"Who do you suspect?" Dong Xiaowan looked at the queen and asked in a low voice.
Lin Yutong glanced at Dong Xiaowan. What she likes about this girl is that she is never restrained around her. She just asks questions and asks if she doesn't understand. Then she puts them all into her heart, remembers her, and then has a long memory.
In the past two years, she has become more and more magnanimous. Many members of the clan have made inquisitive inquiries, asking what kind of family they want to find for her. Lin Yutong mentioned this matter, but did not force it. This girl is sincere.
Most of the time, she can make up her own mind whether to marry or not, and what kind of person to marry. Lin Yutong will not dictate.
Seeing her asking, Lin Yutong did not hide it. He just asked: "If it is Hongli's side room... How can she, a woman who has just come out of the boudoir, have such means? Even if she has an idea, it won't work without someone running errands for her.
.Who can she mobilize? Or who can she trust?"
It is impossible to tell secret things to someone who is not a person of absolute trust.
I can't think of anyone else except Cheng'en Houfu.
When Dong Xiaowan said this, Lin Yutong nodded, and then asked, "Others don't know much about Chengenhou Mansion, but you do. You know Chengenhou Mansion, and you know my relationship with Chengenhou Mansion, so from your
Do you know anyone who dares to do such a thing?"
Dong Xiaowan frowned and thought for a long time, but finally shook her head. She had seen clearly the relationship between the Queen and the Marquis of Chengen in the past two years. Old Mrs. Jueluo had always been the only one to attend large and small banquets in the palace.
You know, the old lady of the Jueluo family and the Chengenhou Mansion are two different things now. The queen has no intention of asking the old lady to return to Uranala's house again. For more than a year, whether it is a man or a woman in the Chengenhou Mansion,
They have never been recruited into the palace again. Any happy events in the palace, the queen can only do and not hear. These people don’t know how many connections they have gone behind, including the thirteenth master’s house, the fourteenth master’s house, and the ninth master’s house.
, even Brother Hongwang’s Beizi Mansion came to beg for help. They just wanted to ask what the palace meant, and then gave the Queen an attitude, saying that they knew they were wrong. But the Queen ignored them at all.
stubble.
During the official assessment at the end of the year, several men from the Ulanala family failed to pass the test, and were reprimanded by the Lord Long Live. It is really unreasonable to say that at this time, they dared to come out and play around.
Dong Xiaowan was horrified, "Are you worried that someone will use the name of Cheng'enhou Mansion to misbehave outside?"
Lin Yutong didn't nod. What was strange about the matter? It was strange that the daughter of the Lin family entered the palace. It was also strange that the Lin family believed that someone could protect them and stand up for them. It seemed reasonable, but to be honest, the Lin family was not completely innocent.
What made Lin Yutong frown even more was that this young master, Mr. Zhan Shilin, came from a poor family. He was able to be promoted to the fourth rank without any background. For someone in his forties, it could not be considered unsuccessful. If anyone could
Without his current achievements, he would be considered an absolutely shrewd master. If such a shrewd person falls into the trap so easily, then he cannot be called shrewd. On the other hand, he must be really smart.
Think about it for a moment and wonder if Mr. Lin really has no support in the officialdom. No matter how you think about it, you feel that the Lin family is very contradictory.
"Let's check first." She ordered Dong Xiaowan, "Don't ask anything..." After asking for a while, I couldn't explain clearly, "dig deeper. Check the Lin family to the bottom..." I still don't believe it.
.I just want to see who is haunting this place.
This is no longer a matter in Hongli's backyard. Lin Yutong suspected that someone was deliberately mixing sand between himself and Hongli.
Once this happened, what would Hongli think? Would he think that he instigated his niece and her natal family to do this?
Will do!
He may even think that the stalemate between him and his parents is a cover-up, and he secretly asks his parents to do tricks to get rid of the relationship. He doesn't think about whether he has any strength now. After all, all the unambitious people in the history books have been liquidated.
Quite a few. Moreover, the three legitimate sons are too young. For the sake of safety, even if the obstacles cannot be cleared, it is right to suppress the older prince at all times and not let him grow stronger. What happens this time is that Gao Bin will be deposed.
The blow to Hongli was not small. If we look at it from a normal thinking perspective, Hongli's thinking can not be considered wrong.
There is no emperor who is not suspicious. He who does not think deeply cannot become an emperor.
Lin Yutong found it quite boring that this happened during the Chinese New Year.
Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I went back to the garden with my fourth master and the children.
I think the four little ones still like the garden more than the palace. They are not allowed to go out in the palace, and there is no place for them to play outside. But it is different in the garden. The greenhouse is large and warm.
Take it with you and you can have fun inside.
After settling down in the garden, the Ministry of Internal Affairs called someone to ask if the palace banquet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month could be held.
Don’t do it!
Before Lin Yutong could speak, Fourth Master replied directly.
Not only is it done, the Fourth Master is no longer in the garden. He wants to take Lin Yutong out to look at the lanterns.
Anyway, the Queen Mother was not in Changchun Garden either, and was picked up by Shi Shi when she came out of the palace.
The child is still too young, so I don’t take one with me when I go out. And there is someone to watch over me, so there is no problem at all if the child is gone for a long time.
After coming out of the garden, the two of them led people, one person and one horse, straight to the capital. Twelve hours a day, there were always people passing by on this road, and 90% of them were noble people that the common people could not afford to offend. So they even poked their heads in to inquire.
No one is there.
The layout of the capital is still different from before. In the past, the liveliest place was always the inner city, but since factories have been set up one after another in the suburbs of Beijing, now it seems that the outer city is much more lively than the inner city. Even now there is no curfew.
, the number of people going to the inner city is also much smaller.
Looking at the brightly lit lights not far away, Fourth Master and Lin Yutong dismounted their horses, handed the horses to others, and then walked hand in hand. It looked like the distance was only a mile, not a few steps.
But as soon as she turned the corner, she heard a series of bells ringing behind her. The fourth master pulled her to avoid the roadside, but saw a carriage slowly coming over. You could still hear faint voices, and you thought there were people on the carriage coming.
There should be quite a few.
When we arrived, the coachman greeted us warmly, "Want to drive? One penny per person."
Lin Yutong was stunned for a moment. He didn't know whether it was because Jiu Fujin moved quickly or because Hongxin didn't delay. It had only been a few days since he said this, but there were already carriages even as far away as the outer city. It seemed like they were coming from the village outside the city.
To solicit customers.
Fourth Master pulled Lin Yutong up, gave the coachman two coins, and then got on the carriage.
When they got to the carriage, Fourth Master met a familiar person - Su Peisheng.
This guy was supposed to follow him not too far away, but now he got on the carriage. He also secretly smiled ingratiatingly at Fourth Master and Lin Yutong. He was really a man, and he knew it without asking. He had guessed it.
The fourth master must ride in a carriage.
I ignored him and pretended not to know him and sat on the edge of the widened car. A wind lantern hung on the roof of the car, swaying vaguely, so that the car would not be completely dark. The car was lengthened and widened.
, twenty or thirty people can always be accommodated. The seats in the car are almost full, and the people wearing them are all country people.
The people in the car were all muttering to each other in low voices, but when they saw Lin Yutong and Fourth Master, who were well-dressed and elegant, they didn't dare to say anything. The car was quiet for a while.
Fortunately, the road was not far. Anyway, Lin Yutong arrived at the place before he could take a good look in the car. When he got off the car, the atmosphere suddenly changed. The place where he got off was outside the night market, and the two of them were the ones who got off.
Su Peisheng also came with him. As soon as he got off the carriage, a few people came to the roadside, and they got on the carriage again. They didn't mind that there were not enough seats, just squeeze in. It can be seen that the business is very good.
There are people on both sides of the street, with all kinds of colorful lights hanging on both sides, and there is no end in sight. There are also various food stalls on the side. The smell is mixed together, but it is not disgusting, but it looks particularly pyrotechnic.
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The fourth master was afraid of being washed away by others, so he took Lin Yutong's hand and walked away with the flow of people.
However, Su Peisheng was staggered here and there due to the crowd, and he couldn't keep up for a while.
The fourth master ignored it. He looked first at the government officials standing on the street to maintain order, and then at the water tanker parked at the end of the street. He couldn't help but nodded secretly, Shi Shi was doing a pretty good job.
, it is wiser to be prepared for a rainy day than to deal with it in time.
However, Lin Yutong looked at the lantern that the fat baby was holding and chewing on with big glutinous rice balls and felt curious about it. He dragged the fourth master to buy it, "Take it back for the children to have a look at..."
This lamp was hung high, and the asking price was definitely not low. I asked for five taels when I opened my mouth, and looked like I wouldn't bargain.
To be honest, the cost is at most five hundred cents. If it were sold in normal times, it would only cost one or two cents. But just in time for this festival, the price has doubled.
It seems that the methods of doing business are the same regardless of ancient and modern times.
The fourth master here was about to pay, but when he touched his wallet, he remembered that Su Peisheng was holding the wallet.
Then he looked at Lin Yutong innocently, meaning you pay.
Lin Yutong rolled her eyes at him, holding back her smile and was about to take the money, but unexpectedly a smiling voice came over, "I'll pay...I'll pay..."
It’s Hong Zhou!
This kid really doesn't know how to pick up time.
Now I have thought about why it is so difficult to live in a world with two people.
Hong Zhou handed over the money with one hand, and held the lamp high with the other hand. He held it up high and was squeezed. "Mom and dad, go sit down in a restaurant." He pointed towards the 30% restaurant on the roadside, "There is a good seat.
It’s nice to sit on it and watch it. If you want to eat any snacks, just ask the waiter to come down and buy them.”
If you want to leave, you can't.
Wordlessly, he followed Hong Zhou to the restaurant.
When I arrived at the door, I looked up and saw three words - Chunfeng Tower - written on the plaque.
This handwriting looks familiar! It doesn’t belong to Hongzhou.
Hong Zhou chuckled and touched his nose, "Um...mom and dad, please come in..."
Compared with the outside, the inside of the restaurant is in another world. There are tables next to each other on the first floor, and they are full of people. Going up the stairs, there are private rooms on the second and third floors. I thought it would be on the third floor, but it turned out that
Unexpectedly, there is a staircase from the corner of the third floor. Go up the stairs and you will find another floor.
This floor is like an attic, with several houses built against it. Because it is far away from the street and blocked by the archway, it is difficult to find that there is a hidden cave here. If the weather is warm, you can only enjoy the view from the rooftop.
, it just doesn’t taste good.
Now I stand in the wind and look at the night scene below. The two rows of lights are like two flaming dragons, winding away with no end in sight. The crowds of people are going back and forth like running water, it's so lively.
"This is all Emperor Ama's merit." Hong Zhou flattered her at the right time, "Such a scene would have been unimaginable a few years ago."
This flattery was not clever, but the corners of Fourth Master's mouth still turned up.
Hong Zhou chuckled and clapped his hands, and someone came over with a tray. He handed two glasses of wine to Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, "... have a try, this is the wine brought back from overseas by Uncle Ninth..."
Lin Yutong took a sip, it was like Japanese sake.
Hong Zhou filled Lin Yutong's bowl again, but he said the twisted words to the fourth master, "...all the sweet potatoes grown in my son's farm are the sweet potatoes grown by the third brother. Nowadays, more and more sweet potatoes are planted, and the yield is indeed
There are more. Anyway, this thing doesn’t pick its place. If you sow it, you will always reap something... My son wants to ask Huang Ama, if I buy this thing... do you think it’s okay?"
This thing can fill his stomach and prevent him from starving to death. But if he eats it as a serious food, no one can bear it. When he thinks of this thing, acid water rises in his stomach, and when he thinks of chewing steamed sweet potatoes and eating chili peppers,
It's a day to dip in salt. Of course it would be nice if someone bought them and exchanged them for money. "What do you want so many sweet potatoes for?" he asked Hong Zhou.
Hong Zhou smiled and said, "...I planted a lot last year, and all the ones that could be planted were given to the third brother. There are also a lot of bad ones left. Some of them are divided and there are still some left. My son's restaurant has its own wine.
The master originally made wine at Zhuangzi. Unexpectedly, he was interested in sweet potatoes when he saw them, and he used them to brew sweet potato wine."
Lin Yutong laughed, and the boy really had some skills. Isn't this sweet potato wine? It's not very intoxicating, and the concentration is only between ten and thirty degrees.
Hong Zhou pointed to the north, "Whether it's Mongolia or Lao Maozi's land, the weather is very cold. Men like strong liquor, and the stronger the knife, the better, but for women, the lower alcohol content has a bit of sweetness.
I think it was very popular... My son just wants to sell this thing to the north... Even if it is changed into beef, mutton or wool..." It will be sold to Aunt Ninth on the spot for money.
The fourth master nodded, indicating that he agreed with his idea. He even ordered sweet potato wine and took a few sips. It tasted okay.
Hong Zhou took out all the wine in the restaurant and asked Fourth Master and Lin Yutong to taste it.
I have to say that this guy knows how to do business. There are all kinds of wines including peach blossom wine, apricot blossom wine, chrysanthemum wine, lotus wine, plum wine and so on.
The fourth master chuckled and said to Hong Zhou, "Isn't the filial piety money given a bit too little..."
What are you missing? Just spend enough. Money saved will be useful. The same principle applies to doing business. It’s like sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat.
But he didn't dare to say this to his own Emperor Ama, so Nono nodded and promised to be more filial.
Lin Yutong just smiled and said nothing while looking at her. The wind blew, and the broken hair on her head covered her eyes. She turned her head to one side and raised her hands to arrange her hair. As soon as she opened her squinted eyes, she couldn't help but
He squinted again.
At the wonton stall facing the street below, the person sitting looks a bit like Hong Li.
There is nothing surprising about this. But who is the woman sitting opposite him with her face covered by a gauze? It is not the Fucha family, nor the Ulanala family, nor the Gao family, because this woman just sat down
At that moment, she saw that although her walking posture was also that of Pingpin Tingting, there was an obvious difference. I'm afraid she had small feet.
Bringing Han women out? That's okay. There are still few Han women in the late emperor's harem. Aren't they all women with small feet?
But what really made her squint was that at a glance, there were more than a dozen guards scattered around the two of them. Don't ask Lin Yutong how she saw it. It had become her instinct to observe the environment and make accurate judgments.
Moreover, these more than ten people are not Hongli's guards. People who come out of the guard camp can be recognized at a glance. After counting, only four of the eighteen people are people brought by Hongli. The rest are...
They all belong to the woman opposite him.
There was also the wonton stall, and they were the only ones sitting there now. There were so many food stalls, and they were all overcrowded. Why was only this one serving these two people? When she looked at it before, she didn't feel happy when she saw no customers.
He said, this business must be the best, they sold out all the preparations so early. But looking at it now, it is not like that at all. Looking at the old couple again, there is a look in their eyes.
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Fourth Master was talking to Hong Zhou, but he didn't see her say anything for a long time. He turned to look at her and saw her looking down in a daze.
"What's wrong?" Fourth Master asked Lin Yutong and reached out to hold her hand. The view from the rooftop was clear, but it was also very cold.
Lin Yutong grabbed Fourth Master's hand and said, "It's Hongli..."
Fourth Master frowned and followed Lin Yutong's line of sight. He looked around and saw no one, "Where are they?"
Lin Yutong pushed the hand stove handed over by Hong Zhou, turned around and took a closer look, and found that Hong Li and the woman were no longer there.
The wonton shop was closing its stall. It was not the old couple before, but a middle-aged couple. They looked very happy. The guards scattered in the crowd were also missing. She frowned and called Hong Zhou
, "Send the guy to buy two bowls of wontons..."
Hong Zhou looked down and realized something in his heart. He said yes, turned around and left.
Fourth Master and Lin Yutong lost interest in enjoying the scenery and went to sit in the other room, waiting for Hong Zhou's reply.
Not long after, Hong Zhou came up and said, "...the pair selling wontons are known to the shop assistants. They often set up stalls on this street...they are people from nearby villages. This is unmistakable...I just asked someone to ask."
, said that an old couple rented their stall and gave them five taels of silver for one night..."
As for the origin of the old couple, it is not clear.
Not in the mood to stay any longer, Fourth Master and Lin Yutong went back to the garden directly.
Unexpectedly, Hongli came back one step ahead of them and was waiting in the imperial study room.
The Fourth Master patted Lin Yutong and said, "You go to sleep, and I'll see what Nie Zhan has to say."
After entering the imperial study room, before he could say anything, Hongli knelt down with a snap and said, "Huang Ama, my son has something important to report."
The fourth master looked at Hongli seriously and asked in a cold voice, "What's the matter?"
"The White Lotus Sect seems to have entangled my son." Hongli raised his head, with a look of fear on his face, "My son feels that the matter is not simple, and it is really difficult to deal with it. If I don't dare to hide it anymore, I will ask the emperor to make a decision."
Fourth Master's eyes narrowed, thinking whether he was sincere or whether Tongtong saw him and he also noticed Tongtong. He was a little unsure for a moment and turned to look at Su Peisheng, who had his head lowered.
He was just below the restaurant. Did Hongli find Su Peisheng? Or did the people around Hongli find Su Peisheng? It's hard to say.
If Su Peisheng could determine that Tongtong and himself were nearby, it would be a matter of course.
These are things that cannot be asked.
Therefore, Fourth Master did not speak for a while.
Hongli felt a little annoyed. He really had no intention of getting involved with those people at all. He was just upset today and went out for a walk. He didn't know why he got entangled with these people.
Seeing Huang Ama's appearance, he did not dare to hide anything and told everything about Jinan. Of course, he automatically ignored the entanglement with the woman, "...My son felt that these people had other masters, so at that time
Didn't alert the snake... I haven't found any clues for so long, but I didn't expect it to suddenly appear today... My son wanted to find out the root cause, but he patiently dealt with it for a few words, but he didn't get down to business yet.
The woman suddenly stood up to leave, and her son hurriedly asked where to find them. Instead, she pointed at Eunuch Su who was wandering downstairs in Chunfeng and called her son to see it, saying that if he didn't leave, his son would be in trouble. His son was really frightened at that time.
Unexpectedly, Huang Ama also came to this place. The son was not afraid of disaster, but he had to show a bit of panic to show her, so that she could believe her son's sincerity in cooperating with him..."
I don’t know if it’s true, but this is the most appropriate explanation. If he really wasn’t tempted at all, he should have reported it after returning from Jinan. That’s fine if he didn’t report it. He must have been in the capital for such a long time.
There was no investigation of the person behind the White Lotus Sect. Otherwise, Lao Qi would not have had any news at all. He lied about this. But the following words are really impossible to judge. He is very smart, and he will be smart.
All loopholes have been plugged. Speaking frankly.
The fourth master didn't believe that Hongli would really obey these people's advice, but he didn't necessarily mean to take advantage of them.
He didn't criticize anything, he just asked: "What do you want?"
"My son wants to..." Hongli paused for a moment, "My son wants to say that Emperor Ama just pretends that he doesn't know for the time being. If you can rest assured, give this job to your son... The White Lotus Sect has existed from the Southern Song Dynasty to the present. I want to start from the root."
It's hard to destroy them! My son is willing to make concessions with them and see how deep the water is inside..."
Even if he fails, he will not gain anything from this.
If it succeeds, the credit will be enough to earn a prince title.
There was no loss in taking one step forward or one step back, so he felt no pressure when applying for orders.
Fourth Master narrowed his eyes and smiled, "You are my son. If there is anything you can't believe...go ahead and do as you say."
After Hongli left, Fourth Master asked Lin Yutong to send people to keep an eye on Hongli's house.
During this period, Lin Yutong, who lived in Hongli's house, was constantly being watched. As a result, news came within two days. Wu Shulai went to a pawn shop in person while avoiding people, took out a cart full of things from the pawn shop, and returned through the back door at night.
The house is over.
Hongli had mortgaged things in banks, but he had never been to a pawn shop.
So where did this thing come from? What was it that was taken back?
The investigators specifically measured the ruts left by this cart on the dirt road, and based on calculations, concluded that it was a cart of gold.
The fourth master sneered, threw the message aside, and cursed: "That's all you can do!"
Lin Yutong couldn't help but laugh, fearing that this cart of gold was really tricked by Hongli from the White Lotus Sect.
When these two parties meet together, who knows who is cheating whom? The same goes for these people. Hongli is indeed a little confused when it comes to women, but in other places, if they treat Hongli as a fool, then they are really fools.
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No, I don’t know that there is money that is not easy to praise, but Hongli got it so easily.
This way of getting rich can be regarded as a different approach.
Lin Yutong ordered them to continue digging. The pawn shop was a clue to find out what the relationship was with the White Lotus Sect. It was not too difficult to find out. In the end, after searching again and again, they found an unknown person.
Among the little people, the only useful information about this person is the cousin of Yuzhu's nanny.
Lin Yutong understood that these eight achievements were something that Li Si'er clung to. They fell into the hands of the White Lotus Sect, and now they are in the hands of Hongli. However, Li Si'er had a good idea of hiding the money and put it in the pawn shop.
All he had to do was redeem the pawn with some money. Moreover, the person he used was a relative of his son's wet nurse. What's more, there were some unspeakable things between the cousin and the wet nurse's cousin. In order to leave a descendant for her son.
It also took a lot of thinking. I just don't know how to hand over the things so easily. It can be seen that the White Lotus Sect talks about worshiping the Buddha Mother, but it is actually not a good thing.
It's the beginning of the new year, and everyone is very busy. The main reason is that there is a war. There are many important things that are too busy for you. Lin Yutong said that he would just put it aside for now and see what tricks he could come up with.
As soon as the instructions were finished, Dong Xiaowan came in and said, "...the Lin family's affairs have been investigated clearly..."
Yes! You can tell by looking at Dong Xiaowan’s expression that things are not simple.
Everything else was put aside first. Even the child had to be asked by the nanny to take him out to play. He pointed to the chair next to him and asked Dong Xiaowan to sit on it and speak slowly.
Dong Xiaowan picked up the half-cup of tea left by Lin Yutong next to him and drank it in one gulp. Then he said: "No wonder the queen is called Cha. The Lin family is indeed very strange." After speaking, he took a breath and continued, "This
Mr. Lin Ping was a Jinshi in the 50th year of Kangxi’s reign, with seventy-two second-class titles..."
The rear end of the car was lifted, so I was lucky.
Lin Yutong nodded and listened to Dong Xiaowan continue, "... Mr. Lin is from Jinan, Shandong, and his family is a farmer. A widow raised him and sent him to school. After he was admitted as a scholar, he married the Fang family of the same village.
My daughter Fang..."
"Fang is a peasant girl?" Lin Yutong raised an eyebrow and asked. She was really surprised. It's not that she looked down on girls from peasant families, but Fang didn't give people the impression of an illiterate peasant girl.
Even though she has been studying with Mr. Lin for twenty years, some things are not so easy to learn. Logically speaking, she lived in the countryside for a long time after getting married, until more than ten years ago, when Kangxi was 50
Years later, life became more comfortable, and the environment she came into contact with changed. At that time, many things about her had already taken shape, so how could she not leave any traces at all? Let’s just say that she can perfect her salute manners after practicing.
But it's not easy to speak in a Beijing movie without even the slightest accent.
As soon as this doubt was revealed, Dong Xiaowan was even more impressed, "It turns out that the empress saw something fishy. The empress asked me to investigate, and I investigated more deeply. How close is this Yue family to Mr. Lin? Of course I have to investigate carefully.
. But this investigation led to a problem. Mr. Lin did marry the daughter of the Fang family. But according to the elderly people, the Fang family fled from famine. They said that they were originally a scholarly family. Later, they became famous in the local area.
After they betrothed their daughter to the scholar Lin Ping, less than a year later, the Fang family and their son returned to their hometown in the south. After that, I only heard about my natal family from the Fang family.
According to the news, no one has seen anyone from the Fang family again. Later, it was only after Lin Ping became a Jinshi. I heard that there was a flood in Fang's hometown, and no one in the family escaped... The local area
His elders also praised Lin Ping, saying that he never forgot his roots and did not leave his wife behind when he became rich...especially after the Fang family did not have the support of her mother's family..."
Therefore, the origin of this Fang family is unknown.
But why didn't others choose, and only chose this Lin Ping? Lin Ping was really talented, so they knew that this person would definitely win the title of emperor?
This is nonsense!
So he asked Dong Xiaowan again, "Where is the Lin family?"
Dong Xiaowan frowned, "...Lin Ping's father was recruited to the local area. No one can tell clearly where he is from. He was a salesman who walked around the streets, carrying a load and running around from north to south. He knew every dialect.
He said that he was extremely smooth. Lin Ping's mother was the only daughter in the family. She originally planned to recruit a son, but she couldn't find a good son. No promising son from any family was willing to recruit.
This salesman has brought a son-in-law into the family. He is well-spoken and able to support the family. He has no parents, no brothers, three relatives or friends. Such a son-in-law is easy to handle when he comes in, and he is not afraid of bullying his own daughter..."
Therefore, Lin Ping's father himself is a person whose identity is unclear.
So, does the selection of Lin Ping by these people have something to do with his father?
Lin Yutong's heart was spinning as she listened to Dong Xiaowan continue to say, "...the Lin family was not very wealthy in the past, but since the son-in-law entered the house, it has gotten better day by day. They bought land and real estate, and their life gradually became prosperous. In the third year after the marriage,
, Lin Ping was born. Ever since Lin Ping was born, Lin’s father would take Lin Ping on a long trip every year for about a month. He said he was going to pay homage to his ancestors in his hometown. But no one knew where he went.
.But our people found a toy from Lin Ping's childhood playmate. The wooden toy was well preserved..." As he said that, he took out the little pony from the purse at his waist.
Pass it to Lin Yutong.
Lin Yutong took it and took a look. There was an unclear seal on the horse's hoof, which was Chuyunge.
Chuyunge is a time-honored brand that has been operating in the capital for hundreds of years. It is the only one with no other branches.
"That means Father Lin brought Lin Ping to the capital." Lin Yutong put the little toy aside and asked.
Dong Xiaowan nodded, "I think so too. According to this playmate, Lin Ping gave it to him when he came back from worshiping ancestors from other places."
Then this cannot be wrong.
Lin Yutong glanced at the little pony, "Have you gone to Chuyunge to ask?"
Time-honored brands have the advantage of being time-honored. Their items have seals, and every item sold is unique, and there is a record of who sold it and when.
Dong Xiaowan nodded, "I checked... According to the time calculation, Lin Ping should have been six years old in that year, but the person who sold it was not Lin, but a man named Zhu Shun. I asked people to check this Zhu Shun again,
This person should be someone on the ground in the capital. The person named Lin could not be found out, but Zhu Shun should be able to find out. Although it took a lot of effort, this person finally found his traces. This person was originally
I opened a large car shop at the foot of Xishan Mountain. Five years ago, for some unknown reason, I couldn’t continue running the business and closed the door. Instead, I became a monk at Fuyuan Temple.”
Became a monk?
"If I remember correctly, this Fuyuan Temple is still in Xishan, right?" Lin Yutong asked as if he had thought of something.
Dong Xiaowan glanced at Lin Yutong in surprise and said yes.
"How far is the ancient locust tree from Xishan to Meishan?" Lin Yutong asked.
Dong Xiaowan almost jumped up, "Empress is the one who said Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself..."
Is there any explanation other than that?
Dong Xiaowan's breathing became rapid, "Is this what those people who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty were doing? What is the relationship between Lin Ping and Zhu Shun?"
You ask me? Who can I ask?
Dong Xiaowan whispered: "Could Lin Ping be a descendant of the Zhu family?"
If only the descendants of the Zhu family would not be used as spearmen now, the one who pokes the front will definitely not be the big BOSS.
But Zhu Shun is very interesting. I wonder if he is really a descendant of the Zhu family or a loyal minister of the Zhu family? It is not a novel thing to give a surname to a loyal servant.
Lin Yutong was thinking, so he put this section aside and continued to ask, "What happened to Lin Ping's daughter? How did she enter the palace?"
Dong Xiaowan frowned again, "This is another strange thing..."