Chapter 47: People in the Alley (3)
There are not many lights in the old house, how many old years are retained, the house with a combination of wood and stone, there are few electric lights, there is no moon tonight, it seems that the old house is particularly gloomy, and the lights falling from the upper floor in the distance have left a ghostly shadow on the ground for everything.
An Xiaoyu followed and walked forward, a little unable to see the ground clearly, and almost tripped twice, Jin Changfeng didn't seem to be uncomfortable, he walked very easily, just opened his palm from time to time, it looked like it hurt, An Xiaoyu only looked at it twice, and almost fell into the pit again, and he didn't dare to be distracted again.
The old man led them through the front yard, through a door, into a courtyard, and then through a long wooden corridor, from which the lights of the distant houses could be seen, and they were not so shabby as the caretaker's hut that there were only candles, but the lights were not so bright.
The old man motioned for them to wait at the door, he stood respectfully on the side of the door, bowed down and coughed, and said loudly: "Young master, a guest has arrived." ”
The old man made a full gesture, An Xiaoyu was stunned, she had only seen this situation on TV, obviously the old man was not the owner of this old mansion, just the old entourage in the house, and in the room in front of him, it was the owner of the old man.
An Xiaoyu also Jin Changfeng glanced at each other, maintained his respect for the owner of the old mansion, stood at the door and waited quietly for a while, but did not hear any response from the house, and couldn't help but wonder a little, what are the people in this house doing?
Just as they were wondering, the old man suddenly pushed the door open, stood up straight, and motioned for them to come in. The two of them didn't know what was going on, but since the old man said yes, they would do whatever they wanted. They stepped into the room, and the old man followed behind him, closing the door.
The light in the room was very dim, but it made An Xiaoyu find the feeling of being in the Eastern Wilderness, under the light was a hall house, and there was a side room on each side, An Xiaoyu walked to the center of the room, looking for the young master in the old man's mouth, but found that in the side room on the right hand, there was something lying on the ground that was completely inconsistent with the style of the entire old house.
It was a white sleeping pod, something similar to what An Xiaoyu had seen before at the base. Because Chi Mo told the story of the white amaranth at the beginning, she was more curious about how to fit such a large sleeping pod in the base in the dormitory, so she went to the Zhou Fang to check, and there are convenient models for civilian use, which are similar to this one in the house.
Jin Changfeng didn't see it, and walked directly into the side room, An Xiaoyu wanted to stop him, but he wanted to see who was in the sleeping cabin, so he thought about it and followed, the old man did his duty as an entourage, and stood on the side outside the door of the side room with his hands down.
Approaching the sleeping pod, An Xiaoyu looked in and saw an average-looking boy, about twenty years old, wearing simple clothes. The sleep pod is filled with fluid, apparently in a pattern of long-term hibernation.
This is the young master in the old man's mouth?
When An Xiaoyu was guessing, Jin Changfeng had already put his hands on both sides of his body, stood in front of the sleeping cabin and bowed, An Xiaoyu realized that it was a little rude to keep staring at others, so he learned from Jin Changfeng's appearance and bowed.
Turning around, the old man's face was slightly grateful, as if thanking them for the respect they had for their master. Then the old man asked An Xiaoyu and Jin Changfeng to sit down, and served tea, An Xiaoyu even said that there was no need to be busy, and the old man sat on the other side, looking a little tired.
Gunshots can still be heard in the streets in the distance, and the police and military are using loudspeakers to warn the gangsters who have held the store hostage, because it is a little far away, and the building of the store is in the way, so it is difficult to hear what is being said.
The old man looked out the window, stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, and suddenly asked, "Two distinguished guests, are you interested in listening to the story of my master?" ”
Jin Changfeng bowed slightly: "Listen to me." ”
An Xiaoyu glanced at the boy next to him in surprise, feeling that his family background was not simple, no wonder he was always such a stinky fart, he said everything with a arrogant tone, and he was very comfortable with this situation.
The second generation of corruption!
Rolling his eyes, An Xiaoyu adjusted the color, and the old man's story began.
The old man's young master, his name is Yi Zhe, the last bloodline of the Yi family, an ancient family of the empire, in Sanchao Province.
The empire changed its origins during the period of the Three Thousand Emperors. After the establishment of the empire by the Three Thousand Emperors, among the first group of elders in the court, the one who occupied the civil supervisor was the ancestor of the Yi family, and he could be seen frequently in the history books of the empire.
However, there is no eternal glory in this world, and even the bloodline of the Three Thousand Emperors can only be preserved as an iconic symbol of the empire, losing most of its administrative power. It's not that people have forgotten the exploits of the Three Thousand Emperors, but what the descendants can waste into, the ancestors can never imagine.
The Yi family is the same, after thousands of years of glory, the Yi family has never produced a political dignitary, without the support of the children in the dynasty, the family's business industry began to be coveted by others, just forty years ago, a conspiracy against the Yi family completely came.
Starting from the north and south coasts, Yijia's industry has been hit in an unknown direction, and the intensity of the blow and the abundant investment funds are unbelievable. The Yi family immediately realized that there were multiple families acting in order to seize the Yi family's property for many years.
The Yi family made the final struggle, but there was no family to support, even if you want to say that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, but what about the emaciated camel and two horses? What about five horses?
This secret fight was obviously doomed at the beginning. After two years of struggle, the Yi family finally gave up all the industries in the country, and was forced to negotiate with their opponents to demand that the Yi family's ancestral bloodline in the imperial capital be retained on the condition of giving up resistance.
The negotiations were successful, the opponent agreed that they would keep the Yi family's ancient mansion for a long time, no one would believe that a dilapidated family would rise again as written in the legendary novel, even if the bloodline was left, there would always be a day when it dissipated, and this day would not be too far away.
Now, sixty years have passed, the Yi family in the imperial capital has obviously been shattered, the older generation of the family has died depressed, and the younger generations have begun to drift apart, each living an ordinary life, leaving only the name of the Yi family in it.
This ancient mansion that has been inherited by the Yi family for thousands of years has finally become a place that no one cares about. Such a place, because it has been old enough and has the reputation of the Yi family's ancestors, obviously cannot be demolished and rebuilt, and the descendants of the Yi family do not want to get involved in this troublesome place.
In the end, among the remaining people of the Yi family, several of the eldest people thought of a solution.
They found the last person of the Yi family's Sanchao Provincial Branch, Yi Zhe.
Sanchao Province is named after its mountainous and seaside and three tides a day. The tide of Sanchao Province is magnificent, moving, and even accompanied by rainbows, how many people yearn to be able to stand on the top of the mountain of Sanchao Province and watch the ebb and flow of the tide, which is a happy event in life.
The Yijia branch of Sanchao Province, which started with tourism, was only the head of a branch of the imperial capital Yijia in Sanchao Province to manage the business, and then gradually developed into a family, and obtained the branch license given by the Yijia family to establish its own family in Sanchao Province.
When the Yi family was sniped, the first to bear the brunt of these provinces on the north and south coasts, so the Yi family in Sanchao Province was the first to be frantically suppressed, and it was precisely because it was the first batch, so at the beginning of the matter, the family noticed the change, and let a servant in the family escape from the family with the only young master of the lineage.
And this young master is Yi Zhe.
When Yi Zhe was born, a fortune teller said that the gold in his life was too heavy, too rigid and easy to break, so he named Yi Zhe, hoping to replace numerology with his name and avoid the catastrophe of life in the future. He has an entourage by his side who has grown up together since childhood, called Yi Suiren, who is loyal and commendable.
When Yi Suiren ran out of Yi's house with Yi Zhe, Yi Zhe didn't know what was going on, only that the family needed him to leave the family and find a hidden place to hide. He didn't understand why the people of the dignified family went out to flee, and he hadn't caused any unsolvable disasters recently.
He subconsciously thought that like before, the children of other families who had been bullied by him were going to come to him for revenge, so he needed to avoid the limelight.
Yi Zhe and Yi Suiren lived in the house of an old servant who had left the Yi family, hiding in a small village deep in the mountains, and hid for a year. Yi Sui went out to inquire about the news every once in a while, and Yi Zhe has matured a lot after a year of living in the countryside, and slowly found that things are not so simple.
One day, Yi Zhe suddenly asked Yi Suiren, what happened?
Yi Suiren told Yi Zhe that the Yi family was finished.
Is the Yi family finished? What about the clan, why didn't they help?
Yi Suiren was grief-stricken and told him that the Yi family's family was over, and the two of them hugged their heads and cried. After crying, Yi Zhe paid tribute to his dead parents, and he said to Yi Suiren, I want revenge.
Yi Suiren disagreed with the matter of revenge, but even if the Yi family was finished, he was still Yi Zhe's entourage, and he had to listen to the master's words, so the two of them embarked on the road of revenge.
They didn't expect that when they walked out of the small mountain village, they had already been targeted by people with intentions, and the enemy who got the news was secretly manipulating the overall situation, providing all the false information, leading the two people into the set trap step by step.
Although Yi Suiren desperately rescued him, Yi Zhe still could not escape the catastrophe of "being too rigid and easy to break", although he saved his life, his brain was seriously damaged, and he completely became a vegetative person. Even with the technological level of the Three Thousand Empires, repairing a large area of the brain is still an eternal medical problem.
Especially after combining the principles of ancient practice, the human brain obviously has some abilities that cannot be explored by medicine, and this ability will continue to stimulate people's potential, and no strong evidence has been found under scientific and technological means, even if the technology is mature, no one dares to say that they can take responsibility for what kind of results may be caused by repairing the brain without authorization.
Since then, Yi Zhe has become a vegetative person who knows nothing.
Just when Yi Suiren was cornered, the sect of the Yi family in the imperial capital found him.
The Zong family proposed a deal, that is, on the condition of guaranteeing Yi Zhe's life, let two people guard the Yi family's old mansion in the imperial capital for the Yi family.
Yi Suiren understood what their purpose was, but if the Yi family only had a vegetative young master left in the old mansion, where would there be any danger? Therefore, he agreed, and the Yi family provided a civilian sleeping pod, allowing Yi Zhe to enter permanent hibernation.
In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, Yi Zhe has maintained his physical appearance in dormancy, and Yi Suiren, who was the same age as Yi Zhe back then, has become old, like a wandering ghost in the old house, silently guarding the last bloodline and the last bit of dignity and glory of this declining family.
The old man said: "I am a member of the Yi family, this is the place of the Yi family, no matter who you are and what difficulties you encounter, if you knock on the door of the Yi family, you will be protected by the Yi family, and the Yi family will not let you suffer any harm if you fight the last person." ”
Looking at the old man's wrinkled face, he sat in the dim light, full of twilight decay, but from within burst out boundless pride, his eyes were resolute and unquestionable, and his mouth was loud. He said:
"The dignity of the Yi family should not be insulted!"
At this moment, An Xiaoyu's heart was touched.