Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Yangzhou, inspecting Yan Yushi's mansion.

In the study room, Lin Ruhai was leaning on the couch with a pale face, wearing a light blue silk cloak trimmed with indigo, and said to a middle-aged man in a blue satin robe standing with his hands down, "Is everything clear? What about Yang Songnian?" Who is behind it?"

It took Yang Songnian more than ten years to rise to the prefect position, and he came from a poor family, if he had no one to back him up, he would not dare to be so arrogant.

The green-robed man is Li Cheng, the chief steward of the Lin family, and the son of Lin Ruhai's nursing mother. He has followed Lin Ruhai since he was a child, and has been loyal. He is honest and upright, and does not associate with any family. In fact, he is very close to the Zhen family in secret, and has received a lot of money in private through various methods. The slave also found out that a young lady from their family entered the tenth place at the beginning of this year. In the fifth prince's mansion, it was heard that she was diagnosed with pregnancy a few months ago, and now she has been promoted to be a side concubine. "

Lin Ruhai was thoughtful when he heard the words, and lightly tapped the table with his index finger. What kind of person he is, he understood the key point after a little thought, and couldn't help sneering. The Zhen family is the emperor of the south of the Yangtze River, and has been secretly wooing the fifteenth prince. Official, this Yang Songnian must have taken refuge with the fifteenth prince secretly, no wonder he is so arrogant, since the young lady of the Yang family is the side concubine of the fifteenth prince, you can see what Yang Songnian is up to, but she also wants to make a contribution to the dragon. If the fifteenth prince came to the throne, their family would ascend to the heavens, and they would be able to get a relative. If there is good luck, the young lady of the Yang family will give birth to a prince, and maybe they will be able to compete for the queen's position in the future.

Just as she was concentrating on deep thinking, she might as well suddenly feel a dull pain in her chest. Lin Ruhai's complexion changed, and she covered her mouth and coughed.

Li Cheng's complexion changed drastically, he hurried forward, and said anxiously: "Master, how are you doing? Do you want to ask Dr. Zhang again?"

Lin Ruhai waved his hand, covered his handkerchief and coughed for a long time, Fang reluctantly stopped, panting and said: "For the time being, there is still a pill left by Doctor Zhang on the couch, you go and get the porcelain bottle in the red sandalwood box."

According to Li Cheng's words, he fetched a palm-sized white porcelain vial, and hurriedly poured over a cup of hot tea.

Lin Ruhai poured out a pill and took it. After a while, he felt the pain in his chest eased, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did Li Cheng heave a sigh of relief, and helped Lin Ruhai lean on the pillow, gritted his teeth and said, "Then the Zhen family and the Rongguo Mansion are old relatives, and they are also close friends with our family on weekdays, but I didn't expect to plot against the master secretly. It's really despicable to resort to such insidious tricks as poisoning!"

Lin Ruhai sighed: "People

Birds die for money, and in the face of profit, brothers of flesh and blood will turn against each other, so what is this so-called friendship? "

Since he took office, the Zhen family has been eyeing the Yanzheng position, but he never expected that they would be so vicious and come up with such insidious methods.

Since his wife and young son passed away one after another, he was too sad and his health was not as good as before. Moreover, he had to deal with many salt merchants and officials. I didn't think much about it, I just thought it was too much work, how could I have thought that I was swallowed by poison, if it wasn't for the people who helped the Jia family this time, and got acquainted with that genius doctor Zhang by accident, I am afraid that he would still be killed by the doctor until his death. In the dark.

Thinking of the clues found earlier, Lin Ruhai's eyes turned cold, and he said, "How is the investigation in the backyard going?"

Hearing this, Li Cheng glanced at Lin Ruhai with some concern, hesitated for a moment, and finally reported all the things he had found out, and finally said in a low voice: "After Aunt Liu committed suicide, other clues were cut off, only the cook was caught. , and the others are all pawns, and didn’t ask anything.”

Lin Ruhai closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, then Fang opened his eyes and said, "Forget it, I already know, there is no need to investigate further."

After his first wife left, he didn't renew his life, and all the affairs in the mansion were taken care of by Li Cheng's wife and other housekeepers and daughters-in-law. Unexpectedly, someone took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the loophole. It seems that the back house should be cleaned up.

As for the person behind the scenes, he almost guessed it. Doctor Zhang once said that this kind of poison is extremely rare, and it has always been only available in the forbidden palace. Yang Songnian and the Zhen family are all serving the fifteen princes, and the main messenger is ready to be revealed.

These years, the princes fought to the death because of the battle for the throne, and the fifteenth prince was already in his weaker years, and with the Zhen family behind him helping the flames, he gradually couldn't hold back.

He had heard a little about the fifteen princes before, because he was an old man, and he was born smart, and he had always been favored by Emperor Yongyuan. Concubine Zhen Gui had only had one son for many years in the palace, and he was even more doting and pampering, but he was better than a woman. , Acting is somewhat tainted with the ruthless calculations of the harem, and she has learned some women's tricks. With such conduct, it is difficult to be a big responsibility, and how can she rule the world.

Although the emperor pays attention to the emperor's mind, he does it in a majestic way and uses scheming. If he blindly uses conspiracy and tricks, he will be inferior. I am the confidant of Emperor Yongyuan. The fifteen princes dare to act like this. Not relying on the emperor's favor.

I just don't know if Emperor Yongyuan knew that his beloved youngest son was beating him behind his back.

Idea.

Li Cheng is a shrewd man, and he has followed Lin Ruhai for decades. He has extraordinary knowledge, so he naturally guessed who the person behind it is, and he couldn't help frowning: "Master, how should we deal with this matter? If nothing else, this Yang is blatant The provocation, we can't just swallow this breath."

Lin Ruhai said indifferently: "This Yang Songnian was just used as a gunman, and the real mastermind never left the slightest clue, but since he dared to reach out, I naturally have to pay back two points."

Ever since he was promoted to the position of Yanzheng, there are countless people who have been looking forward to his death. Just in case, he has specially raised two doctors in the mansion. He usually asks them for diagnosis and treatment if he has any discomfort. Presumably the Zhen family does not know about him. How is his body now, so he came out with this trick to test him, to see if he was really poisoned.

And this Yang Songnian was just a pawn pushed by the Zhen family to test him out.

It's just that since the other party dared to bully him, he naturally wanted to fight back, so as not to let others think that Lin Ruhai was weak and could be bullied.

Lin Ruhai pondered for a long time, then ordered Li Cheng to prepare a pen and paper, and wrote a secret letter after deliberation, reporting Yang Songnian's robbery, corruption and bribery, the magistrate of Suzhou, one by one, sealed it with wax and handed it over to Li Cheng. Said: "Today, I will hand it over to the Secretary of the General Administration, and order them to send it to the capital as soon as possible."

In addition to being in charge of the salt administration, he also served as the censor, who had the power to supervise all officials, and his memorials could go directly to heaven.

Li Cheng agreed, and couldn't help but said: "Master, do we need the fifteenth prince..."

Lin Ruhai shook his head, and said: "There is no evidence for this matter, besides, although Your Majesty relies heavily on me, I am an outsider after all, if I bluntly say that the poisoning was instigated by the fifteenth prince, how will Your Majesty deal with himself then?" ? If it is to give an explanation to the courtiers, it is natural to find out the truth, but in this way, is it not telling the world that His Majesty has no way to teach children? If you teach a prince who acts insidiously and poisons the ministers, if His Majesty treats him unfairly, it will not let the scholars in the world Chilling, and if His Majesty sends the fifteen princes away, even if I get justice back, but the royal family loses face, His Majesty will leave a grudge in his heart, which is of no benefit to me, so I might as well keep silent, His Majesty knows the reason of the matter, and will naturally Deal with it."

He knows Emperor Yongyuan very well, and he can be regarded as a rare sage monarch, but he also has the common fault of emperors, he is very happy with great achievements, and he is suspicious by nature, and he is extremely defensive.

In recent years, Emperor Yongyuan has grown older and paid more attention to his reputation, and he no longer has the killing and decisiveness of his youth. Even if the other party knows about it, he may think it is

The Zhen family was instigating behind the scenes, and they would not be willing to deal with the fifteen princes.

It's just that Lin Ruhai is not a saint, and he can't do things to repay grievances with virtue. If there is no miracle doctor Zhang around this time, he will not know the conspiracy until his death. , how desolate it should be.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai's eyes turned cold. He has devoted himself to the king, but he is not a foolish and loyal person. It is absolutely impossible for this loyalty to cost his life. In addition, quietly reveal the news that I am seriously ill."

He has always known that there are people arranged by Emperor Yongyuan in the mansion, and he does not need to report these things, Emperor Yongyuan will know about them.

Li Cheng was startled when he heard the words, and then he realized that he was immediately convinced, and said: "It's still the master who is thoughtful."

After all, he carried the letter and hurried out.

After Li Cheng left, Lin Ruhai closed his eyes and took a nap, his mind full of thoughts. No matter what Emperor Yongyuan did in the end, he was already planning to retreat bravely. If he wanted to come to the emperor, he would not be too harsh on him for the sake of suffering from poisoning this time.

It's October in the blink of an eye, and the weather in the north is getting colder. People take off their autumn shirts and put on thick winter clothes.

In Fengtian Hall, Wei Deshan, the head of internal supervision, was guarding the entrance of the main hall, and all the palace servants stood on both sides with their hands down, not even a cough was heard in the huge palace.

A gust of cold wind hit, and everyone couldn't help shivering. Wei Deshan tightened his clothes, put his hands into his sleeves, and was about to ask someone to prepare hot tea, when he suddenly heard a crisp "clang" sound from the hall, like The heavy drum hit everyone's hearts.

Wei Deshan raised his head suddenly, took two quick steps, but suddenly stopped at the entrance of the hall, and slowly withdrew his feet.

All the palace people looked at each other, panicked and at a loss, when they saw the door of the palace suddenly opened, and the fifteenth prince withdrew with a pale face, looking devastated.

Everyone was startled, and hurriedly lowered their heads, watching their noses, noses, and hearts, not daring to speak.

After the fifteenth prince left, Wei Deshan quickly walked into the inner hall. The palace people were in a state of surprise, when they saw Wei Deshan come out in a hurry, he said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty has a headache, please go to the Imperial Hospital to ask Imperial Doctor Zhang."

A palace official hurried to the imperial hospital to deliver a message, and Wei Deshan called two more people to go in and clean up the broken porcelain. The others looked at each other, and hurriedly lowered their heads, cautiously, not daring to breathe.

After a while, Doctor Zhang came running panting with a medicine box.

Welcome to Wei Deshan

Go in, guard the gate personally, and no one is allowed to enter the hall.

In the hall, Emperor Yongyuan leaned on the dragon couch, closed his eyes to rest his mind, and the golden needles on his body shone faintly in the sunlight.

After a while, Imperial Doctor Zhang took back the golden needle, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, today's needle application is over, I will ask you to make another dose of medicine, and you can take it later."

Emperor Yongyuan opened his eyes, looked at his right hand, and flexed his fingers. It was better than the previous stiffness, but still a little numb, and said: "Tell me honestly, can you recover?"

Doctor Zhang knelt down with a plop, and seeing sweat on his forehead, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty had symptoms of internal liver wind before, so he had to rest. This time, His Majesty was furious and his liver yang was hyperactive, which made the disease worse. , I will do my best to take care of Your Majesty, but Your Majesty must not be exhausted, let alone angry, otherwise... Otherwise, I am afraid of having a stroke!"

After hearing this, Emperor Yongyuan remained silent for a while, and then said for a long time: "Go down, don't say much to the outside world, if something leaks, you should understand what will happen."

Doctor Zhang trembled, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I understand."

After leaving the palace, he realized that his clothes were soaked in sweat and his back was icy cold.

Emperor Yongyuan leaned on the couch, looked down at his numb right hand, and sighed heavily, it seemed that a decision had to be made.

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