Chapter 40: Waiting
Lu Zhandi and Guan Yong looked at Lin Xi from the city gate, although they were both born after the establishment of Yunqin and had not experienced the era when Dean Zhang entered Zhongzhou City with a big black on his back, but at this time, they still felt very shocked when they saw Lin Xi carrying a heavy iron box into Zhongzhou City.
"Don't think about it, just say it, what are you worried about now?" Looking at Lin Xi, who had cleared the customs and entered the city in the midst of the flow of people, Lu Zhandi turned his head slightly, looked at Guan Yong beside him and asked.
Guan Yong calmed his face and said softly: "I'm worried that he will die in Zhongzhou City." ”
"Me too. Lu Zhan's eyes narrowed, "The thoughts that appear in our minds at this time are the voices in our hearts, so no matter who his enemy is at this moment, we all think that we are on his side in our hearts." ”
Guan Yong's breath became shorter: "Do you want to stop him?"
"How to stop it?" Lu Zhandi said coldly: "I don't even know what he wants to do when he enters the city, how can he stop him?"
There are some things, especially those that are present at the front line, things that many soldiers know about, that cannot be concealed at all.
Therefore, the vast majority of sergeants just didn't know Lin Xi's specific whereabouts, but they already knew that due to the betrayal of a traitor in the military department, the front line of the Yunqin Empire had lost an excellent young general, and their respected Lord Lin Xilin had lost a best friend.
Even though Lin Xi's expression was very calm, no different from the ordinary tourists who came to see Zhongzhou City, the large iron box he was carrying was conspicuous, and the city gate guards could see his identity as a cultivator at a glance.
The vast majority of the sergeants had already known Lin Xi's appearance from the descriptions of some stories and some portraits, so it didn't take much time, when Lin Xi was walking through the crowd and more than ten meters away from the city gate, all the Yunqin soldiers around the city gate already knew his identity.
When such a young god of war, a commander who did not have any official position in the army, really appeared in front of them, these soldiers who were usually extremely cold and extremely cold were inexplicably choked.
It's a shocking emotion.
All the soldiers around the city gate began to walk solemnly towards Lin Xi, who walked into the city gate, and seemed to exude some kind of glorious military salute.
Lin Xi bowed slightly, put the big iron box he was carrying in front of him, opened it, and accepted the routine inspection.
At the moment when the big iron box was opened, a mysterious heaven and earth vitality rose up in the city gate, making many people in the city feel the breath of more than sixty years ago again.
The common people inside and outside the gates also began to shake.
From the beginning of the puzzlement, I only felt that Lin Xi was different, and in the end, the reaction of these city gate guards made many people begin to react, "Is it Lord Lin! Is it Lord Lin Xilin?" A lost exclamation began to sound at the city gate, and it flooded like a tide.
All the travelers who entered and exited the city gate, the merchants of the caravan, and the ordinary people couldn't believe that only the characters who appeared in the story appeared in front of them alive.
For a while, because it was too shocking and unreal, the vast majority of people stayed in place and did not form any commotion.
The bodies of several soldiers who checked Lin Xi's luggage trembled violently.
When the legendary soul soldiers appeared in front of them, the mysterious runes and deep colors were like mountains with countless past events and legends rushing towards them, making them unable to breathe at all.
Yun Qin has always only checked people, and the blades are only registered when they clear customs, and there is no restriction on bringing all kinds of blades with them.
This routine inspection, under Lin Xi's initiative, ended quickly.
Lu Annihilation and Guan Yong, who were closing the city gate, did not stop Lin Xi, this city gate... It was already open for Lin Xi, and no one would stop Lin Xi from entering Zhongzhou City.
However, Lin Xi, who had completed all the customs clearance procedures, did not enter the city immediately, but just stood quietly at the back of the city gate checkpoint, standing in front of the huge city gate building.
People who have recovered from the shock are beginning to want to get closer and see their heroes more clearly.
But their footsteps came to a halt again.
Because at this moment, two officials came on foot from the avenue behind the city gate cave and greeted Lin Xi.
The two officials wearing blue and purple official robes were very young, but one of them wore a rhinoceros horn belt and the other wore a green jade belt, and all the people in Zhongzhou City knew that this meant that the lowest rank of the two officials was a member of the third rank.
"It's Lord Liu!"
In the crowd, some people recognized the young man who was a good product as Yun Qin Mingchen, Liu Xueqing, the imperial capital history of the Imperial Capital Branch.
As for the other young official of Zheng Sanpin, no one recognized him.
It's just that Lin Xi recognizes him.
"Wang Buping, long time no see. Looking at the young official who was saluting him from afar, Lin Xi smiled calmly and took the initiative to speak.
The former umbrella maker, under the recommendation of Lin Xi, became Jiang Rui's student, and by this time, Wang Buping, who had become a history of auditing, looked at Lin Xi's calm smile, but he was speechless for a while.
The noise inside and outside the gates all disappeared and became quiet.
The sudden appearance of Lin Xi, the legendary hero who had been on the front line of Nanling Province, was already a big deal, and the appearance of the most important person in the Imperial Capital Branch at the same time made all the people who happened to be here feel that this matter was not trivial.
"Liu Xueqing, Yudu Branch, has seen Lord Lin. Liu Xueqing walked through the long city gate hole, walked in front of Lin Xi in silence, and greeted him sincerely.
Lin Xi returned the salute sincerely, looking at this Yun Qin famous minister, but there was an indescribable look in his eyes, "I have always respected Lord Liu. He glanced at Zhongzhou City behind Liu Xueqing, and said slowly: "It's just that I also thought that the person who appeared in front of me at this time should not be Lord Liu." ”
Liu Xueqing's solemn face stiffened slightly, and he said heavily: "I don't care if others should come or not, but I think I should come." I want to ask, Lord Lin, what do you want to do when you come to Zhongzhou City?"
"I like to be direct. Lin Xi laughed, but in the winter sun, his smile became colder and colder, "I came to Zhongzhou City, what else could I have?" he smiled and replied softly like self-deprecation: "Naturally, it is a very old-fashioned thing, track down the culprit and take revenge." ”
"Don't tell me to give me some time, or leave the matter of tracking down the culprit to the military department and the criminal department to do this kind of nonsense. ”
Looking at Liu Xueqing, who wanted to speak, Lin Xi said calmly: "I came very slowly, I have given enough time to the military department and Zhongzhou City, I have been waiting for a long time, but until I came here, no one gave me an explanation." ”
Liu Xueqing nodded slowly, and said softly: "Many people in the court want to help Lord Lin, but we must know what Lord Lin is going to do next." ”
"Lord Liu, I said earlier that I respect you very much, but now what you and I are saying is indeed nonsense. Lin Xi shook his head and said with a smile: "No matter how much you advise, the civil strife in Qingluan Academy still happens, and many people still die, don't you think that if this continues, Qingluan Academy will disappear from Yunqin? ”
Liu Xueqing took a deep breath, looked at Lin Xi, and said softly: "I'm worried that you have done something drastic in Zhongzhou City, and I am worried about your safety in Zhongzhou City." ”
"I certainly didn't kill myself. Lin Xi laughed again, looked at Liu Xueqing, and said, "Could it be that in your eyes, I look like a self-murderer?"
Liu Xueqing was silent for a long time, and then he looked up, looked at Lin Xi, who was overly calm, which made the uneasiness in his heart even stronger, and asked, "What can I help you?"
Lin Xi was also silent for a moment and said, "If you really want to help me, then help me tell Leng Qiuyu the truth first... Since she returned to Zhongzhou City, she has been Leng Zhennan and doesn't know where to go. I don't want her to be forced to marry Di Choufei without knowing it. ”
Liu Xueqing glanced at Wang Buping beside him and nodded.
Lin Xi bowed his head slightly and thanked him.
He still didn't move, just stood calmly.
Looking at the crowd of people accumulating inside and outside the city gate, Liu Xueqing's brows wrinkled slightly unconsciously, but before he could ask a question, Lin Xi knew what he was thinking, and said softly: "I'm waiting for someone... Here comes one. ”
Liu Xueqing felt Lin Xi's gaze falling, and Huo Ran turned around.
He saw a short-haired young man with a bag walking in the sun, followed closely by a young woman with an ordinary face behind him.
The short-haired young man was dressed in the most ordinary coarse cloth shirt, with a slight ricket.
This very ordinary-looking young man walked in front of Lin Xi and didn't speak first, just hugged him tightly like a brother on the battlefield.
"When I was in Yanlai Town, I learned that you were transferred to the workshop in Zhongzhou, and I learned that you were also married. ”
After hugging, Lin Xi looked at the short-haired young man and the ordinary woman standing beside him, and said with a smile.
The young woman's face was reddened and she bowed her head shyly.
The short-haired young man didn't say anything, just hugged Lin Xi hard again.
"Now I'm happy... Go ahead, I'll feel more at ease. ”
Lin Xi said something in the ear of the short-haired young man, and patted the short-haired young man's back hard.
The short-haired young man separated from Lin Xi, left Zhongzhou City, and slowly disappeared from Lin Xi's sight.
There was a carriage, but it was coming slowly from the official road where the short-haired young man had left.
Lin Xi's eyebrows raised slightly, and he whispered to Liu Xueqing beside him: "There is another person I am waiting for, who is also here." ”