Although many people in Jiangning know that the Qingfeng Xing business name is a force secretly cultivated by the luxury family in Jiangning, in order to take care of the face of the imperial court and the emotions of the people, Lu Feihu and his party still live in a post house in the city when they first arrive in Jiangning, and they will not openly meet Du Rong and other Qingfeng Xing principals.

Assassinated outside the Donghua Gate, although nearly 30 assassins were killed, five or six people escaped, and the accompanying escorts suffered heavy casualties. The only thing that comforted him was that his wife and sister were rescued in time, and if he was kidnapped and spent the night outside the city, even if he was rescued in the future, it would become a shame for the luxury family.

Back at the post house, the pine resin candles in the hall were burning, exuding a rich aroma and curling green smoke. Hao Mingyue and her sister-in-law Song Jia went back to the room to wash up, change into clean clothes, and then returned to the hall.

The night was deep, but there was a faint crow on the old tree in front of the court with a sudden dumb cry or two, and in the cold night, people were very panicked when they heard it.

"Chase the crows away." Song Jia slipped her skirt with both hands to avoid dragging the skirt to the brick floor, listened to the crow screaming, and ordered the guards at the door to drive away, she made up her makeup, she was still bright, her clear eyes were shining in the candlelight, it seemed that what happened today had no effect on her.

Luxury Mingyue was haggard and depressed, so she came back from washing and changing clothes to cheer up a little.

He was sitting there with his staff discussing things, when he saw his wife and sister coming together, holding the table with his hands, sitting up straight, and said, "Why didn't you rest earlier?" The staff member of the luxury family sitting next to him was a young Confucian in his early thirties, wearing a green robe, watching Song Jia and Hao Mingyue come in, standing up and calling softly: "Young lady, young lady, young lady......"

"Husband, you also have to rest early, you are our backbone, you can't have the slightest accident, does it matter if you have any injuries on your hands?" Song Jia sat down, didn't seem to notice the embarrassment on Feihu's face, and lightly opened her lips and asked the young Confucian student standing aside, "Zitan was also frightened today, right?" ”

"Thank you, Madame, for your concern." The young Confucian was very respectful, and seeing that the young lady didn't seem to ask about the brother who was martyred today, he honestly stood aside and didn't say much.

"Did you send someone to inquire about the origin of this forest binding?" Song Jia asked again, "Although they are not on the same path as the assassins, their thoughts to save me and Mingyue are not simple. ”

After all, Hao Mingyue's face was thin, and when she heard her sister-in-law say that Lin Lian's mind to save people was not pure, she thought of searching Lin Lian's body in the carriage, her face was slightly red, and she felt a little hot, and she sat aside with her sister-in-law, silent.

"Qingfeng Xing sent two more people to contact us," Yu Feihu said, "Jiangning Mansion and Jiangdong County Sansi Yamen are fighting fiercely, this Lin Jian is Gu Wuchen's disciple, and his thoughts about us are naturally not pure." He didn't want to go anywhere else, Lin Jian really wanted to covet the beauty of his wife and sister, and he would never send people back safe and sound before dark.

Song Jia sat in front of the desk casually, looking at the flickering candle flame under the hall with her cheeks lightly, thinking back to the details of today's events, she knew very little about Lin Lian, and after going to Jiangdong to press the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, she only knew that he was the disciple of Gu Wuchen, the deputy envoy of Jiangdong, and he was famous, maybe he was about to go to Jiangdong to be a small official who was not in the stream, but he was chivalrous and casual, without the slightest Confucian sourness on his body, and his temperament and demeanor were completely different from the men she had known in the past. When she searched Lin Jian in the carriage, she was ready to be humiliated, but she was wrong, she knew that it was her father-in-law Jin Anhou who also had a fire burning in his eyes when he looked at her.

The guards outside the door walked in and reported: "Young Marquis, Du Rong is here." ”

"Didn't you tell him not to walk around?" Yu Feihu frowned slightly, waved his hand again, and said, "Since the person is here, please invite him in." ”

Afraid of being recognized by the people in the post house, the people who were on duty at the post house tonight were all soldiers of the Jiangning Mansion Soldiers and Horses, Du Rong put down the hood covering his head when he entered the house, took off the black robe that covered the wind and handed it to the guards, and saluted Luxury Feihu, Song Jia and Luxury Mingyue: "Young Marquis, Young Lady, Miss Mingyue, today is Du Rong's crime and deserves death......

"It's none of your business, these assassins are dead soldiers, and they can't be guarded against," said Feihu, "What else is there to do when you come to see me so late?" ”

"The young marquis has lost some manpower outside the eastern city, Du Rong is afraid that there will not be enough people around the young marquis, and there are many people in Jiangning City who want to be unfavorable to the young marquis, Du Rong specially selected fifty people to secretly call the young marquis, they are all Du Rong's children brought out from Jin'an back then, absolutely reliable," Du Rong said, "There is also Lin Lian, Du Rong feels the need to come over and talk to the young marquis in person, when it comes to him, he will talk about the robbery in Baisha County......" Speaking of this, Du Rong paused slightly, and glanced at the young lady Song Jia from the corner of his eye.

"Say, isn't it just a woman who didn't succeed, I don't know how to ......be angry about this," Song Jia said coldly on the side, she also wondered in her heart what this Lin Juren had to do with the robbery in Baisha County today.

Du Rong started with the robbery in Baisha County, and told Xuan Feihu, Song Jia and Xuan Mingyue what he knew about Lin Lian.

"It's an interesting person," Song Jia didn't know how to describe Lin Tie, and said lightly, "Mr. Du said that Lin Tie first gave people the impression that he was just an ordinary Confucian student, which is very different from Lin Tie at this time, and I don't think it's incomprehensible, men will always be substandard in front of beautiful women, and the Baisha County robbery is not a stupid thing that Feihu wants you to do?" ”

Du Rong had heard that the young lady was a powerful character, so he could only stand there silently at this time; Extravagant Feihu coughed a few times in embarrassment, trying to hide the embarrassment.

"As for what Lin Lian said about swearing to Qingfeng, Mr. Du should not take it too seriously, nor should he take it seriously, I think it is most likely that Jiyun Club wants to use Qingfeng Xing to make a name in Jiangning. Listen to Mr. Du said that Jiyun Club is an empty shell, and it is not easy for an empty shell to gain a foothold in Jiangning, most people hear the name of Jiyun Society, turn around and forget about it, if you hear that Jiyun Club exists as Qingfengxing's rival, this impression is deep, maybe Qingfengxing's other opponents in Jiangning City will take the initiative to contact Jiyun Society," Song Jia sat in front of the desk casually, holding her pink cheeks with her bare hands, and looked at her husband Jun Feihu with bright eyes and whispered softly, "So it sees, This Lin Jian is a person who has both courage and scheming and can make decisions on the spot, but I am afraid that my heart will not be too soft, you said that you will go to his mansion in two days to thank you in person, I want to go with you. ”

"I'll talk about it when the time comes......" Luxury Feihu grabbed the handle for his wife, and it was inconvenient to refuse her any request, and asked Du Rong, "Where is this forest bound to Jiangning City?" ”

"Uh," Du Rong hesitated slightly, and said truthfully, "This Lin is bound to the city of Jiangning called Jiyunju, in Dustpan Lane, across the Baiyuan Garden from Miss Su Mei. ”

Extravagant Feihu frowned, and endured not showing anything unusual, but Song Jia chuckled and said, "Nuo, Nuo, what a guy who dares to take food from the tiger." ”

Du Rong asked worriedly, "Could it be that they know something?" ”

"Even if they knew, what was there to worry about?" Song Jia said with a smile, "If it's not just a singer, it's just a knife to kill, how much more waves can it make?" ”

Du Rong saw the young lady saying this with a smile, and felt a chill on his back.

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Sent Gu Wuchen back to the house, and Lin Jian and the others led the horses through the streets and alleys to return to Dustpan Lane.

A little tired, back to Jiyunju, Lin Jian went directly back to the room to rest, Liu Yue'er came in with tea and put it on the bookcase, saw a letter on the corner of the bookcase, and asked suspiciously: "When did you send the letter, I also deliberately instructed Qian Xiaowu not to enter the child's room casually?" "Since she scared Lin Jian from behind last time, she also knew that Lin Jian didn't like others to approach his bedroom for no reason, so she specially told Qian Xiaowu and Yun Niang and his wife not to come to the main courtyard if they were fine, and she only came in when Lin Jian was there, and tonight until Lin Jian and them came back, except for Qian Xiaowu, Yun Niang and his wife and her, there were no other outsiders in this house, how could this letter appear on the bookcase for no reason?

Lin Jian took the letter, but it was a note left by the fourth lady, Su Mei wanted to see him, and the fourth lady was inconvenient to wait in this courtyard for a long time, so she left a note. He looked at Liu Yue'er's charming eyes under the lamp with some doubts, in order not to make her casually suspicious of Qian Xiaowu and his wife, he said: "A friend, I don't like to alarm people, this letter is left by her......" I thought in my heart that Su Mei probably heard the news that the second son of the luxury family had entered Jiangning.

"Uh," Liu Yue'er replied, and asked again, "By the way, when I see outsiders in this courtyard in the future, how do I know that the thief is a friend of Childe?" ”

"......" Lin Lian chuckled, looking at Liu Yue'er, who had delicate eyebrows and a charming face under the lamp, looked at him a little slyly, and said, "This friend of mine, you have also seen, is Miss Feng who was with Xiaoman when she first entered Jiangning, if you see her in the courtyard in the future, don't be scared to fall again." ”

"......" Liu Yue'er wondered how Miss Feng could come to the courtyard without alarming others, and reminded Lin Jian of the words that she remembered the last time she broke her foot, and felt that her face was a little hot, and she was afraid that she would be red again, and she was embarrassed to stay in Lin Bin's room anymore, and there was always a strange feeling when she was alone with Lin Bin's room, and she whispered, "I know ......" and withdrew. She didn't rush back to the backyard, so she stood in the dark corridor outside thinking about something, since the Gu family rushed over to Lin Jian to be a cook, there was more than a month, seeing that the New Year was approaching, it was said that the cook was a maid, and she could go home with the master's family for leave during the New Year, but she couldn't bring up the idea of returning to Shiliang County in her heart, thinking that it would be good to stay here for the New Year's Festival.

When she first came over, Liu Yue'er was really wary of Lin Tie in her heart.

After all, in these years, a woman shows up to work as a domestic servant for the master's family, and if she is innocent, there is nowhere to reason, it is better for the servant to lynch the master's family and get some compensation and silver, and the maid rapes the master's family, and the government will not accept it. How many of those handsome maids from big families are married or perfect? Some of them get married when they have a child in their womb and are not allowed by the housewife to go out of the house. Those bachelors who have difficulty marrying a daughter-in-law can get a beautiful daughter-in-law and a rich dowry, so they naturally don't mind whether the woman they marry is perfect or has become a cheap father.

Liu Yue'er is no longer a simple girl who does not understand the world, when she rushed over to Lin Jian to be a cook for the Gu family, she knew that she was almost already Lin Bin's woman in the eyes of others, the innocence and chastity of a civilian widow have always been insignificant, but there is always an inexplicable insistence in her heart, there is still a pair of scissors hidden at the head of the bed, but unfortunately she rubbed Lin Bin's feet for a long time last time, and she was confused, and the scissors were useless.

Seeing that Lin Tie blew out the lights in the room, and thought that he was going to sleep, Liu Yue'er also planned to go back to the backyard to sleep, but unexpectedly, there was a "squeak" sound Lin Tie pushed the door and walked out. Liu Yue'er stood in the dark for a while, adapting to the dark environment, and could see Lin Jian changing into short clothes and looking like she was going out; Lin Jian had just come out of the light, and he couldn't see Liu Yue'er in the dark.

Liu Yue'er was startled, and saw that Lin Jian was about to bump into her, and she wanted to dodge but was afraid that she would break her foot like last time, so she hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Childe, it's my ......"

Lin Lian retracted his feet, almost stuck to Liu Yue'er's body, the tip of his nose rubbed against the bangs on her forehead, took a step back, looked at her eyes shining slightly in the dark, I don't know what she used to wipe her body, the fragrance on her body was really good, and asked, "Why are you standing outside?" ”

"I... I ......" Liu Yue'er didn't know how to say anything about her distraction in the corridor, she could feel Lin Lian's burning snort on her face, and she stammered, "I... I didn't mean to stand outside......" suddenly felt that this explanation was not right, and besides, Lin Jian obviously had something secret to do, but he bumped into himself who was standing in the corridor in a daze, and during this time, he saw Lin Jian and what they did mysteriously, and a scary thought flashed in his mind, and he raised his eyes to look at Lin Jian in fear.

"What are you afraid of?" Lin Jian saw that Liu Yue'er had some fear in her eyes and asked.

"I didn't... I'm not afraid of anything. Liu Yue'er said angrily.

"You're afraid that you'll bump into me and I'm doing something shady," Lin Jian laughed and pointed to the roof, "Actually, I just like to blow the wind on the eaves when I have nothing to do, why don't you try it too?" ”

Liu Yue'er knew that Lin Jian was talking nonsense, and felt that the thought just now came inexplicably, and said coquettishly: "Who knows if you climbed the wall to steal the little daughter-in-law and eldest girl of which family?" When the words came out, she felt that these words were too frivolous, and she was afraid that Lin Jian would beat the snake and speak lightly to her with a stick.

"You really guessed it," Lin Jian smiled and said, "Keep it a secret for me." ”

Liu Yue'er only joked with Lin Lian, her mind turned quickly, and she dared to ask, "How can you go up to the roof?" That demeanor seemed to really believe that Lin Jian was dressed in the dead of night, and he was really just ready to go up to the roof to blow the wind.

Liu Yue'er pretended to be confused, and Lin Jian also pretended to be confused, so he couldn't tell Liu Yue'er that he was going to meet Su Mei.

Lin Jian didn't know whether to tell Liu Yue'er more things, if she let Liu Yue'er know more things here, then she would never be able to give Liu Yue'er to Gu Wuchen as a concubine in the future; In addition, Liu Yue'er lives in this courtyard, Lin Jian can let Qian Xiaowu and Yun Niang and his wife not enter and leave the main courtyard at will, but he wants to use Liu Yue'er as the housekeeper, and he can't restrict her from entering and leaving the main courtyard.

How to deal with Liu Yue'er, Lin Jian felt a headache, thinking that after he went to Jiangdao Prison to be the chief prison officer, he would leave Liu Yue'er here and deal with it coldly.

Liu Yue'er pretended to be confused and said: "You go to blow the wind, don't freeze carefully, I'll go back and rest first......" turned around and walked to the corner corridor in the dark, listening to the strange noise behind, and looked back, and saw that the black and swarthy person in the forest was like a monkey on the courtyard wall, and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye along the ridge of the wall, she is not a stupid woman who does not have long mouths and ears, of course she knows that the other end of the dustpan lane is the cypress garden where Jiangning's famous Ji Su Mei lives, Su Mei happens to have a beautiful little maid named Xiaoman, But I don't know how Su Mei could have a private meeting with Lin Jian at night? Since Lang is affectionate and the concubine is intentional, why can't he date publicly?

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Lin Jian didn't care what Liu Yue'er was thinking, and when he got up to the wall, he leaned against the ridge of the wall and came to Baiyuan.

Except for Xiaoman and the four ladies, the other servants, miscellaneous servants, and the guards in the front yard were almost all sent by the feudal family, and none of them were particularly trustworthy.

Lin Jian turned over and entered the back garden, to avoid being touched by others, seeing that Su Mei's room was still lit, he walked to the window of Su Mei's room by sticking to the foot of the wall, and first made sure that there was no one else in her room.

"Do you want to wash and sleep first, I don't know when Brother Lin will come," Xiao Man said with a yawn in the house, "Maybe he won't come tonight - if he comes back at night and goes to the little widow's house first, where can he still see the letter left by Sister Feng?" ”

Lin Jian secretly thought in his heart that this chewing of the root of the tongue was probably a woman's nature, how old a person is Xiaoman, so he arranged him and Liu Yue'er behind his back, and then he heard Su Mei teasing Xiaoman there: "What's the matter, my heart is sour?" ”

"I'm fighting for my sister, okay?" Xiao Man's voice was a little higher and said, "You said that Brother Lin is true, knowing that our affairs will not see the light, and he still brought such a beautiful woman to the house." Men are sometimes confused, and they are just unreliable. ”

Lin Jian didn't know that the little girl was so resentful in his heart, he smiled dumbly and tapped the window lattice a few times with his fingers, waiting for Su Mei to open the window and turn in, but he didn't see Xiaoman in the house, and asked Su Mei: "Where is Xiaoman?" ”

"Xiao Nizi is the arranger behind her and hears it again, why are you embarrassed to come out to meet people?" Su Mei said with a smile, "The maids in the house are going to be taken to the other courtyard." "Don't be too careful when you want Lin Lian to speak.

"Who said I was embarrassed to meet people, I just wanted to sleep." Xiao Man said in a muffled voice in the outhouse, "Besides, you two are talking, don't you want me to help with the candles next to you!" ”

"This damn girl, I have to send it to your house quickly, and I will choke on me." Su Mei said with a smile.

Lin Jian knew that Su Mei was worried about the matter of Luxury Feihu entering Jiangning, so he told Su Mei everything that happened outside the Donghua Gate today, Su Mei listened attentively, and finally asked in surprise: "So you said that in a few days, Luxury Feihu will take a generous gift to thank you?" ”

"Of course, he insisted on thanking him, and I was embarrassed to refuse his sincerity." Lin Jian said with a smile.

Su Mei heard today that the second son sent by the Marquis of Jin Anhou to Jiangning to serve as the envoy was assassinated outside the Donghua Gate, and specially asked the fourth lady to lead Xiaoman, who was dressed as a teenager, to go over in a car to recognize people, and recognized that the second son of the Marquis of Jin An, Hao Feihu, was the young man with the pseudonym "Du Jin'an" who Du Rong brought to listen to her singing in August this year, which confirmed that the luxury Feihu was the mastermind behind the robbery in Baisha County, and he was completely helpless about this, and Su Mei was naturally very worried.

Now listening to Lin Tie talk about all the things that happened today, those worries in my heart disappeared unconsciously, looking at Lin Bin's hard face and the long and narrow eyes under the candlelight, I felt very at ease, thinking that with Lin Tie here, it was a big deal for the soldiers to block and the water to cover the earth.

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