Chapter 175: Dogwood Branches Are Everywhere but One Person Is Missing

At this moment, several martial arts masters around the garden were scanning the surroundings vigilantly. They had been protecting the old lady all year round and were extremely familiar with their duties.

Occasionally, when they glanced across the garden, they saw that the old lady still had her eyes half-closed, half asleep and half awake, and then they looked away again.

"The old lady comes back here every year. She likes to stay here more and more!"

Some people are thinking in their hearts, and they also know that this is not the old lady's homestead, but in the past ten years, she always likes to come back here to stay for a while in spring and autumn.

Li Yan stood in front of Li Yue, and he vaguely saw some outlines of Li Wei from Li Yue's face.

"What's your name? Why are you here?"

Li Yan's penetrating gaze went straight into the other person's mind, but at this time, Li Yue had lost her sense of autonomy.

"Li Yue, this is my eldest brother's homestead, and I'm here to pay homage to my parents!"

"Your eldest brother's homestead? What's his name?"

"Li Wenwu..."

When the old woman Li Yue woke up from a deep sleep, she felt that she had had a very strange dream in which she met a young man she had never met before.

The man's attire was very strange, and he didn't belong to the imperial dynasty at first glance, but she felt an aura of peace of mind and calmness from that man.

It was as if it was a big mountain that could protect her from all wind and rain.

Later, the man asked some questions about the Li family, and she answered them all truthfully, without any resistance in her heart.

Although Li Yue is not in the officialdom, her husband is a bachelor. She is also a first-class wife and has held a high position for many years.

Having often dealt with those in the DPRK, I have long developed a mind like a fox, knowing what can be said and what should not be mentioned.

But she herself didn't expect what the other party would ask, so she said it without reservation, without any intention to hide it.

Finally, the strange young man fell into silence for a long time, and then looked at her again.

"The root of your disease has penetrated deep into your heart. You only have five years to live at most. Let's get rid of this disease today.

There is also a bottle of elixir here, which contains four longevity and disease-removing elixirs. Two of them can be shared with your second brother. You can live at least fifty more years.

As for the remaining two pills, when your time comes, you can take them to regain some longevity.

But you are all mortals after all. No matter how good your body is, your spirit and soul must follow the cycle of heaven. If you take pills again, the effect will be greatly reduced, and you can only extend your life span for another ten years or so. This is already the limit.

Of course, you can also leave these pills to your husband or future generations for use. However, wealth has its own destiny, and everything cannot be perfect. You can just think about how to make good use of these pills.

Finally, you must not tell anyone other than your closest relatives about this treasure, otherwise even the emperor of the current dynasty will not let you go and snatch this thing away! "

Li Yue's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she felt the noon sun shining on her body again, making her feel the comfort she had not experienced in a long time. The children's silver bells in the distance

The sound came into my ears again.

"I'm really old, I fell asleep in a daze!"

Li Yue slowly opened her eyes, and then looked around with confusion. After seeing clearly that everything around her remained unchanged, she hesitantly looked back.

Come and try it quickly.

Some scenes from the dream still remained in her mind, and it was only when the young man disappeared suddenly that she woke up from her dream.

At this moment, a maid tiptoed over from behind. Just in time to see Li Yue trying to sit up on her own, she quickly quickened her pace and spoke quickly.

"Old madam, old madam, wait a moment, wait a moment, I will help you!"

As she spoke, she quickened her pace and ran to Li Yue's side. Then she passed a familiar hand through Li Yue's armpit and gently lifted his upper body up to sit upright.

"Huaixiang, is it time for lunch again?"

Li Yue, who was sitting up straight, spoke slowly. Huai Xiang had been with her for many years and knew her living habits very well.

"Old madam, the autumn sun is already shining brightly. You can't just drink a little soup at noon. You have to eat an extra mouthful, otherwise the old lady will definitely punish this slave when you go back!"

Huai Xiang squatted down neatly, and then gently put the show shoes on the ground on Li Yue's feet.

"Hehehe, he doesn't dare. Otherwise, if you get married immediately when you get angry, we will lose a 'tofu knife' in our house!"

Li Yue joked. Although Huaixiang is not the housekeeper of the house, all the housekeepers in the house, large and small, have been scolded by her and are quite afraid of her.

The main reason is that some housekeepers always bully the servants, which is actually the most common thing in any noble house.

But Huaixiang was adopted into the mansion by the old lady when she was more than ten years old. She knew how humble her parents were and how miserable the poor were.

Therefore, whenever she saw those housekeepers doing evil things or saying evil things, she would open her mouth and curse them.

Therefore, she got the nickname "Tofu Knife" in the mouths of those handymen.

The housekeepers often complained to the old lady, and Li Yue always dismissed them with a smile and shook her head, so she also knew Huai Xiang's nickname.

"Old madam, please stop teasing me. It's really fish head and tofu soup today...Old madam, old madam, what's wrong with you?"

Huai Xiang had already put on Li Yue's shoes, muttering to himself, and was about to stand up to help Li Yue stand up. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up, he saw Li Yue staring at her hand in a daze.

"Hey, old lady, this little porcelain bottle is so beautiful, where did it come from?"

At this time, in Li Yue's palm, there was a emerald green porcelain bottle slightly larger than her thumb, crystal clear, like a top-grade jadeite of extremely high grade, so exquisite that people couldn't let it go.

Huai Xiang had never seen Li Yue take out such a treasure before, and asked curiously.

"Oh, oh oh... This time, it was found in the ancestral house, and it is an old item! By the way, let's go over to eat, I'm really hungry today."

Li Yue woke up from her trance, she calmly put the emerald green porcelain bottle in her sleeve, and then walked forward immediately after her feet landed.

"Old lady, please go slowly, you will cough again later, hey, I told you to go slowly..."

Huai Xiang hurriedly followed, but after she took a few steps, a surprised expression appeared on her face.

The old lady who always gasped and coughed after taking a few steps quickly, but today she seemed to have no wind under her feet. She hurried a few steps but couldn't catch up.

At this moment, Li Yue's heart was even more shocked.

"That was not a dream, that was really not a dream, my illness was completely cured, and there was this bottle of elixir!"

She was old and wise, and although her heart was like a wave of waves hitting the shore, her face remained kind and peaceful as always.

But no one noticed that her hands were crossed on her lower abdomen, and one of her hands was tightly pinching the other long sleeve, and the joints had already turned white!

And in the sky where no one could see, Li Yan was looking down indifferently, and suddenly, two more phantoms appeared beside him.

"Why don't you show up and meet her for real?"

Zhao Min's pleasant voice like ice hitting sounded, she just saw Li Yan use magic to make Li Yue unconscious.

"It's not necessary. Should I let her meet my fifth uncle whom I have never met?

My parents and my third brother are gone, and even my only nephew who I have met has entered the road of reincarnation.

I left before Li Yue was born. Apart from being able to feel the same blood from them, I don't know their past at all. What can I say when we meet?

What's the point of talking about the deceased parents and third brother? It will only increase sadness!"

Li Yan shook his head and answered softly.

At this moment, he felt that an invisible force was rising from the small mountain village below, pushing him away little by little, farther and farther. The only thing that could attract his eyes was the old house.

But when his eyes touched the scene around the house, he felt that it was so dazzling and out of place.

The memories that once remained in his heart became more and more unreal. Li Yan understood that the force that pushed him out of the small mountain village was called "strangeness"!

He learned everything he wanted to know from Li Yue.

Dad passed away 23 years ago. At that time, Li Yan was still in seclusion in the Lost Continent, dreaming about how to return.

Later, Mom also passed away half a year later because she missed Li Yan and Li Chang too much.

They all lived to be about 140 years old, which was already a very long-lived "old immortal" among mortals, but they could not wait for the return of "Old Five".

After Dad and Mom left, the third brother Li Wei often sat in that small house, muttering all day long.

The most common thing others heard was

"Old Five, you asked me to take care of Dad and Mom, now they are gone, I want to take care of them, but there is no one..."

"Old Five, even if you die outside, you should return to your hometown!" and so on.

Only people who are familiar with the Li family know who Old Five Li Wei is talking about.

And a few years later, Li Wei's eldest son Li Wenwu ran out of life and entered the reincarnation of heaven.

This time, the old man sent the young man away, and Li Wei could no longer hold on, and finally fell ill and was bedridden.

But one night, he suddenly sat up, and in the shocked eyes of his family, he ignored others' dissuasion, put on his clothes and staggered out of the door...

The descendants were frightened and followed behind, and finally saw Li Wei came to a cemetery several miles away, where there were the graves of Li Chang and his wife and their son Li Wenwu.

Li Wei first rubbed the tombstone of Li Wenwu with trembling hands, and then put his head against the tombstone and burst into tears.

After a while, he came to the grave of Li Chang and his wife, knelt on his knees, and cried bitterly. The descendants knew that Li Wei was dull but stubborn.

They could only persuade him constantly, but did not dare to help him stand up against his will.

"I have no parents to take care of me, no more, Lao Wu, will you come back on the Double Ninth Festival... come... come!"

But Li Wei's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he knelt down and stopped crying with his head on the ground.

When the second son Li Jie felt something was wrong and went to help him, he found that Li Wei had already died!

That day was the Double Ninth Festival!!

A year later, Li Wei's wife Yu died, and five years later, the eldest son Li Wenwu's wife died. This is the details of the deaths that Li Yan got.

Li Wei had two sons and one daughter, the eldest son Li Wenwu, the second son Li Jie, and the youngest daughter Li Yue.

Li Yue fell in love with Fang Wende, an important official of the time, at Qingshanai City and became his legal wife. By then, Fang Wende was a duke and his wealth was even more prominent. Li Yue was also named a first-class lady by the dynasty.

Li Jie also entered the court as an official because of Li Yue's relationship. Now he is also a second-rank governor, and his status is equally respected.

Li Yue originally planned to bring his elder brother Li Wenwu into the court. Li Wenwu has learned a good set of martial arts and is more likely to enter the officialdom than Li Jie.

But Li Wenwu refused to enter the court as an official, and only wanted to stay in the small mountain village to take care of Li Wei and his elderly grandparents.

In the end, Li Yan's ancestral home was renovated again and again by Li Yue, and it became what it is today.

And Li Jie and Li Yue would come back to live for a period of time every year to serve Li Wei and his grandparents for some time.

Even after Li Wei and his wife passed away, they would still come back to worship and stay here for a while.

They also moved all the spirit tablets to the old house according to what Li Wei had told them countless times.

"I still have a lot of elixirs that can increase my life span!"

Zhao Min looked at Li Yue who was running hurriedly and spoke again.

Li Yan shook his head slowly.