In Lin Jue's public house, Lin Jue and Tian Guilin sat opposite each other and talked. Tian Guilin is just a county magistrate of a small county, but he can come to the capital with the hundred and ten people and limited materials under his command all the way to present them to the imperial court, which makes Lin Jue extremely moved and respects him very much. If you want to say that when you were in Bohai County that day, you were just a general friend with this Tian County Commander, and you weren't even a friend at all, now Lin Jue really wants to make friends with him. And this mood, after learning about what Tian Guilin and they had experienced in the past days, made Lin Jue even more respectful of him.

"Tian County Order, the official ship you lent me was destroyed that day, and I asked the boatman you were looking for to bring a letter to you, telling you about the silver taels I left at the Four Seas Inn. I wonder if you can get the money? It didn't cause you any trouble. Lin Jue asked with a smile.

Tian Guilin smiled and said, "Lin Xiang, you are really a hard-working person. You knew from the beginning that the borrowed boat would not go back, so you left Yinliang at the shopkeeper of the Four Seas Inn, right? ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Ashamed, ashamed." I can't say what it was like at the beginning. But I needed a boat to go to sea, so I had to use that as a solution. ”

Tian Guilin said with a smile: "Lin Xiang, if Xia Guan said that I knew your identity when I was in Bohai County, would you think that Xia Guan was lying?" ”

Lin Jue was stunned and said, "Do you know my identity in Bohai County?" How can it be? ”

Tian Guilin smiled and said, "Lin Xiang really doesn't believe it. But this is indeed the case, on the third day of your arrival in my Bohai County, the lower officials knew your identity. Originally, Xia Guan was already very suspicious, you said that you are a businessman in Hangzhou, and you went to a place like my Bohai County in the winter to collect worthless things like dried seafood, which already made me very puzzled. Besides, where the people you are carrying seem to be doing business, even if those people are deliberately disguised, they can still see that they are not ordinary businessmen. The people of Bohai County may not feel it, but after all, Xia Guan has seen some of the world, so he is naturally suspicious. At first, Xia Guan thought you were pirates, but your style of conversation made me feel different. Therefore, I was very puzzled in my heart. ”

Lin Jue thought for a while and said: "What you said also makes some sense, indeed, I brought my personal guards and entourage at the time, they are all people with martial arts, and the horses are all war horses. Although we deliberately made some disguises, it was still easy to be recognized. But how do you know who I am? At most, you suspect that I am not a businessman, do you recognize who I am? You and I haven't met. ”

Tian Guilin smiled and said: "Xiaguan naturally and Lin Xiang have never met before, but someone in my Bohai County has seen Lin Xiang." There is a staff member in our county government who once participated in the spring examination of Qingfeng in the fifth year of Qingfeng with Lin Xiang, but Lin Xiang was the top student in high school that year, but the staff of the lower official was named Sun Shan. When Lin Xiang rode a horse to patrol the streets, he could only leave Beijing and return home. But he saw you on the streets. He went with me that day, and he didn't recognize Lin Xiang at the time, but after returning to the ya, he remembered it. Therefore, he secretly reported the matter to the lower officials. ”

Lin Jue was stunned: "There is such a thing? In other words, my identity was already known after you saw me? ”

Tian Guilin nodded and said, "That's right." The lower officials also deliberately carried out some verification, and the lower ones

The official went to Binzhou to meet a friend who had resigned from the capital and returned to his hometown, he was originally an official in the Ministry of Industry, but after the great changes in the DPRK and China, he felt that the officialdom was sinister, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. Lin has been an official to the third envoy for many years, and there must have been a lot of officials who have seen you, and I looked for him just to learn from him about your appearance, demeanor and style. This certification confirms your identity. ”

Lin Jue was surprised, he never expected that he thought that he had hidden his identity unknowingly, but in fact, Tian Guilin had already found out.

"Since Tian County Ling had insight into my identity, why didn't he make a noise? At that time, I was a traitor wanted by the DPRK and China. As far as I know, the imperial court offered a heavy reward for the life of the high lord, why didn't the Tianxian order report to the state capital to get people? But instead they continue to pretend that they don't know, and help me get a ship to help me? If you know who I am, you know that I don't need a boat to carry dried seafood, right? Lin Jue asked suspiciously.

Tian Guilin smiled and said, "To be honest, after knowing Lin Xiang's identity, Xia Guan is actually very entangled. At that time, you and Liang Wangfu rebelled out of the capital and raised the flag in Funiu Mountain, and the imperial court had already issued a report to all places, and you were already the imperial court's anti-...... Anti-thief, the one who everyone gets and is punished. However, not everyone is without their own judgment, at least the official has his own opinion on what is happening in the DPRK and China. Although the imperial court was silent about King Huai's accession to the throne, it was full of rumors in private. Tian is not talented, but also knows the difference between right and wrong. Lin Yuan's move to go out of the capital from time to time is not something that everyone thinks is wrong, and many people think that your move is just a move to be loyal to the monarch and maintain the ethics of ordinary people. The text of your flag has also been posted in Binzhou, and I have also read it, which can be said to occupy the moral and ethical principles, which is irrefutable. So, after thinking about it, Xia Guan thinks it's better not to reveal your identity. ”

Lin Jue laughed and said, "I see, it's dangerous." If I meet a county magistrate who is loyal to Guo Xu and wants to be promoted and make a fortune, I am afraid that I don't know how he died. I want to thank Tian County for letting me go. ”

Tian Guilin said with a smile: "That's not necessary, another important reason why Xia Guan didn't make a noise at that time was ...... Lin Yuan threw a lot of money to receive the goods, which can be called a life-saving move for the people of Bohai County. Under the Bohai County Order, the people under my jurisdiction are about to starve to death and freeze to death, but I am helpless, and the imperial court has no relief measures, so I am worried. Lin Xiang spent money to save the people of Bohai, if I expose Lin Xiang, wouldn't the people of Bohai County lose your savior. Hahaha. ”

Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, pointed at Tian Guilin and said with a smile: "You are really sincere, I didn't expect there to be such a reason." Looks like it was my silver that saved me, hahaha. No wonder you are actively looking for a ship for me, for fear that if I don't have a ship to go to sea, I won't receive the goods in a big way, right? ”

Tian Guilin said with a smile: "Not really, I think Lin Xiang should have been in Funiu Mountain, and he came all the way to the seaside county to go to sea, so there must be something important." So by transporting the goods, I will also help you. It's a move to push the boat along the water. When I borrowed the icebreaker from the navy, I already knew that it would not come back. ”

Lin Jue stood up, bowed and said, "Tian County Order, Lin Jue sincerely thanks, not for not revealing my identity, but for you to help me go to sea." Do you know that that trip to sea was very important, and I was originally going to investigate the remnants of the Qingjiao

The supplies left on Snake Island are for the armor of our Falling Goose Army. But he inadvertently broke the matter of the alliance between the imperial court and the Jurchens on the sea. That's important for our decisions later. I want to thank you for that. ”

Tian Guilin hurriedly got up and saluted: "How dare you dare, you have tormented the lower officials." The lower officials just did things according to their conscience and did not dare to say thanks. ”

Lin Jue personally refilled the tea for Tian Guilin, and after sitting down, he asked in a deep voice: "I want to know if it will cause you trouble in the future, after all, it is a warship." ”

Tian Guilin smiled bitterly: "That's not the ship's problem, but not long after Lin Xiang left, this matter was exposed." My staff member was dissatisfied when he saw me quietly helping you leave. He failed in the imperial examination and was depressed in life, so he wanted to take a crooked path. Originally, I wanted to get some benefits through me, but I couldn't fulfill my wish, so I secretly went to the state government to tell the informant, saying that I was harboring the court thieves, colluding with you, and being disloyal to the court. ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Damn, the most unscrupulous reader." This guy's books are all in the dog's belly. ”

Tian Guilin smiled: "But you can't blame him, after all, the reward is rich, and he is unhappy, and I can't let him get the reward, of course he hates me." ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "Wouldn't that have affected you, I don't know how you got out, this is a big crime." I guess the state officials are frightened, just now a big thief slipped through their territory. ”

Tian Guilin said with a smile: "Fortunately, you went fast, and there was no way to catch you after you went to sea." That's why my life was saved. Because ......"

Lin Jue suddenly said: "Because they can't afford this responsibility, right?" Let a big thief slip out from under their noses, if this matter is reported to the court, they will all be unlucky. It's better to turn a big thing into a small thing, everyone pretends that it didn't happen, and plugs the mouths of the insiders, and this matter is in the past, right? ”

Tian Guilin looked at Lin Jue blankly and said, "Lin Xiang seems to have seen it with his own eyes. ”

Lin Jue sighed: "Isn't this a common practice in officialdom? Looks like I guessed right. ”

Tian Guilin nodded and said, "That's right." After Zhizhou and Tongzhi reprimanded me, I was silenced and not allowed to mention this matter again, otherwise everyone would be finished. I certainly don't talk too much. Speaking of which, Lord Lin's five thousand taels of silver played a role, and someone in the navy tracked down the whereabouts of the icebreaker, and the five thousand taels of silver were stuffed into their hands, and they suddenly fell silent. But it was the informant who threw himself into the sea and died for some reason. That's the end of it. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "Sure enough, it's standard practice. If you can't solve the problem, you can solve the person who raised the problem. This decisive killing and killing of mouths seems to be well versed in the way of officialdom. As soon as the guy died, the wind was calm. ”

Tian Guilin also smiled bitterly: "Xia Guan has always been clean and self-conscious, but this time he is the same as them, and he is extremely ashamed." ”

Lin Jue laughed and said, "You are affected by me." I want to know, how is the livelihood of Bohai County now? The situation here is a little more uncertain, and some remote places have not yet been taken into account. You can tell me about it. ”

Tian Guilin was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "Doesn't Lin Xiang know the situation on my Hebei East Road?" My Bohai County and even the entire state capital county of Hebei East Road are occupied by the Jurchens. ”

Lin Jue was shocked and stunned.