The next morning, Lin Yuan woke up from the bed in a daze. At three o'clock today, he had an appointment with the old man.
Dragging his still tired body to sit on the edge of the bed, Lin Yuan lowered his head and slapped his face, trying to wake up quickly.
"Here, take the handkerchief and wipe your face."
A nice and playful female voice sounded, and Lin Yuan habitually reached forward with his hand, and a wet handkerchief with just the right temperature was placed in his palm. He closed his eyes and opened the handkerchief to cover his face. The warm touch gradually took away the drowsiness in Lin Yuan's mind.
Slowly wiping his cheeks, Lin Yuan's mind began to clear up, and he finally realized one thing.
Didn't he sleep in Lin Sanli's room last night? Even if something happened, her sister wouldn't come over so early to urge him to wash up?
Taking off the veil from his face, Lin Yuan saw Mo Qingcheng standing in front of him with a red face.
Ignoring Lin Yuan's stunned look, Mo Qingcheng naturally took the cold handkerchief from his hand and handed him a glass of warm water.
"Rinse your mouth and eat quickly. Breakfast is on the table." As he spoke, Mo Qingcheng walked aside and washed Lin Yuan's used handkerchief.
For Lin Yuan, this morning was really baffling.
He stared at the girl's bent and busy back for a long time, then walked up to her with a cup in hand, and asked tentatively: "Miss Mo, where did you sing this early in the morning?" After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he took the cup. Pour the water into your mouth.
"Didn't you say it yourself yesterday? It's a fake show, so of course I will listen to the young master." Mo Qingcheng replied without getting up.
Lin Yuan rinsed his mouth, thinking back on the matter of "fake it and make it real". Suddenly, a sentence from yesterday came to mind.
"Didn't you say you were my personal maid this morning? Otherwise, the fake act was really done..." These words kept echoing in Lin Yuan's head. He asked anxiously, and he actually put the gargle in his mouth directly. The warm water went into my stomach.
The corner of his mouth twitched as he looked at the girl's busy figure, and asked stammering: "Are you... kidding?"
Unexpectedly, Mo Qingcheng wrung out the handkerchief and turned around with one hand on her hips. She curled her lips and looked at Lin Yuan. She shook the gadget in her hand and said, "Young master, if I am joking, I don't have to get up early to come over and serve you." You?"
With that said, Mo Qingcheng unfolded the handkerchief in his hand and stood on tiptoes to wipe Lin Yuan's face himself.
Lin Yuan was really flattered by such treatment. He quickly dodged aside, took the handkerchief and stared at Mo Qingcheng strangely. He was still a shy young lady before, so why has his personality changed so much today?
Carefully placing the back of his hand in front of Mo Qingcheng's forehead, Lin Yuan said strangely: "I don't even have a fever..."
As everyone knows, Mo Qingcheng is holding back the thought of rushing out of the door and staying here. She is already feeling shy and her heart is beating wildly for a long time. But since yesterday I made up my mind to take care of Lin Yuan's daily life, I must try to change myself first.
Pretending to be fine, she suddenly opened Lin Yuan's demonic arm and scolded: "You just have a fever! Eat quickly, or you will get cold if you don't!"
With such a harsh tone, Lin Yuan really doubted whether the person in front of him was Mo Qingcheng.
With the attitude of trying it out, Lin Yuan took advantage of the girl not paying attention and pinched her face hard with both hands.
Fortunately, Mo Qingcheng was used to Lin Yuan's unconventional temperament, and his face hurt when he pinched it. Mo Qingcheng stamped her feet angrily, closed her eyes, and shouted: "Lin Yuan! If you keep acting like this, I'll kill you." I’m going to tell Sister Weiyang!”
Well, Palace Master Lin has become Sister Weiyang. It seems that my unscrupulous sister has contributed a lot to this matter.
His hands were shaken away by Mo Qingcheng's shout. Lin Yuan confirmed that it was Mo Qingcheng who was in front of him, but he pinched the girl's face. How could Lin Yuan dare to stay in front of her anymore?
So there was wind at my feet, and I hurriedly sneaked to the table and started eating. I picked up the porridge and stuffed my mouth full to show that I couldn't reply.
Mo Qingcheng, who was standing there, looked angrily at Lin Yuan's rogue appearance. She walked over and took back the handkerchief Lin Yuan put on the table, then picked up the basin and walked out.
With a "bang", the door was closed.
Lin Yuan was so frightened that he almost lost his breath, coughed repeatedly and beat his chest.
After he regained his breath, he covered his eyes and let out a long sigh. Then he slapped the corners of his mouth and repeatedly chanted: "You're a bitch!"
Outside the door, Mo Qingcheng didn't go far. When she walked into the courtyard, her legs felt weak. She put down the basin and squatted on the ground.
I saw her face was red, and a red cloud dyed her ears. Mo Qingcheng touched her hot cheek, and the warmth of Lin Yuan's fingers still seemed to remain there. There are only four words in the girl's mind: What a shame!
On the roof, Lin Weiyang sat there leisurely. She looked at the white figure squatting on the ground in the courtyard, and then at the roof below her. She couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, and then left the place.
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Time soon came to three o'clock in the morning, and the old man in black robe just arrived at the door of Lin's mansion. He climbed up the steps and was about to trouble the servant in front of the door to inform him. Lin Yuan's voice came out. .
"Miss Mo, Miss Mo! You've really been following me!" Lin Yuan's voice was full of helplessness. He walked quickly to the door and saw the old man.
Quickening his pace and trotting up to him, Lin Yuan didn't give him a chance to say hello, so he said to the old man: "Old man, you came just in time. Do you think this person behind me is a maid?"
It was rare to see Lin Yuan so helpless. The old man tilted his neck and looked behind him, and saw the girl in green chasing after him with her clothes in hand.
Mo Qingcheng jumped out of the door and landed behind Lin Yuan. She first saluted the old man and said hello, then put her hands on her waist and said bluntly: "What's wrong? I don't wear any valuable jewelry, and my hair is not tied up. I’ve also changed out of my clothes, and this one is still the simplest one you bought.”
Turning around with a headache, Lin Yuan held his forehead and said: "Miss Mo, it's not your clothes that's the problem, it's... Oops, I can't tell clearly. Old man, do you think she looks like a maid?"
After looking between the two of them several times, the old man said with a strange expression: "I think this little girl looks like a young lady, and you look more like an attendant."
"That's it... Hey! Old man, are you hurting me?" Lin Yuan didn't understand the meaning of the old man's words at first, and only realized something was wrong after he responded.
But Mo Qingcheng ignored all this. She approached Lin Yuan aggressively. If Lin Yuan hadn't been retreating steadily, their faces would have come into close contact.
"I don't care! A true man will do what he says! From today... no, from yesterday I will be your personal maid. I will follow you wherever you go!" Mo Qingcheng suddenly grabbed Lin Yuan's waist On both sides of the shirt, those beautiful big eyes seemed to say "you can't escape."
Just when Lin Yuan was at a loss, the old man came to his aid and grabbed his collar and pulled him over.
"Little girl, let me talk to the wild boy first." After saying this, the old man dragged Lin Yuan to the steps.
Dragging him to the side of the street, the old man asked with shock in his eyes: "According to that little girl, you brought someone into your house?"
Lin Yuanben was still sorting out his messed up clothes. When he heard this, he almost spit out blood. He glared at the old man fiercely and cursed: "Don't talk nonsense, I was just joking! Do you understand the joke! Who knew this? Silly girl takes it seriously!"
Listening to Lin Yuan's low roar, although the old man wanted to laugh, this incident made him unable to laugh at all.
His slightly old face was full of worry. He moved closer to Lin Yuan and whispered: "If you are joking or not, do you know who this girl is? How dare you treat her as a personal maid?" ?”
The implication was that the old man had guessed Mo Qingcheng's identity.
Lin Yuan squinted at the old man next to him. He pretended to be completely unaware and asked, "What's your identity? I don't know."
Looking at Lin Yuan suspiciously, the old man didn't believe his lies. He was usually such a thief, how could he not guess it now!
But there were priorities, and the old man had no time to argue with him, and said directly: "The youngest daughter of King Pingchuan, who holds 150,000 cavalry, will be your personal maid. Do you have more lives or a tough neck? If the 150,000 cavalry were horses, Ta Beiliang, can you stop me? Or can your sister stop me?"
"Yo? You know this, right? But isn't King Pingchuan half alive..."
Seeing that Lin Yuan was still in the mood to joke, the old man slapped him on the shoulder unceremoniously.
"What are you kidding about?" the old man lectured.
Spreading his hands indifferently, Lin Yuan said with a smile: "First of all, I didn't want her to be a personal maid. Secondly, I can't let her, an unexperienced little girl, run around outside. She just escaped from the horse bandits. Entering the tiger's mouth? How dangerous is that?"
"You know that's not what I meant, and that's not the point." The old man rolled his eyes at Lin Yuan.
Silly patting the old man on the shoulder, Lin Yuan smiled and said: "I know, you want to remind me of the risks hidden behind this girl. I have a general understanding of what happened in Pingchuan Prince's Mansion. Judging from the current situation, Pingchuan The king was seriously injured at the border and could not wake up for a long time. The so-called prince was anxious to ascend to the throne and wanted to use this silly girl's marriage to win over a suitable comrade in the court to stabilize his position. In this way, as long as If King Pingchuan doesn't wake up, those 150,000 cavalry will be handed over to Prince Pingchuan."
"But since his sister ran away from marriage and her whereabouts are still unknown, he can use other means to win over allies, so why bother with Mo Qingcheng. If I, with gold, silver, treasures, calligraphy, calligraphy and painting, just give him what he wants, then the DPRK will Aren’t you grabbing a lot of your comrades?" Lin Yuan crossed his arms and smiled.
Faced with Lin Yuan's thoughts, the old man had nothing to refute, but his expression became extremely serious and asked: "Do you know who Prince Pingchuan wants to win over?"
"He's just an important minister in the court." Lin Yuan smiled nonchalantly.
But a rough breath came out of the old man's nose, and he said: "You underestimate this prince's ambition too much."
Then, the old man leaned over to Lin Yuan's ear, and in a very small voice he said something that made Lin Yuan's face change drastically.
"The person he wants to win over is the current prince!"
At this time, Lin Yuan couldn't laugh anymore. He looked at the old man with an ugly face and asked, "Are you sure?"
The old man nodded his head affirmatively, and then said: "So you know, why Mo Qingcheng has to be the one?"
Lin Yuan's face was as dark as water. After thinking for a while, he said, "He doesn't want to hand over the military power of 150,000 cavalry?"
The old man nodded again and said: "If you don't want to hand over military power and want the prince to support you, you can only use your sister as a bargaining chip. To put it bluntly, Mo Qingcheng is the only hostage that Prince Pingchuan can hand over!"
Lin Yuan frowned. Now, things had indeed become a lot more troublesome. He originally thought that Prince Pingchuan's target was at most an important minister in the court, but now that the successor of the royal family was directly implicated, Lin Yuan didn't know what to do for a while.
After thinking for a while, Lin Yuan was as big as two people. He simply stopped thinking about it. After all, no one knew Mo Qingcheng's identity yet, which meant there was still time for him to prepare.
Afterwards, Lin Yuan looked at the old man strangely. He had never guessed the identity of this man. With his brains and strength, he could do well in the world, and he lived in a remote place like Beiliang. , and being able to know such secrets in the court really aroused Lin Yuan's curiosity, so he asked: "Old man, who are you? After knowing you for so long, I only know your last name. "
Unexpectedly, the topic would be brought to him. The old man shook his head and said: "Instead of having the time to worry about my identity, you should think carefully about how to deal with this girl's fate."
Lin Yuan helplessly spread his hands and said: "There is nothing we can do for now. My sister and I can't let this little girl run away by herself. Meeting her is fate. She was rescued by my sister, so I didn't look at her." The truth about re-entering danger.”
Hearing that Lin Yuan meant to break the jar, the old man looked at him meaningfully, pinched the beard on his chin with his right hand, and said, "Is there really nothing you can do?"
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Lin Yuan said: "That is the current prince! It is very likely that the country of the Northern Jin Dynasty will be handed over to him in the future. Do you want to deal with him? Unless there is..."
Suddenly, a figure flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.
Seeing that Lin Yuan's voice was getting lower and lower, until he frowned and looked at him, the old man opened his mouth and chuckled: "Unless what? Just finish what you said."
Lin Yuan's eyes became more and more strange, and he finally realized that this old man was not reminding him of the dangers that Mo Qingcheng would bring. From the beginning, he was trying to guide him to find countermeasures.
Lin Yuan chose to avoid the question. He looked serious and took a step forward.
"Mr. Qin, who...are you?"
It was rare to see Lin Yuan with such a serious attitude, even using his honorific title. But the old man didn't buy it. He smiled lightly, put his hands in each other's sleeves, and said: "It's the same thing, wait until you guess it."
Lin Yuan was speechless, he could only roll his eyes.
However, Lin Yuan was really grateful to this old friend. If it weren't for him, he might not have thought of the breakthrough in this matter. His mood suddenly improved a lot. Lin Yuan patted the old man on the shoulder and he laughed loudly: "Let's go and eat. I'll treat you today!"
Hearing Lin Yuan's shouting, Mo Qingcheng quickly ran after him, as if he was afraid that Lin Yuan would leave him and run away.
Seeing Mo Qingcheng running to his side, Lin Yuan knew that it was impossible to get rid of this girl. However, Lin Yuan had no choice but to compromise. He said to Mo Qingcheng: "Let's make an agreement first. You can follow me. Don't keep talking about who you are." maid."
Blinking his big innocent eyes, Mo Qingcheng nodded obediently in agreement.
Looking at the pretty face in front of him, Lin Yuan suddenly became playful and reached out to pinch Mo Qingcheng's face again.
This time, Mo Qingcheng did not dodge or scream. She just puffed up her cheeks and hit Lin Yuan dissatisfiedly.
While the two were playing around, the old man interrupted them with a slight cough. He pointed to the sun and said, "It's getting late. Today is not just about eating. There are other things."
After the old man reminded him, Lin Yuan clapped his hands, pulled the two of them and ran away.
