Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 182 Lightning Strike
Although he didn't know Lin Jiulang's background, Li Lijun had someone invite him in.

It's such a cold day, and it's raining outside, so we can't let people get wet outside, right?
As a result, someone invited in, and Li Lijun was taken aback when he saw it: "You... came here on a horse? Why are you wet?!"

Lin Jiulang was wearing a riding suit, a cloak, and a hat, and he looked as if he was ready for a rainy day.But if he rode fast, how much rain could this equipment block?The black cloak was made of unknown material. When Lin Jiulang was wearing it, others couldn't tell whether he was wet or not.But as soon as he entered the room and took off his cloak, the blue brocade robe inside was almost soaked.

Li Lijun hurriedly asked people to fetch clean clothes, and asked Nanny Lu to take Lin Jiulang down to change the clothes first, to see if he needed a hot bath, otherwise he would turn out to be cold later, and it would be difficult for her to explain .

Lin Jiulang himself didn't care too much: "It's okay, I'm not afraid of the cold. Do you have a brazier in this room? Just lend me a roast."

Li Lijun didn't listen to him, and still let Nanny Lu take him down: "If you treat me as a friend, then follow my arrangement."

Lin Jiulang reluctantly followed Nanny Lu, and changed into dry clothes, shoes and socks after a while.The clothes, shoes and socks belong to Li Shen. He has his own yard in Bieye. Li Lijun let people keep it, and now there are maids guarding the yard.It doesn't take much trouble to send someone to borrow a suit of clothes.

Lin Jiulang fit Li Shen's clothes fairly well, but the shoes were a bit too big, so he didn't care much at this time.He had to admit that after changing into dry clothes and drinking a big bowl of ginger soup, he felt warmer and more comfortable.Back in the main room of the main house, Li Lijun asked someone to prepare a bowl of hot soup cakes for him, and told him to eat it before talking.

Lin Jiulang thanked Li Lijun, but did not start eating noodles immediately, but said to her very solemnly: "My old man went to Lingnan to take office, and I saw off to Luoyang with my grandma, uncle, and little aunt. Because Grandma wanted to spend the winter in Luoyang, so we stayed there and missed the news from Xijing. I never imagined that Ah Weng would make such a big fuss when he gave your farm to Mr. Shen Erlang and Si Niangzi as a token of gratitude. Trouble is coming! This is the fault of our Lin family's oversight. I don't know how to apologize to Fourth Lady, so I can only come here in person and apologize to you."

After speaking, he stood up and wanted to bow to Li Lijun.

Li Lijun hurriedly stopped him: "You don't need to do this. Uncle Shen and I are not angry. Although there was some trouble in Zhuangzi, the matter has subsided now, and I have nothing to lose. Instead, I got a good farm for nothing. It's a good thing. It's someone else who made the mistake, so why should you worry about it?"

She tried her best to stop Lin Jiulang from apologizing, so Lin Jiulang had to sit down again, with a depressed expression on his face: "It was because of our friendship that you kindly helped me out. I, Aunt, managed to get out of trouble and went to Lingnan to take up my post." , Our family’s troubles have been turned over. Ah Weng was grateful, so he sent two Zhuangzi as a thank you gift. Unexpectedly, this thank you gift not only did not bring you benefits, but caused you trouble. I heard that your Zhuangzi also Almost killed someone! Even if someone else did something bad, if it wasn't for our family, you and Mr. Shen Erlang would have nothing to do with this kind of thing!"

Lin Jiulang really felt very sorry, thinking that it would be great if his Aunt could investigate the situation of these two Zhuangzi carefully.Of course, A Weng is busy with affairs, so he may not be able to take care of these things, so it should be them, the juniors, and the servants in charge at home who are going to share A Weng's worries and shoulder the responsibility of the investigation.But they failed to do so, so that something went wrong with the gift they sent out, which of course is the responsibility of their Lin family.

Li Lijun felt that this young man was a bit stubborn, and it was difficult to persuade him to come back after he decided that he was dead, so he had to put it another way: "You don't have to worry too much. Although it was a bit scary when you first heard about it, the result is not bad. There is no one in Liujiazhuang. People who lost their lives, injured people and those whose houses were damaged were also compensated. The former Jingyang county magistrate gave me a large amount of property in order to mitigate his crimes. Money, and a good reputation. The houses of the villagers were already old and dilapidated, and they took this opportunity to build new houses. This winter, they can live much warmer and more comfortably. As for Uncle Shen’s Liu Erzhuang, it was not affected at all. Instead, the villagers got an extra income from helping build houses. Isn’t this a happy ending for everyone?”

In addition, because Li Lijun bought people's hearts with the compensation from the former Jingyang county magistrate, everyone in Liujiazhuang respects her now, and there is no thorn in her head. Everyone is saying that next year, she must work hard and fight for a A bumper harvest, to please her.If Liujiazhuang really has a bumper harvest next year, Li Lijun will also benefit the most.

She spread her hands to Lin Jiulang: "Look, everyone is happy because I won the profit. Even though I just encountered a monster not long ago, I still have the energy to summon my friends to watch the corpse of the monster snake. It's really lively." It's like going to a market. Don't always talk about apologizing, it's too disappointing!"

Immediately, Lin Jiulang stopped talking about apologizing or not, so as not to spoil Li Lijun's interest.However, he still couldn't believe the situation in Liujiazhuang described by Li Lijun: "Everyone... Are you really so happy? Didn't you say that almost all the houses in the village were destroyed by monsters?"

Li Lijun told him about the damage to Liujiazhuang.In fact, most of those houses were not knocked down, but the whirlwind caused by the fight between the demons was so powerful that the roofs of the cottages were lifted off, and some houses that were in disrepair were unstable and unable to withstand it. Many rooms collapsed.Now the whole village has been refurbished by the east wind of reconstruction. People who could only live in thatched houses can live in houses with foundations, earthen walls, and thatched roofs without spending more money. How could you be unhappy if it was cheaper?Even before the house is built, they can only temporarily live in a temporary hut, enduring the cold wind and rain, and they still have smiles on their faces.Because during the Chinese New Year, they can move into a new house.

Lin Jiulang was silent for a while after listening to Li Lijun's words.

Li Lijun didn't know what he was thinking, because he didn't want him to get entangled in this topic, so he asked something else: "Did you just come from Chang'an? Can you see Uncle Shen? He's had a good time these days." Okay? Is everything going well with Aye's canonization ceremony? Also, the corpse of the demon snake should have been transported to Chang'an, but it has caused heated discussions in the city?" Did Fen Youguan finish his work?

Lin Jiulang woke up from his contemplation, and then smiled: "Everything is fine, Mr. Shen Erlang. The canonization ceremony of heir King Zou also went smoothly. But... the corpse of the demon snake has not been transported to Chang'an, and it is still ten miles away from Chang'an At that time, it was struck by lightning from the sky, and a big fire was ignited, which was already burned to ashes. The ministers in the court said that the matter was unknown, and blamed Jing Zhaoyin for transporting the monster into Beijing."

Li Lijun raised his eyebrows: "Been struck by lightning? Although I am a hundred miles away from Chang'an, if there is really a thunderstorm outside the city of Chang'an, I can see a little bit of it here. But I didn't see it." ? Didn’t you hear anything strange about Chang’an?”

Is this what Fenyou Guan did?

(End of this chapter)