Lying on the bed a little weakly, Lin Huaiwu closed his eyes and ordered outside:
"Fetch me Taoist Priest Qingxu..."
After hearing Lin Huaiwu's order, the guard hesitated and reported:
"Sir, Taoist Master Qingxu, who has been cultivating Qingxu in the Taoist temple for the past few days, has told me not to disturb his practice!"
Lin Huaiwu heard this and said sharply:
"This is a fatal thing! Do you know what a fatal thing is? I want to see him immediately!"
Seeing Lin Huaiwu losing his composure, he was shocked and quickly bowed in agreement.
Under Lin Huaiwu's order, after a stick of incense, an old man wearing a Taoist robe, an immortal Taoist bone and holding a fly whisk appeared in front of Lin Huaiwu.
Looking at Lin Huaiwu who was lying on the bed extremely decadent, the old Taoist looked calm, waved his hand and said:
"Infinite Heavenly Lord, it seems your doom has come!"
After listening to the old Taoist's words, Lin Huaiwu sighed helplessly, slowly stood up from the bed, bowed to the old Taoist and said:
"The Taoist Master was indeed right, my fate has finally come!"
After saying that, Lin Huaiwu handed the secret letter he just received to the other party. The old Taoist took the secret letter and glanced at the contents of the letter, then frowned and said with some disappointment:
"Mr. Lin, you actually took bribes?"
After listening to the old Taoist priest's words, Lin Huaiwu smiled bitterly, saluted the old Taoist chief again:
"It is easy for Taoist Chen to go from being frugal to extravagant, but it is difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. I, Lin Huaiwu, and all my family members all point to me for food, and sometimes in this world, I can't help myself..." ·············”
"But don't worry, Taoist priest, my commander-in-chief is very strict about corruption. During the time I was sent to Yunbin, I made some money and received some filial piety. The rest of the time, I relied on my salary and rewards to make a living. !”
"I'm not afraid of your jokes, because I was afraid of being discovered by my commander, so I didn't dare to make too much money. I thought it was nothing, but I didn't expect that I was discovered after all!" At the end of the sentence, Lin Huaiwu sighed again, and his whole body His expression looked very melancholy.
After hearing what Lin Huaiwu said, the old Taoist priest thought for a while and then said:
"Mr. Lin, although this calamity is troublesome for you, as long as you let nature take its course and use the child to resolve the calamity, you will not suffer a bloody disaster. However, you must have a benevolent heart in the future, otherwise the disaster of destroying your family and annihilating your clan is just around the corner. !”
After the old Taoist priest finished speaking, Lin Huaiwu breathed a long sigh of relief, and then bowed to the old Taoist priest sincerely and said:
"Thank you, Taoist Master Qingxu, for your guidance and enlightenment! In the days to come, I will definitely remember your teachings and have a benevolent heart!"
After listening to Lin Huaiwu's words, Taoist Priest Qingxu nodded silently, returned a salute to Lin Huaiwu, and then walked out of the room.
Seeing the leaving figure of Taoist Master Qingxu, Lin Huaiwu was filled with emotion!
During his time in Yunbin, his biggest gain was getting to know Taoist Priest Qingxu, who was like a living god!
This Taoist Priest Qingxu practices in the local Yuxu Temple in Jinzhong. It is rumored that he is already an octogenarian and is very good at recognizing people.
Lin Huaiwu didn't believe it at first, he just thought he was someone seeking fame and reputation in order to defraud believers of their money...
But about half a year ago, one of Lin Huaiwu's concubines in Jinzhong, Mrs. Liu, gave birth to a son. The child had a very cute tiger-headed head. Lin Huaiwu also liked it very much. He read the classics himself and named the child Lin Dehui, and an accidental coincidence By chance, Taoist Master Qingxu met Lin Dehui and bluntly said that Lin Huaiwu was not Lin Dehui's biological father.
Lin Huaiwu was very angry about this, and even wanted to teach this wise old man a lesson, but was stopped by his subordinates, because in Jinzhong, both ordinary people and dignitaries believed in the fortune-telling skills of Taoist Qingxu. So the news that Lin Huaiwu was cuckold spread.
While Lin Huaiwu was angry, he also investigated the matter with suspicion. As the investigation deepened, Lin Huaiwu also discovered that Taoist Priest Qingxu was right. Liu and her first love, a man named Wang Yan, secretly had a romantic relationship. On.
It turns out that although Lin Huaiwu did not force Mrs. Liu to be with him, Mrs. Liu fell in love with Lin Huaiwu because she was greedy for Lin Huaiwu's power. However, she did not like Lin Huaiwu in her heart. Therefore, not long after, Mrs. Liu fell in love with her first love Wang Yan. The resurgence put a green hat on Lin Huaiwu, and this Lin Dehui was Wang Yan's child.
Seeing that he was a cuckold and still happy to be a father, Lin Huaiwu was very angry and wanted to kill Liu, Wang Yan, and Lin Dehui in order to wash away the shame of being a cuckold. However, Taoist Master Qingxu believed that Lin Huaiwu The killing of these three people was caused by his own mistake, so he found Lin Huaiwu again and told Lin Huaiwu not to kill rashly... ·
Regarding the advice of Taoist Qingxu, Lin Huaiwu, who was in a rage, naturally refused to listen to the advice, and still insisted on taking the other person's life. Seeing this, Taoist Qingxu could only say that Lin Huaiwu would be in a bloody disaster half a year later and needed the help of noble people. Can be resolved!
Because Taoist Master Qingxu's fortune-telling skills had already been effective on him for a while, Lin Huaiwu couldn't help but not believe it this time, so Lin Huaiwu immediately asked who this noble person was.
And Taoist Master Qingxu also preached that the noble person is far away and right in front of you, that is, Lin Dehui, who is regarded as a little bastard by Lin Huaiwu. If Lin Huaiwu wants to resolve the disaster, he cannot kill the three of them.
This move by Taoist Qingxu disgusted Lin Huaiwu. Although he rationally believed that Taoist Qingxu just wanted to save these three people and made up an excuse to deceive himself, when he thought of the lessons learned from the past, Lin Huaiwu still expressed his disapproval of Qingxu. Taoist Master Xu's words of bloody disaster linger for a long time.
After thinking carefully, Lin Huaiwu thought that half a year was not long. He could wait. After half a year, if the bloody disaster really came, he would let the adulterer, adulterer and little bastard go. If he hadn't come, he would have done it. It's not too late to kill someone.
After making this decision, Lin Huaiwu put them all under strict supervision and began to wait. Today, half a year later, Taoist Master Qingxu's words came true. His corruption was investigated, and Ye Ming Sheng transferred him to Qilu as the commander-in-chief and asked Yuan Song to take over his post...
Although Ye Mingsheng now only asked him to go to Qilu as a general soldier and did not say that he would be severely punished, but after following Ye Mingsheng for so many years, Lin Huaiwu also understood Ye Mingsheng's methods and knew that this was just Ye Mingsheng's first step.
Therefore, after realizing that he had participated in this bloody disaster, Lin Huaiwu's first thought was to find Taoist Priest Qingxu and ask him to teach him how to cope with the disaster.
And now the words of Taoist Qingxu also make Lin Huaiwu very satisfied. What he is most worried about is that Ye Mingsheng will use him to scare the monkeys, and now the words of Taoist Qingxu are undoubtedly a reassurance for him.
Although he didn't believe in Taoist Priest Qingxu at first, after experiencing these two incidents, Lin Huaiwu had no doubts about this old Taoist priest with immortal style.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Huaiwu felt that although Taoist Master Qingxu asked him to let nature take its course and there would be no danger of death, he was still a little unwilling to just save his life. He had been following Ye Mingsheng for so many years before he gained the power he has now. If Ye Mingsheng demoted him to a commoner and lived the poor life before, wouldn't that be worse than death?
Just as Lin Huaiwu himself said just now, it is easy to change from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to change from luxury to frugality, so Lin Huaiwu wants to try his best to maintain his current power... ···
After thinking for a while, Lin Huaiwu ordered his subordinates:
"Find Master Li!"
"yes!"
Soon a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar came to Lin Huaiwu. This man's name was Li Kairui, a native of Yuezhou in the south of the Yangtze River. In his early years, he came to the north from the south of the Yangtze River to do business. After arriving in Jinzhong, he opened a shop and opened a shop here. Marrying a wife and having children took root.
Although Hongshang made some money in the early years, due to the unstable situation in Yunbin these years, he lost all the money he earned. The shop he had been running for ten years also closed down. The family is also living in poverty. It was a coincidence. Later, Lin Huaiwu also met Li Kairui.
Master Yuezhou is very famous all over the world, and this Li Kairui also studied hard in the early years in pursuit of fame. Although he lost his reputation because the Jiangnan imperial examination was too complicated, there is no problem in being able to read, digitize and quote scriptures. He has accumulated experience in business for so many years. Rich social experience.
In addition, Li Kairui is also very meticulous and thoughtful, and has his own unique views on the situation in the court. Therefore, Lin Huaiwu admires him very much and recruits him to be his master. Li Kairui, who lives in poverty, also accepts this invitation. He happily agreed, and from then on he gave advice to Lin Huaiwu.
After bowing to Lin Huaiwu, Li Kairui asked Lin Huaiwu:
"Dong Weng, what happened?"
Lin Huaiwu handed the secret letter to Li Kairui again. When he saw the contents of the secret letter, Li Kairui was shocked and asked Lin Huaiwu:
"Sir, where did you get this news..."
In response to Li Kairui's inquiry, Lin Huaiwu said solemnly:
"Don't worry about where the news came from. The letter is from a noble person and it must be true! Master Li, do you have any good way to help me out of trouble?"
After hearing about Lin Huaiwu's culture, Li Kairui also fell into thinking. This incident happened very suddenly, and he was caught off guard. But he is Lin Huaiwu's master now, and Lin Huaiwu treats him well and does not treat him badly in terms of treatment. Own.
Therefore, if Lin Huaiwu falls, he will not get any good results if he follows him, so for this plan, he must try his best to exonerate Lin Huaiwu.
After pondering for a while, under Lin Huaiwu's expectant gaze, Li Kairui said in a deep voice:
'Sir, I have three tips to help you overcome this difficulty! '
Hearing that Li Kairui had a clever plan, and there were three of them, Lin Huaiwu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't wait to say:
"Master Li, please speak quickly, I am all ears!"
Li Kairui slowly said:
"Sir, although you were punished by Marshal Ye because of corruption, according to the rumors during this period, I think it is not good for the war in Yunbin battlefield, which caused Marshal Ye to be very disappointed with you, so this time the corruption issue It's just a trigger, the real reason lies in the war situation..."
Hearing Li Kairui's words, Lin Huaiwu also looked embarrassed. To be honest, after the Yun Bing war, he realized this problem and knew that his record could not satisfy Ye Mingsheng, so he was also a little panicked.
Li Kairui, who was unaware of Lin Huaiwu's psychological activities, continued:
"So my lord, I think we should start from the root and ask General Xun Ke Xun to write to the commander-in-chief to plead for mercy on your behalf and tell me about your efforts and contributions in the Yunbin War!"
"General Xun Ke Xun was an eyewitness to the Yun Bing War. His words were persuasive on the first hand. Secondly, General Xun Ke's performance in the Yun Bing War was remarkable. He is now a favorite in the eyes of the commander-in-chief. Man, the commander-in-chief also promoted him to the commander of the Third Army, so if he says this, the effect will be very good!"
After hearing Li Kairui's analysis, Lin Huaiwu also felt that it was very reasonable. The cooperation between him and Xun Ke during this period was very harmonious, and their personal relationship was also very good. Lin Huaiwu felt that Xun Ke should be able to help him if he approached him. To save face, I wrote a letter to plead for mercy.
This is the first clever plan, which makes Lin Huaiwu look forward to the remaining two clever plans more and more...
Looking at Lin Huaiwu's eyes, Li Kairui said directly without showing off:
"Sir, my second tip is not to go to Qilu first!"
As soon as these words came out, Lin Huaiwu's expression was startled, with a slight hesitation on his face. The military regulations of the Fengwu Army were strict, and the consequences of disobeying military orders were very serious. Now Ye Mingsheng gave him an order to serve as the Qilu Commander-in-Chief immediately. If he had not gone , doesn’t this violate military law and hit the point of a gun?
Just when Lin Huaiwu hesitated, Li Kairui continued:
"Sir, please take the money directly to Yi Jing to plead guilty to Marshal Ye and donate the money to the treasury!"
"Ye Hongsheng's greedy money was enough to cut off ten of his heads, but the commander-in-chief still didn't kill him. He just exiled him to Liaoyang and imprisoned him. This shows that the commander-in-chief is kind to his old brother who started his career and is unwilling to kill him! "
"My lord, you and Marshal Ye have a close relationship. We have been together through thick and thin for so many years. I believe that Marshal Ye also has feelings for you, so you must play the emotional card to Marshal Ye at this time. There is no such thing as the emotional card. The best effect is the surface effect, what can you do if you go to Qilu?"
"One of the big reasons why Marshal Ye attaches so much importance to anti-corruption work is that the Fengwu Army's finances are tight, so if you donate your money, the risk will be much smaller... ············”
