On the official road from Huaiping Plain to Jinsha County, the sea of trees and woodland on both sides of the road are now covered with withered yellow branches and leaves, covered with white snow, and are now all white.
A large number of snowflakes fell, and the roar of the wind was mixed with the muffled snorting of cattle and horses.
The sound was connected together, and it was like a strange tune, making this lonely official road a little more lively.
A rough count revealed that there were dozens of oxcarts, which was quite a lot of people.
The ox cart at the head was an armored ox, and the caravan flag hanging had the word Changping written on it.
Anyone who travels frequently will know that this caravan is the Changping Trading Company that has risen in recent times.
The power is not big, but it is not small either. There is a master in the trading house, and the reputation is also big.
Therefore, although it was founded not long ago, after completing several large orders, it has become a leader among medium-sized commercial banks in Huaiping City.
But no one knew that the Green Dragon Society was actually behind this new business.
Lin Mo came up with the idea of establishing holding small and medium-sized chambers of commerce behind the scenes.
In fact, it is also influenced by the past life.
This can form a monopoly to the greatest extent and is not easy to attract attention.
In recent times, the Qinglong Main Association has begun to shrink its power, but subsidiary chambers of commerce like Changping Trading Company are still expanding, weaving an intelligence network and strengthening various material channels.
As for this long convoy, in addition to most of the medicinal materials, ores and other resources that Lin Mo sent people to prepare for the Lin family, half of the convoy was composed of passers-by met on the way.
Nowadays, the wind and snow are mixed together, and the world is becoming more and more chaotic. When walking outside the city, they usually hug together to keep warm. As a result, ordinary mountain bandits will also feel fear.
Teams like Changping Trading Company with their brands on display are the most popular, after all, the signs are there.
Lin Mo's trip this time was under the pretense of being a wealthy young man who lived in Huaiping and hired a merchant to visit his relatives at the end of the year. He accepted a sum of money from the other party along the way and agreed to follow him.
Along the way, he also got to know the convoy.
It is considered a family car, but the owner is a rare woman. She has a graceful temperament and is very capable in her work. She is wearing a slightly tight and decent blue dress. She is obviously not young, but there is no wrinkle at all. She should be from a big family.
I also had a son and a daughter with me. The son was young, about six or seven years old, and the daughter was sixteen or seventeen years old.
The two groups met once at the beginning. The son and daughter were fair and tender, had not experienced any hard work, and were dressed in extraordinary clothes. They were wearing the fur clothes of mountain beasts in the Destiny Realm. They looked equally pampered.
Through simple communication, Lin Mo learned that the woman's surname was Cao and her given name was Cao Hong. Her natal family was in Huaiping, and she was just returning to her husband's house with her children during the Chinese New Year.
As for why he had been living in his parents' house years ago and why his children also had the surname Cao, Lin Mo didn't ask. After all, every family had scriptures that were difficult to recite. If they met by chance, there was no need to ask so many questions.
The only one who did some careful research was the family guard he brought.
The strongest one is a middle-aged man named Cao Sha, who is good at using a pair of meteor hammers and has surging energy and blood. He is probably half a master.
It behaves very dullly, like an old cow working silently in the field, giving people a sense of solidity and sophistication.
However, the hands full of scars and calluses and the handle of the meteor hammer that was almost swollen fully proved that it was indeed the biggest support for Cao Hong's family to travel thousands of miles.
In addition, there are ten minor bodyguard bosses in the destiny realm, as well as domestic servant guards in the physical realm.
These people are also servants of the Cao family, and they are at least two generations of family members. The whole family is in the Cao family. Although they are not strong, they can kill each other and are very reliable.
The armored ox carts crushed the broken snow into the ground, and the trees and scenery on both sides of the road passed quickly.
Lin Mo was sitting in an oxcart, with a small phoenix beast stove in front of him. The red charcoal fire released heat, with a faint fragrance of fruit and wood floating in the carriage.
There is also a tea seat on top, which is kept warm by the fire. The sound of beeping comes from the spout of the pot, and white steam comes out.
He wore a loose black robe that completely covered his burly figure, and his shawl-length hair was rarely tied up with a jade crown.
I have to say, with his angular face and pale skin, he does look like a rich young man.
Qingye sat opposite him, still holding the map scroll borrowed from Chadisi in his hand and looking at it carefully.
Yan Zhen was beside me, helping to sort through the atlas together, and he was very respectful.
He didn't need to come originally, but he and Qingye got along surprisingly well. Within a few days, the two of them became close friends, and they kept saying "Thus said the Buddha" every day.
Finally, when he learned that Lin Mo was taking Qingye away from Huaiping, he asked to go with him and help with the chores.
Lin Mo agreed when he saw that he really had no other intentions during this period and was practical in doing things.
I have to say that the combined efficiency of the two of them is indeed much higher.
In particular, this guy Yan Zhen once practiced in Black Buddhism and traveled to many places. With the atlas, he can provide supporting evidence.
But even so, I don’t know how long it will take to truly determine the location.
Lin Mo held up the milk tea made from Caoxian Rock Tea in his heart, took a sip and looked out the window.
Through the special one-way curtain, you can see the slightly larger snowflakes outside the car.
It fell down freely, accumulating thicker and thicker, making the sound of the rolling wheels of cattle and horses becoming more and more dull.
If it gets bigger, it will probably become a snow disaster.
Da da da.
At this time, there was a knock on the car door.
"Master Lin."
Yan Zhen consciously opened the door.
Outside the door is a maid wrapped in a snow-white coat. Her body is tightly wrapped. She has willow eyebrows and crescent eyes. She is considered to be of average beauty.
After a while, the door closed.
Yan Zhen came over with an exquisite food box with a faint smile on his face.
"Here, Master Lin, I gave it to you."
"Leave it there."
Lin Mo's expression remained unchanged and he said casually, still sipping the milk tea without looking back.
Cao Hong has already given a lot of small foods and gifts like this.
To be precise, after he saw Lin Mo's extraordinary appearance, the large scale of the Changping firm he employed, and the fact that he accidentally learned that he was not married, he showed a lot of goodwill.
After all, sending an experienced half-step master like Cao is already counted among everyone.
Lin Mo, on the other hand, was short of two and a half masters in the trading firm he hired. In addition, he had many talented people, so he naturally seemed to have an extraordinary background.
In other words, in these troubled times, he belongs to the first-class rich and handsome people.
Therefore, it is normal for Cao Hong to regard him as a potential son-in-law.
But Lin Mo naturally didn't care about this, he just stretched out his hand so as not to hit the smiling man.
"Actually, adults should consider marriage." Yan Zhen said casually while eating the exquisite snacks in the food box.
"Let's talk about it." Lin Mo turned around, picked up the teapot on the stove, and poured some more milk tea. This milk tea, which is brewed from rock tea and high-quality milk, has a somewhat similar taste to the Assam milk tea in the previous life.
Drink it warm for a better taste.
"There is actually no conflict between having a family and a career. If warriors like us only know how to practice, we may regret many things as time goes by."
After Yan Zhen finished eating, he clapped his hands and said with a smile.
Although he was smiling, his tone was much lower.
Lin Mo was silent for a while, holding tea in both hands, feeling a little complicated.
When he first came to this world, he encountered a series of events, including drastic changes in his family and the attack of powerful enemies. Because of his weak strength and in order to avoid possible tragic results, he rejected all starts, good or bad.
But now, he is about to break through the Grandmaster, and his combat power is even stronger than that of the Grandmaster. Does he need to think about these trivial matters as Yan Zhen said?
Lin Duan picked up the milk tea and continued drinking it, as if he didn't hear Yan Zhen's emotion.
But my mind slowly fell into memories.
Among them are the blushes of secret love in the past life, the stirrings in the heart of this world, and the casual questions from Father and Mother Lin in the past days.
At this time, outside the Huaiping Plain, there was a hill.
The hills are not high and are formed by camels, so they are also called humps. They are not dense forests. As the snowflakes fall, the migrating birds flying south make a cry across the sky.
Two figures, one tall and one short, stood on the top of the mountain, letting the biting cold wind carry snowflakes and fall on them.
Among them was a tall and tall man with an eagle nose and tiger eyes, a wide mouth with yellow teeth, a black tattoo on his bald head, and a thick chain ball in his hand.
Even in the cold wind, he only wore a monk's robe. The open lapel revealed strong muscles and contoured lines, showing a sense of strength.
"The intelligence came in. The person who killed Zhao Dongze was the newly promoted abbot of Qingliang Temple of Lingtai Sect. His name was Lin Mo. He inherited the mighty Tianlong method. He had great strength and amazing fighting power. This person should be from the Lingtai lineage of Lingtai Sect.
The Way."
The short man on the other side said softly.
In fact, the man cannot be said to be short. He is about 1.7 meters tall, which is considered normal among ordinary people, but compared with the bald man, he looks short.
He has red hair, a red crescent mark between his eyebrows, and an ordinary figure. He really looks like an ordinary person.
"Yuan Zhu." After saying this, the red-haired man turned his head and looked at the bald man,
"No matter what method he uses, in short, the master of Qingliang Temple should have the strength of a great master. Are you sure you can handle it?"
The bald man gently pulled the iron chain in his hand, bending it straight, nodded, shook his head, and said in a hoarse voice:
"I can kill Zhao Dongze. Actually, I don't believe that he didn't use any means, but that's not really important. Our goal is not to kill this genius, but to get rid of that Qingye, isn't it?"
The red-haired man did not speak and remained silent.
Yuan Shu is right.
As far as he knew, Lin Mo didn't seem to have surpassed the level of a grandmaster. He was able to cross the border and kill the grandmaster. As for the grandmaster... In fact, he probably borrowed some wonderful means.
Such a method may be a super hidden weapon, it may be an extinct poison, or it may even be the secret hand of a big boss. If you are not prepared, it is really easy to overturn.
But as long as you're careful and cautious, it's actually not a big deal.
And their purpose was indeed not to kill Lin Mo. After all, the Black Buddhism was so powerful that it had not grown enough to confront the Lingtai Sect.
Just need to silence him.
"It's hard to guarantee that he still has that kind of method, otherwise he wouldn't dare to go out with that green leaf, and he might even be fishing. You have to be careful." The red-haired man warned in a low voice.
"What you said makes sense, but we have checked in advance and found that none of the elders from Lingxi Villa have left Huaiping. Since the Grand Master has not moved, what difference does it make if there are more Grand Masters?
The gap between Grand Master and Grand Master, no matter how many people there are, what will it matter?" Yuan Shu shook his head and said calmly.
Such a tone sounds very arrogant and arrogant to outsiders who don't know the truth.
But it seemed to him that he was used to it.
Because the difference between a Grandmaster and a Great Grandmaster is indeed a matter of clouds and mud.
"And don't worry, I'll beat that Qingye to death and then leave, without giving him time to take effect."
He said seriously.
"The matter of leisure time is very important to the Buddha. If it can be accomplished, there will definitely be gifts from there. The Buddha will also take the opportunity to select the eighteen protectors. Maybe we can be among them through this incident." Hong.
The man said softly.
After hearing a few words in the man's language, Yuan Shu's eyes seemed to light up.
"Free time, gifts, eighteen protectors..." he murmured repeatedly.
"If I can really join the new round of Eighteen Protectors through this, maybe I can take advantage of this opportunity to transform myself again and get closer to Black Buddha Monika."
A look of hope appeared on his face, and the black lines on his head gave off a misty luster.
"This is the truly great sutra that can be sought to save people from suffering in the world."
The red-haired man stopped talking and just said, "The black Buddha is above, and Manija is in front."
After all these years, some of the first batch of eighteen guardians died, some were crippled, but those who survived have become the best figures in the sect.
It can be said that the position of protector is the fastest promotion step in black Buddhism, and everyone hopes for it.
"Black Buddha Monika will bless you, and I'm waiting for your good news." The red-haired man bowed and smiled.
After saying this, he tiptoed a little, and his body immediately fell backwards and fell into the cliff.
Hula.
The migrating birds in the sky were frightened, disrupted their formation, and fled in all directions.
A red mist appeared in the sky, invading all around like a tide, and instantly turned into a stream of light, flying into the distance.
Now that the leisure spot is about to open there, he needs to arrange it in advance.
Yuan Shu wanted to become a new round of Eighteen Dharma Protectors, and he naturally wanted to do the same.
In the end, the original beam that stayed in place glanced at the red light that was disappearing, and then looked away.
He wrapped the chain in his hand around his right hand, clasped his hands together, and made a Buddhist salute to the west.
"Heavenly Buddha Manija, please bless Yuan Shu for a smooth trip."
The hoarse voice was filled with sincerity.
boom!
The next moment, the rocks beneath his feet instantly shattered.
There was an explosion of air, and Yuan Shu jumped off the cliff and sprinted towards the foot of the mountain.
Wow.
Countless birds started up, and the sound like a bomb became louder and louder.
He stayed in Huaiping for too long and desperately wanted to return to his companions.
Only in front of them, who were also seekers of the truth, could he have the courage to face this dirty world.
But before that, he needs to complete the test given to him by Black Buddha Manicha.
He was neither timid nor complaining.
I just wish the ordeal would be more painful and real.
Because only in this way can he truly fall into the arms of Black Buddha Maniga.