Chapter 8: Old Things
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As the night progressed, the eastern sky had a faint white, and the stars in the sky had quietly faded away, gradually disappearing in the dim sky, and the Big Dipper had disappeared from the brilliance of the night, only a little faintly emitted a subtle light. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At the head of the village, the crumbling fence looks so bleak in the gradually clearing sky, and a nameless stream meanders, and the mountain stream spring sprinkled by the waterfall like a silver screen swims down the lake into the small village at the foot of the mountain.
As time progresses, dawn is coming, and the rising rays of the morning sun are coming, and it is a new day...
Gradually, half of the red sun has revealed the horizon, the small half of the sky in the east has been dyed with a faint reddish, at this time, on the Falling Star Mountain, still as peaceful and silent as the night, sometimes a small burst of birdsong sounded faintly, adding a bit of quietness, and the wisps of morning wind, can not help but be a little cool, looking at the village, there are already a few wisps of smoke, curling up, quietly, drifting into the distance, fading...
To the west of the village, a stream spreads, and there is a family, a dilapidated bungalow, surrounded by a square hedge, and in the courtyard, clusters of medicinal herbs are spreading, either dry or still with soil, exuding the peculiar smell of medicinal herbs, filling the quiet and restless air of this early morning...
In front of the door, an old man was holding a three-foot pear wood cane, his old face made his already thin body even more thin, the old man leaned on a somewhat dilapidated old wall, and his eyes looked straight in one direction:
Falling Star Mountain!
"It seems that I have to trouble the village chief," the old man sighed slightly, and said in a low voice.
Half an hour later, the old man appeared in front of a farmland, he clenched the pear wooden staff with both hands, exhaled deeply, and shouted to another gray-haired old man who was still leaning over to work in the field: "Nie Yuan, come here, I have something to trouble you." ”
The man named Nie Yuan in the old man's mouth put down the work in his hand, turned his head to look at him, his face that had already been dyed with wrinkles showed a little smile, and said, "Hehe, Ye Yunna, why didn't you practice medicine today, and you have time to come to me?" Want to help me with some work? ”
At this time, Ye Yun didn't have any expression, but said lightly: "Feng'er... I've been missing for three days..."
"What? Kaede is missing?? The smile on Nie Yuan's face was no longer there, his brows furrowed, his face immediately became serious, he quickly put down the hoe that was still in his hand, ran to Ye Yun's side, and said, "How come?" Ye Feng has always been self-reliant, even if he is a little stubborn, he won't just go home for a few days, right? ”
"Naturally, I thought the same thing, but ...... Alas, three days ago morning, I asked him to go to the mountains to pick some herbs, but I never thought that he would be gone for a few days, nothing like this had happened before, I thought... He's in trouble! Ye Yundao.
"It must be the same, then...... Otherwise, I'll have a few people look for him and see if they can find a trace of him! Nie Yuan replied.
"I have a faint feeling of uneasiness, yesterday, a villager who went to the mountains to collect medicine told me that he found Feng'er's medicine basket, which still contained many herbs, but it had been scattered everywhere, and these days I always saw a group of people who were not locals, judging from the clothing, it should be from Zhongzhou, and there was a word on the back of the clothes of that group of people......"
Thunder!
Nie Yuan was a little surprised, something seemed to appear in his mind again, and then, he clenched his fists tightly, his tone became a little more serious, and said: "Our people will not do anything to hurt Ye Feng at all, and Ye Feng should not have returned for a few days, maybe only the Lei family...... No...... It's the people behind the Lei family who are the masterminds..."
"Aren't they still involved in those old accounts? Decades have passed, and they still refuse to let go? Ye Yundao.
"I don't know, at least we can't draw conclusions too early, when we came to this place, we just wanted to avoid fighting with those people and find a place to rest and survive quietly, but now, I don't know what they meant..."
"Alas... Think about it now, we're all old... Feng'er... Don't you ...... Otherwise, I won't be able to explain to them......" The old man's words revealed a bit of a blank feeling, and the last few words were a little choked.
"yes... In those circumstances, we agreed to their entrustment, and now how can we fail to do so? Nie Yuan stared at the verdant mountains, and didn't know what to say. was silent for a long time, and then squeezed out another sentence: "If I can't avoid those old grudges, I can only face them..."
Nie Yuan clenched his fist, his knuckles turned white, and a faint white glow lingered on his fist, and then dissipated.
In the early morning, a faint mist shrouds the land, and the twilight is light, like a fairyland.
On Luoxing Mountain, the waterfall is like a silver belt, hanging down from the mountain, raising layers of water curtains, and in the rising sun, a faint rainbow looms, making this mountain range seem so strange and charming natural beauty.
……
This morning, after more than half a day's journey and a night's rest, Lei Li finally arrived here, and after five or six miles, it is where the headquarters of the Lei family is located.
In less than a pillar of incense, Lei Li appeared in front of the gate of the Lei family's headquarters, and at a glance, the entire Lei family occupied this area, and the momentum was so extraordinary! The two male lions in front of the main gate, with their heads held high, seemed to be roaring, majestic and solemn! And the huge plaque in the middle, the simple word "Lei Family" painted with gold lacquer, contains a sense of strong strength, shocking everyone who has passed.
Lei Li looked at the door, a familiar smile appeared on his face, and then said to the person behind him: "It's home, everyone go in!" ”
Lei Li strode to the door, and when the four subordinates with big thunder characters written on them saw it, they immediately bowed forward, held their hands together, and shouted in unison: "Welcome to the young master!" ”
"Well, you can continue to guard here." Lei replied, and then the four subordinates hurriedly opened the door, and then respectfully retreated to their original positions.
Lei Li stepped into the door, made a move with one hand, and said, "Except for Uncle Lei Ming, you all go back to your respective places to rest." ”
"Yes," replied the Lei family behind him.
"Young master!" The middle-aged man named Lei Ming stepped forward and said.
Lei Li's face did not change, and said, "Uncle Shi, come with me to tell my father about this incident." ”
"Yes." Lei Ming replied. Then he walked towards the central building not far away.
It didn't take long for Lei Li and Lei Ming to appear in the hall of the Lei family's main courtyard, and the two maids beside them didn't dare to slack off, and immediately served two good teas, Lei Li picked up the teacup, and after drinking half a sip, there was already a person sitting on the largest seat in the hall, and he was the head of the Lei family:
Thunder!
As the head of the Lei family, in the past twenty years, he has not only led the Lei family to reach the peak level of the past again and again, but also has great achievements in martial arts, as one of the three major kung fu families in Zhongzhou, the Lei family represents a peculiar exercise - alchemy, this alchemy is quite mysterious, it is different from the ordinary exercises for tempering the strength of the body, it makes more use of the inner strength of the human body, in short, qi. What is Qi? If the human body is divided into red and blue, then the red represents the power of the body, and the blue represents the power of the qi, it is more mild than the external force, but it is also more important for a martial artist, you know, there is a limit to the physical strength of people, and when the physical strength reaches a realm, only the pursuit of inner strength can continue to explore their potential, which is why the Lei family can have such a strong power and can have such a status in my Zhongzhou, And the Wang family and the Nie family of the three hegemons of Zhongzhou also have the peerless knowledge of their ancestors, so that they can become more powerful than ordinary mortals, so it is in this Zhongzhou that each bears one side and becomes the three hegemons of Zhongzhou.
Lei Wanting is now nearly half a hundred years old, but he still has this kind of vitality that seems to be only available to young people, and the two whites of his sideburns are even more majestic and exposed, and the momentum that can only be possessed by the head of a big family is completely revealed on his body, and as a person who has cultivated the ancestral alchemy of the Lei family to the extreme, he is not only a little respectful.
He looked at Lei Li, who had returned to the Lei family, his serious face finally calmed a little, and he showed a gentle smile, maybe as he was such an identity, he would only have such a relaxed look when he looked at his son.
"Li'er, it's a long journey, let's go and rest early." Lei Wanting said slowly.
"It's not tiring, but it took some effort to find the spirit fox in the past few days, but to disappoint my father, we haven't been able to find the spirit fox for the time being..."
"Li'er, you don't have to worry too much, listening to the report of the previous doorman, you seem to have encountered something that is not going well, right?" Lei Wan Ting said.
"Yes, father." Lei Li said, "Originally, we had seen the spirit fox, but it was protected by a young man, we waited with him to say good words, and promised him that if he handed over the spirit fox to us, our Lei family can owe him a favor, and even give him some benefits, but who knows, the young man is extremely stubborn, not only did not listen to persuasion, but also absconded with the spirit fox After I chased him to a waterfall, he actually jumped down the waterfall with the spirit fox, and the second uncle followed the young man and dived into the deep lake at the bottom of the waterfall, but then there was no news, we sent someone down to find, I didn't find anything, and finally learned the news of your father, so I left Lei Yan and Uncle Lei Feng behind, and Uncle Lei Ming and I returned first. ”
"Oh, and that kind of thing? You said that Senior Brother Wan Jun went after that young man? Lei Wanting pondered for a moment. And lost his news? ”
"Family Master, this is indeed the case, if you hadn't let us come back first, we would have conducted a large-scale search!" Lei Ming explained.
Lei Li looked at Lei Ming, and then looked at Lei Wanting, and nodded in agreement.
Lei Wanting sat on the old and quaint lion-patterned mahogany chair, as if he was thinking about what happened, and after a while, he wanted to stop talking, and when he saw this, he said vigorously: "Father, what instructions do you have?" ”
"No... It's just that I thought of some of the past, let's stop this matter first, there is Wan Jun's junior brother following the spirit fox, you don't have to worry too much, Li'er, Lei Ming, you go to rest first, and I'll call you when something happens. Lei Wanting said.
Hearing this, Lei Ming got up, bowed his hand slightly towards Lei Wanting, and said, "Lei Ming retreats." Then he left the lobby.
Lei Wanting looked at the departing Lei Ming, looked at Lei Li again, and saw that Lei Li was still sitting, Lei Wanting said, "Li'er, why don't you go to rest?" Or if you see your mother, you won't see you for a few days, and she will miss you too. ”
"I'll naturally go and say hello to my mother later, but before that, my father, I have some doubts, and I want you to answer them for me." Lei Li pondered for a while and said.
"Oh, of course." Lei Wanting said, "Come with me to the backyard meditation pavilion." ”
"Yes, father." Lei replied.
It didn't take long for Lei Li and Lei Wanting to appear in a courtyard, here is not so much a courtyard, but a small lake, surrounded by a row of willow trees, this pond seems very quiet, the breeze blows lightly from time to time, the microwave is overflowing, the green willows are still around, there is a different realm, and there is a small pavilion in the center of the small lake, but the strange thing is that there is no path on the shore of the lake, there is only a lonely pavilion, this small pavilion is somewhat quaint, four smooth jade pillars, a pavilion top made of glazed tiles, The top is facing four directions, and if you think about it, you will find that it is the direction of east, west, north and south, and it is the morning, when the sun is shining, and under the bright sun, it is scattered with brilliance, which is quite strange and charming.
"Li'er, come with me." Lei Wanting stood in front of Lei Li's body, stood with his hands in his hands, and said lightly, and then his body floated, his feet touched the water surface, calmly, and he was slowly marching towards the small pavilion, but his body was always above the water, not stained with a little water stain, Lei Li saw this, he slowly closed his eyes, put his hands together, closed his palms, pressed, and spit out a mantra in his mouth, "Wan Lei Duel... Manage! Then he opened his eyes, only to see a faint flash of green in his pupils, and he followed the footsteps of Lei Wanting, tapping the water surface with his toes, rippling round water lines one by one.
In a few breaths, after stepping on this distance of several zhang, Lei Wanting stepped on the stone steps of the pavilion unhurriedly, and Lei Li naturally arrived at the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
Lei Wanting turned around, looked at Lei Li, with a satisfied smile on his face, and said: "Li'er, martial arts are good again, your father and I are not as talented as you when I was your age!" ”
Lei Li smiled and said, "I still have a long way to go in the future, and it is still a question whether I can have my father's current achievements." ”
How can you say that? The way to practice martial arts is that only those who have talent can have greater development, and as long as they are diligent, they will be able to achieve something. Lei Wanting said.
"Well, I'll work harder." Said vigorously.
"By the way, Li'er, don't you have something to say? Let's talk about it now. Lei Wanting said.
"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that there are some things that are a little confusing." Lei Li said, "There are seven layers of martial arts alchemy that have been passed down from generation to generation in our Lei family, and ordinary people are only qualified to cultivate the first four layers, and only those who win from the martial arts competition are qualified to cultivate the last three layers, this clan rule has always been like this, and now in the clan, only my father and several consuls in the clan can have this qualification, right?" ”
"The clan rules are indeed like this, why did you suddenly think of asking this?" Lei Wanting asked rhetorically.
"Father, that's the case, I think you also know that the second uncle competed with you back then, lost, according to the clan rules, he was not qualified to cultivate the third layer after the refining process, but when I went to capture the spirit fox this time, I found that the second uncle's strength was much higher than my fourth-layer alchemy, and the breath had obviously reached the sixth layer, I could see that the second uncle had vaguely reached the seventh layer, which was already the case, which was also a good thing for the Lei family, but what I felt from that breath was not the pure alchemy of our Lei family, And it's a feeling of murder, which vaguely makes me feel very uneasy, father, I don't know if you know? Lei Li told Lei Wanting all his doubts in the past few days.
After hearing this, the expression on Lei Wanting's face was incomprehensible, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Your second uncle Wanjun's martial arts are taught by me in private, as for what you have doubts, I will understand it from your second uncle in the future, and you don't have to care too much about it." ”
Obviously, Lei Li didn't say anything more about his father's short answer, just said "um".
Lei Wanting glanced at Lei Li, turned around again, stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the surface of the lake, and said lightly: "Li'er, do you know why I brought you here to the Meditation Pavilion?" ”
"It's a great place to talk, isn't it?" Lei replied.
"Not exactly, although this meditation pavilion has gone through ups and downs several times, I also repaired it not long ago, but its connotation will not change, meditate and meditate, here, my heart can really calm down, in order to think better..."Lei Wanting said, "Li'er, you go back and rest......"
Lei Li couldn't understand his father's mind, and when he heard his father's words, he didn't say anything more, just said, "Yes, father." Then he jumped off the meditation pavilion and stepped on the water to the shore, thinking as he went, and the meditation pavilion ...... Meditation...... In the end, he shook his head and showed an inexplicable smile......
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