The Founding of the Red Chamber

Lin Jing kept fiddling with the silver frost charcoal in the stove, he was a little careless, put down the tongs for a while, stretched out his hands to warm the fire above the stove.Lin Jing's hands, even after many years of turmoil, are still delicate and fair, with distinct joints and a trace of weakness.But Huo Dong's family knew that that night, the night when the Japanese bandits besieged the city, it was these hands, holding the saber, that cut off a woman's neck with one blow.That woman is not a Japanese bandit spy, but a family member of the Japanese bandit spy.

Huo Dong's family didn't see the specific end of those small works, but they heard that they were skinned alive by Lin Jing.

It's true, skinned alive.

So, how will Lin Jing deal with him?

Cold sweat dripped from the forehead of Huo Dong's family, even wet his temples, ran across his chin, and landed on the blue brick floor in front of him.At this time, Huo Dong's family even felt that the air in the room was so thick that it seemed to block his throat, his throat, and restrict his breathing. At the same time, the huge anxiety was like an invisible hand, slowly And hold his beating heart irresistibly!

How will Lin Jing deal with him?

The imperial envoy of the third grade will die as soon as he says he will die, and the whole family will be executed by secret agents in the city!

How will Lin Jing deal with him?

In the more than forty years of Huo Dong's family's life, there has never been a single moment as frightened and terrified as they are now.He used to be a respected person in the Jianghuai area, but now he is as weak as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Whether he lives or dies, how he lives and how he dies is all in Lin Jing's thoughts.

For a long time, after arriving at Huo Dong's house for a long time, he was in a trance, as if he had a paralyzed amnesia and dullness to his surroundings.However, Lin Jing's soft sigh seemed to be the thunder of the Nine Heavens in his world. Huo Dong's family wanted to say something and argue, but they didn't have time to say or argue. They just opened their mouths and heard a thud Huo Dong's family fell straight down.

Lin Jingchu thought he had scared Dong Huo's family to death, but luckily, Dong Huo's family had gone through a big storm after all, he was just fainted by Lin Jing's fright.Lin Jing splashed a cup of residual tea on his face, Huo Dongjia coughed, woke up, and quickly got up from the ground.Lin Jing sighed, "If I wanted to kill you, I would have done so long ago. What are you afraid of?"

Huo Dong's family is hard to say, I'm afraid life is worse than death.Of course, he was also afraid that Lin Jing would skin him alive.

Lin Jing asked, "Surely you haven't seen how the Japanese bandits killed the people of our dynasty? Men have resistance. Once they invade a city, a county, a town, even a village, men, women, and children, they will all be killed." .Sometimes, a man's chest is cut open. People can't die instantly. They have to struggle on the ground for a long time before they can die. Women are raped and murdered, and children are thrown into the air and thrown to death. I have never understood much about those adultery What kind of people are the Japanese bandits? If they are small merchants, or local ruffians, I can understand that they need the little bit of benefits from the Japanese bandits. But, like you, I don’t understand Now, you Huo family, are you still short of money? Or are you dissatisfied with the status of the family? "

Huo Dong's family wiped the water on his face, his eye circles were also a little red, and he said after a long time, "I know, I want to say that I have never done anything to trick Japanese bandits, lest you think I'm just trying to quibble. Ah Qing , you know what is the most important thing in a family? It is not about raising the family to a higher level, but how to maintain the status of the family. I took over the family affairs at the beginning, and when I learned that the family was doing business with Japanese bandits, you You know? I was so shocked that I couldn't sleep for a month. But, how can I withdraw? Once I withdraw, the Huo family will be attacked by other families, and they will regard the Huo family as traitors. They will definitely use all means to expel Death to our Huo family! What's more, I am used to earning this money. I don't feel tempted by 100 taels, and I don't feel tempted by 1000 taels. What about 1 taels, 10 taels, and million taels? Even if I can ignore this benefit, the relatives below , Shopkeeper, buddy, thousands of people in the Huo family are counting on these dividends. Also, do you think all the money can go to the Huo family? The Huo family is just the hand that makes money for those adults , we can keep some, but, big head, not with us. Ah Qing, I know that you hate those people who communicate with the Japanese bandits the most. For the sake of knowledge, even if you do it, give me a refreshment."

The fat on Huo Dong's cheeks trembled slightly. Although he knew that Lin Jing would save his life, when he said this, his eye circles were still slightly red.

Lin Jing was a little disappointed, "Your Huo family spans two lakes and Huaiyang, so it turns out that it is just his hand." Then, Lin Jing said again, "You must be living a worthless life."

Lin Jing said, "Since you are someone else's hand, you can be anyone's hand. Why don't you be my hand?"

Huo Dong's family was a little confused, "Well, how do we do this?"

Lin Jingdao, "Anyway, it's not the practice of hanging life and death in other people's hands."

Lin Jing naturally questioned Huo Dong's family thoroughly, and even found out the details of the local snakes in the south of the Yangtze River.Basically, there is no need for Lin Jing to subdue him. Huo Dong's family felt that if he told Lin Jing all these secrets, the only way to survive would be to follow Lin Jing in the future.

In the end, Lin Jing said to Huo Dong's family, "What happened in the past is what will happen in the future. Since you are someone else's hand, you should continue to be someone else's hand. By the way, recruit more people to come over. Your Huo family will not be just a few Are you young and strong?"

Huo Dong's family asked, "There are always thousands of guards at home, but they are scattered, mostly doing guard work in shops or at home."

Lin Jing said lightly, "Today, the first thing you have to remember is that in the world from now on, soldiers are king. Therefore, you should recruit more men and come and train them together. You don't have to be too careful about the capital's skills." That lord took it to heart, since the King of Jinling's rebellion, and the Japanese bandits in the south of the Yangtze River, his family's losses in the south of the Yangtze River have been shattered. As for the future, although the Xie family started with martial arts He is a wealthy family, but his family’s close descendants have long since abandoned martial arts and followed literature. This is a big fallacy, and this world will not be the world of his Xie family in the future.”

Be obedient and listen to the sound. When Huo Dong's family heard Lin Jing's words, one felt that Lin Jing's tone was really scary, and the other felt faintly in his heart. .But if it is true as Lin Jing said, if the big tree of the Xie family is not very stable, it would be good to find another backing for the family.

In this way, Huo Dong's family felt relieved, calmed down a lot, and quickly said, "Hey, I will listen to you, my lord."

Lin Jing confessed to Huo Dong's family, and finally said, "The address is still the same as before. I know that the days of these two ends will not be easy in the future. I hope, you don't let me down, don't make me feel, I saw the wrong person and used the wrong heart."

Huo Dong's family hurriedly said, "Look at what you said. I have done some things that violated my conscience, but in the end, I am still a human being. That day, you won the reeling bandit, and I am also happy for you."

Lin Jing said speciously, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. How are you, are you smart or stupid? Well, let me take a look from now on."

"By the way, don't put on such a bitter face." Lin Jing said, "Tomorrow, you can find an excuse to meet with Zhifu Xie quietly, and tell him that you have tried my place, and I seem to be an imperial envoy for the district. It's not entirely clear what happened."

"Yes."

"Do you know where to direct the disaster?"

Huo Dong's family really didn't know, he said, "I have to ask you something."

"Stupid, let's go to Kong's house. Governor Kong had previously argued with Commissioner Duan Qin about Miss Mu. Don't you know about this? They have a quarrel." Lin Jing was tempted slowly.

Huo Dong's family didn't understand, and couldn't help saying, "But, young master, aren't you from Master Kong's school?"

"You really know a lot." Lin Jing smiled slightly, leaning forward slightly, staring at Huo Dong's family with big phoenix eyes, and whispered to his ears, "Who told you that I am the Kong family?" One family? Let me tell you, neither the Kong family nor the Xie family are in my eyes."

Huo Dong's family was really frightened by Lin Jing's momentum, Lin Jing waved his hands and said, "Okay, you go, there is wine outside, drink half a pot before going out. It's late at night, I won't keep you."

Huo Dong's family retreated respectfully.Sure enough, there was a wine jug on display in the outer hall. He gritted his teeth and ate half of the jug. The wine entered his throat, and his whole body became warm. His fat face was also stained with blood, matching his front skirt that was splashed with tea stains. , as if half-drunk and groggy.In this way, Huo Dong's family pretended to be half-drunk, went out and called his followers, and left the general's mansion.

At this moment, Governor Kong couldn't figure out the mystery of Duan's imperial envoy's flooding, while Prefect Xie was like a frightened bird.

Even if the body of the imperial envoy Duan has been brought back to the capital for burial, Zhifu Xie still can't sleep at night, it's too ruthless, really too ruthless!There has never been such a sensational method in officialdom!Fighting in the officialdom is killing people, and it is only within the scope of the officialdom.

An official can lose his official life because of greed, cruelty, immorality, immorality, etc., but there has never been such a case where he was directly killed on the way back to Beijing!

Too bad!

Kong's surname is too ruthless!

Well, Zhifu Xie, who had been deeply suspicious of Governor Kong, confirmed his guess even more when Dong Huo's family arrived.If Lin Jing hadn't caught the hands of Huo Dong's family from Duan Qin's letter, he really didn't know that Huo Dong's family was Xie's family.

Huo Dong's family came to the magistrate's mansion quietly, because the imperial envoy Duan was buried in Huaiyang, and the Huo family is a big merchant in Huaichang, Xie Zhifu inevitably asked a question or two, Huo Dong's family sighed, with a very regretful look, said, " I sent people in Huaiyang to inquire for a long time, but they couldn't find anything. If it wasn't for the boat leaking, the grassroots could only say that the people who did it were probably more than ordinary people."

Then, Huo Dong's family looked hesitant to speak.

Xie Zhifu frowned, "Say what you have to say, why hesitate!"

Huo Dong's family said softly, "The Caomin has something to say, but there is no proof, and it concerns an adult, so the Caomin dare not say it."

"Go ahead."

Huo Dong's family told him what Lin Jing taught him, and Huo Dong's family said, "Since Huaiyang couldn't find out, Caomin was thinking about it, but what kind of enemies did the imperial envoy make? Caomin didn't know whether to think about it, but Caomin heard that the imperial envoy seems to have fought for Miss Mu with some adult." Then, Huo Dong's family said anxiously, "The Caomin is just thinking too much, my lord, just listen to it. The Caomin is not very knowledgeable, and it's not because there is no reason. It's just random thinking."

But Zhifu Xie said, "Okay, I understand what you said."

Huo Dong's family fell silent.

Zhifu Xie was not in the mood to keep him for dinner, so he sent Huo Dong's family away.After all, he has not had much contact with Huo Dong's family.Huo Dong's family left the magistrate's mansion, thinking of the gloomy expression of the magistrate Xie just now, he was secretly stunned, thinking of Li Qing's method of sowing discord, it was really desperate.

He thought for a while about Lin Jingtu's junior family. These two are certainly upstarts in the south of the Yangtze River, and Lin Jing is decisive. However, the two of them have insufficient foundation, and they don't know what they will be in the future. future.Thinking of being caught by Lin Jing, and thinking of Lin Jing's methods, Huo Dong's family now wished they could go to the temple to burn a stick of high incense for Lin Jing's disciple Xiao San, and only hoped that the Buddha would bless the two of them to be safe and sound. Also let him live a few days of peace.

However, before Huo Dong's high incense had time to burn, he encountered an imminent incident.At the beginning, all the money collected by imperial envoy Duan was exchanged from him.Now, imperial envoy Duan is gone, but the Xie family wants to hand over this sum of money directly!

What's terrible is that Huo Dong's family has long ago used the original bank note as Lin Jingdui's new decal note.Obviously, this money will be used by Lin Jing in the future!

One is the old owner and the other is the new owner. It's not that Huo Dong's family wants to swallow the money from Imperial Envoy Duan.However, he only has this sum of money, how will he divide it!

Huo Dong's family is really worried!

He sent someone overnight to find Lin Jing for advice, and Lin Jing just wrote two words: Give it to him!