Liu Yue'er walked to the front hall of the outer room, walked to Lin Lian's side, and told him Su Mei's words again, without deliberately whispering, and everyone else in the banquet could also hear it.

"How can this be done? It's too intrusive, how can I feel at ease? Sun Jingxuan was flattered and said, he was actually wondering about the relationship between Su Mei and Lin Lian, Su Mei, as an ordinary acquaintance, proposed that Lin Lian let the grass hall out of the suggestion was a bit overstepping, could it be that Su Mei secretly promised himself to Lin Lian as a concubine? This is appalling, isn't it? With Su Mei's prestige at this time and her stunning beauty, Jiang Ningcheng wanted to accept her as a concubine, and Lin Lian wanted to accept her as a concubine with his status. Besides, it is rumored that Su Mei has a closer relationship with Chen Mingzhe, the first talented person in the southeast and a student of the great Confucian Chen Xiyan, and it is likely that he is privately engaged for life, and the Chen family is a family of great hope in Pingjiang Mansion, and Chen Mingzhe is the eldest son of the Chen family, so Lin Jian cannot be compared with Chen Mingzhe in any aspect.

"If you talk about treating leg injuries, it's really best to stay in the estuary." Wu Yanqing didn't think as much as Sun Jingxuan, he said bluntly.

Lin Jian and Cao Ziang exchanged glances, knowing that although Sun Jingxuan was illiterate, he was a very shrewd person, and he was afraid that this inadvertent negligence would make him suspicious, but it was not a big deal, after all, they were friends and not enemies. Speaking of the relationship with Su Mei, the most important thing to guard against at the beginning was to let the luxury family know. In fact, Lin Lian's power in Jiangning has just begun, but the power of the luxury family in Jiangning is the target of Li Zhuo and Gu Wuchen's suppression, Gu Wuchen may not be able to suppress the luxury flying tiger, if Li Zhuo can't suppress the luxury flying tiger in Jiangning, the luxury family army would have killed Dongfu a long time ago. He has risen so much, and Lin Jian is really not afraid that the extravagant flying tiger can make waves. As long as Xiao Taoyuan, the deputy general of Ninghai Town, is not alarmed, and let Yu Feihu know that he escaped with Su Mei, Fu Qinghe, and Xiaoman in Baisha County, and even know the truth behind the robbery, it is not a big deal. Of course, at this time, Lu Feihu was not afraid that Lin Lian and Su Mei would be able to testify against him, first, Lin Lian and Su Mei had no empirical evidence, and second, after a long time, Lin Lian and Su Mei stood up to testify, and the degree of trusting others was also much lower. In the end, it's just everyone tearing their faces, and no one can help each other.

"Let Miss Sun live in the thatched cottage, it's not a way of hospitality," Lin Jian said, "The bamboo hall has been built, the east side near the river embankment will be used to give lectures, Zhao Shuhan, the director of the Jiangning Criminal Department, will teach the "Prison Book" there in a few days, and the south end of the corner can live some people, and it can't be used for other purposes for the time being, and the bamboo partition wall is woven in the corridor, and there is also a pond in the courtyard to separate the two sides, so there is no need to worry about disturbing." Temporarily lend it to the Xihe Society, and after the courtyard of the Xihe Society at the mouth of the river is completed, then move out - Sun Hui will first feel uneasy, then I will rent 3,000 yuan a month to the Xihe Society for use, this rent price is also appropriate, what do you think, Sun Huishou. ”

"Alas, alas, alas, Lord Lin is so generous and righteous, how can Jing Xuan refuse?" Sun Jingxuan sighed, "I really don't understand, why is the rumor of Jiangning City unfavorable to Lord Lin?" "I look like I'm fighting for Lin Bin.

"Sun Huishou, you must know that when I first came to Jiangning, I was bare-handed, although Lord Gu had the name of the deputy envoy, but he was also despised by the people of Jiangning, if we have no fangs, how can we survive in Si?" Lin Jian looked at Sun Jingxuan with his eyes and said, "It's not that I want to be fierce, but I'm still forced by the situation." With a good reputation, is it important for me to fight for my brothers and sisters, and my hometown friends? ”

Sun Jingxuan, Sun Jing's cousins, and Sun Wenbing were all stunned when they heard Lin Lian's words, although bold words could not be trusted by shrewd and cautious people, but sometimes words could indeed dispel the last trace of caution.

Sun Jingxuan stood up and apologized: "It's Jingxuan who lost his words......"

Some people who didn't feel particularly keenly only then realized that Sun Jingxuan had just made a tentative remark with concerns.

"I'm also a little serious, please don't mind Sun Huishou," Lin Jian stood up and invited Sun Jingxuan to take a seat, and said, "But it's really my heartfelt words, the so-called 'Lu Yao knows horsepower, and sees people's hearts over time', Lin Jian may have other notorieties in the future......"

Sun Jingxuan sat down and thought to himself: If Lin Lian is in the rivers and lakes, he should be a hero.

Lin Lian's words just now also made him quite emotional, although Sun Jingxuan has never read, it is not that he has no opportunity to read, no matter how bad the Sun family is, it is also a family of powerful people, and he is fully capable of supporting his children to read and write, but Sun Jingxuan preferred to dance knives and guns when he was young, walking with boats, hating books and literature, most of his life experience has been for most of the year, but he is transparent about the world, and he also despises the false name that those scholars and Confucian scholars pay attention to, and also despises etiquette, even if he has the heart of a hero, but Xihe will be burdened with heavy burdens on his shoulders, so that he has to be cautious and cautious, it is precisely because of his prudence over the years that he is very envious of Lin Lian's happiness and strength in the world, and he also completely believes that Fu Qinghe said in the letter is not the slightest exaggeration, and he regrets that his daughter willfully messed up this marriage, and he will not shirk borrowing from the bamboo hall at the moment.

What Lin Tie said to Sun Jingxuan was loud, and Su Mei could hear it clearly in the side hall next door, her inexplicable eyes were moist, and she was busy turning her head to pick up vegetables to cover up, thinking that the sentence "Lu Yao knows the horsepower and sees the hearts of the people over time" is really wonderful, and it may take time for others to see Lin Bin, but he completely trusts him.

Seeing that it was a foregone conclusion that Wanniang would stay, Xiaoman should have been angry, but he was entangled in other things in his heart, and he kept silent, thinking that it was okay for Wanniang and Wen Pei to stay, after all, there was a companion to talk.

Sun Wenwan's resentment in her heart naturally would not be dispelled because of Lin Lian's words, she even thought that Lin Lian also had an ulterior gesture to keep her, although she couldn't go back to the south of the city willfully, she also made up her mind to ignore this disciple.

In the afternoon, Sun Jingxuan wanted to successively withdraw the Wupeng Cao boat and the congregation to Longzangpu in the south of the city, and let his nephew Sun Wenyao and Sun Wenbing assist him, Sun Jingtang stayed with Lin Jingzhong to discuss the details of many things and the matter of borrowing the bamboo hall, Sun Wenwan and Sun Wenpei sisters, the two eldest girls, whose families are not related to Lin Lian, cannot stay in the grass hall for the night, so they must move to the bamboo hall before nightfall, Sun Jingtang asked his concubine Aunt Zhao to take care of the two girls, and by the way, he will control the people who stay here to control the congregation.

The etiquette of the river gang and the boat-running family is much looser than that of the real family, and it is also forced to make a living, especially when the fortune is good, the man in charge of the family is gone for more than half a year, and the woman is also forced to stand up and take care of the affairs of the association. Within the River Gang, the status gap between wives and concubines is not so particular. Due to the death of Sun Jingxuan's wife, he has not remarried, and many of the internal house affairs or settled disputes that need to be handled by women are mostly Sun Jingtang's wives and concubines.

Lin Jian didn't rush into the city, and only after seeing Aunt Zhao did he go on the road with Su Mei. Aunt Zhao was dark-skinned, she may have been a black peony beauty when she was young, although she was less than forty years old at this time, her face was haggard, but she was a shrewd and capable pungent woman, and even Sun Wenwan was quite well-behaved in front of her, and she was also very respected by the Xihe congregation.

Sun Jingxuan married her as a concubine back then, but his wife and Sun Jingxuan's wife were sick, not because of her appearance, but because of her pungent personality, literacy and literacy, and her ability to manage the family business.

Lin Jingzhong personally went to find the bamboo craftsman Zhao Zui Ghost, and asked him to take someone to weave a bamboo wall, and in the afternoon, the bamboo hall was divided into two parts, the east house and the south house, and then the courtyard of the south house was repaired, and then he asked people to pick out the beds, cabinets, bedding and other things and move them in, and built a few shacks in the open space outside the wall of the south house for the Xihe Society to leave the more than ten congregations who put the ferries to live temporarily.

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Compared with Li Zhuo's appearance at the estuary yesterday, the affairs of today's Xihe meeting did not attract much attention from others, and they were not even as interesting as Su Mei's arrival at the estuary.

Lin Jian wanted to go to Gu's house for a banquet, rode a horse, and as usual, Zhou Pu and four soldiers accompanied the guards; Su Mei also wanted to go back to Baiyuan, sitting in a carriage with the four ladies, and the four guards sent by the clan to Baiyuan rode to follow. Gu Zhai's private banquet also invited Zhao Qinmin, Zhao Qinmin didn't have the courage to swagger through Jiangning City with only two followers, so he naturally wanted to follow Lin Tie them.

In order to prevent Zhao Qinmin from getting in the way, Zhou Pu and the guards and Bai Yuan's guards were all hanging far behind, although Zhao Qinmin could also come to the front to say a few words to Su Mei, but after thinking about it, he still fell behind and walked with the guards.

There is still half a way to finish the carriage and horses, the carriage is very bumpy, Su Mei lifted the curtain of the car, and talked to the forest bound who was riding a horse, slowing down between the green vines and the fragrance of flowers, but it was intoxicating.

"The spring list has been released, and yesterday there was a copy of the Tang newspaper. Yesterday, Li Zhuo appeared at the mouth of the river, making a mess until midnight, and made trouble for the spicy girls of the Sun family for half the night, and almost forgot about the release of the Spring Festival, "On the official road of Donghua Gate, Lin Jian told Su Mei about the release of the Spring Festival, "You should also be believed, right?" ”

"I heard it yesterday." Su Mei replied gently, although Chen Mingzhe said that the test was not the first, but during the palace test, he gave the current saint the royal pen the champion, and the Tang newspaper entered the city last night, if it weren't for Li Zhuoshi, the news would have spread all over Jiangning last night. She wanted Lin Lian to ask more, but Lin Lian kept silent, her eyes looked at the yellow and bright spring flowers on the side of the road, like broken gold ornaments, as if she was intoxicated by this prosperous spring, and occasionally saw from the afterglow of his eyelids that his heart was sinking, and Su Mei also felt uncomfortable as if her heart was blocked by something. She knew that with Lin Bin's observant eyesight, she could naturally guess who was rubbing this family business, she thought that a woman who was just like Wan Niang's pungent and capable and strong temperament was more suitable to be a good match for Lin Jian than those delicate daughters who only knew about women's red embroidery paintings, how did she know that things would become like this? At this time, she couldn't guess what Lin Jian was thinking, she really didn't want Lin Jian to alienate her, but she didn't know what to do.