Chapter 704

Every move of Sun Shaozu was detected by Jia Hui's men along the way.

In less than an hour.

Immediately, a subordinate came to report to Jia Hui.

"Went to the Prince Zhongshun's Mansion? And then went to the Rongguo Mansion?"

Jia Hui, who was doing beneficial and happy things with his twenty-third concubine, Shiyi Niang, and twenty-fourth concubine, Er Niang, the two sisters.

Smiled after hearing Qingwen's report.

Regarding the actions of this Sun Shaozu.

He was not surprised at all.

After all, in the original work, according to the words of Sun Shaozu and Yingchun.

This Sun Shaozu was very likely mixed up with the Prince Zhongshun's Mansion.

Betraying the Jia family, willing to be a pawn for Prince Zhongshun.

Letting the Jia family be destroyed, he was very likely one of those charging into battle.

"This damn thing, actually dares to treat the Earl like this, why don't we send someone to beat him to death."

Qingwen, who was wearing a green dress, had a foxy look, and was becoming more and more beautiful, said angrily.

Hearing Qingwen's murderous look.

Jia Hui sighed secretly.

This is "near vermilion, one gets stained red; near ink, one gets stained black."

Being with him for a long time.

Qingwen had seen a lot, and naturally cultivated a bit of baleful energy!

But anyway, it was aimed at outsiders.

Jia Hui was not dissatisfied with this.

Then he smiled, "It's not difficult to kill him, but he might still have some use, so let's keep him for now."

"Have people continue to watch closely, the Prince Zhongshun's Mansion, the Rongguo Mansion, and Sun Shaozu."

Now the two mansions were no different from a sieve to Jia Hui.

Especially the Rongguo Mansion, which was like his own backyard to Jia Hui.

Every word and deed of Jia Mu, Jia Zheng, and others could not escape Jia Hui.

Because there were already many of Jia Hui's Jizou Jia in the Rongguo Mansion!

And the situation at the Prince Zhongshun's Mansion was originally worse.

Because this guy, Prince Zhongshun, was still quite cautious.

He didn't recruit servants at will.

Fortunately.

As the Red Sleeve Recruitment was now used by Jia Hui.

So the Prince Zhongshun's Mansion had few secrets from Jia Hui.

According to the intelligence from the Red Sleeve Recruitment.

This Prince Zhongshun ate, drank, and played every day.

He especially loved actors, especially good-looking male actors.

He loved the male style.

He seemed to be just an ordinary idle prince.

This was normal.

The current Emperor was a suspicious person.

If Prince Zhongshun didn't act a bit useless and live in a drunken dream.

The Emperor wouldn't sleep soundly!

He would take his life!

Of course.

The Red Sleeve Recruitment couldn't have only investigated this much after so many years.

They also found out.

This Prince Zhongshun also colluded with salt merchants in Yangzhou and other places.

He was the protector of many salt merchants in the south!

And he seemed to be involved with the Shanxi merchants.

"Yangzhou, salt merchants?"

Collusion between officials, merchants, and nobles, this itself did not surprise Jia Hui at all.

After all, the court was so corrupt that official positions could be bought.

This Prince Zhongshun couldn't be any better.

It was just that this reminded Jia Hui of Lin Daiyu's father, Lin Ruhai. 【486】 Send Xu Chu south to protect future father-in-law Lin Ruhai, not let his daughter be my concubine?

【486】 Send Xu Chu south to protect future father-in-law Lin Ruhai, not let his daughter be my concubine?

"I remember, in the twelfth lunar month of last month, there were Jizou Jia sent south to various provinces, and Yangzhou, where Lin Ruhai is, was one of them, right."

"In my memory, Lin Ruhai was the Imperial Censor of Salt, and he died suspiciously; he must have been murdered by the salt merchants there!"

Jia Hui thought.

Regardless, the Imperial Censor of Salt was indeed a fat job in this era.

It was likely that Lin Ruhai earned a sum of money during this period.

Only then did he have millions in inheritance, which was embezzled by the Jia family to build the Grand View Garden.

Born into a family of marquises, Lin Ruhai had been an official for many years and was well-versed in human affairs.

But Jia Hui believed that this did not mean he was greedy for money.

Judging from the text, he was a loyal, honest, and gentle person who was both respectful to the wise and very thoughtful.

And Jia Yucun was a cunning and treacherous person, and the character of the two could be seen at a glance.

Some people might find it strange.

Since Lin Ruhai was not greedy, he still earned a lot of money during this period.

Why did Jia Hui say he was not greedy?

The reason is not strange.

Because there is a saying, "Three years of a clean prefect, one hundred thousand silver."

A prefect is generally a fourth-rank official.

A year is only 105 taels, and three years is only 315 taels.

There are too many ways for ancient officials to make money, even if it is a "clean" prefect.

Even if they never take bribes or embezzle, just through legal means to obtain wealth, after three years, there will be one hundred thousand taels of gray income!

And compared to an ordinary local prefect.

The Imperial Censor of Salt.

And it was in a place as prosperous as Yangzhou.

Even if he didn't need to be too greedy for money.

Lin Ruhai, being relatively clean, could still get a lot.

It is worth mentioning.

Lin Ruhai died almost on the same day as Qin Keqing.

Jia Lian returned and built the Grand View Garden, and Jia Yuan Chun visited, so there was no opportunity to explain how Lin Ruhai died.

So after Jia Yuan Chun's visit, Cao Xueqin immediately made an explanation through the story of "Little Mouse Stealing Fragrant Taro".

The story that Jia Baoyu told Lin Daiyu in soft words is terrifying to think about, and it is the most terrifying story in "Dream of the Red Chamber".

"Little Mouse Stealing Fragrant Taro", Jia Hui has a deep impression, the story is actually not complicated.

It is actually about a group of mice wanting to steal fruits and beans from the temple at the foot of the mountain to come back and cook Laba porridge.

Among them, the "stealing method" of the little mouse is the most terrifying, hiding the real cause of Lin Ruhai's death.