Chapter 15: The Return of the Dead
The three of them slowly walked while enjoying the scenery along the way, stopping and walking until the evening of the third day, the sunset sprinkled, shining on Minna's round and jade face, even more white and red, delicate and lovely, Murong Yucan couldn't help but look at it from time to time, and it could be seen from his eyes that he had never seen such a good-looking person.
The three of them walked slowly for a while, the sky had darkened, it was dark early in the mountains, when the sun went down, they finally saw the sparks at the foot of the mountain in front, there was a small village in front, the village was built according to the mountain, a small stream in front of the village was gurgling, a few weeping willows by the stream were very suitable for the scene, the environment was quiet and beautiful, the village was really small, there were less than 100 people by sight, there were about twenty or thirty households, all of them lived in adobe walls covered with thatched houses, although the houses were simple but the front and back of the houses were also cleaned up, and a few of them had been smoked up.
Although the village is beautiful, it is really a little remote, surrounded by high mountains, there is a road out of the village and into the village, and the three of them walked for three days to see such a small village.
The old man looked at the village and said, "Quiet and cozy little village, let's see if we can spend the night here."
When the three of them came to the village, Ouyang Qin walked towards the largest house in the middle and knocked on the door: "Hello fellow, I don't want to bother you, I don't know if I can spend the night here with my granddaughter and grandchildren."
"Oh, hey", there was a sound mixed with coughing in the house: "It is fate to pass by, and it is okay if Keqing is not too simple", after speaking, the door opened, and an old man with white hair and white beard stood behind the door and bowed his head to greet him: "Please come in, please come in."
"Where, where, it's a blessing to be able to stay here," the old man replied politely with his fists in both hands.
"Thank you grandpa"
"Thank you grandpa"
Minna and Murong Yucan bowed and saluted.
The three of them entered the house, Minna and Murong Yucan couldn't help but look left and right looking at the environment in the house, the house was very spacious, clean, a hall with two ear rooms, one was a stove room, a woman was cooking in the stove room, a seven or eight-year-old boy was helping to light the fire, the boy saw someone coming, he seemed very happy, maybe it was the first time he saw someone outside the village, and happily hurriedly moved a bamboo bench: "Grandpa, you sit."
"Well, good, sensible child"
"Thank you, grandpa, for the compliment", the boy moved two more stools after speaking: "Brother and sister, you sit."
Murong Yucan was like seeing his sister, the two were about the same age, touched the boy's head and said, "Thank you."
When the boy had done this, he went back to help light the fire.
There was an oil lamp lit in the hall, and the wick seemed to be pulled high, and the whole hall was very bright.
With the help of the light, the old man looked at the old man in front of him who was the same age as him, and suddenly the old man Ouyang Qin seemed to be frozen, looking at the person in front of him with the same white hair as him, his eyes did not blink, and the other party was the same as him, looking at him without blinking, Ouyang Qin suddenly stepped forward and exclaimed: "Yang Bai", his voice was already trembling.
"Ouyang, it's you, is it really you?"
"It's me, I'm me, I'm Ouyang Qinna"
"It's really a brother."
The two were stunned and immediately hugged each other.
"Brother, I didn't expect it to be you, back then..."
"Back then... Sit fast."
Ouyang Qin thought of something and wanted to ask clearly, but when he saw that there were two little ghosts next to him, he held back the words that had reached his throat.
Yang Bai also noticed that there were still two little babies on the side, and the words were swallowed back to his mouth.
Minna and Murong Yucan were both stunned in place at this time, their mouths were open and their eyes were staring at the scene in front of them, the scene in front of them they couldn't describe, the two white-haired old men were old friends, and the two sides recognized each other after entering the door, and they didn't hear the voice in front of them, as if they hadn't seen each other for decades, they never thought it would be such an encounter scene, and they wouldn't meet in any direction they went, such a probability is really rare.
"Minna, come and see your Grandpa Yangbai" Ouyang Qin beckoned to Minna.
"Hello grandpa," Minna exclaimed with a deep bow.
"Minna... Who is this..."Yang Bai asked in surprise.
"Brother, she is the little master, the biological daughter of the sect master, Minna is the name I gave her"
"Huh? Little master? Back then..."Yang Bai seemed to be a little shocked, looking at Minna for a while, and looking at Ouyang Qin for a while, as if he was waiting for Ouyang Qin's further confirmation.
"Yes, it's true," Ouyang Qin nodded.
Yang Bai took a step forward, leaned in front of Minna, looked at Minna carefully, and said, "Like, really like."
Ouyang Qin said: "Confirm that it is correct."
When Yang Bai heard this, he knelt on one knee with both hands and one knee, and Kong Wu called out forcefully: "Little master."
Minna was even more shocked at this time, she had never seen this kind of scene, an old man who was the same age as her grandfather actually knelt in front of her and called her little master, knelt down on her knees and kowtowed, "Grandpa, don't do this" said and wanted to help Grandpa Yangbai, Yangbai also helped Mingna, and the two got up.
"Sit, sit down", Yang Bai's voice trembled, "Dingtian, go and find your Uncle Yan and them" Yang Bai said while wiping his tears, and the boy had to run out immediately.
"Flying north? The Beifei brothers are also here," Ouyang Qin said with surprise and joy.
"It's Beifei them, sixteen years, the old man can see you and see the little master, the sky has eyes" After speaking, tears came out again.
While speaking, the boy came in with seven or eight people, seven or eight middle-aged men who were almost the same age, and in front of him was a middle-aged man in his forties with a resolute face, as soon as these seven or eight people came in, Ouyang Qin quickly caught up, grabbed the man and said: "Beifei, Beifei brother"
"Brother Ouyang" As soon as Yan Beifei entered the door and saw the old man, he hurriedly came up and hugged the old man.
The people behind knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Meet Ouyang's right envoy."
"You, you, you're all here", Ouyang Qin's surprise was overflowing, "Hurry up, hurry up."
Ouyang Qin picked up a middle-aged man and shouted: "Xue Yi", Xue Yi hugged his fists and said: "Ouyang is the right envoy"
He picked up another one and shouted: "Fang Jin", Fang Jin also hugged his fists and said: "Ouyang Right Envoy".
Ouyang Qin came over, patted the other party's shoulder and shouted: "Ding Yin", Ding Yin also hugged his fists and said: "Ouyang Right Envoy"
"Dong Yichuan"
"Shecki"
"Lu Yuan"
"Huo Zun"
Everyone also clasped their fists and saluted one by one: "Ouyang Right Envoy".
At this time, Yang Bai pulled Minna, walked to everyone, and said resolutely: "She is the little master."
Yan Beifei looked at Minna with straight eyes for a long time, and then knelt down on one knee and said, "Meet the little master", and everyone knelt down in unison and said: "Meet the little master."
Minna has never seen this kind of scene, and she is a little overwhelmed, "Hurry up, hurry up."
Everyone called Minna the little master just an honorific title, because they all knew in their hearts that the sect leader treated them like a family, never spoke out loud to anyone, and never punished anyone, except for Ouyang Qin, Yan Beifei and others, most of the rest were rescued by the sect leader Lin Ming from the brink of death, and there were not a few who regarded the sect leader as a reborn parent.
Ouyang Qin said excitedly: "I really didn't expect that there are still many people in my Shura Sect."
Yang Bai said proudly: "There are eighty-nine people in the village here, all of whom I selected from the left, center, and right armies of the Shura Sect, and the rest are paid severance pay for them to find a place to settle down."
"Come on, come on, let's sit down and talk," Yang Bai beckoned.
Everyone sat down around the table one by one, Ouyang Qin held Yang Bai's hand and said: "Brother, what is the ins and outs of the year, I was ordered by the sect master to escort the secret book to Tianshan, but in just three days, when I came back, the sect was empty, I thought you all..."
Yang Bai was also agitated in his heart, and said with a long sigh: "Back then, we also wondered, back then, I had the order of the sect leader to lead the left, center, and right three routes of military horses to block the enemy in Fengqiao Mountain on the west line of the main altar, but who knew that we waited in Fengqiao Mountain for three days and four nights without seeing the enemy, just when we didn't know whether to go back or continue to stand still, a disciple sent a letter" said and took out a letter from the side and handed it to Ouyang Qin, and continued: "So we withdrew to the main altar, and after we came back, there was no one in the sect, and it was turned over everywhere. The head and his wife are also missing."
Ouyang Qin opened the letter, which read:
"The dispute has risen, and the Yang Zuo envoy immediately disbanded the disciples, don't seek revenge for me."
While Ouyang Qin read the letter, Yang Bai also continued: "I saw that the back door of the secret room was opened, so I took people to the back mountain, but I didn't see any trace along the way.
"It should be like this, it turned out that the sect leader had already made arrangements, I escorted the cheats to the Tianshan Mountains, and when I arrived in the Tianshan Mountains, I found out that there were twelve cheats in the secret room, but only nine of them were sent, leaving three to send them, they were nothing more than coming for the cheats" Ouyang Qin said.
Yang Bai held Ouyang Qin's hand with one hand and Minna's hand with the other, and said eagerly: "Tell me quickly, when did you return to the main altar back then, but you know where the sect leader and Mrs. are now, when I led the army to meet the enemy, Mrs. obviously has not yet reached the penalty period, how can the little master be by your side."
"It seems that I must have returned to the church one day before you, when I escorted the cheats to the Tianshan Mountains and rushed back non-stop, it was still a step too late, when I came back, there was no one in the sect, it was a mess, but the scene did not leave any traces of fighting, I went into the secret room to check, and found that the secret door to the back mountain in the secret room was opened, I entered the secret road to the back mountain, the back mountain was densely packed with footprints, the traces of the fight were obvious, it was obvious that the sect leader encountered a strong enemy in the back mountain, I followed the footprints all the way to investigate, The footprints are the footprints of the two people in front, and the footprints of a group of people are behind, stopping and stopping, it is obvious that the sect leader was to protect the lady and take the strategy of fighting and retreating, I followed the footprints all the way to investigate more than ten miles away, not far from a cliff, there was a pool of blood, and when I arrived at the edge of the cliff, it became a pair of footprints, there was also a pool of blood, but only a few nameless corpses were seen at the scene, and the sect leader and Mrs. were not found, just in the corner of the cliff under the tree hole under the dead tree, I saw a baby, It was the baby's rapid cry that made me find her, I picked up the baby and found the twin lotus jade pendant from the swaddling clothes", Ouyang Qin finished speaking, Minna also took out a jade pendant carved with two lotus flowers from her arms.
Yang Bai took the jade pendant and exclaimed: "Twin lotus jade pendant, this is the lady's belongings", saying that, Yang Bai knelt on the ground, raised the jade pendant above his head with both hands, raised his head and said: "The sky has eyes, sect leader, you have a queen."
Minna had already cried at this time, tears were like beads with broken threads, and she said in a trembling voice: "Grandpa, is that baby me?"
"Yes, that baby is you, your biological father is Lin Ming, the leader of the Shura Sect sixteen years ago, and your biological mother is the sect leader's wife Xiao Lian"
"That dream is real, that dream is real"
Minna couldn't stop crying, muttering the same sentence in her mouth.
Seeing that Minna was so sad and sad, everyone got up and comforted, Ouyang Qin supported Minna's shoulder and comforted: "Child, cry if you want to, just cry out."
"Ah" Minna felt like someone had her heart opened at this time, completely releasing the emotions that had been suppressed in her heart for many years!
At this time, Murong Yucan's heart was like being crushed by a thousand catties of boulders, which made him breathless, he couldn't imagine that the so-called famous and decent people did such a cruel thing, killing a weak woman who had just become a father and a weak woman who had just given birth, and among this group of people was his grandfather and uncle, his heart was dripping blood, there were no words on his mouth, his beloved had such a tragic life experience, seeing his beloved sad like that, he could only cry with a horn.
After a long time, Minna calmed down a little, pinched the jade pendant in her hand, and asked Ouyang Qin: "Grandpa, haven't you seen my father's body back then?"
"No, I've checked several times but I haven't found it, and even the sect leader's Heavenly Sword is nowhere to be found," Ouyang Qin said with a shake of his head.
Yan Beifei on the side said: "Only the sect leader can pull out the Heavenly Sword in the world, and if others get it, it is a waste product, no one should want the Heavenly Sword", Yan Beifei is a sword idiot, and he knows everything about the world's famous swords and swordsmanship.
When he said this, he meant to tell Minna that the Heavenly Sword was useless to others, and the sword must still be in the hands of the Sect Master.
For a swordsman, people are in the sword! The sword is in the man!
"Child, don't worry, maybe the sect leader and his wife will be fine, but those few wastes don't have that ability," Yang Bai persuaded.
"Yes, those few wastes don't have that ability, and it's okay to clean up those wastes with the sect leader's martial arts cultivation," Yan Beifei also persuaded.
"Right"
"Right"
…
The rest of the crowd echoed.
But Minna cried hard again, sobbing and said: "My mother just gave birth to me, no matter how high her martial arts are, it is difficult to deal with the enemy's desperate pursuit and vicious fight to take care of my mother", speaking of this, Minna couldn't cry anymore, and kept patting her head and said:
"Why did I have to be born at this time?"
"Child, child", the old man Ouyang Qin grabbed Minna's hand and took it into his arms, "Child, it's not your fault, how can you choose the time of birth."
"Grandpa" Minna burst into tears again.
"Maybe it's providence", Ouyang Qin patted Minna's shoulder and continued: "That night, it was snowy, and when I found you, your lips were so cold that your lips were black and your face was blue and dying, but you seem to know who I am, you cried as soon as I arrived, this is providence, child."
Murong Yucan thought to himself, if those bad people hadn't left at that time and heard the cry, the consequences would be unimaginable, thinking of this, he stood up and said: "Minna, this is not your fault, it's not everyone's fault, just hate those villains", paused and said: "Since I didn't see the body, it means that everything is still possible, and I will accompany you until I find your parents."
Only then did everyone notice that there was such a person as old as Minna next to him, Yan Beifei pointed at Murong Yucan, looked at Ouyang Qin and asked, "This is."
"Murong Family's"
Ouyang Qin replied nonchalantly without thinking.
"What"
"What"
As soon as everyone heard the Murong family, they stood up one by one, and Yan Beifei roared even more: "Murong family, ah", and suddenly slapped a palm on Murong Yucan's chest.
Murong Yucan didn't expect it at all, and he didn't take any precautions, let alone defend himself.
Yan Beifei was second only to the sect leader Lin Ming in the martial arts of the Shura Sect, as soon as he heard the Murong family, he reflexively slapped this palm without sparing, Murong Yucan received this palm with the flesh and blood of an ordinary person, and was instantly slapped out, and the clothes on his back instantly cracked a big hole, and the palm force passed through his chest, and he fell heavily to the ground, and a large mouthful of blood gushed out.
It happened too suddenly, Ouyang Qin didn't expect it, and Minna was also frightened "ah".
Yan Beifei grabbed Murong Yucan's collar and lifted it from the ground, and roared angrily: "I'll kill you", Yang Bai immediately stepped forward and grabbed Yan Beifei's hand raised in the air and said, "Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive", separating the two.
Murong Yucan was obviously injured to the root, and as soon as Yan Beifei let go of his hand, he collapsed on the ground.
"The Murong family doesn't have a good thing"
Yanbei Feiqi still hasn't disappeared.
"If you want to kill me, kill me, I have no regrets, the people of the Murong family are innocent of death", Murong Yu, who was lying down, said angrily.
Minna looked at Murong Yucan lying on the ground, and already thought about why Yan Beifei hated the Murong family so much, but when she saw Murong Yucan lying down, an inexplicable feeling rose in her heart, and she immediately leaned over to help Murong Yucan and said, "Why are you following me?"
"Nana, God let you and I meet, maybe it's providence, God sent me to pay off your debts, it's my fate to know you", after speaking, he spit out a mouthful of blood, fainted, and his face was bloodless.
"Yucan Yucan" Minna called, Minna cried again, and everyone could see that Minna was crying for Murong Yucan at this time.
Minna suddenly remembered something, and quickly took out the Great Returning Pill given to her by Yixu from her arms, and immediately fed one to Murong Yucan, and instilled true qi into Murong Yucan to heal his wounds.
In fact, since Murong Yucan knew that his father was that kind of person, he had lost the meaning of life, and he was ready to die at any time, because he knew that his father and Minna would eventually have a fight, and all he could do was that as long as he could resolve the hatred, he would not regret it.
Yan Beifei looked at Minna and Murong Yucan, and then at Ouyang Qin, he had already guessed a few points, and he seemed to have remorse in his heart, and said with chagrin: "How can you be with the people of the Murong family, alas."
After a while of Mingna's healing, Murong Yucan seemed to have improved slightly, but he didn't open his eyes, and he was still in a coma.
Yang Bai came over to check Murong Yucan's pulse, and said, "Help him to the inner room to rest", Dong Yichuan, who was nearby, picked up Murong Yucan and put him on the couch in the inner room, and when he came out, he pointed at Yan Beifei and said, "You are really getting more and more impulsive."
"You, you almost killed him, he is him, they are all generations, he may not have been born back then, can a child pay off the debts of the previous generation" Yang Bai blamed.
"I... Alas, "Yan Beifei seems to really know that he is impulsive."
"Beifei is transferring his hatred for Murong Zhenhai to that kid, I have to tell you a fact, he is Murong Zhenling's son, when I settled the child, I immediately launched an investigation, Murong Zhenling was just a stunned boy and did not participate, it was Murong Gang and Murong Zhenhai, the strange thing about this matter is that we did not confront the people of the Seven Great Factions and the Four Great Families, but Murong Gang died inexplicably, Murong Zhenhai also disappeared inexplicably, together with Xiao Peng, Nangong Qi was beaten into a living dead, There is also Emei's Yimei Shitai who was also seriously injured and died a month later, the sect leader will definitely not leave us and face it alone, it will not be the sect leader's doing," Ouyang Qin said.
"How could this be, what happened back then," Yang Bai asked puzzled and thoughtful.
"I have investigated in many ways, and I only know some bits and pieces, it is said that Murong Gang died of illness, Yimei died of death, then Nangong Qi had a stroke, the blame is here, these people were not very old back then, and Murong Gang was nearly sixty years old, how can they say that they are dead, and if they say that they have a stroke, they have a stroke, and the disappearance of Murong Zhenhai is even more incredible."
"I'm afraid this matter will have to be re-investigated," Yan Beifei also said.
"But the most important thing at the moment is to find the sect leader and his wife first, that kid is right, since he didn't see the body, everything is still possible, he can't give up, he will go back to Kunlun Ruins in a few days, let's rest early today" Yang Bai said.
"Yes, find someone first, find the sect leader, maybe many problems can be solved," Ouyang Qin said.
Then everyone went back to their respective homes, but Yan Beifei didn't go back, he didn't feel sleepy.
But who can sleep, the reunion after 16 years, the days and nights of 16 years, there are endless words.
Ouyang Qin, Yang Baiyan Beifei and the others retreated to the empty field outside and talked there all night.
Ming Na sat in front of the couch and took care of Murong Yucan, who never closed her eyes all night, and Murong Yucan was in a coma all night.
The main altar of the Shura Sect is in the westernmost part of the Kunlun Ruins, where the terrain is dangerous, the mountains are steep, the cliffs and abysses are very many, and the distance from the Tianshan Mountains is only more than two or three hundred miles away, so the sect is mostly from the Tianshan Mountains to come down from the peerless masters, Yan Beifei is the Tianshan faction generation of heroes, sixteen years ago when he first met Lin Ming, he was deeply impressed by the other party's broad mind, profound knowledge and martial arts that never see the upper limit, and worshiped the position of the chief protector of the Shura Sect.
Yan Beifei has been obsessed with martial arts all his life, Luo Ying wears a flower palm and a sword from his hand is difficult to meet opponents, especially the sword from his hand, he has reached the realm of having no sword in his hand than a sword, sixteen years ago, he was second only to the sect leader Lin Ming in the Shura Sect's martial arts rankings, and it will only be higher after sixteen years.
Murong Yucan is afraid that he will have to lie in bed for three or six or seven days.