Chapter 39: The Bazaar
Lin Fengjin thought about it again and said:
"These guards around me have also worked hard today"
Squire Wang immediately understood:
"Lao Jun, that's how it should be, isn't this pig, sheep, wine and meat already prepared?"
Lin Fengjin shook his head, catharsis after the killing is still necessary, and after getting drunk, self-control will be even worse, rather than making some ugly things about rape in the future, it is better to prevent it from happening, and get straight to the point:
"I think Shangqiang County is a big county, I don't know how many green buildings there are?"
Squire Wang is a person who is good at figuring out his intentions, and he hesitated for a moment and said:
"If you add prostitutes or something, there are still seven or eight families. β
Lin Fengjin frowned and said:
"So little?"
Squire Wang smiled bitterly:
"This, you know the situation in Shangqiang County today, it is difficult to say whether there is business in these seven or eight now. β
Lin Fengjin shook his head and said:
"When you see blood and kill someone, there must be a place to vent, otherwise why do the East Sea pirates like to wash the city? I will take two thousand silver here, and Mr. Wang has to think of a way." β
Wang Yuanwai was shocked and said:
"How dare you do this? Lin Gongzi, aren't you going to slap me in the face?! Put it away quickly, put it away quickly, the old man can't do this alone, he has to find someone to discuss. β
Lin Fengjin nodded:
"Then please, these subordinates of mine have a violent temperament, and they drink wine when they see blood, and they don't dare to kill people and set fires, but they have to find a place to vent, once they disturb the people, it's not good. β
Wang Yuanwai said that this credit is also not easy for his mother, the old man is so old, and people with status and status actually have to help them pimp! Directly is the Tao:
"Everyone has seen the group of people under Lin Gongzi, right?
Everyone nodded, thinking that they had not said anything.
Wang Yuanwai continued:
"Everyone has read the history books, the army kills and sieges the city, after the city is broken, the people are often miserable, wailing and suffering, and we are almost miserable today, why? After the sergeant kills, the brutal killing intent in the heart needs to be vented, this is the nature of human beings. The group of people under Lin Gongzi are so violent, after fighting for a while today, do you expect them to be able to calm down by chanting scriptures and eating fast?"
"So Lin Gongzi gave me two thousand silver, and asked me where there is a place for fireworks, and he wants to buy spring for his subordinates, in order not to disturb the place, can I collect this money? Of course, he resolutely refused, but he was really unfamiliar with this road, so it depends on what everyone can do. β
Wang Yuanwai said so. At that moment, some people stood up and said that they were frequent visitors to such and such a building, and they were willing to ask, and then there were people who were not familiar with this aspect, but they were willing to pay for it as a labor army -- at this time, these big families present also went to the county seat. Seeing that there are still many people in the entire county, there are still many people who have died, and in addition to the sadness of the death of the rabbit and the fox, I also know that today thanks to the protection of these grassland barbarians, I am grateful to them sincerely. Although he is willing to contribute money and effort, there is nothing to say.
As a result, after they went to ask a few buildings, the bustards in the buildings initially said that they would not do business. The soldiers are in chaos, but as soon as I heard that they saved the grassland barbarians in the entire Shangqiang County, after discussing for a while, there are more than half of the girls who are willing to go, and some of them are "charity sales" without collecting money, and there are always fifty or sixty people, counting the night vigil among the red horsemen, and those who are not messing with flowers and grass outside, it is finally enough for the number of labor troops.
These girls were originally ready to be tossed by these grassland barbarians, but these red horsemen around Lin Fengjin could accompany them, they were all good seedlings recognized by him, and it was of great use to teach them the art of war, plus Wu Zuocheng's Sinicization Cheng dΓΉ was already a lot, so although these guards were still like wolves and tigers when they picked up their guns and mounted their horses, they were much better than they expected.
Besides, these sisters are professionals, and they are not delicate boudoir ladies, well-informed, experienced, and willing, they met such a strong and fierce man, and some even had the idea of saying goodbye, so that these grassland men around Lin Fengjin experienced the gentle style of Ruoshui that is completely unique to the heroic women of the grassland, and many people immediately indulged in it, and even gave thirty-two likes.
And although most of these sisters don't charge money, how can Lin Fengjin not even be willing to make money for this bit of skin and meat?
The next day, I asked my subordinates about their tone, almost all of them were praised, and I didn't say anything, and the next day I went to let people go to the gold store in the county, and bought out the gold hairpins inside.
At this moment, these prostitutes who worked for free had won the name of "righteous prostitutes" and took the benefits, so they were naturally very happy, so some felt that the benefactor was not bad last night, so they went to the door to obsess, and the final result was that when Lin Fengjin left Shangqiang, there were actually more than a dozen red horses to redeem the women here and take them home to be concubines.
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Early the next morning, he came to Lin Fengjin with a sigh and announced that his mission had failed in the first place, because after the old ancestor of the Ji family had taken his last breath, the disciples around him actually burned it as soon as possible, saying that it was something that the old ancestor had already confessed before!
Originally, Ji Yuanwai didn't believe that there would be such a thing, but these disciples were all in unison, so there was no way.
By the time he found out about it, his body had turned to ashes, and he couldn't be blamed.
Looking at the dejected man in front of him, Lin Fengjin also knew that it was not his fault, so he patted him on the shoulder and said:
"It's not a crime of war, but this also confirms one thing, the ancestor of the Ji family does have a problem, and there should be something obvious suspicious about the corpse after death, and he can't even do the burial procedures, so he will take the practice of burning as soon as he breathes. So, what should the first person to come forward with the burning of corpses know? β
After he was encouraged by Lin Fengjin, his eyes suddenly lit up and he continued to do things. Lin Feng thought about it for a while, and suddenly thought about a very important matter. That's the divine envoy he killed yesterday, it seems that he has directly fought with the ancestor of this Ji family, and there are a few wounds on this divine envoy's body that look a little strange!
According to the boar, it was similar to that caused by the beast!
As soon as he thought of this, Lin Fengjin immediately asked people to call the wild boar over, and at the same time took out the frozen corpse of the divine envoy from the Sumeru mustard seed ring, and only needed to look at the wound, and there was no need to melt the ice.
As soon as the wild boar came over, he listened to Lin Fengjin's meaning, and immediately squinted his eyes and pondered carefully. He quickly pointed to a wound on the corpse and said:
"Master, look here, the skin of this divine envoy is so tough, my axe is not guaranteed to be split, but this wound is pulled from here to there, and the skin and flesh are rolled, and it also shows a jagged shape, crooked, that is, with a saw. It seems to me that only the claws of a beast can inflict such wounds. β
"Also, master, you can see that the wound on this side of the leg is the same, it is crooked and jagged. Such a wound can only be torn out, bitten by a beast or something, and then continuously shake its head or roll to have such an effect. β
Lin Fengjin was silent for a while, and quickly whistled. And then to the inhumane:
"Yesterday, when the ancestor of the Ji family and the divine envoy fought, there should have been a lot of people who saw it on the spot, so they called the two witnesses who could see it most clearly. β
Lin Fengjin's request was quickly satisfied. Then he determined two things, the first was that the ancestor of the Ji family did not use weapons and was fighting the enemy empty-handed, and the second was that in the battle, there was a layer of gray mist in the field, which made the battle very unclear.
In this way, it is naturally not difficult to draw conclusions: the ancestor of the Ji family does indeed have a problem and an ulterior secret.
Just as Lin Fengjin was pondering, someone knocked on the door outside, saying that someone had come to pay a visit.
Where did Lin Fengjin have the leisure to do these entertainments at this time? He was very impatient, so he simply waved his hand and said:
"Nope. β
However, the housekeeper of the Ji Mansion was a little afraid:
"Young Master Cousin, it's Master Guo from the yamen who came!"
Lin Feng stared at him and said lightly:
"Oh, is Master Guo very powerful? A master can scare you like this?"
The housekeeper of the Ji Mansion glanced left and right, and said in a trembling voice:
After Zhou County's order came here to be an official, there were six big families in Shangqiang County, and it is said that there was a shadow of Guo's county's order behind them!"
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin smiled and said:
"It turned out to be a lackey, no matter what he wanted, not to mention, I could guess what this guy wanted to say, I didn't bother to look at his face. β
At this time, Ji Yuanwai heard about this and hurried over, and persuaded with a wry smile:
"Virtuous nephew, can you just give the old man a face? You want to go back to Northern Qi after all, but my Ji family still has to live here, this Guo Papi is ruthless, once he is in a hurry, he will do anything!"
Lin Fengjin saw Ji Yuanwai speak, and a cold light flashed in his eyes and said:
"Okay, I'll go see him. β
At that moment, Lin Fengjin stood in the room with his eyes closed for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, he felt a little different, and he didn't have that kind of compelling temperament on his body, as well as a restrained edge, which was not much different from a rich kid in his twenties.
Contrary to imagination, this person is not a roe deer and rat looks despicable and obscene, but a dignified appearance, thick black eyebrows, and the long beard of the five willows under the chin can be said to be very decent.
Although Lin Fengjin made him wait for a long time, this Master Guo didn't have any mustard color, just tasted tea there safely, and when he saw Lin Fengjin coming, he stood up and laughed enthusiastically:
"This must be Lin Gongzi who drove away the East China Sea pirates and saved the people of my county from fire and water?"
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin hurriedly waved his hand and said:
"Where is it, master, don't believe those false words, it's obviously the East China Sea pirates who share the spoils and internal strife, Wang Juren and they organized the Xiangyong to take the opportunity to attack to have such an effect, what does it have to do with me?"
Master Guo was slightly stunned after hearing this, and immediately regained his calmness, and said with a smile:
"That's what to say. The whole county is coaxing Lin Gongzi to spread your kindness! It is said that a hundred horsemen have broken through ten thousand enemies, and it is a big battle. β
Lin Fengjin smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"Master, think about it, what kind of hundred horsemen break through ten thousand enemies, isn't this the fucking words in the playbook? Don't you say? The foolish man and foolish woman in the countryside have heard a lot of words, and when they saw something, they said according to their imagination, at that time, it was clear that the spoils were unevenly distributed among the East China Sea pirates, and there was infighting, and I tied a branch to the tail of the horse, and hundreds of horses galloped up and were dusty and powerful, and there was also a group of people waving their flags and shouting. This is a fluke that scares the enemy back. β
Master Guo's face slowly began to change, but he still maintained basic politeness and smiled:
"So that's the case, so I heard that your subordinates even cut off a few sacks of ears from the East Sea Pirates!?"
Lin Fengjin smiled bitterly:
"The three of them became tigers, my lord, it is true that there are ears that have been cut off, but they are not cut by my people, but they are cut by the East China Sea pirates and are ready to be handed over to repay the merits, but they were discarded when they fled in a hurry, and they were picked up by my people to worship the people in the city, and the foolish people are ignorant. Just talking nonsense, and it turned out to be such a misunderstanding"
Master Guo's face became even kinder, and he smiled:
"Well, I seem to have heard that I have beheaded quite a few East Sea pirates. β
Lin Fengjin sighed and said:
"So many people have died, who knows if you cut off some heads? I'm actually a horse seller. I don't know anything, Squire Wang, they gave me a few hundred taels of silver, and asked me not to talk nonsense, Master Guo. You are a well-informed person in the yamen, can you tell me what it means to talk nonsense?"
Master Guo's eyes suddenly lit up and said:
"What? And this kind of thing?"
Lin Fengjin said with a sad face at this time:
"I'm just a visitor. But as soon as I came here, it made a complete mess for me, and I didn't know what to do!
Master Guo suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed:
"No, no, no, you're here, you should have come, if you don't come, isn't this a dead end?"
After saying that, he stood up and walked out. Lin Fengjin stretched out his hand, looked around in amazement, and said:
"This, what's wrong with this Master Guo, why did I leave, did I say something wrong?"
The housekeeper of the Ji Mansion who was listening next to him didn't know what he should say at all, and he found that he couldn't seem to express his feelings in words, so he could only smile bitterly:
"Young Master Cousin, Young Master Cousin, hey!!How can this be?"
In Lin Fengjin's eyes, a compelling edge once again appeared:
"It just so happens that the son of the owner is confusing in this matter, and I also need strong help from the official, hum, the sleeve has been set up, if you don't have malicious intentions, then naturally everything will be fine, and it is easy to say, if you have already plotted against me, hehe, then don't blame me." β
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Lin Fengjin had already judged that Shangqiang County's county order this week and the think tank team around him were very unshrewd-
This is because how can a shrewd official make the people under his command angry? The most clever corrupt official is the one who can be greedy for a lot of money on the one hand, and the people will shout at the sky with tears in his eyes, and at the same time, his superiors are also the kind that have a very good impression of him and have a high evaluation.
For example, this week's county order will only scrape the ground and make the people's resentment boiling, and even the boss has a bad impression of him, how high can his IQ be?
Therefore, Lin Fengjin's set is set up for them, it can be seen that Zhou Zhixian is quite anxious, and it has been less than two hours since Master Guo went back, they simply moved, and the Wang squire who organized the township was directly "invited" to go to the Zhixian Yamen, and then they couldn't get out, to put it bluntly, that is, they were under house arrest.
Originally, to tell the truth, according to the status of Squire Wang's gang at this time, almost all of them were figures with heads and faces in the local area, and it was impossible for them to be detained by this magistrate so hastily, otherwise it would be easy to cause a big incident. But now is an extraordinary period, the East China Sea pirates are in danger, everyone is in danger, and Shangqiang County is still broken before they fight back, and the credibility of the government is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so it was won by the county.
In this way, many people who do not know what is going on are also skeptical.
After Lin Fengjin heard about this, he smiled instead, this was the first step in his plan, which made Zhou Xian Ling feel threatenedβwhat threat?
One of his parents had the responsibility of defending the land and martyrdom. In the end, it was a group of squires who regained the county seat, and the great merit of beheading and defeating the enemy, if this matter was confirmed, what would the people think????
Therefore, from the perspective of Zhou County's order, then this credit must be fake! Lin Fengjin casually fabricated a few words of false information to the master, and it fell into the ears of this guy. Even if he feels suspicious, he will selectively ignore it, because he simply needs these excuses, these reasons.
Otherwise, he will have to lose his official position and abandon his post, and he will never recover! Judging from the experiences before Zhou County's order, he is not an indecisive person.
So he started faster than Lin Fengjin imagined!
It's just that this move happened to fall into Lin Fengjin's trap.
This person is inherently self-righteous and greedy. has left a bad impression on the gentry in the county, and then this guy announced his personal vendetta in the defense of the city, which accelerated the fermentation of this impression, and finally he blatantly locked up these gentry who organized the village bravery. It completely pushed himself to the opposite side of the gentry of Shangqiang County!
At this moment, Lin Fengjin suddenly heard a series of footsteps coming in from outside, and then the housekeeper of the Ji family ran over quickly, and said with a bitter face:
"Young Master. Master Cousin!!Wu Zhutou from the yamen came over, saying that he wanted to buy a horse. β
"Oh!?" Lin Fengjin raised his eyebrows and said in an innocent tone: "Really? I am a horse seller, and it is a good thing to have business at the door!"
Steward Ji looked like she was about to cry:
"But, but Wu Zhutou is only willing to give one or two silver and a horse!"
"Hahahaha!" After Lin Fengjin heard this, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed unscrupulously: "This kind of price is really exciting, really generous! I'll go and take a look." β
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When Lin Fengjin came to the outer room, he saw this Wu Zhutou.
The first impression of this person is definitely not like a head catcher, but a pig killer.
Probably because of the hot weather, this guy untied the placket, revealing his chest full of black hair and his big belly, and there was a strong smell of wine and fox odor! As soon as this guy saw Lin Fengjin, he poked him with his sausage-like thick fingers:
"Hey??you're that bullshit horse dealer?say, talk!"
Lin Feng allowed this finger to poke his chest, and said with a strange smile on his face:
"Yes. β
This Wu Zhutou took out a money bag from the side, shook it, and listened to the sound inside greedily, and then threw it on the table next to him, snorting wine and said:
"I'm going to buy a horse. β
Lin Fengjin looked at the money bag, which turned out to be copper coins, and immediately conjured up a stunned expression:
"This, what does this mean, my horses are all sold from the grassland, and we didn't sell four hundred taels when someone was in Gaiping??"
As soon as he heard the four hundred taels of horses, Wu Zhutou's eyes immediately straightened, and then he burped violently, and said with a light in his eyes:
"Four hundred taels and one horses?"
Then he immediately changed to a fierce expression and said:
"Fart! These horses of yours are clearly dirty thieves, you are the internal response of the East China Sea pirates, the horses you bought from them, and then sold them cheaply, this official has already detected it very clearly, and now he wants to take you back to the case!"
Lin Fengjin immediately said "frightened and angry":
"What nonsense are you talking about! These horses of mine all have customs clearance certificates, as well as the painting of the palace, you say that my horses are thieves, what evidence do you have?" (To be continued......)