However, he said that Lin Hai stepped down and returned to Beijing, rested for a few days, visited all kinds of old friends, and took Su Zheng's family to show off how filial piety a few disciples were. Su Zheng naturally did not show weakness, showing how the children had given him a long face in the past three years, and also took out the lambskin gloves that Jia Cong respectfully wore wool knee pads and half a finger, and said proudly: "It is very cheap and warm to write on this winter day." ”

Lin Hai was not happy, and when he left the door of the Su family, he ordered a boy to go to Rongguo Mansion and asked Jia Cong to make two half-cut gloves for him immediately. Jia Cong laughed and said, "It's getting hotter and hotter, what do you want gloves for?" When winter approaches, I will naturally prepare a good one for my husband and send it to him. Lin Hai listened to this and then stopped.

He went to the palace of the virtuous king again.

Situ Pan was practicing calligraphy in the house, and when he saw him come in, he put down his pen and smiled: "You can be regarded as thinking of me." ”

Lin Hai sat down and was silent for a moment and asked, "Is something wrong?" On the day I came back, I didn't see the prince when I entered the palace and didn't see the prince, so I felt a little surprised. After talking to the saint for a long time......"

Situ Pan smiled bitterly: "I don't know whose means it is, I haven't found out for a long time, and finally Dai Quan revealed half a sentence, saying that it is fortunate that the virtuous king is loyal, and if there is any objection, it can be done at any time." ”

Lin Hai was stunned: "This ...... This ......" Fang shook his head for a long time and sighed, "Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger." ”

Situ Pan also shook his head: "I didn't intend to go to court, but now my brothers are more and more united, so that many means are not moving, but they are planning to do it...... Father-in-law Liu is also old. ”

Lin Hai was silent for a while, and said: "I have another important matter in Jiangnan, because I hesitated in my heart, I did not play with the saint first, and came to discuss with the prince. ”

Situ Pan asked what it was.

Lin Hai said in a low voice: "I only know about the salt class, and I don't check the truth on the side." The prince also checked that Xu Hong, the chief soldier of Jiangxi, could be greedy for ink or empty wages in recent years. ”

Situ Pan sneered: "What are you looking for? When did he not be greedy for ink? He is the biggest one in Jiangnan's greedy ink, and his empty salary is also the most powerful in him. If you do it according to the law, you won't be able to cut your head more than ten times. I checked him in the early years, but later I was really angry, so I simply didn't check it, and waited for the old man to leave. ”

Lin Hai asked again: "Is there a way to deal with it?" ”

Situ Pan sighed: "If you can deal with this, how can you deal with this." He is a capable man, and he only obeys the old man's orders, and now we are still being choked by the old man's neck. In addition, he has a lot of soldiers in his hands, and he knows that he will win the hearts of the people, and he will never monopolize the benefits he gets, and the military attachés of the entire Jiangxi Province let him raise him fat, and the governor of Jiangxi must be flattered and flattered in front of an ordinary partial general under him. Even if the old man wants to deal with it himself, he has to weigh the people under him. ”

Lin Hai sighed: "Can such a person not rebel? ”

Situ Pan was shocked: "Does he have objections?" No, he was captured in southern Xinjiang back then, and he would rather die than rebel. ”

Lin Hai sneered: "What year was it?" He had so many possessions and children back then? He had these subordinates back then? Moreover, he was only in his fifties, and it was obvious that he could live past the old saints. The prince also said just now, just wait for the old sage to leave, how can he not know. He paused and said, "Xu Hongbao is already recruiting private soldiers." ”

Situ Pan gasped. After a while, he said, "Do you have any evidence?" ”

Lin Hai shook his head: "No, it's just a guess." Four years ago, a smuggling salt dealer died in a blacksmith shop, and the Yangzhou prefect investigated that the blacksmith was secretly involved in selling smuggled salt, and killed the trafficker because of the uneven distribution of the spoils and fled. The case was small, but there was something strange about it. I wanted to go back from Beijing to investigate again, but the father of one of the most important witnesses of the day was a money bag of the old sage, and he was involved with two or three princes. The Hou Sheng ordered that he no longer have to worry about the affairs of the old saint, so I left it behind. After a long time, I stumbled upon the fact that the witness was an impostor! It's a pity that the personnel is no longer available, and after too much time, I can't find anything after another investigation. As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his bosom, "This thing was taken from the smuggler of salt, and it is very vague. On that day, the impostor deceived me into saying that it was illicit salt. ”

Situ Pan took it and took a look, it was a small account book, which seemed to be written to buy firewood and carbon, and how much copper money to buy some firewood and charcoal.

Lin Haidao: "It's just that the charcoal near Yangzhou is not this price." If it is changed to private salt, I have many methods, and I can barely get through it from the perspective of a big salt owl. But that smuggler was no salt baron. If there is a big salt lord Lin who doesn't know, wouldn't he have spent so many years in the salt class in the south? ”

Situ Pan asked, "In your opinion, what is recorded in this account book?" ”

Lin Haidao: "The blacksmith who disappeared is a very famous skillful hand of the Huaiyang generation, surnamed Wang, known as the king of kitchen knives. Since he is entangled in one place, the biggest possibility is the blade. ”

Situ Pan's face changed.

"Judging from the price of a good bayonet, it makes sense that the price of 'firewood' in his account will exchange copper coins for silver, and the price of carbon for silver is also equivalent to the price of a complete set of iron armor in the army."

It is a common practice to make false accounts in the name of this thing. Situ Pan flipped through the booklet, and the more he turned it, the more ugly it became, and finally smashed it on the case. After a long time, he asked, "How do you know that Xu Hong did it?" ”

Lin Haidao: "The smuggler is from Yuzhang, so I am suspicious of Xu Hong first." Naturally, it is not possible to keep it to others. ”

Situ Pan silently weighed the southern generals from beginning to end in his heart, and finally said, "He is the only one." ”

Lin Hai nodded and said, "This matter is too big, and it's all speculation, I don't dare to take the liberty of playing, so I'll discuss it with the prince first." ”

Situ Pan sighed: "Ruhai, you are becoming more and more cautious. You are in charge of the salt class alone, and there are many things that you really don't know. If we have any doubts, if we had reported to Beijing earlier, we would have done a better job of investigating it earlier. ”

Lin Hai lowered his eyes and said: "It's true that I didn't think about it, and I indulged him for about two years." ”

Situ Pan picked up the account book again and looked at it carefully, and said, "According to this amount, Xu Hong has a lot of appetite; Coupled with the number of empty salaries assigned to his private soldiers, it became even more impressive. I don't know what Jiangxi will become like this time, even if he turns his face with the court right now, it is possible for the mercenaries to keep it even. Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and you have indulged it in the past two years. Since he was aware of it, if he had been biting and investigating it at that time, he was afraid that he would be more and more close, and it might not be easy to investigate; If he reverses, he will be more and more troublesome. ”

Lin Hai arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the grace of the prince." ”

Situ Pan smiled and said, "I'm telling the truth, not excusing you. It's just that when I came to the third brother, I only said that you thought it was strange when you got this account book, but you didn't know why, so I brought it to me today. The two of us analyzed for a long time before they deduced what was ahead, and they were shocked, so I went into the palace to face the saint. ”

Lin Hai hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Thank you for covering up." ”

Situ Pan waved his hand and said: "How many years of friendship between you and I have been, why do you come from these false courtesies?" If you're not awkward, I'm awkward. ”

Lin Hai smiled lightly, got up to say goodbye, and Situ Pan stopped when he sent him to the door of the study. Only then did he return to the desk and pick up the account book, and Lin Hai came back again.

He smiled bitterly and said, "I forgot about it, and I asked the prince for help." ”

Situ Pan smiled and asked what was going on.

Lin Hai shook his head and sighed: "Ridiculous! I really don't know how to say it. As an official of the imperial court, I feel ashamed. Then he told Yang Heng before and after he was wronged. Although he knew that it was someone from Rongguo Mansion who robbed the prison, he only said that the person was "Yang Heng's friend in the green forest in his early years". At the end, he said, "I'm afraid that the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division can't find out who the real culprit is, and they are forced by the Zhenguo Mansion, so they casually find a guilty person." Those who are guilty of sin are rescued again. ”

Situ Pan was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and also smiled bitterly: "Although it is ridiculous, it is not strange. ”

Lin Haidao: "Yang Heng has already changed his ways over the years, which is really rare. I have just entered Beijing, and it is inconvenient to spend a lot of time with Lord Zhao, and the Zhenguo Mansion is also implicated. Moreover, it was illegal for his friend to rescue him. If you have the heart, just forget it, if Lord Zhao does this, I am afraid that his household registration will be cancelled. ”

Situ Pan said: "More things are better than less things." Zhao Cheng knew what was going on in his heart, even if he met Yang Heng on the road, he wouldn't say much. The household registration is easy to handle, and I will make people say a word. ”

Lin Hai hurriedly thanked him and resigned again. Situ Pan ordered someone to take clothes and change them into the palace.

The saint had just returned from asking the Queen Mother to come back, and he was full of depression; Hearing him say about Xu Hong, he was shocked: "What a big dog! ”

Situ Pan said: "It's just my speculation with Lord Lin, and I don't know if it's or not." ”

The sage picked up the booklet, flipped through it, and asked, "Have you two already reconciled the price of the saber and the iron armor?" ”

Situ Pan said: "Yes." Because the suspect was a blacksmith, Lord Lin suddenly guessed whether it would be a blade; I immediately ordered someone to go to the workshop to inquire. If our guess is true, the cost of his workshop is higher, but it is very similar. If someone privately makes armor in Jiangnan, many raw materials are not easy to obtain, and it will naturally be more expensive, which is reasonable. ”

When the saint heard what he said, he believed it and nodded: "So I'm afraid it's eight. Nine is not far from ten. ”

Situ Pan said: "There is no evidence, and I can't help him." The most important thing now is to have someone find out. ”

The sage sneered, "What's the use of having evidence? Is there still little evidence in the past? What can I do? ”

Situ Pan said: "Those old men don't think so, how can it be the same as rebellion? He will no longer shield Xu Hong. ”

The sage picked up the booklet and sneered sadly: "This thing is the evidence. If you can't find it, use it as a basis and make some circumstantial evidence. Being able to bring down Xu Hong is also a waste of the old man's arm. ”

Situ Pan said: "If it is really as Lord Lin guessed, Xu Hong will not admit his guilt in vain, and the troops in his hands are afraid that it will be difficult to deal with." ”

The saint frowned: "Check it out first, and then you can talk about it, it's annoying the ninth brother." ”

Situ Pan thought for a while and said, "It's just that now I have just taken over Zhou Yan's people. This person is really not the material for this business, and there are so many incompetent people under his command that I am afraid that I will have to recruit the right people from scratch. If Xu Hong has the intention to rebel, he must take precautions. I'm afraid I can't find out the real amount of waste I have in my hand. Third brother, can you transfer two capable people from Gonggong Liu to me. ”

The sage said: "This is easy, you can find him." ”

Situ Pan took the order and left. He immediately found the old eunuch Liu Dengxi and took Feng Ziying and Qin Sangu away. Although Liu Dengxi was reluctant, he heard that it was to investigate the major case of Xu Hong's rebellion, and he also knew how important Xu Hong was, so he had to endure the pain and cut his love.

Soon, Jia Cong heard that Feng Ziying was going to go to the south with Situ Pan to run errands, and he would leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival; I also heard that Qin Sangu also wanted to go to the south to check the accounts, and it happened to be after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she rolled her eyes and sighed pretendedly: "Then I have seen through it, master." ”

Because Qin Sangu occasionally heard him mention that Yang Heng was a member of the Yuzhang Yang family, she said: "The Yuzhang Yang family is extremely famous in the green forest. I'm going south this time I'm going to Jiangxi once, I haven't been there for a long time, I don't know what it's like there. Cong'er, introduce this friend of yours to me, how about I inquire? ”

Jia Cong hated Xu Hong for assassinating Lin Hai several times, and he was worried that he couldn't help them, so he naturally responded. smiled again: "Uncle Lin's guard, Brother Yang, is a brother with him, and he is also from the Yuzhang Yang family, you know each other." Then he took Yang Song and Yang Heng and Qin Sangu to the most famous Taibai Ju in Beijing to have a good banquet, Jia Cong invited guests, and Qin Sangu paid.

Qin Sangu and Yang Song worked together to protect Lin Nan in their early years, but they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they talked about the old ones at the banquet. Then she asked the Yang brothers about the situation in Jiangxi Mansion. The two of them are the way, and the top and bottom over there are controlled by the chief soldier Xu Hong, and even the governor is a decoration, busy asking carefully. Yang Heng shook his head and said a lot of unreasonable things, and finally said: "What can ordinary people do? Whoever is in vain will be deceived. That's why I left my hometown and came to Beijing to make a living. ”

Jia Cong said angrily: "Such corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the imperial court just stare at him, and the emperor is far away?" ”

Qin Sangu sighed: "I'm afraid that the imperial court can't control it." ”

Jia Cong snorted: "I can't care about anything, that's the imperial court!" There are only those who don't want to take care of it, and there is nothing that they can't manage. ”

Yang Song said: "What do you know about a little child." These generals who hold military power do not listen to civilian officials at all, or even to the imperial court, so they can't just send troops to encircle and suppress it, so how many soldiers will die in vain. ”

Qin Sangu nodded again and again: "Yes, how can the soldier's life be wasted in such a vain." ”

Jia Cong "cut": "He is about to become a warlord, how is it different from rebellion?" Isn't it over with a direct decapitation operation? ”

Qin Sangu hurriedly asked what the beheading operation was.

Jia Cong said: "The ancients captured the thief and captured the king first. Xu Hong didn't have to arrest such a chaotic minister and thief, he only said that the court had an urgent matter to transfer him to Beijing and kill this person in Shili Pavilion outside the city. ”

Qin Sangu snorted: "Do you think he is a fool? If he was transferred to Beijing for no reason, he would not come, and he would be forced to rebel if he was not able to do so, and the people of another party would suffer. ”

Jia Cong said: "Think of a way." With so many big officials in the DPRK and China, can't you even think of a reliable method? It's really okay to come out with a gold medal. The twelve gold medals were transferred to Yue Fei in order to kill Zhongliang, the gold medal was innocent, and it was Qin Hui's old thief who should be scolded. Gold medals can kill loyal and good people, and they can also punish corrupt officials. As the saying goes, a black cat and a white cat are good cats when they catch mice. ”

Qin Sangu smiled: "That's it, only you are the smartest." Then he diverted from the subject.

Jia Cong knew that she must have a thought in her heart, and she stopped talking nonsense.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year, after many years, Lin Hai and his daughter had a reunion festival, and the father and daughter chanted poems to the moon, which was extremely enjoyable.

On the other hand, Jia Cong was not very happy. Jia Yu took advantage of the joy of the children during the festival and told him that the old lady of the Gao family came with a letter and asked Gao Mang to welcome the spring as a match. Jia Cong naturally likes Gao Mang; It's just that he has always been controlled by his sister, and he is extremely unhappy that this person wants to marry his sister, and his face darkens when he is on the spot.

Jia Yu then asked: "If you don't like it, go find a reliable one yourself?" ”

Jia Cong argued: "How old is my sister? How can anyone get married so early. ”

Jia Yu stretched out his hand and gestured: "Fifteen! Fifteen, where will it be early? How many girls are married at this age. Your sister is still a concubine, Gao Mang is a concubine of the long house, and your sister has climbed a lot. ”

Jia Cong jumped up: "My daddy! My Jia Cong's sister and sister-in-law are a hairball! I'm only one sister, okay? You wait two years, two years is enough. Believe it or not, more than half of the high-ranking families in the capital want to marry her? ”

Jia Yu snorted: "I know your kid's ability. said that the family is big, even if the prince is willing to marry your sister as a concubine. Do you dare to let your sister marry her? ”

Jia Cong choked on the occasion. Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 147 of the text.

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