Lin Weiyang had been out for half a quarter of an hour. Lin Yuan and Mo Qingcheng stayed in the lobby, immersed in piecing together the scattered bamboo slips. It was not difficult, but the key was that there were too many and they were all scattered on the ground. It’s messy and really hard to fight.
After working for a while, Lin Yuan changed the positions of the two bamboo strips and finally restored the bamboo slips.
Wiping the sweat on his forehead, Lin Yuan looked sideways at Mo Qingcheng. The girl had a sad face and lowered her head as if in reflection. Just when she was putting together the bamboo slips, she had already apologized countless times.
Lin Yuan smiled and touched her head and said, "Okay, I don't care about you. It was the eldest princess who broke the bamboo slips. Why do you feel so guilty?"
Without raising his head, Mo Qingcheng said aggrievedly: "But...it was because I didn't hold it properly..."
After being in contact with this girl for a long time, Lin Yuan found it more and more interesting. He raised his eyebrows lightly and said jokingly: "It's because your hands are too small. Eat more in the future and I will make you fat and white."
After being teased, Mo Qingcheng puffed up his cheeks, tilted his head and glared at Lin Yuan, saying, "I don't want to be fat in vain..."
Such a cute look aroused Lin Yuan's playfulness. He rubbed the girl's head without any politeness. Mo Qingcheng, who had always been gentle, actually reached out and slapped Lin Yuan several times to relieve his anger.
After being beaten, Lin Yuan did not fight back, but said with a smile: "That's right. You should be energetic when you are young. I feel so tired when you look so dignified every day. Remember, you are not allowed to bow to me when you see him in the future. "
When Mo Qingcheng finished breathing, Lin Yuan saw her baring her teeth like a puppy.
Resisting the playful throbbing in his heart, Lin Yuan turned his gaze to the table with a serious look on his face. He didn't even see Mo Qingcheng raising his fist angrily.
Clearing his mind, Lin Yuan started along the right side and looked down one by one.
Mo Qingcheng tidied up her messed up hair. She walked aside quietly and filled up Lin Yuan's tea.
His eyes quickly slid over the bamboo slips, and Lin Yuan quickly read all the contents.
Here, there are records of Lin Shangnan’s purchases from several barter pavilions in the Northern Jin Dynasty.
Lin Yuan's two sword eyebrows were tightly twisted together. He reached out and took away two of them and put them in his arms. He put away the other bamboo sticks, stood up with a serious look and said: "Miss Mo, follow me! "
Seeing Lin Yuan's serious attitude, Mo Qingcheng was a little confused, but she still followed Lin Yuan obediently and walked out of the lobby.
"Sanli!" Lin Yuan shouted into the air, and Lin Sanli's fiery red figure immediately appeared in front of Lin Yuan.
"What's the matter?" Lin Sanli asked.
Lin Yuan handed a handful of bamboo sticks in his hand to Lin Sanli and said seriously: "Sanli, destroy all these things. It is best to crush them into ashes and throw them into the stove. Don't leave any of them behind!"
After putting away the bamboo sticks, Lin Sanli's figure disappeared from Lin Yuan's eyes again.
Turning around, Lin Yuan looked at Mo Qingcheng and said, "Miss Mo, please wait here for Sister Weiyang. When she and Lei Ming arrive, tell me that I'm going to get something and I'll be back later!"
Nodding dumbly, Mo Qingcheng didn't know what to say, so he could only respond obediently: "Go ahead, I'll remember it."
Lin Yuan's frown relaxed a lot. He reached out and touched the girl's head, then turned around and left quickly.
Mo Qingcheng stood there and looked at Lin Yuan's back, feeling an inexplicable feeling of distress in her heart.
After getting along for a short time, she saw all the things this boy was burdened with. He was only one year older than herself...
Lin Yuan, who was running wildly in the path, was not idle either. He shouted into the bushes because he didn't know where the old man was hiding. After spending a lot of time, the old man finally appeared not far away.
Without giving him a chance to ask questions, Lin Yuan grabbed his arm and ran towards Lin Weiyang's courtyard.
The two of them ran all the way, and even when they entered the door, they were very rude and kicked it open.
Lin Yuan hurriedly ran into his sister's boudoir, lying on the ground holding a brick.
The old man closed the door behind him and then walked into the room.
"Wild boy, what makes you so panicked?" the old man asked doubtfully.
Lin Yuan didn't answer the old man. He was so nervous now that he couldn't even pick up the loose floor tile.
Although his mind was full of questions, the old man still used his spiritual energy to pick up the brick that Lin Yuan could not get out.
Seeing the bricks hanging in the air, Lin Yuan reached out and took out a wooden box hidden underneath.
Sitting on the ground, Lin Yuan opened the wooden box and took out the letter inside, a letter from his father.
Lin Yuan and his sister had already read the contents of the letter, and there were no clues to be found, so they hid it in the room.
But now, if the information Yunfei gave is correct, then there must be some secrets in this letter that she has not discovered yet!
The old man did not disturb Lin Yuan until he finished reading the contents of the letter and then asked: "Wild boy, what's going on?"
Lin Yuan did not raise his head, but took out the bamboo stick and handed it to the old man while he continued to study the letter.
He took the bamboo stick and put it in front of his eyes. It was filled with several things that Lin Shangnan had bought. Most of them were necessary healing medicines for going out, except... Jin Chan and Qian Jie Yuyi.
The old man's expression also changed. These two items were not common, and they were both used to avoid death.
The golden cicada can transform into its own appearance by injecting spiritual energy, and it can use spiritual energy to control its actions, making it difficult to identify.
The origin of the Thousand Knots Hagoromo is even more complicated. It is said that it is woven from the feathers of thousands of species of spiritual birds in the world. When worn on the body, it can transform into the appearance of others and change its own voice, making it difficult for even relatives who live together day and night to recognize it.
Regardless of how Lin Shangnan bought it, these two things combined, the news of his death is most likely false!
No wonder this usually calm wild boy was so excited this time.
The old man slowly sat down next to Lin Yuan. After returning the bamboo stick, he stretched out his hand and said, "Why don't you show it to me and see if there is any mystery."
Lin Yuan didn't move, his eyes didn't even move, his whole body was like a piece of wood.
The old man stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Lin Yuan's eyes. He still didn't respond. He sighed helplessly. The old man took the letter from Lin Yuan's hand without stopping him. After the letter left his hand, he still kept the same movements. .
After reading it roughly, the letter mainly said that Lin Shangnan had discovered that he was being hunted. If he had not come back, he might have died, and his two children would be entrusted to his second brother. Lin Fengdong took care of it, let him take his place as the head of the family!
However, Lin Fengdong expelled Lin Yuan from the house in the blink of an eye, followed closely by Lin Weiyang.
The old man read it again. There was indeed nothing strange about the letter, but the paper...
The old man twisted it several times with his fingertips, and a glimmer of brightness suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Wood makes fire..." the old man muttered in a low voice. Suddenly, a spark appeared from the end of the letter in his hand, slowly spreading upward, and the entire paper was ignited with flames.
Fire suddenly appeared in the dark room, and Lin Yuan recovered. He turned around, cursed his mother and rushed towards the old man.
"Damn it, old man, what are you doing? That's my father's relic!"
The old man stared intently at the burning letter in his hand. He raised a hand and directly covered Lin Yuan's face, stopping him at arm's length.
"Quiet!" the old man shouted.
Lin Yuan, who was scolded, quickly stopped moving, and the old man also lowered his arm.
Lin Yuan was also too anxious, and then he thought about it, the old man was not the kind of person who acted recklessly.
He looked at the letter in the old man's hand. Although his hands were still sweating, he could only hope that the old man was not messing up.
After burning for a while, Lin Yuan also discovered something strange. The letter didn't seem to be on fire...
He looked at the old man in confusion. Unexpectedly, this guy happened to look at him with a proud face and asked: "Wild boy, does your father know anyone from Jiqiaotang?"
"The Jiqiaotang in Tianyicheng next door?" Lin Yuan thought about it for a moment, and he seemed to have heard this name in a book.
The old man shook the letter in his hand and said, "Ji Qiao Tang is good at making all kinds of weird things. If I'm not mistaken, this thing should also be made by Ji Qiao Tang."
While the old man was talking, the words on the letter began to change. They separated from the surface one by one and turned into the word "fire" suspended in the air. Each stroke was recombined and the order was rearranged after turning into words.
"This paper is usually the same as ordinary paper. It burns when exposed to fire and falls apart when exposed to water. But if you first inject spiritual energy into it and then ignite it with fire, then the real message hidden in it will be like this appear like that.”
After the old man finished speaking, the letter paper in his hand had no flames, but the fire characters in the air were still arranged continuously.
Within a few breaths, the real content appeared in front of Lin Yuan's eyes.
There were only six big flaming characters floating in the air, but Lin Yuan stood up with an expression of disbelief.
"No... not dead, dad... okay?" Lin Yuan stuttered.
The old man also stood up and looked at the six big characters that kept shaking in the air.
I'm still alive, don't miss it!
Lin Shangnan, escaped?
This information is great news for Lin Yuan. He has been searching for the cause of Lin Shangnan's death for so many years. Now that he knows that he is fine, in addition to joy and excitement, there is also a trace of condemnation in his heart.
The fire character in front of him suddenly went out in an instant, turned into a pool of ink and rushed towards the letter in the old man's hand, and restored the content on it.
The word "fire" disappeared, and Lin Yuan fell backwards as if he had lost all strength. Fortunately, the old man had quick eyesight and quick hands, and grabbed his waist, so Lin Yuan did not fall to the ground.
"Old man, what just happened... wasn't an illusion, was it?" Lin Yuan still couldn't believe this turn of events, so he grabbed the old man and asked.
Looking at the young man beside him with distress, the old man nodded and replied: "It's not an illusion, your father is still alive."
"It's been almost six years. Since he is alive, why doesn't he come to see us siblings? Does he know how much we suffered to survive?" Lin Yuan was a little excited.
The old man sighed quietly. He helped Lin Yuan to Lin Weiyang's bed, rolled up his right sleeve, and placed two fingers on his terrifying forearm as if diagnosing the pulse.
The soft spiritual energy poured into his body, and the dizziness in Lin Yuan's head disappeared little by little. He held his forehead with his other hand and murmured in pain: "Why?"
"Maybe he can't show up?" the old man said.
These words finally made Lin Yuan stop mumbling, and he asked excitedly: "Old man, you are so smart, did you guess something?"
When the old man was pressed, he looked troubled and shook his head and said: "I'm not sure, but I lived in Beiliangyu to investigate something. This matter is inevitably related to the Lin family. I don't know... ..Does your father know about it? If he knows, then he didn’t show up for the sake of your siblings’ safety.”
"What's the matter?" Lin Yuan excitedly held the old man's arm.
Seeing the usually calm young man become so excited, the old man was in trouble. Lin Yuan could not let Lin Yuan know about this now.
However, Lin Yuan's excitement really made him a little worried.
After patting Lin Yuan's clenched arm a few times, the old man said, "Let's do this. You have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow, accompany me to a place. I'll let you know then."
The old man had already said this, so Lin Yuan didn't want to press too hard and had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Lin Yuan stared at the place where the word "fire" had just disappeared. The old man raised his fingers on his arm, put his hand on Lin Yuan's shoulder and said, "The medicine you took last night was for replenishing qi and blood." Yes, the medicine is quite strong, so you must be careful not to get so emotional again."
Lin Yuan raised his head with a smile, and roared loudly as if to vent his frustration.
The old man saw this and felt really bad in his heart. He had known this little guy for some years. He was an upright and kind-hearted man. He was really aggrieved when he had to bear a burden that his age should not have at such a young age.
Today I learned that my father is not dead. I have hope, but I also feel more resentful.
But, isn't this the wonderful thing about life...
The old man put his hand in front of Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan also looked at each other with a smile, held his dull hand and stood up. He can't do this now, Lei Ming hasn't been solved yet!
Patting his cheek, Lin Yuan adjusted his mood, then looked at his friend beside him with a smile. He punched the old man's chest and said with a smile: "Remember to keep my father's affairs a secret. If there is thunder later, If there is any wrong move, I need you to stop it."
This matter is a trivial matter for the old man. He nodded in agreement and then said: "I will continue to hide in the dark. If Lei Ming does not do anything wrong, then I will go back to the 'Banshan Study'. In the afternoon, Xiaohu and the others will return." Gotta go to class.”
"good."
After Lin Yuan agreed, the old man handed the letter back to Lin Yuan and asked him to hide it again. After doing all this, Lin Yuan and the old man walked out of Lin Weiyang's courtyard arm in arm and said goodbye at the door.
Lin Yuan went to the lobby, and the old man ducked and appeared in the bushes not far from the lobby.
In the lobby at this moment, Lin Weiyang and Lei Ming had already arrived, but Lin Yuan had just arrived.
The old man flicked his long sleeves, and a breeze blew to the ground, blowing away the dust behind him.
The old man fell back and sat cross-legged on it.
He rolled up his sleeves, stared at Lei Ming's movements, and whispered into the air: "You didn't leave?"
The old man's voice sounded, and there was a "rustling" sound in the bamboo forest behind him.
A mist as tall as a man floated out of the bamboo forest. It approached the old man and seemed to have sat down.
"I thought I saw an acquaintance before I went out, and I thought I'd come back and ask you." A male-female voice came from inside.
The old man didn't think much and said directly: "It must be the 'Blood Tiangang'."
"Have you known this for a long time?" The man hidden in the mist asked in surprise.
The old man said softly: "I only saw him two days ago. It was quite unexpected."
"I always thought that the 'Xue Tiangang' was no longer in the Northern Jin Dynasty, but I didn't expect that it was hiding in Beiliang."
The old man closed his eyes and said, "What's the matter? Are you going to take him back?"
The man in the mist laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "On the contrary, if something happens to him in the future, I will definitely protect him. After all, it is our fault and he is just a victim."
"Then it's best..." The old man opened his eyes through a slit and glanced at this person.
At this moment, Lin Yuan finally came running from a distant path, and the old man opened his eyes and asked, "Do you want to stay and watch the show?"
The man in the mist smiled and said: "It still doesn't work. If you stay too long, your identity will be exposed, so I'll leave first."
As soon as the sound fell, the mist floated directly back into the bamboo forest, and the old man watched the mist leave with deep meaning.
Then he turned his head and looked at the lobby of Lin Mansion.
"It seems that the last pure land of the Northern Jin Dynasty is about to be in chaos..."
