Chapter 401: Phoenix Tail Tea (Second Shift)
Huaihua led people directly to Lin Datou's house.
After two years, Quanshui Village was a sensation again, and people rushed to tell each other:
First, the son of the champion of the Huang family is back, which is really infinitely glorious!
The second is that the exiled Huaihua has also returned, and he is also rich and noble, and he also brought officers and soldiers to arrest the cuckoo, which is really unbelievable.
The third is that the emperor actually ordered the arrest of the cuckoo, who is she?
Everyone rushed to the Lin family and the Huang family, filling the two courtyards inside and outside, leaving only one passage in the middle to pass.
Lin Dameng didn't dare to slack off after receiving the letter, and hurriedly prepared to go.
Mrs. Lin is also going, and her children and grandchildren are dissuaded.
The old man said firmly: "I have lived for more than a hundred years, and I have not seen the emperor's decree, so it is easy to catch up, and I don't want to see it!" Don't worry, I've been through some things, and I won't hurt you to have a funeral tomorrow. ”
Lin Dameng couldn't, so he had to personally help him and come to Lin Datou's house together.
The courtyard of the Lin family was crowded with people inside and outside.
Although there are many people, they are quite neat and stable.
At a glance, the boundary between the officers and soldiers and the people is clear: the inner layer is the officers and soldiers, standing solemnly in the east, west, north and south, and there are many nanmu chairs in front of the upper steps, and Qiu Gonggong and others are sitting upright; The outer layer is the people who watch the bustle, and the officers and soldiers do not drive them away, but only warn them not to make noise; No one is allowed to stand at the gate, leaving a passage to enter and exit.
After Lin Dameng and the others came, they bowed and greeted them.
Seeing that they were all sitting outside, they were busy inviting into the main hall to watch the tea, and they had to settle for a lodging place.
Governor Zhao and the others hurriedly smiled: "It is inconvenient for us to disturb the people, and we have already asked the officers and soldiers to camp on the side of the mountain." Lin Li Zheng didn't need to bother. It's a good place to sit here, and there are some things that need to be asked and announced to the people. And he did not go in. ”
Lin Dameng was respectful and might as well obey his fate.
Governor Zhao knew Lin Chun, and he had a good impression of the Lin family in the future; It's coming. Seeing that Mrs. Lin is more than 100 years old, Uncle Lin is in his seventies and eighties, Lin Dameng is nearly fifty, Fusheng and others are in their twenties, and the family is so prosperous and luxuriant, I can't help but admire. He asked Lin Datou to move the chair again, and authorized Mrs. Lin's father and son to sit down next to him, only letting Lin Dameng stand and reply.
Lin Datou hurriedly asked Xia Sheng to move, and took out a few coffee tables and placed them in front of everyone. Prepare boiling water to make tea.
Just as a group greeted him kindly, Huang Yuan also came after going home to visit his grandparents, holding his little brother Huang Zigui, a little baby with a tiger head and a tiger brain, looking at the officers and soldiers curiously, not afraid of people at all.
Governor Zhao hurriedly asked, "This is ......?"
Huang Yuan smiled and said, "This is the little brother of Xiaguan." Xia Guan has not returned to his hometown for a long time, please let Xia Guan be presumptuous. ”
Governor Zhao hurriedly said: "This place is not a yamen, Huang Hanlin is okay." ”
Then he politely praised his younger brother for his intelligence and dexterity.
Father-in-law Qiu beckoned him to sit beside him, and said with a smile: "Huang Hanlin has a deep brotherhood. It's really enviable. Yo, the little boy is smart at first glance, and when he grows up, he may have to even win three yuan! ”
Everyone laughed.
Huang Yuan smiled and said nothing, putting down Huang Zigui. Teach him to greet the adults.
Huang Zigui knelt down in an orderly manner, kowtowed to all the adults, and said in a milky voice, "I've seen adults." And so it caused another round of praise.
Daddy Huang and others also came. Huang Yuan also led them to meet the adults, and their faces turned red with excitement. The words were incoherent, but he nodded and smiled.
Governor Zhao and Gonggong Qiu were puzzled: this Huang Hanlin ancestor and father looked really ordinary. It's not as good as the ancestors and grandchildren of the Lin family who have appearance and courage, how did they raise such a promising son?
After some kneeling, the elders were allowed to sit down and talk.
Huang Yuan bowed respectfully to Mrs. Lin and kowtowed.
Mrs. Lin hurriedly helped him up, and he didn't even dare to say it.
Lin Dameng saw Huang Yuan's casual demeanor, which caused the adults to laugh, and his heart relaxed a lot, and he also stepped forward to greet him. He praised him for wearing an official uniform and was very majestic, and said that he gave the head of Quanshui Village a face, and as a native of their hometown, they also felt glorious on their faces, and then the conversation changed and asked Lin Chun how he was doing.
Lin Datou watched from the sidelines, and when he heard this, he pricked up his ears even more.
Huang Yuan hurriedly said that Lin Chun was fine, but he was busy with his studies, so he didn't come back, but he asked him to bring the letter and the capital tuyi to his father and mother and other elders, because he had just come back, he didn't have time to pack his luggage, and someone would send it later.
Mrs. Lin and Lin Datou were very happy to hear this, and they said that they were not in a hurry.
After the greetings were over, Huang Yuan also took a seat and put his younger brother on his lap.
Governor Zhao coughed, raised his head and told Lin Dameng of his intentions, and asked him to cooperate with the officers and soldiers to find Huang Dujuan, saying that the emperor had a will for her.
This time is different from two years ago, the eunuchs are here, Lin Dameng was a little panicked, but his face was embarrassed: "The little people don't know where the cuckoo is." After being taken away by Lord Zan that year, she was never seen again. ”
Zan vain listened to it and felt sullen in his heart, but he didn't say anything.
He was surprisingly quiet today, and he didn't come out of anything.
Gonggong Qiu said sharply: "Lin Lizheng, this time the emperor ordered to bring the cuckoo into Beijing." This matter is not trivial, you better tell the truth, or pass the word to Huang Dujuan, so as not to affect the Lin family. Lin Xiucai is still studying in Guozijian. ”
As soon as he said this, Lin Datou was also flustered and depressed.
Huang Yuandu is back, why don't you call his Chun'er back?
Lin Dameng glanced at his grandfather imperceptibly, and said stubbornly: "Please forgive me, the old man, it's really the little people who don't know where the cuckoo is." ”
However, Father-in-law Qiu had already ordered Hoover to pass on the acacia flower.
Huaihua walked into the courtyard of the Lin family in front of the men, women and children of the ancient village.
She was wearing a pink satin collared gown, a white silk skirt, and a swaying posture with jade butterflies and golden flowers, and she couldn't see the shadow of the former village girl, which attracted the little girls who were hiding in the corner and other hidden places to peek, and they were envious and curious.
Huaihua's expression was very quiet, silently looking at the neat house of the Lin family.
It was here that she fell two years ago, and today she is here to get up.
She first worshiped Zhao Zhifu and others, and then replied that Lin Dongsheng, the youngest son of the Lin family, had gone to pick phoenix tail tea with his brother Lin Chun and Cuckoo Huangli before, as long as he ordered him to take the officers and soldiers to the mountain, the cuckoo would know if he was there.
Governor Zhao looked at Lin Dameng.
Lin Dameng listened. His eyes looked sharply at the acacia flower.
Huang Yuan had already asked, "How do you know that the cuckoo is on that mountain?" ”
Huaihua said: "If you are not there, you will know if you take it to see." ”
Huang Yuan turned to Governor Zhao and said, "My lord." Why did the emperor send his subordinates and lords here? ”
Governor Zhao hurriedly said: "The emperor ordered this official and Huang Hanlin to come here to supervise and tell the people the inside story. In order to show fairness and avoid the recurrence of the last time the sky was angry and resentful, and the landslide was leaked. ”
Huang Yuan said: "Exactly! In this case, let the officers and soldiers go into the mountains to search for cuckoos, which is their duty on this trip. If you casually listen to a village girl's nonsense, you will frame the people and Tibetans and force them to hand over people, what is the difference between this and the last time Zan commanded to threaten the cuckoo with his mother as a hostage? ”
Huaihua said loudly: "I'm not talking nonsense! Everyone in the village knows that the tea picked by the cuckoo sells for 1,000 taels of silver a catty, and Dongsheng has been there with her......"
Huang Yuandao: "What do you have to do with it?" You're going to catch the cuckoo. Or do you want to pick tea? ”
At the same time, Zan Xuan also said solemnly: "Huang Hanlin, please be careful!" Last time, the official didn't take Lingtang as a hostage, but it was just a bluff. ”
Huang Yuan turned to him and said: "Whether it's coercion or bluffing, the lower officials think that there is no difference, in the end, it is not fair, but it is just taking advantage of the cuckoo's kind character." At that time, Du Juan looked at the face of the people of Quanshui Village, and the Huang family and the Lin family had raised her, so she threw herself into the net. Now, the kindness she should have paid has been repaid. I don't know where I'm going, if I repeat the old tricks and force the Lin family or any family in Quanshui Village to come out, wouldn't it disturb the people? What good is it to ask for officers and soldiers? ”
He closed his lips tightly. He looked at him solemnly.
Huaihua said: "Isn't it just to lead the way......"
Huang Yuan said to her, "What are you! ”
is not violent, but it is cut off like a death sentence, and the power is faintly revealed. At the same time, he pointed to the onlookers and said: "Everyone in this village can believe their words, but you can't believe your words!" ”
Huaihua's face turned pale suddenly. Take a step back.
The old and young people of Quanshui Village were still laughing and greeting him just now, and they saw him like this in a blink of an eye. couldn't help but be in awe and envy, they all looked at Daddy Huang and the others, thinking that the Huang family didn't know what good things they had done in their previous life to raise such a son.
Hoover saw that Huang Yuan was silent all the way, and at this time, he suddenly attacked, and he couldn't help but hate it in his heart; At the same time, he also felt where the uneasiness in his heart was: Huaihua was exiled to the mountains by the Wang family, and he only thought that she could help find the cuckoo and maybe make meritorious contributions, but he didn't expect that he would be embarrassed if things didn't work out.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly shouted to Huaihua: "Don't shut up yet!" Ask you to say it! ”
Seeing that things were not as smooth as imagined, Huaihua could no longer be quiet, and trembled slightly.
Gonggong Qiu said to Huang Yuan suspiciously: "Huang Hanlin, the emperor sent me to ......."
Huang Yuan hurriedly said: "Gonggong Qiu, how dare the lower officials disobey the holy order!" But the emperor also said that it was not allowed to disturb the people. The father-in-law came here to work hard, and let the forbidden army handle the matter of finding the cuckoo, and the father-in-law must not be used by the villain because of this matter, so that he missed. General Liu and others are a lesson from the past. ”
As he spoke, he winked at him.
Gonggong Qiu hesitated when he heard this.
At this moment, Lin Datou brought a pot of boiling water to make tea for everyone, and Yishi used a large coarse porcelain bowl.
Everyone was busy closing their voices, watching him make tea, and thinking about it while drinking tea.
The tumbling tea leaves quickly unfolded, the soup was clear green, and the aroma was tangy.
Gonggong Qiu took a deep breath and exclaimed, "This tea...... I've smelled it, and it smells like bamboo. By the way, it was Prince Yong who presented it to the emperor that year, and it was phoenix tail tea. said that it was so rare, I only got more than two catties in total, and I gave most of it to the emperor......"
Huai Huaru grabbed the straw that saved her life and screamed: "It's that tea!" It was the cuckoo they picked! Sold for more than a thousand taels of silver a catty. If the cuckoo wasn't there, where did the tea come from? ”
Governor Zhao and the others immediately looked at Lin Datou together.
With a "bang", the teapot in Lin Datou's hand fell to the ground, and boiling water poured out.
The water splashed a lot on his legs and feet, and through his clothes, it burned him so badly.
Lin Dameng's face changed suddenly, and he looked at his cousin hatefully.
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