[Red Mansion] Master Jia Dadi

Chen Jiu had a sore nose. It's not that they didn't try to seek help from other officials before, but as long as there was a little bit of wind, the other party was like a poisonous snake whose tail was stepped on. Several times, the two brothers almost died .

In addition to involving human lives, this matter involved illegal salt. The sale of illegal salt has existed since ancient times. All salt merchants will sell some illegal salt more or less. The Chen family is the head of the Shanxi Merchants Association. It is likely that not only the Chen family but other Shanxi merchants are involved in the smuggling of salt. The power, contacts, and money involved are not trivial, and even the first-rank officials of the left rank may not dare to intervene.

The two brothers found out that Mr. Lin, the inspector of salt and censor, was an official with a clean sleeve and integrity, so they wanted to mix in with the Lin family's servants and seek revenge from Lin Ruhai. It happened that Jia She and others just went ashore and passed by the hall that day, and Chen Jiu's whereabouts After being discovered, he took the opportunity to mix in with the servants of the Jia family. The Jia family only regarded him as the Lin family, and the Lin family regarded him as the Jia family. He has not been discovered until now.

If it wasn't for what happened today, plus the kindness of Jia She's help before, they would definitely not dare to tell Jia She about this matter.

"If that's the case, did you find anything?" Jia Amnesty immediately thought of this when he heard that the two brothers went to explore the Yangzhou prefect and the Shanxi Merchants Guild in two ways.

Chen Jiu shook his head, "That day I disguised myself and sneaked into the Shanxi Merchants Guild Hall. I thought I could find some clues, but I didn't expect that it was heavily guarded. I just walked to a study room, and I was discovered. There was someone lurking there. So, I was exposed if I didn't notice for a while, so I had no choice but to run away quickly."

"I overheard some." Chen Heng raised his eyebrows and said seriously: "The mansion of Zhen Zhifu in Yangzhou is not as heavily guarded as the Shanxi Merchants Guild Hall. After hiding for three days, I overheard something."

The eyes of Chen Jiu, Jia She and others fell on him.

"The magistrate of Yangzhou is not a good person. They mentioned that the capital recently sent officials to conduct a secret investigation, asking the government servants to pay attention to whether there are suspicious people appearing, and they also said to hide the account book!" Chen Hengti. Arriving here, a look of excitement appeared on his face.

Secret investigation by officials?Ledger?Jia She lowered his eyes, and his eyelashes like phoenix feathers cast a shadow under his eyelids. It seems that he guessed right!A few days ago, the saint sent Qin Jianshen, the new servant of the household department, in the court hall, and ordered him to suspend his duties and think about his mistakes.At that time, he vaguely guessed that perhaps there was a problem with the salt industry. After all, the salt industry accounted for half of the national tax in the Da'an Dynasty.

If he guessed correctly, Qin Jianshen, the servant of the household department who was exiled, will definitely not be in the capital at the moment, but in Yangzhou!

It seems that this matter is getting more and more difficult, the corners of Jia She's mouth twitched slightly, wealth and wealth are in danger, he will come to test the water in this muddy water.

"Father, do you really want to help the two of them?" After sending Chen Jiu and Chen Heng away, Jia Lian couldn't wait to ask. Although he is young, he knows what is good and what is wrong, and this matter may not be so good. meddle.

Jia Amnesty rubbed it, a little bit of ink smudged, and said calmly, "Naturally."

If he didn't get involved in this matter, why bother to go to Yangzhou.

"Then do we need to tell Uncle?" Jia Lian asked.

Jia Amnesty laughed lightly, it was time to tell, but when to tell, that was a question.

Inside the Tianzihao room of Cloud Gate Inn.

The whole family followed a young boy into the Tianzihao room with big and small bags in their hands.

Holding a string of candied haws in his hand, the little boy walked towards the handsome man by the window, "Father, we're back."

Qin Jianshen nodded slightly, took the paper bag from the servant, and pulled the brown strap to reveal the fine white things inside.

Take a closer look, and the contents of the paper bag are grains of salt.

"Father, there's still this." Qin Shao'an took out another paper bag from his sleeve, opened it and put it on the table, "This is the salt from the He Family Salt Shop."

The servant lit the oil lamp and brought it over. Under the light, the salt grains in the two paper bags were equally delicate and white.

"Which one is this already?" Qin Jianshen twiddled the grains of salt in his hands. Although most of the salt in the world is similar, in the eyes of experts, there are still differences. The water and soil in different places are different, and the salt produced The salt is even more different, not to mention that the salt wells and salt pools are different, so the thickness of the salt is even more different. After these few days, they found that many salt shops have exactly the same salt.

"It's the fifth family." The servant replied.

Qin Jianshen's eyes were dark and unpredictable, and it was the same for several families in succession. It seemed that someone must be taking the lead behind this, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence.

The servant seems to have thought of something, his lips twitched, "My lord, the villain also discovered something."

"What's the matter?" Qin Jianshen asked casually as he stroked the grains of salt in his hand.

"The Rongguo mansion we met on the road before, also went to the Chen family salt shop today." Jia Ding said.

Qin Jianshen's movements stopped, and Bai Ruyu's fingers looked more and more flawless under the light, "Oh...why is he going there?"

"It is said to take the children to understand the people's sentiments."

Qin Jianshen said with another meaning: "That's really a coincidence."

"Yes, my lord, that old man had an argument with He Han and He Butou on the road, and he gave He Butou a faceless meal on the spot." The servant was mixed in the crowd before, and he had already seen the matter of Jia She and He Han seriously. It's clear, and I feel straight and happy!

"Then He Butou is brave and foolish, and he is lucky to be hit by a setback." Qin Jianshen said with a sneer, and everyone said that there are many liars in Chiqian, and there are really a lot of bastards in Yangzhou.

The servant has become accustomed to his master's venomous tongue, and this is because his master has reserved his discretion. Usually in the court, he would open his mouth to the master, he is the one who can make the Minister of the Household Department and Zuo Peng so angry.

This is what the partial sage would do, otherwise he would not have entrusted this task to his master.

"By the way, is Xiaojiu here?" Qin Jianshen asked suddenly.

The servant nodded, "It's already here, Xiao Jiu replied that everything is proceeding according to the adult's plan."