After Lu Jing came out of Qi Changqing's house, he asked Wu Ze to secretly investigate Chen Lu.

After many days of tracking and investigation, Wu Ze can basically determine that it is Chen Lu, who is in charge of the secret ledger of the salt merchants.

However, because of the tense situation in Jiangnan, Chen Lu acted extremely carefully, and Wu Ze had not found out where Chen Lu hid the account book.

Through analysis, Lu Jing focused on several places that Chen Lu often went to, and asked Wu Ze to investigate them one by one.

After many days of hard work, on March 20, Wu Ze finally got half a volume of Huizhen Ji from an outer house of Chen Luyang.

After Wu Ze handed over the account book to Lu Jing, Lu Jing found that the account book in Chen Lu's hand was only the upper volume, but for Lu Jing, the upper volume was enough.

With the upper ledger, none of the dozen or so salt merchants and the officials recorded on it could escape.

Lu Jing asked Wu Ze to continue to pay attention to Chen Lu's whereabouts, and at the same time drugged the wine that Chen Lu drank that day.

Just in case, Lu Jing told Wu Ze that if Chen Lu woke up halfway and found that the ledger was missing, let him disappear completely.

Lu Jing imitated the handwriting on the ledger overnight, and spent a night and a day making a copy of the ledger.

He immediately asked Wu Ze to take the account book he copied, and then send him back while Chen Lu was asleep, and at the same time let Wu Ze continue to monitor Chen Lu.

It can be delayed for a day, even if Chen Lu notices that the handwriting and ink on the account book are wrong afterwards, he will not be able to make any waves at that time.

After everything was done, Lu Jing planned to rest for a night and hand over the account book to Lin Ruhai tomorrow, but he never thought that at night, the news of Lin Ruhai's assassination on the way back suddenly came.

Lu Jing was very surprised when he heard the news, these days he was afraid that those salt merchants would be forced by Lin Ruhai to be in a hurry, and they would use some means of assassination.

Therefore, he kept Qi Changqing staring at those salt merchants, if those salt merchants made a move, he should receive the news.

At the same time, Lu Jing was very worried about Lin Ruhai's body, and was deeply afraid that Lin Ruhai would not be able to escape the trajectory of fate and die because of this assassination.

Lu Jing didn't know what happened to Lin Ruhai's injury, so he was busy arranging the guards at home, so he went to Lin Mansion to visit Lin Ruhai.

After Lu Jing arrived at the Lin Mansion, he saw that the Lin Mansion was heavily guarded, which made him even more worried about Lin Ruhai's situation.

After going through layers of checkpoints, Lu Jing waited in the Lin Mansion for more than half an hour before waiting for Lin Ruhai's summons.

Lu Jing saw that Lin Ruhai was wrapped in a bloody white cloth on his shoulder, his face was pale, and he hurriedly asked with concern, "How is the teacher's health, is there a big problem?" ”

Lin Ruhai sat on the bed, although his body was a little weak, he was not angry at being stabbed, but smiled: "It's just that it hurt the shoulder, it's not a big deal." ”

Lu Jing was immediately relieved, and then handed the half of the account book hidden on his body to Lin Ruhai.

"Teacher, this is the account book that the disciple got from the hands of those salt merchants, and here it records the amount of silver they gave to the salt road officials, as well as the amount of bribes they paid to other officials in Jiangnan."

Lin Ruhai couldn't wait to take the account book, and said with surprise on his face: "Okay, good, good, I really didn't expect you to get this thing." ”

"I knew that their transactions must have private accounts, but I never found them, but I didn't expect you to get them."

"The disciple is also at the right time, and the teacher thinks this account book can be of great use?" Lu Jing asked.

"It's raining just in time!" Lin Ruhai said with a smile, he is worrying these days, and now there are too many forces in the court to impeach him, if he is not assassinated today, I am afraid that in a few days, the emperor will order him to be arrested in the capital for trial.

Lu Jing immediately said: "This account book is only the upper volume, as for the next volume, the disciple did not get it. ”

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "The upper volume is enough, with the upper volume, the next volume is not so important." ”

What he needs now is solid evidence, and with the account book in the upper volume, he can use this as a breakthrough to continue the matter.

Lin Ruhai looked at Lu Jing's tired expression, and knew that Lu Jing must have spent a lot of effort to get this half of the account book.

He said with some emotion: "You have put so much effort into my business, Huai Jin can rest assured that the teacher will not involve you." ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said: "The disciple is already in it, and it doesn't matter if it is involved or not, but now that the teacher has been assassinated, I am afraid that the matter in Jiangnan will have to be tossed for a while before it ends, and the teacher still needs to take care of his body." ”

Lin Ruhai nodded solemnly and said, "Huai Jin can rest assured, he has his own arrangements for the teacher!" ”

"Since that's the case, the disciple won't disturb the teacher's rest!" Lu Jing then said.

The reason why he said goodbye so quickly was that he saw that Lin Ruhai seemed to be involuntarily, and second, he also tossed for more than ten days and wanted to go back and have a good rest.

After Lu Jing left, Lin Ruhai recruited his henchmen, copied a copy of the account book, and then handed the account book to the guards sent by Emperor Yuan Yong, and attached the resign of his resignation.

Since the assassination of Lin Ruhai, the situation in Jiangnan has become more treacherous.

Many officials have closer ties with each other and have more frequent contacts, and they continue to play in the capital, splashing dirty water on Lin Ruhai.

The secret ledger of the salt merchant and Lin Ruhai's fold went through the secret fold channel, and it was only five days before it was delivered to Emperor Yuan Yong.

Emperor Yuan Yong looked at the accounts recorded in the account book, and was furious in his heart, and now the treasury is empty, and he can't even take out one million taels of silver for disaster relief, but these salt merchants in Jiangnan send millions of taels of money every year.

What makes him even more angry is that there are more and more performances of Lin Ruhai in the DPRK and China, and nearly one-third of the court officials are involved.

made him secretly frightened, whether it was because Lin Ruhai touched their interests, or because of the party dispute, Lin Ruhai has been in Jiangnan for so many years, how could he offend the anger of the Beijing officials.

After Emperor Yuan Yong read the account book, he sneered and decided to hold back for the time being, he wanted to see how many people would jump out.

The next morning, Emperor Yuan Yong slightly expressed his tone of wanting to check Lin Ruhai, which immediately caused more officials to jump out.

Lin Ruhai's main assistance in Beijing, Xu Jingnian, a cabinet scholar, and Qi Zhe, the right attendant of the household department, struggled to support Lin Ruhai's refutation.

Qi Zhe was also dragged into the water by them, and many people began to participate in Qi Zhe's acceptance of Lin Ruhai's benefits and speak for Lin Ruhai.

The situation in Beijing is becoming more and more unfavorable to Lin Ruhai on the surface, if the news of Lin Ruhai's assassination does not reach Beijing, I am afraid that Lin Ruhai will be directly locked in the capital.

Since Lin Ruhai's assassination, Lu Jing has basically taken care of Lin Ruhai in the past few days, and now the situation in Jiangnan has spread completely uncontrollably.

The number of people involved is also getting wider and wider, originally it was only an official on the salt road, and now some magistrates in the state capital are also deeply involved, after all, the salt road is a golden nest for making money, and there are too many people who take advantage of it and take silver.

After more than ten days of recuperation, Lin Ruhai's body is gradually recovering, after all, Lin Ruhai has been prepared for a long time.

Lu Jing even suspected that this assassination was also part of Lin Ruhai's plan, these days he has been investigating Lin Ruhai's murderer, after investigation, he is basically not the salt merchant's hand, so far Chen Lu has not found out that the account book has been dropped.

"How can the teacher calculate that they will jump off the wall in a hurry?" Lu Jing asked tentatively, judging from Lin Ruhai's injuries and state, this assassination was extremely strange.

Lin Ruhai did not hide Lu Jing, but hinted: "They are forced by the teacher to take this step!" ”

He saw that the situation was completely out of control, and even if he could get away with it at that time, he would not be able to gain a foothold in the court in the future, and he offended too many people this time, I am afraid that many people will come to him to settle accounts.

"It's a last resort to do this for the teacher, if the situation continues to develop, even the emperor will be difficult to clean up."

Lin Ruhai's mood at this time was very complicated, both a little relaxed, and more worried about the future situation.

Now that he has taken himself out, it has nothing to do with him how far the situation in Jiangnan develops in the future.

But he touched the interests of too many people this time, if the emperor used him as a scapegoat to calm the anger of the public, he was helpless, and even if he could be safe, he would face the danger of retaliation in the future.

"Alas, the teacher's move is too risky!" Lu Jing sighed, Lin Ruhai's step can be described as dangerous and dangerous, and if he is not careful, he will put himself in.

Lin Ruhai sighed: "If you don't have this step, it won't be easy to get out, maybe in a few days, the teacher will be abandoned by the saint and become the punching bag of the Jiangnan forces and the powerful in Beijing!" ”

His original intention was only to target the officials of the Lianghuai Yandao Yamen and Yangzhou Mansion, at most plus the Zhen family's influence in Jiangnan.

But when he found that the situation was out of control and the spread was getting wider and wider, he immediately designed to get himself out of the whirlpool.

Now the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, with his assassination, has gradually calmed down, but secretly it is turbulent, and the dark tide is surging, which may cause a bigger storm at any time.

Lu Jing worried: "But in this way, the teacher will be evil to Jiangnan officialdom, and now this injury, I am afraid that I will have to stay in Yangzhou for a long time, if they continue to target the teacher, the teacher will have no extra countermeasures." ”

Lu Jing was worried that with Lin Ruhai's injury, the officials who originally stood with Lin Ruhai would change their courts, after all, Lin Ruhai created the illusion that his life was short, and those who followed him, seeing that the backer was about to fall, would inevitably do something to join the enemy.

"If there is no such injury, the follow-up is trouble, and now depending on the emperor's attitude, if you let the teacher recuperate in Yangzhou for a while, it means that you will not be an abandoned son for the teacher, if you let the teacher enter Beijing immediately, then the matter will be troublesome!"

The crux of the current situation is not in Jiangnan but in the capital, and there are many twists and turns in the impeachment of him in Beijing these days, and many forces are involved.

Seeing the sad face of the disciple, Lin Ruhai comforted: "You don't have to worry too much, the follow-up things are arranged by the teacher, you can rest assured!" ”

"How sure is the teacher?" Lu Jing said uneasily.

He wasn't worried that Emperor Yuan Yong would turn his face, after all, the ledger had been sent to the capital, and he believed that Emperor Yuan Yong would not allow so many moths to exist, what he was worried about was that Lin Ruhai would have something to do in the hands of others.

"I believe that the news of the assassination of the division has been transmitted to the Beijing division, and I am afraid that it will not be long before the arrangement for the division will come down!" Lin Ruhai said indifferently.

Lu Jing knew in his heart, it seemed that Lin Ruhai had already arranged everything, so all that was left was to see the reaction of Jiafu's side.

These days, there are many officials in the Zhen family who have fallen into the hands of Lin Ruhai, presumably the Jia family has already known about this matter, and it depends on what choice the Jia family makes.