Xue Ling blushed and bowed his head silently. Lin Gongyu took her hand and looked at her delicate appearance, with infinite tenderness in her heart.

The two of them were silent, and suddenly heard the servant outside the door: "Young master, dinner is ready, please have dinner with Miss Xue." ”

Lin Gongyu and Xue Ling came to the main hall, only to see that seven or eight maidservants had already placed more than 20 dishes, and the two of them couldn't help but be shocked when they saw that the Lin family was more luxurious than Luque Villa.

In the past ten years, Lin Gongyu has studied art in the Shangqing School, Taoism is quiet and inactive, and the diet is still light, Xue Ling has followed his father to practice Xuangong since he was a child, and he also walks the Taoist way, and he is also extremely controlled in terms of diet, a table full of delicacies, the two only ate some mushroom fungus, green bamboo shoots and lotus root slices, and the rest of the dishes were eaten by the servants.

After dinner, Song Changping invited Lin Gongyu to the study and handed over the Lin family's house deed and various ancestral properties to him.

Lin Gongyu smiled: "Gonggong Song, what are you doing with me?" ”

Song Changping said: "Young master, the old servant is almost old, and the ancestral business of the Lin family still needs you to take care of it after all." Tomorrow I will go to visit the elders of the clan, and in the evening, the stewards of the money houses and the shopkeepers of the shops will also meet them. ”

Lin Gongyu was reluctant to be the boss in his heart, but he respected Song Changping very much, and he didn't dare to disobey his words, so he had to agree.

Early in the morning of the second day, Lin Gongyu followed Song Changping to visit the elders of the clan. Although Lin Gongyu is the only son of the Lin family, the Lin clan is prosperous, he first visited the patriarch, and then met with the uncle and others in the clan, and did not come back until the evening.

Xue Ling didn't see Lin Gongyu this day, he was bored, he finally waited for him to come back, and before he could speak, he went to meet a group of businessmen-like people, and he was unhappy.

She quietly came to the main hall, hid behind the screen, peeked inside, and saw Lin Gongyu sitting precariously, with more than 20 people sitting on both sides, taking turns to report to him on the business situation.

Lin Gongyu was confused when she heard it, Xue Ling listened to it with relish, she was extremely smart, and she never forgot it, after hearing it, Lin Gongyu didn't understand it at all, but Xue Ling calculated the Lin family's property clearly.

It was not until the beginning of the day that the treasurers and stewards dispersed.

Lin Gongyu only felt that his muscles and bones were sore, and this day was even more tiring than practicing martial arts in Longhu Mountain. He thought of Xue Ling, and was about to go to her room to look for her, when he saw Xue Ling Yingying coming over, holding a casserole in his hand.

Xue Ling stewed the ginseng soup early, and when he saw that those people were scattered, he brought it to Lin Gongyu. The rules of the Shangqing faction are that when the meal is over, he can't eat, but he didn't want to live up to Xue Ling's good intentions, so he took a few sips.

A few days later, it was the memorial day of Lin Zhiqi and his wife. Lin Gongyu took the Lin family up and down to pay respects. When everyone came to the tomb of Lin Zhiqi and his wife, they saw that several offerings had been placed in the open space in front of the tomb, including more than a dozen cakes such as chestnut cake and osmanthus cake, and two pots of azaleas were placed next to them.

Song Changping saw these sacrifices, and he was not suspicious in his heart, he would order people to come to sweep the tomb and pay respects on the birthday of the Lin family and his wife, and the most recent one was the Zhongyuan Festival last month. By the end of the month, the offerings had long since disappeared. When so many sacrifices suddenly appeared in front of the tomb, he was puzzled for a moment, and muttered, "Who is this who has come to pay respects, and I don't know his name?"

Lin Gongyu saw that there was not the slightest dust on the sacrifice, obviously the person who sacrificed had just left, and his heart moved, and he expected that it must be Gao Qi. He thought of Gao Qi, his nose was sore, and he didn't choose the direction, ran out, and shouted: "Uncle Gao, Uncle Gao......"

He was long-minded, ran out of two or three miles, and did not see Gao Qi's figure, so he had to stop, and when he turned around, several servants were running towards this side, tired and panting, Lin Gongyu hurriedly turned around and returned to the tomb of his parents.

After paying tribute to his parents, Lin Gongyu returned home, Xue Ling was already waiting in front of the door, seeing that his eyes were red, knowing that he was sad and sad, so he persuaded him with good words.

Lin Gongyu said: "I'm really unfilial, I can't avenge my parents, I don't even know where my father's bones are, how can they live in peace under the nine springs?"

Xue Ling said: "Brother Lin, you don't have to be sad, your father's bones will definitely be able to be found and buried with your mother." ”

Lin Gongyu has long had this intention, but the rivers and lakes are vast, and it is really like looking for a needle in a haystack. But he had already calculated in his heart that when his parents were killed, Gao Qi was by his side, and ten years ago Gao Qi had told him that he would go to find his father's bones and come back to be buried with his mother, maybe in ten years, there were clues.

Lin Gongyu didn't want Xue Ling to worry about this matter, so he smiled reluctantly.

Early in the morning of the second day, the housekeeper Song Changping invited Lin Gongyu to the main hall and said that there was something important. When Lin Gongyu arrived at the main hall, he saw that an elder of the clan was already waiting there, so he hurriedly went over to salute and sat down as a guest.

Lin Gongyu remembered that this person was his cousin, named Lin Zhiwang, and he had been in contact with his father since he was young. He saw that Lin Zhiwang had something on his face, so he asked, "Second uncle, is there something important?" ”

Lin Zhiwang said with a smile: "There are other things to discuss with Steward Song, but this matter is for you to know." ”

Lin Gongyu said curiously: "What's the matter?"

Lin Zhiwang said: "Your parents died early, your family is not prosperous, and now that you have grown up, it is time to talk about your family." If you hadn't been outside all these years, I'm afraid you would have been full of wives and concubines and children all over the place. ”

Lin Gongyu already had Xue Ling in his heart, so he was naturally very disgusted with the matter of kissing, and was about to speak out against it, but he heard Song Changping say: "That's exactly what I mean, the young master married a wife and had children early, and the old servant died blindly." I don't know if there is a suitable person?" Although he noticed Lin Gongyu Xue Ling's feelings, but seeing that Xue Ling was smart and beautiful, he was a person in the rivers and lakes, and his identity and origin were unknown, so he was not satisfied with it.

Lin Zhiwang said with a smile: "The second lady of the Sun family in Quanzhou Mansion is sixteen years old this year, the Sun family is the home of the eunuch, and the door is right, this Miss Sun is even more knowledgeable, and she is a good match with Yu'er." ”

Lin Gongyu was reluctant in his heart, and said: "This matter must not be done, my parents have not avenged their revenge, how can they start a family?"

Lin Zhiwang said: "This family matter has already been decided, and Miss Sun will pass through the door this year." ”

Lin Gongyu hurriedly said: "How can this be done, Miss Sun, I won't marry." ”

Song Changping knew it and said, "Young master, the old servant knows that you are for Miss Xue. But do you know where Miss Xue's family is, who else is in her family, and what is her business?"

He asked, and Lin Gongyu shook his head. Song Changping said again: "How can a family like ours marry people from the mountains and wilderness? ”

Lin Gongyu said secretly: "I naturally know who Ling'er is, and what does it matter what happens in her family." He didn't want to contradict Song Changping, but he was silent. Suddenly, a shallow sigh was heard outside the door, which seemed to be from Xue Ling, Lin Gongyu hurriedly got up and ran to the door, pushed open the door, but there was no one.

He suddenly realized that the elders were still there, and his actions were rude, so he hurriedly went back and sat down. Lin Zhiwang and Song Changping tried every means to persuade them, but Lin Gongyu just didn't comply. The two saw that Lin Gongyu was determined, so they had no choice but to give up.

Lin Gongyu sent Lin Zhiwang away, and went to find Xue Ling, but saw that the guest room where Xue Ling lived was empty, and asked a few people, only to find out that Xue Ling had not returned when he went out in the morning. He looked around again, and saw that the white horse in the stable was gone, and after asking, it turned out that Xue Ling had led the white horse away from the house half an hour ago. Lin Gongyu was shocked and anxious, calculated the time, it was after that sigh, it must have been Xue Ling who listened to the conversation between the three of them, and was unhappy, so he left.

Lin Gongyu knew that this horse's feet were extremely fast, and only the black horse could match it, so he led the black horse to chase along the road without saying a word. He inquired all the way, pursued all the way, and walked out for thirty or forty miles without seeing Xue Ling's figure, and his heart was even more anxious and uneasy, and he blamed himself.