Chapter 35: The Way of the Antler Dragon
"Qing'er, Qing'er!" the mother's cry easily woke up Li Yuanqing.
Li Yuanqing got up in a panic and faced his mother in shame, forgetting the time to hurry because of this hangover.
"I never thought that such a change and humiliation could make my son so dissolute, and wine can drown sorrow but not extinguish sorrow!" When her mother said this, Li Yuanqing became more and more embarrassed, and could only bury her head deeper.
In such a gloomy and bleak day, the parents silently endured, pinning their hopes on the distance and the future, but they were able to drink and forget their worries, which was not to live up, but to forget, gradually forget, and forget.
"I thought that you would have the ambition to find the ten thousand enemies, and your father and I would be able to stand in peace, waiting for you to repay the humiliation of today, so it is just wishful thinking on our part. The mother was almost desperate, and no emotion could be heard in her flat tone.
"Mother, my son will never forget today's humiliation, and swear today that even if he wields a knife and blood splashes three feet, he will repay today's retribution!" Li Yuanqing bowed his head and swore an oath, because he was afraid that this oath would be far away, and he was afraid that his mother would turn away.
"To have such a vow is to endure the greatest suffering in the world, and to be a father and a mother must live, because one day, one day, the sun will shine on every moldy corner. The mother took out a small burden from her arms and threw it in front of Li Yuanqing. "This is your entanglement, and the only gift and support I have given to your father since I was gone. “
Li Yuanqing gently grasped it in his hand, this is the weight of eight or nine taels of silver, Li Yuanqing choked in his throat, and still broke his throat and shouted: "Mother!"
"Enough, you, you, your father does not want to see you, let me warn you: 'A man's tears should never be seen, wait for you to return!'" Although it was extremely difficult to speak, the mother finally finished speaking, and turned to leave without the slightest hesitation.
The morning sun did not turn into a scorching sun, and Li Yuanqing had already walked to the antler slope.
The Antler Slope winds and winds, the only way out of the mountain and out of the town, coiling on the east mountain, like a dragon desperately trying to struggle out of the mountain, holding a huge mouth ready to swallow the scorching sun that is soaring.
Li Yuanqing silently counted the steps under his feet, this antler dragon road has a total of 193,200 steps, and secretly wrote down the way back in his heart, and must count the steps back, these 193,200 steps, must walk back.
Wude Town is actually not far from Nanguang County, Li Yuanqing spent the night in a family surnamed Xu in the fire area, this family surnamed Xu is also a solid family, and politely entertained Li Yuanqing, who had worked hard all the way. Li Yuanqing was extremely cautious, for fear that the mountain was high and the road was far away, if this family had bad intentions but no one knew about it, they never fell asleep completely all night. On the second day, the young master of the family surnamed Xu, named Xu Dengyun, was extremely handsome, but his figure was slightly fat, and he looked like a mighty young man. Xu Dengyun seemed to see Li Yuanqing's villainous heart, and said unceremoniously: "No wonder you are in the rivers and lakes, your conscience has been eaten by dogs, and you can't sleep all night, I think it's because I'm afraid that in this barren mountain and wilderness, our family will kill for money!"
Li Yuanqing's face turned red, he was seen through his thoughts, he was really a little embarrassed, and he had no words to defend himself, so he had to silently accept this ridicule.
"Hmph, it's really a small family that is difficult to come up with!" Xu Dengyun confirmed what he thought in his heart, and became more and more proudly insulted.
"Young Master Xu, you can scold me for not being a good person, the heart of a villain, it's okay! But please don't insult my family, and correct you a little, please remember, the poor family will always produce a noble son!" Li Yuanqing said confidently, and for a while he choked the triumphant Xu Dengyun.
Li Yuanqing didn't pay attention to it anymore, took a few steps, thought about it, turned around, respectfully faced the door of the Xu family, and bowed deeply, "Don't blame me for being a villain, I have to be like this in this river and lake, and I will be rewarded for staying overnight today, goodbye!"
Although no one was outside the Xu family's house for a long time, Li Yuanqing was still very respectful and sincere in his heart.
But there is a family in the Xu family's house, with window paper pasted through the window, looking at Li Yuanqing who is far away, the old father of the Xu family praised with a smile: "People's hearts are sinister, this young man is not very vigilant, but it is human nature, but this fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy can have such a mind and be ungrateful, he is determined to be the climate!"
"Why is my father so close to a passerby, what is the use of wandering in the rivers and lakes? Maybe one day he will die at the hands of a strong man, let alone anything else?" Xu Dengyun was unconvinced in his heart, even more unconvinced on his lips, and he was even more angry when he refuted his father, who was a father and son but wanted to talk about others, how could he not be angry?
"For the Father not to quarrel with you, wait and see, until the day when he will fulfill today's prediction. Father Xu ignored it anymore, turned around and walked into the hall, picked up the bedside "Mai Physiognomy", and continued to read it.
"When the wheel of heaven is raised, it will be learned. ”
"The tiger's eyes are shining, and the decree is faint. ”
"It's really a good face, hey, how can this middle-aged man have a catastrophe line?" Father Xu was puzzled, just muttered.
Li Yuanqing has gone far, and he has already gone far.
Another night, tomorrow afternoon the next day.
Nanguang County, all the way to the journey, finally close at hand.
Li Yuanqing saw such a city for the first time in his life, and it was so majestic. From a distance, more than ten zhang high, the huge city gate is like a huge mouth, the city gate is in the middle of a large plaque hanging, close to see clearly, it turned out to be a natural inlaid stone plaque, the stone plaque reads: "town guard Xiongguan" four big characters.
Li Yuanqing didn't eat for half a day, and hurried away in a hurry, just in order to find the iron sword gate that could change his fate as soon as possible, he didn't want to waste every minute and every second, so he hurriedly walked to the door, and walked straight into the city gate without greeting the gatekeepers.
"Stop!" a majestic voice sounded.
Li Yuanqing didn't dare to move a single step, stood in place, and said timidly: "Official, I am from Wude Town, and I am here to find a relative in the county!"
"Oh! The accent is undoubtedly my big town male, but you don't know the rules too much, roe deer head rat eyes jumping, if the military master stabs the spear in my hand, he should also stab to death, yes or no?" This soldier defending the city turned out to be a general, touching his beard and slowly walked over.
"The military master said yes, the military master said yes, the villain keeps it in mind, there will be no next time! There will be no next time!" Li Yuanqing said with a smile repeatedly, and handed over an ingot of broken silver.
"Well, since the little brother is reasonable, the military master will also give you some directions, so that you don't have less trouble entering the city. The head of the city guard shook the broken silver in his hand and said happily.
"It's best to bother the military master to guide you and suffer less. Li Yuanqing didn't expect that there were any rules for entering the city, but he was a little curious in his heart, but his face was still humble.