Nong Hua Makeup
Chapter 64
Chapter 64
The emperor was reading the memorial in the imperial study, and he didn't realize that it was dark until someone came in and lit a candle.
"Has King Ning entered the palace yet?"
"I just entered the palace, and I'm on my way now, but your majesty, the prince seems to have brought Miss Lin along." The father-in-law replied with a bow.
The emperor's eyes on the memorial also stopped slightly, and then he continued to look down, and said while looking: "Go down and wait, and call in when someone comes."
"Yes." The father-in-law agreed, and then retreated.
The emperor looked at the memorial in his hand, it was handed over by Xu Boshan in the afternoon, expressing his feelings for the unjust death of his sister Xu Huiniang.After watching him, there was a little coolness on his face, he put down the memorial and leaned back tiredly, muttering to himself: "What a Lin Duan, what a concubine De..."
Lin Jinhua walked behind Zhao Huaiyan in the palace. It was dark at night, and red lanterns were lit everywhere in the corridor. Occasionally, eunuchs carrying lanterns patrolled by and would stop to salute. Subconsciously, she seemed to have seen her previous life. This is what he looked like when he was the lord of the harem.When she thought of it, she hated it hard.
After bypassing the palace in front, there is the Hall of Mental Cultivation. She gritted her teeth slightly to resist the discomfort in her heart, but she didn't notice that Zhao Huaiyan, who was walking in front, slowed down a bit: "Worried?"
Hearing his low voice, Lin Jinhua shook her head slightly: "The emperor is a wise king, I'm not worried."
"That means remembering the past." Zhao Huaiyan's tone was still calm and without any disturbance, which calmed down Lin Jinhua's impetuous heart a lot.
She raised her eyes and looked forward, the wind in the palace seemed to be a shackle, making people feel uncomfortable.
She didn't speak, it was a tacit consent.
Zhao Huaiyan turned her face sideways to look at her gloomy gaze, and naturally held her hand in his palm, without saying a word, and continued to move forward.
Lin Jinhua was slightly taken aback, seeing that he made no secret that this was the palace, she couldn't help saying: "My lord, this is..."
"Well, it's okay." He held her cold little hand and walked forward slowly.With me here, don't be afraid.
There seemed to be warmth flowing through Lin Jinhua's heart, and more than half of the boredom just now disappeared.
She let him lead her to go forward, and he never let go when occasionally a patrolling palace man passed by.The wide sleeves were hanging down, and no one could see it, but Lin Jinhua was always a little shy when meeting people, and Zhao Huaiyan finally let go of her hand until she reached the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
He quietly looked at her blush face and lustrous eyes, the light from the big red lantern fell on her rouge-colored dress, and her golden steps swayed slightly, as if calling for pity.
"What is the prince looking at?" Lin Jinhua noticed his gaze, and her ears felt slightly warm.
"I was thinking, on our big wedding night, you should also be wearing a red dress, very shy." Zhao Huaiyan looked at her fair neck that was exposed when she looked up at her, and the lapel of the collar was slightly open, seductive. I want to explore the scenery inside.She is getting older, and her figure is getting better and better, her chest is very impressive.
Lin Jinhua watched his eyes fall on her chest, her ears became hotter, and Wei Weimin glared at him: "My lord!"
Zhao Huaiyan saw her embarrassed and annoyed, her phoenix eyes were stained with a smile, she looked away like a gentleman, and stood calmly in front of the palace gate with her hands behind her back, waiting to be summoned from inside.
Not long after, the father-in-law came out, smiled and bowed to the two: "The emperor is still reading the booklet, the prince should go in first."
Zhao Huaiyan saw that it was not the emperor's close attendant Eunuch Chang who came out to deliver the message, so he asked, "Where is Eunuch Chang?"
"Eunuch Chang obeyed the emperor's order and went out to deliver the decree." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Lin Jinhua in surprise: "Miss Lin came directly from the Lin residence. Have you ever met Eunuch Chang?"
"Never." Hearing this, Lin Jinhua knew that the emperor had probably heard about the incident outside, and even punished her.
Zhao Huaiyan's face was slightly cold, and he said lightly: "Go ahead."
The father-in-law hurriedly let someone in on the side.
Hearing the noise outside, the emperor slowly opened his eyes. When he caught sight of Lin Jinhua who was following Zhao Huaiyan, he seemed to see her mother, who was as graceful and graceful, but her mother was like a weak willow supporting the wind, but she was somewhat heroic.
Zhao Huaiyan went up to meet Li and said, "I don't know why the emperor called his children into the palace?"
The emperor ignored him first, but looked at Lin Jinhua: "Miss Lin, why did you come to see me on purpose?"
"My daughter is here to plead guilty to the emperor." Lin Jinhua stepped forward and said with downcast eyes.
"Apologize?" The emperor glanced at her and smiled, but the candlelight was too dim, and Lin Jinhua couldn't see what his smile meant.
She lowered her eyes slightly, and it should be: "It is because of my daughter's negligence that all the rumors and rumors have been blamed on King Ning. If my daughter allows the truth of her mother's death to be buried, then my daughter's aunt will not be ashamed. If she committed suicide due to guilt, Aunt Zhou would not run away from home because of guilt and die on the street." The eldest lady and Aunt Zhou have no proof of their deaths, and even if the emperor sends someone to investigate, they will never find her.
Hearing this, the emperor raised his brows slightly, narrowed his eyes and looked at her coldly: "I have also heard about your mother's death, but today your uncle knelt down to you, and your second brother was forced to almost touch you." Pillar and die, but?"
Lin Jinhua's eyes were slightly red, and her tone was a bit choked up: "It's really because the servant is acting up, and he shouldn't have hit him backhanded when the second elder brother insulted the servant's daughter's deceased mother, which made him feel ashamed and wanted to commit suicide. "Lin Jinhua didn't shirk that this matter had nothing to do with him. Since the emperor allowed someone to deliver the decree, it means that he has already made a judgment in his heart, and most likely thought that he really forced his elders to kneel... The emperor values filial piety, if he If you believe it, you will never allow people to refute it.
When the emperor heard this, his complexion really changed slightly.
"What about Lin Duan? He is in his 40s, and he would never kneel down to you for no reason. If he hadn't been forced to desperation, I'm afraid he wouldn't have used such methods."
"My Majesty, please be enlightened. The reason why the courtier's daughter came here is because of the uncle's kneeling. The uncle mistakenly thought that the second brother's suicide was forced by the courtier's daughter, so he was eager to save the son. Otherwise, how could he kneel down for me and my brother? I and My brother is standing at the gate, it is impossible to hit him, and it is impossible to scold him, after thinking about it, I think this is the only reason." Lin Jinyu's voice was choked up, and her whole body trembled slightly when she stood with her eyes downcast.
The emperor looked at her nervously clutching the handkerchief and drooping her head, not daring to look directly at him, and he also hesitated, but he was always suspicious.It's not that Lin Duan doesn't know that he is smart when he does things mildly, but he is definitely not a cowardly person. If a majestic man goes to kneel down, if it is not for a last resort, he is deliberately pretending.
"What about Huaiyan, why did you go to the government on purpose?" the emperor turned his head and asked.
Zhao Huaiyan stepped forward and said: "My son found out that Zheng Lai was involved in a corruption case in Yuzhou last night, so I didn't have time to report it to my father, so I went to investigate in person. I never thought that it would be rumored to be deliberately conniving Miss Lin."
The emperor trusted Zhao Huaiyan relatively, and even if he wanted to favor Lin Jinhua, he would not go there in person.
He suddenly had a feeling of being fooled, whether it was the concubine Duanhui, Lin Duan, or Lin Jinhua who was standing in front of him now!
His gaze sank slightly, looking at the teenage girl with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes in front of him, he asked a little coldly: "Then how do you want me to deal with this matter?"
When Lin Jinhua heard such a tone, he knew that he had been angered, but the emperor was suspicious by nature, so even if he was angry, he would not only be angry with himself.
She bowed and said: "My daughter is stupid, and I don't know how to make up for the prejudice of my uncle's family against my daughter. Today, my elder sister said that it was because of my daughter that His Royal Highness King Jing divorced her. Therefore, my daughter begged the emperor to let you go." Eldest sister will go back to Prince Jing's mansion, maybe she won't hate courtiers so much in the future." She only made the most trivial request, so that in the eyes of the emperor, it would appear that she came here with a purpose in mind.
The emperor narrowed his eyes dangerously, and stared at her coldly: "Since you said you came to plead guilty, then I will punish you too? After all, these things are all because of you. As for whether you did it, I will naturally Leave it to Jingzhao Prefecture to investigate."
"Please forgive me, my majesty, my courtiers dare not complain." Lin Jinhua became more respectful, her body trembling slightly, but she didn't say a word of begging for mercy.
Zhao Huaiyan didn't plead for mercy, he knew the emperor, the more he pleaded, the harder he would punish.
The emperor stared at the two of them for a while, and finally withdrew Sen Han's gaze, and said indifferently: "In that case, you will live in Changle Temple for three days and pray for my Jin Dynasty."
Lin Jinhua finally let go of her clenched hands, and nodded, "Thank you, Your Majesty." It was only a three-day chanting in the temple, which just happened to allow her to avoid the eyes and ears of the capital and do other things.And this punishment must be lighter than the edict passed down by the father-in-law before.
"Well, step back." The emperor rubbed his brows tiredly.
Lin Jinhua and Zhao Huaiyan looked at each other, saw him nodding his head slightly, and then backed away.
A little eunuch escorted her all the way to the palace gate, and when she was about to get into the carriage, she stopped and smiled and said, "Thanks to you for coming here today."
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, knowing that he was from Zhao Huaiyan, she turned around and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, if you explain the matter clearly to him, he will naturally be able to tell the difference."
"When the servant came, I saw that the emperor had drafted an imperial decree. It will be delivered to Lin's mansion tomorrow morning. Miss, go back quickly. You don't have to worry about everything because the prince is here." The little eunuch saw that even if she talked to him, she did not have a superior posture. , gave birth to a bit of goodwill, so I said a few more words.
Lin Jinhua glanced at Mo Xue, and Mo Xue tactfully took out a piece of silver and put it in his palm, and then thanked him, and they turned their heads and got into the carriage.
The carriage ran straight in the direction of Lin's mansion. Lin Jinhua knew that someone must be watching her, so she must not act rashly.
Mo Xue was also sitting in the carriage, and said: "Miss, then Eunuch Chang has passed the decree to the Lin Mansion, asking you to go to Changle Temple to contemplate for three months, and punish you to escort Princess Yuan to the southwest, and you will not be able to return until the war subsides."
Lin Jinhua heaved a long sigh of relief when she heard the words, and leaned back relaxedly: "The emperor only asked me to go to the nunnery to pray for three days today, and I didn't say that I thought about it." If I thought about it, even the emperor believed that she had done those things At that time, she will be unable to refute it even if she wants to. As for the elder brother, the emperor should have other arrangements after passing tonight.
When she returned to Lin's house, Xu Boshan came over early in the morning and dragged Lin Jincheng to talk in the flower hall.
Seeing her coming back, Xu Zhaozhao hurried forward: "Jinhua, you have entered the palace? What did the emperor say?"
"I will issue an edict tomorrow morning." Seeing Xu Boshan who was full of worry, Lin Jinhua stepped forward to greet him with a bit of guilt: "Uncle."
"Get up quickly." Xu Boshan quickly helped her up, and said distressedly: "I never thought that Lin Duan's family would be such a shameless villain, using such a method to bully your brothers and sisters."
Lin Jinhua saw that he, who had never been angry in front of her, was full of anger at the moment, and only smiled slightly: "Uncle, don't bother with them, Jinhua believes that evil will be rewarded with evil."
Seeing her attitude, Xu Boshan subsided his anger, and smiled helplessly: "You have a good temper, but don't worry, uncle will never let them bully you again."
"Yeah." Lin Jinhua nodded with her eyes bent, looking at her brother and uncle tenderly on one side, she was not afraid of Lin Duan's family at all, they wanted to die by themselves, how could she not fulfill it?
After finally comforting Xu Boshan and Xu Zhaozhao, they went back, looked at the tired Lin Jincheng, and said, "Don't worry, brother, take a good rest tonight, maybe when the emperor's decree comes tomorrow, brother won't have to go to the southwest."
Lin Jincheng saw that she was still coming to comfort him, and shook his head with a smile: "I should be the one to do these things, but I want you, a daughter, to stand in front of me. It's useless for me to be a brother."
"Who made my brother have no one who can take you into the palace?" Lin Jinhua blinked, and Lin Jincheng laughed out loud when he saw her like this, and the worries on his face dissipated.
The siblings talked for a while, and they all went back to the yard, but after returning to the yard, Lin Jinhua did not sleep.
Mo Feng finally came back, wounded, standing in the flower hall waiting for her, and when he saw her coming, he rushed up to meet her, and said: "Miss, Bai Lan behind Prince Jing's mansion is a trap, Bai Lan has already been taken away gone."
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly, and looked at her: "How are you?"
"The slave is fine, but Miss Bailan..."
"Don't worry, Zhao Kan has already returned to the capital, and he probably wants to use Bai Lan to blackmail me into something. Bai Lan won't have an accident so soon." Seeing that the wounds on her arms and face hadn't been cleaned up, she said, "You go down first. Rest, we will go up the mountain tomorrow, and we have to do more things then."
Mo Feng also heard about what happened today, and nodded slightly.
Lin Jinhua turned around and walked in. When she reached the bookcase, she turned out all the medical books, found several and began to read page by page. She remembered that there was a very evil prescription. She thought she would never use it before, but now it does. give it a try.
After searching for a while, she finally found it, and immediately asked Mo Xue to go out to buy medicine carefully.
The weather was still fine during the day, and suddenly there was a spring thunder.After a gust of wind, heavy rain poured down.
Lao Liu stood at the back corner door of the Lin Mansion and knocked on the door. The woman guarding the door hurriedly opened it, and when she saw him, she hurriedly said, "Miss is waiting."
The sixth child nodded slightly, went up the Chaoshou corridor on the left and walked forward quickly.
Standing at the door, Lin Jinhua looked at the rumbling thunder outside, and a plan was already brewing in her heart.
When Lao Liu walked over quickly, he saw the person standing by the door. Under the warm yellow candlelight, she was shining like a fairy in the night.
The night wind and light rain fell on his face, and he suddenly came back to his senses, straightened his ink-colored gown, and stepped forward a few steps: "Miss, why are you here? Spring is very humid, so be careful of catching a cold."
"Are you saying that God helped me?" The corners of Lin Jinyu's mouth curled up evil, and he looked up at the sky accompanied by thunder and lightning.
The sixth child was puzzled, but also interested: "What does Miss want to do?"
Lin Jinhua turned to look at him, her evil spirit undiminished: "Today everyone said that I treated the elders harshly, but no one said that the Zhou family deserved it, that the Lin Duan family was making trouble for no reason. Tomorrow I want to see what they say!"
Lao Liu saw that she was looking at him slyly, those dark eyes seemed to suck people in, so he quickly lowered his eyes: "I think Miss has a plan."
"It's just that you took a trip tonight."
Lao Liu raised his eyes to look at her, and saw her lips were smiling, and the corners of her mouth were raised accordingly.
At this time, Lin Fu.
Zhou's body has been taken back and placed in the side hall. Because she is an aunt and has been expelled from her name, she will not stay for too long, and the funeral will be held tomorrow.
The servants in the house were completely naked and knelt on the ground to burn paper money. Suddenly, a dark wind blew outside, and thunder and lightning flashed, which made everyone tremble in fright.
"Aunt Zhou died so badly, how terrifying would it be if the ghost came back?" said one of the timid girls.
The others had seen Zhou's corpse, and when they thought of that scene, they all sighed and shook their heads, showing a bit of horror on their faces.
One of the women said: "None of the master and the young lady came to fulfill their filial piety. If Aunt Zhou wants to come back, she won't look for servants like us..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the dark wind outside suddenly blew the door that was not closed tightly, and the wind suddenly rolled up the paper money on the ground, and someone yelled, "Aunt Zhou is back!" ', they were so frightened that they were all out of their wits, and they didn't care about continuing to burn the paper, so they ran out in a panic.
As soon as the outsiders left, a man dressed in ink and wash came in quietly. Looking at the coffin that had not been nailed down, he stepped forward and lifted the lid of the coffin. Seeing the corpse covered with white cloth inside, he pulled out a stick from his sleeve. Slender and long iron nails, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Early in the morning of the second day, it was the day of Zhou's funeral. Lin Duan and his son played the roles of filial sons and grandsons, so naturally they had to personally carry the coffin for the funeral today.
Lin Xiteng's head was indeed smashed, but it was not serious. After he asked someone to wrap the gauze, he only pretended to be weak and walked over. Seeing Lin Duanzheng frowning, he stepped forward and said, "Father, what's the matter?" ?”
"Last night, Lin Jinhua unexpectedly entered the palace to meet the emperor." Lin Duan frowned and said in a low voice.
"But didn't the emperor order her to think about it last night?" Lin Xiteng asked puzzled.
Lin Duan shook his head slightly: "It's not so easy, and King Ning is here." He just finished speaking, and a servant came over and said, "Master, everything is ready, and the coffin can be released."
Lin Duan looked at the sky today. There were thick black clouds in the sky, the heavy rain was still pouring down, and the thunder continued.
He frowned, nodded slightly, and looked at Lin Xiteng and Lin Xiyu on one side: "Anyway, this time we have made a start, and it will be easier to start in the future. The third room must be removed!" The first went out with the coffin.
When outsiders saw him leading the rain like this, they all praised him as a dutiful son.
On the long street, there were many people who came to see him as a filial son, and they seemed to have forgotten how they mocked Zhou for having an affair with a man a few days ago.
The one who was most angry about this matter was Xiong Shilin. He was relieved when he heard that Mrs. Zhou had died, but now that the conversation has changed, he is pitying this old rascal, Mrs. Zhou. How can he bear it?Anyway, he didn't have a good life for a few days, and his father probably wouldn't be able to get out of the prison if he was arrested. Instead of dying with a bad reputation by himself, it would be better to arrest a few more people.
He was at the corner of the street, staring coldly at the funeral procession approaching in the distance, and snorted softly.
On the second floor of the tavern not far from here, the window of the private room facing the street was opened a crack, just enough to see the situation here clearly.
The sixth child stood aside, looked at her and said, "Miss, everything has been done as you ordered."
"Yeah." Lin Jinhua stood calmly wrapped in a black cloak. It was not easy for someone to find Xiong Shilin, but if he was going to die, he could do her a favor.
She looked at Mo Xue standing not far behind Xiong Shilin, and nodded slightly.
Mo Xue received the signal and nodded to her, then walked behind Xiong Shilin and said in a low voice, "Want to take revenge?"
Xiong Shilin turned his head in surprise, looked at the woman wearing a veil, and was busy trying to cover his face with something.
Seeing this, Mo Xue just said indifferently: "People who have lost their reputation like you, but now they are treated so favorably by people, you are about to rot on the street, and maybe you will be thrown into a mass grave to be eaten by wild dogs. Are you willing?"
"Who are you?" Xiong Shilin's face was ten times more rotten than Aunt Zhou's, and the left eyeball was covered with scars, and he couldn't open it. He was a monster now, and he knew it very well.
"The one who helped you."
"Use mine, don't think I don't know." Xiong Shilin snorted softly: "But you can say it anyway, I won't live for a few days anyway, and that shameless old woman wants to be beautiful after she dies, how can I help her ?” After finishing speaking, he coughed violently until he could hardly straighten his waist.
Mo Xue gave him a pack of medicinal powder: "Just sprinkle this medicinal powder on the wound."
Xiong Shilin leaned against the wall and coughed for a long time, a lightning flashed suddenly in the gray sky, the rain fell on him, and what flowed out from his body was a stream of scarlet water.
He looked at Mo Xue after he finished coughing, and sneered sinisterly: "You hate the Lin family too?" He knew that Lin Xiteng and Lin Duan had bumped heads yesterday.
Knowing his character, Mo Xue would not easily agree to help her, so she just took out a piece of impure but unique jade pendant from her sleeve: "Your maid, Li'er, has been pregnant for a month, you help me today, I can keep your bloodline alive, otherwise, you and your unborn child will all die." Mo Xue put the medicine in his hand and turned away: "Time is running out, you can think about it yourself."
Xiong Shilin was stunned when he heard the sound of gongs and drums getting closer and closer behind him.Li'er, that maid he forcibly dragged into the house?How could he still have children?
He lowered his head to look at the medicine bag in his hand, and then at his already rotten hand that started to tremble, clenched tightly, gritted his teeth, and rushed towards the street.
Lin Duan was pretending to wipe away his tears when his eyes were still red, but when he saw someone rushing in, he stopped immediately.
He thought that Lin Jinhua would definitely send someone secretly to stir up trouble, and then he would just catch Lin Jinhua's evidence again, but he never thought it would be Xiong Shilin.
Seeing his surprised look, Xiong Shilin laughed sarcastically: "Your mother is dead, and your father and I will not survive. Why don't you bury our husband and wife together today?"
"Bastard..." Lin Duan turned blue with anger.
"Asshole? Your mother is shameless and disobedient, and she should be thrown into a mass grave when she dies. You are so lucky to be a filial son of a bitch and organize a funeral for her with great fanfare. Lin Duan, you really are your mother." His own son is equally shameless!" Xiong Shilin wiped the rain off his face and sneered coldly.
Lin Duan was so angry that he had a headache, but he only used a trick yesterday, so he couldn't be too forceful today, so he just said to the boy beside him, "Send Mr. Xiong back."
The boy responded, and was about to drag Xiong Shilin away, but he didn't expect that there would be thunder and lightning one after another.
Lin Xiteng asked someone to hide under an umbrella, and impatiently muttered to Lin Xiyu: "Why is Xiong Shilin not dead yet..."
Before I could finish my words, the lightning struck directly from the sky, hitting the coffin directly, and the person who carried the coffin was blown away without enough time to run, but the coffin was burnt, and the body was even more black. on the ground.
The people around were startled immediately and retreated one after another.
Seeing this, Xiong Shilin was also taken aback, and then laughed loudly: "See, such an unruly person deserves to be struck by lightning! Lin Duan, you have no sense of shame, be careful that you will be struck to death too!"
The boys didn't dare to pull him anymore, and Lin Duan was also hit by the broken coffin board, and fell to the ground out of breath for a long time, until someone came to help him, he barely breathed a sigh of relief, only watching the ground being split into pieces Looking at the scorched black corpse on the ground, the mouth is opened, and the throat is squeezed so that no sound can be squeezed out.
Xiong Shilin carefully wiped the powder on his hands slowly, looked at Lin Duan who was half-sitting on the ground and was stunned, stepped forward and grabbed his neck firmly, and wiped the scar on the back of his head with his hand, but just wiped it on, He was dragged away by the servants of the Lin family and thrown to the ground.
He laughed loudly: "Lin Duan, you will be the next one to die! You have no shame, you deserve it!"
Others were still saying that he was a dutiful son before, but when they saw the scene of thunder and lightning, they all shut up.
Lin Xiteng saw that everything was in vain, he gritted his teeth, glared fiercely at Xiong Shilin who was still screaming, stepped forward and kicked him, kicked him half a step, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Xiong Shilin is not a brave person, but he must know that he will die, and there is another maid who is pregnant with his child, so he gritted his teeth and looked at Lin Xiteng tremblingly: "If you have the ability, you come and kill me, your grandmother You seduced me by undressing me that night, I heard that you also have such hobbies, especially old women..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Xiteng didn't want the umbrella anymore. He picked up a piece of wood on the ground and smashed it hard at Xiong Shilin's head. There was a long nail on the piece of wood, which pierced Xiong Shilin's eyes deeply. Here, the bystanders who watched gasped, and some timid ones even passed out immediately.
Xiong Shilin was in pain, holding on to the last bit of powder, and when Lin Xiteng approached again, he sprinkled the powder on his face, and Lin Xiteng's plank hit him hard on the neck, and he passed out immediately.
Lin Xiyu hurried over and pulled Lin Xiteng, frowned and said, "You want to beat someone to death and go to jail again?"
Hearing this, Lin Xiteng kicked him hard again, then looked at Lin Duan who was being helped up with a dark look, and asked, "Father, what should I do?"
Lin Duan looked at the corpse on the ground, then looked at the fear and contempt of the people around him, gritted his teeth slightly: "Put the corpse away and burn it."
"Father, but this is grandma..." Lin Xiyu couldn't bear it.
Lin Duan glanced at her coldly, with a bit of embarrassment and gnashed his teeth: "Do you dare to disobey God's will?" After finishing speaking, Liang Liang looked at Xiong Shilin who had fainted, thinking that Ben and Lin Jinhua couldn't get along, so he just Frowning, he hurried to the Lin residence.
Brother and sister Lin Xiteng looked at the suspicious eyes around them, and they couldn't stay too long, so they could only bow their heads unwillingly and hurriedly followed, without the heartbreak and filial piety they had just pretended to be.
Lin Jinhua finished reading on the second floor, then turned and left indifferently.
Mo Xue followed, and asked in a low voice, "Miss, what should Xiong Shilin do?"
"He couldn't survive today. After he dies, we need to find a place for him to rest in the ground." She paused, then glanced at Mo Xue; "He has spoiled more women than you can imagine, Li'er Although she is pregnant with his child, she is also infected with the willow disease, the child cannot be kept, you just need to use medicine to keep him."
Mo Xue sighed inwardly, and only nodded.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, with no intention of stopping at all. The carriage drove past quickly, splashing water on the road, but it couldn't cover up the fact that everyone saw the thunder strike with their own eyes today.From ancient times to the present, those who can be struck by lightning from the sky are all evil people, and everyone thinks so.
Xiong Shilin didn't pass out completely, he opened his eyes reluctantly after the surroundings were quiet, but he didn't have the strength to stand up.
He remembered that Li'er had his own child in her stomach, and began to slowly crawl towards the Xiong's mansion, but when he crawled, a piece of flesh on his body seemed to be peeled off.Pedestrians on the street had already taken shelter from the rain. Even if someone saw him, no one would come out to help him. After all, he was suffering from a willow disease.
One of his eyes was bleeding continuously, but he didn't seem to feel it. He just wanted to go back and tell Li'er that giving birth to his son, so that he could also keep incense, was not a waste of time in this world, but It didn't take long for him to lose his strength, and the rain was about to wash away his blood...
He looked in the direction of the Xiong's mansion and stretched out his hand, but his eyes no longer had the strength, and he closed them heavily, completely lifeless.
The carriage was getting closer and closer, and when it passed by him, only the horse was frightened.
The people in the carriage raised the curtain indifferently, glanced at the people on the ground, then lowered the curtain again, and said to the coachman, "Don't delay, hurry up."
"Yes." The coachman agreed and stepped on his horse.
The carriage stopped in front of the Lin family's gate not long after, and the servant at the gate saw that it was Eunuch Chang who came to pass the decree yesterday, so he hurried to greet him respectfully.
Eunuch Chang changed his previous indifference, got out of the carriage with a smile, and said: "Your master is still blessed, and the emperor is worried about it, so he specially asked the Sa family to deliver the decree."
"Please, please, Mrs. and Mrs. are here today." The mother-in-law hurriedly welcomed him in enthusiastically.
Lin Jincheng had been waiting in the flower hall early, and Lin Jinhua came over after changing her clothes. The crescent white embroidered peach blossom long skirt, a pair of exquisite embroidered shoes of the same color, and a water red cloak wrapped around it made her look more elegant and dignified.
Lin Jincheng saw that her hair was wet with rain, so he raised his hand and wiped it off with his sleeve, and said, "Walk carelessly, be careful to catch a cold."
Lin Jinhua didn't pay attention to this, and just bent her eyes into crescents: "I won't do it next time."
When Eunuch Chang came, he happened to see their brothers and sisters talking, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Miss Lin and Mr. Lin have such a good relationship."
"My father-in-law is here." Lin Jincheng was always polite to others, and he only smiled gently when he saw him.
Eunuch Chang has lived to such an old age, he has seen all kinds of people, and he knows what kind of person Lin Jincheng is at a glance, and he is more comfortable speaking, he just said: "The emperor asked the slaves to deliver the decree."
Only then did Lin Jincheng pull Lin Jinhua to kneel down to accept the order.
Eunuch Chang looked at Lin Jinhua on one side. He was as quiet as a flower shining in the water, and his actions were like the wind supporting a willow. It is not unreasonable for Prince Ning to be obsessed with such a picturesque beauty.
He opened the imperial decree, and said: "By God's fortune, the emperor ordered that Lin Jincheng, the eldest son of the Lin family, will be promoted to the second-class general Weiyuan starting today, and will return to Beijing to serve after escorting Princess Yuan to the southwest; Remembering that I still have filial piety, I ordered him to go to Changle Nunnery to fast and pray for three days, to prepare for the wedding, and to pray for my brocade, this is my respect!"
When Lin Jinhua heard the imperial decree, the stone in her heart was relieved.My elder brother only needs to escort Princess Yuan to the southwest, and I only need to go to Changle Nunnery for three days, and the words used are all praises, and there is no intention of punishment.
She and Lin Jincheng looked at each other, and they both smiled and got up to accept the order.
Eunuch Chang looked at Lin Jincheng and smiled slightly: "Young general, he became a second-class general at a young age. This is something that Master Lin did not have back then."
"The lower officials are less talented and less educated. Thanks to the emperor's great love, I also invite my father-in-law to thank the emperor on behalf of the lower officials after returning to the palace." Lin Jincheng smiled respectfully.
Eunuch Chang glanced at him with satisfaction. Not only was he not arrogant when he became famous as a young man, but he was also modest and reasonable, and his chest was full of gloom, which is really rare. Besides, the Lin family has a close relationship with King Ning, so he naturally has a little more intimacy .
He only specially instructed: "This time going to the Southwest, the Major General must be careful. The Southwest is dangerous, and there are bandits on the road. If you are not careful, you may lose everything."
Seeing that there was something in his words, Lin Jinhua smiled and said, "Thank you, father-in-law, for reminding us that we have never been to the southwest, and we don't know the bandits and factions on the way, so we should be prepared."
Seeing that she was smart, Eunuch Chang only said in a low voice: "I heard that these bandits are not afraid of officers and soldiers, and the Sajia don't know if there are many of them."
Lin Jincheng's eyes flickered slightly, who else would be a bandit who was not afraid of the officers and soldiers, wasn't it the officers and soldiers themselves.
"Thank you, Eunuch, for your guidance." Lin Jincheng saluted solemnly.
Eunuch Chang didn't say any more, he saluted and left.
Lin Jincheng looked at Lin Jinhua and said, "It seems that there are many twists and turns in this trip. Daddy can't come back for the time being. Jinhua, you should go to Xu's house to stay first."
"Well, that's exactly what I mean. But the imperial decree has been issued. I will go to Changle Nunnery in a while, and I will move there after I get back." Lin Jinhua herself was not afraid, but she was even more worried about Lin Jincheng.Now that the emperor has promoted him to second-class general, Zhao Kan will definitely not let him go.
Lin Jincheng sighed slightly, looked outside, paused, and said, "I'll take you up the mountain first."
Lin Jinhua couldn't see his melancholy, so he just smiled and said, "The emperor's imperial decree has only been issued, and no one dares to do anything at this time. I'm afraid Princess Yuan will be leaving in two days, brother, why don't you go see Ru Yan." The relationship with them suddenly became estranged, and Wang Ruyan was probably locked up in the mansion and was not allowed to come out. If my brother didn't go to see her now, it might take a long time to see her again.
Lin Jincheng thought about it, then nodded: "I'll let my personal escort escort you there."
"Brother, go quickly, it's not good for me to marry, and my brother is still a loner. Ru Yan is pure and sincere, and she is very suitable for my brother." Lin Jinhua looked at him with a slight smile.
A look of joy appeared in Lin Jincheng's eyes, he nodded, and he couldn't wait to go outside.
As soon as he left, Lin Jinhua took a breath and glanced at Mo Xue, "Are you all ready?"
Mo Xue nodded: "Everything is ready, the carriage will go around the capital twice, and then go out through the west gate, and then we will meet at the inn at the west gate."
"Okay." Lin Jinhua nodded, and then returned to the courtyard. Not long after, a person of the same height as her came out from inside, Cai'er supported her.
At the corner outside Lin's house, someone stared straight at the person who was helped out from inside. Wearing a veiled hat, he slowly got into the carriage while holding the hand of the close servant girl, and went straight to the outside of the city. Lin Jinhua was generally the same, so she felt relieved and went back to report.
Mo Xue stood inside the door, watched the figure disappear around the corner, and then hurried back.
In the room, Lin Jinhua had already changed into a black-and-white dress, and used powder to smear her face yellow. If she didn't raise her head, ordinary people wouldn't pay much attention to it.
"Miss, I've already left." Mo Xue came back and said.
"En." Lin Jinhua responded, and then slowly turned and walked outside.
When Lin Duan and his son returned to the Lin residence, Lin Xiyu immediately went to find Zhao Kan. These things were his idea, and now that something happened, he naturally went to find him.
Lin Duan and Lin Xiteng sat in the flower hall, looking gloomy.
When Lin Xiteng thought of the troublemaker Xiong Shilin, he was so angry that he wanted to strangle him to death, but for some reason, when he got angry, he felt chest tightness, shortness of breath and head pain, but he couldn't hold back his anger.
He looked at Lin Duan and said angrily, "Father, what should I do now? It was going smoothly. I never thought that all the thunder from the sky would hit my grandmother's coffin today, and that Xiong Shilin would make trouble for no reason..." He The more he talked, the angrier he became, and his complexion turned slightly pale.
Lin Duan also felt uncomfortable, so he glanced at him and said coldly: "Let's not talk about that, I'm afraid someone will make a fuss about this thunder today, so I'll go out for a while. "After that, he walked away directly.
Lin Xiteng was very annoyed, but he had no choice but to go back to his yard sullenly.
The servant next to him saw him coming back, and immediately told the emperor's new imperial decree. After Lin Xiteng heard it, his heart ached again: "It has changed from three months to three days, and he is said to be virtuous and virtuous. Then Lin Jincheng..."
Angrily, he slammed his fist on the table so hard that the maids were so frightened that they didn't dare to get angry immediately.
The young man leaned forward and said, "My lord, what shall we do?"
"What should I do? What else can I do? Can I still go and make trouble with the emperor?" Lin Xiteng was annoyed, his head hurt so badly, he was still wondering why he was doing so well suddenly.
Just as he was talking, the porter came to say that he had something urgent to report.
"What's the hurry?" Lin Xiteng said angrily.
The porter tremblingly handed him a post, saying: "It was sent by Zuihualou just now, and it must be handed over to you, Young Master."
"Zuihualou?" Lin Xiteng muttered. When Zheng Yecheng was still there, the two often went there to hang out. Not only were there beauties, but they were also connected to a casino. He was somewhat surprised by the news now.
He took the post and opened it, his eyebrows raised slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "The bustard still misses me, and there is a newcomer, and she knows to notify me."
The little servant said from the side: "Young master, the master said that you can't go out for a few days..."
Lin Xiteng didn't think about going at first, but when he heard this, he became unhappy; "Young master can go wherever he likes, and it's your turn to take care of it?"
"But……"
"Okay, don't talk nonsense, I just got out of prison, so I should be happy." Thinking of these unlucky things one after another, he became upset, threw the post to the side, and went straight outside.
It was the first time for the sixth child to sit in the same carriage with Lin Jinhua in the green-curtained carriage outside Lin's mansion. He pretended to look out of the carriage, but his peripheral vision fell on her.The facial features were deliberately downplayed, and the appearance did lose a lot of points, but the calm and cunning aura on his body was not missing at all.
Just as she was thinking, Mo Xue suddenly said, "Here we come."
Lin Jinhua saw Lin Xiteng swaggering into the carriage through the curtain of the carriage, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up: "Follow me."
"Yes." Lao Liu replied, and they followed Lin Xiteng's carriage as soon as it left.
Zuihualou is located in the bustling area of the capital, several flower buildings are connected to the gambling house and opened a street, the gambling hall is lively during the day, and the flower building is lively at night.
As soon as Lin Xiteng arrived at the old place, he knew many acquaintances, so naturally he had to go to the casino first during the day.
There were a lot of fish and dragons in the gambling hall, and when they saw him coming, they all looked at each other, stepped forward and said affectionately: "Master Lin is here, let's play a game? If you win, you will be happy, if you lose, you will get rid of bad luck."
"I like what you said." Lin Xiteng was just annoyed, and no one satirized him when he first saw him, and he was still holding him, and he went to the gambling table full of ambition.
The guard at the door of the gambling house looked back and smiled, then turned his head and continued to guard the door, and saw a green-draped carriage stop.
Lin Jinhua glanced at Lao Liu, and said: "Go to a man named Zhou Sheng on the second floor, give him the 50 taels, and let him go bet with Lin Xiteng." Lin Jinhua gave Lao Liu a wooden box full of silver. .
Holding the heavy box, Lao Liu paused for a moment: "Miss also knows Zhou Sheng?" Zhou Sheng is a well-known gambler here. He cooks three meals a day here, and he rarely goes out once a month. People have average luck in gambling and bad temper.
Lin Jinhua smiled, of course Zhou Sheng remembered that in her previous life, she lost a large sum of money because of a bet with Lin Xiteng, and she was so angry that she beat Lin Xiteng.But now Lin Xiteng couldn't get angry.
Lao Liu nodded, and then went inside.
It's not hard to find Zhou Sheng. A person like him who is addicted to gambling is also in a trance.
When Lao Liu came, he didn't even see Lao Liu's face clearly, only the box of silver he brought over was in his eyes.
"Bet with Lin Xiteng, if you win, I will give you everything, if you lose, I will break your arm." Lao Liu stood in the dark and looked at him.
Zhou Sheng couldn't see his face clearly, but he nodded immediately: "One arm is 50 taels, it's worth it!" After that, he was afraid that the sixth child would not agree, so he hurriedly went downstairs with the money in his arms.
There were already many people at the gambling table, Lin Xiteng was very happy to win a few hands in a row, seeing Zhou Shenglai still holding so much money, he didn't take it seriously, just started the game.
The sixth child stood on the second floor and watched, and as expected, Zhou Sheng quickly lost more than half of it.
Lao Liu pulled the gamblers passing by and gave him five taels of silver: "Go down and tell that table, Lin Xi vacated the cheater." He could see clearly from the second floor, but this seems to be the rule here, In the past, no one dared to provoke Lin Xiteng, but now it is different. The scandal of the Lin family has long made people here not to take him seriously.
The man weighed the silver in his hand, smiled, and went straight down.
Zhou Sheng was almost finished losing, at this moment the man came down, grabbed Lin Xiteng's arm and said, "He's cheating!"
"What!" The unfamiliar people around were shocked, and then angry.
Zhou Sheng didn't wait for Lin Xiteng to argue, and punched him in the face with a fist. Immediately, his nose was bleeding and his head was covered with pain.
He managed to stand still, and then he said angrily to everyone: "You are crazy!"
"Crazy? Mr. Lin, we are a gambling house here, and you have come to swindle money. It would not be an exaggeration to kill you today!" The people who were nice to him before suddenly turned their faces. Everyone likes to beat a dog in the water. Now Lin Xiteng is the dog in the water.
Lin Xiteng rushed up angrily, but his heart became more and more stuffy, as if he was about to explode, and his head hurt.
Zhou Sheng has a violent temper. When he thought that he was almost cheated into losing an arm and losing the 50 taels, Lin Xiteng, who was thin and thin, was knocked down to the ground with his fist again, and the others followed him.
"Young Master Lin, what a shameless bastard!" someone scolded.
The others immediately laughed: "You say that, you are not afraid of being struck by lightning like his grandmother..."
Everyone immediately burst into laughter, and Zhou Sheng kicked him desperately a few more times, until someone saw that his face was pale, and he was afraid of causing death, so he was thrown out.
His boys usually followed him, they would go to the nearby tavern first and wait until sunset to pick him up, so he was thrown out now, and he was the only one.
He was thrown at the entrance of the rain-soaked gambling house, and the people inside spat at him and said with contempt: "Don't think you are a noble son of the capital, with your father's virtue, you are at best a horse-washer."
A group of people laughed again, then turned around and left.
Lin Xiteng was so angry that he clenched his fists fiercely, but the more he was angry, the more his head hurt, and the feeling that his heart was about to burst became stronger.
When the girls from Hualou across the street saw it, they covered their mouths and smiled lightly.
Lin Xiteng gritted his teeth, thinking about the previous invitation, and planned to crawl to find the old bustard first, and then come back to take revenge later, but he crawled forward for a while, and a green-draped carriage stopped beside him, and the curtain of the carriage was also closed. Open slightly.
"help me……"
"Help? Second brother, doesn't he want to die?" Lin Jinhua smiled faintly.
When Lin Xiteng heard it was her voice, he was furious: "You arranged this?"
The corners of Lin Jinyu's mouth slightly curled up: "Yes, since you said I was going to kill you, then I naturally want to satisfy your imagination. If you want to die so much, go ahead and die."
Lin Xiteng grabbed the wheel of the carriage and gritted his teeth and looked at her: "Lin Jinhua, I will kill you..."
"Then try it, how can a trash like you kill me." Lin Jinhua slowly stimulated him, the angrier he was, the more uncomfortable he would be, the more uncomfortable he was, the more he wanted revenge, and then he died of pain.
Mo Xue glanced sideways at him, and lashed the horse with a whip. The horse ran forward, and passed Lin Xiteng's hand.
"what--!"
Lin Xiteng let out a scream, looking at the carriage that was just drifting away like this, the ridicule that seemed to be still in his ears, and the beating just now seemed to converge into a sharp sword and rushed straight into his heart.
"Lin Jinhua, I'll kill you..." His complexion slowly turned from white to black, until the excruciating pain completely robbed him of consciousness, he finally fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, bleeding from his seven orifices. live.
Everyone didn't take him seriously, and went about their own business after laughing at him. No one knew that he was really dead.
In King Jing's mansion at this time.
Zhao Kan returned to King Jing's Mansion after receiving the imperial decree, but he was not very happy.
Looking at the young man who was replying below, he said that Lin Jinhua had already left for Changle Nunnery, and only then did he remember the imperial decree delivered by Eunuch Chang just now.
Lin Xiyu was very happy, with a bit of shyness, because she happened to be there when Eunuch Chang came to deliver the decree.
She looked at Zhao Kan at the top, and said with a shy smile, "Don't worry, my lord, since the emperor let Xiyu stay by your side as a side concubine to serve you, Xiyu will definitely not act recklessly in the future, and will definitely serve you well." .”
Zhao Kan's face darkened, and he ignored her.
Just as he was talking, Lin Duan also came.
Lin Duan's complexion was not very good. Once he entered the room and saluted, he saw that Zhao Kan was also in a bad mood. He immediately knelt down and apologized: "My lord, this humble minister is not doing well..."
"You still have some self-knowledge." Zhao Kan glanced at Lin Xiyu coldly, and then said: "Forget it, the thunder to the left and right is a natural disaster, and Xiong Shilin is also dead, but it's not a good thing to be struck by lightning. You go back and ask the master to do a good job. Also shut the mouth of outsiders."
"Yes." Lin Duan nodded quickly, and then looked at him again: "Then, my lord, what should we do next?"
Zhao Kan snorted softly: "What should I do? Do you think Lin Jincheng can come back after going out this time? Without Lin Jincheng, what can Lin Luzhi, who has no rights, do? And he certainly can't bear the pain of losing a child. .As for Zhao Huaiyan, he will be leaving soon..." Zhao Kan thought of this, and the corners of his mouth curled up wickedly.
Lin Duan frowned slightly and didn't say much.
Just as he was thinking, the servant next to Lin Xiteng suddenly came outside.
The little servant stumbled in and ran in. When he saw Lin Duan, he immediately knelt down: "Master, my son..."
"What's wrong, son?" Lin Duan stood up immediately.
The boy stammered for a long while before he dared to say: "Young master... he is dead."
"What?" Lin Xiyu almost jumped up in shock, but Lin Duan only felt a dull pain in his heart, and then fell back, unconscious.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Kan's face became more and more cold, and the people from the palace outside also walked in, whispered something in his ear, and his face turned dark and dark.
Lin Jinhua had already arrived at the confluence inn, glanced at Mofeng, and said, "Stay with Yesheng and wait for my orders at any time."
Mo Feng was a little worried: "Suddenly there is no news from Mo Hua, I'm afraid something happened, servant girl will follow you, Mo Yue is still in the capital."
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly when she heard this, but it was late, and she had to leave Beijing immediately: "Wait for me tonight, I will come again." After all, the bill has not been collected yet!
(End of this chapter)
The emperor was reading the memorial in the imperial study, and he didn't realize that it was dark until someone came in and lit a candle.
"Has King Ning entered the palace yet?"
"I just entered the palace, and I'm on my way now, but your majesty, the prince seems to have brought Miss Lin along." The father-in-law replied with a bow.
The emperor's eyes on the memorial also stopped slightly, and then he continued to look down, and said while looking: "Go down and wait, and call in when someone comes."
"Yes." The father-in-law agreed, and then retreated.
The emperor looked at the memorial in his hand, it was handed over by Xu Boshan in the afternoon, expressing his feelings for the unjust death of his sister Xu Huiniang.After watching him, there was a little coolness on his face, he put down the memorial and leaned back tiredly, muttering to himself: "What a Lin Duan, what a concubine De..."
Lin Jinhua walked behind Zhao Huaiyan in the palace. It was dark at night, and red lanterns were lit everywhere in the corridor. Occasionally, eunuchs carrying lanterns patrolled by and would stop to salute. Subconsciously, she seemed to have seen her previous life. This is what he looked like when he was the lord of the harem.When she thought of it, she hated it hard.
After bypassing the palace in front, there is the Hall of Mental Cultivation. She gritted her teeth slightly to resist the discomfort in her heart, but she didn't notice that Zhao Huaiyan, who was walking in front, slowed down a bit: "Worried?"
Hearing his low voice, Lin Jinhua shook her head slightly: "The emperor is a wise king, I'm not worried."
"That means remembering the past." Zhao Huaiyan's tone was still calm and without any disturbance, which calmed down Lin Jinhua's impetuous heart a lot.
She raised her eyes and looked forward, the wind in the palace seemed to be a shackle, making people feel uncomfortable.
She didn't speak, it was a tacit consent.
Zhao Huaiyan turned her face sideways to look at her gloomy gaze, and naturally held her hand in his palm, without saying a word, and continued to move forward.
Lin Jinhua was slightly taken aback, seeing that he made no secret that this was the palace, she couldn't help saying: "My lord, this is..."
"Well, it's okay." He held her cold little hand and walked forward slowly.With me here, don't be afraid.
There seemed to be warmth flowing through Lin Jinhua's heart, and more than half of the boredom just now disappeared.
She let him lead her to go forward, and he never let go when occasionally a patrolling palace man passed by.The wide sleeves were hanging down, and no one could see it, but Lin Jinhua was always a little shy when meeting people, and Zhao Huaiyan finally let go of her hand until she reached the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
He quietly looked at her blush face and lustrous eyes, the light from the big red lantern fell on her rouge-colored dress, and her golden steps swayed slightly, as if calling for pity.
"What is the prince looking at?" Lin Jinhua noticed his gaze, and her ears felt slightly warm.
"I was thinking, on our big wedding night, you should also be wearing a red dress, very shy." Zhao Huaiyan looked at her fair neck that was exposed when she looked up at her, and the lapel of the collar was slightly open, seductive. I want to explore the scenery inside.She is getting older, and her figure is getting better and better, her chest is very impressive.
Lin Jinhua watched his eyes fall on her chest, her ears became hotter, and Wei Weimin glared at him: "My lord!"
Zhao Huaiyan saw her embarrassed and annoyed, her phoenix eyes were stained with a smile, she looked away like a gentleman, and stood calmly in front of the palace gate with her hands behind her back, waiting to be summoned from inside.
Not long after, the father-in-law came out, smiled and bowed to the two: "The emperor is still reading the booklet, the prince should go in first."
Zhao Huaiyan saw that it was not the emperor's close attendant Eunuch Chang who came out to deliver the message, so he asked, "Where is Eunuch Chang?"
"Eunuch Chang obeyed the emperor's order and went out to deliver the decree." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Lin Jinhua in surprise: "Miss Lin came directly from the Lin residence. Have you ever met Eunuch Chang?"
"Never." Hearing this, Lin Jinhua knew that the emperor had probably heard about the incident outside, and even punished her.
Zhao Huaiyan's face was slightly cold, and he said lightly: "Go ahead."
The father-in-law hurriedly let someone in on the side.
Hearing the noise outside, the emperor slowly opened his eyes. When he caught sight of Lin Jinhua who was following Zhao Huaiyan, he seemed to see her mother, who was as graceful and graceful, but her mother was like a weak willow supporting the wind, but she was somewhat heroic.
Zhao Huaiyan went up to meet Li and said, "I don't know why the emperor called his children into the palace?"
The emperor ignored him first, but looked at Lin Jinhua: "Miss Lin, why did you come to see me on purpose?"
"My daughter is here to plead guilty to the emperor." Lin Jinhua stepped forward and said with downcast eyes.
"Apologize?" The emperor glanced at her and smiled, but the candlelight was too dim, and Lin Jinhua couldn't see what his smile meant.
She lowered her eyes slightly, and it should be: "It is because of my daughter's negligence that all the rumors and rumors have been blamed on King Ning. If my daughter allows the truth of her mother's death to be buried, then my daughter's aunt will not be ashamed. If she committed suicide due to guilt, Aunt Zhou would not run away from home because of guilt and die on the street." The eldest lady and Aunt Zhou have no proof of their deaths, and even if the emperor sends someone to investigate, they will never find her.
Hearing this, the emperor raised his brows slightly, narrowed his eyes and looked at her coldly: "I have also heard about your mother's death, but today your uncle knelt down to you, and your second brother was forced to almost touch you." Pillar and die, but?"
Lin Jinhua's eyes were slightly red, and her tone was a bit choked up: "It's really because the servant is acting up, and he shouldn't have hit him backhanded when the second elder brother insulted the servant's daughter's deceased mother, which made him feel ashamed and wanted to commit suicide. "Lin Jinhua didn't shirk that this matter had nothing to do with him. Since the emperor allowed someone to deliver the decree, it means that he has already made a judgment in his heart, and most likely thought that he really forced his elders to kneel... The emperor values filial piety, if he If you believe it, you will never allow people to refute it.
When the emperor heard this, his complexion really changed slightly.
"What about Lin Duan? He is in his 40s, and he would never kneel down to you for no reason. If he hadn't been forced to desperation, I'm afraid he wouldn't have used such methods."
"My Majesty, please be enlightened. The reason why the courtier's daughter came here is because of the uncle's kneeling. The uncle mistakenly thought that the second brother's suicide was forced by the courtier's daughter, so he was eager to save the son. Otherwise, how could he kneel down for me and my brother? I and My brother is standing at the gate, it is impossible to hit him, and it is impossible to scold him, after thinking about it, I think this is the only reason." Lin Jinyu's voice was choked up, and her whole body trembled slightly when she stood with her eyes downcast.
The emperor looked at her nervously clutching the handkerchief and drooping her head, not daring to look directly at him, and he also hesitated, but he was always suspicious.It's not that Lin Duan doesn't know that he is smart when he does things mildly, but he is definitely not a cowardly person. If a majestic man goes to kneel down, if it is not for a last resort, he is deliberately pretending.
"What about Huaiyan, why did you go to the government on purpose?" the emperor turned his head and asked.
Zhao Huaiyan stepped forward and said: "My son found out that Zheng Lai was involved in a corruption case in Yuzhou last night, so I didn't have time to report it to my father, so I went to investigate in person. I never thought that it would be rumored to be deliberately conniving Miss Lin."
The emperor trusted Zhao Huaiyan relatively, and even if he wanted to favor Lin Jinhua, he would not go there in person.
He suddenly had a feeling of being fooled, whether it was the concubine Duanhui, Lin Duan, or Lin Jinhua who was standing in front of him now!
His gaze sank slightly, looking at the teenage girl with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes in front of him, he asked a little coldly: "Then how do you want me to deal with this matter?"
When Lin Jinhua heard such a tone, he knew that he had been angered, but the emperor was suspicious by nature, so even if he was angry, he would not only be angry with himself.
She bowed and said: "My daughter is stupid, and I don't know how to make up for the prejudice of my uncle's family against my daughter. Today, my elder sister said that it was because of my daughter that His Royal Highness King Jing divorced her. Therefore, my daughter begged the emperor to let you go." Eldest sister will go back to Prince Jing's mansion, maybe she won't hate courtiers so much in the future." She only made the most trivial request, so that in the eyes of the emperor, it would appear that she came here with a purpose in mind.
The emperor narrowed his eyes dangerously, and stared at her coldly: "Since you said you came to plead guilty, then I will punish you too? After all, these things are all because of you. As for whether you did it, I will naturally Leave it to Jingzhao Prefecture to investigate."
"Please forgive me, my majesty, my courtiers dare not complain." Lin Jinhua became more respectful, her body trembling slightly, but she didn't say a word of begging for mercy.
Zhao Huaiyan didn't plead for mercy, he knew the emperor, the more he pleaded, the harder he would punish.
The emperor stared at the two of them for a while, and finally withdrew Sen Han's gaze, and said indifferently: "In that case, you will live in Changle Temple for three days and pray for my Jin Dynasty."
Lin Jinhua finally let go of her clenched hands, and nodded, "Thank you, Your Majesty." It was only a three-day chanting in the temple, which just happened to allow her to avoid the eyes and ears of the capital and do other things.And this punishment must be lighter than the edict passed down by the father-in-law before.
"Well, step back." The emperor rubbed his brows tiredly.
Lin Jinhua and Zhao Huaiyan looked at each other, saw him nodding his head slightly, and then backed away.
A little eunuch escorted her all the way to the palace gate, and when she was about to get into the carriage, she stopped and smiled and said, "Thanks to you for coming here today."
Lin Jinhua raised her eyebrows slightly, knowing that he was from Zhao Huaiyan, she turned around and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, if you explain the matter clearly to him, he will naturally be able to tell the difference."
"When the servant came, I saw that the emperor had drafted an imperial decree. It will be delivered to Lin's mansion tomorrow morning. Miss, go back quickly. You don't have to worry about everything because the prince is here." The little eunuch saw that even if she talked to him, she did not have a superior posture. , gave birth to a bit of goodwill, so I said a few more words.
Lin Jinhua glanced at Mo Xue, and Mo Xue tactfully took out a piece of silver and put it in his palm, and then thanked him, and they turned their heads and got into the carriage.
The carriage ran straight in the direction of Lin's mansion. Lin Jinhua knew that someone must be watching her, so she must not act rashly.
Mo Xue was also sitting in the carriage, and said: "Miss, then Eunuch Chang has passed the decree to the Lin Mansion, asking you to go to Changle Temple to contemplate for three months, and punish you to escort Princess Yuan to the southwest, and you will not be able to return until the war subsides."
Lin Jinhua heaved a long sigh of relief when she heard the words, and leaned back relaxedly: "The emperor only asked me to go to the nunnery to pray for three days today, and I didn't say that I thought about it." If I thought about it, even the emperor believed that she had done those things At that time, she will be unable to refute it even if she wants to. As for the elder brother, the emperor should have other arrangements after passing tonight.
When she returned to Lin's house, Xu Boshan came over early in the morning and dragged Lin Jincheng to talk in the flower hall.
Seeing her coming back, Xu Zhaozhao hurried forward: "Jinhua, you have entered the palace? What did the emperor say?"
"I will issue an edict tomorrow morning." Seeing Xu Boshan who was full of worry, Lin Jinhua stepped forward to greet him with a bit of guilt: "Uncle."
"Get up quickly." Xu Boshan quickly helped her up, and said distressedly: "I never thought that Lin Duan's family would be such a shameless villain, using such a method to bully your brothers and sisters."
Lin Jinhua saw that he, who had never been angry in front of her, was full of anger at the moment, and only smiled slightly: "Uncle, don't bother with them, Jinhua believes that evil will be rewarded with evil."
Seeing her attitude, Xu Boshan subsided his anger, and smiled helplessly: "You have a good temper, but don't worry, uncle will never let them bully you again."
"Yeah." Lin Jinhua nodded with her eyes bent, looking at her brother and uncle tenderly on one side, she was not afraid of Lin Duan's family at all, they wanted to die by themselves, how could she not fulfill it?
After finally comforting Xu Boshan and Xu Zhaozhao, they went back, looked at the tired Lin Jincheng, and said, "Don't worry, brother, take a good rest tonight, maybe when the emperor's decree comes tomorrow, brother won't have to go to the southwest."
Lin Jincheng saw that she was still coming to comfort him, and shook his head with a smile: "I should be the one to do these things, but I want you, a daughter, to stand in front of me. It's useless for me to be a brother."
"Who made my brother have no one who can take you into the palace?" Lin Jinhua blinked, and Lin Jincheng laughed out loud when he saw her like this, and the worries on his face dissipated.
The siblings talked for a while, and they all went back to the yard, but after returning to the yard, Lin Jinhua did not sleep.
Mo Feng finally came back, wounded, standing in the flower hall waiting for her, and when he saw her coming, he rushed up to meet her, and said: "Miss, Bai Lan behind Prince Jing's mansion is a trap, Bai Lan has already been taken away gone."
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly, and looked at her: "How are you?"
"The slave is fine, but Miss Bailan..."
"Don't worry, Zhao Kan has already returned to the capital, and he probably wants to use Bai Lan to blackmail me into something. Bai Lan won't have an accident so soon." Seeing that the wounds on her arms and face hadn't been cleaned up, she said, "You go down first. Rest, we will go up the mountain tomorrow, and we have to do more things then."
Mo Feng also heard about what happened today, and nodded slightly.
Lin Jinhua turned around and walked in. When she reached the bookcase, she turned out all the medical books, found several and began to read page by page. She remembered that there was a very evil prescription. She thought she would never use it before, but now it does. give it a try.
After searching for a while, she finally found it, and immediately asked Mo Xue to go out to buy medicine carefully.
The weather was still fine during the day, and suddenly there was a spring thunder.After a gust of wind, heavy rain poured down.
Lao Liu stood at the back corner door of the Lin Mansion and knocked on the door. The woman guarding the door hurriedly opened it, and when she saw him, she hurriedly said, "Miss is waiting."
The sixth child nodded slightly, went up the Chaoshou corridor on the left and walked forward quickly.
Standing at the door, Lin Jinhua looked at the rumbling thunder outside, and a plan was already brewing in her heart.
When Lao Liu walked over quickly, he saw the person standing by the door. Under the warm yellow candlelight, she was shining like a fairy in the night.
The night wind and light rain fell on his face, and he suddenly came back to his senses, straightened his ink-colored gown, and stepped forward a few steps: "Miss, why are you here? Spring is very humid, so be careful of catching a cold."
"Are you saying that God helped me?" The corners of Lin Jinyu's mouth curled up evil, and he looked up at the sky accompanied by thunder and lightning.
The sixth child was puzzled, but also interested: "What does Miss want to do?"
Lin Jinhua turned to look at him, her evil spirit undiminished: "Today everyone said that I treated the elders harshly, but no one said that the Zhou family deserved it, that the Lin Duan family was making trouble for no reason. Tomorrow I want to see what they say!"
Lao Liu saw that she was looking at him slyly, those dark eyes seemed to suck people in, so he quickly lowered his eyes: "I think Miss has a plan."
"It's just that you took a trip tonight."
Lao Liu raised his eyes to look at her, and saw her lips were smiling, and the corners of her mouth were raised accordingly.
At this time, Lin Fu.
Zhou's body has been taken back and placed in the side hall. Because she is an aunt and has been expelled from her name, she will not stay for too long, and the funeral will be held tomorrow.
The servants in the house were completely naked and knelt on the ground to burn paper money. Suddenly, a dark wind blew outside, and thunder and lightning flashed, which made everyone tremble in fright.
"Aunt Zhou died so badly, how terrifying would it be if the ghost came back?" said one of the timid girls.
The others had seen Zhou's corpse, and when they thought of that scene, they all sighed and shook their heads, showing a bit of horror on their faces.
One of the women said: "None of the master and the young lady came to fulfill their filial piety. If Aunt Zhou wants to come back, she won't look for servants like us..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the dark wind outside suddenly blew the door that was not closed tightly, and the wind suddenly rolled up the paper money on the ground, and someone yelled, "Aunt Zhou is back!" ', they were so frightened that they were all out of their wits, and they didn't care about continuing to burn the paper, so they ran out in a panic.
As soon as the outsiders left, a man dressed in ink and wash came in quietly. Looking at the coffin that had not been nailed down, he stepped forward and lifted the lid of the coffin. Seeing the corpse covered with white cloth inside, he pulled out a stick from his sleeve. Slender and long iron nails, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Early in the morning of the second day, it was the day of Zhou's funeral. Lin Duan and his son played the roles of filial sons and grandsons, so naturally they had to personally carry the coffin for the funeral today.
Lin Xiteng's head was indeed smashed, but it was not serious. After he asked someone to wrap the gauze, he only pretended to be weak and walked over. Seeing Lin Duanzheng frowning, he stepped forward and said, "Father, what's the matter?" ?”
"Last night, Lin Jinhua unexpectedly entered the palace to meet the emperor." Lin Duan frowned and said in a low voice.
"But didn't the emperor order her to think about it last night?" Lin Xiteng asked puzzled.
Lin Duan shook his head slightly: "It's not so easy, and King Ning is here." He just finished speaking, and a servant came over and said, "Master, everything is ready, and the coffin can be released."
Lin Duan looked at the sky today. There were thick black clouds in the sky, the heavy rain was still pouring down, and the thunder continued.
He frowned, nodded slightly, and looked at Lin Xiteng and Lin Xiyu on one side: "Anyway, this time we have made a start, and it will be easier to start in the future. The third room must be removed!" The first went out with the coffin.
When outsiders saw him leading the rain like this, they all praised him as a dutiful son.
On the long street, there were many people who came to see him as a filial son, and they seemed to have forgotten how they mocked Zhou for having an affair with a man a few days ago.
The one who was most angry about this matter was Xiong Shilin. He was relieved when he heard that Mrs. Zhou had died, but now that the conversation has changed, he is pitying this old rascal, Mrs. Zhou. How can he bear it?Anyway, he didn't have a good life for a few days, and his father probably wouldn't be able to get out of the prison if he was arrested. Instead of dying with a bad reputation by himself, it would be better to arrest a few more people.
He was at the corner of the street, staring coldly at the funeral procession approaching in the distance, and snorted softly.
On the second floor of the tavern not far from here, the window of the private room facing the street was opened a crack, just enough to see the situation here clearly.
The sixth child stood aside, looked at her and said, "Miss, everything has been done as you ordered."
"Yeah." Lin Jinhua stood calmly wrapped in a black cloak. It was not easy for someone to find Xiong Shilin, but if he was going to die, he could do her a favor.
She looked at Mo Xue standing not far behind Xiong Shilin, and nodded slightly.
Mo Xue received the signal and nodded to her, then walked behind Xiong Shilin and said in a low voice, "Want to take revenge?"
Xiong Shilin turned his head in surprise, looked at the woman wearing a veil, and was busy trying to cover his face with something.
Seeing this, Mo Xue just said indifferently: "People who have lost their reputation like you, but now they are treated so favorably by people, you are about to rot on the street, and maybe you will be thrown into a mass grave to be eaten by wild dogs. Are you willing?"
"Who are you?" Xiong Shilin's face was ten times more rotten than Aunt Zhou's, and the left eyeball was covered with scars, and he couldn't open it. He was a monster now, and he knew it very well.
"The one who helped you."
"Use mine, don't think I don't know." Xiong Shilin snorted softly: "But you can say it anyway, I won't live for a few days anyway, and that shameless old woman wants to be beautiful after she dies, how can I help her ?” After finishing speaking, he coughed violently until he could hardly straighten his waist.
Mo Xue gave him a pack of medicinal powder: "Just sprinkle this medicinal powder on the wound."
Xiong Shilin leaned against the wall and coughed for a long time, a lightning flashed suddenly in the gray sky, the rain fell on him, and what flowed out from his body was a stream of scarlet water.
He looked at Mo Xue after he finished coughing, and sneered sinisterly: "You hate the Lin family too?" He knew that Lin Xiteng and Lin Duan had bumped heads yesterday.
Knowing his character, Mo Xue would not easily agree to help her, so she just took out a piece of impure but unique jade pendant from her sleeve: "Your maid, Li'er, has been pregnant for a month, you help me today, I can keep your bloodline alive, otherwise, you and your unborn child will all die." Mo Xue put the medicine in his hand and turned away: "Time is running out, you can think about it yourself."
Xiong Shilin was stunned when he heard the sound of gongs and drums getting closer and closer behind him.Li'er, that maid he forcibly dragged into the house?How could he still have children?
He lowered his head to look at the medicine bag in his hand, and then at his already rotten hand that started to tremble, clenched tightly, gritted his teeth, and rushed towards the street.
Lin Duan was pretending to wipe away his tears when his eyes were still red, but when he saw someone rushing in, he stopped immediately.
He thought that Lin Jinhua would definitely send someone secretly to stir up trouble, and then he would just catch Lin Jinhua's evidence again, but he never thought it would be Xiong Shilin.
Seeing his surprised look, Xiong Shilin laughed sarcastically: "Your mother is dead, and your father and I will not survive. Why don't you bury our husband and wife together today?"
"Bastard..." Lin Duan turned blue with anger.
"Asshole? Your mother is shameless and disobedient, and she should be thrown into a mass grave when she dies. You are so lucky to be a filial son of a bitch and organize a funeral for her with great fanfare. Lin Duan, you really are your mother." His own son is equally shameless!" Xiong Shilin wiped the rain off his face and sneered coldly.
Lin Duan was so angry that he had a headache, but he only used a trick yesterday, so he couldn't be too forceful today, so he just said to the boy beside him, "Send Mr. Xiong back."
The boy responded, and was about to drag Xiong Shilin away, but he didn't expect that there would be thunder and lightning one after another.
Lin Xiteng asked someone to hide under an umbrella, and impatiently muttered to Lin Xiyu: "Why is Xiong Shilin not dead yet..."
Before I could finish my words, the lightning struck directly from the sky, hitting the coffin directly, and the person who carried the coffin was blown away without enough time to run, but the coffin was burnt, and the body was even more black. on the ground.
The people around were startled immediately and retreated one after another.
Seeing this, Xiong Shilin was also taken aback, and then laughed loudly: "See, such an unruly person deserves to be struck by lightning! Lin Duan, you have no sense of shame, be careful that you will be struck to death too!"
The boys didn't dare to pull him anymore, and Lin Duan was also hit by the broken coffin board, and fell to the ground out of breath for a long time, until someone came to help him, he barely breathed a sigh of relief, only watching the ground being split into pieces Looking at the scorched black corpse on the ground, the mouth is opened, and the throat is squeezed so that no sound can be squeezed out.
Xiong Shilin carefully wiped the powder on his hands slowly, looked at Lin Duan who was half-sitting on the ground and was stunned, stepped forward and grabbed his neck firmly, and wiped the scar on the back of his head with his hand, but just wiped it on, He was dragged away by the servants of the Lin family and thrown to the ground.
He laughed loudly: "Lin Duan, you will be the next one to die! You have no shame, you deserve it!"
Others were still saying that he was a dutiful son before, but when they saw the scene of thunder and lightning, they all shut up.
Lin Xiteng saw that everything was in vain, he gritted his teeth, glared fiercely at Xiong Shilin who was still screaming, stepped forward and kicked him, kicked him half a step, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Xiong Shilin is not a brave person, but he must know that he will die, and there is another maid who is pregnant with his child, so he gritted his teeth and looked at Lin Xiteng tremblingly: "If you have the ability, you come and kill me, your grandmother You seduced me by undressing me that night, I heard that you also have such hobbies, especially old women..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Xiteng didn't want the umbrella anymore. He picked up a piece of wood on the ground and smashed it hard at Xiong Shilin's head. There was a long nail on the piece of wood, which pierced Xiong Shilin's eyes deeply. Here, the bystanders who watched gasped, and some timid ones even passed out immediately.
Xiong Shilin was in pain, holding on to the last bit of powder, and when Lin Xiteng approached again, he sprinkled the powder on his face, and Lin Xiteng's plank hit him hard on the neck, and he passed out immediately.
Lin Xiyu hurried over and pulled Lin Xiteng, frowned and said, "You want to beat someone to death and go to jail again?"
Hearing this, Lin Xiteng kicked him hard again, then looked at Lin Duan who was being helped up with a dark look, and asked, "Father, what should I do?"
Lin Duan looked at the corpse on the ground, then looked at the fear and contempt of the people around him, gritted his teeth slightly: "Put the corpse away and burn it."
"Father, but this is grandma..." Lin Xiyu couldn't bear it.
Lin Duan glanced at her coldly, with a bit of embarrassment and gnashed his teeth: "Do you dare to disobey God's will?" After finishing speaking, Liang Liang looked at Xiong Shilin who had fainted, thinking that Ben and Lin Jinhua couldn't get along, so he just Frowning, he hurried to the Lin residence.
Brother and sister Lin Xiteng looked at the suspicious eyes around them, and they couldn't stay too long, so they could only bow their heads unwillingly and hurriedly followed, without the heartbreak and filial piety they had just pretended to be.
Lin Jinhua finished reading on the second floor, then turned and left indifferently.
Mo Xue followed, and asked in a low voice, "Miss, what should Xiong Shilin do?"
"He couldn't survive today. After he dies, we need to find a place for him to rest in the ground." She paused, then glanced at Mo Xue; "He has spoiled more women than you can imagine, Li'er Although she is pregnant with his child, she is also infected with the willow disease, the child cannot be kept, you just need to use medicine to keep him."
Mo Xue sighed inwardly, and only nodded.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, with no intention of stopping at all. The carriage drove past quickly, splashing water on the road, but it couldn't cover up the fact that everyone saw the thunder strike with their own eyes today.From ancient times to the present, those who can be struck by lightning from the sky are all evil people, and everyone thinks so.
Xiong Shilin didn't pass out completely, he opened his eyes reluctantly after the surroundings were quiet, but he didn't have the strength to stand up.
He remembered that Li'er had his own child in her stomach, and began to slowly crawl towards the Xiong's mansion, but when he crawled, a piece of flesh on his body seemed to be peeled off.Pedestrians on the street had already taken shelter from the rain. Even if someone saw him, no one would come out to help him. After all, he was suffering from a willow disease.
One of his eyes was bleeding continuously, but he didn't seem to feel it. He just wanted to go back and tell Li'er that giving birth to his son, so that he could also keep incense, was not a waste of time in this world, but It didn't take long for him to lose his strength, and the rain was about to wash away his blood...
He looked in the direction of the Xiong's mansion and stretched out his hand, but his eyes no longer had the strength, and he closed them heavily, completely lifeless.
The carriage was getting closer and closer, and when it passed by him, only the horse was frightened.
The people in the carriage raised the curtain indifferently, glanced at the people on the ground, then lowered the curtain again, and said to the coachman, "Don't delay, hurry up."
"Yes." The coachman agreed and stepped on his horse.
The carriage stopped in front of the Lin family's gate not long after, and the servant at the gate saw that it was Eunuch Chang who came to pass the decree yesterday, so he hurried to greet him respectfully.
Eunuch Chang changed his previous indifference, got out of the carriage with a smile, and said: "Your master is still blessed, and the emperor is worried about it, so he specially asked the Sa family to deliver the decree."
"Please, please, Mrs. and Mrs. are here today." The mother-in-law hurriedly welcomed him in enthusiastically.
Lin Jincheng had been waiting in the flower hall early, and Lin Jinhua came over after changing her clothes. The crescent white embroidered peach blossom long skirt, a pair of exquisite embroidered shoes of the same color, and a water red cloak wrapped around it made her look more elegant and dignified.
Lin Jincheng saw that her hair was wet with rain, so he raised his hand and wiped it off with his sleeve, and said, "Walk carelessly, be careful to catch a cold."
Lin Jinhua didn't pay attention to this, and just bent her eyes into crescents: "I won't do it next time."
When Eunuch Chang came, he happened to see their brothers and sisters talking, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Miss Lin and Mr. Lin have such a good relationship."
"My father-in-law is here." Lin Jincheng was always polite to others, and he only smiled gently when he saw him.
Eunuch Chang has lived to such an old age, he has seen all kinds of people, and he knows what kind of person Lin Jincheng is at a glance, and he is more comfortable speaking, he just said: "The emperor asked the slaves to deliver the decree."
Only then did Lin Jincheng pull Lin Jinhua to kneel down to accept the order.
Eunuch Chang looked at Lin Jinhua on one side. He was as quiet as a flower shining in the water, and his actions were like the wind supporting a willow. It is not unreasonable for Prince Ning to be obsessed with such a picturesque beauty.
He opened the imperial decree, and said: "By God's fortune, the emperor ordered that Lin Jincheng, the eldest son of the Lin family, will be promoted to the second-class general Weiyuan starting today, and will return to Beijing to serve after escorting Princess Yuan to the southwest; Remembering that I still have filial piety, I ordered him to go to Changle Nunnery to fast and pray for three days, to prepare for the wedding, and to pray for my brocade, this is my respect!"
When Lin Jinhua heard the imperial decree, the stone in her heart was relieved.My elder brother only needs to escort Princess Yuan to the southwest, and I only need to go to Changle Nunnery for three days, and the words used are all praises, and there is no intention of punishment.
She and Lin Jincheng looked at each other, and they both smiled and got up to accept the order.
Eunuch Chang looked at Lin Jincheng and smiled slightly: "Young general, he became a second-class general at a young age. This is something that Master Lin did not have back then."
"The lower officials are less talented and less educated. Thanks to the emperor's great love, I also invite my father-in-law to thank the emperor on behalf of the lower officials after returning to the palace." Lin Jincheng smiled respectfully.
Eunuch Chang glanced at him with satisfaction. Not only was he not arrogant when he became famous as a young man, but he was also modest and reasonable, and his chest was full of gloom, which is really rare. Besides, the Lin family has a close relationship with King Ning, so he naturally has a little more intimacy .
He only specially instructed: "This time going to the Southwest, the Major General must be careful. The Southwest is dangerous, and there are bandits on the road. If you are not careful, you may lose everything."
Seeing that there was something in his words, Lin Jinhua smiled and said, "Thank you, father-in-law, for reminding us that we have never been to the southwest, and we don't know the bandits and factions on the way, so we should be prepared."
Seeing that she was smart, Eunuch Chang only said in a low voice: "I heard that these bandits are not afraid of officers and soldiers, and the Sajia don't know if there are many of them."
Lin Jincheng's eyes flickered slightly, who else would be a bandit who was not afraid of the officers and soldiers, wasn't it the officers and soldiers themselves.
"Thank you, Eunuch, for your guidance." Lin Jincheng saluted solemnly.
Eunuch Chang didn't say any more, he saluted and left.
Lin Jincheng looked at Lin Jinhua and said, "It seems that there are many twists and turns in this trip. Daddy can't come back for the time being. Jinhua, you should go to Xu's house to stay first."
"Well, that's exactly what I mean. But the imperial decree has been issued. I will go to Changle Nunnery in a while, and I will move there after I get back." Lin Jinhua herself was not afraid, but she was even more worried about Lin Jincheng.Now that the emperor has promoted him to second-class general, Zhao Kan will definitely not let him go.
Lin Jincheng sighed slightly, looked outside, paused, and said, "I'll take you up the mountain first."
Lin Jinhua couldn't see his melancholy, so he just smiled and said, "The emperor's imperial decree has only been issued, and no one dares to do anything at this time. I'm afraid Princess Yuan will be leaving in two days, brother, why don't you go see Ru Yan." The relationship with them suddenly became estranged, and Wang Ruyan was probably locked up in the mansion and was not allowed to come out. If my brother didn't go to see her now, it might take a long time to see her again.
Lin Jincheng thought about it, then nodded: "I'll let my personal escort escort you there."
"Brother, go quickly, it's not good for me to marry, and my brother is still a loner. Ru Yan is pure and sincere, and she is very suitable for my brother." Lin Jinhua looked at him with a slight smile.
A look of joy appeared in Lin Jincheng's eyes, he nodded, and he couldn't wait to go outside.
As soon as he left, Lin Jinhua took a breath and glanced at Mo Xue, "Are you all ready?"
Mo Xue nodded: "Everything is ready, the carriage will go around the capital twice, and then go out through the west gate, and then we will meet at the inn at the west gate."
"Okay." Lin Jinhua nodded, and then returned to the courtyard. Not long after, a person of the same height as her came out from inside, Cai'er supported her.
At the corner outside Lin's house, someone stared straight at the person who was helped out from inside. Wearing a veiled hat, he slowly got into the carriage while holding the hand of the close servant girl, and went straight to the outside of the city. Lin Jinhua was generally the same, so she felt relieved and went back to report.
Mo Xue stood inside the door, watched the figure disappear around the corner, and then hurried back.
In the room, Lin Jinhua had already changed into a black-and-white dress, and used powder to smear her face yellow. If she didn't raise her head, ordinary people wouldn't pay much attention to it.
"Miss, I've already left." Mo Xue came back and said.
"En." Lin Jinhua responded, and then slowly turned and walked outside.
When Lin Duan and his son returned to the Lin residence, Lin Xiyu immediately went to find Zhao Kan. These things were his idea, and now that something happened, he naturally went to find him.
Lin Duan and Lin Xiteng sat in the flower hall, looking gloomy.
When Lin Xiteng thought of the troublemaker Xiong Shilin, he was so angry that he wanted to strangle him to death, but for some reason, when he got angry, he felt chest tightness, shortness of breath and head pain, but he couldn't hold back his anger.
He looked at Lin Duan and said angrily, "Father, what should I do now? It was going smoothly. I never thought that all the thunder from the sky would hit my grandmother's coffin today, and that Xiong Shilin would make trouble for no reason..." He The more he talked, the angrier he became, and his complexion turned slightly pale.
Lin Duan also felt uncomfortable, so he glanced at him and said coldly: "Let's not talk about that, I'm afraid someone will make a fuss about this thunder today, so I'll go out for a while. "After that, he walked away directly.
Lin Xiteng was very annoyed, but he had no choice but to go back to his yard sullenly.
The servant next to him saw him coming back, and immediately told the emperor's new imperial decree. After Lin Xiteng heard it, his heart ached again: "It has changed from three months to three days, and he is said to be virtuous and virtuous. Then Lin Jincheng..."
Angrily, he slammed his fist on the table so hard that the maids were so frightened that they didn't dare to get angry immediately.
The young man leaned forward and said, "My lord, what shall we do?"
"What should I do? What else can I do? Can I still go and make trouble with the emperor?" Lin Xiteng was annoyed, his head hurt so badly, he was still wondering why he was doing so well suddenly.
Just as he was talking, the porter came to say that he had something urgent to report.
"What's the hurry?" Lin Xiteng said angrily.
The porter tremblingly handed him a post, saying: "It was sent by Zuihualou just now, and it must be handed over to you, Young Master."
"Zuihualou?" Lin Xiteng muttered. When Zheng Yecheng was still there, the two often went there to hang out. Not only were there beauties, but they were also connected to a casino. He was somewhat surprised by the news now.
He took the post and opened it, his eyebrows raised slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "The bustard still misses me, and there is a newcomer, and she knows to notify me."
The little servant said from the side: "Young master, the master said that you can't go out for a few days..."
Lin Xiteng didn't think about going at first, but when he heard this, he became unhappy; "Young master can go wherever he likes, and it's your turn to take care of it?"
"But……"
"Okay, don't talk nonsense, I just got out of prison, so I should be happy." Thinking of these unlucky things one after another, he became upset, threw the post to the side, and went straight outside.
It was the first time for the sixth child to sit in the same carriage with Lin Jinhua in the green-curtained carriage outside Lin's mansion. He pretended to look out of the carriage, but his peripheral vision fell on her.The facial features were deliberately downplayed, and the appearance did lose a lot of points, but the calm and cunning aura on his body was not missing at all.
Just as she was thinking, Mo Xue suddenly said, "Here we come."
Lin Jinhua saw Lin Xiteng swaggering into the carriage through the curtain of the carriage, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up: "Follow me."
"Yes." Lao Liu replied, and they followed Lin Xiteng's carriage as soon as it left.
Zuihualou is located in the bustling area of the capital, several flower buildings are connected to the gambling house and opened a street, the gambling hall is lively during the day, and the flower building is lively at night.
As soon as Lin Xiteng arrived at the old place, he knew many acquaintances, so naturally he had to go to the casino first during the day.
There were a lot of fish and dragons in the gambling hall, and when they saw him coming, they all looked at each other, stepped forward and said affectionately: "Master Lin is here, let's play a game? If you win, you will be happy, if you lose, you will get rid of bad luck."
"I like what you said." Lin Xiteng was just annoyed, and no one satirized him when he first saw him, and he was still holding him, and he went to the gambling table full of ambition.
The guard at the door of the gambling house looked back and smiled, then turned his head and continued to guard the door, and saw a green-draped carriage stop.
Lin Jinhua glanced at Lao Liu, and said: "Go to a man named Zhou Sheng on the second floor, give him the 50 taels, and let him go bet with Lin Xiteng." Lin Jinhua gave Lao Liu a wooden box full of silver. .
Holding the heavy box, Lao Liu paused for a moment: "Miss also knows Zhou Sheng?" Zhou Sheng is a well-known gambler here. He cooks three meals a day here, and he rarely goes out once a month. People have average luck in gambling and bad temper.
Lin Jinhua smiled, of course Zhou Sheng remembered that in her previous life, she lost a large sum of money because of a bet with Lin Xiteng, and she was so angry that she beat Lin Xiteng.But now Lin Xiteng couldn't get angry.
Lao Liu nodded, and then went inside.
It's not hard to find Zhou Sheng. A person like him who is addicted to gambling is also in a trance.
When Lao Liu came, he didn't even see Lao Liu's face clearly, only the box of silver he brought over was in his eyes.
"Bet with Lin Xiteng, if you win, I will give you everything, if you lose, I will break your arm." Lao Liu stood in the dark and looked at him.
Zhou Sheng couldn't see his face clearly, but he nodded immediately: "One arm is 50 taels, it's worth it!" After that, he was afraid that the sixth child would not agree, so he hurriedly went downstairs with the money in his arms.
There were already many people at the gambling table, Lin Xiteng was very happy to win a few hands in a row, seeing Zhou Shenglai still holding so much money, he didn't take it seriously, just started the game.
The sixth child stood on the second floor and watched, and as expected, Zhou Sheng quickly lost more than half of it.
Lao Liu pulled the gamblers passing by and gave him five taels of silver: "Go down and tell that table, Lin Xi vacated the cheater." He could see clearly from the second floor, but this seems to be the rule here, In the past, no one dared to provoke Lin Xiteng, but now it is different. The scandal of the Lin family has long made people here not to take him seriously.
The man weighed the silver in his hand, smiled, and went straight down.
Zhou Sheng was almost finished losing, at this moment the man came down, grabbed Lin Xiteng's arm and said, "He's cheating!"
"What!" The unfamiliar people around were shocked, and then angry.
Zhou Sheng didn't wait for Lin Xiteng to argue, and punched him in the face with a fist. Immediately, his nose was bleeding and his head was covered with pain.
He managed to stand still, and then he said angrily to everyone: "You are crazy!"
"Crazy? Mr. Lin, we are a gambling house here, and you have come to swindle money. It would not be an exaggeration to kill you today!" The people who were nice to him before suddenly turned their faces. Everyone likes to beat a dog in the water. Now Lin Xiteng is the dog in the water.
Lin Xiteng rushed up angrily, but his heart became more and more stuffy, as if he was about to explode, and his head hurt.
Zhou Sheng has a violent temper. When he thought that he was almost cheated into losing an arm and losing the 50 taels, Lin Xiteng, who was thin and thin, was knocked down to the ground with his fist again, and the others followed him.
"Young Master Lin, what a shameless bastard!" someone scolded.
The others immediately laughed: "You say that, you are not afraid of being struck by lightning like his grandmother..."
Everyone immediately burst into laughter, and Zhou Sheng kicked him desperately a few more times, until someone saw that his face was pale, and he was afraid of causing death, so he was thrown out.
His boys usually followed him, they would go to the nearby tavern first and wait until sunset to pick him up, so he was thrown out now, and he was the only one.
He was thrown at the entrance of the rain-soaked gambling house, and the people inside spat at him and said with contempt: "Don't think you are a noble son of the capital, with your father's virtue, you are at best a horse-washer."
A group of people laughed again, then turned around and left.
Lin Xiteng was so angry that he clenched his fists fiercely, but the more he was angry, the more his head hurt, and the feeling that his heart was about to burst became stronger.
When the girls from Hualou across the street saw it, they covered their mouths and smiled lightly.
Lin Xiteng gritted his teeth, thinking about the previous invitation, and planned to crawl to find the old bustard first, and then come back to take revenge later, but he crawled forward for a while, and a green-draped carriage stopped beside him, and the curtain of the carriage was also closed. Open slightly.
"help me……"
"Help? Second brother, doesn't he want to die?" Lin Jinhua smiled faintly.
When Lin Xiteng heard it was her voice, he was furious: "You arranged this?"
The corners of Lin Jinyu's mouth slightly curled up: "Yes, since you said I was going to kill you, then I naturally want to satisfy your imagination. If you want to die so much, go ahead and die."
Lin Xiteng grabbed the wheel of the carriage and gritted his teeth and looked at her: "Lin Jinhua, I will kill you..."
"Then try it, how can a trash like you kill me." Lin Jinhua slowly stimulated him, the angrier he was, the more uncomfortable he would be, the more uncomfortable he was, the more he wanted revenge, and then he died of pain.
Mo Xue glanced sideways at him, and lashed the horse with a whip. The horse ran forward, and passed Lin Xiteng's hand.
"what--!"
Lin Xiteng let out a scream, looking at the carriage that was just drifting away like this, the ridicule that seemed to be still in his ears, and the beating just now seemed to converge into a sharp sword and rushed straight into his heart.
"Lin Jinhua, I'll kill you..." His complexion slowly turned from white to black, until the excruciating pain completely robbed him of consciousness, he finally fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, bleeding from his seven orifices. live.
Everyone didn't take him seriously, and went about their own business after laughing at him. No one knew that he was really dead.
In King Jing's mansion at this time.
Zhao Kan returned to King Jing's Mansion after receiving the imperial decree, but he was not very happy.
Looking at the young man who was replying below, he said that Lin Jinhua had already left for Changle Nunnery, and only then did he remember the imperial decree delivered by Eunuch Chang just now.
Lin Xiyu was very happy, with a bit of shyness, because she happened to be there when Eunuch Chang came to deliver the decree.
She looked at Zhao Kan at the top, and said with a shy smile, "Don't worry, my lord, since the emperor let Xiyu stay by your side as a side concubine to serve you, Xiyu will definitely not act recklessly in the future, and will definitely serve you well." .”
Zhao Kan's face darkened, and he ignored her.
Just as he was talking, Lin Duan also came.
Lin Duan's complexion was not very good. Once he entered the room and saluted, he saw that Zhao Kan was also in a bad mood. He immediately knelt down and apologized: "My lord, this humble minister is not doing well..."
"You still have some self-knowledge." Zhao Kan glanced at Lin Xiyu coldly, and then said: "Forget it, the thunder to the left and right is a natural disaster, and Xiong Shilin is also dead, but it's not a good thing to be struck by lightning. You go back and ask the master to do a good job. Also shut the mouth of outsiders."
"Yes." Lin Duan nodded quickly, and then looked at him again: "Then, my lord, what should we do next?"
Zhao Kan snorted softly: "What should I do? Do you think Lin Jincheng can come back after going out this time? Without Lin Jincheng, what can Lin Luzhi, who has no rights, do? And he certainly can't bear the pain of losing a child. .As for Zhao Huaiyan, he will be leaving soon..." Zhao Kan thought of this, and the corners of his mouth curled up wickedly.
Lin Duan frowned slightly and didn't say much.
Just as he was thinking, the servant next to Lin Xiteng suddenly came outside.
The little servant stumbled in and ran in. When he saw Lin Duan, he immediately knelt down: "Master, my son..."
"What's wrong, son?" Lin Duan stood up immediately.
The boy stammered for a long while before he dared to say: "Young master... he is dead."
"What?" Lin Xiyu almost jumped up in shock, but Lin Duan only felt a dull pain in his heart, and then fell back, unconscious.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Kan's face became more and more cold, and the people from the palace outside also walked in, whispered something in his ear, and his face turned dark and dark.
Lin Jinhua had already arrived at the confluence inn, glanced at Mofeng, and said, "Stay with Yesheng and wait for my orders at any time."
Mo Feng was a little worried: "Suddenly there is no news from Mo Hua, I'm afraid something happened, servant girl will follow you, Mo Yue is still in the capital."
Lin Jinhua frowned slightly when she heard this, but it was late, and she had to leave Beijing immediately: "Wait for me tonight, I will come again." After all, the bill has not been collected yet!
(End of this chapter)
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