Mirror Dreams

There is a strong smell of gunpowder in the general's mansion, and the house is peaceful...

The dinner was even more dispersed than ever before—Ms. Lin was alone in the room thinking about how to help her daughter; Lin Fangyu and her personal maid Yang Liu were quietly waiting for the storm to come in the boudoir; Lin Yun, Sun Wenqi, Zhan Zhao, and Bai Yutang were eating together in the courtyard; Zhu Rong and his wife Kong Mengyan were eating in the guest room, fearing that his uncle would have a thunderstorm and burn everyone.

Only Lin Zhenzhi and the third wife, Yiyun, were eating in the dining room, and Yiyun felt that there were few people there, so she said, "Why don't I go and call my wife and the others here."

"No, if you like to eat or not, ignore them." Lin Zhenzhi was still angry, so the two went back to the house to rest after eating.

At nightfall, Lin Fangyu undressed and wanted to sleep, the small road in Lin Yun's courtyard came to her, saying that she had something to discuss, so she explained to Yang Liu, and went to Lin Yun's place by herself.

When she arrived at Lin Yun's house, everyone was there, so she sat down, and the eight of them sat together.

Lin Yun first said, "We can't go on like this. According to my father's personality, he will definitely take action within two days."

Sun Wenqi also said: "I heard from my mother that my uncle has such a character. But now we only need to delay for three days, and the Yang family will no longer come to propose marriage. This matter can be resolved a little bit. At present, how to delay the three days."

Bai Yutang asked: "Will the Yang family let it go?"

"Of course not, we hurt him like that..." Lin Yun was about to say, but Sun Wenqi coughed twice before saying, "Since Yutang stabbed him with a sword that day, the Yang family came to propose marriage shamelessly. One can imagine."

"That's true." Zhu Rong agreed, and asked again: "But how to stop Uncle?"

"Why don't you just tell General Lin that Yu'er and Zhan Zhao have..." Bai Yutang suggested...

"Make the wrong move." Sun Wenqi was the first to object.

Zhu Rong said: "This trick won't work, and Yu'er will be very difficult to do."

"According to my father's personality, it won't work. Why don't I ask my father tomorrow..." Lin Fangyu thought: Father couldn't explain it at all, so he had to be soft and hard.

"If it doesn't work, just cry and make trouble!" Sun Wenjing agreed with her cousin.

"No." Zhan Zhao didn't agree to let her go alone, so he said, "Let me go!"

"Brother." Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao and said, "What do you want to go? Is it to propose a marriage or to threaten? After all, General Lin is also the overlord. If you go, first, it will not give him face, and second, you will be afraid. Things will get worse."

"But I can't let Yu'er carry it alone." Zhan Zhao didn't want Lin Fangyu to bear it alone.

Sun Wenqi agreed with Bai Yutang's statement, and said, "You can't let Yu'er go."

"Perhaps...Aunt Yun can help." Zhu Rong suggested: "I agree with Zhan Zhao to go talk to my uncle. First, it's a good thing, since he is a guest, even if my uncle refuses, he will politely decline and not be too direct; second Uncle is here to save face, if others say it's inappropriate, if he disagrees, he will stalk you."

"What a bad idea!" Lin Yun vetoed it all at once.

"Lao Liu, are you so shameless when chasing your younger siblings?" Sun Wenqi teased.

Kong Mengyan secretly smiled.

"Listen to me." Zhu Rong said anxiously, "What's wrong with a man's shamelessness? In the end, the important thing is that the daughter-in-law is obtained."

Bai Yutang said, "Tell me what you think."

"Let's go find Aunt Yun. She is the only one who is by my uncle's side and can help. Maybe if we take Yu'er's illness as an example, I won't be afraid that my uncle will disagree."

Lin Yun nodded, looked at Zhan Zhao and said, "You have to bear it hard."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while and said, "Other people propose marriage with a dowry, but I haven't prepared anything..."

"Oh, doesn't that seem too deliberate?" Lin Yun said.

"As long as the timing is right, anything will do," Zhu Rong said.

Bai Yutang said: "Since that's the case, it's best to do it in private, so that it won't look deliberate, and it won't embarrass General Lin because of lack of dowry, which is good for stalking." Don't save face.

"My father goes to the martial arts field every morning to practice. At that time, he didn't allow anyone to disturb him. Anyway, they are all martial arts practitioners, and Zhan Zhao is also a guest. Just pretend to enter by mistake, and there won't be too many words of blame. .” Lin Yun suggested.

"This saves my uncle's face, and prevents Yu'er from being scolded. It's the best of both worlds." Sun Wenqi thought: This timing is great.

Everyone agrees on the timing.

Zhan Zhao said: "Okay, I'll go tomorrow morning." When everyone was discussing, Bai Yutang frowned, Zhan Zhao naturally saw it, after the discussion, they went back to their houses, Zhan Zhao went to find Bai Yutang up.

Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Yutang was writing, so he didn't go in.

Bai Yutang noticed Zhan Zhao at the door, so he put down his pen and said, "Come in, brother, I'm done."

After Zhan Zhao walked in, he asked, "Why are you frowning tonight?"

"No." Bai Yutang poured him tea and said, "Drink tea." Bai Yutang sat down with him and asked, "What do you plan to say tomorrow?"

"I plan to go there sooner. First, I'll have a few tricks with General Lin to get a feel for General Lin's kung fu, and then I'll take the opportunity to tell you."

Bai Yutang nodded and thought to himself: As expected of the eldest brother, since that's the case, I won't say any more.Just think about what you think!

"What the hell are you thinking? You seem to have something on your mind all the time." Zhan Zhao knew that Bai Yutang definitely wasn't thinking about it.

Bai Yutang deliberately stretched his waist and said, "Brother, I'm sleepy, go to sleep!" Then he pushed Zhan Zhao out.

Zhan Zhao knew that something was wrong with him, but if he didn't want to say that he had nothing to do, he had no choice but to go back.

In the early morning of the second day, as soon as Lin Zhenzhi picked up the gun, he instinctively heard movement at the entrance of the martial arts training ground. He thought it was his son Lin Yun, so he held the gun in his right hand. With his left hand, the whole gun pierced towards the corner of the entrance— —

Zhan Zhao saw that the gun was directly aimed at the vital point, so he immediately flew into the air, stepped on the gun with one foot, turned over and landed, and grasped the gun with his left hand, and assisted with his right hand, holding the gun tightly in his hand; Move the tail of the gun towards the nearest wall, and use the reaction force of the wall to attack Lin Zhenzhi.

Lin Zhenzhi thought to himself: No one dared to meet me with this shot, let alone counterattack back.This kid's lightness kung fu and the cooperation of various parts of his body are simply perfect. The name of this Nan Xia is indeed not in vain.So he took advantage of the opportunity to fly to the weapon rack, picked up another gun, and flew into the air. In an instant, he was about to pick up the gun that Zhan Zhao stabbed...

Zhan Zhao saw that the opponent was about to pick up his own gun, so he switched his left hand to his right hand, holding the gun with one hand, turned around and landed.After landing smoothly, he raised the gun with his left hand again as the main control force, and once again came towards Lin Zhenzhi as soon as he exerted force. At this time, Zhan Zhao was in a low position, but his shot was aimed directly at the opponent's right arm—— Because at this time Lin Zhenzhi is in the right hand as the main force.

Lin Zhenzhi threw the gun in the air with his left hand, and quickly landed on Zhan Zhao's left side. He held Zhan Zhao's main force's left arm with his right hand, and his left hand came towards his gun.

And the gun he threw in the air had already fallen to the ground.

Zhan Zhao smiled faintly, raised his right leg upwards, and clamped Lin Zhenzhi's left hand. You must know that the arm is not as strong as the leg; Zhan Zhao's right hand had already thrown the gun into the air before Lin Zhenzhi grasped his left hand.He thought that Lin Zhenzhi would let go because of his legs, but not only did he not let go, but he also held his right hand with his left hand.Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhan Zhao had no choice but to walk and turned around, thinking that he could escape his control, but Lin Zhenzhi just turned around with him and did not let go.

Lin Zhenzhi still grabbed his arm and said with a smile: "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles."

Zhan Zhao used his free right hand to go straight up towards Lin Zhenzhi's throat. He had only his hands to protect him. He was successful, and after taking the opportunity to escape, he said: "Soldiers never tire of deceit, and attack east and west."

"Good boy, dare to play dirty tricks with me." Lin Zhenzhi didn't expect him to move so fast, so he chased forward...

Seeing him chasing him, Zhan Zhao turned around and flew up, passed Lin Zhenzhi, flew to the weapon stand, quickly drew out a long sword, and said after landing, "Uncle Lin, my nephew offended you." For stabbing, Zhan Zhao's sword was easy to use, and he swung it freely.

Lin Zhenzhi originally wanted to use the sword to compete with one another, but he was already at a disadvantage, Zhan Zhao still refused to give up a single step, but he was merciful in every way, neither took a single thing nor gave up a single step.The swordsmanship has been applied so vividly and performed so freely that it has almost reached the realm of the unity of human and sword. Lin Zhenzhi secretly sighed: at such a young age, the swordsmanship has reached such a proficient level, which has to be admired.

At the moment when Zhan Zhao stabbed Lin Zhenzhi with his sword, he suddenly looked in a trance; Lin Zhenzhi saw that he was the closest to the weapon rack, and the other party gave him a chance to breathe, how did he know that Zhan Zhao did it on purpose, so he drew out With a sword, he quickly counterattacked Zhan Zhao...

Then there was another entanglement...

In the end, Zhan Zhao lost to Lin Zhenzhi by half a move.

Lin Zhenzhi put the sword on the ground, and sat on the steps to rest himself. Zhan Zhao also sat down and said, "Uncle is really a sword that never grows old, and the younger generation admires it so much."

"I'm getting old." Seeing that Zhan Zhao didn't feel tired at all, Lin Zhenzhi said, "The waves behind the Yangtze River push against the waves ahead. It's impossible to be dissatisfied."

"This junior is still defeated." Zhan Zhao bowed his head and said.

Lin Zhenzhi smiled and thought to himself: He is really good at martial arts, much better than Yun'er, so he asked, "What were you thinking at that moment?"

After hearing this, Zhan Zhao immediately stood up and said, "I didn't think about anything."

"If you are not distracted, how can I have a chance to fight back? How can I defeat you?"

"No...no." Zhan Zhao walked to the weapon rack with a guilty conscience, and put the drawn gun back to its original position.

Lin Zhenzhi looked at his blushing face, and said with a hearty smile: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so good. If it wasn't for his enthusiasm, how could he be so self-conscious?" He guessed it, and thought to himself: This is a bit like me The situation when I went to the Chu family to propose marriage.By the way, he...wouldn't be interested in my Yu'er, right?

"Uncle Lin, Zhan Zhao to Miss Lin..." Zhan Zhao was about to say, but Lin Zhenzhi waved his hand.

"Yu'er is weak, it's not suitable for you, you can do it yourself!" Lin Zhenzhi turned around and left after finishing speaking.

Zhan Zhao immediately grabbed him, walked in front of him, knelt down and said, "Uncle, Zhan Zhao will protect Yu'er with his life, please help us?" He still hoped that he would promise himself.

"There is gold under the man's knees, get up quickly." Lin Zhenzhi wanted to help him up.

"No, if you don't agree for a while, Zhan Zhao won't get up for a while."

Lin Zhenzhi hesitated for a moment and said, "Then you can kneel!" He left the martial field after speaking.

Lin Zhenzhi went back to the room and thought to himself: If Yu'er didn't have that disease, it would be fine. This Zhan Zhao's martial arts should be higher than that of Ah Qi, and he will become great in the future. Besides, he is about the same age as Yu'er, but...

Seeing the master like this, the third lady went to Lin Yun's place, only then did she know what happened.

The third lady went to the training ground, looked at Zhan Zhao, comforted him and said, "Be patient, I'll help you persuade the master."

Zhan Zhao asked, "Aunt Yun, can this be done?"

"I don't know, but I want to start with Yu'er's illness. Fortunately, her illness is no longer serious. Let's try!" Qi Yun said and left.

When they got outside Lin Zhenzhi's room, they didn't know how to get in, so they stood outside...

"Come in." After hearing Lin Zhenzhi's voice inside, Yiyun walked in, and Lin Zhenzhi asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Qi Yun thought for a while and said: "Master, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

"Say what you want."

"You can't always let Mr. Zhan kneel, in my opinion, it's better to answer him first."

"What are you talking about? This matter is related to Yu'er's life and death." Lin Zhenzhi said angrily, he didn't expect Yiyun to say such a thing.

"I mean, if he has a way to cure Yu'er's illness, he should betroth Yu'er to him, otherwise he will retreat in spite of the difficulties, and it will not hurt the peace."

Lin Zhenzhi stopped talking. In fact, he also thought about using this reason to reject Zhan Zhao, but he couldn't bear to let go of such a talent, so he hesitated.After a while, he said, "Go and find Yun'er."

Qi Yun didn't understand, but she still went to find Lin Yun.

Lin Yun came in, Lin Zhenzhi asked Yi Yun and Lin Yun to sit down, and said to Lin Yun, "Yun'er, do you know Zhan Zhao's kung fu?"

Lin Yun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "His martial arts are better than Hai'er."

"What about character?"

"It's not like a child, he's a stable person, and he's very skilled in doing things."

Lin Zhenzhi nodded. From his kung fu, it can be seen that his character is stable.

"Go to the martial arts field and let Zhan Zhao wake up, and tell him about Yu'er's condition. If he can cure Yu'er's illness, I will naturally betroth Yu'er to him, otherwise..."

"Father!" Lin Yun said excitedly, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

"Otherwise find a way to get him to join the army."

"What? Join the army?" Lin Yun was dumbfounded. What's the point of joining the army?

"Can't you?"

Lin Yun smiled foolishly, looked at Qi Yun, and beckoned for help.

Yiyun pulled Lin Zhenzhi and said, "Master, if he becomes the son-in-law of the Lin family, he won't have to join the army, right?"

"It may not be possible to become a son-in-law."

"When the time comes to become the son-in-law of the Lin family, do you have the heart to watch your daughter stay alone in the vacant room?" Qi Yun intentionally changed the subject.

"That's why I said 'otherwise' to join the army!" Lin Zhenzhi naturally knew. "Yun'er, can you do it?" Lin Zhenzhi said to his son.

"Ah? I..." Lin Yun was dumbfounded.

"What? Can't it be done?"

"Do not……"

"Let's all go out!" Lin Zhenzhi waved his hand, and both Yiyun and Lin Yun went out.

Lin Yun asked strangely: "Aunt Yun, is my father short of talents and crazy?"

"Perhaps the master feels pity for Zhan Zhao's talent." Yi Yun didn't know that the master would have such an idea.

Back in Lin Yun's courtyard, everyone was waiting.Lin Yun frowned, but Yi Yun didn't speak.Mrs. Lin asked, "How is it?"

Lin Yun said, "I'll go to the training ground and tell Zhan Zhao the good news." After speaking, he left.

"So it's done?" Sun Wenqi said excitedly.

Qi Yun nodded and said: "Master said that as long as Mr. Zhan can cure Yu'er's illness, he will marry Yu'er to him."

Mrs. Lin took her hand and said, "Yiyun, this is all thanks to you."

"Ma'am, in fact, the master has already figured it out, but... what should I do if the master insists that Mr. Zhan join the army?"

"Why... why is it related to joining the army again?" Mrs. Lin was confused.

Lin Fangyu pulled Yiyun and said, "Aunt Yun, brother Zhan is from the Jianghu, he doesn't want to be bound by officialdom."

Bai Yutang frowned and said nothing: If he had to be an official, he couldn't be a military officer. It seems that the hard work he showed in the morning has paid off.

Sun Wenjing looked at Bai Yutang and thought to herself: What should I do?Yutang's father was raped and beheaded by the whole family. He is very taboo to be an official, what should he do in the future?

Mrs. Lin looked at her daughter and said, "Yu'er, just wait to be Zhan Zhao's wife, don't worry, mother will help you persuade your father. But a Jiang Hu person wanders outside all day, you are weak and cannot accompany you." He, you have to think about it carefully."

Bai Yutang was even more surprised, and he was even more afraid that Lin Fangyu would refuse.

Lin Fangyu said firmly: "I don't think about it, I just hope that he can maintain himself. If he wants to go to the rivers and lakes and is willing to take me with him, I will follow him life and death; if he doesn't want to take me with him, I will wait at home for him to come home."

Mrs. Lin nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, mother won't say more."

Afterwards, Zhan Zhao and Lin Yun came back, and everyone discussed how to tell the master about Lin Fangyu's recovery, so that he would not be suspected and pass the test smoothly.However, only Bai Yutang seemed unusually silent, and did not participate in everyone's discussion, just sitting in the corner fiddling with his sword without any expression on his face.

At night, Zhan Zhao went to Bai Yutang's guest room to look for him.I knocked on the door a few times, but there was no movement inside, so I pushed the door open and entered—I saw Bai Yutang sitting on the bed alone, holding a sword and looking at the end of the bed in a daze...

Zhan Zhao walked over, patted him and said, "You've been very strange for the past two days, what's wrong?"

"Brother." Bai Yutang pulled him and said, "This matter will not end so hastily. It seems that everything is going well. I'm afraid it will be the calm before the storm."

Seeing what Bai Yutang said, Zhan Zhao asked, "Zifei, are you hiding something from me and Yu'er?"

Bai Yutang nodded and said, "Brother Lin and I eunuched Yang Jiaqi with the help of Yuhe. That Yuhe has always been a curse. Instead of worrying like this all the time, I think it's better to cut the weeds and get rid of the roots."

Zhan Zhao sat down and said, "This is a disregard for human life..."

"But if you don't do this, everyone will end up in a lawsuit in the future, brother."

"After all, Yuhe helped us..."

"People die for money, birds die for food, that's a matter of course." Bai Yutang said after a while, "Yihong Courtyard belongs to Yifei's family, so I won't say anything about it, but keeping Yuhe is a trick after all." Bai Yutang He wouldn't believe that money could seal Yu He's mouth.

Zhan Zhao sat by the bed and didn't speak, he never expected such a thing to happen.

After a while, Bai Yutang said: "I asked my second brother to help me kill Yuhe." After he finished speaking, he went to the desk, picked up a pen and wrote two notes: one was for Han Zhang in the empty island, and Ask him to help kill Yuhe; the other one is for Tang Tang, ask him to come to Fengxiang for help.In fact, it goes without saying that Tang Han is already on his way.

Just about to release the pigeons, Zhan Zhao grabbed Bai Yutang and asked, "Can you..."

"Let me go." Bai Yutang pushed him away, and let the pigeons fly: one was raised by Jiang Ping, and the other was given to him by Tang Tang.

Zhan Zhao didn't stop him anymore, he knew that if this matter was exposed in the future, both Lin Yun's and Yutang's lives would be in danger.No one can change Bai Yutang's character.

On the second day, Zhan Zhao went to find Lin Zhenzhi and told him that he had a way to cure Yu'er's illness. After everyone's persuasion and guarantee, Lin Zhenzhi finally decided to let him try it.

Afterwards, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went home to prepare for the dowry to formally propose marriage.

It wasn't until the generous dowry arrived at Lin's family that Lin Zhenzhi knew that Zhan Zhao was Ruixing's only heir, and that Ruixing's businesses throughout the Song Dynasty included money houses, bodyguard bureaus, and silk and satin shops.Lin Zhenzhi no longer forced him to join the army. After all, his family's business is big enough. If he joins the army, then everything will fall on his daughter. It is impossible for him to let his weak and sick daughter support the Zhan family alone. .

In fact, Lin Zhenzhi was also very satisfied with Zhan Zhao's family, but he was even more satisfied with Zhan Zhao's son-in-law, because he liked him too much, so he accepted his dowry and agreed to the marriage.

End of this chapter