Lin Fu walked to the backyard, stretched out his hand to hold up the chin of an eyeliner, looked at the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, stared into his eyes and asked: "I only offended Du Rong from Qingfengxing in Jiangning, are you sent by Qingfengxing?"
of?"
These two informants were indeed sent by Du Rong to monitor Su Mei's apartment in Baiyuan on Dustpan Lane. They saw that someone had moved into the house behind Baiyuan today, so they stopped by to take a look. They had no other intention.
Knowing this, Zhou Pu grabbed him from behind and struggled to free himself. What they didn't expect was that this family happened to have issues with Qing Fengxing and the big shopkeeper Du Rong. They couldn't even try to excuse themselves, so they were dragged away.
I went to the backyard and got a beating.
"Master, you have wronged me! I really don't have any bad intentions. I saw Master asked Qian Xiaowu to take money to the East Market to help Tian buy things. I was just jealous of the rewards, so I came over to see if there were any others.
You can do some idle work as a helper. You have to be a little malicious. If there is a thunderbolt from the sky, your son will be born without a butt/eye..." When these two men were first dragged in, their mouths were still stiff. They were given to Zhou Pu and Zhao Hu and were pressed down in the yard.
After a dull beating, they became more honest. At this time, they were also afraid that if Lin Fu came in, he would really break their legs and send them to the government. It would be nothing to send them to the government. If they broke their legs, they would be useless in this life. They said in a panic
I took a poisonous oath to prove my innocence, but I really don’t know the origin of this family. The three evil servants are as fierce as tigers and wolves regardless of their age. They just want to escape quickly. Even if they are sent to the government, it is better than being trapped here.
He begged in a mournful voice, "If there is no help, the young master would let me go. If I had known this, I would have been beaten to death by not looking around at the door. I know I was wrong. I really don't know Qingfeng."
Okay, I don’t know what the quarrel between you and Qingfengxing is..."
"Do you think I'm so easy to fool?" Lin Fu said coldly, "If you don't want to tell me, forget it. I will meet Du Rong someday." He then ordered Zhou Pu, "beat him up and throw him out. Next time
If you see these two sneaking around in the alley again, don't show mercy if you break their legs..." After saying that, he walked away.
Talking about breaking their legs was just a verbal threat to these two people.
Although he and Du Rong broke up and vowed not to be at odds with each other, Lin Fu would not escalate the fight to a bloody confrontation immediately. As a well-known business in Jiangning city, Qingfeng Hang was backed by the She family, and Du Rong controlled the business in Jiangning.
The potential force is not too weak. Last time I saw Du Rong’s entourage in Baisha County, all of them were strong and healthy. These people usually dispersed to serve as escorts for Qingfeng’s caravans and ships, so they gathered together
It is an elite force that cannot be underestimated. To engage in a bloody confrontation with Du Rong now will undoubtedly be to kill an egg with a stone, so the intensity of the confrontation must be skillfully controlled, not only to constantly provoke this guy, but also to avoid over-provocation that will cause Du Rong to jump over the wall.
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Zhou Pu beat up the two informants and threw them into the alley. Lin Fu stood in front of the house and watched them limping away. It was already dark, and most of the houses in the alley had lanterns hung in front of their houses, which was dim.
The light was floating in the alley, and some people poked their heads out to take a look. Zhou Pu's attack was measured, and the two eyeliners were not seriously injured. However, they couldn't help but hurt when they were beaten, and they whined like dogs, which could be heard by others.
At this time, Liu Yue'er poked her head out from behind the hanging flower door and asked, "You didn't really break someone's feet, did you?" She gently covered her swollen chest with her hands. Under the soft red light of the lantern, her face was glowing.
She had a healthy glow, her skin was as bright as snow, and she had a slight blush, but there was also worry that could not be concealed. Even after asking this question, her eyes were afraid to look at Lin Fu, and her long eyelashes danced under the light.
She knew very little about Lin Fu, so she had no objection when Gu forced her to live with Lin Fu. Firstly, she didn’t want to offend Gu and stay in the Gu family, and she didn’t want to be a concubine for Gu Wuchen, an old man with half a hundred years old.
I heard that Lin Fu is a cowardly person, so he may be safer. At present, the rumors seem to be very unreliable. At this time, instead of worrying about those two people breaking their legs, she is more worried that Lin Fu is a cruel person.
A ruthless person. When you work as a servant, you are afraid of meeting such a master. Besides, Liu Yue'er also knows that her face is really a source of trouble.
"No, I am a scholar after all. Why would I break someone's legs? I just wanted to scare people..." Lin Fu smiled and asked Zhao Hu to close the door of the house and asked Liu Yuer, "Have dinner been ready?"
My stomach is almost starving."
"I'm shocked. Why didn't I see that you were faking just now?" Liu Yue'er breathed a sigh of relief and her heart returned to its original place. She felt that Lin Fu's smile under the light of the lantern was quite bright, and it didn't look cruel at all.
The man said, "There are some cooked foods, which are edible. I'll make some soup..." He turned to leave, but suddenly remembered something, "The helper I asked to go shopping hasn't arrived yet."
return?"
Listening to the words of the two informants, the young man's name was Qian Xiaowu. Lin Fu babbled and said, "Maybe I went too late and it's hard to buy things." Then he laughed at Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu and the others, "This bad servant has a reputation.
It will take a few days to spread the word, so don’t be anxious.”
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After dinner, Liu Yue'er put away the dishes back to the backyard, and the fourth lady came over.
The fourth lady did not go through the house gate, but came directly through the wall.
After dinner, Lin Fu told Zhou Pu and others that he wanted to give the house an elegant name, just like there was a cypress tree that had grown for hundreds of years in the garden of Su Mei's apartment, so it was named Baiyuan. Almost everyone in Jiangning knew it.
, took the pen and ink, Lin Fu wrote the three words "Jiyunju" on the rice paper as white as silk, and handed it to Zhao Hu: "If you have time, find someone to make a gold-plated flat forehead to hang on the door of the house----I will do it."
Something needs to be done with a name. Du Rong is Qingfengxing’s wealthy owner. If we want to fight him, our momentum cannot be weakened..."
Hearing the strange noise in the yard, Zhou Pu and Zhao Hu went to open the door cautiously, and saw the fourth lady jumping down from the ridge of the wall wearing a flowered coat.
There is another house separated from Baiyuan here, and the fourth lady walked over from the ridge of the wall, as light as a cat.
"Miss Su Mei wants to see Mr. Lin. She is in the back garden, and all the idlers have been sent away..."
"Okay, I'll walk up the wall with you." Lin Fu also wanted to see Su Mei earlier. He missed it a little, but more importantly, he wanted to make plans as soon as possible for what he was going to do in the future.
"Can you do it?" Zhao Hu knew that the fourth lady's skills were small, and he himself could not walk lightly and silently on the wall. There was a house separated from Baiyuan. It would be bad if Lin Fu alerted this house with his clumsiness.
Zhou Pu went out to inquire about it before dark. The house in front of him was left by the former Tongpan of Hailing Prefecture. The old Tongpan had passed away. The eldest son didn’t have much future, so he just guarded several hundred acres of land in the countryside and used this house as an apartment.
The house is much larger than here, and the interior is dilapidated. The couple has a son. In addition to the old man who cares for the door, there is also a middle-aged couple who serve as servants. They seem to be in a bit of poverty and embarrassment.
Lantern, the sky is a little overcast, and not much light shines on the wall.
Lin Fu knew that it would take some time for his fighting and close-quarters combat to return to its original level. After all, excellent physical fitness could not be achieved overnight. Walking quietly across the ridge of the wall was not a problem for Lin Fu now.
It was so difficult that he lifted up his robe and tied it around his waist, stepped on the flower bed with his feet, put his hands on the ridge of the wall, turned over and squatted on the ridge of the wall, as short as a cat, turned around and said to the fourth lady under the wall: "Let's go there
Bar……"
The fourth lady was a little surprised, but without saying anything, she followed up the ridge of the wall and walked towards the Baiyuan.
Su Mei and Xiaoman were in the garden and heard small sounds on the wall, like a cat stepping on them. They picked up a lantern and walked over, calling in a low voice: "Mr. Lin?"
"It's me." Lin Fu jumped down from the top of the wall. Su Mei had already walked to the foot of the wall. Xiao Man followed behind with a lantern. Unexpectedly, the two of them were so close. What came into Lin Fu's eyes was the kind of person who was dazzled by the fire.
The crystal clear and beautiful face, the eyes inlaid with stars exude a deep and blurred look, and I feel that this face is extremely beautiful. The eyes are extremely charming, and there is a faint fragrance that blows into my nose.
When he first saw Su Mei, Lin Fu was slightly stunned, as if he was suddenly charmed and forgot to say anything else. Su Mei also looked forward to Lin Fu day and night, watching him jump down from the wall, watching him so fascinated.
Looking at myself, my heart was shaken. I didn't realize that the two of them were so close. His breath hit my forehead, and I felt a little confused.
"Pfft... I'm stunned again!" Xiaoman stood behind Su Mei holding a lantern and saw the expression on Lin Fu's face clearly, and couldn't help laughing.
"Oh," Lin Fu came to his senses and asked Su Mei seriously, "How are you these days?"
"Yeah." Su Mei felt her face getting slightly hot and replied softly.
"You guys discuss things, I'll go to the moon gate and watch..." The Fourth Lady said as she got down from the wall. She took the lantern away from Xiao Man and let Lin Fu and Su Mei talk quietly in the dark, even if others bumped into them accidentally.
Even in the garden, they will not be found.
Lin Fu adapted to the dark light and saw Su Mei wearing an embroidered daisy skirt with a goose-yellow waistband. Pingting looked over at her, walked to the pavilion with her and sat down, detailing what happened during his return to Shiliang County.
Tell Su Mei.
"What are your plans?" Su Mei asked.
"To rescue Changshan Island, we must have cover in Jiangning; to fight Du Rong, our current strength is still very weak and we need to accumulate strength." Lin Fu thought for a while but still did not ask what happened ten years ago. Who were she and Qin Chengzu?
What is the relationship? He told his initial plan, "I plan to build a business in Jiangning first. By building a business, I will have a name to gather people. After Wu Wu and the others have cleared their identities in Shiliang County in a while, they can buy the business."
Merchant ships trade on the waterway from Chongzhou to Jiangning. As long as this is available, it will be convenient for goods or people to travel from Chongzhou to Changshan Island... I have already thought of the name of the business name, 'Jiyunshe', what do you think?
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"Well, there are no flattering words, and it's not tacky. I like it too," Su Mei said. "You also said that you want to be born in Jiangning. What are your plans?"
"Looking for an official position is just a cover. After Gu Wuchen comes to the city, I will shamelessly ask him to see if there are any free positions in the Inspectorate Department that are cheap," Lin Fu said.
"Alas," Su Mei sighed slightly, "it will delay your career and make Su Mei feel uneasy..."
"Miss Su, you don't have to say that," Lin Fu said, "Everyone says, 'Read the books of sages and sell them to the emperor's family.'
Isn’t it the work of smart people?”
"Why?" Su Mei asked doubtfully.
"Brother Lin, the lady said that you are full of talents, and only through your official career can you benefit the people..." Xiaoman, who had been sitting quietly aside, interjected softly.
Although Su Mei felt a little embarrassed that Xiaoman said what she said in private, she did not deny it out loud.
"As the saying goes, the poor can only take care of themselves, but the talented can help the world - I am a poor scholar, and I have no ambition to benefit the people at this time," Lin Fu said, "I was born as a solitary leaf, and right now I only think about...
Find some support in the world, and I will not stand by and watch what happens between you and Xiaoman."
"Ah!" Su Mei only thought that Lin Fu's words were a show of affection. Her heart was shaken when she heard this, and she wanted to politely refuse, but she was afraid of hurting his heart. Besides, she heard that Lin Fu treated her and Xiaoman as human beings.
I was looking for support, and I felt an indescribable feeling in my heart. I was stunned there, not knowing what to say, my face was a little hot, and my ears were red when I thought about it. Fortunately, I was in the dark, so I didn't worry about giving Lin Bie a chance.
see.
But Xiaoman exclaimed: "How can you say such things in front of me? It's so embarrassing? Miss is your support, Xiaoman is just an insignificant maid."
"Uh," Lin Fu then realized that Su Mei and Xiao Man had misunderstood. What he said was truly inspired. His soul traveled through time and space from a thousand years later, and he always had a vague feeling about this time and space that was separated by a layer of veil.
Only Su Mei, Xiao Man, and perhaps the Seventh Lady gave him the real feeling of living in this time and space. For him at this time, this sense of reality was more important than anything else. Few people wanted to be trapped in a dream.
Lin Fu didn't explain what he just said. The more he explained, the more unclear he became. He said: "I have thought about whether to join the officialdom. The Dai Viet Dynasty has been in existence for thirteen generations and more than two hundred years. I don't know what others are saying.
What do you think? In my eyes, Vietnam's sluggishness has been accumulated for a long time. It is like a skin that is leaking through the bottom and is difficult to repair. Even the officialdom is also tired and has many shortcomings. Not to mention using talents to benefit the country.
People, save the people from fire and water, just be afraid, no one will be able to extricate themselves if they fall into it..."
"..." Su Mei used the faint nightlight to look at Lin Fu's somewhat blurry profile. She wanted to get closer to see more clearly, but gave up and said after a while, "I have also saved some money privately in the past two years.
In addition to Xiaoman's ransom silver, there are still three thousand taels of silver left, take all of it..."
"This is inappropriate..."
"Don't refuse in a hurry... I want to deregister, and these three thousand taels of silver are not enough. I went back to Jiangning and asked, and the three thousand taels of silver are only enough to buy two five-masted sand ships. If you want to set up Jiyun Club, these two
Even if I leave the ship at Jiyun Society and ask you to manage it," Su Mei said, "Besides, it is not a long-term solution for Xiaoman to stay with me. I redeemed her body in the past two days. You can help me take care of her...
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"Xiao Man, please don't leave Miss." Xiao Man said.
"Silly girl, even if you are not by my side, how far away can you be?" Su Mei said with a smile.
Su Mei was an independent woman, so Lin Fu didn't say anything more. Su Mei was from a happy family. Although it was a lowly class, all craftsmen were from a lowly class, and the social discrimination she received was not as serious as imagined. Like
In order to make a better living, Zhao Hu's mother even took the initiative to ask Zhao Hu to become a prostitute with a lowly status and become Lin Fu's attendant. However, Xiaoman is a prostitute with the lowest status in society. It would be better to get out of the status as soon as possible. If she grows up a little more
She is still in a prostitution, and she can't even explain her innocence.
After talking about the matter, Lin Fu wanted to go back from the ridge of the wall. Su Mei sent him to the foot of the wall and raised a lantern to light up the wall for him. Lin Fu said with a smile: "I will be careful. If there is a light, it will cause trouble."
Let people see it.”
"Oh," Su Mei took the lantern back and blew it out. She only saw Lin Fu bending down like a cat and squatting on the wall. He quickly disappeared into the night with his limbs on the wall. Looking at the empty space, he felt a little reluctant to leave.
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Sneaking back to the courtyard from the ridge of the wall, when Lin Fu was about to get off the wall, he saw Liu Yue'er leaning against the window of his room in the corridor of the main courtyard to look in. Lin Fu became suspicious, quietly slid down the wall, and sneaked into the courtyard.
Liu Yue'er asked from behind, "What do you want from me?"
"Ah!" Liu Yue'er never expected that someone suddenly appeared from behind, and she screamed in fright. She subconsciously hid to the side. She turned around and saw Lin Fu, but her feet stepped on the edge of the steps, and her feet were sprained.
Suddenly, her body lost its center of gravity and was about to fall to the brick floor in the yard. Lin Fu quickly grabbed her hand and held her up at the waist, but Liu Yue'er was too frightened and grabbed Lin Fu's hands like a clutch.
He pressed it to his chest like a life-saving straw, and said in panic: "You scared me to death, where did you hide?" As soon as he stopped breathing, he instantly realized that it was Lin Fu's hand that he had grabbed and pressed against his chest, and his face suddenly froze.
There, there was another scream. She hurriedly threw away Lin Fu's hand, turned around and ran away to the backyard. Just after taking two steps, she felt a sharp pain like a broken ankle. She couldn't stand and was about to fall again. Lin Fu
Fu saw that she seemed to have sprained her foot, so he supported her.
At this moment, someone knocked on the door and shouted: "Miss Liu, what happened? What happened to Miss Liu?"
Liu Yue'er struggled to hold on to the corridor pillars, her face flushed red, and she didn't dare to look at Lin Fu, and said: "That afternoon, the helper bought the good things and delivered them. Master Zhou and the others don't know where they went. I'm just a woman."
You can't open the door to let others in. I've been calling Mr. Lin for a long time and I heard your reply... Go and open the door quickly and let people bring the things in."
"Well, you sit down for a while, and don't move your sprained feet..." Lin Fu realized that he had misunderstood Liu Yue'er, but he didn't know how to explain it, so he glanced at Liu Yue'er's swollen chest unconsciously.
Even in the cold clothes, you can still feel the straightness and fullness inside. When you put your hands over her waist, you can also feel the strength and elasticity there.
Liu Yue'er lowered her head and did not dare to look at Lin Fu. She was so sensitive that she could feel his eyes on her chest. She subconsciously raised her hand to block it, thinking that she had taken advantage of him for no reason. She felt ashamed and anxious.
The young man helping outside knocked on the door and said hurriedly: "Go and open the door quickly, otherwise what will others think is happening?"
Lin Fu walked to the front yard and opened the door. He saw the young man he had asked to help out in the afternoon being supported by a young woman standing at the door. The young man's face was bruised, his eyes were cracked, and there were bloodshot eyes oozing out. The young woman was thin and weak.
He was weak and his face turned yellow. Lin Fu remembered that the young man asked someone to run errands with him in the afternoon. He didn't see anyone else, so he asked him: "What's going on on your face?"
The young woman wanted to say something, but the young man pulled off the corner of the woman's clothes to stop her from speaking.
"It's okay." The young man glanced inside and asked Lin Fu doubtfully, "I just heard someone screaming inside. Did something happen in the young master's house?"
"Miss Liu just sprained her foot," Lin Fu asked them, asking them to help move everything to the living room in the front yard, "Where's the bill? I'll pay you."
"You have kept me waiting for so long..." the young man said solemnly, "I lost the list halfway, but fortunately my little brain can still remember it. Master, look at it, is there anything missing? If there is anything missing,
I'll buy it for you right away. If there's nothing missing, I'll give you the account."
They were all bits and pieces, and Lin Fu couldn't remember them clearly, so the young man sat down to pay the bills. The young man's memory was really good. After paying the bills for dozens of things, they were exactly the same. Lin Fu accepted the remaining money and counted forty.
Give him a copper coin: "Your footwork money."
"No, no, only twenty dollars." The young man returned the twenty dollars in panic. "I was going to ask someone to run errands with me, but I couldn't find anyone. I was the only one who ran down here. I could only collect twenty dollars...
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Lin Fu saw the eyes of the woman who helped the young man were red and swollen with tears. He looked at the copper coins on the table and asked, "What happened?"
"Just tell this young master, you can't be bullied all day long!" The woman covered her face and cried.
"It's fate that you can help me today. Let me know if you have any difficulties. I won't stand by if you can help me." Lin Fu said.
The young man blamed the woman for being talkative, and pulled her away without saying anything more. But the woman was stubborn and told Lin Fu the cause and effect in tears.
The young man's family was poor, his wife was sick in bed, he owed other people's debts, and he didn't know how to make a living, so he imitated others and worked as a helper. In the afternoon, he took a piece of silver from Lin Fu and found someone to go to the East Market with him.
Unexpectedly, I met a creditor in the East Market. The creditor was a scoundrel nearby. He snatched the ingot of silver. The woman cried while talking: "...My Xiaowu lent him 800 yuan to buy me some money because of my illness."
Medicine, he insists that the ingot of silver is just enough to cover the principal and interest. My Xiaowu thinks that this silver belongs to the young master, let alone snatch it away from him, even if he deducts 800 yuan, he will not be able to do it. He will fight to get the silver back and give it to them.
Taking advantage of the large number of people, he was beaten like this on the street. When I got home, I was in so much pain that I was even more worried about how to tell the young master about this. My Xiaowu would never take other people's money. This was better than killing.
He felt uncomfortable because he, a worthless guy, even thought about jumping into a well, but somehow, the scoundrel returned the money at night——The scoundrel came over and paid back the money, and said no.
The brigadier general told the young master what happened in the afternoon. My Xiao Wu was thinking about the things that the young master asked him to buy, so he asked me to help him go to Dongshi to buy all the things and deliver them to the young master..."
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