In the heavy autumn rain, more than a dozen corpses of eunuchs fell in the pavilion, and near the place where the flowers and plants were fragrant. Lin Qiantan thought about it, and didn't bother to abandon the corpse all the way, this is a good place to bury bones.

The screen and the waves were used to the rough work of digging pits, so they asked them to bury these eunuchs on the spot. There is no shortage of people in the palace, and there is no one silently every day, just a few eunuchs who carry sedan chairs, and they die when they die.

When a few girls heard this, they were not verbose, and immediately rolled up their sleeves and worked, and it was rare that they were busy with neat movements, but the corners of their skirts were slightly dirty.

When they were working, Lin Qiantan helped Chu Jiang up, got her up, and asked Chu Jiang to lean on her body and take care of her personally.

The autumn rain was cold, Lin Qiantan stretched out her cloak and covered Chu Jiang's body, while watching a few girls work.

Jun buried the mud under the spring, Lin Qiantan remembered that his current behavior was quite similar to his tenacity. He smiled and thought to himself, after all, he was a student taught by Yin Ren, and he really couldn't think of a bit of his true inheritance.

Under the grass and trees of the Yin family, all the living people are buried to make fertilizer, and the garden of the Yin family is not much cleaner than this blood-stained imperial garden.

In the darkness, a few Yin guards who were left behind by Yin Tenacity to prevent accidents remembered what they saw in their hearts, and they couldn't help but have complicated thoughts. They finally understood where this Miss Lin Qi might have been liked by their master. If you kill someone, you kill someone, and you have to call someone dead before you have a whole corpse.

Lin Qiantan was helping Chu Jiang, who had temporarily lost his mind due to the influence of the medicine, and watched a few girls finish all the work in less than a quarter of an hour, and said, "Take these few things cut off and feed them to the dogs in the eighth sister's yard."

A few girls responded, so they took the black cloth bag in their pockets, and walked over to serve.

Lin Qiantan then personally helped Chu Jiang up, and then took out the gold needle from his pocket and poked Chu Jiang on the head a few times, causing Chu Jiang to wake up......

Lin Qiantan had already thought of an excuse when she was working for a few girls, how to fool Chu Jiang in the past. Chu Jiang was full of doubts, but he couldn't have any way to know the truth for a while. He couldn't stay in the palace for too long, he had to return to the Chu family and tell Chu gradually what happened in the imperial study.

As for the disciple of the so-called Baiyun Heavenly Master who dared to bite Lin Qiantan, Chu Jiang secretly remembered it in his heart and thought about going back to clean up......

As everyone knows, the kid who talked nonsense was not even alive for this night, just like his master.

At the same time, Ping Lang was asking Lin Qiantan what to do with the apprentice of the Baiyun Heavenly Master.

Lin Qiantan said: "Don't do anything, naturally someone will do this for us."

Who the Baiyun Heavenly Master was instructed by, Lin Qiantan knew in her heart. Yin Wei certainly has a leg, but if you want to come and go freely in this forbidden palace, you can't arrange these bits and pieces of things, just one Yin Wei.

But no matter which one it is, if it was her to be the person, she might also consider killing people and killing people.

After all, in this world, only the mouth of the dead is the most reliable.

Lin Qiantan and Chu Jiang separated, and naturally went to Concubine Xiao.

Emperor Tianlong let go, Lin Qiantan couldn't get out that night, she took people to Concubine Xiao, and Concubine Xiao had already known the emperor's will and asked people to prepare in advance.

This is the first time Lin Qiantan has stayed in the palace, and this feeling is very unfamiliar. Concubine Xiao prepared a palace close to the main room for her, and Lin Qiantan was very grateful. The palace is quite large, and there are all kinds of daily necessities.

This night, Lin Qiantan was destined to sleep not very peacefully. The unfamiliar environment in the palace brought her too much unease. is not used to all the environment in this palace, so even if she sleeps in the middle of the night, she can't help but be woken up by a little fluttering movement on the tree.

There were faintly moving imperial guards outside, as if the sound had finally gradually faded away, Lin Qiantan thought about it, simply put on her clothes and got off the bed, and came outside to walk around.

Concubine Xiao's bedroom here is not small, and Lin Qiantan is also sullen and bored, and unconsciously came to the vicinity of the rockery that she had been trying to enter before.

originally thought that someone would jump out to stop her, but as everyone knows, this time, there is no one.

The rockery in this garden is craggy, and the gap between the shape design and today's garden style is not small, Lin Qiantan is itchy to see it, but she can endure it stiffly.

The screen came out with her.

The screen also knew the rockery in this garden, and Concubine Xiao didn't let people touch it easily, and whispered there: "Maybe the concubine cares about enjoying the scenery of this garden alone, so she doesn't like others to go in."

Lin Qiantan smiled: "Maybe."

In this palace, there are many secrets, whether it is like the screen or not, it is loved by the concubine. She couldn't go any further, and the last thing she could have in this palace was curiosity.

Everyone was a little busy the night before, and Concubine Xiao was also a little affected here. At this moment, the entire dormitory was pitch black, and Lin Qiantan was walking on the road, and the sound of footsteps was very obvious.

Concubine Xiao went to bed early, and perhaps the palace people who served her were serving her at night. She came here at this time, so she didn't have the previous two euphemistic refusals to let her in.

In the Moon Shadow Building, Concubine Xiao did not fall asleep as Lin Qiantan thought, Lin Qiantan walked around in the garden, she stood by the window, and through the window there, she watched the people in the distance go farther and farther.

Behind her, a grandmother stood there, as if she didn't understand why the master didn't let people stop her: "It's not that you don't let people in, why are you ...... now?"

Concubine Xiao was only wearing a thin dress for sleeping, with a shawl for her hair, and looked at the girl below, but she said to him left and right: "The tunnel in the rockery was originally built by this girl's mother."

This is the first time Mama has heard of this.

Lin Qiantan had no intention of entering to snoop, and Concubine Xiao was not too surprised, so she turned around and walked back to sleep on the bed, and said while lying down: "If Miss Seven wants to go in again in the future, don't stop it." It's just a few broken stones, and the little girl may not be able to find anything. "Even if you find something, it's just a return to its original owner.

Mama nodded yes.

Concubine Xiao closed her eyes and smiled in the dark, and Mama was about to walk away, when she heard her say again: "Guess where this tunnel in the palace leads."

How could this grandmother guess this, not long after, Concubine Xiao really fell asleep, and the grandmother returned to her own bed and stayed awake and fell asleep.

Lin Qiantan looked up at the direction of Concubine Xiao's bedroom for a while, and then lowered her head for a while, only continued to circle nearby, and then walked back. From beginning to end, I didn't go to see the rockery landscape with winding paths.

*

The bed in the palace, except for being more luxurious, does not look any different from her own outside.

After Lin Qiantan slept in the palace all night, she left the palace as soon as she got up at dawn. Concubine Xiao personally sent her out before going back.

When Lin Qiantan returned to the mansion, it was no surprise that she would be caught and interrogated by the elders, and in that situation the night before, Lin Qiantan didn't think there was anything strange about it. But not everything can be said.

After the rain, the weather was already close to late autumn, and it was even more cold. Lin Qiantan had dealt with the elders of the Lin family and came out again, and as soon as the oncoming wind blew, she shivered.

Her good stepmother seemed to be disappointed.

As soon as she came out, she instructed the girls around her: "Go back and say to Mama Zhong, strictly discipline the girls in our yard, don't talk nonsense." Your Majesty is afraid that the things that happened a while ago have not stopped, and they will start again. ”

Over the past year, these things, compared with this time, may only be said to be a small fight. Lin Qiantan estimated that the matter of the fire in this palace could be blocked and not leaked, but if it was leaked, it would definitely be a big deal.

Judging by what she meant when she saw her grandfather, uncle, and father, they all knew what happened this time, and they didn't jump up and down like before. However, Lin Qiantan still ordered someone to pay close attention to the movements of several men in the family just in case. They just want to die, and they have to wait for her to marry out of this Lin family. Now, she couldn't see what happened to them.

In the morning, the family's greetings were over. When Lin Qiantan came out, she went back to her house and never came out in the morning.

I didn't get a good night's sleep the night before, but I took advantage of the early morning to sleep a return sleep, Lin Qiantan lay on the rocking chair in a daze, fell asleep, and accidentally fell asleep after a long time.

In her dreams, she was not surprised that she would dream of some scenes from her past life. At the same time in her previous life, she was banned from entering the palace because of the incident of the Dong family, but in her impression, no one should have set fire to it at that time.

In the dream, the white fog shrouded, Lin Qiantan came to the venue of the "palace banquet", passed through one "person" after another, and came to the palace road. But he found that the four princes, who were supposed to be resting in the palace, were in a hurry as if they were going somewhere, and they looked full of joy.

After that, the scene changed, and Lin Qiantan saw that Lin Bixiang, who also went to Yin Qiang's dormitory at that time, seemed to be sneakily avoiding Yin Qiang, looking like she was going out.

Lin Qiantan woke up in the middle of the night, thought about this, and smiled. Lin Bixiang really doesn't stop. Now she knew why the four princes appeared in the imperial study, and why they looked like they had a strange feeling of joy and disgust.

If this dream is true, then according to her guess, the four princes who appeared in the imperial study at that time may have just finished working with Lin Bixiang. can imagine what a ruined thing it was to see the woman's unsightly broken hand wound when she was romantic.

Lin Bixiang's hand is difficult to recover after all.

*

From the next day, the new Mama Zhong really restrained the subordinates in the Yinping Pavilion according to Lin Qiantan's intentions. As for Mama Gou, she hasn't been in charge of things much recently.

She said she wasn't feeling well.

Of course, Lin Qiantan knew the cause of her illness.

Gou Mama's two sons, Gou Dong and Gou Xi, can't change their eating feces and owe more and more gambling debts in the gambling house. Naturally, she is the only creditor.

Lin Qiantan rewarded Mama Gou with some things from time to time, and then the jewelry that was given out was actually just a turn around and returned to her hands.

He was a white wolf with empty gloves, and in order to exchange for more silver to pay off the debt, Mama Gou naturally had to reveal a lot of Yin Wei's secrets. The more she talked, the more "loyal" Mama Gou became to Lin Qiantan.

Lin Qiantan used her and asked her to help do some trivial things in the yard. As for the power in the courtyard, it was replaced by this Mama Zhong recommended by the Song family within a few days.

"My cousin has been talking about coming back to serve." Mama Zhong is Song's cousin, and when she talks about Song, her tone is sincere.

Lin Qiantan knew that Song's disease didn't seem to be anything, but it was actually quite powerful, and it was very taboo to work hard. So it's not that the Song family didn't ask to come back, but that Lin Qiantan has always disagreed.

Lin Qiantan smiled: "She is only less than forty, and when she gets better, there are still more opportunities, where is this moment and a half?"

Besides, Waitmei's marriage is just around the corner, and Lin Qiantan also hopes that if it is inconvenient for her to go out of the house to marry in person, the Song family can sit on the throne of the parents as Waitmei's mother.

*

A few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, some rumors slowly spread among the people that had something to do with the fire in the palace.

Emperor Tianlong, as Lin Qiantan expected, once tried to seal his mouth, and then although most people were very conscious of this matter and did not dare to say more, they still responded to the old saying, which is called the mouth of the people more than the defense of Sichuan.

There are a lot of people attending the banquet, and there is always a little rumor that leaks out.

The matter of Xia Shi in front of him has not been pressed down, and there is something new here that makes people make trouble.

Even if Lin Qiantan didn't have to go out, he could know that the city guards outside were arresting people all over the street. I don't know if there are enough prisons in Beijing.

The fire was shining, and the handwriting was displayed in the fire, and after this matter was falsely spread, somehow it was even involved in the head of Xia Chao.

The mother-in-law who went out to buy vegetables and came back also said that everyone outside was talking about this.

The masters strictly guarded against things that were not said, and the minions relied on their own guesses, all talking nonsense there, like someone said that on the day of the palace banquet, there was a god who instructed Emperor Tianlong to "abdicate and make way for Xian" or something.

Zhimei often goes to Song's place. The Song family lives in the noisy alley, and there are many discussions of one kind or another in the alley.

When Mei came back, she told Lin Qiantan what she heard, and after Lin Qiantan heard it, she didn't believe that there was no trace of anyone manipulating it.

But after a few days of work, it is clear that the word "Zhou" appeared in the fire, how can it be passed on, and the word "Zhou" will be changed to the word "Xiao"? According to Mei Na's meaning, there are still people who say that the emperor and grandson of the Xia Kingdom have been found......

The surname Xiao is the surname of the Xia Dynasty, which is a well-known thing. Folks also say that when the emperor grows up, sooner or later he will come back to the Yan family to get back what belongs to the Xiao family......

On August 20, Qin Tianjian was ordered to measure the celestial phenomena and report to the emperor, informing him that the Xiao royal family had indeed reappeared in the world.

Qin Tianjian also said that the word "Zhou" displayed in the fire may not just mean the surname.

So all of a sudden, the imperial guards under Emperor Tianlong's secret order went to investigate the former emperor and grandson of the Xia Dynasty who had escaped and all the people surnamed Zhou......

*

The thing that showed an abnormal scene in this fire, Lin Qiantan naturally had her own ideas.

There are bizarre things like her in this world, and even if there is something like this, it is not very strange.

And that "week" word......

Zhou Yiyun knows that Zhou Hu is repeated, and the way is to help the world.

The word "Zhou" itself has the meaning of starting over. In the past, the Yan clan of the Great Shang Dynasty rose, and most of the royal families of the Xia Dynasty were submerged in the change of dynasty.

The Yan branch was almost wiped out and died unexpectedly, as for the intricate diversion bloodlines that have been bred for hundreds of years, it is difficult to settle them one by one because of the innumerable number, even after Emperor Tianlong ascended the throne, he never attacked them.

Lin Qiantan couldn't help but think about the person in her previous life who raised the anti-flag and made trouble when the Great Shang was destroyed, was there such a person surnamed Zhou.

*

From time to time, Lin Qiantan asked people to pay attention to the movements of her grandfather and father.

Lin Yangde really did what he said this time. Just stay in his room honestly and hang out with his young concubine. Lin Dong is in charge of Dali Temple, and he is too busy. Lin Quan, like his father, is obsessed with gentleness in the countryside.

Lin Qiantan was not surprised.

However, Yin Wei threw herself into the struggle between wives and concubines for a while.

Although the body of the Xia Dynasty perished, the soul is still there, and it can be seen from these many people who speak for the Xia Dynasty that the establishment of the Great Shang is still too short, the foundation is not deep enough, and there are few winds and grasses, so they can be used to do things.

The chickens and dogs in the capital have been tossing and turning for more than half a month, and in such a situation, it has entered September.

September was supposed to be the time when Chongyang climbed and everyone went out to play, but recently, firstly, because the emperor was in a bad mood, and secondly, because of the rain, the mountain roads were slippery, and few people went out for a walk.

Lin Qiantan has been thinking about whose hand it is to make that fire.

The Lin family made a family banquet for appreciating chrysanthemums and eating crabs, although they didn't dare to hold a big event, so as not to make the emperor worry about it, but they still invited some relatives to get together at home.

The Lin family doesn't have many relatives, but there are also some cousins and cousins who live in various parts of the capital. It is often during this kind of festival that Lin Qiantan has the opportunity to meet her relatives who came to the Hou Mansion to fight the autumn breeze.

It's not that Lin Qiantan looks down on the poor...... She herself has been poor since she was a child, but the group of clans of the Lin family is really wonderful.

Thinking about it, Lin Yangde was born as a poor child after all. Although he made a fortune, he never got rich first to lead the latter to get rich, if it wasn't for the deliberate show, Lin Yangde himself actually didn't treat these poor relatives very well.

It is said that people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away, even a lady like Lin Shuchen, who has an average life in the Hou Mansion, has become the object of curry favor in front of a group of superb relatives.

A meal was being set up in the main courtyard, and a group of relatives were being entertained. Lin Qiantan came later, and when she went out, she also told the girl in the house to take care of the yard carefully, don't call the Lin family side branch to come over and "sit down", and took a few sheep away.

After all...... Have a criminal record.

When the Lin family came back to the capital last year, they once held a banquet to entertain the powerful people in Beijing, and the gang of people in the family were very dissatisfied at that time, thinking that Lin Yangde had forgotten his roots.

Now, Lin Yangde finally "took time" to come out, invited these relatives over, and entertained them lavishly.

Ping Feng and Ping Lang and others later, they didn't know why Lin Qiantan went to see a relative, why she had a constipated expression, and Jin He treated Mei for a few time-honored brands, but he knew some of the inside information.

Those who are vulgar and unbearable, I can't count them, so I won't talk about them.

One of them is a distant cousin who is a neighbor of the Song family, and since he was a child, he had a lot of opportunities to meet Lin Qiantan because of the Song family, because he didn't know that his cousins couldn't get married, so he shouted when he was a child that he would marry Lin Qiantan when he grew up.

Lin Qiantan couldn't help but have a headache when she thought about this person who was still like kraft candy when she saw him a few years ago, and now she wants to see him again.

"Although he has long been a relative of Wufu, he is not married with the same surname. I see that two years ago, he asked someone to send the special products of the capital to Yunzhou to me, but I am afraid that this kid is still not enlightened. ”

Jin He also knew about this, and as soon as Lin Qiantan said it, she remembered it.

"That master, I heard that it has been coming out in the past two years." Jinhe said.

Lin Qiantan asked her what she said.

This time it was to wait for Mei's words: "Mama Song said that he went to study and became famous."

Lin Qiantan soon met this brother who had not seen him for a long time and had no blood.

The eighteenth change of the female university, how can the male university not be the case, Lin Qiantan sees this person again, and some of them are not very recognizable.

are all surnamed Lin, no matter how distant they are, they are also an ancestor, that person came to toast, and Lin Qiantan also saluted him.

He also seemed to be embarrassed by his childish words when he was a child: "I didn't know the depth when I was a child, so I made my cousin laugh."

Although he was in rags, there were quite a few words of scholarly bones, Lin Qiantan tried to say a few words to him, and felt that his accumulation of knowledge in the past two years was simply amazing, so he moved his mind to recommend him to Wang Yuanzhao.

In the future, if Wang Yuanzhao starts an incident, he will not only need military generals, but also civil ministers, like Lin Jian, who comes from a humble background, but he can just use it.

Lin Qiantan was thinking about these things, but in the eyes of others, it was a completely different matter. They are all relatives who have been out of five suits and three generations, and they are inherited from other families, and they are allowed to marry in today's law, in other words, they can also be regarded as foreign men.

Naturally, some people sneered privately because of this, and obviously remembered the jokes made by the Lin clan in the past.

Lin Qiantan ignored this group of people.

Since it is the person who wants to leave it to Wang Yuanzhao, it should be very appropriate to recommend it to Wang Pu.

It's just that only Wang Pu has always come to her, and without her looking for Wang Pu, where are you going to find someone?

Jinhe reminded Lin Qiantan whether she wanted to go to Wang's house to have a look.

Since Wang Pu and Wang Yuanzhao are friends, it should be possible that they have also seen Xia Sanniang and Wang Dagou. And coincidentally, this Lin Jian also lives quite close to the Wang family, so he is called Fengguang and Jiyue to lead the way, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to see Xia Sanniang?

Hearing this, Lin Qiantan nodded.