Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 312 What's wrong with Lin Ruhai
Jinling Pier,

After Zhang Jinyu led the army away, the market town at the wharf became noisy instead. Merchants from all over the place, as well as the boss of the coolie boat at the wharf, all came out to talk about business and discuss recent events.

On the other side of the pier, torches were lit on the surrounding heights to illuminate the pier brightly, and then the coolies began to move the goods, working in full swing.

On the side of the guard dock, Wei Yong, the chief guard, naturally arranged for guards, as well as the left-behind frontier soldiers, and asked the remaining guard soldiers to close the camp gate. No one is allowed to open it without authorization. If found, they will be severely punished.

On the second floor of the restaurant facing the street,

Following Bai Shuiyue's words, it aroused the question of Guardian You. Jiangnan civil officials are indeed difficult to deal with, but,
"Master, my subordinates guess that Luo Yunhou probably doesn't care about those gossips. Instead, the so-called academy is probably trying to avoid suspicion. If he really offends Luo Yunhou, it may end badly. Now that the real power figures in Jiangnan have not shown their heads, those little fish How can a small shrimp jump."

"It's true, but it's the civil servants who are worried. By the way, what's going on in Yangzhou, and how is the investigation going?"

Bai Shuiyue is still worried about the Yangzhou branch. After all, it is one of the main sources of income of the White Lotus Sect. Now it seems that there is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den. Those who should come out and who should not come out are all gathered in Yangzhou.

"I have found the opponent's tail, and there will be results within a few days. However, the leader, I am afraid that the opponent is not good. Someone must be directing. The people of the Taiping Sect should also smell it. Their guardians are now in Yangzhou City."

"Tell the helmsman of Yangzhou, don't be impatient, and wait patiently."

"Yes, Master."

And Jinling City,

Duan Hong went to the old palace with his own soldiers, and gathered five thousand cavalry from the Tengxiang Guards with the order of Master Hou, and they were on standby at the school grounds, ready to leave the city and go straight to Suzhou City.

Before leaving, I thought of Lord Hou's explanation, and went to check the relatives of the captured guard generals in the dungeon of the old palace.

At the entrance of the underground palace, Duan Hong asked;

"Master Tang, are everyone here?"

"Return to General Duan, everyone is below, and our brothers in the Forbidden Army will handle it. It is absolutely foolproof."

"That's good, General Tang, Duan needs to go down and check, okay."

Duan Hong also nodded in front, and then looked at the large number of guards at the entrance of the dungeon, and asked with relief.

"General Duan, please, come and open the dungeon."

General Tang yelled at the Imperial Army guarding the gate of the dungeon, and the captain of the Imperial Army immediately took the order and led the people to open the gate of the dungeon.

Immediately, the group of people went down to the underground palace. As soon as they entered the door, there was an unpleasant smell. The smell in the cell was weird, or it was the dampness after the rain, and the smell of blood that had dried up. It was extremely unpleasant.

Stepping through the gate of the underground palace, there is a hall at the entrance. The whole space is very dark, only a few oil-sealed lamps hanging on the wall on both sides, shining faintly, as if the wind blows and will go out.Moreover, it has not seen the light of day all year round, and even the air is turbid. The people imprisoned here may not be able to get out in the previous dynasty.

Seeing that the surrounding environment was not very good, General Tang ordered the guards around him to light the torches, which illuminated the corridors in the dungeon.

Duan Hong led his personal guards into the corridor, surrounded by separate cells, and the people inside were all those who ransacked their homes a few days ago.

At this moment, they are all huddled together with blank eyes, hiding in the corner, and when they see someone coming, they all rush to the door fence crazily, shouting;

"My lord, my lord, we have been wronged,"

"My lord, let us out."

"My lord, please give me a way out, my lord."

There were pleading voices in the surrounding cells.

However, it didn't cause any disturbance in the group's hearts. After the inspection, General Duan left the dungeon, returned to the ground, and reminded,
"Master Tang, be careful in everything, especially don't be careless tomorrow."

"General Duan, don't worry. Tang won't go anywhere tonight. He will personally lead the troops here to watch."

General Tang also knew that the matter was of great importance. There had been no such major events in Jinling for so many years, so he really shouldn't be careless.

"That's good, Duan will leave first, and let those who are locked up have a good meal."

"Yes, General Duan."

After finishing speaking, Duan Hong went to the school grounds, and then left the old palace with five thousand cavalry, and rushed towards the south gate along the street in front of the old palace, with horseshoes roaring along the way.

Many people were startled, but this time, Jinling City seemed to be back to the way it was before, suddenly it seemed a lot easier.

When General Tang saw that General Duan led the army out of the old palace, he immediately ordered the lieutenants around him to take some people from the forbidden army to strengthen the guard at the gate of the old palace, and he personally took the forbidden army of Teng Xiangwei to stay behind. At dawn tomorrow, start immediately.

People in prison,
The people who were still howling and begging for mercy also hid back sobbing when they saw the person leaving.

After a while,

Outside the gate, a lot of people from the imperial guard came, carrying wooden barrels one by one, and then put two barrels of food in each cell, as well as bowls and chopsticks.

The people in the prison and the detainees immediately ran over when they saw it. When they saw the white rice and vegetables in the wooden barrel, they all scrambled to eat it.

There was confusion for a while,

While eating, some people actually ate the meat, and many people fought to stuff it into their mouths. Suddenly, some people burst into tears. Many people didn't understand why, but the older person said;
"This is a meal to be decapitated. After eating this meal, you may be on the road tomorrow. If I wait, I will die, haha."

Smiling and laughing, this person turned out to be crazy, and everyone was stunned there.

over the canal,

The navy's fleet cut through the waves and headed southward rapidly,
Zhang Jinyu stood on the podium of the building and boat, blowing the wind, looking at the dark river, thinking about what Feng Qianhu said in his heart, Lin Ruhai's illness is a bit unusual, and no one in Yangzhou City came out to make trouble. With a calm face,

Just ask the person next to you;
"Ningbian, guess what those people in Yangzhou City will do at this moment, and Wang Yinghan's salt merchant, will they ask Dongwang for help?"

Ning Bian also frowned, but when he thought of Feng Qianhu's appearance today, he was only worried about Mr. Lin's illness and didn't care about other things, which meant that his safety was fine.

"Master Hou, we will arrive tomorrow morning, they will never have time to react, and Lord Hou, Mr. Ji has been guarding Mr. Lin's side all the time, so he will be safe. It's just that the general has never understood why Mr. Lin is always sick. It's really weird."

"It's true, the illness comes like a mountain, and the illness goes like a thread, and there is no improvement for such a long time. I don't believe it."

Zhang Jinyu thought for a while, the so-called wind-cold is just a cold, even if you don’t take medicine for a week, it’s fine. Could it be repeated attacks? After thinking about it, I suddenly thought of Gu Yunshi. This imperial doctor must be able to analyze something later, how to give this matter to him? forget.

"Come on, go and call Doctor Gu over, I have something to ask him."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

The guards behind him immediately went to the cabin to call for someone, and Ning Bian, who was behind him, also understood Lord Hou's plan, and the doctor must have discovered such a thing.

"Lord Hou, I forgot about this person. With Dr. Gu's medical skills, he should be able to know something. In the end, it will be seen whether the former Master Lin's illness left behind the root cause of the disease, so the syndrome of wind-cold is more serious than ordinary people."

"It's also possible, but it's not necessarily true. Ordinary people who don't have money for medical treatment may leave the root cause of the disease, but Mr. Lin, a dignified third-rank official in the royal court of the patrolling salt censor, how can he have no money for medical treatment? If so, it is really a joke. .”

Zhang Jinyu really didn't believe that the root of the disease could be like this. While speaking, the soldiers brought Gu Yunshi over,

When Gu Yunshi saw Lord Hou, he saluted him;
"See Lord Hou for Yunshi."

"Get up and answer, Ben Hou asks you, if you don't see people for general illnesses, can you see them?"

Zhang Jinyu called Gu Yunshi over, and then directly asked about the diagnosis and treatment.

Gu Yunshi replied without hesitation;
"Master Hou, yes, except for rare diseases, most of them are fine."

Seeing Gu Yunshi's confident look, Zhang Jinyu also stood there and took a serious look, it was amazing,

"Then I'll tell you. Listen, this person has been sick and has been sick for a long time, and his body is weak. He invited many doctors to come and see him. They all said it was a cold. Let's see what's going on?"

"Back to Lord Hou, I can't see it like this. Yunshi doesn't know the patient's physical condition, such as whether his face is pale or yellow, or blue, whether the internal acupoint on the wrist is sunken, and whether he is coughing and producing phlegm."

Gu Yunshi didn't see the patient's condition, relying on these, how can he know what's going on with the patient, Zhang Jinyu is also careless, he doesn't know these things,

Somewhat embarrassed to say,

"Hey, it's the Marquis who didn't make it clear. Come on, and then go and call Deputy Feng Qianhu and ask him about Master Lin's condition."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

The personal guard went down again, and at this time, Zhang Jinyu asked again;

"Yunshi, tell me, will the patient be sick like this all the time, and it won't be good to drink any medicine?"

"Back to Lord Hou, no, the doctor will either prescribe the right medicine and he will be fine in about ten days, or the medicine can't cure it, and the situation is serious and he will die directly. No one who has been sick can still live well. It must be different from ordinary people."

Looking at Gu Yunshi who answered solemnly, Zhang Jinyu nodded his head half-understood. Not long after, Deputy Feng Qianhu went up to the second floor of the building.

"My subordinate Feng Gu has met the Marquis,"

After finishing speaking, he knelt down there,

"Excuse me, Feng Qianhu, Master Lin, please tell Doctor Gu about the situation."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Feng Gu also agreed to stand up, and when he saw Lord Hou asking a question, he thought about it, the last time he saw Mr. Lin that day,
"Back to Lord Hou, the last time I saw Mr. Lin was lying on the bed, his face was blue, his lips were purple, and he had no energy. He didn’t wake up, he had a green spot on his arm, that’s about it.”

After Feng Gu finished speaking, Zhang Jinyu and the others turned their attention to Gu Yunshi, who knew that Gu Yunshi had caught it for a while, and said surprisingly,
"Lord Hou, Yun Shi understands that Mr. Lin's symptoms are not illness, but poisoning. His complexion is blue, his lips are purple, his coma is deeper than poisoning, and there are blue spots on his body, which means that the toxin has penetrated into the lungs. If it is a large amount at one time, it may die suddenly."

Zhang Jinyu was also horrified, how could this happen?
"Feng Qianhu, when you arrived at the Lin Mansion, didn't you check the food and the people in the Lin Mansion?"

Feng Gu was also taken aback, looking a little frightened, but suddenly thought that because of the large number of people, all his brothers ate big pot dishes made by themselves, so he replied with peace of mind,

"Back to Lord Marquis, no, I didn't think of this matter, and no one in Mr. Lin's house checked it out, and our own brothers, we all cook our own food."

Looking at Feng Qianhu's appearance, Zhang Jinyu knew that they didn't expect that there was an inner ghost in the Lin family, and no one knew about the poisoning. Fortunately, these people didn't eat the food of the Lin family, otherwise they don't know if they can live to the end. tomorrow.

"You guys, the person who is hiding must still be among the servants in the kitchen, or other servants in the house. Send an order to speed up the boat."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

(End of this chapter)