The discussion at the fork in the street continued, but it was just some pointless flattery, and the two of them returned to the inn.

"Aren't you going to take a look?" Yue Hanzhi asked from the side.

"Let's go later. It's not that there are still five days before the bank opens. I'm just asking someone to pass on the message. It's still early."

The two walked across the stone bridge on the river through the town and crossed the embankment lined with willows. They could already see the location of the inn where they were staying, but soon they found a young man about the same age as Lin Manliu standing at the door of the inn.

, he also looked at the boy in a short shirt, and he ran over quickly after confirming his identity, before Lin Manliu could ask about it.

"You are the one who nearly fell into the lake while blowing in the wind last night. Brother Ye told me that you had left something behind, and he called me over to ask you to pick it up. My name is Chong Ying." Chong Ying walked up to

The boy in short shirt said to him in front of him.

Lin Manliu thought to himself why the old liar was still lying to deceive the child. He didn't leave anything behind either. He waved his hand and said to Chong Ying: "I didn't leave anything behind. Don't listen to that old liar's nonsense."

Both Yue Hanzhi and Chong Ying were stunned when they heard the title "old liar". Then Chong Ying burst into laughter and responded: "Ah, yes, yes, he is just an old liar. I didn't expect that you would see it just after we met."

Clear him up, I was miserably deceived by him at first."

The young man in a short shirt was a little speechless when he heard this response. Later, when the two of them talked, they confirmed what happened and were sure that the person behind the scenes was fooling them both. However, there was a tacit understanding that the two of them seemed to have acquiesced in the name of the person behind the scenes.

The old liar didn't bother to name me or worry about the name.

"In this case, it seems that I still have to go to the mansion with you to talk about it. But it happens that I also have something to pay a visit to the Lu mansion." After understanding the general situation, Lin Manliu said to him, clasping his fists.

"Then let's go, Brother Manliu." Chong Ying said as he put his arm around the boy in a short shirt and prepared to go to the Lu Mansion together. At this moment, the boy in a short shirt did not speak in time and subconsciously looked at the man next to him.

Yue Hanzhi and Chongying also looked over and asked: "Brother Manliu, is this your sister?".

"no...".

"Wait for me for a moment." A cold voice came from under the bamboo hat, and the woman in blue walked straight to the inn.

After a while, Yue Hanzhi, who put on the curtain hat again, appeared in front of the two of them, and said "Let's go" again as before.

"Let's go?" Chong Ying looked worriedly at the woman in blue and then at the boy in a short shirt beside him.

"Let's go..." Lin Manliu said helplessly.

Then the three of them walked to the east of the city, passed through many rain corridors and river embankments, and finally entered a wider bluestone brick road before ending their walk through the streets. Compared with the river embankment alleys just now, the streets here are much better.

It's an exaggeration to say that the things on both sides of the road have changed from a few small stalls and chat corridors to two tall walls. The only embellishment outside the wall is the treetops hanging from the wall. Chong Ying leads the way.

Moving forward, Lin Manliu and Yue Hanzhi followed him. After almost a moment of walking, they finally arrived in front of a mansion gate.

The entire mansion is not as grand as the mansions of dignitaries. In Lin Manliu's impression, it is not as grand as the Taoist temple in his hometown of Fengcheng. It is just very monotonous, with a main entrance and a slightly shorter side entrance, above the main entrance.

There is a place where the plaque of the mansion should have been placed, but it has now been removed. There are only two weathered stone lions in front of the door. It seems that no one can repair it.

"Some of the guests who have traveled far away have already checked into the house a few days ago. They have been more relaxed these two days. There is nothing special about you two coming with me. Brother Lu said that he is also a layman. He will go directly to the main entrance.

The mansion is right there," Chong Ying said, preparing to take the two of them into the mansion.

Just when the three of them walked up the stone steps and pushed open the front door, the side door suddenly opened and a head popped out. It was the man in yellow shirt. He said, "Why are you dragging your family with you when you come to get things? Chongying, you

How do you pass this on?" After saying this, the man in yellow shirt began to close his eyes and smile, as if he was preparing to wait for Chong Ying and Lin Manliu to be embarrassed.

As a result, Yue Hanzhi didn't move at all. The two teenagers looked at each other and then both looked at the head sticking out of the side door and cursed in unison: "Old liar."

The proud smile of the man in yellow shirt was so scolded that his face stiffened and he couldn't smile anymore. He said "OK" with the corner of his mouth pulled, then closed the side door and walked into the house.

Then the three of them entered the house from the main entrance, and saw the man in yellow shirt striding forward towards the backyard. He had no intention of waiting for the three of them, so Lin Manliu and the others had no choice but to follow them.

It didn't take long for him to pass through the garden pool of the main hall and stop at a small courtyard. There was a door that was hidden and he couldn't see clearly what was inside. Chong Ying took the lead in pushing the door open and entering.

"Go to Brother Lu to keep accounts." Before he even stepped through the door, the voice of the man in yellow came.

"Who do you think you are? I'll go if you ask me to go." Chong Ying obviously didn't want to lose face in front of his new friends, so he yelled at the voices in the courtyard, but before there was any response from the room, he turned to Lin Manliu

He grinned, made a cheering gesture and ran away.

Ran......

Lin Manliu was a little speechless, and he nodded with Yue Hanzhi and walked into the courtyard together.

Hanging on the wall of this small courtyard is an engraved wooden board in the style of a belt, with two words "Listen to the Rain" written on it.

The furnishings in the courtyard are very ordinary. There are only two wing-style rooms in the courtyard, and there is no main house. When the curtain is hung, it is easy to tell that one is the kitchen and utility room, and the other is the bedroom. It is located on the wall near the kitchen.

Some medicinal materials are drying in the gaps. There is a long bamboo deck chair at the entrance of the vacant area in the courtyard. Near the bedroom, there are three stone piers and two bamboo seats placed under the eaves.

Seeing this scene, it was difficult to associate it with the liar selling books. This kind of design was actually that person's residence. After Lin Manliu read it, he realized that the man in yellow shirt was standing under the eaves with his hands behind his back, looking at the door.

of myself and Yue Hanzhi.

"You did leave something with me, but I want to exchange it with you." The man in the yellow shirt coughed twice and said, then he reached out his right hand from behind, and saw that he was holding a cyan handful in his right hand.

wooden scabbard.

"What is this?" Lin Manliu asked in confusion, suddenly remembering the conversation that night, his left hand unconsciously prepared to pull out the Shanye Xing from his waist, and his right hand slowly moved behind him as if to protect his back.

The black cloth strip on the back.

"Don't be so nervous. I just want the black cloth that wraps the sword body and exchange it with you for this scabbard." After the man in yellow shirt said that, he threw the scabbard towards Lin Manliu. He didn't seem worried that he would refuse this.

ask.

The young man in a short shirt stretched out his hand to take the scabbard. His hand was as cold as touching a piece of beautiful jade. However, the scabbard was made of wood and weighed little. It felt like nothing in his hand. Lin Manliu took it over and handed it back after a few seconds and said:

"I can't tell whether the scabbard is good or bad, but it must be excellent. My senior gave me a sword as a gift and I will never accept such a generous gift again. Moreover, whether it is the long sword behind me or the thing wrapped around it, it is a gift from my master and cannot be used for bartering.

Please forgive me, senior."
Chapter completed!