The woman reined in the horse's head and said coldly: "I have grown so big, although I have not seen many people, many things are very clear in my heart. My grandfather, whom I had never met a few times, was so kind to me later because he wanted me to revive the prestige of his Jade Sword Gate, and my uncle, who was very old, was willing to whisper to me as a girl, because he wanted his talented son to be the master of the Jade Sword Gate, for fear that I would rob him. My master was naturally good to me, taught me martial arts, and also studied a set of swordsmanship for me, but this is because she herself has not practiced to the sixth level of the Six Snow Xuangong, not so much to let me realize this wish for her, but to let me experiment whether this mental method can be practiced to the extreme. ”

There was a faint sense of sadness and coldness in her voice, she looked blankly at the towering city wall in the distance under the sunset, and continued: "My mother, she is good to me, she just wants me to avenge her." ”

Speaking of this, she looked back sideways, her extremely pitiful gaze instantly changed, and she became ridiculed, and said, "Lin Gongzi, you always say how good Lin Longqing is to you, but I don't believe that he didn't do anything. You have been in Hangzhou for a few days, and you are willing to help me practice, and you are also extremely considerate of me along the way, and why?" Seeing that the man on the opposite horse stood stunned, his eyes had indescribable sympathy and pity, and his heart moved, but he still replied to himself: "Yes, you want me not to embarrass Lin Longqing again." But that's all I can't do. ”

The wind was strong in the evening, blowing her long hair endlessly, and the windward side of her clothes was also blown tightly on her body, revealing that her figure was extremely thin and thin, and her small shoulders seemed to be broken if she was pinched. I don't want to be with you for a few days, you should also know that I don't need you to leave any affection to protect Uncle Qing now, you want revenge, I want to repay the favor, although it is closely linked, but these have nothing to do with me being good to you. It's just that I just hope you don't have to suffer so much. ”

Cao Yinyin trembled slightly, bit her lip, and listened to Lin Jianlan again: "On the Yangtze River boat that year, I saw you crying secretly at the stern, but I didn't dare to go up to comfort you, because I was afraid that you would hate Uncle Qing and annoy me." You and I haven't seen each other much for years, and you've never looked at me or spoken to me, but you can't let you go crazy and ignore you like a glacier. ”

Speaking of the things on the boat, Cao Yinyin's eyes widened slightly, the expression on his face was very uncomfortable, and he turned his face away for a while and said: "There is such a danger in martial arts, you and I should be used to it, you let the shopkeeper call Deputy Qin's helper to come over, it is only an hour of incense, it is already considered to be exhausted, so why do you have to do it for me?"

Lin Jianlan was dumbfounded for a long time, and Fang Tu said: "If you weren't waiting for me to be bored and practice in the room, how could I ......?"

Speaking of this, it was a gust of wind and sand that struck, the eyes were full of yellow smoke, and the pedestrians on the road hurriedly covered their faces with their sleeves to avoid the wind and sand, and the two stood on their horses, Cao Yinyin was dressed in white in the wind and dust, but it was still very clear, Lin Jianlan heard her sigh softly, whispering something, but he couldn't hear it clearly anyway.

After a while, the wind and sand gradually passed, and Cao Yinyin returned to calm again, and said: "Luoyang is in front, let's go into the city quickly." ”

Lin Jianlan hesitated for a moment and said: "I won't go, I have to rush to Chang'an immediately, there is still some time before the Kao Festival, I should be able to return on time by then." ”

Cao Yinyin said coldly: "Is it that girl from the Nanhai faction who treats each other in Chang'an? No wonder you are so eager." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "You are now the leader of a gang, the invitation has never been seen in your eyes, the Taihu Lake Festival is imminent, I don't know why you want to come to Luoyang, but Kao post is unbelievable to others, she has helped me, I can't let her wait in Chang'ankong, it can be regarded as a favor." ”

Cao Yinyin said: "You repay your favor, and I have no intention of interfering with you." After saying that, he had already urged the horse to run to the city gate in front of him, Lin Jianlan smiled bitterly, knowing that the Kuangyi Gang in Luoyang City must have someone to answer the gang leader, but it was only a few steps away from the city, and it was not appropriate to leave Cao Yinyin outside the city, so he had to ride his horse again.

Luoyang, which is close to the imperial capital Chang'an, is very lively, Luoyang loves flowers very much, it is the season of flowers at this time, peonies are displayed in front of the shops and shops on both sides of the street, take the meaning of "flowers bloom and wealth".

The two entered Luoyang, but they didn't have time to enjoy the scenery, and even asked a few inns that were full, and the person who answered them had not arrived for a long time, Cao Yinyin's face gradually showed displeasure, his face was like frost, Lin Jianlan was also anxious, I don't know when to wait, but I heard someone next to him: "This pot is also very good." The voice was charming and beautiful, Lin Jianlan hurriedly ran over there, squeezed through the crowd, and saw a woman who happened to turn around, holding a pot of blooming yellow peonies in her hand, delicate, but compared with the woman's face, it was a little inferior, the woman's face was happy, showing a smile on her face, gently put the flower pot on the shelf again, her gestures were graceful, and then turned back and said: "Brother." ”

Lu Man was waiting to step forward, but saw the girl who was as cold as frost and snow standing behind Lin Jianlan at the door of the Kuangyi Gang that day, so he stopped again, Lin Jianlan looked back, I don't know when, there were already two people standing behind Cao Yinyin, presumably the leader of the branch here, one of them bowed down and whispered a few words in Cao Yinyin's ear, Cao Yinyin's face changed: "Lin Gongzi, thank you for taking care of me all the way, don't pass here, if you have time to come to the Luoyang branch, I will let people thank you well." Then he turned and followed the two men as they walked away.

Lin Jianlan looked at Cao Yinyin's figure and disappeared in this crowd, he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy, and after a while, Fang felt that Lu Man was still by his side, turned around and said, "Sister Man, why are you in Luoyang? I still have to go to Chang'an to find you!"

Lu Man said: "Brother, don't be anxious, it's a good time for Luoyang flowers, and there are a lot of pedestrians and officials, I'm afraid you haven't decided to go to the inn yet, right?" ”

Lin Jianlan saw that the crowd on the street was crowded, and there were many pretentious teenagers circling around Lu Man, knowing that it was not the place to speak, so he nodded and followed Lu Man out of the crowd, walked through a few alleys, and arrived at an inn. There were a lot of guests in the inn, Lu Man went in and ignored Xiao Er's inquiry, went straight upstairs and looked around with a pair of big eyes flowing through the water, and after a while, he smiled and ran towards a place, but it was a private room, the bead curtain hung low, Lu Man just opened the bead curtain, and listened to Bai Zongping inside: "Why did you come back?" The shopkeeper urged a few times, his business is good, and I can't wait for me to leave for a while!"

Bai Zongping raised his eyes, saw Lin Jianlan stunned, and when he saw him clenching his fists, he also vaguely returned the salute and sat down again: "I haven't ordered food yet, if my junior sister is hungry, I will call Xiao Er in." ”

Lin Jianlan didn't have the heart to eat, but it was not good to ask hard instead of saying it, just standing by the window and looking down, but he didn't see anything in his eyes, Lu Man saw this, walked to Lin Jianlan's side and said: "Brother, I know you are in a hurry, in fact, I pulled you here, and I don't have much to say, this trip to Chang'an, I'm afraid it's in vain." ”

Lin Jianlan turned his head in amazement, Lu Man didn't look at him, only looked outside, and said: "We went to the beggar gang, but Elder Tang was not in the gang, and he didn't know his whereabouts when he asked others, but he was originally different from other elders, maybe because he had his own family property before coming to the beggar gang, he was often not in the gang for a few days, even when the old gang leader was there, he didn't interfere with him." ”

Lin Jianlan stood stunned for a while, remembering that Tang Zimu said that his parents died and he never married a wife and had children, and he donated all his net worth to follow the old gang leader, but Lei Kan quietly arranged a very secret mansion, and even Di Xiang's son actually had dealings, he was really unidentified and his whereabouts were strange, so he had to mutter: "Is it? ”

Lin Jianlan returned to Hangzhou from Yangzhou on the day, the shopkeeper greeted him, saying that Cao Yinyin often came here to wait, Lin Jianlan lingered outside the door for a long time, Fang opened the door, but was startled, saw her withering in the corner of the bed, surrounded by several layers of thick cushions and mattresses, her teeth were clenched, and her face seemed to be covered with a layer of severe frost, and the house was also cold, and the weather in late spring was like a cold winter wax moon, knowing that she must have gone wrong with her internal strength. Without thinking about it, he put his hands against Cao Yinyin's heart, and urged the yang flame qi in his body vigorously, although he didn't know what to do, but the general method was not bad, and it finally worked. After a little in-depth exploration, I knew that Cao Yinyin's practice of the heart was extremely difficult, when the practice of this cold qi released one percent, but he had to bear the other four percent, rushing through this catastrophe to have a great success, the heart of her practice of this heart is both puzzled and annoyed, but most of them are pity for her for her father's grudge so bitter.

Since that day, Lin Jianlan can no longer let go of Cao Yinyin's internal strength, after several persuasions, and talked with Qin Tianxiong a few times, Cao Yinyin promised to let Lin Jianlan guard every day when he practiced internal strength in the future.

In the meantime, Lin Jianlan accompanied Xie Zhongju in Hangzhou for a few days, fortunately nothing happened, Yuan Xingjian went to Taihu Lake to settle matters, and rushed back to Hangzhou after a few days, but it was a very coincidental news that the Kuangyi Gang had stopped supplying the Taihu Righteous Army since Cao Yinyin took over as the gang leader, and there was no need to spread any false news, Taihu Lake was already floating at this time. Lin Jianlan met Cao Yinyin every day, and several times he couldn't help but ask her why she stopped funding Taihu Lake, but every time he swallowed the words again.

For so many days, Lin Jianlan couldn't wait for Lu Man's message, Yuan Xingjian and Xie Zhongju left, the appointment in Hangzhou was over, although the Kuangyi Gang no longer supported Taihu Lake, but now it is a "host" that has benefited the most from the Taihu Righteous Army, the Taihu Lake Festival is imminent, Cao Yinyin will not go, thinking of this, Lin Jianlan has no intention of staying for a long time, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Cao Yinyin.

It's just that I didn't expect that it was Cao Yinyin who also took out an invitation card from his sleeve, and in the end, it was Lin Jianlan and Cao Yinyin who walked all the way to Luoyang. He secretly scolded this amateur tens of thousands of times in his heart: "It is said that this invitation is hard to find, why did I see it three times alone?" I wanted to try my luck to see if Lin Longqing would also be invited, but at this moment, Cao Yinyin was also going to go, but he secretly prayed in his heart that Lin Longqing would never go.

Lu Man turned around and walked around to the curtain to separate the bead curtain from both sides, and put it on the hook next to it, ignoring the amazed and admiring eyes of many people outside, just sighed and said: "Blocking this curtain is really boring." Fang turned around, sat down again, frowned slightly, and saw that Lin Jianlan was only in a daze by the window, not knowing what he was thinking, just wanted to speak to him, and then pursed his lips tightly and lowered his head.

Lin Jianlan stood by the window, looking at the red glow in the distance, the pavilions and pavilions were full of smoke and a faint yellow, the city was like a cloud in the fog, occasionally a group of twilight birds flew by, and disappeared quickly, and the sound of the twilight drum came from nowhere, heavy and a little sad. The people in the upper reaches of the street below were still very crowded, and most of them seemed to be inspired by the blossoming of the city, and they were not infected by the twilight of this late spring, but their faces were full of joy and vigor, but they could not raise the interest in their hearts in any way.

Luoyang, finally came to Luoyang.

At this moment, Lin Jianlan seems to have some understanding of what Tang Zimu said about the two sideburns, although he has not yet reached the point where his temples are white, but he is also busy, and in the end he still has no clue, and Lu Man's hard work is in vain, as soon as he hears Lu Man not seeing Tang Zimu, he shows such displeasure, and what does she feel in her heart? Thinking of this, Fang Qiang cheered himself up, turned around and sat next to Lu Man, just put his hand into the placket of his clothes and wanted to take out the invitation, but he heard a noisy sound outside.

At this time, the living room was already crowded with people, some scholars were talking and laughing, and some were heroic and rude, but the noise just now was issued by a few people on the seat next to them, those people were all handsome and extraordinary, they seemed to be dressed as scholars, but they were a little luxurious, and they whispered a few words and laughed loudly: "Brother Yi's mouth is unforgiving!"

The three of them stared out, but it was a black-clothed scholar in the middle, with a fair complexion and a handsome appearance like a woman, who took a sip of wine from his wine glass, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I still have it! Do you know how many kinds of peonies are divided into?" Among them, there is a humane: "Green peonies are very difficult to cultivate, even the emperor's family is rare, presumably it should be the best, and although they are inferior to Ge Jinzi and Yao Huang, they should also be of the highest grade." The soap-clothed scholar said: "Otherwise, I thought that the peony should be divided according to 'qi'!" But someone next to him couldn't wait to ask: "Brother Yi must have a high theory again!" Another person said: "What kind of high theory, I'm afraid it's a crooked theory, right?" Everyone laughed again.