"Grunt" took a few bites, and the half-soup bowl of porridge had bottomed out, and General Qu seemed to lick his lips unsatisfied.

"What did you find?" Le Qing didn't wait for General Qu to speak, so he asked directly.

General Qu wiped his mouth: "I inquired about it for a long time in the prison, and found that someone had visited the prison last night, and I found that the main envoy was actually the forest manager of the Lin Mansion. ”

"Then why did Steward Lin kill the beard?" Le Qing seemed to be muttering to herself.

General Qu didn't care whether Le Qing was asking him or not, and directly continued: "It stands to reason that the steward of this Lin Mansion and the bearded man don't know each other, and the steward of Lin has no reason to buy murder." But this spearhead is indeed pointed at Steward Lin. ”

"Could it be that they have some secret dealings, but they don't know about it?" Le Qing's brows tightened, as if he was thinking.

General Qu shook his head: "This hasn't been investigated yet, why don't I arrest Steward Nalin and torture him?" ”

Le Qing was appointed to the current emperor, General Qu naturally knew, and also knew that his friend came to Huaizhou this time, obviously for disaster relief, but secretly had another mission.

And the emperor ordered him to come to Huaizhou, the first task was to cooperate with Le Qing to complete the task assigned by the emperor to Le Qing.

Le Qing looked disagreeing: "By all means, if you take down Steward Lin now, first, I'm afraid that you will startle the snake, and second, if you don't have sufficient evidence, then Lin Zhizhou is afraid that he is not a good character, but he will be discouraged because of small losses." ”

"What then? Don't you know? "General Qu has been in the army for many years and has spent much more time in the army than the court, so he doesn't know much about the court's conspiracy and strategy.

Le Qing thought for a moment and said: "Send someone to keep an eye on this Lin steward first, if he has any problems, he will inevitably show his feet in the future." ”

General Qu nodded, and walked towards the door with the hat again without the slightest pause.

After breakfast, the prefect of Wang sent someone to say that a banquet was set up in Xiangmanlou at noon to wash the dust for Le Qincha.

Le Qing was really worried that he couldn't find a chance to get close to the officials in Huaizhou, so he naturally agreed.

The injuries behind Xiao Tong are not yet complete, which is also convenient for Lin Xingyu.

Without saying a word, she begged to follow Le Qing, and Le Qing was also going to find someone to follow her, and the two just hit it off.

Before noon, Lin Xingyu dressed in a man's clothes, personally taught Xiao Qi to Xiao Tong to take care of him, and followed Le Qing into the carriage when Xiao Tong was unwilling.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the door of Xiangmanlou, he saw Wang Yun walking out of Xiangmanlou with a courteous face to greet him.

Wang Yun's attitude towards Le Qing can be described as a 180-degree turn, which makes Le Qing look inexplicable.

After the two people in the carriage followed Wang Yun into Xiangmanlou and walked into a private room, Lin Xingyu, who was following behind Le Qing, couldn't calm down at all, and just wanted to retreat out of the door immediately, but unfortunately he was not in a hurry.

Le Qing originally thought that Wang Yun would invite him, and there would be no one else, but he didn't expect that dozens of officials of all sizes in Huaizhou were among them, including Lord Lin, who he had been mentioning.

What kind of medicine is sold in this Wang Yun gourd?

After taking a seat, there was another round of greetings.

The prefect of the Wang Mansion was inexplicable, and the officials made a toast to Le Qing, and at the same time asked him whether he would return to Beijing immediately after the disaster relief, and Le Qing returned the salute with tea instead of wine, and the vague answer in his mouth made them not satisfied, and they were not good to ask directly.

After three rounds of drinking, Lin Xingyu couldn't stand the sharp gaze in the private room, so she had to tell Le Qing that she was going to the thatched house, but before Le Qing nodded, she left the private room as if she was running away.

Before she could catch her breath after going out, someone grabbed her arm from behind.

"Cher?"

Lin Xingyu turned his head in horror and looked at a pair of eyes that seemed to be puzzled and shocked.

"You are Xue'er, and you will not admit your mistake as a father." Seeing Lin Xingyu shaking his head and denying it, Lin Zhizhou affirmed it categorically.

Lin Xingyu secretly said that she was unlucky, but unfortunately her expression at the moment was not controlled by her, as if it was the natural reaction of this body.

"Since you're still alive? So why don't you go home? Lin Zhizhou looked around and saw that there were people passing by, so he pulled her to another private room where no one was around.

Lin Xingyu wanted to resist and escape, but unfortunately he could only make an expression of fear to the extreme, and resentment to the extreme.

As soon as he closed the door, Lin Zhizhou couldn't wait to ask the doubts in his heart: "Xue'er, why are you following that Le Qincha?" ”

Lin Xingyu trembled with fear, and couldn't even make a soft uh-uh-uh-uhhh

Seeing this, Lin Zhizhou's tone softened, and he coaxed: "Xue'er, don't be afraid, with your father, no one will persecute you anymore." ”

A sarcastic smile hung on Lin Xingyu's pale little face.

Lin Zhizhou naturally knew why she was smiling like this, and immediately explained with a loving fatherly appearance: "Dad was sorry for you at the beginning, but Dad was also forced to be helpless, Xue'er, can you forgive Daddy for your mother's sake?" ”

Lin Xingyu didn't want to listen to him, so he raised his hand and pointed to his mouth.

Lin Zhizhou was stunned for a moment, and asked uncertainly: "Xue'er, you.. What's in your throat...? ”

Lin Xingyu nodded again and again.

Lin Zhizhou asked with remorse on his face, "What's going on?" Why can't you speak? But at the beginning...! ”

Without waiting for him to finish, Lin Xingyu continued to nod.

The two father and daughter didn't stay in the room for a long time, and it was Lin Zhizhou who asked all the time, and Lin Xingyu either nodded or shook his head to answer.

After a banquet, even though Le Qing drank tea, it was inevitable that he would have a bloating.

And Lin Xingyu stayed outside the private room after urinating, and didn't talk to her until Le Qing Xiaojie came out of the thatched house.

"Why don't you go in?" This was the first sentence that Le Qing asked.

Lin Xingyu's complexion is still not as ruddy as when he came, and even his condition is not very good.

Seeing that she was silent, Le Qing didn't want to ask much, and after opening the door and entering the private room, it didn't take long for him to come out of the private room and invite Lin Xingyu, who was outside, to get into the carriage.

Along the way, the two were silent until the carriage stopped, Le Qing took the lead in getting up, and was about to lift the curtain to get out of the carriage, but Lin Xingyu pulled his sleeve.

"Miss Lin, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that she was in a trance and looked sickly, Le Qing couldn't help but ask worriedly.

Lin Xingyu shook his head, no matter what his expression was, took his hand, and wrote in the palm of his hand: "My surname is Lin, my name is Xue'er, and I am the youngest daughter of Lin Zhizhou in Huaizhou." ”

Le Qing was startled, ignoring the disgust of being touched, and turned around and sat back in his place.

Since she is Lin Zhizhou's daughter, why did she look like that when she first saw her?

Lin Xingyu continued to write on his hand: "You must be wondering why my daughter, who is an official of the imperial court, jumped into the lake and committed suicide, and how did the bruise on my neck come about. ”

Le Qing nodded lightly, he didn't ask, but he was afraid of provoking this Lin girl's sadness again!

"It's all due to my father." Recalling all this, Lin Xingyu's body began to tremble.