Chapter 15: Grandpa's Past
Seeing my surprised gaze, the old man grinned: "Let me tell you, in fact, I don't know how old I am now, but at least one hundred and thirty years old!" β
Yes, I just met an old turtle a few days ago, and now I meet an old goblin.
"That, what is the relationship between you and my grandfather?" I asked weakly.
"Oh, this is a long story." The old man raised his head and recalled for a long time: "In the late Qing Dynasty, warlords all over the country broke out, wars continued, I was an orphan, adopted by the master of Jiangxi Qingyue Temple, at the age of sixteen, the master died of illness, and only one of my disciples was left, so I inherited the position of the master and became the twenty-third generation of the master of Qingyueguan. For the next few years, I practiced alone at the Blue Moon Temple until the spring of 1911. β
As I listened, I calculated the old man's age in my heart, but when I heard this, I realized that the old man was probably not even sure what year he was born, and the so-called sixteen years old was also estimated. It seems that he said that he was one hundred and thirty years old, and that he was counting as long as he could rememberβthat he was really an old goblin.
"That night, I was about to rest, when I suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside the view." The old man's face was expressionless, as if he had sunk into the memories of that year: "Because the Qingyue Temple itself is on the barren mountain, and the death of the old master, no one comes on weekdays. I was afraid that warlords from all over the country were passing by, so I hurriedly went out to check, but I didn't expect to see a man covered in blood outside the view, that person is your grandfather, Gu Xiansheng. β
I nodded, I had a deep impression of my grandfather, but he rarely mentioned to me about his youth, whether it was himself or my father or my second uncle.
"At that time, your grandfather was seriously injured, saying that someone was chasing him, and I saw that he didn't look like a bad person, so I hurriedly hid him in the cellar in the backyard of Qingyueguan." The old man continued to tell the story of that time: "Not long after I hid, three or four people rushed in from outside the view, both men and women, all dressed in black, and asked me if I had seen an injured man passing by, and I naturally said no, and they searched for it, and when they didn't find it, they hurriedly chased it out. β
I really don't know about this part of my grandfather's history.
"Your grandfather slept for three days before he woke up, and after waking up, he recuperated for a few days before he almost recovered." The old man said: "I originally saw that he was seriously injured and wanted to keep him for a few days, but I didn't expect him to leave in a hurry, and when he left, he told me to put something in the cellar, and this thing cannot be given to anyone unless he comes to pick it up himself, or other direct children of the Gu family take it with his handiletter!" I was in my early twenties at the time, and I agreed to help him keep it. But a few days later, the group of people who chased and killed Gu Xiansheng went and returned, and searched Qingyue Temple again, but they still returned in vain. β
I scratched my head, and at this point, the only thing that interested me was what my grandfather had left behind.
"A few days later, a benefactor came." The old man paused when he said this, and seemed to tell me to get to the point: "She asked me if I had seen a young man who was not tall and had no braids, I thought she was also here to hunt down Gu Xiansheng, so I didn't say it, but the female benefactor didn't say that she followed the mark left by Gu Xiansheng!" After arguing with me for a few days, I saw that she didn't look like a bad person, so I told her the ins and outs of the matter, but I didn't know where Gu Xiansheng went. β
"That benefactor is my grandmother?" I asked, opening my mouth.
The old man glared at me: "No! β
"Oh......" I hurriedly stopped, heh, it seems that this old Taoist priest was in love with the female benefactor at that time!
"The female benefactor heard that Gu Xiansheng had something left with me, and firmly believed that he would come back to get it, so she stayed in Qingyue Temple." The old man's face changed slightly, with a happy expression, no matter how he looked at it, he felt like an old rascal......
"Later, later......" The old man's old face turned red: "Later, because of a long time together, I fell in love with the female benefactor, but the female benefactor said that her heart belonged to Gu Xiansheng and would not walk with me, so I was depressed, and finally one day after breaking the abstinence of drinking, I forcibly took possession of the female benefactor...... I woke up and regretted it, but, I just never saw her again......"
It's still a tragic love story, I shrugged, and the old Taoist priest in front of me turned out to be my grandfather's rival in love.
"On the second day after she left, I put away the things your grandfather gave me and ran out, wandering the rivers and lakes, just to find Gu Xiansheng and the female benefactor, but seeing that a hundred years have passed, I have never seen them again." As the old man spoke, two lines of turbid tears flowed from his clear eyes.
"Your grandmother's name is Mei Xian, is she still alive?" The old man suddenly looked at me and asked.
I was nervous for a while, although from the interrogation after entering the cave, the old man denied that grandma Meixian was the female benefactor, but what if the name was changed?! Will this old man kill me in a fit of rage? Alas, it is said that the father's debt is repaid by the son, and this grandfather's love debt, do you also want my grandson to pay it back?!
"Grandma died a long time ago, and I never saw it." I answered truthfully.
"Then it wasn't, then it certainly wasn't!" When the old man heard that my grandmother had died, his face bloomed with joy: "Xiu'er is a master of Zhu Youke, and how old is I, if nothing else, I should still be in the world now!" β
Depend on! Still in the world?! Isn't that an old goblin?!
"That, senior, what exactly did my grandfather leave you?" I'll ask what I'm interested in.
The old man looked at me, stood up and walked behind a boulder behind him, took out the package he had been wrapping, and placed it on the table.
"You can open it and take a look." The old man smiled: "I just lived here for so many years for this thing, haha, decades!" If you can take it, I'll see the light of day again!" β
I was stunned, what would my grandfather leave behind to let a peerless master live in seclusion here for nearly a hundred years?!
"Senior, is it possible that after so many years, there are many people who are still thinking about this thing?" I said in my heart that with my current ability, if there are really many people who covet this thing, then it is better to stay with the old man. Besides, now that the gang is still there, I can't take them out.
"Not to mention anything else, the few people outside are staring at this thing. Over the years, most of the people who knew about this thing had almost died in my hands, but the few outside were very cunning. The old man waved his hand at me: "Open it." β