Lin Jue had a bigger mystery in his mind. He just didn't want to make this matter a big deal. In Lin Jue's view, it was a fluke that he could return safely. It should be because the news arrived at the village a little late. This caused Qiu Biao to When he knew the identities of himself and others and went to arrest them, he and Gao Muqing had already completed their plan and prepared the ambush plan, so the success of the entire plan was not affected. If the news had reached the village earlier, the consequences would have been disastrous. He, Ma Bin, Shen Tan and others will all be thrown into the Poison Dragon Pond by Qiu Biao without any bones left. So it is not that the news leaked is harmless, but I am just lucky.
Of course, Lin Jue couldn't be sure that it was Lin Ke who leaked the news, because it didn't make sense at all. Lin Ke was the eldest son of the Lin family, and this matter was related to the survival of the Lin family. What would it do him to sabotage it? It didn't make sense. Furthermore, if it was Lin Ke who sent the message, then he was colluding with the bandits. How could Lin Ke be collaborating with the bandits? This also makes no sense.
However, after contacting some of the information he knew, Lin Jue had to doubt Lin Ke. There were three main points. One was that the incident of the birthday gift being robbed was very strange. According to Yun Haiqing, Hai Dongqing actually They had also been keeping an eye on these two birthday gifts for a long time. By hijacking the birthday gifts, they wanted to cause the court to punish the two Zhejiang Roads and cause official unrest in the two Zhejiang Roads. However, the Lin family responded out of caution. Lin Boyong asked Lin Ke to order merchant ships to dock at Quanzhou Port. This After being out of the pirates' sphere of influence, the pirates failed to do what they wanted. Only then did the kidnapping of birthday gifts on Guishan Island occur. The problem is that both the pirates and the lake bandits seemed to know the whole thing well and had sufficient intelligence. The gangsters succeeded easily. If it wasn't for the gangsters' great powers, or there was an insider in the Lin family who informed them.
The second is Lin Ke's reaction when the birthday gift ship was hijacked. He ordered the evacuation of the grain transport ship. There is nothing wrong with it. But when there was a birthday gift ship in the fleet, this reaction was very inappropriate. Lin Ke's reaction was very inappropriate. It is impossible not to know that the birthday gift ship is much more important than the grain transport ship. The hijacking of the water transport may be remediable, but the birthday gift ship is hijacked but cannot be remedied. Lin Ke is not an inexperienced boy. He has been in charge of the Lin family for a long time. A person with a lot of wealth would have this insight. But his actions of ordering the evacuation of grain transport ships and exposing birthday gift ships to attacks by lake bandits were very suspicious.
The third was his reaction to his sudden disappearance from the Lin family. He met him at the palace before leaving. At that time, he asked a few questions about what he was doing at the palace. This was nothing. But after contacting what Lin Boyong said, He kept asking Lin Boyong about this matter, which had to arouse doubts. You must know that before this, he turned a blind eye to him and never paid attention to him.
These doubts have been lingering in Lin Jue's mind. He is suspicious of Lin Ke, but also feels that this is absurd, because his identity determines that he cannot risk the life and death of the Lin family and ignore the bandits. Therefore, the whole incident has made Lin Jue's mind It's a mess that's hard to sort out.
Lin Jue decided to downplay the matter for the time being. He didn't want the fierce reaction to make Lin Boyong suspicious, and he didn't want Lin Boyong to question Lin Ke. If Lin Ke really had a problem, it would be to alert the snake. And this matter is not a good thing, Lin Jue If Ke is a bandit, the whole Lin family will be ruined. This is no joke. Lin Jue himself is absolutely unwilling to believe this without absolute irrefutable evidence. In fact, he is more inclined to think that there is something wrong with the people around Lin Ke, or It had nothing to do with Lin Ke at all, but someone else who knew the plan leaked the news. But Lin Jue also had a foresight. At least from today on, some things must be kept silent to Lin Boyong.
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When Lin Jue stepped into his small courtyard, Lin Hu was chopping firewood and eating, and Lu Wu was drying the quilt in the courtyard.
"I'm back!" Lin Jue put the big package on the ground and said loudly.
Xiao Hu's ax swing paused in mid-air, almost hitting his back. Lu Wu was also stunned on the spot holding the cane that was beating the quilt. The two of them stared blankly at the smiling Lin Jue, who was frozen in place.
"What's wrong? Aren't you welcome? Why are you so stupid?" Lin Jue said with a smile.
"Uncle!" Lin Hu shouted, dropped his ax and rushed forward, circling around Lin Jue like a puppy.
Lin Jue patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Hey, I haven't seen him for a month, and he is taller and stronger again."
Lin Hu said repeatedly: "Uncle, you have been away for a month, and I have been chopping firewood every day, and my arms have become thicker. You are back, and you miss me so much."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Why don't you stand still? Why don't you help me take the package into the house?"
Lin Hu agreed repeatedly, picked up the package and walked into the house. Lin Jue looked at Lu Wu who was standing not far away and smiled quietly. Lu Wu stood there, her eye circles seemed to be red, and there was something in her eyes.
Flashing.
Lin Jue approached slowly and said softly: "What's wrong? I'm back, why are you so stupid?"
Lu Wu's nose felt sore and tears fell down. Over the past month, she had suffered from longing and worry every day, and she had lost weight. Today, the young master finally came back, and she was so happy that she wanted to cry.
.I wanted to throw myself into Lin Jue’s arms, but I was too shy and didn’t dare. I just stood there and cried.
Lin Jue opened his arms and said softly: "Come."
Lu Wu looked at Lin Hu's back as he entered the house, glanced at the empty courtyard door, and finally jumped into her arms, hugging Lin Jue tightly and sobbing.
"Poor little girl, are you being bullied at home?" Lin Jue asked, stroking her wet face.
Lu Wu shook her head repeatedly and sobbed: "Master, you are back. Lu Wu misses you every day, looks forward to you every day, and you are finally back."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Yes, I'm back. I miss you too. I can't think of you."
Lu Wu hugged Lin Jue's body, wishing to squeeze her whole body into Lin Jue's body. Lin Jue was excited and held up her face to kiss her. Lu Wu's face turned red and she ran away: "Goodbye, Xiaohu
In broad daylight, at night... and again at night."
Lin Jue laughed and said, "It's okay at night, but not during the day. My Green Dance is a shameless person."
Lu Wu blushed and said, "It's not that Lu Wu wants to lose face, it's because of the young master. Come in quickly, look at you, you all stink. Your hair is so messy and your sideburns are so long. I'll boil the water and you can wash it."
Take a bath and I'll fix your sideburns. Throw away the smelly clothes. Are you here to visit friends? It seems like you're going to beg for food."
Lin Jue laughed heartily. Although he was complained by Lu Wu, he felt peaceful and happy in his heart. When he came back, he heard the familiar complaints from Lu Wu, and everything was back to the past. Everything he had experienced not long ago had passed.
It passed like a dream.
Lu Wu boiled a large pot of hot water, and Lin Jue soaked it in a wooden bucket and washed it thoroughly. He felt comfortable and changed into clean and comfortable clothes and sat in the sunshine in the lee of the yard. After his long hair dried,
Lu Wu took a wooden comb and carefully combed Lin Jue's hair. Lin Jue closed his eyes so comfortably that he almost fell asleep.
The two talked softly, and the topic couldn't help but turn to Fang Huanqiu. Before leaving, Lin Jue asked Lu Wu to go to the academy every few days to accompany Fang Huanqiu, so Lin Jue asked about Fang Huanqiu's situation. Although he planned to go there in the afternoon
I went to the academy to see her, but I still couldn't help but ask.
"How is Miss Fang doing? Have you gone to the academy to see her?"
Lu Wu suddenly stiffened her movements and showed a hesitant look on her face.
"What? Is she in bad condition? Is she seriously ill?" Lin Jue felt something strange and quickly turned around and asked.
"Young Master, please don't make blind guesses. Miss Fang is very good. But...there is something I don't know whether I should tell you." Lu Wu said softly.
Lin Jue frowned and said, "Tell me, is there anything you shouldn't say? Are you still hiding it from me?"
Lu Wu looked at Lin Jue softly, and there seemed to be a feeling of pity in her eyes.
"Young master told Miss Fang before that after returning from visiting friends this time, he informed the family master that he asked someone to go to the Fang family to arrange a matchmaking session and wanted to marry Miss Fang, right?"
Lin Jue said: "Yes, did she tell you this?"
Lu Wu nodded and said: "Young master told Lu Wu to spend more time with Miss Fang. Lu Wu went to talk to Miss Fang every few days. Miss Fang is a very good person and Lu Wu likes her very much. We have talked about everything. Just
Seven or eight days ago, Miss Fang told me about this. Lu Wu told the young master that Miss Fang is a good companion for the young master. If the young master can really marry Miss Fang, Lu Wu will also be very happy. So after hearing the news, Lu Wu
It’s very fun to dance.”
Lin Jue felt slightly guilty about Lu Wu, but this was the reality. With Lu Wu's status, she could not be married as a head wife. She was a slave. In this age of strict hierarchy, the only way for her to become a head wife was
It would be feasible for the master's family to let her go free and then marry a commoner who works as a farmer or a woodcutter who cuts firewood. However, with Lin Jue's status, even though he is a concubine, he is also the son of a noble family. If Lu Wu wanted to follow Lin Jue, it would be feasible.
It can only be a concubine.
Although the Zhou Dynasty was a relatively enlightened dynasty, the hierarchy was deep down. To put it simply, everyone except scholars, farmers, industry and merchants could be called unworthy. Happy households, lazy people, and beggar households all belong to the world.
Servants, companions, gangsters, prostitutes, matchmakers, criminals and their family members are too numerous to mention. Although these people are no different from other people on the surface, once they are lowly, they have many restrictions. For example, their children are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.
, such as prohibition of intermarriage with normal families and many other discriminatory measures. Even in the enlightened and prosperous age of the Zhou Dynasty, many rules were abolished, but some fundamental things did not change much.
It is already a rule that a slave is not allowed to be a main wife. It is also a rule that a brothel girl is not allowed to be a main wife. Even if you are a courtesan who is famous all over the world for her beauty and beauty, you can only be a concubine after you become a good girl. There is even an unwritten rule in the Zhou Dynasty
According to the rules, if anyone supported by a court official's salary dares to marry a prostitute, he will be deprived of his official position and will never be hired. Because this violates the court's etiquette and damages the dignity of the court. Ordinary people who marry prostitutes will also lose their status.
The qualifications for official positions even have an impact on descendants.
In such an atmosphere of the times, Lin Jue could not escape. But in fact, Lu Wu also knew that she could only be a concubine by following Lin Jue. She herself did not realize how unfair this was.
Equality makes me feel lucky. Lin Jue's apology is actually superfluous here at Green Dance.
"I did say that I still want to discuss it with you. It seems that there is no need for it now. You already know it." Lin Jue smiled.
"Lv Wu can't get involved in this matter. The young master can marry whomever he likes and bring him home. Lu Wu will take care of him happily." Lu Wu said softly: "But what Lu Wu wants to say is that originally the young master
He and Miss Fang are a match made in heaven, but now... something has happened."
Lin Jue felt as if something had happened and frowned: "What happened?"
"Sir, you also know...Miss Fang's illness..."
"What is sick? I don't care about that. She is sick, so what? If I cared, I wouldn't have said anything about marrying her that day." Lin Jue waved his hand.
"Master... you don't care... Miss Fang does. Although Miss Fang didn't say it explicitly, Lu Wu felt that she seemed to be very hesitant about this matter. She was afraid that her illness would drag you down."
"This Fang Huanqiu, I have made it clear to her, why is she still worried about this? Is this the matter? I will go to the academy to see her in the afternoon, and I will tell her clearly in person. What do I think it is?" Lin
Jue waved his hands.
"...Young master, Miss Fang is gone!" Lu Wu said softly.
