Qingfeng Xu Xu

The next day, before dawn, Lu Xianyun took people to the village. When Li Jichu got up, it was almost past time, so he had some breakfast at will, and asked Butler Wu about the arrangements of Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu. He learned that Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu had gotten up at the beginning of the morning, and originally wanted to eat with him. After breakfast, they walked around Shuzhou City together. Butler Wu said that he hadn't gotten up yet, so the two of them went out on their own after dinner. Li Jichu just felt bored. He thought of the many relics of Li Haoyuan that he had sorted before and went to Li Haoyuan's room before he had time to sort them out.

As soon as he opened the door of Li Haoyuan's room, he felt a cold air blowing into his face. As soon as you enter the door, you will see a table with many traces of age. There used to be a teapot and a teacup on the table. Li Haoyuan used to drink a cup of cold tea every morning when he woke up, and then asked Butler Wu to change it to freshly brewed hot tea. , sit at the table and drink a cup, eat some breakfast at will, then go to the yard, or when the weather is good, go to the cliff to practice swordsmanship. Sometimes, at Yinshi, you will go to the cliff and wait until the sunrise. coming down from the mountain.

On the left side of the door, there is an incense table, and on the wall hangs a portrait that Li Haoyuan made after his wife's death. To the right of the table is the bed. Next to the bed is a mahogany shelf, and a series of monotonous black clothes were hung in the past. After Li Haoyuan passed away, all his clothes were buried with him. The house was still spotless. Li Jichu had specifically told Butler Wu to come and clean it every day. Now it looked like it had been cleaned just now. The cold air in the air should be the moisture left by the wipe just now. Li Jichu lit a stick of incense in front of the incense table, paid homage to his deceased mother, and then left for Li Haoyuan's study.

Compared with Li Haoyuan's room, the study room is much more popular. When Li Haoyuan was still alive, Li Jichu would always be in the study room when he had something to do or just chatted with Li Haoyuan. After Li Jichu's mother passed away, Li Jichu almost never went to Li Haoyuan's room again. The bookshelves in the study room are full of books, and the table is also full of books. On the right side of the door, there are two Taishi chairs, and the tea table is also full of books. Li Jichu had come over to sort it out before, but unfortunately there were so many books that no one could fit on the bookshelf. In the past, every time Li Jichu came over, he just thought it was because his father didn't like to sort them out, but later he understood. There was a mahogany box placed in the corner, which Li Jichu asked Butler Wu to buy a few days ago. It was a pity that these books were left alone. Even if they were cleaned every day, they would still be stained with dust, so he thought of putting them all in the box.

The books Li Haoyuan read cover a wide range of topics, including folklore, novels, and local landscape travel notes. However, most of them are related to martial arts. Some of them are the swordsmanship created by Li Haoyuan in his early days, which are still being practiced by the disciples of the village. Accustomed. In the past, every time Li Haoyuan gained something in swordsmanship, he could not wait to compile it into a book, circulate it to the disciples in the shuang, collect it, and then teach it uniformly. Now, he keeps all his sword skills in the cave, hoping to find a good person and teach him all he has. But in fact, Li Haoyuan has never been a person who hides his secrets, nor is he a person who allows others to take advantage of him. In the past, all the swordsmanship of Li Haoyuan was immediately made public, which made Li Haoyuan learn that the practice of swordsmanship is not only about ability and talent, but also about virtue. Zhao Jie of Luxizhuang, who spoke shamelessly in front of the mourning hall that day, is the best example. At first, Zhao Jie claimed to have great admiration for Li Haoyuan. Although he was more than ten years older than Li Haoyuan, he was very humble and patiently asked Li Haoyuan for sword skills. He put forward many suggestions and ideas. Although Li Haoyuan felt that Zhao Jie's ideas were too vain, he still regarded them as novel ideas and never refuted them. Little did he know that Zhao Jie was just faking it in front of his face, but secretly practiced hard behind his back. Later, when he gained a little bit, he ordered many disciples in the sect to defect, and even took away all the swordsmanship and internal skills books he had learned from Li Haoyuan's study. He stole it, and in the end, even went so far as to directly establish another mountain gate in Shuzhou and create Sunset Villa, which was intended to replace Guxia Villa.

Poor people like Zhao Jie, who will only do this kind of sneaky behavior after all. He encouraged the disciples of Guxia Village to steal books for him, but he never understood that they originally came from Li Haoyuan's mind. How could he, Zhao Jie, steal them? Walk. Later, Li Haoyuan improved all the sword techniques he had learned before. Only disciples who had passed the examination and approved by him could practice. Many people were dissatisfied, so they were bewitched and switched to other sects. However, Li Haoyuan was happy to be pure. The remaining disciples in the village all practiced Li Haoyuan's improved swordsmanship, and the disciples all made great progress. From then on, Guxia Village and the so-called Sunset Village could not compare to it.

Li Jichu had read all the books in Li Haoyuan's study. Although the father and son often had nothing to talk about, they would still spend an hour or two together in Li Haoyuan's study every day, talking to each other while drinking tea and reading. If you see something interesting, let’s chat a few words.

Li Jichu picked up a local chronicle that was placed in a conspicuous place on the desk, his eyes darkened, and he remembered the loneliness in Li Haoyuan's eyes when he saw this book. Li Jichu flipped through it casually. One page was obviously more yellow and more wrinkled than other pages.

"The words"Jiangning Prefecture Hexi Town" were marked by Li Haoyuan in red handwriting without any annotation next to them. However, Li Jichu knew the meaning when he saw these words.

Hexi Town, when Li Jichu was still in his mother's womb, The area where Li Haoyuan and his wife had an accident while driving on a mountain road was in this town. Many years later, the couple wanted to find the doctor who had rescued them, so they went to this place to inquire. When they encountered mountain bandits, they relented and let a few people go. In this town. Li Jichu looked at those words and thought: Every time his father looked at this place in the past, he would lament that all the bad luck in his life was here. Li Jichu added water to the inkstone and ground it carefully. After a while, I picked up the pen and smeared those few words into a sea of ​​red.

"Father, don’t worry about things in the past and things that happened during your lifetime. I hope my father’s spirit in heaven rests in peace soon."

After sorting all Li Haoyuan's books into boxes, Li Jichu took a few medical books that he had not seen in Li Haoyuan's study before and went to Li Jihua's study. The types of books in Li Jihua's study were much more monotonous. Li Jichu stood in front of the bookshelf, looking carefully After looking at it for a long time, he really didn't see any vacancies anywhere. Li Jichu weighed the medical books in his hands and said to himself:"Didn't you get them from Jihua's study? Where did that come from?"Li Jichu looked around again. He knew that Li Jihua always put books neatly back on the bookshelf after reading them. Although Li Jihua's study was also ordered to be cleaned every day, after all, Li Haoyuan's study and bedroom were all occupied by Lao Wu. I took care of it myself, so I stayed up day and night. Something happened to the village recently, so omissions were inevitable. But Li Jichu had looked at the bookshelves on each floor, and there was indeed no place where the dust was very different from other places.

"Forget it, put it in my study."Li Jichu said to himself again.

Xu Mulin felt that he really didn't think there was any big problem with the injuries on his body, but he couldn't defeat Xu Qingjiu and Li Jichu, so he had to obey the arrangement and rest in Guxia Manor for a few days, but I felt it was really boring, and seeing Xu Qingjiu looking absent-minded when he got up to practice sword practice, he simply took it with him.Qingjiu went out and wandered around Shuzhou City for a day. Seeing that it was almost sunset, Xu Qingjiu was still in high spirits. However, thinking that although he informed Butler Wu when he went out today, it was still not appropriate to go out for fun since breakfast, so he coaxed Xu Qingjiu to go back. Guxiazhuang.

As soon as they entered the door, they met Li Jichu

"Mulin Qingjiu, are you back? I was also worried that you were having fun and couldn't find your way back, so I was about to go out to look for you. How about our Shuzhou?"Li Jichu stopped and looked at Xu and Xu who were approaching and asked.

"Brother Jichu, your Shuzhou is much more lively than our Meizhou, and there are many new things."Xu Qingjiu followed Xu Mulin and walked towards Li Jichu. When he got closer, he smiled at Li Jichu

"Ji Chu, I'm so sorry."Xu Mulin said.

Li Jichu was puzzled:"What are you sorry for?"

"......"

"Just have fun. You came to our Shuzhou as a guest. It’s because I failed to show my kindness as a landlord. I didn’t take you to have a good time in Shuzhou. I should be sorry."

Xu Qingjiu seemed to be responding with a regretful sigh and said:"I haven't even finished enjoying myself yet, but my senior brother pulled me back."

"That's it. How about I call Xianyun tomorrow and take you to have fun?"

"Brother Jichu, aren't you busy these days? I heard Hall Master Yi say that it is not an easy time for Guxia Village right now."

"It's okay in the village. Lu Xianyun took care of other things for me. I have nothing to do now."

"What happened?"

"You haven't eaten yet, I've prepared some over there, let's talk as we go. Yesterday morning, a disciple reported that several people had died of illness in a village below. I asked Lu Xianyun to check it out. After he went to see it yesterday, he came back and said it might be an epidemic, but prevention and control had been done first. He rushed back early this morning. Come to think of it, I'll be back soon"

"Disease? Senior brother and I are not good at medicine either, so our abilities are limited. However, if there is anything we can do, brother Jichu, just ask and don’t be polite to us."

"good. So I would like to thank Qingjiu in advance."

"In that case, let's wait for Dr. Lu to come back and then have dinner together."

"When he finishes his work, he will have to smoke vinegar and mugwort when he comes back. It won't be over for a while. Let's eat ours first and don't worry about him."While they were talking, the three of them had arrived in the dining room. Li Jichu said and motioned,"Mu Lin, Qingjiu, sit down quickly. The food will get cold very quickly when the weather gets cold."

"That's fine. If there is any news, I'd like to ask someone to tell Qingjiu."

"good."

During the dinner, the three of them chatted about Shuzhou's local scenery and agreed to go sightseeing together the next day. When Li Jichu talked about this, he felt a little ashamed that although he was born in Shuzhou and lived here for many years, he just But he has never really experienced Shuzhou's customs and customs in person. These are all things he heard from others or read in Li Haoyuan's books. After hearing this, Xu Qingjiu put down his chopsticks, thought for a moment and then asked:" I had always heard that brother Jichu was not in good health, but I didn’t know that brother Jichu couldn’t even travel far away like this?"

Li Jichu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then smiled and said:"That's not true. When he was young, he was indeed worse than now, so he rarely went out. Later, when he grew up and his health got much better, he started busy cultivating again. If you practice swordsmanship, you will go out less often."

"If so, how did Ji Chu and Doctor Lu know each other?"Xu Mulin, who was eating attentively on the side, listened carefully and continued eating. When he heard this, he suddenly asked.

Li Jichu glanced at Xu Mulin and lowered his head. After a long time, he said:"Four years ago, Jihua It was rare for me to come back after traveling around, and I stayed at home for less than half a month. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the three of us, father and son, had a rare dinner together. As a result, before we even exchanged a few words, Jihua started quarreling with his father again, and he didn't stay for a moment. Then he wanted to run away from home again. I couldn't persuade my father or Jihua, so I had to go out to chase Jihua. As a result, I just left Shuzhou City and before I could catch up with Jihua, I first collapsed..."

"I have always only known that brother Ji Chu was in poor health. What was the specific reason? The attack was so violent"

"My mother was frightened when she was pregnant with me. As soon as I was born, the midwife looked at me and told me that I would not survive to full term. My father was angry and drove the woman out. Later, he went to the doctor to see me and said that it was due to the growth in the mother's womb. Not good, born with mental illness"

"Can it be cured?"

"I saw many doctors, but they all said it was impossible. After Xianyun looked at me, he gave me some medicine, and I had fewer attacks.

"That's fine, if..."

"Qingjiu, I know you care about Ji Chu, but it's not polite to interrupt people so frequently. Xu Mulin put down his chopsticks, interrupted Xu Qingjiu, turned to look at Li Jichu and said,"Jichu, go on.""

Li Jichu looked at Xu Mulin and thought: Why are these two people still jealous of each other? They are really just the same person. I will tell him when Lu Xianyun comes back. After thinking about it, Li Jichu said calmly:"I had a heart attack at that time. , but I was the only one chasing him out. Although my father arranged for someone to look for me after he learned that I was out, he still couldn't catch up. At that time, I just felt that I was buried in the ground, but I was dug up again by Lu Xianyun who was traveling. come out. Later, he relied on me for medical fees and followed me back to Guxiazhuang. When my father learned that he had good medical skills, he asked him to stay in Guxiazhuang. Later, he became famous in Shuzhou and now he is in Shuzhou. A medical clinic opened in the west of Zhoucheng City"

"I was a little surprised when Dr. Lu treated my senior brother's wounds that day. I didn't expect Dr. Lu's medical skills to be so good."Li Jichu clapped his head and muttered in a low voice.