The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Lin Yungang was about to say that he wanted to go together, but Lin Ruhai stopped him and said, "Don't get involved in this matter, just stay in the house honestly."

Lin Yun naturally understood that this was Lin Ruhai's desire to protect himself, so he didn't force it immediately, but bowed down and said, "Nephew respects his life."

...

After Lin Ruhai led Dong Xiong away, Lin Yun walked out of the office, ready to return to the inner house to rest.

When going out, I met several staff members around Lin Ruhai, and they all greeted him excitedly. Everyone knew that Lin Yun led people to search for private salt and had achieved great results. They rose together.

Lin Yun smiled wryly in his heart, "One variable after another made him feel a little afraid of the officialdom.

"Official circles are really not easy to mess around with."

...

Back at his residence in the back house, Lin Yun took out the jewelry box he brought back from Green Willow Villa and looked at it carefully.

In the darkroom at that time, he had doubts about the box. Ordinarily, as the chairman of the salt merchants, Lu Zhuoyuan would not have only saved tens of thousands of taels of private money, even though he was working for the Bai family. If his guess was correct, , There is a mystery in this jewelry box.

Lin Yun looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any traps or hidden compartments.He simply poured out all the jewelry in the box, and then gestured with his hands to measure the inner and outer dimensions.

After the comparison, he was overjoyed that the gap between the inside and the outside was as much as five centimeters. He hurriedly took out a dagger and tilted the wooden board at the bottom of the box.

Sure enough, as expected, after the wooden board was tilted open, all the large-value banknotes were exposed inside. Take it up and have a look, there are not only 5000 taels of silver bills, but also 1 taels of silver bills.

Lin Yun suppressed his excitement, and carefully counted them. There were 5000 banknotes with a denomination of 150 taels, and the rest were all [-] taels, totaling [-].

He calculated in his mind that there are a total of 1305 million taels of silver here.

Thinking that he had become a millionaire in a blink of an eye, Lin Yun was so excited that his whole body trembled, and he couldn't control it.

At this moment, there were several knocks on the door, startling him.

He hurriedly put away the banknotes and jewelry, calmed down his mood, and then walked over to open the door.

The person standing outside the door was Zhong Yi. He looked at Lin Yun and asked, "What are you doing hiding in the house with the door and windows closed?"

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "Reading, what else can I do besides reading?"

Zhong Yi asked suspiciously, "Can reading make your face turn red?"

"Uh,"

Lin Yun quickly found an excuse and said: "I read the kind of secrets in the boudoir. It's very interesting. Would you like to take a look at it?"

Zhong Yi said angrily: "You'd better keep it to yourself, I don't care."

Lin Yun let Zhong Yi into the house, and while making tea for him, he said with a smile: "It is human nature for a man to love a woman, there is nothing to be embarrassed about."

Zhong Yi hurriedly changed the subject and said, "I've come to find you something."

"You said."

Zhong Yi: "This time I was inquiring about information in the Yan Gang and met a young man named Du Qi. It was his help that allowed me to find out the situation of Green Willow Villa in time. I would like to introduce him to work with you."

Lin Yun thought for a while and said, "Is this person reliable?"

Zhong Yi: "It should be reliable. However, I didn't investigate his previous experience, so I dare not trust him completely."

Lin Yun: "Okay, let him follow you first. Just pay more attention."

Zhong Yi said happily: "Thank you, young master."

Lin Yun took out another ten taels of silver bill, handed it to Zhong Yi and said, "You will be rewarded for your merits, so you can pass this on to him."

"Ok."

Zhong Yi took the silver ticket and said, "Where's my bounty?"

Lin Yun said doubtfully: "Didn't you say you didn't want it at Green Willow Villa earlier?"

Zhong Yi: "I don't want dirty money, but the money earned by your perfume shop is clean."

"Uh,"

Lin Yun took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, counted out ten banknotes in denominations of one hundred taels, handed them to Zhong Yi and said, "I haven't seen you spend any money, what do you want the money for?"

Zhong Yi took the banknote and put it in his arms, "Don't worry about this, I have my own use for it."

After speaking, he stood up and walked out quickly.

"What a freak."

Chapter 1: Helper

In the afternoon, the Meixiang building was crowded with people. Mother Yin waved a handkerchief, joking and joking with some familiar guests to connect with each other.

A little servant girl walked up to her and whispered something in her ear, and Mother Yin nodded imperceptibly, then said a few more words to the guest, and walked upstairs quickly.

...

Mother Yin walked into the elegant room on the third floor alone and saw a fat man named Du Ruo sitting behind a small desk waiting for her.

Seeing Mother Yin coming in, the fat man quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Master, both Lu Zhuoyuan and Bai Yuan are dead."

Mother Yin nodded, then sat down behind the desk opposite, raised her head and asked, "Why didn't you bring Ya'er back?"

Du Ruo: "I want to bring her back, but she is worried that she will reveal her identity if she leaves at this time, so she stays in the White House temporarily, and let you find a way to find a legitimate reason to rescue her."

Yin's mother nodded and praised: "Ya'er is still very attentive and even thought of this small flaw."

After a pause, Yin's mother asked again: "Is everything going well at Green Willow Villa? How is Lin Ruhai's nephew doing?"

Du Ruo smiled and said: "Master Lin has both courage and strategy. He is worthy of being a young hero favored by the old miracle doctor."

"Oh, please tell me in detail."

Du Ruo narrated in detail to Mother Yin how Lin Yun led the troops to attack the Green Willow Villa.

Speaking of Lin Yun's fraud at Green Willow Villa, but Bai Xiong found out his identity and almost got hurt, Du Ruo said with lingering fear: "If his entourage hadn't saved him in time, I would have had no choice but to show up to save him. .”

Mother Yin didn't mind this matter. She knew Du Ruo's skills. With him around, Lin Yun was definitely not in danger.She was very interested in the firearm Lin Yun used to kill Bai Xiong.

After Du Ruo finished narrating, she asked curiously: "You said that the firecracker used by Mr. Lin can fire projectiles without a match?"

Du Ruo hurriedly nodded and said, "That's true. The firing time of that kind of firecracker is very short. If it is used on the battlefield, it will definitely achieve amazing results."

Mother Yin said thoughtfully: "You try to get someone to inquire in the capital to see if that kind of firecracker has been equipped with the army?"

"The villain will arrange it later."

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After a pause, Du Ruo worried again: "Master, once Bai Yuan dies, will Lin Ruhai be convicted?"

Mother Yin smiled and said, "Don't worry. Lin Ruhai raided Bai Yuan's house. I don't know how happy the Daming Palace man is. No matter how angry the Supreme Emperor is, he will protect Lin Ruhai to the death."

Du Ruo breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and said, "I'm relieved to have Master's words. By the way, Ya'er, how do you want to save her?"

"This is easy. If you ask Mei Gu to come forward and ask for help from Mr. Lin, just tell her that Ya'er is her natal niece and was kidnapped by that old thief Bai Yuan. He will definitely come to the rescue."

Du Ruo said worriedly: "Will this expose Aunt Mei's identity?"

Mother Yin: "It's okay. The plan for Lin Ruhai has been cancelled. From now on, Aunt Mei will take care of the princess nearby instead of having to perform other tasks."

Du Ruo: "I think it's better not to disturb Mr. Lin about this matter. We can easily redeem Ya'er by spending some money."

Mother Yin shook her head and said, "I don't want Mr. Lin to rescue Ya'er, but I want Ya'er to stay by his side and become his helper."

"Can this work?"

"Try it. With Ya'er's intelligence, there may be a way to impress him."

"Ok."

...

It was not until the evening that Lin Yun heard the news that Lin Ruhai had returned to his residence.

Not long after, Lin Ruhai sent someone to notify him and asked him to meet him in the study.

When Lin Yun walked into Lin Ruhai's study, he saw him engrossed in writing something.

He stood aside and waited for a while, and only when Lin Ruhai finished writing, he stepped forward and saluted, "Uncle, I'm here."

Lin Ruhai nodded, then raised his hand to rub his temples and said, "Bai Yuan is indeed dead."

Lin Yun hurriedly asked, "Did he commit suicide?"

Lin Ruhai: "According to the servants of Bai Mansion, he died of fright when he heard that the mansion was besieged."

Lin Yun said doubtfully: "No way, he has also been a second-grade official, can't he not even be able to bear this little shock?"

Lin Ruhai: "I heard that he has a heart disease, plus he's old, it's understandable that he couldn't bear the sudden news of the bad news."

As soon as Lin Yun heard it, he understood that this cause of death was more beneficial to Lin Ruhai, so he wanted to make it real, so as to avoid the notoriety of forcing an old official to death.

He hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Uncle, how much stolen money was confiscated from the White House?"

Lin Ruhai: "There are more than 680 million taels, plus antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and jewelry, the total will definitely exceed 800 million taels."

Lin Yun gasped when he heard the words, the Bai family looked low-key, but made a fortune in silence.With so much stolen money, Emperor Zhide would die of joy after knowing about it.However, it is not good for the Supreme Emperor.

He thought for a while and said to Lin Ruhai: "Uncle, how about I go back to Beijing and ask Chief Lu Shan to help you think of a way to get out of trouble."

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said: "You can't interfere in this matter. I will send someone to Mr. Lu to send him a letter and explain the situation to him. You go back and make preparations. Go to Jinling in two days."

Lin Yun asked doubtfully: "Did uncle worry that he was in danger, so he sent me away?"

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "What danger can I put in? Bringing Bai Yuan to justice, even if there is a suspicion of forcing the old minister to death, is at best an overreach, and the merits and demerits are equal to each other."

"Then why did uncle urge me to go to Jinling?"

Lin Ruhai: "After all, this matter involves a battle in the court. Your identity is sensitive, and I don't want you to be involved."

Lin Yun: "Okay. My nephew will go to Jinling to study in a few days."

Lin Ruhai handed the letter he had written just now to Lin Yundao: "This is the letter I wrote to Cao Shaoqian, the wine worshipper of the Imperial Academy of Yingtian Mansion. If you go to see him with this letter, you should be able to study in the Imperial Academy."

"Ok."

...

Coming out of Lin Ruhai's study, Lin Yun was still a little uneasy. He had a feeling that Lin Ruhai must be planning for the worst by sending him away.But what is the worst outcome?Is it demoted or demoted to the end?

Just when Lin Yun was having a headache thinking about it, he suddenly heard a faint cry coming from his ears.