When Li Chenghuai heard this, he only put away the letter in his hand, put it into his sleeve, and replied:
"I understand, when will the Jade Satin Daoist go back to answer?"
Quan Yuxuan hesitated:
"Junior brother is still in the north, there should be a short period of time, I have been practicing on the shore during this time, young master can think carefully... If you have the news, just call me to the wilderness..."
Li Chenghuai nodded slightly, Quan Yuxuan retreated all the way, and the open palace door floated out the voice of his eldest son Li Zhouluo greeting Quan Yuxuan with a smile, and it closed tightly with a crunch, and all the noise was isolated.
Li Chenghuai stood in place, he covered his sleeves, motionless, his eyes stagnated, until the light and shadow changed, Li Zhouluo outside the door waited for a long time, and finally knocked on the door and came in.
"Father......"
Li Zhouluo called out in a low voice, Li Chenghuai was still pinching the letter in his sleeve, his lips moved, and he did not mention the matter, but asked:
"You went to the South China Sea with Quan Yuxin."
Li Zhouluo wished that the days would pass in one breath, the past three or five years have been miserable, busy day by day, and he has long been tired of crookedness.
"Exactly, just waiting for someone to come back!"
Li Chenghuai only listened to his tone and understood that the child was waiting to follow Quan Yuxuan to the South China Sea to enjoy the blessings, and when he saw the fairies of various sects, his heart was full of expectation and hope.
This is also human nature, if Li Chenghuai was hit on the head by such a good thing when he was young, he would also be restless, looking forward to wearing it, poured tea, and replied:
"Okay, you have to prepare well and don't waste the opportunity."
Li Zhouluo saw that he was restless, hesitant to speak, afraid that he wanted to ask about the content of the letter, Li Chenghuai took advantage of the fact that he hadn't asked yet, waved his hand to let him go down, and the eldest son had to reluctantly go down.
After waiting for no one around, he finally took out the letter, with the back facing up, and gently placed it on the table.
Of course, Li Chenghuai knew how heavy the letter was, and said unceremoniously that any choice in this letter could make the monks in Jiangnan cry with joy.
He stood alone in the hall for most of the night, and finally heard a noise in front of the hall, the old man in a blue-gray robe pushed the door in, Li Chenghuai saluted in a low voice, and replied:
"I've seen the old man."
Li Xuanxuan sat down to pour tea, and while reading it carefully, Li Chenghuai shook his head slightly and said:
"What does he owe me... What is there to owe, those grievances under the fence, fatherless and motherless, are these things used to make up for them......"
Li Xuanxuan was staring at the letter, his eyes were deep, Li Chenghuai's expression was quite free, and he said softly:
"You might as well tell you, if it had been twenty years earlier, I would have thrown this letter back into Quan Yuxuan's hands, and told him clearly that I didn't want to choose either."
He laughed and sighed:
"But it's too late, I, Li Chenghuai, am already a father, and I am also a person like an elder in the clan. The situation of being young has passed, to put it bluntly, the resentment of the past can be called hypocrisy, so I accepted the letter."
Li Xuanxuan nodded heavily and replied:
"I understand..."
The old man filled the tea, shook his head and said:
"The four dawns at home... Back then, each had their own responsibilities, don't talk about you, Ximing and Chengzhan are the same, Chengzhan is respectful, but I know that he can't get close to Ximing in his heart, this matter... It's very difficult, don't say he doesn't understand you, but in fact you don't understand your father either."
"At that time, there were too many grievances......"
The old man raised his hand, touched his cheek, groped for a small bulge, pointed it to Li Chenghuai, and said with a smile:
"You see, at that time, I was haunted by my inner demons, and I begged Hengzhu all the way, and I stuffed five golden light pills into my flesh, and I can still touch it.
"You are also the same as this, back then, the clan endured blood and resentment, grievances and grievances, and caused this end, and now I am also touching the ruggedness, and my heart is unhappy. Your father is a sensible person, reply to a letter, open it, explain it clearly, don't pretend not to be untouchable."
Li Chenghuai was silent for a moment, Li Xuanxuan had already pulled him to the main seat, the old man put the pen in his hand, and while studying the ink, he urged:
"Come on, write."
……
Although Li Zhouluo was very curious about his grandfather's letter, he didn't open his mouth to ask, and said a few polite words to Quan Yusatin all the way back to the main hall.
After sitting all the way to the main seat, Di Liguang came over to take charge of the lamp, Li Zhouluo smiled and asked:
"How to arrange it in the future?"
Li Zhouluo didn't say much, Di Liguang is very clever, such a person is born with a sense of smell, so he can naturally feel that Li Zhouluo has not been in power for long.
He also understood what Li Zhouluo was asking, and said respectfully:
"How does the head of the family arrange... How can the subordinates arrange it, if they can follow the head of the family, it will be a blessing to cultivate......"
Naturally, only a few direct descendants knew about Li Zhouluo's going to the South China Sea, but Di Liguang in front of him estimated that it would be beneficial to follow him, and he seemed very sincere, making Li Zhouluo nod repeatedly.
He was reading the dossier in the hall, but he saw a report outside, and Cui Jueyin came up to report.
Li Zhouluo has been running the family for so many years, Cui Jueyin has always handled the matter of [Zigen Guanggu Mountain Piercing Mysterious Nail] in an orderly manner, it has always been a report in March, but now he suddenly came, there must be a situation in the Purple Mansion Formation, he quickly stood up and said:
"Hurry up and invite Protector Cui in!"
Di Liguang hurriedly went down to invite him in person, waiting for Cui Jueyin to enter the hall, he drove the left and right down, closed the palace door himself, and guarded the outside of the hall.
Cui Jueyin didn't change much compared to three years ago, and the Cui family lineage saluted humbly as always, reporting:
"Master, the main body of the first twelve of the thirty-two mysterious needles has been built more than halfway, but the Purple Smoke Sect has already begun to pack its luggage, and now the monks in the continent are about to return to the sect, and another batch has come, according to what the lord said, it is to prevent too much exposure of the formation pattern."
Wen Wu can speak well, and even those who die can be said to be alive, but he really can't tell if he is afraid of exposing the formation patterns or when it is time to rotate, Li Zhouluo only listened, and Cui Jueyin said:
"He was transferred back overnight and didn't have time to visit the head of the family, so he asked me to apologize... Let me also bring you a message... It is said that Que Xi is ready to break through qi training, and all the elixirs and purple smoke are ready."
Li Zhouluo estimated that it was still too late, but whether the other party needed it or not, the family should send it back, and nodded and said:
"I will send someone to Ziyan in a hurry and send her a breakthrough ration."
Cui Jueyin replied respectfully:
"In addition to this matter, there is one more important matter...... A monk from the Purple Smoke Sect traveled around and said that he pointed out the children of a small family on the lake, and originally just thought he was cute... As a result, after three or five years, I had feelings, and I was reluctant to leave them, and this time I wanted to bring them back to the sect... Take me as a disciple, let me ask the head of the family first."
This is a great thing, Li Zhouluo was suddenly shocked and asked:
"Which one? Which surname?"
Cui Jueyin smiled bitterly and replied:
"Mr. Ding... The Ding family scattered to a small family around the lake... Orphans and widows, my mother has a little cultivation, but as far as I can see, this matter is not very glorious..."
"Mr. Ding!"
Li Zhouluo became suspicious and asked:
"Although this matter is a bit abrupt, how can it be considered disgraceful?"
Cui Jueyin sighed in a low voice:
"The Ding family died at the hands of the Floating Cloud Cave, and Wei Yu knew the name, so the orphans and widows didn't have a hard time, I think that Purple Smoke Monk... For the widow... It's interesting... I once stayed overnight, and I heard that the wind was high in the middle of the night and the call was moving, but fortunately no one recognized it, and the child didn't resist when he looked at it..."
"This... He is also a dignified foundation building monk, and he doesn't set up a formation? so romantic..."
Li Zhouluo's face was slightly strange, the dignified monk of the Purple Smoke Sect, this little movement could definitely not be hidden, he could only sigh for the habit of this Purple Smoke Sect monk, now he understood, hesitated for a while, and said embarrassedly:
"I want to notify Ding Weihu about this... The left and right can also be considered a good thing, what is the situation of that Purple Smoke Sect monk? But is he lustful? I'm just afraid that he will take it for the past few years and ruthlessly abandon it, and our head will not look good."
Cui Jueyin replied:
"That child's name is Ding Mu, the owner of the Ziyan Gate is [Xiling Peak], his name is Cao Chu, and he is called the son of a tiger, but I haven't heard that he has a reputation for being a flower, but he already has a wife and two concubines in the peak, and he will be a concubine when he takes it back."
Li Zhouluo couldn't do anything about this, he was slightly ashamed and replied:
"If the two parties are willing, they still have to wait for the person in charge of the Ziyan Sect to ask, after all, I still have to suffer losses in the past, and this matter must be dealt with..."
"Exactly!"
Ding Mu is not a direct descendant of the Li family, nor is he a famous surname, and he is also a relative relationship with Ding Wei that can only be played by eight poles, so he is not very sensitive, but in the end, it is the Li family, this matter naturally needs two Zifu forces to pass the anger, Cui Jueyin replied:
"Daoist Cao Chu has reported to the sect, and someone should come over to negotiate these matters."
"Okay!"
Li Zhouluo breathed a sigh of relief, watched Cui Jueyin go down, and pondered in his heart:
"This Ding Mu will definitely be weak in the sect in the future, it is the time to send charcoal in the snow, if you can handle it well, grow up in the Purple Smoke Sect, and build a solid network in the future, it is really a beneficial and harmless thing."
Now that Li Jiangqian has left the customs, Li Zhouluo has relaxed, and there are only two things to deal with now: announcing the list and sacrifices.
"Go and ask Jiang to move over."
He gave an order, and after a while, Li Jiangqian came in from outside the palace, Li Zhouluo greeted him with a smile, and said:
"Now that the sacrifice day in the clan is approaching, the regulations of previous years remain unchanged, and this monster needs to be caught again. This monster is not easy to find now..."
Now that Li Ming Palace is in retreat, it should be Li Chenghuai and Li Jiangqian who decide, Li Zhouluo first probed his mouth and said tactfully:
"Now that the clan is quite poor, you have just broken through the foundation... I think...... It's better to keep everything simple."
After all, the Li family's Li Ming Palace was in retreat, and the two of them generally would not go out to look for monsters at the same time in the early days of foundation building, most likely sending Li Chenghuai, who had a higher cultivation level, to go out, whether it was fighting or provoking, the situation was unclear now, it was obviously a dangerous thing.
In Li Zhouluo's eyes, sacrifice is just a grand ceremony, and it is a critical moment, so there is no need to be so high-profile.
Li Jiangqian understood his concerns, and he still had some thoughts in his heart to get angry, and thought to himself:
"If you go to the East China Sea and Helin, I don't know if you can make it in time......
He was not afraid that he would not be able to catch the monsters, not to mention Li Chenghuai's actions, he Li Jiangqian was also accurate in dealing with those monsters on the wild road, but he was afraid that his family was different from the past, he used to be a small family that built a foundation, and no one cared about it, but now he has achieved the Purple Mansion, and the real person is not on the lake, and there are many eyes around, and he is afraid that he will be suspected of fighting a big fight.
If Li Ximing was there, he would shuttle through Taixu and catch it, and when he came back, he would put it on the mountain for sacrifice, naturally no one would know, even if he knew, he would only feel that he wanted to refine alchemy, but Li Ximing was not there, and he carried a huge monster back at home, which seemed a little inappropriate.
He frowned and had to answer:
"What the head of the family said is reasonable, this matter is still up for discussion, the junior will ask the old man first, and then make a decision."
Li Zhouluo nodded and handed over the list on the case, these names had been recorded on the scroll in the gold edge, and he said softly:
"This is a list of shades, just take a look."
Li Jiangqian smiled, did not move the scroll, but bowed and replied:
"No need, the head of the family will arrange it, I'll go to the continent and take a look."
……
In the continent.
The morning sun on the lake had just risen, and the house was lively, the two mighty green tiger stone statues in front of the house were covered with red silk, and the housekeepers on both sides were also dressed in red, smiling:
"Congratulations... Congratulations..."
The plaque in front of the main gate is shining, the gilded word [Dongxu] is glowing, and the white and fat Li Xixuan is standing in front of the house, dressed in festive red, and people on both sides call him master.
[Dongxu] The first mansion is the ancestral house of the abyss, it was once very spacious, but later there were more descendants, one courtyard is divided into four rooms, and the other room is divided into four rooms, beautiful on the outside, and surprisingly crowded on the inside.
Waiting inside was Li Minggong's younger brother, full of spring breeze, wearing a colorful scarf, and the guests who came and went all respected him for three points.
"Several of my eldest brother's nephews are in the shade, do you want to live in a good house now? I have some good ...... in the right place."
The middle-aged man with a colorful scarf was proud, in a good mood, and was polite to these people who came up to pull the house fiber, and only smiled and said:
"Wait a few days, you will earn it!"
He laughed, pulled people in, and stepped through the gate, the yard had been changed to be very small, crowded with Daoxi's guests, he held his head high and was majestic, in stark contrast to his father Li Xixuan, who was hunched over in front of him with his chest and his eyes swept around suspiciously, and said loudly:
"This time the clan is shaded, a total of five people in my Yuanwan East Mansion have been shaded, a total of four veins, everyone..."
He raised his glass and said with a smile:
"The Lord loves the clansmen, and the families are warm, congratulations to the lake! Congratulations to the continent! Congratulations to the clan!"