Red Mansions Are Floating Clouds

You know, since the first wife passed away, Lin Ruhai handed over the backyard to her, and even Aunt Qin was not allowed to intervene in these matters. In addition, the small kitchen is managed by her own daughter-in-law, it is like jumping into the Yellow River At this time, when Daiyu asked, she hurriedly replied: "Often, Mrs. Qian in the small kitchen cooks medicine, but Mrs. Qian has been an old man in our Lin family for several lifetimes. His son died early, and his grandson is old enough. You can come in and be a servant, and you shouldn’t do such stupid things.”

Daiyu said: "In a word, all the people who have entered and exited the small kitchen today will be locked up and locked up, and we will talk about it after we find out." Then he remembered something, and said: "Be careful, don't let anyone who has a ghost in his heart commit suicide. In addition, this courtyard knows this. Anyone who has something to do is not allowed to go out, and anyone who wants to go out is locked up."

Nanny Song agreed, and she didn't mention it since she went down.

About half an hour later, Lin Ruhai woke up, and Daiyu was sitting beside him, calling him, pouring warm water, and calling for medicine.

Lin Ruhai was very weak at this time, Aunt Qin helped him half sit up and drank water, and Daiyu helped him drink medicine

Lin Ruhai lay down again, and said to Aunt Qin: "You go back first", and then said to Daiyu: "Let them all go out and guard" referring to the maids standing in the room

Daiyu gave Liu Lan a wink, and Liu Lan quietly led the maids to leave

For a while there were only Shilin Ruhai and Daiyu in the room

Lin Ruhai said: "Yu'er, I never told you that Dr. Chen drowned not long after he went to the salt merchant Zhang's house. They didn't know what to do if they failed to poison this time. You must be careful."

Daiyu saw that his complexion was very bad, so she persuaded him: "Father, let's take care of himself first. I have ordered the doctor not to go out, and the people in the kitchen are also locked up separately. Let's think about what to do when you wake up from sleep."

Lin Ruhai also knew that she couldn't force it now, and she fell into a deep sleep in a while. Daiyu was worried, so she just stood by and watched. Seeing Liulan walk in quietly, she went to the door and quietly told her to cook a bowl of porridge herself. can eat

Liu Lan dragged Daiyu out of the house, and whispered: "Mr. Qian, who made the medicine, hanged herself."

Daiyu was taken aback, and said, "When did it happen?"

Liu Lan said: "It should be that the master was poisoned, so he committed suicide in fear of crime."

Daiyu said bitterly: "It's cheap for her, find some people to search her house and see if they can find anything."

Stay in the blue and agree, let's arrange it without mentioning it

When it was time to light the lamp, Lin Ruhai woke up slowly, and Daiyu asked, "Father, do you want to have some porridge first?" Seeing him nodding, he hurriedly ordered to bring the porridge

Liu Lan personally brought the porridge, and Daiyu tasted it hot and cold before feeding it to Lin Ruhai. After Lin Ruhai gained some strength, Daiyu told him about Mrs. Qian. Lin Ruhai was not surprised.

Liu Lan said: "There is nothing suspicious in Mrs. Qian's room, but her daughter-in-law and grandson are gone."

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment, and said: "Leave him alone, all the people in the kitchen can be released. These people are the old people of the Lin family, and they probably don't have the ability to bribe a few people." Then said: "Let Steward Lin give those three The doctor's hush money, send them back."

The tenth World Uncle?

Although Lin Ruhai knew about Zhen Yingdao's group of people smuggling salt and found their account books, but the leader of the Cao Gang who helped them transport the illicit salt did not see the end, let alone find the account books of the Cao Gang as evidence. Now they have made it clear. , Lin Ruhai can't think of a way

Daiyu thought for a while, then said: "Why don't we let the wind out and say that you have been poisoned, and see if they will get overwhelmed and show their flaws?" zxSm

Lin Ruhai pondered for a while, and said, "Let's do this first."

At that moment, rumors were released from the main courtyard that the master was seriously ill, and the young lady was staying by the bed. Those who knew it all issued a password, and those who didn't know heard about it and were in panic all day long. Those who came to inquire all went back and reported that the Lin family had prepared a coffin

Zhen Yingdao's younger brother, Zhen Yingquan, has been staying in Yangzhou. Now that he hears that Lin Ruhai's life is at stake, he feels very happy.

Since Lin Ruhai took office three years ago, these two Huai salt merchants, especially the local ones in Yangzhou, have been like wild horses on the bridle. They are all extravagant people. Weddings, funerals, houses, food, clothes, carriages, and horses often cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. When eating, the cook prepares a dozen types of rice noodles. The couple sits in the hall together, and the servants carry the rice noodles to the two. In front of them, there are tea, noodles, meat and vegetables, etc. Those who don’t eat shake their heads, and the servants change to other kinds. Some like orchids, which are filled with orchids from the gate to the inner room. So he bought gold leaf with gold, and this person went to the Jinshan Pagoda, and scattered the gold leaf along the wind, and it was scattered among the grass and trees along the river in an instant. There are some handsome teenagers who go the other way and make the most of their ugliness, and those who are not ugly enough are disfigured and then put sauce on their faces, and they are exposed to the sun. There are countless of them.

After Lin Ruhai arrived in Yangzhou, he used frugality as a warning. At that time, Zheng Jianyuan, a famous Confucian, was fond of Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and they advocated each other. Therefore, the trend of extravagance changed. Yangzhou officials became hard-working and simple, and salt merchants did not dare to squander. Zhen Yingquan wished At this time, we will have a big banquet and go to Xiaoqinhuai to have a good time, but the news is not yet clear, we need to investigate further

Turning his eyes, he raised his voice and ordered his servants to go to Jia Lian's little golden house to invite him to drink

The Zhen and Jia families have been friends for several lifetimes, and it was the Zhen family who brought the Jia family into the prince's camp back then. Since Jia Lian came to Yangzhou, the two have kept in touch with each other. Said: "I heard that your uncle is seriously ill, do you know?"

Jia Lian said: "My uncle has recovered from his illness early, and I will return to Beijing in two days."

Zhen Yingquan whispered: "It's just news that your uncle's family has started preparing coffins."

Jia Lian said in surprise, "Is this true? I have to go back." Then he stood up and left

Riding all the way to Lin's mansion, seeing the faces of the servants coming and going, they couldn't help but rushed to the main courtyard and was stopped by the woman at the door. Daiyu heard the maid said that Jia Lian was coming to visit, so she knew it was to come. true or false

Because Lin Ruhai had expected this to happen before, he asked Liu Lan to go out and cry as agreed, and persuaded him to go back.

Jia Lian recognized Liu Lan as the maidservant of the main courtyard, and when she saw her crying eyes were red and swollen, and her complexion was pale, she felt that Lin Ruhe was really dying.

Back in the outer courtyard, I called the confidant boy I brought from home to tell Zhen Yingquan that Lin Ruhai was indeed destined to sit in the Lin family by himself and was ready to receive the family property at any time.

Although Jia Lian is a hungry ghost, he was also brought up by an honorable family, and he knows the relationship between these families. Zheng has always admired Lin Ruhai's talent and learning, so the relationship between the two families has not changed much. Jia Lian thought that Lin Ruhai's illness was strange and even more strange. Now that he is suddenly seriously ill, it is obvious that he is poisoned. Before leaving Beijing, Mrs. Wang's tone was firm, and she understood that the Jia family and the Zhen family were most closely related to each other, not Jia Zheng, but Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang must have gained some kind of tone to be sure that Lin Ruhai would die. It's just that my sister Lin, who is like a fairy, has been surrounded by tigers and wolves since then, and only the ancestors can protect her for a while.

This matter has nothing to do with him, Jia Lian only thinks about how much money he can make, and it is much safer to dispose of the family property for Sister Lin than to let her be an orphan girl with huge wealth

Lin Ruhai got better the next day, so he sent his confidants to the Tao Mansion to send a message, asking Mr. Tao to arrange everything quietly, to see if he could catch the leader of the Cao Gang, find his hiding place, and search out the ledger over there.

There was almost chaos in Xunyan Yushi's Mansion. Steward Lin was buying birthday materials outside and comforting the servants inside. The servants were busy running around, and the miss passed out from crying. The doctor said that the miss was weak, and they were afraid that she would be sad. There are also three advantages and disadvantages in excessive, then these servants will have no place to go, and those who have such a heart will plan to find another home

In the evening of this day, Zhang's family, a big salt merchant, held a night banquet. Some of those who accepted the posts went, and some did not dare to go. The banquet was very lively. Mr. Tao had already deployed many guards in casual clothes to quietly guard at each door, watching carefully. Are there any strange faces?

When the banquet started, the guards guarding the corner door of the backyard saw a flat-headed carriage stop, and a man in his 50s or [-]s came out, and went in directly. Xi went to the Shuixin Bamboo House, one of them had never met, it was that person

When the man left, everyone followed quietly, and the carriage detoured many ways and finally turned into the last door of an alley

The guards didn't dare to act rashly, so they could only watch from a distance. Master Tao was also quite embarrassed when he found out that this was the Cao Gang's hideout, so he couldn't search rashly to scare the snake away, and he couldn't sneak around without a good hand. Going to find out what's going on, I'm in a dilemma

Three whole days passed, and no one came out from the yard. Mr. Tao also knew that there must be something wrong. There were servants in the Lin residence asking for resignation one after another, and the housekeeper Lin agreed. From the outsiders' point of view, the depression of the Lin family is getting more and more desolate.

One day, Daiyu went back to her yard with her eyes swollen, and when she entered the house, Zijuan hurriedly twisted a wet handkerchief to apply to her eyes, seeing that Daiyu was lying there motionless, afraid that she would fall asleep right after eating. In the past, he whispered with a smile: "The girl paints her eyes with ginger juice every day. I wonder if there will be a few pieces of ginger missing in the kitchen?"

Daiyu hooked the corners of her mouth and said: "Although Shan Hu went to the kitchen to steal it, how could her mother not know that she is in charge of the kitchen, she just turned a blind eye?"

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