At noon, Liang Zuoren, the magistrate of Shiliang County, came on a fast horse. The county lieutenant, the secretary of the execution room and Yi Zuo inspected the village entrance/battle place and the corpses of the bandits, and asked Lin Fu for details as usual. Those who were armed with hard bows and rode fast horses.
Foreign horse dealers are supposed to be the targets of severe suppression by the government, but local powerful men raising private soldiers has long been a cancer that is difficult to eradicate for the court. Since they have not encountered them face to face, Liang Zuoren and the county lieutenant will naturally not investigate further.
The unique markings on the armor, weapons and horses of the corpses of the bandits were recorded in detail one by one. As an important clue to trace the real culprit behind the assassination of the deputy envoy, Liang Zuoren sent a scribe to Dongyang Mansion to report the matter in detail, while making arrangements
The search for assassins’ accomplices in Shiliang County.
As for Gu Yingxiu's murder of the evil servant, Liang Zuoren closed the case on the spot and imposed a fine of twenty taels of silver, which was handed over to the county treasury within three days. Gu Yingxiu ordered three healthy servants to take the body of the deceased back to Shanglin in a carriage.
When she went there, she only left her personal maid with Mrs. Zhao, saying that her aunt had persuaded her to stay and she would stay in Huyan for one night before going back tomorrow.
Although the case has been closed in the county and the real situation will soon be spread back to Shanglin, Gu Yingxiu still asked the servants and women to go back and say that the deceased was killed by the assassin's associates to save Lin Fu.
They sent a letter to Lin Tingxun to distribute pensions to the family of the deceased.
Lin Xuzong was in the Wangxianglou Garden on the south bank of Shanglin River when he realized that Lin Fu had torn a big hole in the net cast out in the early morning with the help of a foreign horse dealer. In addition to Shanglin Ferry, Fenglin Ferry at the south end of Shiliang River was also Lin Fu's.
He sent people to guard the place where Fu was most likely to escape from Shiliang County last night. In the early morning, four foreign horse dealers caused trouble in Shanglindu and injured him and sent him to guard there.
Of course, Lin Xuzong didn't bother to report the six people to the government, so he only sent his men to Fenglindu to pursue them, but they managed to escape with the help of their good horses and strong legs. Before noon, I heard that a group of men and horses were found at the northern foot of Iron Curtain Mountain.
Regarding Lin Fu's trace, except for one person who came back to report the news, the team that chased him out had not heard back until the afternoon.
Lin Xuzong felt that something was not right. At this time, someone from the old house was sent over to tell him that the master asked him to go to the north bank immediately.
"What happened?" Lin Xuzong asked the family member who was sent to report.
"The Seventh Madam met the assassins when she was looking back home. I heard that those assassins were after Lin Xiucai. Lin Zhong was killed by the assassins when he rescued Lin Xiucai. His body was parked in the ancestral hall. The master is waiting for you in the ancestral hall and will come over immediately?"
He replied to the servant sent to report the news.
"Is Lin Xiucai dead? Is the Seventh Lady dead?" Lin Xuzong only cared about this.
"It seems that everything is fine." The servant who reported the message did not know the details. "The maids and the mother-in-law are all fine. They also sent a message saying that the seventh lady stayed with Aunt Gu's family in Huyan for one night and will not come back until tomorrow. I think there is nothing wrong.
I didn’t say anything about Lin Xiucai..."
Lin Xuzong didn't know why Lin Fu fled to Gu's house in Huyan. He thought that the team chasing Lin Fu had not heard back yet. He was afraid that it was more dangerous than good. It was always a fact that Lin Fu colluded with outsiders. Lin Xuzong didn't know about this group.
How powerful are the foreign horse dealers who sneaked into Shiliang County? How many people there are? In short, they will not be the only three people who appeared in the mule and horse market yesterday. He did not dare to act rashly anymore and hurriedly asked his entourage to prepare a sedan chair and go to the north bank of Shanglin River.
Discuss with his father.
The dead leaves on the ground were swirling in the cold wind, and there was still some floating soil.
Gu Yingxiu sent back a message saying that the deceased was killed to save the children of the Lin family. As a rule, the body was placed in the ancestral hall before being buried. Those attendants, maids, and mothers-in-law who came back to report the news were all locked up in a small courtyard by Lin Tingxun after they returned.
To make contact with outsiders.
Lin Xuzong came over in a sedan chair. Before he passed by everyone's house, a man trotted out and gave him a message: "Uncle San just sent someone to ride a fast horse back from the county and then left again. Maybe there is something big going on in the county?"
Lin Xuzong didn't understand what big things could happen in the county, so he had people carry him to the ancestral hall.
Someone was guarding outside the ancestral hall, and he was told to go to the east side hall to meet the master, while his entourage stayed outside to wait.
The buttocks that were bloody from being whipped yesterday were still scarred and firm. Lin Xuzong walked in a hurry and was restless on the sedan chair. The wound where he had applied medicine opened again. When he got off the sedan chair, there was a patch of blood on his buttocks.
Without saying a word, he crossed the high threshold, walked into the courtyard and walked towards the east side hall.
Lin Tingxun sat in front of the coffin with a cane and a livid face. Seeing Lin Xuzong walk in, he gasped with anger and scolded: "You evil son, you can't even wait for me to die. What do you want to do?"
"That son from a poor family hooks up with outsiders and doesn't regard himself as a member of the Lin family. What can I do?" Lin Xuzong saw that only the commander of the rural camp Lin Zonghai and the family's son Gu Changshun were with his father in the East Wing Palace, so he had no scruples in speaking.
Looking at the corpse parked in the middle of the room, he frowned and said, "This evil servant actually risked his life to save that poor man, and he just died. What's the pity?"
"You sent someone to kill him, why did he tie his hands to kill you?" Lin Tingxun was so angry that his skinny body jumped up like a spring. He picked up the crutch and stepped forward to slap Lin Xuzong, "Do you have any brains at all?"
No? Resentment has overwhelmed your reason. You are being manipulated by a person you usually look down on without knowing it. What qualifications do you have to inherit the Lin family business? "
Lin Xuzong tilted his head, and his father slapped him with a cane on his shoulder. He also felt angry in his heart. He grabbed the cane and snatched it from his father's hand. He said angrily: "Why am I not qualified..." He said this
The force was a bit fierce. Lin Tingxun didn't notice that this kid dared to fight back. He was led out coldly and fell to the ground. His head hit the green brick floor with a thud. Lin Zonghai and Gu Changshun who were waiting nearby were frightened and hurried to him.
Lin Xuzong was also startled, but he did not dare to lose face and stood up with a cold face.
Lin Tingxun felt a burning pain in his forehead when he was being helped up, and his skin was scratched. This fall made him see stars. When he saw Lin Xuzong standing there with nothing to do, he was so angry that his blood rushed to his head, and there were bursts of hair on the back of his head.
Ma, pointed at Lin Xunzong and cursed: "Bad boy, please kneel down quickly..." After saying one sentence, he was short of breath and his eyesight turned black.
Lin Xuzong knew that he had been too reckless just now, so he bent his knees and knelt aside to be scolded.
Lin Tingxun asked Gu Changshun, the son of the family, to sit down with him. After taking a few breaths, he said in annoyance, "You only care about the loss of face in Luoma Market last night. Do you know that a big event happened in Shiliang County yesterday?"
Lin Xuzong raised his head and looked at his father blankly.
"You, you, since you don't know this, why didn't you have the patience to listen to what I was about to say yesterday? Cough, cough..." Lin Tingxun coughed for a long time with thick phlegm in his throat, "Yesterday when Gu Wuchen and Liang Zuoren got together in the city,
Lin Fu was also present when he was attacked by an assassin. It was he and the foreigner who came back with him who saw through the assassin and saved Gu Wuchen... Lin Fu was kind to the Gu family in the previous generation, and it was like this again yesterday. You are treating him in your heart
I have a thousand kinds of resentment, but I can bear it for a while! But you are so good, you can’t wait to send people to chase and kill you today, for fear that others will not know the majesty of the Lin family’s second young master. It’s okay to be trapped and killed in Huyan. Do you know, to
The seven people who were booby-trapped have been labeled as 'Assassins' associates'. How do you get rid of it?" There was a letter on the corner table. Lin Tingxun picked it up and threw it to the ground, "You pick it up and read it!"
"..." Lin Xuzong was stunned there. The Lin family was used to being domineering in Dongyang Mansion, but he knew in his heart that the crime of assassinating the deputy envoy was definitely not something that the Lin family could bear. He picked up the letter from the ground and read it through.
His face turned pale. He was usually a proud soldier, but at any time, he might become a hornet's nest that destroyed the Lin family. The key was that the shit basin was on his head, and he couldn't explain it even if he wanted to.
"Those people you raised privately should get out of Dongyang Mansion far away. They are not allowed to return to Dongyang until the assassination case is resolved. All the marked swords and armor were thrown into the Shiliang River.
No clues left..." Lin Tingxun was relatively calm, knowing that Lin Fu wanted to frame the blame, but after all, Dongyang Mansion and Shiliang County had not yet set their sights on the Lin family, so it was still too late to wipe their butts clean.
Lin Xuzong felt heartbroken. He had spent so much effort to raise 70 or 80 people, but because of this incident, they all left Dongyang Mansion. He was even more worried that these people would be out of his control if they stayed outside for a long time. Most of his hard work over the years
It's all in vain. But these people have no choice but to leave. They are trying to track down the clues for the government to lead trouble to the Lin family. Thinking about the decline of the Gu family over the years, you know what will happen to the Lin family in the future?
"I will definitely kill that poor man who eats everything from inside to outside!" Lin Xuzong never expected that Lin Xuzong would be so vicious in his tactics.
"You just swallow this breath and wait until I die. You can do whatever you want. I won't climb out of the coffin to stop you. But as long as I am still alive, you will be honest with me..." Lin Tingxun said
After a while, I was short of breath and couldn't answer the words. I waved my hands feebly, "You have to discuss everything and any decision with Zong Hai now. The Lin family is now left to you. I don't worry..." He stood up but felt top-heavy.
, grabbed the hand of Gu Changshun, the son next to him, and said, "Changshun, you and I go back."
Lin Xuzong also wanted to ask why Lin Fu and Qi Yiniang both went to Gu's house in Huyan at the same time. He saw Lin Zonghai winking at him to indicate that he would no longer ask these sensitive questions to irritate him. After Lin Tingxun left, Lin Xuzong learned from Lin Zonghai that Leng Bingbing was lying in bed.
This servant in the side hall of the ancestral hall was killed in public by the Seventh Lady with a knife because he disobeyed orders and refused to save Lin Fu.
While Lin Xuzong felt a chill in his heart, he had to calm down and move to the Wangxianglou garden in the south of Shanglinxi with his clan brother Lin Zonghai to discuss how to resolve the immediate crisis. Lin Xuzong decided to let Zhao Neng, who was loyal to him, follow him even though he was injured.
His 60 and 70 bandits left Dongyang Mansion together. He now trusts Zhao Neng. Only a few trustworthy people can control these 670 men at the same time can make him feel at ease.
After a panicked and busy night, Lin Xuzong only changed the medicine once and made sure that everyone left Dongyang Mansion. It was already the next morning. Although his hatred for Lin Fu could not go away, he had to swallow this breath now. However,
When he breathed a sigh of relief and went back to his room to rest, the waiter beside Lin Tingxun, his son Gu Changshun, rushed into the garden in panic. It was cold winter weather and he was sweating profusely from running. He was out of breath and said to him: "Two