The pear blossoms fall to the stars

Chapter 97
A guard of the Zhou Mansion led the way in front, first walked through a garden, and then reached a long corridor. On the long corridor, there was almost one person standing every few steps, and they were all energetic and unrelenting.Li Hualuo felt the oppression emanating from the surroundings, and looked around. Whether it was the servant who watered the flowers or the servant, if you look carefully, you can see that they are all masters with their calm faces and subtle hidden internal strength.

The height of the surrounding courtyard walls has far exceeded twice the height of ordinary courtyard walls. For those who are good at lightness kung fu, it is not difficult to get out.However, at several intersections of the courtyard walls, there are normal three-storey fortresses, and the fortresses are probably filled with archers. Once someone wants to escape, they will shoot arrows from all directions. Wings cannot escape.

Li Hualuo looked at Han Jiuling with serious eyes, telling them to be more careful, this place is like a tiger's den, once they come in, it may not be so easy to get out.This level of security is much more depressing than that of the All Saints' Hall in the imperial palace.

Liang Jingyan looked around, as if feeling a little emotional, looking longingly, even absent-minded.

Li Hualuo frowned slightly, and slightly twisted her feet back, just in time to be caught by Liang Jingyan, Li Hualuo took advantage of this spare time and said: "Concentrate, since we came in, there are many people staring at us around here .”

If he kept doing this, he might easily attract the attention of the surrounding guards.

After Liang Jingyan heard this, he withdrew his thoughts and supported Li Hualuo: "Miss, are you alright?"

The others also looked back at Lihualuo, Xingchen and Han Jiuling asked at the same time: "Xiaoluo, are you alright?"

Jiang Ying stepped forward to support Li Hualuo.

Li Hualuo shook her head slightly, and started to play: "Brother Lin, Brother Chen, it's okay, as long as Ying'er supports me."

"Since it's all right, I will continue to lead the way. The two young masters and young ladies should rest assured of the rocks under their feet, and don't twist their feet again." After the guard finished speaking, he led them through a bamboo forest.

Li Hualuo panted slightly and called forward: "Brother, can you slow down."

The guard then slowed down his pace.

Han Jiuling stepped forward and asked carefully to the guards: "Your residence is so heavily guarded, you don't really have a treasury, does it? How big is the treasury?"

Li Hualuo smiled inwardly, it seems that the ancients were all potential actors.

As soon as Han Jiuling finished asking, the guard said seriously: "This is the secret of the Zhou family, please don't ask me what you shouldn't ask."

It is ironic that pear blossoms fall in my heart, is this a secret?Mancheng came out as soon as he asked, it seems that he did it on purpose.

After hearing this, Han Jiuling closed her mouth and didn't ask any more questions.

The guards led them across a lotus pond, and then they reached the inner courtyard.During the whole process, the guard did not breathe.

The guards cautiously led them into the hall where they met the guests, and respectfully said: "Master, they have already arrived."

Zhou Qing first looked at the person vigilantly, and then withdrew the guards.

"Please sit down, the tea is ready." Zhou Qing began to relax after being vigilant, and smiled.

Lihualuo cursed in her heart: Old fox.

She is very familiar with this kind of smile, this face is probably uncertain, this old Jiang must be hot and ruthless.

Lihua Luohe, Han Jiuling, and Xingchen sat down, while Jiang Ying and Liang Jingyan waited on them.

"Are the two young masters and misses from Seoul?" Zhou Qing asked with a smile on his face.

Han Jiuling still understood the truth, and replied with a smile: "It's from Seoul."

"Then I don't know the surname of the young master and miss?" Zhou Qing then asked unhurriedly.

As an older brother, Han Jiuling continued to answer: "My surname is Lin Mingze, this is my younger sister Lin Luo, and the other one is my brother-in-law who hasn't entered the house, named Lu Xing, his name is not worth mentioning."

When mentioning Xingchen's fake identity, Han Jiuling deliberately lowered her voice.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing winked at the guard at the side, and the guard left knowingly.Only then did Zhou Qing relax his vigilance a lot, and said: "Although Seoul is just next door to here, Mr. Lin's trip this time is also exhausting."

As Zhou Qing said, he picked up the glass cup on the table, his expression suddenly changed, and he said coldly: "I heard that there is such a No. [-] Lin Mansion in Seoul, but I don't know why Young Master Lin cooperates with this old man." The old man can remember that the young master of the Lin family has not yet taken over his father's business."

Seeing the change in his face, Han Jiuling also stiffened his expression a little bit, looked at the expression on Zhou Qing's face for a long time, it changed again, and said with a smile: "Cooperation, of course, is to make a fortune. Master Zhou doesn't know how to get rich, my Lin family is full of descendants, how can my father's family business be left to me alone? What's more, my little sister has fallen in love with the poor scholar of the Lu family. Doing a business will prevent the eagles from sharing their food in the future, so that they can leave the Lin Mansion and take care of my only sister."

Li Hualuo sighed in her heart, it was really embarrassing for Han Jiuling, who has a heart like a king orchid, to act in such a play today, and still say those worldly words that go against his will.

"Brother, it's all because I'm not talented. I failed to be the number one scholar, and I can't promise Luoer's lifelong happiness." Xingchen began to stage a perfect reality, starting from being a door-to-door son-in-law.

Only then did Zhou Qing laugh and said, "So that's the case. In fact, the old man also knows the situation of your Lin family. There are indeed too many concubines for Mr. Lin."

"But..." Zhou Qing continued to pay attention to the cup in his hand: "But what is this wine cup made of? I have been in business for many years, but I can't see the clues in it. Could it be that Master Lin has some new way of doing business? ?”

Li Hualuo sneered in her heart, if you see it, how could you attract the fox like you, she didn't waste much effort to do this, and she has performed enough to do this scene.

Han Jiuling said the lines he had prepared in advance: "Master Zhou, this is a gift from Lu Chen to Luo'er in our family. I heard that it is the smelting method passed down by their family. Keeping Huang Xing, thinking, this thing can also make a fortune, so that my sister can live a stable life."

"Oh? It's passed down from our ancestors, no wonder I haven't seen it before." Zhou Qing frowned.

At this time, the guard who left also came back and whispered something in Zhou Qing's ear.

After hearing this, Zhou Qing's expression became even more joyful, and he said, "Young master Lu, we have a good chat, a good chat."

"Yes, Master Zhou." Xingchen responded.

At this time, Liang Jingyan suddenly clutched his stomach, and couldn't help making a sound.

Han Jiuling looked over seriously, and asked, "Xiaoyan, what's going on!"

Liang Jingyan twisted his face and said, "Your...Young master, I suddenly have a stomachache."

"It really hurts Yaxing!" Han Jiuling was slightly angry.

Lihualuo said softly, "Brother, don't be angry, Xiaoyan, go and come back quickly."

Han Jiuling saw that her younger sister had spoken, so she waved him back.

Zhou Qing's eyes sharpened, and he said to a servant next to him, "Go and show him the way."

Then the topic returned to business.

"Mr. Lu, I can't put this thing down. I believe that if this thing is handed down to the world, even the nobles will not like it very much! Look at the method of smelting, can you share with me a little bit?" Zhou Qing thought about this. The smelting method was inconspicuous to the stars at first, but now it looks impressive.

Xingchen lowered her head politely and stopped talking.

After all, Han Jiuling was acting as the son of a businessman, and said: "The method of smelting is quite complicated. Master Zhou, why not talk about how to cooperate in this business first, so that I can show my sincerity."

With Li Hualuo's script and everyone's unsurprising acting skills, Zhou Qing can't find anything wrong this time.

But Liang Jingyan had a stomachache, so he found the opportunity to act alone.

However, it would be troublesome to have a guard following behind him all the time.

"The latrine is here, please don't rush in." The guard looked at Liang Jingyan in front of him and walked straight in one direction, holding his stomach, and called him to stop.

Liang Jingyan had no choice but to turn around and follow behind the guard.

In the main hall, Li Hualuo stood up suddenly, and said softly: "Master Zhou, it's inconvenient for the little girl to leave for a while, why don't you find someone to guide the little girl."

It was inconvenient for the girl to speak Burmese, so Li Hualuo had no choice but to lower her head shyly, but no one knew that she didn't smile at all under the veil.

"Come on, show Miss Lin the way." Zhou Qing called a maid to lead Li Hualuo.

Only then did Li Hualuo slowly pretend to be a lady, and followed the maid out of the hall.

Outside the hall, the servant girl asked, "I don't know where Miss is going?"

"Go to the toilet." Li Hualuo said these two words lightly.

The maid took her to the direction of the hut.

On the other side, Liang Jingyan was walking slowly, just when he turned his head, he saw Li Hualuo following behind, so he deliberately walked slower.

The huts of the ancients were generally built in a relatively remote place, and the huts were filthy places. I believe there would be no one guarding them there.The men's and women's huts are generally in the same direction, but the positions are different.

Soon, Lihualuo caught up with Liang Jingyan.

"Miss." Liang Jingyan saw his master catching up, he quickly bent over while covering his stomach, and made way for Li Hualuo in awe.

Li Hualuo walked in front, and the maids and guards of the Zhou Mansion led the way together.

Only now did Lihualuo have the opportunity to make eye contact with Liang Jingyan, meaning to say: Don't do anything later, listen to my instructions.

Liang Jingyan nodded slightly behind him.

Soon, Li Hualuo couldn't detect the aura of the hidden guards around her, so she said to the maid and guard in front: "You two wait."

The maid and the guards both stopped and looked back at Li Hualuo: "What else can Miss do?"

Li Hualuo took out a poorly crafted ancient pocket watch from his sleeve, and then timed it, shaking it in front of them, saying: "Look at this watch, don't think about anything, you are nothing now, your brain is always Sleeping deeply, but your body can only listen to my orders, after a stick of incense, you will wake up when you hear a special sound."

After Li Hualuo finished speaking, she still shook the pocket watch in her hand until both of them closed their eyes, and then opened them suddenly in the next second, but their eyes kept staring at the direction without purpose, motionless.

Only then did Li Hualuo put away the pocket watch, and said to the guards and maids in a devilish voice: "You two go to the men's and women's latrines and wait."

Just after finishing speaking, the eyes of the maid and the guard returned to normal, and they followed what Li Hualuo said.

Liang Jingyan hadn't figured out the situation yet, so he was very surprised and said, "What's going on?"

"I'll go back and explain to you later." Now is not the time to explain this.

Then he said to Liang Jing: "We will act separately later, but after a stick of incense, you must go back to the hut and snap your fingers in the guard's ear, just do as I told you, and don't ask more questions about the rest. "

After Liang Jingyan finished listening, he planned to leave.

"Wait, go to the latrine and change the guard's clothes, so we can do things more conveniently." Li Hualuo called him to stop.

After Liang Jingyan nodded, Li Hualuo instructed again: "There are a lot of hidden guards in this mansion, try to be careful and don't show your face."

In this mansion, Li Hualuo has to be very careful when doing things, not to mention Liang Jingyan, no matter how good his skills are, he is still under Li Hualuo, so he has to be very careful.

Liang Jingyan gave her a reassuring look, and then walked away.And Li Hualuo didn't stay idle, and immediately went to the hut to change the maid's clothes.

Li Hualuo and Liang Jingyan went their separate ways.

Li Hualuo began to shuttle around the Zhou Mansion, feeling the denser and denser guards, and headed towards the denser guards.

She walked with her head down, she didn't go around in the mansion, but went directly to the deeper part of the inner mansion.But this week's mansion's route went around and around, and she walked for a long time without reaching the depths of the inner mansion.Thinking to myself, no matter how much I went around, there was no way out, so I slept with another maid and led the way with her.

This road leads to the backing of the inner mansion, and there is a gate in front of the backing, and the surroundings are surrounded by walls, so there is no way to see inside.Sure enough, the aura of the hidden guards here is the strongest. It seems that many people are guarding this area, so she can't perform light work today to find out.Li Hualuo was about to bite the bullet and move on, when two hidden guards from the dark came out to stop her.

"This is a forbidden area, go back!" The dark guard had a stern voice, and when his internal strength was strong, it could even be compared with Liang Jingyan in his imagination, and Li Hualuo believed that there was a dark guard with strong internal strength like him here Definitely more than one.

Looking at it like this, I'm afraid that ordinary people can't enter here. Lihualuo didn't cause unnecessary trouble, and it seemed that she couldn't afford this trouble now. After all, it was on other people's territory, so she had no choice but to retreat.

As for Liang Jingyan, he walked carefully in the mansion to check the differences in the mansion.At first, apart from the oppressive feeling around him, he didn't feel any other strangeness or clues.

He planned to go further to a darker place in the mansion.There, the surrounding trees were densely packed, making it a little dark under the sun, but the moment he looked, he was attracted by a room with an open door.

(End of this chapter)