Lin Shanhe, who had just been helped out of the villa by his wife, heard Di Xin’s roar. He looked at Ouyang Xinlan beside him in a daze and said:
"Wife, you’ve really given birth to a good son. I feel like I’m going to become his son at this rate."
Ouyang Xinlan pinched Lin Shanhe fiercely and said angrily:
"Are you still acting like a fool at your age? I say we should listen to our son. Let’s find someone to check the feng shui of our ancestral graves."
Lin Shanhe pondered for a moment and said: "Then why don’t we bury Emperor Xin’s ancestor?"
Ouyang Xinlan finally understood the pain of her daughter-in-law. This was truly a tiger smoking a pipe—breathing out pure anger.
It was a miracle that their ancestors hadn’t killed the two of you.
Daji looked at the Lin family with a worried expression, and a strange thought arose: it was a miracle that the Lin family hadn't been wiped out over the years.
She then turned to Qingqiu Liuxin and said sincerely: "Xin'er, listen to your ancestor’s advice. When you have children in the future, be sure to send them back to Qingqiu to be raised."
Qingqiu Liuxin nodded and said: "Ancestor, that's what I planned to do."
...
Zhang Lingxiu, with a troubled expression, brought her troublesome companion back to the villa where she lived.
Lin Zhan immediately picked up Zhang Haoming, the young Daoist he had kicked away earlier.
The two of them, in cahoots, squatted aside and began to brainstorm their get-rich-quick scheme:
"Brother-in-law, do you think we can sell the news of the Qingqiu fox spirits' arrival for a good price?"
The young Daoist’s eyes flickered, and he said:
"Brother, how much money can we make just by selling this news? Look, how about this: we also sell the news of Great-grandfather's upcoming wedding. Say that the Lin family is worried about the lack of descendants, and a seventy-year-old man is personally stepping up to marry a beautiful bride to save the family. How much do you think this news is worth?"
Lin Zhan's eyes lit up at this: "Holy crap, brother-in-law, you are truly a genius! This news should start at 300,000 quasi-king-level crystal cores, and we should sell it to all the ten thousand races. Then, we can keep an eye on which faction is spreading the news to the ten thousand races, and we can intercept them. Remember, only take the money, kill fewer people. We need to raise a few more of these fat sheep."
"I understand, brother. Just watch."
The young Daoist then took out a ledger and four small storage bags and handed them to Lin Zhan:
"By the way, brother, the prices for the two messages last time were quite good. From Lou Wai Lou and Brother Bai’s Killing God Army, we got a total of 2.36 million quasi-king crystal cores. More than half of them were sold to the ten thousand races. And these bastards really do have money."
"We got 1.8 million quasi-king crystal cores from our own channels, and 1.14 million quasi-king crystal cores from Ancestor Li Bai."
"According to the rules, I've kept 30% for Lou Wai Lou, the Killing God Army, and Ancestor Li Bai, which counts as our own channels. We have 4.25 million quasi-king crystal cores left."
Lin Zhan nodded and handed a storage bag to the young Daoist:
"Keep 1 million crystal cores for yourself as pocket money. Then, give 1.25 million crystal cores to Lin Thirteen to speed up the training of the Lin family’s death warriors, aiming to have all 500 reserve death warriors officially enlisted within a year. Also, Lin Yi and the others need to speed up their cultivation. In this current situation, having only lord-level experts is a bit embarrassing."
The young Daoist nodded and said: "Understood. I'll arrange for some resources to be sent to Brother Thirteen."
"By the way, brother-in-law, when you sell my great-grandfather's news this time, remember to leave him 30% of the proceeds, otherwise, we won’t be able to explain it to my great-grandmother."
Before Lin Zhan could finish speaking, a group of the Huaxia team members, looking furious, strode in.
Seeing their expressions, Lin Zhan couldn't help but say: "What’s wrong with all of you? You look like you’re planning to go against your big brother."
Ying Xuan glared and said: "So what if we do? Do you know that because you brought in a bunch of little foxes, all of us brothers have been kicked out by our wives?"
"That’s right. If you don’t give us an explanation, you can forget about being our big brother today," Zhang Haoran chimed in.
Lin Zhan rolled his eyes and said: "What business is it of yours, you two old bachelors, that your brothers were kicked out by their wives? What are you two doing here?"
He then turned to the other members and said: "Brothers, I'll double your aphrodisiacs and kidney tonics this month. The kitchen has stewed turtle kidney soup. Everyone, have dinner here tonight."
"Ah hahaha, that would be too embarrassing, boss. We brothers just missed you and came to see you. As for what these two dimwits said, it has nothing to do with us brothers."
Upon hearing about the benefits, Wang Er Zhuang quickly spoke for the brothers, completely selling out Ying Xuan and Zhang Haoran.
"Big brother, are you home? I need to see you about something." Just as Lin Zhan was about to speak, William walked in with a burly Chinese man.
Lin Zhan looked at William and said: "Bro, have you all planned this? You knew I had kidney soup tonight and came to freeload."
William shook his head and said: "It’s not me looking for you, it’s him."
He then pointed to the burly Chinese man beside him and said: "This is my Chinese language teacher. He came with my people today and said he wanted to see you."
Everyone looked at this unexpected guest with confusion. Why would we need a foreigner to introduce someone to us? Who do you belong to?
The burly man looked at everyone in the room and said loudly: "A cloud in the northwest sky, a crow lands in a flock of phoenixes. The room is full of heroes, who is the king and who is the subject?"
Everyone was stunned. He Dazhuang chuckled and said: "I didn't expect you to be a person of the underworld."
He then said to the burly man: "A flower on the road of life, Jin Ge Lan Rong is a family. Although not brothers by blood, we have never been divided."
The burly man chuckled upon hearing this and then said: "An incense burner rises to the sky, three elders and four juniors sit in the hall. The disciples offer incense to invite the ancestors, Ancestor Pan Qian Weng. The second incense burner is raised in the air, three elders and four juniors are joyous. The master and elders are invited to sit above, and the disciples offer incense to pay their respects."
(This is the secret code of the Caobang. Pan Qian Weng refers to Pan Qing, Qian Jian, and Weng Yan, all of whom were ancestors of the Caobang during the Yongzheng period. The Caobang later became the Qingbang.)
(Red flowers, green leaves, white lotus roots, the three religions are originally one family. The Hongmen and the Qingbang can be traced back to the Tiandihui and the White Lotus Society. Therefore, the secret codes of the Qingbang are also used in the Hongmen, and they are commonly used spring codes later.)
He Dazhuang was stunned after listening: "Why did you, a northeasterner, join the Caobang? Is your own bandit group not big enough for you?"
The burly man quickly said to He Dazhuang: "We are all from the same righteous path, please tell me your name, young master."
He Dazhuang chuckled and said: "There is rice all over the ground, I have roots, Guandong Jiujiang Ba" (meaning I am a legitimate descendant, from the He family of Guandong, Jiujiang Bahe).
The burly man breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "So you are the young master of the Grand Leader's family. I have found my relatives."