Chapter 41 (1/2)

An Unexpected Guest

The eleventh of Nove'an City It snowed heavily

Prayers on the eleventh day of the eleventh month was an important yearly affair for the Li family

Other fa the Qing Ming Festival but the Li family did it on today instead because the founder of the Cleansing Moon Sect, Li Yue, passed away on this date

[Qing Ming Festival = a Chinese tradition to pay respects at your ancestor's graves/tombs on this day]

That hy there would be a large commotion at their residence every year as they left to pay respects

Every ti Founder Li Yue's re When they settled in a new place, they would then pick a place with good fengshui to bury the remains

The Cleansing Moon Li fa'an, they did not follow the popular practice of setting up the grave at the foot of the mountains to the west of the city They chose a place about ten kilometres south of the city, halfway up a mountain

Three days before prayer day, Madas and livestock required for the prayer On prayer day, the entire faand all the servants and hands All of the off southwest in horse and cattle carriages

Not many servants knew that today's expedition was an excuse to leave Cheng'an city for good Worse, no one knew a horrible fate awaited them

There were rave was situated within a e Here, mountains rolled as far as the eye could see At the end of this e was the farave was on the other side of the e split into a fork soto protect it It was a very good place for a grave

Li Chengfeng had sustained serious injury so when he left, Madae However, as he was upset at her chasing Xiaobao out, he chose to ride on the back of a horse alone

This entire party consisted of ten carriages, five of them filled with livestock while the rest were also filled with fresh fruits and vegetables

In the past, to liven up the at'an to fill up the crowd, then pay the for free rewards would wait around for this opportunity

There werethe ones froe travelled like a snake down the path, for Far away, one could hear drums played at the head of the line

When Li Chengfeng was younger, he would run excitedly frooats and hitting the pigs, wreaking havoc

When he grew older, he still ran about fro the handmaidens However, this year, he was one

Theoretically, Li Chengfeng, as the future patriarch of the Li fa the fan at the head of the line

Yet, Li Chun, clad in nificent armour fro about the Li fas

Li Chengfeng did not want to follow hirabs his son's shoulders clai and said that was his son? Li Chengfeng could not bear to be embarrassed like that!

The journey through thewas in pain on the back of a horse but he clenched his teeth and suffered through it without a word The only co his attention from the pain

Too many awful incidents had happened these few days, he could hardly keep up

Ever since he robbed the Spiritual Mountain Sect, unlucky incidents had occurred non-stop, all of them utterly unbelievable

Although half of the incident at Zhixi's place had been solved, as the deal with Silver Hairpin and Zhou Anyang? There was one very i he still didn't understand: as the prefecture chief's mistress, Su Zhixian, there?

It was an unsolvable mystery- unless Su Zhixian could be resurrected

Also, hoas he going to get Xiaobao back, now that he had been chased out?

Plus, he had just offended the Zhan family of the northwest Hoould he deal with this?