Chapter Twenty-Six: Old Love.
I have to say that this mission made Zheng Lin a little surprised and scared, originally he didn't understand the so-called danger of the rivers and lakes, the previous battle between him and Ye Qifei, no matter how it was said, was only carried out in the moss urn, and he would not die. But just now, when the wolf king's claws were patted down, he had a psychological sense of fear, he was afraid that he would die, and he didn't know if he would return to his original world if he died.
After going back that day, Zheng Lin thought a lot, he felt that he couldn't be so easy anymore, he had to be nervous and work hard. If you want to live, you have to have the capital to fight hard, Zheng Lin didn't sleep all night, he was planning his future. Improving his strength and financial resources is the first step, he still has many sects to go, and in addition to these, he also has to look forward to fairy tales and Dugu Xiao, because after all, they will be partners in cooperation and struggle in the future.
Early the next morning, Zheng Lin went down the mountain alone, and he took some low-level tasks to go to the town below the mountain to buy some four treasures of the study. However, the vigilant Zheng Lin soon discovered that he was being targeted on the mountainside, and if there was no shortage of bandits near the Chunyang Palace, he had long been used to it, he was just waiting for an opportunity to fight back. Finally, Zheng Lin saw a corner, so he set up an ambush.
When the person who was following him approached, Zheng Lin suddenly rushed out and stabbed at the comer, but the person reacted quickly and hurriedly dodged Zheng Lin's attack, and when Zheng Lin saw him, he frowned and said, "Why are you again?" You said that you are young and not a good person, why do you want to be a robber in the mountains? ”
It turned out that the person who robbed him was the same young man when Qiu Tong and the others came last time, and the young man was also shocked when he saw him, and even if he turned to leave, Zheng Lin suddenly stopped him: "Hey, do you have any difficulties, in fact, you can tell me, no matter how bad you are, you can also go to Chunyang Palace, they will give you a good place to go, at least they will give you some silver taels to live." ”
"Hmph... Pure Yang Palace, a dignified person, how can he understand the pain of others. ”
After speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, Zheng Lin looked at his tattered clothes, and always felt that something was wrong, so he silently followed from a distance. When he followed the boy to a ruined temple, he found that the young man opened the door and walked in, Zheng Lin found some animal bones and some herbal residues outside the door, so he quietly came to the roof, where there was a collapse, and you could see the situation inside the ruined temple. But when he saw the scene inside, he was a little stunned, there were about a dozen children inside, all of whom looked younger than him, and even the youngest looked to be no more than six or seven years old.
"Big brother, big brother, have you bought the medicine? Lao Qi is almost sick, he vomited several times this morning, and his head is still very hot, it is so cold here, if there is no medicine, he will not be able to do it. ”
Looking at the child's crying, the young man put down the knife in his hand, held the old seven in their arms, and then wrapped his own somewhat torn clothes around the child. These children look very thin and thinly dressed, they are huddled together, their faces are dirty, and they even have several people coughing all the time, and they all seem to be infected with wind and cold, and the seventh child in their mouth should be the most sick. But the young man was at a loss, and then he walked out of the door and sat alone on the steps, Zheng Lin saw his tears, helpless tears.
"It turns out that you chose to rob for them, but why didn't you tell me directly, or go to the Pure Yang Palace for help?"
The young man saw Zheng Lin, wiped his tears, and said.
"You don't have to worry about it, you don't understand anything at all. The ugly war caused them to lose their parents and relatives, but the group of stinky Taoist priests in the Pure Yang Palace said that they should not be involved in the war and chaos of the red dust and the chaos of the truth-seeking and cultivating. If you are like them, you will understand our pain and our helplessness. ”
Zheng Lin shook his head, then took out a hundred taels of gold and handed it to the young man.
"I don't need your charity, we are poor, but the poor have backbone, and we don't need you to ridicule us."
"Woman's view! I tell you, if I were you, someone would give me money now, even if I was asked to kneel down and beg him, I would be willing. Because it is your brother who lies inside, aren't you their boss, shouldn't you take care of them, I tell you, in the face of life and death, put away your ridiculous dignity, he will only make you and your brother die faster. ”
The young man was a little overwhelmed by Zheng Lin's words, yes, for the sake of his brother, even if he was really insulted, what did it matter? What's more, Zheng Lin didn't mean that yet. When he went to pick up the gold, he suddenly saw the Dao ring in Zheng Lin's hand, and he hurriedly stood up and took Zheng Lin's hand.
"It's... Where did you get this Dao ring? ”
"This is what my master gave me, what?"
Zheng Lin asked with some doubts, he had actually discovered that the young man's martial arts belonged to the Pure Yang Palace Qi Sect, but he had never had a chance to understand the reason. When the young man heard Zheng Lin's words, he was obviously a little distracted.
"Master... Master... It seems that she has finally come out, and now I am relieved. Do you know, boy, your master's name is Qin Ruoyun. She is also my former master, but I broke her heart and made her lose face in front of that group of stinky Taoist priests, I know she is very sad, but she is reluctant to beat me, reluctant to kill me. In the end, I left, but she was burdened with my infamy, my stain, you remember, in this life, if you go against her, I will kill you. ”
Zheng Lin frowned, according to this person, he was indeed a member of the Pure Yang Palace, and he was also an apprentice of his master, but what happened to him that he left the Pure Yang Palace and became a robber. What was the reason why he felt so guilty about Qin Ruoyun, and even hated his master. Zheng Lin wanted to ask the reason, but he knew that now was not the time, so he could only endure it first, but he had already made up his mind to at least use his existing financial resources to help his former senior brother and restore those children to health.
When he returned to Chunyang Palace, it was already late, and Qin Ruoyun had been waiting anxiously at the gate of the mountain, because Zheng Lin's task was originally very simple to buy things. But it was too late to come back, and when Zheng Lin saw the master waiting for him at the gate of the mountain, a warmth welled up in his heart, and at the same time, he had a deeper understanding of what the senior brother said. Qin Ruoyun is really a very responsible and good master, and he believes that Qin Ruoyun must also love his senior brother very much.
"Where did you go, why did you come back so late, I'm worried to death."
Seeing that Qin Ruoyun was both worried and a little blamed, Zheng Lin smiled: "I'm sorry, Master, I was playing under the mountain for a while, don't be angry, look at what I bought you." ”
After speaking, he handed a hairpin to Qin Ruoyun, in fact, it was picked by his senior brother, because when he and Qin Ruoyun went down the mountain together, Qin Ruoyun liked the hairpin very much. And when Qin Ruoyun saw this hairpin, he was really happy, but suddenly felt a little lost and sad, although it was only for a moment, Zheng Lin still caught it. Sure enough, Qin Ruoyun was still thinking about his other apprentice?