Chapter Twenty-Eight: Up the Mountain
Zhang Junhong heard the shout, looked back, and was a little surprised: "Yuxin? β
Hearing the voice, several other people around him also turned around. An old lady of considerable age, on the left hand side by many years paste. The old servant who was serving was holding it, and on the right hand side was Zhang Junhong's sister, Zhang Shutong.
Seeing the old lady, Yuan Yuxin immediately changed from a leather monkey to the eldest lady, and greeted him in a proper manner.
"Okay, okay." The old lady looked very kind, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a while, but Yuxin seems to be much more well-behaved." The words made everyone else laugh, and even Zhang Shutong, who has always been cold and arrogant, hooked the corners of her lips, which shows how deep the image of Yuan Yuxin jumping up and down on weekdays is. into people's hearts.
"Who is this?" The old lady looked at Lin Yunxin.
"Hello old lady." Lin Yunxin also saluted and greeted her.
"She is the fourth lady of Lin Xiu's family, her name is Lin Yunxin, and I just competed with her to climb the mountain." Yuan Yuxin rushed out.
Zhang Junhong's eyes also fell on Lin Yunxin. If his sister Zhang Shutong is a fresh and elegant daisy, then Lin Yunxin is a bright and charming rose, she is calm and atmospheric, but she blooms warmly, beautiful but still doesn't know it.
But the reason why he noticed her was not because of her appearance, but because he could always feel hostility from Lin Yunxin...... But he asked himself if he had provoked her.
Lin Yunxin didn't know what Zhang Junhong thought, but she was a little embarrassed by Yuan Yuxin's introduction, after all, climbing a mountain compared to Miss Yuan is really not a good reputation.
Sure enough, the old lady was happy: "Yo, it seems that Yuxin has found someone to skin with you today?" This is a good thing, in the future, there will be hardships and punishments together, and it will be boring to be alone. β
"Old lady! Can't you just think about me? Yuan Yuxin stomped her feet and puffed up her mouth to be coquettish, "You know that you are teasing me, that is, your boss said that no one is playing with me, so I really can't find a playmate now, right?" If you do this again, you will have to compensate Sister Shutong to me! β
Zhang Shutong immediately tilted his head and said, "Don't, I can't afford to mess with you." β
The disgusting look amused everyone again. Cachinnation.
"Humph!" Yuan Yuxin deliberately pretended to be deeply injured.
"Okay, little leather monkey, tell me why you're here alone, your father?" The old lady didn't talk to Lin Yunxin much, and a daughter of the Hanlin Academy was not worth her caring too much about.
"My father is on duty today, it is estimated that he is on the Ning'an Temple, and my mother came with me, but she was too slow, and I met the second lady of the Lin family on the way and said something for a long time, so I simply came up with Miss Lin Si first, didn't I just meet you, the old lady."
Zhang Junhong added on the side: "Recently, Ning'an Temple took the opportunity of amnesty to open the Buddha bone relics to the outside world, after all, it is a royal temple, and the emperor arranged for the Black Yan Army and the Praetorian Guards to protect together, and General Yuan is the commander of the Praetorian Guards." β
"I see." The old lady nodded, "General Yuan is really hard to protect the people of Li. β
"Grandmother is tired, why don't you rest for a while?" Seeing that the old lady intended to meet with the general's wife, Zhuang, Zhang Shutong proposed.
"It's fine." Seeing that her granddaughter was smart, the old lady smiled with satisfaction.
Everyone didn't have to wait long before Jiang and the general's wife rushed up.
"Old lady?" Seeing her daughter standing with the old lady of the Taifu family, the general's wife was really surprised, and immediately stepped forward to salute, and said with a close smile, "This is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, to be able to meet you here, isn't it the fate given by the Bodhisattva?" β
"Exactly, Amitabha." The old lady smiled kindly.
"The old lady looked at the red light, and his spirit was really good, in comparison, we were tired and panicked as juniors after walking a few steps, which is really ashamed." Without waiting for the general's wife to introduce him, Jiang interjected and smiled.
The old lady glanced at her, still smiling, but the smile faded a little.
The general's wife complained a little about Jiang's own opinion, but she still introduced: "This is the second lady of the Lin family. β
Lin Suhui had been preparing for a long time to see the ceremony, after all, she was Zhang Junhong's grandmother, and she could also be her future grandmother if she rounded it off, so she naturally had to make a good impression first, however, just as she was smiling and planning to sell a good girl.
The old lady suddenly asked, "Which Lin family?" The slightly indifferent tone blocked Lin Suhui in place, and she stiffened slightly.
"This ......" The general's wife also choked a little for a while.
If it was back then, the general's wife. It can be introduced that the Jiang family is the wife of the four-grade official department, not to mention that the Lin family also has a three-grade ritual department Shangshu and the retired second-grade Shangshu Ling Lin old lady, but since the Lin family returned to the imperial capital to the present, only the fourth master of the Lin family has been a six-grade cultivator in the Hanlin Academy, how can this be easy to introduce?
Thinking of this, the general's wife couldn't help but be annoyed, she had known that she wouldn't talk nonsense with the Jiang family, and now it seems that she surrendered her identity and mixed up with some unpopular people, which made people laugh.
The general's wife couldn't answer well, but Jiang Shi enthusiastically leaned in: "Back to the old lady, you may not know anything else, but the old lady of the Lin family, Lin Xuhuai, you must have heard of it, and the old lady Lin once received the second-grade Shangshu order......
"Isn't that all in the past?" The old lady asked lightly, and the next moment turned stern, "What's more, the affairs of the previous dynasty can also be discussed?" If it is light, it will provoke right and wrong, and if it is serious, it will be full of trouble, it is really ......" The old lady sighed, unwilling to say more.
Jiang stiffened, and his face suddenly became a little ugly. Since she reported her father-in-law's name, she has never been ridiculed like this, and she is secretly annoyed but she doesn't dare to refute it.
"Ouch, old lady, don't be angry, today is a good day to worship the Bodhisattva, let's be happy with each other." The general's wife smiled secretly in her heart, but her face was kind and relieved.
"That's right, you've rested enough, so let's keep going up the mountain." The old lady said.
Supported by her mother-in-law and Zhang Shutong, the old lady got up and continued to climb up, ignoring the Lin family's girls who were originally lining up to give her a gift.
In her opinion, except for the girl who was the first to get mixed with Yuan Yuxin, the other few people in the Lin family are all things with low eyes and no self-knowledge, and a pair of eyes are almost glued to her grandson, and even the girl's family is not reserved.
But the old lady didn't deliberately tell anything, she knew the conduct of her grandson very well, not to mention that although the girl of the Yuan family was a little wilder, her identity and status also matched, and it was not bad to have more contact with her grandson.
With Zhang Junhong present, Yuan Yuxin naturally would not play with Lin Yunxin, and walked directly side by side with him, and the two quickly talked and laughed.
The scene of "...... hateful" stimulated Lin Suhui to be angry, but in the end, there was an old lady in front of her, and she didn't dare to go too far, but complained a little about why her father hadn't regained his official position, and she was ridiculed and ridiculed here by her mother.
But she was an unbearable impatient in the end, so she quickly got rid of Jiang, stood on the other side of Zhang Junhong, and joined the topic to talk and laugh.
Her actions immediately caused Yuan Yuxin to be unhappy, but taking into account that Zhang Junhong around her didn't want to make too much trouble and look too domineering, she pinched her nose for the time being and didn't say anything, but she became closer and closer to Zhang Junhong, and frequently made witty remarks to amuse everyone.
Lin Suhui was even more unwilling to lag behind, racking her brains to scavenge the bit of ink in her stomach, and competed with Yuan Yuxin.
Seeing this scene, the general's wife was even more displeased with Lin Suhui, and even disgusted the Jiang family: "Heh, this mother and daughter really can't see their position clearly......
She muttered quietly and decided not to deal with the Lin family more from now on.
It's just that......
The general's wife glanced at Lin Yunxin again, and saw that she was so casual that she whispered and laughed with the two maids beside her, commenting on the scenery in all directions, and seemed to be completely undisturbed, but looked at her highly.
"But this girl is also a broken mouth, and the marriage of Na Raushzi must be resolved sometime." The general's wife secretly made up her mind.
Lin Yunxin looked at the drama of two women competing for one man, and felt that it was really pleasing to the eye, not to mention that Lin Mianru also pulled Lin Sijin, who answered shyly, and gradually approached the three of them, and seemed to want to show her style in front of Zhang Junhong.
This Zhang Junhong is really an out-and-out flower butterfly.
Lin Yunxin smiled slightly, and the playful look fell on the eyes of Zhang Shutong, who was observing her on the side, which also made her eyes flutter, and the corners of her lips were slightly hooked.
"What's wrong? What is so fun to see? The old lady knew her granddaughter, and she rarely smiled, unless she really saw something interesting, she glanced back, but only saw Lin Yunxin's beautiful appearance of smiling at the scenery.
The old lady was slightly stunned, this girl really looks good.
"It's nothing, grandmother watch out for your feet." Zhang Shutong retracted her gaze.
The group stopped and stopped, and finally reached the mountain.
As soon as they entered the temple, everyone parted.
The old lady had already booked a pending order with the temple a long time ago, intending to stay a few more days. The general's wife didn't want to delay much on the mountain, but she couldn't stand the pry of her daughter Yuan Yuxin, so she also made an appointment for a room early, planning to stay for two nights.
Only the Jiang family, on the one hand, did not plan to live in the mountain, on the other hand, they also knew that the guest room had already been full, and with the current status of the Lin family, I was afraid that they would not be able to rank, so they would not be humiliated.
But the Jiang family is not without a place to go, after all, the Lin family was also quite prestigious in the imperial capital back then, and donated incense money to Ning'an Temple all the year round, and there is also the generosity of the Li family, the wife of the fourth master of the Lin family, so that the fate with Ning'an Temple has been well maintained.
Now that they have returned to the imperial capital, the Lin family has sent money and gifts everywhere, and the Jiang family has not forgotten to bring it to the temple.
This time, she naturally brought a lot of incense money: "Okay, don't look at it." β
Jiang Shi looked at his own daughter and two concubines who were reluctant to give up on Zhang Junhong with dissatisfaction, and said with some annoyance: "It's time to go and see the guest teacher, there should be more people in a while." β
At the same time.
In the south of the imperial capital, a ruined wall is located, with a few houses made of earth and stone and a few thatched huts outside.
A carriage stopped outside the ruins, and Lu Zhong, the housekeeper of the second room of the Lin Mansion, got out of the car.
Lu Zhong is also forty or fifty years old this year, it is the age when he should tease his grandson, his mother-in-law is Feng's mother by Jiang's side, and his only daughter is also on an errand by the side of the second lady Lin Suhui, he has been doing well over the years, and the size is half of the master in the house, and the biggest regret is that he has no son.
But this kind of thing is also fate, he may not have this fate, and over time he also admits it.
Lu Zhong instructed the groom to pull the car aside, and he walked deeper into the ruins.
He's been here several times, and he's familiar with the road, and he can say hello with a smile from the little boy on the side of the road.
But today he felt something unusual, and as soon as he entered, the young man who had been on guard glared at him with an angry face, and suddenly disappeared.
Just as he was hesitant to continue walking, a group of people suddenly surrounded him from all sides, and not only that, but even the horsemen outside were caught and thrown in.
"Ahh The groom screamed.
Lu Zhong was suddenly startled, and he couldn't even speak: "You, you, what are you going to do?!" I'm Mr. Lu, you've seen it! β
"I know that you are Mr. Lu, if you weren't, your head would have moved a long time ago." A big man who looked to be in his early twenties stood up first, and around him, there were four or five strong men, as well as more than twenty teenagers.
Lu Zhong was stunned. Odd? Why do they all look like half-grown children? Where did the group of people who used to be in charge of the house go?
He suddenly felt bad in his heart, and said hurriedly: "What about your boss? Why are you here? β
"Dare to mention our boss? It's just that the last rainstorm went out to feed you, but you haven't come back yet! A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy with a dark face said angrily.
"What?" Lu Zhong became more and more frightened. This group of people is a group of ruffians and hooligans in the city, usually very fierce, it is said that they have some friendship with the Gyeonggi Guard, and they have been lawless, how can it be?
"Six sons!" The strong man at the head shouted at him in a deep voice, but he drew his long knife and quickly swung it towards Lu Zhong.
Lu Zhong only felt a "buzz" in his ears. His brain went blank, and by the time he came back to his senses, he was already sitting on the ground. There was a heat in the crotch, a pain in the neck, and a very fine blood mark when I touched my hand.
It turned out that it was the strong man who stopped the knife at the moment when Kankan cut off his head.
"Haha......" Seeing that Lu Zhong was so frightened that he peed his pants, the gangsters around him all laughed.
The strong man plunged a steel knife straight into it. Entering the ground, he bent over and approached the butler Lu who was trembling and about to faint with a great sense of oppression, and said slowly: "Mr. Lu...... I don't know what rotten things are going on in your Lin family, but if I let me know that you hurt my eldest brother and them...... Guess what I'm going to do with you? β
However, before the pale butler of the road trembled back, another clear voice with three points of provocation and seven points of banter came from outside.
"I don't know what you're going to do to them, but I know what I'm going to do to you...... Come! Grab them all! β
The strong man led by him suddenly changed color, and made a decision at the moment when he saw that the person who came was wearing a black Yan army uniform, and shouted: "Run!" Flee separatelyβ"
"Run?" Zhao Xiaofeng jumped inside, and while talking and laughing, he picked up the strong man's long knife with one sword, and stabbed him directly in the abdomen with another short sword.
"Whoa-" The sound of a sharp knife stabbing into a human body.
"Hmm!" Listen to the pleasantly stuffy strong man in front of him. Snorting, Zhao Xiaofeng chuckled and said contemptuously, "Hehe...... Can you escape? β
"Really, ask the master to go out twice for such a thing, your face is really big." Pulling out the short sword, Zhao Xiaofeng lovingly wiped the blood stained on it with a handkerchief, and kicked over the strong man who covered his abdomen and retreated.
He smacked his lips, looked at the flying figure and the blood in front of him, and smiled at the corner of his lips: "So, you have to cut it." β
Lu Zhong sat on the ground, staring blankly at everything in front of him, feeling that he was dreaming, otherwise how could he be so ups and downs today? How could there be so many Black Flame Army arresting people in front of him?
This is a god-killing Black Flame Army that is not easily dispatched!
It's over, it's all over.
There was only one thought in his mind.
The big butler Lu, who has been bullying his subordinates all his life, couldn't withstand the blow anymore, and fainted in front of him.
"Oops, the key person fainted, it's really useless." Zhao Xiaofeng pouted.
"Gone." The battle ended in a very short period of time, and the combat power of the Black Flame Army and the miscellaneous gangsters was not at all the same, and there was not even a trace of suspense.
Zhao Xiaofeng waved his hand and strode out.