Chapter 6: The Mysterious Old Man

On the fifth day of the seventh month, Huang Liyun: Daji, everything is appropriate.

Lin'an, which is in the rainy season, is a rare sunny day, with a blue sky and no white clouds.

But in a tavern next to the royal street in Lin'an City, a heavy haze lingered in Xiao Ning'er's heart. Because she already understands that this time her brother Yue is really more than lucky.

Li Yue has been in prison for three or four days, and every time Xiao Ning'er visits the prison in Kaifeng Mansion, she is blasted out by the fierce and vicious jailers. Xiao Ning'er's father ran all over the yamen of Lin'an Mansion with the silver, but when he saw the silver on weekdays, it was like a cat smelling fishy officials, and when he heard that the person Xiao An wanted to catch was Li Yue, he avoided it in an instant, as if the silver sent by Xiao An was a hot potato.

At this moment, Xiao Ning'er can only wait for Dali Temple's verdict on Li Yue, such a wait is really a mental drudgery, not to mention Xiao Ning'er, who has a fiery temperament.

Just when Xiao Ning'er was sad, an old man with a white beard slowly walked into the tavern, followed by a heroic-looking man in Tsing Yi.

The old man was burly, with a light and calm face every step, his eyes were like electricity, and his body exuded an unbeatable arrogance.

When the old man sat down, the man in Tsing Yi shouted, "Shop! Four catties of beef, two pots of good wine! ”

After a while, the curtain between the back kitchen and the front hall of the tavern was lifted, and a middle-aged man with kind eyebrows and kind eyes walked out, without a trace of beard under his chin.

With a tired face, he clasped his fists at the old man and the young man and said, "Your Excellency, forgive your sins!" At present, the villain's family has suffered a big change, and he has no intention of operating this store, which is really lazy! Please also ask the two to find another place. ”

Only then did the old man suddenly realize. Although this tavern is not large, it is in a good location, and it is out of the royal street, but there is not a single customer. I see!

"What a disturbance! The old man will retire! ”

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he heard "Bang!" There was a crisp sound.

Xiao Ning'er, who was sitting at the next table, stood up and roared with a red face: "It's a big deal to marry Brother Yue in the court." If Brother Yue goes, I will go to Huangquan with him! ”

The middle-aged man without a beard rushed over and comforted: "Daughter! Why are you suffering? Didn't you like this family affair when it was set for you? ”

The old man who had already gotten up raised his eyebrows, the little girl in front of him reminded him of the past, and he didn't walk out of the tavern.

"At that time, I didn't know that Brother Yue was such a good man." The more Xiao Ning'er spoke, the more angry she became: "What's wrong with Brother Yue? Isn't it just a lesson for a few ghosts who bullied me? This official will only wag his tail and beg for mercy when he sees the ghost, but he is so arrogant when he bullies his own people. He also said that today's saint is a generation of heroes, and he can recover his homeland, but I think it's just that! The ghost is so domineering in Lin'an City, and if you want to increase the number of coins, Your Majesty should respond, but let the dog official put my brother Yue in prison! ”

The old man's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he was about to step forward but was stopped by the old man reaching out.

The middle-aged man without a beard bent down, slapped his thighs with both hands, and said to Xiao Ning'er, almost pleadingly: "Oops! O my little ancestor! Don't talk nonsense, if you let the government know what you just said, it will be a big crime for the Nine Clans! ”

The old man had already walked to the side of the father and daughter at this time, smiled slightly, and asked in an indescribable tone of confidence and majesty: "Maybe the old man can help you with your affairs." ”

"What?" Xiao Ning'er's already bright eyes added a lot of color, and she ran to the old man's side and dragged his strong and powerful arms and said coquettishly: "Old man, you can really save my brother Yue, I will make you a cow and a horse in this life!" ”

The old man stroked his white beard and said happily: "The old man has neither a shortage of cattle nor a horse. It's just that on the day you and your wishful husband get married, you have to invite the old man to drink two glasses of wedding wine. ”

The middle-aged man without a beard bowed: "Villain Xiao An!" In the eleventh year of the rejuvenation of the country, the imperial court negotiated peace with Youguo, and the family moved south. After settling in Lin'an, he used the gold and silver floppy disk he brought with him to get under this shop, and he depended on the little girl for his life. ”

The old man seriously flashed a trace of desolation and helplessness, Xiao An did not introduce other family members, he could also guess the approximately. The ghost invaded the south, the mountains and rivers were broken, and how many of the northerners who moved south from the war were complete families? The old man sighed lightly and said, "I'm tired of Boss Xiao to explain the details of this matter to me clearly, so that I can design a rescue method." ”

"Why don't you go and prepare food and drinks for your guests!"

After listening to her father's words, Xiao Ning'er let go of the old man and ran to the back kitchen.

The old man, the man in Tsing Yi sat down, and Xiao An said slowly: "I had set a family affair for the little girl before, and it was Li Yue, the banner leader of the Holy Protector Army. ”

"I see that the boss's family is also very wealthy, how can he set such a family affair for his daughter?" Liang is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, whether it is high-ranking officials or ordinary people, they are unwilling to marry their daughters to martial artists, so the man in Tsing Yi has this question.

"When Ning'er was born, her mother died in childbirth. When he was dying, he repeatedly told me that I don't have to be greedy for glory and wealth, as long as my daughter marries an honest man and can marry her husband and children for a lifetime. Xiao An shook his head and said, "At the beginning, I also took a fancy to Li Yue's loyalty and honesty, and the Holy Protector Army still had that little bit of monthly silver every month, and my daughter would not be bullied when she married, let alone starve." But who would have thought that Li Yue, who had always done his duty, knew that the other party was an envoy of Youguo, and he dared to fight. ”

"That's Brother Yue cares about me!" Xiao Ning'er had already walked to the table with a tray and food and wine.

I saw that after she quickly set up the wine, food, dishes and chopsticks one by one, she continued: "To be honest, that is to your own wife, of course you have to be ruthless enough to the person who bullies your wife!" ”

Xiao Ning'er was really dissatisfied with the family business that her father set for her at first, because Li Yue belonged to the kind of goods that couldn't beat a fart with three sticks.

On that day, His Majesty was going to greet Lord Zhu who had returned from the envoy from Youguo outside the city, and she wanted to join in the fun. Unexpectedly, a few damn Youguo people realized that they were disguised as men and women, and they wanted to plot against themselves, if Li Yue hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

What Xiao Ning'er didn't expect was that Li Yue, who seemed to be honest and a little weak before, in order to protect himself, would recklessly beat the envoy on the street, and finally ended up in prison. This made a heart that had already secretly promised that in this life, Brother Yue would not marry!

An honest man suddenly became a little hot-blooded and sweet-mouthed, and the girl Xiao Ninger thought that the reason was love. But the real reason is that Li Yue is only a shell now, and his soul is from the 21st century in a different time and space.

After listening to the words of the Xiao family's father and daughter, the old man raised his glass and drank the wine that Xiao Ning'er had poured for himself: "Don't worry, the old man will never sit back and watch me be wronged by such a good man." ”

After a full meal and a full exchange of pleasantries, the old man and the man in Tsing Yi said goodbye and left.