Weiyang of the Red Mansion

"They really didn't disappoint me," Lin Lang thought that Qing Yan had stolen the account book, but he didn't expect that the three guys he trained spent a year secretly copying it.

Speaking of these three people, it was also a coincidence that each of these three brothers was more unlucky than the other.

He Ziyun was the oldest. When Lin Lang rescued him, he was already in his twenties, had a son and a daughter, but he didn't know anyone, and saved a white-eyed wolf. He died, he lost his beloved wife and son overnight, He Ziyun killed the white-eyed wolf in anger to take revenge, but after taking revenge, he had nothing to love, jumped into the river to seek death, and was rescued by Lin Lang.

When Lin Lang rescued He Ziyun, He Ziyun was not grateful, and even felt that Lin Lang was meddling in his own business. Later, Lin Lang felt that there was something strange about this matter, so he helped to investigate and found out the truth about the ruin of his family. Did He Ziyun kill him? The real enemy, damn it, is someone else, but He Ziyun couldn't take revenge, so he asked Lin Lang to help him.

This He Ziyun is also a rare and intelligent person, Lin Lang didn't know what he was thinking at the time, but he really accepted this person.

Accepting He Ziyun was like opening Pandora's box. In just three months, Lin Lang saved more than a dozen people who wanted to die for various reasons and were rescued by him.

Each has their own grievances, even though Lin Lang has more memories belonging to Lin Shaoqing for a lifetime, and he is well-informed, he still finds it shocking.

It is very strange to say that most of the enemies of these people are related to the people behind the salt merchants in Yangzhou. Lin Lang remembered that his father told him that the emperor would clean up the salt merchants in Yangzhou sooner or later. At that time, the emperor had just ascended the throne and was still the new emperor. , his father actually knew that the emperor would clean up the Yangzhou salt merchants sooner or later. Presumably, his father became the emperor's confidant. The foundation of the Lin family is in Gusu, and Yangzhou is not far from Gusu. Lin Ruhai is likely to be sent by the emperor to Yangzhou to clean up these difficult things. salt merchants.

After all, it was his father, how could Lin Lang sit back and watch Lin Ruhai die?

After thinking about it, Lin Lang picked three people out of these people, He Ziyun was one of them, and the other two, one surnamed Cao, Cao Yi; the other surnamed Yang, Yang Song.

Cao Yi's experience is similar to that of He Ziyun, the difference is that Cao Yi was stabbed by his wife, and this wife was a spy who was arranged by his side.

What happened to Yang Song was different. He was wiped out by people. When Lin Lang met him, he had a knife in his heart, and he was only half breathed.

If Yang Song's heart had not deviated from normal people, this knife would have killed him. If he hadn't met Lin Lang, Yang Song would have lost too much blood and died. After being rescued by Lin Lang, Yang Song knelt down In front of Lin Lang, he said that he would sell himself as a slave, and only asked Lin Lang to help him avenge him.

Lin Lang rejected Yang Song, and then kept Yang Song by his side. He Ziyun, Cao Yi and Yang Song were trained by Lin Lang for more than two years.

Then Lin Lang asked them to come to Yangzhou to find out the details of these three big salt merchants, because their enemies were related to the masters behind the salt merchants. Lang used what Lin Lang taught them, and they will benefit endlessly in this life.

They felt that Lin Lang was far from being as simple as he appeared on the surface. He was obviously only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, but his intelligence was so close to a monster. Sometimes they thought Lin Lang was scary.

Lin Lang arranged for the three of them to investigate the details of the salt merchants. In fact, he didn't have much hope, and he never asked them about the situation.

Now it seems that they are very smart.

Lin Lang looked at the ledger in his hand, and smiled, "The ledger is in hand, Ziyun and the others don't have to stay with those idiots as slaves, tell them to come back, let them do other things .”

"Yes, my lord!" Qing Yan took the order to retreat, and Zhu Mo stood by the side silently as a mural.

Lin Lang flipped through the ledgers in his hand, and after reading them for an hour or two, he rubbed his brows and said in a deep voice, "I only know that these salt merchants are just black-hearted, but I didn't expect them to be more than black-hearted. I have no heart."

These bastards actually secretly selected a suitable beautiful young girl from a family of officials, and then abducted them for transfer.After teaching, it was sent to the big men as playthings, and when these big men got tired of playing with it, they were buried alive as fertilizer.

The piles of piles are simply outrageous.

The reason why Yang Song was exterminated was because his sister was being targeted.

If Lin Lang originally meddled in this matter because he was worried about Lin Ruhai, but now he couldn't suppress his anger and wanted to bring these heartless bastards to justice.

The next day, Lin Lang saw He Ziyun and Cao Yi, but not Yang Song.

"Yang Song heard about his sister and refused to come back." Qing Yan said.

Lin Lang nodded slightly, "Since he knows his sister's whereabouts, it's reasonable for him not to come back."

Yang Song was about the same age as Lin Lang, and Yang Song's younger sister was two or three years older than Lin Lang's younger sister, Lin Daiyu. If Lin Lang hadn't thought of his younger sister, Lin Lang might not have saved Yang Song.

"My lord, if you care about it, you will be in chaos. I'm worried that something will happen to Yang Song." He Ziyun frowned.

Lin Lang raised his eyebrows, "Can you stop him from saving his sister?"

"That's not what I mean. Yang Song's younger sister is actually not in any danger now. On the contrary, Yang Song is in a more dangerous situation. After all, he is young. When I first came back, I heard that the Luo family had already started investigating Yang Song. I'm afraid he will reveal his identity." He Ziyun said with some worry.

He, Cao Yi, and Yang Song stayed beside Lin Lang for more than two years at the same time, and were sent by Lin Lang to Yangzhou to handle errands together. The relationship between the three of them is naturally extraordinary. Brothers are better than brothers, especially Yang. Song was the worst of them all. He and his sister were the only ones left in the family. He and Cao Yi at least had their parents alive.

He Ziyun and Cao Yi were fascinated for a while at the beginning. They didn't expect their parents. After being rescued by Lin Lang, they thought of their parents not long after, and became more grateful to Lin Lang for saving their lives. In fact, their hearts did not change much. Only Yang Song, this face is cold all day long, in order to save his sister, he worked as a slave in the Luo family, thinking that Yang Song was only eleven or twelve years old when his family was ruined, and now he is only 14 years old, but he has to bear such a big blow, really... Distressing.

With such a heavy burden on their shoulders at such a young age, but also to save their sister, how can they not feel uncomfortable when they are brothers?

"It's not the time yet for what I want you to do. If you are worried about Yang Song, go help him. After all, I followed me, and I don't want to collect his body." Lin Lang's words were ugly, but He Ziyun and Cao Yi could hear the concern in his words, they looked at each other, bowed their hands to Lin Lang, and then backed out.

Qing Yan and Zhu Mo watched them leave, and looked at each other, Zhu Mo moved to Lin Lang's side, "My lord, are you really not going to help?"

He took a closer look, the young master actually paid the most attention to Yang Song, not He Ziyun and Cao Yi.

Although He Ziyun and Cao Yi were both more stable and more appropriate by Yang Song, but they have been by Lin Lang's side for so many years, how come they don't know about their son's temperament?

Although He Ziyun, Cao Yi and Yang Song were all brought back by Lin Lang, Yang Song was different from the former two.

Both He Ziyun and Cao Yi wanted to die on their own, while Yang Song was hunted down and dying but struggling to live.

Their young master actually doesn't like people who commit suicide very much. Life is so precious, but you refuse to cherish it. No matter how painful life is, there is hope in life.

When you die, there is nothing left.

When Lin Lang rescued Yang Song, Yang Song was on the verge of death several times. If it wasn't for Yang Song's strong desire to survive, he might not be able to recover from such serious injuries.

After Yang Song was rescued, he wanted to sell himself into slavery for revenge, and he only asked Lin Lang to avenge his family.

Although Lin Lang disagreed with the act of selling himself as a slave just for revenge, he affirmed Yang Song's character.

So, he took Yang Song with him.

He Ziyun and Cao Yi, although they both committed suicide, they were affectionate and righteous, so Lin Lang also kept them by his side.

However, Lin Lang treats them differently. Lin Lang prefers Yang Song, almost raising Yang Song as half his son.

If not, Zhu Mo wouldn't dare to secretly ask Lin Lang for help.

Lin Lang squinted at Zhu Mo, "Ziyun and Cao Yi are smart people, with them, Yang Song will be fine," he said, looking at Qing Yan, and took a sip of tea, "Master, where are they going?" gone?"

"According to the schedule, we will arrive in Yangzhou in three to five days." Qing Yan replied quickly.

Lin Lang nodded, "Have those salt merchants made any moves?"

"Our Lin family has a lot of old disciples in Yangzhou, how dare those salt merchants take action against our master so easily?" Qing Yan said.

Lin Lang snorted coldly, "Which of the five patrolling censors who 'died of illness' in Yangzhou had no disciples or old friends in Yangzhou? Do you think everyone is a fool?"

Qing Yan was so embarrassed by Lin Lang's words that she didn't dare to answer any more.

Zhu Mo looked at Qing Yan helplessly, and sighed in his heart, knowing that he couldn't guess what the young master was thinking, why did he rush to scold him?

"My lord, did these salt merchants notice something?"

Lin Lang shook his head, "It's not that they noticed something, but the master behind them noticed something."

Otherwise, the five inspectors who inspected salt would have died in just three or four years. No one is a fool. It is not uncommon for magistrates to die of illness in office every year, but the first local magistrate died of illness five times in less than a year , all ghosts know there is a problem with this.

They were also afraid of offending the Emperor by making such frequent moves. They probably want to find out about his father if they don't do it now. If they are sure that Lin Ruhai is here to investigate them, they will not be so 'quiet'.

"My lord, who is the master behind them?" Although they got the ledger, the copied ledgers were all the whereabouts of the various treasures bribed by the salt merchants, but he always felt that there was no real mastermind behind this ledger.

In other words, these salt merchants are not qualified to directly contact the behind-the-scenes mastermind, and all they contact are the subordinates of the mastermind behind it.

"I'm not sure. I don't know much about the affairs of the court, but if these accounts are handed over to the master, the master must know who they are. In short, it is inconvenient for us to interfere too much in these matters, and we will hand them over to the master. "After all, he is not an official ordered by the imperial court, nor was he ordered to investigate this matter. If he intervenes without authorization and the time comes to investigate, he will not be able to escape the responsibility.

He couldn't explain why he was suddenly investigating these salt merchants.

"Let's go, let's go for a stroll. We'll see Yu'er and his siblings in two days. Yu'er is okay, but Zhang'er is the first time I've seen you. You have to prepare a big gift to make it justified." Lin Lang leisurely the way.

Qing Yan and Zhu Mo understood, Qing Yan smiled and said, "If you want to choose a gift, the silver houses of the Guo family, the Ye family and the Luo family are all pretty good. Which one do you plan to go to?"

"I heard that Luo's silver building has a novel style, let's go and have a look together." Lin Lang stretched out his folding fan, pursed his lips and said.

Lin Lang took the two servants out and wandered slowly all the way, but headed straight to Luo's silver house with a very clear purpose.

Cuilong Pavilion.

As soon as Lin Lang stepped in with two servants, someone came to greet him, "What does this young man want to buy?"

"My younger sister and younger brother are about to arrive in Yangzhou, and I want to choose a gift for my younger brother and sister. Does the store have any suitable gifts for my younger brother and sister?" Lin Lang smiled gently, looking at people and animals as harmless.

This store has looked at Lin Lang as early as when Lin Lang entered the door. The clothes are all made of high-quality silk and satin, the styles are all new, and the accessories on his body are all exquisite.

It's just... It looks strange.

Thinking about what the Patriarch had told him two days ago, the shopkeeper said with a smile, "Young Master, I don't know how old you are."

Lin Lang smiled and said, "My father is Lin Ruhai, the censor of Yanzhou who is about to take office in Yangzhou. My mother, sister, and brother will all come here. I want to choose a gift for them all. The store just recommends the best one to me. I left Beijing for a trip a few years ago and haven’t returned so far, I’m afraid that my parents, my mother, my sister, and my younger brother will blame me for not returning home, so you have to choose the best one for me.”

Hearing that Lin Lang's identity was related to the Xunyan Censor, the shopkeeper's expression changed slightly, and he said with a forced smile, "There are a lot of good things in this small shop, but I'm afraid they won't be worthy of the Censor's status, Mr. Lin may as well Go to the silver buildings of the Guo family and the Ye family, they are famous for their jewelry in Yangzhou, and the small shop has only been opened for a few years, so it is really not as good as these two."

Is this trying to push him to the Guo and Ye families?

Lin Lang smiled and said, "Your store is interesting. I came to your store to buy things. You didn't recommend it to me, but pushed me to the silver buildings of Guo's and Ye's. What's the reason?"

Lin Lang's voice was not too low, and immediately attracted the eyes of all the customers in the store.

When the store spoke to Lin Lang just now, they deliberately lowered their voices. Those customers didn't hear what the store said to Lin Lang. Now, when Lin Lang's words came out, how could they not attract people's attention?

They all came to Cuilu Pavilion to buy things, but this store pushed the customers to the silver building of Guo's and Ye's houses. Could there be a problem?

The shopkeeper didn't expect that Lin Lang would not leave, but would ask him back, without deliberately lowering his voice.

Although Lin Lang's voice was not lowered, it was not deliberately raised either, so the shopkeeper did not suspect that Lin Lang was looking for trouble.

"Oh, my Mr. Lin, it's not that I want you to push the silver buildings of the Guo family and the Ye family. It's because there are no small shops for what you want!" It sounded as if Lin Lang was deliberately embarrassing him, the store owner.

Lin Lang squinted his eyes, and snorted coldly, "I just want to prepare a gift for my younger brother and sister, why is your shop gone? Shopkeeper, I came here to pick up gifts, not to let you play tricks on me. , to make things so ambiguous, do you want people to misunderstand that I deliberately made things difficult for you?"

If you don't want face, I won't give you face!

The shopkeeper's face darkened suddenly, he didn't expect that Mr. Lin was such a stick, so direct.

As soon as Lin Lang said this, the customers in the store began to hesitate, wondering who was right.

At this time, Lin Lang's familiar voice sounded outside the door.

"Brother Lang?"

Lin Lang turned his head and saw that it was Jia Lian.

Although I haven't seen him in three or four years, Jia Lian's outline hasn't changed much. After all, three or four years ago, Jia Lian was fifteen or sixteen years old, and his outline had already begun to take shape. Lin Lang was different. Three or four years ago, Lin Lang was only about 11 years old. Three or four years later, Lin Lang not only grew taller, but his face also grew. Because of the three or four years of martial arts training, Lin Lang did not look thinner, but looked younger than a normal thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy. It's older, looks like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

If not, Jia Lian would not have failed to recognize him for a while. If he hadn't recognized the two servants following Lin Lang, he really wouldn't have dared to recognize this handsome young man as the old master of the Lin family, Lin Lang.

"Second Brother Lian?" Lin Lang was a little surprised to see Jia Lian in Yangzhou.

Jia Lian has only been married for half a year, right?Now he came to Yangzhou, not afraid of being beaten to death by Wang Xifeng?

"Well, you Lin Lang, you have been away from Beijing for three or four years, and you really plan to never go back? Your brother and I got married and you didn't rush back. It's so embarrassing. Do you regard me as your elder brother? Pearl You went to the big brother’s wedding, it really makes me sad.” Jia Lian was very happy to meet Lin Lang in Yangzhou, but he couldn’t help complaining that Lin Lang was so cruel that he didn’t go back to see him after so many years.

Lin Lang smiled wryly in his heart, it was really an unfortunate coincidence that he ran into Jia Lian, it seems that there is no trouble for him today.

"Second Brother Lian, I have been traveling around, and you can't write to me. I don't know that you are married. I heard the news of your marriage later. Didn't I send someone to send a congratulatory gift to the capital? Didn't you receive it? "Lin Lang smiled wryly.

Jia Lian put his arm around Lin Lang's shoulder and said, "Of course I did. If I hadn't received the gift from you, I wouldn't have finished with you today." Thinking of something, "Hey, you followed the shopkeeper of Cuilu Pavilion just now. What's the dispute? What happened?"

The shopkeeper of Cuilu Pavilion recognized this Second Master Lian, and said with a wry smile, "Second Master Lian, this master insists on picking the most expensive gift in our shop for younger siblings, as you know, the most expensive gift in our shop is ...It is not suitable to give to younger siblings of the same generation, this matter caused trouble, you see..."

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Lang suspiciously.

The Lin Lang he knew was not an ordinary person who bought expensive gifts to give away, don't let him interfere with Lin Lang's good deeds.

Lin Lang twitched the corners of his mouth, wanting to roll his eyes at Jia Lian, but Jia Lian had cultivated his sharp eyes in the past three or four years, how could he not see that Lin Lang's smile was a bit forced, and immediately said, "This is my cousin, Lin Lang, Lin Lang Eldest son, you are the eldest son of Yangzhou who is about to take office in the Xunyan Yushi's mansion. He has traveled around for three or four years. What's the problem with choosing an expensive gift for his parents and younger siblings? Is your shop the treasure of the shop? It is suitable for younger siblings, but there is no problem at all for parents, right?"

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, "This...Second Master Lian...this thing has already been ordered..."

"You didn't make a reservation just now, but you suddenly made a reservation now? You're looking at me as a fool, isn't it easy to deceive?" Lin Lang didn't expect that Jia Lian would become so smart and easy-going in three or four years, so he followed Jia Lian's instructions immediately. Find fault with the ladder.