Daiyu of the Red Chamber is fierce

Lin Daiyu: ...

I don't know why, but she actually saw an immovable and tall man from a tortoise. Even though the tortoise rubbed against her, Lin Daiyu had a feeling of being favored and fearful, hehe, this must be an illusion !

Lin Ruhai was also quite surprised, and said in surprise, "This is really strange, the master has never been very close to people, I didn't expect him to like you very much."

In fact, it's not just that he doesn't get close to people, this turtle master always looks lazy, like a mortal, but now he does such a behavior, as its daily owner, Lin Ruhai is really surprised.

He looked at his daughter, Daiyu was squatting down, poking the tortoise's shell with great interest, the tortoise master did not resist, and let her poke.

Thinking of the miraculous red hair and the various visions of her daughter when she was born, even Lin Ruhai, who is familiar with the sage books, couldn't help but wonder if her daughter really had a history, and whether she would become some noble in the future. characters, after all...

Thinking of this, he looked at Tu Huaishen, who was staring at Daiyu intently, and shook his head, that's all, it's too early to think about it now, besides, Lin Ruhai looked at Tu Huaishen's chubby figure with subtle eyes , as a family member who is all good-looking, Tan Hualang, who also has high requirements for the appearance of his future son-in-law, is too cautious and does not meet his requirements.

Tu Huaishen didn't know yet that he had already been rejected by his future father-in-law.

He is currently observing this tortoise exuding a scumbag with great interest. The tortoise has a pitch-black shell with complicated and mysterious patterns on it. It seems to imply some kind of law.

Master Turtle, this name is really, inexplicably appropriate, that is, it doesn't fit well with Lin Ruhai's literary and romantic Tanhualang's character design.

After admiring the heroic figure of Master Turtle with relish for a while, Daiyu did not forget to ask what happened.

It turned out that this tortoise was raised by Lin Ruhai in the past six months. It's hard to tell the origin, anyway, one day, it suddenly appeared in Lin Ruhai's study, and I don't know how it crawled in.

Mr. Turtle’s tortoise shell patterns are quite rhythmic. Lin Ruhai is interesting to look at. Coupled with Mr. Turtle’s strange and high personality that cannot be wiped out by everyone, think about the precedent of red hair, and know that some animals are indeed supernatural. Turtles are quiet and quiet, and it is easy to raise them It didn't take much trouble, Lin Ruhai took care of it.

Unexpectedly, it was the tortoise that saved his life.

When he was assassinated suddenly, Lin Ruhai's guards were unable to rescue him in time. He watched helplessly as the assassin stabbed a green dagger into Lin Ruhai's chest. As soon as the assassin succeeded, he was immediately cut down by the guards who rushed over, but Lin Ruhai had already fallen to the ground. On the ground, the guards were terrified. Unexpectedly, when they returned to the mansion and closed the door, Lin Ruhai sat up unharmed.

Then, he took out a turtle from his chest.

And the tortoise poked its head out and glanced at them, then slowly retracted its head back into its shell.

Steward, Guard:  …

After that, it was just a trick and the news was blocked.

"When I went out that day, he suddenly crawled into my clothes. It was so coincidental that he blocked the sword for me. The tortoise shell is also extremely hard. The assassin tried his best, but he didn't pierce half a point." Lin Ruhai explained, and then He laughed, "From then on, I'll call him Master Turtle, isn't he just my master?"

Seeing that Master Turtle's eyes had changed, Lin Daiyu stretched out her hands cautiously, held the tortoise in front of her, kissed its shell, and said solemnly, "Master, thank you for saving my father, I will treat you well in the future."

The tone was as if swearing, Mr. Gui seemed to understand it quite well, turned his head to face Daiyu, nodded appreciatively, gave Daiyu an appreciative look, and shrank back again.

Daiyu and Master Gui were exchanging feelings there, Tu Huaishen glanced at Master Gui with a little jealousy, and chatted with Lin Ruhai about the event.

"Uncle Lin..." After saying a few words, Tu Huaishen just opened his mouth to call out, but was politely interrupted by Lin Ruhai.

"Your Highness, now that you have become the king of the county, you really don't need to call me an official like that. I really don't dare to be an official."

Hearing what he said, Du Huaishen knew it was going to be bad, so he hurriedly said modestly, "So, I will remember Uncle Lin's kindness in helping me back then, and my boss and I have known each other since we were young, and we are very close friends, calling you uncle is just right. "

The two backed off a few more words, seeing Lin Ruhai's resolute resignation, Tu Huaishen didn't force it anymore, and just called him uncle brazenly, Lin Ruhai twitched his eyes, seeing that he just pretended he didn't hear I don't care about the evasive words I just said, and talk to him about the business.

"Uncle Lin, why did you suddenly attack this time?"

Lin Ruhai paused, then said helplessly, "This time is not my intention."

Halfway through speaking, he looked at Daiyu who pricked up his ears.

Lin Daiyu squatted on the ground, concentrating on studying the tortoise, as if she had no other distractions, but her feet seemed to be rooted, and she refused to move a bit.

Lin Ruhai turned to Tu Huaishen again, but saw that he seemed to have completely forgotten that there was another person in the room, looking at him sincerely.

Lin Ruhai twitched the corners of his mouth and continued, "When I first arrived in Yangzhou, I was not very familiar with the salt administration affairs. After a long time, I realized that there was something wrong with it. , and so on, once done, it will leave traces, not to mention that some of them are very bold, but, "

Lin Ruhai said that he was a little helpless, "I also submitted a memorial to explain this matter back then, but the saint stayed and suppressed this matter."

Back then, Lin Ruhai was at his most energetic. He was a young man, and he was appreciated by a sage and held a high position. Although he knew that this matter was sensitive, and it might have been practiced for many years, none of the previous inspectors had reported it, but he did. In addition, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was complicated. It may be safer to turn a blind eye and close one eye to implicate the court, but at that time, he was full of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and to repay the emperor's kindness. Even though he knew there was a risk, he still played the Supreme Emperor.

It's a pity that the Taishanghuang's response was contrary to his enthusiasm, and he chose to suppress it. Now that I think about it, the Taishanghuang's health was probably not very good at that time.

"Then now?"

"Now," Lin Ruhai looked at Tu Huaishen meaningfully, but asked an irrelevant question, "How is the Supreme Emperor's health?"

After a pause, Tu Huaishen answered honestly, "Recently, the emperor's grandfather's body is quite strong."

Perhaps it is the return of the great-grandson, the role of the only son left by the eldest son who was taught by the emperor himself, or something else.At that time, the Taishanghuang was enthroned because of physical problems. Unexpectedly, after the Zen enthronement, his body gradually improved. The return of the grandson was a booster, and the Taishanghuang's health became better and better.

"At this time, at that time, His Highness has entered the court now, so naturally he should have some achievements and influence."

But Tu Huaishen was a little worried, "Then what about Your Majesty, Uncle Lin is like this, how will Your Majesty react?" He was afraid that Lin Ruhai would be implicated.

"Your Majesty has long wanted to move this Jiangnan officialdom."

Although a lot of salt tax has been corrupted, not all of them have gone to the pockets of salt merchants. These people have their own backers, and a lot of money has been sent to Beijing layer by layer and put into private pockets. Jiangnan tax is one piece Fat meat, everyone wants to take a bite. As the emperor, he watched his father oppress him and his brothers took away his own plate. Why didn't the emperor want to take it back.

This time Lin Ruhai also coincided with his meeting, and hints were sent from both sides, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to transfer back to Beijing. As long as this case is handled, his position as the inspector of salt and censors may also be changed. It is no longer suitable to continue to stay in Jiangnan.

Of course, he hasn't "discovered" this matter all these years, and as the censor of inspecting salt, he may also be punished for negligence, but if the merits and demerits are balanced, nothing should happen. , I didn't want to take this muddy water for a long time.Therefore, he took advantage of the trend.

"What's more, there is news that there seems to be some restlessness in the north, but the treasury is empty..."

Lin Ruhai didn't say the rest, but Tu Huaishen also understood that this group of people was hitting the guns.

Lin Daiyu listened attentively. Although she didn't like to be twisted and twisted, she was not an idiot and understood it. However, Lin Daiyu frowned. Although she understood it, she always felt that it was wrong. Since these people are the moths of the country, it is natural to find out early and deal with them early, and let them go. It is not the country and the people who suffer.

But looking at Lin Ruhai, Daiyu still swallowed these words, and she also knew that there might be too much involvement in it, and it was not up to her father to decide.Now that it can finally be dealt with, it is also a good thing. I am afraid that some people on the stage have been dealt with, and a large amount of family wealth has been stolen, while the big men behind the scenes have lost their cars to protect their handsome, safe and sound.

In fact, the imperial court doesn’t care too much about the salt administration, but it’s not good to stretch out your hands too long and take too much. The Supreme Emperor knew that the salt administration was tricky, but he really didn’t know that it was so big. , After I signaled Lin Ruhai to conduct a thorough investigation this time, I was very angry when I received the numbers given to him by Lin Ruhai's poster. I guess after calculating the general ledger for these years, the Supreme Emperor's chest hurts. Even if his other sons are behind it, he can't bear it. , not to mention those sons are not as easy to use as the current grandson.

To put it bluntly, the salt merchants are actually the ATMs of the imperial court, and they still have unlimited quotas. When there is a drought, flood, earthquake, peasant uprising, and insufficient military pay, the salt merchants should contribute and donate. , has always been the practice.But if the imperial court's money deficit is so large, in the final analysis, no matter how rich the salt merchants are, and how deeply connected they are with the imperial court, they are still just merchants.

Next, Tu Huaishen called Fu Lu and Niu Heng in. Seeing that Lin Ruhai was safe and well, the two of them were curious, but they didn't ask any more questions. They began to formally discuss the countermeasures.