Lord of the House

Chapter 3: The sender is unknown

"Young Master Lin Bie," the boy in Tsing Yi pushed the door into the cabin, holding a bowl of medicinal soup in his hand, "you should drink the medicine, the boatman will cook the porridge in a while, and Miss Su also sent half a black bone. The chicken came and said it was to nourish your body. I asked the boatman to put it in the porridge and cook it together. After eating the porridge, you can take a good rest, no longer sit and boil all night; If you lose weight and go back, the Seventh Madam will definitely blame me for not taking care of me well..."

The windows in the cabin were closed, and the strong medicinal smell was immediately filled.

Hearing the cry of his follower Zhao Neng, Lin Fu shuddered and thought to himself, "Yes, don't think about whether you are Lin Fu or Tan Zong anymore, no matter how reluctant you are, you can only live in this world. Lin Bie's identity is alive. He subconsciously took the medicine bowl, drank it into his stomach, and drank another sip of tea to wash away the bitter taste in his mouth. Then he glanced at Zhao Neng and said, "I see..."

The twilight was getting thicker outside, the door in the cabin was closed again, and the light was very dim. Zhao Neng took out the candlestick and lit the fire in a low voice before leaving.

There was another wave of zither sounds from the adjacent boat. There is still some time before the opening of the boat tonight, and Su Mei has already started to tune the violin in the painting boat.

Lin Bie didn't have time to listen. There was a sword hanging in the cabin, which was usually only used for decoration. He took it off and pressed the clip on the mouth of the scabbard. Go, the sword is just ordinary, the edge is not sharp, and there is no sword groove for bleeding.

Lin Bie made a few slashing and stabbing movements with the sword. He had never used a sword before, and he was not used to it. If he really wanted to kill someone by force, he felt that it was not as good as a boning knife twenty or thirty centimeters long. He has been watching Fu Qinghe in the past few days teaching his two apprentices to practice martial arts at the stern of the painting boat. Fu Qinghe is a famous martial artist in Jiangning. Looking at his style, he knows that there is no such thing as a legendary martial art in this world. The style of fighting and fighting is similar to the later generations in his memory, but in fact it is not as simple and practical as the later generations. Bound judged that if he could keep up with his physical strength, there would be no problem even facing the two apprentices of Fu Qinghe head-on.

Lin Bie was not used to swords, but he felt that his arms still had some strength, and his physical strength was not bad.

Although he was a child of the Lin family of the Dongyang House in Jiangdong County, he was just an ordinary offspring, and his parents died early. Lin Fu's deceased mother was the servant girl of Gu Yingxiu's mother, Lin Tingxun's seventh concubine, the head of the Lin family, and also Gu Yingxiu's nurse. After Gu Yingxiu married Lin Tingxun as the seventh concubine's wife, Lin Bie could be taken care of by his family because of this relationship. Although he didn't need to work as hard as before, he still needed to work hard to make a living. He was only qualified after he passed the exam as a scholar. He received a small amount of Yueyin from his family and concentrated on his studies; his accompanying servant Zhao Neng was also sent by his seventh concubine, Gu Yingxiu, to take care of him when he went to Jianye to take the exam.

Lin Fu thought of the seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: Gu Yingxiu was only seven years older than him, so it can be said that he and Gu Yingxiu were both brought up by his mother, if not for Gu Yingxiu's family. Lin Tingxun, who was in her fifties at that time, was accepted as a concubine, and Lin Fu was afraid that she would still call her sister Yingxiu at this time. Lin Fu's first spring dream was Gu Yingxiu's dream, which also made Lin Fu, who was cowardly by nature and attached great importance to or feared etiquette, extremely afraid to meet Gu Yingxiu in the future. On the other hand, Gu Yingxiu was weak and docile before marrying Lin Tingxun, but after marrying Lin Tingxun as a concubine, her temperament became extremely strong, and even surpassed the duty of a wife and concubine to interfere in the affairs of the family forcefully, which made the cowardly Lin Bie by nature. Naturally, I felt that I couldn't raise my head in front of Gu Yingxiu.

Although Su Mei is more bright and beautiful than Gu Yingxiu, there are also three or four similarities. This is probably the reason why Lin Fu fell infatuated with Su Mei and couldn't extricate himself when he first saw Su Mei.

Lin Fu shook his head slightly and sighed. In the previous life, Tan Zong was killed by a prostitute who was fishing for the police. In this life, Lin Fu was infatuated with a music singer. What the **** is going on? It's better to go home and seduce the young and beautiful Seventh Lady - this can only be happy, knowing that in this world of strict etiquette, the ending will be even more miserable after this kind of thing is exposed. But there is no absolute in everything. Didn't Emperor Taizong of this dynasty openly seal his brother and sister-in-law as Jieyu and bring them into the harem? I haven't seen anyone who dared to risk beheading to come out and make irresponsible remarks.

"My young master asked me to thank your girl." At this time, Zhao Neng was talking to someone else outside.

"If you have a heart to thank you, you might as well disappear from your eyes; if you really want a master to drown, my young lady may drown in spittle stars when she returns to Jiangning... You have to persuade your master more. "It's a crisp and tender voice. Lin Zongji heard the feeling of calling the mobile information desk to listen to someone in his previous life. She is Su Mei's personal maid Xiaoman. Xiaoman was extremely disgusted by him, who was just a fluke in the exam, but his family background was quite ordinary, and he didn't have a good face when he saw her young lady's stalking and stalking.

Fourteen-year-old Little Lolita really didn't give people a cute feeling. Lin Tie shook his head and sighed slightly after listening to Xiaoman's words in the cabin.

"After he passed the exam, his temper increased. How can I be persuaded by a follower?" Zhao Neng said helplessly outside the cabin, but his tone did not hide his inner dissatisfaction.

Lin Bie just smiled when he heard it, thinking that Zhao Neng was telling him this on purpose.

Zhao Neng is the son of the Lin family, and his Zhao family has served as a servant to the Lin family for three generations. Due to the strict personal attachment relationship in today's society, family sons are more trusted and used by the master family. Before Lin Bie passed the examination as a scholar, his status in the Lin family was far less than that of the family son Zhao Neng.

Zhao Neng followed Lin Tingxun, the head of the Lin family, at the age of 14 or 15. Although he is 18 years old this year, he is a little thinner, but he is a smart governor. That's why the seventh lady, Gu Yingxiu, was sent to serve Lin Fu for the exam - Zhao Neng I have some complaints about this arrangement, but I didn't dare to offend the seventh lady, but I didn't like to see Lin Fu along the way.

Zhao Neng didn't expect that Lin Bie had eaten **** and luck in this township exam. He was a high school in one fell swoop, and he was qualified to be an official in the test. With the power of the Lin family, he would definitely be able to protect Lin Bie as a small official in the county yamen. Thinking that Lin Fu's status in the Lin family will be different in the future, Zhao Neng's attitude changed slightly. In the past, he would never call him "Master Lin Fu"; of course, the resentment in the back did not disappear much. .

Lin Fu made up his mind to leave Baisha County tomorrow and make Su Mei a passing moment in his memory. He thought that he would be taken care of by her more these days. He couldn't leave without saying a word, and besides, he couldn't let Zhao Neng, a dog slave, continue to scoff at Sang and scold Huai outside. Lin Fu threw the sword on the table, pushed open the cabin door and walked out. He saw Su Mei's maid, Xiaoman, leaning on the side of the boat to talk to Zhao Neng, and said to her, "Please tell Miss Su. , Lin Fu has caused her a lot of trouble these days, and I plan to go back to Dongyang in a light boat tomorrow morning, thank you for her concern these days..."

"Yeah!" Su Mei's maid Xiaoman was startled when Lin Fu suddenly came out. Lin Fu didn't wait for Su Mei's maid to answer him, and turned around and shouted at Zhao Neng in a deep voice, "chew your tongue less, You can't die! What makes my temper soar?"

Along the way, Zhao Neng hadn't reprimanded Lin Bie with such wicked words before, but he suddenly reprimanded him, and a wave of evil rage went straight to his forehead. The same, I was stunned for a while, but I finally understood that outside Lin Fu was the master and he was the servant. Besides, it was different from the past when Lin Fu was admitted to the exam. The principal of the Lin family in Jiangning specially sent 20 silver to spend on the day when the township exam was released. - Zhao Nengqiang suppressed the evil hatred in his heart and did not break out, but he couldn't erase the shame of scolding him in front of Su Mei's maid Xiaoman. The stems of his neck were all red, and he stood still and didn't know how to react.

Lin Fu's words were enough to insinuate and scolded Huai. Su Mei's maid Xiaoman's face was also hot. She always knew that she and Zhao Neng were chewing their tongues behind their backs and thinking to themselves: when will this useless soft-footed shrimp be? Are you brave enough to teach people? Originally, I wanted to sneer at him, how could I find it boring at this time? He just said, "I'll tell my lady that she knows..."

"Trouble the little girl..." Lin Bie cupped his hands to make the compilation, watching Su Mei's maid Xiaoman enter the cabin to report back, the little girl looked back before entering the cabin, her little face as white as jade in the twilight, still childish , Wu Liuliu's eyes are like shining stars in the secluded place, the skin is white and tender, and the facial features are exquisite and there is nothing wrong with it. Come to think of it, she also likes to listen to Zhao Neng vent his grievances against him. This thing is as easy to resonate with the enemy.

Lin Bie waited for an answer at the bow of the boat, Zhao Neng was annoyed and couldn't leave without his hands, so he stood by with a black face and didn't say a word. After a while, Su Mei's maid, Xiao Man, went back and returned with a small bundle **** by Jinpa. She leaned on the side of the boat and said to Lin Fu, "The boat is about to start today, and my lady is still bathing and changing. It's inconvenient to come out and say goodbye to Mr. Lin, there are some silver coins here to prepare for the road, I hope Mr. Lin will not delay..." She spoke in a soft voice, her face was expressionless, as if she was mechanically repeating the original road of Su Mei, wanting to come She was unwilling to let her young lady help Lin Fu to return home.

After Lin Fu's high school test, the shopkeeper of the Lin family's commercial bank in Jiangning sent 22 taels of silver to help the bank. For nearly a month of squandering, even if there is still some surplus, it is in Zhao Neng's hands; this kind of evil servant must be taught a good lesson, always You can't be coerced by him in terms of money support. Lin Fu was not hypocritical and polite. After taking the money, he lowered his hand slightly and said, "Miss Man, please tell me, Lin Fu has thanked Miss Su..." She thought that Su Mei was reluctant to come out and say goodbye, and naturally it would not be because of her. The reason why she is bathing and changing, probably because she doesn't want to let herself continue to be obsessed with her, and giving away road money is also her generosity to the literati. Isn't he a literate person who is extremely down-to-earth?

At this moment, the sound of hoofs of "Dede" came, and a dozen tall horses scurried over the river bank, and the riders could not be seen clearly in the twilight. In the blink of an eye, he came to the vicinity, and more than a dozen horses, green or yellow or flowers, were crowded by the ferry port, and the maid of Su Mei, Xiaoman, had sharp eyes and called out in a tender voice: "Daguan Du, why is it earlier than usual today? A moment? I'll call someone to put the ladder down right away."

"I rode a fast horse on the road for a while, and before I knew it, it was a little early." The middle-aged man in the lead got off the horse, and while answering the maid Xiaoman in Sumei, he handed the horse over to the entourage, and did not wait for the boatman on the boat to put the ladder. Put it down and jumped onto the bow of Wu Peng. He was agile, wearing a short green robe, with a short moustache on his lips and no chin. It was Du Rong, a big businessman in Jiangning and a wealthy East of Qingfeng. Du Rong jumped on. The boat saw Lin Fu standing at the bow of the boat, and asked in surprise, "Young Master Lin finally came out today! Why, do you want to go on the boat and listen to Miss Su's music?" He opened his hands and said, "I don't have any broken silver to send you. Young Master Lin is very convenient. Let's climb to the top of the boat and listen to the music. Be careful not to fall into the water again..." He laughed and jumped on the boat.

Su Mei made a rule for the disaster relief to stop boats and perform arts here. The money for the boat is 10 taels of silver, and the reward money after that is optional.

After Lin Fu passed the exam, he could only receive six taels of silver per month from his clan. Ten taels of silver was definitely a huge sum of money for ordinary people. He was like a boatman on a painting boat. , Three or four thousand dollars of income.

The small burden of Jinpa in Lin Fu's hand is a little heavy, almost 12 taels of silver. No matter how thick his skin is, can he use the road money given by Su Mei as money for the boat?

Su Mei's maid, Xiao Man, followed behind Du Rong to please him and said: "Du Daguan people don't know, Lin Gongzi just said that he will leave Baisha County early in the morning. My girl gave him some silver coins as road money..."

"What is Miss Su doing with such a waste?"

Du Rongyou pressed his throat, but his voice still clearly entered Lin Bie's ears. Su Mei's maid, Xiao Man, turned back to look at Lin Fu; Zhao Neng showed a cold look and disdain at the corner of his mouth as if Du Rong helped him relieve his anger.

Fu Qinghe was leading two apprentices instructing the boatmen to light the lanterns under the overhangs of the two walls of the painting boat. Du Rong bowed his hands to him and said, "Master Fu is busy..." Fu Qinghe didn't like Du Rong, so he nodded coldly. Greetings, he just pretended not to hear Du Rong's harsh words.

Du Rong usually treats guests with great arrogance. He is a famous businessman in Jiangning and Weiyang. Perhaps it is because Lin Fu's stalking and stalking of Su Mei makes him hate him and treat him harshly.

In the past, even if Lin Fu was cowardly and didn't dare to retort, he would feel humiliated and embarrassed. At this time, he didn't feel anything. He just stared calmly at the back of Du Rong who jumped on the boat, and then looked at those people. Du Rong's entourage left on the shore. More than a dozen men all wore short boots, knives or swords around their waists, and weapons. Some tied their horses to the willows, and some negotiated with the boatmen near the shore to borrow a place to rest on the boat; another man squatted by the water and held After washing his face with water, Lin Fu was shocked to see his jacket turned up to reveal the corner of the leather armor inside. Don't get rid of the armor, wait for it?

Over the years, there have been serious bandit troubles in various places. Although the private guards of business and travel are contrary to the system of the imperial court, all places have turned a blind eye; the wealthy families in some places have even organized private soldiers under the pretext of bandit troubles, but they have not seen that the imperial court can restrain them— After all, Du Rong was only a businessman. It was illegal for more than a dozen guards to carry weapons, and it would be extremely domineering to openly pierce armor.

Du Rong's guard noticed the look in Lin Bing's eyes, he just turned down his jacket to cover the leather armor, and then turned and walked into the distance.

Lin Fu thought to himself that the rumors that Du Rong was a pirate originally, and then turned to the silk business after selling illicit salt after going ashore were mostly true. He took it and entered the cabin.

As the leader of the six famous prostitutes in Jiangning, Su Mei is still very appealing to perform disaster relief in Baisha County, Weiyang. Lin Bie heard the sound of horseshoe ruts in the cabin one after another and stopped at the ferry, and some people were sitting in limousines. Come here; put the ladder on the shore of the painting boat, and those rich merchants and distinguished guests do not need to jump over from the Wu Peng boat.

It was getting dark, Lin Bie heard a few men coming on board in the cabin, opened the curtain and glanced, Zhao Neng sat on the bow deck with three strange men chatting and laughing. Three men came on the boat with food boxes and were serving small dishes and two small jars of wine. When they saw Lin Bing probe, a man said, "We can't afford the money for the boat, thank you Mr. Lin for borrowing a place... to drink together. A cup?"

If you can't afford the money for the boat, and you still want to listen to Su Mei singing and playing the piano, it is most convenient to get on a light boat with a few leaves next to the boat.

Lin Bie just pretended that Zhao Neng suggested that people get on the boat without authorization, and said with hands: "The body is just recovering, you can't drink, please honor the guest..."

At this time, there were still people on the shore who wanted to get on the boat, and the man in his early days refused: "Come up, it's better for you to drink or not to drink? The bow is too small, so many people can't sit..."

Lin Fu thought to himself: Why is this man acting as the master here? Although he was unhappy in his heart, he didn't want to give Zhao Neng the opportunity to take advantage of outsiders. Besides, he saw that other ships seemed to have such guests bringing wine and food on board.

In the night, the music of the violin came from the nearby boat, and Su Mei seemed to let her maid Xiaoman try the childish tone for the first time in front of the guests. Listening to the soft and soft tune, Lin Fu took the general history book "Spring and Autumn Annals", and was also a little distracted. Can't see inside.

Although he can only live as Lin Fu, he still subconsciously regards himself as Tan Zhong who is the future generation in his dreams. His thinking is still the same: Except for the Wuhu Luanhua after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the past six or seven hundred years is not a history he is familiar with. - There is no Southern and Northern Dynasties, nor Sui and Tang Dynasties, and he is not very familiar with historical details. After reading the general history book "Spring and Autumn Annals", he only knows that the Five Husbands' chaos was a great chaos that lasted for a hundred years. , Yan Xuguo is only a hundred years old, and it was Chen who overthrew Yan.

History has been messed up, and Lin Fu can only accept it in its entirety. To this day, the Dachen Dynasty has also been wiped out. Yuan Tuo, the ancestor of this dynasty, was originally a child of the Yuan family in Shangyang, Huainan. In the last chaotic years of the previous dynasty, the emperor Yuan Tuo, the emperor of the Taizu who served as the envoy of Jiangdong Town, made his achievements based on Jiangning Prefecture. It has been two hundred years since the establishment of the Great Vietnam Empire.

When Taizu Yuan Tuo first proclaimed himself emperor, he built the capital Jiangning; in order to defend against the aliens in the north, Emperor Taizong moved the capital to Yanshanfu in Hebei, changed its name to Yanjing, and took Jiangning as the capital to stay, then called Nanjing - this is the Nanjing in the memory of later generations. coincide.

Lin Furan turned over the general history book "Spring and Autumn Annals". UU reading www.uukanshu.com could not understand this unfamiliar history for a while, because there was no AD chronology method, and the emperor's chronology recorded in the history books was a bit complicated, only It can be roughly estimated that this time is almost equivalent to the early years of the Song Dynasty. Because of the rule of three unfamiliar dynasties, the political, economic and military situation was very different from the early years of the Song Dynasty in his vague memory.

In addition to a few history books, there are a lot of miscellaneous books by the bedside, but there are not many poetry books on the desks of literati.

Speaking of which, Lin Bie was just a little cowardly in his temperament and neglected the poetry and prose commonly used in scientific examinations, but his knowledge was not bad. minister. But as far as his cowardly nature is concerned, these are just fantasies in his mind, and he is even afraid that his words will provoke ridicule from others.

Thinking about his past and present life, Lin Bie shook his head and smiled bitterly. With two completely different memories and two completely different temperaments, what kind of person would he end up with?

I don't know when, listening to the sound, the guests left the boat one after another, and I heard Du Rong farewell on the shore and lead the crowd away on horseback.

The three men who got on the boat and borrowed a place to listen to the music had not lost their interest, and continued to invite Zhao Neng and the boatman to drink at the bow of the boat; they also took care of Lin Fu, and their laughter was rather low. Lin Fu is not a person who spoils other people's interest. Thinking that tomorrow, he will have to order the boatman to let the boat go far, so he undresses and blows out the candle and goes to bed first.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, Lin Bing heard some strange noises outside the cabin, and sat up alertly. When I saw it, I was shocked. I saw two men who had been drinking on the boat before standing on the bow. One held a knife and pressed it on Zhao Neng's neck stalk. One held a knife and forced the boatman to untie the rope. trace. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter

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