Chapter Forty-Six: A Long-Cherished Wish
PS: Recommended today, add more in the afternoon
"Creation makes people, fifty years of escaping the world have not escaped after all!" Li Cheng's grip on Li Xinchen's hand had slowly loosened, and the strength in the old man's body was obviously passing slowly but inexorably, just like his life.
Li Xinchen slowly lowered his head, he knew his father's wish very well, fifty years of evasion, but in the end, he turned into powder in this troubled world. The unwillingness and resentment in Li Cheng's heart at this time are self-evident, but it is a pity that he is no longer the invincible white-robed iron rider among thousands of troops and horses fifty years ago, but an old man who has to stop climbing the mountain.
Fifty years is nothing to this troubled era that has lasted for hundreds of years, but for Li Cheng, it can almost be said to be a lifetime.
Li Xinchen knew that his father actually did not have the broad-mindedness to help the people, and all he wanted was to open up a paradise for his relatives in this troubled world, but it was not until today that his peach source was turned into ashes in the blood and fire, and he realized how naïve he was.
The people in this troubled world have been closely linked with this troubled world, as long as the blood and fire are still there, then the people in this troubled world cannot be at peace all their lives. People are like dust, drifting away with the wind, and they can't help themselves, that's exactly what happened.
So at the last moment of his life, Li Cheng held Li Xinchen's hand and looked at him quietly, but Li Xinchen didn't speak, just nodded solemnly.
End this troubled world and give the world's displaced people a paradise!
Slowly closing his eyes, Li Cheng sighed deeply: "This little general ······"
Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and Xiao Shilian was pulled by an old soldier next to him before he realized that Li Cheng was calling himself. Xiao Shilian still admires this old man who has never lived in his life, and he can vaguely feel that this old man is not extraordinary.
How can an old man in the mountains have such superb kung fu, and how can he cultivate an heir like Li Xinchen?
So when he realized that Li Cheng was shouting about himself, Xiao Shilian hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "What does the old man command?" ”
Although Li Cheng's eyes were closed, his voice had become neutral and peaceful: "They said that your surname is Xiao, and the old man dared to ask you, who are you from Shixing Xiao?" ”
Xiao Shilian's face changed, and the old soldiers around him also looked at Li Cheng with shocked expressions.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Shilian still took a deep breath: "It is the first grandfather in the family." ”
"It's really an old man." Li Cheng sighed lightly, "The world has changed, the years have flown by, and I can see the grandson of the deceased······ Ahem······ It's an honor······ I didn't expect the old man to go first, and the old man would be able to meet him under the Nine Springs. ”
"The old man knows his ancestor?" Xiao Shilian looked at Li Cheng suspiciously.
"Put ······ Give this to your daddy, hopefully······ I wish your father knew what it was ······ What happened back then," Li Cheng reluctantly lifted his robe and pointed to a simple copper ornament on his belt, "If he knew, he would understand." ”
Next to him, Old Man Song and Old Man Zheng glanced at each other and were silent.
Since the old fellows have made up their minds, then they have no reason to stop them.
Xiao Shilian understood that the old man in front of him must have a relationship with his family, so he bowed down and bowed at the moment. And Li Cheng barely opened his eyes, his eyes fell on Li Xinchen and Li Li'er, the old man tried his last strength, and barely squeezed out a sentence: "Xinchen, take care of Li'er······"
Before he finished speaking, the old man tilted his head and lost his breath.
"Daddy!" Li Li'er exclaimed in surprise and reached out to grab Li Cheng's hand, but Li Cheng's hand had slipped out of her palm weakly. Tears came out of her eyes, and this always optimistic little girl finally couldn't help it and hugged Li Xinchen:
"Brother, Daddy, he ······"
Reaching out and patting his sister gently, Li Xinchen let out a long sigh.
In the end, like his brothers, he fell on the road of fighting against the barbarians of the Northern Dynasty, I don't know if Li Cheng's ending is a well-deserved death?
And Old Man Song and Old Man Zheng looked at Li Xinchen at the same time: "Xinchen, mercy, the festival is changing, now ······"
"Juniors understand." Li Xinchen nodded, holding back his tears.
He knew very well that now was not the time to be sad at all, including Xiao Shilian's subordinates, a full two hundred people could not be trapped in this cave like this, not to mention that even if this cave blocked the entrance of the cave, it was not impossible to be discovered, as long as there were those bandits who were also familiar with the environment in the mountains to help, the Northern Zhou army could easily find this cave entrance.
Especially in the battle just now, Xiao Shilian appeared with a soldier wearing Nan Chen's clothes and armor, and undoubtedly told the Northern Zhou that there was Nan Chen's army here, even if it was just a scout, it was enough to leak their news, and now this scout team is likely to be trapped in the mountain.
Therefore, it is easy to guess how the generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty will react.
"Woe to you." I don't know who sighed first, the women and children in the entire village were secretly weeping, and the few remaining young people such as Seinfeld also looked gloomy.
Li Cheng was the best of the three patriarchs in the village, and at least most of the time he didn't need crutches to walk, and now that the old man, who had always been amiable and had enough shelter for everyone at critical times, the road ahead of them would be even more stormy.
"Cheer up, everyone!" Old Man Zheng knocked the ground heavily with the cane in his hand. "The deceased is gone, if the living are sad, how can they continue to live?!"
The crying in the darkness gradually subsided, and all eyes fell on Old Man Zheng. Old Man Zheng shook his head: "My family Aqing is also gone, and there are not a few people who leave from each family." But don't forget why they left, they went so that we could live, and if we were here to grieve for them and lose time, then wouldn't it be a waste for them to go! I'm afraid that no matter which of their heavenly spirits is, they don't want to see us crying here, what's the use of crying, how to live is the key! ”
The old man's voice grew higher and louder.
Li Qiu, Song Fei, Xiao Shilian and others all subconsciously straightened their waists.
And Li Xinchen looked at Old Man Zheng silently, and secretly sighed in his heart. When one person falls, there will naturally be another person who does not hesitate to stand up and shoulder his responsibility, going forward one after another, endlessly, as if one person, the tradition of the white-robed army is fully revealed at this moment.
Fifty years later, these veterans can still be like this, and I don't know how powerful the army was fifty years ago, which is really fascinating.
The crutch in Old Man Zheng's hand pointed deeper into the darkness: "This cave was discovered by a few of our old men by accident, and it has been used as a refuge in the village since then, but it is the first time in fifty years that it has been used. The cave was so long and deep that no one knew where it led, and we had to give up when we had walked far into the depths and found that there was a pool of water in the deepest part, but that was more than twenty years ago······"