The mountain road after the spring rain was muddy, which did not affect the eagerness of Yuan Zheng and the others to visit the old man.

On Li Chen's horse, there were a lot of grain, oil, and meat, as well as some clothes, although they were not brocade clothes, they were also cloth clothes with good materials.

The old man didn't see through Hongchen, but he didn't have any obsession with Hongchen, he lived alone, instead of sending a lot of silver taels, it was better to buy some food and clothes.

This road has to pass through the Infinite Mountain Range, and with a slight turn, it can lead to the Sword Casting Pavilion.

Yuan Zheng's mood is a little complicated, and Shan Rong's mood is even more complicated.

Not long after, Yuan Zheng heard the loud roar of the guard dog, don't be murderous.

The small courtyard of the farmhouse is still the small courtyard, the earthen house is still the earthen house, full of spring, and the green mountains and green waters behind the house are also suitable for the elderly to live.

Shan Rong and Meng Qingqiu came for the first time, and their mood was just curious, but when they saw Li Chen and Li Ding's nervous and eager looks, they knew in their hearts that this old man was a very kind and kind old man.

Li Chen came, and this good-looking watchdog stopped howling.

In the face of other cloud beasts, horses, thousands of miles of smoke and clouds, and ten thousand spirit deer, they are not frightened at all, but they are fierce and magnificent, and they have a bit of cunning that only dogs can have.

Li Chen pressed his dog's head and said with a smile: "Old friend, I haven't seen you for two years, and you are still so happy." ”

Hearing the barking of the dog, the old man inside also came out.

The last time he left, although the old man was old, he was not gray-haired, but this time, he was really gray-haired, and he looked old when he walked, and even his face was a little tired, such as the tiredness before the limit.

Seeing a few strange beasts and a few familiar young people, the old man rubbed his eyes.

Some grinned in disbelief and said, "It turns out that you are here, you are here, and what kind of gifts do you bring?" ”

Li Chen and Li Ding eagerly stepped forward, shook hands with the old man, and slightly supported the old man.

The two brothers tacitly injected two pure and gentle true elements into the old man, the old man's body bones are not good, and the true yuan is injected too much, but it will cause indigestion.

But these two true elements can also make the old man's gray hair appear inky black, and after a while, the old man will feel that his strength has recovered, and his body bones can be much tougher.

Li Chen said: "Come to visit your old man, how can I come empty-handed." ”

The old man squinted his eyes and smiled, he was very happy, he lived alone, and there were three or five young people who would come here to visit him, even if his sons died on the battlefield, in this life, he didn't feel in vain.

The old man enthusiastically invited Yuan Zheng and a few people into the courtyard, and Yuan Zheng slowly followed behind the old man with Shan Rong Meng Qingqiu.

I vaguely found that there were some tears in the corners of Li Ding's eyes.

When he was cultivating here, Li Chen was in charge of the things in the crop field, and the old man was complicated to cook and wash clothes, and take care of Li Ding.

During that time, if there was no careful care from the old man, maybe Li Ding would have left some sick roots.

In the inner room, it is still the same as before, simple and true, there are no valuable objects, but there should be everything, and there is no dust on the ground.

After coming here, Li Chen went to the stove room very interestingly, and couldn't bear to let the old man go to the stove room to cook for them.

Sitting around the table, the old man looked at Yuan Zheng with a smile and said, "It's been a long time, the son has grown a little taller and stronger, how have you been living outside in the past few years?"

Yuan Zheng felt a little moved, this old man asked about some innocuous things, but it was very humane.

Being old and having nothing to rely on is a very lonely and painful thing, Yuan Zheng is not this old man, but if he is in a different place, Yuan Zheng may not be able to be so open-minded as an old man.

Yuan Zheng replied very softly: "Life is still the same as before, neither good nor bad, now passing by here, thinking that your old man is also here, I came to take a look." ”

The old man knew that these young people were very busy, and he would not delay too long here, and he could come to see his old bones, and the old man's heart was already happy not to want it.

"A few days ago, when I went to Nanyang County to buy a coffin for myself, I heard that Great Wei and Great Qin were going to war again, is it true?" the old man asked very seriously.

The battle of that year caused him to lose his son, and now he is going to fight again, and I don't know how many of his parents' sons will die on the battlefield, people are living well, why fight, this is something that the old man can't understand.

Yuan Zheng and Li Ding's hearts sank, the old man went to buy a coffin for himself, they didn't understand what kind of mood this old man was in when he did this, but they felt sad and sad.

Shan Rong and Meng Qingqiu's hearts were also sour.

Li Chen in the stove room also heard this, and the sound of stir-frying covered the sound of his low crying.

Yuan Zheng comforted: "The coffin has been bought, don't be in a hurry to use it, you still have to live a hundred years old, and you can live for a long time." ”

The injected true yuan is enough to extend the old man's life for ten years, but this is also based on the fact that the old man is not sick, once he occasionally feels cold, or other illnesses, it is also very worrying.

The old man said softly: "I'm already good, I can live to this age, unlike my three sons, who all died on the battlefield, and before they died, they didn't leave a descendant for their families, they are already like this, I will die when I die, and it's not a big deal." ”

"I have a relative who works as a laborer in Nanyang County, and after I am a hundred years old, this house will be handed over to him, and I will also look at leaving him a little inheritance, I really hope that he will not be arrested and sent to be a soldier, and he can live a good life here. ”

For the people in the military, war has glory, regret, sadness, and pride.

War seems to have nothing but pain for parents.

If you can leave a descendant for your family, you will have a hope in your heart to live well, if you don't even have a descendant, it doesn't matter if you can swallow your breath or not.

Yuan Zheng continued to comfort: "Don't think too much, even if the current Great Wei goes to war, it will not temporarily arrest the strong man, wait for a while, let your relative come back and take good care of you." ”

"Li Chen and Li Ding have made a lot of money outside, so they can leave you a sum of money that is enough for you and that relative to spend, and just live a good life. ”

"Throughout the ages, they are all fighting, some people are on the stall, some people are staggered, they are all fixed, you can't help people, you just relax, sleep when it's dark, get up at dawn, eat a big bowl of beef noodles, more than anything else. ”

The old man said a little depressed: "How can I be embarrassed to ask for your young man's silver, this is not right." ”

Li Ding said very tactfully for the first time: "If you didn't take in the old man, my brother and I were afraid that we would have died outside, and we would have been eaten by poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains. ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled happily.

When he was bored alone, he often recalled the smiling faces of the three little ones when they were young, they didn't work well in the fields, they caught crickets everywhere, and when they grew up a little, they didn't dare to talk about the girl they liked.

Although I haven't read a book, I still have the strength to easily win the work in the fields.

But after the war, he was captured and enlisted in the army, and he has not come back until now.

In the past, when they left, there was a time when they came back to see each other again, but after they left, they didn't see each other again.

When he talked about his son, no matter how ancient the old man's heart was, there were ripples.

Yuan Zheng criticized on the side: "What are you talking about, don't you want it, don't you give it, eat a meal outside, prostitute your sister-in-law once, and don't spend a few hundred taels of gold, you have been mixing in the rivers and lakes for so long, you don't understand this thing?"

Li Ding understood and nodded honestly.

The old man smiled and said: "I am also happy to see a few of you have a great future, the strange beasts outside are mounts, and the taste of riding on them is also very fast." ”

Yuan Zheng and Li Ding were stunned.

Other things can satisfy the old man, but let the old man ride a thousand miles of smoke and clouds or a horse to enjoy it, this thing is not easy to do, this is not because of human favors, but the two best mounts do not recognize this matter.

Yuan Zheng had no choice but to laugh dryly: "Actually, it's not much different from walking, that is, it looks like a big row, and there are a lot of food. ”

"The snake is big, and the hole is big, that's it. ”

The old man smiled happily again, seeing that the old man was happy, and the young people were also happy.

At this time, Li Ding finished his work in the stove room, fried a few side dishes and served them on the table.

The fragrant smell of meat smelled very comfortable, and the old man was also interested, and said to Li Chen: "There is also a jar of baogu wine in that cabinet, although it is not as good as the wine you drink, but the baogu wine is in good condition, and the aroma of the wine is also strong, and it can also be used to press the table." ”

Li Chen replied softly: "Where is this, the baogu wine brewed by your old man is better than the queen mother's elixir and jade liquid." ”

Li Chen has lived here and is very familiar with the inside and outside of the house.

After finding the baogu wine, he put it on the table, twisted the lid, and a rich aroma of wine wafted out.

Li Chen and Li Ding's alcohol consumption is good, and they are also interested in drinking.

Yuan Zheng, on the other hand, simply does not drink, not because he drinks and makes a mistake, but because he is purely bad.

But this old man's interest came, no matter how good Yuan Zheng was, he would have a few drinks and make a show.

Li Chen poured wine for the old man with vegetables, his technique was meticulous and gentle, he was polite, and the old man was a little uncomfortable, surrounded by so many young people, not to mention how happy it was.

After taking a bite of the side dish, the old man put up his thumb and said, "If you are looking for a daughter-in-law in the future, you will cook a meal for other girls, and if you can't do it, you will talk about your daughter-in-law." ”

Li Chen said proudly: "If I say that my daughter-in-law still needs such trouble, just go and say it directly." ”

The old man laughed and took a sip of the grain wine.

Shan Rong didn't care about Meng Qingqiu's eyes, what Meng Qingqiu was thinking, Shan Rong didn't care.

Anyway, at this time, Meng Qingqiu also ate the rice cooked by Li Chen, and he ate it more than once.

After drinking a few sips of Baogu wine, the old man also opened the conversation, and suddenly said in a daze: "I found that my dog has been a little wrong these days, but I can't say it myself." ”

When several young people heard this, their reactions were surprisingly unanimous, and they were not surprised, but sat upright.

Yuan Zheng had already noticed that something was not quite right with the superb watchdog, but he didn't see anything wrong at the time.

He asked, "I wonder what's wrong?"

The old man's face was a little red, and Li Chen didn't plan to pour wine for the old man, the old man really couldn't drink too much.

The old man said: "I found that it had recently broken free from the chains, sneaked into the Wuliang Mountain, and then came back secretly, and put the chains on myself again. ”

"I didn't pay attention to it at first, but it always felt that something was wrong, and one night I didn't sleep and secretly leaned on the window to watch it. ”

"It untied the chain with its two paws, and then it went away, and in the middle of the night, he came back, and every time he came back, he was in good spirits, and he did not forget to put the chain on himself, and there were poisonous insects and beasts around him, and he began to attack. ”

"Once a big black worm passed by my door, and my dog seemed to spit out a strange purple fire from his mouth, and burned the big black worm to death. ”

"Another time, when he came back, he had a heart in his mouth, and I couldn't tell what it was, but it was quite big, bigger than the dog itself, and it lay there and ate it until dawn. ”

Several people sank one by one, and almost looked at the superb watchdog.

Being able to go to the Infinite Mountains is extremely good in itself.

Nine times out of ten, this watchdog is still a spirit beast that can't be named.

Yuan Zheng didn't say it, but he knew in his heart that the watchdog heard what the old man said.

Lying on the edge of his kennel, his eyes were bright, as if he was contemplating, and as if he was thinking about countermeasures.

Yuan Zheng asked, "Old man, when did you bring this dog back, and where did you meet it?"

The old man recalled it carefully and said: "That is, at the entrance of Wuliang Mountain, fifteen years ago, when I passed there, I found that this dog was dying, as if it had been abandoned, and I took it back to raise it when I looked pitiful. ”

Shan Rong suddenly thought of the fact that the master of the Sword Casting Pavilion had set out to conquer the entire army of the Boundless Mountain Range......