Zhou Papi is not small.

Many people have heard of the fire in the palace as if there was a faint word "Zhou" appearing in the firelight, and the people talked about it, but no one has made trouble and dared to blatantly use the word "Zhou".

Zhou Papi didn't mean it. The eighteenth generation of his ancestors is surnamed Zhou, but it just happened to be lucky. He felt that he could do it, and then he was instigated by his wife Lu at home......

Tongzhou is not far from the capital, but it is only a few days away. Zhou Papi is not a great character, at least for now, it will not become a big climate.

Although he said that he followed the allusion to kill the white rooster uprising, but to be honest, it was just a brave and unscrupulous person and a group of rabble who made a fool of themselves.

He couldn't even ride a horse.

Zhou Yi told Lin Qiantan with a strange look that he was said to have relatives in Tongzhou, and it seemed that he was a person named Zhou Papi.

Lin Qiantan listened to it, and didn't know whether she should say it or not, the things in this world were too coincidental.

By the end of October, several snows had fallen in the sky, and Mei's funeral had come to an end.

Lin Qiantan went out frequently, and she had already attracted Chu Jiang's attention. It's just that every time Chu Jiang asked, Lin Qiantan always said that she was going to the Gu family to find Gu Qingxuan.

What Lin Qiantan thought about was to go back to the Lin family after Mei was buried. Therefore, she has always lived in the Chu family.

Also, I witnessed how the Jiang family lived in the Chu family for a month or two.

The imperial court has sent soldiers and horses to exterminate Zhou Papi, and Zhou Papi can't hold on for long. By the end of September, more than half of the soldiers and horses had been lost.

Zhou Yi has no affection for Zhou Papi, no matter how good Zhou Papi is, he can't even come here.

Lin Qiantan and Zhou Yi stood under the eaves and talked, and in the room, when Mei was lying there, her expression was peaceful.

"Uncle Zhou," Lin Qiantan took the cloak from Jinhe's hand, and she was going back: "How about the last time I asked you to help investigate."

Lin Qiantan just didn't mention it, Zhou Yi wanted to say it himself, he shook his head and said, "The Xia Sanniang you said, I really don't know where she came from."

Zhou Yi also specially asked someone to go back to Qianshi Village to inquire.

Lin Qiantan didn't know that her letter to Wang Yuanzhao had not been sent at all. It was still because Wang Yuanzhao didn't reply to the letter, or he knew that it was inconvenient to say.

She was suspicious of Xia Sanniang's origins and entrusted Zhou Yi to do this in person, but she used a lot of manpower, but she still found nothing.

Lin Qiantan was not surprised by such a result.

Zhou Yi thought about it, personally helped Lin Qiantan tie the rope tie of the cloak, his eyes were kind, and he said: "In the troubled times back then, there were already mixed people, and there were too many people in the family who fled, and it was difficult to trace them one by one. Not to mention that the person you mentioned is still an inner house woman. "The daughters of large families often hide behind people and do not meet outsiders casually, and many times, people who do not know the truth cannot even know what they look like.

There are still a few days before Mei is buried, Lin Qiantan came over this day and left earlier than usual, Zhou Yi asked Lin Qiantan by the way, where she went.

Lin Qiantan's figure stopped slightly, and said with a smile: "I was still seen by Uncle Zhou, I want to say, the weather is good today, go and see the old people."

Zhou Yi was stunned for a while, and only after a while did he react, the old man Lin Qiantan said was the son of the Dong family who was found buried in the suburbs a year ago, Dong Yong.

Although the government said that his body was seen again. But the Yin family was afraid of disturbing his son's peace, so after the case was hastily closed, he still asked him to be buried back in that place.

It's under the mountain gate, and the environment is good.

Lin Qiantan wanted to say that she should go over and take a "good" look at him if she was a husband and wife in her previous life.

Unlike ordinary people who go to the grave to see people, what Lin Qiantan brought was not any wine and food, and there was no paper money. Smelling the strange smell emanating from the basket in Jinhe's hand, Zhou Yi couldn't help but wonder what was inside.

It stinks.

Lin Qiantan smiled, what she brought was just some things that Dong Yong didn't like the most before.

Dog blood, what an unlucky thing.

Dong Yong's tomb is outside the city, it looks like someone has just taken care of it, Lin Qiantan thought about it, when Dong Yong was down, he had no contact with anyone, and the one who would come over to deal with him should be his mother Yin.

Lin Qiantan remembered that Jiyue Fengguang told her that this Yin family seemed to marry a family surnamed Lu to fill the house for the surnamed Lu. She originally wanted to "greet her", but because there was something to do in the middle, she put her there.

When he walked to the front of the tomb and looked at it, he concluded that the person who had come was indeed the current Lu Yin clan. The Yin family even carefully prepared Dong Yong's favorite food before his death.

Lin Qiantan's gaze was attracted by a small figure resting on the side of the worship tableware.

The girl who was sewn with good fabric used dozens of silver needles pierced the runes used by Taoist priests to curse, and what was written on it was clearly her Lin Qiantan's birthday.

Lin Qiantan still had the heart to joke with a few girls: "I forgot my eight-character birthday, this Yin clan knows." It was given to her by Yin Wei that day.

This thing that witches are disgusting, Lin Qiantan both believes and does not believe, she herself is a person who crawled out of the ground, and what kind of doll curse is she afraid of?

It's Lu Yin's own family, who remarried and remarried, and is still so restless. Her son Dong Yong, who had a grudge in his previous life, had evil intentions again and again, and it was no wonder that she was killed.

Lin Qiantan set off a fire on the spot to burn the villain clean, looked at the tomb that had obviously been renovated and built, and said in her heart, I don't know if the Lu family knows that they married the new lady who took care of the accounts and took their money to repair the grave for their son?

Lu Jingyuan, the son of the Lu family, has just entered the imperial court, and he has been appreciated by his superiors, and it has only been a long time since he has been promoted.

I heard that her father Lin Quan has been mentioning this talented descendant from time to time recently.

In the snow, Lin Qiantan poured the jet-black dog blood on Dong Yong's grave, and the grave that had just been cleaned by the Yin clan suddenly emitted a foul smell.

Lin Qiantan stayed until the sun rose in the afternoon, thinking that people would come out anyway, so it was better to take the opportunity to go up the mountain for a walk.

The fresh air in the mountains carries a lot of cold meaning, after all, it is a cold early winter, and even the pilgrims who usually enter the incense are mostly missing.

Lin Qiantan didn't expect to meet someone in the mountains who she didn't want to bump into the most.

Feacity.

Yin Ren, a person who never worships Buddha on weekdays, actually appeared there. When he saw Lin Qiantan, he didn't seem surprised. He had long heard that Lin Qiantan came to this White Horse Temple from time to time. When she went out of town today, she didn't notice that he was following her.

Yin Ren is Lin Qiantan's nominal uncle and the powerful prime minister of the dynasty. Lin Qiantan couldn't get around it, so he ignored it, so he stepped forward to greet him.

The good mood when I came out, needless to say, was gone. Lin Qiantan walked all the way with Yin Ren, until Yin Ren seemed to have had enough, saying that there was something else to do, so she left first.

Yin Ren said a lot of seemingly nonexistent words inexplicably, and Lin Qiantan was a little confused. However, Yin tenacity has always been elusive, and Lin Qiantan is not surprised.

Lin Qiantan was still wandering in the White Horse Temple, and Yin Ren had already stepped on the carriage going down the mountain, and while getting into the car, he said to the person who came out with him next to the car: "Go and check again, the whereabouts of the talisman ......"

Although Lin Qiantan couldn't figure out what Yin Tenacity suddenly appeared in the White Horse Temple, she knew a lot about some of Yin Tenacity's habits. Yin tenacity is always good at unconsciously saying things from others.

Yin Huai had already mentioned it to Yin Ren, and the talisman that Yan Shao handed over to General Cai that day was enough to mobilize 100,000 soldiers and horses was missing. Wang Yuanzhao was once the object of Yin tenacity's suspicion. Yin tenacious tried several times, but Wang Yuanzhao was silent. Pubic tenacity several assassinations...... Wang Yuanzhao also hid.

Yin Ren also tried to test Lin Qiantan on a whim, and the result was ...... Lin Qiantan is also so leaky, and she seems to be very defensive against him.

However, sometimes, it is too much, and the more rigorous it is, the more ...... The more it is, the more it means that there is a problem.

And this was also an opportunity for him to finally be sure of where Yan Shao's talisman had gone.

*

On October 28, Lin Qiantan received a letter from Wang Yuanzhao from the ice and snow. The snow was slippery, no easier than the summer rain and floods, but I don't know how the two dogs got it, and even the letter paper for writing the letter seemed to be wet.

Lin Qiantan took advantage of the time to guard Mei's spirit, and gave Wang Yuanzhao a few pairs of winter shoes. The shoes were just made by the embroidery lady in her shop who had learned her three-point craft, but it was enough.

Originally, the marriage between the Wang family and the Wei family was scheduled for the beginning of the twelfth year of Tianlong.

But Emperor Tianlong used a few little generals so much, Wang Yuanzhao went, and he didn't know when he would come back, I heard Wei Jiayin say before that the two families had postponed the marriage, and it was time to get later.

Wei Jiayin also joked with Lin Qiantan, saying that the marriage between the two was not far behind, and if it was postponed, maybe they couldn't be brides together.

When Wei Jiayin said this, his demeanor was actually a little strange.

Lin Qiantan knew that at the end of September, Wei Jiayin sent a cold item to Wang Yuanzhao on the northern border. Lin Qiantan asked her why she suddenly wanted to open it, she didn't say why, only said that the marriage couldn't be changed anyway, so it was better to go with the flow and do something she should do.

The second batch of things sent by the Wei family to the north has already set off in a few days. Lin Qiantan felt that she was not suitable to do anything for someone other than Chu Jiang, not to mention that person was still her friend's fiancé! So I just ordered the embroidery lady to do this......

Soon, it was time for Mei to be buried.

*

Zhimei was originally just a maid and an orphan, even if Gu Ping came forward and recognized her as a righteous granddaughter, Zhimei's background is still not high.

According to Lin Qiantan's original meaning, since she used Gu Ping's relationship, she naturally only went to the funeral in the name of the granddaughter of the Gu family, but what she didn't expect was that Gu Ping really gave her a big surprise.

The day before the funeral, Lin Qiantan got the list of guests invited by Gu Ping from Gu Qingxuan. According to Gu Ping's meaning, since he took over this job, he had to do it seriously.

The degree of scenery of this funeral is too much more beautiful than Lin Qiantan estimated in advance.

Gu Ping has always been famous, although some people who have always had a good relationship with Gu Ping don't know where Gu Ping came out with a righteous granddaughter, but it is just a matter of favor, and many people have come over to express some respect.

Lin Qiantan was grateful to the teacher, but Gu Ping stroked his beard and said to Lin Qiantan: "You don't have to thank you too early, I am also selfish in doing this."

What selfishness can Gu Ping have?!

Lin Qiantan was very puzzled.

Gu Ping and Lin Qiantan came to the Gu Mansion study, and Gu Ping did not hide it from the only female student in her later years. He told Lin Qiantan to help Mei with the funeral, firstly, it was to let the girl have a place to die, and secondly, it was for himself.

Lin Qiantan looked at the teacher's white beard and thought thoughtfully.

Lin Qiantan thought well, Gu Ping really continued: "At my age, if there is a funeral at this time, I will not be able to serve under my grief, and it is not impossible to die old from now on."

Gu Ping had already had the idea of retiring, but because Emperor Tianlong wanted to use him, he had to stay in the court to serve and fight against the family group for the emperor. It's just a peaceful time, and he can still do his best to help the emperor who is not very recognized in his mind.

However, at the moment, the situation outside is getting more and more chaotic. Lin Qiantan said: "Your Majesty won't let go of you so easily."

Gu Ping has never liked Emperor Tianlong's great achievements, both civil and martial arts, and in the first few years of his reign, he did make some achievements.

But these achievements, drastic, but also moved many people's cakes.

Just a Tianlong Grand Canal has caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the people.

Gu Ping pointed to the map of the Great Shang Dynasty on the wall of the study, and said to Lin Qiantan: "Originally, the construction period of this Grand Canal is also this number, to say the least." He stretched out his finger and made a gesture, "Your Majesty will not listen to persuasion, so he has to dredge the river during his reign." ”

Lin Qiantan said: "If he only does this one big thing, he will finish these things internally, and he will use troops externally."

Emperor Tianlong was too greedy.

The action was too big, and a few people understood that he meant well.

It is said that these children of the poor family who were hired by Emperor Tianlong in the current court got official positions from Emperor Tianlong, but in turn severely criticized the national policy used by the emperor.

Gu Ping thought that he didn't have the energy to be caught between the emperor and the hundred officials, so he simply tried to retreat. It was only a few years before the Great Shang Dynasty was in chaos. He may also be waiting in his heart, waiting to see if there will be a real master.

However, as Lin Qiantan said, Emperor Tianlong will not let people go casually.

While the two were talking, Gu Xiaowei came in outside and interrupted them. Gu Xiaowei came in and said that the time outside was almost over.

When Mei went out of the funeral as the young lady of the Gu family, the funeral procession was naturally much grander than Lin Qiantan had originally estimated. From beginning to end, it actually runs through most of the capital. This shows Gu Ping's prestige.

It was inconvenient for Lin Qiantan to come forward directly, so she sat with Gu Qingxuan. In the carriage, he sent Mei out of the city.

As the coffin was lifted and then placed into the Gu family's tomb according to its position, there was really one less person in this world.

But no one can say, maybe it's really like what Lin Qiantan said, and Mei will have a chance to do it again.

*

When the burial was done, Lin Qiantan still went back with the Gu family. The funeral of the Gu family, such as the Wang family of the Yanguo Mansion, who had a deep relationship with Gu Ping, did not leave after the funeral.

Lin Qiantan unknowingly blended into the Lin family's team and joined the Lin family.

After the funeral, after all, there was a thank-you banquet.

The position where Lin Qiantan was sitting was not too far away from the Yan Guo Mansion.

The people of the Wang family, except for Zhang Yingru, the duchess of the country, just came to the third lady Wang Tingling, Lin Qiantan has been in contact with her a few times, and her impression is not very good.

Wang Tingling had a task given by his grandfather, so he naturally wanted to contact Lin Qiantan intentionally. Although she herself doesn't know very well why her grandfather Wang Qun pays so much attention to juniors.

Lin Qiantan was originally dealing with Shen Ning, who had not seen him for a long time, and did not pay much attention to Wang Tingling's gaze.

It was also Wang Tingling's action that was too big, which attracted Lin Qiantan's attention.

Lin Qiantan felt that Wang Tingling's attitude towards her seemed to be a little wrong. I just didn't think much of it. Until Wang Tingyu told her that Wang Tingling had not only repeatedly gotten good things from her grandfather recently, but also had her grandfather personally in charge and got a particularly good family business.

According to Wang Tingyu, Wang Tingling is not a person who is unprofitable to get up early.

Lin Qiantan put this matter on her mind. She stayed at the Chu family for more than a month, and she should have gone back a long time ago. Just taking advantage of Mei's funeral, he followed Shen Ning and walked back.

After the funeral thank-you banquet was over, she met Chu Jiang who came with Chu gradually outside the main gate of the Gu family.

Lin Qiantan thought that it was unfortunate that she came out with Gu Ping before the funeral began, and she happened to be seen by Chu Jiang, who was holding a new article to consult Gu Xiaowei at that time.

Chu Jiang looked at Lin Qiantan with puzzled eyes.

Lin Qiantan just didn't see it, pretending to be stupid. The matter of her apprenticeship with Gu Ping was also kept secret from Chu Jiang. This time, it wasn't that she didn't want to say it, but that Gu Ping didn't allow her to say it.

Gu Ping naturally had his considerations.

Lin Qiantan thought that there should be nothing particularly unnatural about her at that time, so she put it aside. Chu Jiang couldn't help but think about it.

Chu Jiang remembered that when he was in the past, Lin Qiantan was talking and laughing with Gu Ping. That feeling of familiarity and intimacy is not quite like an ordinary polite greeting.

Chu Jiang didn't suspect that there was something wrong with them, but he just had doubts in his heart.

I heard before that Gu Ping accepted a female student......

Today it is said to be the funeral of a certain young lady of Gu Jiayi's granddaughter, and their Chu family came to mourn. And Lin Qiantan came out of the inner courtyard of the Gu family so coincidentally.

He didn't have a chance to ask Lin Qiantan face to face, but he had the opportunity to test a thing or two with Gu Xiaowei. Gu Xiaowei really knew the inside story, but he had already practiced the ability to play Tai Chi. What his grandfather refused to disclose, he would not leak a word.

Chu Jiang also had times when he was easily fooled. The people of the Lin family took the first step. Chu Jiang was left behind by Gu Xiaowei and discussed knowledge with Gu Xiaowei. Gu Xiaowei said and said, very skillfully, to talk about his grandfather's intention to retire.

Gu Ping has a high status in the court, and if he wants to retire, it will naturally be a big deal. Chu Jiang was really taken aback and was attracted to attention.

Gu Xiaowei trusted Chu Jiang's character, and talked about who would take over the banner in Gu Ping's hands if Gu Ping abdicated. He was not presumptuous, and said: "I think, according to His Majesty's trust in me, I am afraid that my grandfather will sell Sun for glory and push me up, right?"

Chu Jiang was silent.

In the warm pavilion, two teenagers of average age exchanged ideas, exchanged information, and after a few glasses of wine, Shixing was tossed again. Chu Jiang simply put aside some doubts in his heart for the time being, and stayed at the Gu family until it was almost dinner before leaving.

*

Lin Qiantan had already gone back to the Lin family.

In order to treat Mei's affairs, Lin Qiantan left the house for more than a month. In the past month or so, the Dongshan Marquis Mansion has also undergone a lot of changes.

Perhaps the biggest change is that the pattern in the backyard of the Lin family has changed suddenly.

Lin Yangde didn't get any problems with his old waist when he fell off the horse that day, but because of his female color, he was sick.

As soon as he lay down in bed, it didn't take half a year to recover. It was cheaper for two adult sons to divide his power.

Because their mother is still there, Lin Dong and Lin Quan will not make trouble on the surface, but these are much more explicit when they are reflected in the backyard.

Shen Ning and Yin Wei come and go, each has its own winners and losers, and those Lin clan people who were brought to the Lin family by Lin Yangde and asked the gods to send them to the gods easily became chess pieces at both ends of the chessboard.

On the contrary, Lin Qiantan is not there, and Yinping Pavilion has become a place without an owner, but it is the most peaceful.

When Mei's death is over, there are not many people in the Silver Screen Pavilion who know about it. Bishu knows, but can endure. Mama Zhong knew, but didn't say it.

When Lin Qiantan came back, she only felt that there was not much change in the room.

Bishu was told to stay in the Hou Mansion to help Mama Zhong watch the Yinping Pavilion, and during Lin Qiantan's dusting, she reported to Lin Qiantan some of the things that happened in the mansion during Lin Qiantan's departure.

For example, the little aunt who caused Lin Yangde to indulge excessively was personally dealt with by the Shen family and went to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing. For example, in order to make his mother happy, Lin Quan also dismissed the people around him. Another example...... Lin Ziye sent a letter back home......

Lin Qiantan was not interested in the whereabouts of the women in the house, so she only left a note in her heart, telling Jinhe to remember to remind herself, and go to Zhuangzi to see the aunt who might know some useful information after a while.

On the other side, Lin Qiantan asked Bishu and Lin Ziye about writing back in person.

In his previous life, Lin Ziye did not do his business from beginning to end. In this life, he has changed his personality and knows hard work. Lin Qiantan also wanted to know what he was doing when he wrote back.