In the dim candlelight, Li Jin snuggled up to Mrs. Li's lap. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the silence of a candle, there was only the occasional beep from the burning of the wick.

Mrs. Li and Li Jin warmed each other like two small beasts surrounded by darkness in the tiny halo of light reflected by the candlelight.

"Jin'er. Mrs. Li called out from the bottom of her mind.

"Mother. Li Jin felt uncomfortable in her heart, almost forcing her mother to compromise and talking, which made her feel like a fish in her throat. She didn't know if her persistence at this time would make things go in a good direction, but she was sure of her belief.

"Since you are already planning to wade into this troubled water, you have to give up your original insistence, and my mother will not force you to find Xiangxue back. I think you also thought that Xiangxue's weakness that can be grasped by others can also be exploited by you. It's just that you can't bear to let go of your past, can you, Jin'er. Mrs. Li's words were uttered in a purely declarative tone.

Li Jin felt a pain in his heart, and indeed he couldn't give up the past. As her mother said, Xiangxue is not only Li Jin's playmate who grew up together, but her family background is also very easy to be controlled by the Li Mansion. Therefore, although there are risks, they can be considered to be kept to a minimum.

Li Jin knew this, but he didn't take this method into consideration. Mrs. Li knew that such innocence and hesitation would become the biggest hidden danger for her to shuttle through the center of power, and would eventually lead to this child becoming the fuse of other people's bait.

Mrs. Li cupped Li Jin's cheek and looked deeply into her eyes.

"If you really decide, my mother supports your decision, maybe it was a sudden change that blinded my mother's eyes for a while. Just know that the things you have to give up on this road may be the ones you want to protect at first, and in the end you may only have the things in your hands that you have to hold on to to save your life. Even so, do you want to try it?"

Li Jin knew that being involved in the whirlpool of power that his father had been trying to avoid all his life would definitely be accompanied by risks, and it would burden his parents and the clansmen who were related to him with immeasurable burdens. It's just that since it's already difficult to ride a tiger at this time, why not give it a go, instead of becoming a fish on someone else's chopping board, it's better to work hard to win a chance to turn around.

Mrs. Li didn't wait for Li Jin's answer, just looking at the look and persistence in her eyes, she already knew Li Jin's unspoken decision.

"Kid, you're still too naïve. After saying this, Mrs. Li changed her words and continued.

"From tomorrow, in addition to the things that you have to go out of the house every day, you have to practice martial arts with Master Yao at home, and put aside the things at other times, I asked your father to prepare some geographical maps of the humanities and customs of Saibei, you have to read everything before going to Saibei, maybe this can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, and it is better than nothing for the time being. ”

Li Jin lowered his head, his heart was sour and unbearable, knowing that he had once again willfully let his mother give in for his own plans, which did not make Li Jin feel a trace of victory or happiness, and even the spirit of making this decision was gone, and the only thing left in his heart was deep self-blame and hesitation.

Nodding silently, Li Jin was pulled into her arms by Mrs. Li, and gently and regularly stroked Li Jin's back. This is the magic weapon that Li Jin used to coax herself to sleep when she was a child. At this time, the warmth and steadfastness that I hadn't felt for a long time reappeared in Li Jin's heart. It seems that he has walked too much, and the sourness of his body and mind has almost crushed Li Jin's whole person, and he lost himself in a drowsy state.

Under this gentle but seemingly able to touch the depths of Li Jin's heart and soul, the gradually gray part seemed to gradually become energetic. It was a very wonderful feeling, just like the eyes that were wronged in his childhood and looking for support, Li Jin instinctively absorbed the power transmitted from these gentle hands.

Late at night, Li Jin rested with her mother in the East Chamber.

On the second day, Li Jin didn't wake up until three poles above the sun. The daylight outside the window was already bright, and I heard Qiu Ju say that her mother had gone to the front hall to deal with all the affairs in the house, and Master Yao was already waiting in Li Jin's Jinyue Pavilion.

Li Jin had a rare dreamless sleep, and when he woke up early this morning, the whole person seemed to be full again. Enough to change the vitality of anything in general.

Hearing the maid's reply, the corners of Li Jin's mouth moved a shallow smile of understanding, her mother is really resolute, and her father is probably also deeply fascinated by her mother's tenacity that can recover from the blow the fastest at any time.

Getting up and quickly cleaning himself up, Li Jin remembered that there were still things that had been left by himself yesterday and had not been dealt with, so he sent away all the maids of his mother beside him, and summoned Fang Guan to accompany him back to Jinyue Pavilion.

Along the way, Li Jin was almost non-stop, and Fang Guan could remain inseparable by Li Jin's side, and whispered to complete the report of yesterday's events, Li Jin felt that this person's ability to stay by his side was really useless, but it was a God-given treasure for Li Jin, who lacked assistance at this time.

Yesterday, only under Li Jin's verbal explanation, Fang Guan found the small alley that avoided people, and when he came to the key corner, Fang Guan almost didn't make much effort, after observing it, he turned around the low wall that blocked the view according to the pace explained by Li Jin, and soon arrived at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

Xiao Er, who did not have any hospitality, stood at the door, Fang Guan went straight to the room, and walked up and down in the small building in the front yard, except for the hall and the wine guests sitting at the Eight Immortals table on the second floor, there were hardly any people related to the store.

When Fang Guan was about to come forward to ask the customers who tasted the wine, the shopkeeper who came out of nowhere came to Fang Guan's side and greeted: "Is it the first time for the guest officer? ”

The warm reception and the sudden appearance did not surprise Fang Guan too much, and after Xiao Er finished speaking, Fang Guan had already checked the situation on the second floor, but he didn't see the word Plum Garden mentioned by Li Jin, Fang Guan thought it was the name of a private room.

Therefore, he asked Xiao Er'er: "I'm here to find someone, I don't know how to go to our people's plum garden?"

Xiao Er took a large number of Fang officials in front of him, showing an expression that seemed to be a little puzzled, but he didn't say anything, only said, "Wait a minute, guest officer, I'll take a look." After that, Fang Guan was arranged at a table in a corner, and disappeared into a corner on the second floor.

In less than a moment, Xiao Er came back with a silver wine bottle and glass.

"Guest, the person you are looking for has not yet come, but the shopkeeper has been instructed, if it is not your master, let you hand over the news to me, and then I will pass the news after the guest officer you are waiting for comes. Xiao Er poured wine for Fang Guan with a smile and said.

Fang Guan looked at the wine glass in front of him and said, "This is the guest who invited me?"

Xiao Er smiled and said: "No, it is the people around my family who recognize you, and know that you are the one who sued the emperor at the beginning, so I admire your character, this is our small shop to invite the son." ”

Fang Guan smiled and said: "I'm not a son, just an errand boy, don't be wrong, little second brother." After that, he rolled his eyes and said, "Our master has said that I will hand over this news to the other party myself, so I will occupy a corner of the store here for a while." I don't know how much this wine costs, but that's all I have here, and if it's not enough, I can only express my gratitude. ”

As he spoke, Fang Guan took out his moon silver and spread it on the table. After Xiao Er saw it, he pushed the silver back in front of Fang Guan and said, "You can take it, our owner usually never has any intersection with the guests who come to the store." Today you are the second special case. After finishing speaking, he only said that Fang Guan would go and go to work on himself.

Fang Guan knew that his trip was not only to complete the task assigned by Li Jin, but also to prove himself to Li Jin first. So I tried my best to get things done. At this time, I heard that the other party did not come, so I waited patiently for the news, and I did not touch a drop of wine on the table.

"Oh, this little brother, let such a good wine cool down on its own, isn't it a tyrannical thing?" A person Fang Guan didn't know did on the opposite side of his table, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, not rough lines, and even the facial curves that make people have the illusion of a scholar at first sight, but when they look closely at the second glance, they will come to a completely opposite concept, which will make people feel that the person in front of them exudes a kind of wildness from the inside out.

"If you don't dislike it, this pot of wine will be considered your invitation. Be my guest. Fang Guan pushed the silver drinking utensils in front of him in front of the person opposite.

"Oh, that's a word, don't blame me when I drink all the wine in this jug in a moment. The person on the other side laughed heartily and said.

Fang Guan seemed to sense something, nodded in acquiescence, leaned forward, and asked in a low voice, "May I ask your Excellency, is it the person who has an appointment with the master today and is scheduled to meet in the plum garden here?"

Although Li Hui said that he came to meet Li Jin in the Drunken Immortal Pavilion today, it happened that Lin Gongzi, the owner of this place, did not leave today, so he was bored and invited by Lin Gongzi to meet this young owner first. It's just that when the two were talking happily, the shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion came to report that someone had come to find Li Hui, but it was not the son who came or the little guy that the son brought with him.

It was a man he had never seen before. and reported that this person seemed to be the first person to sue the emperor a few years ago, just because the shopkeeper had a deep memory of this person who had a relationship.

When Lin Gongzi and Li Hui heard this, they were very curious about this person. And Li Hui expressed a lack of interest on the surface because his agreement with Li Jin could not let others participate too much. Seeing Li Hui say this, Lin Shaodong, who was like a human spirit, immediately understood, and after ordering someone to send a pot of good wine, he told Li Hui that he still had unfinished affairs to be resolved, and issued an eviction order.

Seeing such an understanding Lin Gongzi, Li Hui saluted with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and left the courtyard of the master's house in the corner of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

On the way to the front hall, Li Hui wanted to secretly meet this little-known person, but he really admired him very much.