So when Lin Qingyuan and Zhong Ruying were assassinated, it was no longer a secret in Jiangnan, but there were not many people who knew about it in the imperial court.

  At that time they were all waiting with bated breath to see Su Zhang enter the capital and present his captives, after presenting his captives he would also be rewarded for his merits, so the reception of external news was somewhat impeded.

  The emperor did not want to spoil the atmosphere of offering sacrifices, after all, in these years, although there have been many small battles, and many victories, but only this time can be truly counted as expanding territory.

  But in his heart, he was not happy about it. The Liao people were so bold and lawless on his territory, as if they thought the Great Wall was their own backyard?

  The emperor thought of Lin Ying's avoidance of the Liao people, and with just one Lin Ying, he made the Liao state honest for thirty years.

  Adding Lin Qingwan's identity, the emperor couldn't help but feel guilty. Since Lin Xing also came from the Lin family, out of a compensatory mentality, he increased the reward.

  And he also wants to see if Su Zhang's boasting can really grow into a meritorious minister like Lin Ying.

  The Northeast Army has been in his hands for over thirty years, and he is not afraid that the Lin family will turn the Northeast Army into the Lin Family Army again.

  Not to mention that the Lin family has only produced one talented person so far, if there were three or five more like him, he would dare to use them.

  So Lin Xin became a miscellaneous general after jumping four levels in a row.

  Outsiders don't know about these coincidences, they just feel that the emperor is really lenient to Lin's family, and are afraid that Lin Jiang's remaining prestige can still exist for a long time.

  In such a situation, the news of Lin Qingyan being stabbed came, no matter how unpleasant she had been with some courtiers before, everyone consistently stood on her side to condemn the Liao people.

  Especially when Zhong Ruyi was also in the team, no matter how some officials looked down on Zhong Ruyi privately and criticized her for being a woman among men, she was indeed very good at fighting.

  Although relations with Da Chu are very poor and they often have to fight, but they have never lost before. If Da Liang loses her, everyone's heart will still be in pain.

  Even though many people are eager for Zhong Ruying to make way, more people understand that no one is more suitable as the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Military than Zhong Ruying.

  So this time the court's heavy ministers were unanimous in their unity, and after Sun Hua's clear and slow arrival, they discussed and attacked Liao together.

  The Ministry of Rites suggested writing a national letter to express solemn protest to the Liao State, the Ministry of War said that they could let the Northeast Army go to the border for a stroll recently, and the Ministry of Punishment said that they would strengthen the security of Daliang, focusing on cracking down on terrorist activities by foreign spies...

  At the same time, everyone also knew about Sun Huai's recent achievements in cracking down on petty crimes and what he had found.

  No one mentioned why things happened a month after Sun Huai went up, do you need to ask? Of course, it was the time for everyone to celebrate the great victory of the southern expedition.

  The emperor handed over what Sun Huai had found to the Ministry of Punishment and the Supreme Court, asking them to continue investigating according to this clue, and make sure to catch all the Liao people's spies in the country.

  Bring out their accomplices as well.

  What happened in the imperial court was known by those who should know and also by those who shouldn't.

  Zhao Jie was no exception, and even though he wasn't in the capital, he still received the news very quickly.

  He was somewhat surprised by the clear fold on Sun Huai's letter, "Didn't you say he had investigated all the way to Lingzhou? Why did the letterhead end up being fixed in Jiangdu?"

  "General, he indeed followed the investigation and found Wujiu at that time," said the trusted aide kneeling on the ground.

  He furrowed his brow in puzzlement and said: "Didn't he get the clue we deliberately left with Wu Jiu?"

  Zhao Jie's face turned slightly pale, and he clenched his fists, saying: "Lao Er silenced him, but he still managed to track it down to Hangzhou and then to Jiangdu. Do you think he wouldn't have discovered the trail you deliberately left behind?"

  Xin Fu's face turned slightly pale, "We were initially afraid of making a mistake, so we carefully checked half of the things, it seemed like we were just flustered and lost some things, he shouldn't have been suspicious..."

  "Alright," Zhao Jie waved his hand to interrupt him, gritting his teeth and saying: "You take care of everything, this matter ends here, we'll pretend we know nothing."

  His face turned pale and he lowered his head to ask, "Is Wujiu also being cleaned up?"

  Zhao Jie didn't say anything, but his meaning was clear.

  Lowering his eyelids, he stood up and retreated with a bow. However, in his heart, there was some sadness. This time, they had cleared out too many people, most of whom he didn't recognize. It was fine when they were fighting together, but among them were also familiar faces, even comrades who had fought side by side with him before.

  Just because Sun Huai discovered the spider silk, in order not to expose it, he killed everyone involved.

  His trusted aide thought he had been toughened enough on the battlefield, but now he felt a chill all over his body, and a kind of fear rising from the bottom of his heart surrounded him.

  Zhao Jie was also in a bad situation in the big account, and this time the Zhao family suffered heavy losses.

  I don't know how Sun Huai investigated, but obviously the people sent by Lao Er were all on the outermost periphery, and the people related to them had already been cleaned up, but he still found out about the Zhao family.

  And there is a trend of getting more detailed as they investigate, and through their clues, they have also reached the other side of Liao Guo.

  The relationship between Zhao's family and Liao Guo absolutely cannot be exposed, so even if it hurts again, he can only clean up these people.

  The talents he had cultivated for many years were all gone overnight, and Zhao Jie was so angry that his eyes almost shed blood.

  Lin family, Lin family, again it's the Lin family!

  Grandfather was also because of the Lin family...

  Zhao Jie closed his eyes, and several opportunities for the Zhao family's prosperity were cut off by the Lin family!

  Zhao Jie was so angry that his mouth was filled with a bloody taste. He had thought that this time, Lin Yu, Lin Zhi and Lin Jiang would all be gone, and they could finally make the legitimate branch of the Lin family disappear from the world. But he hadn't expected that it would be them who would end up suffering a great loss instead.

  Zhao Jieping smoothed out the depression in his chest, pulled out a white paper and spread it open to write a letter. They had to hide again like every time they suffered a setback, waiting for an opportunity to develop and speak up again.

  However, the Lin family is the nemesis of the Zhao family, those aunt and niece...

  Zhao Jie's eyes flashed with murderous intent, but the letter strictly ordered Zhao Sheng not to provoke Lin Qingyuan again and to avoid the Lin family if possible.

  Zhao Sheng hated Zhao Jie even more, although he really wanted to take matters into his own hands and kill Lin Qingwan himself, but at this time he had no choice but to listen to his older brother's words.

  Lin Qingwan didn't know that the hatred in the hearts of the Zhao brothers had deepened, and she had just returned to Suzhou with Lin Yubin, and had only just received the letter sent back by Lin Xin.

  Lin Xin didn't know the reason, but Lin Qingyuan calculated the time in her heart and understood that it was probably because the secret letter she had handed over to Sun Huai had coincided with each other.

  Lin Qingwan smiled slightly and wrote a reply to Lin Xing, also sending him some of the main events and generals of the Northeast Army.

  He will go to Northeast China for work, and all these will be useful in the Northeast Army later.

  Lin Qingwan handed the letter to Lin Guanjia and said, "Have someone go back to the village and ask Lin Xian's grandmother and mother if they have anything they want to send over, and we'll send it all together."

  Lin Guanjia replied the next day, "The old lady said she wanted to come and thank you, but I didn't dare agree, I just said that after the autumn harvest, the young lady will return to her clan to visit them."

  Lin Qingwan nodded slightly, "How are they doing?"

  "Don't worry, Master Lin has been sending people to help them all along. After Young Master Xin was promoted and sent back a lot of silver, plus the help from the clan, I see that their days are better than before." Lin, the housekeeper, paused for a moment and continued: "This time, Young Master Xin also sent rewards for Mistress and the young ladies, but I didn't dare to accept them on my own. It's just that the old lady is very stubborn, and I'm afraid she'll send someone over as soon as she gets busy."

  Lin Qingwan nodded, "If she sends it again, just accept it."

  Also makes the other person feel uneasy in their heart.

  Lin Qingwan no longer inquired about this matter, but instead asked about Xia Shou's arrival.

  It's almost autumn harvest now. Lin Qingyuan didn't catch up with the summer harvest, although Zhong Daguan wrote a letter to her, but it wasn't detailed enough.

  Whenever it comes to summer harvest, Da Guan Shi is delighted, and this year's harvest is even better than last year's.

  One is because this year's wheat is all winter wheat, and two is because the land has been cultivated last year, so the soil is relatively fertile this year, and there is enough fertilizer.

  "Nowadays, all the wheat has been dried and stored in the warehouse. Many businessmen have come to ask questions, 'Miss, how much do you want to sell?'"

  "Just think about it," said Lin Qingyan: "Now that the summer grain has just been harvested, the price of grain will definitely fall. We don't need to put out too much at this time."

  "I'll just make some excuses to get rid of them."

  Lin Qingwan nodded.

  "Miss, this is the account book for the Chen grain that was released this year."

  This year, the grain price skyrocketed, especially in April when the green and yellow crops were not yet ripe, the grain price soared. Lin Qingyu looked at it with a bad expression, so she let Zhong Daguan slowly release the old grain from the warehouse. One was to get rid of the old grain, and the other was to suppress the grain price.

  The court later intervened to regulate grain prices, and grain prices fell faster, but grain prices were still much higher than in previous years.

  Zhong Daguan was in charge of the summer harvest, and he was confident that the yield would not be bad. After selling the remaining old grain, Lin Qingyuan made a lot of money.

  This year's harvest is plentiful, with new grain stored in the warehouse, Lin Qingyan finally feels at ease.

  She is unwilling to sell too much grain at this time. Too much grain hurts the people. Anyway, she doesn't need money urgently now, and let's wait a little longer.

  Zhong Daguan has tasted sweetness from this year's grain prices and also wants to keep the grain until before and after the New Year.

  Lin Guanjia, however, was somewhat dissenting, "Auntie, even if the price of grain has dropped, it won't drop too much. You know that this year the imperial court just conquered half of the territory of Southern Han, and those newly established states and counties must need food. Why don't we hire merchant teams to go to Southern Han?"

  Lin Qingwan shook her head and said, "No need, we just focus on farming."

  The states and counties that have been recovered are not yet thoroughly stabilized, she has enough trouble, there is no need to find another trouble for herself.

  Lin Qingwan nodded at the account book of the bookstore and the account book sent by Wenyuan, raised an eyebrow, anyway she didn't lack money now, did she?

  It feels great to have no shortage of money.

  Lin Qingwan decided, "Go ask Big Sister what she lacks, tomorrow let someone go to the market to buy her some things, and then go to several silk shops to take a look, let them choose some fabrics for me to see. Yubin is also about to come out of mourning, we should start preparing things after the mourning period."

  Once she has money, she can't help but go on a shopping spree and doll herself up.

  Zhong Daguantie and Lin Guanjia exchanged a glance, both seeing the good mood of their mistress. The two responded in unison and retreated with a smile. The mourning period for the old master was over, and it was indeed time for the young ladies to dress up properly.