Chapter 15: The Old Man of the Yellow Sands
The Li Mansion is unusually lively today, early in the morning, the housekeeper drove the servants to get up, and cleaned up the entire Li Mansion from beginning to end, and it is even more rare to see a good "red velvet carpet" from the grassland Wanyan Empire at the gate of the mansion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The elders were even dressed in gorgeous clothes, and they were waiting at the gate of Lijia Town early, as if they were welcoming the arrival of a big man.
The Li Mansion is one of the few forces in Tianlin City, not to mention the elders solemnly greeting them at the gate of the town, any of them can see that there will be an important person coming today.
At three o'clock in the morning, the sound of horses' hooves was finally heard on the official road in front of Lijiazhen, and two carriages came towards Lijiazhen.
Great Elder Li Lihai said: "Here, you will come forward with me to greet the seniors of Huangsha. ”
Li Lihai walked forward, and a group of elders followed. The carriage stopped at the gate of the town, and a middle-aged man came down from the leading carriage, which was Li Dao's father, Li He.
He arched his hand at Li Lihai and said, "Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, and I invited the seniors of Huangsha." ”
Li Lihai nodded approvingly, didn't say anything, walked quickly to the carriage behind, and said respectfully: "Li Hai, the great elder of the Li Mansion, led the clan to greet the Huangsha seniors. ”
The curtain opened, and an old man with a short stature and a white beard walked down, his face was extremely pale, as if he had just had a serious illness: "Ahem...... I haven't seen you for many years, and you little guy has become the principal, and things are wrong!"
I don't know what came to mind, the old man sighed, and then coughed more violently.
Li Lihai hurriedly asked, "Is the senior unwell?"
The old man waved his hand and said, "Don't get in the way, the sequelae left by the early years of practice, I have been like this many times over the years, and I am used to it." ”
After speaking, there were some signs of coughing, the old man's right hand pressed into his chest, a cold air loomed, and suddenly disappeared, the old man's face became even paler, but he was not coughing.
Li Lihai said respectfully: "The seniors are laughing, we will always be juniors in front of you." This place is not a place to talk, seniors, please, let me wait a little bit of the friendship of the landlord. ”
The old man nodded, and took the lead in walking towards the Li Mansion, it seemed that he was familiar with the road, and Li Lihai and the others did not care, and followed behind.
Ordinary Li Lihai is very dignified in the Li Mansion, and he is also a decisive person, but in front of this old man, he is respectful.
In addition to asking him to help, more importantly, this old man is the old man of Huangsha who is famous in Tianhuo Prefecture, and according to legend, he is the closest person to the innate.
This old man seems to be inconspicuous and sickly, but the bark of the human shadow tree, no one present dares to underestimate it.
As early as a few decades ago, this person was named the Xueyue Empire, and time has passed, and no one knows whether Huang Sha has broken through the innate or not?
At least in Li Lihai's opinion, although the predecessors of Huangsha are vague, but the hand just now, the faint coldness in it, with intuition, this thin body hides a huge amount of power, and he is not an opponent.
Elder Li Mansion took the old man from Huangsha to the living room and instructed his subordinates to serve tea.
After the tea, the Great Elder Li Lihai clapped his hands, and walked out of the inner hall with a tray in his hand, and there was a very simple black brocade box on the tray, about the size of an adult's palm.
Li Lihai got up and picked up the brocade box, and said to the old man in Huangsha: "The seniors have been practicing penance in the Huangsha Valley all the year round, and we can't visit it even if we are ordinary. ”
The old man of Huangsha said movingly: "Oh, the yellow essence of Yijiazi is also a treasure, and the yellow essence of this century-old fire is a treasure of heaven and earth." ”
He took the black brocade box, opened it, and saw that it was an adult-type ginseng, with clear limbs and facial features, and a strong medicinal fragrance spreading.
The old man of Huangsha took a light breath, and suddenly felt that the whole person was extremely energetic, this is a genuine century-old ginseng, also called Huangjing.
This hundred-year-old ginseng is very useful for Huangsha, and it can increase cultivation instantly after taking it, and more importantly, at the time of life and death, this thing can hang his life, especially for an old man like him, it is more valuable.
He nodded to Li Lihai and said, "I have a heart." ”
He had no reason to refuse such a treasure.
Li Lihai smiled casually, it seemed that the clouds were light and light, but in fact, his heart was dripping blood, this kind of old ginseng with a hundred years of Li Mansion is rare, if it wasn't for the old man to make a move, he wouldn't have taken out this thing so generously.
"This time, the seniors have come from afar, and the juniors are really ashamed, and I hope to help my Li Mansion for the sake of Elder Xue Ning. ”
Li Lihai arched his hand and said.
The old man of Huangsha smiled lightly and said: "I have heard Li He say the ins and outs of this matter, but it is just a grievance between juniors. However, your worries are not unreasonable, and I have also heard of Lei Hengzhuang's dominance in recent years. ”
Li Lihai smiled bitterly: "This Lei Hengzhuang has a congenital master, my Li Mansion is weak, I really can't afford to provoke it!"
The old man waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry, since I am willing to come, I will naturally come forward." This Lei Chong had a relationship with me in the past, and I still have a thin face to come to the old man, if he really comes here, the old man should go down. ”
The old man's eyes flashed, and his whole body showed an extremely confident momentum, which gave the elders of the Li Mansion great confidence.
Li Lihai said excitedly: "It is rumored that you have touched the edge of innate many years ago, and after all these years, you must have broken through the barrier and reached the innate level, right?"
Li Lihai asked tentatively.
This question is also something that many people want to know, and the elders present are all looking at the old man expectantly.
The old man of Huangsha laughed, but he was noncommittal, and said to Li Lihai: "Take me to Xuening's cemetery to see, I don't know if I ...... in the future."
In the end, it was a deep sigh.
Although Li Lihai was disappointed in his heart, he didn't dare to continue to ask, and hurriedly led the way in front and took the old man from Huangsha to the family cemetery.
This is a valley located in the mountains behind the Li Mansion, the valley is quiet, planted with cypress trees, it is cleaned and pruned all the year round, it looks clean and tidy, and it is the resting place of the elders of the Li Mansion for generations.
Li Lihai took the old man in Huangsha to a cemetery, and according to a place on the tombstone, there was a dull sound of "click", and the bluestone slab on the left side of the tombstone cracked, revealing a corridor extending downward.
Li Lihai said: "Senior, the tomb is below, and Elder Xue Ning's body is inside. ”
"Okay, you wait and stand down, I want to be quiet. ”
The old man waved his hand lightly and motioned for everyone to retreat.
Li Lihai and the elders gave up their hands one after another and left the cemetery.
The old man of Huangsha went straight down the road and came to the underground tomb. A crystal coffin was placed on the tomb platform, and inside the coffin was a beautiful middle-aged woman asleep, her body including her eyelashes were covered with a thin layer of green frost, which seemed to be extremely cold and condensed frost, keeping her body intact.
The old man of Huangsha stroked the coffin, looked at the sleeping woman with gentle eyes, sighed softly, seemed to be a little sad, his thoughts couldn't help but go back to decades ago, when he was in his prime, and this woman named Xue Ning joined hands in the rivers and lakes...... Those years were really beautiful.
It's just that something happened later, Xue Ning became his current state, and he became an old man, which became an eternal pain in his heart.
"Xue Ning...... Xue Ning...... I haven't forgotten those years!"
The old man's thoughts seemed to go back in time, and he sighed softly.