Verse 23: Drink from a river
Lin Yi sleeps at midnight every day, gets up at midnight, is very regular, will find a secluded place in the morning and evening to practice kung fu for a whole hour, and during the day he will follow Mei Yuexue to read and write, plus serve him to live and eat.
He said that he was here to serve, but in fact, he came to urge and wake up Mei Yuexue, once Lin Yi found that he was slack, or his heart was not strong, he must appear to help him as soon as possible, his father, Lin Lao General An Guohou, told him that he and Mei Yuexue were equally important to this country.
He is the youngest son of General Lin, the eldest brother and the second brother are all wounded, but he has never been on the battlefield when he is young, the emperor is sympathetic to the Lin family, and he can't bear that his children and grandchildren are fighting on the battlefield, so he allowed Mrs. Lin to take him to the palace often to be the prince's personal guard.
When he was a child, he often followed his mother into the palace, his mother was the eldest princess of Nan'an, the emperor's own sister, the relationship in the palace was complicated, although the prince was sealed early, his status was respected, but he was restrained everywhere and was strictly controlled, Lin Yi's arrival was like a gust of fresh wind blowing into the prince's lead-clouded, stuffy life. The two children hit it off, and the prince was often invited to the general's house to practice martial arts with Lin Yi.
Lin Yi was originally reluctant to be a guard, his family was proud of killing the enemy on the battlefield, and he was unwilling to stay in the deep palace. Later, the prince was plotted by Luan Guifei, and was instigated by the Luan family in the court, which made a miasma, and finally it was time to deprive the prince of his position.
At that time, Lin Yi was also young and didn't understand, he just vaguely felt as if a lot of big things had happened, he remembered that his father was always frowning at that time, and one day his father asked him: "Yi'er, my father asked you, if the people of our country need you, are you willing to do anything for them."
Lin Yi said: "Of course I do, my father said that the family motto of our Lin family is to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, self-reliance and self-improvement."
Old General Lin nodded and touched his head and said, "Good boy! Now Daddy has something to hand over to you, very important, very important, I have discussed with the Holy Lord, think about it, only you can do it, you can't be a little negligent, do you dare to do it? โ
Lin Yi remembered that his father stared at him tightly at that time, old, muddy, but shining with hope, Lin Yi usually only hated himself for being useless, he always thought that his father never valued him as much as he valued his brother, he grew so big, for the first time he deeply felt that his father needed him, Da Mu needed him, and the people of Da Mu Dynasty needed him.
"Daddy, rest assured, the child has been waiting for this day, and the child will never live up to his father and the saint."
He solemnly kowtowed to his father, and his father stretched out his hand and pressed on the top of his head for a while without speaking, but in Lin Yi's heart, that short period of tranquility was worth a thousand words, and the opportunity he had been waiting for a long time to display his talents finally came, he was not a useless child.
The next day, he was sent to the Songyin Temple of Guiyun Mountain, where he studied art with the old monk Shouzhen. It is said that it is Songyin Temple, but it is actually a small broken temple, and there is only one old monk in the temple. Shouzhen monk and his father acquaintance, his father was injured in the fight with the enemy army passing through the Songyin Temple, in danger, all relied on his superb medical skills to save his life, after his father recovered, Shouzhen monk also taught him a set of internal strength to strengthen the body, this is a real master of the world, every day the old monk does not say much, just a vigorous to teach him martial arts, take him to collect medicine, study medicine, but not verbose.
Lin Yi stayed there for a whole year, and suddenly one day, the eldest brother and the second brother broke into the temple with a hemp bag, and the sack contained the current prince. It's just that the prince at that time has been deposed and demoted to a commoner, just on the way to the prince being assigned, he was robbed by the Lin brothers who took the opportunity to disguise themselves as mountain bandits, and in the process of hijacking, they pretended to be forced to kill him, in fact, they deliberately found a person who was very similar to the prince's body to die, and also scratched the face of the corpse, changed his clothes and jumped off the cliff, and fell beyond recognition, which transferred the real prince away. The eldest brother and the second brother simply told Lin Yi about the process, and the prince was only injured and fainted now, but Lin Yi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.
"Will there be anything going on in our family?"
The second brother said: "Father is An Guohou, as long as you are careful, the Luan family does not dare to investigate too much, we are very meticulous, and we have not left any traces, at most they are just suspicious, and they will find a way to weaken the power of our Lin family, and they will not dare to embarrass us."
The eldest brother said: "What they want is for the prince to die, after the prince died by mistake, they can't afford to spend a lot of effort to argue the truth for the time being, and the promotion of the new prince is the most important thing for them at the moment, as long as the new prince is the son of Luan Guifei, they should be sure, even if the prince does not die, it will be difficult for him to turn over."
"That'...... Then you can't turn over again? Lin Yi looked at the two brothers in horror.
The second brother pressed his shoulder and said: "All our bets are on His Royal Highness the Prince, fourth brother, Daddy let us tell you, everything is up to the prince, you have to help him, protect him, and take care of him." Of course, you also have to take care of yourself. โ
The eldest brother hurriedly said: "Third brother, we have to return to Beijing quickly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will wake up soon, and when he wakes up, you will go with him."
Lin Yi nodded in agreement, and the two elder brothers told him a few more words, and left in a hurry.
It didn't take long for the prince to wake up, and after thanking the monk Shouzhen, he took Lin Yi to Hidden Dragon Pass.
The prince who was stolen and replaced with pillars is now Mei Yuexue, the owner of Hidden Dragon Village.
At that time, it had been nearly two years since the Hidden Dragon Village was built, and it was only two months after Lin Yi arrived at the Hidden Dragon Pass, Xiao Wei came.
Mei Yuexue had already prepared everything, he had been planning for this matter two years ago, but it wasn't until he came here incognito after he faked his death two months ago that the most realistic problem in front of him was that he had no money.
But fortunately, he still has the kung fu, so he inquired about a few people who are rich and unkind, and officials who are not honest, and did a few "good deeds" of gentlemen on the beam, and got a lot of money. Anyway, he came out to plan to be a bandit, and he didn't care about the name of another thief, when he was in Kyoto, he stole the homes of those officials of the Luan family's henchmen, and at that time he was originally to vent his evil anger to himself and his father, and he didn't want to leave any reputation, and at that time his identity was there, and no one found him, so these things had to be stopped. He had accumulated a wealth of experience at that time, and now that he was far away from the feet of the Son of Heaven, it was even more so.
Lin Yi didn't know how many people died behind her, but Mei Yuexue knew it all in her heart.
Mei Yuexue, this is indeed not his real name, but now, he can't let anyone know his real name.
Sometimes the more light and light-hearted the cynical person is, the more he will be carried.
After Lin Yi finished practicing kung fu, seeing that the hour was not early, he went to see Mei Yuexue as usual. When she entered the room, she saw Mei Yuexue sitting at the desk, with a pile of notes full of words in front of her, when Mei Yuexue saw him, she looked tired and her eyes were red, Lin Yi exclaimed: "Childe, you haven't slept all night?"
Mei Yuexue smiled at him and said, "I have something to do, I can't sleep, so I didn't sleep."
Lin Yi saw that he was extremely excited, and couldn't help asking, "What makes you so happy, Son?"
Mei Yuexue said: "I was at a loss for what to do in the village, without my original identity, except to be a bandit, I really can't think of anything else, fortunately, Miss Xiao knows how to do business, this is more than being a thief, being a bandit, according to her, it will be easier for us to do things!"
Lin Yi picked up the notepad on the table and looked at it, and saw that it was densely packed, one by one, and it was actually the rules listed for the village.
"Wow!" Lin Yi sighed lightly, flipping through the pages, Mei Yuexue looked at him and smiled: "How is it?" Lin Yi smiled: "I think it's very complete, like my father's military regulations and military discipline." Childe, what can I do for you? โ
Mei Yuexue said: "After breakfast, help me call everyone to the willow tree by the river, I have something very important to tell you."
Lin Yi immediately agreed.
After breakfast, everyone gathered under the willow tree by the river and stood neatly together, Mei Yuexue stood at the front, looked at everyone's faces, and said the reason why everyone was called this time.
He first told everyone about the money, many people were embarrassed after hearing it, the monkey took the lead, saying that he wanted to repay Mei Yuexue after earning money, and he couldn't help but repay his kindness, Mei Yuexue naturally refused to accept their money, he said to everyone: "'Da Ze also helps the world, I have no ability, but I have a lot of wishes, I hope that all people like you in the world will live a good life, have food, clothing, ability, not be looked down upon, and be an upright person, so when I have money, I will try my best to help those I can help, of course I also hope that you can be the same as me, if everyone must say that they want to repay me, then stick to their duty, live well, be a good man, and when they meet people in need of help, everyone can do their best, that is my Mei Yuexue's blessing๏ผ โ
Lao Liu praised tremblingly: "The owner of the village is so generous, the old man admires it!"
Xiao Wei also praised: "Well said, our Hidden Dragon Village is not a den of bandits, although most of us don't know kung fu and don't know a few words, but that doesn't affect us to be a hero who stands up to the sky!"
Mei Yuexue smiled bitterly when she heard this: "This is all a momentary mood, some things must be white, although I Mei Yuexue has a way to let everyone live a good life, but I can't help everyone wash away the identity of the bandit, even I have the reputation of being a thief, you follow me, I'm afraid you can't be a good citizen, and it won't end well if the government catches it."
Xiao Wei smiled: "How happy it is to be a bandit, I want to be a bandit with you, so I don't want to be a good citizen!"
Seeing her innocent and delicate, everyone couldn't help laughing, and Lao Liu said tremblingly: "Miss Xiao, this is still arrogant, my old man said a fair word, it doesn't matter if the government doesn't recognize us, we know that we are not ashamed of our conscience, anyway, my old bones are saved by the owner of the village, as long as the owner of the village thinks that we are good citizens, it is enough, and nothing else matters!" Those black-hearted officials, who wants to listen to them! โ
Lao Liu was emotional, the crutch poked on the ground, and in the end, he was so excited that he coughed, and the people around him hurriedly hugged him, patted him on the back to help him calm down, and let him sit down on a stone by the river.
Everyone responded in groups, and they all said that they had decided to follow Mei Yuexue as a bandit, Mei Yuexue only felt excited in her heart, and when everyone quieted down, he said: "Okay, my Mei Yuexue is really fortunate to meet all the heroes in three lives, and it is not in vain to live this life, everyone drinks the same river water, and from now on they are brothers, sharing blessings and difficulties, let's do the next career together, self-reliance and self-improvement, and help the suffering!" In order for our village to last longer, I have listed some rules, and I hope everyone will abide by them, so as not to cause trouble in the future. โ
Then Mei Yuexue began to let Lin Yi speak again, reading out the rules he listed, in addition to the rules of ordinary behavior, there is also a unified timetable, everyone should get up early in the morning to learn martial arts, and in the evening everyone should get together to read and write, learn to settle accounts and keep accounts, Lin Yi read one, Mei Yuexue explained one, who broke the rules, the rewards and punishments were clearly written, and after everyone had no objections or questions, Mei Yuexue arranged for Lin Yi to copy it in large words on a large piece of paper and paste it on the wall.
Then everyone dispersed, Mei Yuexue called Monkey and Lao Bai to go to his room to discuss the manpower arrangement, Xiao Wei looked at Mei Yuexue's busy figure, and said to herself: "I didn't expect this guy, he looks like a leader, and his execution ability is quite strong!"
In fact, Xiao Wei disdains to do these trivial things, she wants to be the owner of the village just to be happy for a while, she doesn't know Mei Yuexue's true intentions, and naturally she is too lazy to think about these big and small things, but she is happy to be idle at this time.