The green tendons on Lin Jinlou's forehead had been tensed, and anger came out of his ribs, like a hot soldering iron, rolling in his chest, making his ribs hurt when he took a breath. Hu Lai watched in horror as his master's handsome and masculine face gradually turned red, his eyes were fierce, and the heroic and domineering spirit of his whole body was already revealed, and he asked in a gloomy and hard voice: "How is it now?" ”

Hu Lai swallowed his saliva and whispered: "When his subordinates rushed back, Captain Wen had already led ten brothers to attack it, and some people had already gone to the nearby Xu Baihu to move rescue troops...... the more he spoke, the lower his voice became.

The implication is that I don't know whether the people in the temple are dead or alive.

Lin Jinlou's heart sank, and he scolded angrily: "Let you protect the ladies in the house, what the hell are you going to eat!" He lifted his feet and walked away.

When Lu Shaotang heard the movement, he hurriedly walked out and said loudly to Lin Jinlou's back: "Brother Lin is in such a hurry, what are you doing yet, brother and you haven't drunk enough......"

Lin Jinlou ignored it, and went downstairs with a gust of wind.

During the banquet, everyone looked at each other.

Lu Shaotang's eyebrows were twisted, and he slowly touched the ruby ring on his hand. The guards left in the Lin Jinlou temple should have been killed by his people a long time ago, if you want to come to deliver the letter, at least you have to wait until dawn, who knows that someone will come before the fourth watch, could it be that the situation has changed? Or did Lin Jinlou leave not because of this? He groaned slightly, beckoned his confidant, and said in a low voice: "Go and ask, what's going on at the other end of Qixia Temple?" The man took the command and went.

Lu Shaotang exhaled slowly, returned to the banquet and sat down. He is quite similar to Lin Jinlou in temperament, both are brave and resourceful, and he was also an excellent playmate when he was a child. But as he grew older, he secretly had a heart of comparison, and the two of them were between the two of them in reading and martial arts, riding and archery, but Lin Jinlou seemed to be a natural leader, he was the king of children since he was a child, and when he grew up, he became more and more responsive, intentionally or unintentionally stealing his limelight, he deliberately did not listen to Lin Jinlou's dispatch, and Lin Jinlou led the crowd to isolate him. He was twelve years old at the time, and he hated it so he put an iron thorn under Lin Jinlou's saddle, Lin Jinlou was so desperate that he was almost kicked in the head by the horse, rolled on the ground, and avoided a catastrophe. But afterwards, he whipped him to the ground, stepped on his head, and forced him to call "grandpa" ten times, and the good deeds spread out, so that he did not raise his head for three years. This is a great shame in his life, and he has not shared the sky with Lin Jinlou since then.

But in recent years, his luck has always been inferior to Lin Jinlou, seeing him sell sea goods, meddle in daily salt affairs, private troops, and build the "Lin Family Army Iron Cavalry" at a young age, which is quite favorable. The old people in the court and China have said that his future is limitless, and if he is not too young, he may be able to sit in the position of "water and land commander".

Lu Shaotang blushed and drank the wine in the cup. Now this "Admiral of Land and Water" is just a name, Lin Jinlou is actually a tiger entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River, and the governors who are two levels older than him have to look at his face and let him go up to three points, but this kid can be a man, even if he has a domineering temperament, but he continues to be filial piety during the New Year, and the face that should be given is not lacking, and the days are smooth.

On the other hand, it is difficult for him. Since his father went, there is a saying that "people go to tea and cool", his prestige in the army is not as good as in the past, his mother died early, and the old marquis remarried to fill the house with his own son, stealing the silver from the public to his own son, and consuming most of the family property back and forth, so that he took over the Hou Mansion and had no extra silver to use. Now it is easy for him to find the second prince as a backer, and he has gathered his father's old subordinates, so that he can gain a firm foothold in the army. But without silver, how can he compete with Lin Jinlou, he can't even walk around and give gifts during the New Year's Festival, let alone raise a private army. He was not convinced! He is only worse than Lin Jinlou on the road of fortune, does he have to live a lifetime with his snort and tail between his noses and his grandson?

Doberman poured a glass of wine hard, and his face was a little gloomy.

This time he made a game. Lin Jinlou's personal soldier Du Bing originally had a sister who was Lin Jinlou's concubine, but she did an unsightly deed and fell out of favor, and even Du Bing sat on a cold bench, and his career was hopeless. That kid is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is good at eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and he is a bold and ruthless person, so he came to him and shook off the fact that he had a personal affair with the third lady of the Lin family and made a name for himself. He didn't look down on the second room of the Lin family, but it happened to be a godsend, so he ordered Dubin to bring the clothes of the acne patient to the Lin family and dye the maid, so as to attract the daughters of the Lin family to come out to do Buddhist things.

Things are really according to his expectations, tonight he is going to stew the ladies of the Lin Mansion, first extort hundreds of thousands of silver, and then kill the Qin family, let Lin Jinlou guard for three years, he can recruit troops and horses to strengthen the private army, take this opportunity to meddle in the affairs of Caoyan, and get a piece of the pie. One day, he will step on Lin Jinlou's head and let the little thief call himself "grandpa" a hundred times, so that his life is worse than death!

"What's the fun of Hou Ye sitting alone and drinking stuffy wine, it's better for the slave family to accompany Hou Ye to make a fist order, and it also has a taste." Lu Shaotang looked up, only to see the cloud pendant next to him, slender jade fingers holding a silver kettle, as if he had just cried, his eyes were a little red, and the watery was even more seductive. It turned out that Chu Dapeng had hinted that Yun Shen was looking for his own home, and Yun Shen inevitably went out to wipe his tears under the pretext. When he came back, he saw Lu Shaotang pouring himself a drink, and said in his heart that this little marquis was also first-class in terms of value and appearance, and he couldn't climb the big tree of Lin Jinlou, and Lu Shaotang was also a rare candidate, so he cheered up and came to show goodwill.

Lu Shaotang glanced at Yun Shen, and couldn't help sneering, how could he look at the woman Lin Jinlou had played? At that moment, he poured a glass of wine, pushed Yun Shen aside, got up and went out.

However, it was said that Lin Jinlou rode out of the city at a gallop, followed by more than 100 horseback guards, raising countless sand and dust along the way. The fifth watch finally arrived at Qixia Temple, and saw the temple gate open from a distance, and the lights were bright. Lin Jinlou was anxious, hurriedly urged the horse into the temple, only to see that the courtyard was in a mess, dozens of officers and soldiers holding torches, shouting and shuttling around, and a group of monks stood at the root of the wall for a while, the elderly looked silent, closed their eyes with their palms closed, and chanted words in their mouths, a few little monks were panicked, chirping and hugging together, and the sharp-eyed guards greeted him and said: "General Huiyu, Mrs. and Miss are now settled in the Daxiong Treasure Palace." ”

Lin Jinlou kicked off the horse with a black face, stepped inside, and waited to take a look at the Daxiong Treasure Palace, only to see a circle of guards outside, and the captain Wen Rushi was guarding the gate of the temple, and when he saw Lin Jinlou coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said: "General Lin." Looking at Lin Jinlou's dark face, he replied stiffly: "At noon today, the lowly and others escorted Mrs. Lin home, and came back in the evening to see that the temple gate was closed and stayed in the temple with the monks outside the temple. They all fled in the middle of the night, and none of the people they caught were left alive......" said and choked with tears in his eyes: "The twelve brothers who remained in the temple have all been poisoned...... The corpse rested over there. He gestured to the side.

Lin Jinlou paused, walked over and looked at the dead body, only to see that they were neatly stopped on the ground, all of them were killed with a knife, and there was not even a trace of fighting, obviously he saw the king of Hades in his sleep. These are all his own soldiers, living and dying together is extraordinary, the people who were still alive the day before yesterday have become cold corpses at this moment, Lin Jinlou only felt that his intestines were about to break.

He pursed his lips and stepped into the main hall. I saw that the candles were shining high, and Qin's, Lin Dongxiu, and Hongjian's faces were pale, and they were sitting on the futon tiredly, with their hair only in a simple bun and a cloak wrapped around their bodies.

As soon as Lin Dongxiu saw Lin Jinlou, he stood up and ran forward, crying and screaming: "Big brother ......" choked up, and cried, and the red note was accompanied by wiping tears.

Lin Jinlou came to Qin's side a few steps, knelt on one knee and said, "My son is not filial, he is late, and his mother is frightened." ”

Qin's eyes turned red, and he nodded and said, "It's good to come." ”

Lin Jinlou hurriedly said: "Is my mother injured? Looking around, he wrung his eyebrows and said, "Where is Xianglan?" ”

Qin Shi was shocked: "Haven't you found Xianglan yet?" ”

Lin Jinlou's heart sank. Xianglan stayed with the Qin family, and he thought that she had escaped with his wife and ladies.

The Qin family then told Lin Jinlou about the events of the night, and said: "If there is no Xianglan, we are afraid that we will not be able to see you...... She, she...... She won't really have any accidents......" said the tears.

Lin Jinlou clenched his fists, reluctantly comforted the Qin family, turned around and went out to ask someone to arrange a carriage and horse to send the Qin family and others back to the house, and sent someone to transfer five hundred elite soldiers to search outside the temple. Not long after, Wen truthfully brought a little monk, saying that he had seen a beautiful woman in a monk's robe, and described it as similar to Xianglan. Lin Jinlou listened to the little monk's incoherent speech, and his mind was a little calm, but when he went to the bushes where Xianglan was hiding outside the temple, he found that it was empty, and his face fell again.

Before leaving, Qin lifted the curtain and said to Lin Jinlou: "It is late in the morning, and the Xianglan girl is timid, so she has found a place to hide. ”

Lin Dongxiu looked at Lin Jinlou and wanted to stop talking, but finally shut up. Qin lowered the curtain, and the carriage creaked away under the escort of dozens of guards.

When the carriage was far away, Lin Jinlou's face was gloomy, and he rubbed his face vigorously, the nearby mountains and forests had been turned over by him, and he said that Xianglan was nowhere to be seen, and even the second wife and Lin Dongya were gone, seeing that the sky was about to brighten, Lin Jinlou's heart was like a stone falling. There was such a battle under his nose, his family and daughters were robbed by bandits, and in the end, it was a weak woman like Xianglan who protected his mother and sister, which was like a loud slap in the face. He was annoyed and angry, and he wanted to look up to the sky and scream, and smash the wall with one punch.

At this moment, a guard on a horse rushed in, flew off the horse and knelt down on one knee and said: "General Qiyu, the news from the mansion that the second wife and the third lady have returned home safely, the Dubindu guards bravely defeated the enemy, and the robbers were all killed, rescued the second wife and the third lady, and escorted them back to the house." ”

Lin Jinlou stepped forward and asked, "Only the second wife and the third lady?" ”

The guard said: "There is also the second wife's maid, I heard what is called coral, only these three people." ”

Lin Jinlou closed his eyes and pressed down the irritability in his heart even further. He is used to having everything under control, Su Ri is calm and keen, even if a strong enemy presses the realm, he rarely loses an inch, but this incident makes him feel at the bottom of his heart. He took a deep breath, wiped his face with a handful of cold well water, sobered himself up, closed his eyes and pondered carefully. Xianglan is just a delicate and frail girl, she struggles to move even a heavier flower pot on weekdays, she is as timid as a mouse, he can tear up when he scares two sentences, and the black light is blind on this mountain, where can she be? So far, his whereabouts are unknown, could it be that the bandits found out halfway and robbed them? She was born so beautiful...... Lin Jinlou didn't dare to think about it, and shouted: "Wen is truthful!" ”

Wen Rushi hurriedly bent over and lowered his head and rushed to him, Lin Jinlou said with a calm face: "Go to Guo Renjie, let his brothers in each hall find someone for the master, care about the business in the people's teeth and kilns these days, but all beautiful girls who buy and sell will be deducted." Wen responded quickly.

Guo Renjie is a well-known gangster in Jinling City, and he has been looking for an opportunity to befriend Lin Jinlou. Lin Jinlou's eyes are higher than the top, so he naturally looks down on him, but he is extremely powerful in the market, and there are many ruffians and hooligans under him, and the Qinglou gambling house has to give him some face, and this matter has to be him.

Lin Jinlou said again: "The official road ferry, these days have been strictly searched, and if you encounter a beautiful woman of unknown origin, you will also be detained, and you will be waiting for it to fall." Wen responded truthfully.

Lin Jinlou said: "This matter is strictly blocked, whoever spreads the rumors about the robbers of the Lin family's daughters, this general will serve by military law." ”

Wen responded truthfully, bent down and retreated.

Immediately, Lin Jinlou personally led people to search Qixia Mountain carefully, and the nearby villages also searched door to door, but still found nothing. For a whole day, Lin Jinlou did not find the whereabouts of Xianglan, the sun was setting, and when night fell, Lin Jinlou became more and more restless, and he hated to cut off a thick bamboo bowl in front of him.

At this time, Guo Renjie personally rode a horse and knelt in front of Lin Jinlou, with a smile on his face: "General Lin, fortunately, I don't disgrace my life, my little brother really looked for two young ladies and let them be sold in different kilns, both of them claimed to be the maids of the Lin family, but they were all frightened, general, look at this matter......

Lin Jinlou only felt a "buzz" on his head, and hurriedly asked, "Where are the people?" ”

Guo Renjie said: "The villain has already brought people out, found a private room to eat and drink to entertain, and then came over to report the good news to the general!" ”

Lin Jinlou immediately rode a horse and took the soldiers to follow Guo Renjie. He just thought about his rival, gritted his teeth and sneered, this matter is obviously showing that the carriage and horse are coming at him Lin Jinlou, he has made a lot of enemies over the years, and there are no more than three or two people who dare to have this courage. It's best that one of the two maids is Xianglan, otherwise she has three long and two short, and no one comes out to recognize this case, then don't blame him for being crazy, biting whoever he catches, and letting the group of beasts see his real might. RS