mtl008 Chapter 79 Lin You: "Hahahahahahahaha!"
Chapter 79 Lin You: "Hahahahahahahaha!"
Lin Shih-ming: "I don't think I read your... nonsense."
I would never utter such shameful words! Not even in my mind!
"But you already read it," Lin You said with a smug smile. "When you saw those pinyin words, you had already touched the talisman attached to that page and recited it in your mind! What I told you to recite before bed was just a pretense."
...This is ridiculous! Who doesn't mentally repeat the pinyin before spelling it out?
Waaaaah, I've been tricked!
I was still mentally corrupted by this unreliable Taoist priest!
"You are mean!"
Lin You walked to the stone table next to him and sat down. "How despicable! You've been outsmarted by me!"
Lin Shiming was indignant, but he sat down next to him.
"Speak, what do you want from me?"
Lin You looked up. "Didn't you come looking for me? If you didn't want to ask me some questions, why would you be looking at that book?"
"Oh, right," Lin Shiming scratched his head and pondered for a while, "but I don't seem to have anything worth asking."
Lin You: "... ..."
In a scene as illusory as a mirage, two unreliable people silently gaze at each other.
After a long while, Lin Shiming stood up as if suddenly realizing something, "I've got the answer!"
Lin You looked at him expectantly.
"Haven't you been dead for over a hundred years? How come you're still appearing in my dreams? Haven't you been reincarnated?"
“… …” Lin You felt he had met his match. He twitched the corner of his mouth. “This is my skill, none of your business.”
Actually, it's a long story, and he was too lazy to explain.
Lin Shiming wasn't one to pry into things. He attributed the answer to Lin You's bad luck, then sat down with great interest and finally asked the serious question.
"How did you and I get here? There's a difference of over a hundred years!"
Lin You gave a light snort and didn't lie to him anymore.
“I don’t know either. That day I did some divination and found that there might be some strange phenomena in the courtyard, so I stayed there to keep watch. But not long after I started watching, you accidentally wandered into my courtyard. Before I could tell you to go away, the strange phenomena suddenly occurred. When I opened my eyes again, I was born into a wealthy family.”
Lin You paused, then added, "And it might not just be the two of us. When you arrived, another lost person came in through the gate."
Lin Shiming became serious. "There's one more person?"
"Yes. And I glanced at his face at the time, and he seemed to be just a simple-minded science and engineering PhD. However, according to my research and calculations, this world can only accommodate one outsider in a short period of time, and the order should be based on the distance from the core of the anomaly. So, by the time that bookish idiot is born, it will probably be at least a hundred years from now, and you won't be able to meet him."
Taoist priest, soldier, PhD—this world certainly knows how to pick its picks!
However, "Then wouldn't I become his ancestor too!" An ancestor of a PhD! How prestigious!
But Lin You quickly shattered his beautiful dream.
He answered bluntly, "No. Looking at your face, you're radiant with youthful beauty, like a peach blossom in full bloom, you're probably absorbing yang energy. Are you married?"
Lin Shiming's face immediately turned bright red, as if he had eaten a chili pepper.
"You come from an open and modern world, what's with all the shyness?" Lin You rolled his eyes at him. "But that's precisely why you won't have any biological children. The PhD will only be a descendant of me and another branch of the Lin family."
As he spoke, Lin You grinned mischievously, "It has nothing to do with you~"
*$￥&^*%
In the end, only the world where I was hurt was achieved!
Lin Shiming looked dejected, feeling greatly devastated.
"Alright! It's nothing." Lin You was smug for a while before speaking again, still feeling unsatisfied. "I foresaw that the second transmigrator had the fortune of an emperor, which is why I left that message for the Lu family. At the time, I was puzzled and couldn't understand how you could be associated with the fortune of an emperor. But after meeting you today, I realized that you actually married a man."
"Judging by that aura of good fortune, you'll probably marry a prince, right?" Lin You grinned mischievously as he leaned closer to Lin Shiming. "How's he in bed? Are you happy?"
Lin Shiming blushed crimson, rolled his eyes, and retorted, "None of your business!"
"How can it not concern me? Your ancestors care about your happy life, my dear grandson!"
Lin Shiming was furious and kicked Lin You's leg, only to watch helplessly as his foot passed right through Lin You's body as if it were air.
Then he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"what--"
A scream.
He fell flat on his back.
Lin You: "Hahahahahahahaha!"
Lin Shiming, feeling ashamed and angry, immediately lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead.
Lin You laughed heartily for a long time, until his stomach ached from laughing, before wiping away the tears that had seeped from the corners of his eyes. He then leaned close to Lin Shiming, who was lying motionless on the ground, and whispered in his ear, "My dear grandson, don't you remember this is a dream? Come here, let your ancestor see if you've hurt yourself?"
"roll roll roll!"
"Alright, alright, I won't laugh at you anymore." Lin You knew when to stop. "Get up, let's get down to business."
After finally coaxing the utterly ashamed General Lin to his feet, Lin You was practically hoarse from his sleep.
Lin Shiming, still somewhat irritated, sat on the stone bench and awkwardly continued to ask questions.
"Aren't you a Taoist priest? How come you're leading a peasant uprising and establishing a new dynasty with the Lu family?"
Lin Shih-ming wouldn't ask such a foolish question as why not just establish a democratic and equal country. Without a sufficient level of economic foundation, technological advancement, and public awareness, it's impossible to create a superstructure that doesn't align with the basic needs of the people.
Even if it were to emerge by force, it would be quickly destroyed under various attacks.
Therefore, he only had questions about why Lin You participated in the establishment of the new dynasty.
Upon hearing this question, Lin You, who seemed unreliable, finally became more serious.
"Yes, the change of dynasties is an unstoppable historical trend. As a Taoist priest who has gone through nine years of compulsory education and read about the five thousand years of our country's history, I should be able to see clearly and not get involved in such power struggles."
"But I can't convince myself."
Lin You suddenly turned to look at Lin Shiming, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
"Lin Shiming, you were once a soldier, so you must also feel deep resentment and regret over the century of humiliation in our modern history, right?"
Lin Shiming looked at Lin You, who was still in his seventeen or eighteen-year-old form from his previous life, with a youthful face and shorter than himself. He opened his mouth, but for a moment he could only clench his fists and couldn't say a word.
“I can’t forget it either,” Lin You chuckled. “Everyone has some obsessions in their life, and the same goes for a country. I wrote at the beginning of the letter I left for you that I am a patriotic Taoist priest.”
“In my past life, I lived in a Taoist temple. I heard that Taoist priests went down the mountain to fight against enemies. I also saw many people add the phrase ‘peace and prosperity for the country’ when they offered incense and worshipped the gods. I also heard some people angrily cursing and lamenting why things had come to that point back then.”
"So when I came here and saw the incompetence and tyranny of the previous dynasty and the suffering of the people, I couldn't help but put myself in their shoes. If I could do something different, would it be possible to prevent this land from repeating the mistakes of our country in the future?"
"I was thinking, if I did it, would there be someone like me in our history someday who could change the future?"
"The fact that you and I came here is itself an inexplicable mystery, and I hope that one day the same mystery will befall us. Consider it my way of doing good deeds and accumulating merit."
Just like some families who have lost their children, they always do good deeds when they encounter other children who suffer misfortune. They hope that there are more people like them in the world who do good deeds, so that, in case, such kindness falls on their lost child.