Quick travel: the leisurely life of cannon fodder

Jia Lian quietly looked at the dazed Lin Ruhai from the side.

Seeing Mu Xi crush a piece of stone, the whole person became dazed.

too frightening?

Why did it feel like I was not pinching a stone, but pinching my own bones? I felt an inexplicable tingling sensation.

You'd better run away quickly.

"Daddy!"

Mu Xi shouted crisply.

"Well, what's wrong, Xi'er."

At this time, Lin Ruhai also came back to his senses and responded.

"Dad, I think the bandits we encountered were very strange. They didn't kill me and my sister. It seemed like they just wanted to capture us."

Mu Xi said this somewhat casually.

"Uncle, I also found that this was indeed the case. That group of people said they wanted to rob, but their target was my two cousins. Uncle, do you have any enemies?"

Jia Lian on the side said the same thing.

Lin Ruhai's face changed slightly when he heard this. He thought it was just an accident, but he didn't expect that someone had arranged it on purpose. He didn't know which political enemy of his was it.

Lin Ruhai began to give instructions to Mu Xi and Lin Daiyu.

"I will send someone to investigate this matter. Xi'er and Yu'er should go out less recently, and bring more guards with you when you go out."

Then he turned to look at Jia Lian and said, "My dear nephew, you were also frightened today. If you need anything, remember to tell your uncle."

"Okay, thank you for your kindness, uncle."

Jia Lian said with a smile.

Lin Ruhai spoke a few more words to Mu Xi, Lin Daiyu and Jia Lian. After the three of them went downstairs to rest, he hurried to the yamen to see what was going on.

At the same time, he sent secret guards to investigate.

Dark night!

"Is my uncle back?"

Jia Lian asked Steward Lin.

Steward Lin said gently and respectfully, "The master hasn't come back yet. I wonder if the young master needs anything?"

"No need, since my uncle hasn't come back yet, I'll come to see him tomorrow."

After Jia Lian politely declined, he went back.

I sighed in my heart. It seems that I can only tell my uncle that I want to say goodbye tomorrow.

The next day, because the incident with the bandits had not been resolved, Mu Xi did not take Jia Lian out for fun again.

Lin Ruhai did not come back for several days after he went out, and was always busy with his daughter's encounter with bandits.

Jia Lian was tired of staying in the Lin Mansion and was anxious to go back, but Lin Ruhai had not returned in the past few days.

Mu Xi and Lin Daiyu returned to their usual routine, getting up early every day to practice martial arts and then learning various talents.

A few days later, Lin Ruhai returned exhausted.

Jia Lian saw a tired figure from afar. He was happy at first, thinking that he could finally go back. But then he thought that his uncle was so tired, so he should not disturb him and just wait another night!

Lin Ruhai sat in the study, looking through the confession in his hand and the clues found by the secret guards, thinking about the relationships involved, trying to find some clues.

"Knock! Knock! Knock!"

The study door rang!

"Dad, your daughter is here to see you."

Mu Xi stood outside the door and said softly.

"Xi'er, come in, the door is not locked!"

Lin Ruhai said with a slightly tired tone.

"Crack!"

The door was pushed open.

Lin Ruhai saw his eldest daughter coming over with a food box in her hand.

"Xi'er, what's the matter with you coming here so late?"

Lin Ruhai looked at Mu Xi kindly.

"Dad, I heard from your personal attendant that you haven't had a good meal in the past few days, so I specially made a chicken soup for you to nourish yourself."

Mu Xi said with a smile.

Then, he took out the soup from the lunch box.

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai smiled a little tiredly, took the chicken soup from Mu Xi's hand and started drinking it.

Then he said, "Dad has been investigating the bandits these days, but he has only found some clues. It seems that Dad's political enemies want to capture you two to threaten Dad, so Dad is thinking about whether you and Yu'er should go to Jinling to hide."

Mu Xi frowned slightly when she heard this. After weighing the pros and cons in her mind, she smiled and said, "Dad, I think it's safer to stay here."

Lin Ruhai was a little confused when he heard this, "What do you mean?"

Mu Xi: "Dad, listen to my analysis carefully! Since your political enemies want to capture your daughter and sister to threaten you, then you must have something on them or be blocking their way. Although I don't understand officialdom, I know an idiom: it's beyond your reach.

If we return to Jinling, my father will not be with my daughter and sister. If those people want to attack us, no one will be able to protect us in time.

What's more, Jinling is a place full of dignitaries. We would be unprepared if they wanted to deal with my daughter and sister.

Then it is better to stay here. As long as you don't leave the mansion, nothing will happen. My daughter also believes that daddy can protect her and my sister.

Besides, my daughter is quite capable, so it is not easy to capture her."

When Lin Ruhai heard the last sentence, he thought of the crushed stone and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. What he said was really true.

However, after hearing this, Lin Ruhai gave up the idea of ​​sending her away to seek refuge. At the same time, he had a better understanding of his daughter's intelligence. He sighed in his heart, it was a pity that she was a girl, otherwise someone else would have been able to continue the glory of the Lin family. But there is a way, as long as...

"What Xi'er said makes sense. I was wrong. What is coming cannot be avoided. Since those people want to capture Xi'er and Yu'er, they will not give up just because you are in Jinling.

Your father will assign a few secret guards for you and Yu'er, so make sure you bring enough people with you when you go out in the future."

Lin Ruhai said solemnly.

"Dad, I understand. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."

Mu Xi said with a smile.

"Go back!" Lin Ruhai said gently.

"Then Daddy, go to bed early and take care of yourself!"

Mu Xi left after saying this.

The next day, Lin Ruhai went out early in the morning, and Jia Lian came again but found nothing.

So he found the housekeeper and said, "When my uncle comes back today, can you please send someone to let me know?"

Steward Lin replied respectfully, "Okay, cousin, I will definitely send someone to inform you when the master returns."

"Then I'll trouble Steward Lin."

Jia Lian responded politely and left.

evening!

As soon as Lin Ruhai came back, Jia Lian came over.

In the study!

Jia Lian and Lin Ruhai exchanged a few polite words before getting down to business.

Jia Lian said gently, "My uncle seems to be very busy these days. I wonder how the investigation of the mountain bandits is going?"

Lin Ruhai heard this and said, "Those dozens of bandits didn't confess anything, and they were poisoned to death in their cells the next day."

Seeing that Lin Ruhai obviously didn't want to talk more, Jia Lian changed the subject and said, "My nephew has been in Yangzhou for a while, so I plan to leave for Jinling tomorrow."

Lin Ruhai was delighted when he heard this. He finally didn't have to worry about his two daughters being persuaded to go to that wolf's den. He didn't show it on his face and replied gently, "My dear nephew, you are going back so soon. Why don't you stay in Yangzhou for a few more days?"

Jia Lian smiled and replied, "No, the Jia family still has many affairs to deal with."

"In this case, uncle will not advise you anymore."

Then Lin Ruhai chatted politely with Jia Lian for a while.