Chapter 18: An Old Man
A few days later, on a nameless hill on the outskirts of Suizhou, in a cave on the mountain, an old man with a scruffy beard and tattered clothes was sleeping.
Then a beggar-like child ran up and shouted to the old man, "Old man, I will bring you something delicious today." As he spoke, he leaned over to the old man with a pig's trotter and put it directly on the old man's nose. When the old man smelled the fragrance, he immediately sat up, took the pig's trotters and took a bite, and said, "It's so fragrant, it's delicious, have you eaten it?" ”
"I still have it, I've got two." As he spoke, the kid took out another.
The old man smiled and said, "Where did this come from?" ”
"I stole it from Butcher Zheng's house, this person is usually not friendly to us people, and I have long been tired of it. I secretly followed him today, just to get something delicious, but when he came home and beat his wife, I stole two pig's trotters from him. ”
"Well, but it's a little bit less, we'll eat pig's trotters tomorrow, and there's anything new out there?" The old man said as he gnawed on the pig's trotters.
The little kid nodded, continued to gnaw on his pig's trotters, and said to the old man as he ate: "I heard an incident, saying that the Shenwu Sect was destroyed, and the people were gone, and now the rumors are boiling. ”
When the old man heard this, he immediately put down the pig's trotters, stood up with a bang, and asked, "Is this serious?" ”
The old man's reaction startled the child, he didn't eat pig's trotters anymore, his mouth was stained with oil, he wiped it with his little black hand and said: "I heard what others said, I don't know whether it's true or not, I dare to enter the butcher's house, I don't dare to enter the Shenwu Gate, but I walked in front of the gate of his house, and the gate has always been closed, anyway, it's not normal." ”
The old man was quiet and said: "It seems that I won't be able to eat pig's trotters tomorrow, I want to go down the mountain, you don't have to look for me in the past two days, take care of yourself, if you hear any other news from Shenwumen, you have to tell me when the time comes." ”
Without waiting for the boy to reply, the old man went down the mountain with a little effort, of course, the mountain was indeed not high. The boy had never seen the old man so anxious, he couldn't eat the pig's trotters, and he didn't expect the old man to run so fast and rush down the mountain like a swift wind. This child was the only one left on the deserted mountain, and the child was bored when he saw that he was alone here, and went down the mountain with two uneaten pig's trotters.
The old man hurried to the Shenwu Gate non-stop, came to the vicinity of the Shenwu Gate, and when he saw that the gate here was closed, he left first. At night, taking advantage of the night, he sneaked into the Shenwu Gate alone, the Shenwu Gate was empty, quietly, and through the moonlight, he saw some freeze-dried blood stains in the ice and snow on the ground. He went to Ming Pengyuan's room, the room was empty, and the study was a little messy.
Seeing all this in front of him, this old man felt that something really happened to the Shenwu Sect. He searched for a few more rooms, all of which were intact, and the point was that he hadn't found even a single corpse. Could it be that there is no one alive in Shenwu Sect, or someone has fled to other places. The old man didn't know what to do when he saw what he was looking for, so he had to leave first.
In the past few days, rumors have been spreading about the Shenwu Gate, and the closed door has made it even more mysterious. Master Qin and Mrs. Ming explained the seriousness of the matter, for the sake of safety, their mother and son could not reveal their identities, so they changed their names and identities for them after consultation. Mingxin was changed to Qin Xinsheng, and Mrs. Ming was the nephew and daughter-in-law of a distant relative of the Qin family, who came to take refuge because her husband died of illness.
Mingxin, this kid is sensible early, he seems to understand what is happening, and he is not reluctant to change his name. Mrs. Ming was not in a good mood, she slept with the children during this time, and she was also very disappointed when she thought of orphans and widows.
Mingxin didn't say much when he saw his mother like this, he also secretly cried, and he also missed his father and grandfather, but he tried not to let his mother see it, so as not to make his mother sad. There was no good news during this time, and she also knew that the affairs of the Shenwu Sect were auspicious, otherwise there would be no one from the Shenwu Sect to find them.
In this way, Mingxin began to live in the Qin family under the name of Qin Xinsheng, and when he was not with his mother, he practiced kung fu in the courtyard by himself.
After the old man came out of the Shenwu Gate, there were countless questions, and the Shenwu Gate seemed to have evaporated, leaving only various rumors. A person like Ming Pengyuan would disappear silently, there are really few people in this world who can quietly destroy the Shenwu Sect, and it is not even possible for this situation to happen. In order to find out what was going on in the Shenwu Gate, the old man decided to find someone, who he believed should know something.