Chapter 22: Old Things

Xiao Wu's hands became claws, like arrows off the string. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info's original elegant and chic body style also had a little more ghostly aura, his right hand was enveloped in Yan Zhao Tianling as a claw, and his left hand was slightly bent and ready to wait.

In the midst of the panic, Yan Zhao palmed the sky and blocked Xiao Wu's sharp claws from top to bottom.

Suddenly, Xiao Wu's feet stepped into the air, his figure slidied, and his left hand, which was gaining momentum, suddenly poked out, and went straight to Yan Zhao's waist.

Yan Zhao smashed his right elbow down, and his left palm hit Xiao Wu's shoulder. Faced with this change, Xiao Wu immediately withdrew his hand, his body was stunned, and he flew out upside down.

"Brother, what are you doing!"

Seeing that Xiao Wu had retracted his posture and stopped attacking, Yan Zhao, who couldn't figure it out, said angrily. Outside the gate, an old voice also came.

"Little Martial Arts Shaoxia, what's going on, how do you get started?"

The well-arranged Li Qi and Li County Bookkeepers had already hurried back, but as soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Xiao Wu and Yan Zhao moving their hands, so they hurriedly asked.

Xiao Wu didn't answer the two, just looked at Yan Zhao with a smile and asked.

"Brother Yan, don't blame me, it's just that Brother Yan has an impression of my trick?"

"This ······ Something familiar······ It was the old woman's trick that night!"

Yan Zhao was still a little puzzled at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he was shocked.

"Brother Yan, you are really my lucky star. ”

After speaking, Yan Zhao, who didn't care about the doubts, turned to Li Qi and said.

"Grandpa Li doesn't have to worry, Brother Yan and I are just trying to make a move, not really doing it. ”

"That's good, the old man has already sent people out according to what the young man said. It's just that there is no post station in a desert between Beiguo City and Hezhou Wei, and it is the limit to travel 100 miles a day, and it will take seven or eight days to come and go at the earliest. ”

Xiao Wu smiled confidently when he heard this.

"It's out of the way, no matter how slow it is. ”

Hearing Xiao Wu say this, Li Qi also said with a smile.

"When Fang Cai Shaoxia said that he was 120% sure, he was never so confident, I don't know how sure he is now?"

Looking at the old man's eyes that seemed to be able to see through the world, Xiao Wu understood that his previous pretense was seen through by the old man, but at this time, Xiao Wu did not feel embarrassed and said with a smile.

"100% sure. ”

"Are you really 100% sure?"

"If it is said that the 12 percent of the talent has most of the water, then the current 10 percent of the grasp is at most one or two percent of the discount. ”

"Oh, I wonder where the 20% discount is?"

Li Qi's question was in Xiao Wu's mind, and he immediately joked with Yan Zhao and said.

"This is almost because Brother Yan cut off my sword, and now I can only fight the enemy empty-handed. ”

Hearing this, Yan Zhao's swarthy face could be seen to be flushed, and he didn't know what to say. Xiao Wu and Li Qi both clapped their palms and laughed when they saw this, and the embarrassed Yan Zhao also laughed innocently.

The three of them laughed for a moment, Li Jue seemed to think of something, turned around and walked out of the living room, regardless of the surprised Xiao Wu and the others, and walked straight to his room.

Not long after, Li Jue, who returned, had a four-foot-long cyan package in his hand.

Li Qi didn't want to explain, he walked to the table by himself, and pulled away the cyan cloth, revealing a mahogany long box, without too much carved decoration, only the most natural wood grain. Li Qi's wrinkled palm gently stroked the lid of the box, as if he missed something.

"Xiao Wu, you come. ”

With a low whisper, Xiao Wu hurriedly stepped forward, and Yan Zhao also followed.

Gently opening the lid of the box, Li Qi took out a long sword from the box, and there was nothing else in his eyes except this sword. Tenderness, longing, melancholy and a hint of deep remorse are intertwined with the gaze poured into the sword, seeing things and thinking about people.

This sword is three feet nine inches long, the net weight is one catty, seven taels and seven dollars, the thin rattan at the hilt of the sword is entwined and directly connected to the sword body, the sword body is narrow and long, only two fingers and there is a straight groove in the middle, the sword blade is like a flood of autumn water, the cold light is gentle, and there is a crisp sound like a silver screen breaking when it shakes slightly.

"This sword was once worn by his deceased wife, and when the city fell, he only found this sword, and it has been covered in dust for eighteen years. At that time, his deceased wife once said that this sword was straight and straightforward, it could be made of 100 steel, and it could be turned into finger softness, and it must have been with me, a bad old man who didn't understand martial arts, and it was also annoying, so I will give it to Shaoxia today. ”

As he spoke, Li Qi held the long sword in both hands and handed it to Xiao Wu.

"No, no. Xiao Wu waved his hand again and again. "It's Mrs. Zun's relics, how can Grandpa Li give it to the kid. When the boy talked about not having a weapon in his hand, he was just ridiculing Brother Yan, which was pure nonsense and had no other intentions. Grandpa Li's kindness Xiao Wu received it, but Xiao Wu really didn't dare to accept this sword. ”

"Shaoxia ran for the people of Gongzhou for me, sacrificing his life and forgetting death, how to talk about shame. Moreover, this sword companion is dusty in the pearl beside the old man, if the young man can make it regain its edge, I should be relieved by the old man. ”

When Xiao Wu heard this, he clasped his fists and bowed to Li Qi and said.

"People in my generation, how can they repay the righteous things of chivalry. I was able to gain the trust of Mr. Chen and hand over the matter of Gongzhou to me, but since January, the kid has not made any progress in this matter, and he is ashamed to accept the sword from Grandpa Li. ”

"Shaoxia, you ······"

Li Qi was about to speak, but was interrupted by Xiao Wu.

"Grandpa Li doesn't need to say it anymore, if it is an ordinary sword weapon, even if it is a divine soldier who sharpens iron like clay, Xiao Wu will accept it with a shy face, but this sword is of great significance to Grandpa Li, and your kindness Xiao Wu categorically can't accept it. ”

Looking at Xiao Wu's serious expression, Li Qi was stunned.

"You're as stubborn as a cow like hers. ”

The sword body was subconsciously rubbed in his hand.

"At that time, she was in her prime, she was quite famous in this corner of Gongzhou, and there were countless suitors, no one thought that she finally chose me as a poor scholar. At that time, I was bent on gaining fame, and she gave up her previous pleasures and took care of everything for me at home. ”

"It's just that I'm as gentle and virtuous as her, and I'm still failing to her after all. ”

Li Qi slowly raised his head and looked at Xiao Wu, with a miserable and sad face.

"Do you know why the people in the city who have experienced the disasters of the past praise me for my selflessness and self-sacrifice?"

"The boy once heard the old man in the city mention that when you learned that your parents and children were still trapped in the city, you still took it as your responsibility to rescue the people, and never mobilized manpower because of your own family affairs, and finally respected the wife and the son······"

The deep remorse in the old man's eyes blurred his vision.

"I, Li Qi, am not a saint, how can I see my parents and children in trouble and not save them. It's just that I was blinded by lard at that time, but I had a thought that I shouldn't have, I killed their mother and son!"

Xiao Wu and Yan Zhao looked at the old man in front of them, and their hearts shook.

"When Uchiko was seven months pregnant, several thieves suddenly broke into her home and came to seek revenge. This group of thieves is far from being the opponent of Uchiko, but there is such a burden to me at home, she is seriously pregnant, when all the thieves are killed, Uchiko was also hit in the abdomen, I hurried to find Wen Po to come to deliver the baby, who knew that when I returned home, Uchiko was already covered in blood, and she was still holding our son in her arms. ”

Speaking of the heartache, the old man was unstable on his feet, and Xiao Wuyan and Zhao hurriedly helped the old man to sit down.

"When my son was a child, he learned to walk and talk much slower than other children, and at first my wife only thought that the child was born prematurely, but who knew later······ Later, I found out that my son was actually ······ Dumb. ”

The old man's words were mostly choked.

"I also resented Neiko in my heart because of this, and resented that she shouldn't have made enemies in the rivers and lakes, and in the days to come, I was also estranged and buried in official duties. And while Uchiko is taking care of her young son, she has to carefully accommodate me.

Until that day, when disaster came, I learned that my son was still trapped at home, and the most important thought in my heart was not to save him, but to ······ But if he really just didn't have it······ It's okay for everyone······

And when he was young, he was still stupid like a child, and he probably didn't live happily······"

Li Qi's eyes lost their brightness, and he was very sad, but if he didn't let him pour out the pain in his heart at this time, it would hurt his body even more.

"At that time, Uchiko saw that I was unwilling to send someone to rescue, so she went to rescue me alone, and when she left, she looked back at me, there was no resentment, no anger, only disappointment and determination. I knew I had broken her heart, but there was no way to save it. I'm not a good husband, and I'm not a good father, I ······ killed his wife and children······"

(To be continued)