Zhao Er was overjoyed, in his eyes, the demon cultivator was the most powerful, although Su Qingyun was also very powerful back then, he had never seen him make a move, and in the end, both of them died together, and this Kong Rui said that he was more powerful than him, if there was such a helper, then he would definitely be like a tiger, wouldn't this mining valley be even more impregnable?

"Second Brother Zhao, the younger brother just came back this time to pay homage to his parents, Uncle Su and Uncle Lin, and by the way, I also came to warn you, this time the offender is making a big attack, there must be some other means, I hope Second Brother Zhao will deal with it carefully. When that was done, I had to leave quickly. Kong Rui said truthfully.

Zhao Er was slightly disappointed, but it was hard to say anything.

Zhao Er's home in this mining valley is where the former lieutenant of the Monkey Man lived, and the facilities in the entire courtyard were not bad. Kong Rui had only seen it from afar when he was a child, but he had never walked in, and although he was revisiting the old place, he was very unfamiliar with this place. As soon as Zhao Er returned home, he immediately ordered someone to prepare hot water for Kong Rui, and asked Kong Rui to change all his wet clothes; Kong Rui was not polite, so he followed Zhao Er into the guest room, took a shower and changed clothes.

When he returned to the hall, Kong Rui saw that Zhao Er was already sitting at the edge of the dining table waiting for him, and there was a young girl beside him, Kong Rui saw that the girl was eighteen or nineteen years old, slim and elegant, with bright eyes and bright teeth, but she was wearing the same cyan short dress as Zhao Er, which was incompatible with her girl's identity; Kong Rui didn't dare to look and think too much, so he walked directly to the dining table.

When Zhao Er saw Kong Rui come out, he couldn't help laughing and said, "I can't see that Brother Kong is so dignified. ”

It turned out that Kong Rui had no other clothes in his bag, only a few new clothes that had been taken from the cloth village at that time, and now he looked very handsome on his body, much better than the shabby clothes he had just wore, and the girl's face was flushed, and she quickly returned to normal.

Zhao Er hurriedly introduced: "This is the little sister Zhao Xiuying, Xiuying has come to see your brother Kong." ”

That Zhao Xiuying stood up but just arched her hand and said to Kong Rui: "I've seen Brother Kong." "But he behaved like a man.

Zhao Er said embarrassedly on the side: "Brother Kong smiled, my sister doesn't look like a girl at all." ”

Kong Rui didn't have time to say anything, but Zhao Xiuying pursed her lips and said: "In today's troubled times, you should have the appearance of a big husband in order to expel the sinister people, second brother, you are still so pedantic." ”

Zhao Er seemed helpless against this sister, so he had to shake his head.

Kong Rui was on the side, and when he heard Zhao Xiuying say this, he also secretly admired it, so he said: "The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and Miss Zhao does have the mind of a husband." The three of them didn't feel angry, just like old friends, they talked while eating.

Kong Rui suddenly remembered his exile status, worried that it would bring unwarranted disasters to the people in the mine valley, and hurriedly said to Zhao Er: "Second Brother Zhao, the younger brother has some secret things here, and he can't show his real name, and I hope Second Brother Zhao will forgive me." ”

Zhao Er naturally knew about such things as secret true identities, and knew that he had some reasons that he couldn't say, so he said: "Okay, then when our brothers and sisters have no outsiders, we still call you Brother Kong, and let's call you Brother Lin to the outside world." He thought of replacing it with Lin Wen's surname, and presumably Kong Rui had no problem.

As soon as he heard him say this, Kong Rui also knew what he meant, so he said, "Thank you, Second Brother Zhao." ”

Then Zhao Er introduced the situation of his sister Zhao Xiuying.

It turned out that since this mine valley was occupied by Zhao Er and others, the Qiqian people took a large-scale retaliation action, because at that time, many elite laborers had a register in the villages and towns when they were arrested, and the Qiqian people went to retaliate against those miners according to these lists. The blacksmiths' families, and I don't know how many innocent people died, Zhao Xiuying was still young at the time, and was hidden by her parents in the well to escape, and then she was adopted by other well-wishers, until Zhao Er and others gained a firm foothold in the mine valley, and then quietly brought her to the mine valley.

After arriving in the mining valley, Zhao Xiuying also practiced martial arts as diligently as a man, and there were also some well-educated people with lofty ideals who came to vote one after another, and gradually learned a lot of knowledge, and their views on many things were also quite insightful, and they often gave Zhao Er advice; sometimes when others couldn't convince Zhao Er, they also came to her to help persuade her, which can be regarded as Zhao Er's right-hand man.

After breakfast, Zhao Er invited Kong Rui to go to the council hall to meet with the other brothers, and also brought Zhao Xiuying with him.

Entering the council hall, Kong Rui saw that there were only some tables and chairs inside, and no one had come yet, and there were four portraits hanging on the wall behind the top seat, which were vaguely portraits of his parents, Su Qingyun and Lin Wen.

Kong Rui's heart was moved, and he hurriedly rushed forward and knelt on the ground, unable to help but burst into tears.

The two brothers and sisters stood behind him, silent, and let Kong Rui cry bitterly before pulling him up and sitting on the chair next to him.

"Brother Lin, these four are the real treasurers in our valley, and every time a new brother joins, we have to tell them the same story. Zhao Er introduced Kong Rui at this time.

"Poor my parents' bones have not been found. Kong Rui was moved in his heart and choked up.

"Brother Lin, I forgot to tell you just now that the bones of Lingzun Lingtang were all found later, and we later buried them together, right next to your Uncle Lin's grave. Zhao Er hurriedly said.

After hearing this, Kong Rui hurriedly stood up and bowed deeply to Zhao Er, and said, "Thank you Second Brother Zhao!" and then asked: "Please also ask Second Brother Zhao to take me to the grave of my parents and pay tribute to them." ”

"This is natural, but you can't go to the incense soil until the rain stops. Zhao Er nodded.

Kong Rui thought about it, so he had to wipe away his tears, and according to Zhao Er's arrangement, he waited to see the others again and discuss the matter of the stinger together.

After a while, more than 30 people came into the council hall one after another, and as soon as Kong Rui saw them, he could vaguely remember a few people, but none of them knew Kong Rui, and Zhao Er didn't explain it next to him, so everyone had to sit down first, waiting for Zhao Er to speak.

Kong Rui sat next to Zhao Er, recalling those people one by one, many of them couldn't remember, but he only saw one person who was very special, I saw that he was about forty years old, dressed in a long robe, with a slight mustache under his lips, and a folding fan in his hand, which was quite different from those martial artists, and his position was very forward, just on Zhao Er's right hand, it seemed that his status in this valley was not low.

Zhao Er saw that everyone had arrived, so he spoke: "Before today's discussion, I want to introduce you to a person, that is, this Brother Lin, he has some things to do when he comes to my valley." As he spoke, he pointed at Kong Rui, looked at everyone with a smile, and then said: "Everyone, Brother Lin is currently cultivating outside, this time he came to our valley to pay respects to his relatives, the second is to come to see our brothers, and the third is to come to warn us. ”

As soon as the middle-aged man that Kong Rui paid special attention to heard "cultivation", he immediately asked Kong Rui, "Brother Lin is currently a cultivator?"

Zhao Er smiled at Kong Rui on the side: "This is our military advisor in the valley, Yang Liqing, who specializes in coming up with all kinds of ghost ideas. Everyone laughed, but Yang Liqing's expression remained unchanged, still looking at Kong Rui.

"Yes, Brother Yang, the junior brother is currently cultivating. Kong Rui said truthfully.

Yang Liqing said repeatedly: "Okay, good, good, I just have a request for Brother Lin." But he said nothing else.

Some people were also curious, so they asked Kong Rui, "Brother Lin, where are you cultivating?" Kong Rui didn't dare to answer truthfully, so he had to say: "My sect is thousands of miles away, but it's inconvenient for the master to tell you." As soon as everyone heard that it was so far away, they didn't think about it.

Seeing that Kong Rui was young and was sitting next to Zhao Er when he first came, a few people in the council hall were very unconvinced; now that even the military advisor said good things about him, one of them couldn't help it and said, "Since Brother Lin is a cultivator, can you come down and instruct me in two moves?"