Now that the book has reached this point, we have to go back a little bit.
This "little bit" is indeed not much, it just goes back to the time not long ago when Ma Er was still cursing and Lin Yuancheng had just left the table.
After Xiao Lin got up, he walked directly towards where Zhu Qingyan was.
This move was really beyond Princess Qing Zhen's expectation. Xiao Nizi was a little surprised at that time. She thought to herself: "This boy just glanced at me, even if he happened to find out that I was stealing. If you look at him, you won’t just rush over and question me, right?”
Her idea... was not wrong.
Lin Yuancheng did not come over inexplicably just because he looked at her.
Although it is said that "a boy and a girl looked at each other from a distance and fell in love immediately at first sight. The boy took advantage of the situation and struck up a conversation, and the girl was already secretly interested in her before he said anything." This kind of plot is not uncommon in martial arts stories, but in this book Here... at least, this is not the case right now.
So why did Lin Yuancheng go there at this moment?
In fact, he didn't go there because of Zhu Qingzhen, but because of Lao Zhang...
From the moment Princess Qingzhen and the others walked into the inn door, Lin Yuancheng noticed that there was an extremely powerful swordsman among this group of people, namely Zhang Jige.
Some people may want to ask, at this time, Lao Zhang was just following the princess disguised as a man, pretending to be an ordinary old housekeeper, and he had never used force at all. How did Lin Yuancheng see that his sword skills were so strong? ?
In fact, we have already had relevant plot hints in the previous article (Chapter 36 of the Sword and Demon Volume): Lin Yuancheng has a talent - as long as he looks carefully, he can see the "aura" on the swordsman and the sword. ".
If your memory is good enough, you may still remember that when Xiao Lin first met Ling Huxiang and Dugu Yong, he already knew that their sword skills or swordsmanship were extraordinary just by looking at each other.
Of course, his talent is not as convenient as the "Eagle Vision" in a certain series of games; only when Lin Yuancheng looks at someone more intently, can he see whether the other person has this aura and how strong the aura is. Weak, instead of being able to easily catch strange lights and shadows with his peripheral vision as long as there are masters nearby.
This is why, when he fought with the "Ten Swordsmen of Hebei" at Yaomeng Tower, he didn't notice Zhang Jigai watching him from a distance.
But now, when Zhu Qingzhen and others walked into the inn, Lin Yuancheng was staring at them, so he quickly noticed that there was an unusually strong aura among this group of people.
As a person who pursues the truth about swords, Lin Yuancheng couldn't restrain his impulse and wanted to get to know the other party and exchange a few words... It would be better if they could learn from each other.
However, he was also troubled. What reason should he find, or what moment should he find to let things pass more naturally? How do you start a conversation with someone?
As it happened, when Xiao Lin stared blankly at Lao Zhang beside Princess Qing Zhen, thinking hard, Princess Qing Zhen also glanced at him. Their eyes were so matched... Lin Yuancheng misunderstood.
He immediately said to himself: Huh? The old swordsman said something to the young master next to him, and the latter immediately looked towards me. Could it be that they also noticed me? And you're talking about me?
Thinking of this, Lin Yuancheng felt that he should be able to go up and say hello to others.
After making up his mind, Xiao Lin told his companions that he was going to find someone to "chat" with. In order to prevent his sudden "discussion" with the other party from causing misunderstanding among his companions, he also specifically told them, If he saw both sides taking action, he would "don't worry about it". He "can handle it" by himself.
After explaining this, Lin Yuancheng headed towards the table where the princess and Lao Zhang were.
Xiao Lin thinks very well, but the princess doesn't know what he thinks...
Don't forget, everyone, Princess Qingzhen came here today because she wanted to have a fight with Lin Yuancheng in person and try out how her swordsmanship compares with that of the young man who Lao Zhang said was "talented enough to become a supreme master".
She didn't expect that the young man didn't take her seriously at all, and only wanted to find Zhang Jidai by her side.
Ever since, in this situation where both sides had misunderstandings, a farce began...
"stop."
As expected, when Lin Yuancheng approached the table where Zhu Qingyan and Zhang Jige were sitting, the guards with swords sitting on the two tables next to them stood up and blocked his way.
Then, a guard standing in front of Lin Yuancheng said to him in a cold, even slightly ferocious tone: "What are you going to do?"
Faced with this obstruction, Lin Yuancheng's reaction was quite calm, because he also understood that these people in front of him were just performing their duties, and he had no need to embarrass others.
"Brothers, I don't mean any harm. I just want to chat with that young master. I wonder if you can let me go?" Xiao Lin's attitude was quite polite.
However, these royal guards will not let down their guard just because of your politeness. They still block Lin Yuancheng's path strictly and have no intention of letting him get close to the princess.
"Let him come over." Fortunately, after a breath, Zhu Qingyan came to Xiao Lin's rescue.
Since the princess personally gave the order, and Zhang Ji was sitting beside her, the guards would not say anything more... After making a promise, the guards quickly moved out of the way.
"Thank you." Lin Yuancheng immediately cupped his hands and stepped forward.
His thank you could be understood as thanking the guards for getting out of the way, or as thanking the "young master" in front of him for rescuing him.
Because the distance was not far, Lin Yuancheng had already arrived at the table where Zhu Qinggan and Zhang Jige were sitting when he finished speaking.
"My lord, Lin Yuancheng, could I ask for a drink here?" When Lin Yuancheng said this, his eyes swept over the faces of Zhang Jigai and Zhu Qingzhen respectively.
"Ha..." Zhu Qingzhen smiled. She was a little embarrassed just now, but now she saw that the other party was in front of her, but she relaxed. She said in a very calm tone, "Brother Lin, please sit down."
"Thank you, young master." Lin Yuancheng had already sat down when he received these words. "I haven't asked you, what is your surname?"
"It's easy to say, my surname is Qing, which means a knight." The next second, Zhu Qingzhen used the Jianghu tone that she had practiced for a long time, imitating Xiao Lin's clasping her fists and cupping her hands, while giving a fake name.
I have to say here that although the surname "Qing" does exist, it is extremely rare. In that era of underdeveloped information, it is estimated that many people have never heard of this surname in their lives, let alone seen anyone with this surname.
But... precisely because of the underdevelopment of information, at that time you could say whatever you wanted, as long as it was true, others wouldn't be able to expose you for a while. After all, the ancients couldn't take out a smartphone at any time. Search the Internet to see if what you just said is nonsense.
Therefore, when Lin Yuancheng heard the name "Qingxia" at this moment, he didn't have much reaction. He just said in his heart: There are many strange surnames in this world. It is normal for there to be one I have never heard of. As for the name he wants to call " Whether you call him "Xia" or "Saint", it's your choice, there's nothing to worry about.
What's more, Lin Yuancheng's interest is not in Zhu Qingzhen, but in Zhang Jige, so even if Zhu Qingzhen gives a more outrageous name, Lin Yuancheng won't care.
"Brother Lin, in fact, I am also a person in the world. You don't have to address me as a 'gongzi' and act like this." Seeing that Lin Yuancheng didn't have any doubts about her nonsense name, Zhu Qingzhen continued naturally. .
"Oh, I see, that's very good." Lin Yuancheng saw that the other party had a dignified appearance and a calm attitude, and his conversation revealed both extraordinary magnanimity and an approachable politeness to himself. He suddenly felt a sense of sympathy with the other party. He wanted to make good friends, so he clasped his fists and said, "Then...Brother Qing, you're polite."
"Haha, easy to talk about." Zhu Qingzhen also responded with a smile.
The two of them were having a great time playing house, but Zhang Jige beside them was a little unable to sit still at this moment.
"Uh-huh!" Lao Zhang coughed angrily at that time, attracting the attention of the two at the same table.
When Zhu Qingyan and Lin Yuancheng both looked at him, he only glanced briefly at the princess, and then glared at Lin Yuancheng with a sharp gaze.
What does Lao Zhang mean by this move...
On the one hand, he wanted to remind the princess that you are a wealthy person, and it would be inappropriate for such a charlatan to call you a brother regardless of age.
On the other hand, he just wanted to warn Lin Yuancheng, you poor boy, don't push yourself too far. If you do something deviant soon, our family will not let you off lightly.
However, Zhu Qingzhen could understand Zhang Ji's move, but Lin Yuancheng couldn't...
Xiao Lin turned around and saw Zhang Ji's murderous eyes. What was going on? This senior, like me, discovered that we were masters of swordsmanship, so he was a little ready to make a move?
"Brother Qing, I haven't asked yet... What is the name of this senior?" Two seconds later, Lin Yuancheng took advantage of Lao Zhang's cough to ask Zhu Qingchen the question that he was really interested in.
Lin Yuancheng did not miss the point of the relationship between Zhu Qingzhen and Zhang Jige. He could tell from the way the two interacted after entering the inn: they were more like "master and apprentice" or "grandfather and grandson". "Master and servant".
Therefore, when he asked for Zhang Jige's name, he did not ask him directly, but first asked the "master" Zhu Qinggen. This was considered a courtesy.
When you see this, someone may want to ask, doesn't Lin Yuancheng feel strange? Why would a master like Zhang Jiyi work as a servant for a young man with mediocre martial arts skills?
Then I can only say that based on Lin Yuancheng's current experience, he is no longer surprised by such trivial matters.
At this time, Lin Yuancheng not only knew about Zhang Jige's martial arts skills, but also knew that the eight bodyguards around this "Brother Qing" were all very skilled, but so what?
According to Xiao Lin's thinking: There is a muscle god at my table who can slap people into paste. Where are you guys at? If we really have to speculate on this matter, there are only a few possibilities...either Brother Qing's family is prominent and his ancestors are giants in the world, or his family is extremely rich, and these nine people in front of him happen to be the ones who can be hired. A master of breeding... Furthermore, maybe he made up the name "Qing Xia" because his real name might allow people to guess his family background.
In short, Lin Yuancheng really didn't care about these inside stories. He came here today simply because he wanted to communicate and discuss with Zhang Ji'er. He didn't care about other things.
"Huh? Him?" On the other side, Zhu Qingfan, who was questioned by Lin Yuancheng, was stunned because she did not expect that the other party would ask her for Zhang Jige's name.
In the final analysis, no matter how good the relationship between Zhu Qingzhen and Lao Zhang is, they are still master and servant, and they are master and servant with extremely different identities.
Ever since she was a child, no matter where she went or when she interacted with anyone, she was the one who wanted to pay attention and please her. No one would ever focus on Zhang Jiyi beside her, even if Zhang Jiyi would sometimes Contact people on her behalf, but both parties also understand that this is a situation similar to "the butler negotiates for the master".
Unexpectedly, today the princess actually met someone who was more interested in Zhang Ji than her.
"Uh...he...is Lao Zhang, the housekeeper in my house." After a brief hesitation, Zhu Qingzhen answered Lin Yuancheng, but she still didn't quite understand why Xiaolin asked.
"Junior Lin Yuancheng, I have met senior Zhang." As for Lin Yuancheng, after hearing this sentence, he directly met Zhang Ji's burning gaze and gave another salute.
Zhang Ji was stunned when he saw this. He thought to himself: "Are you sick? What kind of gift do you give me as a slave? You just called me brother and sister with the princess, now you call me senior, you want to I die?"
"Young Master Lin, I don't dare to worry about 'seniors'..." When Zhang Jige said this, he glanced at the princess. Seeing that Zhu Qingchen seemed to be confused, he quickly spoke back, "I'm just an old man. "Mr...." Due to multi-tasking, he almost said the word "master" in vain, but he stopped and changed his sentence, "...the servant next to me can't afford any front..."
Unexpectedly, Lin Yuancheng didn't let Zhang Jige finish what he said, and interrupted: "Senior, I won't beat around the bush. To be honest, I came here just to see you."
"What?"
"What?"
The next second, Zhu Qingyan and Zhang Jiyi said this word out of their mouths in unison.
"You..." Zhang Jige didn't understand, so he could only continue to ask, "What do you want from me?"
"Senior, you really don't know?" Lin Yuancheng thought that with Zhang Jige's cultivation level and the way Lao Zhang glared at him just now, he should understand that he wanted to learn from each other.
But Zhang Ji's brain circuit at the moment was not on the same line as his...
Xiao Lin was thinking with the logic of a martial arts idiot, but Zhang Jige was only thinking about how to protect the princess and help her achieve the purpose of this trip, so even if he knew that Lin Yuancheng was a master, he would not think about "what the other party wants to find" I'm a slave here to learn from each other," he thought on the road.
"I...what do I know?" At this time, Lao Zhang didn't know how to respond.
Lin Yuancheng is still working as the Riddler: "Senior, you don't think I can't see it, do you?"
What he means by this is - "You don't think I can't see that you are also a master of swordsmanship, do you?"
But it happened that he omitted these few words when he said it.
"You..." Zhang Jigai, who heard this, thought further. Because Lao Zhang's focus was always on the princess, he thought that Lin Yuancheng's words were a hint that he had discovered the princess's identity, "... What do you want to do?”
At this moment, Lao Zhang interpreted Xiao Lin's words as a threat, similar to "I know the person next to you is a princess, and I also know that you are a master responsible for protecting her, but you don't know what I am going to do next."
Thinking of this, Zhang Jige really panicked.
He couldn't help but thought to himself: "It's not good. Could it be that these people from the 'Hunyuan Star Gate' have already known the whereabouts of the princess and set up an ambush here. Now that Lin Yuancheng has come to talk to us, he is really knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger." ?
"And what's going on with Ma Er? I remember that this man is the brother-in-law of the Prince Consort. Why did he bring so many people in at this time, and he was still yelling and scolding to find Huang Donglai?
"Is it possible that... they are a group? Yumaer deliberately made trouble here and caused chaos, while the people from the Hunyuan Star Gate took advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters, which was detrimental to the princess... This way they can pretend to be hostile afterwards. Clear relationship.
"Hiss... wait, if Ma Er colludes with the Hunyuan Star Gate, what about the Prince Consort? Behind all this, is the Prince Consort manipulating it? But why did he attack the princess? Did he want to kidnap or kill the princess? What good does this do him?
"This...if something happens to the princess today, wouldn't I be a sinner for all eternity and push her into the dragon's pond and tiger's den with my own hands?"
The more Ji Gai thought about the wrong idea, the more he broke into a cold sweat.
Lin Yuancheng saw that the other party didn't know the difference and asked hesitantly what he wanted to do. He thought it was because the other party was in trouble, so he thought to himself: "Oh! I understand, even if he really wants to compete with me, But if his 'master' doesn't nod, it's hard for him, a 'servant', to agree rashly."
Thinking of this, Lin Yuancheng thought of the "Qing Xia Gongzi" next to him again. Only then did he turn his eyes back, wanting to ask Brother Qing to allow him to have a fight with Lao Zhang.
But when Xiao Lin looked back, he saw that Zhu Qingzhen was like a neglected child, with an aggrieved expression, dragging his cheek with one hand and playing with the chopsticks on the table with the other.
Even Zhu Qingzhen herself didn't know what she was doing. She just felt that if she didn't find something to do, it would be embarrassing to just be left alone and watch others chat.
"Uh...Brother Qing." When Lin Yuancheng said this to Zhu Qingzhen, the latter didn't even look at him, but stared at the chopsticks in his hand.
"Ah? Have you finished talking?" Zhu Qingzhen was really a little angry at this moment, and his tone of voice was no longer the personable and polite state just now, but became an impatient and slightly polite one. The feeling of anger.
"No...I want to..." Lin Yuancheng was about to say the next thing.
"Not yet?" When Zhu Qingzhen heard the word "no", she immediately stood up and prepared to show off her princess temper.
Unexpectedly, at this juncture, a chair flew towards her face.
It turned out that... it was Ma Er, Huang Donglai and others in the distance. At this moment, the fight started.
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