"Lin Juren has left. He left the city beforehand." The county lieutenant didn't know what happened before he arrived, so he just assumed that the four assassins were all friends of the Lord.
Where to go, Hun said nonchalantly, "There are few manpower in the county, and Lin Juren has an entourage who is the leader of the Shanglindu Township camp, so he shouldn't have to worry about his fellow assassins when he goes out of the city."
"Why did you let Lin Juren go?" Liang Zuoren stamped his feet anxiously, "Just now the assassin disguised himself as a porter or Lin Juren saw through it first, why did you let Lin Juren go?" But in his heart, he thought it would be better to leave, otherwise he would open his mouth and talk to Lin Fu
It's really hard for me to say thank you.
"Is that Lin family member just now a civil servant?" the middle-aged scribe asked.
"This new candidate in the provincial examination," Liang Zuoren said, "people in the county say he is a rotten scholar. I didn't expect to receive his help today..."
"Ah, he is the scholar you said survived the robbery in Baisha County?" the middle-aged scribe said in surprise, "Looking at him, he doesn't look like a rotten scholar, but I want to thank him face to face for saving my life.
"
The middle-aged scribe knew that the "arrogant and domineering" Lin Juren was more than just a helping hand to them: the four assassins planned very carefully, provoking and chasing him. At present, they were trying to distract his three guards so that they could escape.
The other three people took out their weapons and attempted to assassinate them. If Lin Fu and the others hadn't seen through it and blocked it, the four assassins might have succeeded.
Liang Zuoren was a little embarrassed when his attempt to be understated was revealed. The young man, the son of a middle-aged scribe, said: "Right now, it is more important to search for the assassin's accomplices. Besides, we are not even close to the Lin family..." He received a few punches and kicks.
Zhang Jun's face was extremely swollen at this time. The assassin who was chasing him did not have a weapon at the time. In this era, it is very energy-consuming and time-consuming to kill someone with bare hands. He was rescued by the guards in time and received a few punches before he collapsed.
It was nothing serious. Seeing his sister thinking thoughtfully, the young man pushed her shoulder: "What are you thinking about?"
"Ah," the girl dressed in men's clothing seemed to be easily frightened. She gave him a gentle push, but she screamed in fright. Only then did Er realize that he had overreacted. He blushed and whispered, "It's nothing, I'm still pounding in my heart."
I'm jumping." He covered his chest with his hands, it was obviously a little painful after being scratched by that person.
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When leaving the city, there was a group of soldiers at the city gate who were strictly interrogating the incoming merchants. However, Lin Fu and the others were not subject to any interrogation and left the city in a donkey cart.
"I really didn't expect to meet an assassin - if we had been more polite to the two watchdogs before entering the store, we might have been the magistrate's guests." The so-called donkey cart is just a flatbed trailer hitched to the donkey.
, Chen Enze and Zhao Hu were sitting in front, learning to drive the donkey, and thinking about things in the teahouse.
"What good thing? Can you enter the store if you are polite to them?" Zhao Hu whipped up his whip and turned around to ask Lin Fu, "What do you think the guests of Magistrate Liang Zuoren have to do with the Seventh Lady?" He remembered that the assassin was sitting there slandering the Seventh Lady.
It was only then that the madam made the young man rush out angrily.
The donkey cart was covered with a layer of hay. Lin Fu was not very polite. He lay on the hay with his hands behind his head and looked at the blue sky drifting away slowly. He was also thinking about who the middle-aged scribe was. Listening to Zhao Zhao
When Hu asked, he casually replied: "Who knows, I'll ask Mrs. Seven another day when I meet her." He thought that since they have a close relationship with the Gu family, there will always be opportunities to meet each other in the future, so he asked Zhao Hu, "Have you already
Knowing that Mr. Zhou is a leopard on the Huaihe River, are you still willing to follow me to Jiangning?"
Zhou Pu sat at the back of the car, humming a slang tune and swinging his feet down.
Zhao Hu sat in front and pondered for a moment: "Xiucai, you often say that in this world, black and white are confused, officials are as vicious as bandits, and thieves are also beneficial. I also heard about Master Zhou's deeds when I was in the countryside camp, and I admired him so much----Besides,
, Mr. Zhou also saved your life, scholar, how could I be so ignorant?"
Zhao Hu said this, but Tiexin followed him all the way to the dark side. Lin Fu smiled, sat up with his knees in his arms, and said to Zhao Hu: "What happened to me when I encountered robbers in Baisha County, but it will really happen."
The four interpretations of "Officials are as fierce as bandits" are vividly performed. Enze is not Zhou Ye's nephew, nor is his surname Fu. He is a son of the Chen family, a merchant in Chongzhou. He was robbed and used as meat tickets by pirates who came ashore in the county ten months ago.
The Jiangdong Xuanfu Envoy claimed that the Chongzhou County School Robbery and the Baisha County Robbery were the result of Eastern pirates and Dongting water pirates. This was because the Jiangdong Xuanfu Envoy wanted to reduce the responsibility for the erosion of coastal defenses and to force Huguang to share the responsibility.
It was committed by pirates with the same shareholder..." Lin Fu briefly told Zhao Hu all the things that happened in the past ten months, so that Zhao Hu would not feel too abrupt and put a lot of credit on Fu Qinghe's head. Zhou Pu
Those who listened thought that Lin Fu was humble by nature.
"..." Zhao Hu had no idea that Lin Fu's encounter would be so bizarre and tortuous in the past ten months. He almost drove the donkey cart into the ditch. He pulled the reins and stopped on the side of the road, looking at Lin Fu with wide eyes.
"Now, except for Enze who is by my side, everyone else has gone to sea to seek refuge with Master Fu and Master Zhou - maybe if I report the matter to someone, I can return to Shanglindu and enjoy the wealth for the rest of my life, but the families of these young men will
If we are in danger, there will be a huge danger in the East China Sea - how can I bear to stand by and watch?" Lin Fu asked.
"Now that I know this, you have no reason to stop me from going to Jiangning with you." Zhao Hu only said this.
Lin Fu put his hand on his shoulder, pressed it hard, and said nothing. Zhao Hu's temperament may seem rough, but in fact he is chivalrous and courageous. If the government finds out about secretly communicating with the Liuma bandits, he will be exiled to the army at least.
Although Lin Jingchang would not go to the government to inform him, he would probably not dare to follow him to Jiangning.
Under the setting sun, the donkey cart drove slowly back to Shanglindu. The twilight was deep, and the river branch outside the pier was covered with a light layer of dusk. Business travelers stopped to rest, and there were endless boats and land stations passing through. Some shops had already hung lanterns.
When we came out, the twilight was getting darker and the lanterns were getting brighter.
At the end of the village, Mrs. Zhao saw Lin Fu and the others coming back in a donkey cart and told him that the seventh lady would return to her hometown in Huyan tomorrow. She also said: "When you go to Jiangning, are you going to Jiangning by boat or horse? Several traders came to Lindu today.
Horseman, I heard people say those horses are really good..."
"Then go take a look." Lin Fu said, and asked the young man Chen Size to drive the donkey cart back with Zhao. He, Zhou Pu, and Zhao Hu went to the mule and horse market at the ferry. On the way, they told Zhao Hu: "These horse traders may be Huaihe people."
As the brother above, we made an appointment at Tinghu Lake—let’s go over and have a look…”
The Mule and Horse Market is at the south end of Shanglin River, next to the Lindu Township Camp. I took a boat across the mouth of the stream. It was dark and I saw several strings of three connected lights raised high in front of the gate of the Shanglindu Township Camp in the distance. I was very angry.
The wind lanterns floating in the night sky were like dark red stars. The Luoma Market to the west was even darker, and the two lanterns were inconspicuous in the strong dusk.
Horse traders are different from ordinary business travelers. Even the owners will usually sleep with their servants next to the livestock pens in the mule and horse market after nightfall, watching that their own mules and horses are not allowed to be taken away by others. At this time, they enter the mule and horse market.
, you can always find someone.
The mule and horse market was more lively than expected. Before they entered the wooden fence of the mule and horse market, they heard the noise inside. Lin Fu and the others walked to the gate and saw dark figures in the corner inside.
There were constant quarrels, mixed with the honking of donkeys and the neighing of horses, and it was difficult to hear what was being argued about inside.
Seeing someone coming out, Zhao Hu stopped the person and asked, "Gouzi, what's going on inside?"
"Brother Zhao Hu, is the scholar here too?" The man saw Lin Fu by the light. Zhao Hu stopped and explained, "Three foreigners brought more than ten good horses to sell - you
He also knew that there was a shortage of good horses in the countryside. When the second master knew the news, he rushed over to buy all the horses. This foreigner was only willing to sell five inferior horses, saying that the other horses were from Jiangning.
The customer made an appointment to send it to Jiangning and refused to sell it. Those horses are really tempting to look at. There are several horses with good teeth, bones and skin color. It would be suitable to keep them for breeding..."
"What do you know about horses? Just listen to what others say," Zhao Hu interrupted the man and asked, "If you don't give in, why are you quarreling again?"
"Hehe," the man rubbed his head and laughed, "If they don't want to sell it, they have to ask the second young master not to buy it. Besides, that horse is really good. I just don't understand horses. I heard the horse's neck neighing.
Liang, I also know that it is a good horse, and the Second Young Master can see it even more clearly. The Second Young Master asked the three strangers to negotiate the price, and he was willing to increase the price by 30%. What do you think, people travel thousands of miles to seek wealth, and the Second Young Master increased the price by 30%.
Those three foreigners still don't agree, don't they know how to appreciate it? These three foreigners are so mean, they really won't let go, even if the second young master increases the price by 60%, it won't work. The second young master is so angry that he is confused.
After leaving with his hands, Zhao Neng took some and blocked the three horse dealers inside. Today we want them to sell even if they don't want to sell!"
"What does it mean to be a lowly person? What does it mean to be ignorant of promotion?" Zhao Hu slapped the man on the back of the head, "If someone doesn't break a promise for money, in your eyes, he is a lowly person and does not know how to appreciate someone!"
Zhao Hu still had some prestige in Lindu. The man held the back of his head that hurt from being slapped and said with a smile: "Aren't they foreigners? Who can we bully if we don't bully them these days?" He asked Lin Fu flatteringly, "
Master Xiucai, do you think this is true?"
Lin Fu remained calm and just said: "Go in and have a look before we talk." He also knew that he could hear the change in other people's names for him. In the past, others called him "Xiucai", but this time when he came back to his hometown, he would either call him "Master Juren", even if he was familiar with him in the past.
People on the Internet would also call him "Master Xiu Cai".
The second son, Lin Xuzong, was not in the mule and horse market. It was Zhao Neng who led more than 20 people from the village camp to block the three strangers inside. Lin Fu walked over and saw Zhao Neng grabbing a stranger by the collar and shouting: "Since
You don't sell horses, but you bring them to the mule and horse market so that you can have fun as a member of Lindu?" But he wanted to provoke these foreigners to take action first so as to have a better excuse.
Lin Fu didn't care, squeezed into the crowd, grabbed Zhao Neng by the collar, and slapped him: "You kid is here, I have been looking for you for a long time, you think I have forgotten what happened in Baisha County."
The slap was loud and heavy, and Zhao Neng was blinded. His eyes were filled with stars and his ears were buzzing.