Chapter 845 (1/2)
Li Qing lay quietly on the narrow single folding bed. In such a quiet night, the sound of rain outside became more and more clear.
Tick! Tick!
Leaning over his head, Li Qing stared at the direction of the voice in the hazy night. Drops of water continued to drip from the roof and soon gathered on the ground into a small pool of water.
”It's in disrepair for a long time. Even you can't bear the rainy season like natural disaster in Longxi.”
Li Qing sighed and turned over on the bed. He suddenly regretted that he shouldn't have left Xie Yuyan just now. Although this woman is intelligent and resourceful, she is naturally afraid of the cold. How miserable will she be if she shivers through the long night alone?
Thinking like this, Li Qing was very distressed. In any case, he still couldn't get rid of his bone defects. He was too soft hearted to see others suffer.
”Forget it, I'd better take advantage of the calm before the storm and have a good sleep.”
Li Qing closed her eyes again, but it always seemed that something had not been completed and had no intention to sleep. As a last resort, he had to silently sum up the next things in his heart.
Li Qing's involvement in the fairy ancient building this time, in addition to avenging the dead Li Yuanwen and his wife, there is another important purpose, that is, paying off the debt. It is not only the debt of the ancient boat, but also the debt of the ancestors of the Li family.
More than 150 years ago, there was a rich merchant named Wan Jianru who started from shipping and Yinzhuang along the coast. When Wan Jianru was fifty-three years old, he suffered from incurable diseases and failed to seek medical treatment. He saw that the deadline was approaching. At this time, he suddenly heard that there was a fairy building in the boundless mountains and forests in western Gansu, which appeared in the clear sky and rain. Mortals can solve the art of immortality from the immortals, so as to become immortals. Wan Jianru was moved, so he called a group of people and Xu went to Longxi to find the trace of the immortal building with nearly half of his family property. This group of people consists of three parts. The first part is dozens of sailors on 10000 merchant ships; The second part is a Fei who collects debts in Yinzhuang, that is, the local unscrupulous gangsters; The third part is the scattered soldiers of the military and government yamen, which is not a pure regular army, but somewhat similar to Xiang Yong.
Thousands of sailors act steadily, steadfast and willing to work; The local ruffian who urges for debt has a lively mind and can play rogue; The soldiers in the military and government yamen are experienced and can wield knives and guns. It is wan Jianru's wishful thinking to put the three parties together, supervise each other and make up for each other. A total of more than 400 people from the three sides set out in the hope of Wan Jianru.
But wan Jianru was already terminally ill. He didn't wait for this group of people to return. After half a year, he died.
The journey of this group of people was not smooth. More than 400 of them went deep into the hinterland of Longxi. Before they found the clue of the ancient immortal building, they were intercepted several times and suffered heavy losses.