Volume 1 Chapter 13: The Sound of the Turbulent Waves and the Breaking Water
Qin Tianxiong seemed extremely uneasy at this time, and whispered: "Miss, I will definitely repay Manager Cao's kindness..." Yin Yin turned his eyes away with disdain and said: "What does it matter whether you repay it or not with your ability? Just think that my father threw a bone to a dog, do you still expect this dog to repay you?" Qin Tianxiong's face suddenly turned blood red, and he looked at Lin Jianlan coldly and said: "Even if you are my adopted son, so what? You have no ability. If I give you things, they will be snatched away by others. I won't ask those ungrateful people for help. My things are mine, and I will get them with my own ability." After that, he turned and left.
The three men saw Yin Yin leave in anger. After a while, Doctor Cheng said, "Speaking of which, since the leader has adopted you as his adopted son, you and Yin Yin are cousins. Since her father passed away, her personality has become as weird as her mother's. Well, let's not talk about this for now. It's more important to take care of your health first. Protector Qin and I will take care of the rest. We promised the leader that we would protect you. We have to travel tomorrow, so you take a rest. We'll go first." After saying that, he and Qin Tianxiong arrived at the door one after the other, whispered a few words to the gatekeeper, and then left.
Lin Jianlan lay quietly on the bed, thinking about what Doctor Cheng had just said, and thought to himself: "According to what Grandpa Cheng said, Uncle Qing really won't die. Since they say Uncle Qing is a great martial artist, I will just wait for a while and wait for Uncle Qing to save me."
Thinking of this, Lin Jianlan suddenly felt that Lin Hongfeng was not so hateful. That day in the courtyard, she slowly recounted her childhood past in detail, with a gentle tone. When she was emotional, it really made people feel as if they were there, and when she talked about the pain, it made people want to cry. Lin Jianlan couldn't help but sympathize with her in his heart: "Thinking carefully, she is actually a pitiful person. My grandmother and I were so sad to part, not to mention that she and her husband were separated by life and death? Yin Yin lost her father. I was away from home for only a few days, and I knew how to cry every day. She was so young, but she was determined to avenge her father. , although Uncle Qing did not kill her father. I am older than her, I don’t know what I can do, and Uncle Qing has never taught me martial arts. " Then he thought again: "What's the use of martial arts, Uncle Qing and his sister are killing each other now, one thinks that her brother killed her husband, and the other had her fingers cut off by her sister." He thought of his parents, although they also died early, but they have not been around since he could remember, he didn't even know what they looked like, and he had no way to miss them, but sometimes he felt sad that others had a father and a mother but he didn't. Compared with Lin Hongfeng, Lin Jianlan was glad that his parents died together, so he didn't have to miss the other and suffer the pain of lovesickness, but he had not yet understood the feelings between men and women, and these fantasies were only vaguely understood.
At this time, there were bursts of footsteps outside the door, and someone shouted, "Everyone, the table is ready, please move!" He also called out, "Waiter, take the guests to the elegant hall at the back." After a while, the footsteps came closer and closer, and stopped at the door. Someone whispered, "Thank you for your hard work, brothers I will send someone to take your place to eat later." The two minions at the door said, "Captain Chen is too concerned about us brothers. You go first, we are not in a hurry." The man replied, "Thank you for your hard work, two of you." After that, the footsteps went away again. Lin Jianlan paced to the door and heard the two men whispering, "The child won't eat again, and it's hard for the two of us to guard him here." Another person said, "What can we do? I don't know why Madam Cao insisted on bringing the child back." The man hissed and said softly, "Do you want to die? How can we, with our status, interfere in the gang's affairs?" Another person said, "Well, you'd better stay here honestly and eat some leftovers to fill your stomach later. You know what, no one dares to ask about these things. Look at the look in the lady's eyes, it can freeze people into ice!" At this point, he sneezed a few times in succession.
Lin Jianlan, who was inside the door, heard his apt description and burst out laughing. He opened the door and saw the two men, who seemed young, and said with a smile: "Two big brothers, you are guarding me here and I can't eat. You don't have to work so hard tonight. I want to eat now. Can you 'guard' me now?"
The people of the Kuang Yi Gang were having dinner in the elegant hall when they heard the door open. The boss bowed and nodded to welcome three people in. Everyone looked up and saw Lin Jianlan stepping in, followed by two minions who were guarding him. They were standing there with awkward expressions and at a loss. Lin Hongfeng was already looking unhappy at this time, and said angrily: "Cao Zhong, Cao Quan, what's going on?" The one who sneezed suddenly shuddered again and said: "The leader's... no, the young master... no... he... this kid... he wants to..." He was originally articulate, but when he saw Lin Hongfeng, he didn't know how to address Lin Jianlan. He felt that it was inappropriate after saying several words, so he stuttered. Lin Jianlan suppressed , slowly walked to Lin Hongfeng and saluted, saying: "Aunt, my nephew wants to have dinner with everyone. I wonder if there is anyone else. "What should I do?" Lin Hongfeng was furious, his face turned pale and blue, and his hands holding the bowl and chopsticks trembled slightly, but he could not lose his temper in front of everyone, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Just go wherever there is a seat." He turned around and said, "Cao Zhong and Cao Quan, you guys go eat too. Now that he can move, you must take good care of him in the future. Don't let anything happen to him." The two of them turned around and hurriedly left the door as if they had been pardoned, but Yin Yin next to them still had a cold look on his face, and just picked up food and ate by himself.
Lin Hongfeng didn't know why this kid refused to eat a few days ago and was half dead from illness, but now he suddenly changed his mind and was very respectful when he saw him. He couldn't do anything to him. He thought to himself, "There are still some people in the gang who are blind and conscienceless. They ignore Shujian's great kindness to them and want this ignorant country boy to inherit the great cause of the Kuangyi Gang. It's fine if he knows what's going on. If he dares to have unreasonable thoughts about the position of gang leader, I will be the first to not forgive him."
Lin Jianlan knew in his heart that although he and Lin Hongfeng did not have any deep hatred, she did not like him because of Uncle Qing. Sometimes when he saw her pale face and her eyes staring at him fiercely, he felt a little scared.
Fang Tang was in charge of the affairs of the main hall. Earlier, he and Zhang Hufa had been traveling day and night to the main hall. Lin Hongfeng and the others were left to move slowly on the road. After walking for many days, they finally arrived at the Yellow River ferry. Lin Jianlan had only seen the Yangliu River beside the village since he was a child, and had never seen such a momentum. Everyone stood on the shore. The wind was blowing hard and water vapor was blowing in their faces. Huge waves were surging and rushing forward. Turbid currents were carrying mud and sand and rushing forward.
A group of people hurried over from a distance on the river bank, led by a one-eyed man, whose left eye was covered with a piece of black leather. He only wore a waistcoat, revealing most of his bronze skin. He looked very strong, and the group of people following behind him were all dressed the same. The one-eyed man came to Lin Hongfeng and clasped his fists and said, "Forgive Tiesong for being late. I have specially selected twenty good ferrymen in our hall. Madam Cao, I will be the boatman of your raft myself." Lin Hongfeng smiled and said slowly, "You are welcome. In this case, I will trouble Master Tie."
Lin Jianlan watched and saw that the raft was tied firmly to the shore with ropes and had not yet been untied, but was already swaying in the rough waves. Everyone used their skills to get on the raft, but they felt a white shadow passing by . Upon closer inspection, they saw that Yin Yin had already flown onto the raft and was standing on their heads. His white clothes fluttered in the wind, and his figure rose and fell with the raft, which was very beautiful.
After a while, everyone on the shore boarded the raft, but Lin Jianlan was the only one standing alone on the shore. Seeing this, the one-eyed man jumped onto the shore again, shook his head and said, "What a fate it is to have stayed with our leader for three years. How come you don't know any martial arts?" After that, he touched Lin Jianlan's head and said, "Don't be afraid." He raised Lin Jianlan and let out a long whistle. In a moment, he was on the raft. There was a sudden ups and downs. However, Lin Hongfeng and Yin Yin seemed to be fine and still stood in the wind. Tie Song put Lin Jianlan on the raft and said, "You don't know martial arts, so you can sit on it. If you are afraid, just hold my trouser legs."
Lin Jianlan sat down carefully and moved his body next to Tiesong. Seeing this, Tiesong smiled, turned around and shouted to the other rafts, "Cut the cable, let's go!" Then he saw the boatmen on the other rafts holding a long pole in one hand and taking out a dagger from their boot with the other hand to cut the cable with a wave. Their movements were uniform and identical. Immediately, many rafts drifted down the river with the huge waves. Tiesong turned around, picked up a long pole, and was about to take out the dagger, but he saw a flash from Yin Yin's sleeve, and the cable had been cut. The small raft they were riding also drifted away as quickly as the previous one. Tiesong raised his thumb and said, "The young lady's martial arts has become better." After that, he said in a deep voice, "Hold on tight." He picked up the long pole and plunged it straight into the bottom of the river to stabilize the raft and stop it from drifting, concentrating on paddling forward.
At this time, huge waves were rolling in one after another, and the small raft was swaying on the crest of the waves, as if it was about to be swallowed up. Lin Jianlan had already hugged Tiesong's trouser legs tightly, and it felt like he was hugging an iron pillar, motionless. Looking up, he saw Tiesong concentrating on moving forward, just pushing the pole forward with one stroke after another, and the long pole in his hand was shining with black light, and it was actually made of black steel.
Lin Jianlan couldn't help but admire him in his heart and said loudly, "Uncle Tie, you are amazing!" Tie Song laughed and said, "What's my ability? You are too young, and you haven't seen the battle formation of the gang leader and Manager Cao to wipe out the thirteen bandits of the Yellow River. Madam Cao, our Yellow River branch was established after those wicked bandits were wiped out, right?" Although Lin Jianlan felt that the roar of the Yellow River was like a galloping horse, it could not cover Tie Song's voice. He had a ringing in his ears, but he heard Lin Hongfeng and Yin Yin sitting at the bow of the raft, ignoring this side.
Tie Song said with great interest: "It has been more than ten years. Although the waves are turbulent, they are walking on flat ground. The thirteen pirates invited many local water experts to fight on the water and underwater at the same time. Cao, the chief steward, held a long sword and his swordsmanship was very good. Anyone who got on the raft was stabbed into the water. The gang leader held the pole to support the raft. Some people wanted to capsize the raft underwater, but the gang leader hit them one by one and they never came up again! Later, they got anxious and more than a dozen people rushed forward. The gang leader shouted and swung the long pole tightly, sweeping them all into the water! Later, the Yellow River Branch was established, and Cao, the chief steward, thought highly of me and promoted me to be the leader. The gang leader also gave me the black steel long pole he used back then. Hey, that made the brothers in the gang jealous for a long time!"
Lin Jianlan thought of how Uncle Qing and Lin Hongfeng's husband were full of vigor and fighting against the bandits in the dangerous waves. How majestic and heroic they were, and she was fascinated. But she heard Lin Hongfeng whispered: "Why are you still talking about this, Master Tie..." Lan'er turned around and saw Lin Hongfeng sitting sadly in the turbulent waves, with long hair flying, a very bleak and sad face, and a soft look in his eyes. He just stared blankly ahead, as if revealing endless longing.
Lin Jianlan thought to himself, "If Uncle Qing's sister didn't have a tense face all day, she would be very pretty. Uncle Tie's mention of the heroic past made Uncle Qing's sister miss her husband even more." Thinking of this, Lin Jianlan slowly loosened Tie Song's legs, supported himself on the raft with both hands, and slowly crawled to Lin Hongfeng on all fours. He mustered up the courage to say, "Aunt...Aunt, do you know Luo Binwang?" Lin Hongfeng just looked at the water and ignored him. Tie Song shouted, "Isn't he the one who joined the rebellion? I heard that the emperor couldn't bear to kill him, so he made him become a monk." Lin Jianlan nodded and said, "The emperor loves his talent. His poems are very good. One of them is about the Yellow River. Would you like to listen to it, aunt?" Lin Hongfeng still didn't say anything. Lin Jianlan didn't care and slowly recited, "'A thousand miles to find the way home, a reed disturbs the plain.' Disturbing the plain, does it mean rebelling? ? Then why can't I find the way home? ' The waves are connected to the horses' cheeks, and the water bursts through the Dragon Gate. The sun shines brightly, and the wind blows and the waves turn upside down. The oars sing in the wind, and the woodcutters sing in the morning. The autumn clouds fall on the distant shore, and the evening mist is dense in the deep pool. 'Well, these four sentences are obviously talking about the scenery of the Yellow River. He wrote it very well. Being on the Yellow River really makes people feel like all the horses are silent, and like a giant dragon rolling. 'Who can bear to pass away on the river, and the soul will not return at dusk. 'Is there a soul in the river who doesn't know the way home? "He paused and said, "Aunt, this poem was taught to me by Uncle Qing. When he taught me, he often sighed and said that he only needed two sentences, and he would find the way home after a thousand miles, but the soul would not return at dusk. I know that although Uncle Qing has lived in my house for three years, he is always thinking about Jiangnan. If Aunt doesn't go to find him, he may never go back to Jiangnan in his life. By then, he will really be a soul that will not return, but does the soul always have to go home? "
Lin Hongfeng seemed to be thinking about something. He was silent for a long time, his eyes tearful, and he whispered, "The soul does not return at dusk. Alas, Shujian, where is your soul?" He suddenly realized that he had lost his composure, and angrily said to Lin Jianlan, "Why do you have to go through so much trouble to say such nice things for him? He brought this upon himself, but you pity him for leaving his hometown. Because of him, you are separated from your grandmother today. I will not let you go back until I take revenge."
