The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Lu Zhuoyuan gritted his teeth and said: "That kid is a scourge, I will get rid of him sooner or later."

Mother Yin smiled and said, "He is in Miao'er's room now. Do you want to go see him?"

Lu Zhuoyuan was surprised: "What did you say? That kid is back?"

"That's right. I heard that he came back yesterday. He must be worried about Lin Ruhai's business."

"Then I'll be leaving first, please get ready as soon as possible and wait for my news."

After Lu Zhuoyuan finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Mother Yin, and then walked out quickly.

...

Not long after Lu Zhuoyuan left, a figure quietly walked into the room and said to Yin's mother in a hoarse voice, "Master, do you really want to cooperate with them?"

Mother Yin looked up at the fat man standing in front of her, and said calmly: "I said that, it's just a way to delay the attack."

Fat man: "But since you agreed to them, if you don't do anything, I'm afraid Bai Yuan won't let it go."

Mother Yin sneered: "If he wants to cause trouble for me, he must be alive. This time I will wipe out the retreat of his Bai family from Yangzhou."

"Does the master want to borrow a knife to kill someone?"

"good."

Mother Yin stood up, went to the wall and raised her hand to press it, and saw a hidden compartment on the wall. She reached out and took out an envelope from it, turned around and handed it to the fat man, and said, "Du Ruo, try to hand this envelope to me." That kid. Remember, don't let him know your identity."

Du Ruo asked doubtfully: "Why not just hand it over to Lin Ruhai?"

Mother Yin: "I want to take this opportunity to test how well that kid is doing things?"

Du Ruo: "The villain will do it now."

"Be careful, that kid is very smart, don't let him suspect me."

"Master, don't worry, I know what to do."

"Go."

...

After the fat man disappeared, Yin's mother walked out of the elegant room and came to Miss Piaomiao's boudoir.

Picking up the curtain and going in, she saw Piao Miao girl standing alone in front of the window, staring at the street outside in a daze.

The little maid Liu'er saw Yin's mother coming in, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Mom is here!"

Piao Miao girl turned her head when she heard the sound, and smiled at Yin's mother: "Mom is here to see Mr. Lin?"

Yin's mother: "how did he leave?"

Piao Miao girl: "A servant from Lin's mansion came to ask him to go back, it seems that something happened."

Mother Yin told Liu'er: "Go out first, I have something to say to Miao'er."

"Yes."

Liu'er responded, and then walked out quickly, closing the door behind her.

Mother Yin walked up to Miss Piaomiao and asked her, "How about that kid? Are you interested?"

Piao Miao girl shook her head and smiled wryly: "I guess it's because I came from a lowly family background, which made him look down on me."

Mother Yin was slightly surprised and said: "He is not moved when he sees your appearance?"

Piao Miao girl nodded, and then said: "He seems to be wary of me."

Mother Yin: "Really? It seems that I underestimated him."

Piao Miao girl asked hesitantly: "Mom, why did you let me approach him?"

Mother Yin frowned and said, "Don't ask if you shouldn't know. You just have to obey orders."

"Miao'er knows it's wrong."

Mother Yin said again: "You can't be impatient with him, but let him accept you slowly, and I will create opportunities for you."

"Ok."

: Caught a cold, there is only one chapter tonight, try to make up tomorrow.

Chapter 122: Clue

When Lin Yun returned to the mansion, he saw Hu Xiangyi who had come to visit. Under the care of Lin Ruhai and Dong Xiong, this guy had been promoted to guerrilla in an exceptional way, and he commanded [-] soldiers.

When Hu Xiangyi was inspecting private salt dealers a few days ago, he met Zhong Yi who had joined the salt gang. He learned from Zhong Yi that Lin Yun was back, so he took the opportunity of the Chinese New Year to come to meet him.

As soon as they met, Lin Yun asked Hu Xiangyi about the progress of the illegal salt collection.

Hu Xiangyi said with a bitter face: "I'm dissatisfied with the young master. Since the last general took office with General Dong, he has only caught some small fish and shrimps, and he has not caught any big private salt dealers."

"Then do you know why?"

Hu Xiangyi: "The main reason is that there are too many insiders who have tipped off the news. Every time we receive news and go out to arrest them, it seems that we have already received the news. When we arrive at the destination, there is no sign of the private salt dealer. "

Lin Yun: "After you receive the news, gather all the soldiers under your command and prevent them from leaving the team without permission. Isn't that all right?"

Hu Xiangyi: "The method you said. I also tried it, but it didn't work. There must be eyeliners of private salt dealers around our military camp. As long as we make a move, they will receive the news."

Lin Yun complained secretly in his heart, "These private salt dealers are almost turning into guerrillas."

He suddenly remembered and said, "You said you met Zhong Yi just now, did he find anything?"

Hu Xiangyi took out a piece of dirty yellow cloth from his bosom, handed it to Lin Yun and said, "This is delivered to you by General Zhong Yirang."

Lin Yun took the cloth strip, got up and walked into the study, took out a bottle of potion from the drawer, and daubed it on the cloth strip.

After a while, there were more than a dozen thin lines displayed on the strip of cloth, each of which converged to a fulcrum, and the words "Green Willow Villa" were displayed on this fulcrum.

Lin Yun came out with a strip of cloth, handed it to Hu Xiangyi and said, "Do you know this Green Willow Villa?"

Hu Xiangyi was shocked after seeing the strip of cloth. Originally, he was curious as to why Zhong Yi asked him to bring a piece of rag cloth to Lin Yun. It turned out that there was a secret message hidden in the strip of cloth.

Before he had time to think about it, Hu Xiangyi watched carefully with the cloth strip.He is very familiar with the waterway in Yangzhou, and he quickly understood that this is the waterway transportation route for the salt field to transport salt out, and the destinations are all concentrated in the Green Willow Villa.

Hu Xiangyi put down the cloth, and said: "The general once heard people say that this green willow villa is the property of the Bai family, a great salt merchant. It is located at the transportation hub of the nineteen salt fields in Huainan, and it is specially used to store and transfer official salt."

Lin Yun: "If it's just a transfer of official salt, Zhong Yi will definitely not send a letter to me. Could it be that the Bai family sold private salt as official salt here?"

Hu Xiangyi's eyes lit up when he heard the words, "Young master's words are very likely. No wonder the general can't catch any serious private salt dealers. It turns out that the biggest private salt dealers are the Bai family."

Lin Yun had a headache and said: "It seems useless to know, the Bai family has salt guides, they can completely call the private salt the official salt."

Hu Xiangyi: "There is still a way. After all, the Bai family's salt quotations are limited in quantity. When they concentrate on shipping, we will lead our troops to make a surprise inspection. As long as the number of salts and salt quotations are found to be inconsistent, they will be able to escape from trafficking in illegal salt." guilt."

"But how can we know when they will concentrate on shipping?"

Hu Xiangyi said with a bitter face: "It would be great if we could install a small operation inside the salt merchant."

Lin Yun also fell into deep thought after hearing this. Although he asked Zhong Yi to infiltrate the Salt Gang, Zhong Yi might not be able to get the specific confidential information.If you want to remove the bottom and solve the situation of flooding of illegal salt, it is absolutely impossible without intelligence support.

...

The two of them were thinking about it when they saw Xiao Mo leading Feng Ziying in from the outside.

Lin Yun hurriedly asked: "Ziying, did you find anything there?"

Feng Ziying glanced at Hu Xiangyi, unsure whether he could be trusted.

Lin Yun hurriedly said: "General Hu is one of his own, and he is in charge of investigating private salt dealers."

Feng Ziying: "I have found out clearly. Although Lu Zhuoyuan is the president of the Salt Merchant Chamber of Commerce, it is said that he is a puppet supported by the Bai family and specializes in helping the Bai family."

Lin Yun: "Have you ever found out the relationship between him and Yin's mother?"

Feng Ziying shook her head and said: "I can't find out what relationship he has with Mother Yin on the surface. He just occasionally takes people to Meixianglou to drink and listen to the piano."

When Lin Yun heard this, he immediately became discouraged. Relying on these specious news, if he wanted to take action against a retired official, it would be no different from courting death.

Hu Xiangyi took the piece of cloth and said to Lin Yun: "Master, do you find it strange that now is not the season for drying salt, how could someone transport salt to Green Willow Villa?"

Lin Yun was taken aback when he heard the words, he quickly asked: "Which months of the year are the seasons for drying salt?"

Hu Xiangyi: "The first half of the year from the spring equinox to the summer solstice is the best season for sun-dried salt, and the quality of the salt produced is the best. In the second half of the year, sun-dried salt starts from July and a half and ends in October. The Spring Festival is the off-season for salt production. It is almost impossible to have a large shipment of table salt."

Feng Ziying interjected: "Perhaps the salt merchants will store some of the salt and wait for the off-season shipments, so that they can be sold at a higher price."

Hu Xiangyi shook his head and said, "Impossible. Official salt sales are all customized. It is impossible for salt merchants to hoard salt blatantly and disturb the salt market."

Lin Yun raised his hand and stroked his chin, and said, "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. This thing must be weird."

After a pause, Lin Yun said again: "By the way, what did you mean when you said it was almost impossible?"

Hu Xiangyi: "What I said cannot be that the official salt will not be shipped in large quantities during this season. If it is private salt, then I can't say for sure."

An idea flashed in Lin Yun's mind, and he exclaimed in surprise: "I figured it out. They want to take advantage of the relaxation of inspections during the Spring Festival to secretly transfer the private salt in stock."

Feng Ziying said anxiously: "Then quickly ask Mr. Lin to send troops to surround this manor and give them a hard time."

Lin Yun said angrily: "There is no conclusive news. What if you send troops to arrest the wrong person? That is a big shot in the officialdom. If you make a mistake, we will be left with nothing to eat."

Hu Xiangyi: "Sir, do you want me to take a few people into Green Willow Villa to investigate?"

Lin Yun: "You can't go. Zhong Yi has to figure out a solution for this matter. After you go back, try to contact him and see if he can do anything."

Hu Xiangyi: "Okay, I'll go back now and find a way to contact him."

Lin Yun warned: "You must not let outsiders interfere in this matter, you must do it yourself."

"Ok."

Feng Ziying: "Brother Lin, what can I do?"

Lin Yun: "Go and find out, which part of the nearest army is in the Green Willow Villa, and who is the general. Let me find out."

"Okay, I will check it out for you as soon as possible."

"Then please."

Chapter 123: Black Material

After sending Hu Xiangyi and Feng Ziying away, Lin Yun came to the front office, looking for Lin Ruhai to report the news Zhong Yi had found.

Unfortunately, Lin Ruhai was receiving several salt merchants and had no time to see him.