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Chapter 89: The wind and frost are hard on the back, looking back at the road we have come, eighteen times of progress, the progress of 'searching the mountain' has increased greatly!
Mr. Ji.

These three simple words, when heard by the crowd at the Lin residence, were no less than earth-shattering.

"Master Lin, are you going to hand over the family business to the Ji family's son, the head of the Ji family?"

"Hiss, why is it so sudden? Even if the Third Young Master Lin plotted to seize the family property and murdered his biological father, the Lin family relied on the owner's mountain roads and nursing homes. Over the past 20 to 30 years, they have finally opened up trade with the surrounding 18 linked mountain towns."

"We have opened quite a few shops selling mountain products, medicinal herbs, and animals."

"A manager once did a rough calculation. After deducting the salary money, the master can make a net profit of 800 taels of silver even if he just sits there and does nothing. That's 10,000 taels of silver a year. Even the county magistrate wouldn't even exchange it for anything!"

"Eight hundred taels. This is already a first-class livelihood and business in Anning County. Perhaps it is nothing in the big trade and business industries in the capital."

"But in Anning County, apart from the three major businesses, how many companies can earn so much money through legitimate business? Are they just giving it away like this?"

"He spent a lot of money. Just think about two or three months ago, this Ji Hall Master was still a stable boy. At that time, he wore a wooden sword on his waist and practiced with the sword as if no one was around. We all laughed at him at that time. Now that he has become the owner of the Lin family, and changed his surname from 'Lin' to 'Ji', he will not be completely settled in the future, right?"

For a moment, a faint sense of panic arose among the crowd.

Cai Ling'er's ears twitched. She, who had originally paid no attention to the Lin family's business, could not help but glance sideways, moved:

"You were just a simple stable boy in a small house in this county three months ago?"

She looked at Ji Xiu's slightly bulged back.

Looking at him carrying the large jade bow that he had forged and tempered for him, which weighed dozens of pounds, and his bone-tempering skills deeply rooted in his bones, he was shocked to see the faint white smoke rising after a fierce battle.

In the past, after listening to what Gu Baichuan said about Ji Xiu's background.

Cai Linger just felt that Ji Xiu was lucky to have met Duan Chenzhou, the successor of the 'Tian Dao School' which was once the best among all the Taoist temples, schools and masters in the city.

Therefore, even if they live in this remote area, they can still obtain the best inheritance since childhood, which is no less than the direct descendants of the big families in the mansion.

But the whispers around them and the looks they gave Ji Xiu could not be false.

That is
The reason why Ji Xiu was able to cultivate to this level was that if he had not met Duan Chenzhou when he was training his muscles and bones, he would have been regarded as the successor.

But he rose from a stable boy to this position in just a few months?
According to legend, the founding emperor of Daxuan broke the nine shackles and obtained the fruit of human immortality, and then he seized the foundation from all the foreign sects in the four seas and eight wildernesses and has survived to this day.

When he was young, the sky collapsed and the earth was in disorder, so he had to chew tree bark to beg for survival. He was able to rise up only by relying on his unyielding will and tremendous luck.

Even if Ji Xiu's youthful experience is not as good as his, it can at least be considered similar, right?
Hearing Cai Ling'er's question from behind, Ji Xiu smiled, nodded slightly to Lin Zhenhai, and then said calmly:
"Yes."

"Three months ago, I sold my house to the Lin family for three taels of silver in order to survive."

"It was impossible to survive at that time. There was nothing we could do."

Ji Xiu looked at the familiar corridor in the Lin residence, with his hands behind his back and a nostalgic tone. He didn't care about the whispers of the foolish people around him who thought that their voices were so low that they could not be heard by the warriors.

Ever since he held the wooden sword and began to practice hard all day long, he has never considered it a shame.

If there were no Lin residence, and if there had not been this difficult road he had walked, how could he have been able to constantly warn himself and not sink into depravity?
The servants, grooms, tenants, and guards whispered to each other with a hint of fear, fearing that he would take revenge.

But when Ji Xiu heard it, it made the memories that had been vaguely forgotten after experiencing so many things come to his mind again.

He let out a breath of turbid air in this cold winter month and couldn't help but smile:
“A hero does not ask where he came from, and one should not be ashamed of the road ahead.”

"If I hadn't sold myself as a horseman, how could I have earned the money to survive in this biting autumn wind?"

"How could I have heard about martial arts from Guardian Qin, and then I could knock on Master Duan's door and be taught the Tianhe sword technique?"

"If I hadn't experienced the ups and downs and difficulties of sword training, how could I have achieved my goal?"

Qin Biao was immersed in the vast crowd, trembling with fear, but suddenly he saw the boy who once bowed his head in front of him and wanted to learn martial arts. In his eyes, he looked like a hysterical boy.

In front of a girl with bright eyes and white teeth, wearing a satin skirt, who is more beautiful and colorful than the girls in the house.

With a pointed finger, he actually singled him out from among the numerous servants. He was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thump, his teeth chattering, and was about to kowtow.
The abrupt tone and sonorous words:
"I have tempered my tendons and bones to forge a great dragon, and my archery, horse riding, and alchemy skills have progressed simultaneously. How can a mere peasant like me deserve this?!"

Wow!
In an instant, Ji Xiu spoke in a loud voice, and those servants who had gossiped about him were almost frightened to the point of trembling with fear!
However, the young man immediately waved his sleeves:

"The evil words of the world are like arrows, like sharp arrows and crossbows, which make people shudder and dare not slack off even a little bit."

“But it is precisely because of this that I was able to ignite the fire in my heart, worship Master Duan, practice killing swords, learn martial arts, and enter the mountain path until now!”

"This is also fate!"

Ji Xiu raised his head and laughed loudly. After sighing, he waved his hand and led the county soldiers away.

Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night.

He agreed to the contract with Lin Zhenhai not to take over the Lin family's property and occupy their own nest.

On the contrary, he wanted to repay the Lin family for the kindness they had shown him, so that from now on, Lin Ruyue could use his name and, as a daughter, take charge of the Lin family's business.

He would take the money from the Lin family shop to support his cultivation, but up to now, what he needed was nothing more than the hundred-year-old monster pill, which was ranked as the seventh-grade secret medicine.
And that one of the 'Earth Treasures', a spiritual creature born and raised by nature, how could it be easily purchased with silver?

There were so many things he lacked! But the Lin family's property could not give him much.

The reason why I say "boss".

It's nothing more than a proof to myself who once worked so hard day and night!
Even if you are a servant, you should not bow your head and live in a muddy swamp all your life.

As long as you hold your breath, no matter how bad the situation is, there will always be a day when you can come out on top. Let those who used to look down on others take a good look, bow down willingly, and call him the boss!
Lin Ruyue heard the news from the boudoir where Lin Du was imprisoned, and hurried over. She happened to hear the sonorous words as the boy left, and was stunned for a moment.

The light blue jacket and skirt were covered with light gauze. The beautiful girl was in her twenties, at the age of beauty.

With trembling hands, she supported Lin Zhenhai who was sitting in a wooden wheelchair.

"Father, he."

Thinking back to that afternoon, even though Ji Xiu was so skinny that his bones were visible, he was still dressed in cloth, patting the reins and looking very heroic. Everyone was heading south, but I was heading north alone, and I managed to control the mad horse.

This left a very deep impression on a young lady like Lin Ruyue.

After that, after a series of misfortunes, especially the move by her third illegitimate brother to seize power and imprison her, Lin Ruyue transformed from a delicate lady in a short period of time.

Now that she had experienced this shock again, she finally had some strange thoughts in her heart, she was in love with Ai in her heart.

However, Lin Zhenhai, who was sitting on the chair, had a clear view of everything.

In response, he only sighed:
"Xiaoyue, our family is not the same as before."

He pointed at Ji Xiu's departing back and the Cai family's eldest daughter, who was still dazed after hearing these words, and said with a bitter tone:
"Did you see that girl?"

"Although I don't know her origins, her body is stronger than mine in my prime."

"Even so, I still bow down to our new boss Ji and let him take the lead in everything."

"Where in the county town can we find such an outstanding girl?"

"Perhaps, he is a descendant of a family in Jiangyin Prefecture who sneaked into our remote countryside, experienced the local customs and people, and was inadvertently dazzled by such a handsome and heroic young man."

"It's hard to raise a real dragon by diving."

"This boy will definitely rush out of the mountain path and enter the East Canghai in the future. The reason why I took the risk to invite him to be the 'Ji Dongjia' of the Lin family when that rebellious son usurped power was because I hoped that he could become your backer in the future."

"If you can't be my husband, then I'll be my boss. That way, others will think twice before they swallow up our Lin family's decades-long legacy."

"Today's discussion shows that this kid is very broad-minded and has the talent to encompass the world at such a young age. But I didn't expect that he would come so soon."

"Alright, alright."

"The more powerful he is, the easier your future will be."

"Now, he may still use some of the money from the Lin family to pursue his cultivation, but in a year or two, you will be able to gain much more than this!"

"In the future, his wife is destined to be a proud daughter of one of those mansions, and will not settle in the county."

"After your sister passed away, if you could rely on the little bit of affection you once had, you might be able to get a position as a concubine or a side roommate. That would be your luck. If you can't get it, don't force it."

Lin Ruyue bit her lip and replied softly after a while:

"My daughter saves it."

Having been in charge of the Lin family for decades, Lin Zhenhai has a long-term and open-minded vision.

As for Old Man Yao and his apprentice Yao Shi, they saw it quite superficially.

Yao Shi, who used to carry horse manure for Ji Xiu, now replaced the old man Yao as the steward and became a groom. When he saw this scene, he exclaimed:
"Master, Brother Ji has become rich, rich!"

"When we meet our new boss, Brother Ji, in the future, do we have to kowtow?"

Old Man Yao stared and patted his apprentice on the back of the head:
"The new boss is kindhearted. Didn't he see that those who once said bad things about him no longer care about it?"

"When you see him in the future, why don't you show your courtesy to him? Maybe one day when the new owner is in a good mood, he will choose you to feed his horses!" Hearing this, Yao Shi was very happy:
"Then I will definitely feed him well and make him fat and strong!"

The idea of standing out was not on the minds of the two.

of course.

Perhaps in their superficial world, being able to feed horses for more powerful people is something they can hold their heads high.

In this world, everyone has his own way of living.

Anning County Government Office.

"The leader of the Lion Hall and the Falcon Gang actually ran away? You told me he ran away?"

Zhao Jiu, who was wearing a red official robe of a county lord, put one foot on the desk and looked at the coaches of the three major halls, the three chairmen of Fengyun Club, and six masters in the county, and shouted angrily:
"The county asked you to bring all the men to wipe out the remnants of Zhonghuang. Yang Daohan, the outer gang, has escaped, and only the Crazy Lion and the Goshawk are left. Can't you handle them?"

"This is the remnant of the Zhonghuang Sect. It is on the number one elimination list of Jiangyin Prefecture. The scattered Hun Tian bandits are not as harmful as this thing."

"If we fail to kill him this time, how can this county, which has been peaceful for so many years, still be peaceful? Ah? Who will protect the head of this county?"

Zhao Jiu was really angry.

Seeing the irrefutable evidence of the "Zhonghuang Sect"'s head, it was clearly placed in front of him.

As long as he removed a few of the leather-refined heads and turned them into merit, he could immediately submit a petition to the Jiangyin Prefecture and apply for a transfer, returning to the prefecture to be a prestigious official.

When the time comes, he will return home in glory, and in front of those idle young men from wealthy families, he will have both face and substance.

Why do we need to continue to suffer in this bitter and cold place?

Before that, his unilaterally acknowledged good brother Ji Xiu came over. In order to show his generosity, he waved his hand and assigned half of the armored county soldiers to him, and sent them to Lin's house to wipe out the small fish and shrimp that didn't even have a leather-refining guardian.

Zhao Jiu thought that he had gathered the masters from the three major halls and three major businesses, which was enough to take down the leaders of the three major gangs and their followers.

Who would have thought that they didn't catch a big fish, but only arrested a bunch of gang members who were just filling in the numbers.

How could Zhao Jiu not be angry when he watched helplessly as the merit that was about to come to his fingertips wasted?

Coach Liao and others from the three major halls, as well as the three manor owners Lu Chengfeng, looked at each other in embarrassment.

Zhang Liechen, the 'Mad Lion' of the Lion Hall, and Xu Xin, the 'Goshawk' of the Falcon Gang, these two are smarter than monkeys. When they arrived, they were gone.

In the end, they could only wipe out the three gangs that were once so powerful and dominated the outer mountain roads, confiscate their properties and destroy their organizations, and then return to claim their lives.

As for Zhao Jiu's rage, it was understandable. He was a person who valued his reputation so much. This time, he not only encountered hidden dangers but also did not gain any merit. Of course, he was upset.

And at this time.

Da da da.
A crisp sound of footsteps was heard. Zhao Jiu raised his eyebrows to look and saw Ji Xiu, with a calm face, walking in.

Then, he just waved his hand lightly, and two soldiers came forward and presented three heads intact!

"County Master Zhao, this time I have loaned out fifty county soldiers to trample the Lin residence and kill two leather-refining guardians. I also intend to take over the magpie's nest and use the power of the Lin residence to plot against the third son of the Huang believer, Lin Du."

"Three heads, all here."

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell silent.

And Zhao Jiu even wiped his eyes.

Two leather refining guardians?

There is also a missionary leader!
He took a closer look and found that it was indeed a person who had practiced the secret scriptures of the "Zhonghuang Sect". That unique aura was very recognizable.

Suddenly, I was delighted:
"My little brother Ji has such divine power!?"

"Okay, okay, this time I can finally accomplish something."

Even if there are fifty mechanical crossbows, the leather-refined warriors are not easy to kill.

If the leader of the team is not strong enough, it is not impossible to decapitate him at the risk of his life!

Thinking of this, Zhao Jiu's eyes changed, and at the same time, he also saw a girl beside Ji Xiu, and was even more shocked for a moment:

"The most beloved granddaughter of Mr. Cai from the Jade Shop?"

"Why are you here?"

"No, the relationship between them is so good."

Wasn't Mr. Cai Si, the fourth master of the jade business, stabbed to death by this young master with a knife? There was such a deep blood feud between them, but how could this girl be so indifferent to him and stick to him like glue?
Passing by the Zhanjing Knife Shop and seeing the two men, and Old Man Liao with a look of distress on his face, Zhao Jiu suddenly became alert and realized something.

Oh shit.

Another one of our generation!
The young lady of the Cai family also wants to turn hostility into friendship and show her wisdom in identifying talent. When Ji Xiu enters the city one day, or when Duan Chenzhou is captured by his enemies, will she pull her little brother Ji onto the big ship of her jade shop, the Cai family?
Looking at the little girl with a beautiful neck and fair arms, and her beautiful eyes that frequently looked around with sparkle, she was really pretty, Zhao Jiu let out a "hiss".

Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty.

Those who collect jade and antiques can nourish their spirit and body.

If the little girl grows up two years, she will be no less talented than the couple in "Eight Beauties of Jianghuai". She does have an advantage over the man with the surname Zhao.
"Damn, why can't my family give birth to a daughter like this?"

An idea suddenly popped up in Zhao Jiu's mind. He turned around and glared at Cai Ling'er fiercely, leaving her with a puzzled look:
"What are you doing glaring at me, you dandy fellow from the liquor store?"

"He is a generation older than me, and he is so much older, but his martial arts skills are not much better than mine. Huh, the children of the thirty-six professions have enjoyed a lot of pleasures, and each generation is really worse than the previous one."

The girl's beautiful eyes showed contempt, and she thought to herself at the right time.

Zhao Jiu, who had no idea that Cai Ling'er was mocking him, became furious and thought that the girl was showing off to him.

"Okay, you are ruthless. You are willing to donate your body and sacrifice yourself to invest in the game to eliminate the grudges, right?"

"Is this what Mr. Cai from the Jade Shop taught me?"

"Humph!"

"Do you think that I, the Great County Master Zhao, have no capital on this small piece of land?"

Zhao Jiu gritted his teeth and thought of the three gangs that had just been confiscated, and how the three gangs covered the 18 chained mountain towns around them, and had the authority to deal with mountain products, patrol the mountains and hunt, etc.
Suddenly angry:

"There was a rumor in the county that 'lions, leopards, eagles, falcons, fists, guns, swords, and knives are the three major livelihoods', and it was widely circulated."

“But the county feels that”

"After this cleanup, these chairs should be removed and replaced again."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

Ji Xiu also raised his eyes.

The next moment, Zhao Jiu waved his hand and suddenly shouted:
"Lions, leopards, eagles and falcons are all evildoers of the Central Yellow Sect. Their subordinates are a den of snakes and rats. After they are all liquidated this time, the three major gangs will extend outward to the trade and power controlled by the eighteen linked mountain towns on the 500-li mountain road outside Anning County. This time, this county will take back all of them and find someone to shoulder this heavy responsibility alone!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's breathing became heavier for a moment.

Previously, the three major gangs were responsible for the 18-link trade in mountain products, and they made a lot of money by relying on the 500-mile mountain road.

It can be said that the three of them are the "bosses" of Anning County Shanzhen Hunting Village, and they are very powerful!

but now
Zhao Jiu, do you want to change someone?

Can the newcomer handle and accept this enormous status and wealth?
At the moment when people were worried, Zhao Jiu suddenly stood up, walked quickly to Ji Xiu, and held his hands with a sincere face:
"Brother Ji, you are both talented and virtuous. You have made great contributions in wiping out the remnants of Zhonghuang. I heard that you went deep into the mountains alone in order to seek resources for cultivation."

"This county feels that, no matter what, these three gangs will take charge of the 18 linked mountain towns and hunting villages outside An Ning, and the 18 chief leaders of the villages."

"It has to be you!"

This statement came out.

Everyone was in an uproar!

Ji Xiu was also confused.

but.
He was confused not because Zhao Jiuxu had promised him such great benefits, but because
[The master of the ordination is granted the position of 'the chief of 18 roads' in the 500-li mountain road of Anning County and the hunting village in the mountain town, and the progress of 'searching mountains and chasing seas' is increased! ]

[Current: 7% → 26%]

['Searching the Mountain' is more than halfway done, the master of the talisman has a profound gift of 'Spiritual Sense', and can survey the terrain and search for treasures! ]

【The Master of the Scriptures comprehends a new gift.】

(ps: 5-in-4 K large chapter)

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