Lin Yuan didn't want to be recognized, so he took advantage of the fact that Mr. Bookkeeper was kneeling, put him on his arm, and said, "Sir, what's wrong?" It must have been Fang who spilled the tea on the ground and made the gentleman slip."

Lin Yuan helped Mr. Bookkeeper to the chair and said with a smile: "Mr. guessed well, it is Lin Yuan below, if you have anything, just say it." ”

Mr. Bookkeeper said: "Under the surname Sun, the grass name Zhihong, Guangxu came to Qingyuan County in the twentieth year, one day with the clumsy Jing out of the smelter tour, I don't want to be the bully Zhang Zilin to meet the see, he coveted the clumsy Jing beauty, actually snatched the clumsy Jing into the house, I sued the Fengtian prefect, who knew that Zhang Zilin actually beat a rake, insisted that I sold the clumsy Jing into the Zhang family first, but sued me for extorting money!" ”

"The Fengtian prefect received the benefits of Zhang Zilin, reversed black and white, and even beat me up, expelled me from the court, and I was not allowed to sue again, I have no way to sue, there is no way, I can only stay here, day and night I hope to see the clumsy side again, and then I will live this life!" After Sun Zhihong finished speaking, he burst into tears. Lin Yuan asked, "Is your wife still alive now?" ”

Sun Zhihong said: "I have been inquiring in many ways these days, and I know that Lu Dao is still alive. ”

Lin Yuan said: "That's good, do you still want to reunite with husband and wife?" ”

Sun Zhihong said: "Lin Shuai, look at what you said, how can I not look forward to the reunion of husband and wife!" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "That's good, you go back to prepare the paper, early tomorrow morning, you will go to the county government of Qingyuan County to beat the drum and voice the grievances, I was already there at that time, and I will naturally make the decision for you." ”

Sun Zhihong nodded gratefully, and Lin Yuan said, "You go back first, and prepare the paper." ”

Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing came out, and Lin Yuan said, "Don't you think Zhang Ziyu's matter is very strange? Shen Wanqing asked, "What's strange?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Do you think, it turns out that the Zhang family advocates Yunfeng as the king, why do you want to pass on the position of the head of the family to Zhang Ziyu?" There is an old saying that 'rich can not be three generations', it is normal for the descendants of rich families to have no income, how many families have declined like this, Zhang Yunfeng passed on the family business to Zhang Ziyu, which simply ruined Zhang Ziyu's lifelong happiness, is his family business more important than his daughter's lifelong happiness? ”

Shen Wanqing said: "Maybe this Zhang Yunfeng is very greedy for money." ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and said: "I always feel that there is something strange about this matter, Zhang Yunfeng must have handed over some secret to Zhang Ziyu, this secret needs to be guarded by Zhang Ziyu with the happiness of her life." ”

Shen Wanqing's face was dazed when she heard this, and Lin Yuan said, "I'm going to meet Zhang Ziyu, you find an inn and wait for me first." ”

The two separated, Lin Yuan came to Zhang's house, and when he came to the door, he let people report: Lin Yuan asked to see!

The gatekeeper didn't believe it at first at first, until Lin Yuan showed the seal, and the gatekeeper went in to report, Lin Yuan stopped him and ordered: "The matter of my coming here, don't make a noise, the fewer people who know the way, the better." ”

After a while, the janitor came out and said, "Miss is seeing you in the back garden, please come in." ”

Lin Yuan followed the gatekeeper into the courtyard from the corner gate, after a few courtyards, the most lull came to the back garden, only to see that it was full of plum blossoms of various colors, among the plum blossoms, a delicate small building was slim, Lin Yuan walked to the door, only to see the small building written on it: Listen to the Snow Pavilion.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Even the name of a building has been so elegant, it seems that this Zhang family is not an ordinary rich man. Lin Yuan stepped upstairs, only to see that the upstairs was inlaid with transparent glass, and the scenery in the courtyard was in full view, and a delicate woman was sitting in the middle of the room, it was Zhang Ziyu.

Lin Yuan saw that Zhang Ziyu's skin was delicate and fair, like a freshly peeled lychee, and thought: "If I hadn't listened to my buddy, I wouldn't have thought that she was already thirty-five years old, and she looked like she was only in her twenties." Zhang Ziyu smiled slightly and said, "Lin Shuai, please take a seat." Then he stretched out his slender hand, picked up the gold-inlaid teapot on the table, poured a cup of tea for Lin Yuan, and then asked, "I don't know what happened to Lin Shuai to find the people's daughter?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I have nothing to do, I saw the girl's heroic appearance yesterday, and I couldn't help but admire it, so I came to talk, and I hope the girl won't be surprised." ”

Zhang Ziyu picked up the tea bowl, gently plucked the tea leaves in the bowl with the lid, and said with a smile: "The little girl is only shallow in learning, and her words are vulgar, and I hope Lin Shuai will not be surprised." ”

After the politeness was over, he was about to start talking about serious things, Lin Yuan said: "I came this time to ask the girl to exempt the rent of everyone in Zhangjia Village. When Zhang Ziyu heard this, her hand stopped, she gently put down the tea bowl, and said: "Lin Shuai's request is to cut off our Zhang family's livelihood, if you were me, would you agree?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I did this, not to cut off your Zhang family's way of life, on the contrary, I pointed out a way of life for your Zhang family, as far as I know, you only have one brother." ”

Zhang Ziyu raised her eyebrows lightly and asked, "What does Lin Shuai mean by this?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't answer, but asked, "I don't know what the relationship between Miss Ziyu and your brother is?" Would you like to watch your brother die? ”

Zhang Ziyu's eyes suddenly showed a trace of inexplicable sadness, she stood up and said: "This is the family matter of the people's daughter, if Lin Shuai is here to talk to me about family affairs, please forgive the people's daughter for not being able to accompany me." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Your brother has done a lot of bad things, I believe you have heard of it, today I will tell you clearly, your brother has a handle in my hands, if you exempt the people of Zhangjia Village from the rent, I will let him go, otherwise, I will definitely act impartially and strictly, and when the time comes, your brother will die for life." ”

Zhang Ziyu didn't say anything, stood up and walked downstairs, saying as she walked: "Someone, send off!" ”

After a while, a little maid walked up and said, "Lin Shuai, please come here." ”

Lin Yuan nodded coldly, thinking, "Zhang Ziyu, it seems that you really don't care about your brother's life or death!" ”

Early the next morning, Lin Yuan came to the yamen of the magistrate of Qingyuan County, and Qin Xuefu, the magistrate of the county, hurriedly went out to greet him, Lin Yuan waved his hand lightly and said: "No need, someone will come to beat the drum in a while, you are ready to ascend to the hall." ”

Qin Xuefu nodded again and again, and at this moment, he only heard the sound of drums outside, and a servant walked into the lobby and said, "There is a Xiucai named Sun Zhihong outside, beating the drum and shouting grievances. ”

Qin Xuefu glanced at Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan nodded lightly, Qin Xuefu patted the shocked wood, and said, "Bring Sun Zhihong up." ”

When Sun Zhihong knelt in front of the hall and handed over the paper, Qin Xuefu read it and couldn't help but say: "It's been three years since this incident, why are you only beating the drum now?" ”

Sun Zhihong said: "The former master didn't dare to care, so it dragged on until now. ”

Qin Xuefu couldn't make up his mind, and looked back at Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan said, "Send someone to bring Zhang Zilin." ”

Qin Xuefu threw down an arrow, and two of them went out quickly, and after a while, the two of them came back quickly, but they didn't bring Zhang Zilin back!

Qin Xuefu asked, "What about Zhang Zilin?" ”

He replied: "Zhang Zilin's whereabouts are unknown, and according to the people of the Zhang family, they don't know where Zhang Zilin is. ”

Lin Yuan said: "It seems that the Zhang family deliberately despises the government, and the announcement is going to go down, preparing to search the Zhang Mansion, even if the Zhang family is turned over, Zhang Zilin will also be arrested!" ”

At this moment, he only heard the drum outside "knocking and knocking", and Lin Yuan asked, "Who is beating the drum below?" ”

A servant rushed out of the city, and after a while came back and replied: "Lord Hui, the one who beats the drum is the head of the Zhang family, Zhang Ziyu!" ”