The Li Mansion welcomed distinguished guests.

Lin Yong brought his grandchildren to the Li Mansion as a guest, and also brought heavy gifts.

Li Lingwu was a little inexplicable, he didn't know why Lin Yong came, but he didn't have time to ask more, so he hurriedly welcomed Lin Yong and the others into the living room of the East Courtyard in person, and then instructed his subordinates to prepare the best wine and food.

The Lin family is a first-class big family, with amazing power, Lin Yong is the head of a hundred officials, no matter what the reason is to visit the Li Mansion, Li Lingwu must pay attention to it.

Lin Yong is a generation older than Li Lingwu, and his official position is also above Li Lingwu, according to common sense, if an elder like him wants to see Li Lingwu, he can just post a post, or his son can go to the Li Mansion, and he doesn't have to come to the door in person.

However, although Lin Yong has three sons, they are all officials in other places.

The imperial court stipulates that fathers, sons or brothers are not allowed to be officials in the same place for more than three years, and the power of the Lin Mansion is already big enough, of course, they know the advance and retreat, and after Lin Yong's three sons achieved fame, they all took the initiative to ask for external transfers, just to prevent others from finding fault with the Lin Mansion.

Lin Yong's eldest son, Lin Qi, was a general in Liangzhou, occasionally fought against the Tubo, and was a brave and warlike general.

The second son Lin Hao and the third son Lin Hui served as eunuchs in Jingzhou and Yangzhou respectively, both of which were not big or small official positions.

The father and son are all officials, and they are the beautiful talk of officialdom.

"Taifu can come to the cold house in person, Xiaguan is deeply honored, come, Xiaguan respects Taifu for a cup. Li Lingwu raised his wine glass to toast, and Li Wufeng, who was pulled to accompany the guests, also raised his wine glass.

Lin Yong laughed, then drank all the contents of the wine glass, and said, "Commander Li is still so polite. ”

Then he looked at Li Wufeng and praised: "I heard that Wufeng entered the seven-rank realm not long ago, it is really gratifying, it is rare to achieve such an achievement at such a young age." ”

Lin Yong is an official to the prime minister, practicing martial arts to reach the peak of the eighth grade, is the benchmark of Dayan's civil and military skills, it is rumored that no matter how busy he is every day, he will spend half an hour practicing martial arts, and he has never hesitated to praise and support the talented juniors, when he heard that Li Wufeng of the Li Mansion had reached the realm of seven grades not long ago, he was really surprised.

Li Wufeng also drank all the wine glasses, and said modestly: "The younger generation should not be praised by the Taifu so much, Brother Lin Di and Brother Lin Zheng are both extraordinary, and Miss Lin Qin is also famous, they are all role models for the younger generations to learn." ”

These words were extremely modest, and he also praised Lin Yong's grandchildren.

Lin Yong laughed after hearing this, Lin Di and Lin Zheng's brothers also took the opportunity to be humble, while Lin Qin looked left and right, a little outside of the gods.

Seeing his granddaughter like this, Lin Yong said again: "Commander Li, the old man came this time to thank Ling Lang Impermanence, I don't know if I can invite him out to see him?"

Lin Qin's eyes lit up at this time.

Li Lingwu was a little inexplicable, secretly thinking that this Mrs. Lin came to thank Li Wuchang for that stinky boy?

What the hell is going on?

When Mrs. Lin saw Li Lingwu's expression, she said curiously, "Didn't Ling Lang tell you?"

Li Lingwu coughed dryly and said, "That stinky boy is running around all day long, and he rarely asks me for instructions...... I also hope that Taifu will make it clear. ”

Lin Zheng interjected: "Lord Commander, it's like this, the day before yesterday, His Royal Highness invited a large group of sons and eldest ladies to go on an outing at the foot of Nanshan Mountain. ”

Li Lingwu nodded and said, "I've heard of this. ”

Lin Zheng continued: "Unexpectedly, when hunting, I encountered bandits, the younger sister Lin Qin and Ma Kun, the eldest young man of the Ma family, were captured by the bandits, and almost all the entourage were killed, everyone was so anxious to die, fortunately, impermanence stepped forward and went deep into the dense forest to rescue Lin Qin and Ma Kun regardless of their own safety. ”

Only then did Li Lingwu and Li Wufeng know the reason for Lin Yong's visit, it turned out that Li Wuchang, a stinky boy, saved Lin Yong's precious granddaughter, no wonder Lin Yong would come to the door in person.

Lu Yuanzhi, the king of Qi, loves his daughter Lu Ting very much, and Taifu Lin Yong loves his granddaughter Lin Qin very much, which is famous in Chang'an City.

Lin Yong laughed again and said: "Before, the old man heard the younger brother Lin Ju say, he said that although the son of Li Wuchang of the Li Mansion has no martial arts, his talent is first-class, not only his medical skills are amazing, but also very interesting, I didn't expect him to be so brave and fearless, ordinary people don't dare to face a group of bandits without martial arts, let alone in such a dangerous place in Nanshan." ”

After a pause, he continued: "By the way, Commander Li, you hurry up and invite impermanence out, the old man wants to thank him personally." ”

Li Lingwu coughed lightly and said, "Taifu, it's really unfortunate, Xiao'er Wuchang was out of the city yesterday." ”

As soon as these words came out, several individuals in the Lin family were stunned.

Li Lingwu explained: "He went to Shangluo County and said that a friend was attacked by bandits, and now he is missing, and he wants to save his friend." ”

Lin Yong frowned and said, "As far as the old man knows, bandits are rampant in Shangluo County now, and Li Wuchang just went?" Lord Commander, have you sent a master to follow him?"

Lin Zheng and Lin Qin also frowned, and said in their hearts, this Li Wuchang is really busy, he just finished fighting bandits in Nanshan, and went to Shangluo County to deal with bandits.

Li Lingwu saw that Lin Yong's tone was slightly worried, and explained: "Xia Guan originally wanted to send someone to save his friend, but who knew that the kid was quite stubborn, and he said that he would go in person to rest assured...... As for safety, Taifu doesn't have to worry, that kid has two masters, one is a sixth-grade peak and the other is a sixth-rank mid-level, even if he can't save people, it is more than enough to protect him. ”

Lin Yong nodded.

There are two six-grade masters to protect, so there is naturally no need to worry about safety, although there are many bandits, but the particularly powerful masters among them are still quite rare.

Generally speaking, it is already great for a bandit to have a five-grade or so, and it is a six-grade beginner in a powerful point, if it is a little more clever, it will not be a bandit.

Unless it is forces with ulterior motives that blend in with bandits and try to fish in troubled waters.

This kind of power is generally concentrated in Jizhou, Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and Yongzhou is not there for the time being.

Li Wuchang, the main master, was not there, Lin Yong talked to Li Lingwu about the bandits and Jizhou for a while, and after exchanging some opinions, he got up and said goodbye.

Li Lingwu personally sent Lin Yong to the gate and watched the Lin family's carriage leave.

Lin Qin sat in the carriage, frowning, looking preoccupied.

Lin Zheng, who was in the same car with her, looked at her appearance, thinking that she felt a little lost because she didn't see Li Wuchang, and comforted at the moment: "Sister, Li Wuchang is not here this time, I will thank him next time, to be honest, I really underestimated Li Wuchang's kid before." ”

Then sighed: "I didn't expect him to have such courage, not only dared to face the bandits alone in Nanshan, but now he dared to go to Shangluo County, I have heard, the bandits of Shangluo County are famous in Yongzhou, there was originally a place where bandits and bandits and green forest people are rampant, after the snow disaster last year, the people there are even more rampant, even the government does not pay attention to it, and even attacked the official warehouse, it is rumored that hundreds of officers and soldiers have died there." ”

When Lin Qin heard this, he was shocked and worried: "Then what should I do, he doesn't have martial arts, even if he has two helpers, I'm afraid he will suffer, right?"

Lin Zheng realized that his sister was abnormal, and said strangely: "Sister, you shouldn't be worried about that stinky boy, right?"

"Anyway, he also saved my life, I'm worried that he is not normal?" Lin Qin was stunned for a moment and quickly explained.

Lin Zheng stared at Lin Qin for a long time and didn't speak.

"Second brother, why are you looking at me like this?" Lin Qin lowered his head and whispered.

"Alas, I didn't expect my sister to fall in love with a notoriously scoundrel. Lin Zheng shook his head, he loved Lin Qin the most since he was a child, and he also knew Lin Qin the most.

Lin Qin's appearance just now was definitely not a simple worry about Li Wuchang.

Lin Qin was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and said quickly: "Second brother, what are you talking nonsense, who will take a fancy to him!"

Then he shook the crackle and said, "Li Wuchang, that kid is unlearned, greedy and lustful, bullying the weak, reckless by nature, arrogant and arrogant...... Anyway, a big push, I ...... How could I have taken a fancy to him. ”

Lin Zheng looked at the little sister who was desperately trying to explain, obviously not right, and sighed helplessly.

It's over, and my sister, who is usually unusually cold, has become like this.

......

"Yawn, yawn...... Which bastard is cursing me?" Li Wuchang, who was on horseback, sneezed several times and scolded fiercely.

After learning from Li Qing yesterday about the details of the siege of the imperial court bandit team by the bandits in Shangluo County, he called Jiang Minglun and Zhao Xun, pulled three fast horses and rushed to Shangluo County.

Saving people is like fighting a fire, and we must rush to Upper Lok County as soon as possible.

"Haha, stunned, I guess which little beauty is thinking about you. Zhao Xun on the side was joking, and he didn't take the bandits in his eyes at all.

"Stunned, Brother Xun, the front is Shangluo County, now it's getting late, we can go to an inn to rest for the night, and rush to Niumao Mountain tomorrow morning to find out the news." Jiang Minglun looked at the sky and proposed to go to rest first.

"It's good that after riding the horse for so long, my butt hurts...... I'll go to Niumao Mountain tomorrow. Li Wuchang nodded in agreement.

Niumaoshan is the most famous bandit concentration in Shangluo County, the terrain is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the government has sent people to attack several times, but each time it has been in vain, and even lost a bad army.

In addition, there are many forces on Niu Mao Mountain, and there are often conflicts between many forces, so the government expects them to kill each other so that they can reap the benefits of fishermen.

It's a pity that after so much time, although many forces have disappeared due to infighting, new forces have risen immediately, and Niumaoshan is still so chaotic.

Now the people in the Shangluo area are often robbed by the bandits who come down the mountain, not only the grain and silver are looted, but even the daughters of many families are taken captive up the mountain.

The people were so disturbed that they moved away from Shangluo and rushed to other parts of Yongzhou to beg for a living, and some even went to Liangzhou and Jingzhou, where large tracts of land were wasted.

The government saw it in its eyes and felt pain in its heart, but there was nothing it could do.

Especially this year, banditry has become more and more rampant.

The imperial court has to spend a lot of energy to deal with the external troubles in Jizhou and Yangzhou, and all the bandits in Yongzhou have been handed over to Xue Shanglin, who is so big and has so many bandits, where can they take care of it.

I sent several bandit squads, but they were of no great use and basically did not pose much of a threat to the bandits.

Let's just say that this time, Xue Tingshi sent a team of about forty people to come over, claiming to have more than 30 five-grade masters, which can be regarded as a great force, but the bandits received the news and came to an ambush near Niumao Mountain.

As a result, the bandit squad suffered heavy casualties, more than 20 people died on the spot, and nearly 20 others were missing, and it is estimated that they were also captured by bandits.

Bandits like to capture the leader of the bandit squad and then blackmail the government.

It's ridiculous!

When did Dayan become so weak.

It seems that it has been dragged down by the external troubles in Jizhou and Yangzhou.