In the nineteenth winter of the Great Chu Kingdom, Prime Minister Lin Lushan's wife Du Dan passed away at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. Prime Minister Lin was sad and fainted, unable to get up to entertain guests, and all internal and external affairs were handled by his righteous brother Wu Xie and his brother-in-law Du Pre

His son Lin Xiao is twelve years old, although he is shorter than the average child, but he is very smart, and he accompanied the two uncles to handle his mother's funeral in an orderly manner.

"What do you mean by being a young man and an old man...... I just inherited a little bit of wisdom from my mother. In the evening, after the hangers gradually dispersed, only the three uncles and nephews were left in the mourning hall, and Lin Xiao's polite little face suddenly collapsed, rubbing his eyes that had already cried red, and sitting next to his mother's body sighed

Wu Xie and Du Pre were not surprised by this. This kid is half human, half demon, and his origin is very unusual. Dan'er has been cultivating for more than 400 years, and most of the essence of his body has been given to his son, plus he has inherited a lot of Wenhua from Lin Lushan, Lin Xiaocong has grown old to this point.

It also makes sense.

"I just didn't expect Dan'er to die ......so early," Du sighed, "My father sighed after getting the news, saying that he was only afraid of the life of his daughter, otherwise the two daughters before and after were capable, but they both died in front of him......"

"My uncle is old and a little cranky. What does this have to do with him? The marriage between humans and demons is originally against the way of heaven. Mother had long known that she couldn't live long, and if it weren't for the third uncle trying to find all kinds of elixirs to continue her life, she was afraid that she would have passed away. Lin Xiao, who was sobbing again, shook his head, and didn't speak like a child at all, "If you want to blame, you can only blame your father for being too good; Blame this son of mine for sucking her vitality...... It has nothing to do with my uncle!"

These things, Du Yu naturally knew about them for a long time. Whether it is Wu Xie or Lin Lushan and his wife, they have never hidden him.

The three of them sighed again, Wu Xie went to visit Lin Lushan, and used spells to replenish some vitality for him - Lin Lushan is a person with great luck, once he is sick, ordinary spells are difficult to work, this is called "calamity" is the backlash of luck, and the mana medicine stone is not used much, so he can only survive by himself.

Fortunately, Lin Lushan finally survived, and by the time he went out of the funeral three days later, he was able to get up. Although his body was so thin that it was worrying, under the protection of Wu Jie's spells, he still completed the funeral well.

Dan'er's funeral was very grand, and as Mrs. Yipin Haoming, she could rank among the top 20 among all the women in the country. And Lin Lushan is the highest status among the ministers of the Great Chu State, and the most reused by His Majesty, as if one person is above 10,000 people. Although he is not in tune with the mainstream of the imperial court, he does have a group of supporters. At the same time, he is the most famous talent in the seven countries of Kyushu, and he has received a lot of support from the people.

From carrying the coffin to the suburbs for burial, there is an endless stream of mourners along the way, and when the most rearly burial is carried out, there are at least hundreds of people who come to pay their respects.

But although there are many hangers, there are few who are really sad. When they returned to the city, several restaurants on the road were singing and frolicking, and they were very happy.

"This must be my father's political enemy, seize the opportunity to make you angry!" Lin Xiao's little fists were clenched tightly, and his mouth made a gurgling sound, obviously gritting his teeth and getting angry, "Father can't be angry with these villains!"

"I know that they wish I was going to die of anger now." Lin Lushan smiled faintly, but there was no smile in his eyes, it was all sad, "Over the years, most of the various things I have done from the household department to the prime minister have been difficult for them. Don't look at their politeness on the surface, I don't know how many times they cursed me behind the scenes. If you seize the opportunity, you will disgust me...... Get used to it, get used to it. ”

He said it lightly, but the gloomy meaning in his words could not be concealed.

Since the Xiong Ho Rebellion, the court has been dominated by those mediocre and greedy people. What's worse is that the Tai students who would have become the clear stream of the country have also been martyred, and the gap between the old and the new is close to ten years - ten years is enough time for those people to run a huge network of relationships, closely integrating the imperial court and the locality, not only making it difficult to effectively implement the orders of the imperial court, but also making it difficult for the land of honesty and integrity to get enough room for growth.

His Majesty the Emperor was naturally worried about this, but he was not a genius, and when he didn't dare to wield a butcher's knife, he really had no good way to deal with these people, so he could only rely on a small group of honest officials led by Lin Lushan as much as possible.

But his weakness has grown the courage of the ministers, making them more and more daring to use all kinds of ghost domain methods to drag them back in the forest, and it has also made Qingliu's strength unable to develop.

After all, officials have families, and often have many relatives and friends, and there are many interests that must be cared about. The power of those villains has long been intertwined, and even if it can't hit the Qingliu officials themselves, they can influence those they have to care about.

Under such pressure, many people gradually give up. Old ministers such as the Ministry of Ink Industry have hung up their crowns and gone into hiding, while more and more young officials are joining them, but Lin Lushan is still leading the Qingliu to insist.

As everyone knows today, the reason why the Great Chu State can still maintain stability and barely have a prosperous scene is that it relies on the reluctant support of Lin Lushan and others in the imperial court, and financially relies on the prosperous Zhaoyang County to continuously transfuse blood to the country.

"The Xiong family is really lucky, seeing that the country is not guaranteed, but relying on the support of the Wu and Lin families!" Many of the nations have said so.

But everyone knows that it is impossible for Lin Lu Mountain to live forever, and Zhaoyang County cannot be infused with blood to the country forever.

How long can the current prosperity last?

Wu Xie is a man of knowledge, probably not more than ten years.

He is thirty-nine years old this year, and according to the results of the divination of the immortals, around the age of fifty, a great drought will sweep through Kyushu. At that time, Zhaoyang County is afraid that it will be very difficult to maintain its own prosperity, let alone continue to give blood transfusions to the country.

And Lin Lushan's Shouyuan is only about fifty years old, probably in the early morning, this righteous brother who has been working hard to support the country, will usher in the end of his life.

He can be sure that Lin Lushan will be brilliant in history, and he will be famous for eternity as a virtuous minister and a talented man. But he was very skeptical that it would be the historian of the Great Chu State who compiled the biography of Lin Lushan? Or is it the next dynasty?

He vaguely revealed some of these words, and Lin Lushan was not frightened, he was still calm and diligent.

"What is there to be afraid of the inherently dead and dead? Since he is not dead yet, he should do more for the country and the people. He said, "A man is born like a candle in the night." Since it can still be ignited, it must shine and heat, so that when it is extinguished, there will be no regrets. ”

"Third brother, there are eight words in the poems you taught me, and I like them very much." He smiled and whispered, "Do your best, and you're done." ”

Regarding the decision of his righteous brother, Wu Xie did not want to object. But he decided to take Lin Xiao as an apprentice and take the child with him to teach.

Lin Xiaonai is half-human, half-demon, and has many strange features. When Dan'er was alive, she and Zhu Huai were guarding by her side, and all kinds of visions were covered, but now that Dan'er is dead, Zhu Huai has also drifted away. If you stay by Lin Lushan's side any longer, I'm afraid that it will be easy for people to see the clues.

Following Wu Jie's words, there are immortals who come and go, and Lin Xiao's strangeness is nothing.

"But if I'm not there, wouldn't my father be even more lonely alone?" Lin Xiao asked worriedly.

"I'm not alone." Lin Lushan said with a smile, "There are a lot of servants in the house, and I have a lot of like-minded colleagues, how can I be lonely?"

So when Wu Xie left Changning City, he took his third disciple Lin Xiao with him.

At the same time, he left his second apprentice, Qin Jing and Qin Mianzhi, in the Lin Mansion.

Qin Jing is already a congenital master, although his martial arts are not as good as Qiao Feng, but his experience in the rivers and lakes is much better than that of his senior brother. With him by his side to protect Lin Lu Mountain, Wu Xie can rest assured.

After returning to Zhaoyang County, Wu Xie was preparing to choose an auspicious day for the zodiac to officially accept Lin Xiao's entry, but he had to be embarrassed by the emergency summons of the division.

There is a vision in the northern ice field, and quickly take a few Lian Gang junior disciples to investigate!