This jar of old wine is not good wine. It was left behind when he and his wife got married. The village has experienced many relocations and many items have been lost. Only this jar of old wine still remains.
Looking at the old wine in his hand, the old Lingji patriarch slapped the seal away and took the wine bowl. The aroma of the wine was not strong, and it was incomparable with the wine Lu Chen drank in the mysterious mountain village. However, this wine seemed to have a strong aroma. He couldn't put into words the taste.
"Done!" The old patriarch raised his wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
When Ba Ming and Zhong Xu who came with them saw this, their expressions were complicated, and a trace of sadness flashed in their eyes. They picked up the wine bowl, signaled to Lu Chen, and drank it all in one gulp.
"You two bastards, you all told me to wait for the aunt to make you stew meat, why are you secretly drinking it!" The old woman came out with two plates of dried meat and laughed.
"Auntie, aren't you greedy for wine?" Zhongxu said with a smile, but his expression looked a little far-fetched.
"That's right, aunt, this is good wine!" After the words fell, Ba Ming seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing and stood up quickly, "aunt, I will accompany you to serve the food!"
Lu Chen frowned and looked at the two figures who turned and walked towards the stone house. He saw Ba Ming whispering something, and the aunt raised her hands to wipe her eyes from time to time.
"Teacher, what's going on?" Lu Chen wanted to use the power of his soul to investigate, but it was too disrespectful for others, so he could only ask Mr. Ge.
"Take a good look at me, old man!" Mr. Ge sighed after finishing speaking.
"Isn't this great? He is full of energy and is completely different from those outside the tribe..." At this point, Lu Chen's eyes focused and his expression suddenly changed.
"Old man..." Lu Chen's voice was low, and he felt a little blocked in his heart.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I'm getting older. Who hasn't had such a day to see them rest in peace? The old man is also satisfied, but..." The old patriarch Lingmo didn't finish his words. He turned to look at the man in the stone house who was wiping his face from time to time. aunt.
Lu Chen's heart sank. He even wondered if he had come in the wrong place. Was it because of his arrival that the old man suddenly came back to his senses?
"Little guy, don't think too much. The old man was heartbroken when he heard about the corpses of the tribe members hanging outside the tribe. It was you who brought the old man back to life. I have to thank you!"
The old man didn't want the young man in front of him to feel guilty, so he hurriedly spoke to comfort him. It was not his fault. In his opinion, he was already dead. It was only the will in his heart that kept him alive.
"But..." Lu Chen's heart was blocked and he didn't know how to speak. It was the first time he met the old man, but he could feel the old man's concern for his tribe and his worry about his wife. In his heart, except for himself, no one else seemed Everything is concern.
"Huh, good wine and good meat can't stop your mouth. If you want to eat, go and see!" The old woman came out and put a pot of stew on the table.
He picked up the wine bowl and looked at the young man in front of him, "Thank you, young man. I'll give you this bowl of wine!" After saying that, he drank the whole bowl of wine in one go.
"Mom, I..." Lu Chen quickly stood up and picked up the wine bowl.
"Young man, the old man is right. We are all people with half of our feet in the soil. During this period, seeing him sitting here blankly, looking at the direction of the tribe in the distance, I feel uncomfortable. I really Thank you!"
After saying that, he poured another bowl of wine and was about to drink it again, but was stopped by Lu Chen and Ba Ming.
"Auntie..." Lu Chen's voice was also choked with sobs.
"Okay, hurry up and get going. Look at you, you've made everyone feel bad!" The old patriarch Lingqiao put the wine bowl on the stone table, feeling a little displeased.
"You just know how to nag. You've been nagging me your whole life. Aren't you tired of it?" the aunt said in a serious tone.
"I'm used to it, I can't change it!" Upon seeing this, the old patriarch Lingjie's voice was very soft, his eyes closed, and two lines of hot tears rolled down his face.
"Okay, okay, stop talking, aunt. It's all aunt's fault. Eat well, especially you. After eating, clean up. I'll go for a walk with you tomorrow!" The aunt wiped away the tears on her face, and then Go help the old patriarch Lingji, "You are still crying at your age, and I still have to wipe it for you!"
"Aren't you used to this?" The old patriarch Lingjiao smiled and looked affectionately at the old woman who was wiping his tears.
"In my next life, I
Still marry you! "The old patriarch Lingji suddenly grabbed the aunt's hands and said. Seeing this, the latter tried to break free but couldn't get away, so she could only let the old man hold her.
"You are not ashamed even at your age. There are still juniors here!" The old woman's face turned red, she broke free again, turned around and ran into the stone house.
"Clan leader, do you really want to see them? Brother Lu buried them!"
Zhongxu spoke, his face was not good, and he was a little worried. He knew that the old man had returned to his old age. According to the body of the clan, the old man should still live for a few days. He didn't want the old man to go. No one knew when the power would appear.
"Yes!" The old patriarch Lingji nodded firmly. Seeing this, Ba Ming, who wanted to dissuade him, also lowered his head.
"Let me go with the old man!" Lu Chen suddenly said.
"This..." Zhongxu hesitated. The young man in front of him had already buried their clansmen, and no one wanted him to take risks again.
"Let's go together!" Ba Ming finally said, knowing that he could not dissuade the old man.
next day
The first ray of morning sun fell, and Lu Chen sat cross-legged on the top of the stone roof, absorbing the invisible purple energy from the east. Not long after, a person slowly walked out of the stone house of the old patriarch Lingmo.
"Are you really going?" A hesitant voice came from the stone house. Lu Chen couldn't see the figure, but he knew from the voice that it was the aunt.
The old patriarch of Lingjiao made a gesture of silence and glanced behind him, "It's okay, the old man went to take a look and will be back!"
He patted the back of his wife's hand, took the package that his wife had prepared for him, and turned around to face the tribe outsiders.
The aunt nodded and stood outside the stone house, watching the old man disappear. "I'll wait for you here!" The aunt said to herself, then sat down on the stone chair outside the stone house and looked at the direction in which the old man disappeared.
When Lu Chen saw this, he didn't say a word. His figure disappeared silently, and the black shadow rose and fell in the darkness, heading towards the tribe's exit.
In the distance, the old patriarch Lingmo walked to the tribe's exit and said a few words to several guards on patrol. The guards looked embarrassed. In the end, two men held down the shoulders of one of the blocking guards. The guard looked at Ling. The old patriarch finally nodded.
Looking at the old man disappearing into the dense forest, Lu Chen's figure appeared at the exit. Unexpectedly, the guard just looked into the tribe and said, "Hurry up if you want to go!"
After the words fell, two more figures came out of the darkness, it was Ba Ming and the two of them. The three of them nodded to each other without saying a word, and disappeared into the dense forest.
"Oh, I want to go back and have a look too!" a man muttered.
"You can't do that. This is probably the only wish of the old patriarch Lingjie!" The guard looked at the direction in which the figure disappeared and sighed.
There was no words all the way. The three figures were speeding along, but they did not catch up with the old patriarch Ling Jie. Lu Chen was shocked. The speed of the three of them was not slow.
It was not until noon, when the scorching sun was in the sky and the roars of beasts could be heard from time to time in the dense forest, that Lu Chen and the other three saw the old man standing in front of the stone monument.
"Children, the old man is here to see you!" The old patriarch Lingqiao opened the package, which contained some commemorative supplies. He put incense and candles on it and opened the wine jar. "Come on, let's have three drinks for our nephew!"
After three glasses of wine went down his throat, the old man picked up the wine jar, walked around the grave, and spilled the wine. "The old man is here to see you. In a short time, the old man will also go to accompany you!"
After sitting in front of the nameless stone tablet for half an hour, the old patriarch Lingmo was like a chatterbox, telling endless stories about his past with the deceased behind the stone tablet.
After getting up, the old man wrapped a handful of soil in front of the grave, turned around and looked in the direction where Lu Chen and the others were hiding, "Oh, you three boys!"
After saying that, he turned around and headed towards the village.
The village is still the same, but it looks a lot dilapidated. There are a lot of dead leaves piled up in the village. In the stone houses, dust covers the memories. The inside and outside of many stone houses are shrouded in cobwebs. They are gradually devouring this small tribe. , gradually dusting off the memories of the Lingji tribe.
"They've all disappeared!" Old Man Lingzhi sighed, his figure staggering. Lu Chen and others quickly stepped forward to help the old man, but were stopped by him, "Let me walk on my own!"
The three of them looked at each other, their hearts
Feeling worried, he finally stopped and watched the old man's hunched figure disappear around the corner.
The scorching sun gradually set in the west, "It's getting late!" Ba Ming said, and the three of them spread out and searched for the old man's direction.
After a long time, the three of them appeared in a corner of the village, looking at each other alone, their faces instantly turned ugly.
"Where else will the old man go?" Lu Chen looked at Zhongxu Lingzhi. They came from the Lingzhi tribe. It was not impossible that there were any secrets in the tribe.
Ling Tiao frowned, thinking about everything in this small tribe, and finally shook his head.
"Something happened!" Ba Ming's voice was low.
When Lu Chen heard this, the power of his soul spread and his eyes widened. After a long time, the old man was not found.
"Will he encounter a powerful magical beast?" Lu Chen guessed.
The two shook their heads after hearing this, "This is the territory of the tribe. The powerful monsters around will not break in easily. Even if the foreign monsters want to enter, they have to pass through the territories of countless powerful monsters. The possibility is extremely slim. Besides, the old man is very powerful. Even if I and I Even if Ba Ming joins forces, there is no way he can be a match for the old patriarch."
The three people frowned, wondering in their hearts. They really couldn't figure out why the old man suddenly disappeared. Even if they encountered a powerful monster, with the old man's strength, it was impossible not to make a sound, not to mention whether he could resist it.
"Go back to the tribe first!" Zhongxu's face was gloomy. He wanted to go back to the tribe to find someone for help. The Hundred Thousand Mountains was vast and boundless. If the three of them wanted to find someone, they would no doubt be looking for a needle in a haystack.
Looking at the three people with ugly faces, the guard let him go directly. Looking at the three people who rushed in, the guard looked at the three people with ugly faces and said, "Something happened to the old patriarch Lingmo!"
In front of a stone house, two figures stood. Next to the stone chair, there was only an unfinished rattan basket. They looked at Zhongxu who walked out of the stone house, their faces gloomy.
"My aunt is gone too!"
