In the south of Yangzhou City, here has been the gathering place of wealthy businessmen since the completion of Yangzhou City, as the oldest Dai family in Yangzhou City, there is a small house here, and it has always been the center of Yangzhou Dai Family.

As the head of the pharmaceutical merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there has always been a rumor in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that the Dai family has some medicinal materials in the emperor's internal affairs office, and the Dai family also has those who don't. As long as the hard-to-find medicine in the world arrives at Dai's house, it is not a problem.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, it can still be seen that the Dai family has a deep heritage, and the Dai family has produced more than 20 imperial doctors in the palace alone over the past hundred years, and later began to be a pharmacist, and then rose rapidly. In this Yangzhou city, in addition to the special Shi family, the Zhang family can be compared with the Dai family.

At this moment, Dai Lining is still thinking about what has happened in the past few days, the relationship that the Dai family has been operating over the years has now been cleaned up, and the rest of the people are not needed at all. Although Yang Tai withdrew his hand, he always felt that this matter was not over.

"Master, Lord Yang is here." The butler walked in to give a report.

"Lord Yang?" Dai Lining thought for a while, hurriedly got up and said, "Quick, the middle door is wide open, and I will greet you personally." Dai Lining thought about what Yang Tai meant by coming at this time.

Outside the gate of Dai's mansion, Yang Tai looked at the plaque of the Dai family, smiled lightly, looked at Dai Lining, who hurriedly walked out of the door, and stepped forward.

Dai Lining said with a smile: "Lord Yang came, why didn't he say anything in advance. ”

"If you have nothing to do today, I'll come to bother you, and I hope that Master Dai Haihan." Yang Tai arched his hand with a smile.

"Where, Lord Yang is coming, it's too late to welcome you, please come in quickly." Dai Lining said with a smile.

Walking into Dai Mansion with Dai Lining, this is the first time Yang Tai has come to Dai Mansion, although he has been in Yangzhou for seven years, he has not been to any house as a guest. The Dai family has been bred in Yangzhou for nearly a hundred years, and the mansion is naturally more than some wealthy businessmen, covering a wide area, and it can definitely rank among the top three in Yangzhou City.

"The garden scenery of the Dai family is a must in Yangzhou, and it is said that it is not inferior to the Spring Garden." Yang Tai walked around and said with a smile.

"The adults have won the award, but it is the hard work of the ancestors, and we juniors enjoy the blessings. If you like it, you can come to the house often. Dai Lining said.

"It's better to avoid it, I can't do it all day long." Yang Tai smiled and shook his head.

Dai Lining was confused, he didn't know what Yang Tai was going to do in his house at this time, but he didn't know how to ask questions. As if he had guessed Dai Lining's thoughts, Yang Tai smiled and said, "Master Dai, this official has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and I came to your house today to ask about something." ”

Dai Lining sighed in his heart and said, "Even if your lord asks, as long as you know, you won't hide anything." ”

"Well, with Master Dai's words, the official can also relax a little." Yang Tai cleared his throat and asked, "Someone reported to this official, saying that the Dai family's pharmacy in Zhenjiang Mansion suddenly began to hoard medicines this summer, causing most of the pharmacies in Zhenjiang to be emptied, and the people can't buy medicine on the market at all, but is there such a thing?" ”

Dai Lining's heart sank, what does Yang Tai mean by this? After thinking about it, Dai Lining still explained: "My lord, this is a false accusation, my Dai family has the habit of hoarding medicine every summer, but this year Zhenjiang signed a few large orders, resulting in a shortage of goods. ”

"Please also ask Master Dai to tell the official, where did this medicine go?" Yang Tai's eyes narrowed and looked at Dai Lining. According to Liu Qingshui's intelligence, Dai Lining began to prepare this summer, waiting for the opportunity to hoard medicines, and after the embankment was broken, he sold them at a price several times higher than the market in the disaster-stricken places.

Of course, Dai Lining would not admit that he was hoarding drugs, so he would admit in disguise that he was involved in the levee breaking case. He thought for a while and said: "Last year, a batch of medicinal materials was not delivered on time, and it was delayed until this year, and the war in the north caused a shortage of medicines, so most of my Dai family's goods this year went to the north." The drugs that were hoarded before were also to fill the vacancy in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. To be honest, after a year of tossing, I didn't make much money at all. ”

Listening to Dai Lining's explanation, Yang Tai didn't say anything, looking at the words 'hanging pot to help the world' hanging in the lobby of Dai's house, how did Yang Tai feel sarcastic.

"It's also an explanation, Master Dai, the official still has some things, let's talk about it in the future and say goodbye." Yang Tai said lightly.

"Ugh." Dai Lining was stunned, why did he come and leave for a while, but he didn't want to ask carefully, so he could only bow down and say, "Adults go slowly." After sending Yang Tai out of the house, Dai Lining thought about it and called the housekeeper to his side, and instructed: "You send someone to Zhenjiang and deliver a message to the Xue family, just say that Yang Tai came to my house today to ask me about the summer shipment." ”

"Yes, sir."

Although the Dai family is a big family, there is still a gap between it and the real family, there are hundreds of families in Yangzhou City, and only the Zhang family and the Shi family can really be called the family. In their eyes, the Dai family is just a small family that has produced a few famous doctors in their ancestors, and it was not until the Xue family found him a year ago that Dai Lining saw the opportunity for the Dai family to rise.

Half a year ago, Xue Li came to Dai's house to discuss the matter of breaking the embankment, and he agreed without much thought, with the Xue family in charge, he could make a lot of money just by doing a small favor, and such a deal was cost-effective. After the incident, Dai Lining was still a little worried, but who knew that the imperial court had investigated twice and found nothing, so Dai Lining was even more relieved.

A family like the Xue family that affects the court situation is what the Dai family yearns for, and he has been operating in Yangzhou for so many years, compared with others, it is like playing.

Now that the situation has changed, the Shi family went to the capital early, and Zhang Yao acted weakly. Yangzhou families suddenly lost their backbone, Dai Lining experienced the leader's sense of power during this time, and the feeling of being high made him obsessed, thinking that after the Xue family promised to finish this, he would sit firmly in the top spot in Yangzhou, Dai Lining gritted his teeth, thinking that with the Xue family, this huge investigation was inevitable again.

When Lin Yuan and Ye Tao came to Yangzhou City, they did not alarm the others, and after Ye Tao placed the army outside the city, he and Lin Yuan entered the city with the guards. After the two entered the city, they went straight to Yang Tai's mansion, and when they saw the Duke of Yasukuni coming, Yang Tai hurriedly greeted him: "Duke Yasuko." ”

Seeing Ye Tao behind Lin Yuan, Yang Tai knew that he was going to close the net, and asked, "But it's time to do it?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "The army is just outside the city, and it will be the third watch tonight." ”

"Then I'll go down and make arrangements, don't make any trouble." Yang Tai said.

During this time, because of the investigation of the case, Yangzhou began to curfew as soon as it was night, there was no one on the street at all, and the gate of Yangzhou was not closed at this moment, and the guards guarding the city received news that the city gate would be closed later tonight.

Looking at the sky, the guard looked at the team and asked, "Boss, it's been a long time, what kind of moth did Lord Yang have today?" ”

"Shut up, Lord Yang said that there is something important, so just wait, no one can leave until the time comes." As soon as the team finished speaking, a pile of torches suddenly appeared in the darkness, and the sound of armor clashing came from the darkness, and everyone was shocked, what is the situation.

"Huh~" Lerma stopped, the captain looked at the guard indifferently, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the team leader. With trembling hands, the team was barely able to see clearly by the faint light of the fire, which was the printing of the Ministry of War and Yangzhou Mansion. It was a military order to transfer troops into the city, and the team was handing over the letter to the lieutenant, and said with a smile: "Enter the city." ”

The captain nodded, waved his hand, and the army drove into Yangzhou City. Looking at the team of nearly 1,000 people, the guard swallowed his saliva and asked in a trembling voice: "Boss, where is this person, it doesn't look like the Yangzhou Garrison." ”

"Nonsense, that's the border army." The team is scolding, "Quick, close the city gate, you can't let one out, Yangzhou City is going to have a big incident tonight." ”

Looking at the army parked at the gate of the Yangzhou garrison, Yang Tai still sighed helplessly, although after a month of purging, the saint still did not trust the local army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Black Feather Army transferred from the capital was also completely obedient to the orders of the Jingguo Gong and was not subject to the control of Jiangsu and Zhejiang officials.

Seeing Ye Tao nodded, Lin Yuan said: "There is only one goal tonight, not a single fly in Dai Mansion can fly out, if anyone releases water, military law will be engaged." ”

"Yes!" A uniform voice shouted, Lin Yuan nodded, and gave the order: "Go." ”

As soon as Dai Lining fell asleep, he heard the housekeeper knocking on the door frantically, and his shouting revealed fear: "Master is not good, get up quickly, something is wrong." ”

Dai Lining put on his clothes irritably, opened the door, frowned, looked at the flustered housekeeper and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Our house is surrounded by soldiers." The housekeeper panicked.

"What?" Dai Lining was frightened, hurriedly put on his shoes, and rushed to the front yard with the housekeeper, and climbed up to the high platform with the support of his subordinates.

"What's going on?" Dai Lining said in a trembling voice, but how did the people around him know that they were fine during the day, and Lord Yang, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, also came to visit, but he was surrounded by soldiers just at night.

Dai Lining stabilized his mind and looked into the distance, only to see a few leaders at the door, except for Yang Tai Ye Tao, he didn't know the remaining two, and one of them was faintly the head of everyone. Dai Lining thought about it and came down from the high platform, got dressed and came to the door, took a deep breath, and motioned for the housekeeper to open the door.

Lin Yuan didn't give the order to break in, he was waiting for Dai Lining to come out by himself. Seeing the door open, Dai Lining walked out of the mansion, bowed to Yang Tai, and asked, "Lord Yang, what's going on?" Why did you bring troops to surround my Dai Mansion? ”

Yang Tai glanced at Lin Yuan and didn't speak, Dai Lining also looked at Lin Yuan when he saw this, and only by the light of the fire did he find that this person was so young, and he only remembered the Yasukuni Duke who went south for a moment, Dai Lining's heart trembled, and he asked respectfully: "Dare to ask, but Yasukuni is above?" ”

Lin Yuan chuckled: "I thought you didn't know me." ”

Dai Lining was a little embarrassed, he really hadn't seen the Duke of Jingguo, and since the Duke of Yasukuni went south, Dai Lining had never left Yangzhou City. Regrouping his mind, Dai Lining asked Lin Yuan: "I don't know why the Duke of Yasukuni led troops to surround my Dai family?" ”

"You want to explain?" Lin Yuan said.

Dai Lining nodded, and Lin Yuan smiled: "You are so confused, you don't even know what you have done, don't pretend anymore, you should know the reason why I came." ”

Dai Lining gritted his teeth and said, "Please also ask the Yasukuni Gong to make it clear." ”

Lin Yuan stared at Dai Lining for a while, the atmosphere around him was a little weird, the street was unusually quiet, only a few flames burst from time to time.

Dai Lining really couldn't stand this feeling, boundless fear gradually surrounded him, even in this situation, he was still gambling, gambling that Lin Yuan had no evidence in his hand at all, he was just here to deceive him, otherwise how could they wait until now, I am afraid that they would have led the troops to rush in.