Poor children

Chapter 156
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He hurriedly took the poor boy into the city and took him in a roundabout way to Lin Qu's garrison office. Master Lin finally couldn't hold back the questions.

"Your Royal Highness, what is going on?" Lin Shoubei asked the poor man hurriedly after asking him to sit down.

"Daliang City was lost, and now the northwest has become a Turkic world. I took the eldest princess to escape at the risk of death. Unexpectedly, when I wanted to leave the city, I met that kind person who insisted on sending us away. I was worried that my identity was about to be revealed. , I happened to meet Mr. Lin..." Pao'er said

"So that's it!" Lord Lin asked with his hands folded, "With the current situation in Daliang City, I wonder what your Highness's plans are?"

"Right now, my king and my son are missing, and I have the eldest princess with me, so I have to protect her, so I want to go back to the Central Plains first before making any plans..." Pao'er answered.

"That being the case, I do have an idea. I wonder if Your Highness would be willing to listen to it?" Master Lin asked.
"My lord, please tell me if you have something to say..."

"It's a long way to the Central Plains. If the Northwest King or His Highness has news, or if they arrive in Linqu but can't find His Highness to meet, wouldn't they be anxious? Why don't Your Highness stay in Lin Qu first and check the situation?" Lin The Lord added, "The Turks are barbaric but lack wisdom. His one-third of an acre of land can't be managed well. Although he has won the northwest now, it may not be within his ability to manage it. However, the king of the northwest is both wise and brave." I think it won’t be difficult to fight back if you recharge your batteries a little bit..."

"What Mr. Lin is saying is that if I hadn't found a traitor in the court this time, how could the Turks have conquered the northwest so easily? But if I stayed, I would probably bring trouble to Mr. Lin. After all, Lin Qu was away from the Great Liang. Too close, there are many Turks coming and going..."

"Your Highness, don't worry. Who among the Turks knows your Highness? Let's not reveal our identity. Since Your Highness calls the official "brother", then we can allow the official to overstep his bounds and only tell the outside world that it is his own sister who has come to join us. , I felt wronged and went to stay temporarily in the official residence, just waiting for the return of the Northwest King..."

Pao'er felt that Master Lin's words did make some sense. If she returned to the Central Plains, it would be a long journey. If there was news about Hong Yue or the king, she would not be able to know it early. If something happened, she would not be able to do it immediately. It would be really troublesome. , so after thinking about it, staying in Lin Qucheng was naturally the best solution. Now that Mr. Lin was taking care of it, it was naturally more appropriate, so he agreed in one fell swoop.

Master Lin is a smart man. He was right about the Turks in his words. They are brave and courageous, but they don’t know how to govern a country. However, the northwest king’s strategy is different from theirs. Master Lin has been planning in his heart since he saw the poor. , the person who originally wanted to flatter but couldn't flatter him, now the opportunity has come to his door. If he doesn't seize it, he will be the biggest fool in the world. Even if the northwest king can't stand up, she is still a princess after all, how can she call him Did you suffer?

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Lord Lin has invited the poor boy to live in the side courtyard of his family, but he did not explain to his wife because he came home too late, only the housekeeper knew...

At dawn the next day, Mr. Lin returned to the garrison Yamen to handle official duties. As soon as he sat down, someone called a Turkic messenger asking to see him.

"Hey! Isn't this the eldest brother?" The man didn't talk about official business before going to court, so he said this first

"Huh!?" Mr. Lin secretly wondered who could be so ignorant of etiquette, so he took a closer look and was shocked. Isn't this the young Turkic general he met at the gate of the city yesterday evening?

"Brother, don't you remember me? I was the one who sent my sister back yesterday." The man arrived again

"Oh...oh! Oh!" Master Lin hurriedly stood up and came down, and walked to the man's side while thinking of countermeasures. "It turns out that my benefactor is here. How can Lin forget this? I also want to thank the young general for escorting my sister back... ..."

"Sir, there is no need to say thank you. I wonder if your sister is okay?"

"Okay! It's okay, I'm sorry for your trouble"

"I remember chatting with my sister yesterday. She said that it was only because her family was poor and her family couldn't afford the money for you to marry me that she married young. Now that I see you like this, how does it look like your family is poor?" said the young Turkic general. arrive
"Ah? She...ah!" Mr. Lin didn't know what kind of lies the poor boy had told him before, so he had to take it one step at a time. "Originally, my family is poor. Isn't it because my wife's family is rich? After she got married, my husband did it. You donated this errand to me, and now my life is better..." "No wonder..."

"I wonder what brought the young general here?" Mr. Lin quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking about how to send him away quickly.
"By the order of His Majesty, I would like to present my Credentials to His Majesty the Emperor of the Central Plains. After all, there will only be a border between us in the future, so we must always maintain close relations and good neighborliness." The young general held up the Credentials with both hands.

Mr. Lin hurriedly accepted it respectfully, "I asked the sergeant to go to the capital quickly, and he will serve it to His Majesty as soon as possible."

"Thank you so much, sir." The young general wanted to speak again.

"Well...if you don't have anything else to do, young general...I still have some official duties to attend to, so I won't keep you here," Master Lin said hurriedly.

"This..." the young general quickly added, "I want to propose marriage to you, sir."

"Propose marriage?" Mr. Lin didn't expect him to say this, and his head became confused for a moment. "You have fallen in love with my little girl, but isn't she a little too young at eight years old? My wife will never agree... "

"My lord is wrong, I want to marry your sister..."

"My sister? Who? Oh...my sister!" Mr. Lin was caught off guard by the question, and he quickly looked for excuses in his mind, "My sister has an in-laws!"

"Isn't her husband's family missing?"

"I just don't know my whereabouts. This is a matter of life and death. If I marry my sister-in-law to you at this time, how should I explain it to others if her husband's family comes back?" Master Lin asked
"I wonder who her husband's family is? I'll go back and find out. I'll give you an explanation first whether she's alive or dead..." the young general said.

"Ah!?" Mr. Lin didn't expect him to be so persistent. "So... so good!"

"Then I wonder who her husband's family is?"

"It's the pig-killer in the east of the city..." Mr. Lin said casually

"Okay, I'll go back to inquire about the news and come back as soon as possible to give you an answer!" After saying that, the young general turned around and left.

"Huh?" Mr. Lin didn't know that he had a quick temper, and he was afraid of what he said. If he really found a pig butcher, how would he cover up his lies? "Young general! Not busy! Not busy..." Lin The adult called to his leaving back, but he was walking in such a hurry that he couldn't hear it at all.

Mr. Lin secretly paid in his heart, wondering if he would kill some innocent person, that Turkic person is cruel by nature, without this person, his lies would definitely be exposed, if unfortunately there really was such a person, he would not marry him The pauper will kill that man first and then talk about it?
Mr. Lin slapped his palms, worried that this young general would cause trouble when he returned...

Just when he was in a dilemma about how to deal with the aftermath, he heard his housekeeper calling him and ran to the hall panting, and he knew in his heart that there was going to be trouble at home first...

(End of this chapter)