Xiaodie didn't quite understand why she was asking when her own girl didn't allow her to, but she still nodded honestly to show that she wasn't lying.
After he finished speaking, he saw that his girl stopped talking and her expression became hesitant, uneasy and solemn as it was during the day.
As if unconscious, he paced back and forth in the middle of the yard, pinching his fingers.
Seeing this, Xiaodie felt a little regretful. She didn't know if she had said something wrong, which made the girl who had just been in a better mood become like this again.
He looked at the night sky where the moon was already at its zenith and said cautiously, "Girl, the night is getting cold. Let's go back to the house and rest."
Cui Yuyan looked at the sky and nodded.
"All right."
…
Cui Yuyan didn't know at this time that in Liyang County, Jizhou, hundreds of miles away, something closely related to her was happening without her knowledge.
Time goes back to the daytime, back to before the storm came to Liyang County.
On the official road shrouded in dark clouds, the people in the caravan watched as the handsome, almost bewitching knight suddenly pulled the reins, then turned around and slowly walked towards them.
At that moment, everyone in the caravan felt a little short of breath, and the sweat on their foreheads kept pouring down, but they didn't feel hot, but rather a little cold.
Just as everyone was feeling uneasy, the knight suddenly asked, "Where are you merchants from?"
"I greet you, sir."
The young leader of the caravan was quite courageous. He stepped forward, bowed, and replied, "We are all from this state, traveling between Qishan County and Liyang County to do some small business.
I don’t know, sir…”
He was about to ask a question when the black knight interrupted him with a wave of his hand, saying, "I ask the questions and you answer them."
"yes."
The young man didn't dare to say anything more and agreed honestly.
The Black Knight then asked again indifferently, "Since you are from this state, are you familiar with this area?"
"this……"
The young man hesitated when he heard this.
The black-robed knight frowned at this. The old man driving the carriage beside him quickly took over the conversation and said, "Your Excellency, he is still young and not very familiar with the geography along the way. However, I should be able to answer any questions you have."
"good."
The black-robed knight didn't care and asked, "Do you know if there's a Lin family nearby?"
Hearing Lin's words, the old man and the other people in the caravan were stunned.
The Black Knight noticed the change in everyone's expressions and frowned again. "What's the problem? Do you know where in the Lin family?"
"No, no, no."
The old man waved his hand quickly and said, "I know the Lin family village. There is a fork in the road not far ahead. Twenty miles south of the fork is the Lin family village. I just don't know if it is the Lin family village you are talking about, sir."
"Um."
The black-robed knight looked at everyone coldly, "If you knew, why did you change color when I asked you?"
"this……"
The old man hesitated when he heard this.
"Um?"
The black-robed knight hummed coldly, and the old man's face changed. He bowed quickly and said, "My lord, I have no other intentions. It's just that before you, lord, a group of people also made inquiries about the Lin family.
That’s why I and the others are a little upset.”
The Black Knight frowned upon hearing this, and then asked, "Before us?
Do you know who they are, how many people there are, and when they arrived?"
After asking several questions in succession, although the voice remained calm, the old man felt that the temperature around him seemed to have dropped a little, and he couldn't help but shiver.
The expressions of the other knights on horseback also changed slightly, and even the horses they were sitting on became a little restless.
The old man was terrified and didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly replied, "Sir, we don't know who they are. There were about dozens of people and horses, and they left not long ago, about half a cup of tea."
The knights looked at each other.
"Master, do Cui Ze's men also know..."
Someone frowned and spoke.
The somewhat eerie black-robed knight waved his hand to stop the man and said, "No need to say more. Everyone, hurry up and catch up with them!"
“Here!”
Everyone responded in unison, then shook the reins and shouted, "Go!"
Then, with the neighing of war horses, a group of knights swept away again like flying.
The black-robed knight didn't say anything more, but simply dropped something and said, "What you saw today must not be spread to anyone else!"
In an instant, he was already a hundred steps away from the dust.
Seeing this, the traveling merchants breathed a sigh of relief. When they looked down, their eyes lit up.
What the knight dropped was actually a piece of thick gold leaf, which looked to be worth at least two or three thousand coins!
All the young people couldn't help but look at the old man with envy, especially the young man who didn't dare to speak in the middle of his speech, who couldn't help but feel regretful.
"I didn't expect that this usually criticized foreign official would be so generous!"
The old man was also a little excited. He snorted and put it in his arms, but said coldly: "What kind of fortune will we make? Once we get to the city and break it open, everyone who sees it will get a share!"
Then he added: "Don't spread it outside!"
When everyone heard that whoever saw it would have a share, they were very excited and responded loudly.
Although two or three thousand coins is not much for everyone, it is not a small amount either, and it is free.
"Hit the road, hit the road!"
The old man urged unhappily.
He couldn't help but glance back and murmured softly, "Then the Lin family might be in trouble again..."
…
Lin's village.
As the name suggests, just like Wangjia Village and Zhangjiatun in later generations of China, the vast majority of the people in the village are descendants of the Lin family.
Once you enter the gate, you can see the houses stretching out one after another. At first glance, it really looks like the home of a wealthy family.
However, upon closer inspection, you can find that many houses are dilapidated, and only some of them are still inhabited.
It's sparse and seems a bit deserted.
At this time, the dense dark clouds were also pressing down heavily on this temporary village, which actually made the villagers who had not seen rain for a long time feel more joyful.
Every household was busy collecting the clothes and the few grains that were hung out to dry in front of and behind their houses.
The hustle and bustle makes this neighborhood seem a little more lively.
At this time, in a house deep in the neighborhood, although it was dilapidated, one could still vaguely see some of its former splendor.
An old man with white hair and beard was kneeling opposite a burly young man who looked somewhat similar to Cui Yuyan.
However, although this young man looked somewhat similar to Cui Yuyan, he had a slanted scar from his left eye to his right cheek, which seemed to almost break his entire face and nose into two parts.
It made his originally handsome face look a little hideous.
"Xiao Lang, are you really going to assassinate Prime Minister Cui?"
The old man asked in a serious voice.
But before he could finish his words, the young man opposite him was furious and the scar on his face instantly turned red.
"What Prime Minister Cui? He's the traitor of the Cui family!"
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