Chapter 371: Did You Just Forget It?
However, Zhao Yuqing was arrogant and wanted to make all the money wherever he went, leaving no chance for others to survive. Now he even ordered someone to climb over the wall and break into the house, which was not human at all. The boss should not have made that trip.
His first wife Aunt Wu also began to persuade him, telling him that Yulin was dealing with the matter, not the person, and that everyone should be treated equally. She thought that it was better to follow the law and treat everyone equally.
Otherwise, this society would be filled with people having to rely on connections and spending money to settle things. What would that mean?
In the previous dynasty, the lord was bullied and pissed on by the Wang family of Litchi Green who colluded with the government. Has he forgotten?
Chen Zhongshun knew that these were all reasonable. Although he was still unhappy, his anger had subsided a lot. He picked up the glass and shouted, "Drink, drink."
Aunt Wu likes Zhao Yulin’s equality for everyone the most.
Otherwise, the stubborn old man Chen Zhongshun would have hidden her away in the old house in Hongyaizi without giving her any status.
Chen Zhongshun certainly remembered the things she said clearly. Even if the honest official Chen Yun came back then, he still had to suffer a lot at the hands of the Wang family and Zhang Bapi.
Shopkeeper Lao Ju was even more grateful to Zhao Yulin for judging the matter and enforcing the law impartially. He said that a few years ago, Lin'an bribed his family's accountant to be a spy, and the conspiracy to destroy the hot air balloon was all thanks to Yulin. If it were in the previous dynasty, his family would probably have been imprisoned, beheaded, or exiled for such a big case. It was Yulin's words that innocent people should not be harmed, so he could sit here and drink with Mr. Chen in peace.
Chen Zhongshun then gradually calmed down, and invited everyone to eat and drink. He also said with some emotion that this was no longer a family affair, but a state affair, and should be handled by the government.
It will take a long time for Yulin to recover the territory of the Song Dynasty, and we cannot hold him back.
When everyone saw him talking and laughing, they knew that he had figured it out, and they started drinking happily together again.
Zhao Yulin was afraid that his aunt would come and cry again, so he boarded a boat early the next morning to rush to Chengdu. But when the boat arrived in Xinjin, it was stopped and told to take the land route instead, because after the water level dropped in winter, the Chengdu government began to blast reefs and clear the river in order to widen the waterway.
Zhao Yulin's guards and entourage totaled several hundred people, and it would be troublesome for them to walk to Chengdu. Chu Yuxuan contacted the county government and got a string of carts, telling him that there would be horses to ride once he arrived at Muma Mountain.
Damn, even though he is the leader of the New Song Kingdom, it is still so troublesome for him to go out.
Zhao Yulin rode a skinny horse from the Xinjin County Government and followed the team towards the Mumashan Mountain in Shuangliu County.
At this time, several women in red were happily running and riding horses in the horse farm of Mumashan.
After Hubili's sister Hulan secretly came to the New Song Kingdom, she finally caught Zhao Yulin in Ningyuan on the Gansu Road, and from then on, she was like a plaster. Before that, the two broke up in Hanzhong, and Hulan took his letter and ran all the way to Chengdu under the protection of the guards.
The little girl was protected by Zhao Yulin's guards, so she had smooth travel wherever she went. She came to the mansion boldly and handed Zhao Yulin's letter to Ma Ling, calling her sister affectionately, and told Ma Ling that they were sisters from now on and she was also Brother Yulin's woman.
Ma Linger and the women in the room actually knew about Hu Lan's affairs a long time ago. With Shunfengsi's powerful intelligence ability and Hu Lan staying with Zhao Yulin for so long, is there anything else that Wu Yuqi, the chief steward, doesn't know?
But after they met him in person, they were surprised to find that Hulan was even more naive and straightforward than described in the intelligence. He was far better than Chen Chen and surpassed Yang Jin to sit on the top spot.
The women were all stunned with surprise.
The little girl thought they were doubting her identity, and shouted that Yulin'er had slept with her on horseback and in bed several times. It was true, but she was not pregnant, otherwise she could have become a princess like them, really.
The little girl said "really" several times with a serious look on her face, which made the women laugh.
Yangjin felt that Hulan was very much her cup of tea, so she waved her hand and pulled the little girl into her arms.
Ma Linger had finished reading Zhao Yulin's letter and passed it to several women to read. She smiled and said to Hulan, "Brother asked us to take care of Hulan like a little sister, but he never said that he had married her."
Yangjin said with a smile that it was not difficult to become Yulin Ge'er's woman. She just needed to study in Caotang Academy for a year, but had she promised Ge'er?
Hu Lan remembered the agreement she made with Zhao Yulin in Hanzhong, bit her lip and nodded.
Ma Linger laughed and said, "That's right. Just stay in the mansion, but keep your identity hidden." Brother Yulin said, "This is for the good of my family. Your father was poisoned to death by the Khan. You must be careful."
In this way, Hu Lan successfully became a member of this family and went to Caotang Academy to study in an orderly manner.
Seeing that Hu Lan was studying very hard and had come to Chengdu alone with no relatives, Yangjin felt sorry for her, so she asked Chen Chen to bring Hu Lan to Mumashan for horse riding.
Zhao Yulin traveled for a whole day and arrived at Mumashan Mountain. He saw several girls having fun. What a coincidence.
When Chen Chen saw him coming, he happily rode over to ask him to ride on the same horse for fun.
Zhao Yulin glared at her and said, "We are in Chengdu now, so go home first."
The woman glanced at her with disdain and rode her horse to follow the team.
The team moved much faster with horses. Zhao Yulin walked in front, followed by several women in colorful clothes, and behind them was a group of strong and vigorous guards. They trotted all the way to the city.
After a while, people in the town we passed by heard the shouts that the third young master had returned and had just visited our town.
Some people just stared at the beauties and couldn't stop exclaiming: Wow, the third young master is back, look at the women around him, they are so pretty, the third young master is really lucky.
Then came the voice of "Ouch, what are you doing? Stop pulling."
It turned out that a shrew was dragging the man home by the ear, muttering: Lazy man, you don’t work all day, what are you thinking about?
Did you just pick on the woman from the Third Young Master's family?
The man had his ears grabbed and he kept groaning in pain, which made the people around him laugh.
In the evening, Zhao Yulin returned to his home in Chengdu.
Ma Ling'er immediately ordered the kitchen to prepare a large table of delicious dishes to welcome him. The whole family drank happily together. Zhao Yulin staggered and helped Ma Ling'er up to go back to her room to rest.
When he woke up, he saw Hu Lan lying naked beside him. He touched his body without a thought, and realized that he was cheated by those women again.
He gently took away Hu Lan's red and tender hand that was resting on his chest, tiptoed out of bed, found his clothes, put them on quickly and went out.
As the morning light broke, Wu Yuqi was already practicing sword in the yard.
Zhao Yulin went up and enthusiastically served as a sparring partner.
The woman asked him with a smile: It's still early, why don't you sleep a little longer?
He said the bed was already occupied, so why sleep there?
The couple finished their sweaty training and went back to shower and change clothes. When they arrived at the restaurant, they saw Hulan sitting there angrily. Zhao Yulin asked with concern what was wrong?
If you don’t eat now, you’ll be late for school.
Hu Lan threw down her chopsticks, laid on the table and started crying.
She cried and asked her what was wrong with her, why her brother didn't touch her at all all night, and ran away as soon as she opened her eyes?
The women at the table listened with curiosity on their faces, and then burst into laughter, which made Hu Lan cry even more sadly.
Ma Linger said that they got Ge'er drunk last night just to help Hu Lan, but they didn't expect that Ge'er really drank too much and slept like a rock, so everyone's work was in vain.
He immediately comforted the little girl and told her not to worry, there would be plenty of opportunities .
Zhao Yulin was very glad that he didn't make any mistakes when he was drunk. He quickly finished his meal and went to Cao Youwen's place.
Lao Cao knew he had arrived and came out to greet him immediately. The two of them went hand in hand to the warm room inside the study and sat down. The maid immediately brought them tea.
Zhao Yulin asked him with a smile if he had anything urgent to say.
The New Song Kingdom is peaceful. Is there anything that can stump our Lord Cao?
Lao Cao said with a smile that he was joking again, he was lonely and wanted to talk to his brother. Then the two of them laughed and drank tea, which was Lin'an's West Lake Longjing.
When Cao Youwen saw him frown, he said cheerfully, "Try it. This is the best tribute to the small court in Lin'an."
The pseudo-emperor was short of money and cut down on spending, so merchants secretly transported the tribute tea to Chengdu and sold it, and the cooperative bought all of it for us to enjoy.
Lao Cao said that there were many officials from Lin'an in the court, and he asked them to have a taste.
Haha, the fake emperor even has to cut down on expenses for tea, which shows how bad Lin'an's finances are.
Lao Cao asked him: Youliang has been that government troops from Guangnan East Road are crossing the border to rob and bully merchants. Are you going to send troops to Lingnan?
This Lao Cao is indeed a veteran in the underworld. The turmoil on the border may not be caused by the enemy, but it may be that he is looking for an excuse to send troops. When Lao Cao saw Zhao Yulin coming back, he made a special trip to meet his brother. Later, the border problem came up, and he believed that Zhao Yulin must have contributed to it.
He smiled and said that it was not the best time to attack the Mongolian army, but it was more than enough to deal with Zhao Bing. They were collecting taxes and exploiting the people on the border. How could we not save them from the disaster?
Lao Cao was an important official of the previous dynasty, and the big stone of the status of the Song Dynasty monarch in his heart had not been completely removed. He asked hesitantly whether it was appropriate to do so?
Aren’t we afraid that the common people will poke our spines?
Zhao Yulin had no concept of blind loyalty and didn't care about these things at all. He knew that Cao Youliang went to Changsha only to conquer the world and establish his career, and he probably had already started to act.
He said: We should send a message to them to ask Brother Youwan to be the commander-in-chief and lead the navy to coordinate, but the navy is only to monitor the battlefield and ensure logistics, and is not allowed to take the initiative to declare war on the navy in Lin'an.
When Lao Cao heard him say this, he knew that Zhao Yulin had made up his mind to take over Guangnan East Road.
He thought that his two younger brothers had nearly 100,000 soldiers under their command, and if he didn't do something, the other brother troops would laugh at him.
Even if others had nothing to say, the two brothers would feel aggrieved and uncomfortable, so they simply arranged to issue a military order.
