Chapter 370 – Address Him As Grandfather! (1/2)
Chapter 370: Address him as Grandfather!
“Deep ice are three feet thick, snow covers thousands of miles.” Lu Xingkong placed a cup of tea in front of Li Muyang, and then made an invitation gesture with a smile on his face. “There is more snow that the previous year, the road back from Thousand Buddha temple must be difficult to travel through, right?”
“It wasn't good.” Li Muyang was not at all surprised why the old man knew he had just returned from Thousand Buddha Temple; most likely that there is nothing in this whole city that can hide from his eyes and ears? “The wind was strong and the snow was heavy, the roads were submerged by the snow, we had to rely on the mounted scouts to investigate the road in front to continue traveling.”
Lu Xingkong nodded, “A timely snow promises a good harvest, it seems this year the farmers of West wind will have a good harvest.”
“I hope so,” Li Muyang said, nodding his head.
But inside he found it strange, Lu Xingkong is said to be occupied with numerous affairs everyday. He had high authority and high status and needed to deal with hundreds and thousands of doc.u.ments daily, but he invited him over to chat.
It is said that each word from a very able person contains deeper meaning, could it be that he was conveying a certain intention that Li Muyang did not understand? Or has he already expressed his grat.i.tude to Li Muyang but he couldn't tell?
Lu Xingkong raised the cup, carefully tasting the tea, before he saying in a low voice, “This meeting should have happened earlier.”
Li Muyang smiled: “Elder Lu don't be too polite, standing up against injustice is our bounden duty, I just did what I should do. Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu have thanked me already. Besides, my father and mother and my younger sister are all being taken care of by the Lu family, and without the help of the Lu family, they most likely would have encountered trouble, their life in danger. This kindness Muyang will remember forever, and never forget in my life.”
Lu Xingkong lifted his head to look at Li Muyang, with an attempt of a smile as he asked, “You truly are grateful to the Lu family?”
“It's true.” Li Muyang had a solemn look on his face.
Lu Xingkong attentively gazed at Li Muyang, gently sighing inwardly.
“This is my grandson, the grandson that I sent away. The charcoal newborn baby who almost had no chance of surviving, has become the white-robed charming youngster in front———The heaven is playing a joke.”
Lu Xingkong looked at Li Muyang, smiled and said: “I hope there will be no regrets in the future.”
“How would there be regrets?” Li Muyang thought Lu Xingkong was doubting his sincerity.
He set down the teacup and moved to one side to kowtow deeply before Lu Xingkong.
Lu Xingkong calmly accepted the bow, “I am your elder, this bow I can accept it.”
Li Muyang not understanding his meaning, raised his head to say, “You're an elder, and also saved my entire family, you naturally can accept it.”
After the kowtow, Li Muyang again returned kneeling on the praying mat, looking at Lu Xingkong as he said, “There's something I don't understand.”
“What's the matter?”
“Why would Elder Lu protect my Li family?” Li Muyang asked.
“Why?” Lu Xingkong cast a suspicious look at Li Muyang, thinking that he might have realised something. But when he saw the calm look on his face, which did not seem like he knew the truth, he smiled and replied, “Do you know General Xu Da?”
“I didn't know before, now I do.” Li Muyang said with a wry smile.
When he boarded the s.h.i.+p, he was just an ignorant student, and did not know that Xu Da, the criminal who had been arrested by the Chief of the Monitoring Division, was on board. He did not know Cui Zhaoren, who had been given an important job by the Emperor, and wanted to lead the flames of the war at the frontier station to the capital.
Through a coincidence, he and Cui Zhaoren clashed, and became possessed by that d.a.m.n black dragon, thereby accidentally killing Cui Zhaoren——
Although Li Muyang was not willing to accept the accusation that he killed Cui Zhaoren, because at that time Li Muyang had not yet fused with the Tear of the Dragon king. It was because he lost his willpower that the black dragon could control his body to administer the killing.
Whether or not he wanted to admit it was not important, the people who fell into the river all saw that it was him who killed Cui Zhaoren.
In this way, the hatred of the Cui family fell upon Li Muyang. The anger of the imperial family also similarly fell onto Li Muyang.
But at such a critical time, Lu Xingkong was willing to stand out to protect the Li family, could there really be no hidden secret within this?
Li Muyang knew Xu Da, knew that it was because he had inadvertently saved Lu Xingkong's subordinate General Xu Da that the Lu family returned the favour by forcibly protecting and providing the shelter for the Li family.
However, Li Muyang did not believe that things were so simple.
Li Muyang did not doubt Lu Xingkong's iron-will and loyalty, also did not doubt the deep comrades.h.i.+p between him and the soldiers that fight with their life for him. But, in the final a.n.a.lysis, he was still a military personnel and a politician.
A person who was able to climb to this position, how would they not know the principle to couple strength with gentleness?