On the fourth day after Lin Tingxun's death, Lin Tingli sent his eldest son Lin Xulu to Jiangning with his wife, maids, servants, and six followers to Jiangning to help deal with Lin Tingxun's aftermath and guard filial piety on his behalf.

Lin Xulu ranked third among the brothers of the Lin family, just after the year of standing, with a thick short mustache on his lips, his appearance is quite extraordinary, he was a talent in the early years of the examination, and he was famous.

After Lin Xulu arrived at the mouth of the river, he first changed into filial piety clothes and went to the mourning hall room in Yizhuang to worship Lin Tingxun, and after meeting a few aunts, he went to the grass hall to pay homage to Lin Tie and handed over his father's handwritten letter to Lin Tie.

"Third brother, sit down," Lin Jian asked Lin Xulu to sit down, he sat down behind the bookcase and opened the letter that Lin Tingli gave him, Lin Tingli's handwriting was densely written in small letters for several pages, and the latest situation in Dongyang Mansion was written at the beginning.

Shiliang County has been in the hands of thieves for seven or eight days, and further news has been transmitted back to Jiangning.

When Liu An'er's department captured Shiliang, Liang Zuoren, the county magistrate, gathered people to resist on the city wall, and was killed by an arrow in the front door, after Liang Zuoren's death, the defenders of the city wall were defeated without a fight, and the officials such as Lu Dongyang and Chen Ling were all caught in the hands of the enemy, and the latest intelligence showed that Chen Ling, the chief bookkeeper, was out of order and a thief the next day after being captured, and Lu Dongyang and other officials would rather die than give in, and Liu An'er was sent to Sizhou for detention.

When Shiliang County fell, Shen Rong, the prefect of Dongyang, was seriously injured and unconscious, and Lin Tingli, who was sentenced by Dongyang, was the highest magistrate in Shiliang County. There are many reasons for the fall of Shiliang County, and everyone tries their best to shirk the blame, but Lin Tingli can't shirk the responsibility of poor resistance and scheduling.

Shen Rong, the prefect of Dongyang who was seriously injured and unconscious in Shiliang County, miraculously woke up after returning to Dongyang, and was even able to barely lie on the sickbed to deal with official business, which made Lin Tingli fall into passivity.

Lin Jiyuan and Chen Shouyan led two hundred township warriors to escort Gu Wuchen, the deputy envoy of the inspection, to Dongyang to supervise the counterinsurgency of Dongyang Mansion, which made Lin Tingli's situation better.

The Lin family and the Gu family have old grudges, but that is a thing of the past, and after Gu Wuchen cleared his sin and was reused, there was no irreconcilable contradiction between the Lin family and the Gu family, and Gu Yingsleeve was the widow of the Lin family, and Lin Jian was also a child of the Lin family.

After Gu Wuchen arrived in Dongyang, he temporarily suppressed the contradiction between Shen Rong and Lin Tingli, and even temporarily appointed Lin Tingli and Lin Zonghai to be responsible for the important task of compiling and training township warriors in Dongyang Mansion.

"My father often said in Dongyang, old seventeen, you will definitely be the mainstay of the Lin family, and I want to discuss everything with you when I go to Jiangning; I came to Jiangning to see the weather in the estuary...... Lin Xulu said.

"Let the second uncle and the third brother praise it, Lin Jian is ashamed and dare not be." Others cast peaches, and Lin Jian naturally reported to Li, calling him to make love with Lin Tingli and Lin Xulu first.

In the final analysis, Lin Tingli was able to temporarily turn back to passivity at this time because of the relationship between Gu Wuchen and Lin Lian, and the crisis on his body had not been completely resolved, and Lin Lian made it clear that he would not take the opportunity to encroach on the Lin family's property, and Lin Tie at this time was no longer Wuxia Ameng, Lin Tingli and Lin Xulu didn't know how to win over each other, and they really couldn't be people.

After reading the letter carefully, Lin Lian sighed slightly in his heart: Lin Tingli was not ruthless enough after all, it is true that Shen Rong was seriously injured by arrows, he could completely make Shen Rong accidentally make the arrow wounds worse or even die in the process of treatment, where would he fall into passivity at this time?

After all, Lin Xulu came to mourn, and it was inconvenient for Lin Lian to put on a banquet for him to wash the dust, so he set up a private banquet in the grass hall at night, and invited Lin Mengde, Lin Jingzhong, Lin Xuhong and the three clan elders to accompany the third son, Lin Xulu. Let Liu Yue'er and Xiaoman accompany Lin Xulu's wife to dinner in the inner house.

Lin Xuhong and the three clan elders got to know the Lin family and passed it on to Lin Xuxi's generation, and they were very likely to be kicked aside, and the antagonism between them and Lin Jian was like Tang Wo Bingxue suddenly melted away. After Lin Lian made it clear that he would not control the clan power and encroach on the clan property, especially after Lin Mengde gave up the affairs of Jiangning's side, they were very angry with Lin Tie in the past few days.

It will take more than half a month for the eldest prince to get the letter back at the earliest, and many things in the Lin family are a mess, and they can't wait for such a long time to solve it. The third lady, the sixth lady and the young lady Ma are all women who usually live in the courtyard of the deep house and do not have much knowledge, and the third son, Lin Xulu, came over on behalf of the second master, and the Lin family finally has a person who can take ideas in Jiangning.

After the banquet, he was ready to discuss the matter, Lin Xulu said to Lin Lian: "I still want to borrow this place from the old seventeen, and I will ask the third aunt, the sixth aunt, the seventh aunt and the second sister-in-law to come over to discuss the matter......

"This ......," Lin Jian said hesitantly.

Lin Jian successively squeezed out a few single courtyards from the surrounding house to settle the Lin family, Lin Xulu and they discussed that the major affairs in the clan should go over there, and borrowed a place here, obviously to ask him to participate together, Lin Jian naturally wanted to excuse himself.

"Jiang Ning's situation, Lao Seventeen and Uncle Mengde are the most familiar, when I came over, my father also specially instructed, even if Lao Seventeen is busy with your affairs, you must ask Uncle Mengde to help you get ideas; Father said that now Xu Xi and Zhao Yi are young, and there must be someone in the inner house who can take ideas, and there is no more suitable person than Aunt Qi. Of course, this is just talking here, don't let the third aunt and the sixth aunt know, I can't offend the third aunt and the sixth aunt......" Lin Xulu said.

Lin Mengde only then knew that Lin Lian's step was "indisputable" and retreated very well.

Instead of fighting for blood and falling apart, it is better to take a step back and make the Lin family more united in the face of the current crisis.

As long as there is no huge contradiction in the struggle for clan rights and clan property, the Lin family will still rely on Lin Tie in Jiangning.

The Seventh Lady has no heirs, it is said that after Lin Tingxun passed away, it is no longer convenient to participate in the major affairs of the clan, Lin Tingli still suggested that the Seventh Lady should preside over the affairs of the inner house, mainly because the Seventh Lady is a member of the Gu family, whether Lin Tingli can get rid of the crisis in Dongyang, Gu Wuchen can play a key role.

Although Lin Tingli said that he lacked courage, after all, he was not a stupid person, he knew that at this time, instead of sticking to the 200,000 taels of silver, the large number of land deeds, land deeds, and house deeds, it was far better to let the Lin family have a solid foundation to survive, as long as the people were in power, and the money was dispersed, there would be an opportunity to gather in the future, even if they wanted to fight for power, they had to wait for the Lin family to overcome the current crisis.

Lin Jingzhong was not qualified to participate in the affairs of the Lin clan for the time being, he withdrew, and after a while, the third lady, the sixth lady, the seventh lady and the young lady Ma invited over.

The third lady, the sixth lady and the young lady Ma all knew that at this time, the arms could not twist the thighs, and it was the general trend to let Lin Tie participate in the affairs of the clan, and the Gu family was powerful, and they also knew that they were inferior to Xiaoqi Gu Yingsleeve in many things, and besides, these things were all decided by the second master Lin Tingli, so it was naturally inconvenient to oppose it anymore.

Everyone sat down in the antechamber, and the candle flame swayed brightly and flickering to the wind that rushed in.

"Father means that the future of the eldest brother is important, and if the matter here can not bother him, it will not bother him, after the situation in Hong Zepu is stable and the uncle is buried in the ancestral grave, the eldest brother can return to his hometown and keep filial piety," Lin Xulu said, "What do the three aunts think?" If I think it's okay, I immediately wrote a letter to my eldest brother and made it clear that the situation here would be sent to Yanjing as soon as possible, so that the eldest brother could make his own decision. ”

Lin Jian sat aside and said nothing, this letter was to tell Lin Xuwen that the Lin family's major affairs had been decided, and even if he returned, it would not affect the overall situation, so it was better to stay in Yanjing and wait for the opportunity to be promoted. Lin Jian was not worried that Lin Xuwen would come to Jiangning to guard filial piety at this time, after all, at this time, the Chu Party was gaining power in the DPRK, and he was a cronie of Gu Wuchen, the upstart of the Chu Party, and everything was done properly, how could Lin Xuwen have a relationship with himself?

"Father's intention is to visit the Gu family to show his closeness, but he is filial piety, and it is inconvenient to come to the door, what should I do about this, I want Aunt Qi to have an idea." Lin Xulu said to the seventh lady Gu Yingsleeve that he took his wife with him on this trip to take the path of his wife.

Gu Wuchen can decide the fate of Lin Tingli in Dongyang, Gu Wuchen's father-in-law and Mrs. Gu's father Tang Haoxin is a veteran boss of the Chu Party, and it is very important for the eldest prince to get a heavy responsibility in the court.

"Mrs. Gu also sent a letter yesterday saying that she wanted to come over to mourn, maybe she will come over in the next two days." Lin Lian was talking nonsense beside him, thinking that he would send someone into the city tomorrow to carry a letter, and asked Mrs. Gu to make a hard trip to the estuary to receive gifts, how could Mrs. Gu refuse? I thought that Lin Tingli didn't have the courage to grasp the overall situation, but his ability to drill the camp was very strong.

The Lin family and the Gu family have no inextricable contradictions, although the Gu family still has complaints about the Lin family, but they can't affect the overall situation, the Lin family and the Gu family are both township parties in Shiliang County, Dongyang Prefecture, and it is beneficial for both sides to cooperate in the DPRK and China, it is rare that the Lin family takes the initiative to bow their heads at this time, and Gu Wuchen will not refuse.

If Gu Wuchen refused, it would be impossible to take the Xiangyong raised by the Lin family to Dongyang Mansion at the beginning.

"That's really good," Lin Xulu said, "My father asked me to bring some small items from Dongyang, I'm afraid that it will be insufficient to give them to the Gu family, and I have to ask the three aunts to come up with another idea......

Lin Xulu took out a gift slip from his arms, but handed it to Lin Jian first. How to have a good relationship with the Gu family, Lin Tie and Seventh Lady Gu Yingsleeve are the key, Lin Tingli and Lin Xulu, father and son, know very well in their hearts.

Lin Lian looked at the list of gold and silverware, jade, and jewelry, he didn't know much about this, in short, the value would not be too low, and Lin Tingli also had a big family business in Dongyang Mansion.

Lin Jian handed the list to Gu Yingsleeve, and after Gu Yingsleeve read it, he discussed it with the third lady, the sixth lady, and the young lady Ma. When they withdrew from the upper forest, in addition to gold and silver, they also brought out a pile of gold and silverware, jade, and jewelry, most of which were the private belongings of the ladies of each house. The four women discussed for a while, and they all decided to make another copy according to the list and give it to the Gu family as a big gift.