The Second Master of the Iron-blooded Lian of the Red Chamber

Wei Jiudao: "Second Young Master, let's go back to the inn first and make a long-term plan."

Jia Lian nodded subconsciously, then took out gloves from her arms and put them on again.Guan Qishou knew what Jia Lian was going to do at a glance. With a flick of the whip, he rolled up the torch on the ground and copied it in his hand. He put on his gloves and went to search Lou Tianyan's body.

Guan Qishou was a thief, and to put it bluntly, he was the ancestor of the thief. Naturally, the body search was much better than Jia Lian's, and he quickly found everything on Lou Tianyan's body and sorted it into categories.

Lou Tianyan had a Bone Transformation Token on his body, with the word Yan engraved on it; in addition, there were some broken silver, a few Thunderbolt bombs, a few bottles of golden sore medicine and some unknown medicine bottles.Those few unknown medicine bottles should be medicines to maintain the outer sect's kung fu, Jia Lian and his party couldn't tell for a while, so they put them away all at once.Come to think of it, someone like Lou Tianyan who practiced external skills doesn't bother to use hidden weapons and feed poison, but he doesn't have any of those things.

Since Lou Tianyan can be the substitute of the owner of the Huagu Building, his status in the Huagu Building is naturally not low. Presumably, with the Huagu Token, he can settle in many places that recognize the Huagu Token, and these places are either from the Huagu Building. Secret birth, or business dealings.

Jia Lian thought of this, and suddenly said: "Mr. Wei, Mr. Guan, let's destroy the corpse quickly!"

The Huagu Building's industry recognizes the Huagu Building's industry, but they may not know the person who holds the Huagu Token.This is very likely to be a good way to check and change cases.The premise is that the people in Huagulou will not know that Lou Tianyan is dead.

Gathering the useful things on Lou Tianyan, Guan Qi flicked his whip, lifted Lou Tianyan up and ran outside.Wei Jiu said: "Second Young Master, you go back to the inn first, and I will come as soon as I go." After finishing speaking, he turned around and disappeared.

Jia Lian was hit by Lou Tianyan's palm, and fell to the ground in order to relieve the force. It happened that Lou Tianyan's throat was sealed by Wei Jiuyi's dagger at that time, and the blood sprinkled Jia Lian again.Therefore, Jia Lian did not go through the main entrance, but climbed over the wall in the backyard of the inn, and returned to the room through the window.

Soon, Wei Jiu also came back.Because of the haste, it was not easy to clean up bloodstains in the alley where dead people died, so Wei Jiu killed a dog somewhere and threw it there.But Guan Qishou came back after more than an hour. He tied Lou Tianyan's body with stones and threw it into the Fuyang River.

Wei Jiu entered through the main entrance of the inn graciously, asked for a room, and asked Xiaoer to serve hot water before letting Jia Lian wash off the blood on his body.If Jia Lian passed hot water in the middle of the night, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

After preparing everything, it was almost four drums, and the three of them still did not sleep well. Wei Jiu asked Jia Lian, "Second Young Master, do you think I should go back to the capital?"

Jia Lian nodded.Intellectually, he certainly knows that the major event of changing grain seeds is related to the life and death of the people and the peril of the country; but since crossing, the person he is closest to, the person who treats him the best, and the person who taught him the most is Jia Daishan. It is also false to worry about the situation in the capital.

Wei Jiu didn't even raise his eyelids, as if he knew how Jia Lian would respond, and continued: "Before we left the city, the Duke of the State had an explanation, and we followed the orders of the Second Young Master on the way, except for returning to Beijing. Now the emperor will hand over the dawn to the Duke of the State. In the hands of the emperor, in the capital, the Duke of the Kingdom can mobilize a lot of power. Besides, the affairs in the hands of the emperor's eldest grandson should have been completed. Counting the days, it is time to return to Beijing. After the emperor's eldest grandson returns to Beijing, Mr. Jiang will also When we arrive in the capital, Second Young Master doesn't have to worry too much about the affairs of the capital."

Jia Lian nodded when he heard what Wei Jiu said was reasonable.

After a pause, Jia Lian said, "Mr. Guan, did you find this inn at random, or is this our hidden stake?"

Guan Qishou raised his head and said: "It's not a secret, but we low-level people can do everything, and we can be regarded as the same spirit. It's convenient to travel in the rivers and lakes, and we can take care of each other, but in fact it's very loose. There are many people in the low-level people. There are inns, and there are also restaurants, porters, sedan chairs, matchmakers, back rubs, everything. I am a thief, and I came in when I saw an inn opened by a friend from the rivers and lakes in Xiajiumen."

Jia Lian frowned and said, "From tomorrow onwards, let's be more careful, we may not be able to stay in the inns that are also opened for the low class."

Guan Qishou frowned, and he understood Jia Lian's meaning after a little thought: "Second Young Master, you mean that people from the Huagu Building got mixed up in the lower ranks?"

Jia Lian nodded slightly.At that time, Jia Lian and Guan Qishou were talking in the room, and they had already lowered their voices. Why did Lou Tianyan suddenly appear?Lou Tianyan didn't have much money on him, and he only needed to show his Bone Token to stay in, so although this inn was owned by a lowly friend from the world, he also recognized his Bone Token.

Guan Qishou's face darkened immediately, and he said, "This group of people who have forgotten their ancestors are actually working hand in hand with such a conscience-stricken thing like Huagulou!"

Jia Lian persuaded: "Mr. Guan, please calm down. The low-level people come from bitter backgrounds, and they are mixed with dragons and snakes. Besides, not everyone may know the true face of Huagulou. Maybe some low-level industries have contacts with Huagulou. It’s just a livelihood. After all, Huagulou’s industries include food stores and shops, and the business is also big. It’s human nature to open the door to do business, and to exchange information. Let’s just be careful along the way in the future.”

After hearing this, Guan Qishou felt that Jia Lian's words were reasonable, so he said nothing more.

Early the next morning, Wei Jiu went out of the city gate to lead the three horses that were kept at the post station.Last night, Wei Jiu didn't bring his horse into the city because he climbed over the wall to enter the city.

After the three meet, continue south.

Many hidden products of Huagulou hide their logos very secretly, and it is difficult to identify people who are not inside Huagulou.But because Jia Lian had the Bone Transformation Order in his hand, and the three of them had good eyesight, they recognized quite a few along the way.Because the three of them had important matters to do and didn't want to cause trouble, they avoided the property of Huagulou and marched, and the road was naturally quite safe.

A group of people traveled southward at full speed, changing horses without changing people. Except for drinking and feeding the horses for a short rest, and the necessary overnight stay at the inn, the three of them never rested.In less than ten days, several people arrived in Yangzhou City.

Lin Ruhai also received a message from Feige from Jia Daishan.Although the letters that pigeons can carry cannot contain too detailed causes and consequences, and Jia Daishan's letter is vague, but Lin Ruhai also knows that his father-in-law traveled thousands of miles to inform him to buy food, and the letter also said that the more the better, the better.Therefore, when Jia Lian and the other three arrived in Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai had already purchased a lot of grains and miscellaneous grains. In addition to the official residence of the Yanzheng Yamen, some of them were stored in the old residence of the Lin family in Suzhou.

Naturally, there are large granaries belonging to the imperial court everywhere, storing grain for emergencies.It's just that the granaries in various places are full of rats, and often nine out of ten granaries are empty.Often when the imperial court sent people to make inspections, they borrowed rice and filled it into a granary for inspection by inspectors, and then transported all the grain to a nearby granary that had not yet been inspected.What's more, those who had no time to borrow grain to fill the granary set fire to the granary and lied about running out of water.There are too many bizarre claims about the disappearance of other grains for no reason.Therefore, when there is a natural disaster, you only know that there is no food to store when you open the warehouse to release grain. The tragedy of man-made disasters on top of natural disasters has never been common since ancient times.

When Lin Ruhai first received Jia Daishan's letter, he still didn't know why Jia Daishan suddenly asked him to purchase grain vigorously. To prevent any rumors from leaking out, Lin Ruhai only notified a few trustworthy local officials in prefectures and counties to check the availability of the granaries under his control. There is surplus food.

Those close friends all knew that Lin Ruhai's father-in-law was Rong Guogong, who was in the emperor's heart at that time. They also knew that when Jia Jingfeng Huangming inspected Shandong and found out the shocking case of King Zhongshun's collusion with Japanese pirates, Lin Ruhai privately reminded the granary of the problem, Local officials in several places thought it was the emperor who was going to send someone on a southern tour, who dare not take it seriously?Therefore, in addition to Lin Ruhai, the prefects and county magistrates of several places also checked the surplus grain in the local granaries.Those that were damaged by damp or embezzled were all tried to recover or make up for them.

Therefore, a lot of grain that can be grown in the south of the Yangtze River is in the hands of the government.

He also said that the big case in Baoding Mansion caused a sensation all over the country, not to mention that the believers told each other, they were officials and officials, who didn't want to keep Usha on their heads, except for a few who had colluded with the rebels, most of the officials rushed to help each other Not only did he keep a close eye on the area under his jurisdiction, but he also sent people to tell the same year, relatives and friends that he had made good friends with. Therefore, the news of rebellious officials and thieves tampering with grain seeds spread very quickly.Those officials who were secretly reminded by Lin Ruhai were all rejoiced when they heard the rumors.

When Jia Lian and his party arrived in Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai also learned about the big case in Baoding Mansion.Of course, Jiangnan has been rich and prosperous since ancient times, and if Zhenhanguan wants to tamper with food, it is impossible to let Jiangnan go.After Jia Lian guessed that Zhen Hanguan was tampering with the grain seeds, even if he acted non-stop, it would not be as fast as Zhen Hanguan had planned for a long time in advance.In addition, Jiangnan is far away. When Jia Lian and his party arrived, many people had already changed their grain.

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Lin Ruhai welcomed the three of them into the official residence behind the Yanzheng Yamen, and said, "The three of you have worked hard all the way, Lian'er is getting more and more active now, and has come out to handle such a big event. I wonder how my father-in-law and mother-in-law are doing? How are the two brothers-in-law and sister-in-law?" Politely asked Jia Daishan, Jia Mu, Jia She and his wife, and Jia Zheng and his wife, but Lin Ruhai didn't really wait for Jia Lian's answer, and said that he had a general understanding of the current situation, and waited for the three of them. Slightly modified and then discussed in detail.

Jia Lian saluted and said with a smile: "My nephew has been bothering me so much, thank you uncle. But now the matter is urgent and there is no time to fix it, so please ask uncle to send someone to lead the way. Let's go to the largest granary."

When Lin Ruhai heard this, he frowned and said, "Now the whole country is focused on arresting the thief who trades grain. Could it be that the thief is so bold that he dares to work hard in the granary?" Even though he said so, Lin Ruhai didn't delay, and hurriedly ordered people to prepare horses.

Now that Jia Min is about to give birth, Jia Lian asked Lin Ruhai to take him to the granary as soon as Jia Lian came. Therefore, I need my uncle to stay and preside over the overall situation. Besides, we can’t delay the matter of salt administration for the sake of rushing to buy grain seeds. Regardless of this, salt administration is also a major issue related to the national economy and the people’s livelihood. Uncle only needs to send an old city steward to lead the way. But, it's better that the steward has some martial arts skills, so we can withstand the bumps on the road on horseback.

Now that my uncle knew about the case in Baoding Mansion, the people in Jiangnan would know about it soon.When the time comes, the people will know that the grain seeds in their hands are not sprouting, and they will seek help from the government.If one is not careful, there will be a scene of looting and stampede.If thieves infiltrate the common people and stir up trouble, the yamen may not be able to handle it.The thieves could not do anything to the granary, so they incited the people to do it. If the government opened the granary and was robbed, there would be no grain in other places, and the country would still be in chaos.If you don't open a position, it is unlikely that someone will incite the people to rise up.Although a small uprising will not hurt the muscles and bones, it will hurt the vitality of the court after all. "

Lin Ruhai was overwhelmed by Jia Lian's penetrating words, and hurried to make arrangements.Although Lin Ruhai himself is a scholar, but the Lin family has four generations and a huge family fortune. The servants and nurses in the family are somewhat skilled. Lin Ruhai sent a man named Lin Fu to lead the way, and led Jia Lian and others to Suzhou. .

The Jiangnan water town is dotted with rivers and waves, and a lot of transportation depends on boats.

It is only more than 300 miles from Yangzhou to Suzhou. According to Jia Lian's traveling method of changing horses without changing people, they can arrive in less than half a day.But because the Yangtze River is between the two places, they have to go to Guazhou to board the boat, and then get on the horse and drive on the road at Jingkou.

The manager of the Lin family was clever in handling affairs, and Lin Ruhai held real power in Yangzhou, so it was easy to find a boat.When we arrived in Guazhou, when we heard that Mr. Lin's house needed a boat, there was a salt merchant's big boat ready to ferry Jia Lian and others across the river.

As an official, Lin Ruhai was quite cautious, and he didn't accept all kinds of gifts from the salt merchants except for the ice charcoal that was allowed by the court. But this time, in order to buy grain, he used a lot of salt merchant connections.The salt merchants in Huaiyang were very rich. They sold salt everywhere. They not only had their own caravans and boats, but also had well-informed news and rich funds.

No matter how rich the Lin family is, the farms, shops and other industries accounted for the majority. There are also poems, books, antiques, furniture and utensils. Funded by salt merchants, it saves a lot of trouble.

But it was already dark when Jia Lian and his party boarded the ship in Guazhou, abandoned the ship and landed in Jingkou, and rushed to the old house in Suzhou without stopping.

The Lin family's old house in Suzhou was originally occupied by a servant who looked after the house. After Lin Ruhai took office in the south of the salt department, he cleaned it up and went back every year, so it was very spacious.Now it is set up to store grain, and naturally it can save a lot.Therefore, Lin Ruhai sent a lot of household guards.

Jia Lian and the other three and Lin Fu arrived at the Lin family's old house in Suzhou. There was no time to eat and change clothes. You can occupy a favorable position, where the field of vision is wide enough to keep watch, and all of them are re-planned.

When Jia Lian was doing all this, even Wei Jiu looked at Jia Lian with admiration, not to mention that the members of the Lin family didn't dare to underestimate him.Wei Jiu himself is a top-notch master, so it's okay to fight alone, but Jia Lian's arrangement has the spirit of marching, fighting and arranging troops. If he is not a genius, he has worked hard on the art of war, which is very unmatched .

After Jia Lian made proper arrangements, he sent people to drink the horses. The three of them had a hasty meal and went to bed separately.All three of them understood that the more urgent the matter, the more important it was to recharge their batteries.Wei Jiu and Guan Qishou developed their abilities through traveling the rivers and lakes, and Jia Lian had the habit of serving as a soldier, and they all fell asleep after touching the pillow.

It was a good night, and early the next morning, after several people washed and had a meal, Jia Lian asked Lin Fuping to leave the crowd and waited for him, and said to Wei Jiu, "Mr. Kill people in public, make an example to others."

Wei Jiu nodded and suddenly laughed, "Er Gong is too thoughtful."

The next day was peaceful, but on the third day, in the middle of the night, Jia Lian was awakened by the noise outside the house.Jia Lian put on his clothes and got up, only to see that Wei Jiu was already dressed in black, with a black scarf covering his face: "Second young master, a lot of people have gathered outside, and they all said that there is a lot of food in the house of Master Lin Ruhai, the Yangzhou salt department official. Come to fetch food."

Seeing Wei Jiu's outfit, Jia Lian knew that people who practice killing techniques don't like to show off their clothes in front of the people, so as to save trouble and trouble, and he admired Wei Jiu's skill and carefulness in his heart.

Soon, Guan Qishou and Lin Fu also came, and people's voices could already be heard outside the old Lin family house.

Lin Fu was an old servant of the Lin family. He had never seen such a battle before. He said in a panic, "Second Master Lian, there are indeed many villagers coming outside begging for grain seeds. How can this be good?"

Jia Lian nodded and said, "Uncle Fu, don't panic. You go and tell the servants to take care of their posts. No matter what happens, don't open the door or go out."

Lin Fu nodded and went.

Jia Lian put on his clothes, raised the narrow back knife, and winked at Wei Jiu and Guan Qishou, and the three of them went out over the wall.Jia Lian and Guan Qishou went towards the main entrance, while Wei Jiu climbed to the roof of the old Lin's house and hid himself.Now, just after dawn, with a faint ray of morning light, one can already see that the outside of the old Lin family house is crowded with people.

"Come, come!" Someone saw Jia Lian and others, and shouted loudly.The others also looked in the direction of Jia Lian and the others.Jia Lian and Guan Qi walked to the main gate of Lin's house with their hands behind their backs and stood still. The villagers all shouted: "Master Lin, please do me a favor. Spring plowing is coming soon, and we have nothing to plant. Seeing that the whole family can only do it." Waiting to die. I heard that Mr. Lin’s family bought a lot of food. I beg Mr. Lin to take pity on us and borrow some. After we harvest in autumn, we will definitely repay it twice.”

There were voices of agreement from below.The guards on all sides of the wall are waiting in full force.Jia Lian and Guan Qishou were not in a hurry, and no one made a sound.Seeing that the Lin family had all come out, but still no one answered, one of the villagers yelled, "There is no way out", and the other villagers were incited, and they also howled, and became more and more noisy.

Jia Lian and Guan Qishou had such sharp ears and judgment, even though it was not yet dawn, they remembered the general outline of the person who led the wailing.Wei Jiu could see it more clearly from the roof.

Not long after, another villager said: "Fellow townsmen, fellow townspeople, let's just surround Mr. Lin's mansion like this. I'm afraid the official will be frightened, so we might as well recommend a highly respected squire to come out with Mr. Lin." The master's housekeeper will explain in detail. To save everyone from making such a noise, the official can't understand what we want, and who would dare to agree to what we ask for."

With a call to come out and climb high, the uproar among the villagers gradually subsided.Jia Lian looked around and saw that the speaker was very cunning, hiding in the crowd and not showing his face easily.

Jia Lian knew that there must be someone instigating this matter, so he deliberately kept silent. Sure enough, someone soon came out to preside over the overall situation, but this person was hiding his head and showing his tail, and he didn't need to guess.With Wei Jiu watching from a high place, he might not be able to catch all these hidden things.

Jia Lian knew what happened today, so he had to suppress it.Otherwise, regardless of whether the grain issue can be resolved, as long as this is the case, the whole country will surely follow suit, setting off a wave of beating, smashing and looting officials and rich households. At that time, the country will still be in chaos.