Mrs. Li smiled and sighed as she walked back with her, "What a good boy, my third Li Zheng is also as old as you, but he only knows how to have fun all day long, and he will not go when the master says that he will find him an official and a half-position in the Yamen, which will break our hearts as parents." She took a deep breath and said, "It's like you, at this age, you are already a six-grade judge, and your future must be immeasurable." ”

"This is thanks to the help of the prefect." Mei Xiaoren said politely.

"Eh, I know the temperament of the master, if you are not a piece of jade, he has no intention of carving, speaking of which, you are qualified."

As soon as Mrs. Li came, she said these good things, which made Mei Xiaoren a little embarrassed, and only praised them falsely.

Mrs. Li said: "You are nineteen this year, I heard that the master said that you have no family yet."

The topic suddenly turned to this, Mei Xiaoren became a little restrained, and said slowly: "Men should start a business first and then start a family, so I haven't considered starting a family yet."

"There are no concubines or concubines in that house."

She shook her head, but Mrs. Li smiled and nodded.

"It's me who was abrupt, forgive me."

"I don't dare."

Mei Xiaoren felt that with Mrs. Li's temperament and conversation, at first glance, she was born in a family, and the daughter of the family was well-educated, so how could she not know which ones were abrupt and which were not.

So knowing that it was abrupt, Mrs. Li also asked, indicating that she was very concerned about her details, especially her wife and concubine, and as for the reason, of course she knew.

Mei Xiaoren felt that she was in a dilemma, there was Lao Li staring at her in the hall, and she could meet Mrs. Li outside to put pressure on her

Just when she was uncomfortable, a maid came up to her and bowed: "Madam, the master passed over alone." ”

Mrs. Li stopped and smiled kindly at her, "Then I won't go, you can go quickly." ”

Mei Xiaoren bowed his head and left with the maid who passed the word.

Mrs. Li smiled, and ordered the maid with a cold face: "Give me twenty boards for the maid who chews the root of the tongue, and drive him out of the house."

"Yes, ma'am." The maid behind him owes a debt and moves to do it.

An older maid beside Mrs. Li stepped forward, helped Mrs. Li and said, "Madam, no matter how bold the servant girl is, she won't dare to make rumors about judging adults." ”

"Didn't I come after she whispered to me just now, how can Master Mei have a fight with the maid, this is clearly someone who wants to trap Xiao Ren for injustice" Mrs. Li sighed, "In my opinion, most of it is the master's political enemies, they are jealous that the master has such a powerful subordinate as Xiao Ren by his side, and they want to separate Xiao Ren and the master, their thoughts are really poisonous, I can't let him succeed."

"Madame is right."

"The master has told me many times, saying that Xiao Ren's child is not ordinary, I don't feel anything when I hear it, but when I saw it today, I found that this child is really likable." Mrs. Li's face regained a smile and said slowly, "He is young, he has both official positions and talents, and he also has a backer like a scholar of Wei University, he will definitely be able to soar in the future, and his future will not be worse than that of the master." ”

The maidservant was a little worried: "The fly in the ointment is that he is not a member of the noble clan"

"What's this, there are many children of the scholar clan, and what about their backgrounds, there is no shortage of people who have achieved nothing." Mrs. Li also said, "Xiao Ren is a subordinate of the master, he knows the roots and knows the bottom and is reliable, besides, with the master here, he must not be polite to my daughter, it is always better than those in-laws who press the mother's family, besides, he will get ahead in the future, and he is not the same as the scholar."

The maidservant nodded, "It's still Madame's long-term vision." ”

Mrs. Li said: "This is all what the lord told me, the lord has a bad temper with his son, but he is very precious to the girl." ”

In the secluded place of the Li Mansion, two masked men in black hijacked an old man and climbed over the wall and entered the Li Mansion.

When they came in, they stayed in the courtyard by the wall, with knives in their hands, and stood left and right on the old man's neck, waiting for anyone to come.

After a while, someone came from outside the courtyard gate. The old man shouted: "Xiao Gongzi save me"

Xiao Lin looked around, confirmed that there was no one else here, and then walked into the hospital, and reprimanded in a low voice: "What are you shouting, didn't I come?"

He was drinking in the hall just now, and a little servant inexplicably sent him a message to come here. He didn't want to come, but the little guy told him a name that made him have to come.

"Xiao Gongzi, didn't we say okay, as long as I play the scene of being robbed, you will keep my whole family and the caravan safe, what" Liu Yuanwai looked at the two knives around his neck in a panic.

"Who are you?"

A man in black said: "You killed our big boss, killed so many of our brothers, and asked us who we are"

Hearing the words "big boss", Xiao Lin immediately knew who they were talking about, and then persuaded: "It's really none of my business, I just asked One-Eye to do a small favor, who knew that Mei Xiaoren was scheming, and he actually rebelled against him." ”

"The army encircled and suppressed, the two of us took advantage of the chaos to escape, but we couldn't find the boss anywhere, and then I heard that the boss died, didn't you kill people and kill people"

"Wronged, he wanted revenge and wanted to go crazy, kidnapped Mei Xiaoren, and was killed by Mei Xiaoren's rescuers, what does it matter to me" Xiao Lin raised his hand and said lightly.

"Why is it none of your business, if you don't go against the government, our evil tiger village will not listen to you to rob the Liu family, and we will not recruit officials." The man in black lamented, "The boss won't die"

"The two brothers are angry and let people go, Old Man Liu, he is innocent."

The man in black glanced at the hostage and snorted coldly, "It's not easy to see you Xiao Gongzi, your mansion is heavily guarded, and you are escorted by guards when you go out, if this is not in the prefect's mansion, even if we have hostages, I'm afraid you won't show up." ”

Another person answered: "It's coming so quickly now, because we are afraid that we will wash the prefect's house in blood and expose your conspiracy."

Xiao Lin frowned, "How is this a conspiracy, how can I harm you, what kind of friendship I have with your family, you don't know that you have to thank me if you have something to eat, if it weren't for me, the government would indulge you in robbing caravans all year round."

"Then you didn't taste the sweetness, if we hadn't intercepted the caravan transporting silk for you, and others wouldn't be able to do the silk business, this silk village in Xuanzhou City would be yours."

"Come on, the stockade is all gone, everyone is dead, what's the use of saying this" Xiao Lin squinted at the two of them, and said impatiently, "Do you want silver, or do you want an errand to make ends meet"

"Even if we want it, I'm afraid we won't have to enjoy it, as long as we leave here, you Xiao Gongzi will not send someone to kill people."

"You are too worried, it is illegal to kill someone."

The man in black sneered: "You have a backer in the official mansion, what are you afraid of." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, that's all I can give, you can love it, you want it, don't just leave, what are you talking about" Xiao Lin's face was full of displeasure.

After he finished his face-tearing sentence, the two men in black moved the knife and let Liu Yuanwai go.

Xiao Lin smiled with satisfaction, and said calmly: "That's right, those who know the times are Junjie, and the master admires the people who know the times the most, and boldly say, how much silver do you want."

"We don't want silver, we just want you to deserve it," the man in black said coldly, then raised the knife in his hand and pointed at the courtyard gate.

Xiao Lin looked back, and the three souls were suddenly frightened.

There were two people in black in the courtyard, and there were also two people outside the courtyard, but Li Zhifu and Mei Xiaoren