Jia Lian in Dream of Red Mansions is his most well-known characteristic.

Of course, as long as you are a man, there is nothing bad about being lustful, and this is not a disadvantage.

If I do, I will definitely be impatient to go to the pleasure boat to meet the bright moon girl. But Wang Xiao cannot.

It's not that it can't, but that it can't.

Wang Xiao came here for a mission, not to enjoy the world of flowers and wine. He liked the world of Dream of Red Mansions very much, but he didn't want to come here just once and never have the chance to come again.

Once the mission of saving Lin Ruhai fails, there will be no chance to enter Dream of Red Mansions again. Even if there is a world anchor, it will not work.

Therefore, Wang Xiao rejected the invitation with regret.

What he has to do now is to go to Lin Ruhai to find out what went wrong with the salt inspector.

Wang Xiao bid farewell to all the salt merchants and left the restaurant and came outside. The eldest son followed Zhao Qing and hurried over to ask, "Second Master, which pleasure boat we will go to?"

After hearing this, Wang Xiao's face turned dark. His reputation was definitely bad.

"Go back to the Salt Censor's Mansion!"

Wang Xiao's tone was awkward, which made Zhao Qing feel aggrieved. He thought to himself that this was not the second master had been talking about going to lose weight in West Lake before, so why did he change his personality?

In the room next to the window on the third floor of the restaurant, Jiang Biehe, who had previously smiled like a flower in front of Wang Xiao, had a cold expression at this moment. He watched Wang Xiao's carriage gradually fade away and whispered to the side of the person, "Go back to report to the master, Jia Lian can't see through it."

The carriage walked forward and came to a large courtyard.

A tall gate tower stands in front of the house, with four big words "Yangzhou Salt Administration" written on the plaque.

The grade of the Salt Administration Office is actually not high, but its weight can be said to be in charge of the entire Yanlu Road in Jiangnan.

This place is also considered to be the most fattest and oily location in the world.

Lin Ruhai is the confidant of the current emperor, and there is no doubt that this is true. If he is not a confidant, he will not be able to occupy this fat all year round.

Entering the courtyard, we all the way to the bedroom door of Lin Ruhai, the back home.

Wang Xiao sorted out his clothes, and then walked in after passing them.

When I walked into Lin Ruhai's bedroom, the rich medicinal smell in the air was very pungent.

Lin Ruhai, with a gray complexion and bloodshot eyes, leaning against the sickbed.

"I was satisfied with the banquet." Lin Ruhai asked with his eyes narrowed.

He has been famous for his nephew for a long time. He arrived here at noon and ran out to drink at night. The Jia family really has no successor.

"Reply to my uncle." Wang Xiao bowed and bowed, "Yangzhou salt merchants are too enthusiastic."

Lin Ruhai opened his eyes in surprise and looked at Wang Xiao. He originally thought that Wang Xiao would say something good, the dishes were delicious, the singer was beautiful, and the other ones. Unexpectedly, he heard a serious response, which was really beyond imagination.

Wang Xiao was not in Lin Ruhai's change, and said his own opinion on his own, "Although the family of the Duke of Jia family is high, it is far away in the capital. And over the years, it has gradually become less powerful. As for me, I am an incompetent child. It is really puzzling that the salt merchants are so warmly welcomed."

Lin Ruhai sat upright with emotion, "Well, why are they like this?"

Wang Xiao bowed slightly, "They are worried that my arrival will have an adverse impact on them. I have also inquired about it several times at the table. This made my nephew very puzzled. What are they afraid of?"

Lin Ruhai leaned against the head of the bed and closed his eyes, "You have been in the capital for a long time, have you ever heard about the salt administration?"

The wealth of salt merchants comes from their large-scale sales of private salt. The result of private salt becoming popular is that official salt cannot be sold.

The consumption of salt in the whole world is based on the population, and the total number is so large. Everyone goes to buy private salt, so the official salt will not make money or receive taxes.

Previously, the salt administration earned only more than one million taels of silver a year, which made Dangzi very angry. Later, he sent his confidant Lin Ruhai to come here to rectify the salt affairs.

Before Lin Ruhai took office, the position of the Salt Censor changed three positions in five years, and all of them were beaten to death.

After Lin Ruhai took office, he cut off many salt merchants' heads, and the income of the salt administration has also increased year by year. Last year, the income of the salt administration exceeded 5 million taels.

It can be said that Lin Ruhai did a very good job, but in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was impatient. He wanted to restore the salt tax income to the level of more than 10 million taels at his heyday as soon as possible, so he had the task of reorganizing the salt business.

The core of this matter is to cancel the second-level agent qualifications of salt merchants and all of them are controlled by the imperial court.

For salt merchants, reorganizing the salt business is equivalent to taking their lives, and the candidate to carry out this matter is undoubtedly Lin Ruhai.

However, things only existed in the stage of spreading the news. Lin Ruhai, who was in good health before, suddenly became seriously ill. If there was no connection between this, at least Wang Xiao did not believe it.

"I heard of it."

Lin Ruhai snorted, “Is this feasible according to you?”

Wang Xiao's face looked a little strange, "Of course it is feasible, but the salt merchants have strong backers behind them. After touching their interests, the rebound must be very fierce. My uncle suddenly became seriously ill, and I guess that's the case."

“Hahahaha~”

Lin Ruhai opened his eyes and laughed loudly, "You said before that you are not a good person, but I don't agree. If you can see through these, you must be the first among the younger generations of the four great masters."

"That uncle's serious illness is"

"I was harmed by someone, but I don't know how to do it. I hired many famous doctors and said that I couldn't find the cause of the disease."

Hearing this, Wang Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's poisoning."

In fact, the biggest difficulty in this mission is that Lin Ruhai really suffered from an incurable terminal illness. In that case, Wang Xiao had no other choice except for the failure of the mission. He would not see a doctor.

If it is poisoned, after all, it is not poisoned to death on the spot, but it has been delayed for more than a year before finally losing its life. That means there is still hope for salvation.

Lin Ruhai, who coughed a few times, looked puzzled, "I have been cautious all these years in Yangzhou. This time there is no sign at all."

Wang Xiao walked aside and made tea, "Of course, you have to be secretive when doing this kind of thing. It is normal to not be able to detect it. Since my uncle is cautious, it must be someone around him who has been bribed. Even if he is not bribed, he is also coerced. However, there are not many people who have this strength and the intention to attack my uncle. If the conditions are met, they will definitely be the murderer. What is most afraid of for such chronic poison is to take it for a long time, and it is not impossible to cut off the source and find the murderer to track down the antidote."

Lin Ruhai changed his face when he heard this.

His previous thoughts were all focused on treating his body, and it might have affected his head after being poisoned, so he never thought about these aspects.

Now that he heard Wang Xiao’s words, he suddenly realized.

"Sometimes ago, Fang Yu's family said that his mother was seriously ill, so she took her home and stayed for a while. After she came back, she was a little absent-minded. She was responsible for the catering and medicines in the back house."

Lin Ruhai gritted his teeth and stared at me, "I still think she is worried about my mother, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!"

Lin Daiyu's mother Jia Min died in an early years and never reunited Lin Ruhai. In this era, she can be regarded as a love-in-law man.

But in this era, Lin Ruhai could not marry a wife, but there were not many concubines around him.

Fang Yu is a concubine of the Fang family of the salt merchant. Lin Ruhai was sent as a concubine when he came to Yangzhou. She was basically responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation in the back house.

If Lin Ruhai was really very cautious and careful, there would not be any accident. The only person who is questionable and capable of starting is this Fang Yu.

"The Fang family may have been coerced, but they must be involved. If you want to know if it is very simple, just send someone to investigate Aunt Fang's mother."

Wang Xiao's words made Lin Ruhai's gaze full of admiration fall on him.

"I have always been worried that after the death of the former Duke Rongguo, the four generations have no successors. Now I finally feel relieved."

The former Duke Rong of the Kingdom of China was Lin Ruhai's father-in-law Jia Daishan. He is said to be a great man with both civil and military skills, and he is also the pillar of the four masters of the previous generation.

The four great masters of the previous generation emerged in many ways, but in this generation they became degenerate.

Let alone the Jia family’s live treasures. The two marquises of the Shi family are more funny. The Xue family also began to decline after Xue Baochai’s father passed away. However, Wang family had a Wang Ziteng who could barely support the scene, but it was obvious that Lin Ruhai looked down on him at all.

As for the next generation, Jia Baoyu, the hero in the pile of makeup, Xue Bawang, etc., are all useless playboys. On the contrary, many of the daughters are outstanding.

What else can Wang Xiao say? He can't say that he is a visitor from another world. The original Jia Lian is still the waste Jia Lian.

"You go and call He Meng over."

Lin Ruhai, who had made a decision in his heart, closed his eyes and leaned against the head of the bed, asking Wang Xiao to go out and call someone.

He Meng was the great guard assigned to him by the emperor when Lin Ruhai went south. While he was responsible for protecting Lin Ruhai, he also did some private work.

After calling He Meng, Wang Xiao left the room and went to the garden and stretched.

"This mission is quite simple." Sitting down on the stone bench in the garden, Wang Xiao gestured with the Eagle Claw Technique in his hand. "If you cut off the subsequent intake of chronic poison, you should be able to save Lin Ruhai. If you can't do it, it's very convenient to find out the source of the poison and find the antidote."

"Yo~ Brother is catching a chicken?"

A crisp sound rang in the garden. Without looking back, you will know that Lin Daiyu, who is sharp-tongued, is here.

"My sister Lin, don't be angry." Wang Xiao looked at her with a smile. "I went to drink and socialize to find out the information. This is not catching chickens, it is practicing martial arts."

Lin Daiyu was stunned for a moment, and her thoughts were actually guessed by Wang Xiao in just one sentence.

I just arrived here today. After visiting Lin Ruhai, Wang Xiao ran out to drink, which made Lin Daiyu, who was already sad, very dissatisfied.

At this time, I originally wanted to habitually mock a few words, but I didn't expect that Wang Xiao, who was considered to be a golden jade, actually told his thoughts in one go. This is something that Master Bao Er had never done before.

However, Lin Meimei's intelligence is also top-notch, and she laughed in an instant.

"Who cares about you going to drink? That's Feng Lazi's business. Are you trying to eat chicken when you grab both hands?"

"It's said that this is a peerless martial art."

Wang Xiao smiled and stood up and gestured, "Your brother, I am a peerless master, why should I grab chicken with my hands? When the girl is in danger in the future, let's see how I can save the beauty with my hero."
Chapter completed!