Chapter 10: Family Sacrifice, Family Conspiracy (2)

On November 20, 1925, the 35th anniversary of the death of Lin Shigong, a loyal minister of the Ryukyu royal family, was celebrated by the Empress Dowager Cixi in person, at the old residence of the Lin family. 35 years ago, Lin Shigong, a righteous man from the Ryukyus, went to the suzerain, China, to move troops to prevent Japan from annexing the Ryukyus, and Li Hongzhang and others had nothing to do, so Lin Shigong committed suicide in front of the Yamen of the Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty! After her death, the Empress Dowager Cixi personally ordered to be buried in Zhangjiawan Lichanan Village, Tongxian County.

Early in the morning, the Lin family's old house was a lively scene. The main clan and many branches of the Lin family came to the old mansion early to mourn the loyal and righteous man of the Lin family. On the two-meter-high altar, all pigs and sheep are on the shelves, and various offerings such as five animal offerings, candy boxes, rice soup, tea and wine are neatly placed on the offering table, and in the middle of the altar is a banner that reads "Commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the Death of Lin Shigong, a loyal minister of the Ryukyu royal family", and the left and right sides are hung with the last poem made by Lin Shigong before his death, and the left side is "In ancient times, several people were loyal and filial, and they were worried about the country and homesick for five years." Once he dies, he still survives in the community, and Gao Tang relies on his brothers and sisters." On the right is "Twenty years of provincial semi-disobedience, self-confessed to a sinner." The old tears remember that the children have white hair, and they are even more sad to hear the bad news."

When Lin Junxiong came to the altar, he saw the uncle's two daughters, Lin Junbi and Lin Junxia, the seventeen-year-old eldest sister Lin Junbi, who had not seen her for several years, was already slim and beautiful, and the fourteen-year-old second sister Lin Junxia was also gentle as jade. Xiang eldest sister smiled slightly, nodded as a courtesy, and when he looked at Lin Junxia, Lin Junxiong suddenly remembered a scene from the past.

That year, Lin Junxiong was six years old and Lin Junxia was seven years old, and when the two went to the field to play together, Lin Junxia accidentally fell, and her leg was cut and bleeding. Because Lin Junxiong had to see a doctor for a long time, he often saw the doctor to bandage it, so he tore off a strip of cloth on his clothes, wrapped her up, and then walked home slowly on his back. That time due to overwork, Lin Junxiong was in a coma for a day and a night, Lin Junxia said after seeing Lin Junxiong wake up: "Brother Jun, I will marry you when I grow up in the future and take good care of you." ”

Thinking of this, Lin Junxiong's face couldn't help but turn red when he looked at the second sister. After all, this buddy had never been in love seriously in his previous life, and it was common to see girls blushing, thinking of Lin Junxia's words, this thirty-year-old person actually blushed. What do you think, although there are no close relatives within three generations who can't get married in this era, but it's my cousin, after all, I'm from the 21st century. Lin Junxiong secretly scolded himself in his heart, but when he saw that Lin Junxia seemed to think of this stubble, his face turned red. Lin Junxiong hurriedly said hello and pulled Lin Ruigang to flash people, making Lin Ruigang stare at Lin Junxiong inexplicably for a long time.

Looking at Lin Junxiong's departing figure, Lin Junxia was stunned, as if this familiar figure revealed a trace of unfamiliarity, and this strange aura seemed to have some connection with her soul.

The sacrificial ceremony officially began at the time of Chen, and in addition to Lin Liyi and Lin Lizhong's two families on the sacrificial platform, there were only several elders and current patriarchs of the Lin family, and the others were all standing under the stage religiously. The sacrifice was presided over by the current patriarch Lin Yuquan, who announced the official start of the sacrifice after he expressed his condolences.

The first content of the sacrifice is the recitation of the sacrificial text by the clan elder Lin Shixiong. The first part of the memorial mainly introduces Lin Shigong's loyalty and righteousness and the Empress Dowager Cixi's commendation of Lin Shigong's loyalty, and the second half mainly allows future generations not to forget the spirit of loyalty and righteousness of their ancestors, not to forget that many ancestors and descendants who have left the blood of Yan Huang are still suffering in Ryukyu, and not to forget that Ryukyu is still under the colonial rule of Japanese imperialism. At the end of the memorial text, all the descendants of the Lin family are asked to remember the loyalty of their ancestors and continue to strive for the strength and reunification of China.

For the Ryukyu people, the occupation of Ryukyu by Japan is a national humiliation, and for the Chinese, the occupation of Ryukyu by Japan is a national humiliation, a kind of humiliation of the lord and weak ministers being bullied, and a kind of insult that the monarch cannot protect his courtiers. Most of them shed tears, but they also thought about what they should do for China's rise, and some even adjusted their lives and values.

The second content of the sacrifice is by the Lingyan Temple Master Yuanjue led the disciples to chant the Requiem Sutra, the eighty-year-old Master Yuanjue and the disciples chanted the Requiem Sutra over and over again, when the ninety-nine eighty-one chanting was completed, the master stood up and said slowly to Lin Shigong's spiritual position: "This is the last time the old man chanted the Requiem Sutra for the donor, and soon the old man will also ascend to the Western Blissful Realm, may the donor rest in peace as soon as possible." Then he performed the Buddha door prostration, and finally raised his voice and continued: "May the soul of loyalty and righteousness be immortal, and may all sentient beings be freed from the sea of suffering as soon as possible." After saying that, he took his disciples to salute everyone and left, and the master came to the second day after returning to the Lingyan Temple and entered the Western Blissful Realm.

The third content of the sacrifice is that the patriarch of Lin Yuquan announced the revision of the clan rules, and in the original clan rules, all clans of the Lin family clan were required to take Lin Shigong's loyalty as an example, be loyal to the country, and put the interests of the country first in everything, and personal honor and disgrace come last.

The fourth part of the sacrifice is to remember the ancestors and bow down separately. Starting from the elders of the main clan, then the two families of Lin Liyi and Lin Lizhong, then the families of the main clan, and finally the families of each family. Lin Junxiong was not only secretly shocked by the cohesion brought by this kind of family ceremony, maybe this is where the heart is, invincible, if tens of thousands of compatriots in China can be united, why worry about the nation, how dare little Japan be rampant.

At the end of the sacrifice was the banquet of all ethnic groups, in the banquet, Lin Junxiong and Lin Junxia sat opposite each other, and the two looked at each other inadvertently, and their faces were full of crimson. After eating in a hurry, thinking that he would go to Lingyan Temple tomorrow to say goodbye to Master Yuanjue, he returned to his residence. In fact, the first thing was to arrange a one-day gathering with the main clan and other sub-clans, but when Master Yuanjue left after the sacrifice, he asked his disciples to only go to the Lingyan Temple once a day. Thinking of what Master Yuanjue said at the sacrifice, he seemed to feel that his limit was approaching, and the master was also a teacher and friend to Lin Junxiong, so Lin Junxiong agreed without hesitation.

The scene of Maoshan has not changed much compared with the previous few days, Lin Junxiong walked on the road to the Lingyan Temple, thinking that the next time he returned to Maoshan, he might already be full of spring, and he couldn't help but feel a little unpredictable. When I saw Master Yuanjue again, the master was sitting cross-legged, and there was already a little bit of light in his eyes.

The master stared at Lin Junxiong with dark eyes for a long time before he spoke: "One flower and one world, one leaf and one come." All things breed for a reason, but the heart is difficult to change. On that day, I saw the shadows of two souls on you, and I understood everything, maybe it was a mistake, and it was the end of it. ”

Lin Junxiong looked at Master Yuanjue with great horror in his heart, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Don't worry about the donor, another soul has dissipated, everything has a cause, the last time you were in the back mountain, you have already understood everything, the old man doesn't say much, just ask the donor to stick to his heart, the cause and effect will appear when the time comes." The master paused as he spoke, as if he was gathering his last strength to complete the last entrustment.

Lin Junxiong calmed down and said: "Life is created by oneself, phase is born from the heart, everything in the world is incarnated, the heart does not move, everything does not move, the heart does not change, everything remains the same." Please rest assured, I will cherish this creation and write an extraordinary experience. ”

Master Yuanjue slowly opened his eyes, nodded slightly, and then said: "The donor was born in response to the catastrophe, and the road to the future cannot be seen clearly, but it must be full of thorns." The old man has a young disciple, whose heart is still red, and he should be able to help the benefactor. After speaking, Master Yuanjue patted his palm, and a thirteen-year-old boy walked outside the door, but he was not bald.

"That year I traveled to a village that was completely destroyed by the war, and I rescued Dusheng from the rubble, and in recent years I have spent most of the last few years practicing martial arts at the Shaolin Temple in Putian. The old man saw that his heart was very heavy, and he was not suitable to continue his cultivation. Twilight, for the sake of the teacher, I am afraid that the limit is approaching, so you will follow Lord Lin in the future. ”

Dusk Sheng looked at the somewhat thin young man in front of him, and was not convinced, but he couldn't disobey the master's words, so he had to say to Master Yuanjue: "The apprentice must follow the master's arrangement. ”

Master Yuanjue saw the dissatisfaction in Dusk Sheng's heart, sighed softly, and after looking at the two of them, he slowly sat up straight, muttering in his mouth: "Love parting, resentment will be, leaving the West and returning, nothing is like this." It's just empty eyes, an illusion." After saying that, the master passed away.

Lin Junxiong and Dusheng kept watch in front of the master's spirit for a night, and then set off to return to the Lin family's old house the next day, not because they didn't want to keep the master's spirit for a few more days, but the main reason was that the time for several major families to go to Ryukyu was approaching, and the master was a high monk, and he pretended to be respectful in his heart, and he could do his best, and he was too persistent instead.

When the two of them were about to reach the foot of the mountain, Du Sheng stepped in front of Lin Junxiong and said with a smile: "It's not that I don't respect Master, if you want me to follow you, you have to convince me." ”

Lin Junxiong smiled slightly, knowing that if he wanted to subdue Twilight, he had to use some means. With a flash and a hook of his right foot, Dusk Sheng didn't expect Lin Junxiong to attack suddenly, and he almost fell down before he could dodge.

"Despicable, what kind of ability is a sneak attack, there is a kind of open-mindedness to win against me." Twilight said disdainfully.

"Your martial arts are suitable for hurting people, my methods are suitable for killing, and when facing the enemy, contempt will kill you." Lin Junxiong was not unhappy at all, paused and continued: "I will give you three chances, and I will also beat you to three times, can you start now?" ”

Twilight no longer spoke, but made a gesture of please, and then a Shaolin long fist played a tiger and a tiger, Lin Junxiong used his agility to dodge a few times, and then found a vacant punch to blast out, this punch passed through Twilight's fist shadow, straight to the lower abdomen. Twilight fell to the ground in response to his fist, slowly getting up and signaling to continue.

The second time the two exchanged three moves, Lin Junxiong blocked Dusk Sheng's attack with his right hand, and swooped straight to the opposite door with his left hand, and the sharp fist style made Dusk Sheng fall into a cold sweat.

In the third fight, Lin Junxiong threw Dusk Sheng down with a takedown, and then pressed on him.

Lin Junxiong stood up and patted the debris on his body, and said to Dusheng on the ground, "Do you still have to compete with weapons?" ”

Half-ringing, Twilight retracted his puzzled gaze and grinned, "Hehe, I'm convinced, and my life will be handed over to you in the future." ”

Looking at the smirking Twilight Sheng, Lin Junxiong felt that this guy was a straight man, and if he lost, he would lose, but he was bold, so he smiled and said, "Remember, everyone's life is in their own hands." In the future, we will be commensurate with brothers and support each other, besides, since you were a child, your parents died, so you will recognize my parents as godfathers and godmothers, I am two months older than you, and I will be your brother in the future. ”

Dusk Sheng got up from the ground, his eyes were moist, he lost his parents since he was a child, and he didn't get any love from his parents, he was very moved to hear Lin Junxiong say this, and said excitedly: "Okay, Brother Xiong, we will be brothers in the future, your parents are my parents, I don't know what my surname is, I will follow the surname Lin in the future." ”

Lin Junxiong walked up and put his right hand on Dusheng's shoulder and said, "Okay, let's go, let's go home, and I like others to call me Brother Jun, Brother Xiong, death is ugly." ”

The two walked back, and Dusk Sheng suddenly remembered something, grabbed Lin Junxiong and said, "Brother Jun, no, I'm from February 1912, and you were also born in 1912, how can you be two months older than me, how many months older than you." ”

"Day, my brother is called, and I want to change my words, no matter how many months it is, it's your brother."

"Hey, I can't beat you anyway, just call your brother."

"That's right."

"Brother Jun, when will you teach me kung fu?"

"I'll teach you whatever you want to learn, who calls me your brother."

"Hehe, Brother Jun, you're so nice. And is your father and mother easy to get along with? ”

"Damn, it's our father and our mother."

"Hehe, I was wrong, Brother Jun, you wait for me."

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