Mugui

Chapter 330 I am also a big man

When Lin Xiao was a child, the Cao family wanted Lin Mao to give up his eldest son, so he resorted to flattering and killing him.

She pretended to be kind and obedient to Lin Xiao, making the young Lin Xiao mistakenly think that she was a virtuous and loving mother, and even relied on her very much.

Later, Cao secretly accused Lin Xiao of crimes such as stealing, laziness, lying, and treating servants harshly.

At first, Lin Mao had no doubts about the Cao family, and Lin Xiao was too young to tell the difference, so he was often punished to kneel in the ancestral hall.

Later, Lin Xiao gradually felt that his father did not love him, so he tried various methods to attract attention.

Going up a tree to dig out bird eggs or going down a river to catch shrimps were all child's play for Lin Xiao. He was specifically targeting Lin Mao and wanted to attract Lin Mao's attention.

In those years, Lin Mao either drank tea and found caterpillars, slept with dead snakes, or had his beard burned off by candlelight...

Lin Mao had a bad temper and would beat people up when provoked. Lin Xiao almost grew up being beaten.

Later, Lin Xiao became friends with the Duke of Qi and others, and they often went out to cause trouble.

Several demon kings used firecrackers to blow up the mansions of corrupt officials, poked hornet nests and stung arrogant envoys, and even set fire to bandits' dens...

Lin Mao beat his son until his hands went soft.

Later, when Lin Xiao grew up, he became a disciple of Mingyuan, learned some vertical and horizontal containment techniques, and then entered the military camp. Suddenly he figured out many things, including the methods of Cao's promotion and killing.

Half a year later, Lin Xiao returned to Beijing to wake up and his temperament changed drastically.

It was also at this time that Lin Xiao discovered that his biological mother's dowry was coveted by the Cao family, and most of it had been taken away by the Cao family under various pretexts.

Naturally, Lin Xiao couldn't bear this matter and brought it to Lin Mao's side.

Only then did Lin Mao realize that the person next to him was not a reliable person and could not leave everything to the backyard like he had done with Princess Changsun, so he recalled Butler Feng.

Steward Feng was a pawn of King Lao Ding, and he once sacrificed his arm to save King Lao Ding.

Because he was disabled, Butler Feng returned home and raised him for many years. When he was recalled by Lin Mao, Butler Feng took his wife and children to the capital and became the housekeeper in the backyard of the palace.

With Butler Feng watching over him, Cao didn't dare to be too harsh on Lin Xiao. In addition, Lin Xiao spent most of his time in the military camp, so he felt comfortable for a few years.

Until last year, Lin Xiao found out that he was poisoned, and took Lushan Muchen to Liu Yishou to buy the antidote, and met Yang Mu.

Yang Mu also knew everything that happened after that.

After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and watched Yang Mu holding his head with his hands, listening to the story carefully, blinking his big eyes from time to time, showing great interest.

He smiled helplessly, reached out and scratched Yang Mu's nose, and said, "What? Are you fascinated?"

Yang Mu nodded and said, "I heard that a child without a mother is like a grass, but I didn't expect that a child with a stepmother would be even more pitiful."

Lin Xiao smiled and said: "I'm pretty good. At least my father was sensible and took precautions against her in time. If my ears were soft, I might not be alive now."

Yang Mu nodded and said, "Although the prince has a bad temper, he can see things clearly."

Lin Xiao corrected him: "I want to call you father."

Yang Mu stuck out his tongue and didn't answer.

Over there, Mrs. Bao opened the curtain and came in. When she saw that the two of them were not outside, she asked, "Where are the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess? Didn't they say they were back?"

Daishan came out of the side room, his face turned red, and he lowered his voice and said, "We are talking in the back room."

Mrs. Bao twitched the corner of her mouth. In broad daylight?
Daishan whispered about the futon, and Mrs. Bao asked, "Is it badly hurt?"

Daishan covered her mouth and snickered, and whispered: "It's not hurt. The Crown Princess is just pretending."

Mrs. Bao smiled understandingly and said, "If word gets out, the Crown Princess is angry and wants to come back early."

Daishan said with a bad smile: "Then the prince may be so anxious that he comes to visit in person."

Mrs. Bao said: "I see that the servants assigned to Chengqiyuan by the prince's palace are not very diligent. You use your time to tell them to do things, and you must let the prince see you arguing."

Daishan nodded to express his understanding.

……

Mingyuan only reported to Lin Mao at noon.

Lin Mao looked at Mingyuan with a gloomy face and asked, "Mr. Ming disappeared again!"

This Mingyuan has a good brain, good memory, good talk, and everything else, but he likes to play missing.

When he is used, no one is always there.Mingyuan is only in his forties this year. He has fair skin and a slender figure. At first glance, he looks like a conscientious scholar, but when he opens his mouth, his taste is different.

He sat under Lin Mao's hands, grinned and said: "No, no, it's not that the official disappeared because of fun, it's really because of love that he can't help himself!"

Lin Mao's mouth twitched, indicating that he was a rough man and didn't understand.

Mingyuan didn't explain, and asked with a smile: "The prince is looking for an official, but to vindicate his new daughter-in-law?"

The corners of Lin Mao's mouth twitched. Why did these words sound so awkward?

He kept a straight face and said, "Speak more seriously."

Mingyuan immediately put away the playful smile on his face and asked seriously: "The prince is looking for an official, but to vindicate the injustice of the princess?"

Lin Mao frustrated Yahuazi, still feeling awkward.

However, he didn't want to worry about what was wrong. He explained the futon thing and then said, "Mr. Ming, can this matter be clarified?"

Mingyuan paused while drinking tea and said, "I'm afraid this matter will involve the inner court. Your Majesty wants Chief Shi Si to investigate?"

Chang Shisi is a minister of the palace, but he cannot involve the backyard.Butler Feng should be the one to handle matters in the backyard.

Lin Mao sighed and said: "Butler Feng is a big man, he doesn't understand the twists and turns of the backyard!"

If he understood, his eldest son would not always be inexplicably plotted!

Mingyuan spit the tea leaves in his mouth back into the cup, his face darkened, and he said solemnly: "I am also a man!"

Lin Mao waved his hand and said, "You don't count!"

Mingyuan: "..."

listen to me thank you...

Lin Mao blinked, looked at Mingyuan, and asked, "Mr. Ming hasn't said yet whether we can find out!"

Mingyuan: "..."

He took a deep breath, exhaled it, and secretly warned himself that the person in front of him was a second-grade master and a prince, and he couldn't defeat him.

"It's not for me to investigate the matters in the inner chamber personally. The prince should send some secret guards."

Lin Mao nodded, thinking it made sense, and immediately raised his voice to call someone.

"Black python!"

A man in black flew down from the roof, bowed and saluted, "My subordinate is here!"

Lin Mao nodded and looked at the startled Mingyuan sitting beside him, and said, "Assign a few people to him."

The middle-aged man named Black Python responded "Yes" and then asked: "Are you sending a female secret guard?"

Lin Mao glared, "Nonsense!"

The black python didn't dare to speak anymore and disappeared again. A moment later, it dropped from the sky again with three women in black. Mingyuan's little heart couldn't bear it anymore.

When Lin Mao saw someone coming, he waved his hand impatiently and drove Mingyuan away.

With a depressed look on his face, Mingyuan led three female secret guards out of the study and gave instructions in the yard.

In Prince Ding's Mansion, I'm afraid the safest place is the courtyard of the study.

After he finished his instructions, the three female secret guards had just disappeared when they saw Lin Xiao coming in from the courtyard gate.

Mingyuan's eyes lit up and he waved to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao came over quickly, and just as he was about to bow as a disciple, Mingyuan pulled him aside and whispered, "I see your father is very protective of your wife!"

Lin Xiao's face darkened.

Mingyuan said: "That's not what I mean. What I mean is, he seems to care more about you in recent years? He has started to interfere in the affairs of the inner courtyard."

If he didn't care about Lin Xiao, he wouldn't have made such a decision for his newly married daughter-in-law.

Lin Mao is a rough guy and doesn't understand the twists and turns in the backyard at all, so he never gets involved.

I don’t know when it started, but Lin Mao seems to have started to interfere in the inner courtyard. Especially in the past two days, he has taken too much control. This is not Lin Mao’s style.

(End of this chapter)