An assassin? Call me the Master of Raising Prices!

In the dim candlelight, the two old men looked at each other in silence, with only the food on the table steaming.

"Have a drink, the wine is not bad, pure Jiangnan yellow wine, but it's hard to buy..."

"Oh?" Qin Ye said in surprise, leaning on his cane and sitting down, drinking a glass of warm yellow wine, "It's really pure Jiangnan yellow wine, old man, you're living a good life, no wonder you look a lot fatter."

"I'm not fat, it's rare to be thin in old age, don't scare me." As he said that, Old Lin raised his hand and looked at it, muttering in a low voice, "I'm not fat..."

Seeing this, Qin Ye rarely smiled, "Hahaha, I'm kidding you, you're half buried in the ground, and you're still so afraid of death, really."

Smiled indifferently, as if to comfort himself, and as if sincerely, "How good it is to be alive."

After saying this, there was only silence between the two. After not seeing each other for many years, there were many things I wanted to say but I didn't know how to start, as if those things had all dissipated in the wind before I came.

"Are you going to the palace?" Old Lin broke the silence and asked with his eyes down. It stands to reason that he has been waiting for this day for a long time, but when this day really came, it was a little hard to accept.

To be honest, he was a little reluctant to give up his current life.

"Well, I can't wait any longer..."

"Hehe, for more than 20 years, what hundreds of thousands of people couldn't do, now it actually depends on a few of us old guys, hahaha, I really don't know if those adults have the face to go to the underground to see their ancestors?" Old Lin seemed a little indignant. He had endured the saying that meat eaters are despicable for 30 years. Now it is not only despicable, but also hateful!

Mr. Qin changed his face, but soon sighed again. Although his old friend's words were unpleasant, they were the real truth. For more than 20 years, even if it was a water grinding effort, it should have produced some results. It actually made the interior of the pass comfortable, and even had a great momentum to go north.

"Be careful with your words! We should work together to overcome difficulties and obstacles..."

"Oh, not us!" Old Lin interrupted, "I just want to take revenge, not treason! I have not lost the integrity of the champion!"

"Number one? Oh, do they recognize it? Ah? Old man, don't fool yourself, your son is watching in heaven!" Qin Ye sneered disdainfully. He didn't think that the old friend in front of him would back down, but he was just upset because his long-cherished wish had not been fulfilled for many years.

He lowered his head and didn't answer. Old Lin just tapped the table rhythmically, and his expression on his dry face was unclear. After a moment's delay, he slowly spoke, "Wait a little longer, it's only the hour of Xu now, it's still early..."

"After I burn incense for my son... let's go to the palace together. If I retreat now, I will be embarrassed to see my wife and children in the underworld..."

As he said this, Old Lin smiled, drank the wine in the glass, and ate the food silently without saying a word. Master Qin didn't know what to say, so he had to stand up and pat the old friend's hand as a comfort.

"Maybe we can get out of this unscathed, don't be too sad."

"Do you believe this? Not to mention Lu Wenyu, the ultimate in the world, even that old eunuch is extremely difficult!"

"Lu Wenyu is not in the capital..."

As soon as the voice fell, Old Lin, who had been bowing his head, suddenly raised his head and stared at Master Qin, his hand holding the wine glass trembling slightly, "Are you serious?"

"No mistake!"

"God help me!"

Old Lin's joy was beyond words, and his turbid eyes seemed to have seen the moment of success, and he smiled unconsciously. Master Qin didn't disturb his old friend, and he opened the door with his crutches and left, leaving Old Lin to drink and eat alone.

The wind and snow gradually subsided, and the third drum sounded. West Street was remote, and it was almost half past midnight when the third drum was heard.

The wine and food on the table had been eaten by Old Lin alone, holding the empty wine gourd, and he was still a little reluctant. Leaning on the back of the chair, Old Lin didn't know what was going on, and the high spirits of his youth appeared in front of his eyes.

"Endless luxury, endless power, endless delicacies, endless money..."

Old Lin hummed softly, and the scenes of the past appeared in front of his eyes, "It's really a dream!"

After humming, Old Lin couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes. He smiled self-deprecatingly, wiped away the tears in his eyes, and stood up after a while and walked to the back hall.

Pushing open the heavy door, lighting a candle in the dark, there was a little more light in the room. There was only a large cabinet in the empty room. Next to the cabinet was a huge shrine with ten tablets on it, even Old Lin himself was among them.

He wet the white cloth to take down the tablets, wiped them carefully and arranged them one by one. The two tablets in the front were clearly engraved: the position of the youngest son Lin Zhengren, and the position of the wife Hu. Although the wood is good, the engraving is not regular. You can tell at a glance that it was carved by Old Lin himself.

He took out three incense sticks from the cabinet, put them on the candlestick and lit them. White smoke rose, and the faint and elegant fragrance filled the whole room. This is not an ordinary fragrance, but a fragrance made by the royal family, which is the fragrance that the emperor offers to the Three Pure Ones.

He inserted the three incense sticks into the incense burner, poured three cups of wine on the ground, and muttered softly in his mouth. In the end, Old Lin's voice could no longer be heard, only intermittent sobs.

"My son, my wife, mother and father... Lin Shu is here to accompany you..."

After doing everything, Old Lin took the hot water that had been boiled long ago, poured it into the big basin, took off his clothes and walked in. Nourished by the misty hot air, he seemed to be decades younger, and his whole body was filled with the vigor that only youth can have.

After washing and drying his body, he took out the bronze mirror from the cabinet and combed his hair by the light of the fire. He combed it very carefully, not even leaving out a single hair, and combed it meticulously.

After combing his hair and shaving his beard, Lin Shu smiled and opened the lower layer of the cabinet. Inside was the funeral clothes he had prepared long ago. They were bright red with gold and silver threads interlaced on them, which made the thin Lin Shu look extremely solemn and even a little noble.

After putting on a new cloak, socks, and boots, and tidying up his appearance in front of the bronze mirror, he closed the cabinet, went out to pour water from the large basin, and walked forward lightly.

The leftovers on the table had been put away, and he put the book of housekeeper He together with the copied book, spread out the white paper, and wrote quickly. After a while, he put down his pen and stamped it, and put it in an envelope. He turned around and went to Old Man Chen's house, put the envelope and dozens of taels of silver on the table, and woke up Old Man Chen who was sleeping soundly.

"Brother, I'm going on a long trip. Please help me mail a letter. The reward and the letter are already on the table. Please, brother."

Before Old Man Chen agreed, Lin Shu had already pushed the door open and went out. Old Man Chen, who was half awake and half asleep, just nodded. He only remembered to mail the letter.

Back in front of the gate, Lin Shu looked at the courtyard reluctantly. The saplings planted that year have now grown into big trees.

"If the trees are like this, how can people bear it..."

Then he locked the gate and strode forward without lingering.

On the street, Mr. Qin and Mr. Qian had been waiting early. When they saw Lin Shu coming, they whispered.

"Let's go..."

"Let's go! Enter the palace and kill people!"