Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 46
With the house in hand, there is still a lot of work to be done.

In Zhao Lin's view, this house is far from being safe, and needs to be further strengthened, and the doors, windows, and chimneys should be sealed to prevent bandits from entering the room or spraying poisonous smoke into the house.

It is also necessary to set up organs in hidden places and dig a few escape tunnels.

In short, the house had to be built into a blockhouse.

With this purpose in mind, Zhao Lin and Liang Song came to the craftsman's workshop in the south of the city and invited several masons, stonemasons and blacksmiths.

"The gate of the main house was replaced with an iron gate, and the outer walls and roof were reinforced with rammed earth. The stronger the better, the wages were not a problem."

The leader of the craftsmen was a blacksmith. After listening to Zhao Lin's request, he said: "I built the city wall when I was young. If my master wants to make the house strong, it is best to use lime mortar, mix it with glutinous rice soup, and wrap a layer of fire on the outer wall." brick."

"A house built in this way will not collapse even if it is exposed to wind and rain for a hundred years."

Sticky rice lime slurry?
Zhao Lin remembered that the Ming Great Wall was built with this material, which was as strong as concrete, and immediately agreed: "Okay, I will do as you say."

The blacksmith rubbed his big dark hands, and said with a little embarrassment: "To build a house like this, the artificial materials are not a fraction..."

Zhao Lin didn't wait for him to finish, and asked Liang Song to give him two liang of silver, "You take the money to start the work first, and report the details to me when the time comes."

Seeing the generosity of his master, the blacksmith grinned and said, "I want it, I want it." After speaking, he instructed the craftsmen to measure the size and buy materials.

It was past noon, and Zhao Lin and Liang Song were still hungry, so they confessed a few words and found a nearby restaurant for a hearty meal.

During the meal, Liang Song looked lonely and frowned, Zhao Lin asked concerned: "Why, are you worried that Beard will come to trouble you tonight?"

Liang Song shook his head and said, "The corpses of my cousin and Zhou Paotou are still hanging at the head of the village, and there will be no peace after death."

"That's right..." Zhao Lin realized that this was a big problem.

This era pays attention to burying the dead in peace, and letting the dead rest in peace.

The body cannot go up to the sky or down to the ground, and the soul cannot ascend to the sky, nor can it be reincarnated.

I met Zhou Paotou and Zhu Dachun once, and I couldn't let them expose their corpses to the wilderness like this.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lin said to Liang Song: "Let's snatch the corpse out tonight and bury them both."

Liang Song was overjoyed at first, then worried: "Isn't it right, Huzi is guarding outside the city, wouldn't we be falling into a trap if we go out of the city?"

Zhao Lin leaned forward and said in a low voice: "I'll tell you, I can run faster than a horse now. If I meet Beard, I will take you with me, and they will definitely not be able to catch up."

Liang Song recalled Zhao Lin's behavior when chasing and beating Rogue, his brows loosened, and he said, "Okay, let's do it like this!"

After eating, the two returned to the house on Shuncheng Street, where the craftsmen were already at work.

Until it was getting dark and the craftsmen finished their work and went home, Liang Song and Zhao Lin rushed out of the south gate before the city gate was closed.

The two of them were less than two miles away from the city when they heard a sharp whistle behind them, and someone shouted, "They're coming out, don't let them run away!"

Zhao Lin and Liang Song turned around and saw three men following behind, one of them had a bamboo whistle in his mouth, and immediately turned around and rushed over.

The three men didn't expect that not only did they not panic, but they even shot back their carbine, and turned around and ran back in fright.

It's a pity that they couldn't run faster than Zhao Lin, and they were overtaken within a few breaths.

At this time, the sky was dark and there were no pedestrians on the road, so Zhao Lin didn't hold back his hand anymore, he took out his ax and struck the whistler to death with the axe.

The other two were so frightened that their souls trembled, and they fled left and right to both sides of the road.

Zhao Lin and Liang Song chased each other, and within a short time they were killed.

After killing the three eyeliners, Zhao Lin and Liang Song did not forget to search the body and took away the money from the corpse.

At this time, there was a fire in the distance, the sound of horseshoes, and more than [-] fast horses came galloping, and the riders on the horses held torches, sweeping towards them like a cloud of fire.

"Let the arrow, let the arrow go, this kid runs fast!"

The one who shouted at the head was the bearded leader who chased Zhao Lin that day. He knew that Zhao Lin was running fast, so he immediately asked his men to release arrows.

Liang Song looked at Zhao Lin nervously. Seeing so many beards chasing him, he wondered if he could keep his promise.

Zhao Lin didn't say anything, grabbed Liang Song's belt with one hand, and ran eastward.

The beards set up their bows and released arrows, and the arrows immediately resembled locusts.

Zhao Lin leaped up to a height of two meters from the spot.

Liang Song only felt a burst of clouds and fog, and the wind was blowing under his feet. When he looked down, he saw that the arrows fell into the air one after another.

After a few ups and downs, Zhao Lin disappeared into the night, leaving a group of bearded beards with big eyes and small eyes.

"Damn, run away again!"

The bearded boss spat hard, and glanced at his men, "You all saw it, it's not that I'm weak in pursuit, it's that that kid can run faster than a rabbit."

"Brother, we can testify."

"Yes, I seem to have seen wings growing on his back..."

The beards made their stand immediately.

"Brother Zhao, how do you practice your leg skills? It's almost like flying!"

As soon as Liang Song's feet touched the ground, he couldn't help cheering up.

"It's not practiced, it's born."

Zhao Lin didn't know how to explain it, so he could only prevaricate with this reason.

Liang Song believed it was true, "I was wrong, the teachers in our martial arts gym don't have such skills."

At this time, it was completely dark, and the two of them didn't have to worry about being exposed. They made a slight detour and took a shortcut to Baiqiao Village.

"there!"

Liang Song stretched out his finger, and Zhao Lin followed the direction of his finger, and saw two corpses hanging under a locust tree.

Huzi never dreamed that they would come back, so he only arranged for two young men to guard the corpse at the gatehouse at the head of the village to prevent the villagers from burying it.

Zhao Lin and Liang Song sneaked up, and quietly got rid of the two snoring beards.

The bodies of Zhou Paotou and Zhu Dachun were covered with scars, it can be seen that they had suffered inhuman torture during their lifetime.

Zhao Lin sighed, feeling uncomfortable, and Liang Song burst into tears.

The corpse had been hanging for two days and one night, and it was already slightly rotten. They took off the clothes from Xiao Luo's body and put them on for Zhu Dachun and Zhou Paotou.

In retaliation, the corpses of the two minions were hung on a tree, and then each of them carried a corpse into the mountain.

Both of them didn't understand Feng Shui, so they just found a quiet and hidden place, dug a hole and buried them.

For fear of being discovered and destroyed by the beard, only two grave mounds were piled up, and no monument was erected.

"Zhou Paotou, I wish you, brother, the two of you will have a good journey, and you will be brothers in the next life..."

Zhao Lin and Liang Song bowed three times to the grave, and left in tears after standing silently for a long time.

It was getting late, and there was no way to go back to the county seat. After discussing it, the two came to Zhou Paotou's residence.

There is a cellar in the backyard of Zhou Paotou's house, which is used to store food for the winter. The bandits never thought that the two of them would hide here, but it was the safest place.

The two of them got into the cellar, spent the night making do with it, and sneaked back to the county seat before dawn the next day.

(End of this chapter)