Chapter 456 The Servant Bullies His Master, Lin Wenjin is in Trouble
"Hmm, I believe you based on that reason." Lin Luoxi's words only made Lin Luoting realize that the food she ate outside seemed even better than the food she ate at home.
Just as Xie Hansuan had predicted, one pot of dry pot wasn't enough, so Lin Luoting and her five children ate a second pot.
"You guys are really having a good time, eating delicious food here behind our backs." Lin Wenjin and Yang Xiaofeng, having finished their official business, followed the smell of the food and came over.
Seeing that Lin Luoting had also joined Lin Luoxi and the others in their freeloading, he was furious. He thought, "They didn't even tell us about such a good thing. These people are really too much."
"You're here! We guessed you'd finished your official business, so here's a delicious meal we prepared for you."
Xie Hanchuan pushed the third pot of dry-pot seafood closer to Yang Xiaofeng and Lin Wenjin.
"Brother Hanchuan, at least you have some conscience." Since they were spared a share, Lin Wenjin and Yang Xiaofeng held back and joined the group eating.
Lin Luoxi couldn't help but feel puzzled as she watched the group wolfing down their seafood.
"The whole of Qingcheng sells seafood, so why do you all look like you've never eaten seafood before?"
“You have no idea how expensive seafood is in Qingcheng. Each piece costs tens of taels of silver. How can we afford it with our meager salaries?” Lin Wenjin answered Lin Luoxi without looking up.
If he had the same assets as Lin Luoxi, he could eat seafood every day.
"What? What did you say? A single seafood costs tens of taels?" Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan looked at the three of them in shock upon hearing Lin Wenjing's words.
Do the people of Qingcheng not kill living beings, but instead kill those they know?
They had already inquired and found that Qingcheng had no shortage of seafood, and the seafood here was cheaper than in Pingcheng. The large pieces of seafood they had just exchanged were worth at most one or two taels of silver each.
"But just now we only used a bunch of vegetables to exchange for a seafood that's bigger than my head."
Xie Zhili was also puzzled. They had asked about the prices and hadn't seen any stalls selling seafood for tens of taels a piece.
"What?" Xie Zhili's words made Xie Linwenjin, Lin Luoting, and Yang Xiaofeng, who were eating, raise their heads in surprise, and the seafood in their hands no longer tasted good.
The three of them exchanged a glance, their faces grim. They took a few deep breaths and continued eating.
After everyone finished eating, Lin Wenjin led Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan back to the Lin residence.
After arranging a courtyard for Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan's family, Lin Wenjin turned around and left with a cold, dark face.
"Wife, guess who's behind this?" Xie Hanchuan, who was usually not gossipy, suddenly became unusually so, leaning close to Lin Luoxi and asking gossipy questions.
"Who else could it be? Either the steward of the household's purchasing department inflated the price of the seafood, or someone saw Lin Wenjin and Yang Xiaofeng's sudden arrival in Qingcheng and sabotaged it..."
"Whoever it is, now that they've been discovered, their good days are over..."
A servant who oversteps his bounds might be a servant with another master behind him.
Lin Wenjin and Yang Xiaofeng were both taught by Lin Luoxi. Lin Luoxi could guess that, and Lin Wenjin could guess that too.
Since Lin Wenjin didn't tell them about this, it means that Lin Wenjin can handle it.
Although the journey was supposed to be about sightseeing, it was still tiring. After Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan supervised the five children to wash up, they also cleaned themselves and went to bed.
"Knock knock knock..." Just as Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan were sleeping soundly, there was a knock on the door.
"Sister Luo Xi, Sister Luo Xi, something's happened..." It was Lin Luoting's anxious voice.
Hearing Lin Luoting's words, Lin Luoxi sighed inwardly, resignedly got up, dressed, and opened the door.
"What's wrong, Sister Ting?" Lin Luoxi asked, feigning ignorance.
"Sister Luo Xi, during the day, when my brother and Xiao Feng went to investigate seafood prices, they got involved with people in Beijing. They didn't tell me about the ins and outs, and they haven't returned yet..."
Lin Luoting had only heard her older brother mention it briefly during the day, but Lin Wenjin didn't say much. In addition, she was too anxious, so when she spoke to Lin Luoxi, she didn't have a clear idea of what to say.
"Don't worry, let's go out and look..." Lin Luoxi had just finished speaking when Xie Hanchuan came out dressed.
There was a spy in the Lin family. Lin Luoxi was worried about leaving her children at the Lin family home, so she went to the children's room and woke them up.
When Xie Zhili and the others heard that they were going to do something, they were all more excited than if they had been injected with chicken blood, and they followed Lin Luoxi and the others out to find people.
Lin Luoxi whistled, and the white tiger emerged from the darkness.
Lin Luoxi asked Lin Luoting to take out Lin Wenqian's personal clothing and give it to Baihu. Baihu has a very keen sense of smell, so he is the most suitable person to find people.
The white tiger embroidered the jade pendant that was about to be delivered. It sniffed the air to confirm its location, and then led Lin Luoxi and the others, running wildly through the streets under the night sky.
They chased them all the way to the city gate, but the tightly closed gate blocked their way.
"Zhili, Zhiyan, Zhiheng, hold me tight..." Xie Hanchuan looked at the high city wall and squatted down in front of the children.
"Father, we can do it ourselves..." Xie Zhili refused Xie Hanchuan's embrace, ran quickly, pushed off the city wall with one foot to gain momentum, and flew up quickly, landing steadily on the city wall in no time.
"Good heavens, he hid it so well." Xie Hanchuan was shocked to see that his eldest son, at such a young age, possessed such amazing lightness skills.
“Father, we’re not bad either…” Xie Zhiyan saw Xie Hanchuan’s shocked expression and used the momentum to fly up the city wall.
However, he didn't control his strength well, and when he used the force, he kicked the city wall inward.
"This, this..." Xie Hanchuan looked at the dent his second son had kicked out, and the two of them were bewildered in the wind.
“Father, we’re not bad either…” The remaining three children found Xie Hanchuan’s shocked expression amusing, and together they used the momentum to fly up the city wall.
"My God, this, this..."
Xie Hanchuan was utterly shocked as he looked at the five children who had already flown onto the city wall.
When did his five delicate children grow up to be so powerful?
"Alright, stop being so shocked. Saving lives is the priority. Let's go." Seeing Xie Hanchuan standing there in shock, Lin Luoxi knew that lives were at stake, so she urged him on.
"Alright, right away!" Xie Hanchuan, with his profound skill, carried the white tiger and flew directly onto the city wall without needing any leverage.
Seeing that Xie Hanchuan and Baihu had already flown up, Lin Luoxi pulled Lin Luoting up the city wall together, and then climbed over the city wall to the outside of the city.
After landing safely, the white tiger, smelling the familiar scent in the air, continued running towards the forest outside the city.
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