Jia Lian was silent for a long time, then Fang Shen replied:
"My uncle has investigated everything clearly and reported it to the emperor in detail, but the emperor neither openly and openly issued orders to arrest people, nor did he issue an edict to investigate and rectify them.
My uncle was sent by the emperor to patrol salt in Huaihe River. When he arrived in Yangzhou, he poisoned and assassinated people. The emperor also knew about it, but he still kept silent.
Instead, he used the excuse of sending his cousin to visit his uncle, and secretly sent me to deal with the matter, indicating that the matter was extraordinary and had to be solved in an extraordinary way.
According to my guess, the emperor's intention is to ask us men to tolerate this tone in the open, but to find this situation in secret.
The emperor's loss cannot be in vain. They have to make it clear to them that they took out the emperor's money bag to send favors, but the emperor did not agree."
Lin Ruhai clapped her hands and laughed:
"Sure enough, you don't need a heavy hammer to play a drum! When you talk to a smart person, a little will tell the truth." After saying that, he took out a small copper box and opened it, and there was actually a secret edict inside.
"This secret edict was sent today, and the words in it are for you and me.
When you go out for a banquet, I’ll watch it first.”
Jia Lian took it with both hands and opened it carefully. He saw only a few sentences above, and the meaning was very clear:
There were floods in the spring of the Yellow River, and tribal rebellions broke out in the northwest. The imperial court in both places was waiting for money. The salt administration in Lianghuai must be rectified as soon as possible, and the emperor should not let his wallet be cleaner than his face.
"You just arrived in Yangzhou, and the emperor's secret order arrived right after you. It shows that the emperor is really anxious."
Hearing what Lin Ruhai said, Jia Lian carefully collected the secret edict while frowning and complaining:
"I'm anxious, and I can't lose face. I'm just putting the people under me at a disadvantage.
If this matter is not investigated for poisoning and assassinating high-ranking officials, these bastards will not know whether a trumpet is a copper pot or an iron pot!"
Lin Ruhai nodded first and then shook his head:
"Salt tax is the most important part of the country's wealth and is a 'public' matter;
Ministers and workers are loyal to the emperor and even the emperor, and it is also a "public" matter;
But now these two 'public' matters are combined into one, and they have become a 'private' matter that cannot be brought to the fore. Private within the public, private within the private, it really makes people feel cold."
The two discussed for a long time, and at midnight, Jia Lian returned to his room.
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As soon as he entered the house, Dogwood jumped over with her hands on her hips:
"If I hadn't been there pretending to be a ghost and working hard all night, who would have seen through the evil spirit who poisoned Mr. Lin?
I was helping Miss Lin deal with the aftermath in Lin's house, and someone took the opportunity to go and have wine with the salt merchant. Is this justified?"
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"Your hard work indeed pays off!
You were so pretentious that in addition to uncovering the poisoned Mo Xiang, you also frightened Mr. Lin's side room, his two concubines and his two concubines and fled.
Even if they are all caught and interrogated, such heartless people will never be able to stay in the Lin family in the future. Master Lin will suffer a huge loss this time."
Qingwen had already gone to bed, but at this time she also threw on her clothes and jumped out:
"She came back from lunch and was so sleepy that she fell asleep and didn't wake up until dinner.
If you had known that yesterday was so fun, why not ask me to go with you?"
"Are you going too? Then who will take care of Ah He?"
Jia Lian nodded towards Ahe who was lying on the bed and asked Zhuyu:
"Is Miss Lin okay?"
Zhuyu immediately raised her eyebrows: "You know how to ask others, but you don't ask me if anything is wrong?"
"Excuse me, Miss Juyu, are you okay?"
"How can something happen to me? Do you look down on Mr. Zhuyu?"
Jia Lian: "..."
It's wrong to ask, and it's wrong not to ask. If I want to talk to you again, I'm just an eggplant!
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Jia Lian turned to Qingwen and said:
"I asked Xiao Fengchun, the famous doctor in Jinling, the 'Sacred Hand of Spring', to come tomorrow to diagnose Ahe's pulse. You can take care of me."
Before Qingwen opened her mouth, Ah He said:
"My injuries are fine and I will say goodbye tomorrow. I will definitely repay you for your kindness in saving me in the future."
It's that simple.
It’s just that there’s no sloppiness at all.
It’s so irresistible.
Jia Lian looked at Ah He's calm and deep eyes and had no choice but to nod:
"Before the storms at the head of the river, it would be difficult for others to travel on earth.
There is a long road ahead, so you need to take care of yourself."
Ah He's eyes flashed: "Both each other."
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Cornel immediately stood between the two of them:
"You still don't care about other people's troubles, but you should take care of yourself first!
You stopped Jiang Chunsheng from sending people to poison Mr. Lin, maybe he would kill you instead! These salt merchants are very tough."
This really touched Jia Lian's mind, and he sighed deeply:
"They poisoned me, so I don't have to worry about it, and I don't have to fight with that old fox Zhen Huan."
Jia Da Eggplant!
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As soon as he heard the three words "Jiang Chunsheng", a small spark suddenly jumped in Ah He's eyes.
When he heard the word "Zhen Huan", a string of sparks jumped up in Ah He's eyes.
However, she immediately lowered her eyelids and lay there as if drowsy.
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Jia Lian was a little slumped, sitting on a chair, looking up at the ceiling in trance.
He is thinking of a way.
What the emperor wants now is not to kill them all, but he must not spare these scum lightly!
Zhuyu angrily put down a cup of tea in front of Jia Lian:
"I heard from Qingwen that these salt merchants use gold foil as snow flakes and scatter them. If such a wealthy group of salt merchants invites you to have flower wine, they must have attracted a large number of beautiful women?"
Jia Lian still stared at the ceiling and said blankly:
"They have money? Is that the money they should have?
That's the money that people are waiting for for disaster relief.
These salt lords, big and small, collude with the salt government and divide the money privately, so they are filial. They treat it as snowflakes, horses eat fodder, and women who change batches in a few days sleep!"
He stood up suddenly, slammed the table, gritted his teeth and said:
"These urban foxes and rats!
This time I have to cut a large piece of bloody flesh from them."
Zhuyu was startled, and suddenly discovered that Jia Lian's always gentle and leisurely face was actually colder and more sinister than her brother. She immediately did not dare to say any more, and quietly walked to the bedside to whisper to Qingwen.<
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Ah He still half-closed her eyes and remained motionless. Although she tried hard to restrain herself, the huge waves suddenly rising in her heart made her breathe a little faster.
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Near dawn, Jia Lian, who had not slept all night, asked his servant to go to the outer room to make arrangements to invite a group of salt merchants back.
Juyu heard what was interesting in the back room, so she picked up Qingwen and went to lie beside the door together to listen to the excitement.
When Jia Lian ordered everyone to put on their clothes and come into the inner room, Zhuyu and Qingwen pulled Jia Lian from left to right, shouting that they wanted to go.
Jia Lian felt much more relaxed at this time and said with a smile:
"How can this excitement be without you two? Come all!"