Yue Lingfeng shook his hand slightly, and his expression was dazed: "Yes, what you said just now is very right, it's better to read more interesting." Lin Jianlan saw the strangeness of his answer, and said, "Does Uncle Yue also like to read?"

Yue Lingfeng said: "Well, when I was as old as you, I was in the pile of books every day, and I felt that there was nothing more interesting than reading books. ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Uncle Yue also practiced martial arts and swords, and it must have taken a lot of effort to be able to be the master of the hall. ”

Yue Lingfeng nodded and said: "I am a martial arts family, I have no brothers and sisters, my father didn't care about me when I was a child, and later came to see me only care about studying, beating me every day to let me practice, saying that the stick method of the Yue family cannot be lost." ”

Lin Jianlan stuck out his tongue and said, "It turns out that your family's martial arts are practiced with sticks, but why is your father willing to beat you?"

Yue Lingfeng said: "Alas, in his eyes, of course, it is more important that martial arts cannot be lost, otherwise I am sorry for him, he is sorry for my grandfather, and I am even more sorry for my ancestors." I thought of a lot of ways, lazy, escape, but was found to be beaten and starved, and then honestly learned martial arts, but the heart was always unconvinced, and then he created a set of swordsmanship according to the stick method, which can be regarded as a little bit of a reader and a reader. ”

"Although everyone in the rivers and lakes praised the Yue family for being a rookie and creating their own swordsmanship, I still rarely walked around the rivers and lakes, but I just picked up my addiction to reading books again. My father was displeased, but he couldn't beat me anymore, and no one in the house could keep me in custody. ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Actually, your father should understand that if you don't read books, you can't create a swordsmanship that is more clever than stick skills." ”

Yue Lingfeng nodded, shook his head again, and said: "You just said that reading is the best way to deal with things and be a person, this is secondary, I just think it's fun, what rare books and ancient books you see, do everything possible to get your hands on them." After saying that, he sighed, seemed to regret slightly, and raised his head and said, "I also planted a heel in this." ”

Lin Jianlan's mind changed very quickly, and he said in his heart: "Seeing that he has great respect for Uncle Qing's words, such remorse must be related to Uncle Qing's brother-in-law." ”

Yue Lingfeng really said: "You also heard it in the courtyard that day, although the hall masters of the Kuangyi Gang are all good men who were selected by the gang masters, but they have all received the great grace of Mr. Cao, this great grace, alas, is not something that ordinary gold and silver fame and fortune can do. I love books and become crazy, if there is nothing to do in the hall on weekdays, the most common thing to do is not to read in the house, is to go to the market to find some rare books, one day I see someone there to set up a stall to sell, with a sweep, my heart is surprised, there are a lot of rare books that are said to have been lost in the troubled times, and a bunch of bamboo silk books left in the pre-Qin period. ”

Lin Jianlan nodded and said: "That must be very rare, I read and saw that Qin Shi burned a lot of books, and it is naturally extraordinary to be able to circulate to this day." ”

Yue Lingfeng said: "I want to buy them all, that human, because he is anxious to use the money, so he sold this valuable ancient book, and I am also a person who knows the goods, so the price is very high, and I don't have this lot of silver taels in hand, so I agreed to come here to trade again the next day." Who knew that the next day, the man came empty-handed, someone from the Taoist family gave money to the silver, the old master did not allow him to sell books to save the emergency, I was really like a thunderbolt, although I was anxious, but I knew that there was no way, how could I rely on martial arts to do tricks and robberies for my own selfish desires?"

Lin Jianlan said: "I know, later Manager Cao must have tried to help you get these books into your hands, right?"

Yue Lingfeng smiled: "What you said is generally good, but he didn't do anything hurtful, and he also completed a big thing for that family, and doubled the amount of silver taels for them, so that he sent those ancient books to me. But he said to himself: "If I go back to the past, I'm afraid I will still accept Cao Gongzi's book, and I will still do it." After that, he smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid you look down on me in your heart." ”

Lin Jianlan's heart flashed with a thought, but he couldn't catch it, so he shook his head and said, "Uncle Qing's brother-in-law sent you these books, and you are naturally very grateful to him." I have been with Uncle Qing for three years, and I have never heard him resent anyone, even that day in the courtyard, he has never had a grudge against you, the people in the rivers and lakes should know that the favor will be repaid, without losing the chivalrous nature, or he would not have chosen you to be his hall master at the beginning. Then he said softly: "I think you must read books more than life, if you don't get those books, I'm afraid it will be more uncomfortable than death." ”

Yue Lingfeng saw that he was so young that he could understand himself, his eyes showed gratitude, and said: "It's rare to meet you today, and I am even happier than seeing "The Book of Shang Jun", "The Theory of No Vacuum" or something that day!"

Lin Jianlan let out a "huh", blinked his eyes and said, "I have read the titles of these two books at home." ”

Yue Lingfeng changed color and said: "This kind of rare book is rare to see in ordinary times, how can you read it at a young age? Besides, I see that your family is just an ordinary peasant family, where can such ancient books come from? Don't talk nonsense." ”

Lin Jianlan raised his head and said: "I have seen it, there are many books in my grandmother's house, and she said that my father left them, so Uncle Qing found books from above to teach me." I only read a lot of books with one title, and there are a lot of books with weird names, this and that, oh, Guiguzi, and what kind of dragon. ”

Yue Lingfeng's eyes shone brightly, and he said enviously: "Gongsun, yes, Gongsun Longzi." You have so many books at home, alas, your father is amazing. ”

Although Lin Jianlan had never seen his father, he was very happy when he saw Yue Lingfeng praising his father, and said, "Since Uncle Yue likes it, if Uncle Qing's sister-in-law lets me go back one day, I will take you to my house to read, okay?"

Yue Lingfeng was overjoyed, stood up and paced back and forth, turned around and said: "If that's the case, that's no better, alas, I hit it off with you at first sight, you don't want uncles and uncles to call me, I'll call you Brother Lin, you can call me eldest brother." In the coming day, I will talk to Mrs. Cao and ask her to let you go back early. ”

The two chatted for a while, and Yue Lingfeng jumped to the window on the second floor with Lin Jianlan in his arms, put him in the house, and said goodbye.

Lin Jianlan was lying on the bed, unable to calm down for a long time, and said in his heart: "Hall Master Yue loves books so much, he just reads for fun, unlike Uncle Qing who usually teaches me to read and be able to live freely, I don't know which one is more intelligent." He thought wildly again: "Uncle Qing's brother-in-law is really not an ordinary person, he knows his love and hate for every hall master, although those ancient books may be just a pile of tatters in the eyes of others, but they are the biggest weakness of Hall Master Yue, and Hall Master Fang is also, the word 'filial piety' will let Mr. Cao firmly hold him in his hands, but it does not hurt the righteousness, these hall masters are sandwiched in the word grace and righteousness, and it is really embarrassing." Thinking about today's Yue Hall Master's praise of his father, but he didn't know what kind of person his father was, but one thing was certain, he must also be a well-educated person, thinking like this, he fell asleep in a daze, with a little smile on the corner of his mouth.

The next day, Yue Lingfeng led the leaders of the branch hall to send everyone to the Yangtze River ferry, and someone had already ordered a big ship in advance, which was very luxurious and huge, the owner stood at the bow of the boat and bowed to greet him, and a number of boatmen led everyone to the ship. Lin Jianlan walked over the pedal to the bow railing, looked down, and saw Yue Lingfeng looking up, his eyes wandering, not knowing what he was looking at, Lin Jianlan was sad for some reason, leaned his upper body on the railing and waved his hand to Yue Lingfeng and shouted: "Brother Yue, you have to go to see me often!" Yue Lingfeng heard the sound, Fang Ning looked at Lin Jianlan, there seemed to be reluctance in his eyes, and he responded with a smile: "This is not far from the main hall, I will carry a box full of books to see you when I have nothing to do!" Qin Tianxiong showed his head from the side, laughed and said, "You nerd, I finally persuaded the little boy last night not to be a bookworm, don't provoke him!" Lin Jianlan and Yue Lingfeng looked at each other and smiled.

At this time, the boat had started slowly, Yue Lingfeng said goodbye to the boat, the wind on the river was strong, everyone slowly retreated into the cabin, but Lin Jianlan still waved to the figure that was getting smaller and smaller, and saw that the figure was still standing by the river, very depressed.

Until he could no longer see the shore, Lin Jianlan turned around and carefully looked at the large number of big ships, not like crossing the Yellow River, a small raft tossed in the stormy waves, and then saw that the cabin was like a platform on the deck, and the boatmen and miscellaneous workers were busy inside and out. Looking down, I saw that the river was turquoise, and the waves were slapping on the bow of the boat like flying beads and splashing jade, although the boat was very stable, Lin Jianlan felt a little dizzy, so he walked slowly around the cabin, and near the stern he heard a burst of almost inaudible sobbing, Lin Jianlan secretly stretched his head over the corner, but saw Yin Yin facing the stern, his little face facing the surging river, a string of crystal tears rolling down, his thin little shoulders couldn't stop shaking, and he didn't look strong and arrogant in the past, which was pitiful. Lin Jianlan was about to comfort, just took half a step lightly, but moved back again, and said in his heart: "She is arrogant by nature, hiding in the stern and crying, she doesn't want people to see her like this, I went to break it, shouldn't she be annoyed." He said in his heart: "She must have cried because she missed her father, everyone said that Mr. Cao was killed by Uncle Qing, and I recognized Uncle Qing as my father-in-law, ah, I can persuade anyone to persuade her, only I can't." After reading it, he turned around and quietly left.

The speed of the boat was steady, but the progress was slow, and after walking slowly on the river for more than a day, it reached the opposite bank, and someone had already come to report when it came ashore: "The master of the square hall said that everything is okay in the main hall, please don't worry about the day and night." Lin Hongfeng bowed his head and said: "Thank you for the good intentions of the hall master, but it is almost to the main hall, how can there be any reason to slowly submerge, there are only two people in the main hall, the hall master and Zhang Protector, after all, there are many complicated things, I am afraid it will not be able to deal with it." After discussing with Dr. Cheng and the others for a while, Fang said: "It's still early, let's set off first and rest in front." Then they went on the road again, so the group hurried for several days, and finally arrived at the Hangzhou General Hall.

Hangzhou is the place where the outstanding people in the south of the Yangtze River are, and the city is much more prosperous than before, the streets are bustling, and the people are dressed more affluently. But I saw that there were many ragged people begging on the road, and there were even people with children who were selling, parents were hard-hearted and bargaining with others, and the young children who were still drooping were pulling their parents' trouser legs and crying, very miserable, Lin Jianlan wondered in his heart, I don't know why there is such a tragic thing in this seemingly prosperous place.

The carriage went on and on for a while, the people on the road became more and more scarce, the car had gone out of the city gate, ran to the suburbs, and traveled for about half an hour, put it in a place, get off the car, only to see a bright eye, two green peaks in the distance opposite echoed each other, a jungle in front of it, in the middle of a bluestone road that can drive about five or six carriages side by side leads to the inside, there are no guards on both sides, only the master of the hall and Zhang Hufa looked at the intersection, saw Lin Hongfeng hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down: "The subordinates greet the late, look ......"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Hongfeng had already helped the two of them up and said, "You don't have to be polite to me, let's go in and talk about it." Everyone walked along the road inside, and there were birds in the surrounding dense forests from time to time, Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "The precautions here are very strict, there should be a secret guard in the dense forest just now, and they slowly withdrew when they saw that the group went in safely, although they did not check, but they startled the birds in the forest." Everyone looked solemn, and no one introduced or instructed Lin Jianlan, Lin Jianlan just followed everyone along the road, and the fog slowly became at the foot of the mountain, and there seemed to be a huge mansion inside, like a small village. Entering the door, Lin Jianlan looked around, but saw that the entrance was a big lake, there were pavilions and rockeries on the left and right, and the waterway made of stone slabs zigzagged and twisted to the farther front, and the pavilions inside were densely packed, and the lake surface was full of water vapor, which seemed to be steamy, as if it was located in the sky.

Lin Jianlan was about to take a step, but saw Qin Tianxiong turn back sharply from front and said, "I almost forgot, you see them walking." Lin Jianlan looked fixedly, and saw that the people in front of him were all in the same step, and they had never staggered a step, Qin Tianxiong said: "I will lead you in front, you are right, you must not make a mistake." After saying that, he slowed down his speed and walked forward one by one, Lin Jianlan didn't dare to hesitate, and looked at the stone slab where Qin Tianxiong had landed and walked up. After crossing the bridge, Qin Tianxiong breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and said, "Okay now, let's catch up quickly." Lin Jianlan asked as he walked: "Uncle Qin, what if you make a mistake just now?" Qin Tianxiong said: "Then your little life will be gone, but how it is not necessarily." It can be shot as a hedgehog, it can be sprayed with poisonous water and its whole body festers to death, or it can fall into the water to be dealt with by a checkpoint in the water. ”

He said it as if it was commonplace, but Lin Jianlan couldn't help but listen to it, and said: "Uncle Qing's main hall is already full of masters, but it is still set up so tightly, it can be seen that Uncle Qing is very cautious. But he still had a little idea, that is, Uncle Qing must have been a ruthless person who was hostile to the outside world that day, but he didn't say it.

Qin Tianxiong nodded and said, "As one of the best gangs in the rivers and lakes, there are naturally a lot of things to guard against." ”