It was past midnight, and there was no one on the wide street of Kaifeng Fu Street. More than ten horses galloped past and stopped in front of a tall house. Lin Jue got off his horse, quickly rushed up the steps with long strides, and reached out to knock on the beast on the door.
Ring, clanging sound.
Someone inside shouted: "Who is he? What are you doing?"
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Open the door, I am Lin Jue."
There was silence for a moment, and soon someone opened the door, only to see seven or eight servants standing inside the door holding lanterns. One of them cupped his hands and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Lin from the third room. Just now..."
Lin Jue interrupted him and asked in a deep voice: "Where is your second son? Where is he?"
"Second Young Master? He's in the back house. I'll go and report it now."
Lin Jue nodded and walked towards the front hall, saying: "Okay, let your second son come to the front hall to meet me as soon as possible. I will wait for him."
Not long after Lin Jue sat in the hall, Lin Sheng rushed from the back of the hall in a panic. Seeing Lin Jue, he hurried forward and asked: "How are you? Have you seen my father? Where is he?"
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Lin Jue waved his hand to dismiss everyone, and then told Lin Sheng the story of visiting the prison at Yushitai. Lin Sheng's face turned pale after hearing this, and he said in a trembling voice: "So...are you afraid that dad will not survive?"
But it’s all over. How could we have committed such a big thing? What should we do? What should we do?”
Lin Jue frowned and said: "Don't be so panicked. Now you are the only one in charge of the overall situation in your house. If you are so panicked, wouldn't everyone in the house be panicked? The case has not yet been formally tried and convicted. It will take at least ten years for the Yushitai to collect and complete the evidence.
We still have time to think of a solution in the remaining days. You must be steady now."
Lin Sheng slumped down on the chair, as if all his strength had been drained from his body, and he murmured: "How can I still hold on? According to what you said, dad has committed a capital crime."
Lin Jue shouted coldly: "You have to be stable even if you can't. Unless you want your second uncle to die, you must support me. I immediately sent someone to Hangzhou overnight to report the news, and asked the uncle to come to Beijing immediately to preside over the discussion. Now it's time
On a southerly day, hurry up and deliver the message. If you come back as a fast boat, you can arrive in seven days. You will know by then. What you have to do is to stabilize the people in this house and not cause trouble. There is still something you can do
During the visit, give the second uncle some food, drink and clothing. The environment inside is very bad and the second uncle may not be able to bear it. And you must not look so sad when you go to visit, as it will affect the second uncle's mood. If you can't stabilize it
Emotions, if my second uncle is gone, it is your responsibility."
Lin Sheng's face turned pale and he nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you, I'll listen to you."
Seeing how scared he was, Lin Jue comforted him with gentle words: "I have already made a preliminary rescue plan, and I will do my best to rescue the second uncle. You don't have to worry too much. The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. I believe everything depends on man-made efforts."
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Lin Sheng nodded and said: "I definitely believe you, but my mother and the others are very scared. After I came back from your place, I have been comforting them in the back house, crying so much that my head hurt."
Lin Jue frowned and said, "What do I want you to do? You can't even handle this?"
Lin Sheng was ashamed and speechless, and could only sigh.
Lin Jue frowned and said, "Take him up and take a look."
Lin Sheng nodded hurriedly, got up and walked to the back house with Lin Jue. After passing the second entrance, he heard a noise and noise coming from the back house. Lin Jue frowned and followed Lin Sheng into the back house.
The round door of the house. In front of me, under the corridor of the main room, a group of women were chattering and making a lot of noise around the door.
"Why are we not allowed to leave? Don't think we don't know the situation. The head of the house has committed a serious crime this time. I'm afraid he won't be able to come out alive. This matter may involve people in the house. Instead of waiting for people to come and ransack the house, it's better for everyone to
Let’s break up. We’re not your Lin family anyway, so why aren’t we allowed to leave?”
"That's it, if something happens to your Lin family, it's okay for you to be unlucky. You don't have to drag us to be buried together, right? When I married me, I told you that I wanted to enjoy happiness with him, not to die together. We have served him for so many years.
, you didn’t catch anything, why don’t you just leave in a good mood?”
"What I'm saying is that we are not treated well by you on weekdays, but people are pointing fingers behind our backs all day long and calling us bitches. Now that we are going to die, don't you think we are bitches? We won't accompany you Lin family.
It’s over.”
An old woman stood in the door and was trembling with anger. She pointed at the gesticulating women and said, "You guys are heartless and meaningless people. You usually pester me like a coquettish person and buy things."
Jewelry costs money, and I've been so confused by you. Now, disaster is imminent, and you have to run away. Are you worthy of my love for you? You are really a group of shameless people."
"Hey, eldest sister, what you said is not true. The master is obsessed with us, so why are we the ones who obsessed him? You worship Buddha and eat fast all day long, so of course the master came to find us? You also know what we used to do.
, Master is after our face and means, aren’t we only after Master’s money and things? We all have needs, what’s there to say? Is it because we want Master to be strong? Hehe, it’s ridiculous, just pull any strong man on the street.
, is also better than the master in bed. We sisters have been with the master for so long at a young age, and we are already worthy of him. At this time, we don’t want to accompany you to death."
"You guys are shameless! So shameless." The old woman was trembling with anger.
Lin Jue and Lin Sheng stood between the corridors and listened to all these words. He frowned and looked at Lin Sheng inquiringly. Lin Sheng did not dare to look at him.
Lin Jue said coldly: "Who are these people?"
Lin Sheng hesitated and said: "Several aunts were all married by my father... the red cards in the brothel. They were clamoring to leave. My mother and I had been quarreling there for a long time."
"What a waste!" Lin Jue couldn't help but scolded: "Thankfully you are still the son of the Lin family. These people are so unruly and you still tolerate them."
Lin Sheng didn't dare to say anything. If Lin Jue had scolded him in person like this, he would have gone crazy. But now he was completely helpless and relied entirely on Lin Jue to make decisions. He could only endure the scolding. What's more, he was not
He wanted to indulge these aunts, but he and the two foxy girls among them had some secret secrets that it was really hard to open up about.
Lin Jue stepped forward and appeared, shouting sternly: "What are you all making a fuss about? No one is allowed to leave. You all stay in your own room."
Lin Jue suddenly appeared and spoke, startling several noisy women. They turned their heads and saw a strange young man approaching, followed by the second young master Lin Sheng. They thought he was Lin Sheng's follower. It was Lin Sheng.
This person was ordered to speak out.
"Who are you? You can also take care of our affairs? Second Young Master, you have grown up now. Do you dare to take care of your seventh aunt's affairs?" A man with fluffy buns and a pretty face with a sense of kitsch.
The woman cried out softly.
"That's right, Xiao Qi, you usually love the second young master for nothing, and I even glare at you." The woman next to her teased with something in her words.
Lin Sheng stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile: "Aunts, this is Mr. Lin Jue from the third room of the Lin family, my cousin."
"Oh? Lin Jue? I've heard of it. Isn't it the concubine from the third room of your Lin family? I heard that he won the top prize. But so what? When did it become his turn to take care of things here? Your Lin family is really weird.
The young master of the third room, who has not yet come down, will talk like this when he sees us?" The seventh aunt sneered.
Lin Jue ignored her, walked up to Lin Bonian's first wife Yuan, raised his hands and saluted, "Second mother, Lin Jue is polite."
Yuan was already in her early fifties, with an aging appearance and gray hair. She was old and beautiful, and she only lived by chanting Buddha's words and eating fast every day, and ignored Lin Bonian's marriage of concubines one after another. But after all, she was his first wife.
, something big happened at home, and she naturally couldn't stand still. So, she had to step in to take charge of the situation, but because she was honest and honest, she didn't have much prestige at home, so she was besieged by a group of side chambers, but she was too clumsy to deal with it.
Mrs. Yuan had met Lin Jue once. Lin Jue came to visit him once when he came to Beijing and had a few words.
"Lin Jue, Sheng'er said you went to inquire, have you seen your second uncle?"
"Yes, my nephew has already told my second cousin about this matter. I will let my cousin report to my second mother later. What is going on here? What are these people making trouble here?" Lin Jue asked.
"Hey, when the disaster comes, we all go away. They know that my Lin family is in trouble, so they want to pack up and leave. They force me to write them a letter of divorce. The family is unfortunate. Your second uncle has provoked so many people, which is a disgrace to the family."
Yuan sighed.
"Hey, eldest sister, what are you talking about? We all made it clear just now. We didn't follow the master to accompany him to death. If I had known today, who would be willing to marry into your Lin family? You must have
Isn't it immoral to force us to stay and die together?" The gorgeous women immediately quit and started shouting one after another.
Mrs. Yuan looked at Lin Jue and said, "Look, it's so noisy. If it doesn't work, I just follow their wishes and pull them down."
Lin Jue turned his head, looked at the group of pretentious women in front of him, and said, "Aunts, you are also the side wives of the second uncle who married into the house. We, the Lin family, did not dislike your previous status and gave you your status.
and respect, and provide you with fine clothes and food. Now that my second uncle has just had an accident, you are acting like this. Is it ridiculous? Is this the way you should be a woman?"
"Stop talking nonsense to us. Doesn't your second uncle just like our beauty and youth? What we like is that your Lin family is rich and will have a backer to settle down in the future. To put it bluntly, it's just a deal. Now your Lin family is in trouble
What are we planning? Are we going to die with you? Don’t even think about it.” Qi Yiniang’s thin lips moved and she said without mercy.
"That's right, it's unreasonable. You're talking about women's ethics with us. The master was in the brothel when he saw us, and he knows who we are. Don't talk about women's ethics to us." Several women on the side agreed.
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Lin Jue didn't want to talk anymore. He just sighed in his heart that Lin Bonian was also a scholar. How could he marry such a woman? If it was just for fun in a brothel, he would marry her home. It is simply unreasonable. This gang
Women don't know what shame and morality are. What they care about is Lin Bonian's status and money. In fact, they have no feelings for Lin Bonian at all. They are right, this is actually a transaction.
