Jia Rong, the smiling tiger of the Red Chamber

Yangzhou, prefect yamen

Zhou Qingyang frowned, looking at the pile of business affairs on the table, he felt a little irritable, and suddenly thought of Lin Ruhai who had been seriously ill for many days and might die at any time, even more so. I'm restless.Although he has played before the emperor now, and he was sent over quickly, but there is no news until now. Besides, although the position of inspector Yan Yushi is not very big, the power is not small .There is also a certain degree of danger, and it is not that there have been assassinations of Xunyan Yushi.

It is also difficult to find a capable confidant to replace Lin Ruhai for a while.It's just that if a replacement cannot be found now, once Lin Ruhai dies, the salt merchants here in Yangzhou will also use this to make trouble.

Just when Zhou Qingyang was restless, he heard the sound of urgent footsteps, frowned, and heard the urgent voice of his guard Li De: "My lord, my lord..."

"What's the matter?" Zhou Qingyang asked eagerly.

Li De immediately said: "My lord, it's not good. Someone came to report just now, saying that Mr. Shi Lin, the inspector of salt, has died of illness."

"What?" Zhou Qingyang couldn't sit still when he heard the news.Immediately stood up, then opened the door, looked at Li De, and asked anxiously, "Say it again? Lin Ruhai is dead?"

"Yes, my lord. The news has been confirmed." Li De, as Zhou Qingyang's confidant, naturally knew some things, and also knew the importance of Lin Ruhai to Yangzhou City, so he nodded immediately and said.

Zhou Qingyang's pretty brows were tightly frowned, and after a while, he said, "Have someone prepare for the funeral immediately. Let's go to the Lin Mansion now."

"Yes." Li De immediately took the order and left.

With Lin Ruhai dead, the city of Yangzhou might not be peaceful for a while.I don't know what's going on with His Majesty?Did you send someone over?

The news of Lin Ruhai's death had spread throughout Yangzhou City in less than half an hour.After confirming the authenticity of the news, all the officials in Yangzhou City, big and small, went to Lin's house at the same time.

"Before the emperor dispatches the next inspector to inspect salt and censor. Let's act quickly and take advantage of this time to salvage a fortune. Otherwise, who knows what kind of temperament the next one will have? What if there is another one who is more oily than Lin Ruhai? How about it?” Different from the Yangzhou officials who went to Lin Ruhai’s house, the big and small salt merchants in Yangzhou came to Tie’s house in unison after they got the news.

This Tie family is the leader of the salt merchants and the richest family in Yangzhou city. Although he is only a merchant, the officials are always polite when they see him. The current head of the Tie family, Tie Sheng, although he has no Although he is an official, he is a very powerful person.

Tie Sheng listened to the man's words, and nodded his brows: "You are right. Then, according to the things we discussed before, let's start to act as soon as possible." After the news of Lin Ruhai's serious illness came out, they I have been preparing for this all the time. If the plan is good and the next salt inspection censor is an ordinary person, then these salt merchants will have the final say in Yangzhou City in the future.

"Okay." As soon as he said this, everyone immediately echoed.

At this time, the Lin family was already busy because of Lin Ruhai's death, but fortunately, because Lin Ruhai had been seriously ill for several days, all the necessary items had already been prepared, and the housekeeper Lin Fu was a capable person. In addition, Jia Lian is helping from the side.

Therefore, although the Lin family is busy, they don't appear flustered.

"Yuehai, is there any movement from the salt merchant?" Unlike other people who are busy, Jia Rong is quite leisurely.Of course, it is not really leisure to say it is leisure.

The person Jia Rong called Yue Hai was the leader of Emperor Longqi's secret guards in the south of the Yangtze River. He was a young man in his 20s. His facial features were quite pleasing. He used him as a cover His identity is the second child of the silk and satin village of the dealer.

Yue Hai replied: "My subordinates have been ordering people to keep an eye on it. I just heard the news that the salt merchants have already started to take action. Now the price of salt in the city has increased by two taels of silver per catty."

"It's very good. Let's keep an eye on it first, don't worry about it. We'll talk about everything after Mr. Lin has passed the first seven days." Jia Rong didn't want to let the salt merchants go. If you want to kill them, you must first drive them crazy. There is no real evidence , he can't do it.

But for the good of the people in the city, the time of indulgence should not be too long.After passing Lin Ruhai's first seven, it's just right.

Yue Hai immediately replied: "Yes."

"By the way, two days ago, didn't you say that the secret guard who sneaked into Tie's house had successfully found the account book that Tie Sheng had kept with the officials?" Jia Rong asked again.

Yue Hai replied: "Yes. Uncle Rong needs the account book now. This subordinate..."

"No, let her stand still. Put the books and books in Tie Sheng's place first, so that he can keep them more securely. It's not easy to startle the enemy. But you should find a chance to take Wu Ya there and let her recognize it." Jia Rong nodded her chin, a trace of haze flashed in her eyes and said so.

"Yes, this subordinate obeys." Wu Ya and Yue Hai replied at the same time.

Lin Ruhai's funeral was quite grand, not to mention that the Lin family is also a scholarly family that has lasted for a hundred years, just because of Lin Ruhai's death in office, his funeral cannot be concise.

Under the auspices of Lin Fu, the funeral was carried out in an orderly manner.

Lin Daiyu's body is weak, and she was overwhelmed with grief. She cried and passed out in the mourning hall several times, and now she is even more traumatized, suffering from an old illness, lying on the bed and unable to get up.

It was at this time that the officials of Yangzhou City began to become chaotic.

"They can hold their breath, and only start to do it at this time." Turning his head to look at Wu Ya, he continued, "Wu Ya, go to Tie's house now, and bring the account book here." Wait until Wu Ya answered and left Afterwards, he turned his head and said to Guan Yan: "Go, bring over the blue booklets I asked you to copy earlier. We should also start." Killing the Quartet?He likes it the most, he is not used to it after being quiet for so long.

"Yes." Guan Yan immediately took the order and left.

For a moment, Jia Rong took the secret imperial decree given by Emperor Longqi earlier, and took Guan Yan, and the two of them headed towards the Yamen of the prefect of Yangzhou.

When we arrived at the magistrate's yamen in Yangzhou, there was no accident, the yamen was empty.According to the guard guarding the gatehouse, Zhou Qingyang, the current prefect of Yangzhou, went to Lin Ruhai's place to pay his respects.

"I have the guts to ask, who are you? What can I do to find our lord?" It was Li Ren who came out to greet Jia Rong. He was Li De's brother and Zhou Qingyang's servant, but it was Zhou Qingyang who went there. Lin Ruhai's mansion mourned the funeral, for fear that someone would take this opportunity to seek trouble in the magistrate's yamen.The resourceful Li Ren was deliberately kept in the mansion.

Jia Rong didn't hide anything about this at all, and said: "I am Jia Rong, and I am an imperial envoy bestowed by the emperor. I am here to inspect all the affairs of Yangzhou." Take out the silk scroll embroidered with the five-clawed golden dragon.

Li Ren can be regarded as a person with two points of knowledge. When he saw this thing, his complexion changed instantly. Without any hesitation, he immediately knelt down and said, "Long live my emperor, long live!" After getting down, the servants here naturally also knelt down immediately.

"Okay, I'm here for a serious business. Hurry up and send someone over to inform your lord." Jia Rong put the imperial decree on the table beside her and said so.

Li Ren didn't dare to delay any more, and immediately spoke to a yamen servant.

The yamen servant also knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately ran out after hearing Li Ren's words.

Jia Rong turned her head to Li Ren and said, "Go, let someone bring you some dried fruit snacks from Yangzhou. Bring a pot of tea by the way."

You are really welcome!This is the prefect of Yangzhou, not your Ningguo mansion.No matter how much he slandered in his heart, Li Ren didn't dare to say anything on the surface, and he still had to follow Jia Rong's orders.Not to mention that Jia Rong now has the emperor's imperial decree in his hand, even if he doesn't have it, just like him, he can't stand the temper of shouting and killing if he doesn't agree with each other.

At this time, the Lin family was extremely lively. After eating, many officials did not leave. It is somewhat subtle.

Before anyone could open his mouth to break the calm, he saw a man in blue-blue yamen servant, following a young servant, coming in a hurry.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on him.

"Come here at this time, what's the matter?" Zhou Qingyang recognized the person in front of him as a yamen servant in the prefect of Yangzhou, and he didn't know why?The corner of his eye twitched suddenly, and he asked immediately.

The yamen servant immediately replied: "My lord, the imperial envoy sent by the emperor has arrived. Catcher Li asked the villain to come over and inform the lord to go back quickly."

"What? The Imperial Envoy has already arrived." Hearing this, Zhou Qingyang's complexion changed, and his tone became much more hasty.

The yamen servant replied: "Yes, when the villain came, the imperial envoy had already arrived. Now he is waiting for him in the lobby. Please go back quickly, sir."

When Zhou Qingyang heard this, he didn't dare to delay, and immediately got up and left.

Following Zhou Qingyang's departure, the rest of the officials were of higher rank, regardless of whether they belonged to one faction or not, they all looked at each other the same way.Then quickly got up and left.

But when it was time for a cup of tea, the lively Lin family immediately calmed down.

Seeing this, Lin Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief.When they were all gathered here just now, he was really nervous in his heart, for fear that they would suddenly make trouble and he would not be able to deal with it.Now that he is gone, according to those obscure rules in the officialdom, there is nothing to do with the Lin family.

Zhou Qingyang returned to the yamen, and as soon as he reached the lobby, he saw Jia Rong who was sitting there firmly, his eyes and eyebrows twitched uncontrollably.

He knew that when Jia Rong came here with Jia Lian, there must be a reason?As for looking for Zhang Miracle Doctor, it was just an excuse.Therefore, he also made people watch Jia Rong closely for a while.It's just that a month has passed, but Jia Rong has not made any movement.Either stay in Lin's house and not go out, or wander around the city to inquire about Dr. Zhang.

Seeing him like this, I thought I had guessed wrong.

It seems that he was not wrong, but that he underestimated Jia Rong.

In the past month, he probably didn't have a moment of leisure.Now come here to identify yourself, it seems that the evidence has been collected.I'm going to come over to make trouble.

At this moment, Zhou Qingyang had n many thoughts flashing through his mind, but there was no delay under his feet. When he walked up to Jia Rong, he saw the bright yellow axis placed beside Jia Rong from the corner of his eyes. Volume, opened the mouth and said: "Your official, Zhou Qingyang, the prefect of Yangzhou, has met the imperial envoy."

"En. This is the imperial decree, Mr. Zhou should take a look." Jia Rong handed the imperial decree to Zhou Qingyang and said.

Kneeling down, proclaiming long live, he took the imperial decree with both hands respectfully, then stood up, opened it, and scanned it again.After confirming the content, he looked at Jia Rong and said, "I don't know if the imperial envoy has anything to tell the next official?"

"Master Zhou should be aware of the purpose of my visit. Tell your subordinates to inform Yangzhou Yiying officials to come here." Looking up at the sky, he smiled softly and said: "It's exactly three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's still long before dark, which is enough for me to deal with."

After understanding the underlying meaning of Jia Rong's words, Zhou Qingyang's mouth twitched uncontrollably. It seemed that many people in Yangzhou were going to be unlucky.But although he thought so in his heart, he gave Li De and Li Ren's orders, but he was not slow at all.

Seeing that Zhou Qingyang had already sent someone to notify him.

Jia Rong didn't delay here, she asked Guan Yan to move a chair, went to the yard, looked around, then nodded with satisfaction, the yard is big enough for him to wait for a while to deal with things.

As smart as Zhou Qingyang, how could he not understand Jia Rong's intentions.Now the corners of the eyes and mouth twitched together.This Jia Rong is definitely the master who watches the excitement and is not afraid of big things. Seeing him like this, he doesn't intend to lift it high and put it down gently.

"Master Zhou, how many yamen servants are there in total in your mansion?" Jia Rong turned her head and asked Zhou Qingyang.

Zhou Qingyang really didn't know about this, so he looked sideways at Li De, and Li De replied: "If you go back to the imperial envoy, there are 35 yamen servants in total."

"Call them all over here." Jia Rong said so.

After hearing Jia Rong's words, Li De didn't immediately agree. Instead, he looked at Zhou Qingyang, and after getting his affirmation, he nodded and ordered not to mention it.

Most of those officials earlier gathered in Lin Ruhai's mansion, and they already knew that the imperial envoy was here.Therefore, after Zhou Qingyang left, they also left and went back to their homes, but they all sent people around them to stand guard in front of the magistrate's yamen, watching their every move.

At this time, someone came out and knew that the newly promoted imperial envoy wanted to meet all the officials in Yangzhou.

Those who were in charge of tracking immediately returned to their homes to report the situation without mentioning it.

It is precisely because of this that within a short time of a stick of incense, various vehicles greeted the gate of Yangzhou Mansion.After getting out of the car, they looked at each other, and they all showed a clear smile.

It's just that at this moment, they don't know how, today will definitely be the most 'surprise' day they receive.