Lie down and eat melon in the protagonist group

Chapter 33 Entering Beijing 1
Early the next morning, a group of Gyeonggi soldiers wearing Kyoto official robes kicked open the door of the county magistrate's house, and the magistrate's family was detained.

The next day, the imperial court sent a new county magistrate to take office according to the order. He retried the case of Pei Zhanqing and the old magistrate's corruption and bribery case, and the prefect supervised the trial.

The government office is in session, and the entrance to the government office is crowded with people.

"Xuan!"

Zhang Gao Collusion! Slander and bribery!”

The yamen servants cleared a path, and Ling Qiong led Ling An into the hall, bowed to the high hall, and said unhurriedly: "Who told you that old cases are being retried? Today I am the one who represents my younger brother Ling An, who is also the young master of the Fu family. Fu'an, I am suing you, Zhang Gaoxuan, for poisoning his family of three, trying to seize his family property, and framing his biological mother, Pei Zhanqing, to take the blame for you."

When Zhang Gaoxuan saw Ling Qiong, his eyes widened, "Why is it you?!"

He turned to Ling An next to her, as if he wanted to stare him to death on the spot. He shook his head and shouted: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He is not! You are making a fool of yourself!"

The county magistrate asked: "How to confirm that this child is the young master of the Fu family?"

Ling Qiong glanced at Zhang Gaoxuan with lowered eyes and said, "The witnesses and material evidence are all available."

County Magistrate: "Subpoena."

Ling Qiong took out the red bellyband and presented it, and the Yamen servants embraced Pei Zhanqing, who was wearing a curtain hat, into the hall.

The county magistrate snapped the case, "Who is coming? Why are you covering your face? Tell me your name!"

At this time, Zhang Gaoxuan stared at Pei Zhanqing, his eyes widened, and he murmured: "It's impossible, impossible..."

"Reporting to your lord, Pei Zhanqing, a civilian woman." Following the words, Pei Zhanqing took off her hat and revealed her true face, with tears all over her face.

Zhang Gaoxuan struggled to get up, his head was pressed down by death, and the veins in his neck bulged. He growled: "She's not! She's already dead!"

Pei Zhanqing ignored him, her tears opened, and the words that she had long known in her heart burst out.

The murder case of the Fu family, which had been buried under the shadow of the world, was revealed to the public through her mouth at this time. The causes and consequences, every word, were vividly remembered, causing an uproar and indignation in the whole house.

Zhang Gaoxuan still argued, "She has colluded with the Ling family to frame me! It's all nonsense!"

Magistrate Gaotang took a wooden box, opened it, took out two books with yellowed pages, and asked Zhang Gaoxuan: "Still quibbling! Then why are these Fu family recipes and Fu family knife skills placed in the alcove of your inner room? Awakening?!"

Zhang Gaoxuan was in disbelief and shouted excitedly: "Impossible!"

The county magistrate put down the gavel with all his strength and shouted sternly: "Everyone gets the stolen goods! How can I allow you to make a mistake! Come here! Put him on death row!"

"Framed and framed! There is nothing! There is no such thing!" Zhang Gaoxuan struggled to break free from the shackles, and the shackles clanked. His neck was red, and his chest was filled with anger. The overwhelming resentment broke through the remaining sanity in his consciousness, and he blurted out And he said, "I've already learned the recipe and knife skills!!!"

The lingering sound lingered like a wisp, and the whole hall was silent. Then the people outside the hall were in an uproar.

"kill him!"

"shameless!"

"ungrateful!"

The sound of crusade filled the sunny May sky.

The yamen officer let go of Zhang Gaoxuan. He staggered and fell to his knees. At this time, his face was ashen and his whole body was trembling. He tried to open his mouth to speak, but no sound came out.

The county magistrate finalized the decision and immediately put down the signature.

"what--!!!"

Zhang Gaoxuan beat his feet and chest, raised his head to the sky and roared, turned around and shouted at Pei Zhanqing, "Why?! Why are you not dead?! Why - you don't let me feel better! Don't even think about it! I'll kill you! I I’m going to kill you!!!”

The yamen dragged him to the back hall, and he laughed maniacally: "Haha - you Ling family -!! Ruin my good deeds! Haha! I have cursed my life, and the whole Ling family will not die well! Hahahahaha , completely dead! Haha..."

Zhang Gaoxuan was put on death row and asked to be executed by Queen Qiu.

The old county magistrate was sentenced to exile, his home was confiscated, and his entire family was sent into the army.

The Ling family moved back to the main house.

On the night of the summer solstice, crickets were singing. The Ling family had not yet hired any servants, and the family was small and large, so the sound of crickets could be heard in the front and back of the house.

"Sister, have you taken refuge with the prince?" Ling Jing closed the window to block out the noise of insects outside.

Ling Qiong pushed aside the orange petals and glanced at Ji Ji, signaling for him to explain.

"Lean against the big tree so you can enjoy the shade." Ji Ji said, "The Holy Emperor's breath is heavy now. I'm afraid his time is running out, and the crown prince's succession is inevitable."

Someone started talking, and Ling Qiong was able to speak. She said: "After this incident, I finally saw clearly that if our family doesn't find someone with thick legs, any official with a big thigh can bully us. It's just right. The prince extended an olive branch. He was the future emperor. Who in the world could be bigger than him? I accepted the offer knowing the current situation. I worked as an imperial merchant and worked for the prince. I made money in the future, half of which filled my own pocket and half of which filled the national treasury."

Ling Jing asked again: "When did you get the private accounts and bribery evidence of the old foxes in the Chamber of Commerce?"

Ling Qiong stood up, walked up to Ji Ji, slapped him on the chest, turned around, smiled at Ling Jing and said, "Thanks to this dog-headed strategist for predicting the future. With him as a gentleman, what can I do if I can't catch him?"

He was helpless and sighed with a smile, taking away Ling Qiong's hand that was wiping oil from his chest, and said: "Since ancient times, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. A dominant family will inevitably arouse suspicion. It is better to lay eyes on the Chamber of Commerce in advance and throw it away openly. Go out and make things bigger for others to achieve a semblance of checks and balances.”

"As for the Ning family, the prince of the former dynasty had great ambitions to restore the country. In the court, there were ministers of the former dynasty who were hiding as officials and had backers. In this way, the Ning family would take over the management of the chamber of commerce and it would become bigger sooner or later. And the prince did it The emperor will definitely not allow the Ling family to dominate the imperial merchant family. If the Ning family is raised at the same time and goes hand in hand with the imperial merchant Ling family, fighting openly and secretly, there will be a check and balance situation that the emperor is happy to see. In the future, the emperor will have to take action. The imperial merchant Ling family is first of all afraid of the wealthy businessman Ning family acting like an oriole hunting for a mantis, and vice versa."

Ji turned his eyes away and looked directly at Ling Huai, who was listening with his eyebrows lowered, and suddenly asked him: "Fifth Young Master, what do you think of this move?"

Ling Qiong didn't know why. She loosened her fingers that had braided half of Ling Jing's pigtails. She glanced at Ling Huai, who was smiling implicitly, and turned to ask Ji Ji: "Why are you asking A Huai? How old is he? What does he know?" ah."

Ji smiled and said nothing.

Ling Jing stuffed a piece of snack into Ling Qiong's mouth, glanced at Ling Qiong who was pretending to be confused, and let out a long sigh of relief.

As expected of his adviser Kuang Yan, nothing can be hidden from him.

Ling Huai closed his folding fan and said, "Great. What are your plans now?"

Ling Qiong was speechless and stared blankly at Ling Huai. At this moment, he did not look like a gentle and elegant young master. He looked aristocratic and had a proud smile. He sat in a carefree and leisurely posture, but he seemed to be pointing out the country while laughing and talking. He was completely different from the image of the weak scholar just now. If two people.

She swallowed the snack, looked at Ling Jing, and asked with her eyes what was going on.

Ling Jing handed her a cup of hot tea and said, "It was all his idea to expose Zhang Gaoxuan. I have already planned to use the Chamber of Commerce to lure the Ning family to compete with you on the same stage."

Ling Qiong was stunned for a long time before giving a thumbs up to Ling Huai and said, "What a plan."

Ji already replied: "Move to Kyoto." After he finished speaking, he suppressed a smile on his brows, moved his ears slightly, and said cautiously, "A visitor late at night is not a good person."

More than a dozen pieces of black clothes were found at the back door of Ling's house. He listened to all directions and held a sharp white blade. He stepped forward one step at a time, gradually forcing his way into the backyard of the women's family.

A group of people in black moved attentively, and just as they were about to open the secret door leading to the backyard, a cup was suddenly thrown out of the window on the second floor. There was a crisp sound, and the cup fell into pieces.

The man in black was startled, and he was cautious with his back-to-back swords. The boudoir on the second floor heard shrill female voices arguing, accompanied by the sound of banging things, each one louder than the other. The men in black all frowned and looked at the leader, silently asking how to deal with the next step.

Should we continue or retreat first.

The leader made a retreat gesture, and a group of black-clothed people ran back under cover. Unexpectedly, when they approached the wall of the back door, a person was already standing there.

Ji already stood on the wall with his bare hands and said warmly: "I wonder if you guys are visiting me late at night. What can you tell me?"

The man in black looked fiercely and got into a chess game, but the door opened with a creak behind him.

They were startled and suddenly turned around. Ling Huai and Ling Cen, each holding a torch and holding a sword, strolled into the garden.

Behind them were two strong women, Chuahua and Zhang Dong, both carrying torches and holding long sticks. They showed faces that seemed to be smiling but not smiling at the same time, and appeared one after another.

Ling Huai smiled and said: "Since you are here as a guest, why bother leaving in a hurry."

Ling Cen followed closely and raised an innocent smile, saying, "That's right. You're already here, so if you don't treat them properly, that's not how the Ling family treats guests."

The men in black rushed forward separately, and most of them rushed towards the youngest Ling Cen.

"Hey, you have good eyesight." Ling Cen sprinkled a handful of fine powder on his face, "How do you know I have something good for you to see?"

The men in black raised their sleeves to cover their faces, not taking him seriously at all, but when they took steps they realized something was wrong with their bodies. Then their hamstrings softened, and they fell to the ground paralyzed one after another, rolling on the ground in pain.

The ones who were about to come over took turns kicking off the wall, still holding one in their hands. Without exception, all their jaws and limbs were removed, and they lay on the ground like soft-legged shrimps, moaning.

Everything was cleaned up in the blink of an eye, and it was not Ling Huai and the two wives' turn to take action.

Ling Cen stepped forward, opened the mouths of the men in black one by one, took out a small pair of tweezers, took out small pills from his mouth, and then took out a pitch black pill from his pocket and threw it into his throat. , pinch it with your little hand and help close your chin easily.

Ji had already lost the man in his hand and turned over the man in black who had been given medicine by Ling Cen to search him.

Ling Huai stepped on a hand, raised his chin with the tip of the sword, and asked: "Who sent you here? And why?"

The man in black bit off his tongue on the spot, Ling Huai kicked him over, and the man in black rolled far away. He said to Ji Ji, "I'm sorry to bother you."

"Let me treat him!" Ling Cen rolled up his sleeves, "My medical skills are quite good."

One after another, shrill screams broke through the night sky.

Ling Dang heard such a pitiful scream indoors. He rolled out of bed and leaned out of the window. The night sky was filled with darkness, the moon was like a curved hook, and stars were scattered here and there.

Kui Qing entered the room holding a candle lantern and said, "The fourth girl is awake."

"I just heard the eldest sister and the third sister quarreling." Lingdang turned back and asked her, "What happened outside?"

"We argued for a while and then reconciled." Kui Qing spread the quilt for her and said with a smile, "I don't know who is killing pigs in the middle of the night outside. The noise is very unpleasant."

Are you sure it's a pig-killing cry?

Why does it sound so human?

"It's still early at dawn, let's go back and take a nap, girl." Kui Qing came forward to close the window, pushed Ling Dang to the bed, and helped her lie down on the bed.

Seeing that Kui Qing was about to turn off the lights, Ling Dang hurriedly said: "No, it's too dark at home. It would be better to have some light."

Kui Qing turned around, "Is the girl afraid? Then I'll keep the girl asleep before going back."

Ling Dang rolled up the quilt, turned over and faced inward, muttering: "Turn off the lights."

Kwai Ching smiled knowingly, it was really easy to guess what the fourth girl was thinking. Kui Qing patted her back and coaxed her a few words. After she breathed evenly and covered herself with a thin quilt, she blew out the lamp and left.

It was dimly lit outside the house, and Lingdang's bedroom door was pushed open. Kui Qing opened her eyes when she heard the sound, and hurriedly put on her shoes and went out to take a look.

Seeing that it was Ling Huai, Kui Qingyao knelt down and saluted him, and whispered: "I woke up once when I heard some noise in the middle of the night, and then fell asleep again."

"Yes." Ling Huai walked directly to the edge of the bed. She had taken good care of herself in recent days, and her hair had grown quickly. Her black hair spread all over the pillow, and her face was redder than rouge. "Coming to Beijing..."

The pads of his fingers traced the corners of her lips, and he lowered his head to press them. He sighed softly, feeling lost. He murmured: "Si Yun of Puyu County will definitely not be able to see you. It is selfish, so what do you want me to do..." He murmured. After a long time, he suddenly smiled and said, "I want to hide you again..."

Ling Jing held a lantern, pushed the door open, raised the curtain, and met Ling Huai's eyes in the room.

"Don't be impatient!" Ling Jing threw the curtain angrily, almost breaking her teeth, "If you dare to act recklessly, I will destroy you now!"

Ling Huai stood up and said frankly and fearlessly, "I'm not that hungry."

Ling Jing sneered and quickly pushed Ling Huai away. She looked around carefully and saw that Ling Dang was sleeping peacefully. There was nothing weird about him. She breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly dragged Ling Huai away.

Ling Jing closed the door, glared at the unrepentant Ling Huai, and said, "No matter what, she is still your fourth sister now, you should treat her properly."

Ling Huai walked downstairs and said, "You are overthinking. I know it well."

Ling Jing stood at the door of the stairs and said, "Do you know? Do you know that you entered her boudoir in the middle of the night? Don't tell me that you don't know the difference between men and women! I haven't read the books of sages very often, and I haven't seen how upright you are."

"Worried about her, come and take a look."

"Oh, you think I'm some ignorant young lady? Take care of that little bit of meat in your crotch." Ling Jing finished her words and turned around to go back to the house.

"..." This woman is really enough.

Early the next morning, the family gathered around the table for dinner, and Ling Qiong mentioned her plan to move to Beijing and settle down.

Ling Dang was startled, "Entering Beijing?"

Oh my god, why are the protagonist group either moving or on the way to move? Now, it’s okay. They move directly to the end of the plot, Bianjing City, Kyoto, directly spanning most of the plot, completing a qualitative leap.

Is Kyoto a place you can go to casually? ! That's a fire pit!

Ling Dang glanced at Ling Jing who was picking up the food. She was already fifteen years old. She only celebrated her birthday simply because she was taking care of the family's children. However, in this era, it was a great time to talk about marriage.

The second prince, Lin Yilong, is only thirteen years old. When did he become lame? Which battle is coming?

Ling Dang's mind was in a mess and he couldn't figure it out. When he caught a glimpse of Pei Zhanqing feeding Ling An, his mind suddenly became clear and he hurriedly asked: "What about Xiao Qi?"

Everyone at the table glanced at Pei Zhanqing.

After Pei Zhanqing paused, Ling An put his mouth to the food without knowing it and happily sucked the food in the spoon.

Lingdang: "..." I became the first person.

Everyone who dares to love is a human being, just waiting for someone to ask questions!
(End of this chapter)