At this time, it was already the early morning of the next day, and a carriage was parked at a fork in the road a few miles away from Bloodstone City, and four people were standing next to the carriage.

"Such a great favor, when we meet in the future, if Mr. needs it, Mu Bai will definitely have a good reward! Dare to ask Mr. Honorable Name?" I saw Mu Bai facing the middle-aged man, clasping his fists with both hands, and said with a serious expression.

The middle-aged man in the black-striped red robe waved his hand and said indifferently: "Raise your hand for a trivial matter, if you really have a chance to talk about it, if you have a chance in the future, you will know." The middle-aged man paused, took out a black silk cloth bag from his arms, threw it to Mu Bai, and continued, "I'll send you here, this is some broken silver, it's for you to wrap around on the road, and the rest is up to you." That's it, gone. Anyway, he didn't care about Mu Bai and Kong Lin, and walked directly into his carriage.

With the sound of horses' hooves, the inch-haired young man drove the carriage in the direction of Bloodstone City, Mu Bai took the silver bag that the middle-aged man threw to him, and silently watched the carriage gradually move away until the carriage disappeared from sight.

Looking at the silver bag in his hand, Mu Bai was silent for a while, then turned his head to Kong Lin and said, "I don't know what the eldest brother has planned?"

At this time, Kong Lin's complexion was a little ruddy, and his complexion was obviously much better than yesterday. When Kong Lin heard this, he lowered his head and pondered, and after a while, he spoke: "This place is not far from the village where my family is located, only two or three days away, I want to go home first to see my parents, and then continue to go to the capital of Zhongzhou to take the exam, what about you?

"It's okay, my father-in-law asked me to go to his friend's Taoist temple to pick up what he left behind when I became an adult, and that Taoist temple is in Linzhou. Big brother, you have to go to the capital to catch the exam again, and you happen to be passing through Linzhou, so we can go together and take care of it. Mu Bai thought for a while and agreed.

After making a decision, the two went to Kongjia Village, where Kong Lin's house was located.

......

Three days later, near noon, at the entrance of Kongjia Village, Mu Bai and Kong Lin were walking towards the village.

At this time, their images have changed greatly, they are all dressed in green shirts, their long hair is neatly combed, tied behind them, and Kong Lin's re-bandaged left shoulder is covered by clothes, and the wound on the left shoulder that was cut before is completely visible.

"Dalin is back. ”

"Dalin is here. ”

"Did you get the fame this time?"

"Brother Da Lin, where is the sugar you said when you left?

Mu Bai and Kong Lin, who were walking on the village road, looked at the uncles and aunts who came to say hello, as well as the children, and the depression that had been caused by the incident in Bloodstone City disappeared, and a smile appeared on their faces.

As they walked towards Kong Lin's house, Kong Lin kept greeting the villagers as they walked:

"Yes, Aunt San. ”

"Well, I'm back, Seventh Master. ”

"No, I'll come back to see my father and mother this time, and I'll leave tomorrow. ”

"Eh, good!" Kong Lin touched the little guy's head with a smile, and didn't forget to tease, "Haha, I forgot to buy it, it's a pity that you don't have any sugar to eat, next time, next time I will definitely bring it to you." ”

Seeing these simple villagers, Kong Lin was very happy with a smile on his face.

The yard of Kong Lin's house is fenced, there are some old hens in the yard, and some rice and vegetables are scattered on the ground, chattering, occasionally making clucking sounds, and the walls of the house in the courtyard are also woven with bamboo strips, pasted with yellow mud to build, the yellow mud is dried to become a wall, and the sloping roof is covered with straw.

At this time, Kong Lin's parents were standing in front of the fence courtyard, looking at Kong Lin who was coming, their eyes were excited, and two lines of old tears fell unconsciously.

Kong Lin's parents are in their fifties, and due to their daily exposure to farm work, their skin is dark, and their faces are covered with more wrinkles than those of old people in their sixties and seventies, making them look even older.

Seeing his parents, Kong Lin's eyes instantly burst into tears, and he rushed forward and knelt down directly and shouted excitedly, "Dad, mother~"

"Get up, silly boy, get up!" Saying that, Kong Lin's parents stepped forward and directly helped Kong Lin up, touched Kong Lin's face, and said distressedly: "It's all thin, it's thin." ”

Because of the support of the two of them, which involved the wound on his left shoulder, Kong Lin's brows furrowed slightly, and then he smiled, "It's okay, it's good to be thinner, and it's healthy to be thinner." ”

Mother Confucius didn't notice Kong Lin's abnormality, and reprimanded: "Nonsense, losing weight means that you don't eat well." ”

"You don't care, we rural people are solid, and it's normal to be thinner. Father Confucius behind him wiped the thunder water from the corners of his eyes, pulled away Mother Confucius directly, and then looked at Mu Bai, who had just approached, and said with a smile: "This is Dalin's friend, he looks really handsome." ”

Kong Lin rushed too fast before, and at this time Mu Bai walked to the side of a few people, he was stunned at first when he heard the words, he was a little embarrassed, he knew what he looked like, where did Zhenjun say this, obviously praising himself, thinking about it, Mu Bai was even more embarrassed, and immediately arched his hand, and said a little shyly: "Uncle and aunt are good! Xiaosheng is a friend of Brother Kong." ”

"Come on, come on, let's go inside and say, the sun is shining outside. Mother Kong directly pulled them into the house one by one.

In Kong Lin's house, there are only a few simple tables, a wooden table, two beds, and some bacon and dried chili peppers on the wall.

"Come, this is a home-raised chicken, laying eggs. As she spoke, Mother Kong was full of smiles, and smiled and put a braised egg in Mu Bai's bowl, "Your own family, you're welcome, treat this as your own home, just eat whatever you want." ”

Seeing this, Mu Bai hurriedly continued with a bowl, "Auntie, don't be busy, I'll just come by myself." ”

While he was eating lunch, Father Kong suddenly asked Kong Lin, "Stinky boy, what is the result of going to the imperial examination in the capital this time? Seeing you like this, you should be off the list, right?"

When Kong Lin heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then said with a smile, "It's just a little bit, you don't know me yet, I'm planning to leave tomorrow, and I will definitely get a reputation this time." ”

"Is there enough entanglement?"

"Enough"

"Stay two more days?"

"There's no way, I miss you, I immediately rushed back to visit your second elder after I fell off the list, and now I see it, I can rest assured, this is a long way to go, and I can't delay the exam." Kong Lin didn't want to stay for a long time, for fear that his parents would see that he was injured and that something was wrong, and that they would be worried, so he could only say so.

"That's okay, you kid is measured. Saying that, Father Confucius looked at Mu Bai, "Xiaobai, you also went to the capital with Dalin, right?"

"Mmmm, yes, we took care of each other along the way. Mu Bai could only respond again and again, and called him Xiaobai to Father Kong, and he was a little kind in his heart.

"Well, it's good to have a companion on the road. Also, Da Lin, Xiaobai is younger than you, since he recognizes you as a big brother, you have to take good care of others, otherwise Lao Tzu won't break your legs. Father Kong said as he spoke, his tone becoming stern.

"Yes, with me taking care of it, there is definitely no less than half of his hair. Kong Lin patted his chest and assured loudly.