Chapter 6: Once Upon a Time in Boston

Lin Mu had never seen his grandfather, and his birthday was the same day as his grandfather's death. Later, in order to avoid bad luck, the Lin family postponed the grandfather's death date for fifteen days. However, Lin Mu's strange thing is that since he can remember, he has never heard anyone mention these past events, and he has never heard of any "Eighty-Seven Immortal Scrolls" diagrams. But he knew he was not interested in any of this, and he just wanted to miss his engineering information major and be a computer engineer.

Lin Jinrong continued, Your grandfather has great powers, and your second uncle and I are not as strong as one thousandth of him. In the past, he taught us to read, and we could directly recite a large section of "Spring and Autumn", can you? He used to tell us about the saints of Confucius, about Yan Hui and Zigong, and now I still remember an anecdote about Confucius that he said.

One day, many falcons died and landed in the court of the state of Chen, and at a glance, there were arrows made of wood passing through the body, and the arrows were made of stone. Chen sent an envoy to ask Confucius for advice. Confucius said: "The falcon comes far away, and this cautious arrow is also." The king of Xiwu Keshang, the passage of nine barbarians, so that each with its own side of the bribe to pay tribute, so that there is no forgetting the profession. So he was cautious and paid tribute to the arrows and stones, and the long ruler was there. The first king wanted to show his virtue, and divided the big Ji with prudence, and sealed Zhu Chen with Yu Hu Gong. share the same surname with Zhenyu and show relatives; Divide the surname to the distant position, so that there is no forgetfulness. Therefore, it is divided into solemn and cautious arrows. When Chen Xianggong heard this, he asked people to go to the warehouse where the tributes from all parties were collected in the past to look for it, and sure enough, he found this kind of arrow. Therefore, Confucius lived in the state of Chen for three years. After leaving Chen, he first arrived in Pu and then came to Weiguo.

I know Confucius, I know Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Dongpo, all of them are the teachings of your grandfather. Although he did not study when he was a child, during his years in the army, he studied from paperwork whenever he had time, and before he fled to Thailand, he was already at a high level. He learns things very quickly, which I can't compare with your second uncle.

Lin Mu knew Confucius, and he also knew Li Bai, Du Fu, and Su Dongpo, but he also knew James Madison and the Compound Festival, so these old Lin did not necessarily know.

But Lao Lin went on to say, do you know about the Sage Patrick and the Boston Museum Theft?

Lin Mu didn't know about the deeds of the Sage Patrick, who was born in 373 AD, but what he thought to himself was, could it be that Grandpa stole Boston? Lao Lin saw his son's thoughts, but he didn't blame, he said leisurely, don't worry, listen to me slowly.

Legend has it that Patrick, a child who lived in the island of Great Britain, was taken captive by pirates at the age of sixteen, sold as slaves to Ireland, and became a shepherd after six years in captivity. During this life of suffering, he had to rely on the power of God to get through: he prayed to God every day that he would one day return to his native land. One evening while praying, a voice came to his ears, telling him that he could escape from the shepherd's farm, and that there was an unmanned boat on the shore about two hundred miles from the farm, so he and some of his companions rowed out of Ireland and landed in Marseille. During his escape, he left behind many magical legends, such as the fact that whenever they were hungry, fish would jump out of the water and jump onto their boats, and after landing, a flock of sheep would follow them, so that they could live by eating them. Later, when Patrick returned to Ireland to preach his religion, there was an even more amazing legend that the clover he touched would turn into flowers and surround him. Later the Germans preemptively registered this symbol and named it Adidas. Patrick stayed in Ireland and brought the light of religion to every corner of the island, establishing churches and schools to educate the people, and there are many churches and schools in Ireland that are named after him. Therefore, in order to commemorate the revenge of this vengeful saint who guarded them, the Irish set March 17, the day of his death, as one of the most important holidays in Ireland, "St. Patrick's Day". Even if you have not received a lot of modern education, with a superficial basic understanding, Lin Mu will frantically complain that these legends are tree new wind (T

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Ignoring his son's feelings and thoughts, Lin Jinrong continued to tell the story of the Boston Museum.