Need for money

The last time I chatted with Aunt Yu, Lin Jingzhi asked where her two senior brothers were, but Aunt Yu just kept her mouth shut, and there was still a hint of vigilance hidden in her eyes.

So when Lin Jingzhi heard Zheng Jianqiu's question, he hesitated for a moment, and then lied: "It seems that there is not. I heard from Yu'er that she has been practicing martial arts with her grandfather since she was a child."

"Oh!" Zheng Jianqiu was very disappointed when he heard this.

Since the last time Aunt Yu forced him to retreat and kicked Xu Yong away, he was not satisfied with only Xu Yong by his side, so he planned to ask Aunt Yu if there were any senior brothers, if so , he is willing to pay a high price to win him over to his side as a personal bodyguard.

Of course, it would be even better if he could have a teacher and sister. Based on his status, character and appearance, I believe it won't be long before he can marry him back home and become a concubine.

However, Lin Jingzhi's answer is undoubtedly equivalent to pouring a bucket of cold water on his forehead, but such an expert is really hard to find, so he asked without giving up, "Then where is Mrs. Lin's grandfather? Brother Lin Xian Could you introduce me?"

"Well, I don't hide from Brother Zheng, I haven't seen Yu'er's grandfather since Yu'er married into the Lin family." Lin Jingzhi was afraid that Zheng Jianqiu would not believe him, so he added, "Brother Zheng, you also know , Yu'er is just my younger brother's concubine."

Zheng Qiujian opened his mouth, but said nothing.

In this era, the concubine's status is low. After marrying into the husband's family, it is equivalent to an item of the husband's family. If she doesn't like it, she can even give it away or buy and sell. After going out, there is almost no relationship, so the concubine's natal family has no relationship with the man's family at all. Only the natal family of the regular wife, or the second wife, is the man's in-laws.

Zheng Jianqiu knew this truth, so naturally he believed it deeply. Of course, he also sighed in his heart, it is a pity that he can teach his granddaughter to be such a master, so the grandfather is naturally even more powerful.

Lin Jingzhi couldn't figure out what Zheng Jianqiu's plan was, but he didn't know anything about Aunt Yu's life experience, so in the following conversation, he tried to avoid the topic as much as possible, not mentioning Aunt Yu.

Aunt Yu rode the black horse for a long time and still didn't come back, which made Lin Jingzhi secretly worried. He was not afraid that Aunt Yu would take this opportunity to escape from the Lin residence, but that Aunt Yu would accidentally fall off the horse, and that would be terrible.

Just when he was growing from worry to anxiety, he finally saw Aunt Yu wearing a yellow cloak galloping from afar on a black horse.

Riding a horse is physical work. Riding a fast horse and taming a fierce horse takes even more energy. So when Aunt Yu came back, her forehead was already covered with fine sweat. Lin Jingzhi looked distressed, but now he is outside the mansion. , surrounded by a large group of people, and he couldn't wipe it for her, so he quickly told her to stop and told her to ride slower.

Aunt Yu just relaxed for a moment, her heart was very refreshed, she nodded when she heard the words, and then drove the horse to Lin Jingzhi's side, walking side by side, the black horse used to be Lin Jingzhi's mount, after seeing the owner , then stretched out his head and rubbed against Lin Jingzhi's body for a while.

From my memory, I learned that this black horse was born in the northern prairie, and Lin Jingzhi bought it from a horse dealer. However, at that time, the black horse was seriously ill because of unacceptable conditions, so no one dared to take it, so the price was not high. After Lin Jingzhi bought it back, he carefully cooked it himself, and invited a veterinarian who knew horses to prescribe a prescription, which saved the dark horse's life.

It is also because of this that the tall and fierce dark horse recognizes Lin Jingzhi, who is powerless, as his master.

When Zheng Jianqiu saw this black horse for the first time, he was also taken aback. Such a tall and strong horse is rare even in the army, but although he likes it, he is not ashamed to ask for it. The divine horse can no longer be measured by money.

Lin Jingzhi took out a brocade handkerchief and handed it to Aunt Yu, motioning for her to wipe off the fine sweat on her forehead, only to realize that Aunt Yu had found some silver rings from somewhere, and buckled them down from the neckline of the cloak. A row, so that the proud twin peaks are completely hidden in it.

Seeing this, he was overjoyed. Although Aunt Yu's devil-like alluring figure could attract men's attention, she was his own woman. Of course, he closed the door, and only he could appreciate it.

Lin Jingzhi was the one who suffered from being seen by other men.

Seeing Lin Jingzhi grinning foolishly at the silver ring on her chest, Aunt Yu's pretty face hidden under the black veil blushed slightly, and then she remembered Lin Jingzhi's inadvertent caressing touch when she was on the carriage, Unconsciously, she felt a strange itching from the two bright red spots on her chest, and then her whole body felt like an electric current passed through it.

At the same time that this feeling makes her anxious, her whole body is hot, her limbs are weak, and the breath in her nose is gradually getting thicker. She really wants to avoid Lin Jingzhi's eyes, but every time it doesn't take long, she can't help it again, instinctively glanced over.

Lin Jingzhi didn't know that he had inadvertently teased Aunt Yu's heart to be restless. He was just satisfied with Aunt Yu's act of attaching so much importance to his opinion. Well, although she looks like an iceberg on weekdays, she is more cute than Tang Yuxiang, who is neither humble nor overbearing on the surface. A lot, he was whipped a few times before he practiced martial arts, and he still remembered the grudge, and wanted to beat Aunt Yu's ass to relieve the grudge, so his heart softened, and he decided to be more lenient when enforcing the family law in the future, and from the original idea Fifty strokes, reduced to thirty strokes.

Jiancheng, the provincial capital of Liuzhou, has an area nearly five times larger than that of Luocheng, and has a large population. The people in the city alone exceed 50. If counting the surrounding farmers, it is definitely not less than 100 million.

In Jiancheng, there are two great officials of the frontier, one is the official fourth-rank official in charge of Liuzhou's internal affairs, Zhizhou Tianji, and the other is the fourth-rank general Xuanwei, Zheng Sheng.

Since ancient times, civil servants and military officials have been at odds, and the conflicts are extremely fierce. Civil officials are proud of their disciples who have studied sage books and regard themselves as saints. They look down on vulgar military officials who only know how to use guns and sticks. Uneducated, but the military officer regards the civil servant as a child with no power to restrain the chicken, and the most common saying is that "a scholar who has no use for anything".

The situation in Liuzhou is naturally the same. Although Zheng Sheng's official position is one level lower than Tian Ji's, the two of them have one civil and one military, and they do not restrain each other, so he is not afraid of Tian Ji. It doesn't look right, even if Tian Ji secretly reports on beating him at the memorial, there are generals who will speak for him.

Of course, although the civil and military officials secretly disagreed, they still had to be scruples on the surface, otherwise they would confront each other as soon as they went to court, and the Golden Luan Palace would become a vegetable market.

In Zheng's mansion, Zheng Sheng sat on a chair in the study room, looked at the letter sent by his eldest son's guards, frowned and said nothing, the letter said that his son wanted to make friends with Lin Jingzhi, who was a high school graduate at the age of 14, so that he could help persuade him some.

He has heard about Lin Jingzhi's deeds, and he also knows that this young and promising talent has made a vow not to set foot in an official career again. Although the eldest son's request is very difficult to handle, he also feels that the eldest son's thoughts are somewhat The truth is, since he is a talented scholar and he is so young, if he can really change his mind, his future will definitely be limitless.

Now, while he is still there, try to persuade him and establish a good relationship with him. It will definitely be of great help to the eldest son's career in the future. Of course, if Lin Jingzhi is dead-headed and doesn't turn back, then his Zheng family has nothing to lose .

'It's just how should I persuade myself? 'Placing the letter on the table slowly, Zheng Sheng stroked his black beard and fell into deep thought.

When Lin Jingzhi's convoy arrived at Jiancheng, it was already the end of Shenshi. Zheng Jianqiu originally wanted to invite Lin Jingzhi directly into the mansion, but Lin Jingzhi shook his head and refused after thinking about it. Now he has driven for half a day. His body was sweaty and soiled, so how could he go directly to General Xuanwei's mansion to have a guest.

In Jiancheng, in addition to many shops, the Lin family also has a large courtyard. There are not many people living in it on weekdays. There is only a housekeeper who leads a dozen servants to stay here to clean the rooms, tidy up the flowers and trees in the courtyard, Lin Jingzhi and Zheng Jianqiu said goodbye on the way, and they agreed to go to Zheng's mansion to take a guest at night, and then they went straight to this small courtyard.

The steward of the small courtyard is named Liu Mingshan, and he has already received news that his master is coming to visit Jiancheng, and when he learned that his master is going to visit General Xuanwei's mansion, he also received a note instructing him to send someone to take the matter to him immediately. The matter was spread out so that those who were in charge of inquiring about the news of the Lin family had hidden clues in their ears, so that they could report back to their masters to know.