Red House Shoufu

Chapter 440

Lin Shu didn't stay in Taibai Academy for a long time, and when Qi Bohan returned to the city, he followed closely.

"Lin Hou, I have done what I should do, what else do you want?"

Qi Bohan didn't expect that Lin Shu would fight back, and ran back to Taibai Academy from the capital, followed the group of killers and asked a few candidates who were going to the banquet, and even followed him stubbornly.

Lin Shu patted his horse and caught up with Qi Bohan's carriage, and said through the curtain of the carriage: "Master Ge is joking, I have no other intention, I just want to invite Mr. Ge to my humble house as a guest."

Qi Bohan raised the curtain of the car, and his angry eyes slightly opened: "Lin Jinyu, what are you going to do? You want to put this pavilion under house arrest?"

The guards of the Lin family have surrounded Qi Bohan's chariots and horses. You can say that he is a protection, but of course it can also be regarded as a threat.

Lin Shu chuckled: "Elder Ge, Benhou really has no other intentions. There will be a big show today, and Elder Ge will definitely like it. When the play is over, Benhou will personally send Elder Ge home."

The coachman driving the carriage felt weak all over, and the group of Lin family guards on horseback stared at him intently, making him dare not use force when swinging the whip, for fear of offending the group of murderers, he would draw a knife to himself in displeasure.

The wheels creaked and turned, entered the city from the west city gate, and arrived at the gate of the Lin Mansion without stopping.

Qi Bohan didn't make a fuss, but gradually calmed down after getting angry.

It seems that the disappearance of the son of the Lin family may have something to do with himself or the people around him, otherwise Lin Shu would not dare to treat himself like this.

Lin Shu is not only a civil servant and a marquis, but also the hope of the younger generation of scholars. It makes no sense to be so impulsive and target himself for no reason.

He stood in front of the gate of the Lin Mansion, looked up at the plaque given by the emperor, and the six characters of Yongfeng Marquis Mansion were shining brightly. Even Qi Bohan, who didn't like Lin Shu very much, couldn't help but lamented the great luck of the Lin family and envied the Lin family. There is a unicorn talent.

"Master Ge, please!"

Lin Shu welcomed Qi Bohan into the door, although the other party didn't give him a good face, but Lin Shu still smiled and ordered the steward to arrange a banquet.

When everyone entered the gate of the Lin Mansion, someone left Huang Hua Fang quickly in the dark not far away.And when this person left, the soldiers of the Lin family who were guarding the eaves not far away also followed quickly...

……

Lin Bo disappeared inexplicably, and no one in the Lin family was worried.

However, Lin Shu has already made a guarantee that he will bring the sixth brother Lin Bo back in one piece before dawn tomorrow.

After Qi Bohan entered the mansion, all the members of the family came out to pay their respects, and even the female family members all went out to pay their respects.

After all, the Lin family is the family of Liehou, and among the women's family members there is Daiyu, the imperial princess, and Wang Yuan, the super-class marquis wife, so Qi Bohan naturally doesn't want to take his anger out on the women's family members.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, the anger on Qi Bohan's face disappeared a lot.After Lin Shu invited him to the study, Qi Bohan curiously began to browse through the various materials that filled the room.

"It's all materials from various places in the south of the Yangtze River, Lin Hou, how are you preparing for the opening of the sea? Are you sure about it?"

Lin Shu personally handed over the hot tea, shook his head and replied: "How can there be anything in this world that is absolutely sure? Mr. Ge, you should also be clear about the situation in the south of the Yangtze River. It is better to say that it is changing the world than opening the sea!"

It's true that Qi Bohan is a conservative, and it's true that he is opposed to opening the sea, but his opposition is different from that of the Jiangnan group of smugglers who smuggled into the sea.

As for the situation in Jiangnan, as the second assistant to the cabinet, how could he not know what was going on.After he returned to Beijing this time, he heard that the emperor had crossed the imperial court and ordered Lin Shu to go to the south of the Yangtze River to open the sea. He originally wanted to go to the palace to advise against it.

But after hesitating again and again, I decided to wait and see.If Lin Shu wants to open the sea, the first step is to destroy the gang of smugglers in the south of the Yangtze River.Regardless of whether Kaihai can succeed in the end, as long as he can destroy the Jiangnan gang, he will ask the emperor for Lin Shu's credit.

No matter what their standpoints are, there is no doubt about the loyalty of the several great scholars in the cabinet to Da Chu.

Lin Shu continued: "Master Ge, do you know who is the one who invited my cousin today?"

"Is it related to the old man?"

Of course Qi Bohan is not a fool, he has basically guessed some things.

Sure enough, Lin Shu smiled wryly, "Qi Keyi, the grandson of Elder Qi Ge!"

With a bang, the teacup was knocked over on the table, soaking the white paper on the table.

Lin Shu supported Qi Bohan, who was about to faint, and comforted him: "This matter is only a suspicion at present, and has not been verified yet. Maybe there is a misunderstanding in it, and we will talk about it after the news from Xiuyiwei."

"Who is Zuo Lan? I'm not [-]% sure that he won't even say a word."

Qi Bohan thought of the grandson who gave him a headache because his brain hurts. Compared with the excellence of his eldest grandson, Qi Keyi, the youngest grandson, would get into trouble every now and then.

If it weren't for most of the officials in Gyeonggi who would give him face, Qi Keyi's misfortune would not have reached the level of the prison in Shuntian Mansion, and he would have sent this grandson back to his hometown in Huizhou a long time ago.

With a bitter face, Qi Bohan waved his hands to indicate that he was fine: "Tell me, what kind of monster is this little bastard?"

"Your grandson is probably just being used by others. There is a scholar from Huizhou named Zhu Guangmo. He originally wanted to visit Ge Laofu, but was stopped by the door."

Lin Shu handed over a letter of worship, which said that Zhu Guangmo from Xiangshan Academy in Huizhou paid his respects.

"I'm afraid Mr. Ge doesn't know that Zhu Guangmo came to Beijing this time because he made up his mind not to go back to his hometown if he didn't get on the gold list. He probably wanted to take advantage of his hometown to ask for a chance when he came to visit you. After being rejected by his disciples, he Standing in front of the gate of Ge Lao Mansion, I ran into your grandson. From now on, he began to act as Qi Keyi's guest."

Boom boom boom!
Someone knocked on the door of the room. After Lin Shu opened the door, Lin Jiu whispered in his ear for a while, and Lin Shu then instructed: "Follow up, and follow the command of Zuo Dudu."

After Lin Jiu stepped back, Lin Shu didn't know how to tell Qi Bohan about it.

"Tell me, what happened again?"

Qi Bohan was already mentally prepared, but what Lin Shu said still shook his hands in anger.

I only heard Lin Shu say: "The Embroidered Yiwei has already found my cousin, but Qi Keyi is also there. The chief envoy who kidnapped my cousin is obviously Qi Keyi, but Zuo Dudu said that Qi Keyi was designed by a group of people. Threats, have to do it."

"That idiot!"

Qi Bohan scolded the opportunity by gritting his teeth. He maintained his rationality and asked, "Who is it? How dare you plot against me!"

After all, the person who is the second assistant of the cabinet, his mind is spinning quickly, and he immediately thinks that this is not planning his own grandson, this is calculating himself.

Lin Shu replied truthfully: "Currently the Governor Zuo has found out about the White Lotus Sect, Quanzhou Bosi Tiju Dou Bin, and the Ministry of Household Affairs Fujian Qinglisi Langzhong Dou Chong."

"Dou Chong? How could it be him?"

Qi Bohan looked at Lin Shu in surprise, this Dou Chong was single-handedly picked up by him.Dou Chong, who was originally from the same Jinshi background, was promoted all the way by Qi Bohan from the Shu Cheng who supervised the eighth rank in Shanglinyuan. In just ten years, he has become the fifth rank Hubu Langzhong. thought about it.

For Dou Chong, Qi Bohan is no longer a simple kindness to him. It can be said that without Qi Bohan, Dou Chong would not be where he is today.

Of course, Dou Chong has respected Qi Bohan very much these years, and on the surface he is prudent and reliable in doing things, which makes Qi Bohan pay more and more attention to him, and has a faint plan to train him to go further.

But he didn't expect to suddenly find out today that the person he promoted was plotting against him. After being surprised, Qi Bohan's eyes were full of anger.

As for doubting the authenticity of the news, Qi Bohan didn't think Zuo Lan would help Lin Shu to deceive himself, the cabinet minister.

After his anger subsided, Qi Bohan was worried about his grandson and what kind of impact this incident would have on him.

He looked at Lin Shu, stared into Lin Shu's eyes and asked, "Why did Marquis Lin tell this old man in advance? Or, what is the purpose of Marquis Lin specially inviting me to come to you today?"

Lin Shu smiled dumbly: "Elder Ge is worrying too much, I just don't want to be used by others to provoke the relationship between me and Elder Ge. After all, whether it is the White Lotus Sect or Dou Tiju from Quanzhou Bosi, they The present almost speaks for itself.”

"Stir up a dispute between you and me, and then stir up Huang Kaihai's matter?"

When Qi Bohan thought about it, it was really possible. After all, he clearly showed his disapproval of Kaihai.If you really want to stop Lin Shu from opening the sea, you are the best gun.

However, the White Lotus Sect was mixed in, so Qi Bohan had to think about it.

"As for the White Lotus Sect, Elder Ge doesn't know about it. I have recruited the largest White Lotus Sect in the south of the Yangtze River for the imperial court. Governor Zuo has sent people to the south of the Yangtze River. Soon the White Lotus Sect in the south of the Yangtze River will become a sharp sword in the hands of the imperial court. Specially deal with the remnants of the White Lotus Sect in Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, Shu and Northwest."

Soon Lin Shu expressed his conjecture: "This time, the person who conspired with Dou Chong and others to plot against Mr. Ge and me is Chen Jianghong, the leader of the White Lotus Sect in Henan. This person can be said to be our old friend." , the one who assassinated Elder Wei Ge in front of the palace gate a few days ago was his man."

Now that Qi Bohan has fully understood the inside story of this matter, he disturbed the situation in the capital, interrupted Lin Shu's plan to go to the south of the Yangtze River to open the sea, and by the way provoked the struggle between reformists and conservatives. Can disgust the court.

It really is a good calculation!
Whenever something happened to Lin Bo or his grandson, the Lin family and the Qi family would form a big bond.

Lin Shu is Qian Qianli's beloved disciple, the leader of the younger generation of reformists, and if the Qi family and the Lin family have feuded, it means that his own faction and Qian Qianli's faction who advocated the reform will never die forever.

"Ge Lao, should we wait for the good news here or go over there and have a look?"

Lin Shu suddenly remembered what Lin Jiu had just told him, and felt a little bad taste in his heart.

I don't know what kind of expression Qi Bohan will have when he sees the scene in Wanfu Building.

Qi Bohan glanced at Lin Shu, don't think he couldn't hear the malice in Lin Shu's tone, but it was his own grandson over there, so could he not be worried?

So the carriage drove out of Lin Mansion slowly again and headed for Dongshi.

It was already curfew time, and Lin Shu asked people to set up a complete set of guards of honor for the Hou's Mansion, which saved a lot of trouble. At least the guards patrolling the city retreated to the side after seeing the guards of honor of the Hou's Mansion, and did not come to disturb them.

Wanfu Building was not very eye-catching in Dongshi, but after the carriage stopped, Qi Bohan's face was already livid.

Originally learned from Lin Shu that his grandson was in Wanfu Building, he thought that this little bastard got drunk in another restaurant, but he didn't expect it to be a brothel.

The land of fireworks, the old man has long since stopped coming!
At this moment, Wanfu Building is at its busiest moment, Yingying Yanyan is upstairs waving to Lin Shu.As for Qi Bohan, the cabinet minister who was not wearing court clothes stood beside Lin Shu who was like a jade prince, not much different from the old servant.

At this time, a well-dressed person came from the dark, and this person was Lin Mastiff.

"Master, the Zuo Dudu's people have already touched in. That Dou Chong is not there, and Chen Jianghong's trace is still not found, but that Dou Bin is still pouring wine for Qi Keyi in the building. The Zuo Dudu said that Dou Bin should be Whatever he wants from Qi Keyi, no matter what Qi Keyi asks, he will agree to it one by one, including the four courtesan ladies in Wanfulou, spending a total of 1 taels of silver!"

The voice of Lin Mastiff's report was not low, even though the place was extremely noisy, it still clearly reached Qi Bohan's ears.

He scolded angrily: "Absurd, absurd, where did the little market leader get so much money? Da Chu law, officials are not allowed to enter the land of fireworks, what is he trying to do? How dare he?"

As he said that, he raised his foot and was about to rush in to teach his grandson what a grandfather's deep love is, but Lin Shu grabbed him; "Ge Lao, don't be impulsive, be careful there is an ambush inside, wait for the news from Governor Zuo."

As if responding to Lin Shu's words, the Wanfu Building in front of him suddenly became chaotic, and many people in disheveled clothes poured down from the upstairs, and the sounds of clanging and fighting came and went one after another.

The generals of the Lin family immediately surrounded Lin Shu and Qi Bohan, and slowly pushed them to a safe place.

Wanfu Building was originally a wooden pavilion, and from the third floor, there was a faint flame rising, and the smoke instantly flooded the pavilion.

A large number of embroidered guards and guards patrolling the city surrounded from all directions, detained all those who escaped from the Wanfu building, and at the same time began to pull water dragons to put out the fire.

Lin Mastiff suddenly rushed over from the smoke: "Master, Liu Ye has been rescued, but he has been poisoned with a secret medicine, and he will not be able to wake up for a while. Qi Keyi was stabbed by the thief, and the knife that stabbed him was held in Liu In the hands of the Lord. Zuo Dudu's people are chasing Dou Bin, the Quanzhou Ship Secretary, but this person is very skilled, not like an ordinary civil servant."

"How is Qi Keyi's injury?" Lin Shu felt Qi Bohan's sudden strength in grabbing his arm, so he asked.

Lin Mastiff replied: "It should be the people from the Embroidery Guard who rushed in, interrupting Dou Bin's plan, and did not cause fatal injuries to Qi Keyi in a hurry. The knife was stuck in his arm, and this meeting has already been sent to the Embroidery Guard for treatment." gone."

At this time, a carriage came slowly, and the visitor jumped out of the carriage, walked up to Lin Shu and Qi Bohan and clasped his hands together, saying, "Old Qi Ge, Lin Hou, Zuo is lucky to live up to his fate, and Chen Jianghong was blocked by the embroidered clothes guards." Yes. But that place is a bit special, Mr. Qi Ge, I want to invite Mr. Ge to come and help me catch the traitor."

Qi Bohan suppressed his worries about his grandson, and asked suspiciously: "Oh? What is there to embarrass the left governor?"

Zuo Lan gave a wry smile, cupped her hands and replied, "There's no way, Chen Jianghong is staying at your old man's mansion right now, why don't you just rush in directly!"

(End of this chapter)