Your heart's desire

In the west of the city, most of the people living in poor families can only stay in the house to avoid the cold in such a freezing situation.

Therefore, there is no sound of silk and bamboo dances on weekdays. Outside the silence, if you listen carefully, you can only hear the sound of wooden fish in a Zen temple not far away. It is indeed a good place for self-cultivation.

The wind and snow still haven't stopped, and the sky is still gloomy after it has been falling for a long time, with no sign of clearing up.

The white snow on the ground in the backyard was trampled into a mess, and three or four servants walked quickly among them, busy preparing the meal for noon.

No one noticed that the narrow wooden door was pushed open with a creak, and someone took the carriage brought by Luo Yan during the day and pulled the reins outside.With a weak hiss, the person who pushed the door had already removed the threshold.

Ding Xiang followed behind, and Lin Ying and Luo Yan walked around from the front hall.The cloaks worn by several people left marks on the snow that had already accumulated quite a bit, and the expressions on their faces were quite different, sorrow and joy were clear at a glance.

If Luo Yan had come to visit a year ago when he first arrived in office, and would have contacted him a little later, even if Mr. Jin's incident hadn't happened today, he would have greeted him with a group of servants and would have been more than happy to keep him there. Stay at home.

However, now that this sudden request, people with a discerning eye can definitely see that it is full of thoughts, or thoughts that people can't see through, and there is a sense of crisis that people can't guard against when something goes wrong.

Moreover, he had already shown his attitude, and Luo Yan actually used a trick of blackmail, which made him very displeased.

The three stood still under the eaves. The sound of the kitchen knife colliding with the chopping board in the dining room, mixed with the faint coughing sound, was really disturbing.

The chimney on the top emitted a trace of black smoke, but because of the cloudy weather, most of them came out from the dining room door and diffused in the yard, causing Luo Yan to hastily lift up his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose.

Lin Ying smiled knowingly, laughing that he was a wealthy young master, he probably wouldn't be able to last a few days in this poor life, but he felt relieved, turned around and tilted his chin slightly towards Ding Xiang.

Ding Xiang got the order immediately, went to the dining room to soak a brocade handkerchief, and handed it to Luo Yan respectfully when she came out.

Because of the matter just now, she still didn't dare to look him in the eyes, seeing that he had picked it up, she immediately stepped back and stood behind the two of them.

Since the meaning of this trip has been made clear, and the discussion has been made clear.

Luo Yan didn't hide it.Covering his mouth and nose with the brocade handkerchief, he glanced at Lin Ying helplessly, seeing that he was so happy that he almost laughed out loud, and suddenly said out of nowhere: "You look good when you smile!"

The voice was blocked by the brocade handkerchief, and only a few vague tones could be heard, Lin Ying tilted his head: "What did your lord say?"

Luo Yan raised his eyebrows, then hurriedly shook his head: "It's nothing!"

After speaking, he pointed to the empty house next to Lin Ying's house, quickly removed the brocade handkerchief, and ordered: "Move everything to that house."

There are three masters in the Lin family, but there are only two main houses in this house.

It was originally the mansion assigned to Lin Ying by the emperor.A year ago, Lin Ying and Chipin went to high school together, and the two of them had a good relationship, thinking that they could have a caregiver if they lived together, so they begged the emperor to only ask for a house, so they lived together.

The arrival of another Master Shaoqing will be discussed later, what I want to say here is that Lin Ying moved to this small wing in the backyard just to make room for him.

The small wing room in the backyard was originally the place where the previous Beijing official used to eat and drink on weekdays, so it is next to the dining room in the mansion, and Luo Yan pointed out that the room to be moved to is a more important one. Small grocery room.

The room was cramped, and a person standing in it raised his arms and turned around, his hands could touch the white ash on the wall.

Several servants, big and small, carried the clutter into the door one by one. Luo Yan followed closely, and found that there was no place to stay in the room.

Lin Ying was on the sidelines still persuading: "My lord has a precious body, how can I live in this room. If your lord is satisfied with my mansion, I'd better stay in the guest room in the front hall for one night, and wait until the next morning to invite the emperor. Giving this yard to you, my lord, wouldn’t it be more spacious and more comfortable to live in.”

He had 1 reluctances in his heart, so naturally he had to show them in everything he said.

There is still a little worry in my heart, fearing that being so close to him, something else might happen tonight.

Luo Yan lifted his foot, put it against the brass-lined box on the ground, and threw his body, squeezing the whole person on the only wicker chair with a backrest in the room, as if to express his determination.The dust was all over his body, but he still had a calm expression on his face, without a trace of discomfort.

"Then Master Lin, tell me, what should you say about the matter between you and me?"

Lin Ying suddenly became speechless, lowered his head, and bowed: "It's all up to your lord's arrangement, what you need to do, the next official will definitely not refuse, but your lord, don't wrong yourself!"

This is quite helpless, if Luo Yan's help is just a matter of spending money to help, then there is still a solution. If you pay back the money and pay a little extra, you can definitely refuse him right now. .

But for this life-saving grace, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he would pay for it with his life, not to mention that it would be unreasonable for him to refuse such a condition alone.

Luo Yan's expression didn't change, his brows and eyes were raised slightly and he squinted upwards. Suddenly, he thought of something, grinned slightly, and smiled coldly: "You're telling the truth, are you sure you're going to refuse?"

Seeing him laughing, Lin Ying felt a gust of wind behind him blowing into his back, he couldn't help swaying, and responded in a low voice: "En!"

Luo Yan wrapped the cloak tightly around his body, put his feet down, leaned forward, leaned on the handrail beside him, raised his chin and said: "Then I move to sleep in your room, is that possible?"

Lin Ying hurriedly bent his body and knelt down again: "My lord!"

Lilac followed behind, and the two moved in tandem, one behind the other, which seemed appropriate.

The door could no longer be closed, and it was blown by the wind and hit Ding Xiang's feet with a bang.Luo Yan's face on the opposite side frowned for a moment, showing a very bored look.

"Does Master Lin like to give big gifts so much?"

As soon as the evil wind blew outside the door, the air-conditioning seemed to be unstoppable, and large waves rushed in. People could still feel the bone-chilling coldness of the stone floor through their thick clothes.

The atmosphere froze for a long time, Lin Ying remained motionless and did not say a word, finally Luo Yan heaved a sigh of relief, got up helplessly, and said at the same time:

"Okay, I'm just joking with you. What are you doing with such a big reaction? Get up quickly. Talk as soon as you speak. The salute is done by other people. There is no need for you and me to do this."

Lin Ying followed his movements and stood up, terrified, feeling very awkward about his words, but still very far-fetchedly echoed: "Yes, I understand!"

After a while, he asked again: "Then my lord..."

Luo Yan pursed his lips, put his hand on his shoulder, and put his mouth next to his ear very smoothly this time: "You don't have to care too much about me, you can do whatever you want, I think this place is pretty good! "

Just as he finished speaking, and he didn't know if he had lied, a piece of blue tiles suddenly fell from the roof, hitting right on top of his head.

Thanks to his sharp eyesight and quick hands, he hugged Lin Ying to the side with his body.With a sound of shattering, the gray tiles splashed all over the body, and the snowflakes caught on it melted, leaving some not deep marks on the hem of the clothes, but it was not a problem.

I don't know how long ago this courtyard house was built, when the emperor first moved here, the emperor sent people to repair it, Lin Ying saw that the house was dilapidated and useless, so he gave up this effort.

Therefore, he was only surprised at the current scene, and hurriedly pushed Luo Yan out of his arms, feeling that it was within his expectations, and there was nothing wrong with it except for being a little embarrassing.

But Luo Yan is a master who has practiced kung fu, he smelled a noise on the roof, looked up, and saw some shaking shadows faintly in the gap between the fallen tiles.

He stepped out the door in two or three steps, jumped against the red-painted pillar under the eaves, and then saw several large pieces of snow falling from the roof.

Lin Ying was very dazed, not knowing what happened, so he went to the yard and tiptoed to look at the beams outside the house. After walking two steps, the cloak on his body slipped to the ground. Ding Xiang picked it up behind him, and chased after him, saying: " My lord, it's cold outside, don't catch the cold!"

Everyone has retreated to the long corridor leading to the front hall, but they still can't see clearly what happened on the roof.

He listened carefully with his ears sideways, and could vaguely hear the sound of clothes rubbing against each other. It must be that two people were fighting on it.

There have been a lot of things in the past few days, and it has reached the point where drinking cold water can make your teeth stuffy. If Master Shangshu still has an accident in his own house, then as an official, he has really done his best.

Lin Ying swayed, while letting Ding Xiang put on his clothes, grabbed the brocade belt on the side with both hands and tied it up by himself, while commanding anxiously: "Quickly, find someone to go up to the roof and have a look. What the hell happened!"

It was noon at this time, because a distinguished master came to the house.It's the annual Lantern Festival again, so the servants and servants all cheered up and started doing all the work they could do.

Those girls under her command all looked up at the handsome appearance of Master Shangshu again, in order to meet by chance, there were many people coming and going in the mansion.

Ding Xiang's running around the house to tell each other is exactly what they want.After a while, there were seven or eight wooden ladders set up in the small grocery room, and there was only one servant, and the rest were all girls who were painted and dressed in very bright clothes.