Chapter 6 The Man in Black
The rest of the Lin family at the table became extremely silent after hearing the three words of Hua Yucheng. The corners of their mouths didn't feel a trace of bitterness. It seems that the three words "Huayu City" broke their inner peace.
Yang Ming, who was gulping on the cow bones, instantly felt this subtle atmosphere. It seems that there is a bit of a relationship between the Lin family and this Huayu City.
In silence, the lunch was over. Yang Mingcai, who walked out of the back hall, let out a long sigh of relief, it was really that the atmosphere on the table was too depressing just now. It seems that Huayu City should have a bitter memory in the Lin family's heart.
"Yang Ming, go. I'll take you to where you live. Steward Xu suddenly came out of nowhere.
Steward Xu took Yang Ming to a small mansion on the west side of the mansion, and there were two maidservants standing at the door of the mansion at this time.
"Steward Xu, we have cleaned up the room. An older maidservant looked at Steward Xu respectfully.
"Well, in the future, you will listen to Yang Ming's orders here. Remember: don't slack off. Otherwise... I don't say you know. Steward Xu's face became stern.
The two maidservants were fine at first, and they heard Steward Xu's words behind them. A look of fear appeared on his face, and he hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at the housekeeper again.
Yang Ming watched all this quietly. It seems that this Lin family should have a lot of rules, and after these maidservants make mistakes, they will definitely be punished. Although I don't know what that punishment is. But looking at their frightened faces, it should be quite serious. In the future, try not to trouble them. Hey, Patriarch Lin Ming treated me so politely. I think it's just because my father and mother saved Aunt Lin. If not for this. I guess they treated me no different from these two handmaidens.
"Yang Ming, this mansion will be yours in the future. If you have any needs, just tell me!" Steward Xu changed his stern look just now, and turned his head to look at Yang Ming with a smile on his face.
Yang Ming sighed in his heart: Steward Xu's face changed too quickly.
Soon Steward Xu left under the pretext of excuses. This is also in line with Yang Ming's meaning. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to deal with this kind of person. It's not okay to ignore it, after all, in the future, you will still have to rely on him in this Lin Mansion, and you can't stiffen the relationship with him.
The two maidservants quietly raised their heads after Steward Xu left, and carefully looked at the young man in front of them, with an ordinary face, dark skin, and a few patches on the clothes on his body. There's really nothing peculiar about it. However, they didn't dare to underestimate him because of this, and even the usually stern Steward Xu was full of smiles in front of him. I think this may be an important relative of the Lin family who has been separated for many years.
They don't blame them for thinking that way. Because after all, only a few people know about Aunt Lin bringing her benefactor's child back. But they will find out in a few days.
"Young master, let me take you into the house to have a look!" the old maidservant asked cautiously and tentatively.
"Uh... You still don't call me young master, my name is Yang Ming, you just call me by my name!" Yang Ming is really not used to others calling him like this. When he was in the village, several of the older elders still called him like this, including his Uncle Zhang.
"Young Master, this is not good. If Steward Xu hears it, he will punish us!" the old maidservant defended anxiously, tears rolling in her eyes.
"That's... Okay..."Yang Ming was also afraid that they would be punished, so he could only reluctantly accept it.
Yang Ming walked into the house and took a look, the big bed made of solid wood was much more magnificent than the earthen bed when he was in the fishing village, and he went up and lay down. Really... The bed was soft and felt like my whole body was going to sink in.
Although the road from Yujia Village to Lin Mansion is a horse-drawn carriage. But the first time he went out of the house, Yang Ming, who was only nine years old, still felt tired. The eyelids are getting heavier and heavier, and I can't open them anymore. But before falling asleep, he said softly, "I'll sleep for a while, and then you can call me after dinner." Immediately, he could no longer bear the burst of sleepiness, tilted his head, and fell asleep.
The two maidservants looked at the scene in front of them and felt a little funny. But he gently stepped back and closed the door.
"Young master, young master. It's time for dinner!"
Yang Ming, who was sleeping soundly, felt in a daze that someone was gently shaking his arm. Then he slowly opened his eyes and saw that it was the old maidservant. Only to realize that it was already night.
"Steward Xu just came to pass the word, let the young master, hurry up and go to the back hall to eat. Several lords and ladies went. ”
Yang Ming got up and was just about to leave. The handmaid stopped him again.
"Young master, this is the robe that Steward Xu brought by the way when he passed the word just now. Young master, hurry up and put it on. A few clothes made of black silk lay out on the table.
Hey, why does this dress look so familiar? By the way, it's a bit like the kind of robe that the Lin brothers wore at noon today.
Yang Ming stepped forward and picked it up and looked at it. In the upper left corner of the robe, there is a gold embroidered forest character.
"Young master, let's help you change your clothes. ”
"More... I'll do this myself. Go out first. After saying that, he quickly drove the two handmaidens out.
The two maidservants glanced at each other, and suddenly they both burst out laughing. It seems that this young master is very shy.
After changing his clothes, Yang Ming looked much more energetic, looked in the mirror by himself, and couldn't believe that it was him.
Yang Ming, who hurried to the back hall, found that everyone was there, and said a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry." It's been a long wait. ”
Lin Ming looked at Yang Ming, who was late, smiled and didn't say anything.
"Ming'er, come and sit down with me. Aunt Lin beckoned to Yang Ming.
Dinner ended quickly. The moon climbed up. Lights began to light up from all over the town of Los Angeles. At this time, the town of Los Angeles was no longer lively during the day, and the night shrouded the town, and it began to fall into a quiet.
Yang Ming also returned to his small mansion and dismissed the maidservant. Go to bed early. In his sleep, he saw Uncle Zhang and saw his bits and pieces in the fishing village......
At this time, it was a mansion in the middle of the mansion. Lin Ming looked at the book in his hand very attentively.
"Knock, knock, knock" A knock on the door came into Lin Ming's ears.
"Dad, are you asleep?"
"Oh, it's in unison. Not yet, you come in. It was Lin Qisheng who knocked on the door.
"It's so late, what are you looking for me? Lin Ming looked at Lin Qisheng with a kind face. No longer the majesty of being a patriarch during the day.
"I want Yang Ming to learn from Uncle Wu. Lin Qisheng asked Lin Ming in a tentative tone.
"Well, you don't know Wu Lao's temper, right! The personality is very strange, I asked you children to learn from him before, and the result is good. It's not that they find Elder Wu odd and unbearable. It's that Wu Lao dislikes them for being stupid. ”
Then Lin Ming lowered his voice again and said, "You also know that Wu Lao is your grandfather's apprentice, and it is not convenient for me to say anything, after all, in the family, Wu Lao is quite important." He's second only to your grandfather......" Lin Ming stopped talking.
"Let Yang Ming try it first, if it really doesn't work, forget it. Lin Qisheng also knew that the strange-tempered martial old man was not an easy person to get along with.
Under the illumination of a piece of moonlight, Yang Ming's small mansion turned a silvery white. A man in black, dressed in a black robe with a mask completely obscured from his face, stepped out of the corner. There was no sound at every step he took. He didn't seem to be walking fast, but he came to the door in a few steps. There was a trace of air around his hand, and his hand was slightly raised. The door actually opened, and the scene in front of me was really incredible. The man in black raised his feet and took a few steps closer. looked at Yang Ming who was asleep. He said in an inaudible voice, "I slept so soundly!" and then quietly walked out of the room, and the door closed by itself.
At the same time, in a room in the back row of the Lin family. An old man with crane hair and a childish face sat cross-legged on the futon, opened his eyes suddenly, and then rushed out quickly.
He said in a deep voice to the front: "I don't know which master will visit my little Lin family! Although the voice was not loud, it spread throughout the Lin Mansion.
When the man in black heard this, he glanced towards the place where the sound came from, and the corners of his mouth suddenly hooked up with an indifferent arc. "I didn't notice that this Lin family has such a master. It seems that this Lin family has some origins!"
A glimmer of white light flashed on the crane-haired old man. He flew to the roof and took a closer look. Then he went straight to Yang Ming's small mansion.
The man in black stood quietly with his hands in his hands, looking at the sky. It was so quiet that it was as if time had stopped......
In the Sumeru room, the old man came to the small mansion. Staring at the man in black in the courtyard. His brows were furrowed, and his fists were unconsciously clenched in his sleeves. There was a white air swirling around the fist. "I wonder why your Excellency visited the office late at night?"