The west of the city is partial, most of the people who live are some poor people, such a cold and frozen situation can only stay in the house to avoid the cold, so there is no sound of silk and bamboo singing and dancing on weekdays, outside the quiet, listen carefully to the ear, but can hear the sound of a Zen temple wood fish not far away, it is indeed a good place for self-cultivation.

The wind and snow still haven't stopped, and after a long time, the sky is still gloomy, and there is no sign of sunshine.

The snow on the floor of the backyard was trampled to a pulp, and three or four servant women walked quickly through it, busily preparing their lunchtime meal. No one noticed that the narrow wooden door creaked and was pushed open, and someone pulled the reins outside with the carriage brought by Luo Yan during the day. With a weak hiss, the man pushing the door had lifted the threshold.

Lilac followed behind, and Lin Ying and Luo Yan came around from the front hall. The big coats on the bodies of several people made marks on the snow that had accumulated a lot of shallow ones, and the expressions on their faces were very different, sorrow and joy were clear at a glance.

If Luo Yan had come to visit him a year ago, when he first arrived in office, and contact him a little in the future, even if there was no matter of Mr. Jin today, he would have brought a group of people to welcome him, and he would be very happy to stay in the house.

However, now, this sudden request, a discerning person must be able to see that it is full of thoughts, or thoughts that people can't see through, and some things have a sense of crisis that people can't prevent if something happens.

And he had already shown his attitude, and Luo Yan even used a trick to coerce, which made him very unhappy.

The three of them stood still under the eaves, and the sound of kitchen knives and cutting boards colliding at great speed in the dining room, mixed with the faint sound of coughing, sounded really disturbing.

The chimney on the top emitted a trace of black smoke, but because the weather was not sunny, most of them came out of the door of the dining room and filled the courtyard, causing Luo Yan to hurriedly raise his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose.

Lin Ying smiled knowingly, laughing that he was a rich young master, and he shouldn't have lasted a few days in this poor life, but he had the meaning of relief, and turned around and tilted his chin slightly towards Lilac.

Lilac immediately got the order, went to the dining room to soak a brocade handkerchief, and handed it to Luo Yan respectfully when he came out. Because of Fang Cai's matter, he still didn't dare to look him in the eyes, but when he saw that he took it, he immediately stepped back and stood behind the two people.

Since the meaning of this trip has been explained, and it has been discussed clearly. Luo Yan didn't hide it. Covering his mouth and nose with that brocade handkerchief, he glanced at Lin Ying very helplessly, and when he saw that he was so happy that he almost laughed, he suddenly burst out inexplicably: "You look good when you laugh!" ”

The voice was blocked by Jinpa, and only a few vague tones could be heard when it came out, Lin Ying tilted his head: "What did the adults say?" ”

Luo Yan raised his eyebrows, and hurriedly shook his head: "It's nothing!" ”

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the empty house next to Lin Ying's house, quickly moved Jinpa away, and ordered: "Move all the things to that house." ”

There are a total of three masters in the Lin Mansion, but there are only two main houses in this house.

This was originally the emperor's palace assigned to Lin Ying. A year ago, Lin Ying was in high school with Chi Hire, and the two of them had a good relationship, thinking that they could take care of each other, so they begged the emperor to have a mansion, so they lived together.

Another Lord Shaoqing arrived and will discuss it later, what I want to say here is that Lin Ying moved to this small room in the backyard in order to make room for him.

This small room in the backyard was originally a place for the previous Beijing official to eat and eat every day, so it was next to the dining room in the house, and Luo Yan stretched out his hand and pointed that the room he was going to move to was a smaller grocery room.

The room was cramped, and people stood in it with their arms raised and turned around, and their hands could touch the white ash on the wall. Several slaves, large and small, carried the full of miscellaneous pieces into the door one by one, and Luo Yan followed up and found that there was not even a place to stay in the house.

Lin Ying also persuaded on the side: "My lord's precious body, how can I live in this house." If you are proud of my courtyard, or stay in the front hall room for one night, and wait for the emperor to invite the emperor tomorrow morning, and reward this courtyard to you, wouldn't it be more spacious and more comfortable to live in. ”

He has ten thousand reluctances in his heart, and naturally he has to show it everywhere in his words. There is still a trace of concern in my heart, I am afraid that I am so close to him, and I don't know what will happen tonight.

Luo Yan lifted his feet against the brass-rimmed box on the ground, threw himself away, and squeezed the whole person on the only rattan chair with a backrest in the room, as if to show his determination. The dust was all over his body, but he still had an indifferent expression on his face, without a trace of discomfort.

"Then Lord Lin and tell the official, what should you say about the matter between you and the official?"

Lin Ying was suddenly dumbfounded, sank his head, and bowed: "Listen to the arrangement of the adults, what do you need to do with the officials, and the officials will not refuse, but the adults should not wronged themselves!" ”

This is quite helpless, if Luo Yan's help is just a matter of spending money to help, then there is still a way to solve it, return the money, and then bear a little extra reward, now you must be able to refuse him very certainly.

But this life-saving grace is not an exaggeration to say that it is necessary to repay with life, not to mention that it is just this condition, if you refuse, it will seem unkind.

Luo Yan's expression did not change, his eyebrows and eyes were slightly raised and he squinted upward, suddenly thought of something, grinned slightly between his mouths, and smiled coldly: "Are you serious, will you refuse?" ”

Lin Ying saw him laughing, and a gust of wind rushed into his back behind him, and he couldn't help but swing and responded in a low voice: "Hmm!" ”

Luo Yan wrapped the big on his body tightly, put his feet down, leaned forward, leaned on the handrail on the side, raised his chin and said, "That official moved to your house to sleep, is this feasible?" ”

Lin Ying hurriedly bent his body and knelt down again: "My lord! ”

Lilac followed behind, and the two of them moved one after the other.

The door could no longer be closed, and the wind blew it and slammed it on Lilac's feet. Luo Yan's face on the other side furrowed his eyebrows for a moment, and he looked very bored.

"Does Lord Lin like to give big gifts so much?"

As soon as the evil wind blew outside the door, the cold air seemed to be unable to be stopped anymore, and a large number of people rushed in, and people could still feel the coldness of the stone floor through thick clothes.

The atmosphere froze for a long time, Lin Ying remained motionless and silent, and finally Luo Yan took a long breath, helplessly got up and helped, while speaking:

"Okay, I'm just joking with you, what are you doing with such a big reaction, get up quickly. When you speak, you speak, and when you do a great salute, it is done by the people of the side, and there is no need for you and me. ”

Lin Ying stood up with his movements, honestly afraid, and felt very awkward about his remarks, but he still echoed very far-fetchedly: "Well, the lower official knows!" ”

After a while, he asked, "........ that adult?"

Luo Yan pursed his lips and put his hand on his shoulder, this time he put his mouth to his ear very smoothly: "You don't have to pay too much attention to me, you can do whatever you want, I look at this realm very well!" ”

The words had just fallen, and I didn't know if it was the reason for the lie, but suddenly a green tile fell from the roof, and it was smashing on top of his head.

Thanks to his quick eyes, he hugged Lin Ying to the side with his body. With a crack, the green tile slag splashed all over the body, and the snowflakes on it melted, leaving some small marks on the hem of the clothes, but it was okay.

I don't know how long ago this courtyard house was built, when the emperor first moved here, the emperor sent someone to repair it, Lin Ying saw that the house was dilapidated and useless, so he also gave up this effort. So at the moment, he was just taken aback, and pushed Luo Yan out of his arms, feeling that it was expected, except for a little shame, there was nothing wrong.

But Luo Yan was a master who had practiced kung fu, and he could smell the sound of the roof, and when he looked up, he saw that there were faint shaky black shadows in the gap where the tiles had fallen. I stepped out of the door in three or two steps, jumped against the red lacquered pillar under the eaves, and then saw a few large pieces of snow fall from the roof.

Lin Ying was very confused, he didn't know what was going on, he was busy going to the courtyard and looked at the beam outside the house on his tiptoes, and after taking two steps, the big duffle on his body slipped to the ground, Lilac picked it up behind him, chased after him and said: "My lord, it's cold outside, don't suffer from the cold!" ”

The people had retreated to the corridor leading to the front hall, but they still couldn't see what was happening on the roof. If you listen to it closely, you can vaguely hear the sound of clothes rubbing against each other, and there must be two people fighting on it.

There have been a lot of things in the past few days, and it has reached the point where he can drink cold water and stuff his teeth, and now if Lord Shangshu still has an accident in his own house, then he, as an official, has really done it.

Lin Ying's body shook, while letting Lilac dress him, snatched the brocade belt on the side with both hands and tied it up himself, while ordering anxiously: "Quick, find someone to go up to the roof and take a look, what happened!" ”

At this time, it was noon, because there was a noble lord in the house. It's the annual Shangyuan Festival again, so the servants and servants up and down are all in good spirits, and they all start to do all the work they can do. Those girls under his command looked up to the handsome appearance of this Shangshu lord one after another, and in order to meet by chance, there were many people coming and going in the house.

Lilac ran around the house to tell each other exactly what they wanted, and after a while, seven or eight wooden ladders had been erected on the small grocery room, and only one of the servants was left, and the rest were all greased and powdered, and dressed very brightly.