Chapter 20: The Covenant of Discretion

Lin Yu saw him fall, and he didn't have time to scold his daughter, so he hurriedly ran over to help him up, and said distressedly: "But does it hurt?" Mei Ruoxue knew that her joke was a little too much, and she hurried over to help him.

Lin Fengsheng only felt that the Venus was flying in front of him, and he calmed down, and said, "If it's not in the way, aunt don't worry." Seeing that he was safe and sound, Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Mei Ruoxue in a fierce voice: "The girl's family knows how nonsense is in the road, do you know how dangerous it is." Why don't you go and compensate your cousin!"

Mei Ruoxue flattened her mouth, pulled Lin Fengsheng's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Cousin, it's all my fault, don't be angry with me, okay?" Lin Fengsheng stretched out his hand and twisted her cheek, and said with a smile: "You love to mess around, and I don't know how to be angry with you." It's just that from now on, your temper will have to change. Mei Ruoxue nodded and said, "I will definitely change it, and I will never mess around again in the future." ”

Lin Yu saw that her nephew was in danger, and her daughter knew that her mistakes could be corrected, her face slowly turned gentle, and she lectured her daughter in detail. Turning his head to Lin Fengsheng, he said: "Fengsheng, it's hard for you, you have a high level of understanding, as long as you practice diligently, your cousin will never be able to trick you in the future." ”

Lin Feng is open-minded by nature, although his back hurts faintly, he doesn't care about Fang Cai's affairs. The three of them talked about some martial arts anecdotes again, packed up the leftover wine cups and plates, and went back to their rooms to rest.

Lin Fengsheng returned to the room, and lay on the bed with his clothes, thinking about the agreement with the old beggar. He has met a total of four beggars in the past few days, but he has an inexplicable feeling for the old beggar, as for what it is, even he is ambiguous, and vaguely feels that this old beggar is just as Yu Sanbai said, "It doesn't seem to be an ordinary beggar". And he has an inexplicable sense of intimacy with the old beggar.

Xin said: "Could this old man be the Elder Mo that Brother Zhou and they said? I will definitely ask him personally when I see him later, if it is really him, I am much luckier than the other two beggar brothers." They are eagerly looking forward to seeing each other, but I was able to meet two sides in a few days, no, it is three-sided, Ha Lu Ha, what the third uncle said is really good, this is called the fate of the rivers and lakes, and they will meet each other. ”

Thinking about it, the strength of the wine slowly came up, and I didn't feel a little drowsy, so I twisted it on my thighs, and I woke up again after eating pain. Then he thought, "What did he ask me to do?" I guess he also likes to make friends, and it would be good for us to be old and young friends. He doesn't look like a local when he listens to the accent, what is the matter with coming to Dali?" Just as he was thinking about it, he heard someone knock lightly on the window a few times, and Lin Fengsheng asked softly, "Who?"

Mei Ruoxue's voice said outside the window: "Cousin, it's me." Lin Fengsheng said: "It's so late, why don't you sleep?" Mei Ruoxue smiled and said, "Didn't you sleep too." It's almost time, let's go. ”

Lin Fengsheng walked to the window and said in amazement: "Where are you going?" Mei Ruoxue said: "Go see that old uncle, have you forgotten, he asked us to meet in the back mountain tonight." ”

Lin Fengsheng saw that her temperament of loving to join in the fun never changed, and even said that the old beggar asked him to be alone as an appointment with the two of us, and couldn't help but hesitate: "Are you going too? I'm afraid that people will be unhappy." ”

Mei Ruoxue said: "The old uncle praised me yesterday and said, 'This girl is very good', since he said that I am very good, how can he be unhappy to see me?" At that time, the old beggar said "This girl is not bad", and she was far-fetched to say "This girl is very good".

Lin Fengsheng was helpless, so he had to say: "It's okay if you want to go, but you can't mess around anymore." Mei Ruoxue shook the wine gourd in her hand and said happily: "I'm not messing around, I also secretly hid two pots of new wine, let's take them to invite the old uncle to drink." ”

Lin Fengsheng gently pushed open the window and slowly climbed out of the window. The two of them carried a wine gourd, tiptoed out the back door, and walked briskly up the mountain.

At this time, the moon is white and the wind is clear, all the sounds are quiet, standing on the mountainside and looking back into the distance, but it is the lights of thousands of homes, the hustle and bustle, Lin Fengsheng's chest is indescribably comfortable.

Mei Ruoxue pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said, "Cousin, look, people are putting water lanterns to worship the river god." ”

I saw the candle shadows swaying on the small river outside the city, dotted with stars, and thousands of lights flowing with the water, going east around the city, connecting into a beautiful arc of light, just like the Milky Way in the sky falling into the world. When Lin Fengsheng saw such a strange scene for the first time, he couldn't help but be taken away by God and refused to leave for a long time.

Mei Ruoxue said: "This is to please the river god and bless the wind and rain in this realm, but it is not for people to see." Let's go, don't let the old uncle wait for a long time. ”

Lin Fengsheng nodded yes and said, "Where do you say he will wait for us?" Mei Ruoxue said: "On the back mountain, Daddy's cemetery has the best scenery and the most gentle terrain, if it is me, I will wait there." ”

Lin Fengsheng felt reasonable, so he said: "Then let's go here, even if the old man is not there, it will be good for us to accompany my uncle to drink for a while." "Hurry up now, and go straight to the Meiyunting cemetery.

The two walked through the small bamboo forest, Mei Ruoxue faintly heard the sound of someone talking not far away, and hurriedly pulled Lin Fengsheng and whispered: "Listen, someone is talking in front, let's go over quietly and see who it is." ”

Lin Fengsheng nodded, and said in his heart: Could it be that the old man also asked someone else to come with him, yes, it must be the person he said he was waiting for. The two cautiously approached, hiding behind a rock, and poked their heads out towards the cemetery.

Under the moonlight, it was clear that there was a person sitting in front of Mei Yunting's tomb, dressed as a servant, holding a wine jug and a wine glass in his hand, and his face could not be seen clearly with his back to the moonlight. There is no one else. Lin Fengsheng and Mei Ruoxue were both surprised, and they both thought: "This person is so familiar, but I don't know who it is." I heard the sound of someone talking just now, why was there only one person? Oh, yes, he must have been talking to himself. "I didn't rush forward to say hello, I wanted to see what he was doing here in the middle of the night.

I only heard the man say to himself: "Brother Mei, I haven't come to see you for so long, don't blame me." The tone of his voice was also quite familiar. He poured a glass of wine and spilled it in front of the tomb, tilted his head and neck back, drank a glass himself, and said, "How are you doing over there? No one accompanies you to practice sword dismantling, but it's very lonely." Saying that, he turned his face slightly, and the two of them were even more surprised when they saw his face, this person was none other than Uncle Chen, the old servant of the Mei family.

Mei Ruoxue said in her heart: "It turned out to be him, no wonder it looks a little familiar." This man is really old and confused, and he doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, but he comes to say some strange things to his father's grave. ”

Uncle Chen also pulled out a long sword out of nowhere, pointed the tip of the sword obliquely at the ground, made a hand, and said, "Come on, come on, my brother will accompany you to dismantle a few moves." After that, the sword walked with him, pulled out the sword flowers, and practiced the sword by himself.

Mei Ruoxue saw that his swordsmanship was rigorous, he had both gods and forms, and he seemed to be an expert in swordsmanship, and she couldn't help but turn from surprise to shock. Lin Fengsheng said in his heart: "This Uncle Chen is a good servant, I think he misses his old master, and he can't help himself during the festive season, so he came to his uncle's tomb late at night to drink and recuperate." ”

But seeing that his sword moves were endless, and he performed hundreds of swordsmanship in one breath, he finally stood still, exhaled a long breath and sat down in front of the tomb. The more Mei Ruoxue looked at it, the more shocked she became, and said to herself: "Who is Uncle Chen? I thought he was just a bad old man who dragged on and walked, but I didn't know that he not only knew martial arts, but also had such good swordsmanship, and among the people I have seen, except for my father, he is the most desirable." This is really hidden, and people can't look like it. ”

I saw him pour another glass of wine and drink it up, and said, "Brother Mei, you don't like to drink, and my brother doesn't force you." It's just that I can't get rid of my addiction to alcohol. Shaking his head and sighing, he continued: "Thank you for your mercy back then, and for letting me take refuge in the mansion for so many years." I should have served Mrs. and Miss all my life, but the big opponent has now found Dali, whether I can survive tonight is not yet known, your great kindness to me, surnamed Chu is only afraid that the next life will be repaid. After saying these words, he shook his head and sighed, and drank three glasses of wine in a row.

The two of them were shocked when they heard this, and they glanced at each other, their hearts pounding. Lin Feng said in his heart: "It turns out that his surname is Chu, not Chen at all, he is willing to go to his aunt's house as a servant to avoid the enemy." I don't know who his opponent is, but he is really afraid of this opponent. ”

Mei Ruoxue also said secretly: "It turns out that he is really a martial arts person, but my father was willing to take him in back then, so he must not be a bad person, and if others want to come to embarrass him, they don't take our Mei family in their eyes, I can't sit idly by." He made up his mind at the moment, and as soon as Uncle Chen's opponent came, he immediately drew his sword to help.

I only heard him say again: "I have been incognito for so many years, and others think that I am dead, but who would have thought that I would be the servant of the 'Holy Hand of the Sword' Mei Daxia, and I will be happy and happy in Tiannan. He got up and walked to a grave, stroked the tombstone, and said abruptly: "The tomb of the chivalrous Chu Qingyun, Ha Luha, a chivalrous man, what kind of bullshit knight am I? When he said this, tears flowed in his eyes, and his face was very miserable.