Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 582: Jianghu, Jianghu

The second brother is not only a straightforward person, but also a natural chivalrous person. He is not good at leading troops in battle. He is too straightforward and almost has no brains, but he is very clear about helping others.

So he has a good reputation in the world, and even people who don't like him will show respect when they mention him.

Drinking outside with the second brother, I feel very safe. This guy's fighting ability should be that of a T0 player in the first echelon. I once heard Luo Shixin mention that if he faced the second brother's horse lance head-on, he would probably only have a % chance of winning, or even lower.

"Second brother, every failure is a lesson for you. People in the underworld are cunning and cunning. Don't be so honest again. You were lucky this time. The woman just wanted some money. If she had other intentions, you would be in trouble."

"Yes, that's troublesome. Oops..."

When the second brother mentioned this, he was sweating all over his forehead. Then he suddenly looked up at Xia Lin and said, "Hey, are you free recently?"

"Free time..." Xia Lin smacked his lips. "These days I'm neither busy nor free. Most things are under the watchful eye so nothing goes wrong. What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my second brother?"

"It's not a big deal. I'll take you out to explore the world. I've seen you live like a prisoner these past few days. You were full of energy and vigor back then, but why are you so depressed now?"

If someone else had said this, Xia Lin would have cursed. Is he depressed? He is the only one who can rule the world. He sits in the south of the Yangtze River and plans to rule the world. The world is in chaos but there is no human disaster. There is no starving people in the smoke of war. Not to mention the people in the south of the Yangtze River, people in Hebei and Henan have built ancestral temples for him to worship. Is he depressed?

But when it comes to his second brother, he is really a little depressed, because his second brother does not understand politics and has no interest in the world. He is a romantic traveler who comes and goes with the wind and the tide. In his eyes, Xia Lin is a bird trapped here. Without freedom, he naturally has no happiness.

"Brother, I appreciate your kindness, but I dare not move. First, I never know what I am doing and I cannot afford to get into trouble. If I were to die suddenly, you can't imagine the chaos that would happen in the world."

The second brother tasted the meaning of these words, and then slapped his thigh and said, "Wait for me here."

Xia Lin watched him leave in a hurry and couldn't help laughing. He had no temper towards such a second brother. He had been like this for many years.

About twenty minutes later, the second brother dragged Xu Shiji over like a dog.

"Lin Zi, I got you a bodyguard, and he's going with us."

"I won't go!" Xu Shiji shouted angrily, "Let me go, you bastard!"

"You have to go." The second brother said in a serious tone: "If you don't go, I will tell your father and your master about your visit to the widow Huang in Cangzhou at night."

"you……"

Xia Lin looked at them with a smile and coughed awkwardly: "Brother Maogong, I didn't realize you have such a refined taste."

"I went to see the widow, why are you listening to this fool's nonsense?"

"Oh, I can even diagnose the disease with that faint and graceful sound, Xu Shiji, please don't treat me like a three-year-old child."

"You...you bastard, are you listening to the wall?!"

The second brother insisted on his own opinion. Xu Shiji had no way to deal with him. Moreover, the Medicine King was very strict about such matters. It might not be a big deal at home, but Sun Yaoshen really beat him up...

"Hey Hey……"

The second brother didn't say anything but just smiled. Xu Shiji raised his head for a long time before letting out a long breath: "Daosheng, how could someone like you hang out with him? Where are you going?"

Xia Lin also spread his hands: "I don't know either. We were just talking about this when the second brother suddenly jumped up and grabbed you."

"You!" Xu Shiji pointed at his second brother: "You bastard!"

"That's enough." The second elder brother didn't care at all and waved his hand: "I saw that my younger brother was very bored here, so I wanted to take him out to relax. Besides, you are such a big-nosed guy, why are you pretending to be a serious person in front of me? Have you been sneaking out to play with me less in recent years? Do you remember that year when we were in Xiliang..."

"Stop!" Xu Shiji shouted quickly: "I'll go... I'll go..."

It seems that this group of people have been hanging out outside a lot. But it is also true that Xu Shiji is not an official at the moment but is practicing with the King of Medicine. But no matter how much he practices, he is on par with Li Jing in the official history. Such a person cannot be dull and must be an extremely mischievous player.

“I really can’t leave now.”

Xia Lin still wanted to refuse, but in the end he couldn't get rid of his second brother, so he helped him decide on the travel plan, but he didn't know the destination...

"My second brother is always so naughty, and so are you! You even followed him in making trouble. My eldest brother told him to be grounded, but he wanted to kidnap you too."

When the little princess was packing up Xia Lin's things at night, she was extremely reluctant: "If something happens to you outside, what will we do? Don't you think about yourself or me? In my opinion, you shouldn't listen to him. If you don't want to go, I will go to my eldest brother to complain about him tomorrow."

"Silly girl." Xia Lin rubbed the little princess's head: "Have you forgotten what your second brother did to save you? He has a temperament as swift as the wind. It is impossible for him to stay in one place for a long time. But for you, he lived in the temple for five years. He never left during those five years."

Now it was the little princess' turn to remain silent, but she pouted and looked obviously unhappy.

"Now that he has invited me, I will go out with him to relax. Besides, it's not just the two of us. There's also Dong Niang's senior brother Xu Shiji. Mao Gong is a very reliable person."

What Xia Lin said did make some sense. The little princess didn't say much, but just kept telling him to be careful.

But as long as Xia Lin is not surrounded by heavy troops, basically no one can stop the three of them. The second brother is like the fierce Zhang Fei, not to mention Xu Maogong, who is a famous general handed down from generation to generation.

As for Xia Lin, although he has neglected training in recent years, he is still a top assassin. Moreover, his second brother is thick-skinned and strong, Xu Maogong is proficient in medicine, and Xia Lin is good at wilderness survival. Such a combination can easily wipe out a bandit's hideout without any problem.

On the second day, Xia Lin went to the construction site to check the progress. After the money was in place, the progress was very rapid. It was estimated that preliminary production could be carried out in another three months, that is, in early autumn this year.

I have to say that Douyazi's generosity is really great, and she is also very bold. She doesn't express any opinions at all, but just keeps investing money. All the "high-tech" projects of the Public Works Office will be replicated here in the future. What's more important is that Douyazi is too lazy to even care what they are working on. Anyway, as long as the plan is approved by the professionals of the Public Works Office, she will pay for it.

And now Douyazi has become the busiest person in the entire Fuliang. Xia Lin can barely see her once every few days. He doesn't know what she is busy with. He even wanted to tell her before leaving this time, but when he asked, he found out that this woman has gone to Quanzhou and said that she wanted to build a port of her own there so as to squeeze the Persians out of everything.

"It's time to leave, or we'll miss the time."

The second brother found Xia Lin and said solemnly, "Hurry up."

"Where are you going, you two?"

Xu Shiji and his second brother looked at each other, then Xu Shiji walked to the side and picked up a wooden stick: "In the past, at this time, we would throw this stick into the sky, and go in the direction where the narrow end pointed, and that's where we ended up."

Xia Lin was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Just as he was about to speak, the wooden stick was already in his hand.

"This time it's yours."

He looked up and saw the eager eyes of the two wanderers. Xia Lin held the wooden stick and said, "Which direction should we go?"

"Yeah, you throw it."

Xia Lin threw the stick high up in the air. The three of them raised their heads and waited quietly for it to fall. However, because it was Xia Lin's first time throwing and he didn't have much experience, the branch got caught on the tree, with the narrow end facing the ground.

"It seems a little unlucky, so let's just leave it at that. It's fate that cannot be defied..." Xia Lin muttered to himself, looking up at the wooden stick.

However, at this moment, the second brother went up and hugged the tree and shook it. The thick tree was shaken back and forth by him, and the branch was actually shaken down by him.

"Bah, there is no such thing as destiny." The second brother stepped forward and said, "Just keep moving forward."

Xia Lin looked at the stick on the ground and silently gave his second brother a thumbs up. Then the three of them looked in the direction of the stick. Xu Shiji nodded and said, "Southwest, let's go!"

The three of them didn't waste any time, just picked up their bags and left. Xia Lin was still a little worried, but he still let them drag him away.

As the city behind him got farther and farther away, Xia Lin suddenly felt a little ridiculous, as if every step of his life so far had been planned, but this time he set out on a journey without any warning at all, completely spontaneous, random, and even a little absurd. But when he was really walking on the road, the moment the early summer wind blew on his face, the boredom that had accumulated before instantly disappeared.

Although he knew in his heart that those problems would always exist and would not disappear, sometimes escaping, although shameful, was really useful.

"When I'm on the road, I become a wandering doctor." Xu Shiji said on the road, "I diagnose people for money. What about you?"

The second brother stroked the thick beard on his chin and said, "Then I will naturally follow the old rules and be a traveling escort."

After saying that, the two of them looked at Xia Lin at the same time. Xia Lin took out a silver note of 100,000 taels and said, "I have money..."

"You must have embezzled money." Xu Shiji said firmly.

"You're talking nonsense." Xia Lin spat, "This is the money my eldest brother-in-law gave me."

Then from that day on, Xu Shiji stopped practicing medicine, and his second brother stopped escorting goods. They both ate and used Xia Lin's food and were not at all shy about it.

The three of them traveled a long way through mountains and rivers, and they got on any vehicle they saw, including a caravan of horses and even an ox cart pulling fodder. The carriages and horses were exchanged for boats, and the boats were changed into canoes. In about twenty days, they arrived in Yongzhou.

The Yongzhou where strange snakes are produced in the wild is the junction of Jiangnan Road and Lingnan Road. Going further ahead is the territory of Guizhou, which is Guilin.

"Three hundred miles ahead is Guizhou. That's Lingnan Road. The customs and people there are completely different from those in Jiangnan Road. I'm afraid Daosheng hasn't been there yet?"

"I went there a long, long time ago. I took the high-speed train."

"High-speed rail? Flying sword?" Xu Shiji joked, "You're starting to come up with some weird stuff again."

"Hahaha, that's about right. One thousand four hundred miles in one hour."

"Hahahahaha..."

Xu Shiji and his second brother burst into laughter, treating Xia Lin's words as a joke, as if he was riding a flying sword to find the immortal in his dream.

We rested for two days in Yongzhou. Although the area belongs to Jiangnan Road and is relatively remote, it is generally acceptable. After all, Xia Lin's cement road has been paved to Changsha County. The smooth access to roads can break ignorance, and the speed of information flow is faster, so naturally the overall situation will not be too bad.

But the situation is different going forward. The Lingnan Road is infested with snakes, insects, rats and ants, and the waterways and mountains are densely covered with forests. Although this journey is only three hundred miles, it may be more difficult than the previous one thousand two hundred miles.

"Let's go and pick out weapons that are suitable for us. We have to be very careful when we get there." Xu Shiji said, "What is Daosheng good at?"

"I do, you don't have to worry."

Xia Lin opened the bag to reveal the pistol inside: "I brought eighty rounds of bullets, which is enough."

"Your thing is so short and small, not majestic at all. Stop talking nonsense and come with us to choose one."

Xia Lin was stubborn, so he could only sigh and follow the two masters to the blacksmith shop to choose weapons. Xu Shiji used a spear, while his second brother ordered a 27-jin saber. When it was Xia Lin's turn, he just got a dagger.

"Why do you always like this short little thing? If you encounter a bad guy, a long spear or a lance is the right way to go. This little thing of yours can easily be broken."

Hearing what his second brother said, Xia Lin smiled and said, "Let's wait until we meet some bad guys. I'll show them how fast a gun can reach seven steps away."

The second brother joked, "What about within seven steps?"

"The gun is fast and accurate."

After that, the three of them burst into laughter at the same time, but the two of them were laughing at the fact that Xia Lin knew that the gun was good, but he didn't choose the long gun. Xia Lin was laughing at the fact that they didn't know how good the gun was...

In fact, although I didn't encounter any opportunities to be a hero along the way, I was indeed happy. The life of stopping wherever I went, eating when there was food and hunting when there was no food, was actually very consistent with the survival trend of men. When this instinct that is almost innate in the genes is released, people will really become cheerful.

"It's understandable that Daosheng is worried, as he has to take care of such a big place. But there's a saying in medical books that if you move, you will be able to move freely. Qi can only flow when it moves. You should walk more to relax your mind. Except for life and death, nothing else matters." Xu Shiji was still trying to comfort Xia Lin: "If you are depressed and don't move your Qi to disperse it, you will eventually get sick."

"Yeah, that's right! Maogong is right." The second brother hurriedly responded.

At this moment, Xu Shiji spoke again: "I am ten years older than Daosheng. Although I am not as talented as Daosheng, I have been friends for ten years after all. I still understand some things better."

"Yes, yes, Maogong is right." The second brother continued to agree: "I am not good at speaking, and I can't explain the truth of what Maogong said, but along the way, I can see that Daosheng's mood has improved a lot."

Xia Lin was playing with the dagger and said with a smile: "Brothers, there is no need to comfort me. I know what's going on in my heart. I just couldn't let go of some things before."

"You can rest assured." Mao Gong tapped the table with his fingers. "I divined for Fu Liang a few years ago. It is the Qian hexagram, the only one with all six lines showing good luck. A modest gentleman can cross a great river. You can rest assured."

"Can this be predicted?"

"Of course. I also predicted that five of the seven stars in the east will fall to your side. This is a great sign that will change your destiny."

"Five stars?"

"Yes, that's right. Seven falling to five is the most auspicious, six is ​​loss, and seven is full. The First Emperor is seven, too full, too full. The former emperor Hongbao is the technique of six, although he has the intention but not the power. You are the hexagram five Lie Qian, which is the most auspicious of the five stars. That place is auspicious whether you are there or not."

"Why?"

"I don't know. The hexagram says so. It's a celestial phenomenon. How can I understand it? But I roughly guessed that it's because of luck. But if you become the emperor, this luck will be reversed to be very bad. But who knows whether you will refuse to become the emperor, this is interesting."

Xia Lin rested one hand on the table, smiling as he watched the arrogant Xu Maogong telling fortunes, which almost made his second brother fall asleep.

At this moment, the innkeeper came forward, put down a pot of osmanthus wine, and said with a smile: "You all look like you are from other places, right? Are you here for fun or business in Yongzhou? This osmanthus wine is a gift from me."

Xia Lin bowed and thanked him: "It's okay if I don't have fun, but I don't know why I'm heading west."

His words made the lady boss tremble: "Young Master's words are very interesting. It's obvious that he is a man of great learning."

"What kind of knowledge is this?" The second brother said unconvincedly: "Then look at me, look at me."

The proprietress smiled even more happily. She stretched out her slender jade finger and poked the second brother on the forehead: "Idiot..."

The second brother watched her walk away gracefully for a long time, and he was unable to wrap his head around it. Xia Lin and Xu Shiji were so amused when they saw this scene nearby.

"It's over, it's over." Xu Shiji shook his head and said, "My brother wants to be played like a dog."

"But she is really pretty." The second brother turned around with clear eyes and said, "You two talented people, hurry up and think of something nice to say to her."

Xu Shiji tilted his head and looked at Xia Lin: "Love Poet Saint, come over, please?"

Xia Lin waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't cause trouble. Look at the shop owner's slender waist. I'm worried that my second brother will pounce on her like a hungry tiger and break her. In my opinion, my second brother should find a woman with a thick waist and a big butt, otherwise most people can't stand it."

"Hahaha, let me tell you something in secret. Don't be fooled by your second brother's tall stature. That place is actually very small. He has a nickname since he was a kid."

"what?"

"Coward."

Xia Lin understood immediately, slapping his thigh and laughing, while his second brother said with a red face: "Xu Shiji! Let's go, let's fight for 300 rounds at the door!"

(End of this chapter)