If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Just as the man in the black jacket said, the courtyard is indeed very big. Lin Nian was carried by Li Huoyue through an unattractive small door in the alley. He originally thought that he would enter some kind of extraordinary courtyard, but he walked into the seven-story courtyard. The alleys of Guaibaguai are full of life's sundries.

These alleys are all separated by one-story houses. Occasionally, red walls and cornices can be seen, and even stone tablets left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties have fallen on the open space, but the words on them have been blurred. There are dozens of distribution boxes hanging on the wall, which shows how many households there are.

"There are at least 50 households living here?" Lin Nian looked around and observed the curve with terrain that was more complicated than the street fighting in Afghanistan.

"About 300 households," Li Huoyue said. She took Lin Nian through the yard with ease. Occasionally, a child ran past them by the wall, and when they reached the end of the alley, they hid secretly Peek at them with half your head.

"Did you really grow up here when you were a child?" Lin Nian looked at Li Huoyue beside him and finally asked the question just now.

He was already prepared for the other party to look at him, or to ignore him directly, but what he didn't expect was that he got the answer from the other party in a very calm tone, "I lived for a while."

"So what the old man said is true? You were with your mother before, and you were found by Zhengtong later?"

Li Huoyue didn't answer this question, or she might be acquiescing. Anyway, for Lin Nian, if she didn't deny it, it was her acquiescence.

Lin Nian looked at the environment of the courtyard while walking. Although the old man mentioned that this courtyard has been renovated once, it is still too old from the current point of view. Except for the basic infrastructure, other Everything has aged with the passage of time, it's hard to imagine how bad it would have been before the renovation.

"I can't tell you've run away from home before."

"Do you have any comments?" Li Huoyue asked.

Although she spoke calmly, the word seemed a little aggressive, Lin Nian said naturally, "No problem, after all, everyone does stupid things sometimes."

"Don't just define something you don't understand." Li Huoyue said slowly, "This is a really stupid thing."

"I really don't understand. If there is something offensive, you can tell me where I offended, and I won't do it next time."

"Such clichés don't work for me."

"But it is very useful for ordinary people. I thought you would interrupt my chat with that very nice old man, but you still let me finish what I wanted to say with him. I can understand that you did not refuse my temptation Your past?"

"You seem to have misunderstood one thing." Li Huoyue said, "Testing each other is a common thing between us people. I have dug into your past, and you will naturally try to investigate mine. , you have not expressed any protest opinions on this, which means you have acquiesced that this kind of thing will always happen to you, why do you think I will be special, and the same thing I did to you will fall on yourself And feel uncomfortable and disgusted?”

Lin Nian understood the logic of Li Huoyue's remarks, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he stopped probing, and said flatly, "You didn't say that your mother would be there for the afternoon tea this time, Li Man, That's the name of my aunt, right? The old man mentioned it just now."

Li Huoyue paused slightly, turned her head to look at Lin Nian, the light in the alley was not so bright, the girl with some gloomy eyes was still beautiful and moving, her golden eyes looked at the boy who also stopped beside her, a little After a while, he opened his lips, "Yes, you will see my mother in a while."

These were not suggestive ambiguous words, nor were they nervous and cramped before meeting the parents. Li Huoyue admitted that the timing and tone of these words coincided with some thoughts in Lin Nian's mind.

"Some things between you and the orthodox may be more chaotic than I thought but it does make some sense, and I hope it's not a conspiracy," he said.

"People like you are used to working with conspiracy, so I don't expect to be completely trusted by you. The so-called cooperation and covenant have never been 100% trusted." Li Huoyue said, "Today's protagonist is not me, It's not my family either, at the negotiating table you can completely ignore these factors and talk to those who really have the right to speak, that's the topic of today."

"I don't think there will be any redundant people on the negotiating table today. I don't know what the orthodoxy is like, but irrelevant people should be out no matter where it is." Lin Nian said, "Your family members are also the only family members who will appear on this occasion. It is hard for me not to think about what this means, and what message the real person is using to convey to me."

"As I said, this is really none of your business."

"Maybe it's up to you whether it's about me or not. If someone wants to bring my family members to the negotiating table, I will put his family members on the table first." Lin Nian said.

Like a piece of advice, but also like an unintentional statement.

Li Huoyue glanced at Lin Nian, did the other party say this as a joke? Based on her investigation and understanding of Lin Nian, this guy's character has always been on fire in certain places. Be patient with the malice and use of those outsiders, but after touching the point called "Lin Xian", he will become particularly flammable and explosive.

This is not a good thing.

Li Huoyue's evaluation of Lin Nian's character is that this is a downright flaw. If you seem to care too much, then the enemy will use whatever means to attack your weakness. Hiding in the ground, if one day they are discovered, then it will be the day they are completely defeated.

But now it seems that Lin Nian is still alive and well, and there has never been a situation where his sister was hijacked or used as a means of coercion. This makes Li Huoyue a little hard to understand that she can't be the other party's way. correct?Connect the weak point with the wire of your own madness, put the nuclear explosion button on the table that is enough to overturn the chessboard, and use the terrible consequences that everyone can't accept to threaten your enemies to protect what you care about.

Everyone knows that the trump card of the secret party has a family member who is helpless, but no one has ever tried to get involved in this aspect. Orthodox researched this matter, but in the end they did not get any results at all. This is also a The unsolved mystery of Lin Nian.

Lin Nian and Li Huoyue walked out of the alley, and stopped in front of a long red wall. The red wall stretched infinitely to the left and right and seemed to have reached the boundary of the courtyard. On the other side of the red wall, red leaves covered the wall, blooming early Ginkgo gold is all over the road, and the ground in front of the red wall is full of golden ginkgo leaves. It is not yet early autumn, but the ginkgo trees here are already blooming so brilliantly. That end and the wall are two different worlds.

"On the other side of the wall is Longfengyuan." Li Huoyue said, "Since its construction, Longfengyuan has always been an important place for orthodox patriarchs to discuss major issues, or to conduct abdication ceremonies. Non-orthodox confidential members should not approach 500 meters, this place is often used as a pure land for clan leaders to repair and cultivate their health, if it is not necessary, do not trespass, otherwise it will be regarded as a deadly enemy by the orthodoxy."

It is not so much an introduction as a warning. Li Huoyue did not take Lin Nian blindfolded this time to keep it secret. He drove over from Beichizi Street in a grand manner. As long as Lin Nian is not a road idiot Can recite clearly.

Lin Nian was led by Li Huoyue to walk on the ginkgo leaves all over the ground, leaning against the vermilion wall and the beautiful girl tightly wrapped in a white windbreaker. In the sunny weather, they didn't seem to be going to talk about something related to countless people. Life and death and the major issues of the future pattern, but simply picking greens for a walk in the BJ deep courtyard in the near autumn.

Except for Lin Nian who thought so, maybe other people who saw this scene thought so too, such as the boy with wolf tail standing at the main entrance of the compound not far away, "This way! Over here!"

A long distance away, Lin Nian could see the boy leaning out in front of the porch and waving to this side. The T-shirt, the handsome wolf tail on the back of his head, and the cheerful expression made him recognize it at a glance. The other party's identity, Sima Xuxu, did not expect the other party to appear here. This made him glance at Li Huoyue sideways, only to find that Li Huoyue frowned slightly without leaving a trace, and then maintained his original indifference Appearance continue to walk.

It seemed that she didn't know that Sima Xuxu was here.

When they got closer, they saw a man standing straight behind Sima Xuxu. He was wearing a black Hanfu cardigan, a cotton-blend black coat without any extra patterns, and a formal white lining inside. Wearing a middle coat, a string of ruby ​​beads, cotton and linen black trousers and a pair of black cloth shoes.

Lin Nian and the man looked at each other, and after the other party made eye contact, he nodded politely to him, neither humble nor overbearing, he couldn't tell his status and purpose at a glance, the only thing he could feel was the strong smell on the other party's body. The smell of books, the fragrance of ancient ink and tea, and the inaction of the mean may be this kind of breath.

"Historist." Lin Nian heard Li Huoyue beside him read in a low voice.

Before asking the historian what he meant, Sima Xuxu had already turned his head to look left at Lin Nian and then at Li Huoyue. When he saw Li Huoyue, he was instantly shocked by the well-dressed girl, and opened his mouth. After making any noise, he looked at Lin Nian again, as if he had guessed something, his expression suddenly became fierce but uncertain, so he looked at Li Huoyue and asked hesitantly, "Sister Huoyue, what if you are threatened? Just wink at me"

This guy has too much imagination, right?Can you read less of unrealistic notebooks? (Are you talking about yourself?) Lin Nian raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, and said flatly, "No one can threaten her. It's none of my business that she looks like this, and she didn't come here specially to meet me. Wear it specially to meet you?"

Sima Xuxu froze, shook his head for a moment, and seemed to have a very clear self-positioning, "How is it possible, anyway, it is impossible to see me through clothes, unless I have not woken up." He suddenly paused, turned to look at Da The door of the courtyard hesitated, "Wait. Is Auntie Jianman inside?"

It should be said that he is Li Huoyue's little follower, and he guessed the reason for Li Huoyue's outfit almost instantly.

"Xuxu, why are you here, where is Yusheng? She didn't follow you?" Li Huoyue stared at Sima Xuxu and asked directly.

"I don't know." Sima Xuxu also shook his head in a daze, "I was still on the field with Yusheng, and I went back and forth between the train station and the airport to investigate suspicious people and so on. Suddenly, sister Qiu Luo called me. He asked me to come to Longfeng Garden this afternoon on a temporary holiday, without saying why, and specifically told me to come alone, and don't tell anyone that I came here, I even kept it hidden from her."

Li Huoyue thought for a moment in silence, then looked up at him and said flatly, "The patriarch is hosting a banquet in the garden."

Sima Xuxu froze suddenly, his pupils constricted, "Which family's clan head?"

Li Huoyue didn't answer, but it was almost the same.

Sima Xuxu's complexion changed at that time, and he started to get stuck in his speech. He talked about him from left to right, "Sister Huoyue, well, I really can't rest assured that Xiangsheng is alone at the airport. The group of guys we hunted down must be all of them. The lifelong prisoners in Ernobyl Prison are extremely vicious, I don't want anything to happen to Sheng Sheng alone, or it will be too late to regret it, so I will..."

"Perhaps you should have expressed this concern to Xiaosheng earlier, and the Sima clan chief and Li Si will feel more at ease with you." Li Huoyue blocked Sima Xuxu's excuse.

"No, I really have something to do." Sima Xuxu said as he walked forward a few steps. The door to the compound behind him made him feel uncomfortable.

He passed by Li Huoyue, but Li Huoyue didn't stop him. When he stepped out of the porch and stepped into the golden leaf-covered sunshine outside, his speech speed suddenly doubled several times, as if he was squeezed into it by a compressor. A tube erupted at a high speed, "I'm sorry, let's not pass this time, Sister Huoyue, you are dressed so well today, it suits you so much, please go in and meet the clan chief and say hello to me, by the way, there is also Auntie Jianman Tell her that the chaise longue cake she gave me last time was super delicious. Next time I will definitely bring a gift to visit her. I will leave first if I have something to do. She is still waiting for me there, hahaha, she really can’t do without me, please. See you next time, Sister Yue."

The autumn leaves on the ground were scattered in all directions for no reason, as if an invisible wind was blowing in all directions, that was a field that quietly and quickly opened up.

Lin Nian glanced at Sima Xuxu who was bending over to run away. The pupils on his nervous face were filled with dazzling gold. It seemed that the child was indeed frightened, and the tail of the wolf on his back was raised. Seems ready to take off at any moment.

One second before Sima Xuxu was about to "disappear", Li Huoyue turned to Lin Nian and said calmly, "Help me stop him."

Lin Nian turned to her, glanced at her, opened his mouth, and then seemed to realize that it was too late to speak, so he closed it again - he was a little surprised, the speed of the child beside him seemed to be quite fast.

In the next instant, the two people around Li Huoyue disappeared.

It was as if the picture was out of frame, and the two living boys in front of the courtyard were "smeared" instantly, and only one frame later, Lin Nian and Sima Xuxu reappeared halfway behind Li Huoyue. The location of meters appears!As soon as the scene appeared, it seemed extremely weird. The former Lin Nian firmly grabbed the latter's Sima Xuxu's T-shirt collar with his right hand, and abruptly "pulled" him back from the rushing posture. Lying flat on the ground, a large piece of golden ginkgo leaves were blown away and scattered all over the sky!
Amidst the fluttering of ginkgo leaves, the man in Tang suit in front of the courtyard looked at this scene in surprise with his hands in his sleeves, while Li Huoyue silently looked sideways at Sima Xuxu who was lying on the ground behind him. Staring blankly at the eaves of the porch among the piles of ginkgo leaves, and the scattered golden leaves falling on his chest and forehead, it seems that he has not yet realized why his perspective has changed.

So fast.He never thought that he would still have the opportunity to subconsciously reflect these two words in his mind.

Lin Nian, who was half squatting on the ground, slowly let go of his hands, stood up and turned his head to look at Li Huoyue expressionlessly. The meaning was simple: Can you not let me, an outsider, interfere in your orthodox internal affairs?
"It's just a little effort for you. If the Sima clan chief wants to see him, it means that the meeting cannot start normally without him. Otherwise, we will just go and waste each other's time." Li Huoyue said lightly.

Lin Nian frowned, but decided to forget it, because just like what Li Huoyue said, stopping Sima Xuxu was really just a matter of effort.

When the silent field expanded, Lin Nian had already accelerated himself reflexively, which was almost the knee-jerk reaction of users of 'Instant Moment' and 'Time Zero' - when the same type of speech spirit appeared, They will always speed up involuntarily. This is a kind of protection for themselves by the bloodline itself. After all, if you slow down one step, it means that you have handed over your life to the other party.

Obviously, this time the secret party and the orthodox users of the two speed system language spirits acted unexpectedly, and the final result was that the secret party was slightly better.