Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 521;

Chapter 520 three;
Li Yu brought a group of guards and maids straight to the southeast corner of Li Family Manor. This is the residential area of ​​the Lin family, Li's second house guard, surrounded by people with the surname of the Lin family, densely packed with hundreds of households.

The sons of Li's second family lived in Lantian with the head of the [-]th family and some clan members. Most of the people stayed in Longxi, and there were less than [-] households who came to Lantian.

The households here are not households with five or six people in a family. Li’s households are calculated based on the subdivision branch of a surname. A household has dozens of people, or even more than 100 people, or hundreds of people. It's not uncommon for the household to be in Li's second room.

In addition to the royal family in Longxi, there are eight upper, middle and lower families. The population of the second family is the most prosperous. The family of the second family has children with nineteen surnames, and every family has a large population.
For example, the Lin family of the imperial guards is a very big family. As long as the patriarch has something to do, the head of the Lin family will write down the warrant, stamp it with a seal, sign it, and sign it. It is not a problem at all to take out five thousand strong men from the surname.

How else can we say that half of the population in the entire Longxi territory are members of the Li family's Jiufang?This is not an exaggeration at all, Longxi is the old den of the Li family, and Li in Longxi is the uncrowned king of the frontier fortress. He has guarded the frontier of Longxi for the emperor in all dynasties. Otherwise, where would Li Yuan have the capital to think about competing in the Central Plains?

It was because the ancestors left behind a lot of family property, a lot of fields, and a lot of servants, that Li Yuan had the right time and place to benefit him, and that branch had been serving as officials and generals from generation to generation, so the accumulation reached a peak value when Li Yuan, With the support of the entire Longxi Li family behind him, and the support of the Zhaojun Li family from head to toe, he won the country. It's not like anyone can become powerful...

It is clearly written in the secret notes of the Li family in Longxi that the three ancestors of the Lin family were military marquises under Li Xin, the great general of the Qin Dynasty. Tigers and leopards are as powerful as cattle, they were discovered by the general, and received by his side to become a military lord, it is Li Xin, the ancestor of the Qin Dynasty of the Li family in Longxi. The closest guard is an extremely brave existence!

The three brothers were assigned along with Li Xin's descendants. The eldest among them was the second wife of the Li family in Longxi, and the Lin family had the largest population. The ancestor of the Lin family who followed the second wife had nine sons. The remaining two brothers of the ancestors of the Lin family followed the eldest and third families in Longxi.

Therefore, all the imperial guards in the upper third house of the Li family in Longxi are all in power with the surname Lin, and the upper third house of the Li family is also the closest third house that has always been hugged the tightest.

The Lin family has grown to a very large population. There are still nine big families in the second room, and they are divided into many families. The eldest son of the Lin family is the head of the family.

Among the servants of the second family of the Li family, the tallest and mightiest ones belong to the three surnames of the Lin family, the Ma family, and the Liang family. The previous patriarchs liked to fight, and the guards who followed the patriarch were mainly these three surnames. Other surnames Servants are assistants.

Back then, when the royal family Li fought for hegemony, it was the Li family in Longxi who sent out all their slaves to decide the victory on many important occasions.

Every time Li Yuan encountered an emergency, it was this Li Shibafang who sent a monk to give birth to a strong man to help, and he was led by Li Shimin. After winning the battle, they went back to their old nests.

Every danger can be saved. Every time there is a tense situation, there will always be a powerful army, dressed in the clothes of ordinary people, to help out. The strong man of Shi Bafang is the trump card in Li Yuan's hand, and also one of Li Shimin's mysterious troops...

Due to the role of Li's Second Household Guard, generations of patriarchs will not treat the Lin family's food and drink badly, no!As soon as Li Yu walked to the south end of Lijiazhuang, he saw a group of people preparing to slaughter pigs and sheep. Many clan members around were watching. Before Li Yu came to the front, many people spotted the figure of the patriarch.

"Patriarch, quickly see that the Patriarch is coming, and see that the Patriarch is coming again, quickly send someone back to report to the elders and elders to go quickly."

"Where is it! Where is it? Oh no, the patriarch is here again, hahahaha that's great, this is the fourth time the patriarch has come back to our Lin family this year, it seems that our Lin family is going to be prosperous again, hahahaha that's great Lah, that's great..."

A group of children of different sizes also cheered and jumped up, running around and shouting;

"The patriarch is here, the patriarch is here, everyone, come and see, the patriarch is here again..."

Li Yu is very happy about the closeness of his clansmen to him, which patriarch would not want this?

Li Yu hurried to the scene of the disaster sheep to join in the fun, and the clansmen gathered around to salute;
"Meet the master."

"Meet the patriarch."

"The patriarch Wanfu Jinan."

"The Patriarch lives a long life."

"Okay, okay, everyone is exempt from courtesy, quickly exempt from courtesy, don't be so polite, just be casual."

A very strong man took a step forward excitedly with a shining sheep-killing knife in his hand;
"Patriarch, you are here..."

The man didn't even speak clearly, an old man in his 60s just walked out from the corner of the house next door, and when he saw the situation here, he immediately yelled;
"Sanwazi, why are you approaching the patriarch with a knife? Are you courting death?"

The strong man was halfway greeting Li Yu. Hearing the roar, he shivered involuntarily. He quickly lowered his head to look at his right hand, and then threw the knife out quickly by reflex. screaming;

"Eighth Elder, listen to my grandson and let me explain, my grandson is about to kill a sheep. If you don't believe me, come here and have a look. Just ask all the clansmen present. The grandson came over excitedly to say hello when he saw the patriarch coming. Listen to me." explain……"

The old man was walking towards this side quickly, before the man who threw the knife explained, the Eighth Elder rushed between Li Yu and the man and waved his hand;
"You step back first and then talk about things!"

"only!"

The man who threw the knife didn't dare to be stubborn, he quickly agreed and stepped back five or six steps and squatted on the ground. He looked up at the eighth elder who still had a bad expression on his face, only then realized that he was squatting next to the knife on the ground, and the man was about to cry. , didn't dare to say much, quickly moved away from the knife, and then raised his hands to speak;

"Elder, the grandson just saw the patriarch's excitement, there is no other meaning, don't get me wrong, old man..."

"Don't need to say too much, the old man will investigate and understand, and he won't wrong a good person."

Only then did Li Yu come to his senses. After the two came out, they asked and answered questions. One spoke harshly, while the other panicked because of grievances. Only now did Li Yu wake up. It turned out that the elder was afraid that people would have malicious intentions towards him. Ah, good man!This so-called eighth elder and ninth elder is definitely a good person. In Li Yu's thinking, as long as he treats Li Yu sincerely, he is a good person.

But there was indeed a misunderstanding, so Li Yu hurriedly tapped the back of the elder in front;

"Well, the Eighth Elder, right? He just saw me when I first arrived here, and he really wanted to come up to say hello. Let's not wrong the good guy."

The man wanted to agree with the patriarch's statement, but Li's rules are very strict. Just now the elder has said that there is no need to say more, so he can only hold back, but he nodded vigorously after hearing the patriarch's words of defense, and pointed to the side A few partners, it means that what the patriarch said is right, you can ask everyone if you don't believe it.

The elder was nodded by Li Yu's finger on the back, and then he turned around and saluted;
"Meet the patriarch."

"Eighth Elder, please get up quickly, you are already this age, don't worry about this empty courtesy anymore."

"Thank you for the patriarch's care."

"However, since ancient times, there has been a distinction between superiors and inferiors. The rules passed down by the ancestors cannot be broken. You are the head of the clan, the head of the family. How can you act presumptuously just because of your age? I dare not!
Besides, although I am sixty-three, I can still eat three bowls of white rice every meal, and two bowls of corn porridge plus three or four mustard cakes. It's not an old person who can't walk, so he can't really be exempt. "

Li Yu stuck out his tongue when he heard it;

"The eighth elder is really good at eating. You eat as much as I do. I am growing up. The elder is over 60 and can still eat this. Many people are extremely envious."

The two chatted politely for a while, and then the serious Eighth Elder began to investigate Sanwazi's matter. He asked about the verbal testimony of the people surnamed Lin present, and inspected the fat sheep that had just been tied up and was waiting to be slaughtered. Then he announced the results of the investigation in public. :
Didn't Sanwazi want to assassinate the patriarch, Sanwazi on the ground just touched the sweat beads on his head, the good guy was almost caught and beaten to death, can he not be afraid?

Moreover, those who are beaten to death will be removed by the Lin family's surname. If they die, they will have a bad reputation. The old rules of Li's second wife, as long as anyone who is found to be harmful to the patriarch approaches the patriarch, especially if he approaches the patriarch, he will be killed on the spot. any reason!

This is a clear sentence written in the family rules, and all the members of the Li clan know it by heart. Today, watching the patriarch come to the Lin family for the fourth time in two or three months, Sanwazi is very excited and thinks that the Lin family is going to be prosperous again. , So under the excitement, I forgot that I can't bring weapons close to the patriarch!
Although the Eighth Elder announced that Sanwazi was not trying to harm the patriarch, he still taught him a lesson with a dark face;

"Although you have no intention of murdering the patriarch, your behavior is unacceptable. Since our Lin family has been hunting in the mountains, we have been taken out of the mountains by our ancestors to enjoy the blessings. Since then, the Lin family People can get what they want, and let the three old ancestors of our Lin family take control of the power of the imperial army in the upper and third chambers of Li's family. What kind of kindness is this?
You have to think about being loyal to the lord and you can't come out with a corrupt family tradition. The old man almost died of fright when he saw you holding a gleaming knife with the tip of the knife pointing at the patriarch.

Thinking that you made a mistake for the first time, and it was because the patriarch came and wanted to go up to get close to Wuyou with vicious thoughts, and the patriarch came to intercede for you, so I will forgive you this time, but if you dare to approach the patriarch next time with a weapon, Whoever holds it, the old man will cut off your paw, will you accept it or not? "

"Responding to the words of the Eighth Elder, the grandson will be convinced."

"Hmm! It's not bad that he is my own grandson, he is very sensible, not bad."

Li Yu was dumbfounded when he heard that, good guy, is this his own grandson who made it look like he picked it up?
After the elder finished handling the matter, he led Li Yu to inspect the sheep slaughtering scene and introduced him by the way;

"Patriarch, look, our Lin family is going to slaughter sheep again today, and you come to watch the excitement, which is not common in recent years, alas..."

"Why is the elder sighing? How can there be any secrets in killing a sheep?"

The serious Eighth Elder shook his head vigorously;
"Patriarch, you don't know something. There are many things here that are too long to tell!"

Li Yu responded with an expression of wishing to hear more about it;

"There is nothing left and right, and it doesn't matter if the elder speaks carefully."

"Yes. Follow the patriarch's order."

"Whatever you look at, you should do the work!"

"It's the elder."

A group of young men resumed the work of slaughtering sheep. The Eighth Elder looked up at the clear sky and recalled the past;

"That year in Longxi's old nest, the clansman in our second room had a conflict with the clansmen in the other houses. It was nothing at first. The elders of the two families came out to mediate and it passed. It's not unusual for common things to happen, but then One time something happened unexpectedly, not only the commotion became louder and louder, but also a few lives were injured in both rooms, A Lang couldn't sit still, except for fighting in the second room, this kind of situation has never happened before, for no reason It hurt a few lives. Patriarch, you know that Alang is very defensive and takes every clan member very seriously, so he brought his people back to his old nest in Longxi to deal with this matter himself.

Unexpectedly, all of this was a well-designed scheme by that shameless man. At that time, I followed Alang back, and I was ambushed on the way. We fought in the middle of the night and retreated to a mountain nest. Later, the two generals of Qin Cheng Come here in time, we joined forces, and then returned to the clan..."

Li Yu already knew about this matter, and he had been planning how to take revenge in his heart, so he didn't want to say any more pale words, so he stopped the elder from continuing;

"I already know everything about this matter, so you don't need to say more, you just talk about the latter part."

"It's the head of the house."

"When Alang came back from a serious injury, although he never said a word of blame for this matter, he took the power of guarding our Lin family. The power of guarding the patriarch has since been handed over to Elder Liu Wanquan. The Lin family has protected the second house for more than 900 years. The one who lost the power once, but took it because of A Lang's serious injury, and my elder brother fell ill for more than half a year before recovering."

Li Yu pondered for a moment before persuading him;

"Aye also knows that your Lin family's guards are not to blame for this matter, but someone has to stand up and give an explanation, otherwise how many people are there in the clan? How do you think about it? So don't blame Aye!"

"The villain dare not, patriarch Mingjian, our Lin family has never complained once, and no one will complain."

"Well, I believe this. All the clansmen in our second room are of one mind. They are different from the five surnames and seven Wangs in the world. They are unique. The clansmen in the second room are all loyal. Of course, you will not come to complain about Aye.

But what does this matter have to do with you slaughtering sheep and eating meat? I'm confused! "

"Patriarch, our Lin family has always been in charge of the guarding of the patriarchs of the past generations, so for hundreds of years, we have been closely following the strong men of our Lin family to eat meat. Only by eating more meat can we increase our strength to protect the patriarch and fight in battle. Kill thieves inside.

Therefore, every month, the mansion will distribute money and silk, and our Lin family will use it to exchange sheep for slaughter. Most of the lean meat is eaten by men, and most of the women eat offal, and rarely meat.

But in the past few years since I was taken over by the power, my elder brother no longer sent people to the warehouse to collect money. The elder brother said that it is not easy to collect money without the power of the guards. Separately put a warehouse.

In the past few years, our eldest brother took out subsidies from Lin's small treasury and slaughtered mutton once for the people to eat. This is also the case with Lin's old nest in Longxi, and they all abide by the rules of the elder brother. Woolen cloth. "

The day before yesterday, the patriarch came to the Lin family for the third time this year, and talked to the elder brother all afternoon. The elder brother was so happy that he released the small warehouse of the Lin family again yesterday, in exchange for a batch of lambs. The clansman surnamed Lin over there also slaughtered it once. It is estimated that the letter has not been received there yet. "

Li Yu was full of emotions, if he was not in his position, he would not get a salary, the people here are really pure, so Li Yu suddenly remembered something and asked casually;

"I know that Liu Daguan brought those government soldiers into your Lin family's household registration. Is he your elder now?"

(End of this chapter)