A long conversation with Lai Si and his master made Huangfu Leng truly relieved. For a person as complex as the cold-faced Hades, the definition of a friend is often simple, and it comes and goes as soon as it is called. Sometimes this is not a kind of indifference, on the contrary, he feels that this way of getting along is neat and neat, and as a friend of his, he has been accustomed to his personality for so many years. If one day Huang Fu Leng suddenly began to take the initiative to ask Lai Si for warmth, Lai Si would definitely feel that he had done something wrong, and he would definitely not think about it, and he might even go to His Majesty the Emperor for a long talk.

Early in the morning, in a teahouse in the east of Annan Province, the owner has not yet opened the door to welcome customers. But two people walked in outside, one was richly dressed and the other was a simple long shirt, and the boss knew at a glance that it was the master and servant.

"Two guest officers, the small shop has not yet opened to welcome customers, and the store has not prepared tea making utensils, why don't you two take a break first, let me prepare for a while." The boss laughed.

The man in a simple robe said to the boss: "Just boiled water, let's go to the private room on the second floor and sit down." ”

The boss turned around and looked up at the terrace private room on the second floor, then looked at the small platform on the first floor, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, guest officer, the storyteller of the small shop hasn't come over yet, and generally only regular customers who like to listen to books will go up to consume, so it's not cost-effective for the two of you to go to the private room." ”

The owner of the teahouse is a local from Annan Province, and the neighbors call him Wei Da honest on weekdays, just because he is not ambiguous at all in doing business for people, and never takes advantage of the guests, so there are many regular customers in the teahouse, and the price of listening to books in the private room on the second floor is not expensive, so everyone is also happy to spend this money. Especially when the storyteller talks about the wonderful scenes, no one will listen to the wall because they are reluctant to spend this tea money, even if there are no seats in the teahouse, the tea guests who want to listen to the wonderful scenes will still symbolically pay a few pennies to stand in the hall to listen. On the contrary, Wei Da honestly will continue to tell the guys in the store to keep giving melon seed tea to the standing listeners. Because of this, the business of the teahouse is getting more and more popular, although the teahouse is not big, but it has made a lot of money over the years.

The man in the long shirt refused the boss's kindness, and walked straight to a private room on the corner of the second floor with his master.

Two hours are fleeting for the busy teahouse owner, while the two people in the private room on the second floor are like forgotten items in the corner, no one cares.

The man in the long shirt said to his master, "My lord, is it worth the risk for you to take so much for this guy who is full of hatred? ”

The man in brocade didn't raise his head to observe the busy clerk downstairs, and said with a smile: "Why do you say they get up early in the morning to be busy, is it because this store will share with them if it is profitable?" ”

The man in the long shirt smiled: "It's not just to earn those few taels of silver." ”

"A few taels of silver may be the price of a cup of tea for you and me, and for them, it is the livelihood of the family, and they have to repeat this thing every day to get what they want. It's the same for us, every seemingly inconspicuous thing, accumulated enough can build an indestructible foundation for our great cause. Without these cornerstones, even if we try harder, we will end up in nothing. The man in brocade said.

The man in the robe stopped talking, he knew that the master's insight was not comparable to that of a man like him.

As time went by, there were more and more people drinking tea and chatting in the teahouse, and the gentleman who came to the book every day had also appeared on the high platform at this time. There were bursts of applause from downstairs, and the storyteller became more and more energetic.

After a while, the curtain of the corner private room on the second floor was lifted by a young man, and then he slowly walked into the private room and sat opposite the man in brocade. The two did not have a word of conversation, nor did they make eye contact, they were both listening intently to the wonderful episodes of the storyteller on the high platform on the first floor. The servant standing next to him was a little uncomfortable, he couldn't understand why he didn't speak when he had made an appointment, the shorter the meeting time, the safer it was for their identity.

With a roaring round of applause, the storyteller bowed and rested for the next part. The brocade-clothed man and the young man retracted their gaze at the same time, and invariably picked up the new tea on the table and tasted it.

The young man's eyes were glazed, as if he was recalling something, and he spoke half-loudly before he spoke: "In the past, when my brother was here, he would always ask me to taste his new good tea, but at that time I was not interested at all, and every time I would say perfunctorily that it was okay. Later, I found out that he didn't understand any of this, and he just showed off in front of me. Once he told me that when I became an official in the future, I had to learn to drink tea, so that people would think that I was old-fashioned, at least they wouldn't bully me too badly! ”

The man in brocade took over the conversation, smiled slightly and said: "You can't always live in your brother's shadow, you have your own way to go, and if your brother lives, I don't want you to be like this." ”

The young man did not answer his words, but changed his tone and asked, "I will always do what you asked me to do, but has the person you promised to help me find out?" ”

The man in brocade said with a smile: "I don't want to check the person who can't find it, he is now a guest of the Double Knife Society, and Gu Weilong of the Double Knife Society has taken it as the role of the master, speaking of which, this Jin Lei Bing still has some ability, but I don't know why your brother didn't subdue him." ”

When the young man heard this, his face was visibly hateful, and he whispered: "If it weren't for his ghost idea, my brother wouldn't be in a different place now, and if he hadn't run away that night, my brother wouldn't have been able to even walk." Until the last moment, my brother still had expectations for him, I wanted him to live rather than die! ”

Looking at the anger in the eyes of the young man, the man in brocade said with a smile: "It's a big injury, your first goal now is to stand out in the literary review of Huaisu County, Annan Province, only in this way, you can participate in the literary examination of Huaguo Jiudao in the spring of next year." You remember, as long as you enter the top three in Annam Province in the literary examination, you will have the opportunity to become an official in the court, which is also what your brother expected of you during his lifetime. ”

"Don't use my brother as a shield in the future, don't say that your little thoughts are so high-sounding, what I promised will naturally not be ambiguous, and I hope you don't break your promise to me!" The young man said word by word, and without waiting for the brocade-clothed man to answer, he continued: "Find a way to send Jin Leibing to me, I want him to know what the fate of betraying my brother is." ”

"In a word, three days later, today, your brother will see you in the courtyard before his death, and I promise to satisfy you." The man in brocade said with a sinister smile.