Even though there was a big fuss in Huadu, the identity of the Extraordinary Person, even the ‘Golden Extraordinary Person’, was no longer a secret.
But Lan Chen didn't want to expose himself too much, lest he be targeted by those with malicious intentions.
I guess Mr. Zhu is very strict with his words, but he is afraid that there are ears in the partition wall, and he might use a 'miraculous prop' to deceive others.
At the door, Lan Chen felt as if it was a little warmer, and it seemed as if he was about to melt away when he walked on the street.
Looking up, the sun is blazing, there are no clouds in the sky, and there is no sign of any rainfall.
Looking around, the streets were completely empty, without the usual liveliness. Most of the people walking around were shirtless and strenuously walking along the eaves, afraid of walking under the poisonous sun.
"Heaven and earth are black and yellow, Xun."
After reciting the mantra, Lan Chen dared to walk out of the door, walked straight along the avenue, hired a carriage at the post station, and headed for the city gate.
At the nearest hill, Lan Chen signaled the coachman to wait at the foot of the mountain for a while, then he walked towards the top of the mountain.
The coachman was seen shaking his head, wondering why he had to go to the top of the mountain alone on such a hot day.
But having already collected the money, he didn't say anything more and just found a shady place to rest.
It was hot, it was so hot that even the horses were staggering as if suffering from heatstroke. The coachman was not worried about the water, he was just worried about igniting a mountain fire.
But as the saying goes, whatever you fear will come to you.
In a daze, he seemed to smell a burning smell, and when he took a closer look, hey! The top of the mountain was really on fire!
"Damn it! What are you afraid of? It's really on fire!" The coachman cursed and planned to run away, but then he remembered that Lan Chen was still on the top of the mountain. "But that young man is still on the mountain...
..."
The coachman who was originally scared to death, thought of Lan Chen's previous generosity and spat angrily, "Sir, don't blame me for being unreasonable. I will board for a while. If you don't come back, if the fire gets worse,
Big brother, don’t blame me for leaving!”
But the development of the situation was not as expected by the coachman.
Although Lan Chen still hasn't returned, the intensity of the fire... is very strange. It's not like a normal mountain fire, but more like someone deliberately set it up.
The fire sometimes burns, sometimes extinguishes, sometimes gets bigger, sometimes gets smaller, but it doesn't seem to matter.
Just as the coachman was confused, Lan Chen had already come down from the top of the mountain.
Seeing this, the coachman hurriedly greeted him. For no reason, after saying goodbye like this, Lan Chen seemed to be a different person. He was so weak.
"Sir! Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Lan Chen shook his head bitterly, and put his hands on the shoulders of the coachman who greeted him, and was helped into the carriage.
"Alas!" the coachman sighed, and even boasted, "You didn't know just now that the top of the mountain was on fire! I just thought that since I took your money, I couldn't let you go, so I waited until now!"
By the way, you also went up the mountain, why is there a fire on the mountain?"
"Thank you for your hard work." Lan Chen shook his head. "I don't know what happened, so please send me back. I'll take a rest."
"You need to rest." The coachman opened the curtain and wanted to complain about something, but he kept his mouth shut for fear of upsetting Lan Chen.
He picked up the horse rope, dragged it on the horse, and then left.
The coachman also remembered something and suddenly frowned, turned to look at the top of the mountain, and said to himself, "The fire seems to have been extinguished for a long time. Could it be that the young master went to extinguish the fire? But he said he didn't know.
"
"Looking at how weak he is, could it be that he came to the countryside to find a girl? He is having so much fun in broad daylight, he is truly a young man. I also liked to play this thing when I was young, tsk tsk!"
The prejudiced coachman did not notice the "strangeness" of the empty space on the top of the mountain.
It was cloudless before, but just as Lan Chen went up, a small cloud suddenly appeared, and it was a pitch black cloud.
If it can gather more partners, it may become a "dark cloud".
But, that's all, it's the little result that Lan Chen got after working hard for his life.
And this little dark cloud with no climate gradually dispersed, but the seeds of hope were firmly planted.
The next step is to improve your own realm, and wait until the last resort to take action.
At Lan Chen's signal, after returning to Xuzhou, the coachman drove all the way and delivered Lan Chen to the Qineng Department.
"Young master, please leave slowly. I will leave first."
"Well, thank you for your hard work. By the way, how do you sell the horses at the inn?"
"Look at you, young master, you are so thin and tender..." The coachman was stunned, shook his head, and got rid of the subconscious prejudice in his mind.
Thin skin and tender meat? No.
Although he is not a rough man, his looming tendons and shiny wheat-colored skin are definitely not comparable to those delicate and weak young men.
"Horses are very valuable now, and good ones cost a few taels of silver, plus horse straw and other things. If you don't often ride horses, you'd better take a carriage."
"It's okay." Lan Chen waved his hand, "I also intend to ride the whole horse. Let's talk about it then, please."
After raising his hand, Lan Chen also made a gesture to leave.
And just as the coachman was getting into the car, a figure emerged from the corner and shouted, "Sir, long time no see."
"Oh? It's Commander Jiang." Lan Chen bowed his hands, and at the same time glanced at Lin Dongshuang next to him.
The look in her eyes made Lin Dongshuang roll her eyes.
Lan Chen, who was still a little confused, greeted bitterly and said, "Vice Commander Lin, maybe it's been a long time since we last seen each other. Are the two commanders and chiefs Eulchi here to patrol the streets?"
"None of your business." Lin Dongshuang's eyes almost rolled to the sky.
As the saying goes, a woman's heart is as deep as the bottom of the sea. Lan Chen really couldn't figure out what was going on.
On the other hand, Jiang Ye looked very happy, as if Lan Chen was in a bad mood, and his mood would get better, not to mention that Lin Dongshuang was responsible for this.
In fact, it is no wonder that Lan Chen is unpredictable and Lin Dongshuang is just a little angry.
A few days ago, Lan Chen specially took some souvenirs from Huadu and went to the Lin Mansion. Although the head of the Lin Mansion, Lin Yang, had returned to the capital, Lin Dongshuang was already at the house, so Lan Chen didn't even wait.
After giving the souvenir to the housekeeper, he went back home.
Where?
Send a souvenir and leave without even looking at the owner of the house?
Lin Dongshuang was so angry that she couldn't eat anything that night, and now that she saw Lan Chen, her anger was boiling over.
It's no wonder that Lan Chen, in his straightforward thinking, only thinks that the relationship between the two families is like this, so he feels that there is no need to be too formal, just worry about it, and just have something in hand.
After Jiang Ye nodded, he also used his eyes to signal Lan Chen to take a few steps forward, and finally lowered his voice to avoid being overheard by the departing groom.
"Lin Dong and I...Miss Shuang'er was patrolling the streets, and she happened to overhear your conversation with the coachman. What? Do you want the whole horse at home?"