Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 216 Lin Daiyu Gives Another Amulet
According to the information conveyed by the Xue family, Yue Ling no longer had any doubts about Zhao Yuanxing's identity and motives.

Judging from the route map marked by the Xue family, Zhao Yuanxing's business trip did not take the Zhang River at all, let alone know the specific situation of the villages on the south bank of the Zhang River.

Zhao Yuanxing, Huang Wenhua, Li Dehui.

Yue Ling silently wrote down the names of three people on the paper, then picked up the pen stained with cinnabar, circled them all and crossed them out.

The day Yue Ling leaves the city is the day to put an end to these three people.

Huang Wenhua has been dormant for half a month. Before that, he was still fighting with the Xue family, but now he is giving in everywhere and even wants to withdraw from Cangzhou.

All these changes started after Li Dehui came.

Yue Ling knew exactly where Li Dehui had gone.

Yue Ling also had some guesses about their plans, as if everything was aimed at him.

They used the human trafficking case to lure him out of the city. There were no large docks or piers on both sides of the Zhang River, and there were few canal ships traveling back and forth. Perhaps they wanted to create a tragedy on the water.

If the ship sank in the water, there was no need to even destroy the evidence, as everything would be washed away by the current, making it impossible to investigate.

The plan is good, but if someone else were to do it, they might fall into the trap.

But the extent of Yue Ling's control over Cangzhou City was beyond their imagination.

Yue Ling knew more information about Cangzhou City than the Jinyiwei. There was nothing he couldn't know as long as he wanted to.

Yue Ling wanted to find a cargo ship with a deeper draft, ostensibly to transport the abducted people, but in reality it was to better hide the troops and give the rebels a surprise.

They were only aiming for Yue Ling's life instead of luring the tiger away from the mountain to threaten the government office and involve other people's lives. Yue Ling could breathe a sigh of relief.

But we still cannot slack off in our advance preparations.

Of course, he didn't want Lin Daiyu to be in danger.

Or maybe there are other people in the city who take the opportunity to create chaos and disrupt the order that has just been established in the city.

At this moment, the 10,000 newly trained recruits really have a place to use their skills...

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"You're back? You're back pretty early today."

Lin Daiyu held a round fan in her hand and blinked as she looked at Yue Ling who had returned.

Yue Ling nodded slightly and came to Lin Daiyu's side, and saw that she had placed another brocade box on the tea table.

"Brother Yue, try it too."

Yue Ling glanced at the cakes and candied fruits in the brocade box, then looked at Xueyan who was still chewing something beside him, and asked, "There seem to be a lot of new items in this room. Are they all sent by Miss Xue?"

Yue Ling picked up a piece of cake with his fingers, put it in his mouth and tasted it. It was soft, fluffy, sweet and delicious.

Lin Daiyu replied, "It was sent by Miss Xue. This is a specialty of Suzhou. If it were freshly made, it would probably taste better."

Speaking of Suzhou, Lin Daiyu thought of her mother who was buried in the Lin family's ancestral land in Suzhou. She really wanted to see her mother and visit her father's former residence.

Seeing Lin Daiyu's eyes flickering and then slowly lowering her head, Yue Ling changed the subject and asked, "When did Sister Lin and Miss Xue get along so well that she prepared so many gifts, and selected them from Gusu. It really took a lot of effort."

Lin Daiyu turned her head and looked at Yue Ling again.

She didn't know when they got along so well, but they just sent gifts, and it felt like everyone was about to squeeze into the yard.

But the drunkard's real intention was not to drink, Lin Daiyu saw it clearly, but she was overwhelmed.

Originally, she wrote the letter because she wanted Xue Baochai and Brother Yue to have less contact, but Xue Baochai did not back down but advanced instead, and now the situation has ended badly.

However, Lin Daiyu is still confident enough, and no one can replace her position in Brother Yue's heart.

After all, she has been with Brother Yue since she was a child, so she can be considered a childhood sweetheart, right? Xue Baochai is just a sneaky cat, so if you are careful, nothing will happen.

Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes and said thoughtfully, "I plan to invite Sister Xue to come to my room as a guest. When do you think a good day would be?"

Yue Ling's mind was still full of official business and the deployment of troops in the city.

When Lin Daiyu talked about this, she couldn't help but say, "Invite her to the government office? That's a good thing. Five days later, let her bring Ying'er and Xiangling with her. Don't leave anyone out."

Yue Ling was afraid that after he left the city, there would be unrest in the city, and the Xue family, who had been working for him, might also become a target. They really had to pay attention to their personal safety.

If you come to visit the government office, we can take care of it together.

Lin Daiyu frowned slightly. When she heard Yue Ling say that it was a good thing, she felt a little annoyed.

But judging from Yue Ling's tone, it seemed that this was not the kind of connection she had imagined, so she suppressed her complaints and asked, "What good day is it after five days? Is that the day Brother Yue takes a day off?"

Yue Ling shook his head and smiled, "I have so much work to do all day long, how can I have a day off? I have to go out of town that day, and it will make me feel more at ease if you are all together."

Yue Ling thought to himself, "There are only three of them from the Xue family, but I feel like I forgot who they are. Never mind, just let them come. People I can't even remember are probably insignificant." "Leave the city?"

It seemed that since they came to Cangzhou, Yue Ling had never left the city to do any errands.

After leaving the city, they were allowed to stay together again. It didn't seem like they were just leaving the city to do something simple.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but think of the day of the palace coup, when even the Queen Mother came to their small courtyard to avoid disaster. Wasn't it possible that something big was going to happen this time too?

Lin Daiyu was no longer concerned about being jealous, and asked hurriedly, "Brother Yue, are you in any danger?"

Yue Ling was stunned when he heard this. What he was about to face was something he had been hiding from Lin Daiyu all along.

However, he did not expect that Lin Daiyu was so sensitive that she associated his own safety with just a few words.

"It's okay. Can Cangzhou be more dangerous than the capital? You don't know what I can do."

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and murmured, "But Brother Yue was seriously injured in the capital."

Yue Ling didn't hear Lin Daiyu's mumbling clearly. He looked at her and regarded her in confusion.

Lin Daiyu looked back, and couldn't help thinking in her mind: "Brother Yue is a military commander, and military commanders cannot avoid risking their lives. This is not something I want to influence for my own selfish desires. Moreover, things have made Brother Yue have to leave the city, and there must be no room for maneuver. Brother Yue is doing this for the people in the city, so how can I not support him?"

"If I say anything more, it will make me look ignorant."

Lin Daiyu lowered her eyes slightly and asked, "Brother Yue, where is the amulet I gave you?"

Yue Ling took out something from his pocket and opened his palm. It was the first gift that Lin Daiyu prepared for Yue Ling when she was learning embroidery.

This small amulet has faded a little due to the passage of time.

Lin Daiyu took it and forced a smile on her face, "In five days, I will prepare a new one for Brother Yue. It was too crude at first, but now my needlework has improved, and I will never make such an ugly thing again."

Yue Ling smiled and said, "The things Sister Lin gave me are of course gifts from her, so how can you say whether they are good or bad? No matter what, they are not bad at all."

Lin Daiyu also smiled and made tea for Yue Ling with her bare hands.

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Five days passed in a flash.
Holding the amulet that Lin Daiyu had just given him, Yue Ling boarded the cargo ship heading east along the Zhang River.

On the amulet supported by silk, there are some green bamboo decorations on the front, unlike the previous chrysanthemums.

Chrysanthemum is the flower that Yue Ling used to open Lin Daiyu's heart. Starting from the little daisy on the windowsill, the relationship between the two became more and more open.

Bamboo is also the pattern that Lin Daiyu chose after she understood Yue Ling's inner thoughts better.

After all, Yue Ling was always busy with official business, and he went out of the city to take risks, and what he did was also for the public good. In her mind, only Brother Yue was worthy of the title of "gentleman".

Behind the amulet is a simple word "An".

I have to say, when Yue Ling took it, he clearly felt Lin Daiyu's progress in needlework.

As I said, Qing is Dai's shadow, and Qingwen can even mend a golden pheasant fur coat. With Lin Daiyu being so dexterous, how could she only be proficient in needlework?

"My Lord, a few miles ahead, we will reach Qijiatun."

Zhao Hao looked at the scene on both sides of the river and reported to Yue Ling.

Zhao Yuanxing said on the side: "We are sailing against the wind now, so it will probably take some effort."

Each of them spoke a word, but standing side by side, they seemed to be at odds with each other.

Yue Ling couldn't help but smile and tried to smooth things over with the two of them.

"You two, uncle and nephew, are close friends. How could it end up like this? The Yunxing Escort Agency is in a difficult time right now. How can you have an internal conflict when your family business is in decline?"

Zhao Yuanxing bowed his hands and said, "I didn't want to be angry with him for making a fool of himself, but he went too far. It's a good thing that he wants to follow you, and we support him, but he insisted that we give up our ancestral business and stop working in the escort agency. Isn't this treasonous?"

Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Is escorting a caravan a good job? Our Zhao family originally had twelve branches, and many men died every year while escorting a caravan, which made the family less prosperous. Now that you are with the Marquis and have a better job to do, you still continue to escort a caravan. Isn't that foolish and ignorant?"

Zhao Yuanxing said, "There is life and there is death. They died because they did not master their skills well enough."

Zhao Hao said angrily: "They are pushing the issue. Not everyone is good at martial arts and can be a bodyguard!"

The two of them were arguing about family affairs, and Yue Ling really didn't want to interrupt, but he still stood up and said, "Captain Zhao, what Brother Hao said does make sense. Escorting is not something that everyone can do. If everyone has your ability to conceal the truth, then it would be feasible."

Zhao Yuanxing's expression was stern, "My Lord, what do you mean by this?"

At the right moment, there was a sudden huge shock from the bottom of the ship, and the whole ship shook twice, but it was just a shake, and it returned to normal after a few breaths.

Zhao Hao held onto the railing, stood up and asked, "What happened? Did it hit a reef?"

(End of this chapter)