evening.
The second floor of Yaxiang Teahouse, a seat by the window.
Lin Yue glanced at the crowds on the street and listened to the vendors yelling about things like scissors grinders, rouge gouache, and mung bean soup, Yuanzi Erlang cooking cakes, and suddenly realized that this kind of life was not bad, the pace was slow, the ingredients were non-toxic, and there was no need to worry about it. When buying a house, you don’t have to worry about it.
Of course, you have to reach his level to be eligible to enjoy a peaceful life, but then again, which generation of rich people don't have good food, drink and a good life?
After a while, he turned to look at the person sitting across the table - Pei Lun.
The tea in the cup remained untouched, and I had agreed to invite him to drink tea, but it turned out that this guy smoked tobacco and kept smoking for half a quarter of an hour.
"Since you asked me to be in a daze, it would be better to follow Lu Jianxing to his house as a guest. I heard that his mother makes good spring pancakes. She spreads some sauce and rolls some shredded pork, cucumber and green onions in them. It's quite a treat. "
Pei Lun took two puffs of cigarette and said, "I haven't treated you badly. This fine hair tip is supplemented by spring water from Xiangshan Reclining Buddha Temple. With my salary, I can't afford to drink it."
"Is this why you only smoke and don't drink tea?"
"Drinking tea is about your state of mind." Pei Lun said, "As soon as I took a sip, all I could think about was how much money I spent. Even the best tea has changed its taste, so I just didn't drink it."
"I didn't expect you to be a money addict."
Pei Lun knocked the cigarette stick on the leg of the table to remove some of the ash on it: "Of course, the salary I received this month is only a little over five taels in silver. I spend it on entertainment, drinking, smoking and cigarettes." Some, I will gamble a few more on a whim, and I will use the rest to support my family. How can I dare to spend lavishly, unlike Boss Lin, who made a fortune from Eunuch Guo’s family and has no worries about food and drink for half his life. "
The smile on Lin Yue's lips disappeared, and he narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you investigating me?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, I really don't dare." Pei Lun looked like I'm intimidated, don't scare me: "Like this Beijing Yamen, Wucheng Bingma Division, Jinyiwei, Dongchang, who doesn't want to handle a big case? Especially... It is a major case involving officials. Why? If there is no money to be made, it has become a tacit consensus that the people handling the case below will withhold a little money. If you point to the few stones and rice issued by the court, you can barely survive. Pei is now Nan Division, looking at my former colleagues from the Northern Division, I am really... envious."
Lin Yue picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea without saying anything.
"I heard that Mr. Lin just came back from being a ceremonial supervisor? Now he is a junior supervisor. It only takes three days to go from being a supervisor to a junior supervisor. This promotion speed... is really fast."
"What do you mean by talking in so many roundabout ways?"
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious." Pei Lun smiled ingratiatingly, and suddenly said seriously: "Brother Yi Lin, a smart man, should have heard the saying that a tree that is as good as Lin's will be destroyed by the wind. Wei Ting is Zhao Jingzhong has been the foster daughter adopted by the factory owner since she was a child. Now Brother Lin has been entrusted with the important task in less than two months... Pei said something unpleasant, this knife is too sharp and easy to Curl the blade."
"I know what you want to say." Lin Yue suddenly realized, smiled at Pei Lun, took out a few pieces of silver from his belt and threw them on the table: "I'll treat you to this tea, don't be reluctant to drink it."
After saying that, he patted his shoulder and left.
This Pei Lun is really smart. He can figure out Wei Zhongxian's thoughts just by hearing some rumors. In fact, in this matter, his relationship with Wei Zhongxian is similar to the relationship between Ding Baiying and Zhu Youjian.
Why did Wei Zhongxian ask him to investigate the treasure ship case? Revenge for Xizong? Don't be kidding, you can't care about such a trivial matter nowadays. With Wei Zhongxian's sophistication, how could he not smell the smell of conspiracy? Just like in Xiuchundao II, Lu Wenzhao said that the treasure ship case was caused by Guo Zhen, Shen Lian and Pei Lun, with the purpose of assassinating the emperor. Wei Zhongxian asked who they assassinated the emperor for?
Will the notorious Jin Yiwei be as concerned about the country and the people as the scholarly scholar? No way. Then why do you leave a good official to assassinate the emperor? If the matter is revealed, they will inevitably be executed. What will they gain if the matter is done well? If there are benefits, who can give them benefits?
After Zhu Youjian decided to abandon Lu Wenzhao and Ding Baiying, he went to find Wei Zhongxian and falsely claimed that Lu Wenzhao was a beloved pink prime minister from the Donglin Party and threatened him to impeach Wei Zhongxian, otherwise he would write an excerpt to interfere with him.
Does Wei Zhongxian believe that? Let Guo Zhen’s case go without digging deeper, and turn your attention to Lu Wenzhao? Is it possible? In Lin Yue's view, the old fox knew very well that the treasure ship case was probably related to Zhu Youjian, but he did not point it out, because once this layer of window paper was pierced, the matter would become a big deal. If King Xin was defeated, who would come after Xizong died? Inherit the throne? It's better to sell a favor to Zhu Youjian in exchange for a stable position.
If Zhu Youjian is an ignorant guy as he has shown in the past, then he will be treated with sensuality. If Zhu Youjian is really capable, then he will be a sharp blade used by the emperor to balance party disputes. After all, eunuchs are The foundation is shallow and there are no descendants. The glory, wealth, fame and wealth all come from the emperor's favor, unlike the civil servant group that controls the government to ensure that the emperor's tail is large.
It's a pity that Wei Zhongxian failed to realize that Zhu Youjian was a guy with great ambitions but no vision. The first thing he did after taking power was to kill him. Since then, the Donglin Party has turned around, and the court has returned to being weak. In the situation where ministers were strong, even in the last few years, the relationship between monarch and ministers was very delicate, and it was basically an invisible confrontation.
Feeling that the Ming Dynasty is about to collapse, those wealthy and corrupt officials are looking for a way out. After all, no matter whether it is Li Zicheng or Huang Taiji from the north, it doesn't matter if they take over the world. They are not needed to govern the place. As long as they surrender sincerely, the family will have no chance of survival. Worry, Zhu Youjian is different. He doesn't have the option of surrender at all. Either win or die.
It was not until the end that Emperor Chongzhen came to his senses and wrote the sentence "Every civil servant can be killed." Unfortunately, it was too late.
Back to his relationship with Wei Zhongxian. What is the purpose of investigating the treasure ship case? In order to frighten the snake and see King Xin's reaction, and to strengthen the ministers' fear of Dongchang, if Wei Zhongxian reaches a tacit understanding with King Xin, his end will be tragic. If the two go against each other, then he will be King Xin's pawn, which is fine. Share the pressure for Wei Zhongxian.
They all have their own plans, why doesn't Shaojian Lin not? It's a pity that no one knows what he is thinking or playing except himself.
…
at the same time.
Lu Wenzhao looked at the teapot that he had just smashed with a gloomy and terrifying expression.
Dang Tongjing, who was tempted by 2,000 taels of silver notes and the arrangement of a royal guard flag for his son, was beheaded just like that. The key is that not only was the guy unscathed, but he also used the topic to manipulate Zhao Jingzhong, making it so that no matter what Jin Yiwei was still Dongchang, and when he mentioned Lin San's name, he lowered his voice unconsciously, as if he was afraid of reminding him.
Lu Qianhu and Zhao Jingzhong can't handle this guy, so others are just dishonest in front of him.
"Master Qianhu, Master Qianhu." A small flag official asked to see him outside the door.
Lu Wenzhao looked at the sky and thought it was already break time, why would anyone bother him, but he finally said "come in" patiently.
The door opened, and the little flag official, smelling of sweat, walked up to Lu Wenzhao.
"Sir Qianhu, just now Dongchang Lin's squad sent his subordinates to send something, and he asked me to hand it over to you."
Lin San? Did he ask someone to deliver something?
With confusion and caution, Lu Wenzhao accepted the package handed over by Xiaoqi Guan.
"Get out."
"Yes." Xiaoqiguan turned and walked away.
Lu Wenzhao opened the package and saw two things inside, a piece of cloth and a letter.
He first picked up the white cloth and looked at it. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and the confusion on his face became more intense. He didn't know what Lin San meant by giving him this thing. After he finished, he picked up the letter, wiped off the paint, took it out and put it inside. I threw away the letter paper and moved it to my eyes for a look.
The next breath, his face looked like a dye shop, first white, then green, then red to purple.
"Lin San'er, you eunuch, I swear you won't be a human until I kill you!"
The piece of cloth is square, with dots of bright red in the middle, and the dots of bright red connecting the starting points are ink colors of different shades. It looks like plum blossoms blooming in the middle of winter.
There is also a small poem beside it, which is about the falling plum blossoms in Liu Kezhuang in the Song Dynasty.
A piece of it can make a person break his heart, but it can be built evenly and pile up a wall.
Floating like a visitor coming across the ridge, falling like a scholar going to Hunan.
There are a lot of random berry moss, which occasionally stains the sleeves and leaves a long-lasting fragrance.
Dongfeng Miao holds the power of flowers, but avoids being aloof and not asserting it.
What does this poem mean? It talks about the poignancy of falling plum blossoms and the east wind's merciless destruction of the aloof plum blossoms.
The beautiful paintings were paired with poems that fit the occasion. For a moment, Lu Wenzhao felt that this Lin San was also an elegant person, at least more cultured and connotative than a martial artist like him.
However, after reading the content of the letter, all the thoughts above disappeared, leaving only endless resentment and anger.
"Lu Qianhu, if you want to say what is the most precious thing about a woman, Lin thinks it must be Luohong. Recently, I got an elegant object. I couldn't help but add a few words and ink, and turned it into a red plum as a gift to Mr. Qianhu. I don't know. Does Mr. Qianhu like it?"
It was said very implicitly and politely.
However, Lu Wenzhao is not a fool, Luo Hong? Whose fall is red?
This bastard actually made a painting of Ding Baiying's falling red, and even gave it to him with a poem.
Let me ask you, what does it feel like for a man to see the woman he likes walking hand in hand with another man? How does a man feel when he sees the woman he likes hugging and kissing another man?
Compared with his current mood, the above two assumptions are weak.
What this guy did was like poking his heart into a hornet's nest. The humiliation, sadness, loss and resentment cannot be described in words at all.
Lin San, you are going too far!
嘡~
Lu Wenzhao took out the embroidered spring knife placed on the foot of the table and slashed at the bookshelf behind him.
Kakakakakaka~
Sawdust was flying, the pages were messy, and the bookshelf and bookshelf turned into a pile of rags in an instant.
"Ah~"
"Ah~"
"ah!"
Beast-like howls echoed inside and outside the house. Tiqi, who was on duty at the door, didn't know what was going on inside. Why was Lu Qianhu so angry? However, given the current situation, no one dared to go over and say hello. Maybe that guy would initiate Mad Lai slashed them with a knife.
At the same time, Lin Yue was on his way home when he suddenly received a prompt from the system.
Ding~
The side mission is completed, the length is +1CM.
9+1=10, finally 10CM.
Lin Yuexin said that after spending so much thought and energy, she finally broke through the single-digit mark and reached the ten-digit mark. It is not easy, it is really not easy. In order not to be a eunuch, it was too difficult for me, I worked too hard, and I had no bottom line.
But having said that, Lu Wenzhao's psychological quality is quite poor. His mentality has collapsed? I thought King Xin's abandonment would be the straw that broke the camel's back, but I didn't expect...
You can't say that. Someone took the blood of a beloved woman and sent it to her door to ask if it looked good. Most people would collapse.
Oh, what a sin.
But who told you to want to kill me? I can only say that I deserve it.
When Lin Yue got home, the afterglow of the sun had not yet dissipated. Two guards were standing guard in front of the door, and three people were patrolling the nearby alleys. Although Miao Tong didn't like this feeling of confinement, she thought of being beaten by Ding Bai last time. Ying gradually got used to the presence of guards outside the hospital after being kidnapped by those people.
He took out two pieces of silver from his belt and threw them to the two guards, telling them to greet his companions to go home. The two left happily.
Everyone in Dongchang knew that Manager Lin was generous, so low-level jobs like looking after homes and nursing homes became popular, and many people rushed to do it.
Lin Yue carried the jelly in his left hand and Rong Yuezhai's snack platter in his right hand as he entered the courtyard. He opened the door with his feet and looked inside. Miao Tong was sitting cross-legged on the bamboo mat in the east room, holding the Yao Qin in her hand and not knowing what she was thinking. What.
"You're back."
"Um."
Lin Yue handed her the jelly and put the snacks on the Eight Immortals table in the living room.
"Isn't Mother Zhang here today?"
"It's okay, I asked her to leave early."
Lin Yue glanced at Yao Qin, who had brought her from Nuanxiang Pavilion, without saying anything. Under her service, he took off his official uniform and put on ordinary clothes worn at home.
"I heard from the errands outside that you have been promoted to the Chief of Ceremonies and the Young Superintendent?"
Lin Yue sat down on the Taishi chair next to the Eight Immortals table, picked up a piece of cold cake and put it in his mouth, looking at the apricot tree in the yard and nodding.
"They also said..."
"You say I'm a fake eunuch?" Lin Yue said with a playful look on his face: "Then do you want me to be a real eunuch or a fake eunuch?"
Miaotong said: "Whether you are a real eunuch or a fake eunuch, I don't want you to get involved in the feud between Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party."
Lin Yue took her hand and patted it: "Don't worry, I'm measured."
Miao Tong smiled, but it was not hearty and a little sad.
"My father also said he was sensible at first, but the eunuchs still took advantage of it and beheaded him."
"Wei Zhongxian's good days...are only a few days away." Lin Yue stood up and walked into the yard: "The jelly will stick if you don't soak it for a while."
Miao Tong looked at his back for a while before she realized what was happening. She saw that it was getting late and hurriedly went to make dinner.
When she put the jelly on the plate and cut a piece of ham and put it in the basket, she suddenly heard a strange noise coming from outside.
When I walked out of the room, I saw a green parrot landing on the branch of an almond tree under the thin night sky.
"Long live the Emperor, long live, long live the Emperor."
"The queen is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
The voice is sharp and thin, not mellow, but it is clear and easy to understand.
"Whose parrot is it? Why did it fly to our house?"
Lin Yue turned back and glanced at Miaotong: "She must be from the palace."
"A parrot in the palace?"
"What's so strange about this? The maids and eunuchs of Qianqing Palace all know that the emperor has a green-feathered parrot that is loyal and returns home sooner or later. He also gave it the title of Flying General."
"Then why did it come here?"
"Who knows how it got here."
Lin Yue stretched out his hand, and the bird jumped into his palm in response to Miao Tong's surprised gaze, pecking at the end of the pastry.
"Ah, thank you, ah, thank you."
The surprise in Miaotong's eyes became even stronger, thinking that this bird was actually polite and knew how to thank the person who fed it food.
At this time, Lin Yue turned around and handed over the bird in his hand.
She said in an uncertain tone: "It won't fly away, will it?"
"No, I heard that the maids around the Queen often feed it the cakes made by the Master of Food."
"Really? What a spiritual bird."
She tentatively took it in her palm, and sure enough she found that it was tight, not unfamiliar or scared, and she naturally combed the hair under her wings with her beak.
"Ah, I hope you have a son soon, I wish you a son soon."
Miao Tong smiled helplessly, these auspicious words... really made people laugh and cry.
Lin Yue reached out and grabbed the thing and threw it out. The villain flew up into the night sky, and a yellow and green hair fell to the ground.
This stupid bird definitely did it on purpose.
"Ms. sir, you..."
She didn't say the next words, because if she thought about it seriously, it was no wonder that he would get angry. In fact, the bird's auspicious words became ironic when used on them.
"Don't worry, it will come back."
"Why?"
"Because that pervert likes you."
Miaotong: "..."
…
The next day.
Qingfeng Tea House hung up a sign saying it was closed today in broad daylight.
Lin Yue turned from the main street into an alley, put on a black mask, climbed up the wall, and landed lightly in the backyard of the tea house. He walked to the window opposite the stove and tapped twice.
With a click, the back door opened. A man dressed as a waiter stuck his head out and looked around. After confirming his position, he stepped aside.
Lin Yue thrust a pair of daggers into his waist and walked into the hall facing the hostile looks of several waiters.
Ding Baiying is sitting on the imperial chair at the top, with a cup of tea on the round table at her hand. The steam is warm. Behind her stand Ding Tai and Ding Chong, one carrying a mace and the other holding a dagger.
Lin Yue didn't care about the large number of people opposite and walked straight to the middle of the hall: "So, your master agrees to see me?"
Ding Baiying said: "Before that, you must answer a few questions from me."
"speak."
"Who are you anyway?"
“Does it matter who I am?”
"Can such a person be trusted if he hides his face and refuses to show his true face?"
"Is this the way you treat your savior?"
"Sorry, I must be responsible for the safety of the young master."
Lin Yue raised his arm and pulled off the black scarf covering his mouth and nose.
What appeared behind was a face that was unbearable to look at. There was a cyan birthmark the size of a palm on the left side, and a scar that ran through half of the face on the right side.
Lin Yue looked around at the people present. The two waiters took two steps back unconsciously, their eyes unable to conceal their fear.
"Are you satisfied now?"
Lin Yue put on the black scarf again.
Ding Baiying nodded and said nothing. It was Ding Tai who spoke.
"Hand over your knife, we must ensure that you will not harm the young master."
"Joke." Lin Yue sneered: "Do you think if I wanted to harm him, he would still be able to live peacefully until now?"
This is true. He kidnapped Guo Zhen in Jinling Tower, and later called out the word "King Xin". This means that Guo Zhen told him the whole story of the treasure ship case, and the two of them had even formed an alliance. As long as he stabs Dongchang, King Xin will be in big trouble.
"..." Ding Baiying was a little undecided.
"Can't decide? Then let me help you."
Lin Yue reached into his arms and took out something. The three people across from him looked at it and their pupils shrank.
