Lin Jue actually didn't sleep long before he woke up, because he was woken up. I opened my eyes and followed the voice, but I saw a face peeking out of the small window above the door. That's Jia Lao Liu.

"Hey, that Lin Jue, wake up, don't sleep, someone is coming to see you." Jia Lao Liu shouted.

Lin Jue frowned and sat up and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Jia Lao Liu opened the door of the house, and the sun outside was dazzling, probably at noon. Lin Jue covered his eyes to adapt to the light, and bent down to leave the room.

"If someone wants to see you, I can say hello to you first, and you will honestly reply to this person's questioning, and you are not allowed to talk nonsense, otherwise we will not be polite." Jia Lao Liu whispered in Lin Jue's ear.

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Who wants to see me?" The prince or the little prince? ”

"No, it's the small county of our palace who wants to see you. So I want you to be more peaceful and disciplined. If you offend anyone, if you offend the little lord, you will definitely die. "Jia Lao Liudao.

"Little county lord? I don't know you little princess. What did she do to me? Lin Jue was a little confused.

"You ask us, who do we ask? When I come in, I want to see you by name, and we can't do it. In short, you should reply well, don't offend her, otherwise no one will be able to save you. Got it? Jia Lao Liu said in a rambling manner, obviously they were afraid of offending the little county lord.

The sun shone on the corner of the courtyard gate, illuminating the place brightly. Lin Jue walked here under the escort of Jia Lao Liu and Lao Cui, and he saw the graceful and beautiful girl in Tsing Yi standing in the sun. The girl was looking out of the courtyard gate with her back to Lin Jue, and her beautiful figure seemed to be coated with a halo under the autumn sun, just like a beautiful scene seen in a dream.

As if hearing footsteps, the girl turned her head. Lin Jue only felt that the surrounding scenery in front of him seemed to be a little brighter, and under the reflection of the girl's pretty face, everything around him seemed brighter.

"Qiqi county lord, Lin Jue brought it, please ask the county lord to ask. But please don't take too long, the county lord should know, if this is known by the prince and the little prince, they will scold me and wait. Jia Laoliu hurriedly stepped forward to report.

"I know, I know, why are you so verbose." The girl waved her hand. A pair of bright eyes looked at Lin Jue without shyness.

"Why don't you come forward to salute?" Lao Cui muttered in Lin Jue's ear.

Lin Jue hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "In Xia Lin Jue, I have seen the county lord. ”

The little county lord showed a smile on his face, and said in a crisp voice: "Are you Lin Jue?" ”

Before Lin Jue could answer, Lao Cui replied for him: "Lord Qiyu, he is Lin Jue." ”

The girl's face was displeased, she frowned and waved her hand, "What are you still doing here?" Don't retreat, I'll have a few words with Lin Gongzi. ”

"But ......," Jia Lao Liudao.

"To go or not to go? You guys? The girl snorted.

Lao Cui made a gesture and left with Jia Lao Liu. If you don't leave, I'm afraid that you will find yourself unhappy, anyway, there are guards who follow the county lord watching, Lin Jue can't do anything, why bother to be an eyesore here.

"You are Lin Jue?" After the people around her walked away, the girl asked again.

Lin Jue arched his hand and said, "It's exactly below." ”

The girl nodded, looked at Lin Jue with her hands, and suddenly covered her mouth and laughed. "Where did you get out of there? There are still grass clippings on his head. ”

Lin Jue embarrassedly stretched out his hand to wipe his hair bun, grabbed a few sticks of hay, and said with a wry smile: "I was locked in a small stone house just now, and I fell asleep left and right." I just woke up, so I'm disheveled, which is rude. ”

"Are you still asleep?" The girl said with wide eyes.

Lin Jue smacked his lips and was speechless. The girl asked, "Do you know what my father and brother want to do with you?" ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "I don't know, let it be fate." ”

The girl pouted and said: "This is really unfair, my father and brother should not do this, you are not guilty, they can't afford to lose, so they forced the Lin family to hand you over." They are lynching you. Don't you think you shouldn't? ”

Lin Jue was stunned and said: "It shouldn't be something that grass people like me can judge, my arms can't reach my thighs, what can I do?" ”

The girl frowned and said, "That's right." Do you know why I came to see you? ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"I like Du Shi Niang's play very much. I love the way you made my father and brother deflated at the Oiran Contest that day. Your ability is really not small, at the beginning I really thought it was Xie Yingying's own ability, but later I learned that it was everything planned behind you. So when I heard that you took the initiative to take the blame today, I want to come and see what kind of person you are. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "The county lord has seen it now, let's take a few more looks, maybe after a while, I can only see a dead person." ”

The little county lord covered his mouth and smiled: "No, at least you won't die for a few days or a few more days." Daddy and brother aren't busy with you right now. ”

Lin Jue's heart moved, and he said indifferently: "How is it possible? They could come and kill me at any moment. ”

The little county lord smiled: "You don't know, there is a big incident, and they are busy dealing with it." That's a lot bigger than yours, and they don't have time to care about you. By the way, this matter also has something to do with your Lin family. Now your Lin family is afraid that it has also become a mess. ”

Lin Jue was even more surprised. He asked softly, "Can you tell me what happened?" ”

The little county lord smiled: "You really like to inquire, you yourself are like this, and you still ask questions." ”

Lin Jue smiled embarrassedly: "Aren't I still dead?" Besides, you said that this matter is related to my Lin family. ”

"Aren't you no longer from the Lin family? What does it have to do with you? The girl asked with a smile.

Lin Jue smacked his lips and said: "I always have the surname Lin, although it is not tolerated by the family, but it can't change this fact." ”

The girl sighed and said, "Your Lin family treats you like this, and you still say that, which shows that you are a merciful person." I'll tell you what's going on. However, it is useless for you to know about it. Your Lin family can't solve this matter, my father and brother are in a hurry, I'm afraid they can't solve it. ”

……

The incident that Guo Caiwei, the lord of the royal palace, said was a shocking event that happened last night.

On 15 September, the Zhejiang Provincial Grain Convoy was transported, and hundreds of grain ships marched from the canal all the way to the north, starting a voyage that lasted nearly a month. Among them, a large ship was particularly taken care of, and that was the one that was loaded with two priceless gifts for the Queen Mother's birthday.

Originally, the Cao Yun transportation was already escorted by more than 20 large ships of the Ning Navy and more than 2,000 sailors and horses, and in addition to this extra important accompanying ship, the Ning Navy sent hundreds more people. That's not all, in order to safely escort the gifts to Beijing, a team of more than 50 soldiers and horses came to the turnstile of the Imperial City Division of the capital, plus more than 30 skilled guards led by He Chao, the deputy commander of the guards of the Liang Palace, forming an all-round strict protection.

It stands to reason that under such a tight escort, everything should be foolproof. However, after sailing north along the canal for five or six days, when they arrived at the shore of Baoying Lake in Baoying County, Huainan East Road, there was a big mess.

In the evening of last night, because the fleet arrived at Baoying Lake. According to the previous plan, all boats in Baoying Lake will take a short rest and replenish some grain and fresh water in Baoying County before setting off. That night, all the ships, large and small, entered the bay on the east side of Baoying Lake and anchored. The warships of the Hangzhou Ning Navy cruised and patrolled the periphery, ready for battle.

At the second watch, dozens of clippers suddenly rushed out from the reeds on the north side of the bay, and the timing was just right, just in the gap between the warship patrols. When the two Ning Navy warships spotted their tracks, more than twenty clippers had already rushed into the middle of the flotilla moored together. Unknown people on small boats hooked up to large ships with hooks and cables, and quickly boarded several large ships. A moment later, several large ships burst into flames.

This time, there was a great chaos when the transport ships boarded. Because of the narrow terrain of the bay moorings, the distance between the moorings of the ships is very close. Once the grain catches fire, it is likely to spread to the entire fleet with the help of the night wind. Therefore, Lin Ke, the treasurer of the Lin family's ship company, who was anxious to avoid harming the rest of the grain ships, ordered all the ships to evacuate immediately to avoid being attacked by the fire.

At this order, hundreds of large and small ships rushed out of the bay and fled to the open lake outside the bay. Doing so would have protected it from fire, but it caused a great deal of chaos. Each ship went its own way, and the formation was in chaos. The ship that was supposed to be under heavy protection for the birthday gift had to be evacuated in this situation. However, it is precisely the target of the Night Raiders.

Hundreds of people rushed onto the ship, and there were originally more than 50 soldiers of the Imperial City Division and more than 30 guards of the Liang Palace, which should be able to resist. However, the bandits on board the ship were highly skilled, and several of them were unmatched. During the fierce battle alone, most of the more than 80 escorts on board were killed and wounded. Seeing that the momentum was not good, Ma Bin, the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Division, who was in charge of receiving the gifts, and He Chao, the deputy commander of the guards of the Liang Palace, had to jump into the water with more than a dozen guards and escape, allowing the other party to occupy the big ship.

During the whole process, the big ships of the Hangzhou Ning Navy on the periphery did not help at all. They were blocked by fleeing grain ships, and harassed by bandits from small boats, unaware that the most important ships in the bay had changed hands.

An hour later, several ships that had caught fire sank into the lake, and the Ning Navy finally mastered the situation and forced dozens of bandits' ships back into the reeds. After taking all the ships to reassemble and count, they found that except for the few that caught fire and sank, the rest of the ships were fine. But the only thing missing is the big ship that escorted the Queen Mother's birthday.