Lin Jianlan felt that it was quite inconvenient late at night, so he only stood at the door, and Lu Man walked back and forth inside, and then Fang came out and said, "Brother, can you allow my sister to ask more, what are your plans after you arrive in Sanyuan?"

Lin Jianlan thought for a while and said: "It's not a secret, my parents died when I was a child, my uncle raised me and doted on me very much, this time I was asked to come out and travel by myself, my uncle's sister-in-law, that is, my aunt, accidentally made her body not very good when practicing martial arts, I heard that the ginseng in Liaodong is a tonic body, I just plan to go there to buy some back." ”

Lu Man nodded and said, "You are a very filial child, unlike me, you will only cause trouble." But after being distracted for a while, Fang Bu walked out of the house and said, "Brother, rest well, we will meet again if we are fated." After saying that, Lin Jianlan followed the door to see the tender yellow color disappear into the opposite room, Fang turned around and lay on the bed in the middle of the house and fell asleep in a daze, with a rooster crowing in his ears, and when he opened his eyes, he felt that the sun outside the house was dazzling, but it was already ten in the morning. Lin Jianlan rubbed his eyes, got up and pushed open the door, saw that the little second was busy in the courtyard, saw him push the door out, hurriedly greeted him, and said, "The master is awake?" But seeing that he didn't answer, he looked at the other door, and said with a smile: "The female bodhisattva and her senior brother have left early, and when they left, they also instructed the little one to answer the master well, breakfast has been ready, and I will bring it to the house." ”

Lin Jianlan didn't expect Lu Man to leave in a hurry without waiting for the morning to say goodbye, and suddenly felt a little stunned in his heart, as if the sweet fragrance was still lingering on the tip of his nose, he returned to his house sullenly, picked up the wrapped long sword and walked out of the house, the little two had already brought the food in, seeing that he was leaving, he wondered in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask more, and hurriedly led the horse out, Lin Jianlan silently took the reins and said, "Is it okay to go to Sanyuan and go straight to the north?" Seeing Xiao Er nodded, he turned over, "drove", and galloped away.

Riding a horse and running for about an hour, Lin Jianlan was already able to see the Sanyuan City Gate from afar, and walked to the city gate, but saw that the city gate was densely packed with officers and soldiers, and the inspection was very strict, and there were a number of people crowded in front of the gate, and his heart was very strange, and he slowly squeezed to the city gate, and saw two soldiers coming up, and was about to search his body, but he heard the leader of the officers and soldiers behind him: "There are so many people, you two have a little brain, can you?" The one who stole the things was a man and a woman, this is obviously a milky little child!" The two hurriedly turned around and walked back, and went to search for others, Lin Jianlan hurriedly walked to the leader and said, "This official, what's wrong?" The leader was very impatient, waved his hand, and said: "Go, go, who has time to pay attention to your hairy child?"

Lin Jianlan hurriedly took out a few coins of broken silver and stuffed them into the hands of the official army, who turned his face upside down and said: "You know the Eastern Capital Imperial Kou Division, right? Alas, you don't understand it, people like us are not worthy of guarding the door for others!

Lin Jianlan hurriedly said: "Official, what can a group of people who use force have anything valuable?

The official soldier "shh

Lin Jianlan exclaimed: "Such a precious thing, ordinary people can't afford it!"

The official said with a look of disdain: "There are no treasures in the palace?" It is said that this mussel is dedicated to the saint to eat the meat inside, which can keep the face, if you grind the beads and eat them, not only can you cure all kinds of diseases, but also your appearance will be several times more beautiful. ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Then the Eastern Capital Imperial Kou Division should also be heavily defended, why was it stolen?"

The official said: "What else do you have to say in the Imperial Kou Division of the Eastern Capital? This golden-crowned folded mussel was lost on the way to the escort, and the two old men who are escorting it now can't tell how they lost it, so we don't know it, we asked us to search for a man and a woman, and I heard that the woman is quite good." ”

Lin Jianlan said with a smile: "Thanks to the official, I have gained a lot of knowledge, so I won't delay your errand!" The officer waved his hand and stopped looking at him, turned his head and shouted at the other soldiers, Lin Jianlan led the horse into the city, it didn't take a lot of effort to find the inn, and after cleaning up, he took the money Lin Longqing gave him to buy a car and horses, and moved all the books left by Lin Longqing in the inn to the car, and then raised his whip and ran to the east gate, but he muttered in his heart, listening to the words of the official army, thinking of Bai Zongping's remarks that day, the golden crown and folded mussels are ten ** It was the two of them who stole it, but I don't know why the two of them stole this thing, it is said that the masters of the Eastern Capital Imperial Kou Division are like clouds, and they should not be allowed to get it easily, and I don't know which person is escorting.

After that scuffle outside the Hangzhou main hall, Lin Jianlan did not have a good impression of the people of the Eastern Capital Imperial Kousi, so although he was worried about Lu Man and the others all the way, his heart was still quite happy.

The east gate of Sanyuan was originally directly connected to the official road, and along the road, there were still sparse officials and soldiers who were careless and careless, Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "These officials and soldiers don't buy much of the accounts of the Imperial Kousi, anyway, if they lose something, they will only be blamed on their heads, even if they are really searched, it is still their credit to the saints, so they are not very concerned about searching." ”

Along the way, he hurried during the day and practiced and rested at night, and finally arrived at the official road in Hedong after more than ten days, and the people came and went gradually more, because he was afraid of missing the accommodation on the road, Lin Jianlan bought some dry food and dried meat and the like and piled them up in the car every time he met a village or town, and spent more than half of his time in the woods for a few days, and traveled on the road for several days and nights, and finally saw a city in the distance, with a big book "Jinzhou" on it Two words, Lin Jianlan has been very tired these days, his heart is happy, hurriedly urged the horse forward, entered the city to find an inn to settle down, although it is no longer as good as when he was robbed to the south of the Yangtze River, but he still felt sore, and immediately lay on the bed after devouring a meal, stretched his limbs, Fang somewhat understood that Lin Hongfeng was not a completely ruthless person, and he must find an inn every night to rest, thinking that he was young and weak that day, and remembered Yin Yin's stubborn appearance as cold as frost and snow, he couldn't help but be distracted, and said slowly: "The frost and snow are not intended, where can the spring breeze melt the ice?"

But hearing someone sigh outside the window, the figure flickered, and disappeared in an instant, Lin Jianlan hurriedly jumped out of bed to push open the window, there was a bright moon outside, and there was no one there, and if he was a thief, there was nothing to steal, but he was worried about the books in the carriage, so he jumped out of the window, quietly came to the backyard, and listened to a person inside: "Senior sister, didn't you let you look at him? Why did you come here too?" The woman chuckled and said: " I said to go directly to him to ask, but you refused, I want to turn it yourself, I heard the lovesickness of others clearly outside the window, how embarrassed is that, brother, do you say yes?"

Lin Jianlan stayed there for a while, looking in through Lu Man, Bai Zongping was standing next to the carriage, one leg was still on it, and his expression was very embarrassed, seeing Lin Jianlan hurriedly put his leg down and patted the dust on his leg. Seeing that he was flustered, Lin Jianlan calmed down instead, and smiled at Lu Man: "Sister Man, did you leave something here with me?"

Lu Man also smiled, clapped his hands and said, "My brother is really smart, if you ask my brother to return it, I don't think you will refuse?"

Lin Jianlan said: "Fortunately, I am an ordinary teenager, otherwise things will be searched out, and I will be a little involved, and it will not be good to lose Sister Man's things." He already understood that when he met Lu Man in the village store that night, he acted like that, and he was almost just taking the opportunity to transfer the stolen things to his own place and mix up the three plains, so he was also unhurried haha.

Bai Zongping returned to normal at this moment, and rushed to Lin Jianlan with an arrow step and said, "Where did you put that thing?" Just hand it over, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind." ”

Lin Jianlan didn't pay attention to him, he only looked at Lu Man, there was a look of inquiry in his eyes, but he also wanted to know whether Lu Man's commensurate relationship with his sister and brother that night was just a play, and there was a trace of expectation, only hoping that Lu Man would let Bai Zongping be unfavorable to him if he finished using him.

Lu Man motioned to Bai Zongping: "Second Senior Brother, don't be in such a hurry, wait for me." After that, he stepped forward and took Lin Jianlan's hand and walked aside, and after a moment of silence, Fang stared at Lin Jianlan and said softly: "Brother, do you blame me for using you to take things out and put you in danger?"

Lin Jianlan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Sister Man, I don't blame you, it's just that you told me directly that night and you will definitely help you, I don't have a good impression of the people of the Eastern Capital Imperial Kousi." If you want to get back the golden-crowned folded mussel, my sister can ask me directly, and you don't have to act like this. ”

Lu Man smiled, lowered his head and said: "My brother actually said the name of the golden-crowned folded mussel, he is really a smart person, the Imperial Kou Si lost such a thing, although he ordered an investigation, but he kept it secret, except for the leader with a bit of official rank, the small miscellaneous soldiers below didn't know what he had lost." ”

Lin Jianlan saw that the two green silks on her sideburns hung down, revealing a snow-white neck, and her every move was quite graceful, and she admired it in her heart: "Sister Man doesn't have to praise me, the money can be channeled, and you don't even need half a tael of silver to inquire about this news, since my sister wants to get it back, just take it back by yourself, I still don't know where you put your things." ”

Lu Man's face was overjoyed, and he beckoned to Bai Zongping at the gate of the courtyard, and said, "It turns out that it is still in your house, and it has been in vain that we have been looking for this long time in your carriage!" After saying that, he walked straight to the guest room, Lin Jianlan followed, and when he saw Lu Man enter the house, he opened the package and took out a small wooden box, which opened to reveal a mussel-shaped thing the size of half a palm.

Lin Jianlan exclaimed: "There is such a big mussel!"

Lu Man snorted and said, "How can it be so big, you take a closer look!"

Bai Zongping's face was very unhappy, and he hurriedly stopped: "What does Senior Sister think of him?" Lu Man pouted and said: "Second Senior Brother, I haven't seen you as suspicious, we put things in my brother's package and take them out of the city, if they are searched, one of his lives will be killed by us, and now my brother doesn't blame me, but lets us take things back, so what's the harm in letting him see it?"

Lin Jianlan fixed his eyes and looked at it, it turned out that this thing the size of half a palm was just a green jade container shaped like a mussel shell, Lu Man slowly opened the mussel shell, there was still shallow water inside, and a small golden mussel was placed inside, the mussel shell was golden, and the layers of folds were spread out, glowing with golden shimmer.

Lu Man screamed softly and said: "The water is almost gone, second senior brother, you bring some water!" Bai Zongping hurriedly scooped some water from the basin, and filled the container, the little mussel got the love water, shook it lightly, spit out a few bubbles, and then opened the mussel shell, and the three of them held the lamp and watched with their heads, and saw that the mussel shell contained a pearl that was not much bigger than a mung bean, slightly shiny, and there were some lines in the open shell, but it was somewhat similar to the person's facial features when you looked closely, I am afraid that it was a bit far-fetched to say that it was a Buddha statue, but it was sent to win the emperor's favor.

The little clam contained a little water, then closed the shell again, and did not move. The three of them were fascinated by it, and for a long time they admired the cover of the outer container shell, which was so tightly fitting that it did not leak.

Lu Man put it back in the wooden box, Fang raised his hand and stroked his hair and said with a smile: "This is thanks to my brother, our original thing is also for your own good, don't you know that you are guilty?"

Lin Jianlan smiled and was about to answer, but he heard a commotion outside, with a chaotic footsteps, mixed with the shouts of the shopkeeper: "Official, official, what to say, and slowly scare the guests!" As soon as the words fell, there was a terrible scream, and a man shouted loudly: "The people inside listened! The Eastern Capital Imperial Kou Division came to arrest the fugitives, two men and a woman, and honestly stayed inside and waited for us to search the houses.

The three of them pushed open a thin crack in the window, Lin Jianlan looked down, and saw dozens of officers and soldiers standing below, holding lanterns, illuminating the store as if it were day, and there were several people standing proudly in front of them, one of the two old men was holding a carved cane, and the other was holding a weapon like a weighing rod, but he was a little familiar, which one was Ding Redding Shui who didn't attack himself and Yin Yin that day? The feet of the two were blood-red, and one was lying in a pool of blood, obviously an ordinary civilian who was running in a panic just now, and he was brutally murdered at this moment, Lin Jianlan clenched his fists and was about to speak, but Lu Man closed the window, Bai Zongping stared at Lin Jianlan and said, "How could they chase here?"