"Fourth Junior Brother, could you please check if Junior Brother has been too hot-tempered lately?" Zhu Qiuyu said meaningfully. This kid was quick to attack people and had a lot of violent temper, which made the senior brothers and sisters a little worried.
"No need, I'm fine. I just killed those who deserved to be killed and punished those who deserved to be punished. Fellow senior brothers, there's no need to worry." Zhu Lin said nonchalantly.
The senior brothers remained silent, which seemed to make sense; their junior brother had not killed any innocent people so far.
Zhu Lin was thinking that the little girl's identity after reincarnation was still that of a princess, but she had just moved from the Dragon Palace to the mortal's palace. In that case, the silver mine could not be taken away at will.
Although he had not been away from the island for long, he had heard some things about the Great Jin Dynasty. Since his ascension to the throne, the current emperor had not been very lucky. The Great Jin Dynasty was plagued by droughts here and floods there.
Today a locust plague strikes the north, tomorrow an earthworm will rise in the south. After a major disaster, a major epidemic is sure to follow. The entire Jin Dynasty is being tormented and there is widespread discontent.
The powerful families and nobles in the capital are all secretly dissatisfied with the current emperor and want to bring him down. However, the current emperor is not someone to be trifled with. His ability to rise to power in the first place shows that he is capable. Apart from bad luck and the heavens not favoring him, he is very strong in other aspects.
So even with one natural disaster after another, it has managed to hold on until now. However, if this continues, no matter how strong its current capabilities are, it will probably not be able to sustain itself.
Originally, none of this had anything to do with Zhu Lin. He didn't care who the emperor was, but if the emperor was Long Meimei's biological father, then that would be a different story.
After years of famine, the national treasury is probably already empty and food is scarce. If there is neither money nor food, then there is little meaning in the emperor sitting on the dragon throne.
Fine, let the emperor mine this silver; he's not interested anymore.
However, there are some things he should pay attention to. For example, why does the little girl never mention her identity? The Zhou family has been surrounded and chased by men in black for months without seeking help from the government. There is only one reason: they do not know the little girl's true identity.
Zhu Lin's mind raced as he hurried back to Shanquan Village. There he saw the little girl sitting obediently in the courtyard, eating dried meat. When she saw him return, she smiled at him with her eyes crinkling and asked him if he wanted some dried meat.
"You eat by yourself. I need to talk to Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou about something." Zhu Lin smiled slightly, but her expression was very gentle.
"Father, Mother, Brother Lin needs to see you." Xingxing called out into the house. They were still at the village chief's house, and Zhou Laoda was talking to the village chief about borrowing a house to stay in.
Just as the matter was finished, Boss Zhou and Zhao Guihua came out, and the village chief also came out politely. The village chief was grateful to these people for saving his life, and was even happier to hear that they wanted to stay in the village for a while.
The village chief was afraid that those evil people would come again, and then the people of their village would suffer again. If the Zhou family could stay, at least they wouldn't have to worry about safety in the short term.
"Young Master is back! We just talked to the village chief and found a house at the end of the village that's unoccupied. We can stay there for a while," said Old Zhou with a smile.
Zhu Lin thought for a moment and decided not to ask Xingxing about her background for the time being, but to go to their lodgings first.
“I happen to have some free time now, so I’ll take you there. The house is very spacious. The owner used to be a hunter. He was incredibly brave and skilled at hunting when he was young, but he never married or had children. He remained a bachelor his entire life, using all the money he earned to build the house and the rest for his retirement…”
The village chief explained in a rambling manner, leading the way. The group followed him for a long time, about 45 minutes, before stopping.
The end of the village is too far from the village center, and the path is winding and twisting. I wouldn't have noticed the brick house here if I hadn't gotten closer, because the path is winding and there are lush trees blocking the view. No wonder I couldn't see the house.
"This hunter is quite interesting. He built his house in such a secluded place, as if he doesn't want to have much contact with people," Zhu Qiuyu said with a light laugh, seemingly unintentionally.
The village chief quickly chimed in. Perhaps because these people had saved a villager's life, the village chief had a favorable impression of them and became quite talkative. "This hunter is indeed very solitary. He doesn't like to talk to people and prefers to be alone. He likes to do everything by himself. He's the only one who dares to build his house here. Nobody in the village likes to come here. It's close to the mountains, and they're afraid wild animals might come down at night."
"But you all know kung fu, so you shouldn't be afraid of these things. The walls around this house are high; even if wild animals come down at night, they won't be able to jump over them."
The village chief had already explained this to Zhou Laoda and his wife beforehand. He also said that if they didn't want to stay here, they could stay at other people's houses in the village, but then they wouldn't be able to stay together as a family and would have to stay separately.
The villagers of Shanquan Village are not wealthy, and their houses are just enough for their own families. So it would be a bit of a burden for the Zhou family to ask them to stay. It would be better to just borrow the house at the end of the village.
They really didn't expect that the house was so far from the village, but it didn't matter. They dared to live there no matter how far away it was. Firstly, the walls around the house were quite high, which could completely keep out wild animals.
Furthermore, and most importantly, I have seven experts by my side. With them around, I have nothing to fear.
During this time, Fu Ge and his friends learned kung fu from several of their senior brothers, Zhu, and they all know a few moves. They also learned to ride horses. This time, Er Fu and Si Fu came to Shanquan Village on horseback.
These two brats pestered Zhou Laoda and his wife for almost half an hour, throwing a tantrum and yelling that they wanted to buy horses. They definitely didn't want to travel by carriage; they insisted on buying horses to ride.
Riding a horse looks impressive, but it's actually very tiring. When Zhou Laoda saw his two sons causing a ruckus, he wanted to teach them a lesson, so he bought each of them a horse when they passed through town.
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