Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 73 Daiyu
  The salt merchants were as wealthy as the country, lived in luxury and luxury, but their reputation among the literati in the south of the Yangtze River was extremely good.

The most important reason for this is that the salt merchants will use the money they earn to recruit talented people from all over the world.

The talents who stand out will become the reliance of salt merchants after becoming officials.

From the data, we can even see that there were many officials in the imperial court in the capital who got their jobs through studying at the expense of salt merchants.

Jia Qiang shook her head. These information looked overwhelming. Just as Lin Ruhai said, if you want to deal with the salt merchants, it is best to take them down in one fell swoop and not give them any chance to relax.

Of course, the evidence must be conclusive, otherwise even if he has Shang Fang's sword in his hand, it will be difficult to escape after returning to Beijing.

Before going to bed, Jia Qiang glanced at her game character status screen again, and there was no change on it.

On the boat, he shot and killed dozens of water bandits, but he didn't even advance to the next level in the game.

It can be seen that it is not that easy for him to improve his level now.

"I hope the salt merchant's reaction will be more intense this time, so that I can gain more experience!" Jia Qiang didn't know if there was something wrong with his mentality. Perhaps it was because of time travel, or because he regarded the world as a game. There was no sympathy for human life, especially for those who were his enemies.

There is nothing that can be done about it. The game called Shenhuai requires killing people to increase the experience level.

He hasn't become a murderer, just killing people everywhere and leveling up is extremely good.

Before he knew it, he fell asleep.

Jia Qiang got up early the next morning. There was a small open space at the door of where he lived, which was convenient for him to practice martial arts.

After moving his body and deepening his control over his power, he stopped after a full hour.

"Master, I invite you to have breakfast!" Siyu said while delivering the toiletries that had been prepared long ago.

Jia Qiang nodded, cleaned up, and then followed Si Yu to see Lin Ruhai.

"Brother Qiang is here!" Lin Ruhai waved and smiled when he saw Jia Qiang coming over in the restaurant.

He probably smiled more in the past two days than he had in the previous month.

After Jia Qiang treated Jia Min yesterday, Jia Min had a rare and peaceful sleep. Her whole complexion was completely different, and she looked like she did when she first got married.

Lin Ruhai didn't know how to thank Jia Qiang, so she could only be nicer to Jia Qiang.

"I've met the teacher, I've met the master's wife!" Jia Qiang stepped forward and saluted. After meeting Lin Ruhai and his wife, he saw a shy seven or eight-year-old girl sitting next to Jia Min.

"This is your junior sister Daiyu!" Lin Ruhai introduced with a smile.

"My first entry should be senior sister!" Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes and objected with a slight snort, and the shyness she felt when she first met suddenly disappeared.

Jia Qiang looked at Lin Daiyu in surprise. He thought that Lin Daiyu should be a girl who was sad for spring and autumn, but when he looked at Lin Daiyu in front of him, she was an eccentric girl.

"Daiyu, don't be rude!" Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Daiyu fondly. Although he was scolding her, his tone was not strong.

"That's right!" Lin Daiyu hugged her mother's arm and shrank her head into her arms. Her voice could still be vaguely heard.

"Brother Qiang, don't pay attention to Daiyu, she is spoiled by us!" Jia Min touched Lin Daiyu's head and said with a smile.

"I will be very busy today, so I will give you breakfast. From now on, you will regard this place as your home." Lin Ruhai changed the subject and said.

He was indeed very busy. After learning that Jia Min was poisoned, he was ready to take revenge on the suspicious salt merchant.

"Thank you, teacher!" Jia Qiang bowed and said.

"As for your study, my time is very tight. You can browse the books in the study room. In addition, I hired a gentleman to teach Daiyu. His level is very good. He can still guide you in the past two years at least. "If you don't understand anything, you can ask this gentleman first!" Lin Ruhai then arranged.

He couldn't let Jia Yucun really teach Jia Qiang. The main reason was that Jia Yucun's status was too low. To put it bluntly, Jia Yucun was not qualified to be Jia Qiang's teacher.

However, when he encounters problems on weekdays, when he doesn't have time, there is no problem in asking Jia Yucun to answer his questions.

Jia Qiang nodded, knowing that this gentleman should be Jia Yucun.

This is one of the biggest villains in the Red Mansion. He has wolfish ambitions, but he hasn't shown it yet.

Jia Qiang doesn't care about Jia Yucun. With his status, if Jia Yucun really has any evil thoughts towards him, he can easily solve them.

"Teacher, let me check on your condition again!" Jia Qiang knew that Lin Ruhai would be very busy throughout the day, so she took advantage of Lin Ruhai's being here and said to Jia Min.

"Brother Qiang, you're done!" Jia Min said with a smile.

Jia Qiang used the 'Healing Technique [Intermediate]' to hide the healing energy and only let the blood bar show.

When he saw the blood bar, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

The blood bar is almost one-tenth less. Based on his observation yesterday, even if Jia Min was poisoned, the poison is a chronic poison, and the blood bar decreases very slowly.

It is impossible to lose one tenth in one night. If that were the case, Jia Min would have been poisoned to death long ago.

"Master's wife, what did you eat yesterday?" Jia Qiang asked seriously.

"Brother Qiang, what's wrong with your wife's health?" Lin Ruhai asked quickly. The anxious look on his face showed the unrest in his heart.

Jia Min thought carefully about what happened after meeting Jia Qiang yesterday.

Jia Qiang waved her hand to Lin Ruhai, indicating that she would wait for Jia Min to think about it first.

"I had a good appetite yesterday, so I ate a little more for dinner, but I ate it with Ruhai and Daiyu. If it was poisonous..." At this point, Jia Min looked at the father and daughter worriedly.

There are some clues from the appearance of the drop of one-tenth of the health bar.

Jia Qiang could tell that Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu were not poisoned without the help of 'Healing Technique [Intermediate]'.

Lin Ruhai's body was at best overworked and a little damaged, but Lin Daiyu was well-fed.

"That shouldn't be dinner, but what about dinner?" Jia Qiang shook her head and asked.

"In addition to dinner, I drank a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed porridge before going to bed. It was specially made by Ruhai to replenish my body!" Jia Min said while recalling.

When she said this, horror flashed in her eyes.

If it wasn't dinner, it would just be that bowl of white fungus and lotus seed porridge.

Due to being poisoned many times, the food management in the mansion is very strict. It is not easy to poison the food. Every meal is watched by many people.

But the Tremella Fungus and Lotus Seed Porridge was different. It was made in a small kitchen and was cooked by Jia Min's maid Yu Lan herself. She never pretended to be someone else's hand. "No, Yulan has been with me for ten years, since Jia Mansion!" Jia Min shook his head and said.

"No matter what, check it out first, people's hearts are unpredictable!" Lin Ruhai reached out and patted Jia Min's hand gently, comforting her.

Jia Qiang released the healing energy of the 'Healing Technique [Intermediate]', slowly restoring Jia Min's blood bar and allowing Jia Min's body to return to its optimal state.

"Teacher, I will stay with you these two days!" After treating Jia Min, Jia Qiang said to Lin Ruhai.

"You don't have to worry about being a teacher. Don't worry. The salt merchant doesn't dare to let me be poisoned or stabbed to death. They are also afraid that the capital will use this to cause trouble. Many people are eyeing the salt merchant's wealth.

They just wanted to make me lose my family and torture me mentally to death, so as not to affect the salt merchants! Lin Ruhai said with a bitter smile.

Jia Qiang thought about Lin Ruhai's ending. Indeed, as Lin Ruhai said, Jia Min died in the end, and Lin Ruhai's spiritual sustenance was gone, and he eventually died of illness in office.

Lin Daiyu was left alone, and it was this kind of blow that turned Lin Daiyu, who now looks eccentric, into a sad, sentimental, and tearful daughter.

Now that Jia Qiang has become Lin Ruhai's disciple, he will not let things develop like in the book if he has the ability to change everything.

He wanted to preserve Lin Daiyu's innocent temperament and save Lin Daiyu's fate.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Lin Daiyu and saw Lin Daiyu looking at him curiously.

How could Lin Daiyu not be curious? Through the conversation just now, she knew that Jia Qiang was capable of curing her mother's illness. What her father couldn't do even if he hired the best doctor in Yangzhou, the little brother in front of him could do it.

At Lin Ruhai's insistence, Jia Qiang stayed in the Lin Mansion.

Jia Qiang stayed in the study and looked at the Lin family's collection of books.

The literary style in Jiangnan was at its peak, and the Lin family was also a wealthy family. Its collection of books was extremely rich, surpassing the collection left by Jia Jing of Ningguo Mansion.

It was the first time for him to see many books, which made him feel like he had returned to the time he spent studying hard in the previous two years.

"But Mr. Jia?" Jia Yucun was about to go to the study to get two books. As soon as he entered the study, he saw Jia Qiang and greeted him quickly.

He already knew that his boss, Lin Ruhai, had accepted a new student. When he saw the young Jia Qiang, he immediately recognized her identity.

Jia Qiang turned around and saw Jia Yucun.

To be honest, Jia Yu, the village chief, has a handsome and imposing appearance. If he didn't know who he was, Jia Qiang would have wanted to get close to him.

"But Mr. Yucun?" Jia Qiang asked with a slight smile.

"I don't dare to be sir. Mr. Jia has the same surname as me. I wonder where you come from. Maybe we are from the same clan?" Jia Yucun said with a smile.

After hearing Jia Qiang's name, he guessed that Jia Qiang had an extraordinary background and was most likely a young master from the Jia family in the capital.

Lin Ruhai was so busy with his official duties, so it must be a reason why Lin Ruhai could not refuse if he agreed to accept him as his disciple.

Jia Qiang's surname is Jia, and the reason for this is most likely because of the hostess Jia Min. In addition, I heard that Jia Qiang had breakfast with Lin Ruhai's family one day, and the more I thought about it, the more correct this relationship became.

This was the chance encounter in the study. If he really got to know Mr. Jia, it would be of great help to his career.

"I'm from the capital!" Jia Qiang, who was not used to Jia Yucun's enthusiasm, replied calmly.

He doesn't like people like Jia Yucun who are eager for success, but it is this kind of people who are the most common in the world.

"Excuse me for disturbing Mr. Jia's reading. I'll find two books and leave!" Jia Yucun was also a discerning person and immediately understood what Jia Qiang meant. He said with a smile.

He moved quickly, selected two books and left the study.

Jia Qiang looked at Jia Yucun's leaving figure and shook her head slightly. She thought about how to persuade her teacher Lin Ruhai to recognize Jia Yucun's face clearly, but on second thought, this matter was difficult to do.

What he knew was what Jia Yucun did later, which determined Jia Yucun's character, but Jia Yucun had not done those things yet.

"Forget it, there will be plenty of opportunities to solve this problem in the future!" Jia Qiang smiled and did not mention other things. Just relying on her current status, even if Jia Yucun climbed to a high position in the future, it would not be difficult to clean up.

I read a book all morning, and was called over by Jia Min again at noon. Lin Ruhai did not return home, only Jia Min and Lin Daiyu were there, and the three of them had lunch together.

Jia Qiang did not ask Jia Min about the poisoning, believing that Lin Ruhai's method would be easier to deal with than him, a stranger who was unfamiliar with the place.

After lunch, he proposed to Jia Min the idea of ​​visiting Yangzhou City. Jia Min originally planned to send a servant to follow him, but he refused.

Jia Min did not insist. She also knew that her servants were not safe.

Jia Qiang left the Yanyun Envoy Yamen and walked onto the streets of Yangzhou.

He had no goal, he just wanted to see this ancient city.

Unknowingly, I had already reached the Slender West Lake without any hesitation.

In later generations, he also visited Slender West Lake. It was far from the pure scenery before him. There were too many man-made scenery. In addition, at that time, the entire Slender West Lake was almost surrounded by various buildings. If you wanted to see Slender West Lake, you could only buy a ticket to enter.

Although there are also cruise ships in Slender West Lake to attract business, even if you don't enter Slender West Lake, you can still enjoy the beautiful scenery around Slender West Lake.

It was afternoon, there were not many tourists, and he didn't go to a crowded place, so he was the only one around for a while.

"Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but they can't forget their fame!

Where will the past and the present meet?A pile of grass in the barren mound is gone.

The world knows that gods are good, only gold and silver can not be forgotten!
  In the end, I only hate to get together, but for a long time my eyes are closed.

Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but only my beloved wife can never forget them!
  Jun said kindness on his birthday, and Jun died with others.

Everyone knows that gods are good, only children and grandchildren can't forget it!
  Infatuated parents have been many since ancient times, who have met filial children and grandchildren? "

The singing sounded from far to near. It was heard very far away at first, but it soon became clearer.

Jia Qiang's expression changed slightly, but he immediately stabilized his emotions and no longer showed anything on his face.

There are only two people singing this 'good song' in the world of Red Mansions, and both of them are immortals.

He turned back to look in the direction of the singing, only to see a lame Taoist man with tattered clothes and a dead stick in his hand, a few meters behind him.

He was a little curious. The previous singing was far away. How could this lame Taoist reach behind him so quickly?
  Thinking that the other party is an immortal, no matter how magical it is, it makes sense.

Jia Qiang pretended not to know the lame Taoist. He turned his head and did not want to meet the lame Taoist. In fact, he was extremely alert. The lame Taoist suddenly appeared here, most likely to come to find him.

(End of this chapter)