Lin.

Recently, the Lin family seems to be shrouded in a layer of haze.

There was not a single smiling face in the mansion.

At present, Lin Weiran has been imprisoned in the Dali Temple for quite some time. Mrs. Lin received a message for help from Lin Weiran two days ago. The blood-stained paper stung her eyes.

She clamored to save people, but Lin Huaian was not annoyed and simply hid away.

She had no other choice, so she thought of asking her parents for help, and the queen in the palace for help, but it was of no avail.

A few days later, she fell ill.

When she fell, the maid serving her had no time to take care of anything else, and the household affairs in the mansion were immediately left unattended. The concubines in the backyard took advantage of the opportunity and used all their means to take whatever they could from the Lin family and put it into their own yards.

The master is away and the mistress is ill and unable to take care of things. The entire Lin Mansion is now like a pile of loose sand, which will fall to the ground with the slightest touch.

Even the eldest daughter's wedding, which should have been prepared long ago, is now silent.

This day.

Several doormen of the Lin family were eating melon seeds and enjoying a snack by the door. Not far away, a horse-drawn carriage slowly approached.

And under their puzzled gazes, he slowly stopped.

The carriage was no different from any other carriage you could see on the street, except that a word "Lin" was hung high on the carriage, and that word was written on a piece of canvas with the Tianhong Academy logo on it.

The two doormen looked at this and felt a pang in their hearts. They looked at each other and saw uneasiness in each other's eyes.

They hurried forward.

A childish boy slowly jumped off the carriage.

After getting off the carriage, the young man took the horse stool from the coachman and put it steadily, then reached out and helped an old man out of the carriage.

This old man is Lin Changyuan, the president of Tianhong Academy.

The boy is his grandson.

The two gatekeepers were about to ask who was coming, but they saw the young man took out a note from his pocket and said calmly, "Tianhong Academy, the dean wants to see Mr. Lin. Please help pass the message."

He handed the note over and also gave a piece of silver to the person who received it.

The person who took the silver and the note looked at the other person, and the uneasiness in his heart gradually magnified.

Thinking of the master who had been hiding away after his shift for the past few days.

They gritted their teeth, gave each other a look, and turned to say to them, "You two go to the front hall to have some tea and snacks and rest your feet. I will go and tell our master."

After saying this, he thought about leading the person to the front hall first, and as for the other person, he hurried to the backyard to look for someone.

It was obvious that they saw the determination of the old man and the child in front of them to meet their master today.

According to the rules of Beizhao.

When visiting someone's home, you must submit a visiting card three days in advance, clearly stating the content of the visit, date, time, etc., to give the host enough time to make arrangements. After receiving the host's reply and corresponding requirements, make some preparations based on the content of the reply and then visit on time.

However, the old man and the young boy in front of them obviously did not intend to abide by this rule.

Otherwise, how could he just come to the door with the post?

Even so, they did not dare to neglect it.

After all, the deterrent power of the words "Tianhong Academy" is enough, not to mention that the person who came is the dean.

Thinking about their eldest son who was still in the Dali Temple prison with his life or death unknown, they just thought that the academy had already known about this and came personally to find out the situation.

Even if their masters are not here, their wives are here.

Lin Changyuan and his grandson were invited to the main hall in the front yard to wait. Taking this opportunity, he glanced around the Lin Mansion, but saw that it was a mess. He couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

The young man next to him was very attentive and noticed all this.

He looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he moved closer and asked in a low voice, "Grandfather, why are you sighing?"

Lin Changyuan shook his head: "Nothing."

Seeing that he didn't mention it, the boy didn't ask any further.

In the backyard.

The nanny was helping Madam Lin drink medicine. The bitter taste of the medicine was just like her current mood.

After drinking the medicine, her cough eased a little. She looked outside dimly, feeling somewhat disappointed. "Mammy, did you find your husband? Did he say when he would be back?"

While she was taking sweet dates for Madam Lin, she turned her head away from Madam Lin's expectant eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Madam, please don't think too much. The master has just been transferred there recently and is quite busy, so he lives in the house near the government office every day. When he is done with his work, he will naturally come back."

She has arranged for someone to look for him these days.

But they could not go to the yamen where Lin Huaian was on duty. When he was off duty, although someone was arranged to guard outside, he was not seen every day.

I saw him yesterday, but Lin Huaian didn't want to come back.

The people who were sent out tried to persuade him again and again, but it was of no use. They followed him secretly and found out that he had been living in the yard next to the yamen during those days. In fact, the yard was owned by someone, a very young and beautiful woman.

The nanny who served Mrs. Lin went to wait for someone in person early this morning.

She did squat on someone.

When she saw the woman's face clearly, she was horrified and thought it was outrageous and ridiculous. The worst thing was the woman's slightly bulging belly, which looked like she was four or five months pregnant.

It can be seen that the master in their family has already kept a mistress here.

And none of them noticed this.

After returning to the mansion, the nanny pretended not to know about this and told people to keep it a secret so as not to further upset Madam Lin.

However, when Mrs. Lin asked her this time, she still unconsciously gloomy.

For some reason, Mrs. Lin always felt a little lonely and irritated when she heard her voice.

She pursed her lips and was about to ask something when a maid serving outside hurried into the room.

Mrs. Lin glanced at the nanny and immediately stopped talking.

After the maid entered the room, she quickly said, "Madam, Dong Qing sent a message saying that someone from Tianhong Academy has come."

Madam Lin was startled, and immediately thought of her son who was still in prison. She felt a strong sense of uneasiness, "Tianhong Academy? Who is coming? Can you tell me what it's about?"

The nanny also opened her mouth slightly in surprise.

The maid did not dare to hesitate and quickly explained: "The person who came said he was the dean of Tianhong Academy. He came here to tell you and my lord something important."

Mrs. Lin was startled.

She glanced sideways at her personal nanny in a daze, feeling extremely panicked.

The nanny felt a tightness in her heart when she saw her helpless look on her face.

She quickly grabbed Madam Lin's trembling hand and immediately winked at the maid: "You go down first. Tell Dong Qing to go find the master first. If the master still refuses to come back, you can make the matter more serious, the more serious the better."

The maid raised her eyes hesitantly and met the nanny's eyes.

At that moment, she seemed to suddenly understand something. She didn't dare to delay and ran out quickly.

The nanny used some strength, and the severe pain in Mrs. Lin's wrist made her regain some reason.

The nanny glanced at her indifferently, pursed her lips and said, "Madam, I will help you wash your face first, and then clean up simply. Don't lose your manners. Since Dean Lin has come in person, it means that the young master is usually in the academy, and he must be particularly valued by the academy's scholars.

Now that they are here, we can think of some other way to rescue the young master."

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