Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 351 Dai Quan holds the red fold
Outside Suzhou City, it is already fifty miles north.

Duan Hong led the cavalry to escort the remaining children of the Bao family, moving forward slowly.

then,

In Suzhou City,

Jiao Xiong, the commander of the Jiangnan camp, was walking with his soldiers in the courtyard of the Bao family's deep house. He looked at the house like a rat passing through it. This pit and that hole, except for the beams, and even the copper products on the edges, were all gone. He broke it off and took it away. He couldn't help but clicked his tongue and cursed,
"His grandma said that the people in the frontier army who are suffering are locusts. I think the people in the imperial army are no less generous. They even stripped off their copper jewelry. They are really poor and crazy!"

Jiao Ke arrived at the back room and groped around, looking at the pried open floor and smashed stone walls. There were hidden compartments inside. The search was indeed too thorough. He also said with an annoyed look,
"Uncle, this technique is like what someone from the Imperial City Department did. It was so clean that the only thing left was the table and chairs. Uncle, what should we do?"

Jiao Xiong pulled an overturned chair and came over to sit down. He didn't reply. He looked at the messy hall and the drafty windows on all sides and smiled;

"Hey, tell me, what can you do? The house left behind, as well as the shops on the street, plus the Zhuangzi outside, isn't it money? From now on, the surname will be Jiao. This house looks good, but it is rare in Suzhou. , I’ll give it to you if you like it.”

Jiao Ke was overjoyed after hearing this. He had wanted to have his own house for a long time, but he had been reluctant to use the money he had saved. Moreover, he had been living in his uncle's house alone and had a good life.

Nowadays, such a big house is white, but if you feel sleepy, you will be given a pillow. The Bao family's salt merchant status is very prestigious in Suzhou, and a deep house is naturally rare. Although people have died, how can I be afraid of this.

Three-level deep mansions with eight entrances and eight exits are rare in Suzhou. Even my uncle's mansion can't compare. Suddenly I thought that all the money had been taken away by Duan Hong, and I felt uncomfortable and itchy.

"Uncle, do you want to contact the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River, or maybe we can pretend to be robbers ourselves, give them a break on the way, and keep some of the money."

Jiao Xiong, who was still sitting on the chair thinking about something, heard his nephew's shocking words, raised his head and stared into his nephew's eyes, glared at him, and cursed;

"I just gave you a house and you are so happy that you don't know what to do. You don't know what your last name is? Why don't you take my place and I'll listen to you."

"Uncle, how can I? How could I forget that my nephew's surname is Jiao? Did my nephew say the wrong thing? Uncle, please don't be angry."

Jiao Ke didn't expect his uncle to say this, and explained a little at a loss. Even so, he didn't realize where he was wrong.

Jiao Xiong was also a little helpless,

"I call you stupid, but you always do things very well, especially when you are on your own one-third of an acre of land. You cover everything. Why do you seem to lose your mind when money is involved, as do people outside?"

"Uncle, where do you start with this? My nephew wants to get more for his uncle. Our Jiao family has suffered a lot of losses in the past two years?"

Jiao Ke felt a little unhappy, and the duck that reached his mouth almost ran away. Jiao Xiong patted his legs and stood up and said;
"Confused, now that Duan Hong has left with the people and the money, everything is fine. If something happens on the way, even if it is not our fault, Marquis Luo Yun doesn't think so. I'm afraid it will be difficult to be merciful by then. Come on, don’t believe it. Even if no one robs us, we will still take the blame for the lack of money. Well, you go and gather 5000 troops from the Anzi camp to follow and protect them. Come back when you reach the boundary of Jinling. Be careful on the way. No. You deal with the one with the long eyes first."

Jiao Ke looked at his uncle in disbelief. An Ziying was his uncle's confidant, Laoying, so he was so careful. There was no need to make so much noise. When Jiao Xiong saw that Jiao Ke was still scratching his mark, he cursed loudly;

"What are you waiting for? Go quickly."

"Yes, yes, uncle, stop scolding, nephew, go now."

Then he got up and ran out of Bao's house quickly, rode straight to the camp, ordered his troops and horses, and gave chase.

Fortunately, General Duan Hong and Duan's convoy was dragged down by the prisoners and walked slowly. After marching anxiously for an hour, they finally caught up with them at sunset. When they saw the shadows of the large group of people in front, they stopped moving and just followed slowly. Behind, watch from a distance.

Gui Yifu followed the team. The rangers sent by Qianhu You Guangfeng behind him had already discovered the army behind them. They saw that the flag was from the Jiangnan Camp, and came to the commander to pass the news.

"Report, Commander, five miles behind, a battalion of soldiers from Jiangnan Camp are following behind."

"I know, keep an eye on them."

"Yes, Commander."

You Guangfeng asked in a low voice after watching Yu Qi leave;

"Sir, nothing will happen. Five miles is too close."

You Guangfeng was a little worried and looked back a few times, and suddenly noticed something different. They seemed to be the old camp men and horses under Jiao Xiong of Jiangnan Camp.

"Sir, it's the old battalions of General Jiao who are here."

Commander Gui Yifu saw his confidants' expressions changing slightly, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Don't worry, since you are from the old camp under Jiao Xiong, you can rest assured. Jiao Xiong knows very well that if something happens to General Duan's team, Marquis Luo Yun can let him go. Besides, these people must be Jiao Xiong's confidants. , there must be an explanation, didn’t you see that General Duan didn’t ask?”

You Guangfeng looked at the front of the team, and it was true. The team was not alert and was still walking forward slowly, not worried at all about the people following behind.

"My subordinate understands that your Excellency's calculation is undoubtedly true. I admire you for my humble position."

Unexpectedly, Gui Yifu snorted and said, "Huh, I guess there is no doubt that General Jiao was moved, or someone close to him was moved, but he didn't agree, and later he realized and sent troops to protect him, otherwise At the beginning, he would directly send people to follow him, but now he is following behind because he is afraid of causing misunderstanding."

Gui Yifu didn't know what Jiao Xiong was thinking. Anyone who saw so much money passing by would definitely be moved. If Luo Yunhou and Ouchi Eunuch Zhao hadn't been there, he would have done it if it were someone else. Now, We can only send troops to send him off.

You Guangfeng had a worried look on his face. Now he has returned to Jinling, but Master Lin has been poisoned and he doesn't know how the court will react.

"Commander, rumors are spreading in Jinling now that Lin Ruhai and his wife were poisoned, and the court may be suspicious."

Gui Yifu lamented in his heart, misfortunes never come singly, and now everyone wants to put people in Jiangnan. Don't they know that Jiangnan is the heart of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor?

"The imperial court has its own affairs. Now hurry back to Jinling and see if you can calm down the situation. Don't let Marquis Luo Yun have murderous intentions. Those people are simply ignorant. You Qianhu, after you return to Jinling, Gather your men overnight to find out where those rumors originally came from, and then just keep an eye on Mr. Zhuang."

"Yes, sir, do you suspect that someone from the Chief Envoy's side did it?"

You Guangfeng looked horrified, and with a thought, the civil servant took action.

"I don't know, just in case. Now everyone who deserves to die and those who don't deserve to die are dead. If we add extra trouble, I don't know how many people will become dead souls under the knife."

Gui Yifu shook his head, thinking to himself, don't let the civil servants do it, otherwise Jiangnan will be unable to deal with it.

Duan Hong, who was leading the way, just looked at the soldiers and horses in the distance and did not make any extra moves. He just ordered the team to speed up their march.

Beijing,

Ouchi,

Dai Quan was sitting in the lobby of the Imperial City Si Yamen, repeatedly touching the urgent letter and Lin Ruhai's red folding paper in his hand. It was a bit unbelievable. The red folding paper was a special existence in Dawu. First, it was written in times of emergency and crisis. Yes, the other one is a local chief official, and he can only use his last wish before his death. The red zhe now held by Mr. Lin in his hand must be his last wish.

"Please explain clearly to the Zajia family, were Lin Ruhai and his wife really poisoned to death, or was it that your Imperial City Department people did not find out and spread the news randomly?"

The person who delivered the order was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and replied loudly;

"Governor, how could I dare to falsely convey a secret message? When I set out, Mr. Lin and his wife had already been laid to rest. Eunuch Zhao wrote down the secret letter that day and hurriedly asked me to return to the capital to deliver the message. He didn't dare to have any secret messages. delay."

Dai Quan was speechless after hearing the words, knowing that what the visitor said was true. Since Lin Ruhai and his wife were dead, those salt merchants and Marquis Luo Yun, what happened to Marquis Luo Yun? Dai Quan reacted and continued to ask;

"By the way, Zajia asked you, how is Marquis Luo Yun doing in Yangzhou now?"

"When I returned to the Governor, when my subordinates came down, the Marquis sealed off Yangzhou City and killed all the Wang family members in the city, executing them on the spot."

The faces of the hundreds of households kneeling under the hall seemed to be fearful. Marquis Luo Yun was really ruthless, and the border troops were even more cold-blooded. They killed everyone they saw, regardless of age or age, without sparing a hand.

Dai Quan's hand shook and the letter almost slipped from his hand, with a worried look on his face.

"Why is this, but did the Marquis find out?"

"Back to the Governor, the murderer who poisoned Mr. Lin was a member of the Wang family. Before Mr. Lin left, he married his only daughter to Marquis Luo Yun as his equal wife. This was why the Marquis killed the entire Wang family. .”

Baihu didn't dare to hide anything and told everything he knew when he came.

Dai Quan looked at the red fold in his hand with a sense of sadness. He never thought that he and Lin Ruhai, who they had not seen for several years, were separated by yin and yang. Lin Tanhua, the high-spirited man in the capital, was Lin Tanhua.

The emperor had said before that he still wanted to transfer Lin Tanhua to the capital, but it was a pity now.

"Get up, don't talk nonsense about this outside. What did the Jia family say?"

"Returning to the Governor, I will definitely keep my mouth shut. The Jia family sent a letter from the Marquis, saying that Mr. Lin was seriously ill and could not be cured. He eventually died of a critical illness."

After Baihu explained, he stood up and bowed again.

Dai Quan nodded and asked Baihu to retreat and rest. After waiting for the people to leave, he repeatedly touched the letters and folders with his hands. He had no choice but to go to the palace, but tonight was not the time.

It turned out that in the palace, the emperor actually turned over Zhou Guiren's brand tonight. The queen knew it and didn't care much. On the contrary, Concubine Wu from the harem kept sending people to invite the emperor to have dinner in her palace.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Guiren found out about this matter. How could he bear it? He took people directly to Yangxin Palace to wait to prevent Wu Guifei's people from harassing the emperor again. In case he was really kidnapped by Wu Guifei's people, My own plan is over.

Zhou Guiren was sitting in the front hall of Yangxin Palace with his maids and officials, waiting for the emperor to finish his work and prepare to go back together. Who knows, not long after he sat down, the female official next to him hurriedly came over from outside.
"My lord, my lord, the female officer from Concubine Wu's palace is here again and will be here soon."

"What, you dare to come again, I think she doesn't want to do it anymore."

(End of this chapter)