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The tea on the table was completely cold, Jiang Yin sat on the wooden chair and looked coldly at the book boy standing by the door, the book boy immediately lowered his head.

"Third Master, don't worry, Boss Liu will be back soon."

It's these words again, it's really annoying! Jiang Yin frowned and his patience would be wiped out. Today, he came to discuss the accounting with Boss Liu, but he didn't expect that this guy was not in the pharmacy.

After waiting for several hours and still not returning, Jiang Yin couldn't help but groan in his heart when he saw the three words written on the plaque.

Since when did Yutang become his Liu's family, he had to wait for him when he came here.

Speaking of the Jiang family's practice of medicine for generations, the inheritance was only broken by Jiang Yin's father. Jiang Yin's father fought on the battlefield, so he handed it over to an old woman without saying anything.

Later, Jiang Yin's father died in battle, and the old lady fell ill immediately when she heard about it. Her grandson took over, and since then the pharmacy has always had problems.

Today I moved the silver in the warehouse, and tomorrow I took a tricky order without authorization. Mrs. Jiang cared about it but couldn't spare the time. Jiang Yin came here to settle accounts.

Unable to find anyone, the door was turned away. Jiang Yin got up displeased, and strode out. The book boy went to stop him. He frowned and looked at the half-grown kid in front of him.

"You bastard, when your boss Liu comes back, let him come to me himself!"

"Third, third master, you can't leave. Master Liu asked you to wait for him here. If you leave..."

"What is he, do I have to go and invite him in person?!" Jiang Yin left with a flick of his sleeves, and the book boy saw his flying black robe, thinking that his master would be taught a lesson.

He entered the bamboo garden angrily, but was stopped by Mr. Lin before entering the house. Jiang Yin raised his eyes to look at Mr. Lin, saluted and said, "Mr. Lin."

"Where have you been?" Mr. Lin fiddled with the blades of grass in front of him a few times, and cut off a dead leaf with a frown.

"Bu Yutang! This damned Liu Jiu actually turned me off."

Jiang Yin said to bring Mr. Lin to his side. Mr. Lin was also a little displeased when he saw his frowning, but Jiang Yin didn't notice it, and continued, "I checked the account books these days and found out that this guy has been working since the year before last. They started to secretly sell some precious medicinal materials and rare prescriptions of Buyutang and the shop under the door! Damn it, this is disgusting!"

"I hate this kind of behavior the most. It's a joke that he is still in charge of the silent hall now!" Jiang Yin was still puzzled after speaking, and viciously pulled the branches and leaves in front of him, causing the plants to shake.

Mr. Lin looked at Jiang Yin with a frown, raised his hand and knocked on his forehead gently, "If you don't like it, just take care of it and don't take it out on others."

"Hmph! Of course I have to take care of it. Is it possible that I can still let him ride on my head?" Jiang Yin snorted coldly, suddenly felt impolite, and hurriedly apologized to Mr. Lin in a low voice. Mr. Lin looked down at him , but laughed.

Jiang Yin asked him what he was laughing at, but Mr. Lin waved him away, curled his lips, Jiang Yin had no choice but to leave the bamboo garden.

After searching Jiang's house for a long time, he found Luo Shuang. When Jiang Yin opened the door, he was grinding herbs, but when the door was opened, he stopped moving.

"So you're here, so it's easy for me to find." Jiang Yin laughed when he saw him, strode to him, and looked at the powder in Luo Shuangshi's bowl curiously, "What is this?"

"Blue Lingdie." Luo Shuang smiled and explained, "Mr. Lin asked me to grind it finer, he is good at alchemy."

"This thing can change your sweetheart's heart, Luo Shuang, do you believe it?"

Jiang Yin looked at the blue powder and thought of Ariana's words. Luo Shuang glanced at him and shook his head, "It's just a rumor in the market. These powders can hurt the eyes."

"Okay, then I have to stay away from it." Jiang Yin frowned and looked at the powder in front of him. Luo Shuang was about to say something, but heard a notification from outside.

"Third Young Master, Boss Liu, who is silent, has come to look for you!"

The smile on Jiang Yin's face disappeared, and Luo Shuang was interested in staying here seeing his raised eyebrows.

"Mr. Jiang, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just started..."

Boss Liu just saluted as soon as he entered the room, but suddenly stopped talking when he raised his eyes. He pointed at the person beside Jiang Yin with wide eyes and spoke incoherently.

"You, you... Raksha bird, Raksha bird!"

"Liu Jiu!" Jiang Yin frowned and looked at him. The person on the opposite side was startled, and looked at Jiang Yin with a pale face, "Isn't he...he, he..."

"Don't play tricks on me, Liu Jiu, listen to me, you will move out of Buyutang from today, Chen Hongzi will take over your job, go to his place to get some money and go back to your hometown to live a good life."

Jiang Yin frowned and looked at him, seeing his reaction was a bit strange and looked at Luo Shuang. Luo Shuang stood beside him and smiled softly at him. Jiang Yin twitched the corners of his mouth and looked at Boss Liu again.

"Yes... no, Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, why do you want to drive me away when you're so good?" Boss Liu wanted to defend himself, but he took a step back in fear, and said this with a lack of confidence. Jiang Yin didn't have the heart to mess with him. , only waved his hands and said in a cold voice, "Where are there so many words, get the money quickly, and go home to take care of yourselves with peace of mind."

Boss Liu seemed to want to say more, but Jiang Yin's eviction order had been issued, so it would be rude to stay here, and besides, there was another plague god staying in this room.

What bad luck! Boss Liu turned around and timidly left Jiang's house, frowning and cursing in a low voice.

Jiang Yin rubbed his brows in annoyance, pulled a chair and sat down, he looked up at Luo Shuang, then at the door, "Boss Liu has seen you before?"

"Maybe I've got the wrong person." Luo Shuang twitched at the corners of her mouth, and said with a fake smile.

"His reaction seems to be seeing a ghost... Raksha bird, what is Raksha bird?" Jiang Yin thought for a while, then suddenly remembered the ancient books he had read in Mr. Lin's study before.

According to legend, the tomb of the ruins... what happened to the tomb?

Jiang Yin has never been very interested in these ghost stories, so he really can't think of this article for a while. Fortunately, Luo Shuang answered his doubts.

"The Raksha bird eats people's eyes. It's a big gray bird."

"You really know a lot." Jiang Yin smiled, and then asked in doubt, "Is the Raksha bird mentioned by Boss Liu the same as the Raksha bird from Yu's family?"

"I don't know." Luo Shuang bowed her head in response, Jiang Yin curled her lips and said casually, "This thing sounds scary, but I don't know what kind of ugly monster it is."

Slightly distracted, Luo Shuang put the ground powder into the box, her face full of gloom.

Jiang Yin didn't see what was wrong with him, so he got up and stretched, "Let's go for a walk, the second elder brother is busy making arrangements for Mr. An, and I don't know when he will return to Yingzhou."

"I still have something to do, you go by yourself."

The rare rejection made Jiang Yin a little surprised. He turned his head to look at Luo Shuang, but found that the other party put away the wooden box and picked up the medical books on the shelf. "Mr. Lin asked me to stay here today."

"Then... well, then you remember, Liu Yi'an and the others can come here to drink today." Jiang Yin stretched out the door, the more he thought about Luo Shuang's words just now, the more unpleasant it was.

Are you angry again?What is that for?

Feeling a little depressed, he looked behind him a little aggrieved, and simply strode towards Hu Si.

Just after entering the door, he bumped into a girl in red. Jiang Yin hurriedly lowered his head to apologize, but unexpectedly, the person cupped his face and kissed him on the cheek.

"Ha! With my seal, you are mine!"

She spoke with a strange ending, like the accent of a person from the Western Regions, Jiang Yin was thinking like this, but the girl came to him and looked him up and down like a rich man, "Look at this delicate skin and tender flesh, Just the way I like it."

"Elena!"

Arina's angry voice came from upstairs, Jiang Yin looked up, but was pushed out again.

"Bad sister, bad sister!"

The little girl named Yi Lianna mumbled a lot of things that Jiang Yin could not understand, and Arina put her hips on her hips and answered her a few words before coming to Jiang Yin.

"Sorry, this is the youngest sister in my family. She has never been to Changhuan. If there is any offense, I will apologize for her."

"What are you talking about? Your sister is my sister. I'm too happy to see her." Jiang Yin smiled mischievously at Arina, took her hand and said, "Drink with me, and tell me about your family. story."

Coming to the pavilion, Yi Lianna sat across from Jiang Yin and blinked her eyes. Jiang Yin saw her strange eyes and smiled at her, but the little girl widened her eyes and pulled Ariana's dress to her ear What did you say to her.

Arina laughed out loud when she heard this, Jiang Yin looked at her suspiciously, poked Elena's little head and explained, "This kid wants to take you back to the Western Regions."

"I've never been to the Western Regions. Is that fun? When shall we go?"

Jiang Yin's words made Arina laugh even harder, Yi Lianna muttered a few words and ran away, Jiang Yin was even more puzzled, Arina shook her head and said helplessly, "You, you, she is trying to please You go back to be a husband."

"That's not okay, I'm going to marry my sweetheart." Jiang Yin stroked her hair when she heard this, and looked downstairs, only to find a familiar figure.

An Zixi was having a good conversation with a strange woman, Jiang Yin looked at him in a daze, and was about to look away when he caught sight of Yang Pan.

She cautiously followed behind them, her expression flustered, she couldn't help feeling a little worried, she broke off a branch and threw it down, Yang Pan raised her eyes to look at him, not long after, she came upstairs.

Arina retreated quietly, Jiang Yin filled her with wine and asked, "What are you following Mr. An for?"

"You're taking it a little too far." Yang Pan said coldly, and Jiang Yin said, "Your injury hasn't healed yet, so don't move around."

"I just want to see him, to see how he is... No, I can't see him." Yang Pan's brows were furrowed, and Jiang Yin was puzzled by his contradictory words, "It's been a long time since we left Xuecheng, why? not see?"

"It's different. He thought I was dead after Syracuse." Yang Pan drank the wine and said sadly, "I can't trouble him, he just recovered his life."

"What are you doing? It's not a big deal to see each other."

"You don't understand." Yang Pan looked at Jiang Yin coldly. Seeing her uneasy expression, Jiang Yin listened to her before he could speak, "Chang Huan has eyes everywhere."

"You're making me a little scared." Jiang Yin felt chills on his back, put down his glass but saw Yang Pan got up and walked out, he asked Yang Pan where he was going, Yang Pan only said to go for a walk.

This guy really does his own way, Jiang Yin thought, looking down at the crowd below.

When Jiang Yin returned home, he saw Liu Yi'an, he looked at Liu Yi'an in surprise, the latter touched his head, and said a little coyly, "Brother Jiang, you're back."

This tone made Jiang Yin feel that something was wrong. He pushed Liu Yi'an away and strode into the courtyard. When he entered the courtyard door, he saw Luo Shuang lying drunk at the table. Seeing him coming back, Yu Wucuo stood up and said hello.

Jiang Yin frowned, and said displeasedly to Liu Yi'an who was following him, "Why are you pouring him wine, Liu Yi'an, I think you are tired of work."

"Oh, my third master, why are you so angry? Are you angry that we got him drunk, or that we didn't call you after drinking?"

Jiang Yin gave him an annoyed look, Liu Yi'an shrugged seeing him like that, and Yu Wucuo also got up when he saw this.

Came to Luo Shuang's side and touched his forehead lightly, but he was sweating a little. Seeing that he was silent, Liu Yi'an asked him again, and Jiang Yin said to him without turning his head, "Go away, I don't have time to talk to you." You, find my fourth sister!"

Liu Yi'an and Yu Wucuo looked at each other, and laughed tacitly, but Jiang Yin didn't care about them, and helped Luo Shuang into the room.

He fell asleep peacefully, Jiang Yin looked at Luo Shuang's tightly closed eyes, and sighed helplessly. He wanted to take off his robe, but his eyes were glued to the scar on his neck.

The frost-like brand looked distressing, but when he looked down, he saw other scars on his loose neckline.

The old wound on the pipa bone made Jiang Yin stunned. The scar seemed to penetrate through the flesh. Who did Luo Shuang work for in the past?

"...Don't kill me, don't kill me, I can do things, and I'm at your command."

"Luo Shuang? Luo Shuang, are you awake?"

Jiang Yin pushed him, but he didn't show any sign of waking up, instead he kept trembling as if he was trapped in a nightmare.

"Don't kill me, I won't hold back...don't kill me..."

"Luo Shuang, good Luo Shuang, don't scare me!" Jiang Yin panicked and quickly pinched Luo Shuang's nose. The latter finally woke up, staring at the front with wide eyes, panting heavily .

Seeing that he woke up, Jiang Yin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said to him softly, "You are really a fool, drinking so much wine, you were groaning just now, you really scared me."

"sorry……"

Luo Shuang sighed softly and wiped the thin sweat from his forehead. Jiang Yin shook his head when he saw it, and ordered Ah Chun to cook sober soup, and sat down casually. He asked casually, "How did you get the injury on your body?"

Luo Shuang was stunned, and rubbed his wound, Jiang Yin saw that he was lost in thought again, and quickly said, "If you don't want to say it, then don't, don't annoy me, I just feel sorry for your scar. "

"Most of my injuries are from performing missions." Luo Shuang smiled wryly, looking at Jiang Yindao, "For people like us, if we take one wrong step, we will be doomed forever."

"Now you have made the right move. Look, you are by my side now. If you are a girl, I will make three letters and six rituals, and eight palanquins will be carried to marry you."

Jiang Yin smiled, and his tone was very brisk, Luo Shuang looked up at him, Jiang Yin seemed to sense something wrong when he saw this, and said, "I'm joking, don't be angry, Luo Shuang is Luo Shuang. "

Luo Shuang rubbed her temples, but did not speak in the end.

In the past few days, the situation has changed a bit. An Zixi went to the palace to meet the little emperor, but this time he had a long memory and didn't say any inappropriate words.

With such a promotion, the future is bright. Yang Pan's joy was fleeting when he heard the news. She looked ahead with heavy eyes, as if she was out of breath under some heavy burden.

The riding and archery competition was chosen in the suburbs of Changhuan City. Jiang Yin got the letter he had been looking forward to for a long time, and immediately took down the bow and arrow from the wall. After not practicing for a long time, his hands were a little raw.

Jiang Yao was filled with joy when she heard the letter, and she was extremely excited.

"This time I want to have a good time. I thought that my second brother would be at home, so I could get the first place no matter what, but he went out."

"Then you have to be honest this time, because of you last time, I almost won." Jiang Yin couldn't help but whispered after hearing this, "Will Liu Yi'an still come out? You must ask, when the time comes We're going to have a good match."

"Ha, Liu Yi'an will definitely go, although I don't know why he has such a big obsession with this competition, he is obviously at the bottom every year, and he has to catch up."

"He was competing with his father. His brother is so good at riding and archery. He doesn't want to be compared." Jiang Yin put down the bow and arrow, and explained seriously. Jiang Yao shook her head and muttered, "The living are no match for the dead. of."

Jiang Yin glanced at her, Jiang Yao realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, lowered her head and quickly changed the subject, "Sister-in-law San?"

"I'm definitely going to pull him."

Jiang Yin said to put away the ledger on the wooden table next to him. Seeing Jiang Yao, she couldn't help scolding, "Haven't you finished reading it yet?"

"It's almost there." Jiang Yin was vaguely trying to confuse this matter, but Jiang Yao said seriously, "I tell you, you must be serious, the big seal is with you, and you have to take responsibility."

Jiang Yao's words made Jiang Yin frowned, and he said helplessly, "I'm also taking care of it, but I'm not the only one who has the final say in Jiang's family. Although we have solved Boss Liu who is not in the language, there are too many of them. They don't care about my young age, and they tripped me up when I had to check the accounts last month."

"If you want me to say that you are really stupid, you can still be bullied by those stubborn old people." Jiang Yao said and walked out, reminding Jiang Yin, "Hurry up, don't get second this time."

Hastily changed into a round-neck robe, the wrist armor was a bit awkward, and the forehead was worn, and the streamer hung by the ear, which was a bit silly, and the beads on it made small sounds with Jiang Yin's actions. Following Gong Jiangyin, he quickly walked out of the room.

I wanted to go with Mr. Lin and the others, but before Jiang Yin went to say anything, Mr. Lin shook his hands and couldn't say anything. The mother coughed continuously in the house, and Jiang Yin was soft-hearted for a while, and wanted to stay, but was driven away by Mr. Lin .

Going to the stable to lead the horse, he saw Luo Shuang waiting at the door from a distance, he stepped forward to say hello, Luo Shuang nodded with a smile.

Last night's awkwardness seemed to have never happened, Jiang Yin got on the horse and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Walk!"

The two left the city gate all the way to the west, and entered the outer city.

There is a deep Xuanhe River outside Changhuan City, surrounded by water on three sides and backed by low mountains. The unique position has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack. There was a vast expanse of whiteness, and the only sound in my ears was the sound of water hitting the rocky shore.

Some disciples from aristocratic families had already arrived, Jiang Yin tightened the reins, and before he got off the horse and walked a few steps, Yu Wucuo's voice came.

"Brother Jiang!"

"It's really early for you to come." Jiang Yin greeted with a smile, looked around, and asked, "Where's Liu Yi'an?"

"It's probably being scolded by his father again." Yu Wucuo shook his head and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about him, he will definitely come."

Jiang Yin raised his eyes and saw Liu Yi'an from a distance. A servant boy came up to greet him. Jiang Yin handed him the quiver. After marking the arrows, the servant boy returned the twelve arrows to Jiang Yin .

"It's really early for you guys to come." Liu Yi'an rushed over and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Did you run all the way here?" Seeing that he was sweating profusely, Jiang Yin couldn't help asking.

"I'm not in a hurry, my father is not in a hurry, he just led the horse." Liu Yi'an complained in a low voice, and handed the quiver to the servant boy.

Suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums, and a little servant boy stood on the high platform and shouted loudly, "The competition begins!"

Everyone rode their horses forward, Jiang Yin also got on his horse, turned back and said to Luo Shuang, "Follow me, Luo Shuang, I will definitely win this time."

The red maple on the dwarf hill was particularly conspicuous. Jiang Yin picked a piece and hid it in his sleeve. As he walked, he suddenly felt his heart suffocate.

The sky was gloomy, the black clouds were extremely low, and the wind could hardly be felt when walking in the mountains and forests. Jiang Yin looked at the road ahead and couldn't help but said, "I'm afraid there will be a heavy rain this time."

"Jiang Yin."

Hearing Luo Shuang calling him in a low voice, Jiang Yin hurriedly looked back, following Luo Shuang's gaze, he saw a doe hiding under Hong Feng's fingertips, and beside it was a fawn.

Just as Jiang Yin was about to make a sound, Luo Shuang drew his bow to the full, and the arrow feather pierced the doe's neck. The deer was frightened and ran away immediately. Jiang Yin frowned, but saw another arrow shoot Hit the dead doe.

"Liu Yi'an?" Jiang Yin looked towards the other side out loud, and as expected, Liu Yi'an looked at them awkwardly while holding the bow and arrow.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the bow fell down when I drew it, and it was confiscated. Don't blame it."

With the wind blowing, the suffocating feeling finally improved a lot. Jiang Yin's eyes fell on the doe, and a blue butterfly landed on an arrow feather at some point.

When the silver bell rang, Jiang Yin sensed that something was wrong, and gripped the bow and arrow tightly. Liu Yi'an noticed Jiang Yin's expression, and was also a little nervous.

"It's him again?" Seeing the man in black walking out of the forest, Liu Yi'an couldn't help saying viciously, "I have no grievances with you, why are you chasing after me so hard!"

Bai Shao chuckled lightly when he heard this, and couldn't help but said harshly, "You blame me instead, don't think that I dare not touch you, no matter what the debt you owe me, you will still have to pay it back."

"Yi'an, don't talk nonsense with him." Jiang Yin clenched the reins tightly, the silver bell ringing in his ears became louder and louder, the wind blew the fallen leaves on the ground, Jiang Yin looked at Bai Shao vigilantly.

Liu Yi'an wanted to leave, but when he saw the sword in Bai Shao's hand, he frowned and asked, "What's the relationship between you and Zhi Yin?"

"What do you say?"

Bai Shao asked him back. For a while, the bell rang like a talisman to remind him of death. Jiang Yin saw the leaves rustling around him, his eyelids twitched, and a bad premonition welled up in his heart.

Luo Shuang stepped forward and told him to leave quickly, Jiang Yin frowned and looked at Liu Yi'an who was still entangled with Bai Shao, and cursed a few words in his heart.

"You go with me, this person is by no means a good stubble."

The blue spirit butterflies rushed out like a storm, Jiang Yin's pupils shrank, before he had time to think, he said, "Go!"

Liu Yi'an finally came to his senses and turned his horse's head to leave this place, but Bai Shao didn't give him a chance at all, he swung his sword and stabbed forward, the horse was frightened and threw Liu Yi'an away.

Liu Yi'an fell hard to the ground, Jiang Yin gritted his teeth, got off his horse and drew his sword to block the blow.

"Get up quickly, Liu Yi'an, let me tell you, if you dare to hold me back, I will never let you go!"

Liu Yi'an stood up immediately, but the sword around his waist disappeared. He quickly picked up the bow and arrow that fell on the ground, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.

"I, I will try my best!"

Bai Shao took a step back and met Jiang Yin's gaze. Seeing the serious expression on Jiang Yin's face, he twitched the corner of his mouth and said inexplicably, "It's easy to deceive."

"Stop talking nonsense, you'd better not act rashly!" Jiang Yin clenched the hilt of his sword and warned sharply.

"Who are you, dare to order me?" The smile on Bai Shao's face disappeared, and he looked at Jiang Yin gloomyly. He didn't know who he was competing with, and complained in a low voice, "Why, why? I It's just like cloud and mud with her, but you are happy to hang out with him."

As he was talking, he suddenly became ruthless and swung his sword straight at Jiang Yin's famous gate. Jiang Yin retreated fiercely, and he swung his sword again to slash at his abdomen.

The jade pendant around his waist was cut off from the red rope, Jiang Yin was too late to dodge and was about to turn around to fight back, unexpectedly the opponent put away the sword suddenly, a blue powder was thrown out, Jiang Yin closed his eyes fiercely, but it was still too late.

The bone-eating pain in the right eye went deep into the bone marrow, and Jiang Yin immediately fell to the ground, curled up in pain.

Before Bai Shao could speak, he suddenly felt something was wrong, and before turning around, an arrow pierced his chest.

"Luo Shuang—"

The author has something to say: Insert a digression, I don’t know why it’s written, I suddenly feel that Jiang Yin, Liu Yi’an, Yu Wucuo, and Luo Shuang can form a combination

The Four Great Talents in the South of the Yangtze River (Dark Fog)

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Swaggering around, turning around, and undressing

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