Hearing the maid's message, Lin Jingzhi thought for a moment and guessed who the visitor was. He didn't ask the distinguished guest's name, so he asked Chai Fang to wait at the gate. He and Aunt Yu quickly stepped forward and walked towards him.
hall.
After passing through several circular arches and corridors between pavilions, stepping on the smooth floor under your feet. Without much effort, the two of them came to the hall. Before they could step into the hall, they heard a familiar moment in the hall.
Voice of words.
"Brother Zheng, Brother Jia, are you feeling good recently?" Lin Jingzhi took a few steps, crossed the threshold of the hall, bowed and greeted with a smile.
"Haha, OK, of course." Zheng Jianqiu stood up from his seat with a smile, bowed and bowed.
The desolate land was not a problem with the Zheng Mansion. Lin Jing's words made the Jia family find the Zheng Mansion. In one winter, he could earn hundreds of thousands of taels of white silver out of thin air. How could Zheng Jianqiu be unhappy?
For this reason, his father also praised him a few words, saying that he was a blessing in disguise and met Lin Jingzhi, a good friend worthy of making.
Zheng Sheng has always been very strict with his offspring and rarely praises anyone on weekdays. Zheng Jianqiu seemed very excited about this.
The Zheng Mansion is not as complicated as the Lin family. Its internal relationships are complex and can be recognized by Zheng Sheng. It is of great significance to Zheng Jianqiu, who was originally weak in the mansion.
Seeing Lin Jingzhi arrived, Jia Lin smiled and strode towards him, holding his hand and said, "I'm fine, you have a good idea. Brother, I've grown up in front of my father yesterday. Look
!" As he said, Jia Lin took out a stack of silver notes from his arms and said, "Brother, I can now withdraw silver notes at my store. Haha, as long as it is only two thousand taels, those shopkeepers don't need to report it
Let my father know."
"This is my father's order. You said, "Why do you want me to thank you, brother? Why don't I invite you..."
"Don't, stop!" After listening to the words, Lin Jingzhi knew that Jia Lin was going to turn the topic to Liuyan Pavilion, eat flower wine, or be a courtesan. He is not only busy with clearing wasteland and digging canals now.
Lin Lizhi must be found as soon as possible, otherwise Mrs. Lin would not be able to get a minor illness and would not have the time or mood to waste it in Liuyan Pavilion.
"Hmph, it's really disappointing!" Jia Lin originally wanted to take Zheng Jianqiu to Liuyan Pavilion to have fun together to deepen the friendship. Seeing Lin Jingzhi refusal, he gave him an angrily glance and let go
He sat back again.
Lin Jingzhi saw that Jia Lin was still a childish temperament and couldn't help but feel funny. He turned his head and looked at Zheng Jianqiu. He didn't carelessly and went straight to the topic, "Brother Zheng, has the official article for buying wasteland been completed?
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"Of course!" Zheng Jianqiu responded with a laugh and said, "If such a good deal is not started earlier, if someone robs him, wouldn't the Zheng and Jia families suffer a huge loss!"
It turned out that after Lin Jingzhi made an idea for Jia Lin yesterday, Jia Lin knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurried back home. After a little discussion with his father, the two led dozens of domestic slaves to the city on high-headed horses. The sky was pitiful.
When the two of them ran to the city, it was not yet dark and the city gate was still open, otherwise everyone in the Zheng Mansion would have to rest outside the city for one night.
When he arrived in Jiancheng, Jia Nanshan was afraid that good things would be snatched first. Thinking that Zheng Jianqiu had been visiting Jia Mansion as a passerby, he was familiar with it, so he directly visited Zheng Jianqiu with a famous imperial edict. It happened that Zheng Jianqiu was in the mansion. When he heard that it was the Jia family visiting, he asked him to
The servant introduced his courtyard.
Later, when he understood the purpose of the Jia family, Zheng Jianqiu responded without even discussing with Zheng Sheng.
The situation has been unstable recently. Zheng Sheng lives in the military camp every now and then. He didn't return home late that night. After knowing about this, he told him to move quickly. So Zheng Jianqiu relied on his identity and on the next day
Before dawn in the morning, the soldiers guarding the gate opened the city gate and headed straight to Luocheng with the Zheng family.
It is naturally easier to come to Luocheng. Zheng Jianqiu showed his identity and bought the huge wasteland with 200,000 taels of silver.
Now the official article has been successfully obtained.
In fact, if you count carefully, the Zheng and Jia families did not earn much money less than the Lin family, because the Lin family summoned refugees to dig out the canal in the early stage. They did not have to spend a penny, and the canal dug to the door of their own wasteland, saving a lot of money.
Buy silver for refugees food.
When the refugees dug the canal to the door of their two families, Lin Jingzhi could not ignore the face of Zheng's mansion and leave it alone.
But in general, as long as Lin Jingzhi can be brought over to form a partner, he will be satisfied. Moreover, with the Zheng Mansion as his backer, he no longer has to be afraid of Wang Meng and others. If Lin Lizhi was really robbed by Wang Meng.
After leaving, he must have Wang Meng pay a certain price!
After understanding what happened, Lin Jingzhi praised Zheng Jianqiu for being fast enough. Zheng Jia and the other two were hanging around the Lin family for a while, after eating some wine and food, they said goodbye to each other.
The two of them left, and Lin Jingzhi and Aunt Yu stepped onto the mount. Before, when Lin Jingzhi and Zheng Jia were having food, Aunt Yu also stepped down to eat his stomach, so the two led dozens of guards and
Chai Fang went straight to the west courtyard of the city.
The Lin family is a famous wealthy family in Luocheng. They bought a lot of fertile land outside the city. There are more than ten other courtyards, all of which are used to escape the summer heat. However, since Lin Jingzhi's parents died of illness a few years ago, the new Lin family
After the head of the family, Lin Jingzhi, was very busy after ascending the throne and became ill for many years, these individual courtyards almost became decorations.
When Lin Jingzhi was a child, he often came to the west courtyard of the city to escape the summer heat, so he was very familiar with this place. He rushed here and jumped off his horse and stepped into the gate. Before he could drink a glass of water to moisten his throat, he saw a
The woman rushed forward, knelt in front of him with a pounce, and wailed loudly, "Second Master, please, please, please get the Lizhi back. There is only one son in the maid and concubine. If he goes out,
No matter what happened, the maids and concubines couldn't live."
The person who came was disheveled, his clothes were messy, and his face was covered with tears. Lin Jingzhi recognized this person from his voice, and he was Lin Lizhi's biological mother, Aunt Zhen.
He quickly stepped forward, helped Aunt Zhen up, and advised, "Don't cry, don't worry, I will do my best to save my third brother as soon as possible."
"Wuwu" Aunt Zhen leaned on Lin Jingzhi's body, crying non-stop, as if she had remembered something, suddenly raised her head and said, "Second Master, what do you think of those evil people, do you think of those bad guys who can't treat etiquette?
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At this time, Aunt Yu took a step forward and took Aunt Zhen into his hands. Although Lin Jingzhi and Aunt Zhen were of different ages, they were still depressed if they leaned close together.
Anyone who has a son who has been kidnapped will have random thoughts. Lin Jingzhi did not want to care about the past unhappiness with Aunt Zhen at this time. Hearing this, he quickly reached out and left the bad guy behind: "No, look, this is the bad guy behind.
Letters do not let us report to officials. I think these evil people are just seeking money and will not harm Lizhi's lives."
Aunt Zhen also recognized a few big words, and took them to read them, and then felt relieved, "Second Master, Li often made you angry before, but please ask him this time, no matter how he said he was your younger brother.
ah."
Thinking of the past, Aunt Zhen regretted her intestines. She was afraid that Lin Jingzhiguang would not do it, and her knees weakened and she knelt down again.
"Get up, get up quickly, I won't take the little things from the past to heart, and the old lady has also been hit by this matter. If I can't find the Lizhi back soon, it would be too unfilial."
Aunt Zhen knew how Mrs. Lin treated Lin Lizhi. He nodded repeatedly when he heard this, stood up, and did not dare to disturb Lin Jingzhi's investigation clues.
With the servants, he helped Aunt Zhen to sit in the hall. Lin Jingzhi turned around and instructed Chai Fang, "Go and summon everyone from the other yard to the yard in front of the hall, and no one can be left behind!"
"Yes!" Chai Fang spread his legs even faster than a rabbit in order to be punished lightly afterwards.
"Yu'er, I think that even if those people are not weak in their skills, they will not leave any traces. Why don't we go around to investigate first?" Lin Jingzhi is no longer as anxious as before, and he starts doing things.
, and then I got an idea.
Aunt Yu nodded and agreed, "What the Second Master said is that we will go out and search around to see if we can find some clues."
The west courtyard of the city covers a large area, with a total area of more than 1,000 acres. The surrounding courtyard walls are the same as those of the Lin Mansion, nearly two meters high. Because they are for the owner to come for leisure and entertainment, the inside is mainly a garden and a lotus pond.
Instead, there are fewer rooms, only fifty or sixty.
If calculated based on market price, just such a villa will be worth at least 5,000 taels of silver.
However, although the villa is very big, Lin Jingzhi, an acquaintance, led the way. In addition, Aunt Yu has been in the Jianghu for more than two years and has extremely rich experience in killing and setting fires. In less than half an hour, she found the criminals and touched them.
At the wall of the courtyard.
Aunt Yu stood on the wall, looked carefully, then jumped gently, landed on the grass in the yard, and explained to Lin Jingzhi who was covering her heart, "Second Master, my traces from the wall
It is judged that there are three bad guys coming in from outside. Although they are not weak, they are still a little tender. But you see, after being trampled on this grass, it is messy, and there are at least four or five people."
Lin Jingzhi lowered his head and looked at the grass that was trampled on for a while, and nodded. From this point of view, there was indeed someone in the courtyard who was introverted to the villain.
However, what he said was a big surprise from Aunt Yu, "Yu'er, can you be more careful when you jump over the wall next time? If it breaks, wouldn't I have to take care of you for the rest of my life?
But it's a big loss!"
"Whoever wants you to take care of you can throw me out of the mansion." Aunt Yu heard Lin Jingzhi's loss, and her arrogant personality was frustrated, and she said unconvincedly.
It is rare for Aunt Yu to show her little daughter's expression. Lin Jingzhi smiled when he saw this, held her little hand and said with a shy face: "If you don't throw it away, I won't throw it away, I will take care of you for the rest of my life!"
Aunt Yu's pretty face, hidden under the veil, turned red, shook her hand, but couldn't break away, so she let her little hand be pinched in Lin Jingzhi's palm.
Which girl doesn't like to listen to love words? Although this sentence is a little childish, it still makes Aunt Yu, who gradually has a little bit of love for Lin Jingzhi feel a hint of sweetness.
At the same time, she saw that Lin Jingzhi could still make trouble at this time, and knew that he had completely calmed down and was no longer anxious and angry as if he was interrogating Chai Fang at that time.
"Let's go and pull out that inner man!" Lin Jingzhi said firmly, Aunt Yu responded softly, and the two held hands and headed straight to the hall of the other courtyard.
When the two arrived at the courtyard in front of the hall, Chai Fang was walking back and forth in front of a group of servants with men and women, and seemed to be anxious. When they saw the two, they quickly came up and reported, "Second Master." , It's not good, I just clicked the number of people, and there were two less."
"What!" Lin Jingzhi's face changed, and then he shouted loudly: "Who is missing? What are they responsible for in the mansion?"
With a plop, Chai Fang was so scared that he knelt on the ground. Seeing this, the servants also knelt down one after another. Chai Fang replied with a bitter face: "Second Master, those two servants were when the Third Master moved to the other courtyard. The servants who brought the two male servants were not very familiar with them, but some people heard them complain that they had moved here from the Lin Mansion Courtyard with the Third Master, and they would never have a chance to make a comeback in the future. After hearing this, they were angry that they said something they shouldn't have said, and sent someone to beat them up."
"They are still here after the third master was kidnapped by the evil man in the morning."
"Hmph! Even the two servants can't bear to see you. What's the use of the Lin family?" Lin Jingyi shook his sleeves and cursed, then looked at the servants who had fallen to his knees and asked, "Does anyone see them? Where did the two go?"
When the slaves heard this, some of them hung their heads deeply, while others turned their heads and swayed left and right, but no one stood up to speak.
"You are here to serve the Third Master on weekdays. Now that people are gone, you can't escape the relationship. It would be fine if you can find the Third Master intact in the future, but if something really happens outside, You all can’t afford to take care of it, hum! You are not unclear about the old lady’s methods!"
Lin Jingzhi glanced around the servants in front of him with cold eyes. He was afraid that these people would be lucky and thought that he would not do anything to them on weekdays. He directly moved Mrs. Lin out.
When they heard the name of Mrs. Lin, these servants were indeed panicked. A male servant of seventeen or eighteen years old couldn't hold back, kneeled on the ground, crawled with his knees for several steps, bent down and said, "Return to the second master." The slave also followed from the Lin Mansion compound. Although he didn't know where they went, he saw them talking to a strange man at the back door a few days ago, and he didn't know what they were saying!"
"Oh? Is there no guard guarding the back door?" Lin Jingzhi asked.
"No, it must have been adjusted by those two guys with excuses." The servant said again.
Lin Jingzhi was furious when he heard this. It turned out that these two people had contacted people outside long ago. It was because the guards were dereliction of duty that they could be harmonious and robbed Lin Lizhi in one fell swoop.
He glared fiercely at the dozen guards who were staying in the other courtyard. He was just waiting to scold him and his words were all over his mouth, but suddenly he remembered that he could not be too excited, otherwise he would make mistakes easily and he would be indifferent. I asked again, but I didn't expect to find the murderer.
"Since you have also come from the Lin Mansion Courtyard, you must be very familiar with the two people who ran away? Then let me ask you, have you ever seen that strange man before? Did that person have already escaped with the two people who ran away?
Are the two familiar?"
"I haven't seen the strange man before. However, through the branches that day, the villain happened to see the strange man wearing the official boots of the consignment on his feet!"
Tolerance, official! As expected, it was not surprising! Lin Jingzhi clenched his fists and pointed his finger at Wang Meng!dd