In Lin Ruhai's house, Imperial Physician Zhang had already left, and only the three of them were left to discuss in it.

"So, it's really the hands of the people of the White Lotus Sect?"

Jia Qing asked in a deep voice. Jia Yun told him about this question a few months ago, but he didn't expect that there was such a thing.

Lin Ruhai said with a look of relief: "Since you asked me to be careful about my small calculations three years ago, although I didn't respond to you, I secretly paid attention.

I have long been aware of the fact that the ministers of the DPRK and China colluded with salt merchants to smuggle smuggled salt, but I have never dared to move lightly.

Later, when I was determined to pursue it, I was even more cautious. didn't think about it, but the other party still noticed it, which made them jump off the wall in a hurry and plot against me. ”

What Lin Ruhai didn't say was that if it weren't for the shadow of He Shanbao, the mastermind behind the scenes, who was aware of this matter, he would not necessarily move this line!

He is a person of Emperor Zhengqing, and he should solve problems for Emperor Zhengqing.

"I don't want to, although I was plotted, I also found a big thing through this!"

Lin Ruhai continued.

The previous things were almost sorted out, and Jia Qing knew that the main event was coming, so he said, "What is it?" ”

Lin Ruhai frowned and said: "Does the virtuous nephew know that when the imperial court fought against the Tartar clan three years ago, a force suddenly appeared in the rear and caused the imperial court to suffer a big loss?" ”

Jia Qing lowered his head, he had already known about this from Wu Xian'er.

"I've heard a little."

"Then do you know who suffered the biggest loss because of this?"

This Jia Qing is not clear, he was busy reading at that time. Besides, I haven't heard much of a movement about this.

As soon as Lin Ruhai saw Jia Qing's expression, he knew that Jia Qing didn't know the inner doorway.

"Speaking of which, he has a lot to do with your family, it is the third grandson of Baoling Hou Shangshu Ling Shi Gong, and now the maiden nephew of your old lady, the Emperor Taishang Imperial Pen Qinfeng Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding!"

"What? That's not right, since my uncle said that Uncle Shi Shi suffered a big loss, why is he still holding the title of Marquis of Zhongjing now? ”

In fact, Jia Qing had long been suspicious of the Shi family's double marquis, but when he inquired later, in addition to knowing that their family's other title was rewarded by the emperor, he didn't find that their family was particularly prominent, so he didn't pay attention to it.

Lin Ruhai sighed: "What's the use of still attacking the knight, a lifetime of fame is in vain!" It's the same as his brother, although he attacks the marquis, but it is like attacking the general! ”

Jia Qing listened quietly.

Feng Tang also sighed with emotion: "Yes, what a great general the emperor loved originally, and he was given grace as a viscount in the year after his establishment, and he was promoted to marquis just after the year after that, according to this favor, after twenty years, the position of the third prince and the prince may not be able to compete."

Even after the founding of the country, it was not impossible to have the first Guogong Mansion! ”

Jia Qing was dumbfounded when he heard it, Shi Ding had seen it, an ordinary, even mediocre little old man.

Was he so awesome before?

"What happened three years ago, I can't see that Uncle Shi Shi is as powerful as you say?" Jia Qing asked.

"Things in the world are so unclear, three years ago, Shi Ding, who had reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, once again led his troops to fight against the Tartar clan with absolute superiority.

originally thought that it must be a battlefield that must be nine out of ten, but it can only add a new merit to his credit book.

I guess he thought so at the time!

Who knows, he fell hard in this place where he shouldn't have fallen.

Two fires burned nearly 200,000 stone of military grain and grass in the country, and also burned all his pride!

The circumstances of life are really unpredictable, and the world is impermanent! ”

"Burned 200,000 stones? Isn't that equivalent to burning most of the grain and grass of the officers and men of the three armies? Why did the dynasty win in the end? ”

Jia Qing has never led troops to fight, but he also knows that the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first! Hundreds of thousands of stone grain were destroyed, how can they be beaten?

Feng Tang said: "Thanks to the cabinet made a plan earlier, most of the grain stocks in Taicang were transferred to Chixia Peak for emergency.

The front changed dramatically, and immediately organized the delivery of grain and grass, which was able to deliver the first batch of grain before the collapse of the front line. In this way, after several defeats and heavy losses, a counterattack was organized, and finally the Tartars were driven into the white mountains and black waters again. ”

The next thing is very understandable, the cabinet has gained enough prestige, Shi Ding is tragic, and it is estimated that there are two more tragic grain supervisors who will not see the sun after that......

Moreover, in the battlefield where the strong are against the weak, when such a "scandal" appears, the imperial court naturally covers it up in every possible way and only publicizes the results of victory. Therefore, the people, including him, did not know what had happened. Anyway, he won, so he doesn't care so much!

Even, Jia Qing always felt that Lin Ruhai and the others still had reservations about talking about this matter!

Feng Tang continued: "Since then, the imperial court has naturally investigated this force that can break into two granaries at the same time and set fires, but to no avail. It can only be attributed to the enemy's forces that have crossed our lines.

It's just that Lord Lin suddenly played the emperor a few months ago, and he clearly learned that the force that set fire to the grain three years ago was the White Lotus Sect, which had been causing trouble in Jiangnan for a long time.

You must know that in the first war of that year, the military folded several prestigious generals, not only Shi Ding! ”

Suddenly, Jia Qing asked, "Uncle Fang Cai said that he was conspired by the White Lotus Sect in the process of investigating the collusion between the courtiers and the salt merchants, and the White Lotus Sect was the mastermind of the two fires three years ago, so is it ......?" ”

Lin Ruhai was poisoned by the White Lotus when he was investigating the collusion between the salt merchants and the courtiers. It is certain that the salt merchants must have dealings with the White Lotus Sect, but I don't know if any of them involved important officials in the imperial court.

If this is the case, it is very likely that there was a huge conspiracy in the battle three years ago!

Lin Ruhai's eyes narrowed, paused, and said: "I can't say this yet, but now I can be sure that the White Lotus Sect has begun to resurgence after several decades, vainly trying to subvert the dynasty, and it must be exterminated!"

As for the matter of the salt merchants, this is an old disease, and it should be slowly removed. However, if you can catch some of the leaders of the White Lotus Sect, you may be able to get useful information from their mouths! ”

People have tempers, and as a member of the imperial court, they will definitely not be able to bear being plotted by a cult. Jia Qing didn't know if there was any evidence that Lin Ruhai was so sure that what happened back then was the White Lotus Sect's doing......

Alas, what if there isn't. The extermination of an organization that is destined to be apostasy from the very name is a credit if it succeeds, even if there is no evidence.

After thinking about it, Jia Qing asked, "I wonder how my uncle is going to exterminate the White Lotus Sect?" ”

The White Lotus Sect is not a soft persimmon, and it is impossible to have many servants in the Yanzheng Yamen, and he only brought more than 20 guards on this trip, plus more than 100 brocade soldiers brought by Zhao Baihu, with such a small number of people, it is definitely impossible to talk about exterminating the White Lotus Sect.

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "In this matter, you have to rely on Old General Feng!" ”

Jia Qingming, no wonder he would send a qualified military general as a deputy envoy, it turned out that he was going to do this!

Who knew that Feng Tang also smiled and said: "Although I have served as the chief military officer of Jinling Province, I am no longer in office, and I have no right to mobilize the troops of various prefectures and garrisons." Therefore, everything still has to rely on General Jia to dispatch in the middle. ”

Chief military officer, from the second rank. Unlike the Commander-in-Chief, the Commander-in-Chief is the highest general of the provincial garrison and is under the command of the Governor-General.

After listening to Feng Tang's words, Jia Qing hesitated a little and said: "Although I am now a Qincha, I nominally have the right to control the local military and government, but after all, I am only ordered to comfort my uncle, I am afraid that I have no right to mobilize the local army." ”

Feng Tang said: "Otherwise, since I came to visit Lord Lin on behalf of the Son of Heaven, now I heard that Lord Lin was actually assassinated by Xiaoxiao and sent troops to suppress it, which is really a famous teacher, and it is not overstepping his authority." ”

Seeing that Jia Qing was still pondering, Feng Tang actually smiled and said, "I thought that General Jia was young and in a high position, so he would inevitably be a little anxious and conceited, but I didn't expect to act so cautiously and grow old!" ”

As he spoke, he actually got up and went out.

Jia Qing said to Lin Ruhai: "Old General Feng is praising me?" ”

It's not that Jia Qing is timid, it's that he knows the strength of the White Lotus Sect better than Feng Tang, once he does it, if he can't do his best, he will inevitably have endless troubles. And although this is the emperor's intention, after all, there is no will to come down, and there is a reward for a good job, and once you do a bad job, you have to take the blame.

The most important thing is that it is not known how many troops can be mobilized by the identity of this Qin mission alone, and the White Lotus Church will not get the news in advance...... These are all questions that should be considered first.

This is not a small fight, it is going to kill a lot of people!

Also, Jia Qing also thought of Wu Xian'er......

Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Qing with a smile and did not speak.

After a while, I saw Feng Tang come in with a bright yellow three-foot-long box in both hands.

Jia Qing didn't understand what he meant, and Lin Ruhai also pondered.

"The emperor's message."

Feng Tang looked at Jia Qingdao with a solemn face.

Jia Qing hurriedly got up and knelt down.

"Fate, Jia Qing, the hereditary third-class mighty general of Ning Guogong, personally went down to the south of the Yangtze River to do things. Specially given Shang Fang a sword, the right to cut first and then play, Qin this! ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live~"

Jia Qing took the box and stood up, and smiled bitterly at Feng Tang: "Since the emperor has already thought about it, why didn't the old general tell me on the boat?" ”

Feng Tang said with a smile: "General Jia, don't blame, this is the emperor's will, I don't dare to disobey it, please forgive me if I offend." ”

In this way, Jia Qing had nothing to say. It is not surprising that the emperor did not issue a decree but let people pass on the message, he was already aware of the complexity of this trip.

Then he became curious, he had never seen this legendary "Shang Fang Sword".

I opened the box and took a sneak look: a golden sword was lying quietly in it, the hilt was finely chiseled, the pattern was clear, and the sword body was engraved with a soaring dragon, winding on it, looking noble and extraordinary.

Just when Jia Qing wanted to pick it up and take out the sword body to take a closer look, Lin Ruhai said: "Such a holy relic should not be taken lightly, it is better to put it away." ”

Jia Qingxin said: "What if the emperor lied to him and the inside was empty...... and replied: "Yes." Then he closed the box.

"In order not to make others suspicious, it will be difficult for me to come forward from now on, and everything will depend on the two of you."

Both of them agreed, and suddenly heard Lin Zhong's voice coming from outside: "Lord Wang Zhao of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites and Lord Shen of Yangzhou ask to see ......"

Seeing Lin Ruhai nodded, Jia Qing said outside, "Please come in." ”

Then, I saw Lin Ruhai, who was still in good spirits, lie down again, cover himself with the quilt, and suddenly, he became the first to look seriously ill and dying.

Haggard and pale.

Jia Qing's face was suffocated, this is really true: life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills!

......

"Daddy......"

Lin Daiyu looked at her father who had been absent from the hospital bed for a long time, tears flowed down like rain, Jia Qing couldn't bear to see it, and turned his face away.

Lin Ruhai stretched out his hand with difficulty, gently stroked the head of Daiyu who was lying on the side of the bed, and said softly: "Yu'er doesn't cry, Daddy is fine." ”

When Daiyu heard this, she couldn't hold back her grief even more.

Jia Qing could hear the heart-wrenching voice behind him, and he wanted to tell Daiyu the truth.

In fact, he felt that there was no need to hide this matter from Daiyu at all. But Lin Ruhai insisted that the fewer people know about this matter, the better, otherwise it will be a crime of bullying the king!

Lin Daiyu was already frail, crying so sadly like a kite that was about to break, and Lin Ruhai turned over and over again with a sentence of "Yu'er, don't cry...... this kind of powerless comfort, Jia Qing had to go out in person:

"Sister Lin, don't cry, you are crying like this, don't say that my uncle is distressed when he sees it, even I am distressed.

Besides, my uncle is sick now, and Dr. Zhang said that he needs to recuperate, so why don't we go back now, and when my uncle is better in the evening, you can stop crying, let's come over together and talk with you, okay? ”

Daiyu propped up her face, still wanting to cry, but she was afraid that Lin Ruhai and Jia Qing would think she was ignorant, so she just tried her best to lower her cry, but she couldn't control the sound of whimpering.

The pitiful appearance of pear blossoms with rain, Jia Qing loved it very much.

took Daiyu's hand, asked her to stand up, and said to Lin Ru on the bed: "Uncle take care of it, I'll send Sister Lin back first." ”

Seeing that Lin Ruhai nodded, he said to Lin Zhong next to him: "Take care of it, tell me if there is anything in time." ”

Lin Zhong replied, "Yes." ”

Daiyu was pulled out by Jia Qing, although she didn't struggle, she looked back vigorously. So Jia Qing took her body and walked out of Lin Ruhai's room.

As soon as Fang went out, Daiyu couldn't hold it anymore, and suddenly lay in Jia Qing's arms and cried loudly.

Lin Ruhai's twilight appearance really scared her. She was really afraid that she would suddenly become a child without a father and a mother......

Patting Daiyu's jade back, Jia Qing wanted to comfort a few words, but felt that this door was not the place to speak.

Seeing that Daiyu couldn't walk, she suddenly bent over, hugged a princess, picked up Daiyu, and walked to the backyard.

Daiyu was taken aback by this sudden change, and subconsciously put her hand on Jia Qing's shoulder, forgetting to cry for a while.

After being stunned for a moment, she suddenly covered her face with her hands and faced Jia Qing's arms so that no one could see her red face.

She can't remember how long it was the last time she was picked up and walked, probably when Lin Ruhai hugged her like this when she was very young!

Really, really nostalgic feeling......

When they arrived at Daiyu's courtyard, Zijuan and Qingwen were startled when they saw Jia Qing coming in with a person in their arms, and hurriedly ran over to ask what was wrong.

Jia Qing made a silent movement and walked towards the bed.

Zijuan followed, and then found out that Daiyu had fallen asleep in Jia Qing's arms......