Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 281 Ancient House

The place where the carriage and horses stopped was a lush hill. Several people got off the carriage. There were several strong men waiting at the foot of the mountain. At this time, they picked up the goods from the carriage and went up the mountain.

Li Mingqing raised his eyes and saw several ancient eaves exposed among the ancient pines and yellow tung trees on the roof, making it look deep and quiet. There is no one for miles around, but from what I can see and hear, being here is indeed closer to the cold and weird fairy painting legend than when I was in Xiangzhou City.

Not long after arriving at the top of the mountain, the full view of the mansion was revealed. Li Mingqing took a quick look and saw that it was indeed large and ancient. It had been built about fifty years ago and occupied half of the flattened top of the mountain. A hundred people could live in it. I'm afraid it's not crowded at all.

The grand ceremony will be held tomorrow. At this time, the house has been roughly decorated. The front door of the courtyard has been swept clean. There are red wedding ribbons on the dark old wood. There are also some gifts from guests in front of the door.

However, she didn't know whether it was because the surroundings were too lonely, but it was difficult for Li Mingqing to feel the joy. She looked deeper and felt that this house seemed to have a cold and lonely heart. No matter how red it was on the outside, , and can't reveal the fiery heat.

After Yi Chengxin finished the handover, he came back and greeted the girl in green who was standing quietly, and took her to the courtyard.

Dark green moss is spread lightly on the dark stone pavement, and water drops from unknown sources fall from the old eaves. When you walk to the atrium, a huge old locust tree covers half of the yard, and the huge shade brings a deeper layer of coolness.

"My mother said that this house was built around it," Yi Chengxin said.

Li Mingqing raised her eyes and said, "It's indeed very good. It must be very cool in summer."

"Yes, we used to run and play in the yard when we were little." Yi Chengxin smiled softly, "But when autumn comes, the yin energy becomes too strong."

"Is your grandma inside? I'm going to pay a visit."

"My mother has passed away."

"Ah sorry."

"It's okay, it's been a long time." Yi Chengxin added, "My father also passed away from a serious illness some time ago, so there is no need to visit him."

"." Li Mingqing was dumbfounded, "Who was that just now?"

"The driver for us?" Yi Chengxin smiled, "That's my brother. He doesn't like to talk, but he is very powerful."

"Oh." Li Mingqing was stunned for a while, "Then in the courtyard now..."

"Only my brother and I live here."

"Are there no elders, aunts or the like?"

Yi Chengxin glanced at her in surprise: "No."

".oh."

Turning around the central hall, Yi Chengxin and the girl pushed open the door of a courtyard: "Sister, please stay here tonight. It's more spacious and warm."

"Ah, this is too big. I can just stay in a side room."

"It's okay. Look, no one lives in this house?" Yi Chengxin smiled, "The guests will only come tomorrow."

".Am I a little abrupt when I come?"

"No way, just stay here." Yi Chengxin smiled softly, "As long as sister doesn't run out and wander around like she does in the city."

"What will happen if you run out and wander around?" Li Mingqing rolled her eyes.

"My brother will catch me." Yi Chengxin looked at her, "Then... rush back to sleep."

Li Mingqing smiled.

Yi Chengxin also smiled, and seemed to be more serious, looking at her with a pair of clear eyes: "But, I sincerely invite my sister as a guest. I will leave Xiangzhou tomorrow, and I will be friends with my sister for a day or two. .”

".Um."

"Okay, sister, let's rest first. If you want to, you can wander around, as long as you remember the way."

"Sister Yi, won't you stay and sit for a while?"

"No, wait. I'll come back tonight to chat with my sister for a while. I have to go now -"

"Chengxin."

A cold, short voice came from behind, cutting off the girl's words.

Li Minqing looked around and saw that it was the second brother. The man was standing upright on the bluestone road, holding a large box unloaded from the car with both hands, and looked over silently with his eyes covered with cloth.

"Yeah." Yi Chengxin stopped talking, nodded to Li Mingqing, and walked in side by side with the man.

Li Mingqing watched them disappear from sight, and gradually her footsteps could no longer be heard. She looked around and began to feel a strange silence.

Yilan Mountain is also an established sect in the mountain, with a small number of sect leaders, but it does not have this strange coldness, as if it has rejected all popularity.

Gein's coldness is not brought about by the scenery, but by the people - not only the indifferent Yi Nandai just now, but also the warrior servants he met along the way. Although they were not many in number, they were all like... Silent and taciturn, carved from the same mold.

When she was in Xiangzhou City, Li Mingqing felt some coldness in Yi Chengxin's bones, but when she got here, she realized that the others seemed to have grown up with this ancient and silent house, but only the girl still had some freshness in her body. Popularity.

Li Mingqing put down her luggage. There was nothing special about her small courtyard. It was clean and spacious. The room was spacious and tidy and had everything needed for daily use. It was just a house for entertaining guests.

After walking around for a while, he picked up his sword and carried the cat and went out.

After a little identification, I found that this courtyard is located on the west side of the mansion. There are three courtyards built side by side. She is the northernmost one. The two courtyards next to it are also open at a push. They are all cleaned but no one lives in them.

Li Minqing turned around and went straight to the main room.

It really seemed like an empty house, and there was still no one taking care of it. Li Mingqing turned to the front of the hall and saw the two spiritual tablets enshrined in front of the hall. There were clouds of smoke under them, and the incense burner had just lost one end. It should be that they had just passed by. The brother and sister were newly replaced.

Li Minqing stepped forward and saw on the left "Xian Kao Yi Gong Ba Duan Zhi Mansion Jun was born in Xilian", and on the right was "Xian Yi Mu Yang Ruren's boudoir name Zhao was born in Xilian".

Li Mingqing wrote down the two names "Yi Duanzhi" and "Yang Zhaoren". After turning to the hall, he saw a neat row of ancestral tablets. Li Mingqing did not read the words on them. He lowered his head to open the cabinet and flipped through two pages. Next, I found a family tree.

The girl stood up and looked through it. In fact, it was only a thin volume. After flipping through a few pages, she saw the name "Yi Duan Zhi" at a glance. However, her eyes turned sideways and she was slightly confused.

Just as Yi Chengxin said, she doesn't have any aunts. In fact, there is only one person in this generation, Yi Duanzhi, who is printed alone on paper.

She scanned around the previous page, but still didn't see the name she wanted. It wasn't until she subconsciously turned the page that she was stunned for a moment.

[The eldest daughter Yi Danjun] [The eldest son Yi Nandai] [The second daughter Yi Chengxin]

"." Li Mingqing really didn't expect that the woman who had an entanglement with Dongfang Tian thirty years ago turned out to be Yi Chengxin's eldest sister - thirty years later, the reign names have changed, and they don't look like the same person at all. People of the era.

And it is true that Yi Chengxin never mentioned her in his conversation.

Li Mingqing stood for a while, put down the family tree, looked around, and then walked to the equally quiet big house next to it. The door opened as soon as it was pushed, and there was a neat emptiness inside. All daily necessities had been put away, and there were only large pieces of furniture placed on the surface of the whole house.

Li Mingqing walked in slowly. The bed and cabinets looked like they had not been changed for a long time. However, although they were old and not dirty, it was still possible to vaguely see the simple and rigorous life of the old owner.

Opening the drawer, there were stacks of books inside. Li Mingqing casually pulled out a volume, but it was a handwritten book with regular handwriting. The ink words on the cover read "Gun Yi Ning Huo Jie". Turning to the first page, there is only one line: "Nandai, this gun condenses the meaning, only the four words 'make fire in silence'."

Li Mingqing immediately realized that this was the old house of the recently deceased head of the Yi family. She turned over a few pages and saw that the man was explaining the Yi family's marksmanship in detail. The girl only read a few lines. He was stunned and fascinated.

Even though she does not have the original book of this martial arts and has never practiced spear skills, the similarities between martial arts and principles can still be seen as the head of the family is well-positioned and clever.

His way of writing was to list a question and give an answer. Every time the girl saw a question, she felt that it was a dead end, but the man in the next line made her enlightened with two sentences - to be honest, she was receiving the guidance of the master in "Yellow Jade" I have never had such an experience before.

Unprepared, she suddenly saw such a talent, and she was reluctant to put down the book for a moment - even if she didn't practice spear skills, she would benefit a lot from every page she read.

The girl finally put it back in the drawer and took out a few more volumes, all of which were notes about gun interpretation. They were arranged from top to bottom in chronological order. The further the writing went, the newer the writing and the more profound the gun theory. Li Miaoqing gradually I couldn't understand it, but I saw another kind of handwriting, guessing it was left by Yi Nandai.

The girl put them all back, sighed softly, and pulled out the bottom one this time.

The cover is still the man's ink. This is the last book left by the man: "The first introduction of "Zhulian Taiye"".

The girl was startled for a moment and turned to the first page. There were only two sentences: "If you want to see the true nature of the gun, you must first plant the divine fire lotus."

After flipping through a few pages, this booklet made the girl feel completely confused for the first time. It also talked about gun theory, but it was entangled in a larger mystery. The so-called "building fire" and "planting mysterious lotus" ”. It’s like a Buddhist scripture that is entirely empty.

The black cat on the shoulder now leaned forward slightly.

Li Mingqing tilted her head and said blankly, "Kitten."

"Xuan Jing." Black Cat said in a cool voice.

"." A cold breath choked the girl's throat.

"I'm talking about a gun mystical scripture with mysterious fire as its core." Black Cat whispered, "Let's go."

Li Mingqing let out a deep breath, put the booklet properly, and left the door.

After leaving the central hall, the girl headed to the east of the house. Opposite to the west, there were the same three courtyards, but unlike the guest rooms there, it looked like someone was living there. Li Mingqing pushed open the last courtyard door and could tell at a glance that this was Yi Chengxin's residence.

Several costumes were hung on poles to dry. The blue flowers and green trees in the courtyard were light and chic, exactly the same as the girl's temperament.

Li Mingqing hesitated for a moment, did not go in, and turned around to walk to the second seat.

Opening the door, the atmosphere of this courtyard is also clearly identifiable. It is as simple and monotonous as the house where I just stopped. Gun racks are placed in the corners, and erected sunken wooden piles stand in the center of the courtyard.

This is of course Yinandai's yard.

Li Mingqing also didn't go in. She was already looking at the third one.

So, this is

The girl paused and slowly came to the front of the hospital.

A huge, rusty lock rested on the decaying door.

Compared with the two courtyards just now, this one seems to be from a different time period. , dusty, decayed, sealed. No one took care of it, and no one went in to clean it, as if it had been abandoned in the past.

Li Mingqing lowered her head and looked at the lock, and was about to turn over and jump in, when her body suddenly stiffened.

Suddenly a hoarse ghost-like voice came from behind.

"Guest, please don't come in here."

Li Mingqing turned around and saw a ghostly old man standing three feet away. His stooped figure only reached the girl's shoulders. His black clothes were shabby and his gray hair fell to his chest. A pair of turbid white eyes stared at her. .

"Forgive me, I'm just curious. What is this courtyard?"

"A person who doesn't follow the rules of the clan."

"." Li Mingqing nodded apologetically again, turned and left.
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Xiangzhou City.

Qijiu City, theater.

"What's the origin of the Yin Yangyi family?" Pei Ye was sitting on the edge of the cave, peeling an autumn pear, Ji Yun was leaning on the bedside, and the old man was still sleeping beside him.

Ji Yun was still weak: "I know roughly this, but if you want to know more clearly, I'm afraid you have to ask Senior Yin Yang."

"Ok?"

"Since moving to Chaoyue Mountain, the Yi family has been silent for fifty years." Ji Yun said weakly, "According to what Master told me before, the Yi family was one of the few wealthy families in Xiangzhou fifty years ago. , the population is not very prosperous, but it is easy to produce dragons and phoenixes, to serve as officials from generation to generation, and to avoid fame and be pragmatic."

"Master said that at that time, there was an outstanding person. It was Yi Duanzhi, the current head of the family who passed away a month ago. I heard that he reached the top of martial arts in his twenties and became what he became."

"Grandmaster?"

"Yes, yes, I became what you warriors call a master. Naturally, he had a bright career, but soon after marrying his wife, he returned home and moved to Chaoyue Mountain. From then on, he lived alone in seclusion and became the Yi family today. ." Ji Yun clasped his hands and thought, "And in Junior Sister Yi's generation, she still doesn't come out very often. You think, after fifty years like this, people will naturally forget about it. I'm afraid only people close to Yiyang know this. There is still such a Yi family, but in terms of its past status, only the older generation can claim it. - Like me, if it weren’t for Junior Sister Youyi, I really wouldn’t have known there was such a family.”

"Oh." Pei Ye stopped peeling pears, looked up at him and said, "Have you guys gone to the mourning ceremony for the head of the Yi family?"

"We went there, and it was very deserted. Junior Sister Yi and the others didn't seem to have much contact with the locals, and they didn't see any relatives."

"Have you seen the remains?"

"This is not."

Pei Ye nodded and continued his hand movements: "My friend met Qi Yun's boss yesterday. He doesn't seem to be from the Yi family - young, male, with a cold face and a pendant on his ear. Brother Ji, do you have any impressions? ?”

"." Ji Yun shook his head blankly, "However, if the Yi family has recently taken out the Chamber of Commerce, it would make sense."

"Ok?"

"Because it is in decline now. The head of the family is gone again. He must not be able to support this stall. For the sake of re-employment, junior sisters are marrying away. I can't say for sure. I am also making random guesses about the affairs of these big shots."

Pei Ye nodded and stopped there.

He took off the small wooden sword from his waist, carved the word "Pei Ye" on it and handed it to the man: "In the future, people from Ding Yun and Cui Yu may come over. Well, they are all my friends, so the theater can be opened. ."

It was the first time for the young man to hand someone his name in a serious manner. He was too embarrassed to look at the small sword again, so he picked up the sword and walked out of the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)