Red House Shoufu

Chapter 439

On a cold winter night, the moon is on the branches.

In the silence, Bai Jingjing, who was digesting food in the yard, suddenly heard a scream, Xunsheng leaned out of the window and glanced at Lin Shu who was begging for mercy, then left Lin Shu's small yard with a flick of her tail.

After a long time, the panting in the room gradually stopped.

Wang Yuan exposed her jade-like shoulders, leaned against Lin Shu's arms, touched Lin Shu's chest dishonestly, and listened to his heartbeat.

Lin Shu let the little daughter-in-law play with him, and hugged her tightly behind his back.

"I'm going south in a few days. Let's visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law during the rest. I guess the two adults will have other explanations."

The Wang family also has many relatives in the south of the Yangtze River. This time, the old man will definitely let him bring a letter back when he goes south.

The son-in-law is going to work in Jiangnan, and Wang Qi, who has been in Jiangnan for several years, will definitely ask his in-laws and friends to help Lin Shu as much as he can.

Wang Yuan hummed, and said lazily: "Mother told me a few days ago, let us go back to Jiangnan to visit some uncles and adults. There are several friends of my father's age in Jinling and Suzhou who just let us On behalf of Daddy, visit Yi Er."

"My father-in-law is really kind to my son-in-law. With these relationships, we can quickly open up the situation in Jiangnan."

Lin Shu touched his wife's smooth back, thinking about the personnel changes in Jiangnan, and was very grateful for the emperor's arrangement.

Jia Zheng took over Zhen Yingjia's post, at least he won't lose sight of intelligence, and Zuo Lan also sent a lot of confidants to Jiangnan first, and with the transfer of the five armies' governor's office, the support in force has already It's completely enough for him to toss in Jiangnan.

After a good night, the spring breeze rose overnight, and the next day, Lin Shu was full of energy and began to run back and forth between various ministries.

Almost all the preparations for going to the south of the Yangtze River have been arranged, and the hustle and bustle of the capital seems to have nothing to do with him.

The knock on the palace gate in front of the palace was admonishing with thunder and rain. After the secret talks between the emperor and Wei Qinghe, except for a dozen candidates who were deprived of their honors, all the others were released.

The Chunwei Dabi announced the list of master and deputy examiners as scheduled, and the date of the general examination was set on the eighth day of February.Not only Lin Bai and Lin Feng participated in the Lin family examination, but also the Tang family brothers who temporarily lived in the Lin family.

More and more students from all over the country poured into the capital to take the exam. According to the situation in previous years, the capital at this time should be full of literature and poetry meetings, but the turmoil in front of the palace still has a lot of influence.

Lin Feng looked at the invitation card in his hand with a sad face, not knowing whether to go or not.

"Old Qi Ge holds a poetry meeting at this time, what's his idea?"

After reading the post, Lin Shu didn't know how to describe this poetry meeting.Holding a poetry meeting in the limelight, is Qi Bohan determined to compete for the cabinet chief?
Isn't he worried that someone will remonstrate at the palace again at the poetry meeting?

"Say, do I still want to go?"

Lin Feng was really worried, Qi Bohan and Lin Shu didn't deal with it very much, logically the post from this poetry meeting would never be sent to Lin's residence.

However, he and Lin Bo both received invitations from the Qi family. The trouble is that the chief examiner of this subject is Jiang Xuebo, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, a serious general of the Qi Party.

Lin Bo, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said one word lightly: "Go!"

"It's time to go. If you don't go, you won't give Mr. Cifu face."

Lin Shu smiled and said: "Everyone in the Nanzhili Guild Hall will go, how can the two elder brothers be an exception? Our Lin family will not do anything about showing cowardice."

Lin Bo nodded and said: "Not only to go, but also to see what purpose Mr. Qi Ge is holding this poetry meeting. He has no reason to hold a poetry meeting under this joint. When will it be impossible to win the hearts of scholars? The reason is to provoke Lord Shoufu at this juncture. After all, Mr. Wei Ge hasn't retreated yet!"

……

The turmoil in the capital seems to have calmed down, but the contest behind the scenes has never stopped.

The Embroidered Guards were all over the capital, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find Chen Jianghong and the others.

Lin Shu recently had some free time, so he went to the Imperial Academy to find a large amount of materials and began to sort them out.

There is a whole truck loaded with information on taxation in the south of the Yangtze River, hydrological data, people's livelihood in various counties, etc.Fortunately, Daiyu didn't compose any new operas recently, and she and Wang Yuan helped Lin Shu organize the records.

After more than ten days in peace, until the day when the dragon raised its head on the second day of February, just after the lunch time, Lin Feng hurried into Lin Shu's yard.

"Ninth Brother Nine Brothers, hurry up, hurry up, Brother Six is ​​gone!"

Hearing the shout, Lin Shu ran out and asked in surprise, "What's missing? Didn't Sixth Brother go to the poetry meeting with you?"

"My Sixth Brother and I went to Taibai Academy to participate in the poetry meeting. During the period, Sixth Brother and his friends went to another courtyard to enjoy a picture scroll..."

Following Lin Feng's explanation, Lin Shu figured out what happened.

Qi Bohan put the venue of today's poetry meeting in the Taibai Academy in the west of the city, which is only half an hour away from the capital.

Lin Bo and Lin Feng went to the poetry meeting together with the students from the Nanzhili Guild Hall early in the morning, during which time they met many friends of the same age.The circles of the two are slightly different. After entering Taibai Academy, they naturally separated.

It is said that Lin Bo talked about calligraphy and painting with a new friend in the capital, and when he heard that there was a historic site on display in the courtyard next door, he followed him to appreciate it.

Unexpectedly, after the luncheon began, Lin Feng never saw Lin Bo appear. After asking many of Lin Bo's friends carefully, he found that he had disappeared for more than an hour. Qi Bohan from the meeting explained the situation.

It's a pity that even though Qi Bohan knew the importance of the matter and sent many people to search around, they couldn't find Lin Bo and that friend.

"Damn it, Fuquan!"

Lin Shu threw away the writing brush in his hand, and before he could appease the terrified Wang Yuan and Daiyu, he repeatedly called Fuquan over.

"Worry about the soldiers and generals in the mansion, follow me out to find someone!"

dong dong!

After hearing two muffled sounds, Lin Gui helped Mr. Lin Jin and walked in.

The crutch in the old man's hand hit the ground paved with bluestone slabs twice, and said in a cold voice: "What are you panicking about! Brother Feng, you go to Shuntian Mansion to report the crime, daughter-in-law Shu, you and Yu'er go to accompany Bai'er Daughter-in-law, Brother Shu, come with me."

With Lin Jin's calm arrangements, Lin Shu's restless heart calmed down a little.

He followed Lin Jin back to the study, only to hear Lin Jin say: "Bai'er has always been steady and calm. No matter what happens to him, as long as the person is still alive, he will definitely leave clues. I will look at the search first, you Go to Qi Bohan now, and ask him directly, what happened to my Lin family at the poetry meeting he held, is it okay to just send someone to look for it hastily? You just ask him for someone, no matter what excuse he uses If you don’t want to shirk, you can ask him for it.”

"Uncle, it's impossible for Qi Bohan to do such a thing. He's a bit pedantic, but he's a fair person..."

Lin Jin sneered and said: "I didn't say he did it, and I didn't plan to get someone from him. I just planned to force him to come forward. The dignified cabinet minister has much more energy than our family. Those people in the yamen It may not necessarily sell your face, but I definitely dare not perfunctory the orders of the cabinet minister."

Ginger is still old and spicy, Lin Shu thought about it carefully, and what the third uncle said made a lot of sense.

Rather than searching around like a headless chicken, it is better to force Qi Bohan to come forward.In the land of Gyeonggi, the influence of the dignified cabinet secretary is much more effective than that of the newly promoted Lord Hou.

……

The poetry meeting in Taibai Academy is still going on, even though Lin Bo is Lin Shu's cousin, it is still not as important as this poetry meeting in Qi Bohan's eyes.

It wasn't until Lin Shu led people to break into the poetry meeting that Qi Bohan put away his original carelessness, and together with Lin Shu came to the room where the so-called historical picture scroll was hung.

Among the generals of the Lin family, there are several experts who are good at surveying. Once they enter the yard, they are responsible for a careful inspection.

Qi Bohan asked dissatisfiedly: "Marquis Lin, the old man has sent many people to search the entire academy, your cousin is indeed not here, maybe he went to other places with his friends."

"Old Qige, my brother came here with your post, and disappeared in Taibai Academy for no reason. Such a big man, he disappeared as soon as he said he didn't see him. Do you still have the mind to continue reciting poems?"

Lin Shu's face was always covered with frost, and after seeing Fuquan gesturing quietly with him, he felt a little relieved.

However, he still forced Qi Bohan to ask: "Old Ge, normally I don't want to disturb you, Gao Le, but my brother put down the scroll and came out of the city at your request, and asked Elder Ge for help. In this land of Gyeonggi, your voice Order, those officials will not be perfunctory."

Qi Bohan snorted coldly: "How can the imperial court use it privately..."

"I don't care, if Elder Ge doesn't help me, I will say that I have to go to Ge's house and be a bad guest."

Qi Bohan was very surprised by Lin Shu's words. Although he could not understand Lin Shu's frequent reforms, he also knew Lin Shu's character.

After carefully looking at Lin Shu, he said leisurely: "It seems that Marquis Lin came prepared, and the old man is suspicious."

"Elder Ge is joking, and this subordinate is also helpless. The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. The elder is the second assistant of the cabinet. His words are much better than his subordinates."

Lin Shu bowed sincerely to Qi Bohan who had been shaken, and the tension between the two eased a little.

Sure enough, Qi Bohan took a serious look at Lin Shu, he laughed, and asked for a pen and paper to write a note.

"Come here, send Wucheng Bingmasi and Shuntian Mansion, let them do their best to find Lin Hou's cousin!"

Qi Bohan handed the note to his housekeeper, and then looked at Lin Shu: "Marquis Lin, I think you are more familiar with Xiuyiwei than I am, so I won't do any more work for you. If you need any help from me, just tell me." , I will definitely help if I can help."

Lin Shu didn't pay too much attention to the sarcasm in these words, and bowed: "Thank you, Mr. Ge, I have one more thing to ask Mr. Ge to come forward, that is, I want to ask all the people who participated in the poetry meeting in the academy, please Ge Lao provided a list of people who came to attend the meeting."

"You are determined to spoil the old man's poems!"

Qi Bohan sneered coldly: "It's unlucky for the old man, but those actions don't necessarily sell your Lin Hou's face. You were interrogated as a prisoner for no reason, and the resentment was spread on your Lin Hou. I hope Lin Hou will not get angry."

Lin Shu responded with a chuckle: "Perhaps Elder Ge will be grateful, after all, in broad daylight, all the brothers and sisters disappeared at Elder Ge's poetry meeting for no reason, who can guarantee that none of these people have malicious intentions?" people."

……

Qi Bohan walked away, and Fuquan came over and handed a purse to Lin Shu.

"Master, it's Liu Ye's purse, and the gold, silver and beans are still inside!"

Lin Shu took the purse, looked at it, and held it tightly in his hand. The money was not lost, which proved that the other party didn't want to make money suddenly.

He asked, "Any other discoveries?"

Fuquan replied truthfully: "According to the current investigation, there was indeed an exhibition about paintings in this yard. However, the scrolls in it were not real ancient relics, but were recently copied. Uncle Nine had already brought the Zhang Linmo's picture scroll rushed home, asking his wife and young lady to see if there were any clues in it."

As for painting, Lin Shu is a half-assed person, but both Wang Yuan and Daiyu are very proficient.

A rough man like Fuquan could tell that this picture scroll is fake, and it is unreasonable for Juren who can go to Beijing to rush for the exam to not be able to tell the authenticity of the historic site.So there is probably something wrong with the case that invited Lin Bo over.

"Patriarch, a dog hole was found in the wall of the yard, and fragments of cloth that Liu Ye wore today were found in the thorns. People should have gone out from there."

Lin Shu took people over to have a look, and said that there was also a problem with the dog hole. This gap was obviously newly opened, and there was a dense forest outside the wall.

"There are traces!"

Lin Mastiff galloped back quickly, and before he had time to catch his breath, he reported to Lin Shu: "Master, one mile ahead, there are ruts of the carriage leaving. Although the other party has disguised, you can still vaguely see that the carriage is heading towards the capital. went."

"Interesting, in the opposite direction, does this mean that the most dangerous place is the safest place?"

Lin Shu sneered, and quickly walked through the dense forest with the others to the place where the traces were found.The traces of the wheels on the ground were not shallow, and there were faint traces of ruts on the land after the heavy snow melted. Although it was intermittent, it could still be seen that the carriage was heading for the capital.

After following the traces, he really entered the city through the west gate.

Lin Shu asked someone to call the captain of the Forbidden Army who was guarding the gate. After asking about the entry and exit situation from noon today to the present, he made a bold guess.

The captain of the imperial army was very impressed with one of the carriages. In the ordinary carriage, there was not only a scholar in brocade clothes who was drunk and asleep, but also two concubines who were as beautiful as flowers and jade. Drunk.

Hehe, what's the situation in the capital recently, who would bring two brothel girls to show off?

This is because someone intentionally left clues indistinctly for him to see. His purpose is not as simple as kidnapping someone. If he guesses correctly, the Lin family will receive threats from the other party before tonight.

"Uncle Jiu, lead someone around the west gate, enter secretly through the south gate, and secretly investigate that brothel. By the way, go ask Zuo Dudu for help, carefully check the name of the inviter who invited Sixth Brother, and see the other party. How holy is it!"

After Lin Shu arranged these, he took Fuquan to Taibai Academy.

This matter must not let Qi Bohan get rid of his ties, some resources are not used properly, it is simply a waste of money!

(End of this chapter)