Chapter 045: It's good to come back
In An Qi's heart, he deeply respected his brother An Nantian. Because of his respect, he was even more reluctant to see the decline of the Fire Dragon Clan.
A few years ago, even decades ago, the Fire Dragons were showing signs of decay. Lack of funds and lack of food, these two things alone are enough to drag down the entire family. Coupled with the sharp decrease in the population of the entire underworld, among the soldiers of the Fire Dragon Clan, the growth rate of young and middle-aged people is gradually smaller than the growth rate of middle-aged and elderly people, and the weakening of the military strength makes the Fire Dragon Clan slowly unable to deter the other four clans, and crises are also coming, and the other four clans are gradually disobeying the yin and no longer responding to the call of the Fire Dragon Clan.
Among them, the Night Wolf Clan, which is also one of the ancient families, still obeys the call of the Fire Dragon Clan because of their sympathy, and the patriarch Dugu Xin is Annantian's best friend for many years.
The Lingdie clan is in a corner of peace, and its status is transcendent, although it has never been disobedient to the order, but it is also suspected of speculating to save its life, if the leader of the underworld changes, I am afraid that the patriarch Xiao Yunfei will immediately support the new monarch.
The Ice Moth Clan, which has the strongest economic strength, although it has not acted on the surface, is a very threatening family, the leader Mrs. Wu is a scheming woman, and her daughter Wu Yingying is a business wizard, in addition to the army, her business tentacles have long been extended to various fields.
The Stone Elephant Clan, which holds the lifeblood of food, was originally the most supportive of the Fire Dragon Clan, but an old incident ten years ago made the Stone Elephant Patriarch Shi Tielin turn his face, and since then he has reduced the food supply to the Fire Dragon Clan year after year, making Annan Tian miserable, but there is nothing to be done.
Twelve years ago, An Qi failed to study poison and killed his wife Liu Peilian by mistake, and in frustration, he left the sad place of the underworld in one go, and also left An Qi, who was by his side at that time. After that, Anqi, who was still young, was sent by An Nantian to Pei Qingqing to continue his studies, and became classmates with Xiao Yuyao, the eldest daughter of the Spirit Butterfly, Wu Yuan, the eldest son of the Ice Moth Clan, and Shi Ning, the fourth son of the Stone Elephant Clan.
Not long after, Shi Ning suddenly disappeared, and only An Qi was by Shi Ning's side at that time. After the incident, after several inquiries, Anqi couldn't answer where Shi Ning went.
Of Shi Tielin's four sons, the smartest, most promising and most loved is the fourth son, Shi Ning. Shi Tielin sent people to search almost the entire underworld, except for the vast ocean on the periphery of the land, Baishou Peak, Wagu Jungle, Our Lady Mountain, etc., these inaccessible places have been there, and there are no clues at all. The red-eyed Shi Tielin transferred his anger to An Qi, and even the entire Fire Dragon Clan.
However, on the bright side, the Fire Dragon Clan is the great leader of the entire underworld, and it is impossible for Shi Tielin to openly resist, but there are still ruthless tricks. Since then, the food supply of the Stone Elephant Clan to the Fire Dragon Clan has been decreasing year by year, which has made An Nantian, who is not reasonable, in a dilemma, but there is nothing he can do.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the soldiers of the Fire Dragon Clan are loyal and courageous, and they will never give up, and the conditions are becoming more and more difficult, but the soldiers are becoming more and more united, and they have always shown An Nantian as the spiritual leader.
However, ideals cannot be lived, and loyalty cannot be eaten. An Qi bitterly persuaded his eldest brother to let those old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers develop agriculture, and the soldiers with quick brains can properly do some business to supplement their families, and they should also install eyeliner to collect intelligence in the four major families, but An Nantian, who has an old-school style, always believes that righteousness can win the sky, believes that An Qi is innocent, and believes that the truth will always come to light and usher in the day when the clouds will see the light of day.
An Qi, who couldn't see it, mentioned this matter again at a big brother's birthday party, but An Nantian refused again, and An Qi, who was extremely disappointed, left the table angrily, and broke off contact with his eldest brother from then on.
This time, entrusted by Pei Qingqing, back to the underworld, An Qi first went to visit Shi Tielin's wife Liu Peixi, that is, the sister of his wife Liu Peilian. I hope she can mediate and ask her husband Shi Tielin to increase the food supply to the Fire Dragon Clan, and if there is anything she needs to help with, just mention it.
Who knew that his sister-in-law refused the request to meet on the grounds that she was unwell. touched An Qi, who had a gray nose, only because she still held a grudge against herself, and was angry that she had taken her sister's life by mistake, so she ignored her past kindness and refused to even meet her.
An Qi shook his head gently, outsiders didn't know, but he himself knew very well why he would take the life of his wife Liu Peilian by mistake.
Liu Peixi and Liu Peilian, two sisters, were born in a scholarly family. The second daughter's father, Liu Yuan, was originally named Xie Xu, and was the teacher of the current emperor of the Heavenly Realm, King Xuan of Zhou. After King Xuan of Zhou ascended the throne, Xie Xu retreated bravely, left the heavenly realm, came to the underworld, assumed the name Liu Yuan, and lived a life incognito and without quarrel with the world.
Liu Yuan, who was full of great talent, married an unknown peasant woman when he was nearly forty years old, and soon had two twin daughters, Liu Peixi and Liu Peilian.
The two girls have been carefully taught by Liu Yuan since they were children, and they are well-read, knowledgeable about the past and the present, and proficient in astronomy, geography, medicine, and farming. Liu Yuan and the peasant woman died one after another when their two daughters were 20 years old. At that time, the two unborn women gradually separated their professional directions, the elder sister Liu Peixi was good at medical testing, farming and textiles, and the younger sister Liu Peixi was good at astronomy, geography and humanistic feelings. Because the two women are too good, they broke the difference between men and women, and they are called "the four great talents of the underworld" together with An Qi and Pei Qingqing.
The four geniuses often learn about technology and research together, and slowly spark emotions. Sister Liu Peixi and An Qi got married, although Pei Qingqing and sister Liu Peixi failed to achieve positive results, but even if Liu Peixi had already married into the Stone Elephant Clan, the relationship between the two was still broken and entangled for decades, and Pei Qingqing was never married for life, just waiting for the day when the beauty changed her mind.
After An Qi and Liu Peilian lived happily together for three years, for some reason, Liu Peilian suddenly lost her sight. An Qi searched for all the antidotes and read all the medical books, but he didn't find the cause of Liu Peilian's illness. In desperation, he could only believe in superstitious home remedies and began to develop various miraculous medicines, wanting to use strange methods to get Liu Peilian out of the pain of blindness.
One day, An Qi got a home remedy, which needed a strange poison as a medicine. During the grinding process, the sound of Liu Peilian falling suddenly came from the room, An Qi quickly stopped grinding to check the situation, and found that his wife was fine, and when he came back to grind, without a moment's effort, An Qi realized that something was wrong, and after a whirlwind, An Qi lost his consciousness.
When he woke up again, he only found Liu Peilian lying beside him, with several sword wounds in his body, and he had already lost his breath. And the sharp sword was in his own hand.
At that time, Liu Peilian was already four months pregnant.
An Qi, who was close to collapse, only went mad and killed his beloved wife by mistake, and after endless remorse and self-blame, An Qi thought about ending his life and followed Liu Peilian.
Just as the sword was inserted two inches into his abdomen, he suddenly saw something that made his hot mind cool down instantly.
It was a feather of a flamingo in the heavenly realm, Liu Peilian had outlined the outline of all the creatures in the heavenly realm for him, the feathers of this flamingo were very unique, the fiery red feathers were with gold threads, and the heavenly underworld and the human world were the only one.
It is really unbelievable that this kind of thing that only belongs to the heavenly realm appears in the underworld.
An Qi, who was suspicious, stopped committing suicide, gently put away the feathers, kept his wife's body, and secretly calmed down, he felt that this matter must not be so simple, he fainted at that time, it is difficult to say whether someone used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain.
In the end, An Qi vowed to find out the truth, if someone really secretly murdered him, then he must find the real enemy and avenge his wife.
Subsequently, An Qi pretended to be crazy and stupid, pretended to be frustrated, left the underworld, and came to the world to be a land lord. Because there is a gate to the heavenly realm at any time, and there is also a passage to and from the underworld at any time, only then can he hide his eyes and ears and secretly search for information.
It's just that after many years, he still hasn't gotten much useful information, but he has fallen into the infamy of killing his wife.
Only he knows about such a thing, and he is the only one who bears it silently.
An Qizhong exhaled a breath of turbidity, over the years, he had exhausted his efforts and studied countless medicines, but he was never able to explore the true ingredients of that medicine, he felt that he was close to boiling his life, he was already old, and he might not be able to revenge.
"Pei Lian, if there is an afterlife, can you forgive me and marry me again......
An Qi shook his head secretly, in fact, he couldn't believe it himself.
At this time, outside the door, there was an Angel Qingling's shout.
"Seventh Master, where are you?"
"I'm in the main hall. An Qi stabilized his mind and replied loudly.
Since there is no way to avenge his wife, it is also good to do something for his eldest brother. An Qi thought to himself.
An Qi jumped into the main hall, and when she saw An Qi sitting down slowly, she laughed very happily, her laughter was crisp and refreshing.
Family, it's still warm.
"Seventh Master, why are you here to sit, life is precious in sports, you can't be lazy!" An Qi hugged An Qi's arm and urged with concern.
"Call uncle. An Qi smiled slightly and took another sip of tea.
"What?" An Qi was slightly stunned, and An Nantian, who entered the door with his back feet, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
"Call uncle, this sounds a little kissy. An Qi said softly.
Angel's lips began to tremble, and tears glistened in her eyes. Since the seventh master cut off contact with his father, the seventh master no longer allowed Anqi to call him uncle, only the seventh master. Now the seventh master asked her to call her uncle again, indicating that the seventh master has returned to the arms of the An family.
"Uncle...... Uncle......" Angel choked up, the familiar and unfamiliar title that had disappeared from her mouth for three years.
"Well, Uncle gives you candy. An Qi took out a piece of colorful candy from his cuff and shook it in front of An Qi.
Angel couldn't help but burst into tears, and after taking the candy, tears fell uncontrollably.
This game was played by Uncle Ann Qida since he was a child, and he was happy to receive his uncle's candy at that time. Now the scene of childhood is reappeared, and a sweet sense of happiness jumps into my heart.
An Qi stood up, came to An Nantian's side, and said simply: "Brother, I'm back." ”
An Nantian's eyes were slightly red, and he nodded slightly, which was also a simple sentence: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”