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As soon as Li Chaowen's three words came into his ears, Zhuang Zhou Huoran got up!

Since Li Chaowen's sudden disappearance, although Zhuang Zhou didn't say anything, he always had a sense of uneasiness in his heart. This kind of uneasiness has even become a piece of heart hidden in his heart. Fortunately, he has a super strong resistance ability, otherwise, Li Chaowen is likely to become a dream demon lurking in his subconscious!

Zhuang Zhou always believed that Li Chaowen must have secrets that he did not know. And this secret is related to "Aoki's Secret Law", and even related to the grudge and hatred of his parents.

He remembered the dream that Liu Canglong had constructed in order to find out Li Chaowen's secret, which was both true and false, according to that dream, Li Chaowen went to Yunmeng Mountain when he grew up, and his parents were still there. But Li Li said that Li Chaowen's parents were still in infancy when they were burned to death......

Of course, Liu Canglong constructed that dream in order to deceive the secret in Li Chaowen's consciousness, and there are naturally all untruths in it, but Li Li's statement is more credible.

So, is it possible to sort out this story in this way: the secret method of Aoki Ancestor was indeed secretly taken down the mountain by an ordinary disciple, and since then it has been hidden in the disciple's house disguised as an ordinary farmer, and has been passed down from generation to generation. Until more than 20 years ago, Liu Canglong or Liu Canglong's master suddenly knew the whereabouts of the secret method for some reason, so he sent someone to burn down the thatched hut and seize the secret method. At that time, Li Chaowen was still in infancy...... Later, Liu Canglong killed his master for the secret method and the position of patriarch, but Ye Xuan'er got the secret method inexplicably and was forced to flee......

Zhuang Zhou felt a splitting headache, and he vaguely felt that his father also seemed to have played a disgraceful role in this matter. Perhaps, the thatched hut was burned down that year. Fathers are also involved......

And all this, on Yunmeng Mountain, I don't know if Ma Shanhao knows? Because he has always wanted to keep the secret of "Aoki Secret Method" in his hands, Zhuang Zhou couldn't find a suitable opportunity to ask Ma Shanhao about this mystery back then.

Zhuang Zhou stood up. asked, "That ruin is the old residence of Li Chaowen's family?"

Li Li and the others saw that Zhuang Zhou Lao was silent for a long time, knowing that he had thought of something crucial, and several people did not dare to come out, and at this time, listening to Zhuang Zhou's questioning, Li Li hurriedly said: "Yes!"

Zhuang Zhou pondered for a moment and asked, "Back then, Li Chaowen's family lived in just a thatched hut, how could it be that after so many years, how could there still be traces?"

Li Li's eyes widened. With a look of surprise, he said: "Li Chaowen's family lives in a thatched hut? I have remembered since I was a child that his family is a big house, except for the village chief, his family is the most generous! Could I be mistaken?"

Zhuang Zhou was stunned again, Li Li's sentence completely overturned his previous understanding of Li Chaowen, could it be that not only Li Chaowen's time on the mountain, but also Li Chaowen's family situation was tampered with by Liu Canglong with a dream?

Zhuang Zhou at this moment. I can't wait to grab Li Chaowen's collar immediately and ask what happened!

Zhuang Zhou turned to Zhou Long and Ma Tianhu and asked, "Do you remember how old Li Chaowen was when he went up the mountain?"

Zhou Long and Ma Tianhu glanced at each other, and they both shook their heads. Zhou Long said: "Li Chaowen is a senior brother. He went up the mountain many years before us, and this man is usually a little arrogant, and he doesn't get along with us, and we have a little ...... for him Some opinions, so ......"

Zhuang Zhou nodded, Li Chaowen's personality was very clear to him. The disciples on the mountain did have a sense of alienation from Li Chaowen, so Zhou Long's words were reasonable.

Zhuang Zhou turned his head again and asked Li Li: "You said that he was still an infant child when his house was on fire, so do you know when Li Chaowen went up the mountain?" Li Li blushed and said: "My family has been a slave for generations, and I have been working as a cow and a horse in Li Qiao's family...... It's impossible to care about such a big thing as the juvenile selection......"

"So, what about the others?" Zhuang Zhou asked again.

Ma Tianhu on the side suddenly said: "I remember that every disciple will have a record when they go up the mountain, such as age, gender, which village they come from, what their qualifications are, etc......."

Zhuang Zhou's eyes lit up, and he said: "That's right, how did I forget! Last year, when the young man was selected, Uncle Ma recorded it in detail, and now he is still in the patriarch's room!"

Ma Tianhu said, "Each record will be archived in the library of Yunmeng Pavilion......

Zhuang Zhou remembered that he had spent a night in the library that day, and he was only interested in the "Catalogue of the Distribution and Change of Clansmen in the Secular World", and the other books in the room were too late to look through them, so he just sent someone to sort it out. Later, because of the chaos, I actually left the matter of the library behind, and now I think about it, I am very ashamed.

Now that it's well documented, it's much easier.

Zhuang Zhou said to Zhou Long: "Senior Brother Zhou, you rushed back to Yunmeng Mountain today, found the booklet that recorded the disciples, and sent someone to send it here...... Also, don't come to Qixia Village after you go back, you and Ma Shibo stay on the mountain, strengthen the defense of the mountain, and send more people on the plank road and the iron cable up the mountain...... I think, since Zhou Bonian's injury is almost healed, and he has sent someone to inquire about us sneakily, we have to be on guard!"

Zhou Long nodded solemnly and turned around and walked out of the Li Mansion.

Zhuang Zhou said to Li Li: "You take me to see which ruins!"

Li Li took Zhuang Zhou and Ma Tianhu out of Li's house, and went to the west of the village, and walked for a meal before walking to the westernmost part of Qixia Village, and saw a field of weeds and broken walls from a distance.

Standing in front of the ruins, Zhuang Zhou confirmed that Li Chaowen's family really lived in a big mansion back then!

Although nearly 30 years have passed, it is no longer what it used to be. The weeds on the ruins were luxuriant, and the broken walls, black and gray, were scattered among the weeds, like corpses that had finally collapsed after many years of suffering, infinitely desolate, infinitely sad to tell the terrible fire of those years......

Li Li pointed to a black wall in the weeds that had not completely collapsed, and said: "Those two guys are lying there and were caught by us......" Zhuang Zhou looked at his hand, only to see that there were two broken walls there that did not completely fall, but leaned against each other, forming a small triangular space below......

Zhuang Zhou brushed aside the weeds, walked into the ruins, and stepped on the ground that was once a high-gate compound but is now a wasteland, in a trance, as if he was in the fire at that time, the tongue of fire soared to the sky, and the entire Qixia Village seemed to be shrouded in a terrible red, the air was scorching heat and pungent smoke, with the sound of the beams burning, the sound of the wall collapsing, constituted a miserable and terrifying picture......

And at the edge of this fiery picture, there is a **-year-old child, his little face is red by the fire in front of him, his eyes are full of tears, but he does not cry, in addition to fear, there is more hatred in his eyes!

Who did he hate? Did he see the wicked man who set the fire? No, wait, he knew it was a conspiracy?

In Zhuang Zhou's imagination, Li Chaowen suddenly became an infant baby, and suddenly a **-year-old boy, these two images shook in front of his eyes, beating with the flames......

"Patriarch!" Li Li called out from behind.

Zhuang Zhou came back to his senses, sighed, and asked, "Was that fire back then really just a natural disaster?" or ......?" suddenly thought of something, and said to Li Li: "You go and find a few old people in the village, especially those who have seen the fire with their own eyes!"

Several people didn't know why Zhuang Zhou was suddenly so interested in the fire that year, but they didn't dare to ask. Li Li agreed, turned around and left, and after a while, he brought three old men about sixty years old over.

These three old men all had white beards, and when they saw the patriarch, they were so excited that they wanted to bow down. Zhuang Zhou hurriedly held it up and said, "I came to the three of you today to learn a little about something!"

The three of them all said in unison: "As long as the three of them know, of course they know everything!"

Zhuang Zhou looked at Li Li and Ma Tianhu, and the two of them immediately understood, and they both consciously retreated and stood on the periphery of the ruins.

Zhuang Zhou beckoned the three old men to sit down in a bush, and sat down on the ground himself.

Where did you start asking? Zhuang Zhou suddenly felt confused. Nearly thirty years have passed, and although the Li Chaowen family belonged to a large family in Qixia Village, because there were no cultivators for several generations, they were essentially the same as ordinary farmers. In such an ordinary home, if there is a fire, who will care about it in particular?

Zhuang Zhou pondered for a moment, then raised his head and asked: "A few old men, the ruins we are sitting on now are also among the best in the past, and later they were ...... because of a fire."

There was an old man with a red face who said: "What the patriarch said is true! Back then, Li Jinxi's family was terrible, except for the village chief, it was his family, not to mention the herds of mules and horses, but also thousands of acres of fertile land...... It's just that later a fire burned a fine light, alas, it's all fate!"

Another well-dressed old man said: "Speaking of which, Li Jinxi's family is simply more generous than the village chief back then...... I don't know how his family earned this family business. I heard that after his house was set on fire, thousands of acres of fertile land became the village chief's family, tsk!"

Zhuang Zhou's heart moved, and this person's words made him suddenly feel a glimmer of light, but this glimmer of light loomed and could not be determined. He frowned and asked, "Who was the village chief back then?"

The third old man said: "It's Li Qiaosheng and his father, Li Qitai! Speaking of which, the village chiefs are all hereditary, but I didn't expect that in Li Qiaosheng's generation, he actually conspired to rebel and ended up like this, alas, ......."

The previous red-faced old man heard that he had some pity for Li Qiaosheng between his words in front of the patriarch, and he was horrified, and hurriedly coughed to make color, while looking at Zhuang Zhou's expression, he saw that Zhuang Zhou was contemplating and thinking, as if he hadn't noticed these words at all, so he was slightly relieved.

The well-dressed old man said: "The so-called prosperity must decline! Li Qiaosheng's family rebelled and deserved to be wiped out." It's just that this Li Jinxi was generous, kind and generous, and everyone in the village admired him. How could you have imagined that a fire fell mercilessly, and a dozen members of the family were all buried in the flames, leaving only an infant baby......"

Zhuang Zhouhou's heart suddenly suddenly, knowing that he had already said the key point, and hurriedly asked, "Then how can this baby avoid the fire?"