Chapter 174: Chasing Butterflies Spring Kite Far Away
The old woman's health was not very good. She had fallen into a river when she was a child. Although she was rescued in the end, her lungs and internal organs were injured.
Although she had drunk the fairy water that her father said was a treasured treasure, the bottom of the bottle had been washed with clean water countless times, and there was still a little bit of "fairy water" left.
That "fairy water" really prevented her from having a relapse when she was young, but as she aged and became weak, she would gasp violently once she was exposed to some cold air.
The old woman's name was Li Yue. She was the wife of Fang Wende, the Grand Secretary of the Central Palace of the current dynasty, and her status was prominent for a time.
Looking at the three or four children chasing and playing in the garden, Li Yue's eyes were full of kindness. Occasionally, she squinted and looked up at the sky, where there were white clouds floating slowly in various shapes.
For a moment, the scene in the sky seemed to bring her back to her childhood, sitting on the hillside with her two brothers, holding green grass in her mouth, supporting her hands on the grass, and looking up at the sky.
At that time, they looked at the white flowers floating in the sky, some far and some near, and imagined various shapes of mountains and wild beasts in their minds...
They always wondered if they could fly up there to see if there were any legendary immortals "beyond the mountain"...
"I'm old, and I always like to recall some past events!"
Li Yue felt her eyes were a little sore, so she slowly closed her eyes and laughed at herself in her heart.
And just when no one here could see it at all, in front of the door of the old house made of mud and stone in the corner of the garden, a shadow suddenly appeared in the slight fluctuation of space.
Li Yan looked back at the old woman who closed her eyes and gently rocked the recliner in the garden. He felt a very familiar connection with this person.
That was a connection with the same blood power as him, and in this courtyard now, he also felt that there was an old man whose blood power was also close to his.
Although the other more than ten people also had a sense of their own blood, the richness of their blood had faded a lot.
Li Yan didn't want to alarm these people, so he just stood quietly in front of the old house, staring at the dilapidated double doors in front of him that revealed vicissitudes of life.
For a moment, he felt very familiar, but also very strange.
What was familiar was the house in front of him, which was where he and his third brother lived for fourteen years, and the residence of the two men in the family.
Although the house had been renovated, it still overlapped with the original memory.
It was strange because the old houses around the house were gone, the main room of his parents was gone, the main hall in front was gone, and the short courtyard wall also disappeared.
This is no longer a courtyard that can be stepped out in a few steps. As long as you stand on the platform in front of the courtyard, you can see the endless Daqing Mountain in the distance.
The courtyard has become more than ten times larger, and everything in front of him makes this house look very strange.
Li Yan's face was dull, because he did not find his most familiar relatives in this courtyard, and he did not even find anyone familiar to him in the entire mountain village.
Li Yan stood in front of the old house without moving. His original home had long been unrecognizable. Only the house where he lived in
helped him find some memories.
A strong sense of sadness rose in his heart. He knew the result without guessing.
This house was the concern of his parents for him, otherwise they would not stand here so alone.
After standing for a long time, Li Yan took a deep breath, and his figure suddenly became blurred and illusory.
The next moment, the two old doors did not open, and Li Yan had already stepped into the room, and then he stood in front of a big bed.
The furnishings in the room were exactly the same as in his memory.
The room was not very big, with only a big wooden bed, a long table at the head of the bed, and a stool, which almost filled most of the space here.
Li Yan seemed to see himself sitting on the edge of the bed, shaking his legs, while his third brother was sitting on the stool, holding his half-extended and half-bent lame leg with one hand, occasionally rubbing it a few times, and speaking with a serious face.
"Old Five, why did you make your parents angry again? You put down your books and secretly followed Uncle Guo Xin and the others into the mountains. You think your life is too long..."
"Third brother, those wild beasts can't hurt me. I met one this time..."
There was no one on the edge of the bed, and the figure on the stool disappeared again, leaving only the words that were about to be forgotten in his mind.
Li Yan moved his eyes expressionlessly to the long table in front of the bed. Just now, he had been unwilling to use his spiritual sense to see through the house.
He just didn't want to know everything in advance, just wanted to use his own eyes to see the furnishings in the house clearly, maybe this is the most real.
When Li Yan saw the things on the table clearly, his body couldn't help shaking anymore. There were six spirit tablets there, placed in three layers of upper, middle and lower.
At the top were "the spirit tablet of the late father Li Gong, whose name was Chang Fujun" and "the spirit tablet of the late mother Li Mu Ru Ren, whose name was Xiulan".
Below these two tablets were "the spirit tablet of the late father Li Gong, whose name was Wei Fujun" and "the spirit tablet of the late mother Li Mu Ru Ren, whose name was Yu".
At the bottom are two tablets: "The tablet of the deceased father, Mr. Li, whose taboo name is Wenwufujun" and "The tablet of the deceased mother, Ruren Li, whose maiden name is Mulan".
Li Yan could tell from the names of these six tablets that they were all set up by direct descendants, otherwise the names on the tablets should be different.
Li Yan stared blankly at three of the tablets, which were the names of his parents and his third brother.
"Are they all dead?"
Although Li Yan had guessed it in his heart, he felt a sudden pain in his heart after seeing these three names with his own eyes.
He fantasized countless times that when he returned to the small mountain village, he would be able to see his relatives in his dreams, but in the end it was just a dream, ruthless and cold to the bone.
Although the elixir he left behind had the effect of prolonging life, he had only just established the foundation at that time, and the elixir he took out was not as good as Zhao Min's.
That kind of elixir has the potential to make ordinary mortals
Living to be one hundred thirty or forty years old is already the legendary elixir.
When he left, his parents were already over sixty years old, and Li Yan had been away for nearly a hundred years, so nothing could withstand the passage of time.
If Li Yan's methods are used now, he can naturally help them extend their lifespan. Although it may only be a few months or a few years, there will be no chance again.
Li Yan felt severe pain in his heart, but his expression became more and more dull, and his eyes were placed on Li Wei's spiritual tablet again.
"Third brother, you've left too. You should be about one hundred and thirty years old now. You still couldn't wait for my return..."
There are five Li Yan brothers and sisters. In terms of relationships, he has the best relationship with Li Wei and Li Xiaozhu. The eldest sister and the second sister got married earlier, and their husband's family is also far away. It takes many years to come back.
Li Yan is the most quarrelsome with his third brother and fourth sister, especially Li Wei, who is also his brother and father.
...It was night, and Li Wei and Li Yan were lying back to back.
"Lao Wu, when you encounter trouble in the army, you should be calm. You should endure what you can and don't force yourself."
"Um!"
"If, if there is a war, when no one sees it, don't rush ahead and fall a few steps behind...".
"Um!"
"You don't have to worry about your family. With your allowance for joining the army, I will take good care of your parents at home. You can buy yourself more meat with your monthly salary!"
"Well, third brother, you can work more in the fields. My parents are getting older."
"Okay, as long as I'm here, my parents won't be hungry!"
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"Fourth sister...I will come back to see you next Chinese New Year, but I wonder if you will be at home by then?"
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"Fourth sister, when I calm down, I will bring you back the rouge and gouache in the city!"
"Lao Wu, sister, wait, woo woo..."
Scenes from the painting passed before Li Yan's eyes.
"Fourth sister, you are not here anymore!"
Li Yan's heart felt cramped again. On the expressionless face, there were finally tears streaked across his face and slowly flowing down!
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"They left this house and placed the memorial tablets here one by one. They are waiting for my return..."
Li Yan glanced at the remaining three memorial tablets. The one next to Li Wei should be the spiritual tablet of the third sister-in-law. At that time, he remembered that the third brother called her "Xiaoyu".
It was just the two tablets at the bottom that made Li Yan a little stunned.
"Li Wenwu, is that the little guy?"
Li Yan remembered a child wearing a blue bellyband running across the field. The third brother told him that his name was "Wen Wu".
"He also passed away..."
A kind of desolation and biting coldness filled the air. The pills he left behind were only enough for his parents and third brother. If Li Wenwu lived to this day, he would be a hundred years old.
But this is no ordinary
The age that a person can live to, so the little guy wearing a bellyband also passed away!
The sadness in Li Yan's eyes became even stronger. He waved his hand gently. In addition to the spiritual tablets of his father, mother and Li Wei, the other three spiritual tablets flew up and floated on both sides.
Li Yan bent his knees and knelt on the ground with a "pop" sound. His voice was low and choked with sobs.
"Father, mother, brother, the fifth child is back, the fifth child is back!"
In the whisper, he had already rested his head on the ground, and his body was shaking continuously.
This time, he didn't call him "Third Brother" again. Li Wei was the eldest brother in his heart and deserved his respect.
Although brother and sister-in-law are like mother, Li Yan still only wants to kneel down and worship these three people.
In his mind, it was always the dilapidated courtyard in the small mountain village. Under the yellow oil lamp in the courtyard, several people from the family were sitting around!
Li Yan's character is generally like this. He values family affection, but he also takes it lightly. He doesn't really agree with people he has never gotten along with.
After a long time, Li Yan slowly stood up and with a wave of his hand, the three suspended spiritual positions were repositioned.
Li Yan looked at an incense stick placed on the side of the table, then walked over slowly, stretched out his hand and took out a few long incense sticks, and blew a gentle breath. The clear smoke curled up, and the incense ignited sparks.
He raised the long incense above his head with both hands, lit it three times in the distance, and then gently inserted it into the incense burner in front of the spiritual throne.
Then, he sat down on the stool in front of the long table and fell into a long silence again...
When the sun was approaching noon, Li Yue, who was half asleep, suddenly felt that the surrounding area suddenly became completely quiet. There were no more birds singing, no breeze blowing, and even the voices of children had completely disappeared.
She opened her eyes in confusion, and was shocked to find a short-haired young man standing in front of her. This man's attire was different from that of the men from the imperial dynasty.
Especially because of the short hair that is black and shiny, like black thorns, it looks even more special.
As long as he is not bald, as long as he is a member of the imperial dynasty, such hair binding will be punished, and the least he can do is get a slap in the face and be banned from leaving home for a year.
Li Yue was shocked. As the wife of a first-class official in the imperial court, she was also listed as an important assassination target by the enemy.
This time she returned to her hometown to visit relatives, but she brought a lot of security masters with her. Not to mention those scattered outside the mountain village, there were at least five top martial arts masters lurking in this garden.
Those were all strong men that Fang Daxueshi had spent a lot of money to recruit, but at this time, someone quietly sneaked up to her side.
Even though she had a noble status and had seen many storms and waves, and had long developed a mentality of not changing her face even when facing a mountain collapse, Li Yue's face still changed drastically when she was stared at so closely.
As she was shouting, her eyes met the other person's eyes.
Li Yue felt as if she saw two invisible black holes.
In an instant, her consciousness stopped functioning, and her voice was stuck in her throat, and she fell into an unconscious state.