Abandoned Daughter from a Noble Family: Poison to the World

Quanzhou, Nan'an County.

A group of luxuriously dressed women rode horses and stopped in front of a dilapidated temple. The ground was stained with blood. When the wind blew, there was not only the smell of firecrackers before the Dragon Boat Festival, but also the stench of rotting raw meat.

The leading woman was dressed in the most elegant clothes, looking elegant, and she was spinning an emerald folding fan in her hand.

"Xingyuan, I heard my grandma say before that when you were a child, you liked to go to Wazi to listen to books. You must be familiar with the stories of talented people and beautiful ladies. Guess what I will encounter when I enter this ruined temple now?"

This woman is in her early thirties, has an oval face, looks affable, and although her tone is joking, she exudes reliability.

Su San joined the army, determined to make a clean break with Shuntian Hou, and deliberately changed her name to Chen Xingyuan. With her outstanding martial arts, she won the important position of her immediate commander.

After making great achievements in suppressing bandits several times, Chen Xingyuan rose from a small soldier beside the general's tent to a captain.

"Probably, it's a story about a rich family's daughter going out for an outing, accompanied by a meddlesome matchmaker. By chance, she picked up a wild man of unknown origin. After a few encounters, the daughter and the wild man made a private life-long commitment, and they were together for life and death. "

Chen Xingyuan's disabled hand has been treated and can hold some light objects, but now she still uses the sword in her right hand.

Linghu Lanke held up his fan to block the setting sun, "But speaking of this, in the story, those daughters who picked up wild men did not end well. Either their entire clan was wiped out, or they themselves were tortured to death."

"Not only is it unlucky to pick up a wild man, there are also many princesses and princesses who pick up monsters and have their blood sucked out of their bodies. Men in the world want to suck blood, and male beasts are no exception. In short, stay away, there is no harm."

Chen traveled a long way.

Linghu Lanke became interested, "I know Xingyuan and you want to enter the city as soon as possible, but it's been really hard for you to suppress bandits these past few days, so why don't I make a bet. I'll go to the ruined temple to meet that man. He's a man." Yes, you treat me to a cup of turbid wine; if you are a woman, I will give you the Jade Dragon Sword that my mother collected."

She smiled and looked at the half-grown Chen Xingyuan. Because she didn't want to get pregnant, she had been busy with government affairs these years and had no time to adopt children.

Every time she sees the little girls under her hands, she acts like a kind elder, giving advice at every turn and supporting these girls every chance she gets.

Chen Xingyuan did not hate the prefect. One day, she followed several young female captains in the military camp to Wazi in Nan'an County to hear about books. By chance, she met Linghu Lanke. The group discussed the characters and plot, talking and laughing. Much better than those male ministers in Yunchuan.

"It's a word."

Chen Xingyuan rode a horse and followed Linghu Lanke.

"Recently, private salt dealer Yu Yaohua has been very rampant. Once we free up our hands to suppress the bandits, we can watch Yu Yaohua fight with Fang Li. After they finish fighting, we will go over and catch them all."

Linghu Lanke always loved to laugh. It seemed that there was nothing in the world that would cause her trouble. Even if the sky fell, she would just smile and think about how to deal with it.

Chen Xingyuan made up his mind to come to Quanzhou at first because of the serious banditry in Quanzhou and it was easiest for generals to obtain military honors here.

"Recently, there has been news from the capital that Prince Ning Xiao Ci colluded with private salt dealers to resell arms and private salt. Has the prefect made plans?"

In Chen Xingyuan's memory of his previous life, the reason why Quanzhou was able to stay peaceful during the wars in Yun State was entirely because of the presence of Linghu Lanke and the other two female eunuchs of the Linghu family in Quanzhou.

"When I play chess, I like to watch a piece move ten steps, and the rest depends on God's will." Linghu Lanke smiled and pointed at the woman in front of the severed head Buddha statue, with regret on his face, "It seems that the Jade Dragon Sword is yours." That’s it.”

The dusty temple was in such a dilapidated state, with spider webs everywhere, and the Buddha statues were also incomplete.

A woman in her twenties was covered in blood and surrounded by flies. She was dressed like a fisherman.

Chen Xingyuan stepped forward and used his sword to part the long hair covering his face, "Prefect, I don't know this woman. Are you sure you want to take her back to the mansion?"

Linghu Lanke took out a few copper coins and threw them into the merit box, "Just think of it as accumulating virtue and doing good deeds. I almost don't recognize this temple anymore. When I was a child, I came here with my mother to seek an official career."

The group of people took the fisher girl with them and continued on the road, arriving at the city gate before sunset.

Linghu Lanke looked at the thick smoke billowing in the distance, "It looks like my house is on fire, and it's almost burning to the sky."

Linghu Lanke's home naturally refers to the official residence of the Quanzhou governor.

The current governor of Quanzhou is the son-in-law of Linghu Lanke who married into the Linghu family when his mother was still alive. His surname was Gongsun. After his marriage, he changed his surname to Linghu and his full name was Linghu Jin.

Most women in Quanzhou are unwilling to marry outside the family, so it has become a custom in Quanzhou to marry a son-in-law, with women taking charge of the outside world and men taking charge of the house.

Linghu Lanke's grandfather was a military general who was demoted to Quanzhou. At that time, he was the general on the side of the Quanzhou governor.

Because he reported the rebellion of the governor to the court and was ordered to put down the rebellion caused by the governor, he was given the official position of governor.

Later, the grandfather and grandmother gave birth to an only daughter, Linghu Fengma. Seeing his grandfather's achievements in defeating the Tanghai Kingdom many times, the imperial court allowed his daughter Linghu Fengma to participate in the imperial examination, and she inherited her father's duties.

Linghu Fengmao gave birth to three daughters. The eldest daughter is now Linghu Lanke, the governor of Nan'an County. The other two daughters also took the imperial examination and became officials and became the governors of the remaining two counties in Quanzhou.

After Linghu Feng died, his adopted son-in-law Linghu Jin turned to Shuntian Hou Subai and was promoted by Subai to succeed him as the governor of Quanzhou.

The relationship between the three Linghu sisters was not good with him. Only Linghu Lanke was a little kind and gave Linghu Jin some respect.

Chen Xingyuan had a bad premonition and suspected that Linghu Lanke's two sisters found out that their eldest sister was not in Nan'an, so they specially picked a day to send Linghu Jin back to the west.

"The injuries on this woman's body look a bit serious. The prefect is still trying to save her life, but it is better to find a good doctor for this woman and take care of her wounds. The city gate is far away from the governor's mansion, so it is not necessarily the governor's mansion that is burning. "

Linghu Lanke looked at the woman on the carriage and said, "This makes sense. Let's go to the doctor first."

After the processing was completed, Linghu Lanke slowly arrived at the governor's mansion. Just a fire burned the carved beams and painted buildings beyond recognition, leaving only ashes on the ground.

The fair-faced butler over there reported to her.

There were no casualties among the servants in the whole mansion, only the governor was accidentally burned to death in the mansion while he was taking a nap.

"This happened strangely, but fortunately no one died."

Linghu Lanke looked at the man's body carried out on a stretcher by the government officials, "Speaking of which, a few days ago, the governor organized a group of people to attack Yu Yaohua. Could it be that Yu Yaohua was knocked out of his den and set the fire out of revenge? ?”

The housekeeper nodded, "Children playing nearby saw a man with a covered face wandering around the mansion. He was a cripple, just like Yu Yaohua in the sea arrest documents."

The government servants who were working on the side also agreed, saying that when they were putting out the fire, they saw a group of masked men carrying kerosene and pouring oil on the governor's mansion. They escaped because of their strong martial arts skills.

Speak with a nose and an eye.

Linghu Lanke squeezed out a few hypocritical tears and said, "It's all the useless wine bags and rice bags in Jingzhao Mansion. They asked Yu Yaohua to take the fugitives all the way to our Quanzhou territory to become the king. It's really abominable, and now it has harmed the governor." life!"

Chen Xingyuan just held his hands and stood aside without saying a word.

"Xingyuan, I need you to catch those daring gangsters! Although Quanzhou is remote, the governor is an official of the imperial court after all, so Yu Yaohua must pay the price to show the dignity of the entire imperial court!"

Chen Xingyuan thought it was Linghu Lanke who was behind the scenes, but he didn't expect that Yu Yaohua was involved.

"The last general takes orders."

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There was an uproar in Quanzhou about the arrest of the murderer of the governor. Linghu Lanke wrote to the court but did not receive any response.

Perhaps, Shuntianhou, who controlled the government, did not think that the killing of the Quanzhou governor was a big deal.

Linghu Lanke has been at the prefect's mansion these days, dealing with daily trivial matters, reading complaints from the people, and seeing where roads need to be repaired.

In the past six months, the imperial court has been particularly fond of officials who have taken the imperial examination and become official officials. However, Quanzhou still has the same old system of filial piety and integrity, with rich families everywhere. When the father dies, his son will be promoted to the official position.

There are very few civil servants transferred to Quanzhou, almost none. They are all local female officers in Quanzhou. Only the military attachés transferred from abroad are much more than in previous years.

Among them, Linghu Lanke liked Chen Xingyuan the most.

Although the imperial court has begun to implement imperial examinations, the local government still follows the system of filial piety and integrity.

The imperial examination in Yun State had only been implemented for a hundred years, and women were only allowed to participate in the military examination. There was probably no one who could seriously take the imperial examination and become a civil servant.

After Linghu Lanke finished handling his official duties, he rubbed his shoulders and performed a swordsmanship in the courtyard with his wooden sword. He was fluent and healthy, and he was a perfect swordsman.

"Shou Fang Gang, what do you think of my swordsmanship?"

There are many ports along the coast of Quanzhou. To go out to sea for trade, countless huge merchant ships were built, and the captains were called gangshou.

From the beginning, she was sure that Fang Hui, who was plotted by Yu Yaohua, was hiding in the ruined temple.

In the evening, as the sun sets over the western mountains, the courtyard is much cooler, and the lotus flowers in the lotus pond on one side have a quiet fragrance.

The woman who had been hiding behind the rockery came out and faced Linghu Lanke's sharp gaze.

"The prefect is naturally both civil and military, and I bow to you. I just don't know what the prefect wants to do by keeping Fang alive."

Fang Hui spent a few days recuperating in the prefect's mansion and recovered half of his energy, but the serious injuries on his body were still not healed.

"I want to be the governor of Quanzhou."

Linghu Lanke carried the wooden sword behind his back.

"Quanzhou still has Xiaolian, and the governor must be the next governor. There is no dispute about this matter. This has nothing to do with this mere private salt dealer."

Fang Hui had been observing this prefect who was loved by the people for a long time. She had heard of Linghu Lanke before on a ship.

She looked polite and elegant, but when she first took office as the governor of Nan'an, she personally led a team of officers to wipe out the most rampant bee gang in Nan'an at that time.

Looking forward, Fang Hui also saw Linghu Lanke riding a tall horse across the crowded Yuxiu Street. It is said that she was the top martial arts champion that year, and the horses she rode were all covered in red silk.

"How could it not be related? Gongsun Jin was cunning. He first attached himself to my grandfather. After my grandfather died, he continued to attach himself to my mother. After my mother died, he immediately turned against Shuntian Hou and became the eyes of the Su family in Quanzhou. "

Linghu Lanke walked towards her with light steps and firmness in every step.

"Long before Gongsun Jin died, I got a secret report that Shuntianhou was going to dispatch Wang Fei to Nanxiang to suppress the rebellion. Our Quanzhou is across the street from Nanxiang, and Wang Fei defeated the king of Nanxiang. He is The next king of Nanxiang, Wang Fei happened to have a son, and Shuntianhou wanted Wang Fei's son to replace Gongsun Jin."

Under the filial piety and integrity system, it all depends on whether the relationship is reliable and whether the background is strong or not.

After the death of his grandfather, Linghu Fengmao still chose to be neutral. Quanzhou had no contact with other forces, and it was like a small independent court.

However, Shuntian Hou planned to take action against Quanzhou.

Fang Hui was fighting with the government, so naturally he would not easily believe Linghu Lanke's words, "This is a matter for the imperial court and has nothing to do with my sloppy world. If the prefect wants to recruit generals, he doesn't have to consider us illiterate roughnecks." ."

No matter good or bad, Fang Huihui didn't want to get involved with the court. Even so, he still had to pretend to be polite when he was under the eaves, so as not to anger Linghu Lanke and suffer bad consequences for himself.

"Fang Gang is too self-effacing. The Fang family has dominated the business on the sea in Quanzhou since Lingci, and you also have a stronghold on the ground. To say that you are a private salt dealer really undermines the prestige of the Fang family."

Linghu Lanke rarely speaks harshly. She likes to boil frogs in warm water and win enemies into her camp little by little.

"Twenty years ago, there was a water ghost around Fang Jili. Twenty years later, Fang Gang's leader was also plotted by a water ghost. Both large-scale assassinations against the Fang family had a small role involved.

Now, that little character has been fed into a giant. Marquis Shuntian uses him to eat up your business, and then uses Wang Fei's son to eat up my Linghu family's Quanzhou. I am not willing to eat this bad breath alone. . "

The Linghu clan does not have much roots in Quanzhou. In the first generation, the grandfather Linghu Jinge was demoted and was later promoted to be the governor of Quanzhou. Later, Linghu Fengmao succeeded him as the governor.

Each generation has few heirs, except Linghu Lanke, who has three sisters.

The three counties of Quanzhou are all in the hands of these three sisters. If the governor is an outsider, he will inevitably have thoughts of suppressing the Linghu clan.

"Yu Yaohua is just a clown. Behind him, Shuntian Hou is the ruthless character. He controls the whole situation by himself and makes the maritime business into a mess."

The Fang family are pirates, plundering passing ships, smuggling goods overseas, and buying foreign goods at low prices and selling them domestically. Private salt is only a small part of the Fang family's business.

Fang Huijin succeeded as a young man, and with a thunderous blow, he killed Liu Ji, who was trying to steal the Fang family's property. From then on, everything went smoothly, and he met the gods and killed the gods, which brought a lot of trouble to Linghu Jin.

Unexpectedly, he was careless and was stabbed by his henchman. He fled for his life in a hurry, like a lost dog.

"Fang Gangshou doesn't look like someone who has reached the end of his rope."

Linghu Lanke smiled at her and pointed to a gray-white pigeon staying on the eaves, "All the homing pigeons raised in my mansion are snow-white, but in the past few days, there has been a gray pigeon mixed in among the pigeons. This is Fang Gang Is it a homing pigeon first used to communicate with subordinates?"