The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, Bai Yuan slowly opened his eyes, and said to the woman in red: "Xiaoya, go and see who is here?"

"Yes, old man."

The girl in red stood up and walked over to open the door. She saw two people standing outside the door, one was a young man with elegant appearance, and the other was a middle-aged military general with a long history.

The young man pushed the door open and walked into the house, and shouted at Bai Yuan who was sitting upright: "Old ancestor, something happened."

Bai Yuan frowned and said, "Why panic, the sky won't fall."

After saying that, he looked at General Xiong who was following behind and asked: "General Xiong. What happened?"

General Xiong Shen: "Reporting to the old man, the general just received the news that the Green Willow Villa was raided by Hu Guerrilla, a privately owned company."

"what?"

Bai Yuan stood up with his hands on the grand teacher's chair, staring at General Xiong with cloudy eyes.

General Xiong Shen repeated with a guilty conscience: "The last general just received the news that the Green Willow Villa was raided by the privately owned Hu Guerrilla."

Hearing this, Bai Yuan swayed and almost fell on the grand master's chair.

The young man hastily stepped forward to support the old man, and comforted him: "Old ancestor, I guess there was a misunderstanding, and everything will be known when Supervisor Bai returns."

Bai Yuan pushed the young man away and asked General Xiong: "Your Hefang Camp is nearby, why don't you send troops to intervene?"

General Xiong Shen: "General Liu of our Hefang Battalion was invited to a banquet by Mr. Lin, the Imperial Envoy of the Huaihe River Patrol, but the Deputy General Lu Sheng refused the request of the last general to send troops."

Bai Yuan: "Lin Ruhai, after all, this old man underestimated you."

The young man hurriedly said: "Ancestor, can you send someone to ask Mr. Zhao, the Governor of Liangjiang, for help?"

"That's too late."

Bai Yuan thought for a while, and then told the young man: "Xu'er, you leave the mansion immediately and head to the capital, and tell your second uncle what's going on here."

The young man said anxiously: "Ancestor, please send someone else, my grandson will stay with you."

Bai Yuan said angrily: "Get lost!"

After finishing speaking, he told General Xiong Shen: "General Xiong, Xu'er will be handed over to you, and please escort him out of the city."

"Don't worry, old man, the young master will be sent out of the city safely in the end."

"Then please."

"Farewell at the end."

General Xiong Shen clasped his fists to salute, and then dragged the young man out of the house.

...

After the two left, the woman in red came over with a cup of hot tea and asked the old man, "Master, is this troublesome?"

Bai Yuan went to the desk and sat down, with a pen in his hand, full of thick ink. He wrote the letter while saying, "It's a little troublesome. Since Lin Ruhai dared to do it, he must have something to rely on. I don't know where he will go now." Which step."

The woman in red: "Maybe he just wants to collect more tax money so that he can pay the emperor."

"I hope so."

After Bai Yuan finished writing the letter, he raised his hand and patted it, called in a man in green clothes, and told him: You must ride to Jinling immediately and hand this letter to Mr. Zhao, the governor of Liangjiang. "

"Yes."

The man in Tsing Yi took the letter, turned around and walked out quickly.

...

After the man in Tsing Yi left, Bai Yuan picked up the tea cup on the desk, took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and said: "Lin Ruhai chose to take action today. He must have learned in advance that President Lu would produce salt today. Who told him Where’s the leak?”

Woman in red: "Could it be that President Lu accidentally leaked it?"

"It's absolutely impossible." Bai Yuan vetoed without hesitation.

Immediately, he thought to himself, Lin Ruhai must have learned a lot of news in advance, and Dong Xiong must have been arranged by the emperor. In this way, they had already started preparations a few months ago.Could it be that the emperor wants to attack me?is it possible? "

Thinking of this, Bai Yuan felt a little flustered.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

Immediately, a man in charge ran in and said in a panic, "Master, the government army has surrounded our mansion."

Bai Yuan's expression changed drastically when he heard the words, he stood up and was about to speak, but suddenly he clutched his chest, struggled and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the man immediately yelled in horror: "Old man, what's wrong with you? Come on, call the doctor quickly."

Several men and women broke in from outside the house, calling around old Mrs. Bai non-stop.

The woman in red cast a glance at the old man Bai, who was lying on the ground, and said in tears, "The old man is stimulated, I'm afraid he can't do it."

A young man grabbed the man who reported the letter earlier and shouted: "It was you, you killed the old man."

The man in charge said regretfully: "I didn't do it on purpose, old man, the little one deserves to die, the little one is sorry, woo woo woo~"

...

Just when everyone was arguing, the woman in red raised her hand to cover her mouth, staggered out of the room, and quickly disappeared.

...

Outside the White Mansion, Dong Xiong had just surrounded the mansion with a group of soldiers, when he heard a burst of crying from inside.

When he listened carefully, he panicked immediately.

He hurriedly asked the soldiers beside him, "Listen, what are you crying inside?"

A soldier replied: "General, it seems to say that Old Master Bai is dead."

Dong Xiong became anxious when he heard it, "You must have heard it wrong, kid?"

Another soldier also said: "General, there are indeed people crying inside saying that Old Master Bai is dead."

Dong Xiong said regretfully: "Why is Lao Tzu so unlucky, why didn't he die sooner or later, but why did he die as soon as I came here?"

A guerrilla reminded him: "General, Mr. Bai is dead. This is a big deal. Please send someone to report to Mr. Lin quickly."

Dong Xiong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, you are here to guard, and I will go back and report to Master Lin."

After Dong Xiong finished speaking, he asked someone to bring his war horse, turned on his back and rode on the horse, and galloped towards the Lianghuai Patrol Salt Imperial Envoy's Mansion.

Chapter 129: The Millionaire

Dong Xiong rode back to the gate of Lianghuai patrol salt imperial envoy, just in time to see Hu Xiangyi commanding soldiers to carry boxes into the mansion.

He quickly jumped off the horse, threw the horse's reins to the guards behind him, then stepped forward and smiled at Hu Xiangyi: "Xiangyi, look at this, didn't you gain a lot this time?"

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Hu Xiangyi said happily: "Reporting to the general, we have found more than 30 stones of illegal salt this time, and arrested more than a dozen illegal salt dealers."

Dong Xiong hurriedly asked: "Did you find the stolen money?"

Hu Xiangyi nodded vigorously, then lowered his voice and said: "Master Lin said that although you didn't go, your share of the reward cannot be reduced. I will transport all the 2000 taels of silver back to you."

Dong Xiong said happily: "Mr. Lin is still righteous, and it is a pleasure to work with him. By the way, what about others?"

"I was called in by Mr. Lin, presumably to inquire about the seizure of private salt."

When Dong Xiong heard this, he hurried to the mansion.

...

In the official office of the government office, Lin Ruhai was listening to Lin Yun's story about the seizure of illegal salt.

Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Lin Yun and the others had seized more than 30 stones of illicit salt. He had taken a huge risk in this operation. If the illicit salt could not be found, it would be difficult for him to explain it to the emperor and the courtiers. Now with more than 30 stones of private salt as a base, he can be invincible.

However, when he heard that Lin Yun had released all the private salt dealers he had captured, he immediately frowned and said, "How can you decide on such a big matter?"

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Lin Yun explained: "These people can spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to purchase private salt at a time, and there must be several backers behind them. Uncle has committed a taboo by investigating and punishing the Bai family. If he offends the backers behind those people If you are dead, there will be no place for you above the court from now on."

Lin Ruhai was silent when he heard the words, so he didn't know what Lin Yun said, but acting like Lin Yun was not in his mind after all.

Lin Yun took out a cloth parcel from his arms, stepped forward and handed it to Lin Ruhai and said: "Uncle, there are 43 taels of silver notes here, all of which were seized from the salt merchants."

Lin Ruhai took the package, opened it to look at it, and then said with emotion: "The Bai family sold so much private salt at one time, it shows how crazy the old thief Bai Yuan has become."

Lin Yun hurriedly asked: "How does uncle plan to deal with Bai Yuan?"

Lin Ruhai: "Take Bai Yuan into custody first, and wait for the emperor's decree to deal with him."

"What about the Bai family?"

"Of course it will be copied."

"Uh,

Lin Yun said in his heart: "Although this uncle is a scholar, he is ruthless in his actions."

At this moment, Lin Ruhai's entourage came in to report outside the door, "Master, General Dong has something urgent to see."

Lin Ruhai: "Let him in."

"Yes."

Not long after, Dong Xiong ran in quickly and said anxiously: "Lord Lin, Bai Yuan is dead."

"what?"

Lin Ruhai stood up abruptly, and looked at Dong Xiong in shock.

Dong Xiong: "As soon as the last general led his troops to surround the Bai Mansion, there were crying sounds inside. Someone was crying that Old Master Bai was dead."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly asked: "Did you go in and check?"

Dong Xiong: "When the last general heard that Bai Yuan was dead, he rushed back to report the news, but he hasn't gone in to check yet."

Lin Ruhai paced around the room, thinking quickly about the adverse effects that Bai Yuan's death would have on him.

Lin Yun also looked confused, and all the joy of finding the illegal salt was gone.He knew in his heart that Bai Yuan's death would definitely anger the Supreme Emperor.Next, it depends on whether the emperor will die to protect Lin Ruhai.

After thinking clearly, he hurriedly said to Lin Ruhai: "Uncle, you must quickly search the White Mansion, and after you find the dirty money, send someone to ride a fast horse to report the victory to the court."

Lin Ruhai also knew that he had no way out. He told Dong Xiong, "Follow me. I will personally inspect the Bai Mansion."

Dong Xiong said hurriedly: "The last general will respect your order."