When the book says this, we have to go back a little bit.
This is not much "at all". It just goes back to the time when Ma Er was still cursing and Lin Yuancheng just left the table.
Let’s talk about it, Xiaolin stood up and walked straight towards the location where Zhu Qinglong was.
And this action was really beyond Princess Qinglong's expectations. The little girl was a little surprised at the time. She thought to herself: "This kid just looked at me like that. Even if he happened to find that I was secretly looking at him, he wouldn't just rushed over and question me, right?"
Her idea...is not wrong.
It was indeed not because Lin Yuancheng came over for no reason just by looking at her.
Although such plots as "a young boy and a girl look at each other from a distance and fall in love at first sight, the man takes the opportunity to approach him, and the woman has already agreed to her heart before she can speak up" are not rare in martial arts stories, but in this book...at least in front of us, this is not the case.
So why did Lin Yuancheng pass by now?
In fact, he did not go there for Zhu Qingxuan, but for Lao Zhang...
When Princess Qingfeng and his group walked into the inn gate, Lin Yuancheng noticed that among the group there was an extremely powerful swordsman, namely Zhang Jigen.
Maybe someone would ask, at this time, Lao Zhang was just following the princess disguised as a man, pretending to be an ordinary old housekeeper, and he had never used martial arts at all. How did Lin Yuancheng see that his swordsmanship is powerful?
In fact, we have had related plot hints in the previous article (Chapter 36 of the Sword Demon Suppression Volume): Lin Yuancheng has a talent, as long as he looks carefully, he can see the "aura" of the swordsman and the sword.
If you have a good memory, maybe you still remember that when Kobayashi first met Linghu Xiang and Dugu Yongshi, he had both known his sword skills or extraordinary swordsmanship just by looking at each other.
Of course, his talent is not as convenient as "Hawkeye Vision" in a certain series of games; only when Lin Yuancheng looks at someone more attentively, can he see whether the other party has this aura and the strength of the aura, rather than just as long as there are experts nearby, he can easily capture strange light and shadow with his afterglow.
This is why, when he was fighting with the "Hebei Ten Swordsman" at Yaomenglou, he did not find Zhang Jiling watching him in the distance.
But now, when Zhu Qingxian and others walked into the inn, Lin Yuancheng was staring at them, so he soon noticed that there was an extremely powerful aura among the group of people.
As a person who is eager for swords, Lin Yuancheng could not resist his impulse and wanted to get to know each other and communicate with him... It would be even better if he could compete with each other.
However, he was also quite confused. What reasons should he find, or what critical moments to pass in a more natural way? How can he talk to people?
As a coincidence, just as Xiaolin stared at Lao Zhang beside Princess Qingfeng and thought hard, Princess Qingfeng also looked at him. The two of them looked like this... Lin Yuancheng misunderstood.
He immediately thought to himself: Hey? The old swordsman said something to the young master beside him, and the latter looked at me immediately. Could it be that they also noticed me? And they were talking about me?
Thinking of this, Lin Yuancheng felt that he could go up to say hello to others.
After making up his mind, Kobayashi explained to his companions a few words, saying that he wanted to find someone to "talk". In order to prevent his sudden "discussion" with the other party, he also specifically reminded everyone that if he saw both parties take action, he would "not care" and he would "could be able to deal with it" by himself.
After explaining this, Lin Yuancheng headed towards the table between the princess and Lao Zhang.
Kobayashi is thinking well, but the princess doesn't know what he thinks...
Don’t forget that Princess Qingsheng came here today, and her original intention was to personally try out two tricks with Lin Yuancheng, and how to compare her sword skills with the boy who “can become the most talented master” as Lao Zhang said.
She didn't expect that the boy didn't take her seriously at all, and just wanted to come to find Zhang Jiling beside her.
So, in this situation where there are misunderstandings on both sides, a farce kicked off...
"stop."
As expected, when Lin Yuancheng approached the tables of Zhu Qingsheng and Zhang Jiling, the sword-wielding guards sitting on the two tables next to him stood up one after another, blocking his way.
Then, a guard who stood in front of Lin Yuancheng said to him in a cold, even slightly fierce tone: "What are you going to do?"
Faced with this obstacle, Lin Yuancheng's reaction was quite calm, because he also understood that the people in front of him were just doing their duties and he had no need to make things difficult for others.
"Brothers, I have no malicious intentions. I just want to chat with that young man. I wonder if I can let me go?" Kobayashi's attitude was quite polite.
However, these royal guards will not let go of their guard because of your politeness. They still blocked Lin Yuancheng's way strictly, without any intention of getting close to the princess.
"Let him come here." Fortunately, after a breath, Zhu Qingsheng saved the siege for Kobayashi.
Since the princess gave the order in person and Zhang Ji-Gang was in charge, the guards would not say anything more... After saying a promise, the guards quickly made way out.
"Thank you." Lin Yuancheng then folded his fists and stepped forward.
His thanks can be understood as thanking the guards for making way out, or as thanking the "young master" in front of him for helping him.
Because the distance was not far, when Lin Yuancheng finished speaking, he had already arrived at the table between Zhu Qingsheng and Zhang Jile.
"Lin Yuancheng is here, I wonder if I can ask for a glass of wine here?" When Lin Yuancheng said this, his eyes swept over Zhang Jigen and Zhu Qingsheng's faces respectively.
"Hehe..." Zhu Qingsheng smiled. She was a little embarrassed just now. Seeing that the other party was coming to her, she was relieved. She continued in a calm tone, "Brother Lin, please sit down."
"Thank you, this young master." Lin Yuancheng sat down when he answered this, "Have you ever asked for advice, the young master's surname is the name?"
"It's easy to say, I'm the next name Qing, and I'm just a knight's name." The next second, Zhu Qingsheng used her tone that had been practicing for a long time, and while he was like Xiaolin, he gave him a fake name.
Let’s talk about it here. Although the surname “Qing” does exist, it is extremely rare. In that era when information was underdeveloped, many people probably never heard of this surname in their lives, let alone seen a person with this surname.
But... it is precisely because the information is not well developed that you can say anything at that time. As long as you say something serious, others will not be able to expose you in a while. After all, it was impossible for the ancients to take out a smartphone at any time to search online if what you just said was nonsense.
Therefore, Lin Yuancheng did not react much when he heard the name "Qingxia". He only said in his heart: There are many strange surnames in this world, and it is normal to have someone I have never heard of. As for the name "Xia" or "Sheng", it is also free and there is nothing to worry about.
What's more, Lin Yuancheng's interest was not Zhu Qingsheng, but Zhang Jiling's side, so even if Zhu Qingsheng gave him a more outrageous name, Lin Yuancheng would not care.
"Brother Lin, I am actually a person in the world. You don't have to be called "Young Master". You are so disgusted." Seeing that Lin Yuancheng had no doubts about her nonsense name, Zhu Qingsheng naturally followed the conversation.
"Oh, so that's it, that's great." Lin Yuancheng saw that the other party was handsome and calm, and his conversation showed extraordinary temperament and approachable politeness to himself. He immediately felt a little bit of affinity with the other party, so he held his fists and said, "Then... Brother Qing, you're polite."
"Hehe, it's easy to say." Zhu Qingsheng also responded with a smile.
They had fun playing houses here, but Zhang Jilai, who was standing beside him, couldn't sit still at this moment.
"Hmm!" Old Zhang coughed angrily at that time, attracting the attention of the two of them at the same table.
When Zhu Qingsheng and Lin Yuancheng both looked at him, he just glanced at the princess slightly, and then stared at Lin Yuancheng with a sharp gaze.
What does Lao Zhang mean by this action...
On the one hand, he wanted to remind the princess that you are a golden branch and a jade leaf. It is unconventional to make such a kid from the world call you brothers and brothers without any big or small.
On the other hand, he wanted to warn Lin Yuancheng, you, a boy with no eyesight, don't be too arrogant anymore. If you do anything deviant in a while, our family will not spare you easily.
However, Zhu Qingyu could understand Zhang Jile's actions, but Lin Yuancheng couldn't understand them...
Xiaolin turned around and saw Zhang Jigen's murderous eyes, thinking what was going on? This senior, like me, found that they were both masters of swordsmanship, so he was a little ready to move?
"Brother Qing, haven't asked for advice yet... what is the name of this senior?" Two seconds later, Lin Yuancheng took advantage of Lao Zhang's cough and asked Zhu Qingsheng this question he was really interested in.
Lin Yuancheng didn't miss the relationship between Zhu Qingsheng and Zhang Jilan. He saw from the way the two interacted after entering the inn: Compared with "master and apprentice" or "grandson grandson", these two people were more like "master and servant".
Therefore, when he asked Zhang Ji's name, he did not ask him directly, but first asked Zhu Qingsheng, the "master", which was also a kind of etiquette.
Someone may ask here, don’t Lin Yuancheng find it strange? Why would a master of the level like Zhang Jilan be a servant for a young man with mediocre martial arts?
Then I can only say that based on Lin Yuancheng's current experience, he is no longer surprised by such small things.
At this time, Lin Yuancheng not only knew that Zhang Jilan had great martial arts skills, but also knew that the eight bodyguards around this "Brother Qing" were all very skilled, but so what?
According to Kobayashi's idea: I have a muscle god who can slap people into a mushy way. Where are you there? If you really want to speculate about this, there are only a few possibilities... Either this brother Qing has a prominent family background, his ancestors are giants in the martial arts world, or his family is uniquely rich, and the nine people in front of him are just the kind of masters who can be hired... Furthermore, maybe the name "Qingxia" was also made up by him, because his real name may make people guess his family background.
In short, Lin Yuancheng really doesn't care much about these inside stories. He came here today and just wanted to communicate and discuss with Zhang Jilan. He doesn't care about other things.
"Ah? He?" On the other side, Zhu Qingfeng, who was asked by Lin Yuancheng, was stunned because she did not expect the other party to ask her about Zhang Jiga's name.
After all, no matter how good Zhu Qingxian and Lao Zhang have a relationship, they are master and servant after all, and they are master and servant with extremely different identities.
Zhu Qingxian has been growing up. No matter where he deals with anyone, the other party should pay attention to and please him, and the other party should be the master. No one will ever focus on Zhang Jiling next to her. Even though Zhang Jiling sometimes contacts people on her behalf, both parties understand that this is a situation similar to "the housekeeper negotiates for the master."
Unexpectedly, today the princess met someone who was more interested in Zhang Jilan than her.
"Uh...he...is Lao Zhang, the housekeeper in my house." After a brief hesitation, Zhu Qingsheng still answered Lin Yuancheng, but she still didn't understand why Xiaolin asked this.
"My younger generation Lin Yuancheng, I have met Senior Zhang." After hearing this, Lin Yuancheng directly met Zhang Jigen's burning gaze and gave another salute.
Seeing this, Zhang Jiling was stunned. He said to himself: "Are you sick? Why would you give me a servant? You just called your brother to the princess, but now you call me a senior, do you want me to die?"
"Sister Lin, I don't dare to take responsibility for 'superior'..." Zhang Jiling said this and glanced at the princess. He saw that Zhu Qingxian seemed to be very confused, so he quickly spoke back, "I am just a husband..." Because of his excessive use, he almost said the word "master" was rude, and then changed his way, "... a servant around me can't afford to take anything before..."
Unexpectedly, Lin Yuancheng didn't even let Zhang Jilan finish this sentence, and interrupted: "Senior, I won't beat around the bush. To be honest, I'm here to find you."
"What?"
"What?"
The next second, Zhu Qingsheng and Zhang Jilan said something like this from their mouths in unison.
"You..." Zhang Jilei didn't understand either, so he could only continue asking, "What are you asking me for?"
"Senior really don't know?" Lin Yuancheng thought that with Zhang Jiling's cultivation and the look of Old Zhang glaring at him just now, he should understand that he wants to compete.
But Zhang Jile's brain circuit is not on the same line as him at this moment...
Xiaolin was thinking with the logic of martial arts in the martial arts world, but Zhang Ji was thinking about how to protect the princess and help the princess achieve the purpose of this trip. So even if he knew that Lin Yuancheng was a master, he would not think about the way "the other party wanted to find me, a slave, to discuss."
"I...I know what?" Lao Zhang didn't know how to respond at this time.
Lin Yuancheng is still a riddle man: "Senior, can you think that I can't see it?"
What he said was, "You don't think I can't see that you are also a master of swordsmanship, right?"
But he just omitted these few words when he said it.
"You..." Zhang Jiling, who heard this, thought further, because Lao Zhang's focus was always on the princess, so he thought Lin Yuancheng's words were implying that he had seen through the princess' identity, "...what do you want to do?"
At this moment, Lao Zhang interpreted Xiaolin's words as a kind of intimidation, similar to "I know that the person around you is a princess, and I also know that you are the master responsible for protecting him, but you don't know what I'm going to do next."
Thinking of this, Zhang Jiqing was really panicked.
He couldn't help but think in his heart: "It's not good. Could it be that these people from the "Hunyuan Star Gate" have already known the princess' whereabouts and set up an ambush here? Now Lin Yuancheng is coming to talk to us, is he really shocking the tiger?
"And what happened to Ma Er? I remember this man was the younger brother of the prince consort. Why did he accidentally bring so many people in at this time and still shout and scold him to find Huang Donglai?
"Is it possible... they are in the same group? Yuma Er deliberately made trouble here and created chaos, while the people from the Hunyuan Star Gate took advantage of the chaos and fishing, which was not good for the princess... In this way, they could pretend to be hostile in the future and clear their relationship.
"Nee... Wait, if Ma Er colludes with Hunyuan Star Gate, what about the prince consort? Behind all this, is it the prince consort being controlled? But why did he attack the princess? Is he trying to kidnap or kill the princess? What's the benefit of this to him?
"This...if the princess makes a mistake today, wouldn't I be a sinner who has pushed it into the tiger's den with his own hands?"
The more Zhang Ji's thoughts were deeper and deeper, he scared his cold sweat.
Seeing that the other party was not aware of the problem, Lin Yuancheng hesitated and asked him what he was going to do. He thought that the other party had some difficulties, so he thought to himself: "Oh! I understand. Even if he really wants to talk with me, if his 'master' doesn't nod, he, the 's servant', would not agree rashly."
Thinking of this, Lin Yuancheng remembered the "Young Master Qingxia" around him again. Only then did he turn his gaze back and want to ask Brother Qing to promise him to play two moves with Lao Zhang.
But when Xiaolin looked back, she saw that Zhu Qingxian was like a neglected child, showing an aggrieved expression, dragging her cheeks with one hand and playing with chopsticks on the table with the other hand.
Even Zhu Qingxuan didn't know what she was playing. She just felt that it would be embarrassing if she didn't find something to do and just stayed aside and watched others chat.
"Uh... Brother Qing." When Lin Yuancheng said this to Zhu Qingsheng, the latter didn't even look at him, and he was still staring at the chopsticks in his hand.
"Ah? Have you finished talking?" Zhu Qingxian was really angry at this moment. His tone of speaking was no longer the kind and polite state he had just now, but became an impatient and slightly annoying feeling.
"No...I want to..." Lin Yuancheng was about to say the next sentence.
"It's still 'no'?" Zhu Qingxian heard the word "no" and slapped her and was about to expose her princess temper.
But unexpectedly, at this critical moment, a chair flew towards her face.
Chapter completed!