Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Lin Ruhai is tall and thin, but her grace and grace are still there.

When he was young, he must have been a handsome guy.

Jia Huan paid his respects and said, "My nephew paid homage to my uncle. When he saw that my uncle was still in good spirits, my nephew was relieved."

This is Jia Huan's true words.

Lin Ruhai is the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor. What does this official position do? The main responsibility is to collect salt tax.

The eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou paid a total of three to two million taels of salt tax every year.

Before the reform, Daxia's finances were basically supported by the Jiangnan salt tax.

This shows the importance of this official position.

And because of this, this official position is also easy to be hated.

The people who especially hated him were the eight major salt merchants.

As the saying goes, money can make the world go round, and the eight major salt merchants' properties are all as rich as any other country.

It's almost impossible to prevent them from trying to murder someone.

This can be seen from Lin Ruhai's experience.

First, Lin Ruhai's son died in infancy, and then his wife Jia Min died of illness.

The only orphan girl was sent to the Jia family in the capital. If Lin Ruhai still kept her by his side, Lin Daiyu might not be able to live to be as old as she is now.

Lin Ruhai himself has been in poor health. Jia Huan guessed that it was chronic poisoning.

Last time, Jia Huan asked Lin Daiyu to remind Lin Ruhai to change cooks frequently and try to grow vegetables, chicken, duck and fish by herself.

Then Lin Ruhai survived to this day and seemed to be in good spirits. His suggestion must have contributed to his success.

Lin Ruhai, at this time, was also looking at Jia Huan intently.

Lin Ruhai first noticed Jia Huan from Lin Daiyu's family letters.

Later, there are various poems and experiences such as winning six yuan in a row, as well as miraculous deeds such as setting fire to the commander of the Jin Kingdom and so on.

Including this time the magic mirror was set on fire and the miraculous deeds of the Nanman surrender.

It refreshed Lin Ruhai's understanding of him again and again.

But Jia Huan was so evil, which actually made Lin Ruhai hesitate.

Because although Jia Huan is a monster, he is too troublesome, so he may not be a good match for Yu'er.

This was the first time that Lin Ruhai met Jia Huan. After examining him for a long time, he found that Jia Huan was really extraordinary and did not seem to be short-lived.

Lin Ruhai couldn't help but said: "Brother Huan, sit down and talk."

Next, Lin Ruhai asked about Lin Daiyu's situation at Jia's house.

He also asked Jia Huan about his experience in the southwest battlefield.

Jia Huan answered truthfully.

Lin Ruhai took another test on Jia Huan's knowledge and how to behave.

After finishing the exam, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but sigh.

This boy is truly a genius!

If he were not his son-in-law, he would have to accept him as his disciple if he saw such a jade mixed with gold.

Jia Huan, on the other hand, finally managed to cope with Lin Ruhai's test and breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

Jia Huan hurriedly said: "Uncle, I don't know much about medical skills. Why don't I check my uncle's body?"

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "This is also your filial piety, so that's fine."

Next, Jia Huan began to examine Lin Ruhai's body.

As the examination progressed, Jia Huan's expression began to become serious.

As expected, Lin Ruhai was indeed poisoned.

Moreover, the poisoning situation was far beyond Jia Huan's expectation.

Jia Huan couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, is there anything weird around your bedroom?"

"Has it been renovated in the middle? Or is there anything weird about it?"

After hearing Jia Huan's question, Lin Ruhai thought about it carefully and said, "It has never happened before."

Jia Huan asked again: "Uncle, are there any gems that glow at night in your bedroom?"

Hearing this question, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but said: "How do you know? There is indeed a gem that emits bright green light in my bedroom."

"This gem was given to me by an elder brother of my clan. Is there anything wrong with this gem?"

Any questions?

The problem is big!

In later generations, anyone who has attended junior high school will not easily place a luminous stone in their bedroom.

Fortunately, according to Jia Huan's examination, Lin Ruhai's poisoning should not exceed five years.

In order to verify his examination results, Jia Huan couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, this stone should not have been placed in your bedroom for more than five years, right?"

Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "Yes, it's only been more than four years. How do you know this?"

Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Uncle, because this stone is the real culprit that caused you to be poisoned!"

Yes, Lin Ruhai was indeed poisoned.

But the poison he was poisoned was from radiation.

The radiation source is a stone that emits green light.

Jia Huan is sure that people in this world must not understand what radiation is and what radioactive substances are.

But they may not happen to know that long-term exposure to such luminous stones can cause poisoning and be difficult to treat.

Fortunately, the stone is not too radioactive.

As long as they are isolated at this time and receive careful treatment, they can still be saved.

After hearing Jia Huan's words, Lin Ruhai had a complicated expression and let out a long sigh.

He smiled softly and said: "People's hearts really can't withstand consideration."

"My clan brother, although he is separated by several generations, his bloodline is already weak. But he is very kind to me on weekdays."

"I even thought about adopting a son from him, but I never thought that he actually wanted to harm me."

"Things in this world are quite boring."

One of Lin Ruhai's clan brothers actually betrayed him, which was a huge blow to Lin Ruhai.

Jia Huan couldn't help but said to Lin Ruhai: "My uncle has worked hard for the imperial court, but Jiangnan is not a good place after all. If you stay here for a long time, you will lose it."

"I can slightly delay the onset of the poison that my uncle has been exposed to this time. But he still needs to focus on rest. Why don't my uncle retreat and go to the capital?"

"In this way, I can take care of my health, and secondly, I can reunite with Sister Lin's family. Can I also let Sister Lin show her filial piety?"

After hearing Jia Huan's words, Lin Ruhai thought for a long time.

Lin Ruhai recalled the time when he had just won the lottery. At that time, he was proud and high-spirited.

Emperor Chongkang summoned him alone in his study, trusted him deeply and entrusted him with important tasks.

At that time, Lin Ruhai pledged his body to the country to repay the king's kindness.

For more than ten years, he has been sitting in Jiangnan and guarding Jiangnan's money bag.

Sufficient salt tax can be collected on time every year.

Lin Ruhai was indispensable for Emperor Chongkang's ability to stabilize his throne. While Lin Ruhai was in Jiangnan, he lost his son first and then his wife. He even himself was poisoned, and his health worsened day by day.

But Lin Ruhai has never wavered. He is prepared to die, and he must die in the position of the Salt Patrol Censor.

However, Jia Huan's exhortation just now, but I don't know which words touched Lin Ruhai.

It actually made his belief shaken.

He opened his mouth and said: "Forget it, I will listen to what you say, and I will write a memorial to the emperor later, praying to return to the capital to recuperate."

Seeing that Lin Ruhai agreed, Jia Huan couldn't help but be overjoyed. He hurriedly said: "This is the best! Uncle, I will detoxify you first, and then leave you the prescription."

"After I return to Beijing, I will tell Sister Lin the good news. Sister Lin will definitely be happy."

Next, Jia Huan asked the Lin Mansion to prepare supplies for detoxification.

After everything was ready, Jia Huan began to detoxify Lin Ruhai.

Of course, this detoxification is not a cure-all, but a process of gradual improvement.

As Lin Ruhai's body was already weak, this process would take more than a year to complete.

Fortunately, as long as the poison is detoxified, Lin Ruhai's body can slowly recover.

Next, Jia Huan stayed in the Lin Mansion for three days, and after confirming that he had taught all the detoxification procedures to the people in the Lin Mansion, Jia Huan left.

After all, he has military orders, so naturally he can't waste too much time.

Jia Huan sent someone to inform Xue Biao and made an appointment to go on the road together.

Unexpectedly, when we left, the team actually grew again.

Another family is going to the capital with the Xue family.

It turned out that Mrs. Xing's brother and sister-in-law were unable to survive due to the decline of their family, so they brought their daughter Xiuyan to Beijing to join Mrs. Xing.

When the boat was moored halfway, he met Li Wanzhi's widowed aunt, who was also going to Beijing with her two daughters, Li Wen and Li Qi.

As we all told, they were relatives, so the two families traveled together.

Coincidentally, when they were transferring ships in Suzhou, they happened to meet Xue Biao.

Speaking of the three times, they are all relatives, and they are all related to the Jia family.

What a coincidence that his mother opened the door for Qiao and arrived home by coincidence.

So the three families gathered together and decided to go to Beijing together.

Jia Huan has met the Xing family and the Li family, and he is not impatient at all.

Next, everyone took the boat and headed to the capital together.

More than ten days later, the ship arrived in the capital.

Jia Huan ordered people to send the Xing family and Li Wanzhi's widowed sister-in-law's family to Rongguo Mansion.

As for Xue Biao, the Xue family is a wealthy businessman, so they naturally have a place to stay, so there is no need for Jia Huan to send someone to see him off.

Jia Huan ordered Zhou Tong to lead the Red Flame Army back to the military camp, while he himself went straight to the imperial city to seek help from Emperor Chongkang.

Not long after, Jia Huan entered the palace and met Emperor Chongkang in the upper study.

"The last general pays homage to His Majesty and wishes His Majesty all blessings and good health. This time, the last general will live up to his command in the southwest expedition."

Emperor Chongkang came over with a big smile, personally helped Jia Huan up and said, "Okay, okay! You are indeed my champion!"

"This time, the champion is strategizing, winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away, showcasing the power of our army in Great Xia! Solving the crisis in our Great Xia."

"I'm afraid Jia Aiqing doesn't know that when the two countries of Jin and Da Yuezhi heard about Jia Aiqing's heroic performance, they were panicked and hurriedly asked me, Daxia, for peace."

"Now these two countries have signed a peace treaty with me, Daxia. All of this is due to Jia Aiqing!"

Hearing this, Jia Huan hurriedly said: "The general is the number one scholar approved by your majesty. The general is just lucky enough to get these small contributions due to your majesty's great blessing. The general does not dare to take credit."

Emperor Chongkang smiled and said: "Am I that stupid king who cannot tolerate others? Why is Jia Aiqing so modest?"

"By the way, I'm also really curious. I wonder how Jia Aiqing used a mirror to light up the Southern Barbarians' grain and grass so that they would recognize you as their Southern Barbarian Barbarian God?"

Jia Huan couldn't help but explain: "Your Majesty, using a mirror to light grain and grass is actually the natural way, and it belongs to the study of things to gain knowledge."

"We will use pieces of mirrors to form a large sunken mirror, and then use this mirror to reflect sunlight to a single point."

"This point will generate heat, and when the temperature rises to a certain degree, it will burn and cause fire..."

Just as Jia Huan finished explaining, a girl suddenly walked in from outside and said with a smile: "Father, I know this truth."

"This uses the reflection of light to gather countless rays of light at one point, and the temperature at this point will quickly rise."

"Father, I have made a concave mirror here so that I can do a simple experiment for my father."

This girl is clearly Princess Anle Li Ling'er.

Jia Huan hurriedly saluted and said, "I will finally see Princess Anle."

Li Ling'er waved her hand and said, "The champion doesn't need to be polite."

Emperor Chongkang asked Li Ling'er: "Ling'er, are you saying that whoever holds this concave mirror can light a fire?"

Li Ling'er chuckled and said, "Father, this is natural. Father, please come outside with me and give it a try."

Emperor Chongkang really followed Li Ling'er outside.

Li Ling'er held a homemade small concave mirror in her hand and ordered a eunuch to place a piece of paper on the ground.

Li Ling'er adjusted the concave mirror in his hand to focus the refracted sunlight on the paper below.

Not long after, green smoke came out from the light spot, and soon the paper underneath was burning.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Chongkang was shocked and stunned.

Emperor Chongkang couldn't help but ask: "So this is the principle of studying things to achieve knowledge, so why has no one discovered it before?"

Princess Anle chuckled and said, "Father, this is probably because the study of things to achieve knowledge is not taken seriously."

"Perhaps someone has discovered it before? But because it was not taken seriously, not many people knew about it."

"I do think that there are many discoveries that can change the national economy and people's livelihood through the investigation of things and knowledge. If promoted, it will definitely make people's lives more convenient and rich, and make our Daxia stronger."

Emperor Chongkang asked doubtfully: "Ling'er, is it really as magical as you said?"

Princess Changle nodded seriously and said, "Father, it's much more magical than I said!"

Emperor Chongkang nodded and said: "In this case, we can try to promote it."

"When the time comes, I'm afraid there will be more champions coming out of Daxia!"

Hearing Emperor Chongkang's words, Jia Huan couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Obviously, Emperor Chongkang did not attach great importance to natural science, and he did not realize what natural science could bring to Daxia.

However, for a new discipline to be taken seriously, it must have an opportunity.

Jia Huan is more concerned about another thing.

Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, on the way back, I happened to pass through Suzhou and went to pay a visit to Lord Lin Ruhai's house."

"At the end of the day, I learned about Qihuang's way, and it turned out that Mr. Lin was actually poisoned. The poison is extremely stubborn, and he needs to rest for a long time."

"The Jiangnan Salt Administration Department is not a kind place. If Mr. Lin continues to stay there, I am afraid that instead of being able to recover, his health will become more serious."

Jia Huan shouldn't have said these words. These words seriously exceeded the rules.

The underlying meaning of Jia Huan's words was that he wanted the emperor to transfer Lin Ruhai back to the capital.

However, the transfer of officials is the responsibility of the emperor or the prime minister such as the cabinet scholar.

How could Jia Huan, a mere general, interfere with the transfer of local officials?

This is a taboo thing! (End of chapter)