Lin Jianlan saw that Lin Hongfeng had returned to his usual gloomy appearance, sighed in his heart, slowly stabilized his body, climbed back to Tie Song's side, looked up and saw Yin Yin looking at him lukewarmly, with a strange expression, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he was pitying himself, and as if he was laughing at himself, Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "It's okay, I was already pitiful, and I tried in vain to impress Uncle Qing's sister with a little poem, but I was not ridiculed by others in vain." He was not angry, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised at Yin Yin, and then he turned his head.

Tie Song led his subordinates to hold on for a long time, and finally could see the shore from a distance, Tie Song's back was already soaked, and a thin layer of sweat was soaked on his face, Lin Jianlan sat on the raft with the huge waves, he was already dizzy, and he hoped that he could not go ashore immediately, someone on the shore had already thrown the rope up, Tie Song stabilized the raft, tied it carefully, and still carried Lin Jianlan to the shore, hesitated, hugged his fists and said to Lin Hongfeng: " Mrs. Cao, you must be tired, and I am afraid that the little boy's body will not be able to stand it if you run around again, and someone below will arrange for you to stay and rest, and you can board again tomorrow. ”

Lin Hongfeng glanced at Lin Jianlan and said, "You will think about him, I think it will be ...... in the future" Although Tie Song has a rough face, he has a good temper, and said with a smile: "How can Mrs. Cao misunderstand, although he is the righteous son of the gang leader, but it has nothing to do with all the grievances of the gang, the gang leader has lived with him for three years, and he has the grace of saving his life, and he has not passed on his martial arts, and he may not want him to inherit the great cause." He's just a country boy, so what's he doing?"

Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "Presumably, he has a very unusual relationship with Uncle Qing's brother-in-law, so he dares to say this bluntly, well, in fact, he said it well." But I heard Lin Hongfeng say in a gentle voice: "The friendship between the Iron Hall Master and Shujian is because I have a lot of heart. Alas, since I promised not to hurt him in front of the people in the gang, I will never break my promise and let him have an accident at my hands. ”

Tie Song said: "Then the subordinates will say goodbye to Mrs. Cao, there are other hall masters waiting for the master on the road ahead, the Yellow River branch still has important business, and the subordinates can't be sent far." ”

Lin Hongfeng said: "The Iron Hall Master doesn't have to be polite, he will have to rely on it more in the future, you cherish it yourself." After that, he turned around and boarded the carriage with Yin Yin, Tie Song watched her into the car, and Fang squatted down and patted Lin Jianlan's head and said, "Mrs. Cao won't harm you, you can rest assured that she will go...... She is sad to lose her lover, and her heart is naturally different from the past, and sometimes if she is harsh with you, you should not take it to heart. ”

Lin Jianlan nodded and said, "I know." Tie Song said: "Come over quickly, the little boy takes care of himself." Then he turned and beckoned the twenty men who had come with him, re-boarded the raft, and roared away.

Lin Jianlan saw that Cao Zhong and Cao Quan were already waiting in front of another carriage, so he hurriedly ran a few steps, got into the carriage, heard a shout in front of him, the wheels rolled, and he had already begun to board, opened the curtain behind him, and looked back at the turbulent Yellow River, and the sound of the waves had gradually drifted away.

The group crossed the Yellow River, and along the way, the hall masters of the subordinate branches came to greet and entertain, and they were respectful to Lin Hongfeng. The hall masters saw Lin Jianlan being accepted as a righteous son by Lin Longqing in the courtyard that day, so they were more polite to Lin Jianlan, and because he was innocently involved, although these people were not as bold as Tie Song to speak directly with Lin Hongfeng, they had a lot of sympathy for him in their hearts.

Lin Jianlan has a lively nature, and he has also dealt with these hall masters along the way, and his uncle and grandfather have recognized a lot, and he said in his heart: "Although Uncle Qing and his brother and sister are not in harmony, to be honest, these hall masters I have seen in the Kuangyi Gang are all good men who value righteousness, and they take great care of me." It seems that Uncle Qing's brother-in-law is indeed skilled in gathering people's hearts, knowing that these people can't be impressed by ordinary gold and silver utilitarianism, and they must have put a lot of effort into it, alas, listening to Uncle Tie talk about the past, ten years ago, Uncle Qing and his brother-in-law must have been incompatible, and I don't know why they became what they are today. ”

Although Lin Jianlan was robbed to another country, this was the first time he left the small village where he had lived for twelve years, except for missing his grandmother and Lin Longqing, he was busy looking at this and that at other times, and he was full of curiosity about everything. He said in his heart: "Uncle Qing often tells me, 'Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles', the difference in accents in various places is so big, even if it is food and housing, it is very different from before." Sure enough, you have to see everything with your own eyes to understand, if you don't see the mountains outside, you will feel that the small hill at home is very high, and if you don't see the Yellow River, you only have the knowledge of Yangliu River. Although he watched the scenery along the road every day, after all, he felt bored after watching it for a long time, and secretly said to himself: "Do you have nothing to do except miss your family every day?"

Dr. Cheng responded to his requests, and the next day he searched for a bunch of books and put them in Lin Jianlan's car, Lin Longqing taught him for three years, and he had already read a lot of books by himself.

In this way, day after day, although the people walked slowly, they also came to the north bank of the Yangtze River, which was very different from the crossing of the Yellow River, it was very lively, the people were full of voices, and there were some big boats stopping at the riverside, and there were dozens of handymen on board, and there were handmaidens on the more luxurious ones, but this was usually only hired by eunuchs or wealthy families. This is already the range of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, not far from the main hall, the hall master has already made arrangements, and specially ordered the hall master of the Jiangning branch to come to greet everyone. The hall master of the Jiangning branch hall is surnamed Yue Lingfeng, his face is very handsome, white and pure, not very old, he should only be in his thirties, but he looks like a scholar, and when he meets, without exception, he asks Lin Hongfeng and Yin Yin's mother and son for cold and warmth, and later it is a banquet and hospitality, which is very thoughtful.

After the meal, everyone stayed separately, the moonlight was bright, Lin Jianlan opened the window, took a book, gently covered the lampshade on the candlestick and took it to the window, ready to take advantage of the bright moonlight to read a few more pages, but saw Dr. Cheng and Qin Tianxiong enter the room, Dr. Cheng was expressionless and did not speak, but Qin Tianxiong came in and saw the books on this table, and saw that Lin Jianlan was still holding a book in his hand, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Seeing this, Lin Jianlan was puzzled: "Does Uncle Qin have anything to tell Lan'er?"

Qin Tianxiong sat down and said in a sullen voice: "Little boy, don't blame me for not listening to what I say, all the way over, you will bury yourself in this pile of books as a book moth, and if you continue like this, you may have to live up to the expectations of the helper." Lin Jianlan looked at Qin Tianxiong blankly, but he didn't know what to say.

Doctor Cheng said slowly: "Qin Protector, don't be like this, don't scare the little boy." Turning around and beckoning to Lin Jianlan, Lin Jianlan obediently walked to Doctor Cheng and sat down, Doctor Cheng stroked his head and said: "Manager Qin's temper is like this, there is no malice, although you have to be involved in this because of the grievances of the gang leader's brothers and sisters, but from now on you can be regarded as a person in the martial arts, what are your plans." ”

Qin Tianxiong didn't wait for Lin Jianlan to answer, and said hurriedly: "Little boy, we people in the martial arts don't want to do chirp crooked poems. When we parted with the helper, the helper hoped that we would take good care of you, and hoped that you would make a difference in the future and get ahead in the martial arts. Along the way, I discussed with Dr. Cheng, but if you say that you want to learn martial arts, we will teach you, but you ......"

Doctor Cheng patted Qin Tianxiong's shoulder and said, "Seeing that you are in a hurry again, let's talk about it." Turning around, he kindly said to Lin Jianlan: "The wife of the gang leader died at an early age, leaving no heirs, over the years, although all sects have intended to make friends with the gang, but the gang leader has never moved the idea of continuing. This time, I accepted you as a righteous son, and all the hall masters in the gang were present, and they already treated you as a little son, although it is not yet possible to prove the innocence of the gang leader, but there are many people who have high hopes for you. Mrs. Cao is also bound to inherit the great cause of Yin Yin, and the masters of each hall have borne the great favor of Chief Cao, and they can't push you to be the heir on the surface, I'm afraid you will inevitably have to fight with Yin Yin with your own ability in the future. But you only care about studying, but never ask about martial arts, it is a good thing to read reasonably, but it is also good to have a priority. ”

Qin Tianxiong patted his thigh and said: "Yes, we people in the rivers and lakes, practice martial arts well, that is the real ability, it doesn't matter how many books you read!"

Lin Jianlan had nothing to do along the way, except for reading books and watching the scenery, recalling the past, but he figured out a lot of things, and said in his heart: "You don't understand Uncle Qing's heart at all, he was really bent on death at that time, so he recognized me as a righteous son, and he didn't have any thoughts of letting me inherit the gang." Alas, when he first came to my house, on the night of the fireworks, he buried the sword and the token together, even if he taught me to read on weekdays, he never mentioned letting me seek fame, let alone make a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, presumably he was deeply burdened by fame and mundane things, so he had long planned to stay away from this grievance, how could he let me get involved?" he thought in his heart but it was inconvenient to explain it to the two, so he raised his head and said: " Thank you Grandpa Cheng and Uncle Qin for taking care of me, but although Uncle Qing said that he would teach me martial arts, there has been no movement in the past three years, just reading and writing, so there is no foundation at all, how to start?"

Doctor Cheng said with a happy face: "It turns out that the helper has already accepted you as an apprentice, which is very good, and we can be regarded as justifying in teaching you, maybe the helper sees that you are still young." As long as you have the heart, we will be able to reach the main hall in a short time, and then we will discuss it again. ”

The two of them got up and went out, Qin Tianxiong seemed to think of something, turned around and said: "Little boy, you also saw it at the crossing of the Yellow River that day, Miss's martial arts are already quite good, she is bent on revenge, so she is extremely hard in practice, she is already extremely talented, in a few years, I am afraid that she will surpass her mother, you are already late to start, but you have to work harder." Lin Jianlan nodded in agreement, and Qin Tianxiong and Doctor Cheng left.

Seeing them leaving, Lin Jianlan exhaled, closed the door, came to the window, and said to himself: "What is the joy of reading, the grass in front of the window is full of green...... Alas, pleasure comes second, and reading can increase knowledge, which is most seen in the judgment of the world...... What is the use of knowing martial arts alone, but they are just driven by people, but they don't understand. As soon as the words fell, I heard someone outside applauding and laughing: "That's good, but they just don't understand." ”

Lin Jianlan was startled, and immediately stood on the stool and looked around the window, and saw that among the dark bamboos under the window, someone was standing with his hands behind his back, and turned around and smiled at Lin Jianlan, it was the hall master of the Jiangning branch hall that he saw during the day. Lin Jianlan's face turned slightly red, and he said, "I'll say it casually, don't tell Grandpa Cheng and Uncle Qin." Yue Lingfeng waved his hand and said, "No, no, you come out, let's talk." Lin Jianlan wondered in his heart, but it was inconvenient to refuse, so he said: "Uncle Yue, wait a minute, I'll open the door and go around to find you." Yue Lingfeng smiled: "Why bother, you jump out of the window, I will follow you." ”

Lin Jianlan looked down, his room was on the second floor, so the window was still very far from the ground, and he was a little afraid, but when he saw that Yue Lingfeng had already come to the window, he climbed up to the window, jumped down, and felt that he was suddenly held up and gently placed on the ground.

Looking up, there was a stone table and stone bench in the secluded bamboo under his window, which was very elegantly arranged, Yue Lingfeng pulled Lin Jianlan to sit down, and said with a smile: "You kid, Doctor Cheng is an old man who followed the previous generation of helpers, watching the current helper and Mrs. Cao grow up, everyone in the gang said that his martial arts have been transformed into a realm, and Mr. Qin is the protector of the Dharma, and his martial arts are naturally not bad. ”

Lin Jianlan said: "I'm not reluctant, it's just that I don't have any foundation, I think it's more interesting to read, besides, it's ......" Yue Lingfeng said: "What's more?" Lin Jianlan pouted and said: "Besides, Uncle Qing's martial arts are so high, but he still lost his brother and sister and don't know how to redeem it." Yue Lingfeng was stunned for a moment, and said, "How much do you know about the matter between them?" You are not right, even if they don't understand martial arts, they are all well-educated, but they still can't be recovered. Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "Yes, what is going on between them, I just listened intermittently in the courtyard that day, maybe there is another hidden secret." He stopped arguing, and looked at Yue Lingfeng for a while: "You are also very good at martial arts, right?" But I think you are more like a showman in our village, Wenwen is quiet. ”

Yue Lingfeng said with a smile: "Are all your Taoist martial arts people like Tie Song and Qin Tianxiong?" Lin Jianlan shook his head and said: "That's not it, you all say that Uncle Qing has high martial arts, but Uncle Qing has also read a lot of books, and I asked him if he didn't know anything." Yue Lingfeng sighed: "That's nature, it's talent, and everyone has to give a thumbs up in the rivers and lakes." Then he started to stand still and said no more. Lin Jianlan saw that his eyes were very melancholy, and he seemed to be full of worries, so he said, "What kind of weapon does Uncle Yue use?"

Yue Lingfeng said: "I use a sword. Lin Jianlan nodded and said, "Oh, Uncle Qing also uses a sword." Uncle Qing said, many literati also like swords, books and swords drifting, although I haven't seen it, but it must be very chic. ”