In the twelfth month of the forty-seventh year of Qi Guang's reign in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Lin family of Lin Yi Lin stole the public land Lingyuan. The letter was leaked, and the county town was filled with anger and shame. At that time, dark clouds rolled over the city like ink, and a dragon rose in the sky.
Seeing that the sky was dark and the ground was dark, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, shaking the mountains, uprooting the trees and building houses, and amidst the roar of the dragon, the Lin family fled.
The smooth tip of the hair gently touched the last stroke. With a big hand, he took off the seal that belonged to Linyu County and tapped it heavily.
"Sir, what do you think?"
The middle-aged man with white temples carefully blew on the ink that had not yet dried, and then handed the county magistrate to Zhou Daowei, who was sitting in front of the window wearing a black shirt.
At this time, Zhou Daowei's face was no longer as calm as before. He had a white scarf tied on his right arm and was half leaning against the window with a dull expression.
After hearing the call, he took the county magistrate, glanced at it, and nodded.
"Just seal it up."
"yes."
The middle-aged man nodded heavily in response.
When he was young, he was a student of Wangjing Prefecture School, and now serves as the branch editor of Linyu County.
"Sir, it's time to hit the road!"
At this time, a strong voice came from outside the hospital.
He subconsciously looked out the window.
Outside the house stood two burly sergeants wearing black paint armor, with a silver tiger head on their left shoulder.
All of them had solemn expressions on their faces, and the snow was falling from the sky. It turned into white air before it even got on their bodies. It looked like they were successful in martial arts.
Zhou Daowei by the window nodded slightly when he heard the sound, turned over and jumped to the window, straightened his clothes and walked forward slowly, with a calm expression.
The leading sergeant looked at Zhou Daowei with a complicated expression, hesitated for a while, and said softly:
"Wen Dutong and the others are buried today. Do you need to go and see them?"
Zhou Daowei froze, took a deep breath, subconsciously glanced at the left arm tied with a white scarf, found that it was a little loose, carefully pulled it, tied it tightly, and then shook his head:
"How can I see Brother Wen face to face?... Maybe next time."
After that, walk out of the courtyard first.
As soon as I stepped out, I found that there were sergeants of Zhou Shengjun with white scarves on their hands standing outside the courtyard, and there was a crowd of people.
Everyone was silent and had their heads lowered, but when they heard the footsteps, they all looked over.
Zhou Daowei's expression remained normal, he nodded and walked out as usual.
The crowd automatically separated into a lane.
"Congratulations to the capital!"
I don’t know who among the crowd roared first.
"Congratulations to the capital!"
"Congratulations to the capital!"
The sounds came and went, like thunder.
Zhou Daowei was startled, stopped and waved, but didn't seem to look back.
The three of them left the city, but the journey was more lively than ever. The people were all talking about the subsidy decree for farmland that would be implemented in the near future. Even the falling snow from the sky could not remove the red glow on their faces.
Out of town.
Zhou Daowei turned his head and looked to the north of Lin Yucheng, where the commemorative monument is convenient.
There are now hundreds of graves there, where the father, son, or husband of someone is buried.
All died because of him.
"Those who bring peace to troubled times are the same people who croak like cocks and dogs and robbers."
He suddenly smiled, then looked solemn, untied the hem of his clothes, bowed deeply in his direction, stood up after three breaths, and strode towards Huaiping.
Walk firmly, without any hesitation.
At this time, there was a Lin stronghold from Lin Yi Township to Dayan Mountain.
Lin Junhao sat silently at the door, holding his head in his hands, his eyes dull.
Creak, the door suddenly opened.
A tall and burly man walked out.
"Brother,... have you mastered it?"
Lin Junhao's eyes suddenly became brighter, and he suddenly came to life. He jumped up from the ground and rushed forward to meet him.
The man nodded, turned his hand, and took out a jade bottle.
The burly man is naturally Lin Mo.
It has been three days since Lin laid siege to the city.
That day, after Lin Mo left the battlefield in Lin Junyang's giant eagle, he met up with Lin Fang and others who walked out of the back door, and left the city together.
I thought there would be a lot of obstacles, but I found that there was only a group of Zhou Shengjun stationed at the North City Gate, which was almost useless.
After leaving the city, they discovered that there was a chaotic battle outside the city, with the sound of fighting, blood and sword shadows flying, and almost corpses strewn across the field.
There are two forces, one is Zhou Shengjun, a coalition composed of other major forces in the city,
The other party turned out to be Lin.
The Lin family only had the strength of one clan, and there was a huge gap in both the number of people and the quality of their masters. Naturally, they were beaten without any power to fight back and could only retreat steadily.
In desperation, Lin Mo could only transform into a green dragon to stop him.
Fortunately, the old Jiao who made trouble at the Taihuai River years ago still made a big name even if he was captured alive. Lin Mo, in the form of a dragon, created huge chaos just by appearing, and could hardly cover everyone's departure.
Then a group of people, including the wounded, covered up their tracks and headed towards Dayan Mountain.
Lin Junhao was sent back by Ye's people the next day.
After he came back, he found out that Lin Yuantian had killed Lin Yu in a rage because of them. Now he was unconscious and looked like this depressed person.
However, Lin Mo, who originally planned to scold him, had no idea.
The two of them walked to Datongpu.
This stronghold was built by my second uncle Lin Yuangao when he was doing business in the early years. It was originally a cunning rabbit's three caves, just in case. Although it was repaired regularly and food was replenished, it was never expected to accommodate so many people at once.
For a while, it seemed very crowded.
Along the way, Lin Mo distributed medicine one by one, checked injuries, and dealt with the situation.
A total of more than a thousand people from the Lin family had gone before, but now there were only more than 600 people, almost half of them were lost, and the head of the family, Lin Yuantian, had never woken up.
The person with the highest status now is Lin Yuanqiao from the second room.
After about half an hour, I finally finished checking it.
Lin Mo walked to the innermost corner of Datong Pu and sat down next to Lin Yuanqiao.
At this time, he was smoking a cigarette, half of his strong body was wrapped in gauze, and the smoke was filled with smoke for a while.
The two faced each other, and after a long silence, Lin Yuanqiao raised his head and handed over a cigarette:
"Taste it?"
Lin Mo was startled, but did not refuse. He took the cigarette, lit it, and took a deep breath.
I heard that this cigarette is mainly made from a plant called Wuhuan, which is somewhat similar to the tobacco from the previous life, but the taste is not as strong.
"How's everyone doing?"
Lin Yuanqiao was the first to speak.
"It's almost all good, just uncle..." Lin Mo responded calmly, but speaking very softly.
"You are still good at making medicine! I originally thought that there might be hundreds of brothers lost on this road. Fortunately, I have you, cough cough." Lin Yuanqiao suddenly laughed, a little wider, as if he had pulled a wound, and he coughed a few times.
sentence.
Lin Mo didn't answer and was silent for two breaths before raising his head and saying:
"I have troubled so many clan members this time, and I... feel guilty."
Among them, many of them had only met once at the clan meeting, and many more had never met him before, and even their names were unknown when they fell in the wilderness outside Lin Yu City.
It was precisely this group of people who fought all the way from Lin Yixiang to Lin Yu, which made him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.
When Lin Yuanqiao heard this, he frowned and replied:
"Why, the old man is still being pretentious?"
"Even if we didn't come and abandoned you, do you think Lin will be fine?"
His voice became louder, and some people in Datong Shop turned their heads.
"Old man, there is no news. Now that people have made it clear that we, the Lin family, are being treated as soft persimmons and used to scare chickens and monkeys, do you think you can run away?
Once we show our cowardice this time, it will immediately appear that we are weak and can be bullied, and sooner or later we will be stabbed. Instead, it is better to take the lead, advance directly, and scare away the onlookers for three hundred miles with this recklessness!"
Lin Mo was startled, somewhat understanding why he spoke so loudly, and nodded with a complicated expression.
"Don't worry, the Lin family has gone through great storms and waves over the years, and it won't collapse!"
Lin Yuanqiao took a deep breath from the cigarette and smiled, "But you guys will have a heavy burden on your shoulders later on, hehe, especially you! You can fight and make medicine, so you have to work hard!"
"That's right! I also think it's just that your Uncle Meng is about to break through and establish his destiny, so he needs some Blood Spirit Powder."
At this time, a tall man with a beard in the distance suddenly shouted.
"Mengzi, you are in such a hurry! My qi and blood have already condensed enough, and I am about to nourish the five internal organs. I am in need of a pair of Fuxu and Yishang Decoction. I am here first!"
The speaker was a burly, bald man.
"Haha, Xiaolei, your brother Guang has nourished the five internal organs and is now harmonizing the six internal organs. Who do you want to go first?"
Lin Yuanguang, who was lying on the side, laughed and joined in the fun.
"They are all there, haha." Lin Mo responded one by one with a smile.
During this period of time, Lin Mo became very familiar with them, and they were able to make a lot of jokes.
For a time, the solemn atmosphere in Datong Shop was gone, and everyone's faces were no longer as depressed as they were at the beginning.
After being in a coma for three days, Lin Yuantian finally woke up.
After being fed some water by Lin Junhao and drinking the supplementary blood soup, my complexion became better.
"Hao'er, go out, call Jun Mo, and ask Jun Mo to come in."
Lin Yuantian said to Lin Junhao.
"Okay." Lin Junhao wanted to say something, but looking at the expressionless Lin Yuantian, he finally nodded.
He closed the door and shouted to Lin Mo, who was still talking to Lin Yuanqiao:
"Jun Mo, my father is looking for you."
indoor.
Lin Yuantian leaned on the bedside and looked at Lin Mo. He didn't speak immediately. After about four or five breaths, he smiled, and a bright red appeared on his chapped lips:
"I've heard about what's going on in the city. Your temperament is very similar to that of your father... You are a man and can shoulder heavy responsibilities."
Lin Mo took a deep breath and said slowly: "Uncle...you have worked hard."
Lin Yuantian didn't answer immediately, just shook his head, looked at the beams, and said in a steady tone:
"My and your father's generation actually had a harder time than everyone else.
I still remember that when we competed with Dingjiazhuang, it was really a bare-knuckle fight. It was a real blow to the head, and the head was dizzy, and the blood flowed non-stop.
But, he didn't dare to fall down, because falling would mean losing, and losing would mean that most of the people in Zhuangzi would be hungry.
Later, your grandpa was so powerful that he got the inheritance and his fists became stronger. Every time he went into the mountains, he always came back carrying a big tiger.
During those days, I really ate all my life's meat, and Zhuangzi didn't lack for anything. Your father, your uncles and I, after practicing martial arts every day, we would go to the mountains to catch birds and fish, haha."
Lin Mo listened quietly and looked at Lin Yuantian who was lost in reminiscence.
"Later, when Zhuangzi became stronger, he naturally wanted to go outside.
The place chosen was Lin Yi. At that time, there was a family here. What was it called? The Sun family? Yes, it was the Sun family.
When I came here, I felt that there were a lot of things to do. Card halls, troupes, and Goulanzi were all a world of entertainment, so we had a lot of fun."
When Lin Yuantian said this, he suddenly paused.
"Just one day, news suddenly came that the clan's store was raided, and the third uncle in charge, your third uncle, was beaten to death on the street."
Speaking of this, Lin Yuantian's tone became sighing.
"There is less time to play and less time to see your grandfather. Your second uncle is now in charge. Zhuangzi often mourns in vain.
Only then did I find out that we were fighting with the Sun family, and the young men from the village kept coming over from the old house. We, the younger generation, also helped to look after the store and make deliveries.
Later, there were fewer and fewer old people in the clan, and we gradually became the ones in charge, and later it was your grandfather who took charge..."
"What about the second grandpa? Where did he go?"
Lin Mo suddenly thought that in the past month since Lin's visit, he seemed to have never heard of the second uncle, so he asked directly.
"He should have died! Ahem."
Lin Yuantian coughed a few times.
"Your grandfather has made a breakthrough in cultivation, and the Sun family has jumped over the wall, trying to catch us juniors.
In order to protect us, your second grandfather was surrounded and beaten by a group of people. He persisted for about a cup of tea. When your grandfather and others came, he received dozens of stabs on his body. His stone skin turned into blood skin and his bones were broken.
.”
Lin Mo was speechless and just took a deep breath.
"...I remember that he was still smiling at us when he closed his eyes, and when he died, he was not calling his son, your Uncle Yuanqiao, but me."
Lin Yuantian's eyes turned red and he continued to narrate:
"I still remember him holding my hand and smiling with blood on his face,
He said that the boss of our family is so powerful that he will suppress them all his life, and the younger ones will also oppress them all their lives. He said... Linjiazhuang can't live without the boss now, and he can't live without you later either.
Damn it, I was stupid at that time. Your second grandfather was pressed down and beaten because he took a hit for us.
Damn it, and your second grandfather dislikes me the most, because I am always more powerful than his son, and I usually speak very arrogantly. I often bully him, but in the end, his eyes were so wide that he didn’t say a word to your Uncle Yuanqiao.
.”
Lin Yuantian's voice did not change at all, it was still thick and hoarse, but his eyes began to fall continuously.
"Mo'er, do you know what a family is?"
Lin Yuantian looked at Lin Mo with red eyes, and his voice became hoarse,
"It means watching the young men in the clan grow up, and then watching the old men grow old and hand over the heavy burdens on their shoulders. It is inheritance, responsibility, and successors."
Lin Mo nodded and said nothing.
Lin Yuantian felt a little tired after talking so much and closed his eyes.
Lin Mo stood up, took a deep look at Lin Yuantian, turned around and walked out of the house.
"Don't worry, I will rest for a while. Now Linjiazhuang can't live without me, I...can't die.
But... I can’t live without you later.”
Lin Yuantian said with a smile, joking.
"I know, Uncle."
"Um."
In the dimly lit room, Lin Mo looked at Lin Yuantian on the bed. His expression was still the same as before, but his brows were deeply furrowed.