Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 15

"I asked you to go out to find Wenxuan and Ling'er. Why have you been there for so long?" Tie Nan and the other three ran into Shi Zijuan who was waiting at the door as soon as they entered the house.

"Hey, it's nothing, I'm not coming back now, let's go in and eat." After finishing speaking, he pushed Shi Zijuan to the tea shed, and yelled again: "Yuan Kun, come out to eat gone."

"Okay!" Li Yuankun agreed, and then walked out of the room.

More than ten years have passed, and Tie Nan is still the same, with the same carefree personality and the same hot temper.Li Yuankun has changed, he has become taciturn and serious, and he has become more and more like Lu Peng back then.

"Father, I was practicing swords by the river just now. I forgot the time and kept you waiting for a long time." Li Wenxuan went up to say hello when he saw his father come out.

Li Yuankun said: "Well, it's okay, it's also a good thing that you can practice diligently."

"Second Uncle, I have something good to tell you." Tie Ling'er approached Li Yuankun with a smile and said.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Li Yuankun asked puzzled.

"Just now my father and Wenxuan competed by the river, and Wenxuan and my father drew a tie." Tie Ling'er lowered her voice as much as possible, but Tie Nan overheard her.

"You girl, are you trying to embarrass your father on purpose?" Tie Nan said pretending to be angry.

"Mother, look at Dad." Tie Ling'er hid behind Shi Zijuan.

"You, you are quite old, and you still compete with children." Shi Zijuan said to Tie Nan.

"Hey, girls are not allowed to stay. Now my daughter always talks to Wenxuan. What do you think should I do?" Tie Nan asked Li Yuankun, changing the subject.

"Hehe, um, let's eat first, eat first. Wenxuan, stay at home this afternoon, don't go out, I have something to talk to you." Li Yuankun dragged Tienan into the house first after speaking.

After lunch, Li Yuankun was chatting with Tie Nan all the time. Li Wenxuan waited for the day to change, and seeing that the two of them didn't intend to finish chatting, he simply went back to sleep and stayed until evening, when Li Yuankun woke him up.

Li Yuankun took Li Wenxuan to the back of his house, and stood with his back to Li Wenxuan, without saying a word, as if he was thinking about something.Seeing that his father was so strange today, Li Wenxuan didn't dare to ask more questions at first, but after a long time, Li Wenxuan couldn't help it anymore, and then asked: "Father, what's going on today, why—— Why is it so strange?"

Li Yuankun breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly, "Wenxuan, what do you think of Ling'er?"

"Sister Ling'er is usually very kind to me, and always talks with me. Father, why are you asking such a question suddenly?" Li Wenxuan asked.

"Well, let me ask you again, would you be willing if I told Uncle Tie to marry Ling'er to you?"

"Ah—this—" Li Wenxuan was so nervous that he couldn't answer the sudden question.

"If you like Ling'er, Dad will tell you about it. If you don't want to, it's okay. In the future, Dad will find another girl's house for you. A few days ago, someone went to your Uncle Tie's house to propose marriage, but Your Uncle Tie didn't agree." Li Yuankun said again.

"I—I—but I don't know if she is willing..." Li Wenxuan said hesitantly.

"So you're willing? Well, you don't need to worry about other people. Dad will arrange it for you." Li Yuankun stroked his beard and said with a smile.

Li Wenxuan also smiled innocently, and said, "Thank you dad!"

Li Yuankun paused for a while, sighed again, and said, "Go and move the stone pier outside the wall aside, I buried something under it, it's for you."

"For me? What is it?" Li Wenxuan asked curiously and excitedly.

"Hurry up and do it, you will know in a while." Li Yuankun said again.

"Okay!" After Li Wenxuan finished speaking, he started to move the stone pier. The stone pier was extremely heavy, weighing more than two hundred catties at least. Li Wenxuan took a lot of effort to move the stone pier to the side.Li brushed off some soil again, revealing a rotten wooden board underneath, and further down was a three-foot-long thing tightly wrapped in oilcloth.

Li Wenxuan asked again: "Father, this is?"

"Open it and see if it's convenient to use." Li Yuankun replied.

"Okay!" Li Wenxuan quickly tore off the package. Inside was a long sword with a black sheath. Li Wenxuan was delighted to see it, and immediately pulled the sword out of its sheath... A chill was overwhelming, and Li Wenxuan was stunned.

"Wenxuan!" Li Yuankun shouted, and Li Wenxuan came back to his senses.

"Put away your sword, this sword is called Qingshuang, your cultivation level is still low, and this is the first time you have seen it, you will inevitably be caught by the coldness of this sword, and you will be fine in the future, but unfortunately...Zi Dian...Senior Brother ..." Li Yuankun was touched by the scene and muttered silently to himself.

"Father, what did you say?" Li Wenxuan asked in confusion.

Li Yuankun said: "Let me ask you, do you know Pinjian Villa?"

Li Wenxuan replied: "Of course I know that. Pinjian Villa is a powerful force in martial arts, and the owner of the villa, Situ Ying, is a great hero today."

"Actually, Situ Ying is my senior brother, and your mother is the daughter of the old owner. You..." Li Yuankun said this very slowly.

"Ah! This—how is this possible." Li Wenxuan had always believed in his father's words, but this time he couldn't believe it.

"Hey! Sit down, you are not young anymore, I should tell you all this." Li Yuankun pulled Li Wenxuan to sit down on the stone pier, and the past events that had settled in his heart for more than ten years came to his mind again.As the sun set, Li Yuankun seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.

Listening to his father talking about all these things, Li Wenxuan himself couldn't tell what it was like, grieving for his parents, or lamenting how good luck made others, the figure of his father seemed so stalwart, and sometimes seemed so fragile.Li Wenxuan's mood was ups and downs, but Li Yuankun's voice was always calm, probably because it's been too long, love, hatred, love, and worry have all faded away.

After Li Yuankun finished speaking, the father and son were silent for a long time.In the end, it was Li Yuankun who broke the frozen air, "Okay, Wenxuan, these are all in the past, it's good for you to know, don't think too much, and look forward in the future, don't disappoint father's hope for you. "

"Don't worry dad, I will practice hard and not let you down." Li Wenxuan also adjusted his mood and said firmly.

"Father has been neglected for ten years, and there is not much to teach you about swordsmanship. It is a pity that when your uncle handed over this Ten Thousand Flowers Sword Manual to me, a few pages were missing. Otherwise, you should practice according to the sword manual. You can achieve something." Li Yuankun sighed and said: "After you and Ling'er are married, you take out the sword manual under the other stone pier, take the sword manual and go to Putian Temple to find your master, Uncle Tie, Master Zijing, the martial arts book of Pinjian Villa comes from Putian Temple, maybe he can give you some pointers."

"Okay, Dad, my son has written it down." Li Wenxuan replied.

"Well, no matter whether you can succeed in martial arts in the future, you must know that the Jin people bullied our Zhongyuan people and occupied our territory in the Song Dynasty, so joining the army and being loyal to the country is the way of chivalry! "Li Yuankun said every word sonorously.

Li Wenxuan has been fascinated by his ears and eyes since he was a child, and hated the golden man in his heart. Hearing his father's words made his blood boil, he stood up and said: "My child will hold the Qingshuang sword in this life and kill the golden dog until he dies!"

"Okay!" Seeing Li Wenxuan say such words, Li Yuankun was very happy. After laughing loudly, he said, "But Wenxuan, Dad has something for you to do tomorrow."

"What's the matter?" Li Wenxuan asked.

Li Yuankun said: "Your Uncle Tie's family has given us a lot of favors over the years, and you can't wrong his daughter. I will give you some silver taels tomorrow. You go to Luzhou City, buy something, and send it to Uncle Tie later. Take it as a dowry."

"Okay, I'll leave tomorrow morning." Li Wenxuan replied with great interest.

(End of this chapter)