Dong Xiong rode back to the Lianghuai Patrol Salt Palace outside the Yamen, and happened to see Hu Xiangyi commanding the soldiers to move boxes into the Yamen.

He quickly jumped off the horse, threw the horse's reins to the guards behind him, then stepped forward and smiled at Hu Xiangyi: "Xiangyi, look at this, didn't you gain a lot this time?"

Hu Xiangyi said happily: "Reporting to the general, we found a total of more than 300,000 stones of illicit salt this time, and also arrested a dozen illicit salt dealers."

Dong Xiong hurriedly asked: "Have you found any stolen money?"

Hu Xiangyi nodded vigorously, then lowered his voice and said: "Master Lin said that although you didn't go, your share of the reward cannot be reduced. I will transport all the two thousand taels of silver back to you."

Dong Xiong said happily: "Master Lin is still a righteous man. It's a pleasure to work with him. By the way, where are the others?"

"I was called in by Mr. Lin. He must be asking about the seizure of illegal salt."

When Dong Xiong heard this, he quickly walked into the house.

…

In the official office of the government office, Lin Ruhai was listening to Lin Yun's story about the seizure of illegal salt.

Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Lin Yun and the others had seized more than 300,000 stones of illicit salt. He had taken a huge risk in this operation. If he could not find the illicit salt, it would be difficult for him to explain it to the emperor and the courtiers.

, now with more than 300,000 stones of private salt as a base, he can be invincible.

However, when he heard that Lin Yun had let all the arrested private salt dealers go, he immediately frowned and said, "How can you make the decision on such a big matter without permission?"

Lin Yun explained: "These people can spend tens of thousands of taels of silver at a time to purchase private salt. They must have several backers behind them. My uncle has already violated a taboo by investigating the Bai family. If he offends the backers behind those people again,

If you die, there will be no place for you in the court from now on."

Lin Ruhai was silent when he heard this. He didn't know what Lin Yun was talking about, but acting like this to Lin Yun was not what he wanted after all.

Lin Yun took out a cloth parcel from his arms, stepped forward and handed it to Lin Ruhai and said: "Uncle, there are 430,000 taels of silver notes here, all of which were seized from the salt merchants."

Lin Ruhai took the package, opened it, looked at it, and then said with emotion: "The Bai family sells so much private salt at one time, which shows how crazy the old thief Bai Yuan has become."

Lin Yun hurriedly asked: "What is uncle going to do with Bai Yuan?"

Lin Ruhai: "Take Bai Yuan into custody first and wait for the emperor to issue an order to discuss the matter."

"What about the Bai family?"

"Of course I'm going to copy it."

"Well,

Lin Yun thought to himself: "Although this uncle is a scholar, he is quite ruthless in his work."

At this moment, Lin Ruhai's entourage came in from outside the door and reported, "Sir, General Dong has something urgent to see you."

Lin Ruhai: "Let him come in."

"yes."

Not long after, Dong Xiong ran in quickly and said anxiously: "Mr. Lin, Bai Yuan is dead."

"What?"

Lin Ruhai stood up and looked at Dong Xiong in shock.

Dong Xiong: "As soon as the last general led his troops to surround the Bai Mansion, there were crying sounds inside. Some people were crying that Mr. Bai was dead."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly asked: "Have you gone in to check?"

Dong Xiong: "When the general heard that Bai Yuan was dead, he immediately rushed back to report the news, before he went in to inquire."

Lin Ruhai paced around the room, thinking rapidly about the adverse effects Bai Yuan's death would have on herself.

Lin Yun also looked confused, and all the joy of finding the illegal salt was gone. He knew in his heart that Bai Yuan's death would definitely anger the Supreme Emperor. Next, it would be a matter of whether the emperor would die to protect Lin Ruhai.

After thinking clearly, he hurriedly said to Lin Ruhai: "Uncle, we must quickly search the Bai Mansion. After recovering the dirty silver, we will immediately send someone to ride a fast horse to report the victory to the court."

Lin Ruhai also knew that he had no way out, so he told Dong Xiong: "Follow me, I will personally inspect the Bai Mansion."

Dong Xiong said hurriedly: "The last general will respect your order."

Lin Yungang was about to say that he wanted to go together, but Lin Ruhai stopped him and said, "Don't get involved in this matter, just stay in the house honestly."

Lin Yun naturally understood that this was Lin Ruhai's intention to protect himself, so he did not force it at the moment, but bowed and responded: "My nephew, you honor your order."

…

After Lin Ruhai led Dong Xiong away, Lin Yun walked out of the office room and prepared to return to the inner house to rest.

When going out, I met several staff members around Lin Ruhai, and they all greeted him with excitement. Everyone knew that Lin Yun had led people to check for illegal salt and had achieved great results, so they thought that Lin Ruhai would be able to rise to great heights with his help. They rose together.

Lin Yun smiled bitterly in his heart, "One variable after another made him feel a little afraid of officialdom.

"Official circles are really not easy to mess around with."

…

Back at his residence in the back house, Lin Yun took out the jewelry box he brought back from Green Willow Villa and looked at it carefully.

In the darkroom at that time, he had doubts about the box. Ordinarily, as the chairman of the salt merchants, Lu Zhuoyuan would not have only saved tens of thousands of taels of private money, even though he was working for the Bai family. If his guess was correct, , there is a mystery inside this jewelry box.

Lin Yun looked at it for a long time, but couldn't see any traps or hidden compartments. He simply poured out all the jewelry in the box, and then used his hands to mark the dimensions of the inside and outside.

After comparing, he was overjoyed. The difference between the inside and the outside was as much as five centimeters. He quickly took out a dagger and opened the wooden board at the bottom of the box.

As expected, after the wooden board was lifted up, all the large-denomination banknotes were exposed. When I picked it up and looked at it, there were banknotes of 5,000 taels and 10,000 taels.

Lin Yun suppressed his excitement and counted them carefully. There were 80 banknotes worth 10,000 taels, and the rest were all 5,000 taels, totaling 150.

He calculated in his mind that there were a total of 1,350,000 taels of silver here.

Thinking that he had become a millionaire in the blink of an eye, Lin Yun was so excited that his whole body started to tremble, and he couldn't control it even if he wanted to.

At this moment, there were several knocks on the door, startling him.

He quickly put away the banknotes and jewelry, calmed down his mood, and then walked over and opened the door.

The person standing outside the door was Zhong Yi. He looked at Lin Yun and asked, "What are you doing hiding in the house with the doors closed and the windows closed?"

Lin Yun said hurriedly: "Just study, what else can I do besides studying?"

Zhong Yi asked doubtfully: "Can you make your face turn red while reading?"

"Well,"

Lin Yun quickly made an excuse and said: "What I'm reading is the one that describes the secrets in the boudoir. It's very interesting. Do you want to take it and have a look?"

Zhong Yi said shyly: "You should keep it to yourself, I don't care."

Lin Yun let Zhong Yi into the house, and while making tea for him, he smiled and said: "It is human nature for a man to love a woman, there is nothing to be embarrassed about."

Zhong Yi hurriedly changed the subject and said, "I came to see you for something."

"you say."

Zhong Yi: "This time I was inquiring about information in the Yan Gang and met a young man named Du Qi. It was his help that allowed me to find out the situation of Green Willow Villa in time. I would like to introduce him to work with you."

Lin Yun thought for a while and said, "Is this person reliable?"

Zhong Yi: "It should be reliable. However, I haven't investigated his previous experience, so I don't dare to trust him completely."

Lin Yun: "Okay, let him follow you first. Just pay more attention."

Zhong Yi said happily: "Thank you sir."

Lin Yun took out another ten taels of silver notes, handed them to Zhong Yi and said, "Any meritorious service will be rewarded. Please pass this to him."

"OK."

Zhong Yi took the banknote and asked again: "Where is my reward?"

Lin Yun said doubtfully: "Didn't you say you didn't want it at Green Willow Villa earlier?"

Zhong Yi: "I don't want dirty silver, but the money you earn from your perfume shop is clean."

"Well,"

Lin Yun took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, counted out ten banknotes in denominations of one hundred taels, handed them to Zhong Yi and said, "I haven't seen you spend any money, what do you want the money for?"

Zhong Yi took the banknote and put it in his arms, "Don't worry about this, I will use it for myself."

After saying that, he stood up and walked out quickly.
Chapter completed!