Madam Hou

Chapter 99

After several rounds of debate in the court, Emperor Jinghui finally decided to use General Su as the commander, Lin Fengqi as the deputy commander, to lead the troops from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, and the hexagram masters to fight against Fusang's invasion.

As soon as the servants who came to the Yongning Hou Mansion to announce the decree left, Lin Fengye, Lin Fengshan and others immediately surrounded Lin Fengqi, smiled and congratulated and said: "Congratulations, big brother, I wish you a successful start."

Holding the bright yellow imperial decree in his hand, Lin Fengqi was in a happy mood, and happily responded to the congratulations from his brothers and sisters at home.Then he patted Lin Fengye on the shoulder, and said: "I'm not at home, second brother, you are the eldest in the family, you have to take good care of your parents and brothers and sisters in the family."

Lin Fengye said respectfully: "Yes, big brother, I will definitely take care of the family."

Lin Fengqi turned to Lin Fengshan again and said, "Third brother, you too, study hard and stop being naughty."

Lin Fengshan said with a grin: "I know, I know, brother, you are really long-winded."

The one who was happier than Lin Fengqi was Mrs. Lin Hou. As soon as the servant who announced the decree left, she couldn't wait to tell Mr. Lin: "The order will be passed on, no matter the inner courtyard or the outer courtyard, everyone will be paid two more months' monthly money this month. In addition , get ready the rice, the mansion will serve porridge for half a month at the Town God's Temple outside the city."

Yuan Memo flattered with a smile: "Madam is kind."

Mrs. Lin Hou's flattery to Yuan Momo was very useful, and she nodded to Yuan Momo.Afterwards, I looked around the hall and found that there seemed to be one person missing in the house, so I asked angrily, "Where is Lord Hou, why isn't he here?"

A young servant replied cautiously: "Master Hou asked his relatives to ride a horse in Xishan."

Mrs. Lin Hou said angrily: "This dead enemy doesn't care about his son's affairs at all, so he should die outside."

As a result, as soon as the words fell, a servant next to Master Lin hurriedly shouted "It's not good, it's not good!" The outside said: "It's not good, ma'am, Lord Hou, Lord Hou startled the horse and fell off the horse. When we helped him up, he was... already out of breath."

The news shocked everyone in the hall like a thunder from the ground, and the original happy atmosphere disappeared. Mrs. Lin Hou pointed to the boy and asked with trembling fingers: "You, what did you just say? Say it again."

The boy repeated what he had just said.

Mrs. Lin Hou felt sad in her heart, and then she beat her chest and cried: "Oh, this dead enemy, I have never been so obedient in my life, I let you die outside and you die outside, ouch, you enemy..."

Although Mrs. Lin Hou has never looked down on her husband since she married, she is a couple who have lived together for more than [-] years, and there is always love between husband and wife.When the two quarreled, Mrs. Lin Hou would say that she wished her husband would die when she was very annoyed, but she never thought of letting him die in her heart.At this moment, Mrs. Lin Hou was really sad when she heard the news of her husband's death.

Crying and crying, Mrs. Lin Hou suddenly closed her mouth, thinking of a more serious matter: Lin Hou is dead, and her son will have to go to court Ding You. As for leading the army and then getting promoted and getting rich, I can't think about it now .It was obviously a cooked duck, but now it flew away. Under the double blow of Mrs. Lin Hou, her heart hurt even more.Then he continued to beat his chest with both hands, and cursed while crying: "This dead enemy, even if he wants to die, he will not choose a good time. He has never done a good thing for his son in his life, and he will hold his son back when he dies. This enemy, This death, why don't you die again in a few years, this is simply killing me,..."

Hearing that his father had died, although Lin Fengqi was also sad, but after all, he was calmer than Mrs. Lin Hou. He went to hold the collar of Lin Houye's servant, and said: "What is going on, you will go through one or five years Tell me clearly."

It turned out that today, Lord Lin Hou asked Master Chen and several other men from Beijing to ride horses on the West Mountain.Most of these men are the bastards of some wealthy and honorable families, and generally only the bastards are easy to be raised as dandies who like to walk horses and dogs.Mrs. Lin Hou didn't like Lin Hou to stay with them. It was really embarrassing for him to stay with a bunch of concubines as a Marquis.Mrs. Linhou talked about Lord Linhou several times, but Lord Linhou, who had always listened to Mrs. Linhou's words, became stubborn this time. Even if Mrs. Linhou said that she would help him find another beautiful concubine, she did not stop him To play with them heart.

Over the years, Lin Houye was often looked down upon by others when he was away, and was crushed to death by Mrs. Lin Hou at home. Lin Houye was somewhat depressed and frustrated.But now when he was playing with those bastards, they would all come to flatter him, and these people would echo him whatever he said.Lord Lin Hou felt that he had never been so happy in his life, and he seemed to have finally found the meaning of his life here.Of course, he was unwilling to leave this kind of happy life and return to that kind of bitter life.

And this time, since their gathering is based on the theme of "horse riding", horses are naturally indispensable.One of them brought a fierce horse and said that the horse was so fierce that no one in the world could tame it.And Lin Houye used to boast among these people that his equestrian skills were invincible in the world.So someone flattered: "What is a strong horse? Our master's equestrian skills are invincible in the world. He will definitely be able to tame this horse."

The others followed suit, and Lin Houye was flattered by repeated flattery of "Your Hou is powerful", "Your Hou is invincible in the world", "There is no horse in the world that our Hou Ye cannot tame".Someone else suggested: "Why don't Master Hou tame this horse, and let us admire his demeanor." Others booed accordingly.

Although the audience was very enthusiastic, Lord Lin Hou hesitated.Although he boasted a lot, he still knew how much his equestrian level was.

The person who proposed said: "Master Hou has been saying that his equestrian skills are very good, he is not bragging, otherwise why don't you dare to go up and ride?"

Three or four more people followed suit.Lord Lin Hou blushed when he was told that, and he couldn't get off the stage for a while, but he regretted his life and didn't dare to go up directly.

But at this time, Mr. Chen came out to make trouble again.Mr. Chen has become Lord Lin's follower since he came to the capital. Mr. Chen is used to flattering, and his flattering is easy to understand, which makes Lin Hou very comfortable listening to it.Therefore Lin Houye also likes to bring Mr. Chen by his side.

Lord Lin Hou was questioned, and Master Chen said: "You people are too much, how can you doubt your master, wait until your master tames that horse, and see if I don't slap you in the mouth." The master said: "Master in-laws, just go up and ride this horse and show them to see if they still dare to doubt you."

As soon as Mr. Chen said this, the surrounding people immediately booed and echoed, and their emotions were high.Lord Lin had no choice but to bite the bullet and go on.

Lin Houye was nervous at the beginning, but after riding the horse for two laps, he found that the horse was not as violent as imagined, but gentle and docile. For a while, he even believed that his equestrian skills were very good.Thinking triumphantly in his heart, those people dare to question him, wait a while to see if he doesn't show off well.

As a result, at this moment, the horse suddenly went berserk, jumped up on its front feet, ripped, and then ran in the direction of Master Chen who was holding a small red flag to cheer for Master Lin.

Master Chen also cherished his life. Seeing that the situation was not right, he threw the little red flag, turned around and ran away.But how could Master Chen outrun the crazy horse, and he was quickly overtaken.The horse stepped on Mr. Chen, and the horse staggered. Mr. Lin Hou was thrown off the horse and fell directly onto a big rock next to him.

A few servants were shocked and caught up to check.Mr. Chen was trampled by a horse, his legs were broken, and he was lying on the ground babbling and screaming in pain. Mr. Lin Hou was not making a sound at all, lying on the ground with a pale face, and the boy stretched out his hand to sniff in fear, and was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot. In the past, Lord Hou had no breath at all.

Such a big thing happened, how dare the boy hide it from the truth, quickly divided the work, let one person run back to report the letter, and the other stayed here to protect the body of Lin Houye, and also take care of the half-dead Master Chen.Although he is not his master, he is the eldest mistress' own father, so he can't just let him lie down in the middle of the road.

After listening to the young servant's story, Yin Niang felt cold in her heart.The father-in-law had an accident, which was related to his own father, and his own father was also injured.She didn't know how to react, whether she should express her sadness for her father-in-law's death, or express her apology for her own father's behavior.

Lin Fengqi immediately said to Mrs. Linhou after listening to the young man's story, "Mother, I'll take someone to Xishan to have a look first. No matter what, I have to move... father's body back first."

Mrs. Lin Hou wiped her tears and nodded.

In the end, before he had time to go out, someone from General Su's residence came to report the funeral in a hurry: "Madam Su passed away an hour ago!"

Lin Fengqi's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately ordered Manager Lin: "You immediately find someone to find out who are the people in Xishan today, and you have to find out every one of them, even who they have come into contact with."

Then he told the person who came to the general's mansion: "Go back and tell the general that my father also fell off his horse and died. Tell him to pay attention to his home."

After speaking, he took the servants and servants in the mansion and hurried out.

If Lin Houye's death was an accident, but at such a sensitive time, two generals who were about to take command, one died of father and the other died of mother, anyone would suspect that there was a conspiracy in it.

Two hours later, Lin Fengqi brought back Master Lin's body, and asked the imperial doctor to confirm it again, confirming that Lord Lin was indeed killed by falling, not from poisoning or other things.

After the imperial doctor left, Lin Fengqi looked at Yinniang who was standing beside her who was sad, worried, and apologetic, went over and took her hand and said, "Don't worry about father-in-law, I've already sent someone to carry him back to Yangjiaoer alley." , and invited the imperial physician to treat him, although his leg was seriously injured, his life is safe."

At this time, Lin Fengqi hadn't forgotten to arrange for her father, Yinniang felt moved, but felt even more sorry.Tears finally flowed out uncontrollably, and he said apologetically in a low voice: "I'm sorry, it's my father's fault that caused my father..."

Lin Fengqi hugged Yinniang, patted her on the back and comforted her: "What are you talking about? It's not your fault, and it's none of your father-in-law's business. Don't think about it." He held her face and wiped it off for her. Wiping away her tears, she continued: "Don't cry, there are still many things at home that I count on you to help me deal with."

Yin Niang sniffed, nodded and said, "Yes."

(End of this chapter)