Lin Yang sat in front of Lin Siyuan's grave for a whole day and night, and then returned to the small courtyard in the col until he finished speaking all his thoughts.
"Brother Yang, are you there?"
Not long after Lin Yang returned to the courtyard, he heard the clear voice of a woman shouting outside the door.
"Why are you here?" Lin Yang opened the door and walked out, looking coldly at the graceful and beautiful woman in front of him. She was Lin Yuqing.
Under Lin Yang's cold gaze, Lin Yuqing's face turned red with shame. She lowered her head, not daring to look Lin Yang in the eye.
"The courtyard here is so tidy, was it you who did it?" Lin Yang knew that Lin Yuqing could find this place, and he must have suspected that the black-bearded man from before was him. However, Lin Yang was unwilling to admit it. He no longer hated or blamed Lin Yuqing, but he did not want to have anything more to do with her.
"No, it's not me." Lin Yuqing waved his hands repeatedly and explained quickly: "It's someone else. He lived here for a while, and I also stayed here for a few days. He and I, me and him, he saved me, Let me be here..."
Lin Yuqing was a little incoherent. Lin Yang's attitude and reaction made the rhetoric she had rehearsed countless times useless.
"You don't need to explain so much to me. Since you didn't clean up the courtyard, I don't need to thank you. Is there anything wrong with you coming here? If you have anything, please tell me quickly. If nothing happens, please leave quickly." Lin Yang's voice was cold. Han Bing didn't have any sympathy for the shameful, fragile and beautiful woman in front of him, and he had the attitude of destroying the flower with his ruthless hands.
"Brother Yang, I made a mistake before. I came here today to apologize to you..." Lin Yuqing mustered up the courage to apologize to Lin Yang.
"There's no need to apologize. The matter is over and what should have happened has happened. What's the use of apologizing?" Lin Yang responded coldly.
"Brother Yang, I really had no choice at the time. My grandfather was greedy for the family's money. Lin Tianfang and Lin Lang used this to blackmail me. You should know very well that if they handed my grandfather over, he would not only be expelled from the family, but also be expelled from the family. I still have to bear a hundred French sticks. My grandfather is old and frail. Not to mention a hundred French sticks, he can't even bear ten sticks. I have been an orphan since I was a child, and my grandfather adopted me. I How can you watch him die?" Lin Yuqing told the reason why he framed Lin Yang back then.
Lin Yang knew that Lin Yuqing did not lie. Lin Yuqing is an orphan. Lin Sinan, the lonely old man of the Lin family, adopted her. Lin Sinan likes to take advantage of others. He is in charge of the accounts of a villa owned by the Lin family. It is very possible for him to steal the family's money.
"Lin Yuqing, the past is in the past. I have let go. Let it go too. You don't need to apologize to me. If you came here for this matter, then please go back. There is no need." Lin Yang made a farewell gesture. .
Lin Yuqing bit her lip, her beautiful big eyes filled with tears.
"Also, you can just call me Lin Yang from now on. Brother Yang? I can't bear it!" After saying that, Lin Yang turned around and walked slowly into the courtyard.
"I know that you were the one who saved me earlier! You don't have to pretend to be so vicious. I never expect to be forgiven by you. I just want you to know the truth. I want you to know that I am here all the time these days. Regret and guilt." When Lin Yuqing said this, tears finally flowed down uncontrollably. She suddenly raised her voice: "Lin Lang asked me to frame you. I actually really hope that you really have evil thoughts about me, but you No, you never did. No matter how I hinted to you, you only regarded me as a sister. You never considered my feelings at all, you never..."
When Lin Yuqing said this, she covered her face and cried, then suddenly turned around and ran away, crying loudly.
Lin Yang stood there blankly, with mixed feelings in his heart. Finally, he let out a long sigh and slowly closed the courtyard door.
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As the morning sun beat under the old elm tree, Lin Yang finished his morning practice and was about to start implementing his alchemy plan.
Dong-dong-dong, there was a knock on the courtyard door.
Lin Yang showed a trace of displeasure on his face. The only people who could come here were members of the Lin family. Moreover, Lin Yang could tell that there were quite a few people outside.
Lin Yang didn't want to open the door or see anyone from the Lin family, but the thumping sound started again.
"If there is nothing urgent, just go back and forth wherever you go, and don't bother me again in the future. If there is something urgent, please wait for me for an hour." Lin Yang said this, making it clear that he did not want to see the Lin family. people.
Lin Yang didn't care about the reaction of the Lin family outside the door. He sat down with his back against the old elm tree and sunk his mind into the crazy blood beads. The plan to refine Yuanji Dan was already on the agenda. He had to go Look at the condition of the water drop grass. This is a key element in refining the Yuan Ji Dan. There cannot be any mistakes.
In the Crazy Blood Bead, the Nether Cat occupies a large area of grassland and runs around like crazy. The two Frightening Beasts live in the woods in the Crazy Blood Bead, fighting and playing with each other.
At the junction of the forest and the grassland, next to the river, Lin Yang designated a forbidden area, which was his warehouse and medicine garden. No matter how crazy and noisy the Nether Cat and the Frightening Beast are, they will never dare to enter this forbidden area.
Lin Yang's so-called warehouse is just a slightly flat open space, where Yuan stones, elixirs, black steel crossbows and other items are piled randomly. As for the medicine garden, they only planted a few things, including a yellow leaf plant, a piece of water drop grass, several clusters of red tears, and the unknown seed obtained from Huang Liuyuan.
Because Huangqiao and Waterdrop Grass were nourished by the essence of the earth, even though they were planted in Kuangxue Beads, which had almost no aura of heaven and earth, they were growing gratifyingly. Waterdrop Grass, in particular, had a tendency to multiply and develop. Lin Yang made a rough estimate. , this piece of water drop grass should be able to refine more than 500 copies of Yuanji Dan, which is still slightly short of 800. So, he gritted his teeth and poured two more drops of water drop grass into the piece of water drop grass. Lin Yang had spent a lot of money for the Five Patterns Yuan Ji Dan.
As for the red tears, they were used to dry the water and then light them. Lin Yang had no hope of planting them alive, so he just planted them casually by the river without wasting any spiritual essence on them. However, what surprised Lin Yang was that the vitality of Hongyan Tears was quite strong, and they survived tenaciously without any damage. This is definitely an unexpected surprise for Lin Yang.
In the end, there was only that unknown seed in the medicine garden. Even though it was dripped with the essence of the earth, it was still buried deep in the soil without any change, let alone sprouting and taking root. Fortunately, Lin Yang didn't expect much from it. After all, Lin Yang still didn't understand what it was.
After inspecting the warehouse and medicine garden, Lin Yang teased the ghost cat for a while before withdrawing his mind from the crazy blood bead.
It was quiet outside the courtyard, but Lin Yang could sense that the person outside the door had not left.
Lin Yang was a little surprised. He didn't expect the group of people outside the door to be so patient. However, since he had agreed on an hour, he would never give a half-cent discount. Seeing that there was still some time before the hour, he half-lyed down leaning against the old elm tree, with the sun shining on his face, making it warm and comfortable.
Boom, boom, boom, just after an hour, a knock on the door rang on time.
"Lin Yang, one hour is up, please open the door." A voice came from outside the door, it was Lin Zhengtao.
Lin Zhengtao is one of the few people in the Lin family that Lin Yang likes, so when he comes to call the door, Lin Yang will naturally give him some sympathy.
Lin Yang slowly opened the door to the courtyard and saw Lin Tianhao and the elders of the Lin family. Now everyone who could speak to the Lin family was standing outside the door of the courtyard.
"Lin Yang, we are here today to implore you to return to the family. As long as you are willing to return to the family, no matter what conditions you put forward, we will agree to you!" Lin Tianhao looked at Lin Yang with hope, and other family elders also They all nodded.
"I already said, I'm not interested." Lin Yang responded coldly.
"Lin Yang, I know that we did something wrong in the first place. I can summon the whole family and apologize to you in front of them. I will use all the Lin family's money to compensate you. As long as you are willing to return to the family, I will do anything. !" Lin Tianhao stooped and tried to open his cloudy eyes to look at Lin Yang.
"Apologise? Is it useful? Can my grandfather survive? Compensate me? What compensation can you give me?" Lin Yang asked a series of questions.
Lin Tianhao lowered his head silently, speechless.
"You people, each of you, hold the title of family head and elder, and enjoy the generous resource supply, but what have you done for the Lin family? You follow the others, bully the weak and fear the strong; the clan members are insulted in front of you, pretending to be deaf and dumb; powerful enemies break into the door of the house , strive to be a coward. Such a family that is rotten to the core has long been strong on the outside and weak on the inside. It is only a matter of time before it collapses! Why should I clean up the mess for you?" Lin Yang asked loudly while looking at the Lin family with sharp eyes. Everyone's faces were scanned one by one.
All the elders of the Lin family blushed and lowered their heads in shame.
"Please go back! Don't come here again!" Lin Yang pretended to close the door.
"Lin Yang, we are only a small group of people who are sorry for you, but there are hundreds of people in the Lin family who have never harmed you, and some even hugged you and helped you when you were young. Since you already know The Lin family is in danger, so you can just watch the Lin family fall into danger and see their family destroyed?" Lin Zhengtao blocked the door.
Lin Yang fell silent, Lin Zhengtao's words touched his heart.
The mountain breeze picked up gently, and the branches of the old elm trees in the courtyard swayed with the wind. The leaves of the elm trees curled up and fell around the exposed old tree roots. Among them, one of the elm leaves that had drifted slightly far away was caught by the wind. Er was gently delivered to Lin Yang.
Lin Yang slowly stretched out his hand, and the leaves fell softly on his palm.
"When the leaves fall back to their roots, my roots are the Lin family after all! Grandpa, are you hinting to me?" Lin Yang raised his head and cast his eyes on the old elm tree.
I don't know if it was a coincidence or if Lin Siyuan really had a spirit. A strong mountain wind suddenly blew up, and the tops of the old elm trees were blown to one side, making it look like a person nodding frequently.
A smile suddenly appeared on Lin Yang's face, and he murmured to himself: "Grandpa, I understand what you mean, and I know what to do."
"It's okay if I go back to the Lin family. But I have a few conditions that you must agree to. If you can't do one of them, then the matter will be over." Lin Yang spoke out word by word.
"Okay, as long as you are willing to return to the Lin family, not to mention a few conditions, but dozens or hundreds of conditions, we will agree to you!" Lin Tianhao was ecstatic, and other family elders nodded hurriedly.
Lin Yang didn't waste any time and said directly: "First, Lin Tianfang wants people of Lin Lang's lineage to be expelled from the family and from Xian'an City! Should we?"
"Okay, I will expel them today and will never let them appear in Xian'an City again!" Lin Tianhao agreed immediately.
"Second, among the family elders present, I want more than half of you to resign as elders and let others in the family take their place. These replacements will be selected by me in the family primary election, and then the clan members will vote. Should No?" Lin Yang turned his attention to the elders.
All the elders looked at each other, at a loss.
"The Lin family is all on the verge of death! What's the use of clinging to the position of an elder? The so-called elders of a ruined Lin family are nothing but a joke! Lin Yang, I agree!" As the elder of the family, Lin Zhengtao was the first to agree. .
Although Lin Zhengtao's words are hard to hear, the truth behind them is irrefutable. With Lin Zhengtao's lead, other elders immediately nodded in agreement. Soon, among the more than twenty elders of the Lin family, only four were left who still refused to let go.
"What are you still thinking about? Are you still thinking about Xiao Jiujiu? Let me tell you, without your consent, I can use the rights of the head of the family right now to directly remove you from the position of elder!" Lin Tianhao spoke in a very stern tone.
The four Lin family elders who had been reluctant to agree saw that Lin Tianhao was serious about it, so they had no choice but to agree one after another.
"Third, you step down as the head of the family and let Lin Zhengtao take over!" Lin Yang looked at Lin Tianhao.
Lin Tianhao looked calm, as if he had expected it.
The other family elders all looked stunned, and some even turned their attention to Lin Zhengtao. They must have thought that Lin Zhengtao had played a role in it, because everyone knew that Lin Yang obviously treated Lin Zhengtao differently.
"Lin Yang, this is absolutely unacceptable. I am still relatively inexperienced. How can I take on the important role of head of the family and convince the public?" Lin Zhengtao declined quickly.
"Uncle Tao, don't be too humble. In the Lin family now, no one is more suitable to be the head of the family than you. Besides, with my support, who dares to disobey?" Lin Yang swept his eyes over the family elders one by one. , no one dared to look at him.
"Zhengtao, just accept it. You will be the head of the family. I agree." Lin Tianhao spoke, and his expression seemed to be somewhat relieved.
