Qiongqi!
If Lou Tianguan hadn't told me personally, I would have always thought it was a strange-looking tiger.
Regarding Qiongqi, I remember I saw it before when I was reading "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". It was said that Qiongqi was shaped like an ox, looked like a tiger, had sharp thorns on its back, and had two wings. It was one of the four ferocious beasts in ancient times. one.
When I read this book, I was only eleven or twelve years old, so I don’t remember it clearly.
As for the tattoo on the arm of my mother-killing enemy, I was completely limited to the tiger. It wasn’t until ten years later, when I was last at the Ming and Qing Tombs in Dunhuang, that I saw it again.
I don’t know why Lou Tianguan and the murderer who brutally killed my mother had a beast tattooed on their bodies, and I don’t want to know.
I don't care if it's a tiger or a Qiongqi, it's all the same to me. I'm just trying to deceive Lou Tianguan.
When Lou Tianguan said that the tattoo on his back was Qiongqi, I looked very surprised and envious.
Seeing my expression, Lou Tianguan looked proud, and he looked even more aloof when he was sitting upright in the tree.
Seeing that Lou Tianguan seemed to have let down his guard, I struck while the iron was hot and asked the question I had always wanted to know the answer to.
"Oh, it seems that I am really ignorant. It turns out to be Qiongqi. I always thought it was a tiger!"
"By the way, I seem to vaguely remember seeing someone with this Qiongqi pattern tattooed on me when I was young. That person seemed to have it tattooed on his right arm. It looked very majestic. You also had Qiongqi's tattoo. You should know that person, right?"
Just as I had always speculated, Lou Tianguan's expression changed obviously when he heard me mention the man with the Qiongqi tattoo on his right arm.
This also shows that Lou Tianguan really knows my mother-killing enemy.
After hearing what I said, Lou Tianguan's expression suddenly changed. He froze for a moment, and then he yelled at me with wide eyes, "You bastard, what did you say?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lou Tianguan fell down from the tree again. He rushed in front of me and grabbed my collar. He held the extremely sharp dragon-detecting claw in his left hand and pointed at me again. yelled: "You said you saw someone with a Qiongqi tattoo on his right arm, when did you see it?!"
"Ten years ago, when I was eight years old!"
I replied coldly.
"Ten years ago? Impossible. He died as early as eighteen years ago. How could he still be alive? Brat, you lied! I'll kill you!"
Lou Tianguan became even more excited, bloodshot eyes appeared in his eyes, and he roared at me like a ferocious beast.
Faced with Lou Tianguan's death threat, I looked at him coldly, and then said coldly: "I didn't lie. It was ten years ago that he killed my mother because of that person!"
"You brat, you're talking nonsense. He's already dead. I, Lou Tianguan, killed him with my own hands. How can he still be alive? You're lying, you're lying!"
Lou Tianguan seemed to have gone crazy again. He grabbed me with one hand and shook me uncontrollably. His eyes had turned red, and it seemed that he would end my life anytime and anywhere.
At this moment, or perhaps having been attracted by the shouting here, Fatty Wu picked up a burning red stick and rushed over.
"Damn it, you surnamed Lou, if you dare to touch something, I'll beat you to death with a fucking stick!"
"roll!"
Lou Tianguan roared angrily, without looking back, he raised his leg and kicked him right on Fatty Wu's round belly.
A scream was heard, and Fatty Wu flew backwards like a ball and plunged into the grass behind him.
"You are lying!"
Lou Tianguan roared again, and the hand holding my collar became harder and harder. With a stabbing sound, my collar was completely torn open by Lou Tianguan.
I thought that I would definitely die this time when I faced Lou Tianguan who had gone crazy again. However, I was surprised to find that Lou Tianguan suddenly froze on the spot.
His hand holding my torn collar slowly loosened, and he froze in place, but his red eyes stared at me.
"Where did you...the jade pendant around your neck come from?!"
Lou Tianguan suddenly pointed his finger at my neck and asked in shock.
I raised my hand and touched the inconspicuous crescent-shaped jade pendant hanging around my neck since I was a child. I said, "I've been wearing this since I was born. What's wrong?"
Lou Tianguan trembled when he heard this and looked at me with eyes full of disbelief.
"Is your last name Xie?"
I nodded.
"What's your dad's name?"
The year my dad disappeared was also the year my mom died tragically. I was eight years old that year and already knew my parents’ names.
I was planning to ask who my mother-killing enemy was, but I didn’t expect that Lou Tianguan saw the crescent jade pendant around my neck, and he even mentioned my dad. Obviously he knew him. My dad's.
I quickly spoke out my dad's name because I felt that when I said it, I would probably learn about my dad's whereabouts from Lou Tianguan.
"My dad's name is... Xie... San... Jian...!"
I said my dad's name word for word.
After I said these three words Xie Sanjian, I saw Lou Tianguan's figure swayed violently and almost fell to the ground.
Not only Lou Tianguan, but also Chen Guishou was obviously shocked when I said my father's name. His eyes were busy looking at me, and he nodded meaningfully from time to time.
At that moment, I suddenly understood something. It turned out that my father was so famous. Lou Tianguan and Chen Guishou obviously knew him.
This way, the chances of finding my dad would be greater.
I felt a little regretful at the time. If I had known this was the case, I should have told my dad's name earlier. I'm sure even Mr. Liu Ba knew my dad, so I wouldn't have to search for him for ten years.
When I had this idea, Lou Tianguan also stabilized his figure and looked at me again.
I found that his eyes were not as red as before, and he no longer looked as angry as before.
At that moment, the anger in Lou Tianguan's eyes faded, and a hint of sadness appeared.
"You brat, please make it easy for me to find you. I am Xie Sanjian's junior brother, which is also your senior uncle!"
"Ah... you are my uncle?!"
I was really dumbfounded at the time, thinking that the amount of information was too much. Just before that, I was still thinking about how to get rid of Lou Tianguan.
Now, after a few words, he has turned into my uncle. This is too ridiculous.
But if I think about it carefully, if Lou Tianguan is really my father's junior brother, then it is very likely that my father also knew the murderer who brutally killed my mother.
If that's the case, might my father's disappearance also be related to the murderer?
"You brat, I'm really your uncle. If you don't believe me, you can ask that old man. He can testify!"
Regarding my dad, I don’t believe what Lou Tianguan said, because he is a sinister and cunning person. It is really abnormal to suddenly change his face like this. I really don’t know what he is selling in his gourd. medicine.
But he asked me to ask Chen Guishou, which is okay. At least Chen Guishou is on a united front with me, and he will not lie to me.
I quickly turned my head and looked at Chen Guishou, who was standing by the fire not far away and was being supported by the first sister.
"Senior Chen, is what he said true? Is he really my uncle?"
When Chen Guishou heard this, he nodded his head heavily and said: "Young man, if you are really Xie Sanjian's son, then Lou Tianguan is indeed your uncle!"
Then Chen Guishou briefly explained to me the relationship between my father and Lou Tianguan.
Chen Guishou said that we, the Xie family, were originally servants of the Lou family in Xieling. We usually did the work of cooking, chopping wood and carrying water.
Originally, the Lou family's abilities were not taught to outsiders, but one time, my grandfather died tragically in order to save Lou Tianguan's father, the Fourth Master Lou.
Fourth Master Lou was a man who valued affection and righteousness. At that time, he made an exception and accepted my father, Xie Sanjian, as his apprentice, that is, Lou Tianguan's senior brother.
It is said that my father followed Fourth Master Lou to many tombs, and for a time he became Fourth Master Lou’s most effective disciple, with an unparalleled reputation.
But no one knew what happened later. My dad actually left Xiling Lou’s house alone.
