evening.
The second floor of Yaxiang Tea House, the window seat.
Lin Yue glanced at the crowds on the street and listened to the vendors shouting about things like scissors grinders, rouge gouache, and mung bean soup, Yuanzi Erlang cooking cakes, and suddenly realized that this kind of life is not bad, the pace is slow, the ingredients are non-toxic, and there is no need to worry about it.
When buying a house, you don’t have to be bombarded with all kinds of anxiety.
Of course, you have to reach his level to be eligible to enjoy a peaceful life, but then again, which generation of rich people don't have good food, drink and a good life?
After a while, he turned to look at the person sitting across the table - Pei Lun.
The tea in the cup was not moved, and I had agreed to invite him to drink tea, but it turned out that this guy smoked tobacco leaves and continued smoking for half a quarter of an hour.
"Since you asked me to be in a daze, it would be better to go with Lu Jianxing to his house. I heard that his mother makes good spring pancakes. She spreads some sauce and rolls some shredded pork, cucumber and green onions in them. It's quite a treat.
"
Pei Lun took two puffs of cigarette and said, "I haven't treated you badly either. This fine hair tip is supplemented by spring water from Xiangshan Reclining Buddha Temple. With my salary, I can't afford to drink it."
"Is this why you only smoke and don't drink tea?"
"Drinking tea pays attention to the state of mind." Pei Lun said: "As soon as I took a sip, I was thinking about how much money I spent. Even the best tea has changed its taste, so I just didn't drink it."
"I didn't expect you to be a money addict."
Pei Lun knocked the cigarette stick on the leg of the table to remove some of the ash on it: "Of course, the salary I got this month is only a little over five taels in silver. I spend it on entertainment, drinking, smoking cigarettes, etc."
Some, I will gamble a few more on a whim, and I will use the rest to support my family. How can I dare to spend lavishly? Unlike Mr. Lin, who made a fortune from Eunuch Guo’s family, and has nothing to worry about for half his life."
The smile on Lin Yue's lips disappeared, and he squinted his eyes and said, "Are you investigating me?"
"I don't dare, I really don't." Pei Lun looked like I'm intimidated, don't scare me: "Like the Yamen in the capital, the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities, the Jinyiwei, and the Dongchang, who doesn't want to handle a big case? Especially...
It’s a big case involving officials. You want to ask why? It’s not that there is money to be made. It has become a tacit consensus that the people handling the case below will withhold a little money. If you point to the few stones and rice issued by the court, you can barely survive. Pei is now
Southern Division, looking at my former colleagues from Northern Division, I am really... envious."
Lin Yue picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea without saying anything.
"I heard that Captain Lin just came back from being a ceremonial supervisor? Now he is a junior supervisor. It only takes three days to go from being a supervisor to a junior supervisor. This promotion speed... is really fast."
"What do you mean by talking in so many roundabout ways?"
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious." Pei Lun smiled ingratiatingly, and suddenly said seriously: "Brother Yi Lin, a smart man, should have heard the saying that a tree that is as beautiful as a tree will be destroyed by the wind. Wei Ting is
Zhao Jingzhong had been the foster daughter adopted by the factory owner since she was a child. Now Brother Lin has been entrusted with the important task in less than two months... Pei said something unpleasant, this knife is too sharp and easy to use.
Curl the blade."
"I know what you want to say." Lin Yue suddenly realized, smiled at Pei Lun, took out a few pieces of silver from his belt and threw them on the table: "I'll treat you to this tea, don't be reluctant to drink it."
After saying that, he patted his shoulder and left.
This Pei Lun is really smart. He can figure out Wei Zhongxian's thoughts just by hearing some rumors. In fact, in this matter, his relationship with Wei Zhongxian is similar to the relationship between Ding Baiying and Zhu Youjian.
Why did Wei Zhongxian ask him to investigate the treasure ship case? To avenge Xizong? Don't be kidding, you can't care about such a trivial matter nowadays. With Wei Zhongxian's sophistication, how could he not smell the smell of conspiracy? Just like Lu Wenzhao in Xiuchundao II It was said that the treasure ship case was caused by Guo Zhen, Shen Lian and Pei Lun, with the purpose of assassinating the emperor. Wei Zhongxian asked who they assassinated the emperor for.
Would the notorious Jin Yiwei be as worried about the country and the people as the scholarly scholars were? No way. Then why did they leave the good officials to assassinate the emperor? If the matter was exposed, they would not escape the fate of being executed. What would they have if the matter was done well? Is there any benefit? If so, who can give them the benefit?
After Zhu Youjian decided to abandon Lu Wenzhao and Ding Baiying, he went to find Wei Zhongxian and lied that Lu Wenzhao was a beloved pink prime minister from the Donglin Party and threatened him to impeach Wei Zhongxian, otherwise he would write an excerpt to interfere with him.
Did Wei Zhongxian just believe that? Let Guo Zhen's case not be investigated in depth and turn his attention to Lu Wenzhao? Is it possible? In Lin Yue's view, this old fox actually knew very well that the treasure ship case was probably related to Zhu Youjian, but He didn't point it out, because once this layer of window paper was broken, things would become serious. If King Xin was destroyed, who would inherit the throne when Xizong died? It would be better to sell a favor to Zhu Youjian in exchange for a stable position.
If Zhu Youjian is an ignorant guy as he has shown in the past, then he will be treated with sensuality. If Zhu Youjian is really capable, then he will be a sharp blade used by the emperor to balance party disputes. After all, eunuchs are The foundation is shallow and there are no descendants. The glory, wealth, fame and wealth all come from the emperor's favor and trust, unlike the civil servant group that controls the government to ensure that the emperor's tail is not lost.
It's a pity that Wei Zhongxian failed to realize that Zhu Youjian was a man with great ambitions but no vision. The first thing he did after coming to power was to kill him. Since then, the Donglin Party has turned around, and the court has returned to being weak. In the situation where ministers were strong, even in the last few years, the relationship between monarch and ministers was very delicate, and it was basically an invisible confrontation.
Feeling that the Ming Dynasty is about to collapse, those wealthy and corrupt officials are looking for a way out. After all, no matter whether it is Li Zicheng or Huang Taiji from the north, it doesn't matter if they take over the world. They are not needed to govern the place. As long as they surrender sincerely, the family will have no chance of survival. Worry, Zhu Youjian is different. He doesn't have the option of surrender at all. Either win or die.
It was not until the end that Emperor Chongzhen came to his senses and wrote the sentence "Every civil servant can be killed." Unfortunately, it was too late.
Back to his relationship with Wei Zhongxian. What is the purpose of investigating the treasure ship case? In order to alert the snake and see King Xin's reaction, and to strengthen the officials' fear of Dongchang. If Wei Zhongxian reaches a tacit understanding with King Xin, his end will be tragic. If If the two of them go against each other, then he will be the pawn to take down King Xin, and he can also share the pressure for Wei Zhongxian.
Everyone has their own plans, so why not Shaojian Lin? It's a pity that no one but himself can know what he is thinking or playing.
…
at the same time.
Lu Wenzhao looked at the teapot that he had just smashed to pieces with a gloomy and terrifying expression.
Dang Tongjing, who was tempted by 2,000 taels of silver notes and the arrangement of a royal guard flag for his son, was beheaded. The key is that not only was the guy unscathed, but he also used the opportunity to manipulate Zhao Jingzhong, making it so that no matter what happened now, he was beheaded. Jin Yiwei was still Dongchang, and when he mentioned Lin San's name, he lowered his voice unconsciously, as if he was afraid of worrying about him.
Lu Qianhu and Zhao Jingzhong can't handle this guy, so others are just dishonest in front of him.
"Master Qianhu, Master Qianhu." A small flag officer asked to see him outside the door.
Lu Wenzhao looked at the sky and thought it was already break time, why would anyone bother him, but he finally said "come in" patiently.
The door opened, and the little flag official, smelling of sweat, walked up to Lu Wenzhao.
"Sir Qianhu, just now Dongchang Lin's squad sent his subordinates to send something, and he asked me to hand it over to your hands."
Lin San? He asked someone to deliver something?
Lu Wenzhao, puzzled and cautious, accepted the package handed over by the flag officer.
"Get out."
"Yes." The flag officer turned and walked away.
Lu Wenzhao opened the package and saw two things inside, a piece of cloth and a letter.
He first picked up the white cloth and looked at it. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and the confusion on his face became more intense. He didn't know what Lin San meant by giving him this thing. After he finished, he picked up the letter, wiped off the paint, took it out and put it inside.
I threw away the letter paper and moved it to my eyes for a look.
The next breath, his face looked like a dye shop, first white, then green, then red to purple.
"Lin San'er, you eunuch, I swear you won't be a human until I kill you!"
The piece of cloth is square, with dots of bright red in the middle, and dots of bright red connecting the starting points, which are different shades of ink. It looks like plum blossoms blooming in the middle of winter.
There is also a small poem beside it, which is "Falling Plum Blossoms" at Liu Kezhuang in the Song Dynasty.
A piece of it can teach a person to break his heart, but it can be built evenly and pile up a wall.
Floating like a migrating guest coming across the ridge, falling like a poet going to Hunan.
There are a lot of random berry moss, and the fragrance lingers on my sleeves for a long time.
Dongfeng Miao holds the power of flowers, but he avoids being aloof and not claiming it.
What does this poem mean? It talks about the sadness of falling plum blossoms and the east wind’s merciless destruction of the lonely plum blossoms.
The beautiful paintings were paired with poems that fit the occasion. For a moment, Lu Wenzhao felt that this Lin San was also an elegant person, at least more cultured and connotative than a martial artist like him.
However, after reading the content of the letter, all the above thoughts were gone, leaving only endless resentment and anger.
"Lu Qianhu, if you want to say what is the most precious thing about a woman, Lin thinks it must be Luohong. Recently, I got an elegant object. I couldn't help but add a few words and ink, and turned it into a red plum as a gift to Mr. Qianhu. I don't know.
Does Senhu-sama like it?"
It was said very implicitly and politely.
However, Lu Wenzhao is not a fool, Luo Hong? Whose Luo Hong?
This bastard actually made a painting of Ding Baiying's falling red, and even wrote a poem for him.
I would like to ask, how does it feel for a man to see the woman he likes walking hand in hand with another man? How does it feel for a man to see the woman he likes hugging and kissing other men?
Compared with his current mood, the above two assumptions are extremely weak.
What this guy did was like poking his heart into a hornet's nest. The humiliation, sadness, loss and resentment cannot be described in words at all.
Lin San, you are going too far!
嘡~
Lu Wenzhao took out the embroidered spring knife placed on the foot of the table and hacked at the bookshelf behind it.
Kakakakakaka~
Sawdust was flying, the pages were messy, and the bookshelf and bookshelf turned into a pile of rags in an instant.
"Ah~"
"Ah~"
"ah!"
Beast-like howls echoed inside and outside the house. Tiqi, who was on duty at the door, didn't know what was going on inside. Why was Lu Qianhu so angry? However, given the current situation, no one dared to go over and say hello. Maybe that guy initiated a move.
Mad Lai slashed them with a knife.
At the same time, Lin Yue was on his way home when he suddenly received a prompt from the system.
Ding~
The side mission is completed, the length is +1CM.
9+1=10, finally 10CM.
Lin Yuexin said that after spending so much thought and energy, she finally broke through the single-digit mark and reached the ten-digit mark. It was not easy, it was really not easy. In order not to be a eunuch, it was too difficult for me, I worked too hard, and I was too hard.
There is no bottom line.
But having said that, Lu Wenzhao's psychological quality is quite poor, and his mentality has collapsed? I thought that King Xin's abandonment would be the straw that broke the camel's back, but I didn't expect...
You can't say that, if someone took the first blood of a beloved woman and sent it to her door to ask if it looked good, most people would collapse.
Oh, what a sin.
But who told you to want to kill me? I can only say that I deserve it.
When Lin Yue got home, the afterglow of the sun had not yet dissipated. Two guards were standing guard in front of the door, and three people were patrolling the nearby alleys. Although Miao Tong didn't like this feeling of confinement, she thought of being beaten by Ding Bai last time.
Ying was kidnapped by those people, and she slowly got used to the presence of guards outside the hospital.
He took out two broken pieces of silver from his belt and threw them to the two guards, telling them to greet his companions to go home. The two left happily.
Everyone in Dongchang knew that Manager Lin was generous, so low-level jobs like looking after homes and nursing homes became popular, and many people rushed to do it.
Lin Yue carried the jelly in his left hand and Rong Yuezhai's snack platter in his right hand and entered the courtyard. He opened the door with his feet and looked in. Miao Tong was sitting cross-legged on the bamboo mat in the east room, holding the Yao Qin in his hand and was thinking.
What.
"You're back."
"Um."
Lin Yue handed her the jelly and put the snacks on the Eight Immortals table in the living room.
"Isn't Mother Zhang here today?"
"It's okay. I asked her to leave early."
Lin Yue glanced at the Yao Qin she had brought from Nuanxiang Pavilion and said nothing. Under her service, he took off his official uniform and put on ordinary clothes worn at home.
"I heard from the errands outside that you have been promoted to the Chief of Ceremony and the Young Superintendent?"
Lin Yue sat down on the Taishi chair next to the Eight Immortals table, picked up a piece of cold cake and put it in his mouth, looking at the apricot tree in the yard and nodding.
"They also said..."
"You say I'm a fake eunuch?" Lin Yue said with a playful look on his face: "Then do you want me to be a real eunuch or a fake eunuch?"
Miaotong said: "Whether you are a real eunuch or a fake eunuch, I don't want you to get involved in the feud between Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party."
Lin Yue took her hand and patted it: "Don't worry, I'm measured."
Miaotong smiled, but it was not hearty and a little sad.
"At the beginning, my father also said that he was sensible, but the eunuchs still took advantage of it and beheaded him."
"Wei Zhongxian's good days...are only a few days away." Lin Yue stood up and walked into the yard: "The jelly will stick to it if you don't soak it for a while."
Miao Tong stared at his back for a while before she realized what was happening. She saw that it was getting late and hurriedly went to make dinner.
When she was putting the jelly on the plate and cutting a piece of ham and putting it in the basket, she suddenly heard a strange noise coming from outside.
When I walked out of the room, I saw a green parrot landing on the branch of an almond tree under the thin night sky.
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live the emperor."
"The empress is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
The voice is sharp and thin, not mellow, but the pronunciation is clear and easy to understand.
"Whose parrot is it? How did it fly to our house?"
Lin Yue turned back and glanced at Miaotong: "She must be from the palace."
"The parrot in the palace?"
"What's so strange about this? The maids and eunuchs in the Qianqing Palace all know that the emperor has a green-feathered parrot that is loyal and returns home sooner or later. He even gave it the title of Flying General."
"Then why did it come here?"
"Who knows how it got here."
Lin Yue stretched out his hand, and the bird jumped into his palm in response to Miao Tong's surprised gaze, pecking at the end of the pastry.
"Ah, thank you, ah, thank you."
The surprise in Miaotong's eyes became even stronger, as she thought to herself that this bird was actually polite and knew how to thank the person who fed it food.
At this time, Lin Yue turned around and handed over the bird in his hand.
She said in an uncertain tone: "It won't fly away, will it?"
"No, I heard that the maids around the Queen often feed it the pastries made by the Master of Food."
"Really? What a spiritual bird."
She tentatively took it in the palm of her hand and found that it was tight, not unfamiliar or scared, and she naturally combed the hair under her wings with her beak.
"Ah, I hope you have a son soon, I wish you a son soon."
Miao Tong smiled helplessly, these auspicious words... really made people laugh and cry.
Lin Yue reached out and grabbed the thing and threw it out. The villain flew up into the night sky, and a piece of yellow and green hair fell to the ground.
This idiot definitely did it on purpose.
"Ms. sir, you..."
She didn't say the next words, because if she thought about it seriously, it was no wonder that he would get angry. In fact, the bird's auspicious words became ironic when applied to them.
"Don't worry, it will come back."
"Why?"
"Because that pervert likes you."
Miaotong: "..."
…
The next day.
Qingfeng Tea House hung up a sign saying it would be closed today in broad daylight.
Lin Yue turned from the main street into an alley, put on a black mask, climbed up the wall, and landed lightly in the backyard of the tea house. He walked to the window opposite the stove and tapped twice.
With a click, the back door opened, and a man dressed as a waiter stuck his head out and looked around, confirmed his position and stepped aside.
Lin Yue thrust a pair of daggers into his waist and walked into the hall facing the hostile looks of several waiters.
Ding Baiying is sitting on the imperial chair at the top, with a cup of tea on the round table at her hand. It is steaming. Behind her stand Ding Tai and Ding Chong, one carrying a mace and the other holding a dagger.
Lin Yue didn't care about the large number of people on the opposite side and walked straight to the middle of the hall: "So, your master agrees to see me?"
Ding Baiying said: "Before that, you must answer a few questions from me."
"speak."
"Who are you anyway?"
“Does it matter who I am?”
"Can such a person be trusted if he hides his face and refuses to show his true face?"
"Is this the way you treat your savior?"
"Sorry, I must be responsible for the safety of the young master."
Lin Yue raised his arm and pulled off the black scarf covering his mouth and nose.
What appeared behind was a face that was unbearable to look at, with a palm-sized cyan birthmark on the left and a scar that ran through half of the face on the right.
Lin Yue looked around at the people present. The two waiters took two steps back unconsciously, their eyes unable to conceal their fear.
"Are you satisfied now?"
Lin Yue put on the black scarf that covered his face again.
Ding Baiying nodded and said nothing. It was Ding Tai who spoke.
"Hand over your knife, we must ensure that you will not harm the young master."
"Joke." Lin Yue sneered: "Do you think if I wanted to harm him, he would still be able to live peacefully until now?"
This is true. He kidnapped Guo Zhen in Jinling Tower, and then called out the word "King Xin". This means that Guo Zhen told him the whole story of the treasure ship case, and the two of them had even formed an alliance.
As long as he goes to Dongchang, King Xin will be in big trouble.
"..." Ding Baiying was a little undecided.
"Can't decide? Then let me help you."
Chapter completed!