately Daiyu and Tu Huaishen don't live together after all, Lin Ruhai can only comfort herself like this.

Tu Huaishen moved to Daiyu's side and sat down too, with his hands propped up, instead of looking at the starry sky, he looked at Daiyu instead.

One looked at the sky and the other looked at people, being stared at by such a big living person, even Lin Daiyu couldn't bear it anymore, she stopped looking at the stars, and turned her head to meet Tu Huaishen's gaze.

Lin Daiyu seemed to suddenly realize that the little fat man's eyes are actually very beautiful. The eyes that are usually smiling and squinting are now looking at her intently. The tails of the eyes are slightly raised, which is naturally charming. The eyes are black and white, and they are as clear as God , looking at herself scorchingly, for some reason, Lin Daiyu felt that the atmosphere seemed even more strange.

Lin Daiyu felt quite uncomfortable, Mo Ming didn't dare to look at him, turned her head, found a topic, and took the lead to break the calm, "How are you doing with your errands?"

Tu Huaishen smiled and talked about the progress, and then asked, "It's so late, why don't you go to rest?"

"Can't sleep." Lin Daiyu always thought about Yangzhou when she was in the capital, but now that she really arrived in Yangzhou, she couldn't sleep.Daiyu used to be the most unable to hide things, but now she gradually has things and worries in her heart, and the carefree childhood seems to be fading away.

"I can't sleep either." Tu Huaishen said the same thing, maybe because of the right atmosphere, maybe because of the right person, he suddenly wanted to confide, "I miss my parents."

Seeing Daiyu looking at him, she explained, "It's not my parents, it's me, they are parents here in Yangzhou." Tu Huaishen also often fantasizes about what his biological parents are like, but in the end, he doesn't have their parents. Memory, all the impressions come from the bit by bit narration of the people around, and he slowly sketches their images from these descriptions.Of course he misses them too, but...

The Zhangs in Yangzhou have always raised him as his own son, and he has always regarded them as his biological parents. The few years in Yangzhou were also the most free and carefree days in his life. Come to think of it, it's not bad to be a fat man just like this.

"Then, they are now?"

"They have changed their names and surnames now, and they have gone to live in seclusion elsewhere." And he has never seen them again, this is for their safety, but also for the future of Tu Huaishen, after all, as long as Tu Huaishen still cares They, the Zhangs, will be targeted by others.

Tu Huaishen spoke plainly, but Lin Daiyu could feel his sadness and longing. She didn't want to let him continue to be depressed. Daiyu changed the subject and talked about business. She really wanted to know, "What are you going to do next?"

Tu Huaishen also realized it, and cooperated, changing the subject accordingly.

However, after listening to his plan for a while, Daiyu finally couldn't help asking, "So, you guys lack some key evidence?"

Tu Huai nodded cautiously.

Lin Daiyu glanced at him, her eyes seemed a little puzzled, she stood up directly, patted her chest boldly, "If that's the case, why bother, leave it to me!"

Tu Huaishen: "...Huh?"

In the early morning of the next day, Tu Huaishen took Qiu Yue and other officials to the Yanzhengyuan, and began to investigate the salt imports and salt taxes over the years.

After the Lin Ruhai incident happened, the Salt Administration here naturally made preparations. These people have related interests. Even if they originally had conflicts due to the distribution of interests, they have temporarily stopped their efforts at this time. Let’s pass the current hurdle first, and the accounts can be smoothed out. It was smoothed out as much as possible, and as for the unevenness, I had to introduce a few unlucky and disobedient ones.