Chapter 68: Dawn
While Nader and Sankun were having fun, Luo Lan walked quickly into his home after a four-year absence.
Compared with four years ago, the courtyard was a little more weathered, but it was still clean and tidy, and in the center of the courtyard, the stone lock that Hillman had originally used for cultivation had been moved to the corner and replaced by a bed.
In the early spring, Hillman was lying on top of it, covered with a thick quilt, he was very thin compared to eight years ago, and his mother Carol was nervously looking at the door.
"Mother" Luo Lan's voice was a little choked. In the past four years, the feelings of longing are rolling in like a flood bursting the embankment, and tears are sliding down the corners of my eyes.
"My Luo Lan!"
After going to such a dangerous place as the Demonic Beast Mountain Range and not returning for four consecutive years, the huge worry and fear almost crushed Carlo, and she didn't want to lose her husband and a son. Seeing Luo Lan return safely, her heart suddenly relaxed, and she took Luo Lan into her arms, hugged her tightly, and tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes.
The golden retriever obediently lay on Luo Lan's shoulder, motionless.
Seeing each other, the three of them had a reunion dinner.
Just finished eating, Luo Lan couldn't wait to ask, "Mother, is Lord Hogg at home, I want to visit him?" ”
Carol stopped putting away the dishes and chopsticks, sighed and said, "You are a student of Lord Hogg, you should really go over and take a look, Lord Hogg was seriously injured a few days ago, and I don't know how it is now?" ”
"Seriously injured!"
Luo Lan's heart jumped suddenly, according to the progress of the original book, Hogg should have died at this time, could it be because of his own entry that history has shifted a little, but after all, it is necessary to take a look at it to be sure.
The mottled courtyard wall of the mansion, the familiar gate, shivering in the cold wind, Luo Lan walked in directly without being informed.
"Luo Lan, you're here!" When Roger saw Luo Lan in the morning, he ran to the Baruch Mansion as soon as possible.
After Wharton was found to have reached the standard of a dragon-blooded warrior, he was sent by Hogg to study at the O'Brien Warrior Academy, and he took care of the old butler Ciri.
In order to maintain the dignity of the Baruch family, Hogg had to recruit a new servant, but as the Baruch family's bodyguard, Roger and Rory would also come here from time to time to help.
"Brother Roger, where's Master Hogg?" Luo Lan was worried about Hogg's injury and asked straight to the point.
"Lord Hogg is in the bedroom, he is seriously injured, but we are not allowed to go to the Holy See to ask the priests to come, the injury has been dragging on, and now it is getting worse!" Roger's voice was a little muffled. He had served in the army for ten years, and he had seen many injuries of all kinds, such as Hogg's, if he had not been treated in time, he would have ......
"Don't worry, I'm going to persuade Master Hogg!" Luo Lan advised Roger not to worry, but he was worried. According to the records in the original book, Hogg died because he was seriously injured and did not treat it in time.
"I hope my appearance can change history!"
Hogg's bedroom, with the windows closed, could smell a strong smell of medicine from a long distance.
The people in the town of Osan are not wealthy, and only serious illnesses will go to the church to ask the priest for treatment, and the priest for treatment is not free, and usually has to donate a lot of money to the church. Unless forced to do so, the people in the town usually boil some herbs by themselves after they are injured, which can have a more or less effect.
Luo Lan walked straight into Hogg's bedroom, where he had been more than once.
"Who?" Hogg's faint voice came from the bed.
Thinking clearly and being able to speak, this is much better than Luo Lan expected, his heart is relieved, and he said, "Uncle Hogg, it's me." ”
Rolan walked across from Hogg and found a position where Hogg could see and stand.
Hogg's spirit was very sluggish, he struggled to open his eyes, and when he saw Luo Lan, he showed a rare look, and struggled to sit up: "Luo Lan, you are back, your mother looks forward to you every day." ”
"I've already seen my mother just now, Uncle Hogg, you have a wound on your body, lie down and don't move!" Luo Lan hurriedly stepped forward and held Hogg down. And carefully observed the condition of Hogg, his originally elegant face was thin and unpresentable, his eye sockets were sunken, and his face was yellow.
"Uncle Hogg, you're so sick, I'll ask the Light Priest to come and take a look at you." Luo Lan was worried for a while, although Hogg couldn't stimulate the dragon blood in his body, but as a descendant of the divine beast Qinglong, his physique was much stronger than that of ordinary people, and his appearance at this time was obviously close to running out of oil.
Hogg's face showed obvious panic, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "Luo Lan, don't go." I'd rather die than see the Priest of Light. ”
"Why is that?" Luo Lan asked knowingly.
"Luo Lan, you have been watched by me since you were a child, and in my eyes, you have always been treated as a nephew, and I won't hide some things from you." Hogg stared at Luo Lan and said, "I can't let people outside know about my injury, otherwise it will cause big trouble." ”
"Does your injury have anything to do with the Holy See of Light?"
"It's not the Church of Light, it's Duke Padson, King Clyde's brother!" At the mention of Parderson, Hogg gritted his teeth, and a light of hatred shone in his eyes.
"What the hell is going on, how can it be involved with Paderson?"
A trace of memory flashed in Hogg's eyes, and he said leisurely: "It's a long story at this time, you know that Lin Lei's mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to Wharton, but it's not like this......"
Listening to Hogg say this in person, Luo Lan realized the pain in Hogg's heart, for the sake of the family's inheritance, he knew who the enemy was, but he didn't dare to take revenge, which was an incomparably huge torture for a man.
Hogg took out a letter from under his pillow with difficulty and handed it to Luo Lan, and said, "I know I'm dying, but I'm not willing to kill Paderson, the murderer, so I wrote everything I just said on the letter, hoping that you can help me transfer it to Lin Lei." ”
"There are many of them, and Pardeson himself is still a seventh-level warrior, so you will hand over this letter to Lin Lei after he breaks through to a seventh-level warrior."
These words consumed too much of Hogg's strength, and his spirit was a little sluggish again, and he said with some self-reproach: "I am not a good father, I have put the glory and hatred of the family on Lin Lei, I hope Lin Lei will not blame me." ”
"Uncle Hogg, I'm sure Lin Lei won't blame you, he has always respected you very much in his heart." Luo Lan had no choice but to comfort.
"Luo Lan, you are a good boy, after I die, I hope you will take care of Lin Lei and Wharton for me." Hogg looked at Luo Lan with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Uncle Hogg, if you want to say something like this, Lin Lei and Wharton can't do without you, you must live." Luo Lan encouraged.
Hogg showed a wry smile: "I know my body, the injury has been delayed for so long, even if I call the Light Sacrifice now, it can't be cured." ”
"Not necessarily, I thought of a way to heal your injuries!" Luo Lan said suddenly.
"What's the solution?" A glimmer of hope flashed in Hogg's eyes, if there was a glimmer of possibility, he didn't want to die like this, he still had too many regrets, he hadn't taken revenge, he hadn't seen Wharton become a dragon-blooded warrior with his own eyes, and he hadn't seen Lin Lei get married and have children......