Shiyu

After the continuous rain stopped for a while, the ebony frame also arrived at its destination.

Qingzhou City is located in the south of the Yangtze River, surrounded by mountains and rivers with outstanding people.The current political situation is stable and the rivers and lakes are harmonious. Qingzhou City is favored by people from all walks of life because of its unique scenery and plump fish and shrimps. There are a large number of people coming and going every year, but there is no trouble. One is that the government manages it well, and the other is because there is a family here The well-known people in the world control those bloody quacks.

Yan Guolu led into the city, the carriage headed west of the city, and stopped in front of a tall mansion at about meal time.

"Master, we're here." The coachman jumped out of the car first, took the umbrella placed beside him and opened it, and respectfully waited for the people inside to come out.

Shi Tou, who was kneeling on the inside of the car, opened his eyes when the car stopped.He looked at the person leaning on the soft couch with closed eyes complicatedly, seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time, he thought about it, and called out: "Second Young Master Lin, the Lin residence is here."

In fact, he never expected that the person he met by chance was Lin Yu, the second son of the Lin family.Judging from the clothes, it can be seen that it is not an ordinary family, and the road before it is an official road between several nearby towns. Every nearby city has at least one martial arts family or sect, and it is also the only way to the martial arts alliance. It can be said that there are different martial arts people or traffickers coming and going every day. It is not unusual to meet any of them, but he still remembered that he met the eldest son of the Lin family a while ago and accidentally learned that the second son was traveling in the north. Eliminate him.

But after knowing his identity, Shi Tou finally understood why he invited him to go back home with him.It is rumored that the second son of Lin makes friends regardless of his appearance and identity, and he is benevolent and righteous, so it seems to be true.At the same time, he also breathed a sigh of relief.Shi Tou looked down at the cloud pattern engraved on the hilt of the sword, and tightened his grip on the sword.

It's okay to know each other well.He has the right to rest for a while.

Hearing that there was still no movement over there, Shi Tou raised his head, just in time to meet the other party's bright eyes.

...like a weasel seeing a chicken.

Shi Tou frowned, feeling a little strange, but he saw Erlang Lin, who was sitting without sitting or lying down, put down his raised Erlang legs, straightened up and stretched his waist, he suppressed the strange feeling that suddenly surged up, Open the curtain and get out of the car.

Only then did Second Young Master Lin lean out slowly, and an attendant who was waiting at the side immediately stepped forward with an umbrella to shield him from the rain.

——Although Shi Tou couldn't feel that it was still raining.

Lin Yu got out of the carriage, looked up at the attendant who came out to greet him, rolled his eyes, and said, "Just let Zhai Jin play the umbrella, and you go and lead the carriage. Where's Ma Le?"

"Back to Second Young Master, Ma Le is waiting for your order in the yard." The attendant exchanged the umbrella in his hand with the driver's bridle and replied.

"Hmm..." Lin Yu casually pointed to another attendant with his fan: "Take this knight to the Chrysanthemum Court and ask Ma Le to arrange a room."

The attendant who was pointed out glanced at the "guest" from the corner of his eye, his face twitched, but he didn't show any disgust. After a promise, he bowed his head and led Shi Tou through several arches after Lin Yu entered the door. Before arriving at a courtyard, he did not forget to introduce the situation of Lin Fu on the way.

"The Lin Mansion has three courtyards of plum, orchid and chrysanthemums. The plum courtyard is the residence of the mansion master and his wife, the orchid courtyard is the residence of the eldest young master, and the chrysanthemum courtyard is the second young master's. Since you were brought back by the second young master, you will not be here for a while. I live in the second young master's courtyard." The attendant glanced at him, and continued cautiously: "Because there are distinguished guests visiting the door these two days, the house is a bit busy. Um... that... when you are free... um... Please stay in the Chrysanthemum Court as much as possible."

Shi Tou frowned and nodded.

The attendant was obviously relieved, and because he was easy to talk to, the tone of the introduction was much more friendly afterwards.

All the way to the arch of the chrysanthemum courtyard, I saw a man dressed as a servant standing outside the arch.

The attendant who led the way greeted him: "Ma Le, this is the guest brought back by the second young master, please treat him well."

The attendant named Ma Le raised his eyes to look at the guest, his face twitched unconsciously, and for a moment Shi Tou felt that there seemed to be a sense of sadness emanating from him. "I understand. This hero, please come with the little one."

Shi Tou was puzzled, but didn't say much, just nodded slightly to him: "Thank you." Then he nodded to the person leading the way, and followed Ma Le away.

"This is the study room... the back is the second young master's room... the west is the servant's room... the east is the wing room, which is specially used to entertain the guests brought back by the second young master." As he walked, Ma Le dutifully continued to introduce .

Shi Tou listened silently, feeling that something was wrong.In ordinary people, even if it is a big house, shouldn't the guest room and the servant's room be shared?Why is it separated here?Moreover, there are so few servants here... I haven't seen anyone else along the way.

Going around to the long corridor in front of the study, I finally saw someone else's figure, but when he saw the person's appearance clearly, Shi Tou paused indistinctly.Then the second, the third...

Seeing Ma Le bringing people in, they all nodded to them, then continued to do their own work, and their attitude towards Shi Tou couldn't be more ordinary.

Shi Tou raised his hand unconsciously and touched his face lightly. Looking at the "strange people and strange men" in this yard, he felt a little weird, but undeniably relaxed.

At this time, a hunchbacked bald man came to face him. A centipede-like scar about one finger wide stretched from Tianlinggai to the center of the eyebrows and then diagonally across to the left cheek. He had no eyebrows, his eyes were deep-set and his cheekbones protruded.

When Shi Tou saw his hands, his heart trembled.The person on the opposite side also stood still, his eyes looked at him from head to toe without blinking, especially the sword he held tightly in his left hand.

Ma Le waited for a while, and seeing that the two were silent, he said: "Mr. Gu, this is the Second Young Master who just brought this."

"Mr. Gu" raised his eyelids and looked at his face again. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he said slowly in his hoarse voice: "Well, take it in. Treat the distinguished guests well."

Ma Le blinked, "It's natural."

Shi Tou glanced at the hunchbacked man, and lowered his head slightly: "I didn't expect to meet Senior Gu here, this junior is so polite."

"Mr. Gu" smiled strangely, and waved his hands: "This old man is just the guard of the Second Young Master Lin. The hero has broken the old man." After speaking, he walked past them with his hands hunched over.

Shi Tou watched the other party leave completely, and then asked Ma Le: "The people in this courtyard...are all brought back by Lin Er Shao?"

Ma Le was silent for a while, then nodded: "Second young master Suxi travels, and every time he comes back, he will bring some people in... We... er, we're used to it."

Shi Tou glanced at the maidservants passing by in the corridor over there, and asked, "Are they all...like me?"

"Yes..." There was deep helplessness in his tone.

"Second Young Master Lin really has a good heart." It is probably because of this that he is willing to condescend to be a small nursing home.

"..." With a toothache on Ma Le's face, he said weakly, "Uh, let's continue walking?"

Shi Tou nodded, followed Ma Le forward, and soon came to a wing.Ma Le pushed open one of the doors, "Here is the room where you are temporarily staying, hero. Are you satisfied with it?"

Shi Tou walked into the room and saw that the windows were bright and clean, the decoration was simple and concise, and the supplies were complete. "It's very good here, so I don't need to worry about it." In fact, the lives of people in the Jianghu are simple, and sleeping in the wild is common. Basically, a bed, a pillow and a quilt are enough.At this time, there is no need to worry too much about living under the fence. Besides, the wing room is really well prepared, so there is nothing to be picky about.

Ma Le is also happy to see that the guests are satisfied. "Then hero, you can rest here for a while, and if you need anything, just give me orders." Seeing Shi Tou nodding, he bowed and exited, closing the door gently.

Shi Tou let out a long sigh of relief, stood in a daze for a while in the room, then moved to the purple lacquer round table, gently placed the sword he had accumulated all the way on the table, and slowly sat on the stool next to him, with his left hand Holding the forehead, I originally wanted to support my dizzy head, but all I touched were potholes. One accidentally used a little effort, and a hand of pus flowed out.

"..." Shi Tou's eyes were red and his teeth were clenched. It took him a lot of effort to suppress the anger in his heart. He tore off a piece of cloth from his robe to cover the sore that was punctured just now, pushed the door out, and stopped someone A passing maid said: "Miss, can you tell me where I can fetch water?"

The maid raised her head, revealing her pockmarked face.

Shi Tou: "..." To be honest, if I hadn't seen myself by the river before, the impact of this close contact was quite strong.

The maid glanced at him, then looked at the forehead he was covering, suddenly said: "You are the hero brought back by the second young master, right? Do you want water? This servant will help you beat it."

Shi Tou: "...Then, I'm sorry." Seeing the maid leave, he turned and went back to the room, came to the table again, and looked down at the long sword on the table.The scabbard is simple, with a few auspicious clouds carved on the handle. Because it has been held for many years, the texture is slightly darker than other places, and it is slightly conspicuous against the light brown background.At this moment, Shi Tou was staring at those lines in a daze, until the knock on the door sounded.

Shi Tou was startled inwardly, but he didn't show it on his face—in fact, even if he showed surprise on his face, he wouldn't be able to see it with his current appearance.He walked over to open the door, and the maid he called just now was holding a large bathtub taller than her, with white air floating on the mouth of the bucket, and a trace of medicinal fragrance wafting out.A maidservant next to her was holding a washbasin in both hands with a few handkerchiefs beside it, and the other was holding a few sets of clothes with a small bundle on top of them.

Shi Tou: "..." He hastily made way, and the two of them came in and put their things away, and waited aside.

Shi Tou walked to the side of the bathtub and took a look, the rippling ripples reflected his head, but the water inside was not clear water, but dark brown.Obviously a medicated bath.

"This is……?"

"This is what the second young master ordered. It is said that it will help relax the muscles and keep the body alive. There are some medicines in this package. Feel free to use them, heroes."

This second son of the Lin family... isn't he a little too hospitable?Shi Tou's eyes darkened, and after thinking about it, he felt that the current self really has nothing for the other party. If he wants to have no appearance-disfigured; if he wants to have no status-that sword is owned by everyone in the sect, he can do whatever he wants I can't see anything, not to mention that he is indeed not a powerful person; if he wants wealth but no wealth-he was hunted down all the way, and all the things he originally carried were lost, and his teacher...but now he is famous. He is so poor, the income of the next bodyguard under the Lin family is higher than that of his teacher... As for martial arts, there are people like Gu Lao in the family, and the second son would not like his fists and feet, so he didn't care, so he went to the two of them. Thank you, and ask to pass on your gratitude to the Second Young Master.

Seeing that he had no other orders, several maidservants bowed and left.

Shi Tou closed the door, opened the bag, there were bottles and cans, there were pills, ointments and scarves, really thoughtful.

Shi Tou first took care of his face covered with abscesses and scars, took off his clothes, ignored the scars on his body, walked directly into the tub, put his head on the side of the tub, and enjoyed the comfort of soaking in warm water for a while. Just started washing my body.

About half an hour later, the water in the bucket was almost completely cold, and Shi Tou reluctantly got up.

After soaking in cold water all night, Shi Tou now feels that a hot bath is the most wonderful enjoyment in the world.

Just after getting dressed, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The door opened in response to the sound, and the second young master of the Lin family, dressed in white, walked in. He saw Shi Tou in a well-fitting Tsing Yi, with wet hair draped in a bunch on his left shoulder, his eyes lit up slightly, and he raised his lips and said with a smile: "Your family's host, are you satisfied, brother?"

Only then did Shi Tou remember that he hadn't given his name yet, and smiled slightly: "I'm going to Shi Tou, the second son can just call him by his name."

"Shi Tou, Shi Tou..." Lin Yu put his fan on his mouth and murmured several times. The two peach blossoms bloomed more abundantly. Shi Tou was a little confused by his joy, but he was also a little bit worried about his good looks. After shaking his head for a while, he was inevitably a little ashamed.Although my real appearance may not be as good as him, but my current appearance...

Lin Yu didn't notice Shi Tou's depressed mood at all, and said with a pair of eyebrows bent, "in that case, you can call me by my name too."

His tone was brisk and even implied excitement, and he really didn't feel any embarrassment or forced sympathy because of his appearance.

So Shi Tou smiled.People who looked at the courtyard knew that the second son of the Lin family was not a person who was deceived by appearances, but he judged others with his own heart, which was too narrow, and it was an insult to the second master Lin.Now he is not willing to pay attention to some vain etiquette with him, so he responded: "Okay."

Hearing this, Lin Yu showed a big smile like a child who got sweets, Shi Tou was taken aback for a moment, as if he was infected by him, his eyes softened a lot.

The author has something to say: Well, I just came here to show that I am still alive