Qi Xiaomei is not here, which is bad news, but fortunately, the old lady of the Qi family is still here, and Qi Xiaomei should also come back soon, so Tianyou decided to meet the old lady, at least to confirm whether it is the person he is looking for. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

With the children around him leading the way, Tianyou saw the old lady very smoothly, but not at home, but in the field. It may be difficult for modern people to imagine how tear-jerking the scene of an old man working as a farmer in the field is very unfortunate, but unfortunately in the Shenzhou Continent, this is actually one of the norms.

Because of her physical exhaustion, the old man could not do deep turning and other work, so all she could do was some simple work, and she had to do it several times. Probably considering her physical strength, she didn't go out of her way to grow food, but some vegetables and the like. These things are relatively light to take care of, at least not too much heavy physical work. And when you need to do work such as ploughing the ground, you can wait for Qi Xiaomei to come back to do it. That kid has mentioned Qi Xiaomei's innate divine power countless times, with the posture of a star-chasing clan.

"Grandma Qi. The child stood on the edge of the field and shouted loudly, the old man stopped what he was doing, looked back, and found that the child next to Tianyou smiled gently, but when he saw Tianyou, he was obviously nervous, and seemed to want to stand up, but because of his weak legs and feet and squatting for too long, he was a little numb, and he didn't stand up, but instead sat down in the vegetable field.

Although Tianyou wanted to help him, he still couldn't help it because of his identity. After all, the Shenzhou Continent is a hierarchical society, and if Tianyou's current identity rashly goes over to help her, not only will it not have any good effect, but it is likely to scare the old man out of something.

Fortunately, the child next to him was not slow to react, and jumped off the vegetable patch and ran over to help the old lady up.

"......Who is this adult?" asked the old man about the child next to him, obviously caring about Tianyou's identity. After all, in the current form of their place, it is indeed very nervous to suddenly appear such an outsider.

"This is the immortal who came to find someone, Grandma Qi, don't offend people. ”

The child is a kind reminder, but it is a little inappropriate to say this in front of God. Fortunately, Tianyou didn't care, and he didn't say anything, but the old lady smiled at Tianyou a little embarrassed, and then arched her hand and asked, "Dare to ask who this little immortal is looking for?" ”

"Old man, you better come up first, this matter is a bit complicated, let me talk slowly. ”

When Mrs. Qi heard this, she let the child next to her help her climb up the ridge, and then walked to the road. Not far away was a pergola used by villagers for work and rest, and the three of them simply moved to the pergola and sat down. Tianyou didn't go around the bush, and asked directly: "Do you have a son who is outcast?" Mrs. Qi's first reaction when she heard this was that her son was in trouble, and she immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, but was supported by Tianyou. "What are you doing here, old man?"

"My son has been a troublemaker since he was a child, and if you can find us in this poor country, it must be me who has caused trouble outside. The old body is already in his last years, and he can't do anything for him, so I can only ask you to let the old body be punished on his behalf no matter what he causes!"

"The old man misunderstood, it's not like that. ”

"Isn't it?" Hearing this explanation, Mrs. Qi didn't kneel on the ground anymore, and stood up with the strength of Tianyou. "Then dare to ask the little immortal ......?"

"I'm not sure about that, so I'll need you to answer some of my questions before I can answer your questions. ”

Mrs. Qi nodded hurriedly: "Little immortal, just ask." ”

Tianyou nodded and started asking questions directly. "May I ask how old your son is, and what are the physical characteristics of his son? Is it fat or thin, tall or short, the more detailed the better. To tell you the truth, I was also entrusted, but the situation was extremely complicated at the time, and I was not fully informed that I could not be sure whether the person entrusted to me was your son. ”

"You're helping my son bring things back?" said Mrs. Qi was immediately excited.

The mother of the child is worried, this old lady's uncompetitive son will not be able to come back a few times a year, and it is obviously impossible not to worry. This time it is very abnormal for more than a year, even if there is only news, it is better not to have no news.

Tianyou shook his head helplessly and said, "I'm not sure if that person is your son for the time being, so please tell me in detail about your son's physical characteristics, preferably more obvious features." I wasn't very familiar with the man, so I didn't know any of the signs of the secret location, and I could only judge it from the obvious aspects such as his appearance. ”

Mrs. Qi nodded and began to describe her son's appearance and characteristics, although it was only described in words, but the information such as height and age were roughly the same, and Tianyou was at least fifty percent sure that this was the assassin's wife. Of course, the possibility of coincidences is not ruled out.

"I kind of know what it looks like, but I'm not completely sure. I still have some questions here, please recall them carefully and tell me as well. ”

You say. ”

"Does your son know kung fu?"

"Yes, and it's quite good, at least I haven't seen anyone in these ten miles and eight towns who is his opponent. However, he never told me who he had learned kung fu from, and he was always secretive. ”

Tian Youxin said: "Your son is an assassin of the Night God Temple, isn't it mysterious? Now it is eighty percent certain, that assassin is your unlucky son." ”

Knowing this, the rest of Tianyou no longer asked, this is quite certain. He opened the carefree bag and took out the small package from it. He had never opened this thing, after all, it was someone else's thing, and this quality was still there. Of course, because he hadn't seen it, the thing was basically the same as when the assassin handed it to Tianyou, which meant that the package was still soaked in blood.

The old man has lived all his life, of course he has experience, and when he saw the package that Tianyou took out, he stumbled instantly, thanks to the child who was still holding on to the side, otherwise he would have to fall again. With Mrs. Qi's age and physical condition, wrestling is similar to playing Russian roulette, and she may lose her life at any time.

Relying on the support of the child behind her, Mrs. Qi, who reluctantly sat down, reached out tremblingly and took the package handed over by Tianyou. didn't open it directly, but looked up and asked Tianyou: "Is my son ...... Isn't it ......?"

Tianyou didn't answer, but hesitated, and finally nodded. This matter has to be said sooner or later, Tianyou is an outsider, and he can't make decisions on their behalf, so this is also something that can't be helped.

Sure enough, Mrs. Qi, who heard the bad news, seemed to be drained of her whole body in an instant, and she sat on the stool and began to slide directly to the ground, and the package in her hand also fell directly.

"Grandma Qi, Grandma Qi, what's wrong with you, Grandma Qi?" The child next to him panicked and didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, after living in this unfortunate backward world for so many years, God blessed himself with the stiflation of being half a barefoot doctor. There's really no way, there are too many things that kill people in this damn world, and you don't know how to order anything, and if you want to survive, you really have to rely on luck.

Quickly around behind Mrs. Qi, Tianyou pulled the child away, put one hand on Mrs. Qi's vest, covered the three acupoints of Shendao, Lingtai, and Zhiyang under his palm, and then began to slowly cross a trace of aura into it.

Seeing that Mrs. Qi, who was almost in a semi-comatose state, finally took a breath and stood up again, but the tears in her eyes were flowing down like a floodgate, and she couldn't stop.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to give Mrs. Qi the aura to support her last breath, Tianyou checked Mrs. Qi's body with his own spiritual power by the way, and found that the old man should have already lost his breath, and this body was no longer enough to describe with a thousand holes. The reason why she is still alive is probably because of a certain thought supporting her.

But now, the news of her son's death has become the last punch to knock her down, so that Mrs. Qi's spirit is vented, and now it is not supported by God, she may swallow her breath at any time.

Realizing that the problem was big, Tianyou hurriedly said to the child: "Quick, go to the village and call someone to help." All the people in your village who are talking to the top of their minds are called over, and they are fast. ”

The child was already completely panicked, and he didn't ask why, but immediately turned around and ran to the village after hearing Tianyou's words, and after a while, he led a little old man over.

said that he was an old man, but in fact, he was in his forties and close to fifty, but the natural environment of the Shenzhou Continent was harsh, and ordinary people, especially the poor, would age relatively quickly. In contrast, the situation in the affluent areas will be much better. After all, the Divine Continent is rich in spiritual energy, and as long as ordinary people's lives are not too difficult, the spiritual energy naturally absorbed is enough to ensure that they will live past the age of seventy. It's a pity that except for high-ranking officials and nobles, ordinary people really don't dare to expect that kind of good thing.

After the old man came, he didn't panic when he saw Tianyou, after all, he was the head of a village, and he had seen some of the market. first hurriedly saluted, and then asked eagerly: "Dare to ask Shangxian, Mrs. Qi is ......?"

"Mrs. Qi is too old, and she suddenly heard the bad news of losing her son, it seems that she can't hold on!"

"The ...... of the Lost Son" was halfway through and didn't go any further, because he had already thought of the result.

However, Tianyou still said: "I am also in the foreign puppet Naqi family, when he was dying, after seeing me, he held up his last breath and forced this package and me, but he didn't even say who he wanted to give it to, only said 'Tieling and a Qi word'." I also made a lot of inquiries to find this place. I just asked for a long time to confirm that it was Mrs. Qi's son, but after knowing the bad news, Mrs. Qi couldn't do it!"

After listening to this, Li Zheng asked again: "I see that although Mrs. Qi is crying sadly, her Zhongqi seems to be very good, why does Shangxian say that she is ......?"

Tianyou gestured with his eyes to the palm of his hand that was attached to Mrs. Qi's back, "I just heard that Mrs. Qi almost fainted, and it was because I supported my own aura that I didn't fall down, but I also checked Mrs. Qi's condition just now." I'm afraid that as soon as I withdraw my hand, Mrs. Qi will immediately choke. The reason why I'm still here is that I want to give you some time to explain what will happen later. After all, even if I wanted to help, I couldn't hold on like this indefinitely!"

Tianyou's words are also the last word on the modern earth where everyone is equal, let alone this hierarchical Divine Continent. As a Heavenly Blessing Monk, it is already a great mercy to be able to hold the last breath for Mrs. Qi and give her time to explain the aftermath. How can anyone dare to ask God to help her hang her life all the time?

After listening to Tianyou's narration, Li Zheng immediately arranged for the two young men who ran with him to go back and call some people back. Soon, most of the people of the village were gathered in the pergola for resting.

There is nothing important in the village, and when I heard that Mrs. Qi was about to die, everyone ran out at once, but when they saw the monk dressed as a monk in Tianyou, no one dared to stick too close.

Li Zheng called a few old people in the village, and together they came forward to talk to Mrs. Qi, and first persuaded her to let her mourn, but seeing that the effect was not good, she simply told the truth. Anyway, now that it's like this, Li Zheng simply broke the jar and said straightly: "Your current breath is all hanging by the immortals behind you." The benevolence of the immortals is to give you some time to explain the future, do you want to use all the compassion of the immortals to cry? Even if you are not for yourself, you have to consider the little sister of Qi!"

As if she had been awakened suddenly, Mrs. Qi suddenly whispered: "Little sister, yes, little sister, I can't just die like this, I have to arrange for my little sister." Mrs. Qi, who cheered up, first thanked God for blessings, and then asked how long she had left.

God bless the truth. "Your body is basically at its limit. As long as I input a little more aura, it will shatter the meridians of your whole body and kill you instantly, but if you don't have my aura to support it, you will only have three or five words left at most. So if you have anything you want to say or do as soon as possible, I will follow you today and help you hold on to this breath for the time being. ”

Mrs. Qi thanked her again when she heard this, and then she didn't delay any longer, and let Tianyou support her and start to act. Originally, with her status, she shouldn't have been supported by a monk like Tianyou, but she also knew that she would die immediately without Tianyou, so she couldn't care so much.

It just so happened that everyone in the village was there, and Mrs. Qi handled things very quickly. First of all, I explained my own field and let people who knew each other take care of it for a while, and then she decided how to deal with it when Qi Xiaomei came back.

The fields were identified, and all that remained was the property issue.

Mrs. Qi herself doesn't count, the Qi family is the only one left with Qi Xiaomei, so the rest of the things are naturally hers. But to be honest, the Qi family really doesn't have any property. Houses are adobe houses, and they are not worth much in such a village. The furniture at home is also in tatters, and it's better than garbage anyway. The only ones that can be considered property are probably some clothes, bedding and a few pieces of jewelry.

The Qi family used to be a big family, and they were still relatively rich after they fell down. If it weren't for the unfortunate son who caused trouble and compensated the family a lot of money, their family would not be poor even if they sat on the mountain. However, Mrs. Qi managed to save a few pieces of jewelry, not for wearing, but for emergency use.

Gathering these things, Mrs. Qi took out a silver hairpin inlaid with jade from it, and then pushed it in front of Li Zheng. "The old body has to trouble you if you think about it. ”

"It's all in the box, what are you doing with that?"

Mrs. Qi shook her head and said, "After being taken care of by everyone for so many years, the old man knows it in his body and mind. This is about to leave, and I have to thank you all at the end. The jadeite on this silver hairpin is of good color and can be worth some silver. Please help me sell it, exchange it for some money, prepare a thin coffin for the old body, and then take care of some manpower to help, so that the old body can be buried in the ground. ”

Li Zheng hurriedly pushed the silver hairpin back, "My son is a carpenter, the wood on the mountain is ready-made, what kind of money is used for hands-on things? Everyone will help with the burial, who is embarrassed to ask you for silver?"

Mrs. Qi resolutely pushed it over, refusing to take it back, and explained: "You also have to run around for food and clothing, and you can't turn a blind eye to the death of a strong laborer who drags down your family for the sake of your old body! ”

"That's not going to be that much!"

"The old body still wants a funeral, and when he is taking someone to buy a coffin, he brings some wine and meat back by the way. ”

Li Zheng thought about it, but in the end he didn't push back, nodded and accepted the silver hairpin. "If there is any leftover, I will give it to my little sister. ”

Mrs. Qi didn't object anymore. When I opened the blood-stained package, it was a wooden box the size of a jewelry box, but it wasn't too big. She didn't open the box, but asked someone to find a clean cloth, wrapped the remaining jewelry in her hand with a small piece of cloth, and then put it together with the wooden box, wrapped it into a small bag with the big cloth, and then put it in Tianyou's hand.

Tianyou looked at Mrs. Qi puzzled, waiting for her explanation.

"The little immortal can return the relics for my son's deathbed, and his character must be excellent. But the old body still wants to be cheeky and finally trouble the little fairy. I will ask the villagers to help me leave a message to my grandson, and when the little sister returns, let her go to the little fairy to retrieve the relic herself. Please ask the little immortal to grant the old man's last request. ”

Tianyou thinks that he has come all the way, and then anyway, just wait for Qi Xiaomei to get it herself, and he doesn't have to worry about it, and it doesn't take much effort. So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take the things, and I'll have to write a letter for your little sister in a while." She can come and pick it up at any time. Even if I'm not at the mountain gate, I'll hand it over to someone else, and there will never be a problem. ”

"The character of the little immortal is absolutely convincing. After Mrs. Qi finished speaking, she looked at the surrounding neighbors, and then sighed: "It's a pity that the old body is not angry, and I can't wait for my grandson to come back and see him for the last time!" Wiping away her tears, Mrs. Qi said: "The little fairy will send me to lie on the bed, and then you can stop it." I've also explained everything I should explain, and when I get to this age, I don't need to be greedy for anything anymore!"

Tianyou nodded and didn't say anything, this is a matter of time, and it can be regarded as his benevolence and righteousness to be able to do this.

Helping Mrs. Qi to lie down on the bed, Tianyou glanced at Mrs. Qi again, but what she got was her affirmative nod. Some inexplicably melancholy Tianyou could only withdraw the palm that had been in the heart of the old queen mother, and then pull the quilt over to cover her. Mrs. Qi's eyes slowly closed, as if she was asleep, but her heaving chest stopped moving after a few strokes.

Suddenly the cries of several women sounded in the house, and Li Zheng quietly wiped away his tears, turned around and went out, and began to tell the villagers to get busy. Now is the time when the summer and autumn of the Shenzhou Continent meet, although the natural environment here is well maintained, not as hot as on the earth, but it is not much cooler. If it is not buried as soon as possible, Mrs. Qi's body will soon rot and stink if it is not refrigerated, so this matter cannot be delayed.

Wanyan declined Li Zheng's invitation to stay at the funeral, wrote down his address and left it to Li Zheng to hand over to Qi Xiaomei, and Tianyou left Tieling on the same day.

To be honest, this trip to Tianyou was quite depressing. Thousands of miles to send relics, but the result is to send the old lady to Huangquan Road, although even if there is no bad news brought by God's blessing, the old lady Qi will not be able to last a few days, but this matter is always a little troublesome. Tianyou was a little irritable, and the spirit rider that released the white ice rain galloped all the way away.

When they were separated from everyone, Tianyou had already agreed with everyone to meet at the meeting place, which was in Sandalwood Village in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. They took a boat down the river and could go straight to Sandalwood in the neutral zone. This sandalwood village is not far to the west side of Sandalokdu, and it is also located in the valley road.

In fact, this Sandalwood Ferry is the new treaty port that replaced Huangquandu.

Originally, there was not only the Yellow River between the Qi State and the neutral zone, but also a north-south eastern boundary mountain range on the east side of the neutral zone, which was like a screen that completely separated the border between the neutral zone and the Qi state.

The original line of Huangquandu and Xinghuang Village was the gap between the northern apex of the East Boundary Mountain and the Jietian Mountain, but now this Sandalwood Ferry is a passage dug out by hand later.

The eastern boundary mountain that divided the neutral zone from the border of Qi suddenly became a herringbone after entering the Chu section, and divided into two mountain ranges, one continued to stretch along the edge of the Yellow River, and the other became the border between the neutral zone and the Chu state. And at the intersection of the herringbone mountains, it is not a ridge where they meet, but a flat valley.

This valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the east side is not blocked by mountains in the direction of the Yellow River, but because this section of the Yellow River happens to be a sharp bend, the direction of the water flow is extremely chaotic, and even if a port is built, ordinary ships cannot dock at all. As a result, this flat valley has become a paradise.

Later, many immigrants built a city in this area, which was named Taoyuan City. But because there is also a Taoyuan City in the Qin State, which was built earlier than this Taoyuan City, this place is also called Little Taoyuan City, or simply called Little Taoyuan. However, although there is a small character in the name, in fact, the small peach garden is bigger and more prosperous than the Taoyuan city in the Qin State.

To be able to build a city here, it is natural to need access to the outside world. Taoyuan City is called Taoyuan, but it can't really be as isolated from the world as Xanadu, and the exit of Taoyuan City is a valley road.

It is different from the valley road in Huangquandu. The valley road outside Taoyuan City is Y-shaped, one exit leads to the interior of the neutral zone, one leads directly to the bank of the Yellow River, and the last one is connected to Taoyuan City. However, although this valley road is much lower and smoother than the mountains on both sides, it is still sandwiched within the mountain, and it is somewhat undulating and difficult to walk, which is much more difficult to walk than Huangquandu. This is also one of the main reasons why the trade route from the neutral zone to Qi was built at Huangquandu instead of Taoyuan City.

However, after the development of Taoyuan City, a large area of fine sandalwood was found at the three-way intersection of the valley road, and then a village specializing in sandalwood was developed, and the village here was named Sandalwood Village.

The sandalwood produced in Sandalwood Village can be made into high-end furniture, repelling insects, awakening and beautiful, and secondly, it can also be made of sandalwood, which has the effect of concentrating and calming the mind, and is deeply loved by the monks in the neutral area and the magnates of various countries. As a result, the business of Sandalwood Village is getting bigger and bigger, and the export of sandalwood has also greatly driven the logistics here.

Out of the need to make money, Taoyuan City took Sandalwood Village as the middle point, dredged the valley road on both sides, bulldozed the valley road above the ground, rested the cliffs on both sides, and used huge stones to reinforce, and also hired monks who were good at promoting plants to plant plants with developed roots on both sides of the mountain to fasten the mountain, so as to completely build the uneven valley road into a smooth road. Although this valley road follows the mountain, it is somewhat curved, and it is not as straight as the Huangquan Valley Road, but the geographical advantages of this place are more obvious in comparison, and the supporting facilities are relatively complete. More importantly, there is no dangerous boundary like the White Bone Cave around the first line of Sandalwood Village, there are no undead and no monsters, and the stable and safe road is naturally more favored by merchants, so that it has gradually replaced the advantage of Huangquandu and become a new east-west corridor.

Tianyou drove the spirit to ride through the territory of Qi State, traveled all the way south, bypassed the Tieling Mountains, and flew 600 miles in one day, reaching the mouth of the Yuexi Valley. From there, enter the valley and turn westbound, and the exit is Wolkeirwa.

This month, Xidu is on the east bank of the Yellow River, going up the river for ten miles on the waterway, and the opposite bank is Sandalwood Ferry, and the waterway connection between the two places almost carries ninety percent of the trade from the neutral zone to the Qi country. By the time Tianyou arrived at Yuexidu, it was completely dark, but the place was still lively. The entire Yuexidu is full of lights, the large and small caravans and pack horses on the street are constantly shuttling, the inns on both sides of the road are overcrowded, and the freight yards on both sides of the ferry are extremely rare traffic jams in the Shenzhou Continent. Elsewhere, it's a spectacle that can only be seen during festivals.

Looking at the crowd shuttling around, Tianyou suddenly remembered the time on the earth, although he didn't like the congestion of the city at that time, and even thought that he hated congestion and fell in love with outdoor adventures, but now he feels unexpectedly cordial when he sees such a scene.

Gathering his thoughts, Tianyou soon arrived at the dockside. Just like the freight yard in front, the dock area is just as busy. A huge brazier was hung in mid-air on a wooden frame and burned, and the light of the fire illuminated the entire dock area. Countless sailors, shipwrights, and merchants came and went between the ships and the docks, constantly loading and unloading large and small goods, and they looked so vibrant. To be honest, this is a scene that is very difficult for you to see in the Shenzhou Continent.

"Hey, you, that's right, that's you. A voice suddenly sounded behind Tianyou, and it was approaching rapidly. Tianyou turned his head to look over with a little doubt, and found that it was a young man in his twenties, followed by a large group of followers. Without giving Tianyou any chance to speak, this person came up and began to reprimand Tianyou: "Didn't you say that it was before dusk? Why is it only now?" Seeing that Tianyou was about to open his mouth, he interrupted again: "Don't talk nonsense, keep up, Zixiao Palace can't protect you if you delay my affairs." ”