Chapter Seventy-Four: An Inexplicable Disease
Chen Mingye finished shouting, and the opposite side suddenly fell silent. Then he saw the probe over there and discussed it for a while, and then a figure flew into the stockade.
He was naturally not in a hurry, looking at the few figures walking towards him, Shi Shiran stood still.
"Dao Chang is a person from Qingxuan?" The sturdy men looked at him with a cautious expression, and their expressions were extremely nervous.
Chen Mingye nodded and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I'm just passing by, and I happened to have a relationship with your patriarch, so I came over with a thick skin." ”
A leading man on the opposite side looked surprised, and said with a little excitement: "Dao Chief, please wait a while, we have already let people report." ”
"Dao Chief?" Chen Mingye smiled bitterly, except for this Dao robe, where did he look like a Daoist.
The man scratched his head and said, "Don't blame the Dao Chief, I don't know what to call it." ”
"It doesn't matter. Chen Mingye waved his hand and asked, "In the past month, what major events have happened in Aoki?"
"What's a big deal?" the man thought for a while and said, "Alas, could it be that the Taoist chief also knew the news that the old patriarch was seriously ill and came to visit?"
"What!" Chen Mingye was startled and hurriedly asked, "The old patriarch is seriously ill?"
"Not only our Aoki, after the battle with Anshun, the patriarchs of the six clans never got up from the hospital bed at all. The man sighed.
Chen Mingye frowned when he heard this, if this is the case, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as being seriously ill.
Everything is still only superficial, and the specific situation can only be known by seeing it with your own eyes.
After all, it was Xiao Ling'er's grandfather, and Chen Mingye decided immediately: "Let's talk all the way." ”
The man didn't seem to have the slightest suspicion of his identity, but he was slightly stunned, and then quickly nodded: "Okay, if there is anything you want to ask, please tell me." ”
"How did the old patriarch get seriously ill? I remember that at that time, after the siege of Anshun, my uncle came back with them in person. Chen Mingye asked.
The man nodded, and said with a look of surprise: "I didn't expect that the Taoist chief was still your uncle, I thought you were a good person, but it turned out that the Taoist was young and successful." Speaking of which, the old patriarch was still fine when the Taoist chief took the young lady away, but just half a month later, the old patriarch's body suddenly appeared in condition. ”
Chen Mingye asked, "What's going on?"
"The old patriarch's spirit is getting worse and worse, and many things can't be remembered after a while, so serious that they even reach the point of forgetting when they turn their heads. The man let out a long sigh.
"Could it be that the patriarchs of the six clans are all in this situation?" Chen Mingye frowned, "Is it because of the sequelae caused by the blood worm Gu fed by the hidden wood before?" ”
"It's true that the patriarchs of the six clans are all in this situation, and we also suspect that it is because of the blood worm Gu, but our six clans have practiced Gu for many years, and this situation has not occurred before. ”
Chen Mingye continued to ask, "Could it be that someone is plotting to use other Gu worms?"
The man shook his head and said, "No, Southern Xinjiang has never heard of a Gu worm that makes people forget and lose their memory." ”
"That's ......," Chen Mingye frowned and groaned.
The man who had gone to report before had already returned, and he ran over panting and reported, "Elder Candlelight asked us to take the Taoist Master to the main hall to meet guests. ”
"Elder Candlelight?" Chen Mingye cast a questioning glance at the man he had been introducing to him.
The man understood, and immediately explained: "Elder Candlelight is the current acting patriarch, and after the old patriarch became seriously ill, the major affairs of the clan have always been taken care of by him,"
"I see. Chen Mingye nodded.
"In this case, Dao Chief, you can go to the main hall with Xiao Wu, I still have to go to guard the gate, so I can't accompany Dao Chief. The man smiled at him and turned away.
"Brother Shi, hard work. The man known as Little Five waved at him.
"You kid!" the stout man Shi Ge turned around and stretched out his finger to point at him, then laughed and walked away.
Chen Mingye was stunned when he heard it, stone?
He still clearly remembers that when he was imprisoned in the firewood room, he was ordered to guard the two men who were called stones and breezes by Xiao Ling'er.
So, is this stone really because he didn't know himself because he was sloppy at the time, or is he pretending not to know himself and deliberately handing himself a message along the way?
Chen Mingye suddenly felt that this trip to Aoki inadvertently seemed to have become interesting.
"Dao Chief, come with me. Xiao Wu glanced at him with some awe and walked forward.
Chen Mingye looked around and followed him into the main hall.
And a lean old man with a white beard walked over to him, and made a respectful gesture: "The Aoki clan greets the Qingxuan Dao Chief." ”
Chen Mingye smiled: "The elder is too polite. ”
The lean old man invited him to sit down, and after pouring the tea himself, he asked, "I don't know why I've been here for a long time?"
"I've had a few meetings with the old patriarch, and I happened to pass by this time to take a look at the old patriarch. If it's inconvenient, forget it. Chen Mingye replied.
Elder Candlelight shook his head and sighed slightly: "Since the Dao Leader is interested, how can it be inconvenient, it's just that the old patriarch has amnesia, I'm afraid he doesn't recognize you." ”
"It doesn't matter. Chen Mingye nodded, "Then it's time for the elders to lead the way." ”
"Okay, if you want to come to Qingxuan Cultivation Dao Immortality, Dao Elder may really have a way," Elder Candlelight glanced at him seriously and said, "If Dao Elder can really help the old patriarch recover, you are our great benefactor of Aoki!"
"The elder is too polite," Chen Mingye said, but his eyes kept observing the other party's expression, "If you can really do your best, you will naturally be able to do it below." ”
"Okay, good!" Elder Candlelight said three good words in a row, then quickly got up, walked in front, and walked towards the patriarch's inner room with Chen Mingye.
Chen Mingye looked at it casually, the inner room was behind the main hall, and the guards along the way were quite strict, and the two of them didn't travel long before they stood in front of a bamboo house.
The two men on duty at the door hurriedly saluted when they saw Elder Candlelight.
"Open the door, this is Qingxuan's Dao Chief, who has come to visit the old patriarch. Elder Candlelight ordered.
When the two guards heard this, they stepped aside and opened the door.
Chen Mingye watched silently and did not say a word.
When you enter the room, you can see at a glance that a person is lying on the bed.
Chen Mingye took a step forward and recognized at a glance that this person was indeed the old patriarch. The old man's face turned yellow at this time, and he looked like he had been ill for a long time.
"Old Patriarch, Old Patriarch!" Chen Mingye thought about it and opened his mouth to call softly.
And the old man heard the human voice and woke up slowly, but he looked at him blankly.
"Alas," Elder Candlelight sighed, "since the onset of the disease, the old patriarch's memory has been declining, and he is losing sight of those of us who take care of him on a daily basis. Now it seems that I really don't remember you, and I hope the Taoist chief will not be surprised. ”
"It's okay," Chen Mingye said with a deep groan, "Old Patriarch, I've come to visit your old man's house." ”
The old man looked at him blankly, not reacting to his words.
Chen Mingye stretched out his hand to reach out to the old man, but the old man avoided him with a frightened face, and the whole person curled up together, looking at him with eyes that had changed from the initial blankness to full vigilance.
Chen Mingye was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at the candlelight elder on the side and said, "What's going on?"
"Hey, since the old patriarch lost his memory, anyone who came near him would be very scared, and he didn't dare to have any contact with us. Elder Candlelight sighed.
"Then how are you taking care of him these days?" asked Chen Mingye.
Elder Candlelight replied: "It's a kid in the clan who thinks that the old patriarch loves Miss Ling'er the most on weekdays, so we specially found a girl who is similar to Miss Ling'er, and put on colorful clothes to take care of the old patriarch, but I didn't expect it to really work, and now the old patriarch will not approach anyone at all except her." ”
Chen Mingye was stunned after hearing this.
The girl in the colorful clothes, it turned out that the old man cared about it so deeply, buried in the bottom of her heart, even if she forgot everyone, she never forgot the figure of the child she cared about the most.
Chen Mingye's gaze moved back to the old patriarch, and he slowly left the old man with his hands flat, and the old man's expression slowly eased.
"I don't know if the elder can tell me the cause and effect of the old patriarch's amnesia?" Chen Mingye said with a solemn expression.
"Naturally. Elder Candlelight nodded in response, "This matter actually starts with the meeting of the Six Clans Alliance after the siege of Anshun......