Jia Lian in Dream of Red Mansions is most well-known for his lustful characteristic.

Of course, as long as you are a gentleman, there is no bad feeling, and this is not a disadvantage.

If the deity is a deity, he must be impatient to go to the painting boat to meet the bright moon girl. But Wang Xiao couldn't.

It's not that it can't, it's that it can't.

Wang Xiao came here to do a task, not to enjoy the flowers. He likes the world of Dream of Red Mansions very much, but he doesn't want to just come to play once and never have the chance to come again.

Once the mission to save Lin Ruhai failed, there would be no chance to enter the Dream of Red Mansions again. Not even with a world anchor.

Therefore, Wang Xiao rejected this invitation with regret.

What he has to do now is to go to Lin Ruhai's side to find out what is wrong with this salt patrol imperial history.

Wang Xiao said goodbye to the salt merchants and went out of the restaurant to the outside. Chang Sui Zhao Qing hurriedly ran over and asked, "Second master, where are we going to paint a boat?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiao's face darkened. This reputation is absolutely bad to the bottom of the family.

"Return to the Salt Imperial Mansion!"

Wang Xiao's tone was not good, which made Zhao Qing feel aggrieved. The heart said that this is not the second master who has been talking about going to Slender West Lake before, how did he change sex.

In the window-facing room on the third floor of the restaurant, Jiang Beihe, who was smiling like a flower in front of Wang Xiao before, had a cold face at this time, watching Wang Xiao's carriage gradually move away, and whispered to the chief next to him, "Go back and report to the master, this Jia Lian is a little incomprehensible." ”

The carriage traveled all the way to a large mansion.

In front of the house stands a high gate building, and the plaque reads 'Yangzhou Salt Administration' four big characters.

The grade of the Yanzheng Yamen is actually not high, but it is weighty. It can be said that he is in charge of the salt road in the entire south of the Yangtze River.

It is also considered to be the fattest and most oily place in the world.

Lin Ruhai is the henchman of the current emperor, there is no doubt about it. If you are not a confidant, it is impossible to occupy this fat gap all year round.

Entering the house, I came all the way to the door of the bedroom in the back house.

Wang Xiao tidied up his clothes and walked in after passing the word.

Walking into Lin Ruhai's bedroom, the strong smell of medicine in the air was very pungent.

With a gray face and bloodshot eyes, the skinny Lin Ruhai sat on the sickbed.

"The banquet is satisfying." Lin Ruhai squinted his eyes and asked.

He has also been famous for this nephew's reputation for a long time. I only arrived here at noon, and I ran out to drink in the evening. The Jia family really has no successor.

"Back to my uncle." Wang Xiao bowed his hand and saluted, "Yangzhou salt merchants, the enthusiasm is too much." ”

Lin Ruhai opened his eyes and looked at Wang Xiao with some surprise. He originally thought that Wang Xiao would say something good, the food was delicious, and the singer was beautiful. I didn't expect to hear a serious response, which is really beyond imagination.

Wang Xiao didn't change in Lin Ruhai, and said his opinion to himself, "Although the door of the Jia family's mansion is high, it is far away in the capital. And it has been gradually declining over the years. As for me, I am an unsuccessful child, and it is incomprehensible that the salt merchants are so hospitable. ”

Lin Ruhai sat up straight in a moved manner, "Then according to you, why are they like this?" ”

Wang Xiao bowed slightly, "They are worried, worried that my arrival will have an adverse impact on them." There have also been several vague inquiries at the wine table. This made the nephew very puzzled, what were they afraid of? ”

Lin Ruhai leaned on the head of the bed and closed his eyes, "You have been in the capital for a long time, have you ever heard about the salt administration." ”

The salt merchants were rich because they sold illicit salt on a large scale. The result of the popularity of illicit salt is that official salt cannot be sold.

The salt consumption in the whole world is according to the population, and the total amount is so much. Everyone goes to buy private salt, and the official salt will not make money or collect taxes.

In the past, the salt administration only collected more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, which made the current son very angry. After that, he sent his confidant Lin Ruhai to rectify the salt affairs here.

Before Lin Ruhai took office, the position of Salt Patrol Yushi changed three times in five years, and all of them were beheaded.

After Lin Ruhai took office, he cut off the heads of many salt merchants, and the income of the salt administration also increased year by year. Last year, the revenue of salt had exceeded 5 million taels.

It can be said that Lin Ruhai did a very good job, but the current son of the Great Zhou Dynasty is an acute son. Determined to restore the salt tax revenue to the level of more than 10 million taels in its heyday as soon as possible, there was a matter of reorganizing the salt business.

The core of this matter is to cancel the second-level agent qualifications of the salt merchants, and all of them will be transferred to the control of the imperial court.

For the salt merchants, reorganizing the salt affairs is tantamount to asking for their lives, and the person who executes this matter is undoubtedly Lin Ruhai.

It's just that things only exist at the stage of spreading the rumors, and Lin Ruhai, who was in good health before, suddenly became seriously ill. To say that there is nothing to do with this, at least Wang Xiao doesn't believe it.

"I've heard of it."

Lin Ruhai snorted: "In your opinion, is this matter feasible?" ”

Wang Xiao's face was faintly strange, "Of course it is feasible, but the salt merchants have strong backers behind them." Moved their interests, the backlash must have been very cool. My uncle suddenly became seriously ill, presumably so. ”

"Hahahaha~~~"

Lin Ruhai opened his eyes and laughed loudly: "You said before that you couldn't make it yourself, I don't agree." You can see through this, and it is the first among the younger generations of the four families. ”

"That uncle's serious illness is..."

"I was killed by someone, but I didn't know how to do it. Many famous doctors were consulted, but they said that they could not find the cause. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's poisoning." ”

In fact, the biggest difficulty of this mission is that Lin Ruhai really has some incurable terminal illness. In that case, Wang Xiao had no choice but to fail the mission. He doesn't go to the doctor.

And if it was poisoning, after all, it was not poisoned on the spot, but it took more than a year to finally die. That means there is still hope for salvation.

Lin Ruhai, who coughed a few times, looked puzzled, "I have been cautious in Yangzhou for many years. This time, however, there was no warning at all. ”

Wang Xiao walked aside and made tea, "Of course, doing this kind of thing is to be secretive, and it's normal to not be able to detect it." Since my uncle is cautious, it must be someone around him who has been bribed. If not bought, it is coerced. However, there are not many people who have the strength and the heart to attack their uncle, and if the conditions are met, they will definitely be murderers. For example, this kind of chronic poison is most afraid of long-term use, and it is not impossible to cut off the source and then find the murderer to track down the antidote. ”

When Lin Ruhai heard this, his face immediately changed.

His previous thoughts were all about healing his body, and it was possible that the poisoning affected his brain, so he never thought about these aspects.

Now after listening to Wang Xiao's words, he suddenly became stunned.

"Some time ago, Fang Yu's family said that her mother was seriously ill and took her home to live for a while. When I came back, I was a little distracted. She is responsible for the catering and decoction in the back house. ”

Lin Ruhai gritted his teeth and glared, "I still thought she was a worried mother, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!" ”

Lin Daiyu's mother, Jia Min, died a few years ago, and Lin Ruhai never continued the string. In this era, he can be regarded as an infatuated man.

But also in this era, Lin Ruhai can not marry a wife, but there will be no fewer concubines around him.

Fang Yu is a concubine of the Fang family of the salt merchant, and Lin Ruhai was sent to be a concubine when he came to Yangzhou. The food, clothing, housing and transportation in the back house are basically taken care of by her.

If Lin Ruhai is really very cautious, there will be no accidents. The only person who is questionable and capable of making a move is this Fang Yu.

"The Fang family may have been coerced, but they must have been involved. If you want to know if it's very simple, you just need to send someone to find out Aunt Fang's mother. ”

Wang Xiao's words made Lin Ruhai's eyes full of admiration fall on him.

"I've always been worried that after the death of the ancestor Rongguo Gongxian, there will be no successor from the four families, but now I'm finally relieved."

The ancestor of Rong Guogong is Lin Ruhai's Taishan old man Jia Daishan, who is said to be a man of both civil and military affairs, and also the pillar of the four major families of the previous generation.

The four great families of the previous generation came out in large numbers, but in this generation, they have degenerated.

Don't mention a few living treasures of the Jia family, the two marquis of the Shi family are more funny. The Xue family also began to decline after Xue Baochai's father died of illness. It was the Wang family that had a prince who could barely hold up the scene, but it was obvious that Lin Ruhai looked down on him at all.

As for the next generation, the hero Jia Baoyu in the fat powder pile, the evil Xue Bawang, etc., are all waste. On the contrary, there are many outstanding daughters.

What else can Wang Xiao say, he can't say that he is a visitor from another world, the original Jia Lian is still the waste Jia Lian.

"You go and call He Meng over."

Lin Ruhai, who had a decision in his heart, closed his eyes and leaned on the head of the bed, and asked Wang Xiao to go out and call people.

He Meng was the inner guard sent to him by the emperor when Lin Ruhai went south. Responsible for protecting Lin Ruhai, but also doing some private work.

Calling He Meng, Wang Xiao exited the room and came to the garden to stretch.

"This time the task is quite simple." Sitting down on the stone bench in the garden, Wang Xiao gestured with the eagle claw skill in his hand, "If you cut off the follow-up intake of chronic poison, you should be able to save Lin Ruhai." It is no longer possible to trace the source of the poison and find the antidote. ”

"Yo~~~ Second brother, is this catching chickens?"

A crisp voice sounded in the garden, and you didn't need to look back to know that it was the sharp-toothed Lin Daiyu who came.

"Sister Lin, don't be angry." Wang Xiao looked at her with a smile: "I went to drink and socialize to listen to information." It's not about catching chickens, it's about practicing. ”

Lin Daiyu was stunned, her mind was actually guessed by Wang Xiao in one sentence.

I just came here today, and after visiting Lin Ruhai, Wang Xiao ran out to drink, which made Lin Daiyu, who was already sad, very dissatisfied.

At this time, I originally wanted to habitually ridicule two sentences, but I didn't expect that Wang Xiao, who was considered to be a golden jade in the past, actually broke his mind in one go, which is something that Bao Erye has never done.

However, Sister Lin's intelligence is also top-notch, and she laughed in an instant.

"Who cares if you go to drink, that's Feng Lazi's business. Don't you want to eat chicken? ”

"They all say that this is a peerless martial art."

Wang Xiao smiled and got up and gestured twice: "Your brother and I are peerless masters, why do you need to catch chicken with your hands." In the future, my sister is in danger, and I see how my brother and I heroically save the beauty. ”

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled: "That girl is just waiting to see." ”