Chapter 1306: Lin Ruhai is seriously ill, the Zhen family turns hostile!

Yangzhou, Lin Mansion,

In the night curtain with heavy rain,

Zhang Cheng had a bowl of medicinal soup boiled today placed beside him, and it was indeed mixed with Phytolacca.

"Uncle, you just tasted the medicine? Are you okay?"

Looking at Zhang Cheng with worry, Jia Wei's face couldn't help but tense up.

"I can chew Nux Vomica as a snack, what do you think?"

Looking at Jia Wei beside him, Zhang Cheng looked at the person kneeling.

As an existence whose physical fitness far exceeded that of mortals, Zhang Cheng could drink it, let alone taste the poison.

As for why he felt something was wrong and still took the initiative to try it, it was because Zhang Cheng also needed to analyze what medicinal herbs were inside.

"Boom!"

Thunder descended from the sky, making a loud noise.

When a flash of white light appeared for an instant, everyone saw Zhang Cheng's gloomy and uncertain expression.

"Speak, who told you to poison him!"

Looking at Doctor Han in front of him, Zhang Cheng slowly said this sentence.

Kneeling on the ground trembling all over, Doctor Han didn't say a word, hurriedly knocking his head on the ground and saying, "Marquis, spare my life, Marquis, spare my life, the little one just made a mistake and accidentally put in the wrong medicine!"

"Accidentally put in the wrong medicine?"

Looking at Doctor Han with a face full of mockery, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but tap the chair and say, "You are a doctor, a person of the medical profession, and you can say such things. This Marquis truly admires you!"

As he spoke, Zhang Cheng said, "Have his family members been brought here?"

"Uncle, they are outside the door!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Jia Wei hurriedly spoke.

"Clatter!"

The door opened, and the entire Han family was kneeling outside, looking exceptionally pitiful in the heavy rain.

However, at this moment, Zhang Cheng had no heart to care about the lives of the Han family, because if Lin Ruhai died, the order in Jiangnan would completely collapse.

As a person of Emperor Hongde, Lin Ruhai coming to Yangzhou wasn't simply to organize the salt administration.

Because cleaning up the salt administration was essentially snatching money from the hands of the gentry; they couldn't possibly bow their heads, as this involved a struggle for interests.

And the Zhen family being here, which was also the Retired Emperor's doing, was also for the salt administration, or to supervise Jiangnan.

Whether the Zhen family did this or not, Zhang Cheng didn't know, but they clearly offended Emperor Hongde.

Not to mention Lin Ruhai's death, whether it had anything to do with the Zhen family and the salt merchants, just saying that when he was an official in Yangzhou, his son died of illness, his wife passed away, and he himself was nearing the end—how much must they hate Lin Ruhai to do this!

Therefore, after the Retired Emperor died, the Zhen family was immediately raided; there must be a problem!

This had nothing to do with whether the Zhen family's ancestor was the Retired Emperor's wet nurse, it was just that they offended Emperor Hongde too deeply!

Lin Ruhai just died in office; if Emperor Hongde couldn't give an account to those below, how could he continue to run things?

Plus that group of blind things in the Rongguo Mansion, they couldn't even protect Lin Ruhai's last daughter; it was truly normal for them to be raided!

Because even Emperor Hongde didn't expect that the Rongguo Mansion could be so ruthless as to spend all of Lin Ruhai's inheritance and even let Lin Daiyu vomit blood and die of illness!

Emperor Hongde: You guys go out and ask around, who in Great Qian doesn't know Lin Ruhai is my lackey!

Xia Shouzhong: Your Majesty, the Rongguo Mansion, they don't go out...

"Clatter!"

Flipping through a genealogy, Zhang Cheng looked at Doctor Han in front of him and said, "The youngest grandson in your family is missing. This Marquis knows you were coerced, but if you don't say who it is, you won't even be able to protect the ones outside!"

"Marquis, spare my life, Marquis, the little one truly just made a mistake!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng in terror, Doctor Han hurriedly knocked his head, his face full of terror.

"Kill his eldest son!"

Looking at Doctor Han coldly, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but scold.

"Clang!"

Drawing the long knife from his waist, Krieg, who stepped forward, grabbed his collar and dragged him to the door.

Looking at this scene in shock, the Lin steward was dumbfounded, because he hadn't expected that this Brother Jue truly dared to take action!

"The Marquis will give you three more seconds... beg your father!"

Looking at the eldest son of Doctor Han ferociously, Zhang Cheng teased.

"Father, the child cannot fulfill his filial piety to you anymore!"

Looking at Doctor Han bitterly, the eldest son's face revealed a sorrowful expression.

Because he didn't understand why his father wanted to trade the lives of his whole family for the youngest grandson.

"Three!" Saying this number, Zhang Cheng signaled Krieg to take action.

"Clatter!"

The sharp blade fell, and the other party's head rolled onto the ground, blood staining the blue bricks.

"My son, my son!"

Looking at this scene in terror, Doctor Han roared immediately.

But facing all this, Jia Wei stepped forward and stepped on him, saying, "Speak, who told you to poison him!"

"Brother Wei, be polite to the doctor!"

Looking at Jia Wei, Zhang Cheng became serious.

"Yes, Uncle!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Jia Wei hurriedly lifted his foot.

In the courtyard, the woman who saw her husband die roared, "Father-in-law, are you trying to kill the whole family? One person in exchange for so many of us!"

"Mother, I'm scared, Mother!"

Crying and shouting while holding the woman, two children cried.

And looking at Doctor Han who still hadn't spoken, Zhang Cheng said coldly, "Kill his second son!"

Dragging a teenager over, Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "This Marquis is fair, I'll give you three seconds too, beg him!"

"Jia Jue, you are a third-rank Marquis of the imperial court, actually slaughtering the innocent, how can the imperial court tolerate you!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng, the teenager roared ferociously.

"Imperial court? In this Jiangnan land, I am the imperial court!"

Looking at the teenager coldly, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but say, "Three!"

Just as Zhang Cheng raised his hand, Doctor Han roared, "It's the Zhen family, the Zhen family's Butler Ding told me to do this..."

Just after Doctor Han finished this sentence, his whole person was covered in cold sweat, tears flowing down.

Because he not only lost his eldest son, but even the youngest grandson was gone.

Hearing Doctor Han's words, Zhang Cheng said coldly, "Kill him!"

"Clatter!"

The sharp blade fell, and the teenager who had escaped a disaster fell into a pool of blood.

Looking at Zhang Cheng in disbelief, Doctor Han roared, "I clearly already said it, why did you still kill him, why..."

"Did this Marquis say I would spare you?"

Standing up and walking outside, Zhang Cheng said, "Except for women and children, kill them all!"

"Yes, Uncle!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Jia Wei waved his hand and roared, "Slaughter them!"

"Clatter!"

In the small courtyard, the cold blade flashed, and a series of shrill sounds rang out immediately.

Walking out of the courtyard, Zhang Cheng said, "Tomorrow go to the Zhen family, and have Jin Ling send a few doctors over. Remember, they must be people with clean backgrounds!"

"I'll go handle it!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Jia Wei hurriedly turned and left.

And looking at the heavy rain in the sky, Zhang Cheng's eyes flickered.

Lin Ruhai being targeted by the Zhen family so quickly, he suspected it had something to do with him, because Emperor Hongde held military power, so he became aggressive in his actions.

And it was precisely because of this that Lin Ruhai touched the interests of the Zhen family multiple times in Jiangnan, leading the other party to have to take action personally.

As for Lin Ruhai's son and Jia Min, Zhang Cheng suspected it was the salt merchants who did it!

But which salt merchant, Zhang Cheng didn't need to know; just kill them all!

The Old Matriarch had a good saying: better to kill the wrong ones than let one go.

Jiangnan salt merchants, kill nine out of ten, there must be innocent ones, but if you kill every other one, there's no problem!

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng pressed his thumb and said, "Troubled times! Sister Lin is probably getting the news and heading south too!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1307 =====