Lin Ruhai sat at the table and watched the doctor at home bandage Li Er's wound, and the little guys lightly bandaged Li Er's wound and retreated. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Immediately afterwards, Lin Ruhai's staff, Du Jian and Li Wenxuan, pushed the door in and reported to Lin Ruhai: "Listen to the wind and guard the door, there is no one nearby for the time being." ”

Lin Ruhai looked at the injured person on the bed and said, "Li Er, I asked you to find out the amount of salt produced by the salt households, why did you come back like this?" ”

Li Er shouted out with a crying voice: "Master, the little one is guilty!" Then he talked about his experience in the past few days.

It stands to reason that Li Er's errand is quite easy, he just needs to take the token of the yamen to the larger Yanhu Tangkou to ask about the amount of salt produced last year and the amount of salt that can be produced this year, and then go to the homes of a few representative salt retail households to understand the situation. But when he arrived at the house of a certain salt retail household, he always felt that the salt retail household was flickering, not at all like the previous ones, he felt curious, so he pretended to ask and left, and then hid in the big tree at the door of the door of this salt retail household, who knew that a disaster would come!

Li Ergang found a place on the big tree with more forks to cover up and sit well, the big tree in late autumn was golden, and the leaves that were shaken off by Li Er were not very conspicuous. He glanced at the salt farmer's house just now, and at this glance, he regretted hiding in the tree, and he should have left the house directly.

"What's in that yard?" Du Jian couldn't help but ask.

Li Er choked up for a long time, and forcibly said, "Shura in the world!" ”

Li Er was afraid that the strange salt farmer would find out, so when he turned back, the big tree he climbed was a tree on the east side of the yard that was quite close to the yard, because the salt farmer only took him around the salt boiling tools on the west side just now. Then he looked around and found that the courtyard to the east was actually full of corpses! He was just about to get off the tree and run back to report the news, but a team of people came not far away, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to move at all.

So they stayed in the trees for a day and a night, and watched as if the men kept carrying people in the main house, and then threw the dead bodies in the east side of the courtyard, and so on and so forth, until the last man was brought up in a certain house.

Speaking of this, Li Er became excited: "My subordinates recognize that dress, last year I followed my wife to the Guogong Mansion in the capital to send a gift to the capital, and almost broke one of the small boxes, the big housekeeper scolded me for being clumsy, saying that this is a tribute to the top, called Bird Feather Brocade, just this small box is more precious than all gifts, the small one was frightened at the time, so I will never be mistaken..."

Du Jian couldn't help but interjected: "Wearing clothes made of finch feather brocade, it seems that this person's identity is extraordinary, but it's a pity that just like Dong Weng can also have a box of finch feather brocade to give away, there are too many people who can wear finch feather brocade, but if it is limited to this acre of land in Jiangnan, it can be determined that there are two or three." ”

Lin Ruhai nodded, agreeing with Du Jian's words, and turned his head to look at Li Errang to continue.

Li Er hurriedly continued, saying that after mentioning this person into the house, he stopped killing people, but no one came out of the house, at this time Li Er held back on the tree for a day and a night, and he couldn't hold it back, thinking that he was not found when he went up the tree, and he should be able to climb down, so he thought about secretly getting down the tree and coming back to report, who knew that he actually fell into the pile of dead people! Fortunately, there was no one guarding here, Li Er endured the stench and secretly dug for another day, ordinary salt farmers are all four walls, so the wall is particularly thin, he actually dug a dog hole out, and ran out like this. And most of this body injury was caused by falling from a tree.

Li Er's voice fell, and the three of them were silent for a while, in the face of such a thing, several people really didn't know what to say, and then Li Wenxuan couldn't help but propose, and let Lin Ruhai inform the Yangzhou prefect of this matter first, "They first brought people into the house and killed people, and then imprisoned this person with a noble status, it seems that they are looking for something, so it seems that he has no worries about his life for the time being, and we just need to let the Yangzhou prefect send someone to arrest the thief and rescue this person." ”

Li Ruhai nodded in agreement: "I'll send someone to say hello to the Yangzhou prefect first, but I want to repair a letter to the Lianghuai infantry yamen, and now I can't figure out the number of thieves, so it's better for us to be cautious." ”

The two nodded in response, and Lin Ruhai told Li Er to recuperate, and then come back to work when the injury was completely healed, and then went to write a letter.

Sure enough, just a few days later, news came from the infantry yamen, capturing a small group of rogues who held the thirteen princes hostage, and made a contribution. Privately, he sent a letter to Lin Ruhai, saying that this group of people may have something to do with the White Lotus Sect and want to hold the Thirteen Princes hostage for ransom.

After Lin Ruhai read the letter from the two Huai infantry yamen to the two staff, the three of them again

A wry smile was revealed. According to Li Er's description that day, it was obvious that the goal of the gang of sons and strongmen was to find something, but the infantry yamen said so, and they couldn't verify it anymore, especially the target was the thirteenth prince, if the prince had a secret mission, they would get to the bottom of it like this, and they might set themselves on fire. However, they also analyzed the doubts one by one, for example, why did they have to use the small broken courtyard of the salt household, why the thirteen princes came to Jiangnan to do business but wore dazzling finch feather brocade, etc., in the end, to no avail, thinking of this year's salt tax, Lin Ruhai suddenly put aside the matter of the strong man, but he didn't expect to bring an almost devastating blow to his family.

According to Li Er's salt budget, Lin Ruhai thought about this year's salt tax, and had a headache, thinking that if he was free this year, he would meet a few major salt merchants first and see their attitudes. In this way, Lin Ruhai threw himself into a new round of busyness.

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At the same time, the Zhen family in Jiangnan, Zhen Yingjia listened to the report of the subordinates in the study, and said in a tone without ups and downs: "If you say this, you missed it?" The person who replied below didn't even dare to straighten his waist, and when he heard this, he knelt on the ground with a puff: "My lord is angry, the thirteen princes really didn't find anything, and the number of other guards was right, and they were all killed, and nothing was found, it seems that the thirteen princes really didn't take our things..."

Syllable! A celadon entwined tea bowl shattered in front of him, stopping what he was about to say later, followed by Zhen Yingjia's angry voice: "Fool, they must still have people all the way to the dark, and they have already brought that account book to the capital!" But fortunately, this booklet only records the transactions between the Qian family and a small number of officials, so I can't do it, so I can only give it up. ”

The man picked up a small life, and got up from the ground with a loud voice. Just as I was about to withdraw, I heard my master ask softly, "Those people didn't cause me trouble, did they?" Shengsheng shook his head, and hurriedly bowed down and responded: "According to the master's instructions, I deliberately brought the traitor of the White Lotus Sect this time, and now I have led the matter to the White Lotus Sect, master rest assured, we have nothing to do." ”

Zhen Yingjia waved his hand with satisfaction and said: "It's a pity that the Qian family is not small, the money raised for us every year is not small, even if his family is unlucky this time, if there is a grudge in his heart, he will complain about the nosy salt patrol imperial history!" Go back and get some money and silver to appease their families, and then warn the others not to go out to cause trouble for me recently, and wait for the rumors of this incident to pass, and then come out to do activities. ”

"Yes, let's do it for the little ones!" The man hurriedly withdrew from the study, and Zhen Yingjia, who stayed in the study, smiled coldly: Hmph, Lin Ruhai, if you cut off my wealth, I will want the life of your whole family!

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Sure enough, it didn't take long for the holy decree to go down to the Yamen of the two Huai infantry, and the general soldier of the Yamen took a battalion of soldiers to raid the home of the big salt merchant Qian Zaiyan, and all the money and silver copied from his home, and at the same time copied several officials who had close contacts with the Qian family, and copied out some evidence of the activities of the White Lotus Sect.

Lin Ruhai also received a secret decree from the emperor, and this time the salt tax will be according to last year's. Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this time there was a lot of silver copied from these officials and the salt merchant Qian family, which could actually solve the emperor's urgent need. But he was even more worried in his heart, as far as he knew, the salt merchant Qian family had always been the pawn of the Zhen family of the Jiangnan clan, and this time the matter involved the White Lotus Sect, although the Zhen family was picked out, but in fact, no one knew whether the Zhen family was related or not. If there is, with Lin Ruhai's cautious understanding of Zhen Yingjia, it is better for him to be cautious recently.

Lin Ruhai's consciousness is very high, but he doesn't know much about the affairs of the inner courtyard, so he only verbally instructed Jia Min, plus because this incident was too bloody, he was afraid of scaring Jia Min, who was weak like a little white flower, so he didn't tell her. In the end, his worries only became in the backyard when Jia Min instructed his right-hand man assistant Mama Gui to "close the door, act cautiously, and pay attention to safety". So later, Lin Ruhai told the backyard so lightly to himself, and he regretted it beyond measure.