As the sun reappeared, Wei Jing's mood gradually improved and he whistled. He saw the low house in Xiaoyuan Village from a distance. He couldn't help but cheered and ran away, shouting: "Daddy, Ah Xi, I'm back!"
Hearing Wei Jing's call, some children poked their heads out from nearby alleys and said, "Wei Jing is back!" "Wei Jing, Ah Xi is dead..." "Wei Jing, where have you been? "
"What?" Wei Jing suddenly stopped and murmured, "Who said Ah Xi is dead?"
Several children gathered around and said, "Axi has been dead for several months. He is buried in your yard..."
Wei Jing groaned and ran home with a mournful face. He ran into his yard, pushed open the wooden door of his house, and shouted: "Daddy, Daddy!"
Wei Wen was not in the house and there was no one in the house. Wei Jing felt strange. He reached out and touched the table. It was covered with thick dust, as if it had been unoccupied for a long time. He felt flustered and ran out again to the blacksmith workshop. , it was the same situation, there was a cloud of dust on the blast furnaces and tables.
Wei Jing returned to the yard and looked around. He found that Ah Xi's cabin had been moved and was placed on a small mound in the distance of the yard. He squatted down in front of the cabin and shed tears. He knew Ah Xi was buried underneath.
Ah Xi is too old. Three or four years ago, Wei Jing, who was still a child, suggested to Wei Wen that if Ah Xi died one day, he should bury it under the cabin and let it die. I still have a home.
At this time, there are still the iron bowls that Ah Xi used to eat in the cabin and several small toys for him to bite.
"Alas, I didn't get to see you for the last time..." Wei Jing wiped his tears and cried. There were footsteps behind him, and he thought it was his father. He quickly turned around to look, but it was Old Mrs. Wen.
Wei Jing thought of Wen Yuxue, and his heart became even more sad. He stood up and choked with sobs: "Mother Wen, I'm back... Where is Sister Yuxue buried?"
Old Mrs. Wen had white hair and seemed much older. She smiled bitterly and pointed to a hill in the distance, which was a public cemetery.
Wei Jing wiped away his tears with his sleeves, nodded and said, "I'm going to see her later. Isn't my father at home?"
"Your father went out of town for something. He left a letter for you. I left it at home. You and I can go get it and have something to eat on the way..."
Wei Jing nodded and followed Mrs. Wen home. He remembered that after the Moon Exploration Tower incident, he asked Gongsun Yao to ask someone to deliver a letter, in order to remind Wei Wen to leave home and avoid letting his uncle take him in. Wu Yufu's news Reported to Chuang Tianmen, after that Wu Yufu still appeared at the Shenwei Conference.
But before Wei Jing had time to ask him about Wei Wen's whereabouts, he asked Fujita of Shenwu Hall to kill him. Wei Jing thought of Wu Yufu and couldn't help but sigh again.
Arriving at Mrs. Wen's house, Dr. Wen was still healthy and looking at flowers and plants in the yard. He met Wei Jing and greeted him with a smile.
Wei Jing let out a sigh. He saw several dogs running in the yard of Dr. Wen's house. They were already the size of adult dogs. One of them, an earth-colored dog, looked exactly like Ah Xi. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah Xi." , So you’re not dead!”
When the three dogs saw Wei Jing, they stopped and stared blankly at Wei Jing, wagging their tails at him. Wei Jing wondered for a while, then shook his head in disappointment and said, "It turns out it's not Ah Xi..."
Dr. Wen chuckled and said, "This is the puppy your Ah Xi gave birth to."
"What!" Wei Jing looked stunned.
"After you left, your Ah Xi gave birth to many puppies. Not long after, Ah Xi died. The puppies had no mother to take care of them and no milk to drink. Several of them died. Your father worked till late every day at that time. , didn’t have time to take care of those dogs, so he asked us to take care of them.” Dr. Wen stretched out, squatted down and touched the heads of the three puppies.
"It turned out to be those dog friends!" Wei Jing thought of his trip to the coast with Bei Xiaolu last summer.
At that time, Wei Jing was worried that the old and lame Ah Xi could not withstand the fierce running and chasing, so he left Ah Xi on the hill outside Sheshou Village. After that, he went through a series of struggles with the Shen Shen Gang and the Ling Turtle Gang.
When we finally returned to Sheshou Village from Turtle King Island, it had been several days. At that time, Ah Xi was still waiting for his owner on the hill, but there were a few wild dog friends beside him. Perhaps these puppies were conceived at that time. of.
"The dogs are very good..." Wei Jing touched the heads of the three dogs. Except for the khaki dog that looked similar to Ah Xi, the other two dogs were a mixture of black and white, and the other was a mixed dog. Just pure black, they crowded around Wei Jing's feet and licked Wei Jing's hand.
Old Mrs. Wen brought Wei Jing into the house, invited him to sit down, poured him a bowl of soup, took out a letter from the cabinet, handed it to Wei Jing, and said to him: "Your father received this from you." After receiving the letter, he hurriedly left with the young man surnamed Wu. He came back several times and inquired with the neighbors to see if anyone came looking for him. When your father came back for the last time, he gave us a letter. , asked us to wait until you get home, hand the letter to you, and ask you to find him according to the address on the letter."
Wei Jing couldn't wait to open the letter, and it simply said -
"Ajing, go to Langshan in the northwest. Brother Wu and I are living in seclusion in Langshan and making swords. Brother Wu has gone to the Divine Weapons Conference, and his life or death is uncertain. When you arrive at the foot of Langshan, you will see a tea shop with a white flag hanging. , you find the owner of the tea shop and call yourself 'Axi', and he will invite you to stay for a few days. I will go down the mountain to visit every few days and pick you up. Remember, don't cause trouble on the way. Father, Wei Wenbi .”
Wei Jing thought for a while and asked, "Mother Wen, when did my father give you this letter?"
"Almost a month ago."
Wei Jing lowered his head and guessed that at that time he and Gongsun Yao were still trapped underground in the cave deep in the lake. He immediately got up and prepared to go to Langshan Mountain.
He knew that place. At the foot of Langshan Mountain was a tributary of the Tongtian River. Some out-of-town buyers would take small boats and agree with their father to trade goods at the tea shop at the foot of the mountain.
When Wei Jing was young, he and his father once gave swords to buyers.
What impressed Wei Jing deeply was that the people nearby carried protective knives and torches with them. That was because there were many vicious wolves on Langshan Mountain. Villagers in nearby villages were often bitten by wolves in the mountains. Langshan Mountain This is also the origin of the name of the mountain.
Old Mrs. Wen took Wei Jing's hand and said, "Xiao Wei, don't worry, let Mother Wen cook some food for you, and have a good sleep. Mother Wen will prepare some dry food for you. In the morning tomorrow, Just keep on going..."
"Eh? Why are you so embarrassed?" Wei Jing was a little flattered, waving his hands and saying, "I'd better leave now. My dad may be impatient to wait for me. It's all my fault. He was running around outside and forgot to come back. Home."
"Your father has been waiting for so many days, and this day is not enough. My wife and I both know that you are in Laihu City to protect us, Yu Xue, and have a grudge against others. Your father lives in seclusion to avoid trouble. It is probably for this reason. Alas. ...It's all our fault. We taught that stupid child a miserable life, and Yu Xue had a miserable life..."
The more Mrs. Wen talked, the sadder she became, wiping her tears repeatedly.
Wei Jing thought that maybe someone from Shishengtian sent Wen Yuxue's body back to Xiaoyuan Village, and explained the general process to Dr. Wen and his wife.
As for Wei Wen leaving home, although she had little to do with Wen Yuxue, Mrs. Wen didn't know about this aspect, so she regarded it as the trouble caused by her daughter in Laihu City, which made Wei Wen and his son run around so tiredly. So much so that I felt grateful and guilty towards Wei Jing.
"Don't you want to see Yu Xue? Mother Wen will take you to see her later."
"Okay." Wei Jing no longer insisted on leaving immediately. He also wanted to visit Wen Yuxue's tomb.
That afternoon, Dr. Wen and Mrs. Wen led Wei Jing, three dogs, and some sacrifices to Wen Yuxue's cemetery.
Wei Jing muttered many words in front of Wen Yuxue's tombstone, wiping tears with his sleeves. As the sun set, he reluctantly returned home with Dr. Wen and his wife.
Wei Jing had a sumptuous dinner, took a hot bath, put on clean new clothes, had a comfortable sleep, and got up in high spirits.
Mrs. Wen prepared a lot of food for him and gave him a large sum of money.
Wei Jing screamed and returned nine-tenths of the payment to Old Mrs. Wen, and ran out of the Wen family yard with a smile. He suddenly stopped and turned around and asked: "Old Doctor Wen, three I’m afraid the dog will have to be taken care of by you for a while!”
