Chapter 1774: Chasing butterflies and kites far away in spring
The old woman's health was not very good. She fell into a river when she was a child. Although she was finally rescued, her lungs and internal organs were damaged.
Although I once drank the fairy water that my father said was a treasure, it was already at the bottom of the bottle that had been rinsed countless times with clean water, and there was still a little bit of medicinal "fairy water" in the end.
The "fairy water" really prevented her from having any recurrences when she was young. However, as she gets old and her body becomes weak, and she enters her twilight years, once she catches some cold, she will gasp violently.
The old woman's name is Li Yue, and she is the main wife of Fang Wende, a great scholar in the Zhongdian Pavilion of the current dynasty. She has a prominent status for a while.
Looking at the three or four children chasing and playing in the garden, Li Yue's eyes were filled with kindness. She occasionally squinted at the sky, where there were white clouds floating slowly in different shapes.
For a moment, the sight of the sky seemed to take her back to her childhood, when she and her two brothers were sitting on the hillside, holding grass in their mouths, resting their hands on the grass, and looking up at the sky.
At that time, they looked at the white flowers floating in the sky, far or near, and imagined them into various shapes of mountains and wild beasts in their minds...
I always wonder if I can fly to the top and see if there are legendary immortals "on the other side of the mountain"...
"As I get older, I always like to recall some past events!"
Li Yue felt her eyes were a little sore, so she slowly closed her eyes and smiled to herself.
And just when no one here could see it, in front of the door of the old mud and stone house in the corner of the garden, a shadow suddenly appeared in the slight fluctuations in the space.
Li Yan looked back at the old woman in the garden who was resting with her eyes closed and gently rocking the lounge chair. He sensed a very familiar connection with him from this person.
That was a connection with him who also had the power of blood, and in this courtyard now, he also sensed that there was an old man whose blood power was also relatively close to him.
Although there are still more than ten people who are connected to their own bloodline, the intensity of their bloodline is much weaker.
Li Yan didn't want to alarm these people. He just stood quietly in front of the old house, staring at the dilapidated double doors in front of him that revealed the vicissitudes of life.
For a moment it felt very familiar, but also extremely strange.
What is familiar is the house in front of me. It is the residence of the two men in the family where I and my third brother have lived together for fourteen years.
Although the house has been renovated, it still overlaps with the original memories.
It is strange because the old houses around the house are no longer there, the main room of my parents is no longer there, the main room in front is also gone, and the short courtyard wall has also disappeared without a trace.
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 Daqingshan in the distance.
The courtyard has become more than ten times larger, and everything in front of me 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 he was familiar with in the entire mountain village.
Li Yan just stood motionless in front of the old house. His original home had long been beyond recognition, and he was the only one who lived there. The house he lived in allowed him to find some memories.
A deep sadness arose in his heart, and he knew the result without having to guess.
This house is the place where my parents care about me so much that they can't let go, otherwise they wouldn't be standing here so alone.
After standing there for a long time, Li Yan took a deep breath, and his figure suddenly became blurry and illusory.
The next moment, the double old doors did not open, but Li Yan had already stepped into the room, and then he stood in front of a big bed.
The furnishings in the room are just as I remembered.
The room is not very big. There is only a large wooden bed, a long table beside the bed, and a stool, which takes up almost half of the space.
Li Yan seemed to see himself sitting on the edge of the bed, dangling his legs, while the third brother was sitting on a stool, holding his half-stretched and half-flexed lame leg with one hand, occasionally rubbing it a few times, and spoke with a serious face.
"Lao Wu, why did you make your parents angry again? You left your books alone instead of reading, and then 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 figures on the stool disappeared again, leaving only the almost forgotten words in my mind.
Li Yan expressionlessly moved his gaze to the long table in front of the bed. Just now he had been unwilling to use his spiritual consciousness to see through the room.
He just didn't want to know everything in advance, he just wanted to see the furnishings in the house clearly with his own eyes. Maybe this was the most real thing.
When Li Yan saw the things on the table clearly, his body could no longer control his trembling. There were six spiritual tablets placed in three layers: upper, middle and lower.
Placed at the top are the tablets "showing the spiritual tablet of Duke Li Kaochang" and the tablet "showing the name of his concubine Li's mother-in-law, Xiulan".
Below these two tablets are the tablets "Xian Kao Li Gong Ta Wei Fu Jun's spiritual tablet" and "Xian Li's mother-in-law's boudoir name Jade tablet".
There are two tablets at the bottom, "showing the spiritual position of Duke Li's civil and military ruler" and "showing the memorial tablet of his concubine Li's mother-in-law, Mulan".
Li Yan could tell from the titles of these six tablets that they were all set up by direct children, otherwise the titles on the tablets should be different.
Li Yan stared blankly at three of the tablets, which were the names of his parents and third brother.
"All dead?"
Although Li Yan had already made a guess in his mind, after seeing these three names with his own eyes, he felt a twinge of pain in his heart for no apparent reason.
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 just established his 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 years, but 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 relationship, 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, so it takes many years to come back.
Li Yan is the most speculative 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 to come forward."
"Um!"
"If, if there is a war, don't rush ahead and fall a few steps behind when no one is watching...".
"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 settle down, I will bring you back the rouge and gouache in the city!"
"Laowu, sister, wait, wuwu..."
Scenes from the painting passed before Li Yan's eyes.
"Fourth sister, you are no longer here, right?"
Li Yan's heart felt cramped again. Finally, tears streaked across his expressionless face and slowly flowed down!
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"They left this house and placed the tombs here one by one. They are waiting for my return..."
Li Yan glanced at the remaining three tablets. The one next to Li Wei should be the third sister-in-law's memorial tablet. 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!"
As he whispered, he was already resting his head on the ground, his body trembling 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 heart.
In his mind, there was always a dilapidated courtyard in a 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 relationships, but he also takes them lightly. He doesn't really agree with people he has never gotten along with.
After a long time, Li Yan slowly stood up, waved his hand gently, and 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 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 you are not bald, as long as you are a member of the imperial dynasty, you will be punished by wearing this kind of hair, and the least severe punishment is a slap in the face, and you may not be allowed to leave the house for a year.
Li Yue was shocked. As the wife of a first-rank official and a bachelor in the imperial court, she was also listed as an important assassination target by the enemy.
This time she went back to her hometown to visit relatives, but she brought a lot of guard 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.
They were all strong men whom Fang University Scholar had spent a lot of money to recruit, but at this moment they were quietly sneaked up beside him.
Even though she had a noble status and was used to seeing big winds and waves, and she had already developed a mentality of not changing her expression even if the mountain collapsed, but being stared at at such a close distance, Li Yue's expression still changed drastically.
When she was asking sharply, her eyes met the other person's eyes.
Li Yue felt as if she had seen two invisible black holes.
In an instant, her consciousness stopped functioning, her voice was stuck in her throat, and she fell into an unconscious state.