When it was dawn, the citizens who had been in a panic all night opened their doors, but there was nothing happening on the streets.
As residents of the border town, I was already accustomed to emergency trips to the military camp, and the little commotion last night was quickly forgotten.
Mule carts carrying night-blooming incense shuttle through the streets, water trucks delivering sweet water knock on every back door, and the morning market with small vendors is bustling with activity again.
Hecheng is still a prosperous border town.
Lao Qian and Song Dekui took a walk outside and bought breakfast for everyone.
Abu went to the garrison again and saw that the people inside were busy, as if something big had happened.
Thinking about the young lady's instructions, he retreated without saying anything more.
Song Liyun and a few others gathered in the inn.
"Mr. Lin, the situation is unclear now. You'd better leave Hecheng."
Song Liyun felt that the garrison was attacked on the night they moved the Lin family out of the prison. This could only mean one thing, that is, there might be no secrets in Hecheng.
Or it could be said that the garrison, which was supposed to be a military organization, had spies from the Qi family.
When it comes to despicable scheming, those who play war will never be able to beat those who play fighting.
Lin Qingyuan did not deliberately hide the fact that he had left the Lin family. The fact that he could now stay safely in the inn was probably because his image as a dandy young man who was usually ignored was protecting him.
But if the Qi family fails to wipe out the Lin family and wants to take hostages to threaten Lin Shouzhuo, then no matter if they are illegitimate sons or legitimate sons, as long as they are Lin Shouzhuo's blood, they must be captured.
The attitude of the garrison is also suspicious.
He was clearly a suspect, and was being held in the garrison prison. However, because the prison conditions were poor and inhumane, he was sent to an ordinary residence for detention.
This is an opportunity to send bait to the murderer. If the garrison finds out that the younger brother who is related to the Qi family by marriage is Lin Qingyuan, it is hard to say whether they will capture him again.
The Qi family couldn't kidnap people openly.
The garrison has already dispatched soldiers, and the next step will definitely be to seal off the city and conduct strict inspections to put pressure on the Qi family.
Unless it is absolutely necessary, the garrison will not break off relations with the Qi family.
The Qi family would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to challenge the military camp. Judging from the rules of the Qi family in Hecheng, they must have used conspiracy.
Is the affairs of the underworld to be left to the underworld?
Song Liyun thought of the old mountain people mentioned by Lao Qian.
After a sleepless night, Lin Qingyuan's eyes were dark, and he yawned as he said, "The Qi family is serious.
If they can't move that group of people, they're going to come and arrest me. If they can't catch me, they're going to Pingyang Prefecture to arrest my mother and sister.
If we want to be on the safe side, we should arrest a few members of the Qi family."
"That's a good idea! Hit the snake at its most vulnerable part. The Qi family is also human, so strike where it hurts the most."
Song Liyun learned from Lin Qingyuan that the person who is truly capable in the Qi family is not the head of the family, Qi Kexian, but the second generation of the Qi family, that is, the uncle of Lin Qingyuan's sister, Qi Heng, who is now 30 years old.
This man travels between the grasslands and Wu Dynasty all year round. He is cunning and suspicious, and has good skills. He is always accompanied by three or five skilled fighters and will never act alone.
Moreover, this is in Hecheng, the Qi family’s old nest, and half of the people on the street are related to the Qi family.
If you openly fight the Qi family, you will have to face half of the city's people at any time.
Song Liyun asked Lao Qian, "Is there a way to catch him quietly?"
Lao Qian smiled bitterly: What can we do if we don’t have enough manpower?
This time when Lin Qingyuan came to Hecheng, he took a prison car and only brought his old money.
Song Liyun has more people, in addition to Fang Zheng and Guo Tong, there are also Abu and Song Dekui. If he wants to find more people, he also needs to go to the garrison.
Seeing that the garrison had become so cold that it didn't even respond to her invitation, Song Liyun gave up the idea of asking for help.
She was willing to marry Zhao Tingduo, but not for the glory of the Zhao family.
Since Zhao Shoubei is so high up, it’s hard to say whether I acknowledge this relationship or not.
Since there are no secrets in Hecheng, a place as small as a palm, Song Liyun will not hide in the inn.
Thus, a special group of people appeared on the streets of Hecheng.
A woman wearing a Di ethnic robe, with a small braid, a white silk half-veil, and a circle of dazzling agate stones on her head was surrounded by five or six people, walking along the street and looking around.
The woman would stop in front of the shop selling spices and cosmetics from time to time to pick out what she liked.
Hecheng is a border town and also the most convenient border checkpoint for the Dilu grassland to enter the Wu Dynasty. From time to time, merchants from the grassland would pass through the checkpoint to enter.
The residents here don’t say they see the Di people often, but they have at least seen them once or twice.
Even in the brothels and alleys of the whole city, there are Di Lu Man Niang.
But what I saw today was the first time.
Not only is her jewelry luxurious, but she is also generous when buying things.
The woman randomly pointed at the balms in the cabinet and said, "I don't want this one, this one, and this one. Pack up all the others!"
The elegant young man Lin Qingyuan followed beside her with a grand manner. As soon as the woman pointed, he paid the money and bought it without even blinking.
Which tribe does this God of Wealth come from?
All the well-informed merchants in the city rushed to the scene with their goods.
"Beautiful girl, please look at this piece of silk. Only the lavender color of the durian can match your nobility!"
I heard someone promoting business in the Di language.
Song Liyun just stretched out two fingers to check it, then nodded in agreement, looking like she had never seen the world before.
Others swarmed over, hoping to get a deal for themselves.
Abu and Lao Qian stopped the man.
At the streetside restaurant, several people hurried upstairs, and someone immediately came to greet them: "Third Master, the playboy from the Lin family has appeared, but I don't know when he followed the noble lady of the Di clan."
"What noble lady of the Di tribe?"
Qi Heng walked into the private room facing the street and looked out the window. He saw Song Liyun and her group coming out of the store carrying a lot of things.
Qi Heng narrowed his eyes slightly. He had met Lin Qingyuan before.
Although he looked down on a playboy who only knew how to hang around women.
But Lin Qingyuan's sister married into the Qi family, and according to seniority, she was his nephew's concubine. Whenever they came into contact, he would be polite to her.
Seeing Lin Qingyuan chasing after the woman again, Qi Heng sneered: A playboy is a playboy. The Lin family is about to be wiped out, and he is still having fun here.
Seeing that the "Di tribe" woman was walking towards the next shop, Qi Heng said to his followers, "Go check at the customs to find out which tribe entered the customs these past two days. Why didn't they come to the Red Mansion to hand in a note?"
The attendant did not move: "Third Master, that woman did not come from Guanmen, she came from Pingyang Prefecture with the Lin family and stayed at Chengfu Inn for the past two days."
The Qi family received the news when the two envoys from the Censorate left the capital and arrived in Yunzhou. It was just a small matter between Lin Qinghua and a military household, and they were not aware of it. By the time they found out, the Lin family had already been sealed off.
The Qi family also reacted quickly, immediately sacrificing their rook to save their king and getting rid of the Lin family.
Qi Heng only takes care of business in the family and is not interested in these in-laws.
However, this time, just after returning from the grassland, he heard the head of the family say that the Lin family might leak the news. He wanted to silence them but lost five of his capable men.
The matter is urgent. Now someone has come to report that a noble lady of the Di tribe has appeared in Hecheng, so he naturally has to come and check it out.
"I came here with the Lin family!" Qi Heng frowned: Could it be that the family leader wanted to eliminate the Lin family not just because of those slaves, but because he betrayed his master and wanted to start a new family?
At this moment, there was a commotion on the street. A group of people surrounded the "noble lady from Dilu" and shouted something.
Seeing the patrolling soldiers coming over, Qi Heng threw off his robe, turned over and jumped out of the window, landing steadily on the street.
He took a few more steps to Lin Qingyuan, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips: "Lin Qingyuan, how are you?"
When Qi Heng said this, his eyes fell on the bracelet worn by the "noble lady of the Di tribe" next to him, and he immediately took a breath.
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