Red House Shoufu

Chapter 259

Miyun Mountain, also known as Hengshan.In the south of Miyun County on the north side of the capital.Because of "clouds and mists hidden in the mountains", it is named Miyun. "Book of Jin Shi Jilong Zaiji": In the fourth year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Shi Jilong attacked Duan Liao, feared by Liao, abandoned Lingzhi, and rushed to Miyun Mountain, that is.

A group of hundreds of bandits is hiding in it, and it will be difficult to find them unless a large army is dispatched to sweep the entire mountain with plows.

Miyun County reported to Shuntian Mansion and sent troops to suppress the bandits many times, but it was difficult to eliminate them.Several years have passed, and this group of thugs still loots passing caravans from time to time. Otherwise, there are very few incidents of killing people, and the forbidden army has already entered the mountain.

But this time was different, this group of people actually wanted to massacre the village, and killed the soldiers of the Imperial Tomb Guards. The Imperial Tomb Guards were already preparing their army for war, and they were waiting for the emperor's order.

When heavy snow fell that night, Lin Shu and Jia Lian lived in the old patriarch's house.

However, the rice bowl was brought by Grandma Liu's daughter and son-in-law, probably under the influence of Wang Xifeng. There were four white steamed buns, a stack of fried meat and a stack of pickles in the basket, exuding a burst of aroma.

Wang Gou'er took out another jar from another basket and hung it on the bonfire to heat it up: "This rice porridge is getting cold, Xiaomin warm it up for the two adults."

"Your mother-in-law is a person of great wisdom. If you are filial to her, you will have a lot of blessings in the future."

Jia Lian found a jug of good wine from nowhere, poured Lin Shu a glass and drank it himself.He told Wang Gou'er a few words, and Wang Gou'er responded carefully.

After Wang Gou'er and his wife left, Jia Lian told Lin Shu about the bandits in Miyun Mountain.In the past few years, Xiuyiwei has focused on the situation between the court and China, and has been slack in dealing with the bandits who are forbidden and incessant.

But in the land of Gyeonggi, there will always be some attention.Jia Lian sent people to get all the information about the Miyun bandits from Xiuyiwei, and they searched for useful information together with Lin Shu.

The ground was covered with snow overnight, and the morning in Wangjiazhuang was noisy with the sound of cock crowing.

Lin Shu got dressed early, boiled hot water and washed his face, and then went to the Wang Family Ancestral Hall to discuss the follow-up matters with several people.

The bandits in Miyun Mountain will naturally still have to rely on the imperial guards to encircle and suppress them. The casualties in Wangjiazhuang will be compensated by people from the Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture today.

The emperor had ordered the household department to send a large amount of medicinal materials, food and money overnight, and Lin Shu only had to be responsible for supervising the distribution of the Shuntian government office.

But there is one more thing that Lin Shu needs to investigate, and that is the strange behavior of controlling the county uncle Wang's family.

The food that was almost insulting was delivered the day before yesterday, and the bandits massacred the village that night. How could there be such a coincidence, which made Lin Shu wonder if there was a connection between them.

However, there is no evidence for this matter, it is just his own sixth sense. Lin Shu hidden in his heart, and the people who shuttled between Wangjiazhuang and Shuntian Mansion Yamen distributed the court's relief supplies.

Perhaps it was because of the emperor's personal order that the household department allocated sufficient supplies, and the people of Shuntian Mansion did not dare to neglect.Not only were they distributed to families with casualties, but the entire Zhuangzi received more or less rice grains and other items.

Lin Shu divided the money in his purse into several shares, and left them in the families who were mourning for nothing, and finally returned to the capital in the face of the wind and snow.

After arriving home, the first thing Lin Shu did was to arrange for Wang Lun to intensify the supervision and investigation of the county magistrate's mansion.

It has to be said that Wang Lun doesn't know economics, and he doesn't know how to fight, but when it comes to inquiring about news, no one in the entire Lin family can compare.

Before noon the next day, Lin Shu, who was still handling official duties in the cabinet, heard a report that his servants were looking for him urgently outside the imperial city.

"what happened?"

Lin Shu borrowed a guard room of the imperial guards, and Wang Lun told the results of his investigation after drinking a bowl of warm wine.

"Master, a few days ago, the third master of the county magistrate's mansion sent his confidants out of Beijing. They left the south gate, but they didn't go far. They went back to Beijing for a few laps, and finally met a middle-aged man in a restaurant in Baizhifang in the south of the city. The men met. On the second day, the two left the city from the west gate, returned to the city until before the curfew, and returned to the county magistrate's mansion after parting."

After listening to what Wang Lun said, Lin Shu pondered several key points. The third master who governs the county magistrate's mansion is Wang Ziteng's third younger brother and Wang Xifeng's third uncle Wang Zisheng.

Not to mention his reputation, he is sinister and ruthless, and has done a lot of dirty things. Wang Ziteng wiped his brother's ass a lot.

But this time, Lin Shu wondered whether Wang Ziteng knew that if these bandits were really related to the Wang family, going to massacre the village in such a rough way was not in line with Wang Ziteng's cautious temperament.

However, according to the current investigation, Wang Zisheng is very suspicious.The matter of the Wang family's Zhuangzi made the county government's government lose face, and Wang Zisheng was in charge of the Wang family's general affairs. He became angry from embarrassment, and it was justified to do such a move.

Lin Shu pondered for a while, then said to Wang Lun: "Go and run again to see if you can find out where these two people went after they left the west gate. Also, let the people under his hands carefully check the Baizhifang The identity of that person. Remember, this person is likely to be a thug. Make everyone under you smart, your life is at stake."

The members of the Lin family didn't know who they were influenced by, and most of them were a bit dead-headed.As soon as the Patriarch gave an order, this group of people would do everything they could to complete the Patriarch's order, so Lin Shu had to give a few more instructions.

Wang Lun grinned, bowed to accept his orders, and left the imperial city.

Lin Shu thought about it, and took advantage of lunch time to go to Longjian Guard Jia Lian's room on duty, told Jia Lian about this, and reminded him to pay more attention to Wang Ziteng and his brothers.

Without evidence, it would be difficult for Lin Shu to report this matter to the emperor, but the Rongguo Mansion has a huge network of contacts in the capital, so it is much more convenient for Jia Lian to investigate this matter than the Lin family.

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It snowed heavily for three days, and the snowflakes were still flying when Lin Shu was on duty.

"The snow is getting heavier and heavier. Is there enough charcoal at home?"

Lin Shu put a pot of water on the stove, and chatted with Daiyu while warming up the fire.

Daiyu gestured a cloak that was being embroidered and knitted on Lin Shu's body, and replied casually: "There are still many, enough for us to use until the end of the first month."

"Mom, this gold thread is too eye-catching, it's better to change it to a red thread."

Lin Shu watched Daiyu and Wang Momo rummaging in the wire basket, smiled and concentrated on making tea.Xueyan brought the tea pot over and whispered to Lin Shu: "When the girl went to the banquet two days ago, someone was gossiping about the girl..."

"What's the situation? Tell me clearly!"

Lin Shu, who was originally in a good mood, the smile on his face disappeared instantly after hearing someone gossip about his sister.

Xueyan turned her head to look, her daughter was discussing with Nanny Wang about the thread of the new cloak, but she didn't notice this, so she whispered the whole thing.

(End of this chapter)