Practical Life in the Red Mansion

It rained heavily that day, making it difficult to travel at night. Lin Yang and others searched for a long time in the rain before they found a ruined temple. At least there was a place to shelter from the rain. Lin Yang and the dark guard picked up a dry place to do it, and took a light The stone was on fire, and the warmth came back to him.After a short rest, several people sat and slept leaning on the wall or pillars.

When Lin Yang's eyelids were drowsy, the guard next to him straightened up vigilantly. The man touched Lin Yang and whispered, "Someone is coming." Lin Yang was shocked and looked solemn.Heavy rain and few people are the best time to kill people.

One person led Lin Yang to stay where he was, and the others went out with a peek. Afterwards, Lin Yang heard the clang of swords and the sound of horseshoes.Then Lin Yang heard a faint rustling sound, the body of the hidden guard shifted behind the assassin, his left arm was holding the assassin's neck, and his right hand took out the dagger and swiped, the assassin didn't even have time to make a humming sound Then he died.

Lin Yang hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, but he still smelled the smell of blood. It was the first time for him, a good law-abiding citizen, to see a murder scene. He couldn't help but rejoice that it was night, and he couldn't see anything clearly, otherwise he wouldn't know What kind of impact will it have?

The man picked up Lin Yang, and the two of them climbed over the back wall and walked on foot without riding a horse.The dirt road was muddy, slippery and difficult to walk on. Lin Yang wiped the rainwater off his face and walked forward silently.

He couldn't help but asked, "Let's walk, we won't catch up."

Lin Yang only heard the man snort contemptuously, "It's just a young boy, the rest of them are enough to subdue." Lin Yang couldn't help asking: "Then why do we run away?" Lin Yang only felt that the man's Steps paused and said: "It's just in case."

Lin Yang stopped talking, followed behind him for about a quarter of an hour, when others heard the sound of horseshoes, the man hurriedly threw himself on both sides of the road, and dragged Lin Yang down, Lin Yang really wanted to spit out a national curse , fell into the mud pit.Fortunately, the person who came was Lin Yang's hidden guard, and Lin Yang didn't stay in the pit for long.

The leader was named Chi Xiao, and said respectfully: "There are ten assassins in total, eight of them were beheaded on the spot, and the remaining two were captured alive. I don't know what to do with Mr. Lin?" Your master is." Anyway, he also knows who is going to assassinate him, and people are useless in his hands, not as effective as in the hands of the Seventh Prince.

This is just the first wave of assassinations that Lin Yang encountered, and it passed without any risk. Afterwards, people continued to attack their business. The most dangerous time was when the assassins rushed in front of Lin Yang. He had never felt so close. The breath of death, the cold blade of the sword brushed against his neck, making him feel a chill from the soles of his feet, the sword was as fast as lightning, fortunately Lin Yang had learned a little bit of kung fu to use the sword in his hand The sheath blocked it for a while, and when the assassin wanted to swing his sword again, Chi Xiao pierced his neck from behind with a sword.

Lin Yang only felt that the assassin's hot blood sprayed on his face and body, and the strong smell of blood filled his nostrils. Lin Yang felt his stomach churning non-stop, so he quickly turned around and restrained himself. I couldn't stop vomiting.Chi Xiao withdrew his sword and said calmly, "It's just like killing cattle and sheep." Lin Yang felt even more disgusted when he heard this, and held on to the tree pole next to him, feeling that his bile was about to protrude.Chi Xiao added, "You'll get used to it after seeing it a few times." I don't want to get used to it, Lin Yang complained silently in his heart.

He wiped his face with his hands, and it was sticky and uncomfortable, and the blood on his clothes gradually turned brown. Lin Yang slid down the tree and sat on the ground, saying: "If I look like this, if I meet It will be troublesome when you get there." "There is a river not far away, you might as well go wash it." Lin Yang went to clean it up, and when he reached the river, he couldn't help complaining that God cheated him again, the river was frozen for a while. No, he used all his strength to smash a hole, Lin Yang stretched his hand in, lost consciousness instantly, tremblingly cleaned the blood on his face, looked down at his hands, There was still the white and clean appearance in the past, but it was red and swollen into a turnip.There was no way to clean up the blood stains on the clothes, so I had to wear the clothes inside out.

When Lin Yang found Lin Hai, he had completely become Lin Sharp Yang, but he still couldn't get in. There were Huben left guards outside and Jin Yiwei guards inside.Lin Yang had to find a place to clean himself first, and then he went to see Jiang An to find a way to meet Lin Hai.

Lin Hai and the others all lived in the post station. After Lin Yang sent some money, he was led to the gate of the courtyard where Jiang An lived. The guard at the gate immediately stopped him and shouted, "Stop, who are you?"

Lin Yang clasped his fists in salute and said: "Student Lin Yang is Jiang Yushi's nephew. If you want to meet Jiang Yushi." The guard heard Lin Yang's name as a student, knowing that he has a reputation, and his tone was softer: "Wait Come on, I'll go inside and make an announcement." After a while, he came out and led Lin Yang in alone.

Jiang An was taken aback when he saw Lin Yang, he almost knocked over the teacup in front of him and asked, "Why did you come here?"

"My nephew is worried about my father. I heard that my father was assassinated. I was worried, so I rushed here, and I asked my uncle to allow me to see my father." Seeing Jiang An, Lin Yang knelt down and begged.

Jiang An quickly helped him up, with a distressed expression on his face: "I can only tell you that your father is not in danger of dying."

Lin Yang was a little anxious: "So my father is seriously ill. Wherever he is injured, he can be sober."

"You child, wait for me to finish." Jiang An couldn't help but envied Lin Hai for having such a loyal and bold child like Lin Yang, "I hurt my chest, and there was an imperial doctor sent by the emperor. I woke up. Take good care of yourself. But you won’t be able to see your father anymore, he has Jin Yiwei sent by the emperor to protect him, even I won’t be able to see him.”

"Thank you, Uncle." Lin Yang bowed and asked again: "Is there someone to take care of my father?" "Your father's personal servant will take care of him."

Lin Yang asked: "Uncle, my nephew's teacher is the number one scholar in the criminal record. His surname is Yang and his name is Bixi. I don't know if uncle knows the whereabouts of Mr. Yang?"

Jiang An was a little surprised: "Yang Xi, Yang Ziqi, it turned out that he ran to your house. But that day our group went directly to the government office, and your father only asked the servant to pick up his personal clothes before going to Beijing. I didn't know that your family In this situation, I have never seen Yang Ziqi."

Lin Yang clasped his palms and bowed to Jiang An: "Thank you uncle for your help. My nephew has to go back to Beijing immediately to tell my mother the news of my father's worry-free." Then he said goodbye to Jiang An.

After leaving the post station, Lin Yang's expression turned ugly. Yang Xi's disappearance could not be because he abandoned his father and hid his whereabouts.The Zhen family's blatant disobedience to the emperor wanted his father's life, and it seemed that there was a clue in his father's hands, so it was so frenzied. He thought that the clue was in Yang Xi's hands, but where should he find Yang Xi?If the Zhen family finds out what's wrong with it and concentrates their efforts on dealing with Yang Xi, it will be a disaster. Yang Xi doesn't have the imperial guards sent by the emperor.

He told Chi Xiao the news he found out and asked him to use flying pigeons to deliver the letter to the capital, and he also ordered Chi Xiao to send someone to Yangzhou to find out what happened to the Lin family's house in Yangzhou and the servants.

He hesitated and said: "Although Uncle Jiang said that my father is safe and sound, I am still worried after all if I can't take a look at him. Is there any way for me to see my father?"

Chi Xiao shook his head: "You can't get in. Jin Yiwei is full of experts. If you go in, you will be stabbed into a sieve. But I can go in and help you find out. Do you have anything to say to Mr. Lin?"

"Thank you very much. When you see my father, you just need to tell him that my mother, siblings and I are waiting for him to return safely in the capital." Lin Yang said.

Chi Xiao nodded and stepped into the night, and returned to Lin Yang's resting place an hour later.

"How is my father?" Lin Yang asked eagerly.

"Master Lin is fine, but the wound looks scary, but he is in good spirits, and I have something to give you."

Lin Yang glanced at Chi Xiao suspiciously after hearing this, his father was not a careless person, how could he just give something to a stranger casually.

Chi Xiao seemed to have guessed his thoughts and said: "I showed Master Lin my token." Only then did Lin Yang feel relieved to accept what Chi Xiao handed over, which was Lin Hai's purse.

Lin Yang pinched it, and there was something hard inside. He opened it and poured it into his palm. It was a walnut-sized safety buckle, which glowed faintly under the light.

"Master Lin said that you should hand over this thing to Lingtang."

Lin Yang realized that this must be something his father used to tell his mother that he was safe, so he carefully put it away on his chest.Knowing that his father was fine, Lin Yang rushed to the capital wearing stars and moons.

When I returned to the capital, it was the Lantern Festival. It happened that there was no curfew on this day. Otherwise, after climbing over the city wall, I would have to climb over the fences between the streets. In case of encountering patrolling officers and soldiers, it would be even more troublesome. However, Lin Yang was not happy for a long time. You have to go over the city wall first. Chi Xiao and other hidden guards naturally have the skill to fly over the eaves and walls, but Lin Yang doesn't. He can only tie a rope around his waist and be pulled up and down. When Lin Yang steps into the inner city, He couldn't help but secretly made up his mind that he couldn't enter the city in such a mess in the future.

He didn't dare to stop and rushed home, he had to climb over the wall. Jia Min said that he was sick and couldn't see the wind and had been raised in the inner courtyard. Naturally, he couldn't go in through the gate openly, so he had to sneak in like a gentleman on the beam. .

But he was dizzy, and the place where Lin Yun lived was where Lin Yun lived. Lin Yun was holding a rabbit that was about the same height as him, and was playing in the yard alone. Seeing the lantern, Lin Yang couldn't help laughing. When I got up, I didn’t know whose idea it was. It was originally a lantern for a rabbit to pound medicine, but in the end it was replaced with a big round Yuanxiao.

Hearing the laughter, Lin Yun raised his head vigilantly, just in time to see Lin Yang squatting on the wall and waving at him, Lin Yun threw down the lantern excitedly and ran over to call Lin Yang, Lin Yang covered his mouth as if silent, Lin Yun followed his example and covered his mouth, but his eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky.