Chapter Ninety-Eight: Wildfires
Although there was a lot of trouble in Huadu, the Wonderman, and even the identity of the 'Golden Wizard' is not a secret.
But Lan Chen didn't want to expose too much, lest he be targeted by ill-intentioned people.
Thinking about it, Zhu Laosan is strict, but he is afraid that he will have ears on the wall, and it is convenient to hide people's eyes and ears by flickering out of a 'miracle prop'.
At the door, Lan Chen only felt as if it was a little hotter again, as if he was about to melt away when he walked down the street.
Looking up, the solitary sun was fierce, cloudless, and there was no sign of rain at all.
As far as the eye could see, the streets were empty, losing the usual bustle, and occasionally the people walking were mostly shirtless, struggling along the eaves, for fear of going to the poisonous sun.
"Heaven and earth are yellow, Xun."
After chanting the mantra, Lan Chen dared to walk out of the door, went straight along the avenue, hired a carriage at the post station, and went out of the city gate.
At the nearest hill in Baona, Lan Chen motioned to the coachman to wait at the foot of the mountain for a while, and then walked to the top of the mountain.
Seeing that the coachman shook his head, he couldn't understand why he had to go to the top of the mountain alone on this hot day.
But he, who had already received the money, would not say anything, but found a shady place to perch.
It was so hot, so hot, that even the horses staggered, as if they were suffering from heat stroke, and the coachman was not worried about the water, but about the fire.
But as the saying goes, whatever you are afraid of will come.
In a daze, he seemed to smell a burning smell, and looked at it, hey! It's really on fire at the top of the mountain!
"Ge Laozi! What are you afraid of, it's really on fire! The coachman cursed, and he planned to escape, but then he thought that Lan Chen was still on the top of the mountain, "But that son is still on the mountain......
The coachman, who was originally scared to death, thought of Lan Chen's previous boldness, and spat angrily, "Childe, don't blame me for not being authentic, I'll go up for a while, if you don't come back, if the fire is bigger, then don't blame me for leaving!" ”
But things did not go as the coachman had predicted.
Although Lan Chen still hadn't returned for a long time, the fire was ...... But it's very weird, not like the usual wildfires, but more like someone deliberately did it.
The fire, sometimes burning, sometimes extinguishing, sometimes big, sometimes small, but it is stunned.
Just as the coachman didn't know why, Lan Chen had already come down from the top of the mountain.
Seeing this, the coachman hurriedly greeted him, not why, after such a farewell, Lan Chen seemed to have changed into a different person, so empty.
"Childe! Are you alright? ”
"It's okay, it's okay." Lan Chen shook his head bitterly, and also hung on the coachman's shoulder, and was helped into the carriage.
"Alas!" The coachman sighed, and boasted, "You didn't know just now, but the top of the mountain is on fire!" I thought that since I received your silver taels, I couldn't let you go, so I waited until now! By the way, you also went up to the mountain, why is the mountain on fire? ”
"Good work." Lan Chen shook his head, "I don't know what's going on, so I'll trouble you to send me back, I'll rest." ”
"You've got to rest." The coachman lifted the curtain and wanted to complain about something, but he still kept his mouth shut, for fear of upsetting Lan Chen.
He picked up the horse's rope, dragged it on the horse's body, and departed.
The coachman also remembered something, frowned suddenly, turned his head to look at the top of the mountain, and said to himself, "That fire seems to have been extinguished for a long time." Could it be that Childe went to extinguish the fire? But he said he didn't know. ”
"Seeing that his body is so weak, could it be that he came to the suburbs to find a girl? In broad daylight, having such a flowery time, he really deserves to be a son. I loved to play with this stuff when I was younger, tsk! ”
The prejudiced coachman did not notice the 'weirdness' in the sky above the mountaintop.
It was cloudless before, but when Lan Chen went up, he was stunned to make a small cloud, or a dark cloud.
If it can gather more partners, it may also become a 'dark cloud'.
However, this is all there is to it, and it is also the result of Lan Chen's hard work.
And this small dark cloud that is not in the climate has gradually drifted away, but the seeds of hope have also been planted firmly.
The next step is to improve your own realm, and you will have to act at that last resort.
At Lan Chen's signal, after returning to Xuzhou, the coachman traveled all the way and sent Lan Chen to the Qi Neng Department.
"That boy can go slowly, the little one will retire first."
"Well, it's hard work. By the way, how do you sell the horses at the inn? ”
"Look at your fine-skinned and tender ......," the coachman was stunned, shook his head, and shook off the subconscious prejudice in his mind.
Still fine skin and tender meat? Not really.
Although he is not a rough man, the looming tendon flesh and oily wheat-colored skin are by no means comparable to those delicate and weak young masters.
"Now horses are precious, and if they are in good condition, they have to ask for a few taels of silver, plus horse grass or something, if the son doesn't often ride a horse, it's better to take a carriage."
"It's fine." Lan Chen waved his hand, "I also intend to ride the whole horse, then let's talk about it then, please." ”
After raising his hand, Lan Chen also made a gesture to leave.
And just as the coachman was on the bus, a figure came out of the corner and shouted, "Sir, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
"Oh? It's Commander Jiang. Lan Chen bowed his hand, and at the same time shook a glance at Lin Dongshuang next to him.
That look made Lin Dongshuang roll his eyes.
Lan Chen, who was still a little unclear, greeted bitterly and said, "Deputy Commander Lin, maybe I haven't seen you for a long time." The two chief and deputy commanders of the second branch are here to patrol the streets? ”
"What's your business?" I saw that Lin Dongshuang's eyes were about to roll to the sky.
As the so-called needle in a woman's heart, Lan Chen really can't figure out what's going on.
On the other hand, Jiang Ye on the side looked straight and happy, as if as long as Lan Chen was deflated, his mood would be greatly improved, not to mention that this deflated was made by Lin Dongshuang.
In fact, it's no wonder that Lan Chen is unpredictable, Lin Dongshuang is nothing more than a little family angry.
A few days ago, Lan Chen also specially took some supposers from Huadu to the Lin Mansion, although the head of the Lin Mansion 'Lin Yang' returned to the capital, but Lin Dongshuang was already in the house, but Lan Chen didn't even wait, and after stuffing the supple to the housekeeper, he went home.
How?
Send a souvenir gift, and even the master doesn't plan to glance at it and leave?
Lin Dongshuang was so angry that he couldn't eat that night, and now he saw Lan Chen's anger rolling out.
It's no wonder that Lan Chen, in his straightforward thinking, he only felt that the relationship between the two families was like this, so he felt that there was no need to be too formal, he was worried in his heart, and he could just have something in his hand.
And after Jiang Ye nodded, he also motioned to Lan Chen to take a few steps forward with his eyes, and only then did he lower his voice so as not to be listened to by the distant horseman.
"I'm with Lin Dong...... Miss Frost is patrolling the streets, and she happens to overhear your conversation with the coachman, what's the matter? Do you want the whole horse to be in the house? ”