Volume 2: Yun Ji Cang Hai Chapter 494: Mundane Affairs
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Lin Yi and his apprentice followed Cui'er to the outside of the manor and noticed something unusual. Dozens of strong men, all holding knives and guns, looked solemn, and were led by a special person to the entrance of Xiaotian'ao Village. Seeing the Lin family's brothers and sisters coming out, several middle-aged people hurried forward to greet them and explained the whole story -
The war on the border of Dashang had only been settled for a few years, and the new emperor died of illness shortly after ascending the throne. After the princes fought for the throne, the emperor's uncle usurped power, and the capital was in chaos, causing unrest in the court and the country. As a result, the foreign enemies who had been eyeing for a long time came back again, causing the war on the border to start again, and the people also suffered.
Xiaotian'ao is located on the border of the western border, and it is inevitable to be invaded by war. Because of Lin Cui'er, the mountain people here are martial, and the Tu family and the Lin family lead everyone to protect the village. It is not a big deal if there are stragglers coming in occasionally. But the situation this year is not good!
When Lin Yi was refining the elixir underground, more than ten foreign soldiers found this remote place. Before this group of bandits could cause chaos, the villagers rushed up and killed several of them, and the rest fled. But someone who went out yesterday came back and said that Tianping Town had closed the gate of the village, as if something big was going to happen. And this morning, someone found a large group of foreigners in the nearby mountains, and they were afraid that Xiaotianao would be in trouble.
As several people were talking, there was a noisy voice at the entrance of the village, and then someone ran over carrying two bloody corpses. The dead were two middle-aged people, a man and a woman.
"Grandma! The family of three from Lao Yutou in the village was murdered..."
"His family went to visit relatives in the town. The couple was killed on the roadside a few miles away. The daughter disappeared. I'm afraid she was kidnapped by thieves..."
The speakers were several strong men, holding steel knives in their hands, with indignant expressions. Someone shouted at the side: "Grandma, please make the decision for us..."
"Don't panic!" Looking at the corpse on the ground, Lin Cui'er raised her head calmly, but her voice became higher, and she ordered: "Hang the newly cast iron bell on the old tree at the entrance of the village, and ring the bell with me to summon all the men in the village..."
After a while, the rapid bell sounded, and the village also became busy. The men held rakes, hoes and even shoulder poles, and ran out of their homes, gathering in the open space in front of the Lin Mansion.
The population of Xiaoshankou was only a few hundred, and more than half of them gathered in front of them. The descendants of the Tu and Lin families, as well as the old men in their fifties and sixties and teenagers in the village, all rushed over and saluted Lin Cui'er and Lin Yi, then stared with wide eyes, waiting for orders.
Straightening her slightly hunched body, Lin Cui'er glanced at everyone and turned to her eldest brother. Looking at the wrinkled face of the girl, her expression was firm, and there was a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, making it easy to imagine her demeanor in the past. Secretly praising in his heart, Lin Yi nodded gently.
"Fellow villagers of Xiaotian'ao, we were born here, grew up here, and will die here! This is where our ancestors rest, where our old and young women and children live, and where our incense continues! Now that the enemy soldiers are invading, we must unite against the enemy and fight to the death! When the battle comes, those who die in the battle will be buried and raised by our Lin and Tu families, and those who are afraid of the enemy and escape will be driven out of their homes...!"
Lin Cui'er, who used to be kind and gentle, now looked majestic. Her voice was high-pitched and resounding. Everyone responded loudly and ran to the village entrance...
"Bring my sword!" Before Lin Cui'er finished speaking, someone gave her a long sword. With a "clang--" sound, the sword light came out of the sheath. She made a sword flower and said to Lin Yi beside her with pride: "Brother, watch me kill the enemy..."
The disaster came suddenly, and Xiaotian'ao was no longer as peaceful as before. Looking at the busy crowd and Cui'er holding a long sword, Lin Yi shook his head. He thought to himself that he had been home for two months and it was time to think about the future of his family.
Following the crowd to the entrance of the village, Lin Yi, Tianfu and Cui'er walked up a mound. At this time, the sky was clear and the mountains and fields within a dozen miles could be seen clearly. Under the afternoon sun, one or two hundred soldiers in foreign clothes could be seen from afar walking towards Xiaotianao. This group of people held shining swords and guns, and each of them looked fierce, and it was clear that they came with bad intentions.
Lin Yi stood with his hands behind his back, but frowned. In the place where the spirit was, in a small valley dozens of miles away, there were still a dozen foreign soldiers guarding a group of women. These women from Da Shang should have come for robbery, and they all looked uneasy, and some were sobbing. In the bushes not far from this group of people, there were several naked female corpses lying.
In troubled times, bandits passed like combs, and soldiers passed like combs. If these tyrannical soldiers were allowed to rush into Xiaotian'ao, the situation could be imagined! As a cultivator, you cannot kill mortals indiscriminately. As a human being, you should have the responsibility to protect your hometown!
He had made up his mind and did not want to hide anything. Lin Yi turned and ordered: "Tianfu stays to look after the left and right, Cui'er, follow your brother to kill the enemy..." As a sword rainbow flowed, he took Cui'er's hand and stepped onto the flying sword, and in the attention of everyone, he was in the air. His fairy-like demeanor of flying on the sword immediately attracted cheers.
The head of the Lin family is not just a cultivator, he is a fairy from Xiaotian'ao! In the borderland, the mountain people have a short-sighted vision, but at this moment, it can be said that they are eye-opening. This scene will also be praised by future generations!
Having ridden the blue cloud with Mu Qing'er, Lin Cui'er has long passed the age of surprise and joy. But her elder brother turned a small sword into a sword rainbow several feet long in an instant, and took her to the air in an instant. She was still very happy. This was her elder brother flying with her!
Lin Yi and Cui'er were suspended in the air, and the team of foreign soldiers was right under their feet. Someone below had already noticed something was wrong, pointing his finger at the sky and shouting.
Looking down a little, Lin Yi threw four or five flying swords of various types and scattered them down, quickly turning into ruthless sword beams, flying towards the crowd, and blood was everywhere -
This was a natural disaster, and there was no way to resist it. This was also the retribution for doing evil! Amid the howling of ghosts and wolves, the foreign soldiers ran around like pigs and wolves, fleeing for their lives. The flying sword beams, like fireflies in the daytime, danced freely in the mountains and fields, harvesting lives one after another in a flash of lightning. After a moment, no one was running anymore, and corpses were lying in all directions on the mountains and fields. The blood dyed the dead grass red and soaked the soil. Next year, this land will be more fertile!
Although she had been a chivalrous warrior in the martial arts world and had killed several bandits, Lin Cui'er considered herself to be very courageous. But watching such a bloody massacre, even if the dead were bandits who entered the country to rob, she was still very nervous. She tightly grasped her brother's clothes and sighed secretly.
Recalling the flying sword to kill the enemy, the sword rainbow under his feet flashed suddenly, and Lin Yi and Cui'er disappeared in the air. The next moment, the two appeared in the valley where the woman was imprisoned.
Seeing the humiliated compatriots and the bodies that were tortured to death, Lin Cui'er was so angry that her hair was shaking, and she had to go down to kill people. After Lin Yi specially left a bandit to be beheaded, she shook off the blood beads on the sword body with high spirits and shouted happily!
Flying back to Xiaotian'ao, sending people to bury the bodies and meet the victims in the valley, Lin Yi took Lin Cui'er on the sword again, and did not return until the border of Dashang. Within hundreds of miles, all the cross-border bandits were killed by him, without any escape. The enemy country lost thousands of soldiers for no reason, and panicked for a while. The borderland that had been in turmoil for a long time became much more stable.
Xiaotianao survived the catastrophe without any danger, all thanks to the head of the Lin family! Flying with a sword and killing people thousands of miles away is a perfect demonstration of the immortal's means. So, there were people who kowtowed in front of the Lin Mansion. Pray for the protection of the immortal, and the descendants will have no worries!
After Lin Yi came back, he asked Lin Ping and others to dissuade him, but it had little effect. One side did not dare to accept such a great gift, and the other side thought that sincerity would work, and wanted peace!
Seeing this, Lin Yi had no choice but to let it go. Who would have thought that the name of the great immortal Lin would gradually spread, and it actually caused people to come to surrender. What's more, some people wanted to change their surnames and take pride in the Lin surname. The original Lin family in Xiaotian'ao had already been out of the fifth generation, and now they took the opportunity to merge into the Lin family ancestral hall.
Mundane trivial matters are bound to make people bored. Lin Yi simply turned away with a gloomy face, and left. Everything was handled by his four grandsons. He was too lazy to ask what the final situation would be.
More and more people flocked to Xiaotian'ao, making the originally quiet mountain village suddenly noisy...
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