Lin Jue actually woke up not long after sleeping because he was woken up by someone. He opened his eyes and looked around, but saw a face exposed in the small window above the door. That was Jia Laoliu.
"Hey, Lin Jue, wake up quickly, don't sleep, someone is coming to see you." Jia Laoliu called.
Lin Jue frowned and sat up and said, "What's wrong?"
Jia Laoliu opened the door to the house. The sun was dazzling outside. It was probably around noon. Lin Jue covered his eyes to adjust to the light, bent down and left the house.
"If someone wants to see you, I'll say hello to you first. You must answer this person's questions honestly and don't talk nonsense, otherwise we won't be polite." Jia Laoliu whispered in Lin Jue's ear. .
Lin Jue frowned and said, "Who wants to see me? The prince or the young prince?"
"No, it's the little princess of our palace who wants to see you. So I want you to be calm and behave yourself. You can offend anyone, but if you offend the little princess, you will definitely die." Jia Laoliu said.
"Little princess? I don't know your little princess. What does she want to see me for?" Lin Jue was a little confused.
"You ask us, who are we asking? We can't do anything if they come in and ask you by name. In short, just answer her nicely and don't offend her, otherwise no one can save you. Do you understand?" Mr. Jia said. Liu Luli warned in a lengthy manner, obviously they were afraid of offending the little princess.
The sun shone on the corner of the courtyard gate, illuminating the area brightly. Lin Jue was escorted by Jia Laoliu and Lao Cui towards this place. He saw the graceful and beautiful girl in green standing in the sun. The girl's back Facing Lin Juezheng, looking out the courtyard gate, his beautiful figure seemed to be coated with a halo under the autumn sun, just like a beautiful scene seen in a dream.
As if hearing the sound of footsteps, the girl turned her head. Lin Jue felt that the scenery around him seemed a little brighter. Under the reflection of the girl's pretty face, everything around him seemed brighter.
"I'd like to report to the princess, Lin Jue, bring her here and ask the princess to question you. But please don't take too long. The princess should know that if the prince and young prince find out about this, they will scold me for waiting." Jia Laoliu said quickly. Step forward and report.
"I know, I know, why are you so long-winded?" The girl waved her hand and looked at Lin Jue with a pair of bright eyes without shyness.
"Why don't you come forward to greet me?" Lao Cui whispered in Lin Jue's ear.
Lin Jue hurriedly stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "I'm Lin Jue, I've met the princess."
A smile appeared on the face of the little princess, and she said in a clear voice: "Are you Lin Jue?"
Before Lin Jue could answer, Lao Cui answered for him: "Princess Qi, he is Lin Jue."
The girl looked displeased, frowned and waved her hands, "What are you still doing here? If you don't want to retreat, I'll have a few words with Mr. Lin."
"But..." Jia Laoliu said.
"Are you leaving? You guys?" the girl said with her hands on her hips.
Lao Cui made a gesture, took Jia Laoliu and left. If he didn't leave, he might be asking for trouble. Anyway, the guards following the princess were watching, and Lin Jue couldn't do anything, so why bother being an eyesore here.
"Are you Lin Jue?" After the people around her walked away, the girl asked again.
Lin Jue cupped his hands and said, "That's right."
The girl nodded, looked at Lin Jue with her hands behind her hands, and suddenly covered her mouth and laughed. "Did you get out of there? There are still grass clippings on your head."
Lin Jue awkwardly put his hand on his bun, grabbed a few pieces of hay, and said with a wry smile: "I was locked up in a small stone room just now. I had nothing to do, so I took a nap. I was just woken up, so my clothes were disheveled. That’s rude.”
"Are you still asleep?" the girl asked with her eyes wide open.
Lin Jue smacked his lips and was speechless. The girl asked again: "Do you know what my father and brother are going to do to you?"
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "I don't know, just leave it to fate."
The girl pouted and said, "This is really unfair. What my father and brother did was so inappropriate. You are not guilty. They can't afford to lose, so they forced the Lin family to hand you over. They are punishing you with a lynching."
Shouldn’t you be aware of it?”
Lin Jue was stunned and said: "It's not up to a commoner like me to judge whether it should happen or not. My arms can't lift my thighs. What can I do?"
The girl frowned and said, "That's right. Do you know why I came to see you?"
Lin Jue shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"I really like Du Shiniang's play. I really like the way you embarrassed my father and brother in the oiran competition that day. You are really capable. At first, I really thought it was Xie Yingying's own performance.
I later found out that you were the mastermind behind everything. So I heard that you took the initiative to plead guilty today, so I came to see what kind of person you are."
Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said: "The princess has seen it now, take a few more glances, maybe after a while you will only see a dead person."
The little princess covered her mouth and smiled: "No, at least you won't die in these days or a few more days. Dad and brother are not busy with you yet."
Lin Jue's heart moved, and he said indifferently: "How is that possible? They will come and take my life at any time."
The little princess smiled and said: "You don't know, something big happened, and they were busy dealing with it. That matter is much bigger than your matter, how can they have time to care about you? By the way, this matter
It also has something to do with your Lin family. Now I'm afraid your Lin family is also in a state of disarray."
Lin Jue was even more surprised. He asked softly: "Can you tell me what happened?"
The little princess smiled and said: "You really like to inquire. You are like this yourself, and you still ask questions."
Lin Jue smiled awkwardly and said, "Am I not dead yet? Besides, you said this matter has something to do with my Lin family."
"Aren't you no longer a member of the Lin family? What does it have to do with you?" the girl asked with a smile.
Lin Jue smacked his lips and said, "I have always been named Lin. Although I am not tolerated by my family, it cannot change this fact."
The girl sighed and said: "The Lin family treats you like this, and you still say this, it shows that you are a person of friendship. Anyway, I will tell you what happened. However, it is useless for you to know this matter. You
The Lin family can't solve it, and my father and brother are very anxious, and I'm afraid they can't solve it."
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The incident mentioned by Princess Guo Caiwei was a shocking event that happened last night.
On September 15th, the grain fleet of Zhejiang Province was launched. Hundreds of grain ships headed north from the canal, starting a nearly month-long water transportation voyage. Among them, one large ship was particularly taken care of.
It was the ship carrying two priceless gifts for the Queen Mother's birthday.
Originally, the water transportation was already escorted by more than 20 large ships and more than 2,000 naval troops of the Ning Haijun Navy. With the addition of these extra important accompanying large ships, the Ning Haijun Navy sent hundreds of additional manpower. That's all.
, in order to safely escort the gifts to Beijing, a team of more than fifty soldiers and horses came from the Imperial City Department of the capital, plus more than thirty skilled guards led by He Chao, deputy commander of the guards of Prince Liang's Palace, forming a
All-around tight protection.
It stands to reason that under such a tight escort, everything should be foolproof. However, after sailing north along the canal for five or six days, when they arrived at the bank of Baoying Lake in Baoying County on Huainan East Road, a big mess occurred.
At dusk last night, the fleet arrived at Baoying Lake. According to the previously planned plan, all the ships at Baoying Lake would rest for a while and replenish some food and fresh water in Baoying County before setting off. That night, all ships, large and small, entered Baoying.
Anchored in the bay on the east side of the lake. The warships of Hangzhou Ning Navy were cruising and patrolling outside, waiting in full formation.
At the second watch, dozens of clippers suddenly rushed out from the reed marshes on the north side of the lake. The timing was just right, and they happened to be in the gap between warship patrols. When two Ning Navy warships discovered their traces, they had already
More than 20 fast boats rushed into the middle of the moored fleet. Unidentified people on the small boats used hooks to hook up the big ships and quickly boarded several large ships. After a while, several large ships burst into flames.
At this time, the water transport ships were in chaos. Because the lake bay was narrow and the ships were anchored very close to each other. Once the food caught fire, it was likely to spread to the entire fleet with the force of the night wind. Therefore, people were eager to avoid disaster.
Lin Ke, the owner of the Lin family shipping company and other grain ships, ordered all ships to evacuate the surrounding area immediately to avoid being invaded by the fire.
With this order, hundreds of boats, large and small, rushed out of the bay and hurriedly fled to the open lake outside the bay. Although this could avoid being invaded by the fire, it caused huge chaos.
Each ship acted on its own, and the formation was in chaos. The ship that was originally under tight protection to carry birthday gifts could only be evacuated under this situation. However, it was the target of the night raiders.
Hundreds of people rushed aboard the ship. There were originally more than 50 soldiers from the Imperial City Division and more than 30 guards from Prince Liang's Palace on the ship. Logically speaking, they should be able to resist it. However, the gangsters who boarded the ship were highly skilled in martial arts, and several of them
The fierce bandits were unmatched. In just one meal of fierce fighting, most of the more than 80 guards on the ship were killed or injured. Seeing that the momentum was not good, Ma Bin, the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Department who was responsible for receiving the gifts, and He Chao, deputy commander of the guards of Prince Liang's Mansion, had to carry
More than a dozen guards jumped into the water and escaped, allowing the other party to occupy the big ship.
During the whole process, the large ships of Hangzhou Ning Haijun on the periphery did not help at all. They were blocked by the fleeing grain ships, and were harassed by bandits on small boats. They had no idea that the most important large ship in the bay had changed hands.
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An hour later, several burning ships sank into the lake. The Ninghai navy finally took control of the situation and forced dozens of bandit ships back into the reed marsh. After regrouping and taking inventory, they discovered that all the ships except the ones on fire were
Except for the ones that sank, all the other water transport ships were not seriously injured. But the only thing missing was the large ship that was escorting the Queen Mother's birthday gifts.
