Ye Zhong was stunned, and only cared about going to see Lin Long, but he forgot about this stubble, but fortunately, the maid cleverly reminded him, "You send someone to do this, remember to use proper wording." ”

"The slave knows." The incense rafters responded, this future grandmother has brought her such a good opportunity before she marries, she naturally has to know how to repay the peach, and besides, looking at the appearance of his wife, she is very satisfied with this future grandmother.

Lin Gang's new house was still noisy, Lin Li hadn't entered the door of the hall yet, he heard the sound of quarrels inside, his little face was very tight, and when he looked at Lin Lin and Lin Qiong under the window lattice outside the hall, she smiled coldly when she saw the two of them staring wide-eyed, "What, surprised to see me come back alive?" ”

Lin Lin quickly hid the shock in her heart, and came back so soon? Looking behind Lin Li, he didn't find Lin Long's figure, his eyebrows were gathered, he didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or hang his heart, and tried to calm down, "You can come back, it's too late for me to be happy." ”

"That's right, eldest sister, you don't know that I'm so worried that I haven't slept all night." Lin Qiong pretended to take out a handkerchief and pressed the tears that did not exist in the corners of her eyes, "Thank you so much for your blessing." ”

Lin Li looked at the pretense of these two people coldly, "You really thank God for your blessing, but you don't do anything bad in your life, and you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night." ”

What does she mean by that? Could it be that they know that they are the ghosts behind the scenes?

Lin Qiong didn't remember pretending to cry, but just looked at her eldest sister, who had always been sharp-mouthed, in a daze.

Lin Lin pursed her lips, as long as there was no evidence, she would be able to get out without touching her body at all.

Lin Li didn't bother to talk to these two people, raised his chin, and walked into the door of the hall.

Her appearance frightened the people who were arguing inside.

When Lin Bai saw his daughter who had returned suddenly, he was shocked and overjoyed, and hurriedly hugged his daughter in his arms, crying: "My son, you are finally back, and you are about to die......

Lin Li also hugged her mother, and the grievances and tears she endured along the way were all vented at this time, "Mother......"

Listening to this mother, Lin Bai had mixed feelings, and the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried for a while.

Lin Bai quickly let go of his daughter, pulled his daughter up and down, except for the wolf bèi, there was nothing else unusual, and immediately let go of the big stone in his heart, but when he saw her skirt that looked like it was hooked by something, his eyebrows wrinkled inadvertently.

Lin Gang was also overjoyed to see his daughter returning, and was about to say something.

Lin Chuang preemptively said, "How did you come back?" How did those horse thieves let you go? Say, Are you lost to them? That's why they let you go? "The Lin family is a pure white family, so this kind of thing can't happen, so his voice is stern and ruthless.

After Lin Dong, Lin Qi and Aunt Lu were shocked, they deliberately looked outside the house again, but they didn't see the slender figure that was worried about their stomachs, and the three of them hurriedly surrounded them.

"Sister Li (Sister Li), what about Sister Long (my sister)?" The three mouths asked at the same time, the two were taken captive, there was no reason for only one person to come back, and their hearts couldn't sink into the valley if they wanted to.

Lin Li, who was surrounded by everyone, answered that it was inappropriate for anyone to answer for a while, and glanced at Aunt Green and Lin Qi's sister and brother soothingly, and looked at her mother-in-law Lin Bai, "Mother, the people from the Xiangyang Hou Mansion are still ......."

In a word, everyone was shocked again.

The little guy who sent Lin Long back from the Xiangyang Hou Mansion stepped forward and said, "Since Miss Lin Li has returned, the little one will say goodbye first and go back to reply to his wife." ”

"It's hard work." Lin Li replied politely and politely.

The man nodded, and then turned to leave.

"Li'er, what the hell is going on?" Lin Bai was confused, how did his daughter's encounter with a horse thief get involved in the Xiangyang Hou Mansion? She doesn't pretend to be amorous and thinks that her daughter is favored by the people of the Hou Mansion, which is very small.

"Sister Li'er, tell me where Sister Long is now?" Aunt Green preemptively said, she is now as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and she always has to know whether Lin Long is safe or not before she can think about what is going on.

Lin Qi and Lin Dong didn't say anything more, looking like that, they were also obsessed with this answer.

"Sister Long'er is in the Ye family's house, she was injured, and Mrs. Ye left her to ......"

Before Lin Li's words were finished, Aunt Green and Lin Qi's sisters and brothers left in a hurry, they couldn't sit still for a moment, especially when they heard that Lin Long was injured, and his heart was like being roasted on the fire, which was very uncomfortable.

Lin Baishi glanced at Aunt Green and the others, and didn't express any dissatisfaction, but Lin Yu muttered, "There are no rules." ”

Lin Chuang was staring at Lin Li, seeing that Lin Li was uncomfortable, this pedantic and old-fashioned uncle, she had never liked it, "I am innocent, there is Mrs. Hou to prove, third uncle, do you still have any dissatisfaction?" ”

"Third brother, did you hear that? Our sister Li is not defiled. Lin Gang hurriedly said to his third brother.

"And how did you get back?" Lin Chuang has always grasped this point.

Lin Li sneered, "Coming back, can the third uncle be satisfied?" ”

What do you mean by walking back? It was difficult for everyone to understand this sentence.

Lin Yu frowned and asked, "What about the horse thief?" Why did they let you go? ”

"I didn't catch it, what do I want to do if I don't let it go?" Lin Li said unceremoniously, and suddenly seemed to have an understanding, "Could it be that the third aunt wants me and Sister Long to be captured by horse thieves and ruined?" ”

This is terrible, Lin Yushi saw everyone looking at her, especially Lin Bai's expression of eagerness to eat her, this kind of misunderstanding can't be had, and he hurriedly waved a handkerchief to show his innocence: "I'm your aunt, I can't write a single Lin character with one stroke, how can I hope that you will be captured by horse thieves?" Your reputation has been damaged, and my family will be implicated, and I have two unmarried daughters......"

Lin Bai hated her for holding her down in the carriage, just don't let her save her daughter, and say some bastard words, before she only cared about sadness, but now new hatred and old hatred are pouring up, "Third brother and sister, my sister Li doesn't lie, you question it loudly, isn't it?" I thought this was suspicious at the time, Suzhou City has always been peaceful, where did the horse thieves come from? I don't know if I deliberately got it out so that your sister Lin can marry into the Xiangyang Hou Mansion. ”

Lin Bai's words were said happily, but it was not a taste in the ears of the people in the third room, Lin Lin's face was white, Lin Yu's face turned white, Lin Yu's subconsciously glanced at his daughter, her daughter had mentioned it to her before, she refused, could it be that her daughter didn't give up and did this behind her back? The more I think about it, the more I feel like it, otherwise why would Lin Li sit in Lin Long's carriage? She felt a chill in her back.

Lin Chuang didn't know the inside story, and felt that the second sister-in-law was insulting his family, so he said angrily: "Nonsense, there is not a word to listen to, second brother, don't you care about the second sister-in-law's rotten mouth?" ”

"You don't have to say a word." Lin Gang said unhappily to Lin Bai.

Lin Li's temper came up, and regardless of her father's displeased look, she stood on her mother's side, glared at her father and said: "Dad, you just have to be reluctant to do it outside, this matter has its own government to investigate, you know what you have done, don't think it's seamless." The last words were addressed to the people in the third room.

Lin Qiong under the window lattice was so frightened that the handkerchief fell to the ground, she hurriedly turned her head and grabbed Lin Lin's sleeve, and whispered in a voice, "What should I do?" The government checked that we were all done playing, cousin Lin, I don't want to go to jail......"

Lin Lin glared at her, then looked at the people in the hall, hurriedly dragged the pillar under her corridor, cautiously looked left and right to see that there was no one, and then pinched her arm, "If you want to die, don't drag me, what are you panicking about, have you found out now?" ”

"But what if you find out?" Lin Qiong is not so bold in the end.

Lin Lin whispered, "You give me composure." ”

Lin Qiong nodded hurriedly, regretting it to death in her heart, originally thought that if there was no government intervention, it would be foolproof, at least Lin Lin told her this at the time, and now that the government wants to investigate, she is so afraid that her fingertips are trembling.

As soon as Lin Lin grabbed her hand and glared at her fiercely, Lin Qiong bit her lower lip to calm down.

There was also silence in the hall, Lin Yu didn't dare to show his teeth and claws anymore, but Lin Bai began to attack again, "My son is right, what can't you do in this family?" This rich marriage is also the first thing you started to fight for, and now that it involves the Xiangyang Marquis Mansion, you had better pray for the blessing of the gods. ”

She grabbed her daughter's hand, "Let's go, take care of their family and your father." ”

For the little uncle's family, she has long had a lot of opinions, and the contradiction between the two families living together for so long has broken out in an all-round way, and she will not give face to the uncle's family and husband, she really has endured enough.

When Lin Li left the hall, he turned back to Lin Lin and Lin Qiong, who had not yet left, and sneered: "You better wait, there will be no less of what should fall on your heads." ”

Lin Bai hugged his daughter tightly and left, "What are you doing with so many people like that?" Glancing at the pale look of his concubine, "Eat things outside the grill, and when I have to be free, I'll clean up your cheap hooves." ”

Lin Qiong instinctively shrunk her shoulders, and her body had to lean against Lin Lin's back.

Lin Bai's mother and daughter snorted coldly, turned their heads and quickly went back to the yard to freshen up, not to mention that there were many details Lin Bai's had to ask her daughter in detail.

When Lin Yu came out of the hall, he saw his daughter outside, and he also followed Lin Bai's example, and grabbed his daughter's hand, "Go back with me." Glancing at Lin Qiong, who looked like a mouse, "Get out of the way, get off the slut, don't take my sister Lin, there is a good thing." ”

Lin Qiong was so frightened that she turned around and ran, these three aunts were so terrifying.

"Mother." Lin Lin can't fall out with Lin Qiong now.

Lin Yu's expression was stern, "I have something to say to you, don't talk to me, you have to deal with a girl all day long, do you still want face?" She's cheap, and you're going to be that slut too? ”

Lin Lin heard her mother's scolding ugly, pursed her lips and sulked.

Lin Yushi didn't pay attention to it, she was also in a state of confusion now, and she couldn't figure out all kinds of things on her mind, this matter was big, and it would not be good for anyone.

The mother and daughter in Lin Gang's new house whispered constantly, and Aunt Lu and Lin Qi's sister and brother happened to catch up with the Ye family's servants when they left the house, so they took the Ye family's carriage to the Ye family's other courtyard in Suzhou.

As for the slave who was sent to talk to Lin Long's family, he only said a few words to Mama Su, and Mama Su went to the new house again, only to learn that Aunt Green and the others had arrived at the Ye family, so Mama Su let go of her heart and dragged her inconvenient legs back to the ancestral house.

The carriage drove into the vermilion luxury gate of the Ye family, and Aunt Green and Lin Qi didn't wait for the carriage to stop, so they hurriedly asked the servant to take them to see how Lin Long's injuries were.

For this mansion with garden characteristics, no one was in the mood to appreciate it, and the footsteps were hurried, turning one bend after another, and then they arrived at Ye Xuyao's courtyard, and broke into it without being informed.

"Sister Long." Aunt Green was the first to go in, lifted a few curtains, turned into the back of the screen, and didn't look at the man in white sitting next to the bed with a displeased face, her eyes patrolled Lin Long who was lying on the bed like a lifeless person, her tears fell cracklingly, "Sister Long, why did you suffer this crime?" ”

wanted to pounce on Lin Long's body and cry bitterly, but Ye Xuyao stopped her with a cold face, "She just drank the medicine and fell asleep, and she has injuries on her body, you can't pounce on her." ”

Aunt Green was busy saying "oh oh" twice, and then she saw that the person in front of her was the son of the Ye family, Lin Long's fiancé, who was busy wiping away her tears with her sleeve and was about to speak.

Lin Qi's sister and brother also rushed to the front, Lin Qi saw that the eldest sister was sleeping quite peacefully, stroked her chest, and said without covering her mouth: "Fortunately, she is not dead." ”

As soon as Ye Xuyao heard this dead word, his face instantly dropped, and he glanced coldly at the little girl who couldn't speak.

"Bah, what can't die? Child's words are untaboo, and children's words are taboo. Aunt Green glared at Lin Qi for the first time, "Don't talk nonsense, your sister's life is very big." ”

Lin Qi didn't argue with Aunt Green this time, and stuck out his tongue, "Aren't I happy, I said the wrong thing for a while." ”

Lin Dong is the youngest of the three siblings, but he is a man, so he stepped forward to greet Ye Xuyao and carefully inquired about the eldest sister's injury.

Ye Xuyao didn't deceive him for being young, he treated him as an ordinary and said everything he could say.

Lin Dong breathed a sigh of relief, and finally asked the ins and outs of this matter, Ye Xuyao actually didn't know too much, but just roughly stated Ye Zhong's statement.

"I'll find out about it, so you don't have to pay too much attention to it." Ye Xuyao said lightly, but his expression was very strict.

Aunt Green and the Lin brothers and sisters both nodded, their abilities were limited, and this matter could really only be the most appropriate for this future brother-in-law to come forward.

Lin Qi still pouted and said: "That group of horse thieves who chased my family first are the most suspicious, there are so many people who went to Hanshan Temple to incense, how have you ever heard of any horse thieves?" We've been here for three years, and we don't know which one of the thieves came out of it? ”

Ye Xuyao frowned, did not answer Lin Qi's words, but he already had a plan in his heart.

Aunt Green leaned over and looked at Lin Long's injury, there was no blood oozing, seeing that the wound was handled properly, and then touched her forehead, there was no fever, after withdrawing her hand, she looked at the young man on the side, "Ye Gongzi, your marriage is first engaged, Sister Long's injury is not good in your house, and arrange a carriage to send us back......"

"The doctor said that her injury is not suitable for moving," Ye Xuyao frowned slightly, "One is not good, it is likely that the injury will worsen tonight, so it is better to stay in the mansion to recuperate." ”

Seeing him like this, it was completely for Lin Long's sake, and Aunt Green couldn't insist anymore, she was really afraid that she would harm Lin Long's life because of her own troubles, "But let's stay and disturb ......"

"It's okay, there is no shortage of rice in the house." Ye Xuyao waved his hand.

The corners of her mouth twitched when she heard this, and Aunt Green couldn't say the next words.

When the scene was embarrassing, the bandit and bandit stone behind the screen all poked their heads out, "Master, how do you deal with those people?" ”

When Ye Xuyao heard this, he got up with a stern expression and said to the three members of the Lin family: "You guys are watching here, I'll come when I go." ”

Aunt Green and Lin Qi's sister and brother both responded, he glanced at Lin Long, who was still asleep, and walked away.

Lin Qi probed and saw the white figure walking away, patting his chest, "I see that this brother-in-law is not easy to get along with at all, it is my sister, and if it is me, I really don't want such a husband." ”

But Aunt Green was a millet on her head, "What do you say stupidly." ”

"You're going to knock me again?" Lin Qi said dissatisfied.

Aunt Green retracted her hand and rubbed it on the side of her skirt, she just forgot for a while, she has been getting along with Lin Qi more and more recently, so she doesn't have so many worries, and laughs twice.

Lin Qi snorted lightly and sat on the round stool next to the bed with his legs crossed.

"Sister Qi, you are guarding your sister here, Brother Dong and I will go with me to greet Mrs. Hou, come to someone's mansion, don't say hello to the hostess." Aunt Green said, she was in a hurry, but she forgot this etiquette, and besides, she started as a concubine, and there was no reason for Ye Zhong's family to come to see her first.

Lin Dong also forgot about this stubble, and when he heard Aunt Green's reminder, he stood up and said, "Fortunately, Erniang remembers, let's go." ”

Ye Zhongshi heard the incense rafters say that Lin Long's relatives were coming, and he wanted to go over to take a look, but he didn't know that they came to greet her first.

met with Lin Long's concubine and Lin Long's brother who claimed to be Lin Long's second mother in the warm pavilion.

Seeing that the well-behaved but thin boy respectfully saluted himself, and hurriedly beckoned him to sit beside him, this child was good-looking, upright, and delightful to look at.

Busy asking how old he is, whether he is studying in the academy and other trivial questions, Lin Dongju answered them one by one without being rude, which made Ye Zhong's face smile deeper, and touched Lin Dong's head kindly, "My toddler is a few years older than you, and when you arrive in Beijing, I will let you two get acquainted with each other, and the family does not need to see each other." ”

Ye Zhong, who gave birth to two sons and two daughters, how could he not like Lin Dong when he saw such an obedient and well-behaved Lin Dong?

Lin Dong also felt mother's love when he was young, but his mother left too early, and now when he sees Ye Zhong who is acting like this, he can't help but want to be close, which feels like a mother.

Aunt Green looked at it and couldn't help but want to wipe her tears, the Ye family's housewife didn't seem to be difficult to get along with, the big stone that was originally pressed on her heart could now be put down, and she was still worried that Lin Long would have a difficult and disgusting mother-in-law.

But what she didn't know was that if Lin Long's injury hadn't been at the bottom this time, Ye Zhong's would have been a cold mother-in-law, if not a difficult mother-in-law, at least a cold mother-in-law.

Hearing the sound, Ye Zhongshi turned his head and looked at this green aunt, looking at this honest and responsible appearance, her impression was not bad, but she didn't like the people who started from this concubine room very much, thinking of her husband's concubine rooms, her face was even more difficult to look at, and she was naturally not so close to her.

Aunt Green also replied with sincere fear, for fear that because of herself, Lin Long would be looked down upon by Ye Zhong's family.

The three of them talked for a while, and then Ye Zhong let them take care of Lin Long first, and then go over later after dealing with the family affairs themselves.

Aunt Green and Lin Dong bowed respectfully and withdrew.

Ye Zhong's clothes were all hemped, and he got up and went into the side room, and the brocade, which had not entered at noon, saw the master mother coming in, and knelt down busily, "Madam, the slave really didn't mean to harm Miss Lin, Mrs. Mingjian......"

"Brocade, your son and mother are all slaves in the house, and they are also born in the family, I have always treated you well, thinking that after Brother Yao gets married, I will point you to him, and I can be regarded as half of my daughter-in-law, but I am disappointed by your actions this time." Ye Zhongshi sat down under the waiting of the incense rafters, and said with a straight face: "I don't care whether you have it intentionally or unintentionally, I will never forgive you for the mistakes you made, and when you return to the house, you will go out to match someone." ”

Brocade heard this, stunned and sat on the ground, she has always been cautious in words and deeds, even if there is a ghost idea, it is done secretly, Mrs. took a fancy to her obedient and well-behaved, and trained her early to wait for the uncle in the future, so as to be her eyes and ears. A few big girls around my wife can take the lead by themselves, and she walks with the wind in those years, who doesn't know that she will be the uncle's aunt in the future?

Now that his wife has denied her in a word, how can she be willing? Back in the house, everyone still doesn't laugh at her? The original intention was to come to Suzhou to get closer to the uncle, and to take the opportunity to have a good relationship with the future grandmother.

Brocade gathered his strength, and kowtowed fiercely to Ye Zhong's in a dying struggle, "Madam, the slave and maid will definitely not be so reckless in the future, you will give the slave and maid a chance to make amends, and the slave and maid will ask for Miss Lin's forgiveness." "Eagerly got up and was about to go out.

"Stop." Ye Zhongshi called with a cold face, "She is recuperating from her injuries now, do you want to be angry with her?" ”

"No, ma'am, the slave would never dare to think so......" Brocade waved his hand.

Ye Zhong didn't want to guess what she was thinking, but said with a calm face: "You just stay here until you return to Beijing, if you go to disturb Lin Long, I will never spare you, understand?" ”

The sparkle in Brocade's eyes has vanished, "The slave knows. ”

Ye Zhongshi looked at her again, and then turned to leave.

After a while, the incense rafters came in with a food plate, "Sister Brocade, it's time to eat, you can't do this drop of water without entering......"

"You're less complacent." The brocade is not as high as before.

The incense rafter smiled and brought out the rice to her to use, "This pride or frustration is also given by my wife, Sister Brocade has lost her wife's heart, and she will never be able to find it back." ”

Hearing this, Brocade spat hard, "Little slut, there will be a day when you will be uncomfortable." ”

The incense rafter smiled slightly, "I waited for my wife, I didn't want to climb the uncle's bed, and I didn't block the future grandmother, why am I uncomfortable?" Sister brocade has to eat more, the big girl who made a mistake is also a maid, maybe I'm in a better mood, and it's undecided to give my wife advice to make you better, if you don't listen to it anymore, it's hard to say, I heard that there has been a shortage of peasant women in Zhuangzi. ”

"You!" Brocade was so angry that he vomited blood.

The incense rafter snorted coldly and took the tray well, "This time is different from the past, you'd better recognize the shape." He turned around and pushed the door out.

Only the brocade was so angry that it bit the handkerchief.

When Aunt Green and Lin Dong returned, as soon as they entered, they happened to see Lin Qi touching the items in the house, and they didn't stay by Lin Long's side, and when they saw them, they were startled.

Lin Qi hurriedly put the furnishings in her hand, for fear that she would not be able to pay if she broke it, "Come in and make no sound, I'm scared to death." ”

"What are you doing here?" Lin Dong said unhappily.

Aunt Green also glanced at it, this behavior was looked at, maybe there was any gossip?

Lin Qi pursed her mouth high, and finally couldn't help but tell the secret she discovered, "Have you found it, this is a man's bedroom, not like a guest room." According to her speculation, it should be the house where Ye Xuyao lives.

Aunt Green took a look, it was really like what Lin Qi said, one was happy and the other was worried, the man was unmarried and the woman was unmarried, is this not etiquette? "I'll talk to Ye Gongzi about moving a room ...... back."

"Don't be kind enough to do bad things, won't my sister be spoiled in the future?" Lin Qi rolled his eyes, looked at his brother and said, "You are the same." ”

"This?" Aunt Green still has doubts, according to Ye Xuyao's temperament, it is natural to let Lin Long live in, it is naturally a matter of love, but she can't stand gossip.

"Don't do this, that, or that." Lin Qi said, "This is the Ye Mansion, if Mrs. Hou doesn't say anything, why should we say more." ”

"Tonight, Erniang and I stayed behind to guard the eldest sister, second sister, you go back first." Lin Dong immediately made a decision, he was a man, Erniang was a woman, the two of them were okay here, as for the second sister, it was better to go home.

Lin Qi pursed his lips and didn't object, blaming himself for saying that this was the house where her future brother-in-law lived, otherwise she could stay, but the identity of her future sister-in-law was inevitably embarrassing, and Lin Dong was also thinking about her reputation.

"There are only shopkeepers and his wife in the store, and there are not enough people, Sister Qi, you just go back to do some work." Aunt Green said.

As soon as he mentioned his own shop, Lin Qi was no longer dissatisfied, he couldn't help but do business, he had just hollowed out his old bottom, and he was about to make a little more money.

At this time, Ye Xuyao looked at the few strong men who were beaten and bruised, his eyes were gloomy, fortunately, the man and horse he intercepted yesterday to chase the carriage of Yefu cut off their communication, but he let him capture a few people alive, plus a few people who were captured later, there was no shortage of alive.

"Did you recruit it?"

"Recruited." "They are not horse thieves, they are soldiers in the barracks, and they were ordered to capture his wife as a hostage, as for the death of the master, they don't know which lord's order is behind this?" ”

That is to say, the clue will be broken here, but Ye Xuyao touched his chin, "Check it for me again, if it is a soldier, then the situation will be strict." "In this place south of the Yangtze River, the officers and soldiers colluded to hide how much corruption and perversion of the law the imperial court could do, so far he can be sure that there are military generals who are also involved in this case.

touched the list on the cuffs, and caught his mother in exchange for this list, right? He smiled coldly.

Bandit Shi nodded, "And they don't know Miss Lin, saying that she appeared very suddenly, and the people who chased Miss Lin, they thought it was reinforcements from our side." ”

Ye Xuyao's thick eyebrows tightened, as he guessed, there was something greasy in this, "This matter must also be thoroughly investigated to the end, I want to see who is behind the evil." ”

When Gao Zhi returned to the city, he naturally knew that Ye Zhong's family had returned home safely, so he didn't say a word about this matter, but when he heard that Ye Xuyao's fiancée was injured, he immediately looked at the person who told him sternly, "What did you say?" ”――

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There is a second watch tonight, around half past ten.