Lord of the House

Chapter Nineteen

Tiemu Mountain is located in the southeast of Shanglin River and Shiliang River Xinhe.

The temperature dropped at night, and the loess road from Shanglin to Huyan was frozen, and the ruts of horses made creaking noises. Two carriages, the maid, the old lady, and the four sword-carrying servants riding in front of them led the way.

There are as many robbers as bullies these days, and the folk customs of Dongyang Mansion are sturdy. Even if the Lin family is famous in Dongyang Mansion, it does not mean that there are absolutely no three or two thieves who will attack the Lin family.

Gu Yingxiu sat in the carriage at the back and lifted the curtains of the carriage. He was too eager to talk to Lin Fu in the carriage last night, and was flustered in his heart. With the green and black ridges in the background of the sky, thinking that Lin Fu will not leave Shiliang County that night, most of them will hide in the Iron Curtain Mountain.

Obviously, Lin Xuzong, who was unwilling to be humiliated, had already made some moves last night. Although he didn't know who Lin Xuzong had sent to take the shame on him, the atmosphere of Shang Lindu was obviously different from before. When Gu Yingxiu went out in the car in the morning, there were also people sneaking along. Gu Yingxiu hated that people would catch the two stalkers in front of them and whipped them ten whips and blood before they were driven away.

Gu Yingxiu was a little worried at this time. What if Lin Fu and the others were found hiding at night, or on his way to Huyan? I thought that he should leave Dongyang immediately last night. They have fast horses and can reach Jiangning overnight. No matter how powerful the Lin family is, they would not dare to cause trouble in Jiangning, the southern capital of the empire. After he goes to Jiangning, he will talk to his second uncle. It's not too late for them to meet.

It's useless to worry at this time, thinking about his return this time, he is completely different from the past, and he is no longer the poor and sour Confucian who is obedient, and is no longer the little boy who will cry when the dog chases and bites him, maybe there is no need Worry about him anymore.

Gu Yingxiu sat in the carriage and thought about it a thousand times. In winter, the vegetation was withered, and the rolling hills looked a little desolate. However, the hills where the tea gardens were distributed were still lush, but the color was not as vivid as when they sprouted in early spring.

Although Dongyang Tiemu Mountain tea cannot be compared with the famous teas from West Lake Longjing and Taihu Lake, it is also a famous product of surrounding prefectures and counties. The tea hills and tea gardens are also the objects of contention among the wealthy families in Shiliang County and even Dongyang Prefecture. The Lin family does not compete for tea gardens, but with the convenience of the Sexun wealthy family and the imperial court's monopoly system for tea, they firmly control the channels for tea trafficked out of Shiliang County.

Gu Yingxiu thought that Gu Jiayuan was also one of the official tea merchants in Shiliang County. At the peak of its prosperity, Dongyang Tiemu tea was transported to various places every year through warehouses under the name of Gu's family. Although there are many tea gardens and tea mountains, they have no political protection and lose their monopoly qualifications. The tea produced every year can only be sold to official tea merchants at low prices, and they have to bear heavy tea taxes.

In the past ten years, there are not many clansmen who have been oppressed by tea merchants and tea tax, and their families are ruined. Gu Yingxiu is anxious but helpless. Although she can now intervene in the affairs of the Lin clan and point fingers at the people of the Lin clan, because she is standing behind Lin Tingxun; once the interests of the Lin clan and the clan members are involved, the eyes of the upper and lower are all sharp, Gu Gu Yingxiu knew that if she was biased to help her family, someone would immediately jump out and criticize her.

Gu Yingxiu thought in her heart that the second uncle could regain the trust of the imperial court and get the important responsibility this time, which would be a rare opportunity for the rejuvenation of the Gu family.

"It's in the lake weir!" Zhao Hu's mother, Mrs. Zhao, who was sitting in front of the carriage, lifted the curtain and turned around to tell the Seventh Madam that she was going to the lake weir. Gu Yingxiu looked at the rippling lake in front of her, and before she knew it, she had already reached the Iron Curtain Lake, and asked Mrs. Zhao, "Do you think Xiucai and the others have come to Huyan?"

"It's already three poles in the sun, it should be here, right?" Zhao Shi was worried about Lin Fu offending the second son yesterday, and later heard that Lin Fu and Zhao Hu saw through the assassin in the county yesterday and rescued Gu Wuchen, so he didn't worry much. The poor are inherently cheap, and if the deputy envoys of the Jiangdong Inspector cannot keep Lin Fu and Zhao Hu, the Zhao family will no longer complain about the injustice of fate.

The carriage continued to advance along the north bank of the Iron Curtain Lake, and after another three or four miles, the eaves and corners of the Gu family's mansion could be seen. This house was returned to the Gu family after Gu Wuchen was pardoned to serve as a reviewer at the Hanlin Academy a year ago. Unfortunately, the Gu family has no other heirs besides Gu Wuchen's house. Gu Yingxiu's younger brother also died ten years ago. Epidemic, the old house has not been repaired for almost ten years. From a distance, it is dilapidated. The courtyard wall on the east hill has collapsed, revealing an ugly gap.

Gu Yingxiu sighed softly, she knew that she was not qualified to point fingers at Gu's family affairs, don't say anything about the water splashed by a married girl, it's just that she married Lin Tingxun as a concubine. Those clansmen who have always held the notion that the Gu family is the glory of the world's eunuchs seems to be a great shame. This is also the reason why Gu Yingxiu was able to return to her mother's house after the Gu Wuchen family quietly returned to Shiliang to worship their ancestors for six or seven days.

Who should the Gu family rely on to rejuvenate, the cousin Gu Siyuan who has never met?

Gu Yingxiu was thinking wildly. She didn't hear the clutter of horses' hooves in front of her. She just felt that the carriage had stopped. She lifted the curtain and wanted to ask why it stopped, but she saw that everyone was staring at the wilderness four or five hundred paces away.

Gu Yingxiu looked at it and was taken aback. Several fast horses were rushing towards the village on their backs. The six or seven people behind them chased after them, waving their sabers and knives that shone brightly in the sun.

The sky is clear and cloudy, and people's vision is also far away. Gu Yingxiu instantly recognized that the people who were running away in embarrassment were Lin Fu, Zhou Pu, and the two foreigners he saw in Luoma Market yesterday, and suddenly a heart was raised. to the throat.

Lin Bie's riding skills were very bad. In the high-speed Benz, he was still holding Zhou Pu and another person to the left and right of him, so he barely fell on the horse and did not fall off.

Lin Fu, Zhou Pu and a foreigner galloped three horses in front. Another foreigner was excellent at riding, riding on horseback, holding a bow in his hand and firing arrows at the pursuers behind him from time to time. On the back of a horse running at high speed, the pursuers behind him stared at him again, and he was called a ghost if he could be shot. However, the chasing soldiers were also effectively interrupted. From time to time, they had to turn their horses to avoid flying arrows. Otherwise, Lin Bie would fall off the horse at any time, so I was afraid that they would catch up early.

These more than a dozen fast horses came to the village. The horses’ hooves stepped on the ice and they were astonished. They also alarmed the village. I saw more than 20 armored soldiers come out one after another, staring at the entrance of the village. More than a dozen fast horses rushing in are waiting.

Gu Wuchen was assassinated yesterday, alarming Dongyang Mansion. If Gu Wuchen was assassinated on the way to his post, the prefect of Dongyang Mansion would not necessarily have his head beheaded, and he would definitely lose his post. The prefect of Dongyang Prefecture was afraid that the limited number of swordsmen and archers in Shiliang County would not be able to protect Gu Wuchen. After receiving the notice, a team of elite cavalry was dispatched from the Dongyang Prefecture Army and Horse Division overnight to prepare to **** Gu Wuchen to Jiangning. At this moment, I heard the horses rushing like thunder outside, and the Dongyang House cavalry only acted as daring assassins to gather together to attack the village.

Lin Fu and the others were chasing the soldiers behind, with weapons in their hands, and they fled and chased one after the other. Those who attack the village will be killed without mercy!" The other cavalrymen also shouted, and some shot arrows as a warning.

Gu Ying tugged the curtain of the car tightly with her hands, her long nails poking into the flesh without realizing it. Seeing Lin Fu and the others, they were about to flee into the village. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers suspected that they were acting assassins and their comrades blocked them from entering the village. Gu Yingxiu felt hatred and anxious in her heart, she couldn't help but yelled at him, and ordered the four accompanying servants to go down the lake embankment to save people: "Go and save Lin Xiucai!"

"The owner only ordered us to strictly protect the safety of the Seventh Madam." The head servant was unmoved by Gu Yingxiu's words, sitting on horseback and watching the chase under the lake embankment coldly.

"Are you going to save people?" Gu Yingxiu snatched the horse's whip from Zhao's and whipped it at the headed servant, scolding sharply, "You all know that the second son wants to kill Lin Xiucai. You are afraid of offending the second son. Young Master, do you dare to offend me? Believe it or not, I can make your life worse than death?"

Gu Yingxiu's whip was both ruthless and accurate. The man couldn't dodge, so he slapped him in the face, and rolled off his horse with a wailing cry. The horse avoided it, and did not dare to go down to save people.

Gu Yingxiu jumped out of the carriage and kicked anxiously and hatefully at the felled servant. The health servant hugged his head and lay on the grass and let Gu Yingxiu kick and beat him~www.wuxiax.com~ while the other three health servants avoided it with contemptuous smiles in their eyes.

Gu Yingxiu watched Lin Fu and the others stop their horses in front of the village. The seven pursuers were only a hundred paces away. She felt pain and anxiety in her heart. The servant who gave the order said, "You guys won't listen to my orders..." Turning around and walking to the carriage, he lifted the curtain of the car and took out a ceremonial knife. This is what she usually uses to protect herself in the car. Perhaps for women, the greater use of keeping a knife with her is to commit suicide after being kidnapped by gangsters. Gu Yingxiu doesn't like that kind of short silver makeup knife. Hidden in the carriage was a ceremonial knife that was not much different from a murderer's waist knife.

Zhao Shi only thought that the Seventh Madam was crazy and wanted to rush down to save people, so she jumped over and hugged her waist, crying: "Seventh Madam, Lin Xiu, a lucky person, has his own good looks, let's quickly enter the village, find Master Gu and ask them to save him. Talent is what matters..." She didn't see Zhao Hu and Lin Fu together, she just thought that her son had been unpredictable.

The other three health servants were afraid of Gu Yingxiu's accident, so they drove their horses around and blocked the way down the lake embankment.

"Let go," Gu Yingxiu calmly instructed Mrs. Zhao, "I'm wearing a ru skirt, it's inconvenient to ride a horse, you ride to the village to find my second uncle, and say that his savior is being chased and killed outside the village... "

Zhao released his hand to lead the horse, only to see Gu Yingxiu pull out the knife and stab the neck of the servant who was still lying on the ground pretending to be dead. Jian Pu wailed and covered his blood-gushing neck. He never imagined that the knife would be stabbed by the Seventh Lady. After rolling twice in the dry grass, he struggled to die.

"Go save people, if you stand by and watch Lin Xiucai kill the thief, I want you and your wives and children to die!" Gu Yingxiu said calmly and cruelly, holding the **** knife. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter