The superior rooms of Yueyang Inn are divided into inner and outer rooms, and there is a carved bed near the window of the inner room, the bed is covered with clean and tidy bedding, and there is a screen painted with ink and bamboo in the corner of the wall, and behind the screen is a bath barrel.

There is a bookshelf under the wall opposite the entrance to the outer room, on which there are many books and bamboo slips, which can be used by residents to pass the time when they are bored.

In the middle of the outer room was a small round tea table, on which was placed a cyan tablecloth, on which were placed a teapot, a circle of teacups, and a long sword.

Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang sat opposite each other at the table, one leisurely drinking tea, and the other holding a teacup without drinking.

When Lin Xiaoyang heard this, he stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "I know that the second senior brother loves me, but the second senior brother really doesn't have to be like this!" With you here, isn't the second senior brother still at ease? ”

Shaking his head, Lin Zhiwu was a little stunned: "Even if I have a seven-trick exquisite heart, there are times when I can't think of it." Besides, I haven't grown the heart of the seven knots yet! If something happens to me, I can't afford it. Besides, no one can guess what the master is thinking. ”

After that, Lin Zhiwu said silently in his heart: Perhaps, there is someone in this world who can guess the mind of the master! Only that one person can make the shrewd lord become obedient, without the strength and vigor of the past.

"These things, the second senior brother shouldn't have asked you to sue me! You sued me like this, aren't you afraid of being punished by the second senior brother? Lin Xiaoyang suddenly asked.

For his second senior brother, Lin Xiaoyang still knows a little bit.

For those who dare to privately disclose the situation related to Zhu Zimo, Lin Xiaoyang believes that Zhu Zimo will never give the other party a good color!

When Lin Zhiwu heard this, he showed a comforting smile, and smiled indifferently: "Childe, don't worry!" I dare to say that it is what the master has allowed. Ye has already explained, except for confidential matters, as long as the son wants to know, I can sue the son. Including some of the people under the master, what those people do, they can all sue the son. ”

Lin Xiaoyang's reaction to Lin Zhiwu's words was to pick up the teacup in his hand and take a sip of herbal tea, smiling indifferently.

"I'm not that curious! Besides, it doesn't matter much to me what people and how many people there are under the second senior brother. Since the second senior brother is willing to use them, they must be trustworthy people, but I don't have any good dealings with them, and I am still upset when I know more. It wasn't until half of the tea in the cup was drunk that Lin Xiaoyang said so.

The simple Lin Xiaoyang didn't know and didn't think about it, Zhu Zimo was willing to let Lin Zhiwu tell him this, which was actually a great trust in Lin Xiaoyang!

Before the time was ripe, Zhu Zimo wanted to do his best to hide his secret forces.

If it weren't for trusting Lin Xiaoyang, how could Zhu Zimo dare to let Lin Xiaoyang know about the hidden forces under him?

For the senior brother of Lin Xiaoyang, Zhu Zimo is openly and secretly, racking his brains to guard against thieves.

Unlike Zhu Zimo's senior brother to them, Zhu Zimo trusts Lin Xiaoyang very much.

Not only because Lin Xiaoyang's family background will not pose any threat to Zhu Zimo in the future, but also because Lin Xiaoyang is simple-minded and will not bite Zhu Zimo back, so Zhu Zimo dares to trust Lin Xiaoyang.

There are not a few people like wall grass and traitors in this world, if they are not trustworthy people, once the other party knows the hidden forces under Zhu Zimo, it will be a great danger to Zhu Zimo.

In other words, Zhu Zimo's honesty is equivalent to Zhu Zimo handing over all his qiē to Lin Xiaoyang!

Regarding Zhu Zimo's thoughts, Lin Zhiwu, who has been by Zhu Zimo's side all the year round, naturally knows it.

However, listening to what Lin Xiaoyang said, Lin Zhiwu knew that Lin Xiaoyang, a child who never grew up, would never understand Zhu Zimo's trust in him.

It's just that Zhu Zimo never thought of asking Lin Xiaoyang to know how much he trusted him.

In fact, in Lin Xiaoyang's heart, his senior brother and second senior brother are just like the masters of the three of them, and they will not harm him. For the rest, Lin Xiaoyang didn't care about it.

Just like their master has always taught him that "curiosity kills a cat", Lin Xiaoyang doesn't want to be the "cat" who is killed by his curiosity.

"Deputy Steward Lin, then how are you going to tell the people under the Second Senior Brother about what we met on the road?" Lin Xiaoyang diverted the topic and asked.

Looking at Lin Xiaoyang, who was drinking herbal tea in a small sip, Lin Zhiwu smiled and asked, "I don't know how Lin Gongzi wants me to report to my grandfather?" ”

After thinking about it, Lin Xiaoyang drank the remaining herbal tea in the teacup in his hand in one go, stood up suddenly, and looked at Lin Zhiwu without blinking.

Lin Zhiwu accepted Lin Xiaoyang's gaze very calmly, and drank the tea in the cup without changing his face.

After a long time, Lin Xiaoyang's expression and tone were very serious: "Don't tell Second Senior Brother that we have encountered danger on the road!" I ......"

Lowering his eyes slightly, Lin Xiaoyang pursed his lips and whispered, "I don't want the second senior brother to worry." ”

The second senior brother has loved him and spoiled him since he was a child, and he was worried for a while when he bumped into the second senior brother.

Now, on the first night out of the city, he was in danger of dying in danger, and if his second senior brother knew about it, he would have to worry a lot!

He's so old now, he can't let the second senior brother worry about him anymore!

This is Lin Xiaoyang's idea.

"Okay, I will report to the master according to Lin Gongzi's wishes." Lin Zhiwu readily agreed.

Looking at Lin Zhiwu, Lin Xiaoyang asked uncertainly, "Really?" ”

Seeing Lin Zhiwu smiling and nodding in affirmation, Lin Xiaoyang immediately smiled like a child and said, "Thank you, Deputy Steward Lin." Then I'll go back to my room first, and I'll come back when I'll have dinner. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Lin Zhiwu to say anything, Lin Xiaoyang was like a child who got candy, and ran to the door to open the door and ran away.

Looking at the half-open guest room door, Lin Zhiwu pursed his lips and smiled, and his smile was really a little unfathomable and meaningless.

After getting along with each other for a while, Lin Zhiwu found that Lin Xiaoyang's simplicity and kindness came out of his bones, and Lin Xiaoyang was like a blank sheet of paper, not stained with dust.

Lin Zhiwu also likes to see Lin Xiaoyang's innocent and cute appearance when he laughs, which always reminds Lin Zhiwu of the way someone laughed when he was a child, they are all so innocent and comfortable.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether Lin Zhiwu reported it or not, or deliberately concealed the truth of the matter, it doesn't matter much - the Cangdie intelligence agency taught by Xuanwu is not a vegetarian!

In short, what Lin Zhiwu and Lin Xiaoyang have encountered and experienced in the past few days, Zhu Zimo, who is far away in Kyoto, has long been clear.

The reason why Lin Zhiwu agreed to Lin Xiaoyang so readily and concealed that they almost died on the road was just because he didn't want Lin Xiaoyang to be unhappy......

Let's go back to the shopkeeper of Yueyang Inn.

went down to the second floor, and the innkeeper went straight to the kitchen in the back hall of the inn, and again instructed the cooks in the kitchen to cook all their good dishes, and let Xiao Er send them to Lin Zhiwu's guest room on the second floor as soon as possible.

Out of the kitchen, the innkeeper did not return to the inn hall, but left the Yueyang Inn directly from the back door of the inn.

Out of the back door of the inn, out of the alley less than two meters wide, through a lively street, and after a deserted alley, the innkeeper stood outside the gray back door of a courtyard.

If you look down from the air, you can see that the area of this courtyard is not large, only half of the Zhu Mansion. But......

If you add the pavement in front of the yard, tsk! Then the area of this yard is considerable!

Stepping up the two low stairs, the innkeeper raised his hand and knocked on the back door of the courtyard.

After shooting for a long time, the back door, which was more than one meter wide and two open, was opened from the inside, and a person wearing an old gray coat and looking like a small man stood in the back door.

Without waiting for the gray-clothed guy to ask anything, the innkeeper had already taken out a bronze piece from his sleeve pocket, casting the word "Vermilion Bird" in seal script on one side and a Manzhu Sawa token on the other.

Holding the token in front of the gray-clothed man, the innkeeper hurriedly said: "Take me to see Leader Zhu, I have something important to report." ”

When the gray-clothed man saw the token, he didn't say a word, but silently turned sideways to make a way and let the innkeeper into the courtyard.

Seeing this, the innkeeper put away the token and strode into the back door of the courtyard.

The gray-clothed little man quickly closed the door, turned around, and led the innkeeper into the courtyard.

The gray-clothed little man took the innkeeper to the front of an independent room in the far corner of the courtyard.

When he walked to the door first, the gray-clothed little man only raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door, three times lightly and three times, and then withdrew his hand and stood quietly.

"Come in." After a while, a man's voice came from inside the house.

Hearing the man's voice, the gray-clothed little man gently pushed the door open, then took a step back to the outside of the door, and made a "please" gesture to the innkeeper inside the door.

Nodding slightly at the gray-clothed little man, the innkeeper strode into the room.

The gray-clothed guy who was guarding the side of the door stepped forward after the innkeeper entered the room, gently closed the door, and retreated silently.

It was a study with a mahogany bookshelf the size of a wall in front of three walls.

The shelves of the bookshelves are full of thread-bound books and bamboo slips, but there are no empty ones.

Many of the thread-bound books on them have their footers rolled up, and the bamboo slips are dull but smooth on the surface, which shows that these books and bamboo slips are often read by people, and the owner of this study must be a lover of books.

Under the bookshelf in front of the wall facing the door, there was a dark red bookcase, a stack of bamboo slips and several books in the upper left corner of the bookcase, and the four treasures of the study room in the upper right corner.

Behind the bookcase sat a man with a book in his hand, looking down at a book, wearing a red jade crown and a red robe.

The innkeeper knelt down on one knee towards the man who was sitting behind the bookcase and did not make any movement because he entered the room, and said respectfully: "Subordinates, see Chief Zhu!" ”