When I was young, I heard my grandfather say that our ancestors are descendants of Li Xiaogong, the prince of Hejian County in the Tang Dynasty. Everyone knows that there was a Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty. There were twenty-four portraits in the Lingyan Pavilion. These twenty-four portraits were all the founders of the Tang Dynasty. They were also used by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty to commemorate the time when he fought with him. The hero of the world. One of the twenty-four founding fathers was Li Shimin's cousin, and the second-ranked among the twenty-four royal relatives, he was Li Xiaogong.
Li Xiaogong conquered Bashu throughout his life, captured Zhu Can, destroyed Xiao Liang, defeated Fu Gongyou, pacified Jiangnan, and made countless military exploits. Therefore, he is also the only clan member of the Lingyan Pavilion hero and the only hero with a king title.
Anyone who knows a little bit about fighting knows that tomb robbing has existed since ancient times. Since Xiang robbed the Qin Dynasty, through the twenty-three dynasties, tombs have been found all over the world. Dynasties in the world have changed, and there are as many people as gadflies digging tombs in the caves. However, tracing back to the source, most tomb robbing activities are initiated by the government, which is the so-called "official robbing".
It is said that at the end of the Sui Dynasty, all heroes came together. Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, sent troops from Taiyuan, captured Chang'an in four months, and proclaimed himself emperor six months later. In a unified dynasty, such a speed of founding a country was unprecedented. Li Xiaogong's campaign on the battlefield naturally cost an astronomical amount of money and food. In order to raise military expenses, Li Xiaogong secretly imitated Cao Cao and took up the idea of killing people. He personally organized an official tomb-robbing force similar to Captain Mojin and General Faqiu, called the "Xunlong Taibao".
But after all, the life of tomb robbers is not a glorious one. In order to prevent the news from leaking, Li Xiaogong selected people who were loyal and capable children of the Li family. Each of them was given a dragon-seeking ring and a dragon tattoo on their body to prove their identity.
Speaking of this dragon-seeking ring, it is really a rare thing. According to my grandfather, this ring was made by Li Xiaogong with thousand-year-old blood jade. It is red and white, as hard as gold, and is engraved with two dragons circling, as if they are flying through the sky and escaping from the earth. . Because it was a limited edition when it came out, and now there are very few of them in existence, so it is naturally priceless.
However, I have always had doubts about whether this thing is valuable. After all, blood jade is not popular in the collecting circle. It is very evil and not many people play with it. The formation of blood jade is related to the corpse. When a person is buried, the jade object used as a holding jade is forcibly stuffed into the mouth. If the person has just died and swallowed it in one breath, the jade will be stuffed into the throat, and it will fall into the throat with the breath. , enters the dense blood vessels, and after being left for thousands of years, the dead blood will be soaked through, and the blood threads will reach the heart of the jade, and a gorgeous blood jade will be formed. This kind of thing is often swallowed by skeletons and is the most precious of all corpse jade plugs.
But compared to the dragon-seeking ring, the blue dragon tattoo is much more evil.
Once, my grandfather came home late at night. He fell to the ground as soon as he entered the house. I was still young at the time. I ran over and saw that he was covered in blood. A blue and black green dragon tattoo appeared on his body from time to time. He was also holding a strange thing in his hand. Wait. I saw it clearly and immediately took a breath of air.
Afterwards, I curiously asked my grandfather, "Grandpa, why were you shirtless before and didn't have any tattoos on your body?"
But my grandfather didn't say it clearly. He just smiled and said, "This is the secret of our Li family. You will know it when you grow up."
This matter has troubled me for many years. Gradually, I realized that only when we encounter intense things or do strenuous exercise, the blue dragon tattoo will appear on our bodies, which is also the symbol of the Dragon-hunting Taibao.
Xunlong Taibao does not continue the sect through inheritance from masters, but through blood inheritance. After arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, they gathered their clans and settled down to teach martial arts. However, due to the sluggish population, when the family was at its peak, there were only a hundred or ten people. In order to make a living, Xunlong Taibao had to continue his business of robbing tombs. But tomb robbing is, after all, a dishonorable activity, and you will go to jail if you are caught. Therefore, Xunlong Taibao likes to work alone. As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer people in this lineage.
You want to ask me how many? I really don't know this. Anyway, I only know that when it came to my hands, there was only one Dragon Seeking Ring.
By the time my grandfather Li Cunyi was around, he could only make some small money by teaching his neighbors to practice boxing. However, when I was eleven years old, my grandfather was in danger in an ancient tomb in western Hunan. He was sprayed with corpse gas. The corpse poison was cold to the bones. He managed to escape from the tomb, but he never recovered. He died in the West a few years later. .
Before he died, my grandfather called me to him and said: "Li Rui, you have memorized the Twelve Ways of Xunlong Fist that I taught you. From now on, you need to practice it every day and never let it go to waste. I have it here." This ancient book "The Thirty-Six Hexagrams of Fuxi" is the treasure of my Li family's Dragon-Seeking Taibao. Your father is unfilial and refuses to inherit this book. Now that my grandpa's time is approaching, he has no choice but to pass this book on to you. As for How much you can understand depends entirely on your destiny." After saying this, he could not catch his breath and passed away.
I was not sensible at that time. After my grandfather passed away, I was no longer forced to practice boxing every day, and I was even a little happy. But my father seemed to be a different person since then, regretting all day long that he had not listened to his grandfather. If he had inherited the "Fuxi Thirty-six Hexagrams of Seeking the Dragon Sutra", he would not have caused his grandfather to die with hatred.
To avoid my father being sad, I studied this old book when I had nothing to do. As time goes by, I also get a glimpse of some secrets. After I officially entered the antique business, I inevitably had some contact with tomb robbers, so I did a lot of business relying on the skills I learned. But I have set a rule for myself: whenever I use a bright weapon, I will only seek money, and I will never be greedy, let alone destroy someone's ghost house. Therefore, in this circle, only Lao Qi and Fatty Yu are the only ones who know that I am capable of fighting.
According to my grandfather, once our clan members receive the "Fuxi Thirty-six Hexagrams of Seeking the Dragon Sutra" from the previous generation, they will wear the Seeking Dragon Ring for life. Can't. What is even more legendary is that the Dragon-Seeking Ring can avoid the taboos of gods and ghosts in the world, have the power to drive away blessings and misfortunes, obtain the fortune of heaven and earth, observe the principles of the universe, and have the power to subvert the universe.
I don't wear the Dragon Seeking Ring, so I can't confirm whether these rumors are true or false. However, just like there are seals on hair mounds and talismans when touching gold, every sect likes to tell some illusory legends to add to its own legend, and our Dragon-seeking Taibao is no exception.
As for why I didn’t wear it, it was all because my stubborn father, in order to preserve the only bloodline of my Li family, defied my grandfather’s last wish and hid the Dragon-seeking Ring, saying that he could only use it after I had spread the branches of the Li family. Leave this thing to me, otherwise even if it is removed from the family tree, I will never agree.
But the problem is, the genealogy of my Li family is in his hands, so this is no different from nonsense. So, I gave up on this idea and no longer had the extravagant hope of getting the Dragon Seeking Ring back.
When I returned to the city, I didn't go back to the store. Instead, I took Lin Xiaoyu directly to the hotel. This little girl came to Shaoxing alone to hunt for treasure. She was unfamiliar with the place and had just experienced harassment by gangsters. She was really pitiful, so a good man took it to the end and gave her a ride.
I took her to get a room at the Xianheng Hotel not far from Tashan Cultural Plaza, while I asked for an hourly room next door, thinking that I would leave soon.
"Dong dong", there was a knock on the door.
"Li Rui, it's me, can you come in?"
"The door is not closed, come in."
After saying that, Lin Xiaoyu pushed open the door and entered.
"Li Rui, I'm scared to be alone in the room. Can I stay with you for a while?" Lin Xiaoyu said shyly.
"It's okay, just sit down for a while."
I gave a warm smile.
Although I don’t have a girlfriend, I still have a charming smile when you talk about it.
"Li Rui, I have a question, I don't know if I should ask it?" Lin Xiaoyu looked up at me, but quickly lowered her head again.
I smiled and said, "You want to ask me why I don't have a girlfriend?"
"Pfft." Lin Xiaoyu smiled and said, "That's not true. Although you look ordinary, if you look closely, you are quite attractive."
"Oh? Are you sure this isn't comfort?" I asked with a smile.
"Of course not, because your smile is very healing. Men with such a smile are still very popular with girls." Lin Xiaoyu said.
Li Rui smiled and said, "This is the first time I have heard of your statement."
"By the way, I also have a question for you. Why were those people in the car chasing you just now?"
However, Lin Xiaoyu didn't seem to want others to know her identity, and she was silent for a while.
I didn't want to be embarrassed, so I smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. If you don't want to tell me, I won't ask."
Lin Xiaoyu looked troubled and said, "Li Rui, if I have the chance, I will tell you."
I shook my head and said, "It's okay. You're going back tomorrow anyway. Maybe we won't see each other again in the future."
Lin Xiaoyu pondered for a long time and said, "Li Rui, I can see that you are not an ordinary person."
I was surprised, looked at her with a half-smile, and said, "Oh, what's so special about me?"
Lin Xiaoyu said: "When you went to rescue me before, the power of that kick was more powerful than the bodyguards around my dad. Doesn't this mean that you are definitely more than just an antique shop owner, right?"
I couldn't help but look at this woman with admiration. Her powers of observation were not ordinary, and I said, "You can see this, so you must not be a simple person. Tell me, Miss Lin, who are you? Why do you have to follow me?"
Lin Xiaoyu sighed and said, "I am a trouble, a big trouble!"
I looked at her and asked, "Are you a big trouble? How do you say that?"
Lin Xiaoyu sighed softly and said: "Do you still remember the agreement I told you? There are three conditions in the agreement, one is "The King Sends a Child", and the other is that my father agrees to marry me The nephew of the creditor. Today is my wedding day, but the groom is not the person I like, so I escaped. I want to buy "The King Sends a Child", in fact, not only to pay off my father's debt, but also because I don't want to marry myself For people who don’t like it.”
I was stunned and said, "It turns out that she is the bride who ran away from her marriage, but why are you in big trouble again?"
Lin Xiaoyu smiled bitterly and said: "There are some powerful people in my family. If they know that I am on your side, they may be disadvantageous to you."
I looked at her and asked, "You mean, you won't leave here for a while?"
Lin Xiaoyu looked at me pitifully and said, "Li Rui, you are a good person, I can rest assured with you."
I was stunned for a moment and said, "Stop complimenting me. You know who I am. If you want to stay, then just stay. When you want to leave, just leave. Anyway, I won't stay." I won’t chase you away, how about that?”
"Yeah." Lin Xiaoyu nodded.
"I see that you have been frowning just now. Are you thinking about Uncle Qi?" Lin Xiaoyu then asked.
I looked out the window, nodded, and said, "I thought everything would come to light when I found Lao Qi, but I didn't expect that this matter was much more complicated than I thought."
