Chapter 31 On merit and reward
After Jiangdong sent Jia Pengyu out of office, most of his meritorious contributions were in Cao, but he was born in the Western Qin, and he was inevitably branded as the Western Qin faction.
Last year, the officers and soldiers were defeated by the Donghu people at Chentangyi in northern Hebei, and their vitality was greatly damaged, and they also forced the center to accept the return of the luxury family on the humiliating condition of splitting the soil and being knighted, in exchange for the elite soldiers in the southeast to support the northern front. The battle of Chen Tangyi made the saint lose all confidence in the officials of the Western Qin faction in power, even if Chen Xinbo, the leader of the Western Qin faction, could barely maintain his position, but he was also crumbling, and the other officials of the Western Qin faction in the court and the central government were either degraded or suitable, and the Western Qin faction, which was very prosperous in the past, was about to fall completely.
Jia Pengyu was known for his knowledge of the law and order to get rid of Jiangdong according to the inspection department, and he was known for being honest and diligent, and good at making decisions in Jiangdong, but he knew that these could not become his talismans, and Gu Wuchen, the upstart of the Chu Party, came aggressively, so he thought that he would be able to return to his hometown smoothly.
Jia Pengyu, who is sixty years old, has a short beard and slightly frosty white sideburns, under the lamplight, he squinted at the forest binding standing in the courtyard, looking at this young man who was named Jiangning by making trouble in the mansion a few days ago, seeing that he was tall and calm, although he was a Confucian scholar, but he had a heroic posture according to the sword and tiger walking, and he was born at the age of a weak crown, no wonder Gu Wuchen tried his best to ensure that he became the chief warden of Jiangdao Prison, but he wondered in his heart: Why didn't he go to Beijing to participate in the examination to fight for more prominent fame? I thought to myself: It doesn't matter if you don't want this illustrious fame, the DPRK and China will attack the party, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, maybe ten or eight years later, the Chu party will lose its position again, and squeeze into the whirlpool of the center, maybe the corpses will not exist, or stay in the place to be more stable.
Jia Pengyu also only thinks about returning to his hometown safely at this time, maybe in a few years, the Chu Party will be in decline, and he will not have the opportunity to become a leader before he is old, but at this time, he will not touch Gu Wuchen's moldy head for no reason, although he repels the people recommended by Gu Wuchen, but he sees with his own eyes that Lin Lian's bearing is extraordinary, and Lin Lian has indeed made great contributions today, he will not be too cold, and eagerly pressed Lin Lian's shoulder and said: "Okay, good, the young man recommended by Gu Daren is really promising." As for the details of Lin Lian coming into the city after going around in a big circle from Nancheng, Jia Pengyu will not go into detail. Besides, Lin Tie and they go to Donghua Gate, and most of the aunts and sisters-in-law of the luxury family will intercept them for the people of the Jiangning Mansion Soldiers and Horses Division, so according to the merits of the Inspector Division, it seems to be weak, from this point of view, Jia Pengyu also feels that Lin Tie them did a good job.
"Everything in the forest depends on the cultivation of the two adults." Lin Jian said.
Luxury Mingyue and sister-in-law Luxury Song stood in the courtyard with low eyebrows and lowered their eyes, they didn't know Lin Bin's identity along the way, but they were afraid to take them around the city, at this time, they saw that Jiang Ning was close to this young man called "Lin Bind", and they were even more strange: Who is he? Before they came, they hadn't heard of any big clans surnamed Lin in Jiangning City.
At this time, Yang Pu prepared a quiet room over there, and invited the luxurious aunt and sister-in-law to go in and rest for a while. The aunt and sister-in-law of the luxury family rested in the quiet room for a while, and they heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the gate, and the soldiers on duty outside the yamen loudly spread the word that Yin Wang Xueshan of Jiangning Mansion, Zuo Si Kou of Jiangning Mansion Soldiers and Horses, Zhang Yubo and others came, the steps in the courtyard were chaotic, and then they heard a familiar voice in the courtyard, and Lu Mingyue couldn't hold back for a while, and cried out angrily, opened the door and saw the second brother standing in the courtyard surrounded by the guards and greeting the two chiefs of the Inspectorate Division, choking and shouting: "Second brother......"
Lin Jian stood quietly behind Gu Wuchen and watched as the second son of Hou Haowenzhuang of Jin'an, Hao Feihu, accompanied by Yin Wang Xueshan of Jiangning Mansion and Zhang Yubo, Zuo Sikou of Jiangning Mansion, who joined the army.
Although he went to Jiangning on this trip to serve as the envoy of Jiangning, the Marquis of Jin'an, and was a civil official of the sixth grade, he was wearing a scarlet copper rivet inlaid steel sheet cotton armor at this time, and a ring head gold inlaid black leather copper sheath saber was tied around his waist, and his left hand was wrapped in a white cloth, thinking that he was slightly injured when fighting with the assassins. The face is slightly thin, the eyebrows are thick, and the eyes are like electricity, and he is very good-looking.
If he hadn't seen him sit outside the Donghua Gate in the afternoon and watch his wife and sister take risks to lure away most of the assassins for him, Lin Jian might have regarded him as a first-class hero, but at this time, the corners of his mouth were overflowing with a light smile that was not so distinct under the lights, watching him greet Jia Pengyu and Gu Wuchen in the courtyard, thinking that even if Feihu was a person, he was just a traitor.
Luxury Mingyue rushed out emotionally, and Luxury Song, the wife of Luxury Feihu, calmly held the door and called softly: "Husband, you are here......" Wan Ting walked to Luxury Feihu's side, and very meekly gave gifts to Wang Xueshan, Zhang Yubo and others.
"Dare to ask which righteous people saved Humble Jing and her sister, and Feihu thanked him as a generous gift." Extravagant Feihu clenched his fists and said to everyone in the courtyard.
"Don't dare to be, Lin is not talented, and he and his servants happened to be lucky to save Mrs. Zun and Sister Ling outside the Donghua Gate." Lin Jian stood up and arched his hand towards the luxury flying tiger, and did not politely refuse the luxury flying tiger to reward him with generous gifts, he just heard Gu Wuchen and Jia Pengyu introduce that the luxury Mingyue was the youngest daughter of the luxury of Jin'an Hou, and wondered why luxury Mingyue didn't stay in the knee of Jin Anhou, but wanted to follow her brother luxury Feihu to Jiangning to take up the post?
"Who is this?" Luxury Feihu glanced at Lin Tie with a sharp gaze, and when he turned his head to look at Yin Wang Xueshan of Jiangning Mansion, his eyes became a little puzzled again, as if he was waiting for the Jiangning officials present to introduce Lin Bin's identity to him.
When the convoy and Lin Tie staggered past on the official road outside the Donghua Gate, Yu Feihu sat in the carriage behind him and noticed Lin Tie and them, who were wearing waist knives and leading a good horse, to be honest, it was Lin Tie who attracted the attention of him and the guards, but took the assassin who really used the charcoal ox cart as a cover. Later, Lin Fei Hu snatched the carriage from the hands of the assassins, and fled eastward without stopping, and they still regarded Lin Fei as an accomplice of the assassins until they received a report from the Inspector Division, and they all sent the guards around them to the mountains to search and arrest, and let the Jiangning Mansion Soldiers and Horses Division and the Jiangning Inspector Division send a large number of patrols out of the East City to search and arrest, where did they think that Lin Fei and his party went around a big circle from the south of the city until it was dark and said that they had rescued the people.
Extravagant Feihu felt a nest in his heart, but he had to admit that the people were indeed saved by Lin Tie. Originally, his guards could have surrounded and killed more than 30 assassins, but after chasing them into the mountains one after another, five or six assassins escaped from the mountains. Even if Lin Jian went around in a big circle and finally sent people to the Inspectorate Division, he could only regard it as an internal struggle between the Jiangning City Government Division, and besides, he himself knew in his heart what attitude the people of Jiangning would have towards the luxury family that had been making trouble in Eastern Fujian for nearly ten years, if it weren't for the fear that their luxury family would start up again, these Jiangning officials present might have hoped that he would kill the assassin outside the Donghua Gate.
Wang Xueshan and Zhang Yubo didn't know how to introduce Lin Bin, Jia Pengyu said with a smile: "The young marquis is a young hero; Lin Juzi is also a young hero, and he is very appreciated by adults......"
Gu Wuchen was also smiling beside him, very satisfied that Jia Pengyu said in front of everyone that Lin Jian said that he was one of his subordinates.
Extravagant Feihu still didn't know who Lin Tie was, but he knew an important piece of information that the young man surnamed Lin in front of him was a confidant of Gu Wuchen, an upstart of the Chu Party and deputy envoy of Jiangdong, and he raised his fist and saluted Lin Tie, and said: "Feihu is here to thank Lin Juzi, today Humble Jing and her sister were frightened, Feihu wants to take them back to the pavilion to rest early, and they should choose another time to go to the palace to thank ......"
"Please, please, please......" Lin Jian still arched his hands and said with a smile, and watched very politely as Hao Feihu and the others left the Yamen of the Inspectorate.
After Hao Feihu and the others left, Yin Wang Xueshan of Jiangning Mansion left without staying, but Zuo Sikou joined the army and Zhang Yubo had to report to the Inspectorate to arrest the assassins. To tell the truth, as long as the aunt and sister-in-law of the luxury family return safe and sound, the Jiangning Mansion Soldiers and Horses Division and the Inspectorate Department have little interest in searching for and rescuing the assassins, but the matter of face is still to be carried on.
Lin Jian asked Zhang Yubo to learn that except for the five or six assassins who had fled into Setshan, the other assassins had killed all the guards of the luxury family before the men and horses of the Terracotta Division arrived. The deaths of the guards of the luxury family were also quite tragic, almost 20 people died on the spot, and more than 10 people were seriously injured. Ironically, the swords, guns, and crossbows used by the assassins were all from the Jin'an Mansion, and Zhang Yubo guessed that these assassins may have been the sergeants under Li Zhuo's command who were not angry with the rebellion of the Luxury Family for ten years, and they were able to tear the earth and seal the marquis, so they secretly organized the assassination, after all, the army led by Li Zhuo had fought against the Luxury Family for many years, and it was normal for his subordinates to seize weapons from the Jin'an Mansion; This can also be indirectly proved from the fact that Luxury Feihu did not intend to catch up on the behind-the-scenes instructions.
However, in addition to the patrol cavalry of the Terracotta Division, Fei Fei Hu also sent most of his guards out to continue the hunt for the assassins, and he was not willing to let the rest escape easily.
Lin Jian sighed, in addition to the dozens of intact elite guards, there was also Qingfengxing's force that could be secretly called, and he was a little worried about those assassins. Of course, he wasn't worried that if the assassin he let go today catch the luxury family and involve him, he could have pushed it all over and said that the assassin had escaped and bit back.
Lin Jian decided to save his sister-in-law in Donghua Gate, but it was not just for the sake of pity and cherishing jade. The first is that they were holding knives and leading horses at that time, and they were also suspicious people, and it was difficult to explain the situation clearly to the luxury guards at that time, so in order to avoid accidental injury, they had to avoid it from afar. Another one he guessed that Luxury Feihu would not be in the carriage, and saving the two aunts and sisters-in-law of the Luxury family would at least make the Luxury Family unable to wipe their face in the future and publicly target Jiyun Society; Thinking that in the future, Jiyun Club and Qingfeng, the hidden force of the luxury family in Jiangning, will not be incompatible, but the luxury family will treat Jiyun Society as a benefactor, it is interesting to think about it, probably after the luxury Feihu knows that he has vowed to be an enemy with Qingfeng, his mood will be quite depressed. Of course, it is also a great achievement to be able to save the two aunts and sisters-in-law of the luxury family within the Inspectorate Division, and Lin Jian is about to officially enter the Yamen of the Inspectorate Division, and he needs such a credit to support the façade; Gu Wuchen was also under considerable pressure from the prison officer who recommended him to serve as the chief prison officer of Jiangdao Prison, so that there would be no objections within the Inspectorate Department about him being the chief prison officer. Again, of course, Lin Tie also hoped that the more enemies of the luxury family, the better, so as to reduce the pressure that the Jiyun Society might face in the future, so Lin Tie had to grab the carriage and flee away, and lead the assassin into the dense forest of the Tsuki Mountain to avoid killing the luxury family's guards.
Lin Jian also guessed that these assassins might have a military background at that time, and this involvement was deep, so they didn't ask for details after they killed people, thinking about these assassins is really pitiful, maybe they will hunt down and kill the military in the future, after all, the mainstream of the DPRK and China still hopes to maintain the immediate relationship with the luxury family.
Gu Wuchen asked Zhang Yubo in the hall about the pursuit of assassins by the Jiangning Mansion Soldiers and Horses, and discussed with Jia Pengyu to hand over the pursuit of the assassins to the Jiangning Mansion Soldiers and Horses Division, after Zhang Yubo said goodbye and left, Gu Wuchen thought about disposing of a few official duties in his hand and then returning to the house, Yang Pu came over and said that Lin Tie and they were still waiting in the yamen, Gu Wuchen then packed up and prepared to leave the yamen, walked out of the hall and looked at Lin Tie leading the horse waiting under the ginkgo tree in front of the hall, and asked, "Why don't you go back to rest earlier?" ”
"There are assassins outside the East City, I am afraid that the city will not be peaceful, I always have to watch the adults return to the house, so that Lin Jian can leave with confidence." Lin Jian said.
"Those assassins weren't that bold in Jiangning City." Gu Wuchen said with a smile.
"It's better to be careful," Lin Jian said, "It's not that Lin Jian is suspicious, Shiliang County's affairs, and the luxury family is also suspicious." ”
"This kind of shadowless thing, don't talk nonsense in front of outsiders." Although Gu Wuchen said this, his tone was gentle, obviously he also had this suspicion, after all, as a new upstart of the Chu Party and a dignified four-grade local magistrate, he was stabbed to death on the way to his post, which would immediately intensify the factional struggle in the DPRK and China, and the more chaotic the center, the more beneficial the luxury family would naturally be. Of course, the assassins encountered in Shiliang County may also be behind the scenes of other factions, because there are too many involved, so Gu Wuchen doesn't want to delve into the matter of the assassins in Shiliang County.
"Lin Jian knows that he will never dare to talk nonsense in front of others." Lin Jian said.
"By the way, tomorrow Jiang Ning's officials will summon you to ask what is the right thing, how are you prepared?" Gu Wuchen thought that Lin Jian would officially serve as the prison officer of the Jiangdao Prison Department and pass the last hurdle tomorrow, so he thought about it and said with a smile, "You have made such a contribution today, and you don't dare to deliberately make things difficult tomorrow when you come to Jiangning's ministry." ”
"Lin Jian has studied the law recently, and he doesn't dare to slack off." Lin Jian replied.
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