Need for money

The dozens of guards each led a tall horse, surrounded by a young man wearing a black robe. The young man walked steadily, with the noble air of a wealthy family. Seeing that Lin Jingzhi was also there Here, with a slightly surprised expression, he hurried forward a few steps, and before reaching the front, he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Lin Xian, long time no see, how are you doing?"

"Thanks to Brother Zheng, everything is fine." Because it was still early in the morning, Lin Jingzhi really did not expect to meet Zheng Jianqiu at this hour. Calculated by the horse's foot strength, it would be as early as possible to get from Jiancheng to Luocheng. It would take at least two hours, so Zheng Jianqiu was on his way before dawn.

To make Zheng Qiujian so impatient, it seems that the situation is indeed not good.

"Huh? What are you guys going to do?" Finally, Zheng Jianqiu noticed something unusual, and immediately his face darkened.

Xu Yong has been following Zheng Jianqiu's side all the time, now he took a step forward and shouted to the sergeants surrounding the Lin family's guards: "My son is the eldest son of General Liuzhou Xuanwei, whoever has the biggest official here, hurry up!" Come up and talk back."

After listening to Xu Yong's introduction, Zhang Xiu's forehead instantly seeped a layer of cold sweat. At the same time, he said with a bitter face that it was really unlucky, why did he run into this unprovoked ancestor!

He was about to pull Yin Lei together and went forward to answer, but after scanning left and right for a few times, he realized that Yin Lei had long since disappeared. Lei had met Zheng Jianqiu before. The last time Zheng Jianqiu was attacked outside the city, Yin Lei was in charge of catching the murderer.

To this day, no clues have been found about the attack. How could Yin Lei dare to meet Zheng Jianqiu?So just as Yin Lei saw clearly that the person who came was the son of Zheng's parents, he mingled in the crowd and ran away.

'Bah, what a coward! Seeing that Yin Lei didn't even say hello and ran away without a trace, Zhang Xiu cursed in her heart, and then she didn't dare to take it easy, so she quickly bent over to meet her, and clasped her fists and replied, "Your officer is the guard of Luo City, see you." Pass Mr. Zheng."

"Hmph!" Zheng Jianqiu flicked his sleeves, and glanced at him coldly. A small Los Angeles garrison is not worthy of his attention. Then he put Zhang Xiu aside and looked at Lin Jingzhi. , opened his mouth and asked: "My dear brother, what happened here? Is there someone trying to harm you? Come and listen, and I will make the decision for you!"

Ever since seeing Zheng Jianqiu, Lin Jingzhi's mind has been running fast, thinking about what to do to calm this matter down completely. Now that Zheng Jianqiu is protecting him, the Los Angeles officials dare not do anything to him, but Zheng Jianqiu What about after leaving?Or in the future, the Zheng Mansion and the Lin family will no longer be able to protect the Lin family without the bond of mutual use?

At that time, Wang Mengding would bring up the old matter again and make things difficult for him. As his eyes turned, he coldly glanced at the young man kneeling on the ground. This man must die!

Only when all the parties involved are dead, and Zheng Jianqiu helps to draw a conclusion, can this matter be truly revealed. Otherwise, if this person falls into Wang Meng's hands, it will be terrible. You must know that this young man is a man who is afraid of death. His weak bones, and there are so many criminal laws in the prison, it is too easy to make him retract his confession.

So many people died in this incident, if Wang Meng used this incident to frame him and let this young man bite the Lin family, then the Lin family and himself would really be finished.

"Brother Zheng, that's what happened, just now..." Lin Jingzhi first coughed lightly on purpose, then took advantage of the moment he lowered his head, secretly winked at Aunt Yu, and used the index finger and middle finger of his right hand hidden in his sleeve to make a gesture. After making a paper-cutting motion, he carefully explained what happened just now.

Zheng Jianqiu was shocked when he first heard that the people who were hacked to death were bandits, but then he thought that the locust plague had broken out in a large area in the north, and the bandits probably had no way out, so he was relieved because Lin Jingzhi didn't tell him These officers and soldiers gathered in a circle to take down all the members of the Lin family. He looked at Zhang Xiudao: "Master Zhang, the second son of the Lin family is a chivalrous man who fights for justice and eliminates harm for the people. He is an example for the whole people!"

"Young Master Zheng is very true. When the officials return to the yamen, they will definitely report this matter to Lord Wang. When the time comes, Lord Wang will be happy. In order to commend the Lin family, he might give the Lin family a pair of heroes. A plaque of righteousness."

Being left on the sidelines for a long time, Zhang Xiu only dared to curse secretly in her heart, but when she saw Zheng Jianqiu asking him, she hurriedly replied respectfully.

Zheng Jianqiu is not a fool, just looking at the posture here, he knows that this Zhang Xiu is definitely going to attack the Lin family, and he has heard more or less that Wang Meng and the Lin family seem to be at odds.

However, the worse the Lin family's situation was, the better it was for him. The Lin family relied on the Zheng family, so it would be better for him to borrow money from the Lin family in the future.

He waved his hand lightly, and said, "If that's the case, then quickly drag this person down for interrogation, and see if there are any other accomplices here..."

"Ah" However, just as he was halfway through his words, the young man suddenly jumped up from the ground and yelled, and then, seeing a guard of the Lin family standing next to the young man, he shouted anxiously, "He wants to run away! "

Then he raised the knife and chopped off the young man's head.

"puff"

The blood shot out from the young man's broken neck like a fountain, forming a blood mist in the air, and after it fell, it stained the ground red, and his head landed not far away, rolling around several times, overwhelming a piece of green grass .

From the sudden jump of the young man to the chopping off of his head by the guards of the Lin family, it was all done in an instant. After everyone reacted, all the bandits were dead, and half of them lost their lives.

Zhang Xiu was taken aback for a moment, then his face changed drastically. Although he didn't know why the young man jumped up suddenly, it was not difficult to guess that the Lin family wanted to silence him on purpose so as not to leave any future troubles.

Zheng Jianqiu was also startled, then he looked at Lin Jingzhi thoughtfully, and said: "What a brave bandit, he still wants to escape now, he really deserves his death!"

"What Mr. Zheng said is true, that bandit is indeed worthy of death." At this point, Zhang Xiu could only agree with it with a bitter face.

Seeing that there were no future troubles, Lin Jingzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly gave Aunt Yu a thumbs up to express his praise, and then he warmly walked in front of Zheng Jianqiu, "Since I received Brother Zheng's letter, little brother I've been looking forward to it all this time, let's go, go back home with my younger brother, have a few glasses of thin wine, don't let this group of bandits disturb the interest of our brothers meeting again."

"Okay, let's go, let's go drink!" Zheng Jianqiu responded readily, and then walked to the city gate side by side with Lin Jingzhi. Before coming to Los Angeles, he was worried that his father asked him to borrow too much money, but now it seems that Well, it doesn't seem so difficult.

Xu Yong followed closely behind Zheng Jianqiu, and when he saw Aunt Yu coming forward, he quickly bent over and fell behind by half a body. Since the last time he suffered at the hands of Aunt Yu, he was quite afraid of this woman .

Moreover, he just saw Aunt Yu throw a steel needle and plunge it into the thigh of the previous young man. The steel needle flew so fast that he really didn't have the confidence to dodge it!

Back at the Lin Mansion, Lin Jingzhi ordered his servants to serve wine and food, and started a warm conversation with Xu Yong. Aunt Yu left before entering the restaurant. As soon as she stepped into her small courtyard, she saw a newly placed man on the roof. A homing pigeon landed on a bird's nest with a strange shape. It was the Lin family's dark guard who contacted her.

Looking left and right to see if there was no one there, she walked to the side and imitated a strange bird call. When the pigeon heard the sound, it spread its wings and flew down.

She caught the carrier pigeon with her hand, took off the note tied to the carrier pigeon, opened it, read it carefully, and then left the Lin mansion again. It turned out that it was Yang Wei who gathered all the hidden guards of the Lin family scattered nearby. Together, inform her to go meet.

While walking, she recalled the last time when Yang Wei heard Lin Jingzhi ordered her to take over the affairs of the hidden guard, she was a little bit unconvinced, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly, and then she rubbed her fingers vigorously a few times, the note It turned into crumbs and sprinkled lightly like snowflakes.

In the restaurant, Zheng Jianqiu and Lin Jingzhi drank a few glasses of water and wine, chatted for a while, suddenly turned their eyes, and deliberately lowered their voices: "My dear brother, it's been a troubled time recently, a large area of ​​locust plague just broke out in the north, now Another big event is about to happen!"

"Oh? What's the matter?" Lin Jingzhi waved his hand, signaling all the maids waiting on the side to retreat.

After winking at Xu Yong and asking him to let the air out, Zheng Jianqiu put his hand to his mouth and said cautiously: "Brother, I got reliable news that when today's son heard that a large area of ​​locust plague broke out in the north , vomited blood, several imperial physicians were helpless, and risked their lives to give the deadline for the emperor to ascend to heaven!"

"Ah? Seriously?" Although Lin Jingzhi knew the news a long time ago, he still pretended to be surprised and asked back.

Zheng Jianqiu replied: "Really! And the imperial doctor said that the emperor will never survive today!"

"Hiss!" Lin Jingzhi gasped.

Seeing this, Zheng Jianqiu was very satisfied with Lin Jingzhi's reaction. He put a piece of meat in his mouth, chewed it for a while, and then said: "Nowadays, there is a large area of ​​locust plague in the north, and countless people are starving to death. The imperial court is powerless to relieve the disaster. As for the frontier, the assassins are watching from the sidelines, the army is mobilized frequently, and now the dynasty is in turmoil, and the emperor is about to return to heaven on a crane, alas!"

At the end, Zheng Jianqiu sighed softly, with a look of concern for the country and the people.

"Then what should I do?" Lin Jingzhi had thought of these things a long time ago, but to be honest, he really didn't want to see the Daqian Dynasty collapse, or even fall. Haven't become the emperor yet?At that time, the situation of the Lin family will be even worse.

"Oh, this is a major matter for the imperial court. What can we mere doumin do?" Zheng Jianqiu put the bamboo chopsticks back on the table, and said again: "It's just that the common people suffer. I have seen many people die of starvation along the way." Refugees on the roadside!"

Lin Jingzhi also sighed softly when he heard the words, he really couldn't bear to talk about the fleeing people, those were all flesh and blood people, they just starved to death like this!

"Respectfully, you and I are as close as brothers, and I won't play tricks with you as a brother. In fact, I came here this time to ask for something!" Zheng Jianqiu finally got to the point after straightening his expression.

It's nothing more than money, Lin Jingzhi has been mentally prepared long ago, but now he really wants the Zheng family to ask him for something, only in this way, the two families have a relationship of mutual use, and he can openly use the Zheng family's guise , Dealing with Tian Ji, Wang Meng and others.

Moreover, when the dynasty is unstable, the general in charge of the army is obviously much more powerful than the senior officials in charge of government affairs.

"Brother Zheng, what's the matter, just say it, if the younger brother can do it, there is no other way!"

"Okay, my virtuous brother is really quick to speak. In fact, my brother came here this time because he wanted to..."

Just as Zheng Jianqiu was about to express his intentions, he suddenly heard a voice outside the door, "Respect, respect, my brother came to see you!"

Hearing the voice outside the door, Lin Jingzhi was slightly taken aback, then quickly stood up, walked to the door, and greeted him.