Jia Lian stayed in Yangzhou for six days, in addition to arranging the security measures for the Lin family, he also became familiar with the specific situation of the Jiangnan Xingzhen Government Division and the 22 Thousand Households Office step by step through the channels of Yangzhou Thousand Households.

Jia Lian knew that Emperor Longzheng's biggest purpose in arranging him to go south was to ensure the safety of the Lin family, especially Lin Ruhai himself.

After all, as long as Lin Ruhai is unharmed, with his means, Yangzhou's new deal can continue. As long as the new deal lasts for a few years, Da Zhengde's finances will be able to improve, and it will also lay a good foundation for the next step of the Longzheng New Deal.

Although Jia Lian felt that Lin Ruhai's method was not too clever, it was not something that he could manage now.

Therefore, what Jia Lian needs is to straighten out the Nanzhen Fusi and the thousands of households in the south of the Yangtze River, so as to unify and mobilize the forces of the entire Nanzhen Fusi to fight against Mingjiao.

And this takes time, and it needs a time that can allow Jia Lian to free up his hands and let go in Jinling.

Six days later, the gate of Yangzhou.

Jia Lian rode on his horse and said to Lin Ruhai, who came to see him off, "Uncle, please go back." When I returned to Jinling, I immediately mobilized manpower to carry out the plan, and I would ensure the safety of my uncle's rear. Uncle just let it go. ”

Lin Ruhai also waved his hand lightly: "Of course I don't worry, your aunt and Yu'er asked me to say hello on their behalf." Wait for the matter in Yangzhou to be over, and let them go to Jinling with you for a few days. ”

Jia Lian rode a white horse and left Yangzhou with a team of guards. Lin Ruhai also turned around and got into the sedan chair and returned to the yamen of the salt courtyard. In fact, he didn't have much contact with the local area.

Watching Jia Lian's back leave, two men dressed in short clothes at the tea stall outside the West Gate of Yangzhou glanced at each other. He took out a few copper coins and threw them on the table and left.

"A big bowl of tea." Xiao Er of the tea stall walked out of it with a dinner plate, looking at the empty table with a confused expression.

In the southwest of Yangzhou City, an ordinary small courtyard, Li Yuze, the contemporary leader of Mingjiao, lives here.

"Jia thief is gone?"

Seeing his two subordinates walking in, Li Yuze asked lightly.

"Yes, Sect Master, Jia Thief has returned to Jinling. Lin Ruhai had just returned to the Yamen of the Salt Courtyard. ”

"Hmm"

Li Yuze nodded, although he didn't say anything, he was also very relieved.

There is no way, after nearly a hundred years of suppression by the imperial court, Mingjiao has long since lost its heyday when it became one of the three major religions of the previous dynasty. Today's Mingjiao, in order to maintain huge expenses, even has to do the business of killing people and overselling goods.

Yangzhou salt merchants have always been long-term partners of Mingjiao. The salt merchants provided the Mingjiao with funds for survival and development, and the Mingjiao acted as the thugs of the salt merchants, providing armed protection for the expansion of the salt merchants.

So this time, the salt merchant spent a lot of money to let Mingjiao take action, even if Li Yuze knew that killing Lin Ruhai, a confidant like the emperor of the dynasty, would bring huge trouble to Mingjiao.

But there is no way, the current Mingjiao is inseparable from the support of salt merchants.

As the son-in-law and best disciple of the previous sect leader. Li Yuze can be regarded as a sect leader with great ambitions, and he wholeheartedly intends to carry forward the Ming Sect.

Although it is very risky to make a move against Lin Ruhai this time, once it succeeds, Mingjiao will also form a very high reputation in the rivers and lakes.

Therefore, Li Yuze planned to stop doing nothing, and simply mobilized a considerable number of masters of the Mingjiao General Altar to lead a group of powerful sectarians in Yangzhou and Jinling to personally come over the mission.

The Mingjiao has its own intelligence network, and they all know that Lin Ruhai is protected by the CRRC Mansion.

Although this new force, which was founded by the Emperor of Longzheng and expanded on a large scale after ascending the throne, is not as good as the Jinyi Mansion that has been fighting with them for nearly a hundred years, it is enough to attract attention.

If it was Jinyi Mansion to protect Lin Ruhai, Li Yuze would not dare to be so stubborn. However, Jinyi Mansion has always been controlled by Jiuhua Palace, and the Son of Heaven in Daming Palace may not be able to command it.

Everything was going well, although some people were lost. But it was already easy to cut off the guards around Lin Ruhai and kill him further.

However, at this time, Jia Lian came.

Li Yuze didn't care about this so-called Rongguo Chengjue at first. A young man of seventeen or eighteen years old was nothing more than a gentleman when he was in Shenjing. Li Yuze didn't believe that with just one Jia Lian, he could pry into a monolithic Jinyi Mansion that Jiuhua Palace had controlled for many years.

However, as soon as Jia Lian arrived in Jinling, Li Yuze received the first slap. The Yangzhou Thousand Households Office of Jinyi Mansion suddenly changed its attitude of ignoring the Yanyuan Yamen, and secretly began to protect the Yanyuan Yamen.

The people who retreated after the failure of the raid on the Lin family and the defeat of Lin Ruhai led by Fan Cheng, the right envoy of the guardian, were robbed and killed by the thousand households of Yangzhou in Jinyi Prefecture, except for Fan You's envoy who was seriously injured and broke through, the rest of the army was annihilated.

After Jia Lian arrived in Yangzhou, he mobilized the forces of Yangzhou and Jinling, and quickly extinguished some of the peripheral forces of Mingjiao's development in Yangzhou, making Mingjiao very passive.

"The hateful Jia thief has the means to play the old thief back then, but fortunately he is gone."

"That's right, we have to hurry up and take advantage of Jia Thief's return to Jinling to quickly kill Lin Ruhai, we can't wait any longer."

"However, now Lin Ruhai is protected by Jinyi Mansion. Can we make it as easy as we used to? It was the Jinyi Mansion, and the old sect leader died at their hands. ”

The discussion among his subordinates woke up Li Yuze, who was pondering, and he decisively interrupted the argument of his subordinates:

"Brothers, we have to fight with all our strength now. I decided that I would lead the envoys of the Guardian Left and Right and the good hands of the four gates of the General Altar A, B, C and Ding to attack the Lin Mansion, Qinglong, and Suzaku and lead people to respond.

This time, we will compete with Jinyi Mansion to avenge the first sect leader. ”

Li Yuze closed his eyes in pain, he thought of the old man who was very good to him and taught him to today's situation wholeheartedly.

Three years ago, in Chengdu, he was ambushed by a large number of masters of the Central Town Government Division and the East and West Town Government Divisions of Jinyi Mansion led by Luo Chengen, the commander of Jinyi Mansion. and died for it.

Although Li Yuze is young, he has served as the Holy Son of Mingjiao for many years, and his prestige is still very high. Since he has made a decision, the people of the Ming Sect in Yangzhou have been ordered.

In Jinling West City, Drunken Immortal Residence, several gorgeously dressed nobles sat in a box.

"The little one is back? Did he think that the sick fox in Yangzhou was already safe? ”

"But the little one's sudden return has disrupted some of our set-ups, and it looks like we have to adjust our plans."