Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 98 Human Trafficking
  "Don't believe it, I'll go to the kitchen and have a look. You can taste the special taste of Qingfenglou later!" Jia Qiang has nothing else to do during the New Year, so it would be good to find something to do.

By the way, he would also benefit from improving the food in the Lin Mansion.

It’s not that the chefs in the Lin Mansion are poor, the chefs’ Huaiyang cuisine is extremely high. The chefs from the big families in Yangzhou all have good Huaiyang cuisine.

Jia Qiang didn't actually cook. She went to the kitchen and took out a little MSG to hydrate it, then instructed the cook to put it in when the dishes were out of the pot.

It's not that he doesn't want to cook, it's mainly that the Huaiyang cuisine kitchen lacks many seasonings of northern cuisine. Based on the Wentian recipe he memorized, it would be difficult to cook the dishes in such a kitchen.

Even so, after using MSG, it can be said that the unique taste of Qingfenglou has been brought to Lin Mansion.

Of course, if he hadn't been Lin Ruhai's disciple and received Lin Ruhai's attention, he would have been caught long ago when he asked for something unknown to be put into the dish.

Even so, the cook still went to ask the old housekeeper for instructions, and then he obeyed the order.

Lunch was served at Yunfei's place. Just as Lin Daiyu said, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were in front and had no time to eat with their families.

"Brother Qiang, you are lying. Everything here is cooked by Sun Ma, and there is no food cooked by you at all!" Lin Daiyu looked at the familiar dishes and then looked at Jia Qiang, with a look on her face that said you are a big liar.

"There are really no materials. Who knew there were so few types of materials in the kitchen!" Jia Qiang explained helplessly, spreading her hands.

Lin Daiyu did not make it difficult for Jia Qiang. Originally, Jia Qiang said she wanted to cook, so she had no hope.

"It's so delicious!" She couldn't help but praise when she took a bite of the dish.

She took a closer look and saw that it was indeed Sun's mother's handiwork, but why the taste had improved so much.

"There must be nothing interesting in the world, how can I exchange it for jade, corn, silk and water shield!" Yun Fei took a sip and praised it.

"When the Yangtze River goes around Guo, you will know the beauty of the fish, and the mountains with good bamboos will feel the fragrance of bamboo shoots." Mr. Zhu took a bite of shredded bamboo shoots and shook his head in praise.

Lin Daiyu's face was slightly red. She felt that the poetry and books she read were far behind those of her two sisters. She also didn't want to think about the fact that she was only eight years old.

Soon she stopped thinking about it, took another mouthful of food and put it in her mouth. She said again, "It's delicious."

"Is this the smell of Qingfeng Tower?" Yun Fei turned to look at Jia Qiang with a smile and asked.

"Exactly, I got a secret recipe that can make the food fresh. With this secret recipe, Qingfeng Tower has so many guests!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile.

With his status at this time, it was just a secret recipe for freshness, how could he not keep it.

Besides, if you want to get the secret recipe for freshness, unless you ask him to tell it personally, explain it carefully and cooperate with the operation, otherwise you can't copy it even if you follow him and watch him make it.

"Brother Qiang, can I still eat dishes with this kind of taste in the future?" Lin Daiyu looked at Jia Qiang, waiting for a positive reply from Jia Qiang.

"Of course, I brought a lot of seasonings with me, enough for the house to use for a long time!" Jia Qiang agreed with a smile. This was what he meant by taking out the MSG.

Jia Qiang likes the pyrotechnic Lin Daiyu, not the sentimental sister Lin in the book.

In front of them, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were entertaining guests and women respectively, but they were surprised to find that today's food was extremely delicious.

The guest was Lin Ruhai's friend, and the friend praised the Lin Mansion's hospitality, which greatly increased Lin Ruhai's face.

In this joyful atmosphere, the New Year is passed day by day.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, after Jia Qiang restored communication at the post station, he wrote a handwritten note explaining what he had done in Yangzhou.

Of course, the 50,000 yuan of salt was hidden in it. This was snatched from the mouths of the three major salt merchants and relied on Lin Ruhai's ability.

For this 50,000 yuan, Lin Ruhai almost lost her daughter.

Jia Qiang wrote the rest of the things very clearly and in detail.

This notebook is all written and has become a thirty-three-page notebook.

He wrote another letter to Feicui, informing him about life here, and telling Feicui not to come over, but to stay in the capital to help him take care of his house and take care of his business.

At the same time, he also left his address for Jade so that Jade could contact him if he had anything important to do.

Lin Ruhai found someone to settle the matter after the new year, and decided to get engaged on the second day of February.

Don't underestimate this engagement, it is the first step in getting married.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the engagement step is taken, the marriage between the man and the woman is almost a foregone conclusion. Unless one party dies, any party that violates the engagement will not only be criticized in terms of reputation, but may also be imprisoned.

The engagement process is very simple. First, the man's elder comes to the woman to propose marriage. Then the two parties meet and exchange their horoscopes. Finally, the man entertains the woman's elder to complete the engagement process.

The elders of Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu are both Lin Ruhai, so the process of proposing is omitted. They only need to set a date to exchange horoscopes, and then invite some friends to witness it.

Lin Ruhai had told Jia Qiang about the engagement years ago. With Lin Ruhai's character, there would be no more problems in the marriage between Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu. Jia Qiang could just wait for the engagement day.

In a blink of an eye, it's the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival in Yangzhou, and there are lanterns in the city.

After Lin Ruhai opened her office in the Yamen, she returned to her busy state. Even during the Lantern Festival, she didn't have time to accompany her family to go shopping for lanterns.

Jia Min hasn't been out for a while since the last time she went out.

She thought of Jia Qiang. She had heard Lin Ruhai talk about Jia Qiang's strength. With Jia Qiang accompanying her, she could safely take her daughter Lin Daiyu to the lanterns.

Different from the last time they went out, this time Jia Min, Lin Daiyu, Yunfei and Zhujun were in the same car, followed by two nuns beside the carriage.

This time he could no longer take Yan Ding with him, so Jia Qiang rode a white horse and rode side by side with the carriage.

The incident of Lin Daiyu falling into the water happened years ago. This time, Jia Min had told her that she would only watch from the carriage and was not allowed to get off the carriage.

No matter how powerful Jia Qiang's force is, once there are too many people, Jia Qiang will not be able to take care of so many people.

"Master, there are so many people in Yangzhou City?" Jia Qiang couldn't help but be surprised as the carriage entered the main road.

It seems that the entire Yangzhou city has gathered here. Although the entire street is not crowded, it is still densely packed and there are not many gaps.

"Every year, the lanterns attract people from hundreds of miles away. It is considered an annual event in Yangzhou!" Jia Min explained with a smile.

Jia Qiang lightly patted the white horse. The white horse connected with him and moved closer to the carriage to prevent it from being rushed away by the crowd.

Lin Daiyu, Yunfei and Zhujun were all attracted by the lanterns. Even Yunfei and Zhujun used to live a controlled life, and they had no chance to freely participate in the fun of lantern viewing.

The three girls were chattering and discussing which lantern looked better.

Jia Min saw the smile on Lin Daiyu's face and felt that it was worthwhile to come out this time. Lin Daiyu's body was weakening due to the impact of falling into the water years ago. Among them, Jia Qiang's contribution, delicious food, and constant company made Lin Daiyu recover very quickly.

At a junction, where there were fewer people, the driver whipped the horse, and the carriage sped up a bit.

At this moment, a little girl suddenly rushed out from the side of the road and came to the carriage, about to hit the little girl.

"Be careful!" Although Jia Qiang was also watching the lanterns, she always paid attention to the carriage. When the little girl rushed to the carriage, he noticed it.

He shouted softly, and the white horse suddenly accelerated. He came to hide in the stirrup, hung upside down on the side of the horse, grabbed the little girl's arm with one hand, and pulled the little girl out from the front of the carriage.

The little girl's face turned pale, and she seemed to be very frightened.

The little girl is not very old, she looks about eleven or twelve years old. Her clothes are a little shabby, but her appearance is pretty.

What caught Jia Qiang's attention the most was the rouge mole between the little girl's eyebrows, which reminded him of a girl who also had a rouge mole between her eyebrows.

"Yinglian, why are you running around!" At this time, the aunt came from the side, slapped the little girl on the face, and shouted.

Half of the little girl's face suddenly turned red. She was a little dull. There were tears in her eyes after being beaten, but she didn't dare to cry when she looked at her aunt.

"Master, it was the little girl who got into the car, please don't blame me!" Another middle-aged man came over, bowed to Jia Qiang and apologized.

As soon as Jia Qiang heard her aunt call the little girl's name Yinglian, she knew that this was Zhen Yinglian, the only daughter of Zhen Shiyin from Gusu who was kidnapped several years ago.

"Is this your daughter?" Jia Qiang asked lightly.

"She's the villain's daughter!" The man didn't know what Jia Qiang meant by asking. He thought he was attracted by Yinglian and quickly bowed and replied.

The couple kidnapped Yinglian and raised her in order to sell her at a good price.

Yinglian has been beautiful since she was a child. When she was eleven years old, she had fair skin and slim eyebrows.

"I don't think so!" Jia Qiang's face turned cold and she said in a deep voice.

His aura suddenly changed, and the terrifying murderous intention brought about by killing more than a thousand people enveloped the middle-aged couple.

"Master, spare your life!" The man was a little better. After all, he often did evil things. Even if he lost his mind, he still instinctively begged for mercy and didn't say much.

But the aunt was very unbearable. How could a normal person withstand Jia Qiang's murderous intention? This murderous intention was invisible and qualityless, but it was real.

Jia Qiang had not been able to achieve this level before. After a battle with the mangy monk, he gained some insights from the spells performed by the manly monk, and then he applied the murderous intention.

But the middle-aged aunt couldn't bear Jia Qiang's murderous intention, and her head was dizzy. It seemed that the evil things she had done over the years had turned into fierce ghosts and rushed toward her.

"The boss asked me to abduct the child. If you want to find it, go find the boss!" the middle-aged aunt shouted uncontrollably.

When the man heard what the middle-aged aunt said, his expression changed drastically, and then determination flashed in his eyes.

He took out a short knife from his arms and was about to stab Jia Qiang.

He has already seen it, and there is only this young man in front of him, and the others are all female relatives.

Although the young man's imposing manner was astonishing, coupled with the pomp and circumstance of the carriage, one could tell at a glance that this was not an ordinary family.

But he didn't care about this at this time. The man thought of stabbing the boy and then escaping from Yangzhou City.

Today is the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and there are people everywhere. It will not be easy for the government to find him again even if he escapes from here.

"Brother Qiang, be careful!" Lin Daiyu exclaimed when she saw the man stabbing Jia Qiang with a short knife.

With Jia Qiang's skills, how could he be successfully attacked by such a person.

He kicked randomly and the man's wrist was broken.

The man endured the pain, got up and tried to escape. One of the white horse's hoofs stepped heavily on the man's leg, making a cracking sound.

The middle-aged aunt is worse than a man. She is still under the influence of Jia Qiang's previous murderous intention, and her whole body is limp and weak.

After seeing the man's miserable condition, she was so frightened that she even lost the strength to escape.

"What's going on?" At this moment, a group of city guards came, and the leader of the city guards shouted in a deep voice.

Cheng Wei glanced at Jia Qiang, then at the man and his wife on the ground. In contrast, he smiled at Jia Qiang.

The city guard's eyes are very poisonous. Looking at Jia Qiang's clothes, especially the carriage next to him, the carriage is of the Salt Transport Envoy's Yamen. As long as it concerns the Salt Transport Envoy's Yamen, he, a little city guard, cannot move it. of.

Even if Jia Qiang is unreasonable, the city guards will deal with it carefully. The ones above are the ones who really make the decision.

"Student Jia Qiang, this couple are human traffickers, and this little girl was abducted!" Jia Qiang explained the situation calmly.

"Take them down!" the city guard waved his hand and ordered his men.

Several city guards stepped forward and tied up the trafficker and his wife. The man screamed in agony because of his injuries.

One of the city guards became impatient when he heard the man's screams, so he took a rag and blocked his mouth.

"Master Jia, this matter is related to you. Please come back to the Yamen with us!" The leader of the city guard said to Jia Qiang carefully.

"I am protecting my family and it is not convenient to go to the Yamen at this time!" Jia Qiang did not want to go to the Yamen at this time. His task was to protect the female family members on the carriage.

The leader of the city guard was also in a bit of a dilemma. The main reason was that the trafficker was seriously injured. Jia Qiang, the person who made the move, always had to keep a record. This was a matter of formalities. If the procedures were not complete, he, the handler, would be in trouble.

"Brother Jia, what happened?" Zhang Ximing, who was riding a horse with four servants, happened to see what was going on here. He rode over and recognized Jia Qiang and asked hurriedly.

"I've met the young master!" The leader of the city guard greeted Zhang Ximing in a hurry.

This is Zhang Zhizhou's son, and these city guards are all under Zhang Zhizhou's charge.

"It's not that my wife wanted to watch the lanterns. Who would have thought that we met a trafficker on the road. The city guard wanted me to go back to the Yamen together. I was in a dilemma!" Jia Qiang explained with a smile.

"What are you doing? Let the city guards go to the Lin Mansion tomorrow. How can you delay Mrs. Lin's trip!" Zhang Ximing waved his hand and said.

The leader of the city guard had no objection, but when he wanted to take Yinglian away, Yinglian's hand firmly grasped Jia Qiang's leg corners and refused to let go.

The leader of the city guard did not dare to use too much force in front of the nobleman for fear of hurting Yinglian, so he was deadlocked for a while.

(End of this chapter)