Lin Yi soon found the person who spoke, and said with some annoyance: "Rong'er, you are really unspeakable, and you are not a child anymore, and you are still so impertinent in your speech." How can you talk to Lord Li like that? I don't want to apologize to the adults yet. ”

Then he turned around and explained to me with an apologetic face: "This is my grandfather's precious granddaughter Guo Rong, who has been pampered since she was a child, brutal and willful, and no one takes it seriously, which is really a headache for us, please don't take it to heart." ”

Before I could speak, Guo Rong, who had been labeled as unruly, had already opened her apricot eyes, stomped her feet and said angrily: "Okay, you Lin Yi, I exposed your conspiracy and tricks, so I was annoyed and angry, isn't it, hum!" If you dare to hurt me like this, I will never call you brother again. You're a stinky brother, dead brother...... don't think I'll be good to you in the future, hum!"

After saying these words, his face turned pale, and he still looked angry and angry, which showed how rude and capricious he was.

Lin Yi didn't pay attention to her anymore, but introduced everyone to me one by one.

The one with a white skin and an elegant image is Liu Huang, a distant relative who moved to Linjiabao; Lin Bu, who is stocky and strong, and Lin Huan, who has a round face and a big mouth and a rough voice, are all Lin Yi's clan brothers; There is also a bee-waisted, honest and calm Le Meng, who is the only white barbarian who fled to Linjiabao because he killed the white barbarian bully chieftain.

In addition, the big tall man I just talked about is tall, he is an orphan picked up by Lin Zongyi on the road. These people, together with Lin Tong and Lin Duo, who is in charge of Linjiabao's external affairs and have not yet met, are all people with good skills and courage, and are collectively called the 'Seven Masters of Linjiabao' by the people near and far.

After listening to the introduction, I warmly greeted everyone one by one, and I was interested in accommodating each other, and I also had a sense of sympathy for each other, these people are the backbone of Lin Jiabao, and there is no doubt that they will play an important role in quelling the rebellion of Yunsun Decheng.

When everyone was elated and discussing, Guo Rong, who was being snubbed next to her, sobbed in a low voice, she pointed at Lin Yi gritted her teeth and said in a choked voice: "You unreasonable scoundrels, bully me like this, see if I don't tell Grandpa Lin, let him clean you up properly." After speaking, he hid his face and sobbed and ran towards the mansion.

Lin Yi smiled helplessly, but ignored her, but beckoned everyone to follow towards the mansion.

Tonight's Lin family's mansion was very lively, and many people were busy going in and out. In the hall, Lin Zongyi was talking with an old man in a red-faced brocade robe, and Lin Qingliang and a big man in his thirties sat down, and behind the red-faced old man stood Guo Rong, who was crying.

As I expected, the two are Guo Song, the owner of Guojiazhai, and his third son, Guo Zhun.

As soon as Guo Song saw me, he immediately came up and grabbed my hands enthusiastically, and praised me non-stop, saying that I was young and promising, with extraordinary bearing, and my achievements in the future were limitless. I had no choice but to thank him and express my long-standing admiration for him.

Lin Zongyi next to him was not idle, and criticized Lin Yi fiercely, blaming him for not knowing what to do and bullying the small, Lin Yi had no choice but to bow his head and confess his guilt without saying a word, but Guo Rong next to him was extremely happy, constantly grimacing at Lin Yi, and it seemed that he finally had a bad breath.

After being polite for a while, everyone came to the restaurant behind them for dinner, and discussed the strategy of calming Ningzhou in the future. Lin Yi and I told everyone in detail about the meeting with He Shoujie and Jian Zheng, and learned that the two of them had sincerely joined us, Lin Zongyi and Guo Song were of course overjoyed, and also made detailed introductions and arrangements for the preparations of Lin Jiabao and Guo Jiazhai.

The two selected more than 500 young people who were brave and good at fighting in Lin Jiabao and Guo Jiazhai, tentatively led by Guo Zhun, the third son of Lin Duo, Lin Tong and Guo Song, pretending to be merchants and children of the family returning to the city, carrying blades, and waiting in the Lin family's mansion that entered Ningzhou in batches the day after tomorrow. Since Lin Duo has not yet returned to the Shanxian Mansion in Dayi Ningguo, the specific arrangements will be made tomorrow depending on the situation. Lin Zongyi and Guo Song were ready to welcome the arrival of He Shoujie's cavalry team tomorrow and told him the latest progress of the plan. Lin Yi and I entered Ningzhou early to find an opportunity to meet with Qian Shitang to win his support.

In addition, in order to facilitate access to the money-greedy and lustful Sun Decheng, Guo Song proposed to prepare some valuable jewelry as a congratulatory ceremony to congratulate Sun Decheng on his coronation as the king of Yunnan. This immediately reminded me of those crystal items in my travel bag.

Although there were crystals in ancient times, they were all natural crystals, and most of them had impurities, but they could not be compared with artificially made crystals in terms of quality, let alone inlaid with images of the Buddha in them, and there was no such technical ability at that time. The crystal products I bought, because they are man-made, are crystal clear and beautiful, enough to amaze these people thousands of years ago.

So as soon as I took out the crystal rosary and the crystal ball, it immediately attracted everyone's attention. These colorful artificial crystals made everyone stunned, and then attracted a sound of amazement. Although everyone felt that it was a pity to give these treasures to Sun Thief, but for the needs of the counterinsurgency plan, and also to be able to get the opportunity to get close to Sun Decheng, at my insistence, everyone had to agree.

After discussing the matter, Lin Zongyi arranged for everyone to make preparations before going to worship their ancestors. It turns out that Lin Jiabao has to hold a grand ancestor worship ceremony every spring, and also invite relatives, friends and local officials to come to help the sacrifice. I came at the right time, although I have not yet had the opportunity to enter Ningzhou, but with my current position, tonight's sacrificial ceremony is even more different from the past, Lin Zongyi and others are also honored to invite an official of my level to participate, specially made a beautiful blue robe and a pair of relatively suitable boots for me overnight, and finally replaced my pair of travel shoes that have been seriously worn.

Before the ceremony began, Lin Yi carefully explained the sacrificial process and precautions to me, and arranged for me to take a bath.

Sitting in the bucket, my mood is surprisingly good, I haven't taken such a relaxing and pleasant bath for a long time, this month every day in the mountains and forests, although occasionally swimming in the mountain stream, but the body is still hiding dirt and dirt, itching all over the body. This time, I was soaked in hot water, and my pores were stretched, and my mood was extremely relaxed. After taking a shower, I changed into that well-fitting blue robe, put on black flat cloth boots, and even I no longer doubt my identity. If the hair could grow a little longer, it would be more like.

The image of my short hair is a bit nondescript, and Lin Yi has long felt a little strange, and when asked about the reason for my short hair, I had to prevaricate with the excuse of cutting my ambition and vowing to rebel. For the sake of my overall image, Lin Yi pulled up my barely long hair directly, wrapped it in a piece of green cloth and tied it up, giving me a bit of a scholarly look.

At midnight, the ancestor worship ceremony is about to begin. As soon as I walked to the door of the hall accompanied by Lin Yi, I saw Guo Rong muttering loudly outside the door: "Why don't you let me participate, I just can't take a look?" ”

A young man with a thin figure and smart eyes stopped in front of Guo Rong and said with a hippie smile: "Sister Rong, didn't grandpa say it?" Girls can't go in, and of course they can't watch it. ”

Guo Rongxing's eyes widened, and she said viciously: "Ling Feng, no one else stops me, why are you forcing yourself to come out, is it that your wings are hard now, and you don't even care about your sister." I said little madman, you are also from our Guojiazhai, you can't just turn a blind eye. ”

The guy named Ling Feng grinned again, spread his hands and said, "Grandpa gave me this job, I have to take responsibility seriously, if I am casually accommodating, who will look up to me in the future." Sister Rong, don't be unreasonable, this is a place for girls to stay! ”

Guo Rong was about to raise her hand angrily, but a sturdy young man next to her reached out and grabbed her wrist, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, Sister Rong, is this going to be done?" My own brother, how can I give it up! No wonder Sister Rong can't get married when she's so old, what kind of husband can't run away! ”

Guo Rong finally broke free and shouted loudly: "Another big madman, see if I don't tear your stinky mouth apart, don't run away!" ”

How dare the young man stay, he ran away without a trace, and Guo Rong also chased after him viciously.

Lin Yi smiled at me and said, "The one just now is called Huo Feng, a Ling Feng, and a Huo Feng, all of whom are relatives in my grandfather's village. Guo Rong called the two of them two crazy people, and the two of them could still deal with Guo Rong, a crazy girl. ”

I just smiled and nodded, this kind of thing is not good to say.

The ancestor worship ceremony officially began. The tiger that Lin Tong shot to death was solemnly carried by Lin Tong and several young men into the living room and placed on the table behind the incense case. In the midst of the cigarette smoke, Lin Zongyi led the male members of the clan to kneel down in front of the incense tablet, bowed solemnly to the ancestral tablet, and then got up and stood solemnly on both sides of the incense case, respectfully inviting me to step forward.

Although I didn't know the rules of the salute, I had to imitate the incense salute with a solemn expression as I painted a scoop according to the gourd, and it looked similar. When I finished saluting, Lin Zongyi and others hurriedly returned the salute to express their gratitude, and then all relatives and friends stepped forward to salute one by one.

The ancestor worship ceremony ended quickly, and the next part of the story was indeed a bit new, that is, the coming-of-age ceremony for boys in front of the ancestral tablet. According to Lin Yi, all boys in the clan who reach the age of 17 and are less than 18 years old every year, regardless of their birthday, must participate in the coming-of-age ceremony together in the spring of each year. This year's situation is even more special, because of the close relationship between Lin Jiabao and Guo Jiazhai, so the men of school age from the two families held this coming-of-age ceremony together today.