Chapter 126: Li Qingmu: I want to ask about the events of fourteen years ago......
With the corresponding two maps, it is very easy to find Baixiang Town.
The distance of six hundred miles will not take long for Li Qingmu's flying magic weapon.
Where the town of Baixiang used to be located, it is now a huge dammed lake, which is very recognizable from the air.
Searching around, I soon found a large market town.
Because it was in the hardest hit area of the earth's dragon, most of the buildings were mostly rebuilt.
As a result, the population of this town is much smaller than that of Yongze Town, but the size of the town is quite large.
But it also seems more and more deserted.
There is no such hustle and bustle of Huainan Road.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that most of the residents here are made up of survivors when the earth dragon turned over.
"It's deserted too."
Li Qingmu was not surprised, in the process of her search for that person, most of the rebuilt counties and towns, the neighborhoods were in this half-ripe state.
And there are a lot of people who will fight for things like turf grabs.
The time of arrival of the four people and the goose was clearly in the afternoon, but there were few people on the street.
Except for a few shops that were open and a little angry, the rest of the houses were closed.
It must be very depressing to live in such a place.
Lu Zhu and Lin Xiren opened the inn room to rest, while Gu Youtian and Li Qingmu went out.
The Goose Lady wanted to find some people to ask for directions, but most of them chose to avoid or leave by detour, and they didn't want to talk to her at all.
Seeing such a strange town, Gu Youtian was also quite emotional.
"Do you still know the way?"
Gu Youtian shook his head.
But he knew where to ask for directions.
"The Holy Maiden comes with me."
In the past, in Jiannan Road, the area where Baixiang Town is located was prevalent in the method of asking for hexagrams, and there were many fortune-telling scholars in the rivers and lakes, presumably even now, they should still be able to find it.
However, most of them don't really have the talent to learn, and they just do that trick of deception.
People like this should know a lot.
Turning around on the deserted street, sure enough, at an intersection with a fairly dense flow of people, I found an old blind Taoist priest who claimed to be able to calculate the fate of heaven and earth.
He was thin and thin, with a small wooden table, a low wooden stool, and a black cloth covering his eyes.
Next to it are his signboards that read "God Reckoning".
When Gu Youtian and Li Qingmu came to him, he greeted him with a smile in a sharp voice:
"Childe, girl, two Gui'an."
Li Qingmu's beautiful eyes flashed, and she could sense that the other party did not have aura in his body, and he obviously had no cultivation in his body.
How can you know the number and gender of the people who are coming?
"Girl, but you want to count a hexagram?"
Li Qingmu became interested, so he prepared to sit on the small wooden stool.
But it was preempted by Gu Youtian.
Although she was displeased, she just gave him a blank look, and stood quietly on the side.
This is his hometown, so let him come.
"It seems that Childe has something more urgent to ask than that girl?"
Gu Youtian didn't answer, he was too experienced in dealing with this kind of old liar in his previous life.
Most liars will prepare a set of guidance words to push you in the direction he wants, and soon you will really think that he is extremely accurate and gullible.
At this point, just ignore his words.
"You can really count anything?" Gu You asked with a smile.
"Tong Su is not bullied." The old blind man patted the sign beside him.
"Coincidentally, isn't it!" Gu You leaned straight and looked solemn: "I just have something important here, I want the master to help calculate!" ”
"What did Childe ask?" The old blind man swore an oath.
I was already thinking about how much money I should collect from them later.
His black cloth was actually specially made, and it seemed to be pitch black to outsiders, but from his side, it was just a black veil.
The effect is much like that of later polarized light lenses.
Therefore, he naturally saw that the people who came were a man and a woman.
And the man is handsome, the woman is beautiful, the bearing is extraordinary, and the clothes are bright.
I think I can cheat a lot of money!
Hehe, he has long understood the deception techniques taught by his master, and no matter what the other party says, he is confident that he can take it with a trick.
The old blind man and the old god were there, and he gave Gu You a gesture of please.
The latter is also unambiguous, and his expression is very serious:
"Since the master is known as a god of calculation, then help me calculate......" Gu You pointed at the old blind man, and then pointed at himself.
"I want to beat up a liar who claims to be a god today, and the master will help me do the math, can this matter be done?"
He knows very well that if he wants to deal with crooks, he should take the initiative into his own hands.
After listening to Gu Youtian's question, the old blind man was stunned.
He opened his mouth for a long time, but he couldn't say a complete word.
A liar who claims to be a god?
You seem to be talking about yourself, huh?
If he replied, "This is possible," would the young man in front of him pounce on him and beat him?
"This matter ......" he hesitated to answer: "This matter ......"
Gu You smiled and narrowed his eyes, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth.
As long as this old liar dares to say: "This matter is not appropriate." He would tell him, "Congratulations, master, you have miscalculated!" Then smash the signboard with the word "God Calculation" written on it!
The old blind man's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he wiped it with his wide cuffs.
The voice in the mouth is getting quieter:
"The old man thinks that it is better for the son to think about this matter in the long run......"
"The old man can give the son and the girl next to him a free hexagram, okay?"
Gu Youtian saw that he was soft, so he didn't pursue it too much, but just said with a smile:
"Master, don't pretend in front of the juniors, my silver, the master can't cheat it."
"Shouting the master, it's because I have something to ask the master today, I don't know if the master is willing to listen to the chatter of the juniors?"
The old blind man looked awe-inspiring, and said with a straight face:
"Childe, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
"Master, do you remember that Baixiang Lake on the mountain was once a town?"
It turned out that he inquired about the lake again, and the old blind man's face was a little strange, and he soon returned to normal:
"Childe is also here to inquire about the sword?"
"Also? The sword? ”
Gu Youtian looked puzzled and asked:
"What do you mean by that?"
When the old blind man saw him like this, he realized that he had thought too much, and secretly scolded himself for being stupid.
Originally, he had worked hard to inquire about that information, and he wanted to make some silver taels based on this information.
But in the face of the man in front of him who had begun to roll up his sleeves, he really didn't dare to hide it.
"Hey, don't hide it from your son."
"Recently, those who have come to inquire about Baixiang Lake, except for the son, the old man has already seen three waves of people."
"They are all the same as Gongzi, they are magnificent, they are not mortals at first glance, they should be those high-ranking practitioners."
"This town has long been renamed Baixia Town, taken from the close sound of Baixiang, and there are even fewer people who know that the lake used to be Baixiang Town, after all, the dragon turned over fourteen years ago, and there were not many people who survived."
"But recently, there have been too many people who have come to inquire about Baixiang Lake, and the old man is really curious, so he pretended to be deaf and heard some secrets."
The first two times, he didn't take it to heart.
But the more he thought about it afterwards, the more wrong it became, so he no longer pretended to be blind, but pretended to be deaf.
He pretended to be deaf and deceived that day, and the handsome men and women who wore gorgeous dresses and carried gorgeous swords on their backs, and obviously did not have much scheming, did not suspect it, and sat in front of his stall and whispered to him when they asked him for directions.
"Old man, before, I heard those little dolls say that in that Baixiang Lake, there is a peerless divine weapon left, as long as it is obtained, it can soar into the sky."
"That sword was completely hidden in the ground fourteen years ago when the dragon turned over."
"And they're here to find a sword."
"When I heard Childe inquire about the lake, I thought that Childe was just like them, and he came for that sword."
The old blind man simply told everything he knew, and he was beaten.
Gu You leaned to look at Li Qingmu, and the goose saintess also pinched her chin lightly, frowning and thinking.
Those people are obviously disciples of the Immortal Sect, but what peerless divine soldiers can there be here?
Ordinary high-quality magic weapons will exude a powerful Dao rhyme and aura, but when she flew over Baixiang Lake, she didn't notice it.
Could it be the legendary "immortal soldier self-defilement"?
It's also unlikely, if there were really immortal soldiers, the great monks who should have come here to help the refugees rebuild their homes fourteen years ago were taken away, right?
Li Qingmu shook his head and put aside some speculations in his heart.
She bowed her head slightly, and said to Gu Youtian in her lips: "It's none of our business." ”
Gu Youtian nodded and continued:
"Master, you misunderstood, we didn't come to that lake, I used to be from Gujia Village, Baixiang Town, and I came here to look for relatives."
When the old blind man heard what the other party said, his expression was slightly stunned, and he said a few words in the local dialect.
Gu Youtian replied calmly.
After confirming that he was really a local, the old blind man's attitude changed 180 degrees.
became quite enthusiastic, if it weren't for Gu Youtian's repeated shirks, he would have been ready to go back and ask his wife to get a few meat dishes to entertain the two.
He told Gu Youtian that Gujia Village is still there and has been rebuilt, just on Wuli Road, a suburb of Baixia Town, and now the population is much more than that of Gujia Village before.
There is an old woman at the entrance of the village, who was also a survivor of 14 years ago, and if you want to find relatives, you may be able to ask her.
After asking where the new Gujiacun was, Gu Youtian got up and said goodbye to the old blind man.
The old blind man chased after him, and gave each of them a talisman made by himself, saying that he had really opened this thing and could avoid disasters.
Gu Youtian naturally knew that believing this in front of Li Qingmu would seem very funny, but he still accepted the thoughts from the elders.
Li Qingmu also accepted it and expressed his gratitude to the old blind man.
The two set off for Gujia Village.
On the way, Li Qingmu took out the amulet and looked at it again and again.
This thing is very exquisitely made, but unfortunately, there is really no aura in it.
"The people from Daoyou's hometown are very sincere."
Gu You poured mixed feelings in his heart, some sad, and some sighs.
He barely squeezed out a smile and said to Li Qingmu:
"It's a pity that I can't entertain the saintess, if it weren't for the disaster fourteen years ago, Gu would definitely take the saint for a visit."
Li Qingmu nodded and gave him an encouraging smile back.
She put the amulet away, and her steps became much lighter.
She would occasionally fold off the flowers and plants on the side of the road, and occasionally suddenly slow down and follow Gu You to step on his shadow.
It's not that she wants to sell cute, but she's always been a little absent-minded.
It's just a subconscious move she made when she was thinking about things.
It's like when you're on the phone with your boyfriend, you're going to do something in your hands.
Ever since she came to Baixia Town, she has been in a very strange state.
My heart is tickling, and from time to time there is a throbbing.
The heartbeat is always in a very fast state.
No matter how she adjusted, this strange feeling still existed.
It was something that had been long-awaited for a long time, and it was the feeling of finally revealing the truth in front of her.
Every time he thought that he might have to confirm Gu Daoyou's identity soon, Li Qingmu would be so nervous that he curled up his toes.
She was conflicted, wanting to know the answer, and afraid to know the answer.
This feeling was strongest when she and Gu Youtian came to the entrance of Gujia Village.
Her half-step leg didn't dare to really step on the ground in front of her.
Seeing that she was no longer moving forward, Gu Youtian stopped and looked back at Li Qingmu:
"Holy Maiden, it's coming soon, why did you stop?"
Li Qingmu looked at the confusion on Gu Youtian's face, and the urge to give up and continue to enter suddenly rose in his heart.
She has been looking for that person for ten years, and this matter is the deepest obsession in her life.
The kind of obsession that doesn't blink to death.
But she's so scared now.
I was so scared that my body was going limp, and I was shaking uncontrollably.
I am afraid that I will not find the man, and I am afraid that I will find the man, not him.
Gu Youtian came to Li Qingmu's side, her body was weak and almost leaned against his side.
"Holy Maiden? You okay? ”
“……”
Li Qingmu pursed his lips tightly, forcibly cheered up, and tried not to tremble in his voice: "Fellow Daoist, let's go." ”
Gu Youtian actually didn't know what the Holy Maiden wanted to do in her hometown, and naturally she didn't understand what kind of fierce struggle she was doing in her heart.
They soon found the old woman of Gujia Village in the mouth of the old blind man.
A kind old woman with gray hair.
gave Gu You a familiar feeling from the old people.
She was obviously very old, probably over 100 years old, and she walked tremblingly, but when she saw an outsider coming to visit, she still greeted them into the house very warmly.
Hot tea was poured for the two.
This made Gu Youtian, who was still planning to inquire about the whereabouts of his relatives, dispel this idea.
He didn't want to irritate the grandmother.
He was afraid that the mention of the name in his memory would bring back memories of his grandmother.
If something happens to him if he gets too emotional, he can't afford it.
So, he just asked about Gujiacun's past and did not identify himself.
But grandma was so thoughtful that she had already guessed a rough idea from his expressions and movements, as well as the questions he asked.
She smiled kindly and reminded:
"In the past, after the earth dragon turned over, we set up spirit cards for those villagers who have passed away, if you are free, you can go to the ancestral hall to have a look."
After learning that there was still a spirit card, Gu Youtian was restless.
Will his parents, his brothers, his aunts, his aunts and uncles, his cousins, his cousins, their names be there?
Someone has set up a spiritual plaque for them for himself, and mourns for them for himself every year?
"Thank you grandma for telling me......"
He couldn't help it and got up to take his leave.
Without waiting for Li Qingmu, he had already gone out and rushed to the ancestral hall.
Li Qingmu opened his mouth, looked at Gu Youtian's departing footsteps, and didn't get up for a while.
She also had a lot to ask, but she knew Gu Daoyou's concerns, and she didn't want to irritate her grandmother.
"Hoo ......"
Li Qingmu exhaled a long breath, and finally decided to endure it and prepare to leave.
If you don't have an answer, then keep searching, it's been ten years anyway.
"Little girl." Grandma Gu spoke up and kept her.
"Do you have anything to say to the old woman?"
"Grandma......" Li Qingmu lowered his eyes, thought for a long time, and finally asked in a low voice: "I want to ask about fourteen years ago......
She tries her best to keep herself in a stable state, and she also keeps an eye on her grandmother's state, and if there is anything unusual, she will act immediately.
To her surprise, her grandmother was in much better shape than she had imagined.
Under her perception of "viewing", grandma was at peace, and although her mood was not high, she also felt a little happy because someone mentioned old things.
She pulled Li Qingmu to sit down and slowly talked about what happened fourteen years ago.
From the moment the earth dragon turned over, it was talked about how they fled and how they survived the ruins.
Tea, cold.
Li Qingmu pricked up his ears and listened extremely carefully.
Even more serious than when she listened to Ning Hongyan's preaching, for fear of missing any details.
Grandma Gu also obviously opened up the conversation box and talked to her a lot.
Until she mentioned one thing, Li Qingmu could no longer suppress the emotions surging in her heart.
"Although in the past, the immortals from the Immortal Sect came to the disaster, and the people here have their own opinions, but the old woman remembers very clearly that it was the fairies of the Tianxuan Holy Land who rescued the few remaining seedlings in Gujia Village that year."
(End of chapter)