Need for money

After walking out of the hut, Lin Jingzhi turned around, closed the door carefully, then nodded to Aunt Yu who was standing outside the door, and the two walked into the side room one after the other.

Before entering the house, he waved his hand to signal the maid behind him not to follow.

In the side room, there was an old man about 50 years old in blue clothes who was sitting on a chair. When he saw the two people coming in, he quickly stood up and took two steps forward, and knelt down on the ground with a plop, "Old slave Chai Fang , please greet the second master."

Chai Convenience was the manager of the other hospital outside the city. He didn't know Aunt Yu and didn't know how to address her, so he only greeted Lin Jingzhi.

Lin Jingzhi's face was sullen, and he didn't ask Chai Fang to get up, but walked to the seat inside while wiping his body, lifted the hem of his clothes, and sat on the chair. Aunt Yu followed closely and was about to stand on his seat Behind him, he received Lin Jingzhi's look, hesitated for a moment, and sat beside him.

Chai Fang knew that such a big thing happened, the master must have been extremely annoyed, he didn't dare to raise his head, moved his legs a few times, turned around and still knelt there.

Lin Jingzhi stared at Chai Fang for a while, then picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of warm tea. He picked it up, blew on it, fiddled with the tea leaves on the water with the lid of the cup, and drank slowly. He didn't speak, so the room could only hear the light and crisp sound of the cup lid and the teacup colliding.

The sound was not loud, but each beat seemed to coincide with Chai Fang's heartbeat. After a while, Chai Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, was forced by the invisible pressure around him to see sweat on his forehead, and his tightly clenched fists were wet.

With a sound of 'bang', Lin Jingzhi put the teacup on the table in a nonchalant manner, and Chai Fang shivered instinctively in fright.

Seeing Chai Fang trembling with fear, Lin Jingzhi knew that the heat was almost ready, so he asked, "Are you the steward of the other courtyard in the west of the city?"

"Yes, this old slave is the steward of the other courtyard in the west of the city." Chai Fang kowtowed and hurriedly replied.

"The third master was robbed last night?" Lin Jingzhi asked again.

Chai Fang didn't dare to look up, and replied: "Yes, after the gangster robbed the third master, he left a letter in the room, saying that the Lin family is not allowed to report to the officials." After finishing speaking, Chai Fang took out a letter from his sleeve. The letter paper was raised high above his head.

Lin Jingzhi was taken aback when he heard the words, and was slightly surprised. Could it be that he had guessed wrong, and Wang Meng was not the mastermind behind the robbery of Lin Lizhi?Generally, only the person who tied the meat ticket will leave a letter and threaten the relatives of the victim not to report to the official, otherwise the ticket will be torn up.

A look of surprise flashed across his handsome face, Lin Jingzhi didn't go up to pick up the letter, but suddenly lowered his voice a little bit, with a hint of chill, "Since the third master was arrested last night The person has been robbed, so why didn't you come and report it early in the morning?"

"Back... back to the second master, old... this old slave only got the news from the maid in the other courtyard at the end of Chen... Chen, and then... hurriedly reported it to the old lady." Chai Fang concluded. After Baba finished speaking, beads of sweat oozed out from his forehead.

"The master was robbed at night, and you, a slave, didn't know the news until the next morning, Chai Fang, you really qualified as a slave." Lin Jingzhi suppressed the anger in his heart, Said in one word.

"I know I was wrong, please forgive me, please forgive me." When there was such a big mess in the other courtyard, Chai Fang knew that he would be punished, so he kowtowed in fright, hit the ground, and went out. There was a sound of 'bang, bang'.

After Chai Fang kowtowed for about ten times, he was already terrified, and Lin Jingzhi opened his mouth slowly, "This is the end, what's the use of kowtowing? If you don't hurry up and tell us everything you know, we'll be fine." Find the third master as soon as possible."

"Yes." Chai Fang didn't care about kowtowing to the pain of a splitting headache, touched his forehead to the ground, and replied anxiously: "The third master was detained after dinner last night... no, he followed the servant back to his room to rest. The next morning, the maid went to look for the third master when he got up to eat and found out that the third master was gone, and the boy who usually followed the third master had his throat cut off with a knife, and died. gone."

"Don't tell me you only know this!" Lin Jingzhi said coldly.

"Second...Second master, this old slave really only knows so much." Chai Fang was shocked by the chill in the voice.

"Crack!" Lin Jingzhi slapped the table beside him with his palm, knocking the teacup high, and he stood up abruptly, shouting angrily, "What you said is all nonsense, it's useless at all!"

From Chai Fang's words, Lin Jingzhi can already be sure that Lin Lizhi's life in the other courtyard must be very difficult, but he doesn't know that this is the old lady Lin's special account, asking them to take Lin Lizhi away. Pay close attention, it was the Chai Fangnu in front of him who bullied the master, that's why he didn't deal with him immediately.

"Second Master, before this old slave came, I searched all the corners of the other courtyard, and gathered all the servants together to ask them one by one. It is true that no one found anything unusual last night." Chai Fang knelt He kowtowed a few more times on the ground, then remembered something, and said:

"Aunt Zhen has been living in another courtyard, and she didn't hear anything unusual last night."

Aunt Zhen is Lin Lizhi's biological mother, and even she hasn't heard any troubles. It seems that there is no useful news from Chai Fang's mouth.

"Go out, let's go to the other courtyard in the west of the city together later!" Lin Jingzhi waved Chai Fang out of the hut.

Seeing that Chai Fang put the letter on the table, ran out of the room, and closed the door behind her back, Aunt Yu said: "Second Master, don't worry, the maid and concubine heard it from Steward Chai. A few useful pieces of news."

"Oh? Come on out and listen." Lin Jingzhi was feeling a headache, so he said hastily.

Aunt Yu gave Lin Jingzhi a cup of warm tea in a rare and thoughtful way, slowed down the pace, signaled Lin Jingzhi not to be too anxious, and then replied: "Second Master, Housekeeper Chai said that Lin Lizhi was robbed last night. , and no one heard any abnormal noises, what does this mean? This means that the gangsters are proficient in martial arts, and they all have good skills!"

Lin Jingzhi's eyes brightened when he heard the words, and he nodded in agreement.

Aunt Yu had heard of Lin Lizhi's name before, and knew that he was a rascal, so she didn't call him the third master, but only called him by his first name.

He continued: "In addition to being highly skilled, those people should also be very familiar with the other courtyards in the west of the city. Otherwise, how could they have entered behind the wall and went straight to Lin Lizhi's room, only killing a person who often followed Lin Lizhi on weekdays?" The boy next to me?"

"Yes, that's right!" Lin Jingzhi slapped his thigh, stood up, and hurriedly walked a few times in the middle of the hut. Just now he saw that Mrs. Lin was hit, and he was so angry that he was too anxious. He couldn't hear anything, and after hearing Aunt Yu's reminder, Mao Sai suddenly understood.

"Let's go, let's go to the west of the city now, and see if we can find out the trick!" Since those villains are very familiar with the west of the city, and they can't even go wrong at night, they must have bribed a servant of the Lin family To be an internal agent, and as long as they find that internal agent, they will naturally be able to find out who is the black hand behind the scenes.

When Aunt Yu saw that the scholar had figured it out, she nodded, but she didn't act immediately. Instead, she picked up a teacup and approached it in front of him, signaling him to drink a cup of tea to quench the fire.

After nodding to Aunt Yu, Lin Jingzhi took the tea, opened his mouth wide and gulped it down, "Go, I won't make the same mistake again."

No matter what you do, you can only make mistakes if you maintain a normal mind. If you don’t believe me, you can find out among the people around you to see if the more irritable and impatient people are, the less they can do great things.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, he picked up the letter. Lin Jingzhi stuffed it into his arms without even reading it. The two of them walked out of the wing one after another, summoning a servant to send a message to the guards, asking them to lead the horse to the gate. , while Chai Fang followed closely behind the two.

But the two of them hadn't taken a few steps when they saw a little girl running towards her in front of her. This little girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, maybe she ran a little too fast, her tired chest rose and fell sharply, she was out of breath, and the little girl His face was also a little red, and when he came close, he hurriedly bowed his knees to salute, and said anxiously: "Second Master, there is a distinguished guest!"