Lin Jian had only been asleep for more than an hour, and someone knocked on the door to call him something.

Hearing the voice of the crow Wu Qi, Lin Tie went outside, opened the door to let him in, and asked, "What happened?" ”

"There are many unknown boats coming from Xishunshui, with torches in the bow, like a lightboat swimming in the river, I don't know if they are coming from this side, there is no warning signal for the time being, and there is also alarm on the side of Prison Island, and they have sent people to call Ziang, Cunxin, and Lin Jingzhong ......," Wu Qi said. Sending two police signals in a row in one night will affect morale very much, so he has to come over first to ask Lin Lian's opinion.

Lin Jian frowned and thought carefully, he couldn't figure out who the female assassin was last night, these boats came with torches, obviously to demonstrate to prevent the female from being harmed here, and the action was very fast, and he thought that he could sleep a lot and deal with this matter.

Lin Lian glanced back, Xiao Man and Liu Yue'er each poked their heads out of the room to look, he waved his hand, and said, "Go back to bed...... Lin Lian and Wu Qi walked to the Jiang'an wharf, and met Lin Jingzhong who was walking briskly halfway.

Lin Jingzhong said: "The big loach master got on the Dongyang, and Cao Ye went up to the corner tower to star, standing on the high place, there are almost a hundred ships, most of the Wupeng cargo ships, the bow and stern are crowded with people, I am afraid that there are no less than 2,000 people." The ships were anchored to the east of the one-mile boundary post, and a large ship called to ask to anchor on the riverbank...... "They all lived in the surrounding houses behind the embankment, and they were able to respond quickly." The boundary pillar is a pillar that marks the distance between the estuary and the prison island on the river beach, and the lights of the corner tower are refracted in the past, and the boundary pillar is used to identify the distance of the enemy.

"Bluffing, scared into a cold sweat," Lin Jian stopped his steps at this time and said, "Let the big loach master be on guard on the Dongyang, shout over, just caught the female assassin at night, and send it to the Moling County Ya for interrogation tomorrow, the riverbank wharf and the river embankment wharf do not accept ships to dock at night, and the unknown ships approach, as if they were bandits, and tell them to weigh one or two by themselves......" Gathered his clothes and said, "I'll go back to sleep first, the ship headed by him doesn't care about him, and if the other Wupeng ships cross the boundary post for a mile, they will directly ring the alarm bell to call me." ”

"Wasn't that a female assassin last night?" Lin Jingzhong asked.

"They didn't break their teeth and swallow their stomachs, nor did they have the guts to snatch people," Lin Jian smiled, "They probably want to delay the matter first and wait for dawn to solve it, so let's drag it out first......

Lin Lian turned back to the thatched hall and watched Liu Yue'er and Xiaoman get dressed and sit in the front hall guarding a lone lamp waiting for him to come back: "Didn't you go back to bed?" ”

"If I don't go out and make trouble for you, why don't I sit here and wait for you to come back?" Xiao Man lay on the table with his hands on the table, his chin on the back of his hand, and his dark eyes stared at Lin Lian.

"Nothing happened?" Liu Yue'er asked.

"It's not a big deal, it's here to please people. I've managed to save up some notoriety for months, so easily let people take it out of my hands," Lin Jian yawned and said, "I'm going to sleep again, don't you sleep?" ”

"I'm worried that I won't be able to sleep, you go to sleep, I'll sit next to you and watch, if there's anything, I'll wake you up." Xiao Man stood up and stared at Lin Jian pitifully.

Lin Jian felt a big headache, and Xiao Nizi definitely didn't have any defense against him.

Liu Yue'er lifted the oil lamp on the table and said, "You guys go back to the house in the dark, I'll take the lamp and go back to sleep......

As if he had won a battle, Xiao Man pushed Lin Lian's waist back to his room. There was no light in the room, but when the thatched hall was built, there was a gap between the eaves and the wall, even if the window was not opened, there was some faint light coming in, Lin Jian took off his boots and lay on the bed, and asked Xiaoman: "Do you really want to sit here all night?" ”

"Well," Xiao Man nodded, took a square stool and sat at the head of the bed, and said, "The personal slaves of the big families also keep vigil like this, there is no outer wing room here, I can only stay in your room......"

Lin Jian said with a smile: "The personal maid of the big family still helps warm the bed......

"Then I'll warm the bed for you......" Xiaoman stood up and spread out the thin quilt for Lin Lian, sat on the edge of the bed, and was about to take off his shoes and go into the quilt.

"You still have to be a vigil maid first, it's a little too hot to sleep on the quilt in April." Lin Lian didn't know what Xiao Nizi was doing again, so he asked her to sit on the edge of the bed, and he lay down.

"I've thought about it, I won't be your concubine......" Xiao Man's eyes were shining in the night, looking at Lin Lian's face hidden in the deeper shadows, and suddenly said this.

"Huh?" Lin Jian asked suspiciously.

"I talked to Sister Yue'er, you may be more fierce than Sister Yue'er when you marry a wife in the future, the concubine always gives the life of bullying, and it is just a matter of bullying, but the time by your side will definitely give the main room very few restrictions...... "Xiaoman sat on the edge of the bed and said seriously.

"Bang, bang......" Liu Yue'er tapped twice next door, indicating that she could hear it in the next room.

Lin Jian didn't know what the second daughter could talk about just now.

"I'll be your personal maid, so that I can spend more time with you......" Xiao Man said seriously.

"......" Lin Jian didn't know how to comfort this girl, and was afraid that this girl would be cranky, so he said, "Then you can be my personal maid." Liu Yue'er listened next door, he couldn't let Xiao Man sleep on his bed, and Xiao Nizi should have known about men and women a long time ago, let alone let her sleep in bed.

Lin Lian was sleepy, thinking that he would go back to her room to sleep when Xiaoman was tired, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep, letting Xiaoman sit on the edge of the bed. In the haze, Xiao Nizi turned upside down like a small animal, Lin Tie waited for her to wake up, but she didn't expect her head to rest on his arm, her body curled up and shrank back and fell asleep, Lin Tie couldn't bear to wake her up and drive her away, and had to carefully pull out a corner of the quilt to cover her body.

Listening to the sound of cars and horses outside, but didn't hear anyone calling, Lin Lian continued to sleep, Xiaoman had already got his whole body into his bed, his black hair was scattered, spread under his neck and chest, like a black flower blooming in the morning light, he couldn't see where Xiaoman's little head and face were hidden, and his bare feet were attached to his instep, and he didn't know when she woke up and took off her socks, Xiao Man fell asleep on his stomach with half of his body, his face against his chest, his chest against his lower abdomen, his legs leaning to the side, and the fragrant person covered the thin quilt, but the black hair overflowed like night, and it didn't seem to wake Liu Yue'er up, Lin Lian smiled at Liu Yue'er with a shy face, and asked her in a whisper.

"Miss Su Mei came with the fourth lady in the car, and sat in the front hall......" Liu Yue'er pretended not to see the black hair of the quilt exposed on Lin Bin's chest.

Lin Jian was stunned when he heard this, he didn't know what Su Mei was doing when he came out of the city early in the morning, could it be that the female assassin from yesterday knew her? Xiao Man, who was sleeping soundly on Lin Bin's body, was also subconsciously startled, and suddenly felt that something was given under his chest in a panic, and he was startled, and he didn't care that Liu Yue'er was also in the room, so he jumped out of bed with a snort, and just about to ask Lin Jian what the hell was hiding on her, as soon as his mouth opened, he realized what the hard thing like a wooden peg was, and his face suddenly turned crimson, and he picked up his shoes and slipped back to his room barefoot.

"She's wearing clothes," Lin Lian explained to Liu Yue'er in a shy voice, "It's a vigil, and when she's tired, she falls asleep, and I can't drive her back to the house." ”

"You took her, what would I say? Miss Su Mei is waiting outside," Liu Yue'er asked Lin Tie to get up quickly, knelt on the edge of the bed on one knee, reached in to get Lin Tie's clothes, her hand couldn't reach the inner corner, one hand was propped up on Lin Tie's body, just propped up on the hard thing like a wooden peg, she removed her hand to support Lin Tie's thigh, took the shirt over, and laughed at him, "Yes, wearing clothes!" I said how could Xiao Nizi be shocked, could it be that she didn't know that she was lying on you at night? ”

If it weren't for Su Mei coming, Lin Liandang would have pressed Liu Yue'er on the bed and ravaged her, at this time, only the rules were dressed, and Xiaoman's matter was not easy to explain, could it be difficult to explain to Liu Yue'er that this was a normal physiological reaction? Lin Tie to the thatched hall and wash up; Xiao Man had already washed up, his eyes flashed and he didn't look at him, he lowered his head and said softly: "I'll go see Sister Su Mei first......" and slipped away.

Lin Jian came to the front hall after a rough wash, and Su Mei and the four ladies were there. Seeing Lin Tie come out, Su Mei asked, "Last night's female assassin, you didn't make her suffer anything, did you?" She asked Xiao Man if she knew that the female assassin was being held on Prison Island.

"Huh?" Seeing that Su Mei was decisively coming for the female assassin last night, Lin Jian asked, "Who is she?" ”

"She is the daughter of Sun Jingxuan of the Xihe Society......"

"People from the River Gang?" Lin Jian was slightly stunned, thinking that this was right, the more than 100 Wupeng boats in the sky had not yet demonstrated. The Yangtze River arrives at the northern section of Jiangning City for the sky, the water system is developed, and it is an important starting point of Cao Yun, the river transport is developed, but the suffering of river transport is very people can imagine, especially Cao Yun autumn to spring return, round trip is more than half a year. Jiangning is located in a rich area, and the locals have land to plant, and they would rather be tenants, and there are few who are willing to suffer from boats and boats; The vast majority of those who worked as boatmen and sailors in Jiangning were landless peasants along the Cao River in the north. It is very difficult to live in a different place, and the children of the hometown all live together in groups, so they form the river gang force in Jiangning City, and when they do not go down the river, they all live in the area of the mouth of the Sanchai River in Longzangpu in the south of the city, and a considerable number of people live on the boat for many years. Although they are collectively referred to as the River Gang forces, in fact, the River Gang forces in Jiangning are divided into 18 branches according to their regions, and the Xihe Society is one of them, and the vast majority of them are villagers in Xihe County who know how to pass through the west bank of the river. The river gang force can be said to be a variant of the township party force, although there are many people, but it is not a great big force, just a little related to Cao Yun, river affairs and river defense civil and military officials regardless of the size will try their best to extract a sum of money from the river gang forces, after all, the vast majority of the members of the river gang are boatmen and sailors at the bottom of the society, Lin Jian is not afraid that Xihe will come to beg for people, he asked Su Mei again, "The boatmen who were robbed and killed in Baisha County last time are all children of the Xihe Society?" ”

"Yes," Su Mei was also very anxious, "Sun Jingxuan is still a friend of Fu Ye, and Fu Ye brought a letter a few days ago with a letter to Sun Jingxuan......

"Ah," Lin Jian was stunned again, Fu Qinghe didn't say that he still had friends in Jiangning who could live and die, and asked, "Did Master Fu tell Sun Jingxuan about Changshan Island?" ”

"No," Su Mei said, "Master Fu, he wants to go back to Jiangning after a while, and wants to tell Sun Jingxuan's daughter to you as his wife, probably the letter mentions this......

Lin Jian subconsciously wiped his forehead, and felt that cold sweat had come out.

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PS: Ask for a red ticket.