Weiyang of the Red Mansion

"Hey, Mr. Lin, how dare the villain lie to you," the shopkeeper said with a sad face, "The treasure of the shop is a jade statue of Guanyin who delivers the son. A few days ago, when the owner came back from the capital, he told the shopkeeper I can't sell this jade statue, the owner wants to give it to the nobles in Beijing. The jade statue has been taken away by the eldest son of the owner two days ago, but the younger owner didn't take the jade statue away. It is not suitable for you to give it to your parents and younger siblings, son."

Lin Lang snorted coldly, "Nonsense, I just arrived in Yangzhou, so I can fool you as you please? The treasure of the town store in Cuilu Pavilion is clearly a Guanyin jade statue, how come it gets into your mouth, it becomes Has it become a jade statue of Avalokitesvara?"

The shopkeeper was startled when he heard the words, he took a look at Lin Lang, his heart trembled, he was absolutely sure that this old man of the Lin family was here to find fault.

Could it be that the master's plan was known to him?

Thoughts turned secretly, but the shopkeeper didn't show the slightest bit on his face, and said with a wry smile, "This master doesn't know something. When the master came back from Beijing, he asked people to change this jade statue into Songzi Guanyin, in order to give it to Jingli. My nobleman, I don't dare to deceive you, Mr. Lin should choose another gift for your father and Lingci."

Jia Lian also saw that something was wrong at the moment, so he changed his mind and said, "Brother Lang, I don't think the shopkeeper of Cuilu Pavilion dares to deceive you, why don't you pick something else for uncle and aunt?"

"Forget it, spoil the fun." Lin Lang snorted, turned and left.

Seeing this, Jia Lian also followed out, "Brother Lang, wait for me."

After leaving Cuilong Pavilion, Jia Lian followed Lin Lang to Lin Lang's place.

"It's not that the Lin family doesn't have a house in Yangzhou. They live in an inn instead of living at home. What do you think?" Jia Lian looked at the furnishings of the inn's rooms, and said incomprehensibly.

Lin Lang poured a cup of tea, and instead of answering, asked, "I'd like to stay in a hotel," he paused, "Why did you come to Yangzhou just after the new year? Lian's second sister-in-law is also willing to let you leave Beijing alone?"

"You have wronged me. Before you left Beijing, you persuaded me not to be obsessed with business affairs. You and I are cousins ​​of our own relatives. Would you still harm me? Therefore, I donated my official position early and asked my uncle for three or four years. Well, I came to Yangzhou as a co-prefect of Yangzhou, not for fun." Jia Lian said truthfully.

At this point, Jia Lian looked at Lin Lang, "I'm done talking about my business, should I talk about you?"

Lin Lang raised his eyebrows, "What can I say?"

"Hey, are you still playing tricks on me?" Jia Lian lowered his face and said, "When you left Beijing, did you dare to say that it wasn't to avoid the prince of Beijing?"

"Second brother Lian, why did you say that? I left Beijing to travel, but to avoid someone? Second brother Lian was too worried." In the past, he was less than twelve years old when he left Beijing. However, it is very rare for someone like Lin Lang to go out for a tour before he was twelve years old. It coincided with the little trouble Lin Lang caused at that time, and it also involved the little county head of the Beijing Palace. It is considered by those who are interested in deliberately avoiding the Beijing Palace.

Jia Lian and Lin Lang are direct cousins, so they don't know much about this matter, but they also know the inside story. Before Lin Lang left Beijing, he obviously had nothing to do all day, but he stayed in the mansion without leaving home. He left Beijing in the name of traveling, and he has never returned, his whereabouts are uncertain, even Lin Ruhai, a father, can't catch even half of Lin Lang's velvet hair, this run is too straightforward.

No wonder Jia Lian misunderstood.

"Let's argue as you like. You will return to Beijing. It depends on how you explain to the prince. The prince has not sent people from Beijing to look for you in recent years." Jia Lian revealed the news with a snort.

Lin Lang: "..."

Hearing Jia Lian's slightly gloating words, Lin Lang couldn't help smiling wryly.

He sometimes doesn't know whether to thank the extra memory of that life or to blame the extra memory of this life, but he can't escape ten words.

Misfortune comes with blessings, and blessings come with misfortunes.

Thanks to the memory of this life, he passed the Xiao Sanyuan exam early, but also because of this extra life memory, he gave the lamp to the little county master without any scruples.

Shui Rong had been looking for him all these years, presumably because of his younger sister, Shui Keyu.

Lin Lang didn't think there was anything wrong with Shui Rong at all. He also had a younger sister. If someone sent a lantern to his younger sister at the Lantern Festival and ran away after making her fall in love with her, he would be furious and find him for thousands of years. Cut to pieces.

Thinking about it this way, Shui Rong's bearing is really much stronger than him, after all, he has never done anything to him...

"If I want to go back to Beijing, I have to wait until next year's township test," Lin Lang wasn't worried. After all, the little county lord is only 12 years old now. Even if he enters Beijing next year, he will only be thirteen. Regardless of his relationship with Shui Keyu If there is no result, the marriage of the little county magistrate will not be delayed at present, "Let's not mention the matter of Maosheng, why did you take up the post of Yangzhou?"

Although the magistrate of Yangzhou did not die in office one after another like Xunyan Yushi, he was dismissed from office for two prefects. The current magistrate just took office this year. I don’t know what will happen to him. However, since the emperor decided to clean up Yangzhou, he wanted to come to Yangzhou The magistrate must be his confidant today, just like Xunyan Yushi is his father.

If it hadn't been for hearing that Lin Ruhai had been handpicked as Yangzhou Salt Inspection Censor, why would Lin Lang rush to Yangzhou without stopping?

Maosheng?

Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, but soon realized that the Maosheng Lin Lang was talking about was the name of the son of the Prince of Beijing County, Shui Rong.

"You are very close to the son, and you can call him directly. Since you are so close to the son, how come you have traveled all these years without writing a letter?"

Lin Lang snorted, "You and I are cousins ​​of our own blood, and I didn't write to you either?" After saying this, before Jia Lian asked, he said, "Where did you come from such nonsense, how did you come to Yangzhou? Don't say you don't know what's going on in Yangzhou, did you come here to die?"

Yangzhou has died several salt patrol censors one after another, and the problem is already obvious.

The situation in Yangzhou is grim, and if you are not careful, you may lose your life. Jia Lian is not a person who is not afraid of death.

Jia Lian said with a wry smile, "The emperor's decree has been passed on to the Rongguo Mansion, can I still resist the decree?"

"Your Majesty?" Lin Lang asked in surprise, "Is it the Emperor's will that you assume Yangzhou?"

It's just a magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, a fifth-rank official, how can it be the emperor's turn to personally issue an order?

Lin Lang instantly thought of his father, could it be that his father recommended it to the emperor?

Apart from his father, Lin Lang really couldn't think of anyone who would be able to convince the emperor to order the little-known Jia Lian to serve as an acquaintance in Yangzhou.

"If it wasn't for the emperor's will, why would I come here to take risks?" Jia Lian said helplessly.

Lin Lang: "..." That's right, if it wasn't for the emperor's will, Jia Lian would not have come to die.

"I do have two people here, you can take them away later, they are here to protect your life."

After all, he was his first cousin, and Jia Lian was suspected of being tricked by his father to come to Yangzhou. How could Lin Lang not care?It just so happened that He Ziyun and Cao Yi were recruited by him. These two are good players, and there shouldn't be any problem protecting Jia Lian.

Jia Lian heard that the sense of estrangement caused by Lin Lang not contacting him these years has also dissipated a lot, "You are still the same."

Never push back when you can help.

Lin Lang smiled, "The water in Yangzhou is very deep, even I don't know it very well, you should be careful, I will send you two people to protect you at most, no matter how many I have, I will not interfere, after all, I am not an official of the court , There are some things I can't interfere with."

"I understand," Jia Lian said with a smile, "but having said that, you have been away from Beijing for three or four years, and your whereabouts are uncertain. Why did you appear in Yangzhou so quietly? Even my uncle and the others don't know. Could it be that something happened in Yangzhou? event?"

"Have there been few major events in Yangzhou in the past few years?" Lin Lang snorted.

Jia Lian shook his head, "You know that's not what I'm asking, but today you're looking for trouble with the shopkeeper in Cuilu Pavilion, obviously on purpose, what exactly do you want to do? Today you want to clean up Yangzhou. In the eyes of someone with a heart, I still don’t know how to figure it out, and when the time comes to scare the snake, my uncle will have to help you clean up the mess.”

"What I want is to scare the snake. If this vicious snake hibernates, it will give him a chance to bite you. But if you startle the snake and let him run out by itself, it will be much easier to catch him." Lin Lang said lightly.

Hearing this, Jia Lian suddenly realized, "So that's what you came up with." After a pause, he smiled when he thought of his uncle Lin Ruhai, "You haven't returned to Beijing for three or four years, and you haven't performed filial piety in front of your uncle and aunt. People use this as an excuse to criticize you, a little Sanyuan, and now you come out like this to see what reason those villains have to maliciously speculate on you."

Yangzhou Yanyan censor died three times in a row. Lin Lang was just a young man, but he dared to come to Yangzhou alone, using himself as bait to lure those poisonous snakes out of the cave, in order to help his father do meritorious service?

How many people in this world can do this for their father?

"It's just some villains, why take it to heart?" Lin Lang smiled faintly.

Jia Lian said, "But why did you insist on chasing the shopkeeper to buy the Guanyin statue today? This is not like your style. Even if you want to scare the snake, it doesn't seem to be of much use to find this shopkeeper, right?"

"The treasure of the town store in Cuilong Pavilion was originally a Guanyin statue. A few days ago, Master Luo had someone re-carve it into Guanyin for Sending a Child. In fact, he hid some shady things in the jade statue and gave it to him. For the nobles in Beijing, I will call for this jade statue today, how do you think Master Luo will feel when he hears this news?" Lin Lang smiled lightly.

Jia Lian raised her eyebrows, "It's hard to think about it. You must think that you already know what is hidden in the jade statue. If that thing is very important, will Master Luo jump over the wall in a hurry to attack you?"

"If he really comes, I will tell him to come and go." Lin Lang sneered.

After traveling around the capital for these years, without Lin Ruhai and his wife staring at him, Lin Lang's martial arts can be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds, which is far from the same level. Don't look at his weak appearance, in fact, in this world, no one can kill him within five fingers. number.

And that salt merchant, Mr. Luo, is certainly not on this list.

Otherwise, how dare Lin Lang put himself in danger?

"Anyway, you'd better be careful. Uncle and aunt have missed you these few years." Don't you boy fall into the hands of this damn salt merchant before you see your parents, and let your uncle and aunt give you black hair? people.

Although Jia Lian didn't say what he said, Lin Lang has an exquisite heart. How could he not understand Jia Lian's unfinished words?

"I understand, you'd better take care of yourself." Lin Lang raised his eyebrows.

"Second Master, it's getting late, if you don't go back, Second Grandma should send someone to look for it." A servant's voice came from outside, and Lin Lang couldn't help looking at Jia Lian teasingly, "Second Brother Lian, since it's late, I won't keep you anymore, you go first, the second sister-in-law Lian of the province will turn around and blame me for keeping you."

Jia Lian panicked, got up and said goodbye in a hurry, then ran away without a trace.