The big-eyed young man listened to my answer, looked at me carefully, still showing disbelief, and continued to ask, "Did you really kill both of them alone?" ”

I'm so annoyed in my heart! Wouldn't you just kill two people, if you want to do it, you will be happy, maybe you don't know who will kill the deer? I still asked over and over again, just like checking my household registration. I didn't say a word, just nodded cautiously.

Seeing my affirmative reply, the young man suddenly put the knife back into its sheath, shook his head as if he was still unsatisfied, sighed and said, "Alas! There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it, I didn't expect Ma Baoshan you to have today, you actually died under the hands of a scholar, and you are known as the second master of Ningzhou, if it falls into my hands, it will not be so easy for you to die. Ha ha! Haha!"

When he had laughed enough, he seemed to have noticed my surprised and hostile gaze, and hurriedly smiled at me: "Li Gongzi don't want to laugh, it's not Lin Tong's arrogance, it's really this guy who has always bullied the market, fish and meat township, and has been greatly humiliated, I have never had the opportunity to eliminate harm for the people, but let Gongzi return my wish, Lin Tong is here to thank you" After speaking, he made a deep gesture to me.

I couldn't stop laughing bitterly in my heart! Where is this, just now I still looked extremely vicious, thinking that I and those two thieves were all the way, which made my heart go up and down, and after a while, the rain passed and the sky was clear, Yin Yin expressed his gratitude to me. Of course, anger is anger, and the number of etiquette cannot be inferior. I hurriedly returned the salute with a fist.

That Lin Tong stepped forward enthusiastically, took my arm and said, "Looking at Mr. Li's demeanor, it seems that he came from Lingnan in the east, I don't know why he is here?" If it is convenient, please go to the house for a few days, so that you can listen to the lessons of the gentleman. ”

I was about to make up a few words to confuse the past, and then I thought to myself: Although this young man is dressed as a hunter, he talks elegantly and behaves decently, not like an ordinary vulgar person in the mountains and wilderness, but like a child of a well-educated family.

Thinking of this, I said with a humble face: "In Xia Li Yi, is a person from the Xingwang Mansion in the capital, I have long heard that Zhong Lingshan is beautiful, the earth is made of heaven, and it is a rare wonderful place, so I brought the scholar to enjoy the handsome scenery here, who would have expected to meet two thieves who tried to harm me, fortunately I have this self-defense weapon, so I can be alone, and my scholar is unfortunately killed." Since you have been invited by Your Excellency frankly, but you are disrespectful, you have no choice but to obey, which will inevitably disturb your mansion. ”

Seeing that Lin Tong was still staring at the shotgun in my hand with bright eyes, as if he was very interested, I handed the shotgun locked to Lin Tong's hand, and it was impossible for him to operate it anyway.

Lin Tong was very happy to see that I readily agreed to be a guest at home, and he was even more overjoyed to see that I handed over the self-defense weapon unsuspectingly.

But Na Lintong didn't reach out to pick it up, but waved his hand again and again: "Hey! How can this be done? How can Brother Tai's self-defense weapon be handed over to outsiders, you should put it away quickly. I think Brother Li has been running around for many days, it must be very hard, let's go down the mountain as soon as possible to the house and rest, right? ”

Of course, I also wanted him to say that, so I quickly nodded in agreement, and turned back to the stone house to pack my luggage. After more than a month of arduous trekking, in fact, I don't have much luggage now, most of the food and water in it are consumed, and other things, including those two bags, are just packed in a travel bag.

Everyone worked together and hastily buried the bodies of Ma Baoshan and others and the scholar Li Yan. Then I rode one horse myself, and Lin Tong and his companions took two other horses, and one specially used to carry the dead tiger, and the group of five people went down the mountain.

After walking for about five or six miles, I soon saw a large castle built against the hill in front of me not far ahead. The closer you go, the clearer you see, the outer walls of the castle are made of huge mountain stones, and the gaps between the stones seem to be sealed with a gray cement-like material, which looks smooth and neat. Although the city wall is not high, it is only about seven or eight meters, but the battlements, observation holes, and shooting holes on the wall are readily available, and there is a city tower at each of the four corners, although there is no gorgeous carved cornice, but it seems to be mighty and extraordinary in momentum, and it is everyone's handwriting at a glance. Seeing this kind of formation, I secretly cheered, it seems that this Lin Tong is definitely not a child of an ordinary family.

When the group came to the city gate in the south, Lin Tong quickly called open the city gate, and everyone dismounted and entered the city through the drawbridge.

As soon as I entered the city, I was immediately stunned by what was inside. Within this small castle, there are several wide, flat streets running through it, and hundreds of neat houses are located in the middle, and all the houses are almost identical, with basically the same orientation, structure, and even the building materials. The shops along the street are lined up, and all kinds of items are filled with a variety of things, and everything is in order, without a trace of noise and chaos. Although the city is not large, the streets are full of people, and it is obvious that this is a popular place.

I was in the middle of it, and I was a little skeptical of what I was seeing. It's a small castle, it's a miniature version of a modern city. What shocked me even more was that the pavement on the streets and the walls of the houses were obviously made of cement, how could this be possible, the invention of cement was 800 years later, and it was unimaginable in the Five Dynasties period. The man who invented these things is simply amazing, and if I have the opportunity to meet him, I must ask him for advice, and it will not be in vain to travel through this time. Thinking of this, I showed a look of yearning in my heart.

Lin Tong next to him seemed to see my doubts, and said with a slight smile: "If Mr. Li is very interested in everything here, he can meet their owners in a while, don't hide it from Mr. Li, everything in this castle was designed by my scheming second uncle, and our Lin Family Fort has only been built for six years, and it was not like this before." And my second uncle also made a lot of KitKat and new things, if you meet him, I believe you will be more interested in him. ”

I searched for novelties in the city, nodded mechanically, and the yearning in my heart intensified.

Soon, the group had come to a large mansion, the style of this mansion is not much different from those ordinary houses, the style is almost the same, even the building materials are exactly the same, but the scale is divided into front and back, left and right, much larger than ordinary houses.

Lin Tong handed over our horses and dead tigers to the care of others, led me to the hall inside and sat down, and then bowed slightly and said, "Li Gongzi, please sit down for a while, I will go and ask the second uncle to meet you immediately." After saying that, he nodded slightly and turned around and entered the back hall.

As soon as I sat down in the chair, my eyes were instantly attracted by the structure of this room, this living room is relatively large, but the peculiarity is there, this is actually a three-sided open building, the front, left and right sides have no walls, only six pillars surround it, the outer eaves extend farther, the outer corridor outside the pillars is all covered in it, and the low wall of the corridor more than one meter high acts as the outer wall, which plays a part of the role of shelter from the wind and rain. The best part is that the roof is a double-dome structure, with the lower dome being open and the upper layer as if it is covered with a transparent object. This structure is both light and breathable, and the design is really ingenious. Needless to say, this must also be designed by Lin Tong's magical second uncle.

While I was admiring, a gray-robed scribe of about forty years old came out of the back of the hall, although he was relatively tall, but black and thin, with a high forehead and a sharp and beardless chin, he did not show the demeanor of a literati at all, but like a sour Confucian who had tried and failed to do so. Seeing Lin Tong following respectfully behind him, he thought that this tired-looking scribe was Lin Tong's omnipotent second uncle.

I saw him take a few steps forward, came to me, and greeted me warmly: "In Xia Lin Qingliang, I don't know that the distinguished guests are far away, and they are not welcome, please forgive me!" ”

I hurriedly got up and saluted back: "In Xia Li Yi and the people of Xingwangfu in the capital, this reckless visit has caused a lot of disturbances, and I hope the master will bear with me." ”

The scribe nodded and smiled, took my arm without seeing it, led me to the guest seat of the head and sat down, and said: "Li Gongzi is a person from the capital, but he has come thousands of miles to this barren land, and Lin Mou was able to meet Zunfan, which is really a blessing for three lives." Hehe! I have never been to the capital before, and I have long been yearning for it, and this time I also asked Li Gongzi to condescend to the nobles, and spend more time in the house, so that I can listen to more lessons in the next place.

I hurriedly left my seat and thanked: "If it is ashamed to preach the benefits, it is an eye-opener when I enter the door at the next time, the building materials of those houses are unheard of and unseen, but I don't know what kind of materials are made of, and they are smooth and smooth, which can be described as amazing." ”

When Lin Qingliang heard me ask such a question, his face couldn't help showing a hint of pride, and he said happily: "There is no magical place, but it is just a kind of stone that I stumbled upon on the mountain, this kind of stone turned into powder after calcination, and it was as hard as gold and iron after encountering water, so it was used by me to build roads and walls, but it was several times better than in the past, this is just a thought, how dare you take it for yourself." Li Gongzi has an overreputation. ”

"Then this living room is so cleverly designed, it must also be from the hand of Mr.?" I continued to ask with admiration on my face.

"Huh! Do you want to talk about this living room? Hehe! That's a lot of hard work. Lin Qingliang was interested in my questioning, and shook his head and said.

"Since we have a lot of rain and humidity, I wondered if I could design a house with plenty of light and ventilation to solve the problem of stuffiness and humidity. After a few months of consideration, I designed this double-roofed, three-sided ventilated living room, although the problem was basically solved, but the glaze used for roof lighting was too expensive and scarce, so only such a room was built. ”

"Oh! I see, can't this glass be made by itself? "I know that at this time, although the glass is not as pure and transparent as glass, it has been widely used in the royal family, but it is just some imported products. It seems that Lin Qingliang has not thought of the method of making glass, so I asked deliberately.

Hearing me ask this question, Lin Qingliang looked a little frustrated, shook his head solemnly and said: "Since Yiren can make it, it should not be difficult to make glass, it is nothing more than a matter of material selection and production process, I think it is all made of ore, but I haven't thought of what kind of stone should be used to have this effect." Over the past few months, I've tried more than a dozen of them without success, and I think it's still due to my poor choice of materials. After speaking, he sighed deeply, and his expression was indescribably gloomy.