Listening to Gao Qiqian's words, Lin Ping'an was a little dumbfounded. Not to mention that Yan Xiaoxiao didn't like him at all, just for him, he always regarded Yan Xiaoxiao as his sister.
So he shook his head, a trace of sadness appeared on his face.
He never thought that the consequences of this incident would be so great. Just as Zhang Yan said, as long as the emperor's marriage gift remained unchanged, Yan Xiaoxiao would not be able to marry anyone else, and he himself would not be able to marry anyone else.
"This is a big joke!"
Lin Ping'an shouted in his heart, wishing he could slap himself in the mouth. If he had known this, he would never have said that he liked Yan Xiaoxiao in front of Hakka.
Gao Qiqian on the side was also very speechless. He silently sent Lin Ping'an to the palace gate, patted the other party's shoulder, and sighed:
"The matter is now at this point, so don't think too much about it. There's no guarantee that things will turn around when the time comes."
Lin Ping'an nodded, cupped his hands at the other party, and walked out of the palace alone.
Outside the palace, three men in black were whispering. When they saw Lin Pingan walking out of the palace gate, the three men immediately stopped talking and walked toward Lin Pingan together.
Lin Pingan also saw these three people. He saw a dark red lantern embroidered on the chest of the other person's black clothes. He immediately understood the identities of these three people.
"Bronze cage?"
He thought in his mind: "You are here to find me, right?"
Sure enough, three men in black came to Lin Pingan, stopped, and all raised their hands to Lin Pingan and said:
"I've met Dean Xiaolin."
Sure enough, they came to see me... Lin Ping'an looked surprised and asked, "Who are you three?"
Before he finished speaking, one of them replied:
"The night watchman Sanchu Muchi sent down to invite Dean Lin to come and taste tea."
Lin Ping'an was wondering when he saw the other two people saying at the same time:
"The six sections of the night watchman are Xiao Bai, and the other section is Wen Mo. I invite Dean Lin to show his face and drink tea."
"Three spots of wood? Six spots of Xiaobai? One spot of Wenmo?"
"What the hell is this?"
A big question mark flashed in Lin Pingan's mind, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
He asked the three of them:
"Three big brothers, I don't know these people you are talking about. Could it be that you are mistaken?"
After hearing this, the three people said again: "Yes, the person invited is Lin Ping'an, the director of Tai Hospital."
Looking at the serious expressions of the three of them, Lin Pingan asked uneasily: "Is it really just drinking tea?"
When he said this, his heart was pounding. He knew in his previous life that sometimes drinking tea was not just about drinking tea, but there was a possibility that he would not be able to come back.
The three of them looked at each other, with a weird smile on their faces, and the corners of their mouths twitching, as if they were trying hard not to laugh out loud.
As soon as Lin Ping'an saw this posture, he knew that something was wrong. There must be a secret behind this so-called drinking tea. He immediately shook his head and said:
"I have something to do today, so there's no need to drink tea. You three can go back and thank me on my behalf."
After saying this, he turned around and left, but unexpectedly three voices came from behind him:
"The adults have already said that if Dean Xiao Lin doesn't want to come, then bring brothers from all over the place to drink in Dean Xiao Lin's other courtyard."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ping'an suddenly stopped and said helplessly:
"That being said, I can only go."
The three of them bowed and saluted Lin Pingan. When they raised their hands, a black carriage had stopped in front of Lin Pingan.
"Dean Xiaolin please."
The three of them made a gesture to Lin Pingan, and when Lin Pingan got into the car, the three of them jumped in.
In the carriage, Lin Pingan looked at the expressionless three men in black and asked:
"Three big brothers, who are the three people you just talked about?"
"They are all responsible persons of the Night Watch."
A man in black replied.
"Then do you know why you came to see me?"
Hearing these words, the three men in black showed the same weird smiles just now, which made Lin Ping'an feel hairy in his heart.
Finally one person couldn't help but said:
"Maybe it has something to do with Miss Xiaoxiao."
Lin Ping'an's head suddenly buzzed. He remembered what Gao Qiqian once said to him, and he couldn't help shouting in his heart:
"I'll go, you won't cause trouble for me so soon, right?"
After a while, the carriage stopped in front of a black building. Lin Pingan got out of the car and followed the three people inside.
Walking into the courtyard, what came into view was the huge flying dragon stone pillar. Lin Pingan suddenly felt a majestic momentum coming towards his face. He raised his head and looked carefully, and suddenly pointed at the dragon head that was bowing down and asked:
"This dragon is a little strange. Why is there a black hole in its eyes?"
When the three men in black heard this, they immediately raised their heads and looked at it carefully, and they couldn't help but make a sound.
"Yes, it seems that there is indeed a very small black hole. How come I have never discovered it after so long?"
A man in black murmured,
The other two people also scratched their heads. Obviously, like the man in black, they usually did not notice this small black hole that was extremely difficult to detect.
Seeing that the three of them didn't know why, Lin Ping'an didn't pay much attention to it. He was just amazed at the craftsmanship of the craftsmen who made this dragon.
This dragon is not only lifelike, but also has a world-defying aura rushing towards you, giving people an invisible pressure from top to bottom. It can even make you feel dizzy after staring at it for a long time, and it is easy to fall to the ground.
So he shook his head, walked around the stone pillar, and walked into the black building.
"Dean Xiaolin, please come and sit with us first."
A man in black said to Lin Ping'an while leading him towards a room.
The other two men in black looked at each other and followed in silently.
"Sir, Dean Xiaolin is here."
The man in black stepped forward quickly, raised his hands to a middle-aged man in the room, and said with an extremely respectful expression.
Lin Ping'an looked around and realized that the room was huge. It was surrounded by dense bookshelves with many cowhide bags stacked on them. There were also many desks in the room with pens, inks, papers and inkstones placed on them. It was very strange. Like the archives or library in his previous life.
There were many people in black sitting at the table. They all stopped what they were doing and looked at Lin Pingan together.
"I have seen Dean Xiaolin in this article."
The middle-aged man cupped his hands towards Lin Pingan and said, but he stared at Lin Pingan closely and looked up and down.
Lin Ping'an quickly returned the greeting. The way everyone looked at him made him feel a little uncomfortable and inexplicably nervous.
So he asked cautiously:
"I wonder why Mr. Wen called me here?"
The middle-aged man named Wen Mo did not answer, but waved his hand and said:
"Why don't you serve tea to Dean Xiaolin?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man in black brought a cup of steaming tea and placed it on the table.
"Dean Xiaolin, please take a seat."
Wen Mo waved to Lin Pingan, and after Lin Pingan sat down, he said:
"One department is responsible for the collection, organization and secret files of the Night Watch, a total of thirty-six people..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Pingan hurriedly interrupted:
"Sir, Lord Wen, I am a doctor at the Imperial Hospital. You must not tell me these secrets related to the night watchman!"
When he said this, Lin Ping'an felt baffled.
It is said that the more you know, the more trouble you will have. Moreover, this is a mysterious night watchman organization. When the other party told him this inexplicably, he suddenly felt a little frightened.
Seeing him like this, Wen Mo couldn't help but chuckle and said:
"Dean Xiaolin is not an outsider. Sooner or later, you will have to know these things, so I invite you here today just to make us more familiar with each other."
"Not an outsider?"
Lin Ping'an immediately heard the implication of this sentence. It was indeed because of Yan Xiaoxiao that the other party invited him here, but what use would these things have to him?
"Is it possible that you want me to join the Night Watch?"
Such an idea suddenly came to his mind, and he was a little stunned for a moment.
"Dean Xiaolin, don't be nervous."
Wen Mo reached out and patted Lin Ping'an on the shoulder, pointed at everyone in the room and said:
"These people are all scholars who like to write and write. Not long after Dean Xiaolin came to Beijing, he has become famous in the capital. We admire him very much. Now that His Majesty has granted us a marriage, we are looking forward to meeting Dean Xiaolin as soon as possible, so we meet today. Please, that’s really a bit presumptuous.”
This sentence was extremely polite, but Lin Ping'an was always upset because he felt that there seemed to be some evil in the eyes that looked at him.
Sure enough, as soon as Wen Mo finished speaking, a man in black in the room cupped his hands towards Lin Pingan and said:
"Sir Suzaku is the leader of the Blue Sky Sword. He has countless admirers in the capital. I wonder if Dean Xiaolin has any other talents besides reciting poems and composing poems?"
Another old man in black was obviously a little excited and stood up directly and said:
"Old man, I grew up watching Miss Xiaoxiao. If you can only write poems, let alone Miss Xiaoxiao, I won't really get married to you. Even I won't agree!"
After the words fell, everyone nodded, while Wen Mo said nothing and looked at Lin Pingan with a smile.
Here we come, here we come as expected... Lin Ping'an showed a faint smile on his face, saying to himself that I had no intention of marrying the Xiaoxiao girl!
But how could he dare to say these words at this moment? He thought for a while and said:
"To be honest, I am an ordinary boy from an ordinary doctor's family in Guangning City. Apart from seeing doctors, I really don't have much other skills.
As for reciting poems and writing poems, they are just casual remarks. Sister Xiaoxiao is as beautiful as a fairy. I am not worthy of her, but if Your Majesty wants to do this, there is nothing I can do. "
After saying this, he spread his hands, looking very helpless.
When everyone saw his appearance, they suddenly felt angry. Lin Ping'an clearly looked like a scoundrel, and he directly put the responsibility on His Majesty the Emperor.
Wen Mo knocked on the table lightly and said calmly:
"Dean Xiaolin, I just said that the first department is responsible for intelligence collection. Did you take the initiative to tell Madam Fengsheng that you like to smile when you were in Xian'an Palace that day?"
Hearing these words, Lin Ping'an suddenly opened his mouth.
