Your heart's desire

In fact, Lin Ying didn't have any physical problems this morning, it's just that he had worked a lot in the past few days and his body was a little tired.

It was Chipin who saw the snow falling early in the morning, knowing that it would be very lively in the morning, fearing that he would be impatient if he was impeached by everyone in person, if it caused him to make a bigger excuse, it would be even more worthless when.

So he made his own claim, dismissed the servants guarding the gate early in the morning, and specifically asked Ding Xiang not to enter the house to disturb him, and helped Lin respond to his illness in the morning.

The west of the city is not close to the imperial palace, so I get up to wash and change clothes before dawn every morning.No one came into the room to remind her, but Lin Ying slept soundly this time.

It wasn't until the steward came to report, Ding Xiang couldn't make up his mind for a while, and heard that it was the Master Shangshu who helped Lin Ying, he probably could guess what was going on, so he didn't dare to neglect, and then woke Lin Ying up .

The charcoal fire was added early in the morning, and the smoke was really thick at this moment, and the ambergris was burning in the stove, which made people dizzy.

Lin Ying also put on his clothes and went out just now, only then did he realize that it was snowing outside.Listening to his words at this moment, it took a long time for my mind to turn around.

Luo Yan was taken aback when he saw him, and had time to take a closer look at his face.His bun is very uneven, with a few strands of hair scattered, his eyes are red, and there are tear stains on the corners. He must have cried last night, and he looks a little sloppy.

"Master Lin has always been good at talking, but today he is suddenly clumsy and tongue-twisting, let alone talking, why is he stunned. Master Chi said that you are sick this morning. Could it be that you have a serious illness, hearing and eyesight are not clear, You don't even have a brain, do you?"

He made jokes with such a serious appearance that people didn't know whether to laugh or not.

Lin Ying felt a little blaming when he heard him say that.Thinking it was a life-saving grace after all, he hurriedly left the armchair, bent his knees and fell to the ground with a plop.

"I'm going to die as an official, I'm really guilty of hurting my lord because of my personal affairs, please forgive me, my lord!"

Luo Yan was not in a hurry to help him at this moment, he got up leisurely, walked two steps to the edge of the incense burner, opened the powder box and scooped four or five scoops into the burner, the strong aroma made him muffled Sneezed.

Lin Ying lowered his head, first heard a burst of mocking laughter, and then slowly said in a leisurely tone: "Guilty? My lord is really not ordinary, and he wants to use this guilt to get rid of me." ? If this person can rely on guilt for everything, then those of us who are officials are going to lose our jobs?"

The words are quite clear, even a fool should understand the meaning of Luo Yan's words, that is to demand a price from Lin Ying.

Naturally, Lin Ying must not be ambiguous, but he didn't dare to speculate on what he meant. In order to prevent the opposite, he frowned and looked up at him: "What does your lord mean..."

The movement of Luo Yan's hands suddenly stopped, and he closed the lid of the powder box with his backhand.

There was a bang, a loud noise in the silent room.It was as if he had been waiting for this sentence for a long time before, when he turned around, there was obviously a layer of joy on his face.

Bending down to help Lin Ying up, the two of them seem to be about the same height standing like this.

Luo Yan put his hands on Lin Ying's elbows, bent his waist slightly forward, and slowly brought his head to his ear.

Lin Ying was ticklish, the hot air from Luo Yan's breath was blowing at him, which made him very uncomfortable, and he was startled by his sudden intimate action, so he couldn't help but took a small step back.

"Master Shangshu..." I didn't see Luo Yan so close when I was classmates, so at this moment Lin Ying was still very defensive, and his tone was cautious, intending to remind.

Luo Yan didn't want to be rejected, and felt uneasy in his heart. He turned his face to the side, and met Lin Ying's eyes from a short distance away. Unable to break free, the smile on his face was very cold, and the corner of his mouth grinned: "Master Lin is not feeling well, why are you shaking all the time, why don't I help you go to the inner hall to rest?"

Seeing the charming look on his face, Lin Ying thought for a while about the one who was good at Long Yang in the house, and couldn't help shrinking suddenly, his voice already began to stammer: "If your lord has something to do... still... ...Please tell me directly, Lin Ying is still able to support himself, if someone looks at him like this, it will be really inconvenient!"

At this moment, there was a look of compromise on his face, Luo Yan was finally willing to give up after seeing it.

He only turned his head back to his ear, and continued: "Didn't your lord say that you feel guilty? If you really feel guilty, then you can invite me to stay at the mansion for a while. I was fined three times. A month's salary, but this meal is to be eaten after all. There is no need for delicacies from mountains and seas, and the official will not dislike simple food!"

Lin Ying gave a thud in his heart, and was thinking of retorting: "My lord's house is never short of money..."

In the middle of speaking, Luo Yan suddenly tightened his grip on his hands, and his voice suddenly became very severe: "This is the end of my official words, is it possible that the grace of saving Mr. Jin's life is not enough to eat a few in your family?" A rough meal?"

Lin Ying swallowed, thought about it carefully, and felt that what he said was very reasonable.He let out a long breath, and swallowed the second half of the words.

Thinking about coming to office for a year, the officials of various ministries are close to him, and he is on guard every day.But as the saying goes, there is no one who does not wet his shoes when he often walks by the river.

Back then, he was so anxious to save his life that he didn't think about anything else for a moment, he only thought that Xu Luoyan helped him because he was thinking about the old friendship.Hearing these words now, I suddenly felt that he must have had this idea from the very beginning!

Thinking of this, Lin Ying couldn't help feeling a chill down his spine.Luo Yan slowly let go of his hands, and he hastily pushed Luo Yan away from his body with both hands.

Then he turned around and snatched the incense box from the tall wooden frame and hugged it in his arms, trying to create a barrier between Luo Yan's body.I'm afraid he will use the method just now.

But Luo Yan in front of him was very indifferent, with a look of pride that he had already got what he wanted, his eyes swept away contemptuously, as if to say, you and I will have a long time to come, so don't be in a hurry.With a flash of his body, he sat down on the chair and folded his hands in his arms.

Ding Xiang is quite nimble in her hands and feet on weekdays, and it is still the same today.Just now I heard the movement in the house outside, and waited under the eaves for a while, waiting for the movement in the house, then lifted the curtain, and walked in with the hot wine.

The wind and snow outside were getting heavier and heavier, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, a lot of snow foam rushed in.

The room was hot and steamy, and before the plain white landed on the ground, it turned into water droplets, and candlelight glowed on the ground, colorful.

The strong aroma in the room made Lilac sneezed fiercely, her body trembled violently, and almost threw the tray in her hand on the ground, but thanks to Luo Yan's sharp eyesight and quick hands, he helped her up, so that it would not be destroyed. The sweet-scented osmanthus wine that had been buried for a year.

When the two hands touched each other, Ding Xiang's cheeks suddenly flushed slightly.Looking up at Luo Yan again, there was no expression on his stern face, and there seemed to be a layer of mist in his eyes.

She froze, and quickly moved away from Luo Yan's arms with a look of horror on her face. After respectfully placing the object in her hand on the rosewood incense table in front of her, she quickly knelt down and admitted her mistake with a plop.

"Forgive me, my lord, the slave will die!"

She lowered her head and dared not raise her head again, the snow on her clothes had melted, and the bluish-white clothes had mottled marks on them, which was very beautiful.

Luo Yan returned to his seat, Shen poured a glass of wine with the wine glass she brought, handed it to the end and took a sip, the taste seemed to suit him, the iceberg-like face unexpectedly smiled happily, He lifted Ding Xiang's chin with his lower body and said:

"Millions? You two, master and servant, are interesting, even the words of confession are exactly the same."

Ding Xiang was worried, tilted her head and glanced at Lin Ying's direction, and only halfway through the turn, Luo Yan's tone suddenly became more serious: "But this really seems to have been edited early in the morning, so it's hard to show sincerity!"

Then she hastily tilted her head back again.

The atmosphere in the room was quiet for a moment, and there was a crisp sound of wood colliding. It was Lin Ying who put the incense box back, and then turned around and heard his voice.

"The slaves in the lower official's mansion, who are close to the lower official's body, naturally imitate the lower official's appearance. Mr. Shangshu has to stay in the humble house for a few days, you should get used to it, otherwise the life will be very uncomfortable!"

After saying this, he frowned fiercely.He raised his hand and pulled Ding Xiang to stand up, let out a long breath, and signaled her to go out with a wink.It seems to be very clear that Luo Yan deliberately made things difficult for himself because of this sentence.

Originally, he still wanted to maintain a neutral attitude and wait for the two adults in the house to come back to make other plans, so he decided not to make any noise, and let Luo Yan decide everything right now.

Thinking about it, I was already a rank lower than Luo Yan, so according to the rules, as long as what Ren Luoyan said was reasonable, I would yield and listen.

This is called a "respect".

For officials, respect the emperor and superiors.The lower the position, the more people ride on thousands of people. This has been the custom since ancient times.

But he never guessed that Luo Yan could see through his own thoughts at a glance, and found out his weakness quite accurately, breaking the current deadlock very easily.

Luo Yan was really as he thought, and he didn't really mind at all.Whether it is ridicule or other meanings, this is said on purpose anyway.

Because he knows the origin of this lilac.

After meeting him at the gate of the palace half a month ago, Luo Yan had asked someone to investigate all the big and small people in the Lin Mansion carefully.

Later, I found out that there were only two people around Lin Ying who could be sympathetic.One is Chipin Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple who risked his life to save him as a classmate back then.

There was another one, this maid who used to be a street performer and was later bought by Lin Ying to be a housekeeper.

Because of this kindness, she is particularly concerned about Lin Ying's affairs.After spending some time in the rivers and lakes, the director's ability is also top-notch, so Lin Ying especially trusts her.