After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 264

The person who cut off Hu was none other than the county magistrate Li Rui.

Although he had no knowledge of farming, he was a member of a wealthy family. After seeing a threshing machine, he realized the benefits of this agricultural tool.

He immediately wrote a letter and sent it to his father together with Shang Hui's memorial.

His grandfather and the head of the Li family were brothers, but after the family split, they became side branches.

By his father's generation, he had become a side branch of a side branch.

And he was just his father's concubine, one of many sons, and his relationship with his direct descendants was already very far away.

This is why he was born in the Li family, a first-class family, but could only serve as a small eighth-class county magistrate in Qingyuan County.

But if what he said in the letter comes true, his reputation and status will greatly increase.

Even though he was a concubine, he still could not reach a high position.

What Li Rui said in the letter was to take the credit for inventing the threshing machine as his own, and then use his father's hands to get rid of Lin Dayou and his entourage who rushed to the capital to present the threshing machine.

In this way, not only would he be able to benefit from it, but their lineage would also be able to gain a lot of fame.

There is hope that the direct branch will be replaced.

He always knew that his grandfather wanted to become the head of the Li family.

The number of direct descendants is very small, and there is only one Li Xuanying in his generation. Once Li Xuanying is gone, the direct descendants will be cut off.

And their branch is prosperous. If its reputation is better than that of the direct branch, the Li family, a first-class family, will become theirs.

When the time comes, his status as a great grandson will also rise with the tide.

Thinking of this, Li Rui was in a good mood. He invited his friends to go out for a night tour to admire the moon, drink and indulge, which was very pleasant.

He had no idea that his death was approaching.

On the second floor of the small building, in the study.

Lin Xi put down her pen and looked at the farm design in front of her with great satisfaction.

Chun Niang said she wanted to open a chicken farm and raise many chickens to supply Lin Ji.

And the people she sent to Nanling to look for cotton a while ago also came back and brought back a lot of wild cotton.

She then thought about buying more land, or directly clearing up some land, setting up a farm, and cultivating cotton.

The yield of early cotton was low and the fiber quality was poor. There was still a big gap between the white and fluffy cotton that people in later generations had in mind.

It takes generations of breeding and optimization to get better varieties.

Cultivating and optimizing cotton requires a lot of land.

In addition to cotton, she will later introduce other cash crops from the Western Regions and overseas, such as watermelons, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc.

What can the Lin family do with these ten acres of land now?

She needs a farm with a large area and complete functional facilities.

I have been drawing design drawings these days, and now I have finally finished it.

Chun Niang happens to be very interested in planting and cultivation, so this farm can be managed by her.

Lin Xi rubbed her wrist, took a piece of preserved fruit from the plate next to her and ate it.

A messenger crow flew in and landed on her desk.

Although the crows all look similar, she can clearly distinguish them because they have all been contracted by her with her spiritual power.

This crow was the one that stayed with Xiao Qi.

After taking actual control of the Qianhai Gang, Lin Xi promoted Xiao Qi from a small farm owner to a hall leader, taking charge of Qingyuan County.

He just happened to replace the three hall masters who were eliminated by Lin Wushang before.

"Master, a masked person came to me, thinking that I would be a murderer and swindler just like Yu Xiu (the dead Third Hall Master), and wanted to hire me to kill the Lin family.

"I pretended to agree on the surface, but the lion opened his mouth and tricked him. As soon as he left, he immediately sent someone to follow him and found out that he was from the county magistrate Li Rui..."

County Magistrate Li Rui?

Want to hire someone to kill the Lin family and silence them?Lin Xi's eyes turned cold.

Isn’t it good for some people to live well?I have to rush to find death.

She wrote back: "Catch that Li Rui and interrogate him."

He also stuffed a Tushen pill into the thin bamboo tube that held the letter paper.

For such a small role, she didn't need to go there personally.

After receiving the letter and pills, Xiao Qi personally took action, put a sack on Li Rui, captured him, fed him Tujin pills, and interrogated him carefully.

Before dinner, Lin Xi received Xiao Qi's letter again.

"Master, this Li Rui wants to take possession of the threshing machine made by the Sanfu brothers. He is afraid that the Lin family will expose him, so he wants to kill the Lin family and silence him.

"He also wrote a letter to his father in the capital, asking his father to send people to intercept Sanfu and his party who were entering the capital and snatch the threshing machine away."

Lin Xi sneered. He dared to take advantage of her family members and wanted to kill them. This Li Rui was really tired of living.

"Throw him into the river to feed the fish."

Chaoyang County.

Wei County, the capital, is only twenty miles away from the capital.

This is a county town developed from a dock. It can be said to be the water gateway of the capital. All ships traveling to and from the capital need to dock here.

Lin Da and his party arrived in Chaoyang in the evening. After disembarking from the ship, they decided to stay in the city for one night and return to Beijing early tomorrow morning.

In the middle of the night, Lin Dayou suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart. When he opened his eyes, a long sword with a cold light was stabbing him!
At the moment of lightning, he grabbed the assassin's hand and pushed hard with his backhand. The assassin's wrist bone was broken and he let out a muffled groan.

Lin Dayou took the opportunity to grab the sword and slashed at the assassin.

The assassin stepped back and dodged.

The sound of the two fighting woke Erxi up.

When he was away from home, Lin Dayou was worried about being separated from his brother, sleeping in the same room and bed with him.

Erxi, who was sleeping inside, took out a dagger from under the pillow and wanted to go up to support his elder brother.

At this time, two more men in black broke in.

Knowing that he was outmatched, Lin Dayou made a decisive decision and jumped out of the window with Sanfu to escape.

Fortunately, they lived on the second floor, and the windows were only three or four meters from the ground.

He practiced martial arts with Xibao for more than two months, and he had developed a trace of internal energy in his body. When he jumped out of the window, he mobilized the internal energy from his Dantian and attached it to his feet. He felt as if a wisp of breeze was coming from under his feet to support him.

His whole body became much lighter and more agile, and he was unharmed when he landed.

Lin Dayou grabbed his younger brother and ran out as hard as he could.

Sanfu said nothing and tried to keep up with his elder brother.

Compared with his eldest brother, who has well-developed limbs and a simple mind, his physique is much weaker. He doesn't like strenuous exercise and usually spends most of his time sitting.

After running for a while, I was out of breath, and my heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest.

But the man in black is chasing after him, how can he stop?
"Whoops!" The man in black shot a sleeve arrow, and the arrow hit Sanfu's leg.

He stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

Lin Dayou supported his younger brother, saw the arrow on his leg, and threw the man onto his back with one hand.

Carrying a person on your back will inevitably slow you down, and the man in black behind you is getting closer and closer.

Sanfu looked back and said, "Brother, please let me down."

Lin Dayou gritted his teeth and said nothing. How could he put Sanfu down?Doesn't that mean he should die?
Who are these men in black?Why kill them?

In the dark night, Lin Dayou ran toward the dock with his younger brother on his back.

Although it was late at night, there was a night market at the pier and it was still very lively.

When we get to a crowded place, these men in black won't be so rampant, right?
Just as they were thinking this, a man in black suddenly fell from the sky and stood in front of them.

(End of this chapter)