Chapter VIII: Apologies
"Who killed people on Suzaku Heavenly Street?"
The middle-aged man with the appearance of the commander and a large group of soldiers quickly surrounded Lin Mo and the others, and when he saw the sturdy man with his head separated, he was even more angry in his heart.
A quarter of an hour ago, Ji Qian, the commander of the security battalion of Qiantian City, was drinking in the security commander's mansion, and heard his subordinates tell him that Cao Yan, the son of Cao Yuan, the head of the household department, was on the heavenly street, instructing the cultivators in his mansion to want to bully women.
Hearing this news, Ji Qian was furious, and he picked up his sword and wanted to rush to the scene to stop Cao Yan, but he thought that Cao Yan was the son of Cao Yuan, the doctor of the household department, and Cao Yuan was backed by King Rong, and the helpless Ji Qian had the intention to stop it, but he was powerless.
Holding back the grief and indignation in his heart, Ji Qian drank sullen wine in the mansion, and not long after drinking, he heard the report of his subordinates that the cultivators under Cao Yan were killed, and there was chaos in Suzaku Heavenly Street.
As a swordsman, Ji Qian's heart was shocked, he picked up his sword, ordered his generals, and hurried over.
"Commander Ji, help, it's these people who kill people on the street. Seeing that Ji Qian came with a large group of soldiers, the playboy Cao Yan had a backer, staggered to Ji Qian's side, and accused Lin Mo of instructing his subordinates to kill people.
Hearing that someone was killing people in the Qiantian City, where he was responsible for security, if this matter was heard by those who had a heart, and they were accusing themselves of the crime of ineffective jurisdiction, the commander of his security battalion would be gone, and Ji Qianzi was unhappy.
But after thinking about it, Cao Yan's guard leader is the same as himself, he is a cultivator of the sword master realm, and listening to his subordinates, the other party can kill Cao Yan's guard leader in an instant, that realm is at least a great sword master.
can get the escort of a great sword master, how can that person be a simple person, how can he afford to provoke him, but if he doesn't do anything, then Cao Yuan, the old fox, probably won't let him go, and the heart of entanglement and embarrassment suddenly arose in Ji Qian's heart.
Just when his heart of embarrassment suddenly rose, Ji Qian suddenly saw the eldest grandson's sorrowful voice, and his spirit was instantly shocked: Isn't this Jieyu Niangniang? How can you be so intimate with other men on the street.
Oh, I remember, she was secretly rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor to the new Shangqing doctor, the Mo Sect Master Lin Mo, could it be that the young man is the Mo Sect Master?
Well, if you can be protected by a great sword master, it must be!
When the thought fell, Ji Qian hurriedly ordered the soldiers surrounding Lin Mo and the others to retreat, put away his sword and sheath it, stepped forward a few steps, and said respectfully to Lin Mo: "Your Excellency, is it Lin Shangqing who His Majesty the Emperor asked to come down the mountain?"
Lin Mo gently pushed away the hundred miles of Allure in his arms, and let go of the big hand holding the hand of the eldest grandson Yuyinyu, looked at the person in front of him, and said, "It's Benqing, who is Your Excellency?"
Ji Qian's expression was respectful, and he bowed and saluted: "Commander of the Xiaguan Security Battalion, Ji Qian pays a visit to Lord Shangqing." ”
Seeing that Ji Qian was so respectful to Lin Mo and called him Shangqing, Cao Yan secretly screamed in his heart, waiting for an opportunity to find a gap, and then slipped away.
"Oh, it turned out to be Commander Ji. Lin Mo saw Cao Yan running away, but he also ordered to be recovered, just looked at Ji Qian, and said with a smile: "I don't know why Commander Ji came?"
For Ji Qian, Lin Mo knows a lot, he has 10,000 soldiers under him, he did not throw himself into the Hou Party, nor did he rely on the Rong Party, he was a neutral person.
As for the reason why Ji Qian was the commander of the security battalion, but he was able to maintain neutrality, Lin Mo could also guess that the Hou Party and the Rong Party both disdained these 10,000 soldiers, looked down on the security battalion, and even disdained to woo and recruit Ji Qian, the Wupinsan military attache in this district.
"Xia Guan heard that the son of Cao Yuan, the head doctor of the household department, instructed the cultivators in the mansion to have a fight with people in Tianjie, and there were deaths. ”
Saying that, Ji Qian turned his head to look at Cao Yan, and wanted Cao Yan to apologize to Lin Mo, but found that there was no trace of Cao Yan.
Ji Qian hurriedly looked back and said to Lin Mogong: "It turned out to be Cao Yan's house, who was embarrassed by Lord Shangqing's two wives, and it was the lower officials who neglected to overlook, which frightened the two ladies, and I ask Lord Shangqing to forgive me." ”
"Commander Ji is serious. Lin Mo looked at the happy Baili Allure City beside him, and said with a faint smile: "My third lady is worried about being bored in Qiantian City, and I can fight with people today, just to relieve my boredom." ”
Saying that, Lin Mo had a faint sense of shame on his face, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, it was Benqing's people who killed people within the jurisdiction of Commander Ji and caused trouble for Commander Ji, but Commander Ji can rest assured that Benqing will take care of this matter." ”
"The lower official is ashamed, if there is anything to the lord of Shangqing in the future, even if he orders the lower official, the lower official will do his best to do it for the lord of Shangqing. ”
Ji Qian is forty-six this year, promoted to the sword master at the age of thirty-five, and served as the commander of the Wupin Security Battalion at the age of thirty-eight, but he has been squeezed out and oppressed by the Hou Party and the Rong Party.
"That's very good. Lin Mo saw Ji Qian's attachment, and said with a faint smile: "If there is something to Benqing in the future, it will be troublesome to Commander Ji." ”
"It is incumbent on the lower officials. ”
After chatting with Ji Qian for a while, Lin Mo wanted to take Baili Allure and the eldest grandson and the two daughters back to the house, but when he saw the big items purchased by the two daughters, he was dumbfounded, and he had to take care of a carriage to hold it.
Inside the wagon.
"Allure, Sorrow, what's going on? Why did you fight with Shang on Suzaku Heavenly Street. "Although Lin Mo can guess the general idea of his brother, he always has to ask the truth, and ask the person concerned.
The eldest grandson Yuyin didn't speak, and Baili Chengcheng sat straight into Lin Mo's arms, and said coquettishly: "What else can happen? It's that Cao Yan and that guy fell in love with the beauty of the concubine and Sister Wuyin." ”
"Flutter-"
Hearing the words of a hundred miles of the city, the eldest grandson who was sitting on the side couldn't help but laugh out loud, and the smile was very moving.
"Why are you laughing?" Looking at the smiling eldest grandson Sorrow, Lin Mo asked inexplicably.
The eldest grandson stopped laughing and said with a smile: "Back to the husband, the concubine is naturally laughing at our sister in Allure." ”
Although Lin Mo has not officially included the eldest grandson Youyin in the room now, the servants of the Lin Mansion have already treated the eldest grandson Yuyin with a lady's courtesy, and they also call it "Mrs. Yuyin", and the eldest grandson Yuyin naturally calls Lin Mo her husband.
"Why is this?" Glancing at the Baili Allure City in his arms, his pretty face was also full of strange colors, Lin Mo suddenly became curious in his heart, he didn't know what kind of medicine these two women were selling in their gourds.
"Here's the thing......" Seeing that the eldest grandson was about to open his mouth to speak, his eyes turned and he told the whole story of what had just happened.
At the end of the morning (9:00), the eldest grandson Yuyin accompanied the bored Baili Allure City to wander on the street, and after visiting many shops and buying nearly a car of things, Baili Allure began to feel bored again.
At this moment, Baili Allure heard the crying of a woman on the street, and hurriedly ran over with a few arrows, and saw Cao Yan bullying a woman from a good family.
The hot-tempered Baili Allure naturally couldn't look at it, his face was cold, and he kicked Cao Yan to the ground with one kick, Cao Yan saw the charming Baili Allure and the bright eldest grandson from the ground, and suddenly his heart rose, and he wanted to take the two girls back home.
As a cultivator who is about to break through to the realm of the Great Sword Master, what is there to fear? Then he fought with Cao Yan's guards, and after a short fight, Lin Mo came.
"So that's the case, that husband's Allure is really a heroine who acts bravely. Seeing Baili Allure coming forward, Lin Mo naturally wanted to praise it.
"Flutter-"
But as soon as Lin Mo's words of praise fell, the eldest grandson Yuyin laughed again: "Husband, Allure is lying to you." ”
"Lie to me?" Lin Mo glanced at the restless Baili Allure in his arms angrily, and asked, "Sorrow, what the hell is going on? ”
The eldest grandson was about to interrupt the words of the eldest grandson when he saw that something was wrong, but Lin Mo covered his mouth.
The eldest grandson smiled and said, "The concubine and Sister Allure just came out of a shop......
The two girls were about to go home after buying things on the street, but the city was still unfinished, and at this moment, Cao Yan, who saw the roe deer's rat eyes, brought a group of guards.
As soon as the little brain melon turned, Baili Allure deliberately threw flattering eyes at Cao Yan, where could Cao Yan stand the flattery of such a stunning woman as Baili Allure, and suddenly his lust rose, and he took a few steps forward, and stretched out his hand to tease Baili Allure.
Seeing Cao Yan's hand stretched out, Baili Allure secretly smiled, and kicked Cao Yan away with a slam kick, Cao Yan's guards saw that the master was beaten, so they naturally fought with Baili Allure, and then Lin Mo came.
After listening to the narration of the eldest grandson's sorrowful voice, Lin Mo pinched the delicate face of Baili Allure: "Okay, you, you troublemaker, not only brought trouble to your husband, but also dared to flatter other men and see how your husband cleaned you up at night." ”
This Cao Yan is the son of Cao Yuan, the doctor of the household department, and now that he has killed one of their swordsmen, it is estimated that later, King Rong will bring Cao Yuan and Cao Yan to the door.
Hearing that Lin Mo was going to clean himself up at night, Baili Allure touched the face that had been pinched by Lin Mo, and said coquettishly: "The good husband of Allure, the concubine body is just bored, I haven't fought for a long time, and the concubine body wants to move her fists and feet." ”
Lin Mo said angrily: "If you want to move your fists and feet, you can find Xifeng and Qiu Yun to help you practice, and there are so many people in the mansion, why do you have to run to the street." ”
"Don't fight with them, concubines. Baili Allure pouted, twisted his body and said, "Xifeng They deliberately lose to me every time, it's not fun at all." ”
Xi Feng and Qiu Yun, who were driving outside the car, heard the words of Baili Alluring City, and they really wanted to cry without tears: Third lady, can you be reasonable?
Every time we win you, you will cry and run to the sect master to complain and be coquettish, saying that we are bullying you, and then the sect master will punish me for not eating for a day, and I will be very hungry if I don't eat for a day.
The car was moving slowly, and the unemployed eldest grandson Wuyin saw that Lin Mo's face suddenly looked a little strange, and hurriedly asked with concern: "What's the matter, husband, are you uncomfortable?"
"No, no! Rest assured, my husband's body is fine. Lin Mo hurriedly shook his head and looked at the hundred-mile city in his arms that was constantly writhing.
Seeing Lin Mo's reaction so big, he originally wanted to tease Lin Mo a little, but he was also taken aback, how did Baili Allure know that Lin Mo was in Li Tai's place today, and he was teased by Li Tai's two concubines.
Later, Lin Mo was reluctantly suppressed by his tenacious willpower, and now after being teased again by the charming and moving Baili Allure, the heart fire is naturally prosperous again.
Feeling Lin Mo's throbbing, a happy smile appeared on the pretty face of Baili Alluring City, now Bai Zhilan's menstrual affairs are still in the past, and the eldest grandson has not officially passed the door, Lin Mo will not touch her.
Baili Allure knew that he had more hope of giving birth to his first child for Lin Mo.
Two quarters of an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of Lin Fu, Lin Mo jumped out of the car, turned around and hugged Baili Allure in his arms, and said to the eldest grandson: "Sorrow, you are under this command, the servants, move the things you and Allure bought in, the husband is in a hurry, so he will leave first." ”
After speaking, he didn't wait for the eldest grandson to react, so he walked to the mansion with a hundred miles of the city, leaving the eldest grandson with a red face, and was stunned for a while.
Walking into the inner courtyard and entering the house, I saw Bai Zhilan resting on a low chair on the side, said a simple hello to her, and carried her into the inner bedroom.
Bai Zhilan seemed to realize something and hurriedly withdrew from the house.
At the third quarter of Shen Shi (17:45), Lin Mo was chatting with Bai Zhilan and the three daughters about interesting things between heaven and earth, when he heard Ding Bo calling someone from the Daolin Mansion outside the house.
Bai Zhilan got up and took the snow cloak and put it on for Lin Mo, Lin Mo said: "The three of you are in the inner courtyard, waiting for your husband to meet this guest who comes." ”
The front yard of the Lin Mansion, the guest hall.
Entering the guest hall, Lin Mo saw the three of them sitting in the hall, it was King Rong, the household doctor Cao Yuan, and Cao Yuan's son Cao Yan, it seemed that they were not here to ask the teacher.
Seeing Lin Mo coming, King Rong, who was dressed in regular clothes and had a humble smile on his face, stood up with Cao Yuan's father and son, and the posture of Corporal Lixian was extremely skillful.
Seeing that Lin Mo was about to bow down, King Rong hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to support him, and said with a modest smile: "I came to visit Lin Shangqing on a snowy day, just for the friendship of friends, why bother to be polite, someone came to bring up the things that this king prepared for Lin Shangqing." ”
After speaking, four servants dressed in King Rong's Mansion walked in carrying two boxes, and the boxes were full of gold, silver and jade, and King Rong smiled and said, "Be careful, please Lin Shangqing smile." ”
"Ding Bo, send someone to carry down the gift from His Royal Highness King Rong. "For other people's gifts, Lin Mo has always been a person who comes, and a large family has to spend, there is no way.
Seeing that Lin Mo accepted the gift, King Rong was secretly happy in his heart, and got down to business directly: "I heard that Dr. Cao's son collided with Lin Shangqing's two wives, and this king specially brought Cao Yuan's son to make amends to Lin Shangqing." ”
As he spoke, King Rong's face suddenly turned cold, and he shouted to Cao Yan: "Cao Yan, you guy, dare to do something trivial to Lin Shangqing's two wives, why don't you hurry up and make amends to Lin Shangqing and ask Lin Shangqing to make amends? If Lin Shangqing is willing to forgive you, this king will spare you, and if Lin Shangqing is displeased, this king will punish you?"
Cao Yan is also bitter in his heart now, obviously he deliberately flattered himself in Baili Allure, and his guard was still dead, he originally went with his father to tell King Rong about Lin Mo's situation, but now he was pulled to make amends.
But King Rong's orders, Cao Yanyan dared not listen, and was about to kneel down to Lin Mo when he got up, Lin Mo hurriedly supported Cao Yan's kneeling body and said, "Master Cao Yan, it's not like this." ”
After holding Cao Yan, Lin Mo looked at King Rong and said with some shame: "Why did King Rong blame Cao Yan Gongzi, the lower official also understood clearly this matter, it was the fault of the third lady of the lower official, and besides, the lower official's people also killed Cao Yan Gongzi A sword master, speaking of which, the lower official wanted to make amends to Cao Yan Gongzi." ”
Saying that, Lin Mo was about to make amends to Cao Yan, and the obese Cao Yuan hurriedly supported Lin Mo and said: "Lord Shangqing's words are serious, it was the child's misconduct that caused what happened later, how can it be your fault Lord Shangqing, don't make amends, but don't break the officials and children." ”
Cao Yan's misconduct? Well, this is also true, it was Cao Yan who couldn't resist the temptation of beauty to make a fuss, Lin Mo smiled loudly: "Actually, both of us are at fault, why don't we shake hands and make friends, okay?"
"Okay, shake hands, that's good. King Rong let out a hearty smile, was in a happy mood, and said, "Why don't you hurry up and bring up the things you prepared for Lin Shangqing to make amends?"
"Yes, His Royal Highness King Rong. Cao Yuan said respectfully, and then shouted outside the hall: "Someone, bring up the gift of reparation prepared by the official for Lord Shangqing." ”
With Cao Yuan's order, one of the four servants of Cao Mansion walked in with a small box, Cao Yuan waved his hand, and the four servants opened the box with a brush.
Lin Mo stood up and looked at the contents inside.
Cao Yuan explained: "Xiaguan has long heard that Lord Shangqing likes to play chess and taste tea, so he specially used the jade chessboard and jade chess pieces made of Tianshan Wenyu, plus the long-lost Ten Endgame chess games of Heaven and Earth, Yunlu Immortal Tea on the extreme peak of Yunlu Mountain to make amends. ”
"In addition, in order to show his sincerity, the lower official will give you an additional box of flying money worth 200,000 gold leaves, please accept it with a smile. ”
Hearing that these things were these things, Lin Mo, who was accustomed to seeing all kinds of rare treasures, was a little moved, because these things were too precious, and they all looked pale and powerless in terms of priceless value.
First of all, let's talk about the jade chessboard and jade chess pieces made of Tianshan warm jade.
This Tianshan warm jade is produced at the bottom of the dragon spring of the Tianshan Mountains, and it takes thousands of years to condense a piece of warm jade that is three feet long, three feet wide, and three inches thick, which is worth a lot of money, but secondly, and more importantly, it is extremely rare.
Holding the jade chess pieces made of Tianshan warm jade in your hand, the feeling is like holding the warm slender jade hand of a beauty, with a slight warmth.
There is also the Ten Endpoints of Heaven and Earth, which has been lost for three hundred years, and its preciousness can be imagined, and it will take only one hundred taels of Yunlu Immortal Tea to be produced in that year.
In the end, this flying money worth 200,000 gold leaves can account for one percent of the national tax of the Great Qian Empire in a year.
Of course, for these precious things, Lin Mo didn't think that Cao Yuan could take out a second-grade doctor, which must have been given by King Rong.
This time it was really a heavy gift, Lin Mo knew that if he accepted these things that were nominally aparation, but were actually solicitations, he would have to give a corresponding heavy gift.
Looking at these in front of him, after Lin Mo calmed down, he smiled loudly and said, "Okay, Benqing has accepted these things, and Benqing understands Dr. Cao's intentions." ”
After the words fell, Lin Mo sat back in his place and said unusually calmly: "Since I have received such heavy gifts to make amends, I naturally want to come up with the corresponding heavy gifts to make amends." ”
As he spoke, Lin Mo waved away his servants, how smart the two of them were that they knew that Lin Mo must have something secret to tell him, so he naturally waved his servants back.
Seeing that the servants were gone, Lin Mo said lightly: "As long as tomorrow morning, Dr. Cao and several important ministers will participate in the death of Li Taicao, the Duke of Shan Guo, and this secretary guarantees that within three days, Li Tai, the Duke of Shan Guo, will definitely fall, and the party will lose this greatest help at that time." ”
"Okay!" Cao Yuan slapped the table next to him heavily: "Then tomorrow, Xia Guan will unite a few friends and participate in this Li Tai book heavily." ”
After chatting for a while again, King Rong and Cao Yuan left happily.
Coming to the gate of the Lin Mansion, Cao Yuan said: "His Royal Highness King Rong, Lin Mo promised me to help us get rid of Li Tai in three days, do you say that this Lin Mo is falling to us?"
"I guess so. King Rong couldn't feel Lin Mo's pulse, because Lin Mo only said that he would get rid of Li Tai, but he only reciprocated the heavy gift he had given, but he didn't say that he wanted to be attached to it.
"Forget it, no matter. King Rong's expression froze, and he said: "This Lin Mo is very skilled, since he promised to help us get rid of Li Tai's husband, he will definitely be able to do it, we must be prepared now to prevent Li Tai from jumping over the wall and leading the army to rebel." ”
As he spoke, King Rong instructed again: "Cao Yuan, immediately send someone to inform the two doctors of the criminal officials, as well as Xue Xu, the Duke of Jieguo, to go to the palace to discuss how we should receive this great gift." ”
"Yes, His Royal Highness King Rong. ”