The people coming from Yizhou were sent by Chen Ping, the magistrate of Yizhou. Ma Ji, the chief patrol officer of the three patrols of the state government, and Li Yun, the head of the Yishui County government office.
Ma Ji is an unknown person.
But Li Yun is a famous figure in Yizhou.
He had a lot of contacts with people in Jianghu, and because of his "green eyes", he was known as the "Blue Eyed Tiger". He was a fellow countryman of Li Kui.
Also coming with them was Jiao Zhong, the Qingping military camp-level commander who had just transferred to Yizhou.
The Qingping Army was originally a state-level army, but was later downgraded to a county-level army, stationed in Zhangqiu County, Jeju.
This time, Yishui County, which was transferred to Yizhou by the imperial court, was actually upgraded to a quasi-state-level army. The number of troops was expanded from 2,500 to more than 10,000.
According to the military system of the Song Dynasty, the state-level army, that is, the local Xiang army, had a strength of 25,000. However, a small state like Yizhou only had the airs of a Xiang army, but it was impossible to fill the number of troops. The reason was simple: the financial burden was not high.
rise.
The promotion of an army means that for the middle and lower-level officers in the army, it means an automatic rise in rank, which is certainly something worth cheering for.
Therefore, Du Yuhou Jiao Pingshan, who is currently in temporary control of the Qingping Army, led his troops to change defenses and arrived at Yishui. When he heard that the prefecture sent people to Qinghe County to greet the commander-in-chief of the army, he also sent Jiao Zhong to lead an army of soldiers and horses as Wang Lin.
of the Guards.
The three of them waited in the living room of the Wang family for a long time, but they gradually became impatient without seeing the legendary disciple of the Emperor, Fuhu God General Wang Lin.
Li Yun and Jiao Zhong were better off. After all, Wang Lin was their immediate boss. Don't ask them to wait for an hour or two, even if they had to wait for a day or two, they would have to wait. They didn't dare to show it.
But Ma Ji was different. He was a confidant of Chen Ping, the magistrate of Yizhou.
Chen Ping was also a disciple of Tong Guan, the Grand Lieutenant of the Imperial Academy.
Although Wang Lin is famous, his official rank is lower than that of Chen Ping.
Although Yizhou is only a small state and Chen Ping is only the magistrate of the fifth rank, there is also a rank between the fifth rank and the fifth rank. Moreover, Wang Lin is also the magistrate of Yishui County, which is a subordinate of Yizhou.
As a result, Ma Ji gradually became dissatisfied and complained frequently.
"Let me tell you two, this Yishui County Lord who has not yet taken office is really ridiculously arrogant. I will come here on the order of Master Zhizhou. If he doesn't say good wine and good food, I have to come out and meet him, right?
By leaving us here like this, we are not worthy of being sons of human beings."
Li Yun and Jiao Zhong remained silent.
In the eyes of Li Yun and Jiao Zhong, after all, Wang Lin had a great background and reputation. He was a new member of the imperial court, had achieved success at a young age, and had a family fortune of hundreds of millions. It was normal for him to have some style.
Besides, Wang Lin was their direct superior, so how could he dare to say anything behind their back?
Ma Ji stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, and said anxiously: "If this happens again, I will go back to Yizhou. This is too much!"
At this time, I heard a calm voice coming from behind: "I just returned to Qinghe. There are many guests in the house and I am busy with trivial matters. It takes time to receive them one by one, so I was delayed a little. Can't you wait any longer?"
Ma Ji turned around and saw a tall and handsome young man in blue shirt standing in front of him. Although he had a graceful demeanor and a bookish air about him, he was extremely thin.
Is this the so-called tiger-fighting hero, martial arts leader, and tiger-subduing general?
Handsome means handsome, but it doesn’t go with the word Fuhu, right?
I'm afraid that most of them are people spreading lies, exaggerating or even bragging about their reputation.
Ma Ji had doubts in his heart, and he felt a bit contemptuous. His attitude was just the same. He simply cupped his hand and said, "I've seen the envoy of the king!"
This is a matter of human structure.
How high a person's status is determines how far he can go in the future.
For a person like Ma Ji, this is the end of his life as a gangster leader.
He didn't have any brains either. From Qinghe County to Tokyo's Bianliang County, Wang Lin went from being a tiger-fighting hero in a small rural county to becoming the leader of this year's martial arts department. The emperor granted Tongwen the title of Jinshi and named him a male from Qinghe County. He had both civil and military positions.
With the false title of Crown Prince's right concubine, is all this just a boast?
Li Yun and Jiao Zhongze came forward and bowed together: "Meet the county magistrate!"
"Greetings to the military envoy!"
Wang Lin smiled indifferently, his eyes stayed on Li Yun for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "Please sit down."
Wang Linlue chatted with the three of them for a while, then ordered his servants to prepare food and accommodation for them, and then he went to greet Chao Gai and other guests.
Wang Lin didn't take it too seriously, but Ma Ji took himself too seriously.
When he came to Wang's house in Qinghe County, he saw that Wang Lin had neither food nor wine to entertain him, nor money as a reward. It seemed that his trip of three hundred miles had been in vain, so he felt angry and ran to a restaurant on the street to have a drink.
When he came back from a meal very drunk, he bumped into a beautiful maid in the mansion. He said that drinking made him bolder, so he stopped her and teased her for a few words, but of course he didn't succeed in the end.
The woman yelled and ran away, but Ma Ji went to his residence to sleep, unaware that he had caused a big disaster.
The woman's name is Huan'er. Actually, she is not a servant of the Wang family, but a body brought by Meng Yulou from her natal family, her natal niece.
In addition to taking care of Meng Yulou, it can also be regarded as a bridge between the Meng family in Qinghe County and Wang Lin.
Because Wu Song often protected Meng Yulou on his business trip in the past few months, Wu Song and Huan'er were very familiar with each other. When he heard that Huan'er was being bullied, Wu Song became angry and rushed in. He kicked open the door and poured a basin of cold water on her.
Water Ma Ji to wake him up.
Ma Ji was thrown into the courtyard by Wu Songti and beaten half to death with punches and kicks.
This was because Wu Song was holding back for Wang Lin's sake, otherwise Ma Ji would not have been able to save his life.
Li Yun and Jiao Zhong stepped forward to dissuade them from making peace, but they were also beaten by Wu Song, who was in anger.
Li Yun was not weak in martial arts, and Jiao Zhong was an officer, but together they could not survive ten encounters under Wu Song. The gap was really too big.
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Meng Huan'er knelt in front of Meng Yulou, choking and crying.
She was really scared to death today. She didn't expect to meet a cowardly person in the Wang Family Mansion in Qinghe County, and this person came to Wang Lin.
Meng Yulou was also extremely angry, but at this moment she could only comfort Meng Huan'er softly. Wang Lin was by her side and saw that Huan'er was 28 years old and had a beautiful face. He also heard that she had a good relationship with Wu Song, and Wu Song was violent for her this time.
He stepped forward and beat up Ma Ji from Yizhou, which made him feel secretly moved.
Wu Song is not young anymore, and it is time to start a family.
Regardless of ancient or modern times, people can only have a sense of care and belonging when they have a home.
After Meng Yulou comforted Huan'er, Wang Lin suddenly said softly: "Yulou, this Huan'er next to you is from the Meng family, right? Have you ever been married to someone else?"
Meng Yulou was shocked, his face turned red and he looked at Wang Lin, unable to say a word.
She thought that Wang Lin had fallen in love with Huan'er and had an idea.
It was nothing at first. With Wang Lin's current status, he couldn't get any woman he wanted. But the problem is that Huan'er is her niece. This is really...
Wang Lin suddenly burst into sweat.
Madam Meng, what kind of logic is this? How can you think like this!
Am I that kind of person?!
Cough cough cough.
Wang Lin coughed twice and quickly explained: "Yulou, what I mean is that Huan'er is not from a low background and has a good appearance. I think she seems to have a lot of affection for Wu Song. Why don't I come forward and offer her to Wu Song as his wife?"
how?"
I see!
Meng Yulou burst into tears and laughed, and said happily: "That's great, Langjun. Wu Song and Huan'er have feelings for each other. I originally thought about discussing this matter for a while, but since Langjun mentioned it, it's just right."
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"You still have to ask Huan'er what he means."
Meng Yulou got up and went to Huan'er's room next door. After a while, he came back with the pretty and crimson-faced Huan'er. Wang Lin knew that this was his agreement.
forecourt.
Wu Song gave Ma Ji a good beating, and also took Li Yun and Jiao Zhong to bed for trying to break up the fight. Only then did he get rid of his bad temper.
Of course, the main reason was that Ma Ji did not cause any substantial harm to Huan'er. Otherwise, with Wu Song's temper, he would have stabbed him to avenge Huan'er.
Wang Lin came slowly, and Wu Song stepped aside: "Officer, Wu Song is rude!"
"It's okay, well done!" Wang Linyang pointed at Ma Ji and sneered: "This damn beast needs to be beaten to death!"
Ma Ji was covered in wounds and dying, lying on the ground crying like a ghost.
Wang Lin was disgusted by what he heard, so he looked at Li Yun and shouted: "Li Dutou, according to our Song Dynasty criminal law, what crime should you be guilty of molesting a woman from a good family?"
Li Yun smiled bitterly and bowed: "If you return to the county, I will be punished with a hundred sticks!"
Wang Lin snorted coldly and turned to look at Jiao Zhong: "Send someone to imprison this guy quickly. When I go to Yizhou, I will deal with him according to the law."
"As you command!"
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Hearing that Wang Lin suddenly wanted to marry him, Wu Song shook his head like a rattle and refused.
Wang Lin chuckled: "Brother Wu, don't you want to ask which girl I'm telling you about?"
Wu Song still shook his head: "Guanren, Wu Song is vulgar and good at drinking wine. He is happy and at ease alone. If there are many women around him, it will be really troublesome!"
Wang Lin exclaimed: "Second brother Wu is right. If that's the case, then I'll go find Granny Xue and ask her to arrange a marriage for Huan'er as soon as possible. Otherwise, she's too old and her whole life will inevitably be delayed!"
Wu Song's face changed drastically: "Guanren, are you... going to marry Huan'er?"
Wang Lin sat upright and didn't want to tease Wu Song anymore, so he laughed and said: "Second brother Wu, tell me the truth. Huan'er has intentions for you, but do you have intentions for Huan'er? If the two of you are in love with each other and are concubines,
, I will make arrangements to go to the Meng family to propose marriage for you!"
Wu Song lowered his head, blushed, and didn't say a single word for a long time.
Wang Lin laughed, stood up and circled around Wu Song twice, then patted his shoulder: "Okay, Brother Wu, why do you and I need to keep secrets between you and me? Since you like Huan'er, that's great, I
Now let’s ask Lady Meng to come forward and arrange a marriage between you two. Don’t worry, we’ll prepare gifts and seriously go to the Meng family to propose marriage. We will never treat Huan’er badly!”
Wu Song was happy in his heart, but his face remained silent and reserved.
Wu Song originally had no idea about starting a family, but recently he saw that his eldest brother had married a wife and his life was very sweet, so he became a little envious.
Besides, he and Huan'er were destined to be together.