NCCnovel Chapter 244: Old in body and old in heart
Chapter 244: Old in body and old in heart
Li Shanhe traveled south by boat in secret. Li Tianshang was recuperating on the boat. Besides him, there were two personal guards and several maids on board to handle miscellaneous matters.
In fact, there are many capable people in the Lingtian Dynasty, including loyal ministers or monks who have surrendered to the dynasty. However, Li Shanhe has always been suspicious and is used to doing things himself. Therefore, he dare not let too many people participate in such private matters, even those involving his own reputation.
Besides, in today’s world, it is difficult to tell who is human and who is a ghost.
After leaving Lingtian City, the boat had to dock for several days due to ice on the rivers, which delayed the journey and caused Li Tianyu to catch up.
Li Tianyu got on the boat and tried his best to persuade Li Shanhe.
Listening to his words, Li Shanhe's face showed emotion. After all, he was a king. After a few days, he gradually calmed down, but he did not return the same way, but continued to drive towards Longcheng. It can be seen that he was still hesitant and could not make a conclusion.
Li Tianyu sighed that his father was really old and was no longer the king who was determined to rule the whole continent. Now he was like an old man seeking revenge, or more like an old man who had lost face and was frantically trying to find a way to get it back.
He knew that if he wanted his father to stop this behavior, he had to give him a strong dose of medicine!
That night, Li Tianyu got off the boat and rode south on horseback. After several days of travel, he arrived in Longcheng. He walked into a temple filled with incense.
I bowed to the statue of the mother river in the center.
Then he looked around, saw a wooden bench, walked over and sat down, waiting quietly.
Not long after.
From deep inside the temple, a woman walked out. If anyone was there, they would definitely recognize her because she looked almost exactly like the golden statue.
Although there are many Hemu Temples in Lingtianzhou, if you want to find a temple that looks almost the same as the golden statue and Muqin, there are only a few golden statue temples built by the Lingtian Dynasty at the beginning.
And those temples are also the most important temples for Mu Qin.
It's where her roots are.
The statues of gods in subsequent temples, whether made of gold, bronze, or clay, could only maintain a 70% resemblance at best. Some in more remote areas were only 50% or even 30% similar.
There is nothing we can do about it.
"What do you want from me?" Mu Qin asked softly, holding a whisk with a golden pattern printed between her eyebrows.
She glanced at Li Tianyu.
The last time I had any contact with this prince was during the incident in Buddha City. It has been several decades in a flash. Time really flies.
Li Tianyu said: "Master, this is a long story."
He told Mu Qin roughly what had happened.
Mu Qin's pupils shrank when she heard that. She never thought that so many things would happen during her few days of seclusion. When she heard that Li Shanhe wanted to use the blood sacrifice in Longcheng, she was stunned and even suspected that she had heard it wrong.
She had witnessed Li Shanhe's supreme talent. He was one of the most dazzling people in that brilliant era. His achievements were enough to make the whole world remember him.
Don't think he would do such a thing.
However, every word Li Tianyu said was true, and he didn't seem to be lying, which made Mu Qin frown slightly, "I'll go meet him."
Li Tianyu bowed and said, now only Mu Qin could convince Li Shanhe.
He left the Hemu Temple with a complicated expression.
In my memory, my father’s majestic figure seems to be getting dimmer and dimmer.
The king who had demolished the town's transportation equipment with a desperate attempt to unify the world would now want to sacrifice a city for blood because of a personal vengeance.
After all, is it really for revenge?
Li Tianyu couldn't tell the difference. He felt that his father was doing it more for "face".
Li Tianyu sighed, wondering who was the real father.
......
It is said that all rivers in the world are under the jurisdiction of the River Mother. Li Shanhe and Li Tianshang, who chose to travel by water, naturally could not escape Mu Qin's eyes.
One day.
It was time to take down the sails and rest the boat.
A woman visited the royal ship.
She walked lightly, wearing a Taoist dress and holding a whisk, and walked slowly into the imperial wheel. The imperial wheel had two floors, and the interior decoration was extremely luxurious, but the appearance was just ordinary. I guess it was designed like this because it was for a parade and should not be too eye-catching.
The woman walking among them looked out of place with the magnificent decorations around her.
After a while, I finally met Li Shanhe.
As soon as we met.
The woman slowly extended her left index finger without saying much, and a terrifying aura was brewing.
Li Shanhe noticed the disturbance and his expression suddenly changed. He climbed up from the dragon throne and stumbled back several steps, his expression out of control.
He said in a horrified tone: "You are crazy! What are you doing with 'pointing to the sky'?"
After the words fell, the woman's breath gradually calmed down. She looked at Li Shanhe deeply and sighed: "You are really old."
"If it were in the past, you wouldn't have hidden so miserably." Mu Qin added, with a hint of disappointment in her eyes.
"Don't make such jokes next time." Li Shanhe frowned, a little angry, and sat back in his previous seat.
Mu Qin looked at him deeply, remained silent for a few seconds, turned around and left, "Don't even think about the blood sacrifice."
Mu Qin walked to the door and suddenly stopped, then turned around and said, "Also, this is your personal vendetta, I have no right to interfere, but if you dare to harm innocent people, even if it's not Longcheng, I will still take action."
There was a golden light flashing in her eyes, "Take care of yourself."
Li Shanhe looked at her departing back, his expression extremely ugly.
The aura of "pointing to the sky" just now still makes him feel a little frightened.
'Pointing to the Sky' is one of the top three techniques among all the magic skills.
Looking at ancient and modern times.
The number of people who can comprehend it will never exceed five!
......
After leaving the imperial wheel, Mu Qin walked alone to the bank of a quiet river. She looked at the waning moon reflected in the river, her thoughts complicated.
After a while, she took out a white fruit from her arms, threw it into the river, and turned and left.
The white fruit sank into the river and drifted to an unknown place.
......
A few more days.
Li Shanhe quietly returned to Lingtian Imperial City by boat.
His child Li Tianshang caught a cold on the way back. Even though he took a lot of life-saving medicine, he could not survive and died on the way.
Li Shanhe watched and remained silent.
He returned to his bedroom and stood in front of a bronze mirror. For a moment, he could not believe that the old man standing in front of the bronze mirror was actually himself.
Recalling the past, he was wearing precious armor and standing in front of this bronze mirror. He was so high-spirited and majestic...
He looked down at his palms, thinking of how he had been warned and how embarrassed he had been when he returned, and finally he sighed.
I am really old.
It is also this sigh.
All his energy was drained away in an instant, like a dying man who had let out his last breath. He instantly looked more than ten times older.
The body ages, and the mind also ages.