control the heavens

Chapter 26 Xiangyang Old House
Lin Zhennan and Lin Pingzhi looked horrified.

"Father, is this really our Lin family's No. 72 Evil Resisting Sword Technique?" Lin Pingzhi swallowed, full of disbelief. "Could it be possible that the 72-way evil swordsmanship you taught me is fake, and what you taught him is the real 72-way evil swordsmanship?"

At this time, Tang Han had already practiced the 72 ways of evil swordsmanship, and he was full of admiration. When Lin Pingzhi practiced these 72 ways of evil swordsmanship, he was not even considered a third-rate swordsmanship, but he came to practice them. The speed is comparable to the first-class swordsmanship in Jianghu. If you really practice the "Evil Resisting Sword Manual" and use the unique internal force operation method, the speed will be faster, and the power of the swordsmanship will reach an unimaginable level.

It's no wonder that the Lin family's "Evil Resisting Sword Manual" has been watched by all parties. It seems that after Lin Yuantu practiced the "Evil Resisting Sword Manual", his martial arts reached an incredible level.

"What nonsense are you talking about, daddy has never taught Mr. Tang the 72-way evil swordsmanship." Lin Zhennan knocked Lin Pingzhi on the head, and said: "Master Tang is not only full of poems and books, but also his martial arts have reached such an astonishing level. All-rounder in civil and military affairs!"

Tang Han smiled slightly and said, "Boss Escort Lin, how is it? How is my martial arts compared to Boss Escort Lin?"

Lin Zhennan showed embarrassment, and said: "Master Tang has great martial arts skills and superb swordsmanship, but Lin is far behind."

"I just entered the first-class state of the rivers and lakes, but Yu Canghai, as the head of the Qingcheng faction, was ranked among the top ten masters of the orthodox way many years ago, and his martial arts may be even better than mine. The bodyguard still thinks he can easily resist the Qingcheng faction?" Tang Han said with a half-smile.

In Tang Han's view, this Lin Zhennan was more of a businessman than a Jianghu person. Not only did he not understand the situation in the Jianghu, but he also had unclear judgments about his own strength.

It's hard to imagine that when Lin Yuantu had his 16th birthday, Lin Zhennan was able to show his hands and win the crowd at the birthday banquet. At that time, Lin Zhennan was only [-] years old, and he had good skills no matter what. Now that all these years have passed, his martial arts are barely equal to the third-rate masters in the world.

This level of strength is completely unqualified as the chief escort of Fuwei Escort.

In the original trajectory, Lin Zhennan couldn't even defeat the elite disciples of the Qingcheng faction, and couldn't withstand a few rounds in the hands of the so-called "Four Talents of Qingcheng".

When Lin Zhennan heard Tang Han's words, his face suddenly became ugly. Now, Lin Zhennan felt a rush of pressure, and the pressure made Lin Zhennan's back break out in cold sweat.

"Master Tang, please also ask Master Tang to save my Fuwei Escort, my Fuwei Escort will be very grateful!" Lin Zhennan said hastily at this time.

Tang Han shook his head slightly and said: "Boss Lin, Mr. Tang is a judge in Fuzhou. He is a member of the officialdom, but he is not suitable to interfere in the grievances of Jianghu."

"Furthermore, Yu Canghai's martial arts is superb. He is a first-class master who has been famous in the world for many years. His strength may still be higher than Tang's. I'm afraid I may not be his opponent even if I make a move." Tang Han said: "Since the rise of the ancestor Yuan Tugong, Fu The Wei Escort Bureau has been passed down to the head of the Escort for three generations, and there have been no accidents or changes in the middle, presumably it is Yuan Tu Gong who has left behind for Yuan Tu Gong."

Lin Zhennan felt as if he had been hit hard when he heard the words, a flash in his mind, and he couldn't help but think of the last words his grandfather gave him when he passed away.

Unlike Lin Pingzhi, Lin Zhennan can be said to have been raised by Lin Yuantu. He has been with Lin Yuantu since he was a child, and Lin Yuantu personally taught him the 72-way evil sword technique.When Lin Yuantu passed away, Lin Zhennan was at the bedside, listening to Lin Yuantu’s last words in person—there are ancestral items in the cellar of the old house in Xiangyang Lane, and they must be kept well. My descendants must not look through them, or they will suffer later. endless!
Just when Lin Zhennan fell into confusion and struggle, Tang Han said goodbye and left.

After Lin Zhennan went down in Tang Han, he sent someone to inquire about the news to see if it was true what Tang Han said. Recently, there were many people from Xichuan Jianghu in Fuzhou City. At the same time, just in case, Lin Zhennan also recalled Fujian Escort masters and troopers in the territory, let them return to the main helm of Fuwei Escort Bureau, and don't go out to escort for the time being.

Lin Zhennan's wife 'Wang Shi' was also born in Jianghu, so she was naturally different from ordinary women. After realizing the crisis, she immediately wrote to the father and two elder brothers of the Golden Knife Gate in Luoyang for help, asking for their full assistance.

Mrs. Wang's father is not ordinary, he is the old man Wang Yuanba Wang who is known as "Golden Sword Invincible". First-class masters, who later settled in Luoyang, established the Golden Knife Sect in Luoyang and became the head of a sect. Although this Golden Knife Sect is not as powerful as the Qingcheng Sect, but also because Wang Yuanba is in charge, it belongs to Luoyang. Second-rate forces!
After making some arrangements, it was already dark, and Lin Zhennan had some food before leaving the Fuwei Escort.For a long time, his wife and son didn't know one thing, that is, the Lin family didn't live in Fuwei Escort in the first place.

It turns out that although the Fuwei Escort was founded by Lin Yuantu, it has been 70 years, but Lin Zhennan's family did not live in the Fuwei Escort, but lived in Xiangyang Lane on the other side of the Fuwei Escort.Later, Fuwei Escort Bureau developed and expanded, with more and more affairs, the Lin family moved from the old house in Xiangyang Lane to live in Fuwei Escort Bureau.After Lin Yuantu's death, Lin Zhennan, the old mansion in Xiangyang Lane, rarely went there.Gradually, the old house in Xiangyang Lane was less cleaned, and no one knew about it.

Even his wife didn't know that the old house of the Lin family was located in Xiangyang Lane.

Lin Zhennan was in the city of Fuzhou, where the streets were criss-crossed. He turned east and west, and looked back from time to time to see if someone was following him. After running for more than two miles, he turned into an alley beside a stone bridge.

At the end of the alley, he came to an old house. He took out a key from his pocket to unlock the door, entered the old house, and plugged the door bolt.This old house has a black door and white walls, and an old vine coiled on top of the wall. It seems that no one has lived in it for a long time.

Seeing this, Lin Zhennan couldn't help showing a complex expression. He grew up here when he was a child, and he moved to Fuwei Escort with his family until he was ten years old.Think about it, he has not returned to the old house in Xiangyang Lane for 20 years.

Unexpectedly, the old house was already dilapidated, covered with weeds, even swallows built their nests on the roof, and there were spider webs.Even because it has not been inhabited for a long time, there are many damaged places on the doors and windows.

Scenes from childhood flashed through Lin Zhennan's mind.

After a while, Lin Zhennan sighed deeply, shook out the fire pocket he was carrying, and then went to the cellar of the old house. He still clearly remembered that his grandfather's last words specifically mentioned the cellar of the old house.

After entering the cellar, Lin Zhennan rummaged around and finally let Lin Zhennan find a stone room. Lin Zhennan entered the stone room and lit the oil lamp in the stone room.

The stone room is about ten square meters in size, and thick dust can be seen everywhere. There is a futon in the center of the stone room. There are a few books on the futon. Lin Zhennan was ecstatic, and picked up a book. Palm!

Lin Zhennan has been practicing this palm of heaven since he was a child. After looking through it a little, he knew that it was the palm of heaven. He read another book, which was exactly that——Silver Feather Arrow. Back then, Lin Yuantu was very good at silver feather arrow. , The eighteen silver-feathered arrows have caused countless heroes to drink hatred for them, and people will change their colors when they hear it.

The other book was a sword manual. To Lin Zhennan's surprise, it wasn't the Lin family's "Evil Resisting Sword Manual". This sword manual was called "Thirteen Swords of Death".Lin Zhennan opened the sword manual and looked at it, frowning slightly, because the sword moves recorded in the sword manual are too simple, just five moves of stabbing, cutting, cutting, blocking, and chopping, and there are different synchronous methods to match them. Lin Zhennan No matter how you look at it, I feel that there is nothing unique about this "Thirteen Swords of Death", as if it is not very powerful.

However, this visit to the old house in Xiangyang Lane has already yielded quite a lot.Lin Zhennan put the three martial arts secret books in his arms, walked out of the stone room, and walked out of the cellar carefully.

"My lord, Grandfather, I will definitely develop the Fuwei Escort, and I will definitely not let our Lin family fall into prestige." Lin Zhennan muttered to himself in a low voice, and was about to turn his head to leave. Suddenly, Lin Zhennan saw a Buddhist hall on the side, Lin Yuantu believed in Buddhism, so from the beginning of Lin Zhennan's memory, he remembered that Lin Yuantu would go to the Buddhist hall to chant scriptures every day.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhennan wanted to worship the Buddha and thank his grandfather for his blessing.

Lin Zhennan opened the door and went in, only to see an ink painting hanging in the center of the Buddhist hall. It was painted on the back of Patriarch Bodhidharma, and it naturally described his condition of facing the wall for nine years.To the west of the Buddhist hall is an extremely old futon. On the table are wooden fish, bells and chimes, and a stack of Buddhist scriptures.

Lin Zhennan lit the oil lamp in the Buddhist hall, then knelt down on the futon, and kowtowed nine times. When he kowtowed for the ninth time and was about to stand up, Lin Zhennan suddenly found that the ink painting on the wall was strange. In the picture, Bodhidharma put his left hand behind his back , as if holding a sword formula, the index finger of his right hand pointed to the roof, as if he wanted to say something.

Curious, Lin Zhennan took a stone from outside the house and threw it towards the roof.

With a bang, the mud, sand and dust fell down.At the same time, a red mass floated down from the hole in the roof, but it was a cassock worn by a monk.Lin Zhennan reached out to catch it, and under the candlelight, he saw countless small characters densely written on the cassock.

Lin Zhennan spread the cassock on the table and looked at it carefully.

I saw that at the beginning there are eight words "Wulin rule the roost, wield the sword from the palace".Seeing these eight words, Lin Zhennan's face turned pale, he was sweating all over, his legs couldn't help being clamped, and he wanted to tear the cassock to pieces immediately.But on the cassock were written the four big characters of "Sword Manual of Dispelling Evil", which stopped Lin Zhennan for the rest of his life.After struggling for a long time, Lin Zhennan continued to look down, and saw that the following records were some internal skills and mental methods, followed by some elixir prescriptions and how to take them, and finally some light skills, sword skills and hidden weapon techniques.At the end of the sword manual, Lin Yuantu, the ancestor of the Lin family, left a passage.He wrote: He used to be a monk in the temple, and by a special opportunity, he heard this "Evil Repelling Sword Manual" from a bystander, and recorded it on the cassock.After that, he returned to vulgar life and founded the Fuwei Escort.He solemnly warned that this sword technique is too sinister and vicious, and those who practice it will surely lose their children and grandchildren.It is already very inappropriate for nuns and monks to practice it, and it will greatly hurt the compassionate meaning of Buddhism, and lay people must not study it.

Lin Zhennan was insane, with disheveled hair and absent-minded eyes. He never thought that his grandfather, whom he admired since he was a child, would come from the palace to practice this "Evil Resisting Sword Manual", and his stalwart image collapsed instantly.

That meant that his father was not Lin Yuantu's biological child at all. It was clearly written on the cassock that Lin Yuantu used to be a monk, so how could a monk marry a wife and have children? This undoubtedly made Lin Zhennan unacceptable.

He finally understood why Lin Yuantu believed in Buddhism, why he had never seen his grandmother since he was a child, and why Lin Yuantu left his last words before his death: "All my descendants must not read it, otherwise there will be endless disasters."

(End of this chapter)