At noon, Liang Zuoren, the magistrate of Shiliang County, arrived on a fast horse, and the county lieutenant, the secretary of the torture room, and the corpse of the rogue had seen the entrance of the village/the place of battle and the corpse of the rogue, and asked Lin Jian for details as usual. Those foreign horse dealers who rode fast horses with hard bows were also said to be the targets of severe suppression by the government, but the local tycoons raising private soldiers had already been a cancer that was difficult for the imperial court to exclude.

The armor, weapons, and unique markings on the corpses of those people were recorded in detail, as an important clue to track down the real culprit behind the assassination of the deputy envoy, Liang Zuo asked the scribe to write to Dongyang Mansion in detail about the matter, and on the other hand, arranged the search for the assassin's comrades in Shiliang County.

As for Gu Ying's sleeve and evil servant, Liang Zuoren closed the case on the spot, imposed a fine of 20 taels of silver, and handed it over to the county treasury within three days. Gu Yingsleeve asked the three healthy servants to return the body of the deceased to the forest in a carriage, and she only left her personal maid with the Zhao family, saying that her aunt kept her and wanted to stay in Huyan overnight and go back tomorrow.

Although the case had been closed in the county, and the true situation would soon be transmitted back to Shanglin, Gu Yingchong still asked the servants to go back with the mother-in-law and say that the deceased had been killed by the assassins in order to save Lin Tingxun, and asked them to send a letter to Lin Tingxun to give a bereavement to the deceased's family.

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Lin Xuzong was in the garden of Wangxianglou on the south bank of Shanglin Creek, and only then did he know that the net that was cast out in the early morning had torn a big hole for Lin Tie to borrow a horse dealer from a foreign country. In addition to Shanglindu, Fenglindu at the south end of the Shiliang River is also the place where Lin Lian is most likely to escape from Shiliang County, and he sent people there to guard it last night. In the early morning, four horse-dealers from other towns caused trouble in Shanglindu, wounding six men he had sent to guard there. Lin Xuzong naturally disdained to tell the government, and only transferred his men to Fenglindu to chase him, but he gave the other party a good horse and a good foot to escape. Before noon, I heard that there was a trace of a group of people and horses in the northern foot of the Iron Curtain Mountain, except for one person who came back to report the news, the team that chased out did not hear back until the afternoon.

Lin Xuzong felt that something was not quite right, and at this time, the old mansion sent someone over and told him that the master asked him to go to the north shore immediately.

"What's going on?" Lin Xuzong asked the family members who had been sent to report.

"The Seventh Lady met the assassins when she looked back at home, I heard that those assassins were chasing and killing Lin Xiucai, Lin Zhong killed the assassin when he rescued Lin Xiucai, the body was parked in the ancestral hall, and the master was waiting for you to go over immediately in the ancestral hall?" Reply to the servant who was sent to report the news.

"Is Lin Xiucai dead, is the Seventh Lady dead?" Lin Xuzong only cares about this.

"It seems to be fine," the servant who reported the news didn't know the details, "Those maids and mothers-in-law are all fine, and they also sent a letter saying that the Seventh Lady left the Gu family's aunt to stay in Huyan for one night, and she won't come back until tomorrow, I don't think there's anything to do, but I didn't say how Lin Xiucai ......."

Lin Xuzong didn't know why Lin Lian fled to Huyan Gu's house, thinking that the team of people who chased and killed Lin Lian has not heard back until now, but he is afraid that it is more auspicious and less auspicious, and it is always a fact that Lin Lian colluded with outsiders. Lin Xuzong didn't know how much strength and how many people there were in this group of foreign horse dealers who sneaked to Shiliang County, in short, it would not be only the three people who appeared in the mule and horse market yesterday, he didn't dare to act rashly, and hurriedly asked his entourage to prepare a sedan chair to go to the north bank of Linxi to discuss with his father.

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The dead leaves on the ground were swirled by the cold wind, and there was some floating soil.

Gu Yingsleeve replied that the deceased was killed to save the children of the Lin family, and according to the old practice, the corpse should be parked in the ancestral hall before the burial, and the entourage, maids, and mothers-in-law who came back to report the news were all locked up in a small courtyard for Lin Tingxun after they returned, so that they could not contact outsiders.

Lin Xuzong came over in a sedan chair, and before passing by everyone's mansion, a person trotted out to give him a message: "The third uncle just sent someone to ride a fast horse from the county and came back and left, maybe something happened in the county?" ”

Lin Xuzong didn't understand what big things could be in the county, so he asked people to carry him to the ancestral hall.

There were people guarding outside the ancestral hall, and he was asked to go to the East Side Hall to see the master by himself, and the entourage stayed outside to wait.

The bloody buttocks that were whipped yesterday have not yet had scabs and scars, Lin Xuzong walked in a hurry, and he was also restless on the sedan chair, the wound that had been applied with medicine was cracked again, and the blood penetrated a piece of blood behind the butt of the sedan chair, and he crossed the high threshold without saying a word, and walked into the courtyard towards the east side hall.

Lin Tingxun sat in front of the coffin with a cane and a blue face, watching Lin Xuzong walk in, his chest gasped sharply, and he reprimanded: "You son of a, it's too late for me to die, what do you want to do?" ”

"That desperate son hooked up with a foreigner and didn't think of himself as a member of the Lin family at all, what could I want to do?" Lin Xuzong saw that only Lin Zonghai, the commander of the township camp, and Gu Changshun, the son of the family, were by his father's side in the east side hall, so he had no scruples when he spoke, looked at the corpses parked in the middle of the house, frowned and said, "This evil servant actually gave up his life to save the desperate son, and he died, what is the pity?" ”

"If you send someone to kill him, do you want him to tie his hands and kill you?" Lin Tingxun was so angry that he vomited blood, his thin body jumped up like a spring, picked up his crutches and stepped forward to smoke Lin Xuzong, "Do you have any brains?" Resentment has overwhelmed your reason, you have played with a person you usually look down on without knowing it, what qualifications do you have to inherit the Lin family's family business? ”

Lin Xuzong's head was tilted, and he gave Lao Tzu a rattan crutch on his shoulder, he also hated it in his heart, grabbed the crutch and snatched it from his Lao Tzu's hand, hatefully: "Why am I not qualified to ......" He pulled a little hard, Lin Tingxun didn't watch out for this kid daring to fight back, and took his cold body out, planted on the ground, his head hit the green brick ground, and there was a bang, so frightened that Lin Zonghai, who was waiting on the side, and Gu Chang hurriedly went to help him. Lin Xuzong was also taken aback, but he didn't dare to lose face, so he stood up there with a cold face.

Lin Tingxun picked it up, only to feel a hot pain in his forehead, rubbing the skin, this fell so that his eyes were full of gold stars, seeing Lin Xuzong standing there with his hands in his sleeves and not coming to help him, he was even more angry, and the back of his head was numb, pointing at Lin Xuzong and scolding: "Son, you kneel down and ......" The sentence was shortness of breath and panting, and his eyes were dark.

Lin Xuzong knew that he was too reckless just now, bent his knees, and knelt to the side to be trained.

Lin Tingxun asked his son Gu Changshun to help him sit down, took two breaths, and then said angrily: "You only care about your face in Luoma City last night, do you know that there was a big incident in Shiliang County yesterday?" ”

Lin Xuzong looked up at him blankly.

"You, you, since you don't know about this, why didn't you have the patience to listen to what I am going to say yesterday? cough, cough ......" Lin Tingxun coughed with thick phlegm in his throat for a long time, "Yesterday, when Gu Wuchen and Liang Zuoren were together in the city, they were assassinated by an assassin, and Lin Lianqi was also present at the time, and it was he and the stranger who came back with him who recognized the assassin and saved Gu Wuchen...... Lin Tie was kind to the Gu family in the previous generation, and yesterday was like this, you have a thousand resentments against him in your heart, and you have to endure it for a while! You are good, I can't wait to send someone to chase and kill today, for fear that others will not know the prestige of the second son of the Lin family. Do you know that the seven people who were booby-trapped were poured with the dirty water of the 'fellow assassins', how do you wash them off? A letter was placed on the corner table, Lin Tingxun picked it up and threw it on the ground, "You pick it up and read it!" ”

"......" Lin Xuzong was stunned there, the Lin family was used to being powerful and blessed in Dongyang Mansion, but he knew in his heart that the crime of assassinating the deputy envoy was definitely not something that the Lin family could bear, he picked up the letter from the ground, read it roughly, and his face turned pale, he was usually proud of a strange soldier, but he could become a hornet's nest that destroyed the Lin family at any time.

"Those people you raised privately, all of them will be far away from Dongyang Mansion, before the assassin case is concluded, they are not allowed to return to Dongyang, those marked swords and armor are all thrown into the Shiliang River, don't leave any handles......" Lin Tingxun was quite calm, knowing that Lin Tie had the intention of taking blame, but after all, Dongyang Mansion and Shiliang County had not yet moved their eyes to the Lin family, and it was too late to wipe their butts clean.

Lin Xuzong's heart ached for a while, he spent so much effort to raise seventy or eighty people, but he had to leave Dongyang Mansion because of this matter. He was even more worried that these people would not be under his control if they were outside for a long time, and most of their efforts over the years would be in vain. But if these people don't leave, if they trace the traces of the government and lead the disaster to the Lin family, think about the Gu family's ruins over the years, you will know what the future fate of the Lin family will be?

"I'm going to slaughter that guy who eats inside and out!" Lin Xuzong never expected that Lin Xu's plan would be so vicious.

"You just swallow this breath, when I die, you can toss as much as you want, and I won't crawl out of the coffin to block it, but as long as I'm alive, you have to give me an honest ......" Lin Tingxun was in a hurry to catch up after talking for a while, and waved his hand weakly, "What is it, what decision is made, you have to discuss with Zong Hai now, the Lin family is handed over to you now, I don't worry about ......it" Standing up, he felt top-heavy, and grabbed the hand of Gu Changshun, the son of the family next to him, "Changshun, you help me back." ”

Lin Xuzong also wanted to ask why Lin Lian and Aunt Qi both went to Huyan Gu's house at the same time, and saw Lin Zonghai squeezing his eyes at him, suggesting that he should not ask these sensitive questions again to stimulate his Lao Tzu. When Lin Tingxun left, Lin Xuzong learned from Lin Zonghai that the servant who was lying coldly in the ancestral hall was unwilling to save Lin Tie because of disobedience, and killed the seventh lady in public with a knife.

While Lin Xuzong felt a chill in his heart, he had to calm down first, and sat down with his brother Lin Zonghai to discuss how to resolve the crisis in front of him. Lin Xuzong decided to let Zhao Neng, who was loyal to him, leave Dongyang Mansion with his sixty or seventy soldiers with his injuries, he now trusts Zhao Neng, and there must be a few trustworthy people to control these sixty or seventy people at the same time to reassure him.

After a busy night of panic, Lin Xuzong only changed the medicine once, and made sure that everyone left Dongyang Mansion, it was already the early morning of the next day, although the hatred for Lin Jian was difficult to eliminate, but now he had to swallow this breath, but when he was relieved to go back to the room to rest, Lin Tingxun's waiter, Gu Changshun, the son of the family, rushed into the garden in panic, and ran in the cold winter weather, sweating profusely, and said to him breathlessly: "Second son, master, he ......

"What's wrong with my dad?"