The Wu family did not hang lanterns under the platform, so in the middle of the winter night, except for a little light in the courtyard, it was endless darkness.

Liu Boyu followed Liu Bowen's hand and walked forward from the shadows, which was abrupt and frightening.

Wu Yi was startled, and saw that Liu Boyu and Liu Bowen looked exactly the same, one tall and one short, standing together, like two round-faced people kneading dough, in this dark night, it became more and more strange and funny, breaking the pulse in the house.

"You, you ......" Wu Yi stammered, remembering what Wu Jin told him about the leaky shipper, the surprise when they first met immediately dispersed, only nervousness.

It's not like my brother finds out that they're leakers, so let's get in trouble!

He was confused, but he didn't feel very good subconsciously, and couldn't help but look at Liu Bowen, feeling panicked: "What are you looking for my brother for?" ”

Liu Boyu raised his hand, with a thin cotton rope hooked on the fingers of both hands, and four or five large oiled paper bags hanging down below, smiling and looking amiable: "I came to ask your brother for help, you are Wu Yi, I often hear Bowen mention your good friend, and you are really a good child." ”

He crossed the threshold, entered uninvited, and glanced at the courtyard of the house: "It's so warm, your brother lives in the East Wing." ”

Liu Bowen also walked in.

Wu Yi listened to him and quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little scared, swallowed his saliva, turned around, and shouted to the kitchen: "A-Niang, there are guests, it's Liu Bowen and his brother, come to find my brother!" ”

Mother Wu hurriedly came out of the kitchen, and saw that the person who came was smiling, carrying a large bag and a small bag, and when she saw her, she called "aunt" non-stop, hurriedly wiped her hands, and turned away the gift.

Liu Boyu didn't allow her to refuse, put it directly on the ground, and went to the east wing very kindly.

Wu Jin heard his brother's yelling, and had already opened the door, an oil lamp shining on him in the room, and a shadow folded from under his feet over the threshold to the outside of the house.

Liu Bowen was full of apologies: "Wu Jieyuan, it's really sad to come to disturb so late, can I go in and sit?" ”

"Just call me Wu Jin, sit here," Wu Jin came out and opened the door of the compartment, "Please." ”

There was no lamp in the compartment, nor was there a charcoal basin, like an ice cellar with a black hole, and Liu Boyu was swallowed in one bite.

Liu Bowen was like a little tail of his, and he also stepped in, and Wu Jin looked at Wu Yi, who was at a loss: "Go make tea." ”

Wu Yi nodded hurriedly, turned around and ran to the kitchen, Wu Jin returned to his room, raised the oil lamp, and turned to the cubicle.

A dim light came from his hand, dispelling the darkness in the room step by step, illuminating the path he was going to walk very brightly.

The oil lamps were placed on the square table, and the three of them sat around the table, which was cold and hard from the table to the bench, so that they could not be lazy or leisurely.

At this time, Wu Yi came in with a plate, three hot teas were placed on the table, and the melon seeds were brought down, he was about to leave, but Wu Jin beckoned to him: "You also sit, entertain your friends." ”

Wu Yi sat down as he said, rubbed his hands uneasily, took two breaths of hot air in his palms, and wanted to carry the charcoal basin in, but he didn't dare to move.

Liu Boyu picked up the hot tea cup to warm his hands, and said with a smile: "It's been nearly a month and a half since I last saw you, your hands are all right, it's really a happy event, I just cared about talking to Miss Mo at that time, I didn't look at you carefully, but now I look carefully, you are really imposing." ”

He looked at Wu Jin carefully as he spoke, and saw that Wu Jin was wearing a gray bloated cotton clothes, which was an ugly homely dress, but when he got on his body, he became very generous.

Wu Jin smiled, speechless, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, thinking that the two tea leaves he bought today were very good, not bitter, and had a fragrance, but unfortunately Cheng Ting didn't come to taste it.

Liu Boyu hit a wall, but he was not cold, he was still enthusiastic: "I came today to ask Wu Jin to do me a favor." ”

Wu Jin said to the teacup: "Please speak." ”

He is also an amiable appearance, but Wu Yi watched from the sidelines, always feeling worried in his heart, and he didn't even dare to rub his hands.

Liu Boyu took a sip of the teacup, put it down, grabbed a handful of melon seeds in his hand, peeled one, didn't eat it, just put it aside, peeled another one, still didn't eat it, and put it aside.

He said while peeling it off: "Then I'll say it directly, Brother Wu should know what my family is doing, don't say more." ”

Wu Jin stared at his hand: "I know." ”

Liu Boyu peeled it very seriously, and soon there was a small pile of shells on the left hand side, and a small pile of kernels on the right hand, he didn't eat it, only peeled it, and sighed at the same time: "Miss Mo doesn't allow us to use mules, Mo Jiedu makes her love sister, and takes this as a golden rule, we have always respected the Mo family, since we are not allowed to use mules, we don't use them." ”

After finishing speaking, he pulled the small pile of melon seeds he had peeled into the palm of his hand, opened his mouth, and poured it into his mouth, chewing it with relish.

While chewing hard, he waited for Wu Jin to speak, but he waited and waited, but he couldn't wait for Wu Jin's words - it seemed that Wu Jin was willing to open his mouth when he finished speaking.

So after he finished chewing, he took a sip of tea, coughed twice, and cleared his throat: "It turns out that without mules, the Liu family can still support it, but since there is a war, the leakage has become extremely dangerous, but we dare not not go - dignitaries and nobles use our peppercorns, ambergris, pearl agate, where do we dare to stop?" ”

His face was full of embarrassment: "Now that there are no mules, we can't move an inch, we just want to ask Brother Wu to ask Miss Mo for a favor for us and allow us to use mules." ”

Wu Jin turned his head slightly to look at him: "Wang Zhizhou will want your life for a few peppercorns?" Or will Governor Cheng kill you for a few pearls? Or is it that once the ambergris is missing from the Mo Jiedu envoy's house, the Mo Jiedu envoy will ask you to accompany the funeral? ”

He turned his face back and said in a flat tone: "There is a ferry terminal in Naksu, Jeju, and there is a city shipping department, can't you buy peppercorns?" Or are they short of money and go to Luoshui Wharf to buy it? ”

Liu Boyu didn't expect him to refute himself eloquently, and even paused for a moment to peel melon seeds.

Wu Jin spoke clearly, and every word was not confused: "It's just that you are greedy for money and danger, and you have insatiable desires, and you are insatiable." ”

No one answered in the room for a while, and it fell silent, only Liu Boyu's hand moved again, "clicking".

Wu Yi looked at Liu Bowen, Liu Bowen smiled at him, but laughed out of a layer of cold sweat on his body, sticking to his clothes, beating his spine, making him shudder.

He turned his head to look at Wu Jin, thinking that Wu Jin was full of anger, but he didn't expect that under the firelight, Wu Jin's complexion did not change in the slightest - he felt that his brother seemed to be more terrible than before, and he was also very gentle in the past, but he still couldn't help but be angry and speak fiercely, but now, there is only mildness, like spring waves in the lake and willows on the embankment.

It made him feel a kind of fear that he didn't dare to think about.