Three days later, Li Tang said goodbye to the servants of Liu Changlu's family and left the Liu residence. Strange to say, since Li Tang settled here that day, he went to the countryside and never showed his face again. At first, he only thought that he hadn't slept all night, and because he was getting older, he might not recover very well, but for three days in a row, this member Liu didn't show his face, even though he lived carefree in this house, but After all, it's still someone else's house, and it's not a problem for me to live in it as an outsider for a long time.
When he went out today, he was playing with the blue jade chopsticks, wandering around the street. Lu Zhongwen had been severely taught by his father since he said goodbye to Cui Lin Yuan that day. There are many things that can be done He showed his face very much, but he was made nondescript by a series of cowardly manipulations. He was said to be timid, but he still dared to pick up the chopsticks. I'm so angry, I really don't know how to cultivate this son who is not angry.
Lu Zhongwen is different from his elder brother. His elder brother Lu Zhonghe is a well-educated and reasonable person. He is also a local official now. Lang Lai suppressed Lu's second son, but fortunately, Lu Qingyu was with him to supervise him, so Lu Mingcheng felt a lot more relaxed in his heart.
These days, wherever Li Tang went, he played with the jade chopsticks in front of everyone. At the same time, it also attracted the attention of many people. Recently, he did not call out Lu Zhongwen to accompany The purpose of wandering around by himself is to attract all the hatred on the chopsticks to himself, so that when handing over in the future, Lu Zhongwen will not have more trouble holding the chopsticks.
It's not that no one has attacked him.
On the second night, Li Tang went back to Liu's house to rest as usual. He had already noticed that someone was following him that day. He pretended not to know anything, and took the food delivered by the servants of Liu's family as if nothing happened. Screening away all the servants, he sat in the middle of the courtyard and savored the special dishes of Yongping City. Suddenly, a dart shot through the air. Li Tang raised his arm slightly to avoid it, and the dart slammed into the stone table with a "duh" , broke a plate of home-cooked dishes that I hadn't had time to eat.
Immediately afterwards, a silent air machine circled around Liu's house like threading a forest. Li Tang immediately used his own air machine to investigate the surroundings, but was disturbed by another air machine The way to go, if you look for it again, you won't find it.
There were several waves of attacks, and as the air flow circulated, more than a dozen corpses were scattered around the courtyard wall. It was said that there were no traces of the person who released the air, but this also made him feel a little more at ease. What the treasurer Luo said is the same, there are indeed people who protect his safety at all times, but he doesn't know if Cuilinyuan will spend such a large price to protect Lu Zhongwen when the chopsticks change hands.
Today is still the same, the jade chopsticks are so conspicuous, Li Tang, who has a secret guard, has no fear, but a little mockery in his heart, and somehow, he went round and round to Changlefang, and turned to the thick door. In front of the blue gate, he looked up, was a little taken aback, and after gathering his composure, he still chose to walk in. However, the moment his front foot stepped in, he heard the gatekeepers on both sides shout loudly: " The leader is here!"
The unexpected shout startled Li Tang, and then the diners in Cuilin Garden looked over again. Li Tang held the chopstick and shook his head secretly, thinking: This Cuilin Garden is really worry-free, It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, no matter what, we must spread the word about the person who holds the jade chopsticks. If this is the case, then don't blame me for being indifferent.
I saw him stepping in, straightened his body first, and shouted back without looking sideways: "Call your shopkeeper Luo out!"
The doorman went to the back to pass on a message. Not long after, Luo Yan walked out slowly from the stairs with steady steps. It was exactly the same as when they first met that day. When he saw Li Tang, he smiled lightly and said, "It turns out that it is Li Jinyu who is driving you." I am sorry to welcome you from far away. I don¡¯t know if Li Jinli has any orders. Could it be that he is hungry and wants to have a full meal here? Come, let¡¯s serve food!¡±
After saying the food was served, Luo Yan took Li Tang up to the private room on the second floor. There was no Qiankun table before, and there was no Feilin Zoufeng before.
"Come on, eat, don't think Li Jinli is too bad. Cuilinyuan has always been this rule. Even if you become the leader, except for the first meal of Feilin Zoufeng, you will eat these ordinary dishes for ten days. Even if it is It's the same with Yun Yiyang, who is flying flowers and picking leaves." Luo Yan held his right hand on his chest and spoke in a neither arrogant nor impatient tone. , Cuilinyuan has repeatedly advertised that Li Tang is a chopstick holder, which also made Li Tang feel more and more uncomfortable seeing him.
"Eat?What does Cuilinyuan mean to you? Since the first day I came here, you have been telling me about the word fame. Is reputation so important? Is money that important? "
Luo Yan didn't change his expression, he just smiled and said, "Does Li Jinli know what the world is?"
Li Tang was taken aback by the question, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "The two characters of the world, taken apart, are nothing more than thousands of faces in the world, and combined, they are also the faces of all living beings."
"It's no wonder that Li Jinli became famous when he was young, and he lacks a lot of things that people have never seen before. The world is two words. Looking up is the style of a famous family and royal family, and looking down is the daily life of thatched huts. , Luo is not talented. Before he became the eighth manager of Cuilinyuan, he had personally seen someone who sold his own flesh and blood for a bucket of rice. He also saw someone who sold his own flesh and blood for a sip of water in the dry sea eight hundred miles west of Yongping City. For those who fight and fight for their lives, changing children to eat is not only the four words in the book, it may also be the real reality, not to mention that a penny is difficult for a hero, how many heroes died because of lack of money, and how many beauties fell because of gold and silver. , not to mention the elderly parents who are dying and need money for medical treatment, and the woman you like needs a bride price, have you seen all of these?"
"The leader is still young. He just entered the rivers and lakes not long ago. What he has seen and done is nothing more than those insignificant things. Maruo went up the mountain to fight against bandits, and rescued an idiot in Jinyang City? These are nothing, when you really look at them The corpses are everywhere and the land is full of starvation. When you look back and think about the world, you may feel that it is fake. It is because of my unusual experiences that I was lucky enough to be photographed by the shopkeeper. , working as the shopkeeper in Cuilin Garden also allowed me to see the colorful flowers and know what magnificence is. Do you think I seem to be very old, about 40 or 50 years old, but in fact I am only 35 years old this year I know you hate my smiling face, you always feel that I hide a knife in my smile, but so what? When you really read all the world and see those injustices, you can do nothing. People who are still in the mud smile, there is nothing else you can do."
Luo Yan changed his normal, when he said these words, his expression was cold and his face was ashen. It is certain that he gritted his teeth and said these words, and his cheeks were trembling a little due to excessive force. Aware of his gaffe, he touched his face with his hands and returned to his previous smiling face.
Now it was Li Tang's turn to be dumb. He looked at Luo Yan's naive body again. Every expression and every movement seemed to be full of sophistication. He had never seen with his own eyes what Luo Yan said or the description in history books. It's nothing more than a few words, perfunctory, but how miserable is the real situation behind it?
Before Li Tang got the result in his heart, two burly guards in iron armor came towards this side, and a thin and frail young boy came together. The young boy passed in front of Li Tang. He looked up at Li Tang, and said calmly, "I've seen you before, but I hate you!" Li Tang stared at this strange boy speechlessly for a long time with a look of astonishment on his face.