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Chapter 110 [110] What happened to Lin Ruhai?
It turned out that the dude who spoke was named Zhen Huan, and he was the son of a big salt merchant.

He is Zhen Baoyu's distant cousin.

The name of the Jiangnan Zhen family is surprisingly similar to that of the Jia family.

For example, the Jia family has Jia Huan, and the Zhen family also has a Zhen Huan.

However, Jia Huan is Jia Baoyu's half-brother.

And Zhen Huan is just a distant cousin of Zhen Baoyu.

Like this kind of distant relatives, they not only have common interests, but also have their own little calculations.

Therefore, although the Zhen family and the Jia family in the south of the Yangtze River are old relatives for several generations, Zhen Huan will not let Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu go because of the good friendship between the Jia family and the Zhen family for generations.

Following Zhen Huan's order, the entourage next to him immediately left the brothel and led his subordinates to follow the plan.

Huang Taiji quietly followed behind Jia Qiang and the others, while Qiu Chen led the hidden guards and followed behind Huang Taiji and the others.

Qiu Chen was very curious and vigilant, wondering what the five people like Huang Taiji wanted to do?

Qiu Chen didn't know Huang Taiji, and thought these five people were the guards accompanying Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu, so he didn't rush up to question him for the time being, but followed quietly and observed secretly.

After walking for a stick of incense, Jia Qiang, Lin Daiyu and the group finally arrived at Xunyan Yushi's Mansion.

The guard knew Lin Daiyu and immediately let them into the mansion.

Lin Ruhai and his family lived in the back hall of Yushifu.

Lin Daiyu burst into the back hall crying and ran into Lin Ruhai's bedroom.

Jia Qiang also ran in with her.

Lin Ruhai was lying on the bed with a haggard, thin face, sunken eye sockets, dark eyelids, chapped and purple lips, and looked terminally ill.

"Daiyu, you're back!" When Lin Ruhai saw Lin Daiyu, a gleam of brilliance finally glowed in Lin Ruhai's cloudy eyes.

Lin Daiyu "Plop!" Kneeling down in front of Lin Ruhai's bed, crying:
"Father, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"

Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly and said:

"I don't know either. The doctor I invited said that I had an occasional cold, and I could get better after taking a few medicines, but I felt that my body was getting heavier and worse."

Lin Daiyu asked:

"Then what other symptoms do you have?"

Lin Ruhai thought for a while and responded:

"Sometimes I would have fever all over my body, difficulty breathing, twitching of my limbs, nausea and vomiting, and I would suddenly wake up with convulsions when I was sleeping.

Lin Daiyu said anxiously:

"So many symptoms don't seem like a cold."

Jia Qiang thought for a while, suddenly her eyes lit up, and she asked:

"Could it be poisoned?"

In fact, the reason why he made this conjecture was that when he read "A Dream of Red Mansions" in his previous life, he felt that Lin Ruhai's death was a bit strange.

Because Lin Ruhai is the censor of the salt inspection, and he is also the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He only inspects the salt administration by order and reports directly to the emperor. He can leapfrog the responsibilities of the officials of the salt administration. responsibilities.

But the official position of inspecting the salt censor is not high, only the seventh rank, with an annual salary of 170 taels of silver.

Although it seems that the official position is not high, but it plays a big role. The most important thing is that the person in this position must be a trusted confidant of the emperor.

In ancient times, salt was money bags.

Lin Ruhai's official position is not big, but no one dares to offend her.

The most important thing is that a person with this official position has a privilege to monitor others and write secret documents directly.

To put it bluntly, Lin Ruhai is the eyeball of the emperor in Jiangnan.

Blocking people's way of making money, such as killing their parents, Lin Ruhai supervised the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, especially severely cracking down on illegal activities such as selling illegal salt, and blocked many people's way of making money.

In other words, there are many people who want to get rid of it and hurry up!
Therefore, Jia Qiang guessed that Lin Ruhai was probably poisoned.

Hearing Jia Qiang's voice, Lin Ruhai turned to look at him and asked, "Who is this young master?"

Lin Daiyu said:

"This is Jia Qiang, the decent great-great-grandson of Ningguo Mansion."

As soon as her words fell, Jia Qiang took the lead in saluting with her fists together:

"Jia Qiang, junior, I have met Master Lin!"

Lin Ruhai looked Jia Qiang up and down, and praised:
"Brother Qiang is plump and handsome, with a dignified appearance, and a tree facing the wind, what a talent!"

Jia Qiang smiled lightly and said:

"Master Lin is too famous."

Lin Ruhai asked:
"How did you know I was poisoned?"

Jia Qiang explained:
"Because I found that your symptoms are very similar to salt poisoning, that is, excessive intake of salt leads to organ failure."

Lin Ruhai murmured in surprise:
"But my daily diet is not very salty."

Jia Qiang thought for a moment, then responded:
"It's also possible that the salt you're eating is poisonous."

Lin Ruhai took a deep breath, and told a servant next to him:

"Go to the back kitchen and call all the cooks over!"

On the other side, in Yinchuan City, Shaanxi Province.

Liu Xianglian, Bao Yong and Wang Lang, as well as the bodyguards and travellers of the bodyguard bureau, camped in the open space next to Li Zicheng's village, slept all night, and prepared to leave for Shenjing the next day.

However, that night, Li Zicheng sneaked into Gai Hu's house with his face covered and a boning knife in his hand, and killed Gai Hu who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

Li Zicheng is a person with clear grievances and grievances, and he is willing to grievances and grievances. During the day, when he saw Gai Hu molesting his wife Han Jiner, he was actually ready to kill him, but because Liu Xianglian and others were present, he temporarily endured it. .

But in the dead of night, he was alone, killing Gai Hu and taking revenge.

When he covered Gai Hu's mouth and cut a bloody gash on the opponent's neck, Gai Hu woke up from his sleep, struggled a few times with his mouth "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Li Zicheng finally let out a breath of anger, and said in a low voice bitterly:

"You touched my wife and still want to live? There is no such cheap thing in the world! Tonight, I will send you to death!"

After finishing speaking, he wanted to leave lightly, but accidentally knocked down a shovel leaning against the stove.

"Dangdang!"

The shovel fell to the ground with a crisp sound, which was especially clear and piercing in this quiet night.

"Who?"

In the next room, a woman's questioning voice was heard.

On the other side, Huang Taiji frowned after seeing Jia Qiang and Lin Daiyu enter Xunyan Yushi's Mansion, and thought to himself:

"How did this Shi Nizu and Lin Dangdang enter Xunyan Yushi's Mansion? Could it be that they are family members of Yushi's Mansion? If so, then we can only discuss it in the long run."

Now, Huang Taiji's father, Nurhachi, has not turned his face against Daming, so Huang Taiji still dare not openly attack an official office like Yushifu.

Huang Taiji sneered in his heart:
"Although it is inconvenient for me to sell, I know the local big salt merchants, and I can ask them for help."

(End of this chapter)