Late at night, the small stalls and vendors in the Lin Mansion are cleaning up their stalls one after another, preparing to end today's hard work.

At this time, a young figure appeared leisurely at the corner of the street in the distance, with a wine gourd pinned to his waist and humming some ugly tunes in his mouth. His steps were stray and his body staggered, and every step he took felt like he would trip over himself.

He staggered over like this, as if he was a little exhausted, and sat down directly next to a vendor.

The white-haired old man who was packing up his things and preparing to go home heard the sound, and hurriedly put down the things in his hand and stepped forward, helping the young man who was sitting on the ground to get up, and the old man smelled the strong smell of wine on the young man's body, and he put down the table, chair and bench that had just been cleaned up, and let the young man sit at the table. The old man walked to his stall and poured a bowl of warm water for the young man.

Xu is old man is old and a little dizzy, and when the young man raised his head to thank him, he didn't see that this was the eldest son of the Lin Mansion.

Lin Yuan's eyes were flickering, he took out a little broken jade from his Qiankun sleeve and handed it to the old man himself, and said vaguely: "Old man, I may have to delay you to close the stall, I want to entertain a guest, please prepare some wine and food for me." ”

In fact, the old man is not in a hurry to pack up and go home, but there is no one and no business in the middle of the night, and now that a small guest has come, he will also go to prepare some simple appetizers.

After a while, a simple and simple plate with common ingredients was served. Maybe it was because Lin Yuan gave too much jade, and the old man also cut two taels of beef for him.

When the dishes were ready, the old man stood at the table with a small jar of wine, he didn't put down the wine jar for a long time, and said bitterly to the young man who covered his head: "Young man, drink less wine, this thing may be able to relieve a temporary boredom, but it is not a good strategy after all." ”

It seemed that the old man had seen through Lin Yuan's depressed mood, he pulled out the cork for him after putting down the wine jar, patted Lin Yuan's back a few times, and then walked back to the stall with his waist bent and sat down, waiting for Lin Yuan to finish eating.

The pungent aroma of wine moved with the wind and penetrated into Lin Yuan's nose, causing his stomach to roll, and he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose before he spit it out.

After relieving a little time, Lin Yuan picked up the wooden stopper on the table and plugged the mouth of the altar, and when the aroma of the wine dissipated, he took a piece of beef with his bare hands and threw it into his mouth to chew, and before he chewed it, he let it go down to calm the hot feeling in his stomach.

At this moment, a figure behind Lin Yuan sneaked up behind him, sneakily tinkering with something.

This behavior looks like a thief no matter how you look at it. Seeing this, the old man sitting in the stall picked up the discarded vegetable leaves, smashed them mercilessly at the person, and scolded in his mouth: "Where did the thief come from, taking advantage of the strength of other people's wine, he actually committed this stealing!" ”

Lin Yuan also felt a movement in his waist at this moment, he turned his head and glared, and found that it was actually the owner of the wine gourd who was tiptoeing to "steal" the wine gourd on his waist.

His small movements were discovered by Lin Yuan, and the sloppy big man smiled at him awkwardly and let go of his troubled hands.

But at this moment, the white-haired old man had already rushed to Lin Yuan's side with his own cleaning skills, and he was about to punish this "rat generation" who stole in the middle of the night!

"That...... Good evening, little boy......" The drunkard stood a little restrained.

Lin Yuan stared at him for a long time for no reason, and asked blankly, "Why are you here?" ”

The old man listened to the conversation between the two, and after he glanced around a few times between the two, he found that it seemed to be really an acquaintance, so he put down the broom in his hand and asked, "Little guest officer, is this your friend?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled awkwardly at the old man, and then after he nodded, he got up and thanked the old man, and the old man put away the idea of teaching the big man a lesson, but he still glanced at him disdainfully before going back to sit down again.

Lin Yuan thanked the old man During the period, the big man saw the wine and food on the table with his spare eyes, so he moved to the opposite side of Lin Yuan and sat down, laughed and said: "I just woke up and scared me half to death, and I caught a big brother in your house to ask for a long time to figure out what was going on, I heard that you went out with an old gentleman, so I went out to look for you, no, it happened to catch up." ”

The sloppy man took out a pair of chopsticks from the bamboo tube, and he had a clear goal and went straight to the beef.

At this time, Lin Yuan also untied his wine gourd from his waist and put it in the hand of the big man.

"Then you don't need to be so sneaky......" Lin Yuan looked at him amusedly.

Dahan continued to swallow the appetizer in his mouth, and without looking at it, he opened the stopper of the wine gourd, and took it and poured it violently. After drinking, he wiped the remaining wine on his mouth with his worn sleeve, and then he was level with Lin Yuan, and said embarrassedly: "Isn't this afraid that Young Master Lin will ask me for accommodation fees and wine money...... So I want to slip away quietly. ”

With such scoundrel words, combined with the rogue behavior of eating and drinking, Lin Yuan really felt that the big man in front of him was interesting.

"Last time I said goodbye to Qifeng Mountain, I haven't asked my godbrother Taizun's surname." Lin Yuan asked.

The big man who was munching on beef grinned, he pretended to arch his hands, and said: "I can't talk about honoring the surname, the big name Xie Changfeng, the ranger, if the little master doesn't dislike the old brother!" ”

After speaking, he didn't pause, and continued to work on a few side dishes, solving them all with the momentum of the wind and clouds.

Lin Yuan looked at the empty plates, and he wondered if the person on the other side was a starving ghost. Lin Yuan didn't call out the old brother after all, he looked at Xie Changfeng on the other side, who should be five or six years older than himself, so he shouted "Brother Xie".

But Xie Changfeng didn't care about the title, after he finished eating, he sighed, raised his head and sent all the remaining flower brew in the wine gourd into the Five Organs Mansion, and after drinking, he didn't forget to burp, patted his mellow belly and smiled: "Little young master, don't be surprised, I'm just a rough person, and I don't look good when I eat it, forgive me, forgive me!" ”

Lin Yuan didn't feel sorry for these drinks and food, but the person he was waiting for didn't appear, but Xie Changfeng came.

Lin Yuan shook his head indifferently, and he began to look around, wanting to see if anyone was secretly peeping nearby.

Xie Changfeng didn't care what Lin Yuan was doing, the wine worm in his stomach had been aroused by the pot of flower brew, his eyes were staring at the jar of wine on the table, and he hurriedly took it while Lin Yuan didn't see him, pulled out the cork and took a sip.

"Happy!"

A hearty shout after drinking made Lin Yuan feel a little frightened.

When he turned around, he found that Xie Changfeng was pouring the jar of wine into his wine gourd, which caused Lin Yuan to shake his head and chuckle.

Then he looked around a few more times, but Lin Yuan still couldn't find the figure he wanted to see, and at this moment, Xie Changfeng also filled the wine, and was holding the wine jar with his head up, trying to pour the old inside into his mouth.

This love of wine is like life, Lin Yuan really can't understand it. He didn't care about Xie Changfeng, he packed up a few plates and chopsticks and sent them to his father-in-law, and added some broken jade to him as compensation for delaying his closing.

Of course, the old man repeatedly shirked with Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan's attitude remained the same, so the old man had no choice but to thank him.

Lin Yuan walked back to the table, Xie Changfeng finally let go of the jar of wine, he tied the wine gourd around his waist, and when he saw Lin Yuan coming, he also got up, and smiled at Lin Yuan: "I rubbed the little master again, I will definitely make up for the little master when I have money in the future!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled indifferently, he said: "This doesn't have to be taken to heart, Brother Xie helped yesterday, and these drinks and dishes will be regarded as a thank you gift." So where is Brother Xie going next? ”

Xie Changfeng scratched his head a little distressed, and he said: "Of course, I am a ranger who is home all over the world, but I will definitely not leave the Northern Liang Region in the short term, and there are still things to be done." ”

"If that brother Tai has difficulties in Beiliang in the future, you can come directly to the Lin Mansion to find me, and I will definitely do my best to help you." Lin Yuan said to Xie Changfeng again.

This Xie Changfeng was not polite, and said with a smile: "Yes, with the words of the little young master, I will definitely go to the Lin Mansion to find you if I have nothing to eat!" ”

It was really the first time Lin Yuan had seen such a cheeky person, but he only thought that Xie Changfeng was quite interesting.

"Then, the green mountains will not change the green water, and we will meet again in the future!" Lin Yuan said.

Xie Changfeng was used to being chic, he bowed slightly at Lin Yuan and then turned around and left directly, not forgetting to raise his hand and wave a few times.

Seeing Xie Changfeng's back leave, Lin Yuan also said goodbye to his father-in-law, and then wrapped his clothes tightly and walked towards the door.

To say that Lin Yuan's alcohol consumption is really bad, when he was halfway through and was blown by a small wind, the disgusting feeling swept through his esophagus again.

Lin Yuan ran into the dim alley with a quick movement of his legs, found a corner and began to retch.

This uncomfortable momentum made Lin Yuan secretly swear that he would stay away from the word "wine" in the future!

Holding on to the wall for a while, there was a sound of landing behind Lin Yuan, and he didn't look back, still facing away from the alley, rolling up his sleeve robe with his hand and covering his mouth and nose, and said like this: "I thought you wouldn't come out today." ”

A familiar laugh sounded behind him, and a man's voice said, "Lin Gongzi has always had someone by his side, how dare I show up?" ”

Lin Yuan forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his stomach and the dizziness of his head, and when he put down his palm, he turned around with a smile, looking at the black robe in front of him.

Isn't this person the black robe who said he wanted to take Lin Yuan's life on Qifeng Mountain?

Lin Yuan looked this person up and down curiously, and he was still in the mood to joke: "What, come to take my life again today?" ”

"What do you think?" The black robe seemed to be laughing too.

Hearing such an answer, Lin Yuan snorted a sneer in his nose, he wrapped his arms in front of him, and said slowly: "Since that day, I have been repeatedly scrutinizing your strange behavior. ”

"Oh? I can't imagine that I am so worried about Lin Gongzi? I was really flattered. The black robe echoed.

Lin Yuan ignored his joke and continued: "After going down the mountain, I don't know who released the news that I have a weeping blood fruit in my hand, this is not important, the important thing is that I have gone out alone many times, and you did not appear. ”

"In other words, you didn't come to kill me that night, but your purpose was not to cry blood."

"It's really curious, but there's only one possibility."

Speaking of this, Lin Yuan's gaze looked directly at the hood of the black robe, as if he wanted to see through the expression underneath.

Lin Yuan paused for a moment, then stood in place and said righteously: "You are giving me a step, a step to let me go down the mountain!" ”

The black robe was silent, he stood motionless, and only after a long time waved his hands, applauded, and said: "Lin Gongzi is really smart, and this courage is not bad, and he actually dares to risk his life to test my intentions." ”

"That's right, I'm really here to force you down the mountain!" The black robe stopped pretending and admitted his purpose for that night.

"Dare to ask Your Excellency if it is any good for you, or your master, to force me down the mountain?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Such a straightforward question, how does Lin Gongzi want me to answer it?" The black robe asked with a chuckle.

"Truthfully, of course." Lin Yuan said with a roll of his eyes.

"Then you're really drunk!" The black robe said unceremoniously.

"......" Lin Yuan was speechless.

The black robe reached into his loose robe, and after only a moment, he took out two thick notebooks, which he casually threw to Lin Yuan, regardless of whether he could catch them or not.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan's mind was not too chaotic, he took the thrown thing in the air with both hands, and after holding it steadily, with the help of only moonlight in the alley, he saw the two big words written on the cover: account book!

Lin Yuan looked up curiously, he held a copy in his hand and shook it lightly, and asked, "This is?" ”

"Something you want." The black robe said lightly.

"The Lu family's ledger?" Lin Yuan was dumbfounded.

"Strictly speaking, it's Lu Hao's account book." The black robe corrected.

Lin Yuan's eyes were full of incredulity, he hurriedly lowered his head and opened the account book, finding what seemed to be fresh handwriting.

The black robe also guessed Lin Yuan's concern, and he said, "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid, this is what I copied in the morning while you were delaying time, Lu Hao won't find out." ”

In this way, Lin Yuan put his mind at ease, if these two account books were the mother books, wouldn't Lu Hao want to rebel against the sky when he found out? Fortunately, the brain of this black robe is active, so Lin Yuan doesn't have to worry about Lu Hao making trouble in a short time.

After roughly flipping through a few pages, Lin Yuan asked without raising his head, "Why did you give me this?" ”

Lin Yuan asked the key question, and the black robe took two steps forward to approach Lin Yuan, and said in a low voice, "Maybe, I have the same purpose as you?" ”

"You're going to check on my dad too?" Lin Yuan immediately asked.

But the black robe no longer answered the question, and he turned and walked to the wall, ready to jump on the wall and leave.

"Your Excellency is going to leave like this?" Lin Yuan put away the account book and asked.

The black robe standing under the wall looked back and asked, "Could it be that Lin Gongzi has other things?" ”

"You've helped me so much, why don't you go to the Lin Mansion with me to sit down? Drinking a pot of hot tea? Lin Yuan invited with a smile, but there was still a ruthlessness hidden in this smile.

"Save it for later......" Before the black robe finished speaking, he stopped his words and slowly looked up in the direction above his head.

On the high wall, a fiery figure squatted, he carried a long knife, looked at the black robe below with cold eyes, and said, "He invites you, drink tea!" ”

The black robe lowered his head and shook his head slightly, and he said, "This is how Lin Gongzi repays his benefactor?" ”

"When I get to the Lin Mansion and sit down for tea, it's not too late to talk about repaying the favor!"

As soon as Lin Yuan's words fell, the black-robed figure burst out in an instant, and he did not rush towards Lin Yuan, but directly stepped out of the alley and rushed towards the distance.

Lin Sanli's reaction was also extremely fast, and the moment the black robe disappeared, he also left from the wall and chased after the black robe.

Lin Yuan slowly walked out of the alley, he watched Lin Sanli jumping continuously at a high place, so he didn't plan to stay longer, continued to hum that ugly tune, and went straight to the door.