Gu Changshun couldn't understand why Lin Fu refused to move to Nanxi Yuanzi's house. He was stunned outside for a while, and then he took it for granted that Lin Fu was just showing off. Thinking of what Zhao Neng said about Lin Fu, he vomited on the ground.
He took a sip of saliva and thought scornfully: He is really a man who runs rampant when he is in power, and has no sense of propriety at all.
I don’t know how well Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong pulled Lin Fu into the room to persuade him. After waiting for a while, he became impatient and urged: "Master Lin, when I come to find you, I will be waiting in the study."
Zhao Hu couldn't tell Zhao Hu many things. Lin Jingzhong and Lin Fu naturally couldn't explain their plans to them. Gu Changshun urged him outside and said, "You guys come with me to see the head of the family..."
Lin Tingxun only said that he had met Lin Fu. Lin Jingzhong and Zhao Hu should not have followed him, but they were really afraid that Lin Fu would take the wrong medicine and talk nonsense in front of Lin Tingxun, so they went to the mansion together. Zhou Pu and Chen Enze followed behind.
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When I passed by before, I saw the Lin family mansion from a distance and felt that it was extraordinary and majestic. It stood proudly on the west bank of the Shiliang River. Chen Enze was also a child of a wealthy family. Only when he got closer did he appreciate the grandeur of the century-old mansion.
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The gate of the mansion faces south, and in the middle of the gate there is a plaque with vigorous blue background and gold letters, which reads "Purple Lang Fu Mansion". The vermilion gate is tightly closed and decorated with a large copper ring with a beast's title. He followed Lin Fu in through the side door. In front of him,
It is a corridor that extends straight inward. I heard Lin Fu introduce it to Zhou Pu in front. This corridor is six steps wide and sixty-eight steps long. It connects the eight courtyards and twenty-four small courtyards in the Lin family mansion from the south.
The partition to the north is on both sides, and is surrounded by thick green brick walls nearly four feet high, forming a castle-like complex of buildings around the entire Lin family mansion.
The Lin family also has many properties and fields in Shiliang County and Dongyang Prefecture.
Lin Fu was filled with emotions in his heart. After all, his previous memories were just old photo paper. Only when he walked in could he truly appreciate the magnificence and strength of the wealthy families in this place. It was no wonder that he had just rejected Lin Tingxun's kindness. Even Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong were also disappointed.
I think I don't know how to appreciate myself.
Lin Fu sighed in his heart: It is precisely because of this that he is even more unable to recognize promotion and obey the mercy!
The place where Lin Tingxun usually receives guests is the Shuyuan on the northeast corner of the mansion. Gu Changshun led everyone inside. When passing by the washing courtyard, a girl's laughter came from inside. Lin Fu was still thinking about who was playing in it.
The courtyard door was knocked open from the inside, and a maid wearing a pink and green coat and an embroidered skirt rushed out and ran directly into Zhou Pu's arms behind him.
I didn't know how Zhou Pu acted, but I saw him putting his hand on the maid's shoulder. The maid whirled in front of the courtyard door, swayed twice, and then stopped; Zhou Pu also stood aside with his arms folded.
It was as if he had never met this maid just now.
"Ah!" Seeing that she almost bumped into someone, the young maidservant covered her mouth and exclaimed. Her pretty little face turned red and she was about to run away in shock. Two more people came out of the yard, and the young man who led him tilted his head.
She glanced at Lin Fu and said, "You are so noisy so early in the morning that you are not allowed to sleep. It turns out you are not dead!" The maid blushed and retreated behind the young man. Although she was shy, she also looked at Lin Fu and others curiously.
Zhao Neng, a servant of the Lin family who had not seen each other since they left Baisha County, walked out behind the young man in a short coat. He was also surprised when he saw Lin Fu standing in the corridor. One foot stepped out of the threshold and the other was still in the yard.
I don't know if I stepped out or put my feet back.
"Thanks to the second young master Hongfu, Lin Fu survived." Lin Fu saw the cold tone of Lin Xunzong, the second young master of the Lin family, and responded lightly. He didn't even look at Zhao Neng, but he was confused in his heart: Zhao Neng is such a bitch.
Why are you following Lin Xuzong, the second young master of the Lin family?
Lin Tingxun had seven wives and concubines in his life, many daughters, but only three sons. The eldest son Lin Xuwen had already married and established a career. He served as a fifth-rank minister of the Ministry of Industry in Yanjing and was considered a figure among the young officials in Beijing; the second son Lin Xuzong had no shadow.
Xi Guanjue stayed in Shiliang County to assist Lin Tingxun in taking care of family affairs. He also disliked Qiniang Gu Yingxiu who had become strong and competitive since marrying into the Lin family. Naturally, he also disliked Lin Fu who often looked after Gu Yingxiu.
There is no good expression; the youngest son Lin Xuxi was born to Lin Tingxun by his fifth wife when he was fifty-five years old, and he is only ten years old this year.
There are not many descendants of the Lin family who serve as officials in the court. Apart from Lin Xuzong, only Lin Tingxun's younger brother Lin Tingli serves as the fifth rank magistrate in Dongyang Mansion. The Lin family's deeper political resources include the in-law relationship accumulated over more than a hundred years.
.This tradition has never been lost. Lin Tingxun's seven adult daughters naturally married into well-matched families, either rich or noble.
Lin Xuzong stood under the eaves of the door and stared at Lin Fu for a while, wondering why this weakling was so calm in front of him today? He raised his eyebrows at Gu Changshun again, wondering why Lin Fu came back alive.
Appeared here, but didn't bother to ask.
Gu Changshun was able to read people's eyes and said to Lin Xuwen: "The master wants to see Lin Xiucai in the Book Garden. I just found Master Lin at the west end of the village."
"Oh, then my father will definitely ask about things in Baisha County," Lin Xuzong turned around and said to Zhao Neng, "Let's go, you and I will also go to Ci Shuyuan to have a look."
Lin Fu frowned slightly. He didn't know what Lin Tingxun wanted to talk to him about. The second son, Lin Xuzong, made it clear that he wanted to support Zhao Neng without asking him first whether he wanted to meet with him to appease or solicit.
Gu Changshun was secretly worried and thought, doesn't the second young master know that the master has just decided to give the house in Nanxi Plain to Lin Fu? No matter what happened in Baisha County, even if he pretended to comfort Lin Fu and asked about Baisha County affairs,
, the master will also favor Lin Fu. The second young master is eager to support Zhao Neng. Is this a bad thing?
Everyone was there, but Gu Changshun could only lead the way with a muffled voice. He also felt strange in his heart: Why don't you just pass the examination and be a civil servant? Do you need to spend so much effort to win over people? Is it possible that Lin Fu can still leave the Lin family?
In this situation, Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong were completely speechless, so they followed behind. Zhao Hu was more rough-minded, and Lin Jingzhong secretly worried about Lin Fu. The second young master was so aggressive that he might have been waiting here for a long time.
When they came over, Lin Fu had just refused to move into the Nanxi Yuanzi house. He thought that if the master thought that Lin Fu was ignorant of good and evil, Lin Fu's life would be difficult in the future.
I was thinking wildly in the center of Linjing. Then I walked into the Shuyuan in the northeast corner of the mansion. I saw that the window of the warm pavilion in the corner of the Shuyuan was open. The seventh lady was standing inside with the owner of the house, looking at the plum trees in the garden. I saw the seventh lady.
Also, I feel a little more at ease in the forest scenery.
"It's true that Lin Fu is back." Lin Tingxun is sixty-five years old this year. He has thin cheeks, high cheekbones, and wrinkles on his forehead, corners of his eyes, cheeks, and chin. Only his eyes are bright and lively, and he doesn't look old.
Seeing a large number of people walking into the yard, he saw his second son Lin Xuzong following them, talking to Lin Fu through the pavilion window. When his eyes fell on Zhou Pu, Lin Tingxun's eyes lit up. Based on his experience, it was not difficult to tell that this man
This is no ordinary refugee.
Zhou Pu's whereabouts were unknown, and Lin Tingxun didn't think anything of it. Although the rural camp was mainly composed of local children, they also recruited brave foreigners. As for the whereabouts of the foreigners, Lin Tingxun didn't care. He only cared about whether he could do something for him.
It is used by the Lin family. Lin Tingxun also sees that these days are getting more and more chaotic. If a family as big as the Lin family wants to continue to exist, it can’t be done without paying attention. He originally just wanted Lin Fu and the successor to go to the Nuan Pavilion to talk. See
After arriving at Zhou Pu, he changed his mind and said to Zhou Pu: "This is Zhuangshi Zhou? I want to thank Zhuangshi in person for helping my nephew Lin Fu in a foreign land. Please come in and sit down..." As he spoke, he changed his mind.
, others walked to the door of Nuange to greet him personally.
Before, Lin Fu was afraid of the family leader Lin Tingxun. Now he just borrowed Lin Fu's body and could look at Lin Tingxun with a completely different attitude. Listening to Lin Tingxun calling him nephew in front of everyone, Lin Fu didn't have anything to say.
With a special feeling, I thought to myself: The Lin family is powerful in Dongyang, and the head of the family, Lin Tingxun, is really not a simple character. When Lin Tingxun heard that he came back alive, he acted impatiently and wanted to summon him, and even gave him a mansion before they met. This
It was because Lin Tingxun was interested in his status as a scholar and didn't think much of him as a person. Lin Tingxun thought that doing so would make him cry with gratitude. He was willing to listen to the mercy of the Lin family and die. When he walked into the garden, he didn't see Lin Tingxun pretending.
He walked to the door of Nuan Pavilion to express his feelings. Lin Fu thought that Lin Tingxun's behavior of trying to win over him was no different from throwing a meat bone to a dog. But when Lin Tingxun saw Zhou Pu's extraordinary features, he felt that talking through the window was a bit neglectful.
Lin Fu thought to himself that he had really underestimated the people of this era. Zhou Pu was born in the military, and for the past ten years he has been a bandit in the Huaihe River. It is difficult to hide the temperament that has been cultivated in fighting for many years without leaving any traces.
Lost it. It seems that settling in Dongyang Mansion first and naturalizing is the right decision. Even if the Lin family can see some flaws, they will go to Jiangning when Zhou Pu is naturalized in Dongyang.
Lin Fu and Zhou Pu walked into the Nuan Pavilion. Lin Tingxun held Zhou Pu's right hand cordially and put one hand on Zhou Pu's shoulder to invite him into the Nuan Pavilion. Zhou Pu's tiger's mouth and the thick calluses on his palms made Lin Tingxun confirm his judgment.
I thought to myself: It would be great if this man could be summoned to the village camp. I just heard Yingxiu say that Lin Fu wants to take this man as his guard. What qualifications does this kid have to accept such a person? Lin Xunzong followed him in without saying hello.
, everyone else was guarding in the yard.
Lin Tingxun did not forget to put his hand on Lin Fu's shoulder affectionately, and asked with a kind smile: "Why did you come here? Did you go to Nanxi Plateau to see the new house first?"
"Thank you for your kindness, my master. Lin Fu is alone in Shanglin Village. It is enough to live in Zhao Hu's house. There is really no need for two or three people to live in an empty mansion." Lin Fu said.