Three months later.
Lin Yue made a decision that surprised the civil and military officials of the court - he wanted to tour the south.
Liaodong is fighting fiercely with the Tatars. Is he going to patrol the south?
It is one thing for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty not to understand. It is another thing for him to listen or not. The key point is that His Majesty the Emperor was unwilling to use the property equivalent to 10 million taels of silver obtained from Wei Zhongxian's manor last year. Instead, he gave The cabinet has a list of big landowners and businessmen on both sides of the canal, and Jin Yiwei is asked to talk to them. Those who pay will do business in the future, and they can also donate a small official position for future generations. Those who do not pay are prohibited from doing business and their descendants will be deprived of the right to obtain honors. .
No one knows where he got this list, but since Jin Yiwei was dispatched to "discuss" with the people on the list, if he doesn't cooperate, he knows what will happen in the future.
In May of the first year of Chongzhen.
Lin Yue led the cabinet south along the canal. Many gossipy literati were beguiled by others and thought they were right. They began to spread gossip in private that the current sage was a coward. You see, before the Tatars in Liaodong were pacified, he I actually have the mood to go to Jiangnan to have fun. Isn't this competing with the people for profit and wasting their money?
Hunjun, absolutely Hunjun!
Of course Lin Yue knew what kind of infamy he would get by doing this, but he didn't care. When Wei Zhongxian was in power, the government's finances were tight and they increased taxes on businessmen. People said that Zhu Youxiao was a fun-loving fool, but the Zhu family was still quite stable. , but as soon as Zhu Youjian came up, all the money-grabbing tricksters of the Donglin Party went to the common people. The people below didn't even have enough to eat, so why don't they rebel against you?
Therefore, if you take action against big landowners and big businessmen, those people will only grumble a few times, but will not have any substantial impact on the throne.
In addition, Lin Yue thought very clearly that instead of letting these people give money to the Tatars in the future, it would be better to spend it himself.
Is the southern tour just for fun? He brought Beizhai, Miaotong, Queen Yi'an, and Concubine Duan Chun with a large number of women. They looked really stupid, but to be honest, he brought them south because life in the palace was boring, and he wanted to take them out to breathe the free air. .
Of course, there is another crucial purpose - to meet Ding Baiying, because she will not be able to reunite with him in the capital in a short time. To meet, he can only move to Hangzhou.
The most famous king in history who did this for women was, well, King You of Zhou.
Lin Yuexin said that I am indeed a foolish king.
…
Early June.
Outside Hangzhou.
Zhang Yan brought the crucian carp soup that replenished qi and blood and stimulated milk into the room and put it on the table. She glanced at the child in Ding Baiying's arms for a few more times before reluctantly walking out of the room.
Jin Yichuan stood under the eaves, looking at the stars in the sky in a daze.
"What are you thinking about?"
Zhang Yan patted him on the back.
Jin Yichuan turned around and said, "Do you think... Zhou Tai will..."
"No." Zhang Yan said, "He has such a good heart, he must be a good match."
That's what they said, but no one knew for sure. Only after they got here did they know what that guy wanted to do in the capital - to kill the emperor.
In order to be worthy of Ding Baiying, he worked hard enough.
"Master was playing with the flute he left behind when he left Hangzhou just now." Jin Yichuan sighed: "There has been no news for half a year..."
Years later, Shen Lian inquired about a piece of news in the city, saying that the current emperor was attacked while arresting Wei Zhongxian. Although he survived in the end, his face was ruined.
Jin Yichuan didn't know what others thought after hearing the news. They knew exactly who did it. After that, Zhou Tai never appeared again, and the birds that delivered letters also stopped coming. Although no one said it directly, both he and Shen Lian tended to speculate that Zhou Tai was dead. After all, the emperor's masters such as Yun, no matter how good Zhou Tai's martial arts is, it is difficult for him to defeat four hands with just two fists.
Zhang Yan said: "I heard...that foolish king came to Hangzhou?"
Jin Yichuan nodded.
"Alas, good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years."
"Let's go, it's time for me to take you back."
"good."
Zhang Yan and Jin Yichuan walked outside side by side.
At the same time, Ding Baiying had just put her child to sleep and took a few sips of the crucian carp soup cooked by Zhang Yan. She heard a slight noise from the rear window. She turned around and saw that there was a masked man in the living room.
As a hand pulled down the black cloth covering his face, an ugly man's face appeared in the dim light.
If other women saw this scene, they might be horrified or scream loudly, but when they arrived at Ding Baiying's place, the bowl fell down and broke into many pieces with a snap.
Jin Yichuan and Zhang Yan were far away and did not hear any movement in the house.
Ding Baiying's body swayed, maybe she was very weak not long after giving birth, and now she was so excited that she would inevitably feel dizzy and weak.
Lin Yue rushed over and carried the person to the bed: "Sit properly on the bed during confinement. At your age, if you don't take the opportunity to recover from the hidden injuries you suffered during martial arts training, you will be in trouble when you get older."
Ding Baiying said nothing, but her eyes were a little red and she looked at him unblinkingly.
"Have I become handsome? Have you been staring at my face?" As he said this, he picked up the crying child who was awakened by the broken bowl. He first brushed the cotton underneath with his hand and said with a smile: "It's a Little princess."
Oddly enough, when he hugged the crying child, he immediately stopped crying, opened his mouth, yawned, tilted his head, and went back to sleep.
Could it be possible that... [Teacher's Nai Killer] also works on baby girls?
It was only then that Ding Baiying adjusted her mood: "I thought..."
"What do you think? Do you think I'm dead?" Lin Yue said: "Didn't we agree that when I kill Chongzhen, you will be my woman?"
Ding Baiying glanced at the child in his arms, shook her head vigorously, with a motherly smile on her face: "No, don't go, I don't hate Zhu Youjian anymore, I just want you to be with me now With children by your side, from now on men will farm and women will weave, and we will grow old together.”
"What about Lin San? Do you still hate him?"
"..."
Ding Baiying didn't say anything, but moved forward, leaning against his body and smiling at her sleeping daughter.
"Have you chosen a name?"
Ding Baiying nodded: "Call Xiaodi."
Lin Yue glanced at the recorder on the bedside. When he was in Hangzhou last year, he often used it to relieve Ding Baiyang and Beizhai's boredom. Before leaving, he gave the recorder to Ding Baiying, and Ding Baoying gave her saber. If you marry him, in a sense, it can be regarded as an exchange of love tokens.
He sighed, put Xiaodi on the bed, and said seriously: "Now that things have come to this, I have to tell you something."
"What's up?"
"I lied to you."
"you lied to me?"
"Actually...my name is not Zhou Tai."
Ding Baiying looked at him with confusion.
Lin Yue turned her head and made a motion of tearing off the mask. When she turned her head away, her face changed.
"It's you?"
"it's me."
No wonder, no wonder he advised her not to abort the child, because Xiaodi was originally his daughter.
Ding Baiying suddenly stood up and looked around.
"Looking for a knife?"
Lin Yue handed Bai Ying out.
Qiang~
She pulled out the knife, about a foot away, and the candlelight spread across the blade, bringing a chill.
I don't know whether the knife was too heavy or her strength was too weak. Bai Ying didn't take it out of the sheath, and the tassel swayed gently underneath.
"Why? Why didn't you kill me before?"
Lin Yue knew what she meant and why he raped her and then pretended to be Zhou Tai and went back to save her.
"have no idea."
"have no idea?"
"Maybe... I feel I owe you a lot."
"Is this why you saved me again and again?"
"It was true at the beginning, but when I knew that you were pregnant with my child and came to Hangzhou to see you, I warned myself that I must treat you mother and daughter well in the future. I wanted to make up for what I had done in the past, so I made a plan to wait for me. If Zhu Youjian is killed, we will live together."
If it had been before King Xin ascended the throne, she would have killed him without hesitation, but thinking about the scenes that happened today, from him taking her to jump into the river with Hokusai, she was convinced that her hand was soft, even if there was a voice in her head. She yelled to kill him, kill the man who raped her, but the hand holding the sword didn't obey her command at all.
"Why are you telling me this? Why?"
As a martial arts practitioner, Ding Baiying's psychological quality is much higher than that of ordinary people. However, facing the current scene, even as strong as she is, it is difficult for her to control her emotions, and she sheds two lines of tears. You know, she didn't even cry when she saw him returning safely just now.
Lin Yue knew what she wanted to say. If he didn't tell her, he could use Zhou Tai's identity to hide it from her for the rest of his life.
"First, at this point, I don't want to deceive you anymore; second, my current status is very special, and third, I promised you that I would not only kill Zhu Youjian to avenge you, but also make you the envy of everyone. life."
Ding Baiying's eyes were filled with surprise and incomprehension.
"Last November, I killed Zhu Youjian and dressed up as him." While speaking, he took out another human skin mask, but he only held it in his hand and did not put it on his face.
Boom~
Ding Baiying felt her eyes turn white.
He said he killed Zhu Youjian and pretended to be Zhu Youjian? What's the meaning?
It is said that Zhu Youjian was assassinated while raiding Wei Zhongxian's home in November last year. He suffered extensive burns but miraculously survived. After that, his temperament changed drastically and he turned into a lustful emperor. He took Beizhai into the palace and then ignored him. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty opposed and insisted on patrolling the south.
If you connect these things together...
"You...you went to Jiangnan for me?"
Lin Yue nodded: "I don't want my wife to give birth without her husband being there to accompany her."
Liaodong is still uncertain and natural disasters continue, but he still spends money and people touring the south. Is he a coward?
Yes~
But for a woman, what she sees is pampering, consideration, and sincerity for her willingness to live up to the world.
Ding Baiying let go of the handle of the knife, swayed, and fell back.
Lin Yue quickly stepped forward and held her in his arms.
She came back to her senses after three breaths and was about to call him to let go, but what she didn't expect was hot and powerful lips.
"you……"
"..."
"Well……"
"Ah, why did you bite me? It hurts."
Half a month later, the emperor finally got tired of playing in Hangzhou and announced that he would leave for Beijing that day. The ministers and local wealthy gentry cried with joy.
On the way back to the capital, Lin Yue remembered something. Isn't my goal something like eighteen? I'm only seventeen now. I have to keep my word. What should I do?
Um……
hey-hey.
