Chapter 4 Governor Lin was imprisoned
Lin Xi has always thought that his father is a typical pedantic doctor, and he wants to make this account book just to let Lin Qing eliminate the guilt in his heart, and calmly face these ill-gotten gains, which can be used for self-protection in the future, but he never thought of challenging the entire Jiangnan bureaucracy.
However, Lin Qing really regarded himself as a strong man facing the light and going deep into the darkness.
Governor Lin already has an excellent reputation in Shilin, because ill-gotten wealth is easy to come by, and generosity is not distressed, and it has been popular for a long time so that it has really attracted a group of people with lofty ideals, and in the past six years, he has searched a lot of evidence of corruption and perversion of the law.
At that time, Lin Xi's cold was recurring, and he didn't have much energy to focus on it, but his father finally knew how to tactfully detour, and he was also very relieved to see that Lin Zhifu was an official. However, when the body recovered a little and had the spirit, they found that the things that their father and son had sorted out were already shocking, and the official positions involved were getting higher and higher, and the number of people was increasing, and they could almost overturn most of Huaizhou.
Lin Xi wanted to stop, but looking at his father's increasingly resolute eyes, every time he came to his mouth, the words of persuasion stuck in his throat and he couldn't say anything, so he could only secretly think about how to hide these terrible things.
But he knew that one day his father would do something crazy.
Now the time to wait has finally come, but a Pei Xuan let the hole card in his hand instantly become a life-threatening token, which Lin Qing never expected.
But fortunately, although Lin Qing trusted Pei Xuan, he did not tell Lin Xi about it.
Listening to Lin Qing's words, Lin Xi's turbulent mood calmed down a little, "So, Senior Brother Pei only knows that my father has an account book, which involves evidence of official corruption and perversion of the law, but he doesn't know who is specifically recorded in it, what he has done, and he doesn't know where the account book is?"
"Yes, sue SΓΉ Xuan'er, I am afraid that if my father has a good person, I can let him take advantage of this to maneuver and protect the two of you. Perhaps it was the heart of a loving father who didn't want his beloved young son to fall into this quagmire, so he revealed it to his students a little.
This is the most fortunate thing, otherwise it would not have been for Pei Xuan to persuade him, I am afraid that he would have directly killed him. In a house, the master and the slave are only thirty people, and it is really not difficult to quietly extinguish the mouth.
Different from Lin Qing's gentlemanly sentiment of planning to sacrifice his life to be upright, Lin Xi thought about how to stabilize the other party first, seek to get out, and then consider the righteousness in his heart. He was thinking about discussing with Lin Qing whether to modify the few books in the account book that were not very bad first, and find a time to send them out, although the time was a little tighter, it was better than doing nothing now.
However, before he could organize his words, he felt a pair of hands touch his face, and when he looked up, he saw Lin Qing's solemn and square face.
Lin Qing looked at the son in front of him, his poor pale face finally had blood, and he was also very comforted in his heart, so he said softly: "I am not afraid of anything for my father, but I can't let you go, I want to be such a small one, weak as a kitten, I don't even have the strength to open my eyes, and I don't know when I will leave." Fortunately, Wu'er has a big life, and Dr. Min is benevolent, but he is finally free from the entanglement of illness, and Xi'er can marry a wife and have children in the future to live an ordinary life. β
Speaking of this, Lin Qing paused, and seemed to be reluctant, but sighed helplessly, and said: "Although my father is not used to the style of the Yongning Hou Mansion, and the relationship with the Hou Mansion is not good, but now I am very glad that your mother is a noble daughter. Xi'er, you are the grandson of Mrs. Tai's in-laws, and she has been thinking about you all the time in the past few years, and all kinds of precious supplements have not been interrupted on weekdays. I remember that your mother just went there and sent a letter to pick you up to Beijing to recuperate, if it weren't for the reluctance of your father, Dr. Min is a famous miracle doctor, I am afraid that he would have been taken away a long time ago. β
Lin Qing touched Lin Xi's face, and the reluctance in his eyes moved Lin Xi, and he called in a low voice: "Daddy......"
"My father has already sent a letter, I'm afraid that someone will come to Beijing soon, if he comes, Xi'er will follow. Don't be reluctant to be reluctant, Dad, if you and I are destined for father and son, after the matter settles, Dad will come to pick you up. β
Lin Xi's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at his father in a daze.
"I'm not leaving. He heard himself.
"Hugh is going to mess around. Although Lin Qing scolded, his tone was not heavy at all, but with pity and guilt, he persuaded, "This sudden change in the situation, my father doesn't know where it will go in the end, Xi'er and listen to her father's arrangement, don't let your father have any scruples?"
It's not good at all, as soon as he leaves, I'm afraid it will be difficult to see it in the future. It's just that in the face of the resolute Lin Qing, Lin Xi knows that no matter how much he persuades, it will be difficult to change, so he has to go back to the house first and think carefully before making plans, there will always be a way.
Lin Xi knew that there was not much time, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, so fast that he didn't even have a trace of arrangement.
Not long after Lin Qing went to the mansion, Lin Xi was still freshening up and changing his clothes when he heard a commotion from the outer courtyard, and then a cry from far and near, and he was about to enter the bedroom.
Before Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan could scold, Lin Fang and a few other subordinates broke straight in and fell to their knees, crying and shouting: "Young master, something is wrong! There are many officers and soldiers outside, and they have surrounded the house! Now they have broken in, and the housekeeper only stepped forward to ask a few words, and then he was knocked to the ground, but he couldn't get up. β
Lin Xi's face changed suddenly, and he got up in a hurry, only to hear Tuan Tuan's low voice, and his shaking body was stabilized by the two girls.
He didn't care about the blackness in front of him, and asked urgently: "What about Dad? Can he come back?"
One of the servants hurriedly replied, "I didn't see the master, and ...... The old man is afraid that it is not good, the little one heard that an official advised the butler not to do much, but he heard the man say, 'The prefect is in prison, what is there to be afraid of, can you still find Lao Tzu to settle accounts', young master, the lord is the prefect, the largest in the entire Huaizhou city, who would dare to put him in prison...... Master, what can I do about this...... We...... Let's ......"
Later, he cried loudly.
When he said this, everyone in the room wept together, as if a great calamity was coming.
Lin Xiqiang couldn't hold back his panic, and kept saying to himself that the muzzle of the black hole hole had been faced, were you afraid of something?
"Let's go out and have a look. He heard himself say calmly, but as soon as he left the room, he heard Zhou's mother's angry scolding.
"Presumptuous, my wife is the third lady of the Yongning Hou Mansion in Beijing, and the current Yongning Hou is the uncle of my family's in-laws. You are all fearless, aren't you just bullying the young master of the Lin family who is young and ignorant? My young master is weak, and he can't tolerate you being rude, if something goes wrong, as long as someone in the Lin Mansion sees it, your master may not be fine, can you also escape the catastrophe?"
Zhou's mother is worthy of being the dowry chosen by Mrs. Yongning for her youngest daughter, and she has no fear in the face of these tiger and wolf soldiers, but instead reprimands her fiercely, and for a while she also suppressed a group of officers and soldiers.
Then they saw two chubby girls open the curtain, and a handsome young man came out of it, looking thin, but there was no trace of panic between his eyebrows, only to see his clear eyes glanced at them lightly, and said coldly: "My father is the emperor who appointed the prefect of Huaizhou, and now he has not seen the holy decree, and he has been put into prison without seeing the Qincha, it can be seen that the person is a dog jumped off the wall in a hurry, and the grasshopper after the autumn will not be able to jump for a while." Now that the Lin family is just in trouble, there are villains who have fallen into the well, this young master wants to see if our Lin family can be surrounded for a while, and whether we can be surrounded for a lifetime! I don't care who is behind it, if I suffer shame today, I will fight to the death of a fish, and I will also go to Beijing to sue for a complaint!"
No one saw Lin Xi's clenched hands behind his back, his nails already deeply embedded in the flesh.
Perhaps Lin Xi's fearlessness in danger had an effect, and there was some hesitation on the faces of the officers and soldiers, but at this time, a laugh came suddenly, and the officers and soldiers got out of the way, and saw Master Li and Master Cao, the general judge, walking together.
"I have always heard that Young Master Lin is frail and sickly, and it is not common for him to be raised by Lord Lin in the deep boudoir, and the official is worried that something will happen to the adult, and the Lin Mansion has no idea, and the officers and soldiers rudely abrupt Young Master Lin, so I came to take a look, if I can take care of one or two, it is also worthy of the righteousness of Lord Lin's comrades. Now I'm relieved, I thought it was a little milk cat who didn't understand current affairs, but I didn't want to be a tiger cub with bared fangs. β
Lin Xi couldn't wait to expose the faces of these two people and step on them a few times, but now he had to hold back deeply, and knocked with his hand: "Two uncles, the little nephew really has no choice, my father is not here, and there is no one in charge of the huge house, so I have to say hard, and now when I see Uncle Shi, a stone suddenly falls to the ground in my heart." The boy is helpless, my father has always been safe and upright, but he doesn't know what he committed and went to prison? β
He took a deep breath and looked up with a sincere gaze.
The faces of the two adults suddenly softened, and they even squeezed out a smile that could be called loving.
"Someone complained to the governor, Lord Daolin was corrupt and perverted the law, and the imperial court allocated every year to repair the embankment and build agriculture and silver were not in hand, and even the imperial court taxes were all one or two out of ten, the evidence was convincing, and the governor had to be imprisoned first, and then report to the court after the investigation was clear, and now he had to be wronged first. β
Lin Xi lowered his head and tried to hide the cold light in his eyes, but he heard them continue to induce, "Virtuous nephew, such a large amount of silver taels is not easy to hide, for the sake of Lord Lin's reputation, Lord Governor wants us to carefully search the Lin Mansion, and we must not let go of the slightest ...... It's just that if Lord Lin had foreseen it and had evidence to prove his innocence, it would be better, and it would save the trouble from disturbing the house and adding to the trouble. β
Although both pairs of eyes were smiling, they were staring at Lin Xi tightly, trying to find a trace on his face, but Lin Xi looked like he was only fifteen years old on the outside, but in his previous life, he had always been used to acting coquettishly, and he could also perfunctory the past.
I saw that he was shocked at first, then angry, then distressed, and finally shook his head and said: "Uncle Shi knows that I have always been in poor health, and my father often stares at taking medicine when he sees me, so he doesn't bother me with these things, and today's events have no warning at all, and my little nephew is also confused." However, this slander is obviously indiscriminate, because my unbearable body has a large cost of medicinal supplements, and the house has always been thrifty, if there is really such a large amount of silver, how can I live such a hard life, I am afraid that my father has offended people and deliberately slandered him, the two uncles have a good relationship with my father, and I implore Uncle Shi to give him justice, otherwise my father's reputation ...... Ahem......"
Before he finished speaking, his body was already curled up, and he couldn't help coughing. Mother Zhou immediately took out a brocade bag from her waist, quickly poured out a pill and stuffed it into Lin Xi's mouth, gave a cup of white water in a round and clever manner, patted Lin Xi's back lightly, and said in her mouth: "Young master, the doctor said that your body is the most fragile, you can't be happy and sad, and you are the most jealous of being overly careful, now that there are two adults here, the master will be fine, you better go back and rest, otherwise your body will be ......."
Lin Xi waved his hand and pushed them away, and said to Li Tongzhi and Cao Tongju: "Uncle Shi, the little nephew's body is really not angry, if you want to search the house, you can search it, just ask Uncle Shi to understand, let's start with my house, the little nephew is really useless......"
With a wry smile, he took Zhou's mother's hand and turned sideways.
The servants of the Lin family all got out of the way, Cao Tongju nodded, and the officers and soldiers entered in turn, followed by the sound of rummaging over the cabinets.
Listening to the sound inside, Lin Xi seemed to suddenly think of something, and said: "If Dad always works in the study if he has something, I can't say that Dad has the foresight, he has already prepared, I remember that there is a secret door in the cabinet on the left side of the study, once I happened to go to him and met him, if there is something important, it is estimated that it is also there." β
As soon as Lin Xi finished speaking, the eyes of the two of them lit up instantly.
Secretly hiding the ridicule in his heart, "Uncle Shi must be careful when looking for it, and you must be careful of things, so that your father will come back...... Angry...... Ahem......"
After a heart-rending dry cough, he shook his body, closed his eyes, and fell sideways.
So immediately the soldiers were in chaos, the reunion was loud, and the crying was particularly loud, and in a trance, I only heard Lord Li's voice, "Quick, send your young master to bed, what about the doctor, go and ask for a doctor......
I vaguely heard a muttering again, "If you can't find it, forget it, I don't think Lin Qing's old boy will also hand over the account book to this kid." β
The noisy footsteps left quickly, and Lin Xi lay on the bed and looked at Fang Liang silently with his eyes open.