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Lin House

Since the battle of Nanhu that year, Zhou Chuqing has become a living dead due to his injuries, his breath is constant, but he can no longer move, lying in bed all day long, and he has not been able to wake up to this day. Since then, Zhang He has taken over Zhou Chuqing's position and become the chief manager of the Lin Mansion, overseeing the daily affairs of the mansion for more than 20 years.

Time passes, the years are like knives, the young man in the past is gone, and now Zhang He has become a middle-aged man with white sideburns.

On this day, he was pruning the flower branches in the front yard of the door, and was now aiming at a dead branch to be cut, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a strong knock on the door from the gate, and the sound was as rapid as thunder, and it instantly resounded throughout the whole courtyard, and even the birds resting on the branches were frightened and fled.

After hearing several knocks on the door, Zhang He only felt that his heart was almost jumping to his throat, hurriedly threw away the branch scissors in his hand, and ran quickly to the gate, but when he arrived at the door, he was not busy opening the door, just asked through the door: "Who is knocking outside?"

A rough voice sounded outside the door, and replied: "Shiling Shao Zifeng came to pay homage to Senior Lin, and asked the elder brother to make it convenient and open the door for me to meet!"

When Zhang He heard this, he immediately frowned, he had never heard of this person's name, so naturally he was not in the list of people who could meet him listed by Lin Zongbian, and immediately said in a loud voice: "The head of the family is in retreat and cultivating, and no one is seen, please go back to Shao Daxia." ”

Shao Zifeng, who was outside the door, shouted loudly: "Senior Lin has used such an excuse for nearly twenty years, hasn't he been out of the customs in the past twenty years?"

It turned out that since the death of his wife and children, Lin Zongbian's will gradually depressed, first resigned from his official position, and soon after he relieved all the responsibilities of the rivers and lakes, even Yi Shu's family business was abolished, and then he made a list of people who could meet him and handed it to Zhang He, and he moved out of the North Courtyard and moved to the "Ten Thousand Books Tower" to live in a simple place, and it has been nearly 20 years since today.

However, compared with Lin Zongbian's retreat, what makes the world feel more regrettable is the closure of his Lin family's business of "exchanging books for books", but it is precisely because of this industry that it is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so that although the "Ten Thousand Books Tower" has been closed for nearly 20 years, people who come to ask for books are still coming to visit in an endless stream, and they have never been cut off, but it is a pity that these people's requests have all ended in rejection, and no one has been able to get their wishes in 20 years.

During this period, Zhang He also dealt with many people who came to ask for books, although they had a variety of methods and strange reasons, but on the whole, these people were all legitimate means and extremely obedient to the law, so after being rejected, there were few people who were anxious and red-faced, and there would be no people who were messing around and making disrespectful words.

But right now, this Shao Zifeng is so nonsensical, Zhang He naturally won't have a good impression and patience, and asked coldly at the moment: "What?

Shao Zifang, who was outside the door, snorted heavily and said, "Come in, come in, I'm just waiting for your words!"

Zhang He said angrily: "You dare..."

But before he could say the rest of his words, he suddenly heard another voice outside the door, saying: "You are really vexatious, my family has rejected you explicitly, what do you want?"

As soon as the words fell, I only heard Shao Zifang scolding: "I talked to my own family, what did I hinder you? Hehe, what kind of thing are you, and you dare to teach Lao Tzu!"

I heard the man sneer twice, and said: "What a shameless person! Since I bumped into it today, then I have no choice but to teach you a lesson, but before that, you need to know what is involved, the person who originally taught you etiquette should be your Lao Tzu, but now I am replaced, then I will be your Lao Tzu!"

Shao Zifeng was furious and shouted: "You little miscellaneous hair dare to take advantage of grandpa!

But I heard a "bang", and then I heard Shao Zifeng laugh and said: "Little Zamao, do you dare to come out and show your eyes with your ability?" haha, but don't say that I bullied you kid, just call the three helpers behind you to go up together!"

The man also said loudly: "Don't be rampant, the turtle son, just because this place is too narrow to spread your hands and feet, if you have the courage, follow me to the street to compete!" After a pause, he continued: "I want to fight with him fairly, and the three eldest brothers must not help me!"

Shao Zifeng said fiercely: "Wait! I, Shao Zifeng, never beat the unknown, the little miscellaneous hair will report to the name quickly!"

The man laughed and said, "That little miscellaneous hair has to be remembered, Lao Tzu's name is Mu Xun!"

When Zhang He heard this, he was shocked, and said secretly: "Mu Xun, isn't the son of Uncle Mu's family also called by this name? Could it be that the person who came was Young Master Mu?" Thinking of this, he hurriedly moved to the door, and looked out with his eyes on the crack in the door.

And the group outside the door is also Mu Xun and his party, they traveled all the way, fortunately borrowed the light of Mu Chaofu, whenever they changed the horses in the pavilion, they could be exchanged for the first horse in the pavilion, plus the three of them quickly whipped up and kept hurrying, they simply shortened the three-month journey to one and a half months, and they just entered the city early this morning, and now they just came to the gate of the Lin Mansion.

Shao Zifang went down the stone steps first, and Mu Xun was about to pull out his legs to follow. At this moment, Zhang He hurriedly shouted through the door: "Little brother Mu Xun, go slowly, come here, I have something to ask you." ”

Mu Xun couldn't help but be stunned when he saw someone calling him at the door, but he still stepped forward and approached the door, and said respectfully: "May you ask!"

Zhang He peeked at Mu Xun's appearance from the gap, only to feel that his appearance was indeed a little similar to Mu Beiting, and his heart was suddenly happy, and he immediately gave seven or eight points to his identity, but when he was about to reach out to open the door, his hand suddenly held back, and after a little groaning, he asked, "Who are you Mu Beiting?"

Mu Xun replied through the door: "It is the father, the little nephew who came thousands of miles away, but there is an urgent matter to ask Uncle Lin for help, and he also asked this uncle to be accommodating." Although he didn't know Zhang He's age, he guessed the age by listening to the sound, thinking that this person should be not young, so that he could call him "uncle", and wanted to pull it up first.

Zhang He was relieved at this time, quickly removed the deadbolt, opened the door and walked out, and said with a smile: "The head of the family often thinks of your father, if he knows that you are here, he will definitely be very happy." ”

Mu Xun saw that a gentle middle-aged man came out, so he bowed and asked, "Dare to ask what uncle is called?"

Zhang He stepped forward, took his hand affectionately, and said with a smile: "My name is Zhang He, if you don't dislike it, just call me Uncle Zhang." ”

Mu Xun hurriedly shouted again, and then introduced the three people who came with him to Zhang He, and everyone greeted each other again.