[Red Mansion] Sir, I'm a rough man

Jia Wan was stunned: "You know me?"

The old servant had a wrinkled face with a smile: "I know, I know!"

The joy on his face couldn't be concealed, and while leading Jia Wan to walk in quickly, he said: "The former girl sent someone to send an urgent message, saying that the second master Wan was lost, and asked the master to help keep an eye on Jiangnan. After all, in the romantic place in the south of the Yangtze River, those kidnappers who get good-looking boys and girls like to send them here..."

He said loudly: "Quickly go and tell the master that the second master is here!"

Seeing a group of people in the front shouting "Second Master Wan is here", they ran to report, and then continued: "...the master asked the children to take the portrait of Master Wan and go around to inquire about it.

"Master is the censor of Xunyan, this wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River is more or less related to Yanzi, and they are willing to give the master this favor.

"The master said that although the second master Wan will not come so soon, but first say hello, if the second master really does come, he will be less wronged..."

Jia Wan lowered his head to hide the strangeness in his eyes.

Changing the shell, it seems that the person has become more fragile. He came over as if nothing had happened in the kidnapper's hands for more than a month, but the warmth gushing out of his chest at this moment made his nose sore and his eyes hurt.

It turns out that thousands of miles away from his hometown, there are people who have never met before, who are concerned about his life and death, and care about his safety.

"By the way, Second Master Wan, where did you come from?"

Jia Wan regained his composure and said simply: "They asked us to do some chores on the boat, and I jumped into the water and swam ashore while no one was paying attention."

The old servant sighed: "You know you have suffered a great crime..."

He scolded again: "These kidnappers who kill thousands of knives, those who are devoid of conscience, have ruined many people's lives! Everyone will die! Second master, don't worry, our master will definitely make the decision for you, let... ah, Master is out!"

Jia Wan turned his head, and saw a tall, handsome middle-aged man in Tsing Yi walking quickly, hurriedly went up to him, bowed and said: "My nephew Jia Wan has met Uncle Lin."

Although in terms of kinship, the two families are far apart, but Jia Wan's call to "uncle" was made willingly.

As soon as he bent down, Lin Ruhai stepped forward to hold her, looked him up and down, and said softly, "It's fine."

He said again: "Go and prepare hot water and clothes. Tell the kitchen to quickly boil a bowl of ginger soup, and then make some easy food... Also, let Lin Quan go and invite a doctor back..."

He also ordered someone to prepare a room for Jia Wan, and then took him into the study.

Jia Wan didn't wait for Lin Ruhai to start asking questions, and said, "Uncle Lin, the boat I was on when I came here has just landed, and there are dozens of abducted children on board..."

Lin Ruhai knew the elegant meaning after hearing the string song, and without any delay, asked which boat it was, and immediately summoned a personal attendant from outside the door, told him to go to the pier to watch, and then said to Jia Wan: "You go to take a bath and change clothes first. , have something to eat, take a good rest, and feel as if you are at home here, don’t be cautious, if you need something, just tell the servants... I will go to the county magistrate to save him.”

After he got up and went out, Jia Wan heard Lin Ruhai ordering to fetch his official uniform from inside, so he called out, "Uncle Lin!"

Lin Ruhai turned back and entered the door: "What?"

Jia Wan said: "There was a young man on board, who was locked up with me. Before leaving, he gave me a token, saying that if the official doesn't want to take care of it, he can try this."

As he spoke, he took out a silk handkerchief from his bosom.

The silk handkerchief was originally as white as snow, but now it is full of stains. The silk handkerchief itself is nothing special, and the few bamboo branches embroidered are just ordinary, but there is a seal on it, which is only the size of a thumbprint. Who should it be? private seal.

Jia Wan knew that the young man must have some background, but no matter how old the background is, he can't just recognize this private seal, right?

If he went to the wrong yamen, or met an official who was too arrogant, wouldn't it be a waste of time?That's why I came to see Lin Ruhai first.

It's just that although he and Lin Ruhai were related, he didn't know his character and whether he was willing to save those children sincerely, so he never confessed. If Lin Ruhai didn't want to stretch out his hand, he could go to other yamen for help .

After all, in this era, who can be associated with the official salt, which one is not a wealthy family, and which one does not have a deep background?Lin Ruhai is only a seventh-rank official, and human trafficking is not within his scope of responsibility. He may not be willing to poke, or poke this hornet's nest.

At this moment, seeing that Lin Ruhai had no intention of evading any excuses, and when he said the word "Magistrate", his tone was a little hesitant, and he asked people to take the official uniform, which shows that he has no friendship with the county magistrate, and he wants to persuade the magistrate to search the boat , is not an easy task.

Only then did the handkerchief be taken out.

Lin Ruhai took the silk handkerchief, and when he saw the seal, his expression changed drastically. He checked it carefully again, and asked anxiously, "How is the young man?"

Jia Wan shook his head: "Not very good."

After explaining a few words, Lin Ruhai didn't ask any more questions, took a box and put away the silk handkerchief, put it in his sleeve, and said, "You have a good rest, I'll go back when I go."

He lifted the curtain and went out, saying: "Prepare the car and go to the magistrate's yamen!"

Jia Wan heaved a sigh of relief, Lin Ruhai was originally looking for the magistrate, but now he has become the magistrate, it seems that the kid really has a lot of background, and it must not be a problem to be rescued.

Now that he couldn't get involved with a child, he followed the servants of the Lin family to take a bath, change clothes, eat something, and go to the guest room to rest.

After more than a month, Jia Wan was lying on the soft bedding again, and Jia Wan lost sleep for the first time in his life.

For more than a month, most of his calmness on the surface was just a strong support.

He has long discovered that the efficiency of martial arts in this world is more than ten times stronger than that in his previous life. I am afraid that the future generations are just legendary internal strength, which is not surprising in this world... He is a martial arts genius in the 21st century. The scum of Zhan Wu, not to mention that his current strength does not exist at all, and the problem of falling asleep anytime and anywhere is like a bomb that explodes at any time, which may push him into danger at any time.

Under such circumstances, what guarantee can he give that he will be able to escape smoothly?

It's just that panicking doesn't help, he can only walk as he sees, doing his best and obeying the destiny.

Now I can finally really let go of my heartstrings.

……

Opening his eyes again, the sun was shining outside. Before Jia Wan could tell the time, he was startled by the girl's cry at the door: "Second Master Wan is awake!"

"What the Taoist said is actually true, Master Wan really woke up right now!"

What about monks and Taoists? Jia Wan was fainting when he saw Lin Ruhai lift the curtain and enter the door, and said with a smile, "Nephew sleeps well this time, but I'm so scared."

Jia Wan said embarrassedly: "It's my nephew's fault."

He actually forgot that not everyone was used to his insomnia, so he didn't let him know in advance.

Lin Ruhai waved his hand and said, "I can't blame you."

If you can survive in a tiger's mouth, if you can do everything well, you won't be like a child.

He waved his hand to order people to go down to prepare food, and asked, "How do you feel now?"

Jia Wan said: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, I've got an old problem, there's nothing else except snoozing."

He asked again: "Did the rescue of people go well yesterday? Are those children and that young man rescued?"

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Where is yesterday, you slept for three days."

He said again: "They were all rescued, unscathed. The young man is now recuperating in the courtyard of the prefect of Yangzhou. He has repeatedly urged the magistrate to send someone to find you. It is very urgent...do you want to see him? "

Jia Wan was slightly taken aback, Lin Ruhai used the word "Xun", which showed that he had not informed the Yangzhou magistrate of his existence, and judging from his tone, it seemed that he did not approve of him going to see the boy.

He cupped his hands and said, "I also ask my uncle to give me some pointers."

Lin Ruhai smiled slightly, admiring the child's insight, and said: "Seeing or not seeing each has its own advantages and disadvantages. It's just that the old man feels that this matter should not be rushed for a while.

"Firstly, the young man's status is high, but he also involves many ties. The prefect and I are in the game. This move is beneficial but harmless, but you are different. If you get involved rashly at this moment, not only It is difficult to protect oneself, and it may also involve family members. It is better to wait for the dust to settle before making a decision.

"Secondly, people's hearts are changeable, so it's better to wait to see clearly before talking about it."

Lin Ruhai didn't speak clearly, but Jia Wan understood.

He was born in the era of information explosion. Although he doesn't like reading, even if the amount he accumulates unintentionally every day is not trivial. Although most of them are boring and useless words, compared with ordinary people in this world, his knowledge is not bad. .

There is no shortage of people in history who fell down for a while and then soared into the sky. For those who helped themselves when they were down, some will remember them all their lives, and some were grateful at the time. People who look like this are regarded as thorns in the eyes and thorns in the flesh, and they want to get rid of them quickly.

No one knows whether the boy will be the former or the latter, or if he was the former, he may become the latter.

Lin Ruhai's attitude also confirmed how high the identity of the young man was.If he is just an ordinary son of a powerful person, Jia Wan himself is also from the Duke's family, so why should he be so cautious?

He smiled and said, "Then don't see me!"

It was just to keep each other warm and get through the darkest years, but now knowing that each of them is safe, that's enough, it doesn't matter if we don't see each other.

Lin Ruhai stroked his long beard, nodded and smiled, "Nephew, I want to take you in as a disciple, what do you think?"

This topic changed so quickly that Jia Wan couldn't react for a while: "Huh?"

Lin Ruhai was surprised and said: "Could it be that my nephew thinks that I have little talent and learning, and I can't be your husband?"

"No, no, no," Jia Wan waved his hand and said, "Uncle Lin was born in Tanhua, and he is very talented. Who in the world would not want to worship under my uncle? But I... I am really not a student, and I also..."

He shrunk his neck subconsciously and muttered in a low voice: "...I don't like reading."

What an international joke?

He is someone who can't even see it. Let him be like a scholar of this era, who can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly. "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" are eloquent. Word paper... Hehe, let's just kill him.

Lin Ruhai said: "It doesn't matter if you don't like reading, I also dabble in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting..."

"Uncle Lin!"

Jia Wan looked at Lin Ruhai pitifully, with three large characters written in his shiny black eyes: Please let me go.

Lin Ruhai shook his head and laughed, and said: "The old man wants to accept you as a disciple, mainly because he loves talents. You have been imprisoned by the thieves for dozens of days, and you are still calm and calm, and you don't see the slightest cowardice. You can see your heart; you can get out of the thieves' hands You can see your wisdom when you get out; the first thing you do when you get out is to help those abducted children, which shows your character; you know that the young man is valuable, but you can be rich and prosperous with you, but you are not tempted by him, you can see your heart... You However, an eight-year-old child has such a scene, how could the old man not see Lie Xinxi?"

Jia Wanruo is really an eight-year-old child, he might have been praised by him long ago and he can't find him, of course it won't be the case now, he asked: "Uncle Lin said that the main reason is love, what's more important?"

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai felt even more relieved, laughed, and said, "Secondly, I owe you two big favors, and I have nothing, so I have to repay you with this."

Jia Wan was stunned and said, "How to say?"

I don't know if he owes Lin Ruhai a big favor?

Lin Ruhai said: "First of all, to you, that young man is unknown to you, but to me, he is a real noble person, and I don't know if I will be able to achieve great success in the future.

"Secondly," he paused, glanced at Jia Wan, and said after a moment of contemplation: "You need to know that since the founding of the country, the imperial court has always lightened taxes and corvee labor so that the people can recuperate. In war, the finances will be tight... Fortunately, the imperial court implements a monopoly on salt and iron, and the annual income is quite rich, so it has to do its best to support it.

"However, two years ago when the new emperor ascended the throne, the salt tax dropped by [-]% all of a sudden, and the court was so stretched that it relied on His Majesty's private treasury to survive..."

Jia Wan was stunned, and said: "That's why His Majesty appointed Uncle Lin as the inspector?"

Lin Ruhai said: "In addition to this old man, there is also the magistrate of Yangzhou, all appointed by His Majesty. It's just that the form here is complicated. Officials, salt merchants, and the Cao Gang have long been monolithic, and they have been repeatedly frustrated... You must know that this matter can no longer be resolved. Your Majesty has no choice but to add gifts, but your Majesty has only been on the throne for two years, and if you add gifts rashly, what will the people of the world think?

"I'm in a state of desperation. It just so happened that you came the day before yesterday. Because of the kidnapping and trafficking of children, you accidentally cut a hole in the Cao Gang... Do you think you have helped me a lot?"

Jia Wan didn't answer, and said in surprise: "Since the Supreme Emperor doesn't like His Majesty so much, why did he give up the throne?"

Lin Ruhai's eyes sharpened instantly, and he looked at Jia Wan: "Huh?"