Lord of the House

At this time, the cold winter is approaching, and in the middle of the night, the roads and fields are also frosted early. The second son, Lin Xuzong, was lying on the soft couch in the carriage, and the curtains of the carriage were rolled up. He looked at the frosty fields on both sides of the road, and in the distance was Wangxiang Tower, his private garden on the south bank of Shanglinxi. On the west bank of the Lianghe River, there are tung oil paper wind lanterns hanging on the eaves on the northeast corner, just below the dark red stars in the night sky.

If today's humiliation can be endured, the prestige that has been built up in the clan over the years has been reduced to ashes, how can people be worthy of it?

Lin Xuzong was lying on the brocade couch, unable to move. Although the executioner had mercy in his hand and did not strip his **** off, Lin Xuzong still beat the barbed iron whip ten times, and the whip saw blood. At this time, the medicine was applied, and there was still a burning pain in addition to the coolness. That iron whip was still the weapon that the ancestors of the Lin clan used when they served the emperor. Lin Xuzong didn't know why such a weapon used for fighting in the battlefield was reduced to a torture weapon for the clansmen in the ancestral hall to violate the rules of the clan. Probably because they sucked enough blood, these two iron whips were black and shiny, and even if they were not touched for a long time, they would not rust.

In the cold wind, there was a faint sound of wind bells, jingling, and the sound of horses' hooves crossing the stone street was clear from far to near in the night.

Hearing the sound of the hooves, Lin Xuzong propped himself up and looked into the distance. Right at the gate of the garden, he asked the carriage to stop. After a while, he saw more than a dozen black figures on horseback appearing in the field of vision.

The sudden appearance of the rider made the servants beside the carriage very nervous. The corners of Lin Xuzong's mouth twitched, revealing a cold smile. Seeing that the faces of the dozen or so horses gradually became clear in front of him, he sneered in his heart: Everyone else knows that I am a good horse, and I bought it generously. Horses, villagers and villagers are all foot soldiers, but no one has asked me where the war horses that I have purchased over the years are hidden?

There is a small forest in the northeast corner of Wangxiang Tower, and there are a few figures hidden in the shadows.

"This **** is really raising bandits in private!" Zhao Hu clenched his fists and watched Lin Xuzong meet a dozen knights at the north entrance of Wangxianglou Garden.

"In order to make the Cao City in Shiliang County gather in Shanglindu, and make the benefits of Shanglindu Cao City go to the Lin family, it is not unimaginable to raise pirates in private." In line with his previous guess, seeing is believing, naturally there is no surprise in his heart, thinking that he will go to Jiangning to develop in the future, and collude with Qin Chengzu and the others in private, in the eyes of the government, it is just as unforgivable, even if it is unforgivable, what is the harm? ? However, he said with a slight contempt, "Second Young Master Xue Shao's thoughts are urgent, but it's a pity that his wish can't be fulfilled, I'm really sorry for him."

"In the past two years, in the past two years, the head of the family seldom came forward to deal with matters in Shanglin, and the seventh lady and the second son handled it separately. Today, the second son put a knife on your neck like a dog and dared not say a word. Kneeling on the muddy floor of the Luoma Market, how can he convince the public if he doesn't find his place in the future, let alone suppress the Seventh Lady?" Zhao Hu was not stupid, and he said schadenfreude aside.

After lurking in the woods for a while, I saw the dozen or so riders sneak away after Lin Xuzong's face, Lin Xuzong also entered the garden in a carriage surrounded by servants, Lin Fu stood up and shook the frost-covered Clothes, and said, "Even if there are still Kou soldiers hidden by Lin Xuzong in private, they are probably limited..." They stood in the woods and waited for Wu Qi, who was lurking and peeping closer, to return.

Even if he saw Lin Xuzong and his servants entering the garden, all the Kou soldiers that Lin Xuzong had raised had to leave. Wu Qi was very cautious when he returned. Zhao Hu, even with his eyes on Wu Qi's return route, waited until Wu Qi sneaked back to the front ten. Mi Chu noticed that the traces of the weeds on the waist under the moon blowing by the wind were a little strange, and exclaimed, "Master Crow is really good at it?"

"The ability to catch cats and steal dogs is not worth mentioning." Crow Wu Qi smiled, his black and thin face showing dazzling white teeth.

"You are also good at catching cats and stealing dogs. Can a countryman have such good teeth as you?" Zhou Pu said. He was not angry that Wu Qi did not go to sea and would not return Mo Dao and Sang Mu Gong to him. Wu Qi excused Zhou Pu in the future. If you want to go to Jiangning with Lin Fu, you will also appear in the bright place. Usually, the waist knife around the head is quite conspicuous. It is not that he usually hides in the dark.

"What did you hear?" Lin Fu asked Wu Qi.

"There are about 70 or 80 of them in total, and they all have good horses. They don't know the direction we are going, they just spread it out to search. The nets that are thrown by the seventy or eighty people, if you take a hundred people through it, you are not afraid of being discovered. , I am afraid that someone will give them a tip and reveal their whereabouts during the day. We will go to Huyan now, so as not to be afraid that people will see the whereabouts during the day. "

Lin Bie nodded. He found out his whereabouts at Huyan. It was a big deal for them to drive their horses far away, but if the news spread, they would be used by Lin Xuzong to fan the flames, which would be detrimental to the seventh lady. No hesitation at the moment, taking advantage of the moonlight to walk through the woods, looking at the dark shadow of Tiemu Mountain, their horses were hidden in a hunting camp at the foot of the mountain, Chen Enze also asked someone to wait for him.

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After leading the horse in the Cao Liao, they went up the mountain. A mountain pass deep in the forest on the mountainside was the real hiding place for Wu Qi and the others in Dongyang.

This time, there were six Liuma bandits who accompanied Wu Qi to Dongyang. They would all hide in the dark and wait for Lin Fu and Zhou Pu's emissaries. At the mule market, Wu Qi only showed up with two people, waiting for Lin Fu and Zhou Pu. Pu went to the joint, but did not expect to cause these disputes.

After Lin Bie met the seventh lady in secret outside the ancestral hall, he learned that the person rescued in Shiliang County today was Gu Wuchen, the deputy envoy of Jiangdong Inspector, and decided not to rush to leave Shanglinli and go to Jiangning. If he could go to Jiangning with the help of Gu Wuchen's east wind, it would be much better than a man who offended his family and was forced to leave his hometown.

Lin Fu was also worried that Zhou Pu and Chen Size would have problems with the registration of household registration. There were some people in Shiliang County who flattered the Lin family, but some did not deal with the Lin family. The reason why Lin Fu decided to attack Lin Xuzong in Luoma City was to Create the illusion that "offend the powerful people of the Lin family and have to go to Jiangning to avoid disaster". In this way, even if someone in Shiliang County wanted to pick on the flaws of Zhou Pu and Chen Enze's identity, they could not find them to testify. In addition, he had to leave his hometown Dongyang House alone, but he went to Jiangning House to seek development. He always had to have a suitable excuse, and he could never tell others that he was leaving for Sumei.

On the other hand, Lin Fu also knew in his heart that Mrs. Seven really hoped that she could help her in Shanglindu. Even if she was not the former self, since she took up this body, she could not shirk her due responsibility. Speaking of which, Gu Yingxiu was just a **** launched by Lin Tingxun to suppress the second son Lin Xuzong's premature struggle for clan power. Once Lin Xuzong's ambitions could not be contained, Gu Yingxiu's situation would be quite dangerous. Today's toss and blows against Lin Xuzong's arrogance will naturally suppress his ambitions.

Zhao Hu saw that Wu Qi and the others were so cautious even when they were looking for a place to stay, and he admired it very much. When he walked into the mountain, he saw that there were no less than 60 thoroughbred horses hidden in the woods. A horse snorted, but in Linzi he didn't notice anything unusual, Zhao Hu was taken aback: "How can you bring so many horses into Dongyang?"

"Lin Ye and Zhou Pu went to Jiangning and then to Chongzhou. After going around in circles, we left Tinghu and rushed to Dongyang. We found such a hiding place. In more than half a month, we turned it into Zero, bring all these horses from Admiral Huai." Wu Qi said quite proudly, it was his specialty to break things into pieces and hide traces, otherwise Qin Chengzu would not have made him responsible for this.

Although Qin Chengzu and others have been in Huaihe for many years, they mostly live in villages where they farm and grow their own crops. It was the few hundred horses that remained.

It is difficult for people on the island to feed, so naturally they cannot bring war horses that eat more than ten times as much as adults to the island. Although he was reluctant to give up, these war horses had to be sold on the shore and exchanged for money to buy supplies and transport them to Changshan Island, so that others could survive and stand firm on Changshan Island.

After Lin Fu and Zhou Pu left, Qin Chengzu and the others in Xinpu County, Huai'an Prefecture, had already taken out more than 40 good-breed war horses and exchanged them for a ship of supplies to go to Changshan Island, but they still had a group of good horses on Huai'an.

Sixty thoroughbred horses that can be used as war horses are a considerable wealth in this world, UU reading www. uukanshu. com Lin Xuzong was even willing to pay 3,000 taels of silver for ten thoroughbred horses in the Luoma market.

Wu Qi brought back only six people to deal with the horses on Huai Shang. Wu Qi knew that if he had private contact with those cottages or village tycoons who were in urgent need of war horses to sell horses, the biggest possibility was that these horses would feed these individuals meat without spitting bones, blood without spitting up foam. The people who were robbed by force, even the people who sold their horses would be in danger - private transactions would not work, and they would not dare to go to the official market to sell horses in public.

Originally, it was planned to smuggle these thoroughbreds to Shanglindu in batches, but everything would never develop according to the plan. The greed of the Lin family is one reason. Neither Lin Fu nor Zhou Pu are naive enough to think that Lin Xuzong will really pay a high price to buy these horses. There were not only two cases of selling goods and leaving Shanglindu and being robbed; Lin Tie's identity and status in Shanglindu was not enough for the Lin family to suppress their greed for 60 horses and conduct private transactions fairly.

"Go pick one." Wu Qi said to Zhao Hu, pointing to the horse in the forest.

"Really!" Zhao Hu couldn't believe it. Dongyang mansion cost six or seven thousand dollars for a ox, and the price of an ordinary camel-carried horse was twice that of an ox. Although Zhao Hu had always admired the majesty of riding on horseback Lin Lin, but the price of riding a horse made him shrink back, not to mention these war horses galloping on the Huaihe River.

Zhao Hu happily walked into the woods to pick the most desirable horse. Lin Fu, Zhou Pu, and Wu Qi found the roots and sat on them, looking at these war horses and worrying, he couldn't lead him just because he was a master. Sixty thoroughbred horses were sold in the official market. Lin Fu thought that he would discuss the matter with the Seventh Madam tomorrow. At least one batch should be digested in Shanglindu, otherwise they would all be brought to Jiangning. The goal would be too big. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter