The person who came was the same year as Lin Ruhai, and now Peng Shixing of the West Xi of the Lin Mansion.

The two of them sped in Lin Ruhai's study for a while before Lin Ruhai got up and sent Peng Shixing away.

When Peng Shixing left, the study returned to silence, Lin Ruhai sat quietly at the table, looking at a small blue lotus-patterned porcelain vase on the desk, looking stunned.

The small porcelain vase on the table looks very ordinary, it is the style that can be seen everywhere on the street, and the texture is also ordinary, however, it is this small porcelain vase that looks unusual, and the contents inside are very extraordinary-it is the life-saving medicine that can save Jia Min.

Lin Ruhai also didn't know until now that his career was not easy in the same year, and the people behind him had a great background.

To be honest, if Peng Shixing could take out this bottle of medicine earlier, even if it was only half a day in advance, Lin Ruhai would be ecstatic, and no matter what Peng Shixing's purpose is, what the people behind him want, I'm afraid he will have to admit his feelings. However, Lin Ruhai recalled the events of this afternoon

said that this afternoon, Mrs. Liu went to rest for a while, and waited for Jia Min to be fed medicine, so she rolled up her sleeves and cleaned her hands, and administered an injection to Jia Min.

Lin Ruhai and Daiyu Xuanyu waited anxiously on the side, not daring to take a breath, for fear of disturbing Mrs. Liu, and it was half an hour after Mrs. Liu finally finished administering the needle. After Mrs. Liu pulled out the last needle, Jia Min frowned in some pain, but she spit out a mouthful of black blood.

The three of them were shocked and hurriedly rushed to Jia Min's bedside, Lin Ruhai was especially serious, and grabbed Mrs. Liu's sleeve and asked, "What's wrong with my wife, how can she vomit black blood?" Daiyu and Xuanyu also looked at Jia Min worriedly, and then at Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu wiped the sweat on her face, she was already sweating profusely at this time, waved her hand, didn't speak, first picked up the herbal tea on the table and drank it all, and she didn't care about the cold.

After pouring the tea, Mrs. Liu finally sighed comfortably, saw the anxious eyes of the three people, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, spit out this mouthful of black blood, Mrs. Lin's illness is half cured, this time the needle is very successful, insist on applying it twice more and it will be fine." ”

Hearing this, Lin Ruhaiyuan was still a little suspicious, but he looked at Jia Min's complexion again, but as Mrs. Liu said, his face improved greatly, and his once miserable face became a little angry, so he believed it, and sincerely thanked: "Thank you, Mrs. for helping." After a deep sigh, he couldn't let go of Jia Min's black blood, and asked tentatively, "I don't know what kind of disease my wife has?" This, how"

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she didn't answer directly, but only asked, "Does Lord Lin really want to know?" ”

Lin Ruhai was puzzled: "What does Madame mean, I naturally want to know, is it inconvenient for Madame to tell me?" ”

Daiyu and Xuanyu also looked at Madame Liu suspiciously, their two almost identical little faces tilting their heads in unison, their big eyes full of curiosity.

Mrs. Liu felt that her old mistake was about to be made again, and coughed lightly: "It's not that I can't say it, but I also ask Lord Lin to wave it back." As he spoke, he added, "Young Master Lin and Miss Lin also please recuse themselves." ”

Lin Daiyu and Lin Xuanyu were full of unhappiness, and they begged to stay.

However, they were still driven away by the ruthless adults on the grounds of business, and Lin Fu, the chief butler of the Lin Mansion, personally acted as the door god, guarding the subordinates who came and went everywhere and did not let them approach.

Seeing that only they and Jia Min were left in a coma, Lin Ruhai said solemnly: "Please tell Madame, could it be that there is anything unusual about this?" But I was a little uneasy in my heart, and I always felt that things might be beyond my imagination.

Seeing Lin Ruhai's calm face, Mrs. Liu touched her chin and said meaningfully: "Mrs. Lin is not sick, she is poisoned. ”

Lin Ruhai was stunned, but before Lin Ruhai could digest the news, Mrs. Liu dropped another earth-shattering thunder: "Not only was it poisoned, but the origin of this poison was unusual, if other doctors were afraid that they would not be able to diagnose it at all, they only thought that Mrs. Lin had a strange disease, and Mrs. Lin probably went so unexplained, but I happened to know about it." As she spoke, Mrs. Liu raised her index finger and pointed to the sky, "It comes from the noblest and most unsightly place in the world." ”

Seeing Lin Ruhai's face change drastically, he then explained: "This poison and antidote are estimated to be there, I happened to know about this poison, but it was difficult to prepare a relative antidote for a while, but it was just a combination of acupuncture and decoction to force out all the poison of Mrs. Lin." This is also why Mrs. Lin spit out that mouthful of black blood, if Lord Lin doesn't believe it, he can find something to try the toxicity of that black blood. ”

Lin Ruhai's heart was turbulent, and he couldn't believe it: "Madame can be sure?" Don't talk nonsense! ”

Mrs. Liu said lightly: "Why should I lie to you, you and I didn't know each other before, I just made a move for the sake of Da Hong and Xiao Chubby Dun'er, if it weren't for the fear that you would be involved in something bad and affect the little fat dun'er, I would be too lazy to say this, Lord Lin, think about it more." ”

Lin Ruhai saw that Mrs. Liu's expression was indifferent, but he was not empty-hearted, he was also a person who had been trained in officialdom for many years, and he could see that Mrs. Liu's eyes were calm, and she didn't seem to be lying, and looked at the blood on the ground again.

Lin Ruhai felt sorry in his heart, he was in charge of the Jiangnan Salt Administration, and the Jiangnan Salt Farm involved many complex power distributions, salt merchants, officials, princes and even princes of all sizes, everyone wanted to intervene, since the fall of the prince and the emperor's throne, all kinds of struggle calculations seemed to be silent, but in fact they turned into the dark, becoming more and more complicated, and they were going to break the ground at some point.

At the beginning, before he took office, he also had strong ambitions and wanted to clean up the Jiangnan Salt Farm, but the longer this official was in office, the more powerless he became, he wanted to rise up, but the emperor's attitude was ambiguous, suggesting that he only needed to supervise the Jiangnan Salt Farm and ensure that the benefits were sent to Beijing every year, and the rest must not be reckless.

Later, Lin Ruhai had two children, a wife and children, and a successor, and his heart gradually faded, and he even wanted to leave the place of right and wrong in the south of the Yangtze River. Since taking office, he has indeed blocked the way of many people, and many people in the officialdom have stumbled openly and secretly, but that is just a matter of their own ability, and it is the first time that they have been secretly poisoned behind their backs like this, involving innocent wives and children, and it is inevitably too much

"But," Lin Ruhai said, "What does this have to do with Min'er, she's just a backhouse woman, why don't you come at me?" ”

"How do you know this wasn't for you?" Mrs. Liu asked rhetorically, "Although this poison is invisible, it is not immediately fatal, according to Mrs. Lin's symptoms, the poisoning time should be one month ago, after poisoning, there will be headaches, weakness and other symptoms, and the poison will be officially poisoned after a month, Lord Lin might as well think about what was abnormal a month ago, I can't say that Mrs. Lin is unfortunate to prevent you from the disaster, by the way, I will also check whether you are reliable in the Lin Mansion." After saying that, Mrs. Liu blessed her body, ignored Lin Ruhai, who was stunned, and left directly.

When passing by Lin Ruhai's side, Lin Ruhai suddenly asked out loud: "Knowing the secrets in the palace, having such medical skills, and knowing how to form formations, what is the origin of Madame?" ”

"This has nothing to do with Lord Lin." Mrs. Liu bowed slightly, walked past Lin Ruhai, and went out.

When I went out, I saw a short figure jumping by, the speed was too fast, and Mrs. Liu only saw an afterimage, but looking at the figure and clothes, it was really familiar.

Mrs. Liu:

Mrs. Liu looked at Lin Fu, who was arranged to guard the door from a distance. Lin Fuzheng looked around with a stern face, not noticing that a little mouse had just slipped out from under his nose.

Forget it, Mrs. Liu looked back and saw that Lin Ruhai was still in her thoughts, and she didn't remind her, shrugged her shoulders and walked away irresponsibly.

After Lin Ruhai talked to Mrs. Liu, he returned to the study, he needed time to calm down, but also to carefully recall whether something happened a month ago, and to carefully check the people of the Lin Mansion, just when he was troubled, he ushered in a low-key visit from Peng Shixing in the night.

Peng Shixing's visit suddenly made Lin Ruhai's confused thinking clear, if he said before, Lin Ruhai didn't dare to fully believe Mrs. Liu's words, and there were many other speculations, but after seeing Peng Shixing, he was like an initiation, and the causes and consequences were connected all at once.

What Peng Shixing said is not necessarily true, but he should indeed be a person who is a saint today, as for the purpose, it is also easy to guess, although the emperor is a Zen position, but it is just a last resort, he still firmly controls the court, if the saint does not want to be an emperor all the time, he will naturally make some moves. The Jiangnan Salt Administration, which accounts for half of the national treasury in taxes alone, and the Jiangnan officialdom with a complicated situation, are closely related to both of them, and Lin Ruhai, who is loyal to the Emperor Taishang, has naturally become one of his targets.

Peng Shixing's visit this time, while showing his identity and coming up with an antidote, also hinted that the person who was poisoned may come from the Nine Emperors faction, who had been inextricably linked with Jiangnan officialdom before, and is now the Gongshun King. And the Emperor Taishang is also dissatisfied with Lin Ruhai, a former henchman who seems to have retreated.

"If Brother Ruhai doesn't believe it, he can verify it, and the saint can't bear to see Brother Ruhai's husband and wife separated, and the child loses his mother, and he can't bear to see such a good talent of the country who doesn't know why, and is kept in the dark, so after knowing this, he quickly sent someone to send an antidote, and let Brother Ruhai tell him all the truth. Brother Hai, you and I are in the same year, and we are very close to each other, and I really don't want to see you go astray, this world, in the final analysis, is still the holy world. ”

Peng Shixing's words were very polite and nice, and it also explained his worries about Lin Ruhai's future, however, "I don't know if Brother Peng was at the beginning, but it was really a coincidence?" Lin Ruhai looked directly into Peng Shixing's eyes and asked.

Peng Shixing did not avoid Lin Ruhai's sight: "It was indeed a chance encounter at the beginning, but later Brother Ruhai invited him into the mansion but it was a matter of taking advantage of the situation, but my friendship with the mansion in the past two years is not fake, I really regard Brother Ruhai as a friend, so I don't want Brother Ruhai to continue to be wrong, at least I have to think about Mrs. and Daiyu Xuanyu, especially Xuanyu's qualifications are extraordinary, I am afraid that in the future, I am afraid that I will be able to go further like Brother Hai, even if I do not enter the officialdom, it is under the rule of the current saint." What's more, today is the Zen position of the Emperor Taishang, and the name is right, if Brother Hai is loyal to today's saint, it is naturally also justified and obedient to orthodoxy, what can others say, this time for Brother Ruhai, isn't it an opportunity? I also hope that Brother Ruhai will make a choice. ”

Lin Ruhai knows very well that this is a pull and temptation today, and it is also a threat, both grace and power, if Daiyu had not found Mrs. Liu, this time he would have to accept this life-saving grace, but even if there is Mrs. Liu, what can he do?

Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly, even if he knew that people today might sit back and watch Jia Min be poisoned, and he didn't give the antidote until he was the most desperate when he was powerless to return to heaven, what could he do? It was as if he knew that the Emperor Taishang might have been dissatisfied with him for a long time, at least he was willing to make a move today, but he also knew that his patience today might be almost at the limit.

Although he was dissatisfied with Peng Shixing, Peng Shixing was not wrong about one thing, the emperor was too old, this time Jia Min was poisoned, the emperor did not react, or he didn't know at all, or he knew but didn't act, if the former, it can be seen that the emperor's power is declining, if it is the latter

Lin Ruhai is from the Gusu Lin family, the Emperor Taishang has always had a lot of honor and grace to the Lin family before the throne, and then married the daughter of the Duke of Rongguo, has always been a close confidant of the Emperor, and therefore, after taking the throne today, there have been officials to hint at wooing, but he has always been a member of the Emperor Taishang, and has always been loyal, although he has retreated, but when he asked himself in office, he never slacked off on the emperor's errands, and even Liang Zi who was obedient to the king was also caused by him not giving in.

Now, Lin Ruhai knows that he has to make a choice, the supremacy of imperial power, and he is just a chess piece that drifts with the tide under the wrestling of several parties, he doesn't care what happens to him, but he has to arrange a way back for his wife and children.

This night, Lin Ruhai's study in the Lin Mansion was lit up all night.