Chapter Seventy-Three: Repentant Old Man

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It is said that when the three of Long Zixi saw that the prince led the troops back to the city, they did not dare to delay, and hurriedly turned their horses' heads and chased after everyone.

Half an hour later, he caught up with Third Brother Fang and the others.

When everyone heard that the crown prince had released Long Zixi, they were all embarrassed.

Long Zixi met with Gatula and his two uncles again.

Na Zhuo Ermei had already thrown herself into her father's arms, crying uncontrollably, and there was no need to elaborate.

Everyone discussed, this is the beginning of the ugly time, people are sleepy, but how to be good?

The crowd was deliberating on their own when they heard a noise in front of them.

A warrior came to report:

"The owner of the village, there seems to be a bandit ahead!"

The people hurriedly mounted their horses, each with his sword, and prepared for battle.

I saw a cavalry team of about 100 people, but they did not light torches, and they galloped in the night.

Long Zixi saw that he was alone, holding a big knife, but he couldn't see the appearance clearly, so he stood up and greeted him.

The man came near with the crowd, looked at them, and exclaimed,

"Who are you waiting for?"

Long Zixi looked at the man's appearance by the moonlight, and listened to his voice, and unconsciously moved in his heart:

"Your Excellency is Wei Cen?"

The man was stunned, and he also heard Long Zixi's voice:

"Is it Long Zixi? Under is Wei Zen! ”

Long Zixi was overjoyed, and he had already jumped off the horse:

"Brother, it's down there!"

Na Wei Cen also jumped off the horse, and when the two saw each other, they both had mixed feelings.

Seeing that the people of Long Zixi were in a hurry, his face was tired, and he asked:

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Long Zixi told him what had happened.

After listening to it, Na Weicen didn't say much:

"So, come with me!"

The crowd followed Wei Cen on.

After walking more than twenty miles, he came to the foot of a mountain.

When I came up the mountain, I turned left and right, and I arrived at a village.

Only then did he enter the village, and one person got the report and hurriedly greeted the village.

Long Zixi looked at it through the torch and saw that it was Wei Yi.

Seeing that everyone was in the dust, his face was tired, and when he saw the courtesy, he briefly asked about the situation, and did not say anything, and arranged for everyone to rest.

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The next day, Wei Yi had a banquet to entertain the people of Longzixi.

During the banquet, I had to thank Long Zixi again for letting Wei Cen go.

Long Zixi hurriedly thanked him:

"A little thing, what a big deal! However, Long Zixi was rescued by the two more than ten years ago, and he has always remembered it! ”

Long Zixi asked Wei Yi again why he got here.

Na Wei Yi said slowly:

"After the incident of Wudouzhai more than ten years ago, the old man was afraid of the retaliation of Xirong Kingdom, so he left the old nest and came here.

"Although he still occupies the mountains as the king, he no longer does the robbery, but only cultivates the mountains and forests, cultivates his own fields, and does some normal livelihood.

"After a long time, it has attracted a lot of desperate people to come here, and it has also gathered more than 1,000 people.

"The government saw that I didn't steal, I didn't rob, I didn't disturb the people, and I didn't come to clean it up, so it was very stable.

"Come to think of it, this is all the work of the heroes back then.

"By the way, how did Long Daxia get here?"

Long Zixi went to Lingzuka Mountain to seek medical treatment, passed by Inuqiu and learned that his father-in-law was in distress, so he rescued him in detail.

That Wei Yi listened and nodded:

"Isn't this just a coincidence! Xiao'er took people out to sell food, and rushed back overnight to meet his benefactor! ”

When he heard about the poison of mercury in Long Zixi's body, he was very worried, and said:

"The old man has also heard of the 'regretful old man'. I heard that he lived in the depths of the mountain mound, but he was not a seclusion. only takes alchemy as fun, although he has saved a lot of people, but he rarely walks down the mountain. Long Xian's nephew wanted to see him, but he was afraid that it would not be easy. ”

Longzi West Road:

"The little nephew wants to come, and the acquaintance and encounter between people is fate. If there is fate, you will see it, and if you don't have it, you can't say it. ”

After a long time, Long Zixi consulted with Galatu:

Seeing that Wudouzhai couldn't go back, my father-in-law and two elder brothers might as well go to Xishen first and go to Nashenhou. I'll fix a book here, and everything will go well. ”

Thinking that there was no better way, Nagatula nodded in agreement.

At that moment, Long Zixi wrote a letter and handed it to Bakiyi, and a group of warriors escorted their father and son to take the road to Xishen Kingdom.

Long Zixi, Huo Yunqi, Fang Sange, and Zhuo Ermei said goodbye to Wei Yi's father and son, and continued to come to Lingzuka Mountain.

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After walking for a day, I saw a big mountain in the distance, and at the foot of the mountain was a small village.

When the four of them entered the village, it was already dark, so they had to find a family to borrow a night.

It was a family of four, two old men, a son and a daughter-in-law.

To their delight, the old man's son could speak the Central Plains language.

I heard that the people of Longzixi were staying overnight, and the family was very hospitable, so they welcomed everyone into the courtyard at the moment, arranged for washing, and made a table of sumptuous wine and food to entertain the four.

At dinner, Long Zixi thanked the family again and again.

When I asked, the mountain behind the village was indeed the mountain of the mound.

The four of Long Zixi were very happy and asked the young man:

"Brother Tai, do you know that there is a living immortal living here, called 'Repentant Laosu'?"

The young man listened and nodded:

"That old man is famous far and wide, how can he not know? It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to meet him. ”

Long Zixi asked again:

"Brother Tai knows a thing or two about that old man?"

Young Human:

"I've heard about it.

"That old man came here more than ten years ago, and he brought four people with him.

"I heard that in the mountains to make alchemy, the pill was used to cure a lot of incurable diseases, and many people in the vicinity sought it for treatment.

"That old man is a rare good person in the world, not only does he not take a penny for treatment, but when he encounters the poor people who beg him to see a doctor, he takes out money to support him."

Third Brother Fang asked:

"So, how do you find him?"

The young man looked at Long Zixi and said:

"It is not difficult to find him, but to go to this mountain, and in the depths there are a few grass huts, where he dwells. But ......"

Fang Sange said:

"But how?"

Young Human:

"The old man was a kind man, but the four men who came with him were a little vicious, and every day one or two stopped him on the way up the mountain, as if guarding against someone.

"Whoever is not like the common people is often driven down the mountain by them.

"I don't look like ordinary people in the next few places, but I'm afraid that I can't get to the grass house."

When the people of Long Zixi heard this, they looked at each other and felt strange.

But they all thought that since they came, they would have to go up the mountain and see how it goes.

That night, I stayed at this house.

Long Zixi and Zhuo Ermei were chatting about the old man, and they couldn't understand why the old man was like this, so they fell asleep for a long time.

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The next day, Long Zixi and the four of them quit their landlords and marched into the mountains according to the instructions of the young man.

Along the way, I also met a few people, some went to the mountains, some came out of the mountains, and when they inquired, they were all looking for the old man to see a doctor.

When they saw that the old man was in the mountains, all the people rejoiced.

At this time, the four of Long Zixi had already changed out of Xirong's official clothes and changed back to ordinary clothes.

After traveling for about an hour, he went into the depths of the mountain early.

When I crossed a mountain beam, I saw two people sitting on the side of the road not far ahead.

Huo Yunqi smiled:

"Aren't these two nudes the roadblock?"

The two of them had already seen Long Zixi's four people, holding steel knives, standing up.

Approaching, one of them stretched out his hand to stop the four of them, and asked:

"Who are you waiting for? What do you do in the mountains? ”

Long Zixi smiled at the two of them:

"Please, two! We are ordinary people, but we have come here to meet the 'repentant old man'. ”

The man looked at the four of them and said:

"Ordinary people, etc.? Lao Suo has not returned from going out, you don't have to go up! ”

Huo Yunqi smiled:

"Really? There was an acquaintance who had just come down the mountain, and said that Lao Suo invited him to eat and drink last night. Why, did Lao Suo fly away in the morning in the clouds? ”

The man paused, and immediately understood that what Huo Yunqi said was a joke, and his face sank:

"This big brother Hugh wants to laugh. In short, Lao Suo is not there! ”

Seeing that Third Brother Fang wanted to have a seizure, Long Zixi hurriedly stopped him and said to the two:

"Please also be accommodating. To tell the truth, when we saw Lao Suo, we wanted to ask him to treat the disease under him, and there was no malice! ”

The man looked at Long Zixi, as if trying to remember something, and suddenly bit his ear at the other in the Rong language.

Another sidewalk:

"That being the case, I'll tell you about it."

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to go.

The two of them only spoke the language of the Rong people, and they could hide it from the four of them, but they didn't know that Huoyunqi and Zhuo Ermei could understand it.

But the man said to the other: "No, I am afraid that his opponent is coming, so please ask the master to take shelter for a while."

Seeing that the man wanted to leave, Huoyun Qi had already rushed ahead of the man, stopped him, and said with a smile:

"Which of us are against each other? Why be so nervous? ”

The two of them were shocked when they heard that several people could understand the Rong language.

One of them took the knife and shouted:

"You, you're Long Zixi! You, you're the one with the surname Fire! And you, aren't you the one who is beautiful? Tell you, don't want to hurt my master! ”

After speaking, he let out a long whistle.

Zhuo Ermei had already told Long Zixi what he had just heard.

Long Zixi was very embarrassed at this time, the other party obviously knew how many of them were, so there must have been some festivals before, but I don't know who they are, and what festivals they have with themselves?

Looking at the martial arts of the two of them, it is estimated that Huo Yunqi alone can subdue them.

But I thought, we are here for medical treatment, how can we use force?

Seeing that the man whistled, it was clearly a report, but I was afraid that I would enter the mountain, and it was really not so easy to see the "repentant old man".

I didn't have an accounting office, but I saw three people coming out from the corner of the mountain beam, the first one, tall, with a long beard, about seventy years old, and when I arrived, I had already seen that it was Ma Qin, an immortal from the Western Regions!

Long Zixi was taken aback: That repentant old man turned out to be Ma Qin, an immortal in the Western Regions?

But seeing that Ma Qin was approaching, he bowed his hand to Longzixi:

"Dragon Hero, please! I don't know if I'm coming, I'm missing the distance, and I'm looking at Haihan! ”

Long Zixi also hurriedly returned to the arch to salute:

"The immortals are invited! Is the repentant old man an immortal? I never thought of this. Sudden visit, no wonder! ”

Na Ma Qin smiled and said to the two people in front of him:

"Since you recognize it as Long Daxia, you also know that the old man has a deep relationship with Long Daxia. It is providential to meet here today, how can we stop it? ”

The two men looked at each other and remained silent.

The immortals of the Western Regions turned to the west of Longzi:

"Then please ask the dragon hero to move and go to the grass house to talk!"

A few people didn't think much about it, and followed Ma Qin to the grass hut.

I saw that the courtyard was quite spacious, and on the north side was a row of houses, about a dozen of them.

A pergola was erected on the east side, and a table and a few chairs were placed.

On the west side, there was a row of stoves, with light smoke, and a few guys were burning a fire.

On the south side of the wall, some ore is piled up.

Needless to say, it is the alchemy of the immortals in the Western Regions.

Everyone sat down in the room, and Ma Qin ordered to look at the tea.

Long Zixi was puzzled, and was about to ask, but saw Ma Qin smile slightly:

A few people slowly tasted tea and listened to the old man in detail.

"Oh, where do you start?

"It's better to start with the hero's sword spectrum.

"More than ten years ago, the old man was ordered to go to the Wudou Village with General Man Yesu to find Miss Zhuoermei......"

Speaking of which, he looked at Zhuo Ermei and continued:

"Now I can't call Miss Zhuo Ermei anymore, I have to call me Mrs. Long, hehe.

"That time, I didn't hurt the two of them, this ...... After a while, everyone will naturally understand why the old man said this.

But it was at that time that the old man got the lost sword book of Long Daxia.

The old man naturally couldn't put it down, and he couldn't let go of the scroll at night, and he was gradually fascinated by the practice method contained in the sword book.

The more the old man reads, the more he discovers that the sword book is not so much a method of practicing the mind, but a method of self-cultivation, which contains many great principles for dealing with the world.

The old man was convinced, and finally came to his senses, and repented of what he had done before, and he didn't think much about fame and fortune.

"So, I resigned from the position of the protector of the country, called myself 'Repentant Laosuo', brought four apprentices, and came here, self-cultivation, and practice some pills, but I want to do my best to save some people from the world's diseases, but I can forgive the sins of the year in case, alas!"

When the people of Longzixi heard this, they didn't say anything for a while, they only pondered this matter in their hearts, although they felt incredible, but they had to believe it.

Seeing that the crowd was silent, Namachin said:

"But it's the old man's apprentices, who know that the old man and the dragon heroes had a deep holiday back then, and they are afraid that you will find the old man to be unlucky, so they pay attention everywhere and guard against a few ......

After saying that, he laughed.

Long Zixi was already a frank person, time has passed, and he does not delve into the matter of hatred and resentment, but now seeing Ma Qin like this, he is even more open-minded, and said sincerely:

"Immortals, each was its own master back then, and you and I had no personal grudges. The immortals can have an epiphany and benefit the common people, and they are very admired. The matter of the festival will never be mentioned again. ”

Na Machin laughed again and said:

"To tell the truth, when he was a hero, the old man was deeply impressed by the hero's character and martial arts.

"It's just that at that time, the old man blindly wanted to get the sword book, and he couldn't solve it in the section of fame and fortune, so he was offended.

Now that I think about it, I regret it.

"If you can be forgiven by the hero, the old man is lucky!"

Longzi West Road:

"Who is at fault? After that, it can be changed, and it is very good. I didn't expect a sword spectrum to make the immortals have this deep understanding, but it was not in vain that this sword spectrum fell into the hands of the immortals. ”

Na Ma Qin's face flushed:

"Shame, shame! Now that Long Daxia is here today, the sword spectrum will be returned to its original owner. It's just, how about the old man have a few drinks with a few people? ”

Longzi West Road:

"The immortals have a life, how dare the younger generations disobey?"

The immortals of the Western Regions were overjoyed, so they ordered to prepare food.

Seeing this, everyone's nervous mood was relieved.

That Huoyun Qi, Third Brother Fang, and Zhuo Ermei were all thinking in their hearts:

How to find it to solve the poison of mercury for the dragon's son?

Long Zixi thought:

If I ask him, he will definitely agree, but it is suspected of being forced by reason, so it is better not to say it, if it can be cured, it will be cured, and if it cannot be cured, it will be cured.

Na Ma Qin seemed to see the thoughts of several people, and said:

"Although the old man is far away from the world, he is not ignorant of the world. I heard that Long Daxia is better than the five dogs in Hojing, can you take it seriously? ”

Longzi West Road:

"If that's the case."

Ma Qin nodded slightly, and suddenly his right hand flipped and grabbed Long Zixi's left wrist.

Long Zixi was startled, and instinctively wanted to use his luck to counteract, but he felt that Ma Qin's two fingers of his right hand were on the acupoint of his left wrist, and there was no intention of harm.

At the moment, keep quiet and let it be.

In fact, if ten years ago, Ma Qin would not have been able to grab Long Zixi's wrist with one shot.

But for more than ten years, Ma Qin has practiced the exercises contained in the sword spectrum, and his skills have improved greatly, and his internal skills have undergone substantial changes, and he is no longer under Long Zixi.

In addition, once Long Zixi found out that the other party had no malicious intent, he did not resist, so everyone was surprised when they saw Long Zixi being grabbed by Ma Qin's wrist, but they didn't know what was going on.

Long Zixi smiled at everyone:

"You don't have to be nervous, the immortals are just here to diagnose the pulse."

Only then did the crowd relax.

But seeing that Ma Qin held the pulse with his right hand and stroked his beard with his left hand, he let go of his right hand for a long time, frowned slightly, and said:

"The dragon hero seems to have been poisoned by the chronicity. Judging from the pulse, it should be the poison of mercury, but it has not yet been rooted. ”

Long Zixi was greatly impressed and said:

"The immortals are really smart! Indeed, he was poisoned by mercury. ”

Seeing this, Huo Yunqi hurriedly made his words clear:

"I came to the immortals to ask the immortals to help detoxify. It's just that, hehe, I don't know that the immortals of the Western Regions are the immortals of the Western Regions, and the immortals who have regrets are the immortals of the Western Regions. ”

Ma Chin laughed again:

Actually, the old man had expected this festival for a long time. You don't have to worry, the old man should do his best to detoxify the hero. ”

Several people were overjoyed to hear this.

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As he was talking, an apprentice came to report:

"Master, someone is begging Master to see a doctor."

Machin said:

"Tell him that the old man is busy, and let him come back in the afternoon or sometime."

The apprentice said:

That's what the disciple told him. But the man said that it was not easy to come from afar, and begged the immortals to treat him now. ”

Longzi West Road:

"It's better for the immortals to show him first, and he won't be in a hurry in Shimohara."

The Western Regions Immortal nodded:

So, a few people sit down. The old man will be back in a moment. ”

As he spoke, the Western Regions Immortal got up and walked out of the house.

The people of Longzixi looked out of the window.

But there was a man, about thirty-five or sixteen years of age, with a gray scarf on his head, his clothes in tattered clothes, and a dusty face, and a stick wrapped in rags, and he was bent over a table, and sat down at the table under the pergola, and stretched out his left arm, and laid it on a pillow.

The immortal of the Western Regions sat down opposite the man, put his right hand on the man's pulse, closed his eyes slightly, and checked his pulse.

But seeing that the man lowered his head, his eyes rolled, and suddenly his right hand reached into his arms, and he took out a dagger and stabbed it directly into the chest of the immortal in the Western Regions.

The immortals of the Western Regions were unguarded, screamed, and fell on their backs.

When the apprentices saw that something was wrong, one of them rushed over and picked up the immortal from the Western Regions, but the other three rushed over and slashed at the man.

But when he saw the man wielding the stick in his hand and resisting vigorously, the rag wrapped around the stick was cut by the knife, revealing a sword.

The man with a dagger in his right hand and a long sword in his left hand, with one enemy and three, actually attacked more and defended less, and knocked down two people with lightning speed, and the other person parried with all his might, but he was invincible.

When Long Zixi saw the man's sword move, he couldn't help but be surprised: Could it be him?

didn't have time to think about it at the moment, he had already jumped in the courtyard, replaced the apprentice, and swung his sword to fight with the man.

In less than thirty rounds, the man was slapped on the shoulder by Long Zixi and fell to the ground.

Huo Yunqi and Third Brother Fang both snatched out and captured the man.

The two looked at the man again, and couldn't help but be surprised, and blurted out:

"Lu Yixiang?!"

That person is indeed Lu Yixiang.

It turned out that although Lu Yixiang took refuge in Yin Qiu, he hated the immortals of the Western Regions to the core, and never forgot to avenge his father and younger brother.

More than ten years ago, after following Yin Qiu from Baocheng back to Haojing, he originally wanted to be an official in Beijing, but Yin Qiu was not more important than him, and still only regarded him as an ordinary doorman.

That Lu Yi enjoyed this cold reception, and was accused by the princess that night, and felt tasteless, so he took King Xuan's reward and resigned and returned to his hometown.

After staying at home for a few years, marrying a wife and having children, he always remembered the old things, and finally felt that his father's revenge had not been avenged, and the heavens were intolerable, so he left his hometown again and went to Xirong to inquire about the news of the immortals in the Western Regions, looking for an opportunity to take revenge.

Finally, Lu Yixiang found out that the repentant old man was the immortal of the Western Regions back then, so he disguised himself as a broken man, and in the name of seeking his cure, he went up the mountain and approached the immortal of the Western Regions.

That Lu Yixiang was taught by Long Zixi the fifty-four styles of the Open Heaven Sword Technique, and after more than ten years of practice, it was already extraordinary, and the incident happened suddenly, and Lu Yixiang struggled again, so the apprentices of the immortals in the Western Regions couldn't resist it for a while.

Unexpectedly, Long Zixi happened to be on the mountain, and when he was in danger, he rescued the immortals of the Western Regions and others.

At this time, the Western Regions Immortal had already stood up, his right hand covering his left chest, and blood was oozing from his fingers.

Seeing this, an apprentice scolded:

"You bastard!"

Swinging the knife is about to slash at Lu Yixiang.

But I heard the voice of the immortals in the Western Regions:

"Stop!"

The man stopped and glared at Lu Yixiang viciously.

Long Zixi hurriedly came to see the wound of the immortal in the Western Regions, but fortunately the stab was not too deep and did not hurt the heart.

At that moment, several apprentices and Zhuo Ermei worked together to apply knife wound medicine to the immortals of the Western Regions and bandage the wounds.

Everyone helped the immortals of the Western Regions to sit.

Huo Yunqi and Third Brother Fang pushed Lu Yixiang over.

The immortal of the Western Regions asked Lu Yixiang:

"Your Excellency...... Who are you? Why kill the old man? ”

That Lu Yixiang snorted, didn't answer him, but sneered at Long Zixi:

"I can't imagine that you, Long Zixi, have done all the way with this old thief!"

Long Zixi didn't know how to answer, and was stunned for a while.

Lu Yixiang turned his face to the immortals of the Western Regions:

"Old thief, Lao Tzu is the son of Lu Shuyang, the brother of Lu Zidan, and Lu Yixiang is also! You hurt my father and brother, and I will kill you to take revenge!" It's a pity, huh! ”

After speaking, he glared at Long Zixi fiercely.

The Western Regions Immortal had already understood at this time, shook his head, and said to Huo Yunqi and Third Brother Fang:

"Please, two...... Let him go. ”

The two hesitated, Long Zixi nodded at the two, and the two let go of Lu Yixiang, but they didn't dare to leave too far, and still followed.

The immortal of the Western Regions said to another apprentice:

"Give him the sword."

The apprentice was reluctant and shouted:

"Master!"

The Western Regions Immortal glanced at the apprentice:

"I said give him the sword, don't you obey the master's orders?"

The apprentice stomped his foot angrily, picked up the long sword, and stuffed it into Lu Yixiang's hand.

Long Zixi kept an eye on Lu Yixiang and was ready to respond to the enemy at any time.

But he heard the immortals of the Western Regions sigh and said to Lu Yixiang:

"The revenge of killing your father can't be avenged. You want to kill me to take revenge. ”

After saying that, he closed his eyes.

That Lu Yixiang gritted his teeth, took two steps forward with his sword, and was about to stab at the immortals of the Western Regions with his sword.

For a moment, it stopped.

I saw that Lu Yixiang looked at a few people around him, and then at the immortals in the Western Regions, stomped his feet, and turned to leave.

After a long time, the immortal of the Western Regions opened his eyes and saw that Lu Yixiang had left, and sighed again:

"Alas, it is better to do good than not to do evil. Once the iniquity has been done, what is the use of doing as many more good deeds? ”

After that, he shook his head and sighed, sorrowful.

Everyone listened to the words of the immortals in the Western Regions, pondering the meaning of that sentence, and was silent for a while.