The rain had not stopped at night, and the wisteria trellis in the yard was pounding, adding a touch of irritability.

After dinner, I sent a small sample to the front yard with an umbrella to investigate, but Brother Lin has not come back yet. I couldn't help but worry when I opened the window, the rain swept away the warmth of the day, and the night breeze was chilly. Brother Lin has been out for more than half a day, I don't know why he was delayed, and the weather is so bad, he didn't bring rain gear, he must have been drenched in the rain.

I couldn't go out, and a few people were a little bored, so I did some needlework with the lamps and candles, and I fell asleep early. I told a few people to go back to the house and rest. Under the pretext that he still had to read medical books for a while, he left a lamp, sat at the table in his clothes, and wrote a letter to the master.

It's been a few days since I came back from Yunwu Mountain, and whenever I have free time, I think of my master and my humble bamboo hut. But I have never written a word to my master, I don't know, how to describe my current life to her, every step of the way is frightening or luxurious? None of that is enough to express my feelings right now.

I trembled and wrote, "All right." Don't read it", tore it off, and wrote it again "Master, I miss you" and couldn't help but wet his eyes with tears, wet the letterhead, and tore it off again, so repeatedly, I don't know what to do.

If I don't report good news or bad news, how can I bear to let her worry about me plainly?

Outside the window, there is an almost inaudible sound of light cotton wool falling to the ground, accompanied by a pleasant smell of clear plum blossoms.

I took two quick steps to open the door and whispered, "Come in." ”

The people in the courtyard paused, and hesitated slightly: "Three watches in the middle of the night, lest there be a stain on the name, it's still inconvenient for me to go in, just say a few words to you and leave." ”

"Brother Lin, you are also a person in the rivers and lakes, why are you so stubborn, is it possible for me to go out and stand in the yard with you stupidly in the rain?"

Brother Lin smiled clearly: "It's me who is too pedantic." "Walked over.

When he entered the room, I found that he was soaking wet, his clothes were clinging to his straight and straight body, dripping with water, and his hair was also wet and scattered over his broad shoulders, exuding a quiet and slightly rainy smell.

I hurriedly took a clean cloth towel and handed it to him: "Why is your whole body wet like this, did you just come back?" Why don't you change into dry clothes first, and be careful of catching a cold. ”

He said softly: "There is something wrong, so I came back late, and when I saw that the light in your room was still on, I wanted to come over and have a look first, but I didn't expect to disturb you." ”

"Where, I know you came in the afternoon, and I asked Xiao Shan to go to the front yard in the evening to secretly inquire about the news, and I knew that you hadn't come back yet, and I was a little worried, so I didn't sleep, waiting for your news."

Brother Lin smiled warmly: "How do you know that I am here when you hear the voice?" ”

"I'm not a martial arts practitioner, where do I have such good hearing, it's because I have smelled incense and medicine since I was a child, and my nose has always been more sensitive, so as soon as you enter the yard, I will know."

Brother Lin lifted his sleeves, sniffed it himself, frowned, and said, "It smells bad, a smell of rain and cold." ”

I myself have always been more afraid of the cold, but today it was raining, and the night was cold, so I lit a charcoal stove in the house. I opened the damper, threw a handful of aromatherapy flowers into the charcoal stove, brought an embroidery pier to the front, took a thin blanket, and beckoned Brother Lin to sit in front of me.

Brother Lin refused to be restrained, only wiped the rain on his face with a cloth towel, and said "It's okay" and said that people who practice martial arts are strong and have always been not afraid of cold.

Originally, Brother Lin was troublesome to run for me for a long time, and it happened to be a rainy day, so I insisted on letting him sit in front of the charcoal stove, brewed a cup of tea with boiling water on the stove, and handed it to him.

I sat across from him, through the thick scent of tea, and the fresh and sweet aroma of his body was moistened by the rain, becoming more and more intense.

"How do you know I've been here in the afternoon?" Brother Lin smiled and asked me, "If I don't come, I'll miss a wonderful show." ”

I felt a little ashamed: "I had to do it as a last resort, so that Brother Lin smiled, and I want to thank you for your help." ”

Brother Lin looked at me, and two clusters of flames jumped in his clear blue eyes: "Qingwen can impress me every time and give me different surprises, I was originally worried that you would be calculated by others and suffer losses, but I didn't expect you to be able to calculate and win so beautifully." Can you guess who is behind the scenes? ”

I shook my head in frustration, and I didn't hide it, and told Brother Lin all about today's speculation about Aunt Seven and the negation afterwards. Then he asked, "What have you gained by delaying for so long?" ”

Brother Lin was not in a hurry, he slowly tasted the tea in the cup, and his slender fingers played with the tea cup, which was extremely elegant: "Today, because I was worried about you, I followed the Taoist priest out of the house by half a beat, and I saw that someone was already following the Taoist priest." ”

"Huh?" I couldn't help but be surprised, "Someone is one step ahead of us?" But the people in our house? ”

Brother Lin nodded: "That person also jumped out of our mansion, with vigorous and agile skills, a petite figure, dressed in green clothes, obviously a woman, but with a gauze on her head, I can't see her face clearly." ”

Woman? I filtered the people in the courtyard today, and almost all of the aunts in the house at that time were in my courtyard except for the second lady. After the Taoist priest left in a hurry, the sixth aunt and the tenth aunt also left one after another, but it should be too late to go back to their yard to change their clothes, and it is too late to come in time, unless they are prepared.

"Did Brother Lin fight with her? Maybe you can see the number of martial arts paths? I asked.

"I was afraid of being discovered by her, so I was afraid and didn't dare to follow too close, but I followed not far away. The Taoist priest was obviously angry because he had suffered a loss in the house, and he poured all his anger on the little boy who served him with him. The boy also had a little temper, and was beaten and scolded so badly that he turned around and left.

Yiyang Zhenren changed out of his robe in the city, found a tavern, and sat alone and drank until night. The woman was patient, and remained lurking on the roof opposite the tavern, not moving. I couldn't figure out her intentions, so I didn't dare to act rashly for fear of startling the snake, and I stared at her all night.

Later, the Taoist priest was full of wine and food, and he staggered to the west of the city. When she arrived in a sparsely populated place, the woman suddenly appeared, without saying a word, and suddenly attacked, but she wanted to kill people and take people's lives directly. I hurriedly stepped forward to rescue, and after two moves with the woman, I felt that the moves were ruthless, and it was not a righteous martial art.

She obviously knew me, and was surprised to see that it was me, and fled with a false move, and turned around and flew two dovetails in front of me. While I was dodging, I attacked Yiyang Zhenren with hidden weapons one after another, I was thinking about Yiyang Zhenren, and didn't chase her, but unfortunately it was a step too late, there was poison on the dart, and he couldn't speak at all when he saw the blood sealing his throat. ”

The clue was broken again, I lowered my head in annoyance, I thought that I could see a little clue through that person, but I didn't expect the other party to be so ruthless, directly killing people and killing people, and the terrible thing is that that the person's martial arts are so strong, and he has been lurking in the house for many years, but he has not been discovered, so deep scheming.

I just remembered that Brother Lin had worked hard for a long time, and he must not have eaten dinner. It just so happened that there were still dim sum and xiaolongbao left by Hui'er in the house, so I took them, wore them with chopsticks, and roasted them on the charcoal stove.

"Brother Lin, I remember that there aren't many people in the house who know you, right?"

Brother Lin wrapped his sleeves around the charcoal stove and roasted them, steaming up the heat with the fragrance of plum blossoms: "I have been in the house for a few days, but I have been to your yard that day and night, and I have never had any contact with other people. The ladies in the house didn't know anyone, and I don't have the slightest impression of that woman today. ”

I handed the baked bun in my hand to Brother Lin, he took it, took a bite, obviously liked it very much, and swallowed it in two bites: "I have never eaten food in this way, but I didn't expect it to have a different flavor." ”

I saw that he should be extremely hungry, so I took another chopstick, skewered them and continued to roast: "I have seen your girls in the house, except for a few people in my yard, there are only a few girls you have seen in the flower hall that day." ”

Brother Lin pondered for a moment, "It shouldn't be those girls, when those people approached the front of the cloth, I didn't notice a little kung fu at all." The people who practice martial arts talk and talk, and I should be able to detect a little flaw in their gestures, and see that they are not people who are used to dancing and playing with swords. ”

Dancing with a sword?

I suddenly remembered that day when I went out and met Brother Lin by chance, he was selling his Ugin dagger on the street, and several sisters in the house had also seen him. But this afternoon, except for Qingyin, several people were in my yard at that time, Qingqing stayed to talk to me, Qinglian was still young, and only Qingchou left early.

And the girl in front of a few of us should have also seen Brother Lin, that day Qingqing brought Yue'er, Qingyin brought Ying'er, I don't know the girl in front of Qingchou, Qinglian is with a mother-in-law.

I told Brother Lin what I thought: "Is it possible that that person will be Qingchou, Yue'er and Ying'er?" ”

Brother Lin drank all the tea in the teacup, "Qingwu, no matter who that person is, you must be more careful, I feel that this person's power is unfathomable, he is not a simple person, and he is not alone in the mansion, we are likely to enter a misunderstanding with such a simple guess, and the more rational it is, the more chaotic it becomes, and bind our minds." It is also a wise practice for the lord to send you to the Fuhua Nunnery for temporary refuge, we can't just stay here, like killing fish and meat, and let others slaughter them. The day after tomorrow, you go to the Fuhua Temple, and I will send you there. ”

Brother Lin's clothes were still soaked, I didn't dare to stay with him for a long time, he sat for a while, ate a snack, and left, I lay on the bed, no sleep, and filtered the day's things in my mind again. Although it still seems to be a mess, I have a little gain in my heart.

I'm not afraid that she will harm me, as long as she does, there will inevitably be clues. My father and Brother Lin were both against me using myself as bait and worried about my safety. I was born with a reckless nature that refused to admit defeat, so I was unwilling to let me run away like that.

However, there is no way out.

Note: Bai Mei Qianjiao is not a full-time writer, she is very busy at work on weekdays, and she can only calm down in the middle of the night to code words, and most of the days are to stay up until two o'clock, and she can only ensure that she has one shift every day. Anxious friends can take a look at my collection of ancient micro novels "Funeral Floating Life", welcome to collect and pay attention.