Lin Pingzhi couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and subconsciously looked at his mother Wang beside him.
Upon seeing this, Wang told Lin Pingzhi the current predicament of the Lin family in a low voice, and finally comforted Lin Pingzhi: "Pingzhi, don't worry, your father will find a way to solve this matter."
Wang Zuye on the side heard this and sneered: "Besides selling off the ancestral property, how else can your Lin family raise so much money?"
As he spoke, Wang Zuye said: "Either pay the money now, or wait for us to go to the government and file a complaint against you."
Lin Pingyi looked at a loss. He was a kind-hearted man. He was angry before because he felt that these people had bullied his mother. Now that he understood what was going on, he didn't know what to do.
After all, in the final analysis, it was the Lin family who lost their escort, and according to the rules, they should compensate the other party in money. However, it was also true that the Lin family could not raise so much money at the same time.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Pingzhi raised his hands to Wang Zuye and others and said, "Everyone, can you give the Lin family some time to raise funds..."
Wang Zuye snorted coldly and interrupted Lin Pingzhi: "We have given you time, either sell the ancestral property to pay back the money, or we will meet in court."
Lin Pingzhi's expression changed. He wanted his father and son to sell off their ancestral property, but he, Lin Pingzhi, couldn't do it, so he said calmly: "In that case, please do as you please."
Wang Zuye and others looked at each other and sneered: "Then you just wait for the summons from the government!"
After saying that, the others left. Wang opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.
At this moment, Lin Pingzhi said to Wang, "Mother, where is father, how is he?"
Thinking of Lin Zhennan, Lin Pingzhi couldn't help but look worried.
Soon Lin Pingzhi saw Lin Zhennan lying on the bed. It had to be said that Lin Zhennan was really ill this time. Even Zhao Zhi was shocked by Lin Zhennan's appearance when he saw him.
"Mr. Escort Lin, what's wrong with you? Why are you like this?"
When Lin Zhennan saw Zhao Zhi and Lin Pingzhi, especially when he saw Lin Pingzhi, his eyes showed a bit of softness. Hearing this, he said to Zhao Zhi: "But I made you laugh, Mr. Zhao."
Zhao Zhi walked up to Lin Zhennan, reached out and grabbed Lin Zhennan's wrist, put his hand on it and took his pulse. He couldn't help but said strangely: "That's weird. Your pulse shows heart failure. This shouldn't be the case."
Mr. Wang on the side heard the words and said: "Mr. Zhao Qi, the doctor said that my husband is suffering from anxiety and stagnation in his heart. If not for this, even if he catches the cold occasionally, he will not be so seriously ill."
Thinking of the situation the Lin family was facing now, Zhao Zhi somewhat understood why Lin Zhennan was like this.
As the saying goes, a heart disease needs a heart medicine. Lin Zhennan's mind was crushed by the huge pressure that Fuwei Escort Agency is facing now.
Lin Zhennan obviously knew his own family affairs, and smiled bitterly at Zhao Zhi and said: "The Lin family has offended someone in the past two years. Many escorts in the escort agency have been targeted, so that a large number of escorts have been robbed. In just two years, the Lin family has
Not much of the family fortune accumulated over the years is left. Lin is really ashamed of his ancestors and shameless..."
Zhao Zhi looked at Lin Zhennan and said, "Does Mr. Lin know who is targeting Fuwei Escort Agency?"
Lin Zhennan shook his head slightly, obviously not finding out who was targeting the Lin family.
Zhao Zhi said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, do you know that Brother Huan has returned home in fine clothes and will soon come to Fuzhou?"
Hearing the news that Li Huan had returned home in fine clothes, Lin Zhennan was obviously happy for his cousin Li Xian, with a smile on his face and said: "Brother Huan has become famous. If my cousin is alive in heaven,
, I believe you can rest in peace."
At this moment, Lin Pingzhi said from the side: "Father, you don't know something. Cousin Huan is now an imperial envoy granted by the emperor. He is a dignified and dignified second-rank governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Office. I heard that he is better than the governor of a province.
The level is still high. As long as cousin Huan opens his mouth, our family's affairs will not matter at all."
Dumbfounded, Lin Zhennan couldn't help but glance at Lin Ping in astonishment, and then his eyes fell on Zhao Zhi.
Zhao Zhi nodded with a smile and said: "Ping Zhi is right. Brother Huan is now a very popular minister. What does your Lin family's difficulties mean?"
Lin Zhennan suddenly sat up, his face full of expectation and said: "Really? Brother Huan can really help our Lin family get out of this predicament?"
Zhao Zhi laughed loudly and said, "What does the head escort Lin think of the Fuzhou magistrate?"
Lin Zhennan said without thinking: "Of course he has great authority. He sticks to his word and no one dares to provoke him."
Zhao Zhi said calmly: "The prefect of Fuzhou must be honest in front of Brother Huan. As long as Brother Huan is willing, he can be taken down at any time!"
Lin Zhennan's originally pale face turned somewhat rosy, and he seemed to be a completely different person than before.
When Wang and Lin Pingzhi saw this, they both looked at Lin Zhennan with joy.
Zhao Zhi stroked his beard and smiled: "So, Brother Huan's concerns are nothing to worry about. Brother Huan doesn't even need to speak. He just needs to let the wind out and let people know about the relationship between the Lin family and the Li family.
Relationship, what happened today when we came to force the Lin family to pay off their debts will never happen again."
But they said that Wang Zuye and his group left the Lin Mansion and went straight to the government office as they said.
Huang Wenzheng, the prefect of Fuzhou, is the newly appointed prefect of Fuzhou and has only served in Fuzhou for less than two years.
However, it took nearly two years to roughly sort out the local relations. With the filial piety of the local gentry and wealthy businessmen in Fuzhou Prefecture, my life was quite comfortable.
This would cause Huang Wenzheng to discuss with his staff the upcoming arrival of imperial envoy Li Huan.
Staff member Li Tong stroked his long beard and looked at Huang Wenzheng with a smile on his face: "My lord, this is an opportunity. As long as your lord can serve the imperial envoy and his party comfortably this time, he may not be able to fight by then."
He won the favor of the imperial envoy and was further promoted."
Huang Wenzheng frowned, slowly shook his head and said: "Wen Ming, I'm afraid you don't know that Li Huan is from Jin Yiwei, and he is not allowed to be among the officials at all. If you ask me to hug his thigh, I might as well hug Liu Jin and Eunuch Liu."
As for his thigh, at least Eunuch Liu has gathered quite a group of people in the court now and has enough authority. However, Li Huan has no foundation in the court. Once people know that I am close to Li Huan, I am afraid that
Before I get Li Huan's favor, my position as prefect has been taken to the end."
Li Tong squinted his eyes and chuckled: "My lord, what you said is right, but have you ever thought about it, I am afraid that all the officials in the world have the same idea as your lord, and regard Li Huan as a scourge and dare not get too close, lest they be regarded as Li Huan's accomplices"
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Huang Wenzheng nodded.
Li Tong said calmly: "There are many pavilion elders in the city, and there are many people hugging their thighs. If you are like everyone else, can those pavilion elders remember what kind of people you are, sir?"
Huang Wenzheng sighed: "Although I am considered the number one person in Fuzhou, but among the hundreds of officials in the capital, I am nothing at all."
Li Tong looked at Huang Wenzheng and said: "Don't you know the principle of burning a cold stove? If your Majesty turns to Li Huan at this time, do you think Li Huan will have a deep memory of your Majesty? Even if it is to buy a horse bone for a thousand gold, will he still want to do it?"
Can I give you some benefit, sir?"
Huang Wenzheng's breathing became rapid, but when he thought about the possible consequences if he surrendered to Li Huan, he couldn't help but show hesitation on his face.
When Li Tong saw it, he couldn't help but said: "My lord, have you not seen that Jiao Fang, the elder of the pavilion, and Zhang Cai, the minister, are called eunuchs, so what if they are called eunuchs? Isn't it because they have the power? No matter how bad their reputation is, will they still be able to do it?
Can it be worse than the name of an eunuch?"
Huang Wenzheng suddenly showed a look of realization, and said to Li Tong with excitement on his face: "Okay, okay, after listening to what Mr. Huang said, Huang suddenly understood. You are right. If you don't go to Li Huan now, I'm afraid that if you want to go to Li Huan in the future, everyone will
You may not remember someone like me."
Li Tong smiled and said: "Your Excellency, you are wise."
While the two were talking, an official came quickly with a piece of complaint in his hand.
Li Tong and Huang Wenzheng both looked at the official.
The official approached and respectfully handed the complaint and a thousand-tael banknote to Huang Wenzheng and said: "Your Excellency, Fuzhou wealthy businessmen Wang Zuye, Hu Hai, Fang Ke and others jointly sued Fuwei Escort Lin Zhennan for not repaying the debt. I hope
Your Excellency can do justice to them."
Huang Wenzheng raised his eyebrows when he saw the banknote placed with the complaint. He read the complaint with a smile, and finally smiled at Li Tong and said, "Wen Ming, come and see if I want to order someone to go to Fuzhou."
The Wei Escort Bureau will detain Lin Zhennan for questioning!"
Hearing Huang Wenzheng calling his name, Li Tong suddenly came back to his senses while he was deep in thought, looked at Huang Wenzheng and said: "Sir, what did you just say?"
Seeing that Li Tong was distracted, Huang Wenzheng smiled and said: "I am asking whether we should order Lin Zhennan from the Fuwei Escort Agency to be detained for questioning!"
Li Tong murmured softly: "Lin Zhennan, Lin Zhennan from Fuwei Escort Agency!"
Suddenly Li Tong almost shouted: "Sir, no, absolutely no!"
Huang Wenzheng was startled by Li Tong's reaction. He looked at Li Tong who reacted fiercely in amazement and said in confusion: "Wen Ming, what's wrong with you? Even if you don't agree, you shouldn't react so fiercely. What the hell?"
It seems that Lin Zhennan is an extraordinary person."
Huang Wenzheng said with a smile and said: "Aside from a few people in Fuzhou Prefecture, why didn't I know that there is Lin Zhennan, your master, who I can't mess with?"
Li Tong listened to Huang Wenzheng's teasing and looked at Huang Wenzheng with a bit of a wry smile on his face: "Sir, Lin Zhennan is nothing. Your Excellency can arrest him for interrogation with just an order, but with Lin Zhennan, you may not be able to handle it, Your Excellency."
The trouble will be huge."
Seeing that Li Tong was serious and not joking, Huang Wenzheng looked at Li Tong seriously and said: "Wen Ming, let's talk about it in detail, does Lin Zhennan have some background, or does he have some powerful backer?"
Li Tong took a deep breath and said, "If I hadn't deliberately investigated the information about Li Huan's relatives, I might not have known that Lin Zhennan and Li Huan actually have an extremely close relationship."
Huang Wenzheng had a look of astonishment on his face, obviously he didn't expect Lin Zhennan to be related to the imperial envoy Li Huan, but Huang Wenzheng also looked at Li Tong with curiosity on his face.
Li Tong continued: "You don't know, Lin Zhennan's aunt is Li Huan's grandmother. Li Huan's father and Lin Zhennan are real aunts and cousins. Li Huan also calls Lin Zhennan his cousin. The most important thing is that Lin Zhennan
His aunt, Li Huan’s grandmother Lin, is still alive today.”
As he spoke, Li Tong looked at Huang Wenzheng and said: "Your Excellency, you should have heard that my uncle has been related to each other for generations, breaking bones and connecting tendons. If you take Lin Zhennan here, do you think that the ancestor of the Li family knew that you took it?"
If she kills her biological nephew, will she hate you to death? Just say a few bad words about him to Li Huan, sir, you..."
Huang Wenzheng's expression changed drastically. No matter how much Li Huan was an imperial envoy and no matter how favored by the emperor, he was still a good grandson in front of the Lin family.
Thinking that he almost sent someone to arrest Lin Zhennan, Huang Wenzheng couldn't help but feel scared. He looked at Li Tong with a grateful face and said, "Thank you Wen Ming for reminding me. Otherwise, I really didn't know Lin Zhennan's background and caught him.
It's time to offend Li Huan to death."
Li Tong said: "Your Majesty, you are welcome. It is my duty to check for your mistakes and fill them up."
Looking at Li Tong, Huang Wenzheng couldn't help but said: "In your opinion, Wen Ming, how should I handle this matter?"
Li Tong sneered and said: "Then Wang Zuye, Fang Ke, Hu Hai and others often do things to bully and dominate the market, which is not a good thing. I think they see Fuwei Escort Agency in trouble, so they are like trying to rob others."
ancestral property.”
Li Tong also read the complaint. In the complaint, Wang Zuye and others naturally complained bitterly about how Lin Zhennan violated the contract and refused to compensate them. They hoped that the prefect Huang Wenzheng could seize Lin Zhennan and make Lin Zhennan pay for it with his ancestral property.
Huang Wenzheng nodded with deep understanding and said: "Yes, they just want to seize the Lin family's ancestral property. The profiteers should be killed. They almost caused me to lose my official position."
As he spoke, Huang Wenzheng looked at Li Tong and said, "Let's go, follow me to the government office lobby. I have to hear the case."
Li Tong couldn't help but be stunned and quickly followed Huang Wenzheng.
In the side hall of the government office, Wang Zuye, Hu Hai, and Fang Ke were chatting and joking with several officials in a leisurely manner.
Fang Ke said to Wang Zuye: "Brother Wang, do you think the prefect will agree to our request and help us uphold justice?"
Wang Zuye stroked his beard and said with a confident smile: "That's natural."
As he spoke, Wang Zuye glanced at a few people and said, "Let's take a gamble. I bet the prefect will send someone to get Lin Zhennan here soon."
Hu Hai remembered that Lin Zhennan was seriously ill and couldn't help but said: "Well, Lin Zhennan is ill now. It would be better if he doesn't die after all this trouble."
Wang Zuye was stunned, looked at Hu Hai, and said with a flash of light in his eyes: "Yes, we can't let Lin Zhennan be tortured to death."
Fang Ke sat aside and listened to the meaning behind the two people's words and couldn't help but sigh: "It's such a pity that Lin Zhennan and the Fuwei Escort Agency's huge family fortune have fallen to this in his hands. I'm afraid I won't be able to leave even if I die."
Meet the ancestors of the Lin family."
"My lord is here!"
Suddenly a burst of mighty shouts came. Wang Zuye, Fang Ke and others couldn't help but be shocked, with joy on their faces. Huang Wenzheng accepted the complaint. Doesn't this mean that Huang Wenzheng wants to help them?
Soon, an official came in and said to several people: "Guys, sir, I will call you to the court!"
Several people stood up quickly and followed the official towards the government office lobby.
Walking into the lobby of the government office, there were officers standing on both sides, and the prefect Huang Wenzheng was sitting in the middle of the lobby, showing his majesty under the high-hanging plaque on the mirror.
"Cao Min Wang Zuye, Fang Ke, Hu Hai pay homage to your lord!"
Huang Wenzheng glanced at Wang Zuye and others, and slowly said: "Is this the petition you submitted?"
Wang Zuye and others nodded repeatedly and said: "It is Cao Min and others who asked you to take Lin Zhennan and seek justice for us."
I thought that the next moment, Huang Wenzheng would send someone to get Lin Zhennan, but at this moment, Huang Wenzheng was suddenly shocked and shouted in a deep voice: "You are so bold and unruly, you dare to deceive me, thinking that I don't know What's on your mind?"
As he spoke, Huang Wenzheng shouted: "Come here, drag these profiteers down and beat them thirty times, and then drive them out of the hall. If you dare to harm others or seek people's ancestral property, I will definitely punish them severely."
"ah!"
Wang Zuye, Hu Hai, and Fang Ke were stunned by this sudden change, as if they had fallen from heaven into hell.
They looked at Huang Wenzheng, who was sitting there with a stern look on his face, with confusion and disbelief, and they always felt that something was wrong.
They spent a thousand taels of silver to sue Lin Zhennan, hoping that Huang Wenzheng could help them seize the Lin family's ancestral property.
But how could the result be like this? Why did Huang Wenzheng accept their money, but did not send anyone to arrest Lin Zhennan, but instead ordered them to be beaten thirty times?
It's not like they have never gone to court, but every time as long as the money is delivered, no matter what the lawsuit is, they have the last laugh in the end. Why is it different this time?
Bang, bang, bang
The confusion in my mind was immediately wiped away by the slap of the board on my buttocks, and everyone screamed in pain.
"Your Excellency, you are wronged, we are wronged!"
Huang Wenzheng listened to the shouts of Wang Zuye and others outside, stroking his beard and smiling at Li Tong: "Wen Ming, what do you think of my handling of this situation? If Lin Zhennan knew about it, would he remember my feelings? If so, When the news reaches the ears of Imperial Envoy Li Huan, he will surely remember my actions in protecting his cousin of the Lin family."
Li Tong smiled and said: "Your Excellency, this is a wonderful move."
The government office had previously beaten people up in public, and those who were punished were Wang Zuye, Fang Ke, and Hu Hai, several well-known wealthy businessmen in Fuzhou City. Many people immediately gathered to watch.
Who doesn’t like to see such lively scenes of people stripping off their pants and having their shirts ripped off, especially when Wang Zuye and the other three were tortured, with their naked flesh exposed in front of everyone? If you miss this scene, you won’t be able to see it in the future.
Among the crowd, a servant of the Lin family couldn't help but look shocked when he saw the scene of Wang Zuye and the three being tortured. He learned from a government official that the three people falsely accused Lin Zhennan of trying to steal his ancestral property. As a result, the prefect Huang Wenzheng noticed it and ordered the three people to be severely punished. people.
The servant of the Lin family was overjoyed. He briefly admired the scene of Wang Zuye and the three being tortured, then squeezed out of the dark crowd and ran towards the Lin family's house. He wanted to tell the good news as soon as possible. The master, the young master, and the ladies know.
In the Lin Mansion, Lin Zhennan, who had been sick for most of his illness, got out of bed and drank a bowl of meat porridge. He was talking to Zhao Zhi at the moment, and the person he was talking about was naturally Li Zhi, who was about to return.
Huan.
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