Gu Changshun couldn't understand why Lin Lian refused to move to Nanxi Yuanzi's house to live, and was stunned outside for a while, before he took it for granted that Lin Lian was pretending to be a gesture, remembering what Zhao Neng said about Lin Lian, he spat a mouthful of saliva on the ground, and thought contemptuously: It's really a rampant lord who is in power, and he doesn't know how to measure at all.

I don't know how Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong dragged Lin Jian into the house and persuaded him, but after waiting for a while, he was a little impatient, and urged: "Young Master Lin, when I came to look for you, the master waited in the study." ”

There were many things that could not be told to Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong, and Lin Jian naturally couldn't explain his plans to them, listening to Gu Changshun urging outside, he said, "You go over with me to see the head of the family......

Lin Tingxun only said that when he saw Lin Tie, Lin Jingzhong and Zhao Hu should not have followed, but they were really afraid that Lin Tie would take the wrong medicine and talk nonsense in front of Lin Tingxun, so they went to the mansion together. Zhou Pu and Chen Enze followed.

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When I passed by before, I had seen the Lin family's mansion from a distance, and I already felt that it was extraordinary, standing proudly on the west bank of the Shiliang River; Chen Enze is also a child of a big family, and when he got closer at this time, he realized the grandeur of the century-old mansion.

The gate of the mansion sits in the north and faces south, the gatehouse is hung in the middle of the font with a vigorous blue background and gold plaque, the book "Zilang Fudi" is written, the vermilion gate is closed, decorated with a large copper ring of the beast title, he follows Lin Tie from the side door to enter, in front of him is a straight road extending inward. Listening to Lin Tie's introduction to Zhou Pu in front, this road is six steps wide and sixty-eight steps long, separating the eight courtyards and twenty-four small courtyards in the Lin family's mansion from south to north.

The Lin family also has many properties and fields in Shiliang County and Dongyang Mansion.

Lin Jian was also full of emotion in his heart, after all, the previous memory was just gray photo paper, and when he walked in, he could truly appreciate the grandeur and strength of a wealthy family, and it was no wonder that he refused Lin Tingxun's kindness just now, and even Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong thought that they were too ignorant.

Lin Jian sighed in his heart: It is precisely because of this that he can't know how to lift and obey the mercy!

Lin Tingxun's usual place to meet guests is the Book Garden on the northeast corner of the mansion, and Gu Changshun led everyone inside. When passing through the dust washing courtyard, there was a girl's laughter inside, Lin Jian was still thinking about who was frolicking inside, and the courtyard door was knocked open from the inside, and a maid wearing a pink and green jacket and embroidered skirt rushed out from the inside, and ran straight into Zhou Pu's arms behind him.

I don't know how Zhou Pu moved, but I saw him put his hand on the handmaid's shoulder, and the handmaid swirled in front of the courtyard gate, and her body shook twice, and she actually stood still; Zhou Pu also stood aside with his hands on his sleeves, as if he hadn't touched this servant girl at all just now.

"Ahh When the young maid saw that she had almost hit someone, she covered her mouth and exclaimed, her pretty little face flushed, and she was ashamed to run away. Two more people came out of the courtyard, and the young man led by him glanced at Lin Tie obliquely, and said, "You don't let people sleep in the early morning, it turns out that you are really not dead!" The maid retreated behind the young man with a red face, and although she was shy, she also looked at Lin Jian and the others curiously.

Zhao Neng, a servant of the Lin family who didn't say goodbye after saying goodbye to Baisha County, walked out behind the young man in a short coat, and was also taken aback when he saw Lin Jian standing in the corridor, one foot stepped out of the threshold, and one foot was still in the yard, I don't know if he came out and retracted his foot.

"Thanks to the second son Hongfu, Lin Jian survived." Lin Jian saw that the tone of Lin Xuzong, the second young master of the Lin family, was very cold, and he responded lightly, his eyes didn't look at Zhao Neng, but he was puzzled in his heart: How could Zhao Neng, the second young master of the Lin family, follow Lin Xuzong's side.

Lin Tingxun had seven wives and concubines in his life, a bunch of daughters, and only three sons. The eldest son, Lin Xuwen, has already started a family, and he is a figure among the officials of the Young Zhuang faction in Beijing who serves as the fifth product in Yanjing; The second son, Lin Xuzong, did not have a shadow attack on the official title, and stayed in Shiliang County to assist Lin Tingxun in taking care of the family's affairs, and he also looked down on Gu Yingsleeve, the seventh mother who became strong and competitive since marrying into the Lin family, and naturally did not have a good face for Lin Lian, who often took care of Gu Yingsleeve; The youngest son, Lin Xuxi, was born to Lin Tingxun's fifth wife when he was fifty-five years old, and he is only ten years old this year.

There are not many children of the Lin family who are officials in the court, except for Lin Xuzong, only Lin Tingxun's younger brother Lin Tingli serves as the general judge of the government from Wupin in Dongyang Mansion, and the deeper political resources of the Lin family are also counted as the in-laws accumulated over the past hundred years. This tradition has never been lost, Lin Tingxun's seven daughters who have become adults, and the families they marry are naturally well-known, either rich or expensive.

Lin Xuzong stood under the eaves of the door and stared at Lin Jian for a while, wondering in his heart why this soft bone was so calm in front of him today? He raised his eyebrows at Gu Changshun again, very puzzled why Lin Jian would come back alive when he came back alive, but he didn't bother to ask.

Gu Changshun could see people's eyes, and said to Lin Xuwen: "The master wants to see Lin Xiucai in the Book Garden, and I just found Young Master Lin in the west of the village." ”

"Oh, then my father will definitely ask about Baisha County," Lin Xuzong turned back to Zhao Neng and said, "Let's go, you accompany me to Cishuyuan to have a look." ”

Lin Lian frowned slightly, he didn't know what Lin Tingxun wanted to talk about when he was looking for him, and the second son, Lin Xuzong, made it clear that he wanted to support Zhao Neng, but he didn't first ask him if Lao Tzu was looking for him to meet him to appease or solicit.

Gu Changshun was secretly anxious in his heart, thinking to himself, didn't the second son know that the master had just decided to give the mansion of Nanxi Plateau to Lin Bin? No matter what happened in Baisha County, even if he pretended to comfort Lin Tie and asked about Baisha County, the lord would be biased towards Lin Tie. The second son is in a hurry to support Zhao Neng, but doesn't he want a bad thing?

Everyone was there, Gu Changshun only had a muffled voice leading the way in front, and he also felt strange in his heart: Isn't it just to be admitted to the exam, is it necessary for the master to put so much effort into it? Could it be that Lin Jian can still leave the Lin family?

On this occasion, Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong couldn't interject at all, and they followed behind. Zhao Hu's mind was rougher, Lin Jingzhong secretly pinched a sweat for Lin Lian, the second son was aggressive, I was afraid that he had been waiting here for a long time to wait for them to come over, Lin Lian refused to move into the Nanxi Yuanzi Mansion just now, thinking that the old man thought that Lin Lian didn't know what to do, and Lin Lian's future life would be difficult.

Lin Jing Center was thinking wildly, and then walked into the Book Garden in the northeast corner of the mansion, and saw the warm pavilion in the corner of the Book Garden with the window open, and the Seventh Lady accompanied the head of the house to stand in it and looked at the plum trees in the garden. Seeing that the Seventh Lady was also there, Lin Jingzhong was a little relieved.

"It's really Lin Lian back." Lin Tingxun is sixty-five years old this year, his cheeks are thin and sunken, his cheekbones are high and bulging, his forehead, the corners of his eyes, his cheeks, and his chin are all wrinkled, only a pair of eyes are blazing, and he does not see his old age, he saw a large number of people walking into the courtyard, and saw his second son Lin Xuzong also following, only talking to Lin Jian through the pavilion window. When his eyes fell on Zhou Pu, Lin Tingxun's eyes lit up, and with his experience, it was not difficult to see that this man was by no means an ordinary refugee.

Zhou Pu's whereabouts are unknown, and Lin Tingxun doesn't feel anything, although the township camp is mainly composed of local children, and also recruits foreigners with martial arts, as for how the outsiders come, Lin Tingxun doesn't care, he only cares if it can be used by him and the Lin family. Lin Tingxun also saw that this year was getting more and more chaotic, the Lin family had such a big family background, if it had to survive, it would not work if he didn't bother to think about it, he originally just wanted Lin Jian to talk to Xu Zong into the Warm Pavilion, but after seeing Zhou Pu, he changed his mind and said to Zhou Pu: "This is Zhou Zhuangshi?" The old man wants to thank Zhou Zhuang in person for helping his little nephew Lin Jian in a foreign land, please come in and sit ......" As he spoke, the others walked to the door of the warm pavilion to greet him in person.

The previous Lin Tie was afraid and afraid of the head of the family, Lin Tingxun, at this time, he just borrowed Lin Tie's body, and he could look at Lin Tingxun with a completely different mentality, listening to Lin Tingxun call him a nephew in front of everyone, Lin Tie didn't have any special feelings, and thought to himself: The Lin family is tilting towards Dongyang, and the head of the family, Lin Tingxun, is really not a simple character. When Lin Tingxun heard that he came back alive, he made an impatient appearance to summon him, and gave him a mansion before they met, this is because Lin Tingxun took a fancy to his status as a lifter and didn't value him very much, Lin Tingxun thought that this was enough to make him grateful, willing to listen to the mercy of the Lin family, and die for himself, and walked into the garden by himself, and he didn't see Lin Tingxun pretending to walk to the door of the warm pavilion to express it. Lin Tingxun thought that Lin Tingxun's behavior of encircling himself was no different from throwing a piece of meat and bone at a dog, but when Lin Tingxun saw Zhou Pu's extraordinary, he felt a little slack talking through the window.

Lin Jian thought to himself that he really underestimated the people of this era, Zhou Pu was born in the army, and he has been a rogue horse in the past ten years, and it is difficult to hide the temperament that has been cultivated in the fight all year round. It seems that it is the right decision to settle down in Dongyang Mansion first and naturalize themselves, even if the Lin family can see some flaws, but when Zhou Pu is naturalized in Dongyang, they will go to Jiangning.

Lin Tie and Zhou Pu walked into the Warm Pavilion, Lin Tingxun cordially held Zhou Pu's right hand, put one hand on Zhou Pu's shoulder and invited him into the Warm Pavilion. Zhou Puhu's mouth and the thick calluses on his palms made Lin Tingxun affirm his judgment, and thought to himself: How good it would be if this person could be summoned to the township camp, just now I heard Yingsleeve say that Lin Lian wanted to accept this man as a follower, and what qualifications did this child have to accept such a person! Lin Xuzong followed in without greeting, and everyone else was guarding in the courtyard.

Lin Tingxun didn't forget to put a warm touch on Lin Lian's shoulder, and asked with a kind smile: "Why did you come here, did you go to Nanxi Plateau to see the new house first?" ”

"Thank you for the love of the head of the family, Lin is alone in Shanglin Village, it is enough to borrow Zhao Hu's house to live, there is really no need for two or three people to live in an empty mansion." Lin Jian said.