[Red Chamber] Madam's wishes come true

Fortunately, Mei Ying was fine.

When Mei Ying learned that Lin Ruhai wanted to see her from the servant, Mei Ying was still a little strange. After all, after learning that she had the idea of ​​killing Jia Min, and even almost put it into practice, Lin Ruhai, let alone come She rested in her room, even though she had never seen each other.

At the beginning, she was a little sad. After all, she has been a concubine of Lin Ruhai for several years, after all, she has been a concubine of Lin Ruhai for several years. It is naturally unacceptable to be avoided like a plague.

But fortunately, with the longing for a new life, Mei Ying quickly adjusted her mood.

So after she was surprised, there was a faint look of anticipation in her heart.

Then, from Lin Ruhai, he learned that someone might be harmful to him.The peachy images in Mei Ying's mind were cleared with one click, leaving only worry for her own life.

After all, men with two legs were everywhere, and if I lost my life, I would lose them all.

She trusted Lin Kou even more, and held her hand tightly: "That letter didn't even mention that we should keep our identities secret, right? He's negligent himself, so is he ashamed to kill us?"

Mei Ying didn't wait for Lin Kou to speak, her eyes flickered when she thought of the "lost and found" token.

Lin Kou saw it: "Did something else happen?"

Mei Ying hesitated, wondering if she could speak.

Lin Kou thought for a while, and said, "We both know about the fact that you and I have the Blood Drop Token in our hands, and the master already knows it all too well, as long as we don't tell anyone other than us, the other party should not be able to do anything about it. "

Even if he did it, it was because of his identity leaked at the beginning.

Mei Ying breathed a sigh of relief: "When I went back that day, I put the letter and token on the dressing table, then left the room, and when I went back, the things were gone. I thought this matter was over. Put the token on my bed."

"..." Lin Kou was surprised, "So you still have a token?"

Unlike Jin Yiwei, Blood Droplet survived for too short a time, so there are not many historical materials left behind. Lin Kou couldn't guess the reason why the other party did this from what he knew.

But Lin Ruhai knew: "Giving you tokens should be to develop you into official spies."

As for why the two identities were exposed, Lin Ruhai didn't know.

But this is not important.

Lin Ruhai arranged a dozen or so people for each of them to follow them all the time, and even the maids were not allowed to leave one meter away when changing clothes, which can be said to have achieved the ultimate in security.

But until the entire Lin family boarded the boat, neither Mei Ying nor Lin Kou had any accidents.

This fact made Lin Ruhai confused, but he was more worried than before.

No one in Xuedizi took action against Lin Kou and Mei Ying. Weiyang's officials and salt merchants also had no time to take care of them because of the disappearance of the "living account book". After taking the living account book, those few people couldn't wait for the Lin family's ship to set sail, so they left impatiently.

It seems that the disappearance of the concierge has indeed brought great turmoil to Weiyang City.

The ship was about to set sail, and seeing that Lin Ruhai was really planning to leave Weiyang City on time without doing anything, Jia Min couldn't sit still: "Shouldn't we stay and look for the account books? Didn't you say before that once we find As for the ledger, the Zhen family will also..."

After the unbearable truth was exposed, although Jia Min was angry and hated towards the Rongguo Mansion, she didn't know what attitude to use to face her natal family for a while, and she didn't have any sympathy for ambitious people like the Zhen family.

She can't wait for justice to come down from the sky immediately, and the Zhen family will be ransacked and wiped out!

Especially when they were about to return to the capital to face the people of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Min's mood fluctuated violently, and he hated the Zhen family even more.

Lin Ruhai knew her knot in her heart, and comforted her: "Weiyang City must be loose on the outside and tight on the inside. As outsiders in Weiyang City, we must be the top priority of their defenses. Not only will we not be able to help, but we may give people trouble." Slowed down."

Jia Min pursed her lips: "Then let the Zhen family go like this?"

Even though the tragic future of the Zhen family is visible to the naked eye, she still feels unwilling to do so without the handwriting of the Lin family.

Lin Ruhai explained: "When we arrive in Jining, we can do a lot."

Jia Min: "???"

The ship sailed from Weiyang, and arrived in Huai'an within two days, but the Lin family's ship only rested for half a day, replenished its supplies, and then set sail again. Afterwards, it passed by Suqian and Xuzhou like this time, and did not stay for too long.

The ship sailed all the way and soon arrived in Jining.

Lin Ruhai ordered to dock: "This time I will stay in Jining City for at least half a month. After buying supplies, madam, remember to restrain everyone on board and not leave the cabin easily."

Jia Min was in a hurry: "What does the master mean by this? Do you want to go somewhere?"

Lin Ruhai lowered her voice: "I'll go to Jining Mansion to rescue soldiers!"

Jia Min realized in an instant that Lin Ruhai had long thought of leaving Weiyang to move reinforcements to other places, but he didn't trust the officials in Huai'an, Suqian, Xuzhou and other places in Jiangsu, so he rushed all the way, wanting to come to Jining Mansion in Shandong as soon as possible Move rescuers.

Because Jining and Weiyang belong to different provinces, the possibility of covering up Weiyang's officials is extremely small.

Jia Minteng stood up suddenly: "No, this is too dangerous!"

At most, she wanted to let the master secretly help the unknown person who kidnapped the concierge, and she absolutely didn't want to see him take risks in person, or even return to Weiyang.

Lin Ruhai insisted on this: "You are just ordinary people in the central government. You should be protected by the court and should not take risks for major affairs in the court. But my husband is an official appointed by the court, and investigating corruption cases is my unshirkable duty."

He smiled, "I was lazy at work for my wife and children a year ago, but now that my wife and children are stable, I can no longer shirk my responsibilities."

Lin Ruhai was appointed by the emperor as the censor of salt inspection, originally to investigate the local salt administration situation.

It's just that not long after he arrived, he was shaken by the issue of heirs, and in order to ensure the safe delivery of his wife and children, he could only give up the emperor's expectations, and only regarded himself as a blind man.

But now, he can no longer do so.

Jia Min's eyes were flushed, but he could only hold back forcefully: "Since that's the case, I don't want to waste the master's time. I just hope that when the master is doing business in Weiyang, he must remember that there is a family in Jining waiting for you to return."

Lin Ruhai nodded, turned and left immediately.

As soon as he left, the teardrops in Jia Min's eyes could no longer be controlled, rolling down like pearls.

As soon as Lin Ruhai left, Jia Min asked people to call Daiyu, Brother Shan, Lin Kou, Mei Ying and others to his room, and at the same time sent an order to stay behind except for the servants who needed to disembark to buy things. In your own room, don't go out easily.

"Wait until you buy the things, take back the stairs, and don't get off the boat!"

Lin Ruhai took the token and went straight to the mansion of the prefect of Jining Prefecture. Facing the prefect's inquiry, Lin Ruhai hastily told the other party what he knew: "From what I have learned, the concierge who kept the account book in his heart should be the one who was killed by Xuedizi first." One step away. It’s just that there is no proof, there must be physical evidence. I guess that Lord Xue Dizi should send him back to the capital soon after taking him away, but he should go to the saltworks himself. While investigating the output of the salt field on the spot, we are waiting for the imperial court to send troops over."

But it was too far to send troops from the capital.

At that time, we still have to draw troops from Weiyang, or even from several cities around Weiyang.

However, most of the officials in several cities around Weiyang are in collusion with Weiyang. They may not have the courage to kill people, but they will definitely delay the time to send troops.

And if time is lost, Weiyang's blood drops and even the few officials who are not in the same boat will be in danger.

This is why Lin Ruhai couldn't wait to go to Jining Mansion to rescue soldiers.

The prefect of Jining was somewhat hesitant: "Weiyang belongs to Jiangsu, and Jining is a city under the jurisdiction of Shandong. If there is no order from the emperor, we will rashly send troops to Weiyang. I am afraid that the imperial censor will say 'wrongful intentions'."

Of course it's okay to save people, but it's unnecessary to put yourself in it.

Lin Ruhai also knew that many officials were pissed, so he personally promised: "As a second-rank doctor of Lantai Temple, I can still restrain the censor. Besides, although this matter is risky, it is not a bad opportunity. .”

"The concierge has been taken away for several days. My Lin family is now in Jining. The concierge's current location will only be closer to the capital than mine, and it may even have arrived in the capital."

After all, there are few people and fast travel, and those spies still have special channels for delivering news and sending people and goods.

"If you are really worried, you can hand over a memorial to the emperor at the same time as sending troops, and push the matter to my subordinates. It is not uncommon to even say that my subordinates are intimidating." Lin Ruhai looked frankly, "But I do not recommend that the magistrate do this , because if you can really save people in time, that would be a great achievement."

As an official, who doesn't want to rise up?

Lin Ruhai is right. Although this matter has great hidden dangers, once it succeeds, the rewards will be equally huge.

The prefect of Jining gritted his teeth and did it!

So he went directly to the garrison leader of Jining Mansion, and after some discussion, the three of them rushed to Weiyang together with the troops.

Lin Ruhai's side was going well, but Lin Kou encountered a small problem——

When a group of people were dining in Jia Min's room, Lin Kou vaguely saw half of a blood drop token on the waist of a little maid who came in to deliver the food.

She turned her head to look at Mei Ying, and found that her complexion changed drastically, and she realized that she was right.

The two exchanged glances, Lin Kou quickly managed to leave Jia Min's room, and successfully connected with the little maid at the stern of the boat.

The little girl was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but her eyes were cold and dangerous.

Seeing Lin Kou and confirming that there was no one else around, the little girl said directly: "Miss Kou, my lord asked me to tell you that the medicine you gave to the Qian family was sold to the prefect of feeding, and the prefect of Weiyang a few days ago Sent it to the capital, and sent it to the palace after changing hands."

Lin Kou: "...Sent to the palace?"

The other party didn't answer her question: "The time is short, and we can't confirm who got the pill in the end, but we can confirm that one of the people who handled it was Xue Wang from the Xue family."

Xue Wang?

Lin Kou was stunned for a while before realizing that this Mrs. Xue is Aunt Xue!

If Aunt Xue handled it, then the pills she gave to the Qian family could only go to two places, Wang Ziteng or Jia Yuanchun.

Since the little maid said that the things entered the palace, who has the things in the end?

She never expected that after going around and going around, she would actually get involved with Jia Yuanchun.

but……

Lin Kou was a little strange: "Why did your lord tell me this news on purpose?"

The little maid’s eyes were a little strange, with curiosity, respect, envy, and pity: "My lord said that the court knew about the existence of the account book more than 20 years ago, but it almost couldn't find it after digging the entire Weiyang, and finally got it from you." After hearing the news, he felt ashamed and regretted his talents, and he didn't want you to lose your life in the harem battle."

Lin Kou:? ? ?

What did she do, she was about to lose her life in the harem battle?

The pity in the little girl's eyes was even worse: "There are always some people who cannot conceive..."

Can't get pregnant?

Today's Jia Yuanchun is just a little female history in the queen's palace, has he already caught the attention of others?

But it doesn't matter, anyway, it's her abilities that really work, not the so-called pills.

She didn't make a wish to make 100% of the people who took the pill pregnant.

Seeing that she didn't take it seriously, the little servant girl moved her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but she was concerned about each other's identities, so she finally left without saying anything.

Lin Kou called people to stop, she suddenly remembered something.

The person who gave the blood drop back then said that she would help investigate the whereabouts of the ledger, and he would help Lin Kou investigate her real life experience.

Now the "ledger" has been taken away by him, but what about her background?

You won't deny it, will you?

Facing Lin Kou's suspicious look, the little girl looked angrily: "Miss Kou, don't worry, our blood drops keep our word, as long as we promise you, we will never forget it."

Lin Kou raised her eyebrows: "What if your boss refuses to admit it?"

Looking into the eyes of the little girl, she said nonsense, "I have almost done the investigation of my parents' situation. It was your boss who said that he would help me investigate my life experience, which made me suspicious. But who knows, is your boss talking nonsense?" Eight ways to lie to me?"

The little maid was not excited, and immediately widened her eyes: "If you don't believe me, I'll help you investigate right away!"

Lin Kou said "ah": "Don't you need to wait for the ship to arrive in the capital? That's fine, I will cover you in front of Madam. If you find out the news, you must tell me as soon as possible!"

The little maid was about to nod, when suddenly: "...?"

But after she said everything, even if she realized that she had been tricked, she could only investigate according to the "agreement".

Lin Kou remembered the little maid's face.

The next day, someone discovered early in the morning that the little maid suddenly disappeared.

The others were frightened: they were on the boat, and this person suddenly disappeared, where did he go?Could it be falling into the water?Or have you encountered other dangers?

Everyone became restless, and some people even started to think of ways to get Jia Min to sail quickly.

Fortunately, Jia Min was able to hold back, and learned from Lin Kou that the other party had another identity, so she immediately gave the reason "The maid obeyed orders and went to buy something" to appease the others.

It didn't take long for Lin Ruhai and his party to arrive in Weiyang, but because they didn't know the situation in the city, all the soldiers were temporarily stationed at the pier, and only two people were sent to investigate the situation in the city in disguise.

Not long after, the two soldiers came back from inquiring about the news.

"Calm has returned to Weiyang City, but the streets are a little empty, and there seem to be many fewer people."

"We went to the place where the barracks were stationed in the outskirts of the city, and found that most of the soldiers inside were missing. It is said that they went to the salt field. The two low-ranking officers did not dare to delay, so they rushed back immediately."

Things really went in the worst direction.

Lin Ruhai and the others did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered all the soldiers to disembark and head straight for the salt field.

Half a month later, Lin Ruhai came back with injuries all over his body.

Jia Min was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot, but fortunately he finally calmed down and invited the old doctor and his apprentice over in time.

Lin Ruhai's wound has already been treated properly, and now it's just a matter of recuperating.

The most important thing about recuperating is recuperation.

This is exactly what the old doctor who decided to go to Beijing with the Lin family was good at, so Lin Ruhai was sent back to the room by Jia Min to rest after being consulted.

Before leaving, Lin Ruhai said: "Remember to arrange accommodation for the guest, don't neglect him."

Only then did Jia Min focus on the person Lin Ruhai brought back.

Still an acquaintance.

After her concubine sister married into the Zhen family, she gave birth to a child named Zhen Fu.

Zhen Fu's appearance is quite good, not only his facial features are good-looking, but also his otherworldly temperament is unforgettable.

Normally, when Zhen Fu appeared with anyone, others would only notice him at first glance, and only then would they notice other people around him.

That is to say, Lin Ruhai himself is also very generous, and Jia Min is in love with him as husband and wife, so he discovered that Lin Ruhai was injured in the first place.

But Lin Ruhai was sent into the room to rest, and she noticed Zhen Fu, and she was a little rude.

Jia Min's expression was awkward: "I just saw the master was injured, and I was in a hurry. I didn't notice that Fu'er was there. I hope Fu'er doesn't mind."

Zhen Fu waved his hands again and again: "It's okay, it's okay, my nephew also hopes that my uncle can go to rest as soon as possible."

Jamin breathed a sigh of relief.

After thinking about it, she looked at Lin Kou: "I remember the little girl..."

?

Jia Min coughed, and Lin Kou looked away from Zhen Fu: "Ma'am, what's the matter?"

Seeing her calm look, Jia Min didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fortunately, she quickly recovered her voice: "I want to make sure that the room diagonally opposite to the door from you is empty."

After a pause, Jia Min hesitated.

If the room is really empty, wouldn't it be a good idea to arrange Zhen Fu to live there?

When the space on the ship is limited, no one will pay too much attention to the defense of men and women, not to mention that the two rooms are not next to each other, but just diagonally opposite the door.

But the way Lin Kou looked at Zhen Fu just now made her doubt her decision.

She was about to ask about other rooms when Lin Kou said directly: "The room diagonally opposite to me? It is indeed empty. Does Madam want to put this young master in that room? Where, why not let me lead the way for this son?"

Jia Min: "..."

Zhen Fu was also a little surprised: "Girl, this is not right..."

"What's wrong?" Lin Kou wondered, "Your room is opposite to mine, and I was going back to my room. Is there a problem with taking you there to see the way?"

Daiyu who was sitting next to her tugged at her sleeve: "Sister, why are you so active today?"

Lin Kou took it for granted, "Because he's good-looking."

Everyone: "..."

Zhen Fu looked embarrassed: "This, this... the girl is ridiculous."

Jia Min doubted her own arrangement more and more: "If Fu'er thinks it's not right, I can also clean up another room for you..."

"Since there are ready-made rooms, why do you need to clean them up?"

Lin Kou looked at Zhen Fu, "Could it be that the young master is still afraid that I will eat you?"

Zhen Fu's face turned red in an instant, and his hands showed afterimages: "No, no, I'm just worried about being abrupt, girl."

Lin Kou got up: "Don't be abrupt. You can see beautiful women every day when you go out, and you can maintain a good mood all day long. This is a good thing. If you don't mind, young master, then come with me."

As he spoke, he walked towards his room.

Zhen Fu: "..."

He didn't know how to refuse, so he could only look at Jia Min for help.

Jia Min's eyes flicked between the two of them, and she didn't know what to think of, and finally shook her head: "Since the little girl doesn't mind, you can go with me."

Zhen Fu had no choice but to get up and leave behind Lin Kou.

Bai Shuang first took people to the storeroom to pick up the quilts. Except for the servants who passed by, only Lin Kou and Zhen Fu were traveling along the way.

Zhen Fu was half a step behind Lin Kou, his eyes drifted all the way, but he didn't dare to fall on Lin Kou.

After leaving the door, Lin Kou changed from his previous proactive attitude and became taciturn, not thinking of talking to Zhen Fu at all.

It wasn't until arriving at the destination that Lin Kou stood at his door and pointed to a door diagonally opposite: "This is the residence on the boat. You can rest after Bai Shuang takes someone to make the bed."

Zhen Fu froze for a moment, then nodded blankly.

Why does this Cousin Lin's tone feel so much colder?

But because the two had only met for the first time, and Lin Kou's enthusiastic and proactive performance before was even more abnormal, so he just thought that he was thinking about it and didn't take it seriously.

He bowed his hands to Lin Kou and saluted, "Thank you, Miss, for leading the way."

Lin Kou waved his hand, pushed the door directly into his room, and then closed the door with a "snap".

Zhen Fu; "..."

He touched the tip of his nose, and pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment.

Bai Shuang came back soon, and found Zhen Fu standing alone at the door of the room, still a little strange: "Fifth Zhen, why don't you come into the room? Where's the girl? The other girls are also very blank, and they don't know how to bring tea and snacks. "

While complaining, she pushed the door open and led Zhen Fu in.

When people went in, the maids behind Bai Shuang rushed in, quickly made the bed, cleaned the room, and placed corresponding objects in every corner, and there was a breath of life in an instant.

Looking at such a room, Zhen Fu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and thanked Bai Shuang.

Bai Shuang shook her head with a smile: "This is not allowed. Fifth Master is the master, and I am just a servant. There is absolutely no reason for the master to thank the next person. Besides, this is what I should do. Fifth Master is tired of traveling and traveling. Already tired? Let’s rest first, it’s only reasonable to cultivate your spirit.”

He pointed to the two maidservants next to him, "This is Yushu Yumo, if the fifth master has any needs, just tell the two of them, and they will definitely handle it properly for you."

Zhen Fu agreed and thanked him again.

Bai Shuang gave Yushu Yumo a few more instructions, and then left.

Daiyu was a little curious: "Didn't mother just want to arrange Cousin Fu to another room, and Cousin Fu himself didn't want to live across from sister? Why did mother suddenly change her mind?"

Jia Min was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I just think your sister's attitude towards Fu'er is a bit strange, why don't you follow her wishes and see what she wants to do."

Lin Kou was not a random person, she insisted on letting Zhen Fu live across from her, maybe there was another reason.

Compared to Zhen Fu, a relative whom he had just met not long ago, Jia Min naturally trusted Lin Kou more.

Daiyu thought about it.

Early the next morning, Lin Ruhai and Zhen Fu had a good rest, and decided to have dinner together and meet someone by the way.

Only now did Lin Kou know Zhen Fu's identity. He was the only son of Jia Min's sister who died early.

It was said that his life in the Zhen family was not very satisfactory, but because of the Jia family, he would not be bullied, but his presence in the mansion was extremely low and he was not taken seriously.

This became more and more serious after he was admitted as a scholar, but did not make any further progress for several years.

It's just that the Zhen family has a big business, even if Zhen Fu is not favored at home, the basic necessities of life are still guaranteed, and even not bad.

but……

Just a few days ago, the Zhen family was involved in the big corruption case of the Weiyang Salt Administration. Except for the female family members and a very small number of Zhen family members who were not involved, the principals were all arrested and thrown into prison.

Zhen Fu studies all day long, and his elder brother is only in contact with general affairs, but he is not involved.

It's just that everything about the two brothers' past came from the Zhen family. Now that the Zhen family has collapsed, life for the two brothers has suddenly become difficult.

Zhen Fu's elder brother is okay, and he still has the dowry of his biological mother and wife to support him.

Zhen Fu had no money, so his elder brother, who had always been at odds with him, wanted to separate from him.

After the news spread, Zhen Fu's wife was afraid that he would be implicated, and because he hadn't made any further advances for many years, he kicked him out; Zhen Fu's fiancée's family also felt that the two families were inappropriate, so they simply divorced.

Zhen Fu became a loner in no time.

Lin Ruhai found him when he went to Zhen's house to handle the case, and decided to take him back to the capital after asking about the situation.

Zhen Fu was a little embarrassed: "I have nowhere to go now, so I thought of going to the capital to join the Rongguo Mansion. I am also old, and I also have some money from selling my mother's dowry. I won't live in Rongguo Mansion for a long time. Wait until I find We will move out when we settle down."

Jia Min's eyes darkened: "It's not urgent."

Lin Kou looked at Lin Ruhai, "I remember Fifth Master Zhen didn't give up the imperial examination, right? If the master brought him back to the capital, wouldn't it be troublesome to take the provincial examination in the future?"

The smile on Lin Ruhai's face froze.

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Discussed with the editor and decided to join Vang tomorrow, I hope everyone will continue to support and love you (*￣з￣)