Chapter 4 Daddy, does it hurt?
"The Lin family is really pitiful. The whole family, young and old, has suffered with Lin Wuyu."
"You said that Lin Wuyu gave up his high-ranking position and chose to embezzle money, which led to his end."
Lin Wuyu listened in silence, not saying a word, feeling very guilty.
Because of this fabricated crime of corruption, the entire Lin family was implicated and suffered in exile in the freezing cold weather.
"Huh, pitiful?"
The fat bailiff snorted coldly.
"When he withholds agricultural taxes, the old man who farms your land becomes even more pitiful. I think he's a vampire that devours the people. He's worse than shit."
The slightly fat and burly yamen runner spat at Lin Wuyu after he finished speaking.
"That's right! This bastard official should be hanged on the city wall and tortured to death."
Lin Muyi couldn't suppress his inner anger, and his hands tightly grasped the chains.
He rushed forward and roared, "How can you judge my father?"
"Oh, you thought you were Master Lin? How dare you talk to your uncle like that!"
"Looks like I need to teach you a lesson before you know who you are!"
After the two men finished speaking, they punched and kicked Lin Muyi.
"Stop!" Lin Xiyan hurried forward to stop him.
The two bailiffs paused.
When he saw that the person coming was a delicate and tender girl, he laughed contemptuously.
"Hahaha, who did I think it was? You little bitch, you still want to show off. I can't bear to hit such a delicate girl."
They teased Lin Xiyan frivolously, with a gleam in their eyes.
"I heard that the official has already accepted twenty taels of silver from Master Xu."
The fat yamen runner glanced at the naive Lin Xiyan with disdain.
"What's Lord Xu worth? Even if I leave the capital, the emperor can't control me."
After saying that, the fat on his face trembled, and he stepped hard on Lin Muyi and looked at Lin Xiyan arrogantly.
"Get out of the way quickly, or I'll beat you up too."
Lin Xiyan gritted her teeth and said, "Wait a minute."
It seems like they think what they are given is not enough. These bastards are so greedy!
She took off the two strings of pearl earrings and the white jade hairpin on her head and handed them to the two yamen runners.
The two yamen runners' eyes lit up instantly, and they relaxed their grip after taking the jewelry.
I was thinking: This Lin family must have hidden a lot of treasures, and they will plunder them all for themselves after they are far away from the capital!
"You're lucky. Get up and keep going!"
Lin Muyi was helped up by Lin Xiyan, and the softness in his heart was touched.
He looked at Lin Xiyan with eyes full of doting: "Xi'er, this is your favorite white jade hairpin, you don't have to do it for me..."
"Good brother, if you care about your sister, please bring the white jade hairpin back to me."
Looking at Lin Xiyan's bright smile, Lin Muyi's gloom suddenly dissipated.
"Okay, I'll get it back for you later!"
Lin Muyi clenched his fists and made a secret resolution in his heart. He would redress his father's wrongdoing, give his sister the best jewelry, and give his family the best life!
"Miss!"
Hmm? Qingying's voice!
"Qingying, why are you here too?"
Lin Xiyan was very happy to see the familiar face.
All the servants in the mansion were taken over by the government or sold again. She didn't expect Qingying did not leave, but followed her and appeared in the exile team.
"Miss, I was saved by you when I was little, and then I grew up with you."
Qingying's little face revealed a hint of stubbornness.
"Qingying will follow you forever even if she dies!"
Lin Xiyan was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. She patted Qingying's head and said, "You are so silly!"
I heard bursts of crying sounds.
Lin Xiyan looked over curiously and found that it was Lin Yiqing who had snatched the gold safety lock from Lin Xihuan.
This time he actually walked towards Lin Xiyan.
She walked forward hypocritically, and then said earnestly:
"Sister Xiyan, take out your things and let your cousin keep them for you."
When she saw that Lin Xiyan actually gave the precious white jade hairpin to the yamen runner, she guessed that her bulging sleeves must contain a lot of treasures.
"Why do I need you to keep it for me?"
Lin Xiyan glanced at Lin Yiqing who had ill intentions.
"You're still young, what if you lose it? I'm the oldest among the sisters, so it's my duty to keep it for you."
Without waiting for Lin Xiyan's consent, she reached out her hand and prepared to take it by force.
"You are not allowed to bully our young lady!"
Qingying took two steps forward and protected Lin Xiyan.
"How dare you, a dog slave like you, stop me!"
She kicked Qingying on the calf.
Qingying felt pain, and her legs, which were already numb from the cold, went limp, and she fell to her knees on the snow with a plop.
"It's not your turn to teach my people a lesson!"
Lin Xiyan pulled Qingying and shouted angrily.
"You, the eldest branch, are so right. It's clearly the uncles who are corrupt, and you've made us, the second branch, suffer as well!"
Lin Yiqing stared at Lin Xiyan with a look as if she wanted to strip her naked.
"It's a shame that everyone in our Lin family respects and admires our uncle. We never thought he could do something that would bring shame to our ancestors!"
Lin Xiyan sneered. She thought the people from the second house were extremely ridiculous!
He had clearly come to Beijing to seek refuge with his father with a flattering attitude.
The house and job were all obtained by my father. Not only did he not make any effort to make progress but he also just lived a life of idleness and waited for death. In private, he also gained a lot of benefits in the name of my father.
Her brother Lin Mucheng was always taking advantage of his superiors to do evil things in Beijing.
Now that the eldest branch of the Lin family is in trouble, the second branch is feeling very aggrieved and wants to distance themselves from the matter and bite back!
He is truly an ungrateful person who can never be tamed!
At that time, the urging voices of the yamen runners were heard, and whenever they saw a prisoner who could not walk, they would whip him twice with their whips.
In an instant, his skin was torn and he screamed in pain!
Seeing this, Lin Yiqing didn't dare to cause trouble and could only leave in embarrassment.
The others did not dare to stop even though their feet were numb from the cold.
When they arrived at the post station on the edge of Dongying City, Lin Xiyan felt her hands and feet were cold, and they must have frostbite.
"Finally arrived! My feet are numb from the cold!"
The fat yamen runner swaggered into the post station, then sat at the table to rest and eat meat.
There were jails in the post station in Dongying City. The yamen runners locked them up in the jails and gave them wheat cakes made of corn.
The Lin family, young and old, took the wheat cakes and began to devour them ravenously.
The wheat cakes were too dry, so if you were really thirsty you could only drink the dirty water by the wall to quench your thirst.
Lin Xiyan found it hard to swallow the wheat cake that was so dry that it was falling apart.
The second young lady saw that Lin Xiyan had not moved for a long time, and her mouth was watering as she stared at her wheat cakes.
Lin Xiyan handed over the wheat cake: "Xihuan, you eat it."
Lin Xihuan's big eyes flashed with joy. She took the wheat cake and hid in the corner to gobble it up.
Lin Xiyan mysteriously called her father, mother, brother and Qingying to a corner, and took out four meat buns from her sleeve.
Mrs. Lin looked at the plump white buns and almost cried out in surprise.
She lowered her voice and asked, "Xier, where did this bun come from?"
"I hid it in my sleeve."
Lin Xiyan distributed the buns to them.
"Mom, eat quickly! Don't let anyone else find out."
The four of them started eating quietly in the corner.
"My sister is really capable! These meat buns are so delicious." He licked his lips and smiled contentedly.
"Xi'er, remember not to show your wealth to others." Dad reached out and touched Lin Xiyan's head.
Lin Xiyan's heart tightened when she saw blood-red ice crystals forming on her father's fingertips.
"Daddy, does it hurt?"
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