Lin Jue shook his head and said, "I can't take you to meet them, this is a deal between you and me, you put forward conditions that I can't agree to, and this deal is abandoned." So I don't count the vows I just made. I take back my promise not to kill you. Xu Junshi, don't blame me, I'm going to cut off your head to ask for credit, your head is very valuable. ”

Xu Xing was shocked and stammered, "You...... How can you do that? You...... Don't you want to know who that inner supposed to be? Don't you know the importance of this? In the future, he will continue to do things for Hai Dongqing, aren't you worried? ”

Lin Jue smiled and said: "What I have to worry about is the imperial court, I am just a grass people, why should I worry?" Speaking of your bandits, it is a big trouble for the imperial court, if you don't provoke me, a grass people, I can't get along with you. You should understand what I mean, I don't care what should be or not, that's not what I care about. I asked about it, just a little annoyed by this man, if he hadn't sent the information, how could we have almost died here. If you don't say it, I don't really care, after all, this person is not aimed at me personally. ”

Xu Xing was speechless and looked at Lin Jue blankly. He never expected that Lin Jue would cancel the transaction so easily.

"I'm sorry, Master Xu, I'm going to do it, if you have any last words, please say it." Lin Jue slowly pulled out the waist knife.

Xu Xing's face turned pale, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Come slowly, come slowly, how do you say that you will do it?" ”

Lin Jue tilted his head and smiled: "Then what else?" I don't want to kill you, I just want to trade your life for a message. This news is even more valuable, and I can also take credit. But if you don't want to, I can only cut off your head to ask for credit. Take you to meet the big guys? Is the credit still mine? It's not going to work. ”

Xu Xingqi's nose was crooked, and he wanted to knock on one more stroke, but he didn't expect that Lin Jue, a thief, would not play cards according to the routine, and he would be stunned at all. If you don't agree with each other, you're going to pull out a knife and kill someone, isn't this stealing chickens and rice?

"That's it, let me tell you, let's do what we agreed before. I'll answer your question, you spare my life, it's done, right? Xu Xing said busily.

Lin Jue said: "Don't you increase the size?" ”

"No, no, no. I'm unlucky, and I'll give you a big credit. As long as you keep your word, it's nothing. Xu Xing said angrily.

The knife in Lin Jue's hand slowly entered the sheath, and Xu Xing also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tell me, who is this man?" Lin Jue asked quietly.

Xu Xing glanced at Lin Jue, and suddenly didn't speak for a while.

Lin Jue frowned and said, "What's wrong?" Have you repented? ”

Lin Jue reached out and touched the handle of the knife.

"Lin Gongzi, are you the son of the third room of the Lin family in Hangzhou?" Xu Xing said.

"Yes, to be precise, it's the concubine of the third room. My mother is a side room. Lin Jue said.

Xu Xing was stunned and praised with his fingers: "Heroes are not afraid of low backgrounds. Lin Gongzi's calmness is admirable. So, is the head of the Lin family called Lin Boyong? Your Lin family runs a shipping dock, a shop and a sea ship trade, etc., and is one of the top businessmen in Hangzhou, right? ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Yes." You know that in real detail. ”

Xu Xing's face turned pale, and he said lightly: "That's nature, how can we not know about a big family like the Lin family." So, Lin Ke, the eldest son of your Lin family's big house...... Presumably Lin Gongzi is also common? ”

Lin Jue's expression was slightly stunned, and when he heard the name Lin Ke, his heart began to beat wildly. He was very reluctant to hear this name from Xu Xing's mouth, but now it seems that things are really what he expected.

"This Lin Dagongzi...... Do you know what his relationship is with us? Xu Xing continued.

Lin Jueqiang suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "What will the eldest prince have to do with you?" ”

"Hahaha. Lin Gongzi, your Lin family earns no less than 100,000 taels of silver every year. Why is your Lin family's business so smooth? Why is your Lin family's merchant ships going to sea unimpeded, why do others dare not take the eastern Zhejiang waterway, but the fleet led by your Lin family's merchant ships will not be hijacked by us every time? You don't count in your heart, but your eldest son has a lot in his heart. Xu Xing laughed.

Lin Jue was stunned: "You mean ......"

"Lin Gongzi, let me tell you a story. Not...... That was thirteen years ago...... Maybe it was fourteen years ago, but in short, there were too many years to remember. Thirteen or fourteen years ago, one day, a ship in Hangzhou to Fanguo encountered a storm on the way back. As a last resort, they went to an island to take refuge from the storm. But what they didn't know was that the island was occupied by a group of heroes. As soon as they landed on the island, they threw themselves into the net with their men and boats, and were seized by the heroes. ”

"The heroes killed a lot of people on the ship, and when it was their turn to kill the little proprietor who pressed the boat on the ship, the little boy kowtowed and begged for mercy, claiming to be the son of a big merchant in Hangzhou, and as long as he was not killed, he could get a large ransom. The leader of the heroes wanted to extort a ransom, but one of his men had another idea. He felt that since this person's identity was so important, and he was the son of everyone in Hangzhou, why not let him be an eyeliner in Hangzhou City. Moreover, with the help of their earning power, a large amount of money and materials can be obtained every year, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

In order to survive, the little boy had to agree to this condition. He wrote a blood letter of allegiance, promising to serve the good men of the island. And every year, he will secretly give a large amount of money and materials to the heroes on the island to supply the heroes on the island. In exchange, the heroes of the island will give him the greatest convenience, get rid of competitors for him, and open the sea to the sea in eastern Zhejiang for him. Both sides benefit each other and help each other. ”

After that, the boy was released back to land, and everyone on board was killed, and no one knew about it. The little boy made up a reason for the ship's destruction in a storm and confused the past. Since then, there has been a lot of internal response and money and material suppliers for the heroes of the sea in Hangzhou. Lin Gongzi, do you understand the story I said? ”

Lin Jue listened to Xu Xing's narration with a pale face, and this so-called story couldn't be more clear. More than ten years ago, when Lin Ke had just debuted, he was only in his early twenties at that time, and he had just come out to do things. According to Xu Xing's description, he should have led a sea ship to Fanguo to trade and was captured by the pirates after returning. In the end, in order to save his life, he wrote a promise to serve the bandits, and since then he has become the bandits' internal response in Hangzhou. Although Lin Jue had long been suspicious of Lin Ke, he was never sure about it, and he didn't believe that it would be true. However, when he heard these words from Xu Xing's mouth at this moment, he couldn't help but believe it.

"Xu Xing, do you mean that the eldest son of my Lin family, the future head of the family, Lin Ke, is the one who should be? Do you think I'll believe your story alone? I don't believe it. Lin Jue frowned.

"Hehe, you don't believe it? Then I'll give you some proof. You are young, but since you are a member of the Lin family, you should also know how your Lin family made its fortune. Your Lin family didn't have such a beautiful scene more than ten years ago, at that time, your Lin family's shipping was still in its infancy, and there were few wharves, relying on more than a dozen shops to support. After knowing that Lin Boyong was the head of the family, he set foot in shipping and maritime trade. In the past, there was a largest shipping company in Hangzhou called the Hu family, and the Hu family was the largest businessman in Hangzhou, and your Lin family couldn't compete with them at all. But later, the head of the Hu family and the eldest son suddenly fell into the water and drowned while playing in the West Lake, and the Hu family was defeated. Your Lin family took the opportunity to swallow up their business. Do you think the Hu family father and son really fell into the water and drowned? Hehehe, that is the hand of my brothers in the cottage, who deserve the bad luck of those two fathers and sons, why do they want to admire the moon by the boat, and our brothers dragged them into the water with a noose around their necks to drown alive. Their boat full of people all said that they were drowned, and they really laughed to death. All this was asked of us by your eldest brother, and he said that the Lin family's business should be expanded in order to earn more silver, and to give us more silver and materials. We did as he asked. Xu Xing sneered.

Lin Jue had goosebumps on his body. Although his memory of more than ten years ago is not clear, Lin Jue is not ignorant of the major events in the family. I also know some of the key turning points of the Lin family in my memory, and when I mentioned this matter at this moment, I suddenly remembered this sensational event at the beginning. Of course, this should be the oral words of a certain elder, which remained in Lin Jue's memory.

"In addition to the Hu family, there are also the Li family and the Meng family. Speaking of whichever big brother of yours is also a ruthless person, he will get rid of anyone who offends him. Because of this, your Lin family has monopolized the big business of Hangzhou's shipping wharf, which has become what it is today. If it weren't for the fact that the brothers accidentally almost missed and almost showed their feet. Only then did Lin Dagongzi know that he was afraid, and he only stopped a little in the past few years. ”

The feeling in Lin Jue's heart was indescribable, how could he have imagined that Lin Ke, the son of the long house, was hiding so many secrets that no one knew. It's ridiculous that Lin Boyong, he shouldn't have known about these things, but he still thinks that everything is his credit, and the Lin family's business only flourished after he became the head of the family. Lin Ke must be secretly laughing at his father, in fact, everything is the result of his cooperation with the pirates.

"Your Lin family gives us 50,000 pieces of silver every year, ten boats of grain, cloth and other materials. It can be said that your Lin family has contributed a lot to the fact that my island can have today. Hehe, in fact, apart from your Lin family, who is the big businessman in Hangzhou City who doesn't give us silver every year? Of course, these are the credits of Lin Dagongzi, Lin Dagongzi's ships never have accidents in and out of the sea, and other families' sea ships often encounter our robberies when they go to sea, so they naturally want to ask Lin Dagongzi what secrets he has. Your eldest brother is very smart, and he tells the merchants that he can lead everyone to the sea, but each one needs to pay a sum of silver as a guide fee. The merchants had no choice, and each family paid a large sum of silver, and of course most of this silver was also honored to us. We don't really want to hijack ships, as long as someone sends money and supplies, we're free, aren't we? Only those who do not know how to lift up, we will go out to teach them a lesson, and make them empty of men and ships. ”

Lin Jue didn't know what to say, he actually just wanted to further ask about the authenticity of this matter, and in his heart he actually believed that Lin Ke was the inner response. Only in Lin Ke's position can it be possible to get some valuable news. For example, although the news this time is secret, it still can't hide some important people in the government. For example, if Zhang Yi is sentenced in Hangzhou, he will definitely know the inside story. There are also some important people in other positions who can also know the details. The Lin family is a family of heads and faces in Hangzhou, and Lin Ke is usually keen to make friends with people from the government, as long as he wants to inquire, he will definitely inquire. Maybe he has corrupted some people and offered to give him news, but it is not known.

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