Chapter 5 The Lin Mansion(1/2)
Guests are coming?
A faint smile appeared on Lin Mo's lips, and he knew who was coming.
Just in front of the Lin Mansion, there were two great practitioners at the level of great swordsmanship, each guarding a four-horse silver and four-horse golden squads. The guardian of King Rong was Di Wu.
As for the owner of another four-horse silver squad, you don’t have to think too much about it. The one who can get the escort of the Great Sword Master must be another Shangqing of the Dagan Empire and the second leader of the Later Party, Xuan Yuan.
Following Ding Bo and coming to the living room, two luxuriously dressed middle-aged men sat on both sides of the living room, which were King Rong Jiguang and Shangqing Xuanyuan.
Behind the two, two servants stood, holding an exquisite box in their hands.
This Xuanyuan, Lin Mo, was seen when he was attending court today. It was the person standing side by side with Lin Mo on the left side of the Tai Chi Temple.
Xuan Yuan had a mustache on his lips, and he was very energetic, but his temperament was a little silly. Compared to this, King Rong's eyebrows were more relaxed, and he deliberately showed a peaceful smile as soon as Lin Mo came in.
As soon as he entered the living room, Lin Mo hurriedly smiled and said apologizing: "I'm really sorry to go down to investigate the case of Changle Inn. Let Your Highness Rong and Xuan Shangqing wait for a long time, so I will take care of you."
"Where is Lin Shangqing, I have only waited for a while. However, Your Highness Rong, I will be waiting for you in the morning court." Xuan Yuan's words were full of respect for Rong, but it was really a bit sarcastic.
Knowing that Xuan Yuan's words were teasing King Rong for being too anxious, Lin Mo still had to apologize to King Rong. After all, King Rong is the prince of the great cadre and has a high status. It is really a rude move to make him wait.
"It's because the officials are rude. I hope Your Highness Rong will not blame him."
As he said that, Lin Mo was about to bow and apologize, but King Rong was immediately supported. King Rong smiled gently and said, "Lin Shangqing is so serious. You are going to work hard for me. How can I blame you? I am anxious."
As he said that, King Rong led Lin Mo to sit down in the main seat, and sat back on his original position, saying, "I have long heard that Lin Shangqing defeated the 100,000 elite army of Beidi with more than 20,000 Yan Kingdom. I admire and admire this great talent."
Lin Mo smiled and said, "His Highness Rong praised him. He did not have that ability. He was just favored by God and gave him good luck. What is the great talent in his heart?"
"Lin Shangqing is humble." King Rong waved his hand and said, "The tiger and wolf army of Beidi is famous throughout the Zhongzhou continent. Lin Shangqing can defeat Beidi and the northern line of Yan with the twenty-seven vassal states, the weakest national strength of the two people in Yanshan. Who can match this talent in the world?"
Listening to King Rong's praise, Xuan Yuan curled his lips secretly. His Highness Rong's skill in flattering is really amazing. It is probably because he has been photographed too many times by the people below and has learned it without a teacher.
"In addition, Lin Shangqing can firmly sit in the position of the leader of the Mo Sect, one of the three peak sects in Zhongzhou Continent with his literary talent. If he does not have great talents in the world, how can those arrogant practitioners respect you?"
Lin Mo said lightly: "Lin Ziyong is a literary hermit. This time he was invited by His Majesty the Emperor to go down the mountain. He has nothing to do with the Mo Sect, one of the three peak sects. Please do not misunderstand anything about His Highness Rong."
Although people who are a little more informed in Gantian City know that Lin Mo is the leader of the Mo Sect, Lin Mo used his own characters and the name of Lin Ziyong when he went down the mountain.
Although everyone in the world knows that Lin Mo and Lin Ziyong are the same person, the leader of the Mo Sect, and the grandfather Shangqing, they don’t know that Lin Mo has another name in addition to these two names, Lin Luan, who is an Avenger.
Seeing that King Rong was speechless by Lin Mo's soft words, Xuan Yuan suddenly felt happy and took the opportunity to say, "Lin Shangqing's words are extremely true. Lin Ziyong is Lin Ziyong, why are you going so far?"
"By the way, Lin Shangqing, I heard that your second wife loves to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the world. She uses these beautiful scenery into books and paintings. If you want to talk about the beautiful scenery of Gantian City, you can count on the suburbs."
"It's a pity that most of them have been encircled in the royal garden. If Lin Shangqing and the second wife are interested, I have a jade tablet given by the noble man. Although it has no effect, it is extremely convenient to use it to open the way."
As he said that, Xuan Yuan waved to the servant behind him. The servant holding the box hurriedly walked to Lin Mo, bowed down, and lifted the one in his hand to Lin Mo.
Lin Mo opened the box and saw a token made of white jade with mutton fat, which was also covered with the seal of Emperor Dagan's seal. Needless to say, the noble man Xuan Yuan mentioned was the empress dowager.
Because the seal of Emperor Dagan was in the hands of the empress dowager in the Ansheng Palace, it was obvious that Xuan Yuan took out this token to recruit Lin Mo for the empress dowager.
This token is not as simple as Xuan Yuan said, because this token does not even have King Rong who holds the power. With this token, all officials will be able to bow down wherever they go.
Seeing Xuan Yuan's calm and gentle look, Lin Mo sighed in his heart: Xuan Yuan is indeed an old fox. He said this token so lightly, so he should use Zhilan as an excuse. If he didn't accept it, wouldn't he slapped him in the face in front of King Rong, and that would have offended him directly.
As soon as he arrived at the imperial capital, he directly offended a senior minister and indirectly offended the entire Hou party. That was really bad! King Rong, who was temporarily at a disadvantage, also pursed his lips and looked at what Lin Mo was going to react coldly.
But Lin Mo was not panicked at all and sighed: "Oh, Xuan Shangqing is really difficult for me. If I accept it for my second wife, if the third wife does not have a gift, I will be in trouble. My third wife is a noisy person, and it is really difficult for me to die."
Seeing Lin Mo answering, King Rong cheered up, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and laughed loudly: "Lin Shangqing, don't make things difficult. It just so happened that I have prepared a generous gift for your third wife."
As he said that, King Rong signaled to the servant behind him, and took the box to approach Lin Mo. Lin Mo opened it and found that it was an extremely exquisite and beautiful sword.
Looking at the sword in the box, Lin Mo's eyes couldn't help but lit up, because the sword was so exquisite, the sword body and scabbard were snow-white, and the scabbard was decorated with rubies, which looked very priceless.
"This sword is called Qiu Lai, the most famous sword-casting master of Yang Yezi, who took 9981 days to cast it. It is not only very exquisite, but also can cut off hair." King Rong explained to Lin Mo personally.
Looking at the two treasures in front of me, a smile appeared on the corner of Lin Mo's lips: You two know that there are two ladies in our mansion, but each of them only brings one gift. This is forcing me to express my opinion!
But do you think I, Lin Mo, have no choice?
Lin Mo smiled faintly and waved to Qiu Yun and said, "Qiu Yun went to the backyard to call the two ladies. Xuan Shangqing and His Highness Rong sent a great gift. Let them come and thank you in person."
OK, aren’t you, Xuan Yuan and King Rong, who are giving gifts under the banner of my two wives, and force me to express your opinion? Then I really let them pick you up. King Xuan Yuan, you, can’t recruit them.
"Yes!" Qiu Yun bowed, walked out of the living room, and headed to the backyard.
Listening to Lin Mo's words, King Rong instantly understood in his heart. In front of Xuan Yuan and himself, it was impossible for Lin Mo to clearly express his opinion on which side he leaned towards.
However, King Rong was not at all unhappy. Today, I came here to meet Lin Mo and check Lin Mo. King Rong knew that the real kung fu was still coming, so we should not rush for a moment now.
So, King Rong immediately laughed, pretended to be happy, and stood up and said, "Since I am willing to accept it, Lin Shangqing is in the morning court and investigates the case again. I must be tired, so I will not disturb you, so I will say goodbye first."
Seeing that King Rong was about to say goodbye, Xuan Yuan knew that Lin Mo would not make a statement, he immediately stood up and said goodbye to Lin Mo, leaving Lin Mansion one by one with King Rong.
In front of the gate of Lin Mansion.
Xuan Yuan, who left the mansion, looked at King Rong and smiled. Xuan Yuan smiled and said, "Your Highness Rong guessed it is indeed good. The leader of the Mo Sect will indeed beat us (perfunctory), and accepted both gifts. It seems that we both have to put some effort to recruit him."
This time, King Rong and Xuanyuan agreed that each person would only bring one gift, and the purpose was not to force Lin Mo to express his opinion and let Lin Mo choose who he wanted to test Lin Mo in advance.
"Then Xuan Shangqing, we have to rely on our real skills to see you again."
"See you back, Your Highness Rong."
Just after Xuan Yuan and King Rong left, Lin Mo took the white jade token on the table and Qiulai Sword, and together with Xifeng, he turned around and left the living room. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the inner courtyard, he saw Qiu Yun who was calling people standing there firmly.
Seeing Lin Mo coming, Qiu Yun bowed and said respectfully: "Sect Master."
"Well done." Lin Mo nodded, praised Qiu Yun, and then continued to walk into the inner courtyard.
Qiu Yun did not really call Bai Zhilan and Baili Qingcheng, because Lin Mo had long since entered the gate, he expected that Xuan Yuan and King Rong would definitely join forces to test him this time.
They also expected that the two of them would use Bai Zhilan and Bai Li Qingcheng as excuses, so Lin Mo explained Qiu Yun early when he first entered the door.
When he arrived at the door of a room, Lin Mo dusted the snow on his body, pushed the door open and walked in, and Xifeng and Qiu Yun, holding the sword, stood at the door consciously.
During the day, Xifeng, Qiu Yun and Ding Bo were able to enter the inner courtyard after obtaining Lin Mo's approval. Once the night was in, only Lin Mo could enter the inner courtyard where the female family lived.
When Lin Mo entered the house burning with silver frost, he felt a warmth coming.
Bai Zhilan, who was painting behind the desk, saw Lin Mo holding a token and a sword in his hand coming back. She put down the pen in her hand, and while untiing the cloak for Lin Mo, she asked, "Husband, are Xuan Yuan and King Rong gone?"
Lin Mo nodded and handed the token in his hand to Bai Zhilan: "Zhilan, this is the token given to you by Xuan Yuan on behalf of the Queen Mother. With this token in the future, you can enjoy the royal gardens of Qiantian City."
After Bai Zhilan hung her cloak with Mu Shi (an ancient wooden shelf where clothes were hung in the house), she took the white jade token with both hands, took a look, smiled gently, and put it away.
"Oh, by the way, where is Qingcheng?" Lin Mo looked around the house, but did not find Baili Qingcheng's figure: "I have a sword here to give to her."
Bai Zhilan smiled slightly and said, "My sister Qingcheng is practicing swords in the yard behind."
After speaking, Lin Mo and Bai Zhilan came to the back yard and saw Baili Qingcheng standing with a sword, wearing a simple red tight ancient dress and cloud boots. He was full of heroic spirit and had a very beautiful look.
Looking at Baili Qingcheng standing quietly on the spot, Lin Mo asked Bai Zhilan, "How long have you been practicing Qingcheng?"
Bai Zhilan covered her mouth and smiled, "My sister Qingcheng got up at one moment (9:15) this morning, and started practicing swords at about four moments (10:00). After using it at three moments (11:45) after eating, she started practicing again at the first moment (13:00). Now she has not given much birth to three moments (13:45).
"Okay, it's been more than an hour." Lin Mo was very satisfied, but he was extremely envious of Baili Qingcheng. She got up at around nine o'clock, and she had already gone to the palace to work at around nine o'clock.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo sighed in his heart: Oh, it’s really not easy to support a few wives!
Just as Lin Mo sighed in his heart, Baili Qingcheng suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes suddenly became bright and shot toward the huge rock not far away. It was extremely powerful, and it seemed as if bear flames were rolling towards the hard rock in his eyes.
At this moment, the sword held in Baili Qingcheng's left hand automatically flew out of the sword sheath, aiming the tip of the sword at the rock, Baili Qingcheng condensed his right hand into a sword finger, aimed at the rock, and the sword shot rapidly.
"Bang--"
The moment the sword touched the hard rock, it cut the rock flat in half as if it was tofu. Baili Qingcheng smiled slightly, pointed the sword and returned to the sheath automatically.
"Hu——" Baili Qingcheng let out a long sigh.
"Smack--"
Accompanied by a burst of applause, Lin Mo's voice was also: "Congratulations to Mrs. Qingcheng, you finally touched the threshold of the Great Sword Master. If you practice diligently and break through to the Great Sword Master, it will not be far away."
"Husband, you are back."
Baili Qingcheng smiled sweetly, rushed into Lin Mo's arms, and said happily: "It's all your credit for your husband. It was when you asked Sister Zhilan to tell me the shortcomings in the morning."
As he was talking, Baili Qingcheng paid attention to the sword in Lin Mo's hand: "Hey, husband, the sword in your hand is quite beautiful."
"The King Rong gave it to you." Lin Mo put the sword in Baili Qingcheng's hand: "King Rong said this is a sword, its name is Qiu Lei, and it can be cut off when blowing."
"Bao Jian Qiulai?" He picked up Qiulai's sword and looked at it and Baili Qingcheng became interested: "Since it is a sword, let me try it."
After speaking, Baili Qingcheng threw Qiulai's sword into the sky and pulled out the red sword in his hand. With a flowing and agile body technique, the red sword instantly cut Qiulai's sword into two pieces.
"What a broken sword? It's just a good-looking one. They haven't used their energy yet, but everything ends up. I think King Rong is a liar."
Looking at the Qiulai sword broken into two pieces on the ground, Baili Qingcheng pouted his mouth, and suddenly he was happy, and threw himself into Lin Mo's arms again. Looking at the red sword in his hand, he happily said: "It's the blood rain sword that my husband personally cast for me, and the blood rain sword was sharp."
"Of course, my husband will definitely give you better things than others." Lin Mo hugged Baili Qingcheng gently, his face full of pride.
The Qiulai sword given by King Rong is made of fried steel as the main raw material. The fried steel is made of fried iron as the raw material. It is repeatedly heated, folded and forged. It is mainly popular in the Han Dynasty in China.
The forging technology level of the entire Zhongzhou continent is just like that of the Han Dynasty in China.
However, the Blood Rain Sword that Lin Mo sent Baili Qingcheng was made of the best stuffed steel in ancient China. The stuffed steel is made of steel made of pig iron and "cry iron" as raw materials, heated them above the melting point of pig iron, and refined.
Steel pouring is several times better than the fried steel, and the Blood Rain Sword is also cast with the best snowflake iron among steel pouring, which is more than several times better.
Therefore, it doesn’t take much effort to cut off a Qiu Lei with the Blood Rain Sword.
To be continued...