Your heart's desire

The copper bell under the eaves raised its feet and rang countless times, and the strong wind outside got the order, rolled up the plain white ground, and rushed into the courtyard wall made of red bricks.

The big red lanterns under the lintels of the Lin Mansion's gate hung for more than ten days. Although the gloomy weather looked brighter than usual, it seemed to be covered with a thick layer of dust, which was very inconspicuous.

The west of the city is remote and quiet, so if you look forward along the avenue in front of the mansion, you can often see no one at a glance, but today it is quite strange, there are two carriages driving side by side, swaying leisurely in the snow.

There are golden tassels hanging on the four corners on the left side, and when the wind blows, it will swing, revealing the sapphire pendant inside, so the person in the sedan chair is a precious master without any doubt.

On the right are piles of wooden boxes, piled up layer by layer, supported by four or five people behind, and they should be loaded with valuable items.

The black-maned steed was so crushed that it couldn't stop hoofing, without using the whip, as if it refused to take a step forward.

The wheels made rows of marks on the long street, extending all the way to the gate of the Lin Mansion.

The horse-leader pulled the reins, heard a loud neighing, then stretched out a hand from the sedan chair curtain and waved it outside, the young man who was following over there immediately got the order, bent his waist and picked up the steps And up, standing under the eaves and knocking on the door.

The steward of the Lin residence hurriedly responded to the voice in the house, unloaded the raft on the door by himself, opened the door a little while wearing a black cotton dress, glanced at the boy, then looked down again .

"I don't know which adult is visiting?"

The little servant obediently stuffed in a piece of silver, hurting his hands from the cold, and smiled slightly: "Lord Luo Yanluo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, came to visit Master Lin, please inform me!"

The steward saw Yinzi's eyes startled, rolled his eyeballs for a while, then smiled back, nodded and put Yinzi into his pocket, saying politely: "Please wait a moment, master...".

After finishing speaking, he closed the door again, and committed himself into a room in the courtyard.After a while, the two big mahogany doors were completely opened.

Inside, a man in his early seventeens came out while adjusting his clothes, his face was like a crown of jade, and the pear dimples on his lips were very beautiful when he smiled, and he could hear a little lack of confidence in his gentle voice: "My lord, sir, Why don't you ask someone to report it earlier, Lin Ying has neglected, and please forgive me!"

At that time the wind and snow were howling and in full swing, Lin Yingli was talking on the side of the sedan chair, the people inside lifted the curtain on the side of the sedan chair and glanced outside.He frowned slightly, then hurriedly got out of the sedan chair.

Lin Ying stretched out his hand to help, but the man casually stuffed the hand warmer in Lin Ying's hand.

When he landed on the ground, he quickly untied and took off the fox fur cloak he was wearing, and put it on Lin Ying, who could clearly see the white breath from his mouth: "Oh, it's snowing outside. Damn, Mr. Lin is weak, why did he go out in person? Didn’t you hear that the two young ministers of Dali Temple have moved to the house, and you can’t handle even a single thing?”

The tone of speaking feels quite familiar.

Although they are old friends, they went to the same window when they were young.But I haven't seen you for a few years, after all, I still have a lot of life.

Luo Yan's action frightened Lin Ying to take a small step back, and wanted to struggle, but he really couldn't hold Luo Yan's arm, so he did as he wanted.

"Thank you, my lord. It's rare for my lord to visit me. How dare I be negligent. It's just that my lord Chi is always more playful when I go to the morning court. It's common for me to come back at this time. Besides, the horses in the house have bad legs and feet, so naturally they are not as good as my lord." The horse gallops so fast!"

Lin Ying was supported by his elbow. When he straightened his waist, he raised his eyes and took the opportunity to look around. Luo Yan took off the cloak and was wearing a goose yellow duck feather mandarin jacket inside. It looked thin and light, but it set off the whole person Very spirited.

He lowered his head and looked at the green cloth shirt inside his cloak. It was newly sewn by someone at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and he was very proud of the embroidery on the clothes a few days ago.Now looking at the gold silk embroidery on his body, he sighed silently.

Just raising his head, he was still able to put on a happy face, and said: "It's cold outside, come in, my lord!"

The steward took the reins of the carriage and led them to the nearby stables.

A group of people followed Lin Ying up the stairs and filed in.

Today is No. 20 two winters under the title of Li Chengnian, and the interest in the twelfth lunar month is gone by the end of the fifteenth year.The hawkers on the street have already begun to doze off during the daytime.

But there was another blizzard in the morning, and the city became lively again.

This lively event has a lot to do with Lin Ying.

At the beginning of the year, the emperor ordered officials from various states and governments to clear up the case. All the officials had no choice but to try the case quietly, and they sorted out the papers early in the morning and handed them over.

Passing by Dali Temple, Lin Ying flipped through it casually, not thinking of finding out something for himself.

On the post that Jiangbei handed over, there was a case signed and marked by the name Jin Shicai, who committed the crime of murder. After looking at the place where he belonged and the materials of the case, he found that being impartial was exactly the one in Lin Ying's house. bit.

Lin Yingxia knelt outside the gate of Changle for more than three days in the cold winter, begging the emperor to allow him to return to his hometown for a retrial of the case.

After all, the kinship is obvious, and people with discerning eyes understand it very clearly. I'm afraid even Lin Ying himself feels that there is little hope, but besides this action, he really doesn't know what else he can do.

After studying hard for ten years, I finally reached a high position, but found that I couldn't even protect the people around me. I really can't find a more sad thing than this.

This sudden trough made him physically and mentally exhausted. At noon on the fourth day, he fell ill, fell to the ground, and fainted outside the Changle Gate tremblingly. Luo Yan of the palace.

Who would have thought that begging for three days would be more effective than Luo Yan's words.When he woke up, the emperor had already nodded.

On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, the taste of the New Year is everywhere.But he took all the silver in the family, bought a horse and drove to the countryside at night.

The case was tried until the fifth day of the first lunar month. He saved the confession of the magistrate and the real murderer who had accepted bribes and framed him, and escorted him to Beijing.

There has always been an unwritten rule in the court that if it snows within half a month from the date of closing the case, the case must be overturned and retried.

Therefore, the officials of the DPRK and China have learned to be very shrewd after rolling around in the officialdom for a long time. In all major cases, a group of people will be detained until they return in spring before trial.

But Lin Ying's case is quite different, because he involved his own people in it. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, yesterday he had to pick off the heads of two people at the execution ground in the south of the city.

At present, Zuo Shaoqing Chipin persuaded him, saying that this winter is almost over, after a few days, wait for the spring breeze to blow and a spring rain to be safe.

If something unexpected happens, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to be promoted in the future, and he will really cut off his official career.

But even these words failed to convince Lin Ying, he had been struggling in the officialdom for a full year, and he had seen a lot of things about officials protecting each other, and he was afraid that if he stayed for one more day, it would be a different situation.What I take at the moment is the idea of ​​a fight.

It's impossible to think about delaying the employment, and it's a prophecy. Today's snow, the sky is quite unsightly.

So Lin Ying led a group of people into the mansion at this moment, and he could probably guess in his heart that Luo Yan came straight to Lin's mansion this morning, presumably because of the snow that had blown up the city.

There are very few people who are staring at their own seats in the civil and military affairs of the dynasty, so they will naturally seize this matter and make a big fuss.

Three people become tigers, since ancient times it has been such an unreasonable truth.No matter how wise the emperor was, he might have to face punishment, and Luo Yan, who had guaranteed himself at the beginning, couldn't escape the responsibility.

A group of people followed into the corridor, turned along the corridor, and it was the main courtyard in the courtyard.

The servants nearby were waiting outside the courtyard, only Lin Ying's close girl Ding Xiang came into the house, took off Lin Ying's cloak, dusted off the snow foam on it and hung it up, and trimmed the fire cloak with scissors , I burned a few more red wax in the hall, and all the movements were done in one go. After I turned around, I asked: "My lord, can I prepare some tea?"

Lin Ying turned his body to one side, raised his hand to cover it, and kept his voice low on purpose. When he spoke, he frowned slightly, as if he was worried: "You don't need tea today, just go and put the sweet-scented osmanthus in the courtyard. Dig out the buried old wine and heat it up, and then get some Yunpian cakes that I brought back from Jiangnan the day before yesterday!"

Ding Xiang was taken aback for a moment before slowly nodding, quite surprised in her heart.Lin Ying is very fond of tea, and everyone in the mansion knows about it.

In the past, no matter how big or small it was, people who didn't drink alcohol and only drank light tea made an exception today. I think this Minister of the Ministry of Officials will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

She deliberately raised her head and glanced at the Master Shangshu, and she didn't have the vicious, three-headed and six-armed appearance as she imagined, so she went out with peace of mind.

Seeing that she had put down the curtains before turning around, Lin Ying tried his best to dispel the gloom and mist on her face, and with a wide smile on her face, she stooped and sat opposite Luo Yan: "My lord, this happened suddenly, and the time is too short to prepare. If you are negligent, I hope the adults will take care of you."

In fact, Lin Ying had already planned to go to the Minister's Mansion to plead guilty early in the morning, but he was caught off guard at this moment, and the leader didn't know how to expose this matter.

Luo Yan kept staring at him and never moved away, which made him feel unspeakably uncomfortable.Then his lips moved, and he spit out two words coldly: "No problem!"

After finishing speaking, the surrounding air seemed to be frozen suddenly.Lin Ying showed an embarrassed smile on the sidelines, a crease appeared on his face, and he hesitated for a long time, unable to speak.

Unexpectedly, Luo Yan, who had a cold face, was a straight-hearted man who spoke straight words, he shook his head and went straight to the point, saying: "This morning, because of Mr. Lin's affairs, the emperor fined me three months' salary! "