Chapter 16 The Poisonous Name "Howling" Next
The wailing of the burly man naturally attracted many people. Among these people, there were naturally some discerning people, and they quickly recognized Ling Tong. In private, he quickly whispered, "Oh, is that General Ling?"
"It seems that I have seen him several times before. Although he looks thinner than before, his temperament will not change."
"Since he is back, it seems that Wang Du will be lively soon, hehehe."
"It's just that the Marquis of Tianyan is an older generation of nobles after all. I don't know if he can suppress it."
"What do you care? Anyway, as long as the king is more chaotic, the more chances we will have, won't we?"
The trainer, not far behind Ling Tong and Lin Dao, heard the comments around her word for word. At this time, she was wearing a purple cloak and a veil on her face. Others could not see her appearance at all. The more the step trainer listens, the more disappointed he feels. I'm afraid there are not many people who are really loyal to the royal family in this Nanming Kingdom and Nanming City. What's more, they are those guys who are ready to take advantage of the fire and make a fortune in the national disaster.
However, when seeing Lin Dao, the step trainer's anger will be somewhat reduced. She knows that although the current domestic situation is very chaotic, this man must be able to turn decay into magic, reorganize the chaos in the south, and regenerate the south!
And Lin Dao, at this time, an extremely crazy idea came to his heart. He ignored the burly man who had been lying on the ground and howling for nearly 20 minutes, twitching and foaming at his mouth, but slowly walked to the poor civilians.
Lin Dao's behavior has shocked all the martial artists. As Lin Dao approached, they retreated quickly because of timidity and scrambled to keep a distance from Lin Dao. Lin Dao walked to a dozen boys who looked haggard and had scars all over his body and slowly squatted down. In the group of more than 100 civilians, Lin Dao found that only this little boy was different. From his face, Lin Dao saw hatred and unyielding, as well as hope.
"Son, tell me, where do you live?"
The boy looks very weak. His lips are dry, his hands are blistered, and his nails are stained with his own blood. The boy looked straight at Lin Dao. Although he looked very thin, when he answered Lin Dao, he said, "We are all villagers of Jiujiang Village."
"Where are your parents?"
A strong hatred flashed in the boy's eyes, and he said in a cold tone, "Dead! They are all killed by them!"
Lin Dao nodded. He took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and poured out an elixir: "Come on, stretch out your hand."
The boy had seen the power of Lin Dao, and also knew that Lin Dao was here to save them, so he obediently stretched out his right hand. The boy's palms are very big and surprisingly large, which does not match his weak bones at all. Lin Dao saw the thick comet on the palm of his hand. It seemed that the boy had done a lot of farm work in the village before.
Lin Dao put the vitality elixir in the boy's hand, looked straight at him and said, "This is a poison. If you eat it, you will die immediately. However, if you die, I will save the villagers behind you and avenge your parents. Do you dare to eat it?
"Dare!" Without any hesitation, the boy nodded firmly, "Your Excellency, you are a nobleman. Keep your word!"
"Okay, keep your word!" Lin Dao smiled and found that he had not read the wrong person. This boy is a good seedling.
Without saying a word, the boy swallowed the vitality elixir directly! The boy moved so fast that the women behind him could not rescue: "Achin, don't eat!"
After the boy swallowed the vitality elixir, someone immediately surrounded him behind him. Many of them looked at Lin Dao with a hateful look for the first time, and even stood up and accused Lin Dao, "You, why did you do this!" He is still a child!"
"Yes, that's good!" Lin Dao smiled, and his smile made everyone feel puzzled. "I want your expression, I want your attitude!"
Lin Dao looked at the boy who was protected by the villagers. "Tell me, what do you want to do most now?"
"Your Excellency, please help us!" The vitality elixir entered the abdomen, and the comfortable warm current immediately flowed in the boy's meridians. In only a few breaths, the boy found that the scars on his body could no longer feel pain, and his strength also came back. As long as he is not a fool, he knows that Lin Dao cheated him. Lin Dao gave not only poison, but a kind of healing elixir!
"Tell me, what do you want to do most now?" Lin Dao still repeated the question just now.
The boy thought for a moment, and then said in an extremely firm tone, "I beg you to help us. No matter what you ask me to do, I will do it!"
Lin Dao smiled again and nodded: "Okay."
At this time, the burly man had stopped howling and screaming. It was rare that he did not faint, but lay on the ground, bowed his body, and pinched his neck with both hands, as if to spit out something inside. Standing up slowly, Lin Dao said to the burly man, "Go back and tell Ding Hui that I bought these people. As for the price, let him come to my house tomorrow to negotiate. By the way, my name is Lin Dao. I think he should know.
The burly man looked at Lin Dao with fearful eyes and nodded with difficulty for a long time.
"Okay, all of you, come with me."
As soon as Lin Dao said this, more than a hundred villagers immediately cheered, and the scene was lively.
"What are you going to do?" Ling Tong walked to Lin Dao and asked in a low voice.
"You go back separately. I will take the villagers back to the mansion first and gather at the Prime Minister's mansion in the evening."
"Good." Ling Tong turned to the horse, and then whispered a few words to the step trainer. The step trainer did not say anything, but turned around and rode the horse into the Southern Underworld City.
When Lin Daohao arrived at his mansion with hundreds of villagers in ragged clothes like beggars, Ling Zhong and Xiaolian, who had already received the news, were waiting at the door for a long time. Seeing Lin Dao, a glimmer of light naturally flashed in Ling Zhong's eyes. He could see that he had the king-level realm. Lin Dao finally broke through the Wuchang realm and entered the realm of Shichang. Although this is only a small progress, it is extremely valuable to Lin Dao.
"Brother, you're finally back." Xiaolian greeted her with an excited face. She didn't see her for a while. Lin Dao found that Xiaolian was a little thin.
Lin Dao smiled and said, "Let's go to the house first. By the way, Xiaolian, please help me arrange them temporarily."
Xiaolian originally thought that these people behind Lin Dao were beggars, but she didn't expect that they were slaves bought by Lin Dao: "Brother, are they the slaves you just bought?"
"No, they are just ordinary civilians. You can settle them first. I think there will be a good show in a moment. Speaking of this, the corners of Lin Dao's mouth couldn't help but tilt up slightly, showing an unpredictable smile from others.
"Oh." Xiaolian naturally obeyed Lin Dao's order unconditionally.
"After placing them, you went to the Marquis of Apocalypse and told Ling Tong not to intervene in this matter, because I want to solve it by myself, and they can't get involved."
"Okay." Although she didn't understand the specific meaning of Lin Dao's sentence, Xiaolian still nodded and agreed, and in Xiaolian's heart, she also wanted Ling Tong's bad boy.
"Zhongbo, come with me for a moment."
"Yes, young master."
Lin Dao took Ling Zhong to his study.
"During the time I left, did something happen to Wang Ting? Why can a foreign aristocrat like Ding Hui become a count?" Lin Dao went straight in. There is no need for Lin Dao to hide anything from Ling Zhong.
"It's the Presbyterian Senate."
"What? Presbyterian, what kind of organization is that?" Lin Dao has been in this world for some time, but he has never heard of such an organization in Nanming Kingdom.
"The Presbyterian is composed of royalty and veteran nobles. They have a lot of power, and they even have your power." Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Ling Zhong's eyes.
"So, they are now in control of Wang Ting?" What Lin Dao was most worried about happened.
"Not yet." Ling Zhong's words made Lin Dao take a breath, "At least, at present, they dare not explicitly fight against Wang Ting. On the third day after you left Nanming City, Li Rui seemed to realize something. At that time, the Prime Minister presided over the government alone on the grounds that the Queen was Wei Yang. In the next few days, Li Rui took frequent measures, specifically targeting the queen and the prime minister, and even claiming that they were overshadowed kings and plotting.
"And then?" Li Rui has always been Lin Dao's confidant. He is the leader of the aristocratic forces of the Southern Ming Kingdom. If Lin Dao wants to revive the Southern Ming Kingdom, Li Rui is his biggest stumbling block.
"The Prime Minister argued for a long time, and with the support of the military, Li Rui's arrogance was temporarily suppressed. However, after that, Li Rui moved out of the Presbyterian Association. The Presbyterian Council has not taken action over the years. I didn't expect that as soon as Li Rui took action, he would appear in the name of the Presbyterian Association and the Elder. Seeing that Lin Dao's face was calm and a waveless posture, Ling Zhong calmed down a little and continued, "The appearance of the Presbyterian Council has brought great obstacles to the Prime Minister. At the same time, the Presbyterians also re-established a group of Nanming nobles a few days ago, of which Ding Hui was the most dazzling and the most action.
"Hmm, and then." Lin Dao's face slowly cooled down, and Ling Zhong naturally felt the hidden strong murder on Lin Dao.
"Most of the newly sealed nobles are Li Rui's faction, and many of them are aristocratic titles obtained by bribery to Li Rui. Instead of aristocratic demeanor, they began to rob the fief, burn, kill and plunder in various names around the Southern Underworld City.
"Didn't the Prime Minister stop it?"
"The Prime Minister was sick and was bedridden five days ago. I went to see that he was poisoned. Fortunately, he was not deeply poisoned. I had found some potions. After taking it, the situation improved a little, but he couldn't get out of bed for the time being..." At this point, Ling Zhong couldn't go on, because there was a shout outside, which seemed very noisy.
"Are you coming? Is it still quite fast?" The corners of Lin Dao's mouth curved to a certain extent, and then a strange smile filled his face.