Linjiazhuang on Dayan Mountain is now more of a small town than a village.
After several expansions, it is surrounded by a four-meter-high iron-wood fence and planted with large areas of caltrops. Inside, there are stone and wooden houses connected one after another, row upon row and neatly arranged.
At the foot of the mountain, under the deliberate guidance of the Lin clan, led by some local villagers and out-of-town traveling merchants, a small mountain city was even formed. The logistics volume was not huge, it was a small town at best, but it also had a bit more life. .
Overall, it has a bit of a look.
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Inside the village, there is a relatively luxurious courtyard.
At the entrance of the yard, two large pieces of land were cultivated. In one area, common herbs such as ginseng and silver horn grass were planted, and in the other area, fruits and vegetables were planted.
At this time, from far away, you can see the smoke rising from the kitchens of each house.
Because the houses are relatively compact, the smell of roasted chicken and fried meat mixes together to form a unique smell of fireworks.
But at this time, in an unpaved area on the side of the avenue, a group of children with bigger butts were sticking out their butts, forming a circle, playing marbles together, and they were in ecstasy.
While talking, he shouted, and from time to time he made loud noises and laughed.
The so-called marbles game is quite simple. Many children have played it. It is to draw a big circle, choose a point in the circle, and use beads to make a pit as the end point.
Then everyone has a marble fixed point, and each person plays it. Whoever plays the marble first will be considered the winner.
Generally speaking, the closer you are to the pit, the easier it is to win.
The winner can take away all the loser's marbles, so the stakes are quite high.
A child with a pigtail on the back of his head, wearing a pair of bright red pants, with his butt raised to the highest point, was extremely focused, looking at the little boy opposite.
There are only two marbles in the field, which means that this is the final round.
"Brother Shu, why don't we just forget it? Your mother has asked you to go back for dinner several times, and it's getting late now. How about we call this a draw?" the little man suggested.
He was also a little hungry.
The braided boy shook his head and refused, pointing to the two marbles in the circle. The one that belonged to him was very close to the pit, and he put his hands on his hips:
"With a distance of seventeen fingers, can you stop me? Don't even think about denying your credit! Quickly move!"
Are you kidding? After this round, when it was his turn, he was only two fingers away. He could win with his eyes closed at such a close distance. In this situation, he wanted to ask, how could he lose?
Still a tie? What fun.
The braided boy crossed his shoulders and sneered.
The little boy shook his head and said nothing more. He just half-closed his left eye, leaned down, and then flicked his fingers.
Bang!
The marbles, which were originally seventeen fingers away, shot out in response and shot straight towards the pit.
Damn it, no way...
Sixty-seven pairs of eyes stared at each other, and their mouths opened wider and wider.
The braided boy was even more nervous. He half-bent down, his little head almost touching the ground, staring at the marble.
When there are more than ten fingers, the speed is very fast.
When he pointed six or seven fingers, his speed slowed down.
Two fingers to stop, he still has a chance.
...
And just when he was ecstatic, the marble that had been motionless, whether it was blown by the wind or for some other reason, rolled around, started to move, and finally fell in slowly and slowly.
The braided boy, who was originally smiling, rolled up his sleeves, and was ready to show off his skills. His smile suddenly solidified, and his face turned earth-colored.
You can kill me with seventeen fingers, are you kidding me...
he muttered.
The next moment his eyes became firm.
"Come again! I don't believe it anymore!"
As he said this, he started to put the beads again, but as a result, the other children looked a little unhappy.
It's already dinner time. If you don't go back, my wife at home won't be able to come and shout with a rattan whip later.
"Brother Shu, why don't you come back after dinner? It's almost time already." Someone complained.
"That's right, if I don't go back, I guess I'll only have bamboo shoots and fried meat to eat..." someone said with a guilty conscience.
.....
"What are you afraid of? I'm the biggest in the world. Just for the last time, be cool. I won't take your marbles even if I win, okay?"
The braided boy said hastily, and volunteered to place the marbles for other children.
He didn't see the children across from him at all, and he suddenly became a little anxious and uneasy.
"Why are you standing there? Come and play. It starts early and ends early." After placing the beads, the boy became a little dissatisfied when everyone didn't move.
But no one answered.
After a long time, the little man from before hesitated and said:
"Brother Shu, your brother asked you to go home for dinner."
"Come on, how can my brother have time to ask me to go back for dinner? He is away from home every day like my unattractive father. Sometimes I go to ask him to eat.
Those who knew thought he was my brother, and those who didn’t know thought I was his brother. "
The braided boy muttered angrily.
At this time, he was sticking his butt out, looking for an angle, and preparing to eject.
"Okay, Brother Shu, how about we go home and have dinner?"
At this moment, a rich voice came from behind.
"Why are you so anxious? Let's finish this shot before we talk about it. It's all fired..."
Before he finished speaking, he felt that the voice just now was becoming more and more familiar.
The boy's braided head trembled, he turned around slowly, looked at the familiar face, his heart trembled, and he forced a smile:
"Brother, are you back for dinner? What a coincidence. Let's go. Mom has made a lot of your favorite food today..."
Before he finished speaking, his body suddenly became light and he flew up like a cloud, and was suddenly lifted up in the air by a big hand.
"Okay, how can I be your brother? I'm obviously the brother your ungrateful father found for you."
Lin Mo said calmly.
Lin Shu did not dare to answer, his hands and feet hung weakly, and he just looked at Lin Mo with a smile.
Lin Mo shook his head. Because of him, this child was very good at talking among other children of the same age in the clan. His previous introverted temperament had changed, but the change was a bit thorough, like a skinny monkey.
Need to clean up.
Various training methods flashed through his mind, but on the surface he looked at the other children on the ground with a tigerish face:
"What time is it? Why don't you go back to eat? If you really have nothing to do, gather at the martial arts field after dinner and let me patrol everyone!"
A group of half-grown children stood up one after another, lowered their heads, and responded like quails.
Lin Mo felt happy and waved his hand, indicating that he could leave.
But before leaving, in front of the group of children, he took away all the marbles on the ground.
It made several children angry, but they dared not speak out. In the end, the more they thought about it, the more frustrated they became, and they burst into tears...
After walking into the house, Lin Mo put Lin Shu down. Listening to the crying behind him, he smiled rarely and said casually:
"That child with a carrot head is your uncle Yuanqiao's child, right?"
no respond.
Lin Mo lowered his head and saw Lin Shu looking at the glass beads in his hand so eagerly that his eyes almost popped out.
"What are you looking at! I'm asking you something!"
Lin Mo was not polite and rewarded him with a chestnut.
"Oh yes, my name is Lin Junde." Lin Shu whispered in pain.
Lin Mo nodded, "You are big, don't bully others, otherwise don't blame me for throwing you into a medicinal bath."
he ordered.
Lin Shu is not short now, because Lin Mo gives him a small prescription, some developed body-training drugs, and animal blood medicinal baths from time to time, which makes him considered to be strong among his peers.
Coupled with Lin Mo's relationship, not to mention children, even his elders have to be afraid of giving in, and he can become the king of children before he knows it.
And if no one guides him correctly, bullying and other behaviors will easily occur, and his face will not look good at that time.
As he spoke, he put his hand on his neck.
"I know, brother, my parents often say that I won't bully others casually." Lin Shu yawned and nodded.
Lin Mo nodded with satisfaction.
Walking into the home, the table was already filled with dishes.
Lin Yuanshan, who was sitting in the first place, looked at Lin Mo and the two of them. He was stunned for a moment, stood up and said with a smile:
"Why did you come back so early today?"
As usual, Lin Mo had been staying in his other courtyard to practice, and rarely came back even for meals. Even when he returned home at night, it was too late, so he just went to the other courtyard to rest.
Generally speaking, compared to practicing, I spend less time with my family. Today's situation is considered rare.
"If you have a slight breakthrough, it will be the same no matter where you practice. It happens that some of the food cooked by the gluttonous girl is available, so you will come back early." Lin Mo said with a smile.
"By the way, what changes have occurred in the clan these days?" he asked.
Although someone made a special trip every day to summarize various situations in the clan and information from the outside world, and compiled them into a volume for him to read.
But seeing is not necessarily true. Even for the same incident, everyone has their own opinions. Therefore, only by looking at things from multiple perspectives can we deal with the problem three-dimensionally and comprehensively.
"Changes, if you really want to talk about changes, the biggest one is that your second uncle contacted the Cheng family from Jinsha County.
Our two families made an alliance and jointly established the Changhe Chamber of Commerce. We worked together to help each other. Your uncle even went to Jinsha County in person to meet with Cheng Tianxiong. "
Lin Yuanshan thought for a while and said softly.
"Look, although you haven't gone to Cheng's house yet, Jun Yang and Jun Hao have already gone, but they still remember you, and that's what they brought for you."
Lin Mo looked around and saw that it was a large iron box. The lid had been opened at this time, and he could see that inside was a pair of dark, rough and domineering iron armor. It could be seen that the material was extraordinary.
Just put it there, it shines with light.
It is estimated to be expensive.
"I'm serious about it." He nodded.
He also knew something about the Cheng family in Jinsha County. During this period, the two families had a lot of contact, and the Lin family even sent several groups of people to build caravans.
The Cheng family also brought carts of supplies for the Lin family to develop again.
Otherwise, in just half a year, it would be impossible to build such a city from scratch, even if there were many warriors.
Then Lin's mother and Lin Yun also came back, followed by Lin Yun's boyfriend.
Judging from his familiar appearance, he must have been running to Lin's house frequently, but I don't know whether it was luck or deliberate arrangement. I have never encountered him before.
Now that he saw her, his body was stronger. Although he was still a little anxious when he saw Lin Mo, as if he was restless when he saw his father-in-law, but judging from the behavior between him and Lin Yun, the relationship between him and Lin Yun should be good, so Lin Mo felt relieved.
The family sat together, and Mother Lin cooked some more vegetables and ate for nearly half an hour.
At the dinner table, Lin Mo was not in a hurry to leave. He had a good exchange of feelings and briefly asked about each other's life, which was a bit of a relief.
After all, people who practice hard all day long will have certain psychological problems.
Even Lin Mo has been a little restless recently, and he has the urge to find someone to take action and bloodletting. As a result, he spends more time in the mountains, and many mountain beasts with notorious reputations have fallen into his hands. inside.
After dinner, it was unlikely that Lin Mo was washing the dishes, so he walked slowly to the courtyard to practice the most basic monkey boxing skills.
With his current state, Qi and blood have been perfected, just like water on the eaves, the water beads have already formed. There is only an opportunity to drip, and it will be considered a breakthrough, no matter what he practices.
Just miss it.
After all, this set of boxing skills was with him from the very beginning.
However, after only a few rounds of practice, there was a noise in the front hall.
The little carrot-head Lin Shu stuck out his head and looked at Lin Mo:
"Brother, here comes that stinky cousin who seems to have trouble with you? Do you want me to tell you that you are going to the bathroom?"
But before he could finish speaking, a man and a woman walked in from the side door.
The woman has a delicate face, like a peach blossom, and her long inky hair is tied up with a red hairband. She is very heroic, while the man is handsome and tough, smiling at all times, making people unfavorable.
It was Lin Junfu and Lin Junyi.
"Brother Mo, I'm sorry to bother you." Lin Junyi saw Lin Mo wearing a bungalow, and immediately understood that he should be practicing martial arts, and said softly with apology.
Lin Junfu on the side followed him, her head lowered as if she was counting ants, and she said nothing.
"It's okay, I'm just stretching my muscles. Is there anything wrong?" Lin Mo said calmly.
As he spoke, he picked up the black shirt on the shelf and put it on.
Generally speaking, Lin Junyi would not come looking for him if he had nothing to do.
"Actually, it's nothing. When we were in Qianshan Sect, didn't we have a group of friends? Recently, when we came to the clan as guests, many people admired you, Brother Mo, and wanted to pay their respects." Lin Junyi smiled,
"So if nothing happens, why don't Brother Mo go with us? ... Of course, if something happens, forget it, I'll go and reject them."
He added at the end.
After that, he looked at Lin Mo expectantly.
"...That's...that's all. I have something important to do now, please help me refuse." Halfway through the words, Lin Mo's expression changed slightly and he said softly.
As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere instantly became awkward.
"Lin Junmo, you don't know what is good and what is good. You rely on your clan at home and see your friends when you go out. Do you think we are harming you? It can be said that the people attending this gathering are all outstanding people from the county. They are all geniuses with extraordinary backgrounds. ,
Sometimes a word spoken casually can be worth ten thousand dollars. Are you sure you don't want to go? "
Before Lin Junyi could say anything, Lin Junfu immediately broke her guard and shouted sweetly.
In her opinion, this gathering is definitely good for Lin Mo, and such an introduction to a high-level circle with strong privacy will not help you at all unless you have a good relationship.
Therefore, when she came in person, not only was Lin Junyi strongly inviting her, but she also had the intention of easing the relationship with Lin Mo.
After all, she was not stupid, so she naturally knew that Lin Mo's position in the Lin family was beyond her control.
It's just that Lin Junfu didn't expect that she would reject it outright. What does this mean?
"I do have something to do, I'm sorry." Lin Mo sighed softly and touched the things in his sleeves, feeling a little regretful.
The attitude of these two people is actually good, they have a begging attitude, and the thing they want to help is not a big deal. In normal times, he would help if he could, and it would also give Lin Yuanqiao and Lin Yuantian face.
pity...
The thing in the sleeve that had been silent for several months suddenly moved.
"It's okay. I was the one who was bothering my cousin. It's just bad luck for those guys. They didn't have the chance to see your majestic and heroic appearance, cousin." Lin Junyi waved his hand, looking unconcerned, and chuckled.
Afterwards, they talked casually and left with Lin Junfu who was very angry.
Although Lin Junyi's attitude was very respectful from beginning to end, Lin Mo could feel that he had finally changed a bit.
Things in the world are impermanent. How can things in this world be perfect? Sometimes you get what you shouldn't get, which means you are about to lose what you shouldn't lose.
Lin Mo sighed softly. Maybe he should explain it just now, but how?
He stretched out his hand and looked at the transparent crystal tube in his hand.
One of the golden beetles was chirping in a low voice and kept rushing against the crystal wall, as if it would rush out even if it was killed.
After several months, the mother-in-law insects given by Yu Xuanji finally started to stir.
It just seemed like it wasn't the right time.
Lin Mo gently placed it far away, took off his clothes, and then pointed his finger to the sky and the other to the ground as if he were blessed, making the appearance of a stone Buddha.
It seems just right, the strong muscles on the back bulge high, and the stone Buddha image attached to it seems to come to life, the compassionate face disappears, becoming ferocious and terrifying.
The Buddha has angry eyes, so he subdues the four demons; the Bodhisattva lowers his eyebrows, so he shows mercy to the six realms.
He was never a living Bodhisattva...
The originally majestic Qi and blood were suddenly stimulated by something, and flowed through the whole body like a rushing flood.
A trace of needle-like Tathagata energy is constantly reborn from deep within the body. After a week of circulation, it lies dormant on the tattoo behind him.
After a while, the Buddha statue behind him became more and more lifelike.
boom!
Finally, after a few breaths.
The majestic energy and blood rushed through the sky and the earth in an instant, and a blood energy dragon that was more than ten feet long suddenly appeared, as if with the joy of rebirth, it announced its existence to the surroundings.
The originally cloudless sky suddenly became turbulent.
All of a sudden, many mountain beasts lurking on the mountainside where Linjiazhuang was located were shocked. Their legs and feet went weak and they immediately knelt on the ground.
Lin Junyi and Lin Junyi's expressions changed drastically as they just walked out of the house, and they turned around suddenly.
The rest of the clan members in Linjiazhuang felt their hearts sinking suddenly, as if they were being stared at by some terrifying creature. Sweat suddenly broke out on their backs, and goosebumps appeared in patches.
But just when everyone wanted to find out its origin, the next moment, the blood dragon suddenly disappeared, like a mirage.
The weather returned to normal and the clouds were still clear.
Like a dreamy shadow, like an illusion.
In the courtyard.
Lin Mo stood on the ground, with a red mark between his eyebrows. Even though he had not entered dragon transformation, his eyes still had a golden luster.
The spring of the forty-eighth year of Qi Guang.
When the Buddha was angry, his anger spread deeply.
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