The Yanyang Imperial Mausoleum is built according to the Liangshan Mountain in Gyeonggi, located in the northwest direction of Xijing City, and there is only one small county called "Maolin" within a hundred miles of the entire Imperial Mausoleum.

By the time Lin Manliu and his party arrived in Maolin County, the news about the imperial tomb had been passed by the scouts arranged by the evil spirit.

Half a decade ago, there was indeed a dark night rider near the Yanyang Emperor's Mausoleum, and then Li Yanhe personally led the men and horses to the foot of Liangshan Mountain.

And the day before Lin Manliu and the others came to Maolin County, it seemed that a military order came, asking Li Yanhe to lead people into the imperial tomb to completely exterminate the Dark Night Cavalry.

Lin Manliu clenched the secret letter in his hand and muttered, "After all, it's still a step slower..."

Pei Yiqing waved his hand and said: "It's okay, what we expected at the beginning was that the two armies were fighting in the big array, even if we could arrive here before the military order, we wouldn't be able to meet General Li at the first time." ”

Shen Tianpei, who was standing behind the two, asked out loud, "Why is this?" I heard from you before, didn't you already catch up with that General Li on this trip? ”

Yue Hanzhi explained: "The Dark Night Rider appeared here inexplicably, I don't know why it came from... And General Li and they were ordered to come to clear and suppress, from the siege to the entry into the mausoleum only a few days, the movements of the two groups of people before and after most of them were deliberately done. ”

Shen Tianpei thought about it in his heart, and then looked at the other three people consciously.

"What do you mean... Do you think that among these two groups of people, there is a dark line behind the scenes? ”

Yue Hanzhi raised his hand and patted Shen Tianpei's shoulder, and said loudly: "Well, it should be so, but Sister Shen doesn't have to worry, the two people in front of you... It will definitely be arranged. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Manliu shook his head and picked up the next sentence.

"Mountain people have their own tricks!"

Yue Hanzhi raised his foot and kicked the young man's knee lightly, muttering in a low voice, "It's not in shape..."

With Lin Manliu's negative teaching material, Pei Yiqing was much more normal, he just explained some follow-up arrangements to the scouts who were waiting on the side, and then led everyone towards the northeast corner of Maolin County.

After walking for about half an hour, the four of them stopped in front of a simple thatched hut.

Pei Yiqing wanted to step forward and knock on the door of the house, but suddenly there was an extremely subtle cracking sound coming from the right rear of the thatched house.

Click-

The four of them looked at each other, and it was an old man holding a little girl with pigtails.

Although the old man's eyes were cloudy, he could still see it from his eyes at this moment... Horror, panic, and a hint of resentment.

Seeing this, Pei Yiqing immediately took out a simple sachet from the black and red sleeve, and quickly threw it at the old man's feet.

The old man was so frightened that he hurriedly dodged, but even so, he immediately protected the little girl behind him.

Pei Yiqing said loudly: "Uncle, you can look at the sachet first, and then distinguish whether we are good or bad..."

When the old man heard this, he cautiously looked at the things at his feet, as if he couldn't see clearly, he raised his hand and rubbed his eyes back and forth repeatedly, and looked at the sachet in front of him for a long time.

Just when Lin Manliu and his party were puzzled, the old man's demeanor was a little distracted and wooden at first, and soon became excited again!

The old man who had passed the sixtieth birthday hurriedly pulled the little girl behind him, and without saying anything, he was about to pull the little girl to kneel down to Pei Yiqing.

"Xiao Wan... The benefactor is coming! The benefactor is coming! ”

"Grandpa..."

"Hurry up and kowtow to your benefactor with grandpa, quick!"

"Good..."

The little girl glanced at Pei Yiqing timidly, and then knelt down with the old man.

Suddenly, Lin Manliu saw the big black and red sleeves on his side flash, Pei Yiqing walked quickly in front of the two, he held the old man's arm with one hand, and picked up the girl called "Xiaowan" with the other.

He said loudly: "Uncle doesn't need to be like this, I want to ask Uncle to help me when I come here today..."

The old man hurriedly applauded, his dry palm kept clutching Pei Yiqing's sleeve, and even his eyes became much clearer.

"Benefactor, even if you tell you! If you don't have a benefactor... Our family can't survive the epidemic of that year..."

Pei Yiqing didn't answer this sentence, but just pulled the little girl to walk in the direction of the hut.

After the old man picked up the sachet, when he looked back at Pei Yiqing's back, he seemed to remember the painful and torturous epidemic in the past.

"Mr. Li... The old man didn't stagger, he forgot everything all these years, but the benefactor's surname didn't dare to forget! ”

Pei Yiqing's body stiffened slightly, but soon returned to normal, and continued to walk towards the hut with the little girl.

"Uncle... That's right! I have a good memory! ”

Listening to the praise of the benefactor made the old man feel much better, and his steps were faster.

The scene in front of him made the other three people a little confused, and Lin Manliu remembered the Mr. Su introduced by Qingjiang for no reason.

He also mentioned that Pei Yiqing should have been a foot man who treated diseases and saved people in his early years, and had a companion surnamed Li.

The two of them traveled to several places for the plague that poisoned the Central Plains and saved many people... For example, the old uncle's family in front of him, as well as Qingjiang's entire theater troupe.

But his companion, the healer known as "Mr. Lee," fell before the plague was over.

Lin Manliu said loudly: "Later, we can just wait and see what happens, don't disturb them, if necessary, call 'Mr. Li' like the old man as much as possible." ”

Shen Tianpei and Yue Hanzhi nodded together in response, and then followed the former's pace into the hut.

Compared with some poor families, this thatched hut is much better, and the furnishings in the house are relatively complete, at least so that Lin Manliu and his party can all sit down.

The old man asked his children and granddaughters to accompany everyone to chatter first, saying that he was going to make a pot of hot water for them to make tea, but just as he was about to get up and walk to the backyard, he was stopped by Pei Yiqing.

"Uncle, why don't you see your children? Isn't this the time to farm? ”

The old man, who was still full of joy, suddenly became depressed when he heard this question, and he pretended to explain calmly.

"Mr. Li, my two worthless babies... A few days ago, a relative asked them to help kill the pigs, isn't it almost the end of the New Year... The relatives on the old woman's side want to get the bacon in advance..."

Pei Yiqing did not continue to follow the old man's words as he did just now.

He asked aloud, "Uncle, you are honest with me, but what trouble have you encountered?" ”

Now that the wind and snow are rising, there are no children at home, and the old man is hiding behind the dirt tiles outside the house with his granddaughter, mostly to avoid disaster...

The old man's lips gradually began to tremble, and Xiao Wan beside Pei Yiqing also panicked.

The former spoke up with difficulty: "Mr. Li... If you really helped the relatives over there kill pigs, why did you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the little girl with pigtails called "Xiaowan" began to cry.

"Daddy, Daddy... and the second uncle were all captured by the bad guys... Grandpa, I'm going to find Daddy and them..."

The old man walked forward quickly, raising his hand to slap his own granddaughter.

"Don't cry, don't splash in front of Mr. Li!"

Pei Yiqing stretched out her hand to stop the old man, and Xiaowan was also taken by Shen Tianpei and hugged in her arms.

The old man looked at the scene in front of him, and his whole person suddenly looked like a deflated ball, and his expression became more and more haggard.

Pei Yiqing said loudly: "I still hope that the old man will tell me in detail, and I will help one or two!" ”

The old man took out the plain sachet from his arms, and stared at the embroidered pattern on the sachet with a blank look.

He muttered, "How can the old man trouble Mr. Li again... You've saved my family's lives..."

Pei Yiqing stretched out a finger and slowly swiped it across the sachet pattern.

"Uncle, my mother-in-law gave this sachet to Li... The money for healing was paid by me, and I did not come today to ask for money. ”

Tears slowly flowed from the old man's eyes, and he looked at Pei Yiqing's face timidly.

"But those people... Those people are officials, even Mr. Li, they can't fight them..."

Lin Manliu silently looked at the changes in the old man's demeanor, and at the same time observed the position of some items in the house.

Although the old man in front of him is rickety, it is not difficult to see that his arms and calves are much stronger than ordinary people.

Lin Manliu was like this earlier, when the pastries at home were not selling, he was often caught by his father to work for the government, and he was always taller and stronger than his peers.

At the same time, in addition to some ordinary farm tools, there are also some pickaxes and shovels used for digging the ground, which are much cleaner than those ordinary farm tools, and do not stain too much soil.

Pei Yiqing's words interrupted his thinking.

"But the officers and soldiers who have only come these days, have they ever said what they are going to shout for?"

The old man nodded hurriedly, and grief and guilt were intertwined in his hoarse cry.

"The old man is really, he doesn't dare to trouble Mr. Li anymore... The officers and soldiers also said that as long as they followed them for two or three days... Maybe I'll be back tomorrow..."

But the more the old man said this, the more Lin Manliu and his party felt that something was wrong.

From the cries of their mouths, they could only hear more despair than before.

The old man obviously knew that his children would not come back...

Pei Yiqing immediately said loudly: "Don't panic, old man, we can pay attention to this matter, if we are lucky enough to meet your children, we will definitely try to bring them back!" ”

The old man looked at Pei Yiqing in disbelief, and he rubbed his eyes vigorously.

"Really?!"

Pei Yiqing helped the old man to sit down again, looking at each other with firm eyes.

"Since it can still be saved and lived, Li will not abandon it!"

This familiar voice made the old man cry again when he heard it.

It was also such a bold saying back then, which allowed their family to survive the epidemic, let his old wife live a few more years, let him see his granddaughter, and let him take a second look at the great benefactor who helped the world and saved people...

The old man turned his head to look at his granddaughter and forced a smile.

"Xiaowan, you go out with these brothers and sisters first, and I'll talk to Mr. Li about something..."

Xiao Wan is a child's heart after all, and after being coaxed softly by Shen Tianpei, she is no longer as scared as she was just now.

Yue Hanzhi added another sentence on the side: "Xiaowan! I'll take you to play in the snow, wait until your little nose is frozen, maybe Daddy and Auntie will come back! ”

Xiao Wan looked at the two good-looking sisters in front of her, instantly waved her hands, and took the lead in running towards the outside of the hut.

Lin Manliu wanted to stay in the house, but after seeing Pei Yiqing's eyes, he had already walked out with him.

The last time he looked into the room, it was the old man who knelt on the ground again, but this time Pei Yiqing didn't stop it.

Lin Manliu and the three of them accompanied Xiao Wan for an hour before Pei Yiqing walked out of the house.

His face was extremely ugly, and he clutched a sheepskin scroll in his hand, which looked particularly mysterious.

Lin Manliu didn't look at him, but just looked at Pei Yiqing's back, and the face of the old man who followed him was filled with a sense of relief and relief that he had never felt before.

It's like a person who has kept a secret for more than ten years, and finally one day can tell others about it.

Pei Yiqing whispered: "Let's go!" ”

With that, he was about to stride forward, and as he passed by Xiao Wan, the little girl with pigtails picked up a handful of snow and held it high above her head.

"Benefactor... Give..."

At this moment, the shyness and shyness on the girl's face were clear at a glance.

The picture that was unexpected by everyone appeared in front of Lin Manliu and the others, Pei Yiqing, who was originally excellent at cultivating qi and kung fu, actually raised his hand to knock off the white snow in Xiao Wan's hand, and walked in the direction where he came without saying anything.

Xiao Wan looked at the three people beside her in confusion, and then looked at her grandfather in a panic at the location of the thatched hut.

The old man coughed a few times and beckoned to her.

"Benefactor... There are some urgent things to do, Xiaowan and grandpa should go into the house quickly, don't get sick..."

Then when the old man looked at Lin Manliu and the others, he bowed to them to apologize.

Lin Manliu pushed behind the girl's back and spoke out to her words.

"Xiaowan, you go home first, and we'll teach him a lesson! And then after a while, I'll bring your father and mother back, okay? ”

Xiao Wan smiled again, and handed the only remaining snow in her hand to Lin Manliu.

"I believe big brother, give!"

Lin Manliu took Bai Xue from the girl's hand, learned to be at home just now, and put Bai Xue to his mouth and made a chewing sound.

"Hmmm! The snow held by Xiao Wan is the most delicious, so let's go first! Listen to your grandfather! ”

"Good!"

When Lin Manliu and the three of them met Pei Yiqing again, they found that this "trickster doctor", one of the eight evil generals, was holding a medical book and was stunned.

The latter sensed the arrival of the three of them and turned his head to look at Lin Manliu.

"The children of that family should have been captured into the imperial tomb by the Dark Night Horse..."

Lin Manliu combined what he had just seen, and asked tentatively: "That old man or his children... But have you participated in the construction of the imperial mausoleum? ”

After Pei Yiqing hummed, he took out the sheepskin scroll from his arms and threw it at Lin Manliu casually.

He said out loud: "The identity of the old man... In his early years, he was changed by the evil spirit, and most of them were mentioned by the children of the family to outsiders, which caused today's disaster..."

"And among this sheepskin are the details of the 'Water Gate' that he participated in the construction of in the past, which will help us enter the imperial tomb..."

Lin Manliu listened to Pei Yiqing's words, and was still a little puzzled in his heart.

Even so, he shouldn't lose his temper, right?

Subsequently, without how Lin Manliu and the three of them asked, Pei Yiqing laughed miserably to herself.

"Lao Li, finally... Finally someone remembers you, and someone remembers..."

Heroes don't need swords, and chivalrous warriors can be nameless, but remember him.