Now that the book has reached this point, we have to go back a little bit.
This "little bit" is indeed not much. It goes back to the time not long ago when Ma Er was still cursing and Lin Yuancheng just left the table.
After Xiao Lin got up, he walked straight towards where Zhu Qingyan was.
This move was really beyond Princess Qing Zhen's expectation. Xiao Nizi was a little surprised at that time. She thought to herself: "This guy just glanced at me, even if he happened to find out that I was stealing.
If you look at him, you won’t just rush over and question me, right?”
Her idea...is not wrong.
Lin Yuancheng did not come over inexplicably just because he looked at her.
Although it is said that "a boy and a girl looked at each other from a distance and fell in love at first sight. The boy took advantage of the situation and struck up a conversation, and the girl was already secretly interested in her before he said anything." This kind of plot is not uncommon in martial arts stories, but in this book
Here... at least right now, this is not the case.
So why did Lin Yuancheng go there at this moment?
In fact, he didn't go there for Zhu Qingzhen, but for Lao Zhang...
From the moment Princess Qingzhen and the others walked into the door of the inn, Lin Yuancheng noticed that there was an extremely powerful swordsman among this group of people, namely Zhang Jige.
Some people may want to ask, at this time, Lao Zhang was just following the princess disguised as a man, pretending to be an ordinary old housekeeper. He had never used force at all. How did Lin Yuancheng see that his sword skills were so strong?
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In fact, we have related plot hints in the previous article (Chapter 36 of Sword and Demon Volume): Lin Yuancheng has a talent-as long as he looks carefully, he can see the "aura" on the swordsman and the sword.
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If your memory is good enough, you may still remember that when Xiao Lin first met Ling Huxiang and Dugu Yong, he already knew that their sword skills or swordsmanship were extraordinary just by looking at each other.
Of course, his talent is not as convenient as the "Eagle Vision" in a certain series of games; only when Lin Yuancheng looks at someone more intently, can he see whether the other person has this aura and how strong the aura is.
Weak, instead of being able to easily catch strange lights and shadows with his peripheral vision as long as there are masters nearby.
This is why, when he fought against the "Ten Swordsmen of Hebei" at Yaomeng Tower, he didn't notice Zhang Jige watching him from a distance.
But now, when Zhu Qingzhen and others entered the inn, Lin Yuancheng was staring at them, so he quickly noticed that there was an unusually strong aura among this group of people.
As a person who pursues the truth about swords, Lin Yuancheng couldn't restrain his impulse and wanted to get to know the other person and exchange a few words... It would be better if they could learn from each other.
However, he is also quite troubled. What reason should he find, or what moment should he find to pass it more naturally? How can he start a conversation with others?
As it happened, when Xiao Lin stared blankly at Lao Zhang beside Princess Qing Zhen, who was thinking hard, Princess Qing Zhen also glanced at him. Their eyes were so matched... Lin Yuancheng misunderstood.
He immediately thought to himself: Huh? What did the old swordsman say to the young master next to him? The latter immediately looked towards me. Could it be that they also noticed me? And were talking about me?
Thinking of this, Lin Yuancheng felt that he should be able to go up and say hello to others.
After making up his mind, Xiao Lin explained a few words to his companions, saying that he was going to find someone to "chat" with. In order to prevent his sudden "discussion" with the other party from causing misunderstanding among his companions, he also specifically warned everyone,
If he saw both sides taking action, he would "don't worry about it". He "can handle it" by himself.
After explaining this, Lin Yuancheng headed towards the table where the princess and Lao Zhang were.
Xiao Lin thinks very well, but the princess doesn't know what he thinks...
Don't forget, everyone, Princess Qingzhen came here today with the intention of having a battle with Lin Yuancheng in person, to test how her swordsmanship compares with that of the young man who Lao Zhang said was "talented and capable of becoming a supreme master".
She didn't expect that the young man didn't take her seriously at all, and only wanted to find Zhang Jigai by her side.
Ever since, in this situation where both sides had misunderstandings, a farce began...
"stop."
As expected, when Lin Yuancheng approached the table where Zhu Qingchen and Zhang Jige were sitting, the guards with swords sitting on the two tables next to them stood up and blocked his way.
Then, a guard standing in front of Lin Yuancheng said to him in a cold, even slightly ferocious tone: "What are you going to do?"
Faced with this obstruction, Lin Yuancheng's reaction was quite calm, because he also understood that these people in front of him were just performing their duties, and he had no need to embarrass others.
"Brothers, I don't mean any harm. I just want to chat with the young master. I wonder if you can let me go?" Xiao Lin's attitude was quite polite.
However, these royal guards will not let down their guard just because of your politeness. They still block Lin Yuancheng's path strictly and have no intention of letting him get close to the princess.
"Let him come over." Fortunately, after a breath, Zhu Qingzhen came to Xiaolin's rescue.
Since the princess personally gave the order, and Zhang Ji was standing beside her, the guards would not say anything more... After making a promise, the guards quickly moved out of the way.
"Thank you." Lin Yuancheng immediately cupped his hands and stepped forward.
His thank you could be understood as thanking the guards for getting out of the way, or as thanking the "young master" in front of him for rescuing him.
Because the distance was not far, Lin Yuancheng had already arrived at the table where Zhu Qingyan and Zhang Jige were sitting when he finished speaking.
"My lord, Lin Yuancheng, could I ask for a drink here?" When Lin Yuancheng said this, his eyes swept over the faces of Zhang Jigai and Zhu Qingzhen respectively.
"Ha..." Zhu Qingzhen smiled. She was a little embarrassed just now, but now she saw that the other party was in front of her, but she relaxed. She said in a very calm tone, "Brother Lin, please sit down."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Thank you for this young master." Lin Yuancheng had already sat down when he answered these words, "I have never asked, what is your surname?"
"It's easy to say, my surname is Qing, which is the word for knight." The next second, Zhu Qingzhen used the Jianghu tone that she had practiced for a long time, imitating Xiao Lin's way of cupping her fists and cupping her hands, while giving a fake name.
I have to say here that although the surname "Qing" does exist, it is extremely rare. In that era of underdeveloped information, it is estimated that many people have never heard of this surname, let alone seen anyone with this surname.
But... precisely because of the underdevelopment of information, at that time you could say whatever you wanted, as long as it was true, others wouldn't be able to expose you for a while. After all, the ancients couldn't take out a smartphone at any time.
Search the Internet to see if what you just said is nonsense.
Therefore, when Lin Yuancheng heard the name "Qingxia" at this moment, he didn't have much reaction. He only said in his heart: There are many strange surnames in the world, and it is normal for there to be one I have never heard of. As for the name he wants to call "
Whether you call him "Xia" or "Sage" is your choice, there is nothing to worry about.
What's more, Lin Yuancheng's interest is not in Zhu Qingzhen, but in Zhang Jige, so even if Zhu Qingzhen gives a more outrageous name, Lin Yuancheng won't care.
"Brother Lin, in fact, I am also a person in the world. You don't have to address me as a 'gongzi' and be so arrogant." Seeing that Lin Yuancheng didn't have any doubts about her nonsense name, Zhu Qingzhen continued naturally.
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"Oh, I see, that's great." Lin Yuancheng saw that the other party had a dignified appearance and a calm attitude, and his conversation revealed both extraordinary magnanimity and an approachable politeness to himself. He suddenly felt a sense of intimacy with the other party.
He wanted to make good friends, so he clasped his fists and said, "Then...Brother Qing, you're polite."
"Haha, easy to talk about." Zhu Qingzhen also responded with a smile.
The two of them were having a great time playing house, but Zhang Jige beside them was a little unable to sit still at this moment.
"Uh-huh!" Lao Zhang coughed angrily at that time, attracting the attention of the two people at the same table.
When Zhu Qingyan and Lin Yuancheng both looked towards him, he only briefly glanced at the princess, and then glared at Lin Yuancheng with a sharp gaze.
What does Lao Zhang mean by this move...
On the one hand, he wanted to remind the princess that you are a wealthy person, and it would be inappropriate for such a charlatan to call you a brother regardless of age.
On the other hand, he just wanted to warn Lin Yuancheng, you poor boy, don't push yourself too far. If you do something deviant soon, our family will not let you off lightly.
However, Zhu Qingzhen could understand Zhang Ji's move, but Lin Yuancheng couldn't...
Xiao Lin turned around and saw Zhang Ji's murderous eyes. What was he thinking? This senior, like me, discovered that we were masters of swordsmanship, so he was a little ready to make a move?
"Brother Qing, I haven't asked yet... What is the name of this senior?" Two seconds later, Lin Yuancheng took advantage of Lao Zhang's cough to ask Zhu Qingchen the question that he was really interested in.
Regarding the relationship between Zhu Qingzhen and Zhang Jige, Lin Yuancheng did not miss the mark. He could see from the way the two interacted after entering the inn that they were more like "master and apprentice" or "grandfather and grandson".
"Master and Servant".
Therefore, when he asked for Zhang Jige's name, he did not ask him directly, but first asked the "master" Zhu Qingyi. This was considered a courtesy.
Someone may ask after seeing this, doesn't Lin Yuancheng feel strange? Why would a master like Zhang Jiyi work as a servant for a young man with mediocre martial arts skills?
Then I can only say that based on Lin Yuancheng's current experience, he is no longer surprised by such trivial matters.
At this time, Lin Yuancheng not only knew about Zhang Jige's martial arts skills, but also knew that the eight bodyguards around this "Brother Qing" were all very skilled, but so what?
According to Xiao Lin's idea: There is a muscle god at my table who can slap people into paste. Where are you guys? If you really have to speculate on this matter, there are only a few possibilities...either
This Brother Qing has a prominent family background, his ancestors are giants in the world, or his family is very rich, and these nine people in front of him happen to be the kind of masters who can be hired... Furthermore, maybe the name "Qingxia" was also made up by him.
Yes, just because his real name may make people guess his family background.
In short, Lin Yuancheng really doesn't care about these inside stories. He came here today simply because he wanted to communicate and discuss with Zhang Ji. He didn't care about other things.
"Ah? Him?" On the other side, Zhu Qingyan was stunned when she was asked by Lin Yuancheng, because she did not expect that the other party would ask her for Zhang Jige's name.
In the final analysis, no matter how good the relationship between Zhu Qingzhen and Lao Zhang is, they are still master and servant, and they are master and servant with extremely different identities.
From childhood to adulthood, no matter where she went or when she interacted with anyone, she was the one the other person wanted to pay attention to and please. No one would ever focus on Zhang Jige beside her, even if Zhang Jige sometimes would
Contact people on her behalf, but both parties also understand that this is a situation similar to "the housekeeper negotiates for the master".
Unexpectedly, today the princess actually met someone who was more interested in Zhang Ji than her.
"Uh...he...is my housekeeper, Lao Zhang." After a brief hesitation, Zhu Qingzhen still answered Lin Yuancheng, but she still didn't quite understand why Xiaolin asked.
"Junior Lin Yuancheng, I have met senior Zhang." As for Lin Yuancheng, after hearing this sentence, he directly met Zhang Ji's burning gaze and gave another salute.
Zhang Ji was completely stunned when he saw this. He thought to himself: "Are you sick? What kind of gift do you give me as a slave? You just called me brother to the princess, now you call me senior, you want to
I die?"
"Shaoxia Lin, I don't dare to worry about 'seniors'..." When Zhang Jige said this, he glanced at the princess. Seeing that Zhu Qingchen seemed to be confused, he quickly spoke back, "I'm just an old man.
"Mr...." Due to multi-tasking, he almost said the word "master" in vain, but he stopped and changed his sentence, "...the servants around me can't afford to be in front of anything..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Unexpectedly, Lin Yuancheng did not let Zhang Jige finish this paragraph, but interrupted: "Senior, I won't beat around the bush, tell the truth, I came here this time,
I just came to find you."
"What?"
"What?"
The next second, Zhu Qingyan and Zhang Jiyi said this word out of their mouths in unison.
"You..." Zhang Jige didn't understand, so he could only continue to ask, "What do you want from me?"
"Senior, you really don't know?" Lin Yuancheng thought that with Zhang Jige's cultivation level and the way Lao Zhang glared at him just now, he should understand that he wanted to learn from each other.
But Zhang Ji's thinking at the moment was not on the same line as his...
Xiao Lin was thinking with the logic of martial arts idiots, but Zhang Jigao was only thinking about how to protect the princess and help her achieve the purpose of this trip, so even if he knew that Lin Yuancheng was a master, he would not think about "what the other party wants to find"
I'm a slave here to learn from each other," I thought on the road.
"I...what do I know?" At this time, Lao Zhang didn't know how to respond.
Lin Yuancheng is still working as the Riddler: "Senior, you don't think I can't see it, do you?"
What he meant by this was - "You don't think I can't see that you are also a master of swordsmanship, do you?"
But he happened to omit these few words when he said it.
"You..." Zhang Jigai, who heard this, thought further. Because Lao Zhang's focus was always on the princess, he thought Lin Yuancheng's words were a hint that he had discovered the princess's identity, "...
What do you want to do?”
At this moment, Lao Zhang interpreted Xiao Lin's words as a threat, similar to "I know the person next to you is a princess, and I also know that you are a master responsible for protecting her, but you don't know what I am going to do next."
Thinking of this, Zhang Jige really panicked.
He couldn't help but thought to himself: "It's not good. Could it be that these people from the Hunyuan Star Gate have already known the whereabouts of the princess and set up an ambush here. Now that Lin Yuancheng has come to talk to us, he is really knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger."
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"And what's going on with Ma Er? I remember that this man is the brother-in-law of the Prince Consort. Why did he bring so many people in at this time, and he was still yelling and scolding to find Huang Donglai?
"Is it possible... that they are a group? Yumaer deliberately made trouble here and caused chaos, while the people from the Hunyuan Star Gate took advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters, which is not good for the princess... This way they can pretend to be hostile afterwards.
Clear the relationship.
"Hiss... wait, if Ma Er colludes with Hunyuan Star Gate, what about the consort? Behind all this, is the consort controlling the situation? But why did he attack the princess? Did he want to kidnap or kill the princess?
What good does this do to him?
"This...if something happens to the princess today, wouldn't I be a sinner for all eternity and push her into the dragon's den with my own hands?"
The more Zhang Jiyi thought about the wrong idea, the more he broke into a cold sweat.
Lin Yuancheng saw that the other party didn't know the difference and asked him hesitantly what he wanted to do. He thought it was because the other party was in trouble, so he thought to himself: "Oh! I understand, even if he really wants to compete with me,
But if his 'master' doesn't nod, it's hard for him as a 'servant' to agree rashly."
Thinking of this, Lin Yuancheng thought of the "Qing Xia Gongzi" next to him again, and then he turned his eyes back, wanting to ask Brother Qing to allow him to have a fight with Lao Zhang.
But when Xiao Lin looked back, he saw that Zhu Qingzhen was like a neglected child, with an aggrieved expression, dragging his cheek with one hand, and playing with the chopsticks on the table with the other hand.
Even Zhu Qingchen herself didn't know what she was playing. She just felt that if she didn't find something to do, it would be embarrassing to just sit aside and watch others chat.
"Uh...Brother Qing." When Lin Yuancheng said this to Zhu Qingzhen, the latter didn't even look at him, but stared at the chopsticks in his hand.
"Ah? Have you finished talking?" Zhu Qingzhen was really a little angry at this moment, and his tone of voice was no longer the personable and polite tone just now, but became an impatient and slightly irritated one.
The feeling of anger.
"No...I want to..." Lin Yuancheng was about to say the next thing.
"Still 'no'?" When Zhu Qingzhen heard the word "no", she immediately jumped up and prepared to show off her princess temper.
But she didn't expect that at this juncture, a chair flew towards her face.
It turned out that... it was Ma Er, Huang Donglai and others in the distance. At this moment, the fight started.