In the ancestral hall of the Lin Mansion, the tablets of Lin Xiaozu's ancestors of the previous generations are placed on the upper and lower floors in order.

The incense burner in front of the main stage has never been broken, and after Lin Xiao worships honestly according to the usual etiquette, he turned to a side hall, where the incense burner has never been broken, and it is dedicated to the eldest brother of the Lin family, Lin Hong.

Regarding the life of the eldest brother, Lin Xiao did not ask his father and mother, but every time he asked about it, the tears of the old lady Zhao Mei could not stop flowing, and the father Lin Dong did not say a word.

Every time there is a major event of worship, Lin Xiao also blesses and prays for the eldest brother according to the meaning of the old lady, but the eldest brother Lin Hong is alive or dead, but he has never said.

The only thing I know a little about this big brother Lin Hong is the legend I heard when I was in school in Guozijian, and then I heard similar in Yunanzong, two words to describe - genius, and it is a genius among geniuses.

I heard that the eldest brother graduated from Guozijian Wukui at the age of ten, and at the age of twelve, he was already the little grandmaster of the Yunan Sect, and now he is the second lowest in strength among the five brothers and sisters of the Lin family, and this is also counting Lin Xueyao in the first grade of primary school.

After a tired day, after leaving the ancestral hall, Lin Xiao also went back to his room to rest.

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In the middle of the night, the entire southern city was quiet, and even the soldiers on duty at the entrance of the Lin Mansion compound squinted and fell asleep from time to time.

In the wing room of the side courtyard, the door was quietly opened and closed quietly, but even so, there was no half of the person in sight, only the shadows moving in the moonlight.

After passing through the corridor corridor, the shadow came to the entrance of the courtyard of the government guard, and now he did not pass through the danger, but came to the bushes by the roadside, and melted his shadow into it under the moonlight, and waited quietly.

After a while, a team of patrol soldiers passed by the side of the road, and the shadow quietly followed, and finally merged their shadows into the long shadow behind a row of government soldiers under the moonlight, passed through the courtyard and found a bush to hide in the dark shadow, and then waited for another team of patrol soldiers in different areas, so three times in a row, as if transferring to a bus, and finally with a team of government soldiers responsible for patrolling the outside of the Lin Mansion compound out of the palace gate, quietly slipped away after a corner.

Just when this shadow breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had finally succeeded, he didn't know that from the beginning, on a hundred-year-old tree in the center of the Lin Mansion compound, there was already a pair of green eyes that saw his actions clearly.

After leaving the scope of the Lin Mansion compound, the shadow came to an inconspicuous brick wall facing the street, and after making sure that there was no one around, he leaned down, lifted an inconspicuous stone slab floor tile slightly, stuffed an envelope into it, and then re-covered it, sprinkling the fine sand on the side of the road to hide people's eyes and ears.

When the shadow rejoined the patrol of the government soldiers and prepared to re-enter the house, the stone slab floor tile was lifted again, and the envelope was taken out, and I saw that the tall man in a black cloak robe had not even opened the envelope, and a pair of green eyes seemed to be looking under the moon.

Lin Mansion Compound, this shadow re-boarded the return bus, just about to arrive at the terminal to get off after a few station changes, but was suddenly caught by the man in the black cloak, only to hear a startle, the front patrol of the government soldiers looked back, it turned out to be the night frost forest, the shadow captured by him directly showed its original form - Lichun.

In Lin Xiao's father's room, Lin Dong and Zhao Mei were lying on the bed with their eyes closed, only to hear the voice of Night Frost Forest outside the door: "Lin Xiang, someone is caught." ”

Lin Dong opened his eyes in an instant, his gaze was like a torch.

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In the lobby of the Lin Mansion, Lichun was kneeling honestly, Chinese New Year's Eve today, although it was not beautiful, but it was also attractive, with two silver hairpins pinned to his hair, a red cloth dress, a plump body, his limbs were thicker than ordinary girls' houses, his hands were calloused, his ears were frostbitten, and he stood on the side of the night frost forest, guarding there.

Outside the lobby, more than a dozen government soldiers stood in two rows, Lin Dong guessed as he walked, the trick he cooperated with Hua Lao to lure the snake out of the hole, which snake in the house was leading, behind him, Zhao Mei had been sleeping lightly, and only then did he wake up when he heard the sound of Lin Dong getting up and dressing, after all, it was a matter of the house, and within the scope of his duties, he hurriedly followed.

After coming to the lobby, Lin Dong took a look at Lichun, then walked straight to the upper seat, opened the envelope and looked at it after sitting down, and without saying much, he put the letter paper on the table, which read:

Lin Dong is critically ill and his days are running out.

When Zhao Mei passed by, she and Lichun looked at each other for a long time, and there were angry and sad eyes in their eyes, mixed feelings, and mixed feelings.

Lichun himself was also uncomfortable with his nose shaking, and he was about to cry: "Auntie, it's me Lichun who is sorry for you." ”

"Who gave you the Nocturnal Dan. Lin Dong jumped straight to the subject, his voice was as calm as water, as if he was asking the price of the dish.

"I don't know. As soon as Lichun said this, he immediately knew that he was wrong, and hurriedly added: "I don't know who it is, I only know that the purple lips and purple clothes are like the father-in-law in the palace." ”

As soon as he said this, except for Lichun in the lobby, everyone knew which force this was.

"How does Auntie usually treat you? Zhao Mei finally opened her mouth.

"Auntie......" Lichun sobbed, with a crying voice: "Auntie gives me food and clothing, and she has a lot of money and silver on weekdays, like her niece, she is as kind as a mountain." ”

"Then you ......" Zhao Mei said angrily and sadly, and halfway through the conversation, she was unwilling to treat her "niece" like an interrogator.

"Auntie, Auntie, I can't stand you!" Lichun hugged Zhao Mei's leg and cried, "My brother brought me up since I was a child, I can't do without him!" They arrested my brother, if I don't listen, I will ......" Speaking of this, Lichun only left a whimpering cry, and Zhao Mei also tried her best to open her red eyes, but tears still flowed.

"Bring me the house roster. Lin Dong instructed.

"Yes. Night Frost Lin left the lobby for a moment after answering, and came back with a booklet and handed it to Lin Dong.

After Lin Dong opened it, he turned to Lichun's message:

Lichun, whose real name is Jiang Li, entered the house at the age of eighteen in the fourth spring of Nanxi, and his brother Jiang Wei lived at No. 16 Dong Luowazi.

After reading it, Lin Dong put the roster in his hand, and after putting it aside, he breathed a long sigh of relief, his expression was much more relaxed, and he determined the snake, and the rest was easy to do.