[Red House] Raiders of life

The weather in winter is extremely cold.It starts to snow in September in the north.The aisle along the road was blocked by stones slid down by an avalanche from a high place.All the passing vehicles were blocked in this big Beichuan town.

The town is small and the facilities are not complete.The conditions of the inn are even more rudimentary.But now it's like a cloud of customers.No matter how simple the conditions are, it is better than sleeping on the street.Therefore, the inn that had been depressed in the past suddenly became lively.Needless to say, the people who were disgusted with the inn two days ago found that they couldn't get in even with money.

The rooms are limited, and they are all given to powerful people.

Xue Song tightened his collar, gently opened the door with hot water, and saw his master writing.He quietly added a cup of tea, then put the kettle next to the charcoal fire in the corner to warm it up, and retreated, but he didn't dare to go far. He just waited in the next room, keeping an eye on the movement of the master, in case the master what do you need.

There is no way, the master doesn't like to be served by people when he is thinking about things, but he can't take it lightly, the master has just been seriously ill, and he has only recovered for a few days.

At this time, Xue Song's master, who had just recovered from a serious illness, had already put down his pen and rubbed his wrist unconsciously, "It's done!"

Looking at the words on the table, Lin Ning nodded secretly, probably because her body has a memory inertia, and she also has a certain foundation in calligraphy in the previous two time-traveling missions. Therefore, it only took a few days to write the handwriting. The same as the original owner.

This time, Lin Ning transmigrated as Xue Ling.Jia Shi Wang Xue Zhong is the current head of the Xue family, and the father of Xue Pan and Xue Baochai.After Xue Ling's death, he experienced a period of wandering, watching the Xue family lose, his son was ineffective, and his daughter did not end well.Feeling depressed and unjust for a long time, he sold his soul and made a deal with the system.

Xue Ling's wish is: revitalize Xue's family lintel, teach Xue Pan to become a talent, and let Xue Baochai grow up safely and happily.

Speaking of the Xue family, the ancestors are also handed down from generation to generation.However, since the generation of Xue Ling's grandfather, the descendants were not good at imperial examinations, but had extraordinary talents in business.Therefore, in the early years, he was vacant in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and found an errand for the imperial merchant.In the hands of Xue Ling, it is already the third generation. Now it is not said that the wealth is incomparable to the country, but it is also worthy of the sentence in the original book, "There is a lot of snow in a good year, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron".

This world pays attention to scholars, farmers, businessmen.Although the ancestors of the Xue family were officials and had the title of Ziwei Sheren, they were not merchants, and naturally other merchants could not compare.However, it cannot be denied that although the Xue family is rich and powerful, it has gradually declined in terms of power and status.Xue Ling also thought about being able to inherit the ancestral system.In fact, he did try his best, but he was barely able to get a reputation as a public servant, and he failed in several trials.

This is not to say that Xue Ling is not good at learning. After integrating Xue Ling's memory, Lin Ning feels that Xue Ling is also very knowledgeable.But Naihe is not very good at writing imperial examination essays.The imperial examination is to select scholars with stereotyped essays and four or six parallel essays.And these are exactly Xue Ling's shortcomings.

According to later generations, it is not suitable for exam-oriented education.However, in addition to taking exams in later generations, there are many paths for literati to follow.But today is different.

After Xue Ling's dream of becoming an official from the literary examination failed repeatedly, Mr. Xue also went, and Xue Ling accepted the position of Patriarch since then.Needless to say, although these generations of the Xue family are not as good as the imperial examinations, they can be said to be unborn geniuses in terms of business.Unfortunately, Xue Ling died early.Xue Pan... don't say anything.

Lin Ning propped his chin to calculate, and learned from Xue Ling's memory that Xue Pan was just over six years old and Xue Baochai was four years old at the moment.Xue Ling has been away from home for several months, but he went to the northwest.Given the current situation of the Xue family, naturally not every business requires Xue Ling to go in person.But this time is different. This time it is related to the entire industrial chain from Jiangnan to Northwest.

It's just a coincidence that after the work was done, on the way back, there was a heavy snow that was rare in a century.Xue Ling worked hard for this important commercial route before, exhausted physically and mentally, and he was used to staying in the south, so he fell ill after the sudden drop in temperature.And the sicker he got, the worse he died.

It was a business route that had just been smoothed out, and it would not be perfect in two or three years.After Xue Ling left, he naturally disappeared gradually.Although the Xue family has a lot of other properties, most of them keep to themselves and are used by Xue Ling, because it is Xue Ling who respects him.Once Xue Ling left, how could Xue Pan stand against these people.Some old slaves or those who have a contract of prostitution are fine, but other employment relationships cannot be retained.The key is that Xue Pan is still ineffective, and his temperament is still perverse.

The loss of talents and the decline of the family business have become a matter of course.

Lin Ning sighed softly, and suddenly understood Xue Ling's mood very well.The family property started by the ancestors, and the business kingdom that was propped up and expanded by himself, were all destroyed by a prodigal son.However, this prodigal son is still his only son.This is terrible!I am afraid that if Xue Ling is not in the state of a dead soul at that time, he can die again.

Fortunately, she traveled here when Xue Ling was seriously ill in her previous life. Now that she has recovered, Xue Pan is still young, so there is still time.

"The road is clear, it is clear!"

The sound insulation effect of the inn is not good, so the sound from outside spreads quickly.People in the guest room opened the door one after another, and Lin Ning threw the words he practiced into the brazier casually before pushing the door out, but just as he took a step, Xue Song followed, "Master!"

Lin Ning hid his hands in his sleeves and warmed them.In such a cold weather, there was someone to do it for him, so he didn't go out, so he said: "Go and find out the specific situation."

After speaking, he went back to the guest room.Anyway, there are two braziers piled up in the guest room, which cannot be compared with the outside.

After a while, Xue Song came back.

"The rocks have disappeared, and the snow has stopped for a few days. The snow on the official road has been cleared. The people from the Yamen went to see it and said that it is passable."

Lin Ning nodded.

"Master, should we start our journey now, or rest for a few days? Master's illness is just right."

Lin Ning waved his hand, "It's okay. You tell me to go down, pack up your things and go on the road. It's still early at the moment, let's go faster, and we can make it to the city before dark."

Xue Song hesitated, "Why don't we start the journey tomorrow. As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and goes like a thread. Although the master is recovering now, he should pay more attention. We are not in a hurry, Why bother traveling so fast?"

"The conditions in this small town are limited. It will be much better in the city. Besides..." Lin Ning smiled, "I've been out for a long time. I'm afraid Pan'er and Baochai miss me very much."

After saying this, Xue Song shut up.Thinking of the young master and miss at home, he agreed.Xue Song is a very efficient person.In less than half an hour, Lin Ning was already lying in the warm carriage.Looking at the soft quilt under her body and the warm pot in her arms, Lin Ning felt that this was much more comfortable than staying in a simple guest room.

It took a full month to enter the pass in the northwest and travel all the way south to Jinling.

The carriage rumbled along the Qingshi Road in Jinling.Xu felt that he had finally returned home, Xue Song and the other servants were filled with happiness, even if they didn't speak, they were also a little bit excited.

"Master treats you to a drink because I think highly of you, and it's your honor to take your homework. Don't behave badly from time to time, toast and not to eat fine wine!"

An immature child's voice came, very familiar.Lin Ning frowned.Xue Song was shocked, he was sitting on the shaft of the carriage, he had seen it a long time ago, it was... his young master.

Xue Song subconsciously wanted to get out of the car, but was held down by a hand on his shoulder. When he turned his head, he saw Lin Ning's face was livid, and he said bravely, "Master, maybe... Maybe it's that person who bullied you, why not?" Is the servant going to take a look?"

Lin Ning is noncommittal?Bully?In the territory of Jinling, Xue Pan is the only one who can bully others, how can anyone dare to bully him?What to say, go and see, I'm afraid I want to save the scene.

Without saying a word, Lin Ning asked the driver to stop the car and jumped off.I saw a boy of seven or eight years old trapped in the middle of the river by a few servants.Xue Pan kicked at him, "Hit me! Who are you talking about bullying the weak and bullying others? I am just a bully, so what if I bully others! What can you do to me!"

"Call me!"

With Xue Pan's order, the servants rushed forward.Although the boy was a bit strong, but he was still young, he was beaten to the ground within two strokes, but he held his head with great backbone, even facing the punches and kicks of the crowd, he didn't say a word.

Lin Ning narrowed his eyes, this group of young men were not very old, an average of eleven or twelve years old.But he is a good hand at beating people, punching and kicking wherever it hurts.With that level of proficiency, I think I have done a lot of things like this.Lin Ning suddenly thought that even though Xue Pan was young, he was already used to being king and hegemony.

It was not too late for Xue Ling to get married, but the heirs came too late.Xue Pan was only expected by Xue Ling and Xue Wang's family ten years after their marriage, so he naturally loved him very much, especially Xue Wang's, because of having this son, he became more confident.Otherwise, even if she has the support of the Wang family behind her, there will be more people talking and talking.Therefore, it is unavoidable to treat Xue Pan even more preciously.

Especially in places like Jinling, the four major families whose ancestral home was in Jinling in the early years, Jia Shiwang Xue, and the other three families have all moved to the capital for generations, and Jinling only left the Xue family.Naturally, it has become the Xue family's world.On his own land, everyone who saw Xue Pan held him in admiration. This kind of environment made him feel that he was superior to others, and he was not afraid of anything.It's just that occasionally there are a few ignorant ones who will always be cleaned up by him.

The way he cleans up is also simple, just ask the servant to beat him up.The more he hurts and the more he screams, the happier he is.After one or two times, the servants also grasped the temper of their young master.When beating people, they only hit the most painful and most vital places.This way people will howl louder.

Lin Ning couldn't help but think of the life lawsuit in the original book.With such a "well-trained" young man, after a long-term battle, it would be difficult to save lives, right?

The more Lin Ning thought about it, the angrier he became, his complexion was so dark that water dripped out.Xue Song was startled.Usually, Xue Pan would fight with others, but he only found out about it afterwards.The wife protected him, but the master thought that boys would be more naughty, and it was inevitable that they would fight and fight, so he asked someone to send a gift to accompany him to settle the matter.But I've never seen it live.Unexpectedly, he was arrested at the scene today.

Xue Song glanced at Lin Ning, who was definitely extremely angry, and hurriedly shouted: "Master!"

Xue Pan turned his head to see his father, his face beamed with joy, "Father, come back..." Seeing Lin Ning's gloomy expression, he probably swallowed the last word "了".

The boys stopped their hands when they realized something was wrong, and retreated to the corner one by one to try to lower their sense of presence.The beaten man struggled to get up against the wall, his face showing displeasure.

Lin Ning glanced at the trees by the river not far away, and said, "Xue Song, go find a branch."

Xue Song didn't dare to refuse, so he broke a section from the tree and handed it over.Lin Ning took it in his hand and weighed it twice, it was okay.Then he said to Xue Pan, "Come here!"

Xue Pan secretly thought it was bad, hesitated and refused to go over, pointed at the boy and said, "Father! No, it's...he stole my things, so I...I just asked someone to teach him a lesson!"

I won't even tell a lie!

"Then tell me, what did he steal from you?"

Xue Pan was stunned. After all, he was young, and he was just looking for a reason in a hurry. How could he think so thoroughly.He was thinking about finding something, but who knew that Lin Ning took two steps forward, and a stick was already aimed towards his ass.

Xue Pan yelled out.Lin Ning hit another stick.Xue Pan screamed, and instinctively used his hands to protect him, but his hands were slapped a few times, and he was stretched. He wanted to hide, but before he could dodge, he was caught by Lin Ning.

"Father! I really...he really stole my things! He stole my jade pendant! Yes! He stole my jade pendant!"

Lin Ning was amused in his heart, although he shouted loudly, he couldn't hear the tragedy at all, which shows that the beating didn't hurt.That's right, it's winter and she wears a lot of clothes, so she still has to be careful not to beat her hard. The child needs to be taught a lesson, but she can't really beat him badly.He twisted and twisted, hugging his head from side to side, but it really made her feel constrained, she didn't dare to kill her, where could it hurt.

Lin Ning was shocked, and simply threw the branch in hand, and said to Xue Song, "Find one with thinner roots."

Xue Song quickly responded, thinner would be better, in winter, the uncle's coat is covered with cotton, and he also wears several layers of clothes inside, so it won't hurt anything.So he quickly found it.

Lin Ning got his hands, twisted Xue Pan's back collar, pressed him directly on the stone pier next to him, and ripped off his pants in twos and outs.This move was too quick, Xue Song looked stupid.

clap clap clap!

Lin Ning smoked a lot!Without the protection of the clothes, the pumping is directly on the flesh, which is quite different from hitting through the clothes.Especially Xue Pan is not yet seven years old, and his strength is limited. Now being held down by Lin Ning, he can't move at all.Lin Ning was not afraid that he would hit the wrong place with a single move.He is a little chubby, with a lot of flesh on his body, and even more flesh on his buttocks. If he pumps it down, the most spanked buttocks will bloom, so that he won't be damaged or disabled.

Lin Ning has no scruples, but Xue Pan will be miserable.This time the shouts were really more miserable than the last.He no longer yelled that someone stole his jade pendant, but only yelled for his father to spare his life.Seeing that it was useless to call Dad, he called Mother again.Later, probably remembering that Mrs. Xue Wang was not there at all and could not save him, he simply called "Uncle Song".

"Master, please be merciful. Master, you are still young! If you did something wrong, you just need to teach it well. Master."

Lin Ning turned a deaf ear to it, and after a while, Xue Pan's skin and tender buttocks were covered with blood, his complexion turned pale, and fine sweat oozes out.The voice also weakened, showing that the pain was too severe to be able to shout out.

"Say, did he steal your jade pendant?"

Xue Pan didn't even think about Lin Ning's intention in asking this question, but thought that the reason for the jade pendant he found might not be bad, so he re-spoken: "No, no, it's... it's Hui Yan."

As soon as these words came out, he was hit harder on the buttocks.

Xue Pan changed his words in a hurry, and said it over and over with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but the blows that landed on his buttocks became heavier every time.Xue Pan's face turned pale, Xue Song looked at him like this, and saw that the blood on his buttocks was already flowing down his trousers, all over the stone pier.No longer caring about the dignity of master and servant, he stepped forward and grabbed Lin Ning's hand, kneeling and begging: "Master, master! Master, he can't take it anymore!"

Lin Ning turned to look at Xue Pan, only to find that Xue Pan was sweating profusely, his face was pale and his lips were pale, even the voice of begging for mercy was so weak that he could hardly hear it.Although he hated him to such an extent that he only knew to make excuses, wronged others, and didn't know how to admit his mistakes, he finally stopped and threw the bloody stick in his hand.

Seeing this, Xue Song hurriedly carried Xue Pan off the stone pier.Xue Pan fell to the ground, but he couldn't stand on his feet anymore, trembling, he could only lean on Xue Song's arms trembling, and he had already passed out in a daze.Xue Song looked at his butt that was almost covered with blood, wanted to put his pants on but dared not.It's okay if you don't wear pants, but if you put on the pants and wait for the blood to dry and stick together, it will be difficult to take them off.

But if you don't wear it, it will hurt you in this cold weather, and the wind is not good.Secondly, even though he is still a child, he is also a man, which has always been watched by people.

When he was hesitating and not knowing what to do, Lin Ning took off his cloak and wrapped it around Xue Pan, and picked Xue Pan up into the carriage.After being careful to let Xue Pan lie on the inside of the car, trying not to touch his wound, Lin Ning lifted the curtain and ordered, "Xue Song went to Yaohuatang to find Dr. Geng, and asked him to come to the mansion to report the situation of the uncle. Talk to him and ask him to bring the best wound medicine. Xue Bai stays."

Lin Ning forgot to stand on the wall against the boy who was obviously stunned by the scene of his training, "Look at his injury and send him to the hospital. The Xue family is responsible for the medical expenses. By the way, I will ask the ins and outs of today's incident clear."

After finishing speaking, he said "go back to the house" with the coachman and put down the curtain.

Inside the car, Lin Ning carefully took off Xue Pan's pants.When I hit him just now, I only took it off to the bottom of my knees for convenience, but now it's not suitable to put it on again.But when he was all off, he was afraid that he would be cold, so he stuffed all Mrs. Tang in the car, and pulled out a quilt from the car to cover him.

When they arrived at Xue's mansion, Lin Ning directly carried Xue Pan into the house together with the quilt.Xue Wangshi got the news early and rushed over, and when he lifted the quilt and saw the injury, he almost didn't faint.

"Master, why is he so cruel? Pan'er is still young. He will only be seven years old next month. If he is a little older, even if he did something wrong, he shouldn't... he shouldn't have hit him so hard!"

Lin Ning frowned, what does it mean to be young?She couldn't help but think of the phrase "he's still a child" that people complained about later.But today Xue Wang and Xue Song both used similar remarks such as "Xue Pan is still young" to talk to him.

Can you make trouble unreasonably at a young age?Can hit people at will?Can it be lawless?

"Still young? You might as well ask the yamen to see if they will let the murderer go because they think the suspect is still young!"

There is no law on the protection of minors in this world, let alone the saying that those under the age of 14 will not bear criminal responsibility.

Xue Wang was startled, "How can the master compare Pan'er with those other murderers?"

"He hasn't killed anyone yet. It will be too late when he kills someone. It is said that the young is the big one, and the three-year-old is the life. It is because he is still young and he can turn around that he has to be taught. Wait. He has grown up and established his shape, even if he wants to teach, he may not be able to teach."

Xue Wang was astonished, "Master, don't you often say that boys are more naughty, and fights are common?"

"Is he playing around?" Lin Ning's expression turned serious, and he was about to say more when he heard outside that Dr. Geng had come.

Lin Ning had no choice but to shut up, and invited Dr. Geng in to check the injury and see Xue Pan.When Doctor Geng saw the injury, his hands couldn't help shaking.When Xue Song came to invite him, he only said that the injury was a little serious.But he knew how much the Xue family doted on his uncle, and their so-called importance was probably nothing more than that, so he didn't take it too seriously.Who knew that this time it was really ruthless.

Dr. Geng glanced at Lin Ning silently, and didn't ask too much about what to do. He only followed his duty as a doctor, asked someone to find hot water, cleaned the wound first, applied medicine, felt the pulse, and opened the mouth. After reading the prescription, he said: "Young master's injuries are quite serious. Fortunately, they are all skin wounds. It's nothing serious. It's just that you have to be careful in the past few days, so as not to get infected. The wound medicine is applied externally three times a day, and taken internally. Two times a day, boil three bowls of water into one bowl. After all, the young master is young, and he may have some fever in the past two days. I only left a prescription. Master Xue might as well send someone to catch them all. If you don’t have a fever, it’s okay Can eat. If you really have a fever, it’s okay to ask people to boil it.”

Lin Ning wrote down one by one, seeing Mrs. Xue was by his side, so he didn't have to worry about the servant girl's inaccurate service, so he personally sent Dr. Geng out.When he came back, it happened that Xue Bai was also back.

"The boy is a classmate of the academy. I heard that he is very good at his homework in the academy and is often praised by the master. This time the master assigned poetry and prose homework, and the one who won the first place will be rewarded. When the uncle heard that he had finished writing, he snatched it as a pawn." His own. In the end, he exposed the old man in public and made the old man lose face in the academy. Then the old man..."

Xue Bai also wanted to say a few words to Xue Pan, but he really didn't know how to "speak to", not to mention that Lin Ning, the superior, had to tell the truth.He is still simplified.I really didn't dare to say any more.But Lin Ning understood.

Xue Pan has a childlike heart and wanted to show off. He stole other people's poems to win the first place, and became angry when he was exposed.

Ah!Really promising!

Lin Ning only felt that his beating was not wronged at all.

"How is the child?"

"The others are all skin injuries, except that a rib is broken, but the doctor said it's not serious. Just lie on the bed for a while."

Lin Ning's eyelids twitched. Fortunately, it should be just a bone fracture or something.If the fracture is connected to the lungs, then...especially the kicking style of those boys, it is easy to kick the internal organs, causing rupture of the liver and spleen.These people cannot stay.

"All the servants who follow Pan'er are sold to me!"

Xue Bai was startled, he bowed his head and answered "Yes".

"What's the child's name, and who else is there in the family?"

"The child's surname is Feng, and his name is Yuan. He is also from a well-to-do family with some property. It's just that his parents died young, leaving him alone. There are no relatives around him. Now he is taken care of by the old slave at home."

Lin Ning was stunned for a moment, Feng Yuan?Feng Yuan!

Fuck, isn't this a character who won't come out until several years later when he competes with Xue Pan for Xiangling?

Who will tell me that Feng Yuan and Xue Pan have had a grudge for a long time, damn it, the two are still classmates!

Lin Ning felt that he was in a mess...