Chapter 43: The Broken Sword
A day later
Haoxing pushed open the door, but saw Huzi, Leizi, Yingzi and others kneeling at the door.
"What are you doing, hurry up!" Haoxing slowly lifted the four of them up with spiritual power, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Grandpa Wang not far away.
"Thank you for saving a few of us, the old man is ashamed! The previous incident can be regarded as a misunderstanding, do you want to hear why we are so hostile to you?" Grandpa Wang said with a smile.
Haoxing nodded.
"Follow me. ”
Grandpa Wang brought Haoxing into an ancestral hall, and there was a spiritual seat in the ancestral hall, on which were written the words Li Guangyuan's spirit. Next to it was a broken sword and a rusty token, on which you could vaguely see a few words that were about to fade: General Zhengxi!
Haoxing was very puzzled, was it because of this that he was hostile to himself, and then said, "Since this person is the general of the expedition to the west, why is the ancestral hall so dilapidated?"
From the moment Haoxing entered the house to this moment, Grandpa Wang has been watching Haoxing's every move, and found that he really only has curiosity and doubt, and no other looks or questions, so he really believes that Haoxing is not from there.
"Alas, since you saved Lao Yu and his wife's family, if I hide it from you again, I can't say anything. But you have to promise me that you will never divulge what you have heard today, and you will be able to do it?"
Seeing Haoxing nodding, Grandpa Wang slowly spoke: "My real name is Wang Yaozu, and I am the deputy general of Li Guangyuan, the general of the Western Expedition, and I was rebuilt for Ning Danjiu at my peak. Although his cultivation is not high, he freely wanders the mountains and forests, is agile, and has made countless military exploits! General Li is even more experienced in a hundred battles and invincible! However, because the general is not afraid of the powerful and powerful, he is free and easy. In the end, he offended the royal family and was assassinated by assassins several times. Therefore, he had no choice but to take the initiative to resign from the post of generalissimo of the expedition to the west, release the war horse with him back to the mountains and forests, and return to the field. Because of his habit of following the general, the old man also resigned with him. ”
Seeing that Grandpa Wang seemed to be immersed in painful memories, he burst into tears. Haoxing couldn't bear to continue to be sad, so he said: "If it's really unbearable, don't say it anymore, I won't ...... it."
"No, I'm going to say!" Grandpa Wang looked very emotional, his sunken eyes bloodshot. Haoxing had no choice but to continue listening.
"A few of us originally wanted to go to the marshal's hometown, Kunshan City in the White Tiger Domain. But on the way, he was betrayed by a spy and his whereabouts were revealed. Then came a group of psychic killers, and several of the general's men were killed and wounded, so the killers were eliminated, and the old man was also seriously injured. Just as his wife was in labor on the way, he settled in Lingbo City in the Xuanwu Domain and gave birth to his fourth child, Lizi. Because he was afraid that his wife would be injured by the fatigue of the journey, he decided to postpone it for one month. Unexpectedly, when he rushed back to Kunshan City, the Li family had been wiped out, although he didn't know who did it, but the general expected that it was done by someone in the royal family, so he was completely dead to the royal family. At this time, the general suddenly thought of a friend in the Xuanwu Domain, and decided to go to his friend's house and settle down near him, so that he could take care of him. Madame's poison is also in the middle of this time. ”
Haoxing frowned: "Could it be that this friend was poisoned?"
Grandpa Wang sighed: "Although it wasn't his intention, it was indeed him." ”
"Why?"
"There was a man in black who sneaked into this person's house late at night, put down a letter, a purple carrot devouring spirit grass and a knife, and no one found his whereabouts. The letter said that if Li Guangyuan does not die within three days, you will die! The general's friend was afraid, so he invited the marshal and his wife to a banquet, put the purple ditholl spirit devouring grass into the wine, and wanted to poison the general to death. Subsequently, on the grounds that it was not appropriate to drink alcohol due to illness, he refused to drink. Just as the marshal was about to drink it, the lady seemed to sense something, and suddenly snatched the wine glass and drank it all, and soon her face turned pale and coughed up blood. ”
The marshal's friend knew that he was ashamed of the marshal and told him that there was the poison of the violet devouring python in the wine, but he didn't want to die, so he decided to fight to the death with the marshal. In the end, the marshal was stabbed twice, and his friend was killed. In the midst of grief, the wounds on the marshal's body began to turn black, and then quickly spread, and it turned out that there was the venom of the Soul Eater Bee's Tail Stinger on the sword! Soon after, the marshal died, and we fled here to live in seclusion, and hardly went out except to buy medicine in an unknown town not far away. ”
"Before his death, the marshal instructed that although the imperial court is ruthless, we must not be unjust! If the national disaster is at hand, I, Li Jiaerlang, will definitely conceal my identity to join the army and serve the country, and continue to do my part for the country! But unless the country is in crisis, we must not leave home a hundred miles away, nor should we bring outsiders home, otherwise we will never turn a blind eye!"
Hearing this, Haoxing hated and hated in his heart: he respected the marshal's loyalty and pride for the country and the people, and hated the Huiyue royal family's indiscriminate killing of meritorious officials! Originally, he joined the army to serve the country, and the blood of galloping on the battlefield was also extinguished. No wonder this grandfather Wang mentioned 'there' several times but was reluctant to explain, it is estimated that one is afraid that the court will cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and the other is unwilling to mention this unforgettable and resentful word: the imperial court!
"Do you know why I'm telling you this?"
Seeing Haoxing shaking his head, Grandpa Wang looked at Haoxing with deep eyes and said, "Your talent and qualifications are the only ones I have seen in my life, and you will definitely be able to stand out in the future! If you have the opportunity, I hope you can find out the truth for me." Can you do it?"
Haoxing was a little hesitant, after all, there were still many things waiting to be done by himself, and he was afraid that he would not have time to take care of this matter at that time. But he couldn't bear the chill of this 'hero', so he nodded and said: "I can't guarantee that it will be investigated, but if I have this opportunity, I will definitely investigate this matter! After all, after a few years, if this matter is really deliberately done by some people, naturally no evidence will be left." ”
Grandpa Wang smiled miserably, turned around and walked towards the remnant sword. If Haoxing agreed immediately, he was worried about whether he was perfunctory. And his current performance and words, although not satisfactory to himself, are his truest thoughts.
"This remnant sword is a high-grade spirit weapon, the Cold Light Sword, and it has followed the general for many years. The sword has a spirit, and after the general's death, he loses his blood connection. He didn't want to exist in the world, so he destroyed his sword body, and his spiritual power was lost and became scrap metal. Today, I will hand it over to you, and I hope that when you see this sword, you will not forget the trust of old decay!"
Haoxing shirked: "Grandpa Wang, this can't be helped, this is General Li's relic, how can it be handed over to me?" But in fact, he was thinking in his heart, this remnant sword is indeed completely lost in aura, mottled, what can it do? Originally, there was not much space in the storage bag......
Grandpa Wang is old and refined, how can he not see through Haoxing's thoughts? He said slowly: "Although this remnant sword is useless, the general was in the psychic period before his death, and he was able to fight hundreds of battles and perform miraculous feats, relying on this sword! Although the sword body has been destroyed now, the sword spirit is still there. If you can awaken the sword spirit, you will be of infinite use!"
Haoxing was happy in his heart: This has some effect!
Then he asked Grandpa Wang: "I don't know how to wake up the sword spirit?"
Grandpa Wang smiled freely, learned Haoxing's previous tone, and said, "Who knows?"
Haoxing then handed over the seven-star life-sustaining pill that he had refined last night to Grandpa Wang, a total of two pills, although it was not very successful, only the seven-star life-sustaining pill was effective, but it was more than ten times better than yesterday's 'little black ball'. Although Mrs. Li's body injured by the Purple Radix Spirit Devouring Grass could not be healed, it was no longer in serious trouble.
I wanted to say goodbye to Huzi and the others, but after thinking about it, I still didn't want to. If there is a fate in the future, we will meet each other, why bother to increase sadness?
......
"Hey, haven't you heard, the Xuanwu Secret Realm is about to open. ”
"Really, but isn't the Xuanwu Secret Realm only open once every three years, why is it only two years to open this time? ”
"Hey, who knows. This is the words of Xuan Ye, the domain lord of Xuanwu Domain, that is, Xuan Ye, the city lord of Xuanwu City. Isn't it good to be able to open it in advance? We're about to turn twenty, and if we open it a year early, we might be able to catch some treasures in the secret realm. It doesn't matter when it starts!"
"That's the same, I don't know exactly when it is?"
"It's almost there, it's just a few days. When the time comes, let's take care of each other, what do you think?"
"What Brother Liu said is extremely true!"
In the teahouse, Haoxing sat on the sidelines, listening carefully to the conversations of others. Although there are not many people in this teahouse, there are all kinds of news.
I heard my father say that the most famous thing in Xuanwu City is this Xuanwu Secret Realm. This secret realm is very magical, and only people under the age of 20 can enter, if they violate it, they will be found out by the gate of the secret realm, and they will be wiped out! There are countless rare treasures in the secret realm, pills, weapons, exercises, and so on! If you are lucky, you can find a weapon in your hand, and if you are unlucky, you can also get some ordinary pill exercises and the like.
But where there is an opportunity, there is danger, and there are a large number of demon beasts in the secret realm, the lowest is the late stage of the first order, and the highest is the late stage of the third order. He is brutal by nature and kills people when he sees them. Moreover, even if you don't encounter demon beasts, there are not a few people who kill people and grab treasures.
Since it is the Xuanwu Secret Realm, then Xuan Ye will inevitably go, and if Nan Sheng continues to endure it, he will definitely follow him. Do I go or don't go?
"Brother Tai, why are you worried, it's better to listen to the younger brother, maybe I can help you solve your problems?" Just as Haoxing was hesitating, a young man in a white robe and holding a feather fan walked over.
"Nothing. Haoxing glanced at the man and continued to drink tea.
"I wonder if I can ask for a glass of water to drink?" The white-robed young man sat down without waiting for Haoxing's consent.
Haoxing frowned, got up and said, "Please." Little two......!
"I don't know if you're interested in Kurosawa City?" the white-robed young man interrupted Haoxing's words, his face calm, and he looked at him with a smile.
The dragon tooth suddenly appeared in Haoxing's hand, the tip of the sword pointed directly at the white-robed young man, and said coldly, "Who are you?"