Chapter 10: The Knife and the Ghost
After Lin Yan returned to his room, he sat at the table and looked at Lian Lizhi, playing back and forth with love, smelling the faint fragrance emitted by Lian Lizhi, he only felt that he was relaxed and happy.
Remembering the knock on the door, Lin Yan hurriedly put Lian Lizhi away, covered the lid, pushed the box to the innermost part of the table, blocked it with other boxes, and only after doing all this did he speak: "Come in." ”
Lin Aotian pushed the door in, saw that his child was sitting in front of the table, and said with a smile: "Yan'er, my father asked you something, and you have to say what is in your heart." ”
"Yes, you say. ”
"Do you feel tired from boxing?"
"I'm not tired, my grandfather taught me very well, and I learned it very easily. ”
"Words from the heart. ”
"Hmm...... I'm a little tired, but it's okay. ”
"I came to ask you this time if you didn't let your grandfather, if you want to feel tired, I can tell him that you will only practice boxing for one morning in the future. ”
"Wow! Great, father, I'm almost tired of practicing boxing, and sometimes I don't do well, grandpa still kills me, it's very scary, he wants to beat me at every turn, Yan'er can't stand it, if I can only practice for half a day in the future, it would be great......"
Lin Aotian smiled, interrupted Lin Yan's endless complaints, and said, "I discussed with my grandfather, and in the future, I will practice boxing with my grandfather in the morning, and study and practice calligraphy with me in the afternoon, okay." ”
Lin Yan jumped up from the chair happily and said excitedly: "Okay, okay, my father still loves me." ”
Lin Aotian smiled slightly, and thought to himself: The hard days have just arrived.
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After that, Lin Yan continued to practice boxing with his grandfather every morning, and in the afternoon, Lin Aotian taught him to read and write, at first it was okay, it was relatively simple, Lin Yan was also very smart, he was very literate, and sometimes he would let Aunt Ying tell him some small stories in the evening, and sometimes he would go to sleep directly, and the servants of the family would not have any contact with Lin Yan as before, and Lin Yan was also used to this kind of life, although he was very tired, but he felt very fulfilling.
The days passed day by day, four years passed in a flash, Lin Yan was also a lot older, his body was much stronger than his peers due to his perennial martial arts practice, and Lin Aotian slowly taught Lin Yan some of the basics of the I Ching over the years.
At first, Lin Yan learned to read and write very easily, so he took his afternoon time as a rest, but when he first came into contact with the Book of Changes, Lin Yan suddenly felt as if he had pushed open a door, and he had never heard of all kinds of knowledge in it, although Lin Aotian taught him the basics of the beginning, but after Lin Aotian left, Lin Yan often studied in the room by himself at night, and the profundity of the Book of Changes was something that he could figure out by himself as a child, and every now and then he would have a sharp pain in his brain.
The rest at night is not good, and there is naturally not enough energy to deal with high-intensity training during the day, the careful Lin Aotian found Lin Yan's malaise, and only after careful interrogation did he know what his child was thinking.
However, Lin Aotian felt that it was not suitable to hand over the original version of the I Ching to Lin Yan at this time, and the time had not yet come, so he just told him not to think about it for the time being, and he was not teaching Lin Yan about the content of the I Ching, but focusing on teaching him the words of the ancient times.
The Lin family has a team, responsible for going to the mountain every month to collect all kinds of firewood, rice, oil, salt and other necessities needed for a month.
Until one day, they went down the mountain to buy supplies as usual, and when they went out, the sky was still clear outside, and they spent half a day purchasing the necessary supplies, and then returned to the mountains suddenly stormed and rained.
The leader of the team is called Wu Qi, and he is also an experienced martial arts master, he was surprised that the sky was changing so quickly, when he suddenly heard a whistling sound, the sound was very long, Wu Qi heard it, and the secret way was not good, and he hurriedly reminded the rest of the team to form a battle formation.
Just when everyone was on guard, a group of monsters appeared from the mountains and forests, the appearance was like monkeys, but it was a yellow body and a white head, this group of monsters was extremely fast, just as everyone was stunned, the monsters spit out bamboo thorns from their mouths, and after spitting, they disappeared in groups with a gust of wind in the sight of everyone.
Wu Qi was the first to react, he was also very good, he was able to dodge a few bamboo thorns, and just wanted to fight back to find that the group of monsters had run away without a trace, so he had to look back to see if there were any injured people in the team.
As soon as he turned around, he found that this sudden attack was not expected, resulting in more than a dozen people being pierced by bamboo thorns, fortunately, the purchased materials were safe and sound, Wu Qi simply looked at their wounds, and found that there was not much change, so he put his mind at ease, fortunately, it was not far from the Lin family here, because after this attack, he did not want to stay in the rest, and led everyone to carry the supplies in the rain.
Not long after, the team returned to Lin's house, Lin Aotian heard that the procurement team was back, there was something important to report, so he came out of his room, Lin Aotian came to the gate, saw Wu Qi they were so embarrassed, so he ordered other family members to deal with the purchased materials, and he took Wu Qi and others to the resting room, while looking at the wounds of the injured people, while listening to Wu Qi talking about what happened to everyone.
Lin Aotian listened to Wu Qi's description, and his heart was shocked, could that thing really exist? Lin Aotian said: "I'll look at your wounds." "The dozen or so injured people had already pulled out the bamboo thorns when they were stabbed by them. When they heard this, they lifted up their clothes and found that the wound had become black and swollen, but they were unconscious.
Lin Fenghua came out of the backyard, a family member had already told him about it, he came to the house of the injured people in a few steps, Lin Aotian was checking their wounds, Lin Fenghua took a cursory look, and said, "There is poison, you come with me." With that, he turned and walked towards his pharmacy.
When the injured people heard that their wounds were highly poisonous, they didn't dare to be careless, and they cautiously followed Lin Fenghua into the pharmacy.
While everyone was healing, Lin Aotian returned to his room to take a hexagram in order to verify whether his guess was accurate.
Lin Fenghua used internal force to draw out some toxins from the wound, and after some experiments, prepared the antidote, which was taken internally and externally, and dealt with the injured properly, and sent some silver to this team to appease them, he called Lin Aotian to himself and asked, "How can it be poisoned?"
Lin Fenghua's first reaction after knowing that everyone was poisoned was the revenge of the Tang Sect, Lin Aotian pondered for a while and said: "I think it has nothing to do with the Tang Sect, from Wu Qi's description, I speculate that it should have been done by a group of monsters named Dao Lao Ghost." ”
"What is that, why haven't I heard of it? ”
"They are a kind of bad omen that comes with a raging storm, and this monster is both male and female, both male and female are highly poisonous, but the male toxin comes quickly, and the female toxin is slow. The appearance of such a monster is a sign. ”
Lin Fenghua's heart moved, "Omen, this is not long before the date of our appointment with the Tang Sect." ”
"Yes, father, I want to give Yan'er the original version of the I Ching, he is very talented in this area, but there is not much time left for us. ”
Lin Fenghua smiled, "Are you not sure about this big battle?" He knew that Aotian was one of the best masters in divination.
Lin Aotian said helplessly: "Father, you also know that the Tang Sect has developed very rapidly over the years, plus they were originally deep-rooted, and there have been many bad omen recently, so our chances of winning are not good. This is still Lin Aotian is afraid of hitting his father, and the result he calculated, the chance of the Lin family winning is zero.
Lin Fenghua is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and his state of mind has long been as solid as a rock, and said: "Haha, don't you always say that there are variables in the world, look at the point." But since you think it's time to pass on the I Ching to Yan'er, I'll find out my scroll in a while, and you can give it to him together. ”
Lin Aotian smiled bitterly and nodded.
The reason why Lin Aotian decided to hand over the original version of the I Ching to Lin Yan was because his mastery of the I Ching was completely his own comprehension, and if he taught Lin Yan these comprehended things, Lin Yan's achievements could only be about the same as him at most.
Lin Fenghua also agreed with this point of view, Lin Yan's foundation had been laid very firmly by himself, and the two decided to pass on the original scroll to Lin Yan. And the most important point is that the result calculated by Lin Aotian is a great omen, both of them understand that their Lin family can't stop the Tang Gate that is in full swing, and this battle is more auspicious.