After that, there was nothing to say, and three days passed peacefully, and in the early morning of the fourth day, the servants of the Lin Mansion had just opened the gate, and the messenger of the Ningbo Mansion also happened to arrive at the door to report that Lu Bing's brocade guards would arrive at the Lin Mansion later.

After Lin Zongbian got the news, he immediately sent someone to inform everyone in the mansion to rush to the gate of the mansion and wait to greet him.

However, after a long time, all the people in the house were waiting for the door, and after waiting for about a cup of tea, suddenly a group of people appeared on Dongshou Avenue, clustering a blue satin soft sedan chair and slowly walking towards the Lin Mansion.

Lin Zongbian walked quickly down the steps to meet the general, and the people behind him also followed. The soft sedan chair stopped at a foot away from the gate of the mansion, and Lin Zongbian rushed forward and bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty Lin Zongbian, bring everyone in the mansion to welcome the commander and the envoy." ”

The people behind him also bowed and saluted, but Master Tongze folded his hands and lowered his head.

After a while, the soft sedan curtain was lifted by the entourage, and the person in the sedan got up and stepped out, saying, "Everyone, please be exempt." This voice cuts through the ice and jade, without the slightest emotion, and it is awe-inspiring to hear.

Ma Weiben had never seen Lu Bing, and he was very curious about what this person looked like, so he raised his eyes slightly and glanced away. I saw that the person in front of the sedan chair was thin and slender, wearing a red satin python embroidered dress, with slender limbs, a neat and beautiful long beard that was level with his chest, and a pair of eagle eyes on his angular cheeks.

After Ma Wei looked at it for a long time, he couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart: "With such momentum, he really deserves the title of 'Iron Mask Hades'!"

Lin Zongbian straightened up and stretched out his hand to make an invitation, and said, "Lord Lu has worked hard from afar, please move to the main hall for tea." ”

Lu Bing bowed his head slightly and said, "There is Lord Laurin." ”

Lin Zongbian said: "Don't dare, don't dare." Lord Lu, please. As he spoke, he led the way and led Lu Bing to Fuzhong.

When he arrived in front of the main hall of the courtyard, Lin Zongbian turned around and said aloud to everyone: "I have official business to discuss with Lord Lu, and I invite you to the side hall to serve tea..."

But before he could finish speaking, Lu Bing suddenly interrupted: "Wait." ”

Lin Zongbian bowed down and asked, "What does Lord Lu command?"

Lu Bing looked at Yi Liangwen and Master Tong Ze, bowed his hand to the rivers and lakes, and said with a smile: "Yi Lao Hero and Master Tong Ze are the old acquaintances of this commander, and the plain court is far away from the rivers and lakes, and it is difficult for everyone to have the opportunity to meet. ”

Yi Liangwen and Master Tong Ze glanced at each other, and said in unison: "It's all up to Commander Lu's arrangement." ”

Lu Bing smiled, then looked around again, and when his eyes swept over Xu Jiangkui and Dai Shichun on the side, a touch of joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he said, "Oh, it turns out that Xu Erxia and Dai Sanxia are also there." Very good, very good! Then please come into the hall together. ”

However, in the face of the invitation, Xu Jiangkui was stunned, he felt strange in his heart, and secretly thought to himself: "Although I have had several relationships with Lu Bing, I have never had actual interactions, so what can I continue to do now? At the moment, he wanted to say something to shirk it, but then he thought again: "Maybe maybe it's because the leader of this brocade guard has a good eye for our brothers? Maybe I can take the opportunity to explore the truth of the dedication of the Sutra..."

Originally, after he learned that Lin Zongbian presented the "Su Jing" to the emperor, he no longer had any thoughts about reading this book, but just as he was about to leave the Lin Mansion, he inadvertently bumped into Zhang He, who was rushing out of the mansion with an envelope. After seeing this scene, he couldn't help but be suspicious, guessing that this letter should be related to the "Su Jing", so he secretly followed, wanting to find an opportunity to intercept this letter to see what happened.

But he didn't want Zhang He to go all the way down the avenue after going out, there were many passers-by along the way, Xu Jiangkui never found a suitable opportunity to start, so he had to watch Zhang He enter the "Riding the Wind" dart game.

This "Riding the Wind" dart game is famous in the Jiangnan region, and Feng San, the head of the town bureau, is even more prestigious. With such a strong character, Xu Jiangkui naturally didn't dare to break into the dart game recklessly, so he had to find a tea stall from a distance and sit down to observe secretly. After about a cup of tea, Zhang He and Feng San, the head of the dart, went out of the dart game together, and the two said goodbye at the door, and then Feng San took a fast horse and galloped outside the city.

Xu Jiangkui saw it in his eyes, and the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, but he was afraid of Feng San's strong martial arts, and he didn't dare to come forward to intercept the letter, so he had to return to the Lin Mansion in a huff, and he used the excuse to continue to this day, just to confirm whether Lin Zongbian's words and deeds were true.

In the face of such a rare opportunity now, he did not hesitate, and immediately hugged his fists and responded: "Thanks to Lord Lu's love, my brothers are really honored!"

Lu Bing looked at Xu Jiangkui, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and without saying a word, he stepped into the hall first, and the three brocade guards who had been following him also followed closely, and the rest of the brocade guards were lined up on both sides of the hall door, and the scene was quite majestic.

Entering the hall, Lu Bingju sat on the top, and the three brocade guards were lined up behind him. Lin Zongbian and the others entered the hall, but they didn't dare to sit down, but Dai Shichun picked up a seat nearby, sat down with a big grin, and hurriedly greeted Xu Jiangkui: "Second brother, you can sit too." ”

Xu Jiangkui secretly scolded his third brother for being a "pig brain" in his heart, and at the same time hurriedly turned around and bowed to Lu Bing, and said with a smile: "My third brother is a mountain village man, he has always lacked education, and he doesn't know how to etiquette and etiquette. ”

Lu Bing waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is a person of true temperament, what's so strange? ”

After everyone thanked him, they sat down one after another, and Lin Zongbian and Yi Liangwen sat on both sides of him according to Lu Bing's wishes.

Lu Bing saw that everyone was sitting down, so he said: "Let's talk about gossip for a while, and only talk about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, not the court." ”

Yi Liangwen said with a smile: "This is very good, if you want to sit in a proper manner, I am afraid that I will have to borrow urine to slip away if I can't sit for a while." ”

Everyone laughed, and the previously restrained atmosphere suddenly dissipated, only Lin Zongbian did not smile, but only raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Lu Bing noticed Lin Zongbian's strange appearance, and immediately said, "Brother Lin's complexion is not very good." Oh, by the way, when the commander entered the door before, he had caught a glimpse of a half-piece of the couplet pasted on the middle door, could it be that the palace was mourning before?"

After receiving the news of Lu Bing's visit, Lin Zongbian ordered the servants to remove all the funeral and family affairs, so as not to offend Lu Bing, but unexpectedly, someone was careless, and still left some traces to be seen by Lu Bing. Now that he has noticed it, Lin Zongbian is no longer holding on, his expression instantly dimmed, and he said after a while: "Xiaguan's family has encountered misfortune, I... My wife and children are dead...", his voice began to choke at this point, and he could no longer speak the rest of his words.

Lu Bing frowned and said curiously: "Huh, how could this happen? Could it be that some accident happened?"

Yi Liangwen looked at Lin Zongbian, but seeing that he was in a state of distress at this time, he knew that it was difficult for him to continue to speak, so he said: "Alas, the commander doesn't know that this disaster was all caused by an old incident many years ago. ”

Lu Bing was even more curious, so he said, "Oh? ”