Follow-up (5) Save the United States

The title of the gold list, what many people dream of, although Lin Dong also fantasized about such a day, but it was just a fantasy, even if he won Huiyuan before this, the eldest sister even joked that he dreamed that he would become the champion, he just smiled and responded, and did not take it to heart; But when this honor really came to him, he suddenly felt that it was just that, and after the excitement, he quickly calmed down and thanked the emperor.

Emperor Zhu Yi still has a good impression of Lin Dong, after all, this young student is not arrogant or impatient, and he can recover his composure so quickly after winning this great honor, he still nodded with a smile, and gradually became interested in this young man in his heart, after all, it is not easy to have such a heart at such a young age.

As everyone knows, Lin Dong has been sick for a long time since he was a child, and his emotions have never fluctuated, which is not conducive to his physical recovery, so it is only for a while to be excited when he is young, he has already learned to restrain his emotions, just to live longer, in the hope that he can become famous in the future and be able to support the door for the two sisters and Erniang.

Among the hundred officials, Xuanping Hou looked at Lin Dong very eagerly, a young new champion, and a person with a background, but this background was not so strong that it made people timid, it was too suitable for his daughter, he had ideas before, and he naturally had more ideas at this moment.

In addition to him, there are also many people who are ready to move, and they can't ask for such a fast son-in-law.

Xuanpinghou secretly looked at the eyes of the old guys around him, and he was even more determined to come to the door as soon as possible to propose marriage, and he was also worried about the marriage for his daughter.

In addition to these people who want to climb relatives, all the Jinshi behind Lin Dong are inevitably a little jealous of this young man who has not yet reached the crown, ten years of hard work just for this day, they are all younger than Lin Dong, but without his luck, there is naturally a little imbalance in their hearts, but no one dares to show it in front of the Son of Heaven.

Lin Dong ignored the eager gaze behind him, and prepared to parade through the street with the holy decree in his hand, this day belonged to him, the new champion.

The capital is crowded with people on this day, after all, the champion parade street has always been one of the grand events of the year, and the surrounding businesses are hanging lights and hanging colors to celebrate, so that the street outside the palace gate where the champion must pass is colorful and beautiful, and the people are ready to see the style of the new champion in the morning.

The second floor of the best restaurant in the middle of the street is the best place to watch the champion parade through the street, and it has been booked early, and at this moment, a young woman is anxiously looking around, and her mouth is still muttering, "Why hasn't it arrived yet?" I'm dying......"

"What are you anxious about? What should come will always come. Lin Long, who was sitting on the side and drinking tea calmly, looked at her sister like this, and couldn't help but shake her head, for this day, she didn't care about waiting a little longer after waiting for so long, she got up and pulled her sister to sit down, saving her from making a fool of people.

"Sister, I don't sit ......" Lin Qi is anxious, where can he sit still?

Lin Long stuffed a bowl of sweet soup next to her bowl, "If you want to sit, you can sit, just got pregnant with a child, you can't be sloppy, if something happens, where do I see you crying?" At that time, my brother-in-law is afraid that he will also be angry with you. ”

Sister Lin Qi's second child Shanshan came late, but it still came, she was just a month pregnant, in order to see the style of her brother Jinbang's title parade on the street, she had to go out of the house to guard here, Huo Yuan had no choice but to let Quan Meihuan follow to feel at ease, and it was estimated that she would come after a while.

Of course, this is in the hands of Quan Meihuan, her son is getting ahead today, even if she can't follow the glory, she also wants to share this glory, and with Huo Yuan's orders, even Huo Yan doesn't dare to say irresponsible things, saving her from having to quarrel with him for a long time when she goes out, just thinking about it is disappointing.

So today, Quan Meihuan was dressed up extraordinarily glamorous, and naturally she was nervously looking forward to it, and she really didn't care about her newly pregnant little daughter for a while, and when she heard the voice of her eldest daughter, she quickly shrank her head and smiled.

Lin Qi responded unconvinced, "Sister, don't say that others don't talk about yourself, you came here before you were confined, and my brother-in-law is not happy to know that I am afraid......

"Your brother-in-law, he knows." Lin Long looked at his sister fixedly, and said in a tone that was angry and deadly, "Besides, I will be confined tomorrow, what is the difference between one day earlier and one day later?" ”

To put it bluntly, she just didn't want to miss this moment of Lin Dong's scenery, after all, she hadn't returned to her parents' house before she was confined, otherwise she would have been waiting in the Lin Mansion with Lin Lu's family.

As for Lin Qi, this is purely for the sake of Quan Meihuan, Quan Meihuan is really embarrassed to return to the Lin family, and only on this street can he openly watch his son riding a horse and holding the holy decree to parade through the street. Of course, she is still a little selfish and wants to join in the fun.

When Lin Qi heard this, he looked at the eldest sister with some jealousy, and said in a strange voice, "My aunt also agrees?" ”

Lin Long smiled and stuffed a bun into his sister's mouth, "You still eat buns." ”

In fact, she insisted on going out of the house, although Ye Zhong is a talkative mother-in-law, but there are 10,000 objections to her daughter-in-law's behavior of leaving the house before she is in confinement, but Lin Long can compromise on anything, but this can't, this day is what she dreams of seeing, and she can only feel at ease if she sees it with her own eyes.

Ye Zhong's family couldn't argue with his daughter-in-law, and he had his son on his side as a guarantor, so he had to agree to Lin Long's departure from the house, but he still sent his cronies and mother-in-law to keep an eye on him, and Lin Long was not allowed to blow the wind, so as to save him from suffering after falling ill.

Lin Long also nodded happily to her mother-in-law's intimate actions, so that Ye Zhong's face looked better, and he told her some precautions, and only after a long list of rare nagging did she go out.

So at this time, Lin Long was still wrapped in a thick cloak in this late spring, and the sitting position was arranged by Mama early in the morning, and she could clearly see the situation on the street without seeing the wind, for these solemn Mammas, she was impatient and did not scold, at least this represents Ye Zhong's concern, and she has to accept it with an open mind.

"I knew that my aunt wouldn't allow you to mess around." Lin Qi complained about her sister while eating steamed buns.

Lin Long laughed twice, "You talk a lot." ”

Quan Meihuan listened to the two daughters arguing, this content couldn't help but make her a little worried, quietly sat close to her daughter, pulled her cloak and whispered, "Your mother-in-law won't show you a face because of this, right?" ”

"Mother, don't worry, my mother-in-law has never been an unreasonable person, and my husband has already made a guarantee, so my mother-in-law won't say anything." Lin Long was busy comforting his mother's heart.

"That's good, I'm worried that your behavior will make your mother-in-law unhappy." Quan Meihuan patted her chest and said, she has been someone's daughter-in-law herself, so she naturally understands that the creature of her mother-in-law is sometimes really difficult to deal with, especially the unreasonable kind of Huo Zhou's is even more difficult, fortunately, the eldest daughter has a good life, and the Ye Zhong family she met is a good mother-in-law.

"Mother, you're thinking too much, you don't know who my mother-in-law is? She's not the one to mess around, and she's always treated me like a daughter. Lin Long said with a smile.

This is not a word to put gold on her face, in her opinion, this is the truth, in the past, she would have some concerns about the relationship with Ye Zhong's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and she had to act carefully, but now that a few years have passed, what is still not clear?

Lin Qi finished nibbling on a bun and sneered, "Mother, you are purely a fool, your aunt has always been a generous person." ”

When she was not out of the cabinet, every time she went to Ye Mansion, Ye Zhong's treated her very affectionately, so she never worried that her sister would be angry with her mother-in-law, such a good mother-in-law is difficult to produce in a hundred years, unlike some mothers-in-law who take pleasure in torturing their daughters-in-law.

"That's right, it's my villain's heart that lives in the belly of a gentleman." Quan Meihuan smiled, and finally could put her mind at ease, "It's not like the old lady who forced her daughter-in-law to death, but now it's good, but she is angry with her daughter-in-law, and the time has not yet come for evil to repay evil." ”

This old lady is naturally the grandmother of Yuan Ziying, who forced her daughter-in-law Yuan Zhou to death, and didn't care about the life or death of her granddaughter, even if it was Yuan Ziying's own evil, but as her own grandmother, this also seemed too unkind. Yuan Ziying's biological father made a name for himself with a few poems mourning his deceased wife, but he didn't know that the wife he remarried later was the character of a dominatrix.

As early as more than a year ago, the original wife died of illness, the original Ziying's biological father was naturally worried at home, and the stepwife exposed her true nature after giving birth to a son, and discussed it with several other concubines, the widowed old lady has always been unkind, and several daughters-in-law have long held a grudge against her.

The contradiction between the old lady and her daughter-in-law is rising day by day, and the sons are soft-eared people, supporting their wives on the one hand, so that the old lady's life is sad.

"This old lady has a dowry in hand, and her sons don't dare to make a big deal out of it, otherwise an unfilial hat is worn on her head, how can Ding worry about making up for it?" Lin Qi said quickly, "For the sake of the future, I will definitely not connive at my wife's nonsense, this old lady should be able to survive this period of time, but this person is really despicable." ”

"This is not necessarily, I heard that this old lady's dowry is not too rich, her marriage with the original wife began at a small time, and the dowry was spent for the future of the original wife, how much is left now?" Lin Long commented unceremoniously, "These daughters-in-law dare to treat their mother-in-law like this, in addition to freezing three feet and not a day's cold, another reason is because this old lady has no money." ”

After the original family was divided, it is estimated that the old lady did not leave many children in her hands, and they were all divided by several sons and daughters-in-law.

Lin Qi tilted her head and thought carefully for a while, her sister was reasonable, so she had to be convinced, "It seems that I can't see it as thoroughly as sister." ”

"What's so thorough about this? In a few years, you'll know the twists and turns. Lin Long smiled and gave his sister another bun, the buns in this restaurant are very good, and he has always had a very good appetite for Lin Qi, and his sister is in the early stages of pregnancy, so she needs to eat more.

Lin Qi naturally eats it when she picks it up, or her sister is better, she knows what she likes to eat and what she doesn't like to eat.

Quan Meihuan sighed, "Sure enough, it's good for people to have money when they're old, but then again, the original Zhou family in the spirit of heaven can probably close their eyes when they see the fate of this evil mother-in-law." ”

She has been angry with Huo Zhou's for many years, and naturally has great sympathy for the original Zhou who was forced to death by her mother-in-law.

Lin Long and Lin Qi disagreed, these days are all people's lives, although the death of the original Zhou family is due to her mother-in-law, but she herself is not without half a point of responsibility, if she didn't give up on herself first, how could others easily force herself to go to Huangquan? The cowardice of the original Zhou clan is the greatest incompetence.

"It's bad luck to mention a bad account of their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law on this happy day." Lin Qi glanced at his mother and said, it is really a pot that is not opened.

"That's right, it's someone else's family affair anyway, and we can't take care of it." Lin Long is supporting his sister at this time, anyway, people are not afraid of the imperial history's verbal and written punishment, and they can only gossip about it.

Seeing that the two daughters were uncertain, Quan Meihuan finally swallowed what she was going to say and changed to other topics.

After a while, a little servant came in and shouted loudly, saying that Zhuang Yuanlang was going to pass by here on horseback.

The Lin sisters and Quan Meihuan got up in surprise, and they didn't care about other miscellaneous things at the moment, and they came to the window one by one to witness this grand occasion, so that they could imprint it in their minds and never forget it for the rest of their lives.

A few henchmen sent by Ye Zhong's family were supposed to stop Lin Long's move, but the bandits sent by Ye Xuyao stopped them, and when he saw that several mothers-in-law were unhappy, he said coldly in a low voice, "Now you make grandma unhappy, don't you want to think about what the consequences are?" ”

A few mothers-in-law then remembered that this bandit was Hou Ye's person, Hou Ye had always spoiled this grandmother, even if the eldest grandmother did not punish them because of his wife's face, Hou Ye, who felt sorry for his beloved wife, was not happy, and after thinking about this relationship, they all stepped back in disgust, not daring to disturb Lin Long's interest.

Bandit Jian let go of his hand, fortunately, these mothers-in-law are interested, even if they don't look at the monk's face, they have to see the Buddha's face, the eldest grandmother gave birth to six sons, and is the first celebrity in front of the wife, even the third grandmother can't be compared with it, even if the wife doesn't really get angry with the grandmother, as long as the grandmother says a word, these mothers-in-law will immediately lose the wife's favor.

Lin Long's eyes stared at the distance of the street without blinking, but his hand clenched the handkerchief excitedly, even if he had seen it in his dreams, it was not as good as what he had seen with his own eyes at this moment, and he even swallowed his saliva again and again nervously.

Just when she was anxiously waiting, the white horse that Lin Dong rode gradually came into her eyes, she had been looking forward to it for too long, and happiness came too suddenly, she suddenly couldn't help but burst into tears, and muttered in her mouth, "Dad, did you see it?" Brother Dong is finally out of the way......"

Lin Qi couldn't hold back his tears, turned around and hugged his sister and sobbed secretly, especially when he heard his sister's muttering, he couldn't control his emotions.

From the desperate back then to today's infinite scenery, others don't know, don't they know the bitterness in it? When there was still a meal in Suzhou, she didn't dare to think about this situation at all.

The speaker is unintentional, the listener cares, but Quan Meihuan is stunned like a lightning strike, the eldest daughter's words are too heart-wrenching, at least she feels uncomfortable in her heart, even if she knows that her daughter's words are not aimed at her, but just a subconscious words that are too excited.

She stood there with her handkerchief clutched, watching her handsome son come slowly with a mechanical look in her eyes, but her heart was mixed, as if she saw the time when Lin Ze rode a white horse to marry her, and at that time she was experiencing emotional trauma, and she didn't really want to marry him at all...... The piles of past events came from the surface, and her sobs were not joy, but deep guilt, for the gentle man who had passed away, and even more so for the son who was like her deceased husband.

It's just that no one noticed her emotions at this moment, and for the Lin sisters, it was an extremely happy day.

Gu Xuefei on the other side of the room couldn't sit still in the mansion after learning that Lin Dong was the champion of high school, she coincidentally asked her mother for instructions to leave the mansion under the pretense, how did Gu Guo know that her daughter, who had always been obedient, would lie to her? Happily nodded in agreement.

Gu Xuefei is a person who got rid of her mother halfway, and took the eldest girl Yuzhi, who has always been the closest, to the place where the champion parades the street, this scene of crowds of people is not common for her, she was a little interested at first, and then she was squeezed around, and she was suddenly anxious.

"Girl, this ......" Yuzhi pulled her own girl and was about to squeeze into the crowd on the other side.

Where did Gu Xuefei, the princess's daughter, suffer this crime? Although she was dragged away by her own big girl, she still let people push around, and she had to put down the shelf of her daughter in her mouth, shouting, "Let one ......"

Just when she was about to squeeze into the crowd to find a good position, the other arm was pulled, she looked back suddenly, but saw a face that was not familiar and not unfamiliar, when did she have always been treated like this? Suddenly annoyed and angry, "You let go of my hand......"

Unexpectedly, the other party just smiled at her maliciously, and pulled her towards herself, and the crowd just squeezed over again, knocking the big girl Yuzhi away from her hand, Gu Xuefei couldn't stop and fell to the man who was pulling her, and suddenly her nose hurt, and her head couldn't help but feel slightly dizzy.

The man pulled her away, she was unwilling to be pinned by the other party, she didn't care about the dizziness, and hurriedly shouted, "You let go of me, I don't hear ......"

As a result, the man didn't listen, and pulled Gu Xuefei out of the crowd and prepared to go towards the dark alley, this time he was able to catch Gu Xuefei in vain for so long in the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, as long as he ruined Gu Xuefei's reputation, he was afraid that he would not be able to marry this arrogant princess?

When he becomes the son-in-law of Xuanping Hou, is he still afraid that he won't be able to fight Lin Dong?

This person is Dong Feng, who had a holiday with Lin Dong, since he was expelled by Gu Guo, the wife of Xuanping Hou, he has a grudge against the Gu family, and he can't wait to find an opportunity to take revenge, and later got a hint from the distant relative Gu Jin, so he targeted Gu Xuefei.

This is the Gu family's biggest weakness, as long as he gets her, is he still afraid that the Gu family will not accept him as a son-in-law?

Originally, he couldn't see the opportunity for a long time, and he was about to give up, but he didn't know that it was Gu Jin's distant relative who gave him the power and quietly sent him a message, saying that Gu Xuefei was leaving the house to go to the nunnery to make incense, so that he could find an opportunity to sneak into the nunnery to destroy Gu Xuefei's reputation, and when her stepgrandmother came forward again, the marriage would be a matter of course.

This news was really timely for him, and he immediately rushed to the nunnery, how did he know that Gu Xuefei would be so bold? With the big girl, he got rid of the guards, and secretly came here to see the champion parade on the street.

He was happy, happy that Gu Xuefei had no guards, as long as he found her, it was not easy to conquer her? This is really an opportunity that God has given him; The second was angry, angry that Gu Xuefei actually came to see Lin Dong's scenery, which was a great humiliation for him.

It turned out that this Gu Xuefei's favorite person was Lin Dong, thinking about it this way, he was even more imperative to Gu Xuefei, and he definitely couldn't watch Lin Dong hug the beautiful girl, and from then on he would add a powerful backstage.

The pull of the two still made passers-by find out, and some people saw Gu Xuefei, a weak woman, being controlled by Dong Feng, a big man, so he said righteously, "What kind of physiognomy do you have as a big man pulling a little girl......

"This is my daughter-in-law." Dong Feng said shamelessly.

"You're lying, I'm not his daughter-in-law, I'm still wearing a girl's hair ornament, and I'm not married yet......"

"She has a tantrum with me, I have to make it like this to see Zhuangyuanlang parade through the streets, I don't want to take her home and get ready to coax her to change her mind......"

"Shut up, this is all a one-sided statement made up by him, I am Xuanping Hou......"

"Lady, don't make trouble, I know you have relatives to support you in the Xuanping Hou Mansion, but we have become relatives, you are my mother, our husband and wife fight at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed, why bother to make trouble in front of your relatives?"

Gu Xuefei's rebuttal was refuted by Dong Feng with a gentle and helpless expression, which fell in the eyes of outsiders, it was the appearance of the two of them arguing with each other, so those who were ready to take care of this idle matter felt that they were doing too much and dispersed one after another.

Some aunts even persuaded Gu Xuefei, "I said this little lady, don't go to the street if you have a conflict with your husband, how unsightly is this, husband and wife, who doesn't talk a few words?" ”

"He is not my husband, and I am still Yunying unmarried...... Hmmm......"

Gu Xuefei's loud rebuttal couldn't make a wave in this noisy crowd, but Dong Feng covered her mouth and said to the eldest lady with an apologetic smile, "The eldest lady is right, I will take her back to make amends for her crimes, so I won't make noise for everyone to watch Zhuangyuanlang parade on the street." ”

The eldest lady smiled, she had a good impression of this young man, and let Dong Feng, who was covering Gu Xuefei's mouth, leave.

Gu Xuefei didn't expect Dong Feng to be believed by just a few words, but her truth didn't get any help? Their eyes were wide open, but they struggled desperately.

However, her strength was not as strong as Dong Feng's, and she was soon led out of the crowd by him and walked towards the remote alley.

The two of them pulled and pulled, Lin Long, who was standing on a high place, could naturally see it clearly, it was really incompatible with the lively scene, and Gu Xuefei's dress did not look like a small person in the market, she knew that some of the ladies would also secretly go out to join in the fun, after frowning, she wiped away her tears of excitement and said to the bandit behind her, "Go, see what is the relationship between those two?" I looked at the girl as if she had been ripped away. ”

Bandit Jian took the order, turned around and ran downstairs.

"Sister, who is it?" Lin Qi probed.

Lin Long pointed in the direction, and it happened to be Dong Feng who pulled Gu Xuefei into the dark alley, "That's it, do you see it?" ”

Lin Qi looked at it carefully, "Sister, this girl seems to have been kidnapped......

"I look like it, so let people go over and see, if it's really this bold girl who was killed, I can be regarded as doing a good deed and accumulating yin virtue." Lin Long said.

Lin Qi nodded, she was still very much in favor of her sister's meddling, and she probably would boldly throw off her family to join in the fun, and she didn't want anything bad to happen in her brother's good days.

At this moment, Gu Xuefei had already cried with a face, and she was about to be pulled into the alley by Dong Feng, and her eldest girl Yuzhi didn't know where to go, so she had to open her mouth and bite Dong Feng's hand covering her mouth, and this bite exhausted her strength.

Dong Feng was in pain, but he let go of the hand covering her mouth and said viciously, "You dare to bite me?" ”

Even if Gu Xuefei was trembling with fear, she knew that she could only save herself at this time, otherwise what was waiting for her would not be a good end, she raised her foot and kicked at Dong Feng, and opened her mouth to bite Dong Feng's arm, anyway, if you don't resist at this time, when will you wait?

Dong Feng is just a mere scholar, where has he ever been treated like this? After eating pain, the hand subconsciously let go.

Gu Xuefei saw this opportunity, ran away, and shouted in her mouth, "Help, helpβ€”"

"You come back for me, slut-" Dong Feng didn't care about the pain, and hurriedly got up to chase Gu Xuefei.

Gu Xuefei didn't even dare to turn her head back, she only dared to run into the crowd, but the cry of help shouted in her mouth reached Lin Dong's ears, even if the voice was noisy, he still heard this faint female voice for help.

Tightening his horse's head, he stood still and looked at the faint voice of the woman crying for help.