Lin Jianlan followed Qin Tianxiong around and around, and had lost the way he came, and the two of them rushed for a while to catch up with Lin Hongfeng and his party in front, but Lin Jianlan was already running out of breath, and he was secretly glad that he could finally walk slowly.

Lin Jianlan looked at the surrounding scenery carefully at this time, the winding paths were secluded, and the shadows of the flowers were sparse, which seemed to be very leisurely and elegant, but since he had just passed through the pontoon bridge, he realized in his heart that there were actually hidden cards everywhere in the main hall of the Kuangyi Gang, and there was a killing machine inside, maybe which flower he picked would trigger what mechanism, so he followed Qin Tianxiong firmly.

Slowly the path opened up again, and an imposing house flashed in front of him, with four corners of the cornices, the bell kept ringing with the wind, the door of the middle hall was wide open, and the plaque hanging on the top of the door was written with the three big characters of "Kuangyi Hall", Lin Jianlan said in his heart: This must be the place where Uncle Qing and them discussed the major matters in the gang. Because this big house is surrounded by tall trees and is in shadows, someone has already lit all the candles in the lobby in advance, Lin Jianlan was confused at this time, and he didn't know what he should do, so he just followed Qin Tianxiong into the house, and saw that there was no decoration in the entire hall, only a couplet hung on the wall facing the door:

"Ten zhang soft red dust, happy enmity, four words shake the green forest, Kuang support justice. ”

The brushwork is as sharp as a sword carving, and there is a red lacquered sandalwood chair directly below the couplet, and the armrests of the chair have long been discolored, as if seeing Uncle Qing sitting on the chair and contemplating his eyebrows, his vigorous and powerful fingers keep mozing the armrests, Lin Jianlan's heart suddenly felt a fever, and tears poured into his eyes. But I saw a pair of white jade-like hands on the chair and slowly stroked it for a week, but it was Lin Hongfeng who sat on the position of the helper.

The leaders of the main hall couldn't help but look at each other, but no one spoke, the scene was very embarrassing, it turned out that before the trip to the Northeast, although Lin Hongfeng led everyone, but when discussing the affairs of the gang, the chair had been hanging in the air, this time back, the idea of letting the Kuangyi Gang inherit Yin Yin burned more and more in her heart, so she sat down directly without waiting for everyone to speak, and said in her heart: "Which of you can dare me to go down?"

Although everyone felt that it was inappropriate, but there was indeed nothing to say, Lin Hongfeng slowly glanced at everyone, and then got up and said: "Doctor Cheng, you still sit here, you watched me and the former gang leader grow up, even if you are the elder of the gang, no one will move your position." Then he stepped forward and pulled Dr. Cheng to a chair placed diagonally on the left side of him. Lin Jianlan noticed that the position of the chair was very delicate, between the top position and the lower position, which could be regarded as "under one person, above everyone", and thought to himself that since Grandpa Cheng watched Uncle Qing's brother and sister grow up, it was true that this position could only be sat by Grandpa Cheng.

Since Dr. Cheng sat down, everyone had to sit down one after another, only Lin Jianlan was still standing at the door and didn't know where he should go, but he saw Dr. Cheng beckoning to him and said: "Little boy, come here, here are all your seniors, important people in the gang, even if you are the righteous son of the gang leader, there is no seat for you in this place to discuss major matters in the gang, you just stand by my side." Lin Jianlan nodded, but he didn't care too much about whether he had a seat or not, glanced to the right, and saw that Yin Yin was also leaning on Lin Hongfeng's side, still looking cold and arrogant.

Lin Hongfeng saw that everyone was silent, cleared his throat and said: "Everyone has seen this trip to the Northeast, the hall master and the two protectors were in the courtyard at that time, and they saw it very clearly, although they have not yet obtained the token of the Kuangyi Gang, but relying on the affection between the deceased husband and you, you are still willing to help me lead the whole gang and ensure that the prestige of my Kuangyi Gang does not fall, I thank you in advance." "Say a salute.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all returned the salute and said: "Mrs. Cao doesn't have to be polite, this is the duty of her subordinates." Lin Hongfeng immediately sighed and said, "How can I be a ruthless and unrighteous person, seeing my brother's current situation, it is really uncomfortable, so in the end, I can't bear to take his life." One day, if my brother can prove his innocence, Yin Yin and I are still willing to return the Kuangyi Gang. Alas, I only hope that you can understand our orphans and widows, my brother he refused to say anything, and refused to give Kuang Yi Order to me, me and Yin Yin...... The name is not right...... It's hard to do. After saying that, there were tears rolling down, and everyone got up one after another and said, "Why is Mrs. Cao like this, what's the matter without Kuang Yiling?" ”

Lin Jianlan's mind was not on this farce, but he glanced at Yin Yin from time to time, and saw that her face was not sad, and remembered that day when she was crying alone in the stern, and secretly asked in his heart: "Could it be that Uncle Qing is dead, can you be happy?" But he felt that he shouldn't ask such a question, thinking wildly, and he didn't feel that he was wandering out of the world, and after a while, he noticed that someone touched him lightly, and came back to his senses, but he saw that everyone had serious faces, staring at himself without saying a word, and he looked back at Dr. Cheng who had just touched him, and he didn't know what happened.

After a while, Doctor Cheng said slowly: "Hongfeng, you don't have to be angry with others, this idea was originally from me." You and Long Qing are the ones I have seen since I was a child, two good brothers and sisters, and we didn't expect it to be like today. It's just that outside the gate that day, Long Qing has been stabbed by you and cut off two thumbs, I'm afraid that in the future, martial arts will not be able to take a step forward, this is a more serious matter for a martial arts student than his life, can't you stop?"

Fang Zheng continued: "Besides, Doctor Cheng has told us, if you don't give up practicing martial arts and meditating on your illness, Madam, you can only last for seven years if you continue like this, we ...... It's really ...... Worry about you, madam, what should you do if you have a case......? I'm even more sorry for Cao Gongzi. ”

Qin Tianxiong said: "Madam, I am a straight person, forgive me for being disrespectful, when I was outside the gate, I listened to the words of the helper and felt very reasonable, I am afraid that the accident three years ago really has nothing to do with the helper." All the brothers in the gang also heard it clearly, this Lin Jianlan is the righteous son recognized by the gang leader, and to put it more clearly, it is the heir designated by the gang leader! It's a pity that Yin Yin is a girl......

Doctor Cheng waved his hand and continued: "Brother Qin, don't go so far. Hongfeng, the brothers just want you to allow us to teach Lin Jianlan martial arts, as for the future, we haven't thought about it that far. Moreover...... The little boy Dao gang leader once said that he wanted to teach him martial arts, and the gang leader had not easily accepted apprentices in this life, so he accepted Xiao Gongzi as an apprentice and recognized him as a righteous son, so he naturally couldn't live up to Long Qing's heart. ”

Lin Hongfeng suddenly raised his eyes and stared at Lin Jianlan and said: "He lied, he has been with Brother Qing for three years, and he still doesn't know any martial arts, if Brother Qing has this intention, how can he not pass on a single move and a style to him for three years?"

Lin Jianlan didn't think about being an heir or a little boy in his heart, and he felt that Lin Longqing must be the same as he thought, he just accompanied his grandmother and Uncle Qing to live happily. Three years ago, he heard that Uncle Qing was going to teach him reading and martial arts, how excited he was, although he had not taught himself a trick and a half in the past three years, but he always thought that one day Uncle Qing would definitely keep his promise to teach himself. Just as he and Lin Longqing buried Kuang Yiling together, it was a secret belonging to two people, and it was just expedient to say to Lin Hongfeng that he knew where he was, even if his palm was really slapped that day, he would never confide in half a sentence, he already knew at a young age that keeping promises was more important than anything else. But at this moment, when he heard Lin Hongfeng say that he was lying in front of everyone, his little face suddenly turned red, and he rushed to Lin Hongfeng and shouted: "I didn't lie to anyone! Uncle Qing promised to teach me, and said that when I grow up, he will teach me to use stones to shoot pheasants and roe deer!"

Lin Hongfeng laughed softly after hearing this: "Everyone heard it, this is the martial arts that Brother Qing promised to teach him!"

Everyone shook their heads and sighed in their hearts: "Sure enough, it's still a child, a pheasant and a roe deer or something, what nonsense is it to accept apprentices to teach martial arts, it's true!"

Lin Jianlan didn't know what he said wrong that made everyone unwilling to believe it, but he heard Doctor Cheng say slowly behind him: "The little boy is in the general hall of the Kuangyi Gang, even if he is in the rivers and lakes, there are many people in the gang, who can protect him in case of anything? Anyway, Long Qing was not thin on your sister back then, and for the sake of the love back then, you shouldn't be too embarrassed for him, he was innocently affected, and teaching him martial arts just hoped that he could protect himself in this treacherous river and lake. ”

Lin Hongfeng saw that Doctor Cheng begged for good words, and said with a slightly pale face: "In this case, I don't care about his martial arts learning anymore, to be honest, I just have to do it, no matter what your purpose is, you know Yin Yin's talent, and no matter what this child's talent is, it's too late to practice now." After that, he led Yin Yin to leave.

Everyone also slowly dispersed, leaving only Doctor Cheng and Lin Jianlan in the lobby, Doctor Cheng shook his head and said: "Little boy, your Uncle Qing's room has been empty all the time now, and you live with him, remember that there are many organs in the main hall, don't run around if you have nothing to do, you come with me." After saying that, he walked outside, but he felt that the corners of his clothes were pulled, and when he looked back at Lin Jianlan, he was patient, and two lines of tears still flowed out, and he sobbed: "Grandpa Cheng, I didn't lie to you, Uncle Qing really promised me." Doctor Cheng gently wiped the tears on Lin Jianlan's cheeks and said, "Grandpa knows that Lan'er is not lying, but it is useless to cry. ”

Lin Jianlan nodded, and was a little embarrassed to cry for himself, but said in his heart: "I was really unproductive just now, along the way, Uncle Tie also said that why I haven't learned anything from Uncle Qing for three years, it is really human for Uncle Qing's sister-in-law and the uncles of the main hall to think like this, so why should I bother myself." After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Grandpa Cheng, let's go." The two walked out of Kuangyi Hall, but Lin Jianlan couldn't help but apologize in his heart: "Today, I have a discord between Grandpa Cheng and Uncle Qing's sister-in-law, and I don't know how to show them that I don't want to be a little boy, alas, I'm afraid that I will have to live up to Grandpa Cheng and Uncle Qin." ”

Lin Jianlan followed Dr. Cheng around a few corners, and came to the place where Lin Longqing lived on weekdays, but it was a water pavilion, half of which was built on the water, Dr. Cheng gently pushed, the door opened silently, and a burst of dust rushed to his face, Lin Jianlan couldn't help but sneeze a few times, and Doctor Cheng said: "This is the place where the helper rests and practices on weekdays, and since the death of his wife, the helper has lived here alone." Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "I heard Uncle Qing's sister-in-law say that day, Uncle Qing seems to treat his wife very coldly, it seems that the relationship between husband and wife is not good, but after she died, Uncle Qing never remarried, which is also very puzzling." ”

The two walked into the house and looked around, and Dr. Cheng sighed, feeling that things were right and wrong. Lin Jianlan looked around carefully, the outer room was a study, there was still pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the bookcase, there was a small bookshelf standing next to it, there was a very simple incense burner next to the bed in the room, and there was a futon on the ground by the window, which seemed to be the place where Lin Longqing practiced internal skills on weekdays. Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "When Uncle Qing practiced at my house, he needed me to take care of him at the door, in case there was any accident affecting his practice, why is the prevention so lax here?" Leader Xiao, this is the savior of the gang leader when he was in trouble in the north, and now he is the righteous son of the gang leader, you must protect the safety of the little boy from now on. The man nodded and said "Command", and immediately sank into the water.

Doctor Cheng closed the window again, and said to Lin Jianlan: "Tomorrow, I will take you to the martial arts arena in the gang, and discuss with Qin Protector how to teach you, you don't run around by yourself, there are many organs here, it is very dangerous, if there is something, someone will take you there." After a pause, he said: "If it is not my expectation, Mrs. Cao will definitely let Cao Zhong and Cao Quan come to serve you, which is called service, but it is actually surveillance." We have just returned from the north, and we have a lot of work to do, and we can't take care of you like we are on the road, so you have to be careful. "Then he went out of the house.

Lin Jianlan walked to the door, but saw that as Dr. Cheng said, Cao Zhong and Cao Quan were sitting not far from the door, as if they were talking about something, and walked over slowly, but they heard Cao Zhong sigh to Cao Quan's old age: "After my analysis, don't look at that kid who has just arrived, Doctor Cheng and they are all very oriented towards him, so people like us can't afford to offend!"