Red House Shoufu

Chapter 4 The reason
Rongguo Mansion?
In fact, from Lin Ruhai's exhortations before his death, he already knew that the Rongguo Mansion might be one of the masterminds behind the catastrophe of the Lin family.

Especially the inexplicable poisoning of Daiyu convinced Lin Shu that someone in the Rongguo Mansion must have participated in the conspiracy against the Lin family.

Lin Shu stood in front of Xia Shouzhong like this, struggled, and kept thinking.

Xia Shouzhong didn't urge him either, he was the most powerful eunuch around the emperor, the most important thing about going south this time was not to immediately deal with the trash in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Taishanghuang is still alive, and now even if these masterminds are found out, they cannot be punished according to the law, and they will even scare the snake.

His real goal this time is Lin Shu, or the connections left by Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai was a young man in the middle test, and he was a first-class candidate, and he didn't know much about the same year.

As the heir of Lin Ruhai, Lin Shu is the only heir of the Lin family in Gusu. This huge network of contacts will surely become an important resource for Lin Shu in the future.

And what the emperor needs most now is talents, the courtiers who truly belong to him as the emperor.

Although the Supreme Emperor hastily abdicated for some reason, the mobilization of most of the soldiers and horses in the capital, and the appointment and dismissal of civil and military officials above the third rank all came from the imperial edict.He, the emperor, is just a puppet under the control of the Dragon Head Palace.

In fact, Lin Shu knew the moment Xia Shouzhong uttered the emperor's inquiry that he would not be able to escape the commotion.

Everything after him is a play, a play sung to the emperor.A fifteen-year-old boy, even if this boy has already passed the test of Jieyuan, but if he is too mature and prudent, it will only make people vigilant.

Only with fear can we go further!
"Eunuch, the student is willing to devote himself to His Majesty until he dies. Please also send someone to protect the student's younger sister. She is my father's only flesh and blood. The student cannot let her suffer any harm."

Shuchang Lin couldn't afford to worship, waiting for Xia Shouzhong's response.Don't underestimate this eunuch, he is the one the emperor trusts most now.

Xia Shouzhong supported Lin Shu in satisfaction, and said earnestly: "This is the son of Lord Zhongzheng. The emperor said that Lord Zhongzheng was a minister of the country, but he was murdered by Xiaoxiao. The purpose of our family's trip south this time is to lay out the land in the south of the Yangtze River." , secretly investigate the murderer who participated in the assassination of Mr. Zhong Zheng."

Lin Shu pretended to be grateful and bowed to the north: "Students thank Your Majesty for your grace. Your Majesty is really a wise king through the ages, shining for thousands of miles!"

"Lin Jieyuan, get up quickly, let's tell you about the emperor's plan first..."

Xia Shouzhong and Lin Shu sat on both sides, and began to talk about the emperor's plan for Jiangnan.

It turned out that in Lin Ruhai's legacy, there was a hidden page in the middle.All of the above are the criminal evidence of corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen from all over the south of the Yangtze River.

Although the emperor had been prepared for a long time, he was still taken aback by the evidence on this list.The officials listed in it ranged from the second-rank governor to the seventh-rank county magistrate, more than 40 in total.

Not to mention that Lin Ruhai didn't know about it, it was almost everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River.Almost all the chief ministers, the inspectors, the governor's office of water transportation, the prefectures and counties, and the local guards fell.

And the whereabouts of the silver plundered by these people included the internal treasury of the Supreme Emperor of the Dragon Head Palace.How does this make the emperor take out the evidence of this list?Isn't this slapping the emperor in the face?
The emperor could only grit his teeth and suppress the list, and sent Xia Shouzhong to go to Jiangnan to make preparations for the future.

Either the mountain collapsed, or the emperor took power, no matter which one, the emperor planned to thoroughly grasp all the evidence first.

Moreover, Lin Ruhai also gave himself two big gifts, a dedication of 2 million taels of silver, as well as the network resources he had managed for more than ten years.

The Lin family has five generations of princes, and the number of heirs has always been low. After a hundred years of management, the Lin family's property is in the millions.

At the end of Lin Ruhai's deathbed, he donated half of his family property to the emperor, donating money for the country, and using it to enrich the internal treasury.

Of course, this was Lin Ruhai's helpless move.Jackals and wolves are everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River. Once he dies, the Lin family's million-dollar property will become a reminder for Lin Shu and Daiyu.

Not to mention Lin Shu, a mere juror, even Lin Ruhai himself has been tricked by those evil tricks all these years.

The Supreme Emperor, who had been loyal to him before, gradually lost his mind, allowing the gang of wolves in Jiangnan to ravage the people, and even suppressed his own promotion in order to prevent the emperor from seizing power.

His virtuous wife passed away, his parents and children died of illness, Lin Ruhai finally couldn't bear these things, and used his own life to fight for a way out for the Lin family.

He chose to take refuge with the emperor, and handed over all the criminal evidence collected during his ten years in Jiangnan to the emperor.

Xia Shouzhong smiled tentatively, and he said: "The emperor knows the existence of Mr. Zhongzheng, and blocked those people's way of making money. They finally waited for Mr. Zhongzheng to pass away, and they will definitely try their best to stop the successor sent by the emperor. Therefore, Lin Jieyuan, the new Yanzhou inspector censor, is likely to be the Supreme Emperor. And you need to wait in the south of the Yangtze River, and collect evidence of the new inspector salt inspector."

Lin Shu asked puzzledly: "Elder-in-law, why don't you use embroidered clothes and guards?"

"Of course the Embroidery Guards will investigate, but do you think the Embroidery Guards can get any useful clues under the surveillance of those people? Only you, Lin Jieyuan, who would guard against a filial Xie Yuanlang? What's more, you are better than Embroidered clothes guards are more familiar with salt administration, aren't they?"

Xia Shouzhong deliberately emphasized the word "shou filial piety", and he continued: "Lin Jieyuan doesn't have to worry about Miss Lin, our family will leave two nuns in the palace to take over the responsibility of the Rongguo Mansion's upbringing, so that the Rongguo Mansion doesn't have to worry about it. Control Miss Lin's future in the name of education."

Lin Shu was overjoyed that the nurturing nun brought by Xia Shouzhong had indeed saved him a great trouble.

Even if he had Lin Ruhai's handwriting, it would be difficult to prevent Daiyu from being taken to Rongguo Mansion again.People in the world do not marry wives, and among them there are widows and eldest daughters who do not marry.

Daiyu's mother died young, if there is no upbringing by elders, marriage will be extremely difficult in the future.But the black hand in the Rongguo Mansion has not been found out yet, so how could Lin Shu rest assured that Daiyu was admitted to the Rongguo Mansion.

Now the nurturing nuns brought by Xia Shouzhong perfectly solved this problem. Lin Shu thanked Xia Shouzhong again gratefully: "Students, thank you father-in-law. These two nuns really solved a big problem for the students."

"Okay, okay, Lin Jieyuan, our family and you are both working for the emperor, and the emperor will naturally protect those who work for his old man. You have to do your best to find evidence for the emperor during the two years of filial piety. It’s not true that we don’t publish it. When we have an opportunity in the future, we will lift the cover and expose this group of rats to the world.”

Xia Shouzhong stared closely at Lin Shu's eyes: "Mr. Zhongzheng doesn't want you to take risks. This is human nature. But how the Lin family suffered these hardships, you should be very clear about how our family wants to come. Those people will not let you go." Any of the Lin family, they hate Zhongzhenggong, and they will never let you and Miss Lin go. Therefore, you can only rely on the emperor, and only by relying on the emperor, can you save the lives of yourself and your sister, and serve Zhongzhenggong Revenge and revenge!"

(End of this chapter)