Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 210
Luoyunhou Mansion,

Dongyun downstairs.

After listening to her mother's words, Zhang Jinyu could only nod her head. Indeed, she couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and she had to slowly plan for the future.

This matter is also easy to handle, just go there and stare at the Ningguo Mansion. Isn't there still 10 taels of silver for the bet, old Jia Zhen, wait.

By the way, Jia’s family still has so many maids and maids. Where are they? Do you want to get some back? But when I looked up and saw the figures of the three girls upstairs who were busy cleaning the house, I just felt a little bit of pain in my back. There are bursts of sourness, let it be.

Seeing that the sun was still early, my mother went into the Dongyun Building again to direct the placement of items, as well as various accessories.

Zhang Jinyu glanced at the busy figures around her, and couldn't help feeling a little sleepy, so she yawned and walked towards her small yard.

When I came to the yard, I went to bed, covered myself with a quilt, and fell asleep.

And inside the capital city,
Imperial City Office,
The secret agent of the secret guard also received the secret report and handed it over to the eunuch on duty. The eunuch on duty did not dare to delay, so he took the urgent red letter to Dai Quan's dormitory and knocked on the door.

"Internal Prime Minister, Internal Prime Minister, Jiangnan Express."

Dai Quan has had a lot of free time since the Grand Competition, and after a few days of rest, he is full of energy. He is drinking tea in the house and reading some confidential information.

But hearing the word Jiangnan was also a reflexive recovery, and asked;
"Jiangnan Express, hurry up! Bring it here,"

"It's inner phase."

The eunuch on duty then took a few steps forward, offering both hands, Dai Quan got up and put on his clothes, then took the urgent mail and checked it, seeing that the red paint on the seal was not broken, he felt a little uneasy and had a bad premonition.

"The miscellaneous family asks you, when did you arrive?"

The eunuch on duty replied immediately;

"Inner phase, it takes less than a stick of incense."

"Well, you go back and watch immediately, and if there are letters coming directly, there is no need to report. Go down."

"It's inner phase."

The eunuch on duty took the order and went away, and Dai Quan took the letter to think about what could happen in Jiangnan. Could it be that Dong Wang started to make small moves in private, but it was not right, and suddenly thought of Lin Ruhai, the inspector of salt.

"Come on, come on,"

Many inner guards of the imperial city came in outside the door, and Ji Qianhu knelt down and bowed immediately when he saw Dai Quan;

"What are the orders of the Duke?"

"Let's go. Mental Cultivation Hall, meet the Holy One."

"Yes, Duchess."

Along the way, the people from the Huangcheng Division quickened their pace carrying the sedan chair, and soon arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Dai Quan stopped the sedan chair, came out to straighten his clothes, and said;
"Ji Qianhu, you go back and follow the miscellaneous family into the palace to face the saint, don't talk too much, the rest of you are waiting here."

"It's the Duke."

Ji Yunhui's face was flushed with excitement, and he was inevitably a little nervous. After all, it was the first time he entered the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, and Dai Quan didn't have time to care about these things, so he walked directly into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After entering the hall, Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong didn't read the memorial, but took a roster to observe carefully. He felt that someone came in from outside the door, and knew that Dai Quan must have something to do, so he put down the roster and waited.

Dai Quan and Ji Qianhu entered the imperial study room, and they also knelt down and shouted;

"See my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"Calm down, what's the rush?"

Emperor Wu saw that Qianhu, the Imperial City Secretary following behind Dai Quan, was a little out of breath. He must have walked in a hurry on the way here, so he asked first.

"Your Majesty is wise, the slave has something to report. This is the Jiangnan urgent report just received."

Dai Quan took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it over.

Emperor Wu was also startled, Jiangnan, what happened to Jiangnan?

Immediately took it over and checked the seal, and tore it open when there was no change. The signature was actually Lin Ruhai's. Could it be that there has been a change in Jiangnan.

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong went to the window, opened the dispatch and read it carefully, and saw that it read;
See my emperor, Sheng Gong'an, my minister Lin Ruhai has been in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, every day I try my best to plan the salt administration. Although there is some improvement, but the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is strong, and the minister has no way to do it. In the past three years, the minister has not been close at all. And we have to take precautions day by day, the dark guards suffered heavy casualties, now that we have lost our beloved son, the time to get a wife is running out, the minister is also sick from overwork, and his health may not be good, and there is only one daughter living under his knees, I hope Your Majesty will have mercy, the minister Lin Ruhai is here Jiangnan kowtowed.

After reading the letter, Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong's face was gloomy, and there was a lot of anger in his heart. This is Lin Ruhai's letter asking for help, and it is also Lin Ruhai's letter asking Gu. Those people in Jiangnan are already so rampant. Could it be that Dong Wang is still not giving up.

"Dai Quan, what's going on with Lin Ruhai from Jiangnan?"

When Dai Quan heard Emperor Wu's question, he naturally knew that he had guessed right, but it was a long time since Lin Ruhai was suitable for the situation. There was no letter for a long time, and it was broken.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the servant is not very clear about it. There has been no letter for a while."

"It's not that it didn't arrive, it must have been robbed. This letter is a letter from Lin Qing's family asking for help from Tuogu. Those aristocratic families simply don't take the court seriously."

Dai Quan immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Your Majesty's appeasement is due to the negligence of this old slave. Now it is still necessary to ensure that Lin Ruhai's life is safe."

Emperor Wu also knew the urgency of time, and asked without delay;
"Get up, what can you do?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Dai Quan just stood up, then thought for a while and quickly replied;
"Your Majesty, since Lord Lin asked for help from the capital, the people in the south of the Yangtze River must be temporarily unavailable, so the capital needs to dispatch capable people to go. Ji Qianhu next to me is a general of the Imperial City Department. Hu led a group of elite guards from the Imperial City Division to go south along the canal and go straight to Yangzhou to protect Master Lin's safety."

Emperor Wu Zhou Shihong thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, saying;

"But, Ji Qianhu, I ordered you to be the patrol envoy in the south of the Yangtze River. Immediately lead the troops of the Imperial City Department of the capital to go south. The first thing is to guarantee Lin Ruhai's life, and the second is to secretly find out who is behind the scenes. I am arranging for the imperial envoy to go south, and you are cooperating, do you understand?"

Ji Yunhui never thought that it would be his turn for such a good thing, so he hurriedly knelt down and worshiped;

"Slave Ji Yunhui takes the order, please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely honor the order."

"Okay, then you set off immediately and find the Governor of Water Transport, Shen Xueshi, to take the water transport."

Dai Quan directly ordered again;

"It's the Duke."

After Ji Yunhui took the order, he was also unambiguous, and ran out of the main hall and went straight to the imperial city's yamen to gather people and horses to prepare to go south.

Jiangnan,

Yangzhou, Yanzheng Yamen.

at this time,

There had been no one sitting here in the hall for many days, which indicated that Lin Ruhai had really fallen ill.

The spies in the yamen also quickly slipped out of the yamen while people were not paying attention, and then came to the tea house opposite, threw the letter and ran back.

The letter was put into the sleeve of the shopkeeper of the tea house, and then turned around and erased.

Immediately, Jiang Chunyue, Huang Rutai, Ma Yuelu, Su Jinkai, Cheng Zhiying, Wang Yinghan, Huang Zhichun, and Bao Zhiyong, the eight great salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, knew the recent situation of Lin Ruhai, the inspector of salt in the south of the Yangtze River, and then smiled coldly.

And in the Zhen family in Jinling, Zhen Yingjia, the current head of the family, is also a little worried in the house. He already knows the actions of those salt merchants. The incident will inevitably kill a group of people.

not good,

The third child was too close to those salt merchants, so he must be reminded.

Also, there has been a lot of noise in Jiangnan recently, and the forces in various places are acting secretly. Zhen Yingjia is also in a state of uncertainty when she took out the secret letter from Princess Beijing from the capital.

Unexpectedly, the king of Beijing Jing has such courage, even with the two generals of the frontier army, plus the forces of Ping'an Prefecture and the secret hands of Taiping Mountain, the king of Beijing Jing has at least [-] people under his command.

Moreover, it also monopolizes the trade of the Donghu people in the grassland. It can be regarded as money, power, and soldiers. No one knows whether the next step is to revive or what plans they have.

It's time for the Zhen family to make a decision.

Zhen Yingjia kept pacing in the study room, did she ask her mother if she wanted to go out and stopped, and she couldn't hold back, Zhen Yingjia also knew that if the King of Beijing really turned against him, the Zhen family would not be able to hide no matter what past.

So Zhen Yingjia also knew that there was a way to go to the dark, so she ordered:

"Come here, inform the Jinling fleet to set sail northward."

"Yes, Second Master."

The Zhen family had already packed a large amount of supplies, all of which were fully loaded ships, and waited for the Patriarch's order to set sail for the north. After receiving the order, the large number of ships started to sail against the wind.

And at the water transport port,

Many Cao Ding and Wei Jun also stared at them, and did not plan to stop the inspection.

Shen Xueshi, the new governor of the river transport, is currently only in the hands of the guards and water transport at the middle and end of the canal. Jiangnan has not taken care of it for a while, so the generals and officials of the Jiangnan water transport and guards are desperately trying to get money. My days are numbered.

As for the transportation on the river, no one cares about it, and it is released after receiving the money.

Therefore, no one dared to stop such a large and powerful Zhen family fleet, and even took a stack of approval documents and passage orders from the water transport yamen, for fear of any official mistakes in the river transport. Yinzi bought up and down and got the approval.

Moreover, there were quite a few escort ships, and they even hired a lot of escort ships from the guards. Everyone in the Zhen family thought of it.

Hall of Mental Cultivation, in the Royal Study Room,

After the Emperor Wu sat there waiting for people to leave, Zhou Shihong paced around in the imperial study, feeling uncertain.
"Dai Quan, who do you think should go to Jiangnan?"

Dai Quan actually kept silent at this time, the matter was very involved, Jinling Jia, Shi, Xue, Wang's four major families, as well as the behemoth of the Zhen family, and the remnant forces of the Eastern King, etc.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the servant has not yet thought about it. Jiangnan is a big matter, and there is really no one for the servant."

Emperor Wu sat down in front of the Daoist scripture table and looked at him bowing his knees and wearing power. It was not difficult for him, the place in the south of the Yangtze River could not be moved, but he had to move, the Zhen family, the Supreme Emperor.

Thinking of this Martial Emperor's head gave him a slight headache.

If it’s not possible, can I follow the example of the Supreme Emperor to go to the south of the Yangtze River for a tour, but I can’t think about it carefully. After all, my foundation in the capital is not stable, and I’m not afraid of ten thousand or just in case.

"What do you think about King Zhongshun going?"

(End of this chapter)