Chapter 4: The Formative Years
Forty years of Xuancang.
Life is like a white horse, just suddenly.
It has been fourteen years since Lin Xiangwan came to this world, but her growth rate is too slow, and when she has a clear understanding of this world, she only feels that everything is turned upside down.
She looked up at the wooden window of the study, only to see the rockery, listening to the murmuring of the water, very secluded, and the trees were lush and lush, and the green spread into the study, which made her feel comfortable.
When she first heard Lin Queqing tell her that the name of this world was Shang Dynasty Continent, she tried to recall the records of the Shang Dynasty in her memory in her previous life, but she couldn't match the number. Therefore, this is not the Shang Dynasty that she is familiar with in modern times, and the Shang Dynasty of this world is an empty continent.
There are four kingdoms in the continent of the Shang Dynasty here: Xueji, and the end, the West Night, Wensu, and a lost ancient country Canglan Divine Ruins, but many people told her that this kingdom has disappeared, together with the ancient gods inside, she has seen an ancient book that records that most of the lost ancient gods of the Shang Dynasty are gathered in Canglan Divine Ruins.
Lin Xiangwan gently put the book in her hand back on the shelf, groaning for a while, remembering everything her father told her.
The reason why Canglan is a lost country, according to her father, is because the people of the Shang Dynasty mainland have not had the privilege of contacting, communicating, and laughing with the gods of the Nether for a long time.
If it was changed thousands of years ago, when the ruins of the gods had not yet been destroyed and lost, the gods would occasionally go to the mainland of the Shang Dynasty to play, Zephi mortal.
The people of Wensu along the coast have also seen the extremely beautiful goddesses quietly go to the fishermen's homes to weave precious sea silk as gifts, and it is also rumored that in the turbulent waves of the Wensu Infinite Sea, they have seen the goddess standing in a pavilion and holding on to shells to calm the waves.
It's a pity that the blessings are no longer there, and I don't know where the gods of Canglan have gone, and no one knows what happened to the disappearance of the ancient kingdom of Canglan.
Lin Xiangwan looked a little stunned, she sighed, and looked out the window again, the spring was just right and full of vitality.
In modern times, the gods of the original Shang Dynasty that she knew were the nature, totems and ancestor worship of primitive religions, and she had always believed that the gods did not exist, but she was shocked when she heard these interesting rumors, but she regretted it.
But after all, the vicissitudes have been lost for more than a thousand years, and not even a single recorded book has been handed down, so where can I listen to a more detailed story?
And Lin Xiangwan's country is Xueji Country. The reason why it is called Xueji is because there are many snowy days here, and the winter lasts much longer than in other countries, and it snows about 150 days a year, whether it is goose feather snow or light snow, it has a unique style.
And the end is in the hot border areas of the mainland of the Shang Dynasty, and the people at the end are enthusiastic and warlike, and they worship the strong by nature, I heard that there are also brightly lit cities that never sleep and lost cities, and it is rumored that there will be a lot of rare refining materials and martial arts cheats that circulate in the rivers and lakes in the city that never sleeps, but how to get it, few people know.
Wensu is in the coastal area, but also another country in the west of the border neighbors, Wensu people to sail as a means of livelihood, but in fact, people's lives are no different from the other three countries, not to say that leaving the sea will lose income, Wensu relying on the sea has long been developed impressively, navigation is just a habit to remain, and most of the people of Wensu are brave, but there are also a small number of Wensu people as gentle as the quiet sea, different personalities.
West Night is the most powerful of the four countries, and everyone loves it... Lin Xiangwan flipped through the information in his hand, a little dazed, how did this page be torn off?
The corners of her mouth twitched, who tore this page off? Maybe it was Brother Que Qing who she loved and hated again! When he was a child, every time he saw her flipping a book, he would come up and take the book in her hand with a hippie smile, and sometimes he would tear it "accidentally", Lin Xiangwan secretly gritted his teeth, kept turning the pages in his hand, and his eyes fell on the next text.
...... The four countries were at peace with each other, and wars were rare. Lin Xiangwan looked at this sentence and lowered his head to think for a while, so judging from the current situation, Xue Ji and Xiye have a more harmonious relationship than other countries because of the friendship between the two kings, and the marriage and the exchange of envoys sent by the two countries in the past dynasties.
Moreover, because of the distance between the two countries, although the relationship is not intimate, but because of the large span, and the end is in the hot border area, and the Wensu is in the seaside area, the strong demand for each other's goods between the two countries has promoted the prosperity of mutual trade.
Lin Xiangwan's father is Lin Zhi, the prime minister of Xueji Kingdom, and her mother is Wen Yu, the daughter of Hubu Shangshu. And after 20 years, the two are still like glue, and their love is undoubted, which has long been a good story in Xueji's story.
She has an eldest brother named Lin Yunnuo, who is mentally sound because she crossed over, but in her memory Mo was when she was eight years old, when Lin Yunnuo was fifteen years old, and at a young age he was appreciated by King Wen of Xueji Kingdom for his art of war like a god and was named a general, and his future is bright. Since then, she has been able to see him less and less, and then she was sent by King Wen to guard Xueji at the border between Xueji and Jimo.
Lin Yunnuo was busy with military affairs, so he rarely played with the three of them at home, but he often asked someone to bring some rare and fresh gadgets and handwritten letters back to them.
Lin Xiangwan narrowed his eyes and remembered the letter he received from the carrier pigeon a few days ago. In the letter, she could feel the sincerity of the eldest brother, he told their brothers and sisters to get along in harmony, but she always covered her conscience, lifted the brush and promised Lin Yun to reply that their brothers and sisters got along very well, loved each other, and were filial to their parents, so that he must not worry, so he had to guard Xueji, and they would wait for him to return from the border at home.
But in fact, this is not the case at all! Lin Xiangwan silently condemned herself in her heart, eldest brother, the fourth sister is wrong, and the fourth sister should not lie! She took the luminous stone hairpin that her eldest brother brought her and wept silently in her heart.
The hairpin is jade and transparent, and it is jade white, but it will also flow out of a faint fluorescent green brilliance in a dim place. Lin Xiangwan quietly looked at the hairpin in his hand, although the eldest brother was extremely far away from them, his heart did not decrease at all.
In addition to the city that never sleeps and the mysterious and abnormal lost city, the local treasure ore mine is also widely known, and the various rare stones produced can always be sold at a good price in other countries. Among them, the most famous is the luminous stone mine, not to say how valuable it is, but the entire Shang Dynasty, except for the end of the year, has not found any country with a luminous stone mine, so the end of the world naturally monopolized all the luminous stone products.
And the famous nobles in the deep boudoir girl can't put down the luminous stone, but also must send someone to thousands of miles away and bring back, rare is expensive, plus the road is difficult and long, it is hard to find, not to mention the hairpins and other jewelry polished with it.
Lin Xiangwan put the glow-in-the-dark stone hairpin into the red sandalwood box and carefully put it away.
In the box, there are some strange and rare gadgets, including the peach blossom-shaped stones that Lin Queqing picked up for her when she was a child, and the pearl cream that Lin Suxin cherished but always used for her.
Lin Xiangwan has a deep relationship with the second brother Lin Queqing and the third sister Lin Suxin, and the brotherhood is certainly greater. But she is the eldest and the youngest, so she is always teased by Lin Queqing, and every time she wants to go crazy, Lin Suxin always stops her for her.
Lin Suxin and her mother Wen Yu love to travel all kinds of famous mountains and rivers, as long as they hear about what is interesting in which country, they go out directly without saying a word, and Lin Zhi is busy with official business, and rarely can take time to accompany them, so they are also allowed to travel, but the battle of each trip is particularly large, using dozens of guards in the Lin Mansion, or entrusting the secret agents of the intelligence agency to quietly follow and protect.
And Lin Xiangwan didn't want to go out, but she was prevaricated, saying that she was too young and didn't let her travel for safety, so over time she gave up her desire to travel, and obediently stayed in the incense courtyard to tinker with her own favorite things.
As for her second brother Lin Queqing, he causes trouble all day long.
However, this is not the same as Lin Xiangwan's original understanding, this trouble, the wrong thing, is a peach blossom debt.
Of course, sometimes she will join forces with Lin Suxin, who returned from playing, to deal with Lin Queqing with the peach blossom debt he himself provoked, saying that when she saw Lin Queqing for the first time after crossing over, she knew that he must be a disaster when he grew up, although his heart was twisted, but his appearance was excellent.
This may be the so-called God who will close a door for you and leave a window for you.
Fourteen years have passed, and Lin Queqing has already grown into a handsome young man. His eyebrows are like a sword, and the ink on his ivory white shirt shines, which is eye-catching, but his amber Danfeng eyes reveal countless styles when he gazes, covering up the cleanliness and elegance of the original white clothes, which is intoxicating.
I have to admit that if you leave aside the poor character of this guy, it can really be called "Mo Shangren is like jade, and the son is unparalleled in the world." And he doesn't know why he is tied for first place with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Murong Yun of Xueji, and is called "the first son of Xueji", but there are two of the first sons of Xueji.
It is rumored that Lin Queqing's smile is like a strong wind on the ground, which only makes Xueji's young woman soften half of her body, and she only bows her head and blushes and her heart beats, and he smiles lightly, and the laughter is like countless fluff constantly scratching at the tip of the heart, which only makes people's hearts itch.
The hateful thing is that this guy is not ashamed but proud, and what is even more odious is that he is facing the girls who boldly express his love to him, although he does not ignore their charming eyes, he will have a bewitching smile, and the words he says are extremely hurtful, so that half of the girls who secretly promised him are heartbroken.
When Lin Xiangwan heard these unreliable rumors, she also silently propped up her head, thinking about how many people were deceived by her second brother's beautiful skin, but at this time, she couldn't help but recall the peach blossom debt owed by Lin Queqing in recent years, and sighed deeply.
Bad fate.
Then she raised her head and saw a slender figure walking in the distance, it was a middle-aged man, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
It's the Master here!