On the way back, Lin Wanjing kept thinking about what Ah Ling said to her, and she looked worried.

Ah Ling said that she went out of the courtyard of the Ye family, called a rickshaw and went straight to Jingshan Road, but No. 19 Jingshan Road was already under martial law, and no one was allowed to enter and leave at will.

Unable to enter the house, Ah Ling had to give up and went to the hospital of her second aunt Tai Yishan, but her colleagues said that she had not come to work for two days, and she didn't even have a message.

As soon as she got out of the car and entered the gate, Qiong Ge had already greeted Lin Wanjing and took Lin Wanjing's shawl: "The young lady is back?" How are you lucky today? ”

As soon as the words fell, she saw Ah Ling glaring at her, she immediately understood the meaning, and asked in a brisk tone: "Dinner is ready, young lady, do you want to rest for a while, or do you eat directly?" ”

"So early?" Lin Wanjing stopped: "The young marshal is back?" ”

Qiong Ge pondered Lin Wanjing's tone and replied cautiously:

"I just came back, but I was called away by the phone when I just entered the door......"

"Oh......" Lin Wanjing pondered for a moment, "Then let's eat." ”

The dining table is still the standard configuration of four cold and four hot, and there is a plate of exquisite pastries in a conspicuous position, and before Lin Wanjing asks, Qiong Ge has already brought the pastry to her:

"This is a special trip from the young marshal Fang Cai, saying that it is made by the western kitchen of your favorite Yunlu Hotel."

Lin Wanjing nodded, sat down on the chair and looked at the food on the table, and said, "Qiongge, you and Ah Ling can sit down and eat together." ”

"Huh?!" Joan Ge was surprised, "But tonight's dish is not to taste?" ”

"It's not." Lin Wanjing smiled and shook her head, "I ate some pastries at Miss Ye's place in the afternoon, I'm not hungry at this time, I can't finish so many meals alone." By the way, Ah Ling, you can help me call Adjutant Li. ”

Ah Ling answered, and Qiong Ge was still hesitating in place, not knowing whether to sit down or not, until Ah Ling led Li Chengtai in. Li Chengtaiyi still raised his hand and saluted a standard military salute: "Young lady, are you looking for me?" ”

Seeing him like this, Lin Wanjing couldn't help but Ren Jun, it seemed that the tantrum this afternoon really scared him: "Don't be so nervous, sit down and eat together." ”

"This ...... I'm afraid it's not in order......"

"The young lady asked you to sit on your own seat, what nonsense is this!" Ah Ling dragged him to the seat and pressed him, and then walked to the other side and pulled Qiong Ge to sit down.

Eat and chat, Lin Wanjing knows a lot about the maids who live under this roof, Qiong Ge said that Yingluo seems to be in a big family, the young marshal allowed her to leave, and said that it is a happy thing to find a good family, so that she doesn't have to remember the royal Kuntai too much, if she wants to come back in the future.

Qiongge also said that a servant had recently met her in the market, saying that she was wearing a much more elaborate dress now. Lin Wanjing just smiled and didn't speak, she had no intention of probing into other people's private affairs, although it was a little incredible, but it was always a happy event.

The dinner was coming to an end, and Li Chengtai finally couldn't help it, put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up:

"Thank you, young lady, for your hospitality. The young lady has something to ask Chengtai? If there is, the opening is. ”

Lin Wanjing didn't speak, but Ah Ling couldn't help it: "You piece of wood, why are you always so disappointed!" ”

"Ah Ling!" Lin Wanjing stopped her and turned her head to look at Li Chengtai, "Adjutant Li, please take a seat, I won't tell you, I do have something to ask you, and please sit down first." ”

Li Chengtai hesitated for a moment and sat down next to the edge of the chair, but he was not sitting steadily, as if there were thousands of thorns under his buttocks.

"Adjutant Li is a straightforward person, so I won't beat around the bush and say something straightforward." Lin Wanjing said, "You tell me, is there something wrong with my family, and the young marshal is afraid that I will be involved, so you let you look at me like this?" ”

"This ......" When Li Chengtai heard this, his brows furrowed, and he held back a sentence for a long time: "The young marshal won't let me say it." ”

"Well, you are also on errands, I don't embarrass you. I guess if you nodded right, it doesn't count as what you said, okay? ”

Li Chengtai was silent for a while, and nodded for a long time.

"Longmen Zhai rebelled, and the Liao family soldiers rebelled, but my family has something to do with this matter?"

Lin Wanjing expected to hear Li Chengtai deny it, but he was silent, and dense beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and this silence was like a basin of cold water that poured Lin Wanjing through.

"Got involved in this, but my uneasy sister Wanying?"

"Young lady, don't ask, I really can't say ......"

Hearing Li Chengtai's answer, Lin Wanjing already had a rough idea in her heart, she picked up the water cup in her hand and took a sip, but the water in the cup trembled slightly in her hand - her hands couldn't stop trembling, she couldn't even put down the water cup steadily, the moment the cup foot touched the tabletop, the water spilled out, dripping into a thin stream along the edge of the table. Seeing this, Ah Ling hurriedly got up and took a soft cloth to clean up, she clearly saw that Lin Wanjing's whole body was trembling slightly, but she still pretended to be calm and said:

"I ask you at last, is my sister really taken away as the newspaper says? Or did she go voluntarily and defect to the enemy? ”

Lin Wanjing's last four words were very soft, but Li Chengtai heard them clearly.

"Young lady, now that you have said to the outside world that Miss Lin Er was taken away, you will listen to it and believe it." Li Chengtai stood up, "If the young lady has nothing else to do, Chengtai will retreat first." ”

Lin Wanjing didn't answer, and Ah Ling waved her hand for her to signal Li Chengtai to leave first. Li Chengtai walked to the door, but he heard Lin Wanjing's voice again, and the voice seemed to echo in the empty valley and seemed to float above the nine heavens:

"When will the young marshal come back?"

"The young marshal said, I have to come back later tonight, so you can rest first, and you don't have to wait for him."

Li Chengtai went out, Ah Ling stood up after cleaning up the water stains, but saw Lin Wanjing staring at the silver plate on the table with empty eyes, and the light reflected by the silver plate reflected in her eyes, as if it had been magnified countless times......

The black sedan had just entered the first guard post of Yukuntai, and Li Chengtai was already waiting under the porch. After welcoming Liu Jin, he followed Liu Jin all the time, and followed him step by step until he entered the study.

"Tell me something?"

When Li Chengtai heard this, he immediately rested and stood upright, with a resolute attitude in his eyes:

"What the young marshal explained, Chengtai smashed it, please punish the young marshal!"

"What's wrong?" Liu Jin frowned, "What's wrong?" ”

"I made the young lady angry."

Hearing this, Liu Jin really breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but looking at Li Chengtai's serious expression, he pretended to be serious: "Why did you provoke it?" You elaborate. ”

Li Chengtai told the whole day in detail, Liu Jin played with the pen in his hand, but his expression became more and more relaxed, listening to Li Chengtai's words, the corners of his mouth even raised an undisguised smile.

"Chengtai, it's really yours."

Liu Jin's words made Li Chengtai confused, and before he could react, he heard Liu Jin continue: "Wanjing's good temper is recognized, you can make a lot of trouble with such a good temper, you kid is really capable!" ”

Li Chengtai reacted for a long time, and he didn't know whether Liu Jin praised him or hurt him, so he took a break and said: "Chengtai is not doing well, please punish the young marshal!" ”

"I'm afraid Wanjing is not angry with you, I am the one who is angry with her. What do you rebuke you for? ”

"In that case, I'd better explain it to the young lady!" Lee Seung-tae said and turned around to leave.

"Wait!" Liu Jin hurriedly shouted to him, "It's not too early, you go and rest." Wanjing, I'll go and tell her myself, I'll make sure there's nothing tomorrow, don't worry. ”

Li Chengtai stood in place and thought about it for a long time, too, it's all like this, if he blindly breaks into the bedroom, I'm afraid Lin Wanjing will be even more angry. Thinking like this, he changed his mind to apologize, saluted and turned to leave. After Li Chengtai left, Liu Jin smoked a cigarette in the study alone before returning to the master bedroom, the light in the master bedroom was still on, he pushed the door in, but saw Lin Wanjing sitting in front of the white European-style desk in pajamas, even if he knew that he was coming, he didn't look up at him, and he was still angry. So he walked slowly to her side, and she stood up, just as he hugged her by the waist:

"Madame doesn't sleep late at night, but I can't sleep well if I don't come back?"

Lin Wanjing tried to break free from the confinement of his arms, but he was prepared, the more she struggled, the tighter he hugged him, and his face still had an innocent look of ignorance. Lin Wanjing knew that she couldn't break free, so she could only give up:

"Loosen up! Out of breath! ”

The arm around his waist was indeed loose, who knew that Liu Jin had picked her up in the next second, and then his back touched the soft mattress, his figure blocked the bright light on the ceiling of the bedroom, and his ambiguous breathing was getting closer and closer to her.

"Don't make a fuss, I have something to ask you!" Lin Wanjing raised her hand to block him, but she knew that in terms of past experience, such a stop was meaningless, so she could only close her eyes and wait for Liu Jin's plunder.

But after waiting for a long time, she heard Liu Jin chuckle, and the light fell on her again, she woke up and realized that he was teasing her, sat up and saw in a blink of an eye that he was standing on the edge of the wardrobe and changed his clothes, the front placket was half open, and his chest was fully visible, and he could easily outline a strong muscle curve, her cheeks were slightly burned, and she hurriedly turned her eyes away from looking at him. Seeing her shyness, he was even more playful, deliberately slowed down the movements in his hands, and asked leisurely:

"Didn't Madame say something asked me? Let's put it bluntly. ”

Lin Wanjing seemed to have made a lot of determination: "I...... Let me ask you......" Before the topic was spoken, I saw that Liu Jin was already sitting on the edge of the bed.

"You're going to put your clothes on!" Lin Wanjing's face just turned back again.

"Don't." Liu Jin refused, and said with a straight face: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Lin Wanjing froze: "Yun Rou, do you really think I am your wife?" ”

Although he had been mentally prepared, he really didn't expect her to use this question to make trouble, Mu Ne shook his head after a moment, before she could have a seizure, and continued: "I am not only your wife, you are also my son's mother, and you are the mistress of this royal kuntai. ”

I didn't expect that after the denial, there would be such a string of big tall hats, and the angry words that Lin Wanjing had prepared before were blocked in her mouth.

"But why don't you believe me and tell me everything?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, I just want to protect you." Liu Jin sighed and reached out to take her into his arms, "Do you want to ask me about Longmen Village?" ”

Lin Wanjing didn't expect him to ask so directly, she was stunned, and then nodded.

So he pressed his chin between her shoulders and neck, her back against his strong chest, so close, so close that he could count his heartbeat, feel his breath, and his magnetic voice was in her ear, murmuring everything as it was:

"Since the founding of Luzhou, Longmen Village has always been a thorn in the heart of my father, if this matter is traced back to the story, I don't know if you can understand it, so don't say it."

Lin Wanjing nodded, since ancient times, the establishment of a new regime is bound to be accompanied by large-scale purges and killings, but all rulers will never allow the existence of equal forces in their own territory.

"The gun that shot you a month ago was my matching gun, and it was originally given to Pei Yue to commit suicide. After you were wounded, I ordered someone to find her and asked about the whereabouts of the gun, she identified that the gun was sold to Liao Kai, and witnesses near Warehouse 1 also confirmed that you did see Liao Kai leave in a hurry on the day you were shot. ”

"But this doesn't mean that it's Liao Kai who wants to assassinate you, although I don't know him very well, but I think he is also upright, not like someone who can do this kind of thing. What if it wasn't really him who shot him? ”

Lin Wanjing regretted it after asking, even if it wasn't? What is the danger of adding to the sin?

Liu Jin deliberately avoided this question, and after a short silence, he continued:

The father characterized this incident as a rebellion, and asked Longmen Zhai to hand over people, otherwise he would condemn the whole village as an accomplice. Liao Yongqin refused to hand over anyone, so his father ordered the area around Longmen Village to be blocked, and any materials were strictly forbidden to enter or leave. According to the information we have, there is no large-scale reserve warehouse in Longmen Village, and the existing food and medicine reserves are only enough to last for a week. However, it has been almost a month since the blockade of supplies, and I suspect that either the defenders have neglected their duties, or someone in our army has secretly helped, so I sent troops to garrison it under the pretext. Three days ago on the night, the defenders intercepted four wagons full of supplies in the blockade area, and while the wagons were being checked, the soldiers of Longmen Village clashed with the defenders, and there were sporadic exchanges of fire until dawn. On that day, the director of Renxin Hospital resigned, and she disappeared with a large number of anti-inflammatory painkillers in the hospital's warehouse. ”

"So, do you suspect that the second mother also defected to the enemy?"

Liu Jin shook his head: "I can't say that yet, and it can't be ruled out that the bandits use their little sister to threaten each other." ”

"Yes...... Lin Wanjing muttered to herself for a moment, "By the way, you haven't told me about Yingying yet!" Was she really taken captive? ”

Lin Wanjing was expecting to hear an affirmative answer, but Liu Jin's answer disappointed her: "The day after you were shot, my second aunt came to me in a hurry, saying that my little sister was missing, and left a letter saying that she had decided to be with Liao Kai, hoping that her family would forgive her." At that time, the situation was already tense, so I asked her to destroy the letter and find someone to forge a kidnapping letter to report it to the police station. But you would never have imagined that Liao Kai escaped from Longmen Village during the exchange of fire that night, intending to abscond by boat, I have intercepted the boat, Liao Kai was injured by Fu Liang's subordinates when he abandoned the ship and fled, but no one has been found so far. He paused, and then added:

"However, there are still a few places in Longmen Village that I think are problematic. First of all, the materials intercepted by the defenders were directly transported from Guangdong Province to Longmen Village, and the pass orders and signatures were in the name of Wanli Commercial Bank, and the stamps were your old seals. ”

"What?!" Lin Wanjing was taken aback. Liu Jin said that the old seal was the seal she used when she first took over the affairs of Wanli Commercial Bank, because of some changes in the family of the master of the seal, Lin Wanjing's original order of the seal was not delivered in time, so she found someone to engrave a simple seal instead, the two seals are very different in shape and size.

"I still remember you said that the old medal was lost when you went to Guangdong Province to look for me, and I have already reported this matter to my father, and I have already checked this matter with your old patrons, and you have proved your innocence. What I care about is ......."

"Do you care that the medal was lost in Guangdong Province, and now it is actually used for collaborating with the enemy, and I am afraid that there is a greater force behind Longmen Zhai......"

"Hmm. Moreover, even if these materials are indeed guaranteed by the signature and seal of Wanli Commercial Bank, it does not mean that they can enter the blockade area, but they are afraid that the army will indeed respond. This afternoon, at the all-army meeting, I opposed the immediate elimination of Longmen Village, and asked the marshal to give me some more time to find out what was going on in the army, but I was opposed by Qingyu. ”

"Do you suspect that the third young master is getting in the way?"

In fact, Qingyu has always maintained close contacts with Guangdong Province. Do you remember last year when I went to Guangdong Province to negotiate, you asked, "Why am I the one who went?" If I'm not mistaken, he didn't intend to let me come back when he sent me to Canton Province, and he didn't expect you to risk my life to bail me back. ”

"That'...... Now how does the father plan to deal with the affairs of Longmen Village? ”

"My father only gave me three days, and after three days, no matter whether it is found out whether the army should be in the army or not, he will raise troops to clear Longmen Village. Early the morning after tomorrow, I will lead the three frigates of Sogo, Maoguang, and Chengguang to go up the Xijiang River, as long as Longmenzhai is within the firing range, it will only take half a day to clear Longmenzhai. ”

"What about Yingying? What should I do with my second mother? Ignore them? ”

Liu Jin's silence frightened Lin Wanjing.

"No, you can't leave them alone! If they are released, I have nothing to say about what crime my father wants to punish them, but if I want to watch them bury them for Longmen Village, I can't do it. After a moment of silence, she finally said, "Let me go." Tomorrow, you will take me to see my father, and let me talk to Liao Kai. ”

"Nope."

"You let me go, I have a way. The ancients said 'capture the thief and capture the king', as long as Liao Kai let me enter the village, I have a way to make him change his mind. Besides, don't you also want to know who it should be? She turned around and stared at him seriously, with bravery in her eyes that he had never imagined: "If you don't know the roots, I'm afraid that if you level this Longmen Village, there will be thousands of villages, and if we are always passive, this situation will be repeated thousands of times." ”

He looked at her, and there was a trace of indescribable affection in his eyes, like pity, and as if he was reluctant, and he approached her, and the lips that were still breathing of smoke kissed her lips, and then he heard him whisper:

"I'm sorry."

The corners of her mouth hooked up a smile for no reason, this was her own decision, where did he come from to be sorry?

At the rehabilitation meeting in the afternoon, a consensus was reached on the Longmenzhai incident: "anti" must be peaceful, but there were differences on the issue of "how to peace".

Longmen Village has developed from a large village, and there are many ordinary people, if you really want to level the village by force, it may arouse the dissatisfaction of the people of Luzhou. After all, it is only a small group of people who rebel, and it is indeed too unfair to ask more than 1,000 people in the village to accompany this small group of people to bury.

"If you can directly control Liao Yongqin and Liao Kai, you may be able to make the family soldiers disheartened, give up resistance, and be captured, so as to avoid firefights and hurt innocents." As soon as Hu Maosheng's words came out, he immediately won a piece of approval.

"Longmen Village is under martial law, I'm afraid that it will inevitably make people suspicious if anyone goes now." Liu Jin clasped his fingers, sat elegantly on the back of the chair, he raised his eyes and swept the opposite camp, and slowly spit out such a sentence.

"Don't we still have a young lady who won't let her eyebrows go?" A general beside Liu Ang said, "If the young lady is concerned about her sister and takes the initiative to propose peace, it shouldn't make people suspicious, not to mention, what threat can a female stream pose to the two big men of the Liao family, father and son?" ”

The cold light flashed in Liu Jin's eyes: "If you want to talk about Madam, the famous marshal wife of my Luzhou is not only the inner son, which one of you are willing to cut love and recommend the virtuous, I, Liu Jin, will let him sit in the position of the young marshal of the navy!" ”

"The eldest brother's words are wrong, Master Hu is not targeting his sister-in-law, but this method is indeed feasible." Liu Ang responded.

Liu Daolin didn't speak, Liu Ming didn't dare to express his position, and the only one who could fight Liu Jin on this occasion was Liu Ang.

"The Lin family is now guilty of betrayal, defecting to the enemy, fornicating materials, these two felonies alone have pushed the entire Lin family into a state of no return, if the Lin family is guilty, do you think the sister-in-law can stay out of the matter?" As he said this, his eyes looked at Liu Daolin, who was slightly flawed on the main seat, "If the sister-in-law can really go behind the enemy, capture the king of thieves, and help more than 1,000 people in Longmen Village to avoid the war, it is indeed a great achievement, and it is understandable to correct the name of the Lin family, what does my father think?" ”

After a long silence, Liu Daolin finally spoke: "That's true. Yun Rou, I know that you regard Wan Jing as the jewel in your hand, but you want to be that Ji Gongyan, is it not worth the lives of more than 1,000 people in Longmen Village? ”

Everyone present never thought that Liu Daolin would question Liu Jin with such harsh words, and was silent for a while, only Liu Ang looked at Liu Jin with a smile on his face and waited for him to answer.

The joints of Liu Jin's hands creaked, Liu Ming saw that his eyes were getting colder, and he just wanted to open his mouth to reconcile, but he heard his words sound, and his cold voice made everyone vibrate:

"Yes. Not to mention the mere Longmen Village, if you want me to be the enemy of the whole world, I will not hesitate to do it. It's your business to save people, let me remind you that it is not me who will position the whole village of Longmen Village as a rebel. Also, do you remember the scene of the blood-stained South China Sea five years ago? What you don't dare to do, I'll do. No matter what the result is in three days, I will wipe out Longmen Village. ”

……

"Wanjing, if one day I disobey my father and become enemies of him and my third brother, what should you do?"

"I will be on your side, and I will never give up."

"What if that day is at hand?"

"If that day really comes, no one can stop it, but that day should not be in sight, it should not be now."

"Why?"

"When something happens, you are disloyal to the country and unfilial to your family. is that he is in the hands of the rivers and mountains, how do you join the family, how do you level the world? ”

“…… What a great sin of disloyalty and unfilial piety! ”

Liu Jin laughed, the kiss lingering on her creamy skin also stopped for a long time, the laughter gradually subsided, his lips fell back to her neck, and she heard his hoarse voice whispering in her ear: "Promise me, protect yourself." Nothing is more important to me than you. ”

It was clearly such a sweet love story, but it sank in Lin Wanjing's heart, but it made her feel a pain in her heart, and before she could think about it carefully, her consciousness had been taken away by Liu Jin's domineering, and the clouds and rain lingered, and she was happy for a while.