The ancestral hall of the Lin family is also known as Chunshengtang.

The ancestor of the Lin family once served as Gaozu, and followed Gaozu to fight in the north and south in Jiangning, and made countless meritorious achievements, and was later named a martial arts general and became a wealthy family in Dongyang. Chunshengtang is the house built by the ancestor of the Lin family after returning to his hometown. Chunshengtang stood in the forest for a hundred years, but it was destroyed in a heavy rain, and the Lin family was separated by more than four miles, and rebuilt the Lin family's mansion at this time in the selected place, and rebuilt the Chunshengtang as the Lin family ancestral hall on the foundation of the old house.

Chunsheng Hall covers an area of about ten acres, the courtyard has seven or eight into, in addition to the ancestral hall, the Lin family will also be Yixue, the nursing home, Anjifang, and the Drain Garden are set up in the Chunsheng Hall.

In the east side hall of the ancestral hall in the front yard, there are four goose foot copper lamps on both walls, the lamp shape is like the lonely foot of the wild goose, the strand holds up the ring lamp plate, there are three lampposts in the lamp plate, and three large candles are lit at the same time, and the east side hall is illuminated bright as day. There are many people under the lamp, and the whapping sound of bamboo and meat and the unstoppable moaning sound of biting and chewing wood make people's hearts chill, just like hearing the strange sound of fingernails cutting through porcelain, making people feel that the cold hairs around their bodies are about to stand up.

Under the light of the bright candle, the brown old age spots on Lin Tingxun's face became more and more obvious, the second son Lin Xuzong tied the five flowers and knelt on the cold brick ground, and the head of the family Zhao Neng fell to the ground and whipped him, in the cold air, Zhao Neng's lower body was stripped of his essence, and the thirty rattan whips and whips saw the flesh, only Zhao Neng's buttocks and thighs were blurred. Zhao Neng's father, Zhao Changshan, the old servant of the Lin family, knelt in front of the ancestral hall and did not dare to plead, and Zhao Neng's mother was also sent back from crying.

Zhao Neng abandoned the lord and fled back to Shanglin alone, and made up lies, dragged him to the ancestral hall and deserved to be killed.

Although many people understand in their hearts that the dispute in the mule and horse market tonight is Lin Lian's deliberate trouble, but Lin Lian is responsible for everything, and in front of this "reason", the second son, Lin Xuzong, can only kneel in front of the ancestral hall to admit his mistake.

Lin Xuzong knelt under the candle, but he didn't hide the fierce light in his eyes, and he wanted to break Lin Lian's body into ten thousand pieces, he already knew that Lin Lian had been expelled from the sect and Shiliang County, thinking in his heart how could there be such a cheap thing? It's just that he had to kneel in front of the ancestral hall at this time to admit his mistakes, and watch Zhao Neng, who was loyal to him, give him a whip and whip him to death.

Of course, Lin Xuzong knew in his heart that his immortal father was going to take the opportunity to kill his prestige, otherwise the bitter lord Lin Jian was not here, so why did he need to smoke Zhao Neng to death? He was taking the opportunity to warn those in the clan who were close to him that he was not old enough to take his breath, and he was the head of the Lin clan.

Lin Xuzong looked coldly at Gu Yingsleeve, who was beautiful and connoisseur in front of the bright candle, this so-called seventh aunt he thought that one day he would be able to strip off this woman and ravage it well.

"Twenty lashes......" The executioner saw that Zhao Neng was lying on the ground and only had a gossamer breath left, and he really wanted to whip ten more whips, Zhao Neng's life was only afraid of not being guaranteed, and he hesitated to smoke it again, and turned around to see Lin Tingxun, the head of the family.

"Pump!" Lin Tingxun gritted his teeth and said.

"Zhao Neng is at fault, and if he is wrong, he will not die!" Lin Xuzong knelt down and stepped forward, knelt in front of his father Lin Tingxun, and said, "Aren't there still ten whips?" I took the head office for him, father, you also have to remember that Zhao Neng has served you for three years, you can't really beat him to death. Lin Jian has resentment in his heart, this is enough, father, you can't chill the hearts of the clansmen, who else will serve the Lin family in the future? ”

"Court training, Zhao Neng, this kid is not bad in nature, leave him a chance to mend his ways." At this time, the clan elder and others came forward to intercede for Zhao Neng.

"Since you are willing to be tortured for Zhao Neng, you will be punished with the remaining ten whips!" Lin Tingxun gave the executioner a merciless look, then turned back to look at his son's eyes, and said in his heart: If I don't beat you today, you don't know who is the head of the Lin family.

The two walked over and dragged Lin Xuzong to the middle of the matching hall, and whispered in Lin Xuzong's ear: "Second son, I'm sorry, you bear with it." "Give the chewing wood to Lin Xuzong to bite, you can eat some pain. Zhao Neng drowned and struggled to suffer the remaining ten whips, but passed out; Lin Xuzong was beaten ten times, limped up in pain, and looked at his father: "Is it enough?" ”

"I have to let you remember this lesson," Lin Tingxun glanced at Zhao Neng, the son of the family who was lying on the bricks and only had the breath of gossamer, and instructed the people around him, "You send him to the Anji Yuan, take the medicine and give him a ......" and said to his son Lin Xuzong, "If you can bear the pain, in front of the ancestors, I will say a few more words to you." ”

Everyone else took the opportunity to retreat, and the seventh lady Gu Yingsleeve was anxious about Lin Bin's affairs, so she said to Lin Tingxun: "Master, then I will go back to the mansion first." ”

Lin Tingxun nodded, he couldn't see any expression on his face, Gu Yingsleeve was worried that Lin Lian didn't know the current situation, thinking that if he thought that Lin Xuzong would swallow his anger after suffering this great humiliation, he would be very wrong, and regardless of what Lin Tingxun thought, she would leave the ancestral hall first in a hurry.

Lin Tingxun closed the door lightly, and said to Xu Zong, who was standing lame in the middle of the hall: "I know that you are unwilling, you have a lot of unwillingness, I hope you can endure this matter today." I also have a time when I look away, and Lin Lian's return this trip is really reborn. You don't have to worry about anything, he will leave Shanglin, and there will be no threat to you in the future......"

"You didn't bring him a knife holder, and he knelt like a dog in public and couldn't move!" Lin Xuzong said coldly, and he didn't have the slightest respect for his father Lin Tingxun in words.

"Don't you even have the patience to wait for me to die!" Lin Tingxun was so angry that he scolded loudly, "Do you know who Lin Jian saved in the county today?" He has a meritorious reputation, if you act rashly and leave a handle for others, the Lin family will destroy you! ”

"Then don't leave a handle behind." Lin Xuzong limped out of the East Side Palace, and asked his wife and servants who were guarding the courtyard to help him lie on the soft couch.

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Gu Yingsleeve walked out of the ancestral hall, and the carriage stopped outside the ancestral hall.

The moonlight is bright, the sky and the earth seem to be covered with a veil, it looks like the light is flowing away, but it is not real in the distance, and the fields are also layers of dark images are dark waves. Gu Yingsleeve was just about to get into the carriage when she saw Zhao Hu and his mother Zhao standing by the carriage and waiting, instead of her former coachman Old Man Zhao.

Peeking at Zhao's eyes to the side of the carriage curtain, Gu Yingsleeve said to the girl Cui'er: "Let me be quiet in the car alone for a while......" stepped on the pedal and got into the car, lifted the car curtain, although he couldn't adapt to the dark environment for a while, he could still feel the familiar man's atmosphere.

Gu Yingsleeve sat down, put the curtain of the car, and adapted to the dark environment in the carriage, only to vaguely see Lin Lian's shadow sitting on the brocade couch casually, and said: "How dare you come...... I felt that my voice was a little louder, Zhao and the personal girl and the two accompanying healthy women followed outside the carriage, if you let others know that there is a man hidden in the carriage, I am afraid that you will be dragged into the ancestral hall and beaten with thirty whips and rotten meat. In order to be able to speak quieter, Gu Yingsleeve leaned over to Lin Lian, and saw in the dark that his eyes were like beads that were shiny in the dark night, and he was originally full of resentment and wanted to ask, but he softened his heart for no reason, and said, "Why did you come to me?" How far should you go now. ”

"Lin Tingxun won't kill me." Lin Lian smelled the good aroma coming from Gu Yingsleeve's body, after Gu Yingsleeve entered the Lin family, it was the first time he was so close to her, compared to the memory, the aroma on Gu Yingsleeve's body was warmer and more attractive.

"Lin Tingxun won't, Lin Xuzong will. Lin Xuzong has to devour your heart alive! Gu Yingsleeve felt Lin Lian's burning snort spraying on his face, and his face turned slightly sideways, "Yes, without Lin Tingxun's approval, Lin Xuzong can't send the township camp, but do you think Lin Xuzong doesn't have other manpower around him?" ”

"Then I'll wait for him to send someone to kill him, and then I'll give another gift to Sister Yingsleeve, and it's okay for you." Lin Jian said with a smile.

"What?" Gu Yingsleeve listened to Lin Xuan's relaxed tone, and listened to the meaning of his words, he was not worried about the subordinates that Lin Xuzong had secretly cultivated, and asked him in surprise, "Are you deliberately trying to provoke Lin Xuzong today?" ”

"Sister Yingsleeve, you know in your heart that the head of the family will eventually pass on the family business to the second son, and suppressing him at this time is just that the head of the family can't go to the stack, and he doesn't want to be a prince before he dies!" Lin Jian said, there are some things in the Lin clan, many people can see it, Lin Tingxun's energy is low and he is aging, but he is unwilling to let the power in the clan fall to his second son Lin Xuzong, who is known to be ambitious and estranged between father and son, before he dies, he has only thought about letting the Seventh Lady show up for him all these years so that the situation is always under his control - this is also the reason why the second son Lin Xuzong is still hostile to Gu Yingchong.

Lin Tingxun will not let go of power for a day, but it does not mean that the second son Lin Xuzong will have a day of patience, although Lin Xuzong is unlikely to do the ugly thing of killing his father and seizing power, but as long as the nail of Gu Yingsleeve is removed, Lin Xuzong will take it for granted that he is sure to force him to be a "emperor".

"You are really different from before, you have become a bold lord," Gu Yingsleeve said with a slight sigh, I didn't expect Lin Jian to be able to see through the subtlety, thinking that her suffering over the years was finally known to someone, she was a little difficult to hold the brocade couch with her hand, and wanted to sit down, but thinking that the two of them were so close, didn't she just sit in his arms? Gu Yingsleeve thought of this, her face was slightly hot, and she said, "Someone came with news today that you are causing trouble in the county, and I want to arrest Zhao Hu and teach him a lesson, I really didn't expect you to be the main ...... who caused trouble."

"What's wrong?" Lin Jian asked.

"Do you know who you saved in the county, and left without saying a word, and you didn't want to repay such a great favor to others?" Gu Yingsleeve asked.

"......" Lin Lian grinned, looking at Gu Ying's sleeves propped up in front of him, he had the idea of holding her into his arms, and said, "What are the plans, in the future, I will get it back from Sister Yingsleeve's side." ”

"What words? Why do others owe you from me? Gu Yingsleeve said, and felt that it was a bit flirtatious to say this, her ears were slightly hot, and she was about to tell him about it in detail, when the carriage that was slowly moving forward stopped and heard Zhao Hu and his mother ask in front of the car: "Who?" ”

Gu Yingsleeve was shocked, at this time, if it was found that she was hiding in the same carriage as Lin Lian, there would be no good fruit to eat, her hands were soft and did not support the brocade couch, and the person fell into Lin Lian's arms, her heart was sharp, and she was only worried about who was stopping her carriage in front of her?