In the winter of the 19th year of Tianyou in the Kingdom of Chu, the wife of Prime Minister Lin Lushan, Du Dan, passed away at the age of thirty-six. Prime Minister Lin fainted from grief and could not get up to entertain guests. All internal and external affairs were handled by his sworn brother Wu Jie and his wife's brother Du Dan.
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His son Lin Xiao was twelve years old. Although he was shorter than ordinary children, he was extremely intelligent. He accompanied his two uncles to organize his mother's funeral in an orderly manner. When the visitors saw him, they were all amazed and praised his youthful maturity. Prime Minister Lin
There are people who will succeed you.
"What does it mean to be young and mature... I just inherited some wisdom from my mother." In the evening, after the mourners gradually dispersed, there were only three uncles and nephews left in the mourning hall. Lin Xiao was always polite and courteous.
His little face suddenly collapsed, he rubbed his eyes that were already red from crying, and sat next to his mother's body and sighed.
Wu Jie and Du Yu were not surprised by this. This child was half human and half demon, and his origin was very unusual. Dan'er had practiced for more than four hundred years, and most of his essence was given to his son, plus he inherited it from Lin Lushan.
A lot of culture, Lin Xiao is smart and mature to this extent.
Also very reasonable.
"I just didn't expect that Dan'er passed away so early..." Du Yu sighed. "After my father got the news, he sighed and said that he was afraid that he would kill his daughter. Otherwise, how could his two daughters, both of whom were capable, fail to do so?
They all died in front of him..."
"My uncle is old and has some random thoughts. What does this have to do with him? The marriage between humans and monsters is against the laws of heaven. My mother already knew that she would not live long. If it hadn't been for the third uncle to find ways to use all kinds of elixirs to extend his life.
, I'm afraid she has passed away a long time ago." Lin Xiao, who was sobbing again, shook his head and spoke not like a child at all, "If you want to blame, I can only blame my father for being too outstanding; I blame my son for sucking her vitality... and my uncle.
It’s irrelevant!”
Of course, Du Yu knew these things a long time ago. Neither Wu Jie nor Lin Lushan and his wife ever hid anything from him.
The three of them sighed again. Wu Jie went to visit Lin Lushan and used magic to replenish his vitality. Lin Lushan was a person with great luck. Once he got sick, ordinary magic would be difficult to work.
The so-called "catastrophe" is the backlash of luck, and he can only get through it by himself since he doesn't have much use for magic, medicine, and stones.
Fortunately, Lin Lushan finally got through it, and when the funeral was held three days later, he was able to get up. Although his body was worryingly thin, under the protection of Wu Jie's magic, he still completed the funeral well.
Dan'er's funeral was very solemn. As a first-class wife, she was ranked among the top twenty most respected women in the country. Lin Lushan, on the other hand, was the highest-status and most respected among the ministers of the Chu Kingdom.
His Majesty's most important person is as if one person is worth more than ten thousand people. Although he is not in tune with the mainstream of the court, he still has a group of supporters. Combined with his extraordinary literary talent, he is the most famous talent in the Seven Kingdoms of Kyushu, and he has won many awards.
A lot of public support.
From the time when the coffin was carried to the burial in the suburbs, there was an endless stream of people paying their respects. By the time of the final burial, there were at least several hundred people who came to pay their respects.
But although there were many visitors, few were really sad. When they returned to the city, several restaurants on the road were singing and playing, looking very happy.
"This must be my father's political enemy, seizing the opportunity to make you angry!" Lin Xiao clenched his fists tightly and made a gurgling sound from his mouth, obviously gritting his teeth in anger, "Father can't be so angry by these villains.
Body!"
"I know, they wish I would be so angry right now." Lin Lushan smiled faintly, but there was no smile in his eyes. They were all sad. "Over the years, I have done all kinds of things from the household department to the prime minister.
, most of them are in trouble with them. Even though they are polite on the surface, I don’t know how many times they have cursed me behind my back. They even seize the opportunity to make me sick... I’m used to it, I’m used to it.”
He spoke in an understatement, but the desolation in his words could not be concealed.
Ever since the Xiong Hao Rebellion, the imperial court has been dominated by those mediocre and greedy people. What's worse is that all the imperial students who would have become the country's elite have also died for the country. The transition between the old and the new has been almost ten years - ten years.
The time has been enough for those people to develop a huge network of relationships and closely integrate the imperial court and local governments, which not only makes it difficult to effectively implement the various orders of the imperial court, but also makes it difficult for the land of integrity and integrity to get enough room for improvement.
His Majesty the Emperor is naturally worried about this, but he is not a genius. Without daring to wield the butcher's knife, he really has no good way to deal with these people. He can only try to rely on a small group of honest officials headed by Lin Lushan.
However, his weakness only fueled the courage of the ministers, making them more and more daring to use various ghost methods to hold back Lin Lushan and the others, which also prevented Qingliu from developing his power.
After all, officials have families, often many relatives and friends, and many interests that they must care about. The power of those little people has long been intertwined. Even if they cannot affect the Qingliu officials themselves, they can affect those they must care about.
people.
Under such pressure, many people gradually gave up. Old ministers such as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, etc., hung up their titles and retired, while more and more young officials joined their ranks. Only Lin Lushan still led the Qingliu people to persevere.
Now everyone knows that the reason why Da Chu State can still maintain stability and barely enjoy a prosperous period is because of the hard support of Lin Lushan and others in the court, and financially because of the continuous support of the prosperous Zhaoyang County.
National blood transfusion.
"The Xiong family is really lucky. Seeing that the country is in danger, it relies on the Wu and Lin families to support it!" Many countries say this.
But everyone knows that Lin Lushan cannot live forever, nor can the people of Zhaoyang County continue to donate blood to the country forever.
How long can the prosperous scene in front of us last?
Wu Jie knew that it probably wouldn't be more than ten years ago.
He is thirty-nine years old this year. According to the divination results of the immortals, around the time he turns fifty, a severe drought will sweep across Kyushu. By then, Zhaoyang County will be very difficult to maintain its own prosperity, let alone continue to contribute to the country.
Got a blood transfusion.
And Lin Lushan's longevity was only around fifty years old. Probably early in the morning, this sworn brother who had been working hard to support the country would come to the end of his life.
He was certain that Lin Lushan would shine brightly in history and be famous throughout the ages as a virtuous minister and talented scholar. But he doubted whether the person who compiled Lin Lushan's biography would be a historian from the Great Chu State? Or someone from the next dynasty?
He vaguely revealed these words, but Lin Lushan was not panicked. He remained calm and diligent as usual.
"Everyone is destined to die. What's so scary about death? Since you haven't died yet, you should do more for the country and the people." He said, "A person's life should be like a candle at night. Since it can still be ignited, then
It must shine and generate heat, so that when it goes out, there will be no regrets.”
"Third brother, there are eight words in the poems you taught me that I like very much." He smiled and said softly, "I will devote myself to it until I die."
Wu Jie did not want to object to his adopted brother's decision. However, he decided to accept Lin Xiao as his disciple and take the child with him to teach him.
Lin Xiaonai is half human and half demon, and has many strange things. When Dan'er was alive, she and Zhu Huai were watching over her, and all kinds of visions were covered up. But now that Dan'er is dead, Zhu Huai has also drifted away.
.If he stays with Lin Lushan any longer, I'm afraid it will be easy for others to figure out the clues.
Following Wu Jie, people coming and going were all immortals, so Lin Xiao's strangeness was nothing.
"But if I'm not here, wouldn't my father be even more deserted by himself?" Lin Xiao asked worriedly.
"I'm not deserted." Lin Lushan said with a smile, "There are many servants in the house, and I have many like-minded colleagues. How can I be deserted?"
So when Wu Jie left Changning City, he took his third disciple Lin Xiao with him.
At the same time, he left his second apprentice Qin Jing and Qin Mianzhi in the Lin Mansion.
Qin Jing is already an innate master. Although his martial arts skills are not as good as Qiao Feng's, his martial arts experience is much greater than that of his senior brother. With him protecting Lin Lushan, Wu Jie can rest assured.
After returning to Zhaoyang County, Wu Jie was preparing to choose an auspicious day to formally accept Lin Xiao as a disciple, but he received an urgent message from the master's sect.
There is a strange phenomenon appearing in the northern ice field. Quickly take several Lian Gang junior brothers to investigate!
