Lin tied up the left hand of Fan Zhi Mei's throat, and with his right hand went to untie the knife; The people around him looked at his expression, absolutely believing that he would cut off Fan Zhi Mei's tongue as soon as he pulled out the next knife, were shocked and pale, and dodged to avoid getting blood on their bodies.

  The warriors surrounded the courtyard to rescue the young master, when a hoarse and low voice came from behind: "Get out of my way..." The crowd turned around to see an old man with frosty hair walking through the corridor from the north sky well. He pushed aside two warriors who were about to rush up to rescue people, walked straight to Lin Xuan's side, and said, "Can I apologize for this villain on his behalf? Please don't bother with this scoundrel of the Fan family."

  Fan Ding walked out of the backyard, smiled and said: "Since Fan Louzhu has put it this way, Lin will not bother to argue with him..." He then let go of his hand as if nothing had happened and released Fan Zhi Mei.

  The beauty's throat was pinched by Lin Xuan, almost choking to death. He knelt on the ground, coughing for a long time before catching his breath. The purple color on his face gradually faded, but there were several purplish-red finger marks left on his neck. Others looked at him with secret horror, seeing that Lin Xuan's expression was very calm, they all thought that this guy really didn't fear being choked to death. What was the origin of this? In the Fang Lou, he dared to commit murder against the young master of Fang Lou. Why did the young master of Fang Lou want to humiliate him?

  The incident happened in a short time, and Su Mei just walked out of the room with Xiao Man. She bowed to Fang Ding: "I'm sorry to disturb you, Master Fang. The young master invited me to pay respects to the young marquis, Gu Shaojun, and Wang Shaojun. I'm feeling a bit tired tonight, so I sat in Lin Gongzi's room and didn't want to move. I didn't expect to offend the young master..." After saying this, she pulled Xiao Man aside, knowing that Lin Xuan had the ability to control the situation, and for now, she couldn't show too much closeness to Lin Xuan in public.

  The eyes of Fan Ding swept over his son Fan Zhi Mei, Su Mei said so, Fan Zhi Mei couldn't say anything, but at this time he had a surge of evil fire in his heart that wanted to vent on Lin Mou. He snatched the knife from the hand of the warrior beside him, and before he could draw it out, Fan Ding slapped him with a loud slap.

  "Bang", Fan Zhi Mei covered her burning face, gave him a fierce stare, and the evil fire in her mind only retreated, but the humiliation she received was hard to dispel, so she turned around in anger, not leaving.

  "This young master dares to ask how to address you?" Fan Ding saw that his son was slightly more rational, and then turned his face to stare at Lin Xie. No matter what mistakes his son had made tonight, he had just been forced to apologize for his son's mistake in front of this young man who had threatened to cut off his tongue. The reputation of the Fan family had already been ruined. To be honest, Fan Ding was also angry, but there was no way to vent his anger. As the first of the 72 major restaurants in Jiangning, it meant that there were 71 other restaurants waiting to see the show. No matter what happened behind closed doors, the restaurant business had to be run smoothly and profitably on the surface. Tonight, at the Fan family's night banquet, with so many people from Jiangning watching, including Left Commander-in-Chief Shen and his entourage, how could Fan Ding order his guards to kill this young man and his entourage in front of everyone? If things got out of control and several nobles lost their lives at the Fan family's restaurant, not even a hundred heads would be enough to make up for it.

  "I don't dare, Cloud Collection Society Lin Tie," Lin Tie loosened his grip on the knife and pointed at Lin Mengde and Zhang Yubo, "Lin Mou and his uncle Lin Gong Mengde and Zhang Yubo had a night banquet at the Prefectural Building, but were unexpectedly insulted by the young master of the Prefectural Building. In a fit of rage, they caused a disturbance, and I beg the master of the Prefectural Building to forgive them."

  Lin Mengde was so angry that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into and get away from this matter, but all he could do was awkwardly bow his fist to Feng Ding and apologize: "Mengde has disturbed you tonight, Lord Feng." Zhang Yuber still had resentment in her heart, but she only nodded slightly towards Feng Ding.

  "Dongyang Lin family?" Fan Ding was familiar with Lin Mengde, and only knew that the Lin family had a warehouse in Jiangning that was not small, which was managed by Lin Mengde. However, he had never heard of Jiyun Society. But the name Lin Xuan made him sound familiar. He furrowed his brow, then suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Lin Xuan, "Are you the scholar Lin Xuan who clashed with Qingfeng in Chao Tian Yi?"

  "Wrong! Lin had a grudge against Du Rong, but not with Qingfeng. " Lin Mou corrected the words of Ding's father-in-law.

  Everyone wondered what the difference was between Du Rong and Qingfeng Hang. They all thought that this young man was from a good background, and Jiyun She was also a business or escort agency, daring to stand against Qingfeng Hang. Some people heard about the incident at Chaotian Station a few days ago and told others what they had heard. Some wine guests didn't take the local government seriously, and their voices were not small: "This Lin Xie is indeed the son of the Dongyang Lin family, but Jiyun She has never been heard of before. He really is an extraordinary person. It's said that he had a disagreement with Du Rong in Baisha County, and they have been at odds ever since. It's also said that he is highly respected by the newly arrived Vice Censor-in-Chief Gu Wuchen!" "Daring to challenge Du Rong, he must not be a simple person. Jiyun She naturally won't be simple either. The move just now was also impressive." "The young master of the local government mansion is really ignorant, it's said that even a commoner can get angry, and blood will splatter within five steps. He actually wants to provoke this kind of person, thinking that he can cover up the sky in Jiangning with his small hand?"

  Gu Siyuan was the most embarrassed. Tonight, he followed Xiao Houye Yuan Jinsong to the Fanlou for the first time to meet the young master of Fanlou, Fan Zhimei, and Wang Chao, the son of Jiangning Prefecture. Not only did others not know that he was the only son of Gu Wudeng, but even Fan Ding didn't know that he was the only son of Gu Wudeng. Earlier, when Fan Zhimei wanted to find trouble with Lin Xie, he thought he could just watch from the sidelines and enjoy the show. Who would have thought that Lin Xie would suddenly become furious and want to cut off Fan Zhimei's tongue? The scene had become so chaotic that he was more eager than Lin Mengde to find a crack in the ground to hide in. He was also secretly frightened by the murderous gaze of Lin Xie and his calm demeanor at the time, thinking that this kind of person was truly not to be trifled with.

  Young Master Yuan Jinsong, the Marquis of Yongchang, stood with his hands clasped in front of his chest, watching everything unfold before him. His brow furrowed as he stared at Lin Xie, saying that a few days ago, when he saw him and Du Rong standing together at the entrance of the Chaotian Inn, he thought he had finally come to his senses and was going to rely on Gu Wu as his backer to fight against Du Rong. But looking at his bravery and determination just now, using his father's words, he truly is a man of character. He really regrets believing Gu Suiyuan's words and also regrets having followed him with the intention of watching a good show, not knowing what he would think in his heart, and whether there was still room for redemption.

  Although Wang Chao, the prefect of Jiangning, was somewhat disdainful of Lin's ferocity, he would not dare to provoke him at this time and stood aside in silence.

  He gazed at Lin Xie with narrowed eyes, thinking to himself: The other day, he heard someone say that Lin Xie had a falling out with Du Rong at the Chaotian Inn. At the time, he didn't take it to heart, but now that he's seen this person, he really has some skills. Tonight's matter can only be temporarily glossed over, and it's not suitable for this kid to gain more momentum. Asking him his name was a mistake. Having thought through all of this, he decisively said: "Tonight's affair is entirely the fault of this son. The expenses for Lin Gongzi, Lin Laoxiong, and Zhang Daren will all be put under my name. I'll prepare some gifts and come to apologize in person another day..."

  "'I don't dare accept your apology,' Lin Xie saw that Fan Ding had the intention of driving him away, so he said to Zhang Yu Bo, 'If Lord Zhang still has a taste for wine, we can go find another tavern and drink our fill?'"

  "Good!" Zhang Yuber used to be on good terms with Lin Xie, but because he heard Yang Pu say that Lin Xie was favored by Gu Wuduan, he only regarded Lin Xie as an ordinary person who pursued fame and fortune and relied on power. Just now, looking at his methods, he really felt that he was heroic and had some thoughts. He thought that such a figure could fly high even if he didn't rely on the nobles. As for Gu Wuduan's only son, Gu Siyuan, who stood aside, Lin Xie invited him to drink elsewhere, and he loudly said "good".

  Lin Xie smiled and said: "I have disturbed your drinking pleasure, I apologize to everyone here."

  Everyone said: "Never mind, never mind......" Watching Lin Xuan, Zhang Yubo, Lin Mengde and others leave the government office.

  Fan Ding secretly sighed, thinking that he had become a villain who drove guests away. He bowed his hands to the crowd of wine guests and said: "The Fan Building has newly brewed Yu Lou Chun, each table will be given a pot, and I'll invite Su Mei to sing a few songs in this main hall as an apology from me, the old man..."

  Su Meng could only suppress the thought of going out with Lin Xie to drown their sorrows for a night, and stayed behind to sing a small song for everyone. Only then did Fourth Daughter-in-law Feng Pei put the silver hairpin back in its original place on her sleeve.

  After comforting the wine guests, Fan Dingcai finally remembered Yuan Jinsheng and Wang Chao, the young master of the prefecture. He looked at another young man and asked: "Who is this..."

  "Governor, my young uncle is Gu Siyuan. My father has just taken office as the newly appointed Vice Censor-in-Chief," Gu Siyuan said politely to Fan Ding. Seeing Fan Ding's surprised expression, he dared not play dumb anymore and could only truthfully inform him, "This Lin Xie is indeed highly valued by my father. In Shiliang County, there was an assassin disguised as a porter who was discovered by Lin Xie and his entourage... This Lin Xie was originally a scholar, but he learned martial arts and has rough manners, truly disgracing the literary world." He still couldn't help but speak ill of Lin Xie.

  The matter of Gu Wu Chen being stabbed was originally not spread, and Gu Wu Chen also pretended to be unaffected. As a result, there was no commotion in Jiang Ning. Fan Ding only heard about it for the first time and was secretly shocked, thinking that this new nobleman from Chu was really able to keep things under control, hoping that nothing would stir up any huge waves in Jiang Ning.

  Today, Fan Zhi Mei lost face completely, and her neck was pinched by Lin Xuan until it turned purple. She felt a sore throat when speaking, so she didn't persuade Gu Siyuan and Wang Chao to continue drinking anymore. Yuan Jinsheng said there were other things he had forgotten to do; Gu Siyuan naturally wasn't very pleased tonight, and both he and the young master of the prefecture, Wang Chao, returned to their residences by horse-drawn carriage.

  After Gu Siyuan and Wang Chao left, the words of Fan Zhi became arrogant again, and he said to Yuan Jinsong: "Young Master Hou, Lin Xie is a scoundrel. Let's find someone to get rid of him secretly tomorrow..."

  "Shut up, you have no right to point fingers in front of Young Master!" Fan Ding scolded his son and told him to shut up, then said to Yuan Jinsheng, "This kid is probably trying to make a name for himself by using the Fan Manor this time. He doesn't have much gratitude towards the Fan Manor. Young Master, don't consider how Zhi Mei thinks."

  Yuan Jinsong slightly shook his head and said, "I also somewhat believed Gu Suiyuan's words, treating him as an ordinary character - someone who dares to openly provoke Du Rong must have some skills! Now it's just unclear whether Lin Xianqing is aware of the inside story of Du Rong and Qingfeng Bank. What do you think, uncle?"

  "It's hard to say. If he knew the inside story of Du Rong and Qing Feng, it's possible that his provocation of Du Rong at Chao Tian Yi Guan was done with the tacit approval of Gu Wu Chen - even if the imperial court were to grant Shi Jia a fiefdom, they would still want to clip their wings. Du Rong and Qing Feng would be the first targets for elimination. The problem is whether the imperial court has the resolve to do so." said Fan Ding.

  "Also, what is Jiyun She? You also find out and tell me, Fan Bo." Yuan Jinsheng said.