[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

The officials on the Jiangnan side did not expect that Lin Ruhai could hold back such a large amount of money in his hands, and he was not greedy at all, so that he directly exposed the real situation of the Jiangnan Salt Administration in front of everyone.

In the past, even the most prestigious officials, after they came to the position of Xunyan Yushi, saw the huge amount of silver taels every year, and it was impossible for them not to be greedy at all.

Only this Lin Ruhai became an exception.

And this exception naturally became Lin Ruhai's reminder——

The people in the south of the Yangtze River did not want Lin Ruhai to stay in the position of Xunyan Yushi, and the Supreme Emperor did not want Lin Ruhai to stay in this position. Except for the current emperor, everyone did not want Lin Ruhai to stay in that position.

I don't want to be the censor who inspected salt in the past, and I don't want to be an official who may be the censor to inspect salt in the future.

Lin Ruhai is very aware of the current situation, that's why she feels that she is finished.

Because in the past year, the tax revenue of the Salt Administration increased by 100 million. In the next year, he would definitely not be able to continue to be greedy, otherwise the difference would be too big, and the emperor would be able to see the tax reduction at a glance.

But the problem is, if he can really guarantee that the tax will always be high, the emperor will let him die in this position.

He is not greedy, but it is impossible for others not to be greedy.

These officials can endure Lin Ruhai for one year, can they tolerate him for the second year, or even the third and fourth years?

Jia Min was frightened by Lin Ruhai like this, and thought he was sick, so he hurriedly told Xinghua beside her to invite the imperial physician from the house.

It's just that before Xinghua left, Lin Ruhai stopped her, "Ma'am, you don't need to call a doctor, I'm fine."

Jia Min walked to him and sat down: "But what happened in the Yamen?"

Lin Ruhai sighed: "Today, someone from the capital sent an imperial decree to make an exception for me to be re-elected as the censor of salt inspection. I think what the emperor means, I'm afraid it's not just that he wants me to be re-elected for one year."

Jia Min was frightened: "Are we going to stay in Huaiyang for another year?"

Lin Ruhai nodded: "Previously, the officials and wealthy businessmen here in Huaiyang were afraid that they wanted to leave Huaiyang after my one-year tenure ended, so they didn't take action against me. But in the current situation, I'm afraid I'm a smelly and The hard rock will stay in this place for several years, and those people can't bear me for so long."

"And if you must take action against me, it is better to do it early than later." Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Min, "You must be careful recently, and the fence in the backyard should be tighter, so that no one will seize the opportunity Get in."

Jia Min nodded quickly: "Don't worry, I will definitely let Xinghua and the others keep an eye on the house, and there will be absolutely no mistakes."

Jia Min thought so, and did the same.

But on the third day after this conversation, Lin Liu finished his morning class and went back to the main room to have dinner with Jia Min and his younger siblings.

Just as she was about to move her chopsticks, Lin Liu suddenly felt that somewhere in her waist and abdomen was scorching hot, as if she had been scalded.

Just as he was about to lower his head to check, Jin Qiu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly knocked down the chopsticks in Lin Liu's hand, and at the same time said sharply, "There is poison in the rice!"

Jia Min and the others were startled and threw away the chopsticks.

The Lin family has a lot of rules. Usually, children will only move their chopsticks after the adults have finished eating.So besides Jia Min, the children at the table haven't started eating yet——

Lin Ruhai was busy with official duties, and did not come back for lunch at noon.

Jia Min sent someone to call for a doctor, and at the same time went to the back room to induce vomiting.When the doctor came, she came out of the bedroom limply.

Lin Liu was so frightened that she sat next to her and carefully supported her: "Mother, is there any part of your body that feels uncomfortable?"

Jia Min shook her head: "I'm just a little dizzy."

The doctor took out a soft pillow and put it on the small table: "Madam, please put your hands on the soft pillow, the old man will feel your pulse."

Jia Min nodded and put his right hand on it.

The doctor felt the pulse for a long time, during which time he frowned, his expression relaxed, and his face became serious again, which frightened everyone in the room, and their emotions completely followed the doctor's expression.

After a while, Lin Ruhai, who had been busy in the government office, got the news and rushed back.

Everyone in the room looked at Jia Min, except for the servants, only Lin Liu called "Father" in a low voice, but then immediately turned to stare at Jia Min, without any intention of calling him.

Lin Ruhai didn't care, and went directly to sit on the other side of Jia Min.

As soon as he sat down, he called Xinghua over: "What's going on? Madam didn't let people stare at the kitchen all the time, so why did people take advantage of her?" He turned his gaze and landed on several children, Seeing their usual expressions, I was relieved, "The person who poisoned has been found out? What kind of poisoning method did you use?"

Xinghua's face was full of anxiety and fear, but she couldn't say a single useful word, she could only say "I don't know" over and over again.

Lin Ruhai was so angry that he was about to get angry when Lin Liu who was beside him hurriedly said, "The one who found out that someone poisoned me was Jin Qiu by my side, the maid I sent to study medicine. Xinghua is just an ordinary maid. , how do you know the answers to so many questions? Jin Qiu, on the other hand, probably knows more."

Seeing Lin Ruhai's serious expression, Lin Liu sighed, "I have had people lock the back doors in the yard, and people from the government office are watching the front gate, and none of the people in the house left. Father, don't worry now. After the doctor finds out what poison is in the mother, it is not too late to investigate."

After Lin Ruhai heard this, he barely suppressed the intersection in his heart, and fixed his gaze on Jia Min's face.

As the time for the doctor to feel the pulse increased, Jia Min's face became more and more ugly.

Slowly, even Lin Liu, who had always been calm, became anxious.

Fortunately, the doctor is not a quack doctor, and after a short period of time, he found out the name of the poison and drug she was poisoned from Jia Min's various physical reactions.

"The name of this poison is Guanchouhai," the doctor said with a long sigh of relief. "Because after being poisoned, you will be sad and sentimental all day long, and any disturbance may cause the poisoned person to feel sorry for himself, so it is named Guanchouhai."

"The most terrifying thing about this medicine is that if the poisoned person already has a heart knot that cannot be untied, this medicine will enlarge the heart knot, so that it will finally get into the horns and lead to suicide."

After introducing the name and effect of the medicine, the doctor smiled a little more: "Fortunately, this medicine is a chronic medicine, and it usually takes ten consecutive doses of Guanchouhai to take effect. If Madam has already been poisoned deeply , even if it is me, there is no way to detoxify."

After hearing this, everyone in the room held their breath for a moment, fearing that the doctor would give an answer that they could not accept.

But fortunately, the doctor glanced at Jia Min with a very relaxed expression: "Fortunately, this is not only the first time Madam took this medicine, but this time it was only a little bit, and she also induced vomiting in time... Wait for the old man to give Madam the medicine. Write a prescription, you can catch it and cook it, and you will be fine after taking it for half a month."

There was a sudden sound of breathing in the room.

It turned out that when the doctor spoke just now, everyone in the room forgot to breathe. When the doctor gave the exact answer, the tense thread in everyone's heart was loosened, only then did they realize that they had held their breath for a long time and began to take a breath.

The doctor was amused, and had a better impression of the family.

He raised his hand to ask someone to bring the Four Treasures of the Study. After serious consideration, he wrote down the name and dosage of a piece of herbal medicine with a few strokes: "This medicine is difficult to cure, and there must be no mistakes. When you go out to get the medicine, you must remember to go Trusted pharmacy, otherwise would rather go further."

Lin Ruhai nodded, and was about to call Xinghua to grab the medicine. After thinking about it, he turned his head and called Lin Da, who was guarding the door, and handed the prescription to Lin Da: "I remember that you know some medicinal materials. It's up to you to catch it yourself."

Since the doctor said that this medicine can't be wrong, it is better to leave it to someone who knows the medicinal materials to catch it, so as not to be tricked by others.

My own backyard has been screened countless times, and I have made countless preparations, but I was still taken advantage of and successfully drugged. Lin Ruhai is now at a time when he has no trust in the outside world. Only his family and Lin Da can do it. Let him rest assured for a while.

Lin Da took the order and left the Lin family with the prescription.

After Lin Da left, Lin Ruhai dismissed the children, leaving only Lin Liu and Jin Qiu, Jia Min who was still sick, and the doctor who found out the name of Jia Min's poisoning and medicine——

Even the maids in Jia Min's room were kicked out by him.

Jia Min felt tight in his chest, so he just sat beside him and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

When the room was empty, Lin Ruhai turned his attention to Jin Qiu: "Jin Qiu, it is said that you were the first to discover that someone had poisoned the food?"

Jin Qiu swallowed, with a panicked expression.

She turned her head and glanced at Lin Liu, and after receiving her nod of promise, she explained in a low voice: "Actually, I'm not sure if someone was really poisoned, but I just happened to be studying with Dr. The name and medicinal properties of the sea of ​​sorrow."

"Before when the eldest girl was eating, I took the chopsticks to pick up the herbal meal in front of me, and I seemed to smell a hint of the smell of sea medicine in a trance. Out of vigilance, I knocked down the chopsticks in the hand of the eldest girl. After that Worrying about being blamed, he said the food was poisonous."

Lin Ruhai turned to look at the doctor, he was the doctor Zheng that Jin Qiu said.

Doctor Zheng nodded and confirmed the authenticity of Jin Qiu's words: "Jin Qiu came to me suddenly and said that the atmosphere in the house has been very tense recently. The masters are careful everywhere, and they are worried that they may be tricked at some point."

"She wants to learn some knowledge about poison and medicine, so that when something happens, even if she can't save people immediately, at least it can delay the time, so that the masters have the opportunity to find a doctor who is really capable."

Jin Qiu was bought by the Lin family. She still remembers that when she was bought back to the Lin family, she was pale and emaciated due to long-term hunger, and no one was willing to buy her back to serve her.

But Ren Yazi said, if there is no big family willing to buy her away, they will buy her to those dirty places, so that Ren Yazi will not lose money.

If it wasn't for the big girl who put forward another request, Jin Qiu, who has always been disliked by others, would have already been exiled to those places where life is worse than death.So since she followed the eldest girl, she has been working very hard to learn medical skills, hoping to help the eldest girl and solve her problems in the future.

——The eldest girl is really the best person she has ever seen in her life.

It was a coincidence this time. After she knew that the serious atmosphere in the house was because she was worried that someone would harm the Lin family, Jin Qiu subconsciously thought of poisoning out of her own expertise and habits, so she went to consult the two highly skilled doctors. Just happened to know Guanchouhai.

Doctor Zheng also thought it was a coincidence, so he said with a smile: "Speaking of which day I will tell Jin Qiu Guanchouhai related knowledge, is it because she asked me if there is any poison, after taking the medicine, even if the poison is dead, no one will find out , I just remembered Guanchouhai."

"Although this medicine is not the kind of medicine that cannot be detected, if it is not for the doctor who knows Guanchouhai deeply, the traditional Chinese medicine can not be found easily in the early stage. After taking it ten times, even if it is discovered, it will be useless."

"I don't know when this medicine began to spread in Jiangnan and other places, but when it was discovered, many people had already died of Guanchouhai." Doctor Zheng restrained his expression and sighed, "The truly open-minded person in this world How many people are there? Who doesn’t have one or two knots in their hearts? The viciousness of this drug is that it is not fatal in itself, but it will amplify people’s emotions.”

"You are really grateful to Jin Qiu. If she hadn't memorized the appearance and taste of the medicine in Guanchou Haiyao's prescription by rote, and recognized it with her outstanding sense of smell, I'm afraid your whole family would be fooled."

After hearing this, Lin Liu immediately saluted Jin Qiu.

Jin Qiu was startled, subconsciously was about to kneel down to Lin Liu, but Lin Liu grabbed his arm.She looked at Jin Qiu dumbfounded: "I bowed to you because I thank you, why did you kneel down to me?"

Jin Qiu came to her senses, and smiled: "This is what I should do, you don't have to thank me." She rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "If you really want to thank me, why don't you reward me with a few gold coins? That's enough."

Before Lin Liu could say anything, Lin Ruhai, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, untied his purse from his waist and put it directly into Jin Qiu's hand: "Thank you for discovering and reminding Lin Liu in advance this time, so that someone was poisoned in time."

Jin Qiu touched the thickness of the purse, was startled, and wanted to return it to Lin Ruhai immediately.

Lin Liu held her hand tightly: "Compared with the lives of our family, this little money is really nothing. Not only these silver bills, but if you have other requests, you can also ask them, as long as they are within my ability Within the scope, I can help you solve it.”

Lin Liu knew much more than the others present, and he also knew more about the lethality of Guanchouhai, so he was naturally more grateful for Jin Qiu's reminder.

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Lin Ruhai, even Jia Min, who had been closing his eyes, looked at Jin Qiu: "If you have any requests, just ask, even if you want to leave the Lin family, I will send someone to take yours right away." Take out the bond of sale..."

"No need," Jin Qiu smiled shyly, "I like staying with the eldest girl very much. I have learned a lot of things from the eldest girl, which I have no chance to learn outside."

Xu was influenced by Lin Liu, and the four maids around her were all thirsty for knowledge. In order to learn more knowledge, they could not wait to break themselves into eight petals.But a lot of knowledge is monopolized by upper-class men. If they leave the Lin family, the girls of Jin Qiu will have no chance to learn it.

Since Jin Qiu doesn't want to leave, Lin Liu and the others can't force it, otherwise, what's the difference with them driving away the savior?

After dealing with Jin Qiu's matter, Lin Ruhai looked at Dr. Zheng again: "Sir, do you have any other discoveries? If so, please tell me, I am very grateful."

Doctor Zheng thought for a while, and said: "It's a little strange. The reason why those people are so easily infected with Guanchouhai is because after Guanchouhai has been made into medicine, although it has a little color, it has no taste. Jinqiu can taste The taste of Guanchou Haiyaoyin actually surprised me."

Just after the incident happened, Lin Liu immediately asked people to protect the food on the table as it was, and it is still intact.

Lin Ruhai took Dr. Zheng to the table to check.

Under the guidance of Jin Qiu, Dr. Zheng brought a bowl of herbal food in front of him, lowered his head and sniffed it for a while, then nodded: "It is true that there is medicine to infuse the sea of ​​sorrow in it, but the amount is very small, and if you don't pay attention, you can't smell it. "

but……

"Although there are a lot of medicines in it, they don't just dispense medicines blindly." Dr. Zheng frowned, "It stands to reason that if you eat this medicine diet, you will never be poisoned."

In this world, there is absolutely no such thing as just taking medicine and getting poisoned.

Doctor Zheng carefully smelled all the dishes on the table again, but still shook his head: "There is no smell of other medicinal materials."

Thinking that Jin Qiu was young and had a better sense of smell than himself, he dragged Jin Qiu to the table and asked her to smell it.

But after Jin Qiu heard it, she also shook her head.

But if apart from the medicinal food, there are no medicinal herbs in the other dishes, how did Jia Min get poisoned?

Everyone present was in a daze and panic——

If you don't find out the method of prescribing this time, I'm afraid that person will use this method to prescribe the medicine next time, and then you may not have the same luck as today.

Lin Ruhai walked up to Jia Min and asked in a low voice, "Ma'am, do you remember which dishes you cooked before?"

Jia Min leaned on Lin Ruhai's shoulder, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then opened his eyes and said, "As for the four or five dishes in front of me, I picked up some of them, and I picked up a chopstick for each of them. Take a closer look, you should I can tell."

She has forgotten the specific name of the dish.

Lin Ruhai didn't leave, and looked directly at Lin Liu.

Lin Liu understood, walked to the place where Jia Min had been eating, and looked down carefully to see if the dishes were still the same.

Jin Qiu and Dr. Zheng also helped her check.

Soon, the three of them found all the dishes that Jia Min moved his chopsticks.It's a pity that no matter how you smell it, there is only one result.

In the end, Lin Liu didn't know what to think, and suddenly picked up the chopsticks and took a piece of food from the bowl, and was about to put it in his mouth.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were so frightened that they stood up from their chairs. Jia Min's legs were weak and he almost fell down again. It was Lin Ruhai who reached out in time to save her.

But neither of them cared about this little surprise, they all stared at Lin Liu firmly.

Lin Ruhai was even more furious: "Lin Liu, what are you thinking? Does your mother look very happy now? You don't know which vegetable is poisonous, and you stuff it in your mouth. Do you want to live?"

What made Lin Ruhai angry the most was that among the eight members of the family, the one who was most concerned was Lin Liu, the eldest daughter who seemed the most open-minded.Even Jia Min, who has always been sentimental, doesn't have as many knots as her.

If Lin Liu was poisoned, he was really worried that she would be poisoned faster than Jia Min.

But Lin Liu stopped suddenly a second before the chopsticks were about to enter his mouth.

She blinked, put the chopsticks in front of her eyes, squinted her eyes for a long time, and suddenly said, "Mother, did these chopsticks come from the kitchen? Why do I look a little too delicate, not like kitchen utensils?"

Jia Min felt chest tight and uncomfortable. He didn't realize what he said for a while. After a while, he explained: "The chopsticks are my dowry, and they have been kept in my room for safekeeping. Although I have sent many people to watch in the kitchen, But I am still a little worried, the tableware that everyone uses every day is the set of dowry I brought from the capital."

Lin Liu nodded, let go of the chopsticks, let the dishes fall, then turned the chopsticks upside down, and put them in front of Doctor Zheng: "Sir, can you smell the smell of medicine on these chopsticks?"

Jin Qiu was taken aback, and grabbed the chopsticks in front of him.

but……

Still nothing.

Lin Liu twitched the corners of her mouth, and used a spoon to scoop up a spoonful of soup from the herbal diet: "Doctor Zheng, you can put your chopsticks into this soup and stir it, then smell it..." Doctor Zheng was about to make a move when she listened to her Annoyed, he said, "No, the doctor seems to have said before that this medicine seems to be tasteless."

She looked distressed, as if she had encountered a problem.

Dr. Zheng replied subconsciously: "Although it has no taste, there is no way to check it at all. You just need to take a piece of ginseng and put it in the medicine, and the medicine will immediately turn black."

Jia Min immediately said, "There is a ginseng in the box in my bedroom."

Jin Qiu took the key, went in immediately and took out the ginseng.

After slicing the ginseng and putting it into the soup ladle that was stirred with chopsticks, the soup in the soup ladle turned black.

It's the chopsticks.

Doctor Zheng knew more about poisons and medicines, so he immediately thought of a method of poisoning: "It may be that someone soaked these tableware in the sea of ​​sorrow, which made the chopsticks full of the medicine, so the moment the chopsticks touched the medicine, it would attract water. Then the last step of synthesis of the poison and medicine of Guanchouhai was completed, and the wife was poisoned after eating the medicinal food."

Lin Liu subconsciously looked at Jia Min.

It's not that she suspects that she is drugged, but...

This result is obvious, pointing to the fact that the person who administered the drug was Jia Min's confidant——

Because only confidantes have the opportunity to come into contact with Jia Min's dowry.

The most likely ones are the eight maids with stars in their names.

When Jia Min met Lin Liu's gaze, there was a flash of lightning in his mind, and he instantly understood the murderer's method of prescribing the drug.Thinking of her unreserved trust in these maids, she immediately felt a stagnation in her chest and passed out directly.

Lin Ruhai hugged him, and hurried him into the bedroom.

Lin Liu looked directly at Lin Da, and ordered him to immediately arrest the eight maids around Jia Min and lock them up in the firewood room, and let them be under strict supervision. At the same time, he also asked him to find someone who was good at torture to torture them.

Lin Da smiled: "Don't worry, big girl, I'm good at torture."

After speaking, he turned around and left the main room.

After a while, there was a commotion outside, but Lin Da quickly suppressed the situation, successfully took all eight maids away, and locked them in the woodshed.

Lin Ruhai paid attention to the outcome of this matter, and after Lin Liu talked to him, he returned to his room.

Jin Qiu followed her, seeing her complexion, he didn't dare to say a word on the way.

After washing up, Lin Liu immediately drove the maids out of the room.

After making sure that everyone had left, Lin Liu opened the purse that he always carried close to him, and took out the talisman that the lame Taoist gave him before.

On the surface, the talisman was still intact.

But if it is placed under candlelight, it is easy to find that the layer of silver light on the surface of the talisman has disappeared.

Thinking of what the lame Taoist mentioned before, this talisman was a magical means to guard against those magical people, and she suddenly had a guess——

That Guanchouhai's name sounded familiar.

tuk tuk-

Lin Liu's window was knocked.

She paused, and after getting out of bed, she approached the bed carefully: "Who?"

"The benefactor is a poor man."

Lin Liu heard a human voice, and opened the window: "Master Dao, why are you here today?"

If possible, she doesn't really want to deal with these "non-humans".

No sense of security.

The lame Taoist didn't seem to see the resistance in Lin Liu's eyes, and stretched out his hand with a smile: "I realized that the talisman I gave you earlier seems to have lost its effectiveness, so come and have a look."

He can shrink the ground into an inch, so the speed of his arrival is naturally very fast.

And this time he didn't come alone, there was a monk with a scarlet head standing beside him.

Both of them looked at Lin Liu with the same gentle gaze, and also with a trace of expectation, obviously they both had a good impression of her.

After Lin Liu hesitated, he still put the talisman in the hand of the lame Taoist priest.

He turned the talisman over and over to look at it, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, and immediately sank his face: "Sure enough, it is a means of alarming illusions. It has the smell of sea water and honeydew fruit in it."

Do you worry about sea water?

Honey green fruit?

The more Lin Liu listened, the more familiar she became, but she couldn't remember where she heard it.

The scarlet-headed monk glanced at the lame Taoist priest, and said: "After the fairy Jiangzhu took shape, she 'swimmed outside the sky of Lihen all day long, and when hungry, she ate honey and green fruits as a meal, and when she was thirsty, she drank sea water as a soup'. "

"Fairy Jiangzhu didn't have to go down to the earth to repay her kindness. After all, there are so many opportunities to repay her kindness in the Heaven of Lihen. Why bother to go down to earth? , was able to prolong the kindness of the years and never forget it, so when Jing Huan proposed to go down to earth to repay the kindness, he proposed to repay the kindness with tears."

The lame Taoist nodded: "Perhaps the policeman saw the beauty of the combination of the two, so he used this thing against the Lin family."

After all, both Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are people who are prone to overthinking and have a lot of depression in their hearts.

Lin Liu was stunned, and she said why the name Guanchouhai was so familiar, and it turned out that the root of it came from the book Dream of the Red Chamber.

But she still wants to explain: "Our family was almost poisoned today, and the name of the poison and medicine is indeed Guanchouhai. But from what the doctor said, this medicine seems to have been circulated in the Jiangnan area for a long time, and it is not aimed at Our Lin family."

The lame Taoist couldn't help but stare: "You mean, this thing has been circulating in the Jiangnan area for a long time?"

Lin Liu nodded: "The doctor in the house even gave out the antidote."

Obviously something was beyond the control of the lame Taoist priest and monk with a scarlet head. After they exchanged a glance, they gave Lin Liu a talisman and turned to leave.

Seeing the benefits of this thing, Lin Liu subconsciously reached out and grabbed the sleeve of the lame Taoist priest: "Master Daoist, this thing is very useful, can you give me a few more, so that our family can be prepared against those magical methods?" ?”

The lame Taoist paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "For the sake of you and Fairy Jiangzhu, I'll give it to you."

As he spoke, he reached out and took out a handful of talismans and placed them in front of Lin Liu, and then disappeared.

Lin Liu counted, exactly eight.

The next day, she took the talismans to the main room and gave one to each of the family members.

Although Lin Ruhai and the others were a little puzzled, they thought that Lin Liu would not harm them, so they didn't ask any further questions, and put the talisman in their pouch next to their bodies.

After breakfast, Lin Ruhai was going to work.

Lin Liu got up and went out of the main room with Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai was a little puzzled: "Why did you come out with me? Did you want to know who gave the medicine last night? Lin Da is still interrogating, I don't know for the time being..."

"No," Lin Liu smiled, "I just thought of a good way to prevent my family from being in danger again."

Lin Ruhai stopped in his tracks, and looked at Lin Liu with a serious expression: "What way? You don't want to advance your plan, do you? Let me tell you, no."

Lin Liu quickly shook his head: "We don't have enough cotton cloth in stock, so we have no plans to plan ahead."

Lin Ruhai opened his mouth, and was about to speak, when Lin Liu spoke——

"What I mean is, just take the bottom line." Lin Liu smiled, "It's not because the salt makes money, so they want to take action against us, and want to drive father out of this position? Let's make the salt less valuable, isn't that all right? "