The speed of the ship is very fast, and it will be faster and faster after Linqing, going straight to Jining, passing Xuzhou, and seeing that it is about to enter the boundary of Yangzhou.

However, when they were in Huai'an, the group had to receive the bad news, Lin Ruhai had died three days ago.

Before his death, he left several letters, which were addressed to Jia's mother, Jia pardon, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian and Feng Ziying.

The messenger was arranged by Wang Wenyan, and there were people in Huai'an and Xuzhou respectively, but the messenger had not yet arrived in Xuzhou, and Feng Ziying and they had already passed through Xuzhou, so they only had time to stop Feng Ziying and his party in Huai'an.

The person who brought the letter was also vague, only saying that Lin Ruhai's condition suddenly worsened, and although he had only had time to persist for twelve days, he was declared dead.

However, Lin Ruhai was also prepared, and everything was basically arranged in the past ten days.

Fortunately, there is still Wang Wenyan, after it is clear that Wang Wenyan will follow Feng Ziying, there is no need to hide many things from Wang Wenyan, including the disposal of some family property.

Although Feng Ziying's death was expected, it still made Feng Ziying suspicious because it came so quickly.

It's just that after arriving in Yangzhou, he needs to deal with Lin Ruhai's funeral, even if Jia Lian helps, he is still busy for two or three days before he can deal with these things, and he has the heart to ponder the cause of Lin Ruhai's death.

The only thing that relieved Feng Ziying a little was that Daiyu behaved very well.

Maybe Lin Ruhai has talked to her many times, so that she has long been mentally prepared, or Shi Xiangyun has always been by her side so that she will not be helpless, plus the engagement with Feng Ziying has been finalized and has not changed, so several factors add up so that Feng Ziying will not be knocked down by great sadness.

Lin Ruhai doesn't have many friends in Yangzhou, he is originally cautious and low-key, although the special position of the Lianghuai Patrol Salt Imperial History determines that no matter how low-key he is, he can't avoid friends and acquaintances in both public and private aspects, but there are very few people who can really be called acquaintances.

For the death of Lin Ruhai, the salt merchants in Yangzhou City behaved decently, and the merchants who came to mourn were endless, including Jinling, Huguang, Jiangxi, and the salt merchants in the two Huai Patrol Salt Imperial History Jurisdictions were all coming from thousands of miles to mourn, but fortunately, there was Jia Lian, a skilled hand, who was not a problem to deal with these things.

"Lord Lin's serious illness is still a little abrupt, the day before I saw the adults are normal, but in the second half of the night the adults suddenly became seriously ill, the second day was a little delirious, and then Lang Zhong came and saw it, only said that the oil ran out of lamps, and he could only do his best, and also prescribed some warm prescriptions, which improved a little after using them, but they were far worse than before,......"

Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing sat opposite Feng Ziying and introduced the situation, "We also asked Lang Zhong what the reason would suddenly deteriorate, and Lang Zhong's explanation was that in fact, Lord Lin had just been trying his best to support it, but it looked pretty good on the surface, but in fact, the foundation had already been hollowed out, and it would be out of control if there were few external factors,......

Feng Ziying nodded, "So, is it really the will of heaven?" Have these tests been screened for medication at dinner that night? ”

"I have checked, and there are no other abnormalities, they are all responsible for the cooks and servants who have been with Lord Lin for many years, and no other abnormalities have been found." Wu Yaoqing knew that he couldn't avoid this, so he was also very careful.

I thought of everything I could think of, although Feng Ziying still had some doubts in her heart, she couldn't find any other reason, so she could only temporarily suppress it in her heart.

"My lord, is there anything else you think is wrong?"

"I can't say it, I always feel that although Uncle Lin's condition did not improve before I left, it was still relatively stable, how could it suddenly deteriorate, and his illness was irreversible, but it was a slow downward appearance, a few months have passed, why did it suddenly break out at such a time?" Feng Ziying didn't hide her suspicions, "Of course, we are not Lang Zhong in the cause and effect of this condition, it is difficult to judge, and it is very likely that it is still as Lang Zhong said,......

Hearing Feng Ziying say this, Wang Wenyan knew that his future owner still had some suspicions in it.

"The adult's suspicions are not without reason, to be honest, Yaoqing and I also have some doubts, but there is no basis for ,......" Wang Wenyan also nodded slowly.

"Oh? There's no basis, but there's a reason, right? Feng Ziying's spirits perked.

"The reason is very simple, Lord Lin has passed away, and the imperial court has not yet decided on the new candidate for the imperial history of the salt patrol, and it is said that it is difficult for the emperor and the emperor to reach an agreement on this selection, so now the power of the two Huai transfer salt envoys is actually in the hands of the two Huai transfer salt envoys, and whoever benefits the most will be suspected."

Although this judgment is somewhat one-sided, if it can be determined that Lin Ruhai did not die of a normal illness, then this reason can be said.

Tao Guolu is the salt envoy of the two Huai capitals, and when the salt patrol imperial history was absent, his weight was suddenly revealed, especially now including the salt merchants and many well-informed officials in the officialdom know that the emperor and the emperor are competing against each other on the selection of the salt patrol imperial history, and the salt patrol imperial history cannot be finalized in a short period of time, so this all the salt envoys really have the power of the entire yamen, and Lin Ruhai has all the authority in his hands before.

Therefore, when this guy came to mourn Lin Ruhai, although he offered a generous 1,000 taels of silver, the joy between his eyebrows could not be suppressed.

Of course, it is a bit premature to assert that Tao Guolu is the "culprit or", but there is no doubt that this person is very suspicious, or it is a huge obstacle to Feng Ziying's next step.

Without Lin Ruhai's support as a salt patrol imperial history, although the preliminary work has been basically rolled out, it still has an impact on the next step, but fortunately, the influence of the Chinese calligraphy department has been slowly established and spread, and the businessmen have become more and more aware that this Li Dai Taozhuang's department is increasingly playing a different role, so they are also trying their best to cooperate with many of Feng Ziying's requirements.

"Wenyan, Yaoqing, I believe in your and Yaoqing's judgment, and I also believe in my own intuition, since you and I both feel this way, what do you think we should do now?" Feng Ziying nodded.

"Although we are not sure, but we still feel that I am afraid that there is something wrong with the medicine or diet that Lord Lin took that night or a day or two ago, in terms of diet, Yaoqing has understood, Lord Lin has been seriously ill, and his diet is very light, if there are other medicines, Lord Lin is most likely easy to perceive, but the tormented medicinal juice, because the medicinal taste is very strong, if you add a little, I am afraid it will be difficult to detect,......"

Wu Yaoqing pondered again before saying: "It's just that although the Yamen of the Salt Envoy Si Yamen doesn't dare to say Longtan Tiger's Den, it is definitely not something that ordinary people can enter and exit at will, the Qiushui Sword Sect has several masters stationed in the inner courtyard every day, and the ordinary Jianghu Xiaoxiao can't enter at all, and the medicine grabbing and boiling medicine are the personal servants of Lord Lin, outsiders can't interfere at all, and the people in the rivers and lakes in Yangzhou City can't dare to have the courage to participate in such a big rebellion, so if there is a problem, it is definitely a strong dragon from a foreign enemy. Therefore, in the early stage, I have arranged for people to check the foreign experts who entered Yangzhou City half a month before and after that period to see if there are any suspicious points,......"

Feng Ziying listened very carefully, which made Wu Yaoqing very excited.

Wu Yaoqing knows very well that he cannot be compared with Wang Wenyan in terms of overall strategy and overall coordination ability, and he cannot compare with Cao Yu in terms of essay planning strategy, and with the death of Lin Ruhai, the dissipation of their team has become a foregone conclusion.

Although Feng Ziying said in the early stage that she would take over Lin Ruhai's staff team in the early stage, but now that the situation is becoming clearer, Feng Ziying is participating in the opening of the sea affairs that the Chinese Academy is now responsible for, Wang Wenyan and Cao Yu can quickly come in handy, and the affairs he is involved in are a little marginalized.

If I can't show my unique value, I'm afraid that even if I can stay in this team in the future, I'm afraid the importance and value will be greatly reduced.

You must know that everyone in their team is still involved in all kinds of connections outside, and in order to give full play to their role, they must involve all parties.

In the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Envoy Division, it costs a lot of money every year just to maintain and consolidate these connections, not just his own salary.

With the scope of affairs that Feng Ziying is involved in now, is he still willing to invest so much to maintain this area?

If you can't continue to invest, I'm afraid that the various connections and informant systems that you have established in the three sects and nine streams of the Jianghu sect may shrink significantly, and your ability will also be greatly affected.

So after Lin Ruhai's incident came out, Wu Yaoqing sensed that there were some doubts here, so he took the initiative to negotiate with Wang Wenyan.

And Wang Wenyan also supports Wu Yaoqing's point of view, that is, even if this matter is really the deterioration of Lin Ruhai's condition and has nothing to do with other factors, their team, especially Wu Yaoqing, should take this opportunity to show their ability and prove from all aspects that they have carried out work in advance in all possible scopes that can be considered, which is not only a reward for Lin Ruhai, the former proprietor, but also a demonstration and proof to the future proprietor.

Wu Yaoqing is a good hand in this regard, considering the problem carefully and thoughtfully, and the resources in this area are abundant, so he put it forward bit by bit, which made Feng Ziying very satisfied.

"Yaoqing, has there been any progress in your investigation?"

"Lord Hui, I already have some eyebrows, although we can't say that this must have something to do with Lord Lin's death, but at least we think it's some clues that need to be further dug and investigated,......" Wu Yaoqing looked very determined.

"Oh?!" Feng Ziying was quite surprised, he didn't expect the other party to really gain something, although he said it a little modestly, but if he dared to say so, he definitely had some confidence.