Lin Ruhai led Jia Lian into the study, and when he saw the collapsed hole on his bookcase, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Just now Jia Lian said that the sound of his anger towards the table lingered in Lin Ruhai's ears.

After all, Lin Ruhai didn't say anything.

He came to Jia Lian to talk about the invasion of salt roads by water thieves in Taihu Lake.

A month ago, when Lin Ruhai was inspecting the salt road, he met Song Jiang, one of the leaders of the water thieves in Taihu Lake.

That Song Jiang actually didn't come to fight the salt road, but to Yangzhou to attack the white coal bandits. Lin Ruhai led the soldiers transporting salt to see it at that time, but he was easily beaten by Song Jiang's men, causing him to fall off his horse and be injured, and he was not able to go out until these days.

Song Jiang led the water thieves to fight the mountain thieves, which was their own business. Because the thieves on the White Coal Mountain were doing the business of selling illicit salt, when the White Coal Mountain was destroyed by the Song River, Lin Ruhai lay on the bed and shouted hello.

But there is one thing that makes Lin Ruhai unable to make up his mind all the time.

Lin Ruhai took out a letter from the study cubicle, handed it to Jia Lian, and told him to read it.

The letter said: "Lord Song Gongming Qizun patrols the salt imperial history Lin Hai ......"

This letter was sent by Song Jiang to Lin Ruhai after beating the White Coal Mountain, expressing his apologies for inadvertently injuring Lin Ruhai.

The letter mentioned that Song Jiang's commitment to the thieves was really stupid because of the greed of the officials, and he had to do it as a last resort. Now I am willing to be recruited by the imperial court, restrain my subordinates, and ask for an innocent body, so as not to disgrace my ancestors.

Song Jiang hoped that Lin Ruhai would be the middleman yesterday and ask the court to come to appease him as soon as possible. He also said in the letter: If he can get out of trouble, Song Jiang will be remembered for five years, and in the next life, Lin Yushi will repay the great kindness.

After Jia Lian finished reading it, he put down the letter and said with a smile: "This water thief leader, what he said is good, but he has a share of the water army that set fire to General Yuhang's mansion a month ago." ”

Lin Ruhai saw that Jia Lian finished reading it, and nodded as well. A few days after he received this letter, he heard that General Yuhang's mansion had failed to encircle and suppress the water thieves, and even the garrison of Dongting Island in Taihu Lake had been lost, and he immediately felt that this letter was hot.

If outsiders know this letter and accuse Lin Ruhai of collaborating with the enemy, then Lin Ruhai will be the end of the whole family.

If it weren't for the fact that when he fell from his horse, it was Song Jiang who drank back the water thief and saved his life, Lin Ruhai would not have gritted his teeth and kept this letter.

Lin Ruhai was still hesitant to destroy the letter at that time, and he was relieved until he received the letter from Rongguofu. I know that Jia Lian in the Rongguo Mansion followed the King of Beijing to the south, and what he did was to recruit An.

Since the imperial court has the intention of recruiting water thieves, this letter may still be able to make contributions at that time, so Lin Ruhai is relieved to hide Song Jiang's letter, and wait for King Beijing and his party to arrive in Yangzhou, that is, today.

Originally, Lin Ruhai thought that he was handing over the letter by himself, but then he changed his attention.

He said to Jia Lian: "You will receive this letter, then Song Jiang I think he has the intention of being recruited, and you will take the opportunity to hand it over to the King of Beijing to promote this matter when you go south, so that you can count it as a credit." ”

Jia Lian accepted the letter, and he was not polite, but said: "This is easy to say, but the current Yuhang general Duan Huangui heard that he is a person who can fight, and this Song Jiang will not be served by the time." ”

Lin Ruhai nodded and said with a smile: "It's best to be useful, if it's useless, you just burn it." ”

The Taihu Lake thieves are divided into several branches, Song Jiang is just one of them, and the Yuhang General's Mansion is newly defeated, if you want to exterminate it overnight, it is not easy to go.

Lin Ruhai called Jia Lian over for the letter, and since the matter was done, Jia Lian said goodbye again, and Lin Ruhai got up to send him to the door of the study.

After sending Jia Lian away and settling a heartfelt matter, Lin Ruhai turned around and returned to the study.

The Nanmu table in this study has a hole in it, revealing the dark space below, and it seems that it doesn't know the depth.

Lin Ruhai sighed imperceptibly and stroked the table. "It's a pity, the forest is rich, and under the forest, it's empty... Giving it away as soon as possible is still worth some time. ”

I don't know if Lin Ruhai is talking about the book case or the credit brought by the letter.

……

Jia Lian walked out of Lin Ruhai's study here, and followed the Lin family's subordinates to send each other, at this time Shan Daliang, who came to Yangzhou as a gift, and the rest of the Jia family were still in the Lin family.

Shan Daliang bowed down and asked: "Second master, my status is humble, it is not good for me to visit the fourth aunt, please tell me a few words, and I can talk to the old lady when I go back." Of course, if you could write a reply, the old lady would be even more happy. ”

Jia Min ranks fourth in the Rongguo Mansion, and in addition to Jia pardon and Jia Zheng, there is also a sister, so Shan Daliang now calls Jia Min the fourth aunt.

Hearing Shan Daliang mention the reply, Jia Lian shook his head, glanced at Shan Daliang, and sighed: "There's nothing to say, I can't get out of bed anymore, you just say this sentence to the ancestor." ”

When the words fell, Jia Lian shook his hands and strode away.

Shan Daliang couldn't breathe when he looked at Jia Lian's back, and finally had to stand up straight, sighing a little helplessly.

Liu Tang is Shan Daliang's nephew, and at this time, he looked at Shan Daliang's sigh behind him, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Uncle, I found out that this second master is inevitably too unkind to see you, and he treats all the people in his mansion as if he went to Jia's house to break through the empty door!" ”

Liu Tang only recently came to Daliang, he was originally from Huzhou, Jiangnan, and his parents died when he was a child, and he was in Wuzhong Jianghu territory. Later, the imperial court rectified the soldiers and horses and flattened the Taihu Lake water thieves, and arrested most of the wandering people to work as coolies. Liu Tang saw that he couldn't get along well, so he went north to join his developed uncle, that is, Shan Daliang.

Shan Daliang didn't want to take Liu Tang when he gave gifts to the south a month ago, but he couldn't stand Liu Tang's hard begging, so he took Yangzhou all the way, but Liu Tang said such things at this time.

Shan Daliang first covered his nephew's mouth in fright, then looked around, and finally said in a trembling voice: "Liu Tang, you kid don't want to die!" Let's not mention that my whole family deed is in the hands of Jiafu, and there is no reason for the slave family to insist that the master respect it. It's the two pairs of fists of the second master! You've never seen it before, it's like rubbing and stumbling! Let him hear a dissatisfied call, my age is counted, if you have a mistake, how can I explain to my sister? ”

Liu Tang was unimpressed for a while, and he couldn't hear his uncle say this, but he relied on all his courage when he was messing around in the rivers and lakes, so where was he afraid of him Second Master Lian?

Shan Daliang told him again and again, and Liu Tang had no choice but to take back his words and slander himself.

Seeing that Liu Tang stopped, Shan Daliang sighed: "It's a pity, I wanted to introduce you to the second master, he is a person who likes martial arts, and he will definitely promote you, but I didn't expect to even say a few words..."

Shan Daliangtong gave gifts to the people who came to Yangzhou to rest at Lin's house for one night, and the next day was to leave.

Before leaving, he went to Lin Ruhai to ask about Jia Min's situation, and then replied to Jia's mother in person.

Jia Lian's concise words really can't be handed down.

After coming out of the Lin family, Shan Daliang took the Jia family's convoy all the way out of Yangzhou City, but did not go north immediately, and the old lady in Kyoto specially ordered him to go to Jinling by the way before he came.

Therefore, after leaving Yangzhou City, Shan Daliang directly led people to the west, all the way to Jinling.