Imperial City, Imperial Study.

Xu Chunzhi was reporting the final torture results of the bandit to the new emperor Li Zesheng, but the emperor suddenly spoke: "I heard that the Black Yan Army and Jingzhao Mansion jointly handled a case of shop competition on East Street? "The new emperor looks to be around thirty years old, and he is at the peak of a man's prime.

Xu Chunyi was stunned, thought about it slightly, and then showed a touch of embarrassment and said: "Back to the saint, this is a ...... of Weichen using power for personal gain."

Without waiting for Xu Chunzhi to finish speaking, the emperor said again: "The county magistrate of Qi County once said that it was the fourth lady of the Lin family who reminded him to arrest the traitors, that is, the girl you intervened to help this time?" I heard that she also pinched this to go to the Tiger Roaring Pavilion to sell news? ”

"It's not easy, little girl." The Emperor smiled meaninglessly.

Xu Chunzhi's body tightened instantly, and he relaxed and smiled: "It's just a little girl, Weichen has been investigating recently, trying to find out the role behind her, if no one is to guide her, I think a little girl doesn't have such a strategy." ”

"Not necessarily." The emperor raised his eyes and looked at Xu Chunzhi, "When I first met you, you were just an eleven or twelve-year-old hairy boy who was whipped for feeding horses at the master's house, who would have thought that you would become the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses in the future?" ”

"Heroes don't ask about their origins, and wise people don't ask about age. In the past, there was a twelve-year-old childish child, and now there is a little girl who has a clever mind and a great skill, which is not a strange thing. The emperor's words set Lin Yunxin's sex.

Xu Chunzhi's eyes condensed slightly, and he said obediently: "What the Holy Lord said is extremely true. ”

The emperor smiled again, with a hint of teasing: "In this way, Junzhi has indeed reached the age when he should marry a wife." Ordinary men are probably all wives and concubines at your age, and you are still a loner. Otherwise, I'll give you ......."

Xu Chunzhi's scalp was numb, and he immediately knelt down on one knee, and said respectfully and solemnly: "Holy Lord, how can the national favor be repaid as a home, the minister is willing to ask for his life to go to Jiangnan, the national thief will not be eliminated for a day, and the minister will be homeless for a day!" ”

The emperor's smile faded, he looked at Xu Chunzhi, and suddenly said in a good mood: "I don't know if the little girl's ability can measure the thief's movements, huh?" Didn't she find the base camp of the bandits, and also predicted the direction of the other party's escape, so she recruited my Black Yan Army, the Qi County City Defense Army, and the militia under the command of Lin Jia Saburo, and created a bureau in the middle of talking and laughing, and caught turtles in an urn? ”

Xu Chunzhi didn't expect that the emperor already knew deeply, so he said, "Do you need to bring that little girl?" Please show me the Holy Majesty. ”

The emperor smiled and said nonchalantly, "Let's see again." ”

Look again, is to see if the little girl is useful, how useful it can be, if the bandit is just a fluke, then there is no need to waste this time.

"Yes." Xu Chunzhi received the order, and said, "Saint, the matter of the jade seal ......"

The emperor waved his hand: "If you don't find it, you will continue to look for it, didn't you say that the southern thief came to rob it, and it sank into the river." Oh, the little girl seems to have predicted this? ”

In an instant, the emperor's gaze was like a mountain of swords, and he was extremely slaughtered: "Yin Tingyao...... Oh, if you dare to rob me, you must prepare the price. ”

Xu Chunzhi's eyes flashed, it seems that whether it is magic or using power for personal gain, it is not a problem in the eyes of the emperor, and the only major trouble is the southern thief who formed a north-south confrontation with the northern Daqing Dynasty - the young son of the princess of the previous dynasty - Yin Tingyao.

Lin family.

Listen to Yuxuan.

Lin Yunxin took a group of maids and sisters-in-law, together with her younger brother Lin Shen'an and his little servants, to set up a great position in the hall, and counted the items one by one against the dowry list of her mother.

In just two days, Lin Yunxin received "rewards" from her grandmother and eldest lady Zhou one after another to commend her for her meritorious service to the Lin family - to put it bluntly, it was her mother's things that were once greedy for ink, and now she has returned them.

With these two people leading by example, no matter how reluctant the second lady Jiang was to give up those things, she had to prepare to send them to Tingyuxuan one by one.

In this regard, Lin Suhui threw things in the house every day and lost her temper: "Mother, don't take this away, this is my favorite gold-inlaid dragon jade Ruyi, ah!" That's my thousand-year-old agarwood Guanyin, you're enough, if you move me here, it will be empty! ”

Every time Lin Suhui made a fuss, Jiang's head hurt even more, if she could, she didn't want to send these things away, but the old man had already spoken, if something ugly happened at this juncture, I am afraid it would not be a matter of the two shops.

"Come on, pull the second lady and continue to move!" Jiang ordered.

Unlike the second room, the big room is as quiet and tranquil as ever, even if it has been gathering and tidying up all the affairs brought from the mountains in the past two days, it is also in an orderly manner.

In the house, the eldest lady Zhou was sorting out the accounts of the Zhonggong that she received from the Jiang family, and chatting with her daughter Lin Shuzhen.

Since the day before yesterday, Old Man Lin expressed his praise and support for Lin Yunxin in public, Lin Shuzhen faintly felt that her status was threatened: "Mother, the status of the fourth uncle's family in the mansion will change in the future, and the attitude of the servants in the family in the past two days has also been much more respectful to them." ”

Zhou smiled and said, "In the near future, it will definitely be like this, but it may not be the case in the long run." Seeing that her daughter was puzzled, she continued, "Of course, Lin Yunxin's credit is real, but how long can the affection of a credit last? What's more, the old man helped him recover the dowry so strongly, which can be regarded as a double offset. ”

"In this world, what can really have long-term value and interests can never bypass the two things of wealth and officials, and among them, officials are the most important. If Lin Jingzhi can really get a high-ranking official, the status of the four houses will naturally rise, otherwise, even if they have wealth and need official protection, they will never be able to raise their heads without the protection of the clan. ”

"But ......," Zhou paused slightly, "You can indeed be closer to your fourth sister. Get close and see who is teaching her behind her. Zhou never believed that such a layout would really come from the hands of a young girl in the inner house, and there must be someone after it.

Lin Shuzhen's beautiful jaw was slightly retracted, and she didn't say good or bad.

Zhou smiled and soothed: "My son don't worry, you are the most noble and intelligent granddaughter of the Lin family, although your father is only the fifth grade now, but it will not always be the fifth grade, and you will never be crossed by her." ”

Lin Shuzhen smiled coquettishly: "Mother thinks too much, why is my daughter worried about this, it's just ...... Is my mother planning to buy more shops recently? ”

Zhou nodded: "Otherwise, where is the point?" ”

"Then the mother might as well wait, since the fourth sister has her mother's dowry, there must be a move in the near future, let's see where she will buy the shop."

"Hmm...... It makes sense, but we can't wait too long, now everyone is buying shops on a large scale, and now there are not many shops left in good locations. ”

Listen to Yuxuan.

Lin Shenan smacked his lips and sighed while looking at the list of dowries: "It's a pity, it's a pity, I was in class that day, and it was a pity that I couldn't see those things in the second room being slapped in the face." ”

Lin Yunxin smiled: "What's the pity? It's as if they won't be demons in the future. ”

Lin Shen'an's eyes lit up: "That's right, this is just the beginning, and now that my grandfather is back, if there is a trouble, there are people who can handle it impartially." ”

Lin Yunxin was stunned: "This may not be. ”

"Why?"

"Grandfather is not only the grandfather of you and me, but also the grandfather of Lin Shenwen and Lin Suhui, before it was the Jiang family who went too far and embarrassed the Lin family in Jingzhao Mansion, if it was usual, I don't know how to deal with this matter. Have you forgotten the situation of our family in the past? ”

Lin Shen'an frowned and smiled: "This is also true." ”

"But don't worry too much, Shen'an, you are motivated to study," Seeing Lin Shen'an's disgusted look, Lin Yunxin smiled, "Okay, practice martial arts and make progress, when the time comes, when the time comes, the status of our four rooms will naturally rise, to put it bluntly, whoever can bring benefits to the clan will have the right to speak." ”

Lin Shen'an nodded: "I know." ”

"But you have to understand that we are all for ourselves, not just for the sake of the clan, for the convenience of the clan, in order to make our rear more stable, to facilitate ourselves to climb higher, only the more things we hold in our hands, the more we can control our own lives."

"Don't worry, this master knows this better than you." As soon as the words changed, Lin Shen'an hooked his lips and smiled, "Now that my mother's dowry is in hand, it's time for us to start the layout, right?" ”

Lin Yunxin: "Yes, the dozen or so shops I bought before should also be operational." There are also the medicine shops on the East Street, the rice shops at the city gate, and the Zhuangzi on the outskirts. ”

"Zhuangzi and the rice shop are easy to say, this medicine shop...... Do you have channels? Lin Shen'an asked. In the past, the Lin family almost never involved in this business.

"Don't worry, I sent a letter to my grandfather and uncle earlier, and there should be a response now." When it comes to doing business, where does the Lin family, who was born in an official family, have the Li family, the ancestor of a wealthy businessman, come to be professional?

"First of all, we still lack people to work." Lin Yunxin said.

Since there was a shortage of people, Lin Yunxin and Lin Shen'an were not ambiguous, and ordered Ningcui and a few other big maids and mothers-in-law to continue to stare at the inventory of the dowry, and the two of them went out with the little servants and went straight to Yayu.

As soon as he entered the Yazi, a sharp-eyed person immediately noticed Lin Yunxin and his party, came up and asked with a smile, "Young Master and Miss are here to buy servants?" What do you want? We've got all the strength, the talking, the literate, the tellers, the servants, huh? Did this young lady come to buy it last time? ”

Lin Yunxin smiled: "You are sharp-eyed." ”

The man smiled: "Miss Xie, aren't we just eating this mouthful, how can we not see this bit of eyesight?" What kind of minions do you want to bring over to you this time? ”

The interior of the Yayu is very large, and it is mainly divided into two parts, one part is a place for the nobles who come in to select slaves to rest and watch people, and the other part is an exhibition place where people are displayed in dozens of circles like goods.

"Let's see for ourselves first." Lin Shenan waved his hand.

"Okay." The man smiled and winked at the other person in the exhibition field.

Generally speaking, nobles don't like to pick people at the exhibition site in person, they think it's dirty, but occasionally there are fresh pictures, and it is obvious that Lin Shenan belongs to this kind of person.

After a whole circle around the exhibition site, Lin Shen'an ordered more than 30 people in one go, after all, according to their plan, they also planned to buy a few suburban Zhuangzi and ten shops, even if they didn't use it themselves, renting it out was also an income, but in any case, there were absolutely no shortage of people who worked.

Seeing that he had chosen a good person, Ren Yazi immediately came up: "The young master has chosen it?" ”

"Well, how much in total?"

Ren Yazi smiled, and was about to speak, but Lin Yunxin said: "The price I told you last time was two taels of silver per person, and this time it is a regular customer, how can it be cheaper?" ”

Ren Yazi's face immediately fell, and he said bitterly: "Miss, don't make fun of me, last time you pressed the price so small that you couldn't even eat." The person who originally planned to raise the price also died of this heart, "How about charging you two taels of silver this time?" ”

"Those thirty-five people are exactly seventy taels." Lin Yunxin rolled her eyes for half a circle, and said with a smile, "But how can I be a repeat customer, it's too sad to make people feel sad without adding anything to it, so how about you just give me the lame one over there?" ”

"Lame?" Renyazi looked at the crowd of people who were tied up in a circle to buy and sell, and just saw a man sitting in a group of slaves, his lower limbs atrophied and dirty, and he was slightly startled.

"Him?" The human tooth was stunned.

The man who was pointed out also subconsciously looked at Lin Yunxin and the others, there was no sadness or joy in his eyes, as if he had lost all hope, and he no longer had the slightest expectation for this world.

"No way?" Lin Yunxin raised her eyebrows.

"That's not it, but it's still a new arrival today......"

"So what? Left and right is just a lame man, he can't work, look at him like that and he doesn't like to talk, okay, you can give a quasi-word, don't grind. Lin Yunxin deliberately brought a little impatience.

Lin Shen'an glanced at her in surprise, what? What's so unique about this cripple?

"Okay, you say yes, who can say no?" Renyazi is a little helpless, and the little girl is really difficult to serve now.

Lin Yunxin suddenly became happy, if she was not mistaken, although this person's hair was unkempt and his face was plastered, if she looked closely, the red mole in the center of her eyebrows was still looming, the broken leg and the red mole, as well as a beautiful face and the smell of herbs that seemed to be there.

A person with this kind of trait, she only knew one in her last life - Liu Xiangquan!

In her previous life, she had the honor to see him from afar in the Taifu Mansion, although he was still lame and sitting in a wheelchair, but he was already a famous doctor in the imperial capital, who not only cured the stubborn disease that had plagued the Queen Mother for many years, but also rescued the eldest princess's youngest son from the Ghost Gate.

There was once a grapevine that in his early years, he was actually a slave that Zhang Junhong, the grandson of Taifu, accidentally bought back from Yayu, but he had a discerning eye for people to treat him as a guest, which led to the glory of the future.

I didn't expect this news to be true, and she bumped into it!

After paying the money and ordering a good deed, Lin Yunxin was in a good mood and did not delay any longer: "Qiu Tong, go and carry that person to the carriage." ”

"Huh?" Qiu Tong was stunned, he didn't expect that his young lady had obviously bought so many servants, why did she still find him? The cripple looks dirty and smelly......

"Go quickly, Miss will have a heavy reward for carrying it." Lin Yunxin smiled, glanced at Liu Xiangquan again, and found that his expression had not changed in the slightest, as if it didn't matter to him that he was sold to someone else, let alone watch her and Lin Shen'an make up their minds to please the new master like everyone else.

The master didn't dare to disobey the order, Qiu Tong gritted his teeth, and had to go over and carry the person on his back.

Not long after Lin Yunxin, Lin Shen'an and the others left Yayu with their newly purchased servants, another young man in white who was better than snow ice muscles and jade bones also entered Yayu with his little servant.

As soon as he entered the tooth, Zhang Junhong beckoned Yazi, a person who seemed to be the most clever, to ask: "Have you ever seen a middle-aged man with red moles on his eyebrows and disabled legs?" ”

It was the person who had done business with Lin Yunxin just now who was questioned, and he was slightly stunned: "Cripple? Then he muttered quietly, "Why is it lame again?" ”

"What?" Zhang Junhong's face was slightly anxious, he had been tracking the person he was looking for for a long time, and he had already tracked it on the way to the imperial capital, but it was a pity that the heavy rain that day, the group actually changed the road, until he learned that the person had been sent to Yayu, so he rushed over non-stop.

Ren Yazi immediately said: "How many lame people are here, and the small ones are all for you to see?" ”

Because of his disrespectful words, Zhang Junhong frowned slightly, but still nodded, but unfortunately, in the end, he didn't find the person he wanted.

After interrogating the person again, Zhang Junhong learned that not long ago, a beautiful and shrewd young lady bought the person. But when you ask which one it is, you can't tell it.

Pretty and shrewd young lady? ……

Zhang Junhong closed his eyes slightly, looking at the entire imperial capital, there are not too many young ladies of the family who can get this kind of evaluation, who will it be?