For several days, Li Qi wandered around Feiyan Village, and no one paid attention to him.
Wei Xinshan and Liu Yanyan have not shown up for several days, saying they are retreating in the back mountain.
Li Qi was a little confused and couldn't figure out how long it had been since he was still in seclusion. Is it possible that he could deal with the imperial court in such a short period of time in seclusion?
Arriving at the alchemy room, Li Qi saw Bai Jingxuan, the elder of the alchemy room, who was dispensing medicine as soon as he entered the door.
"Old Bai!" Li Qi shouted.
Bai Jingxuan came back to his senses and saw that Li Qi was coming, and smiled: "Little Lizi, when did you come back?"
"The day before yesterday." Li Qi came over and said, "What medicine are you preparing?"
"I'll prepare some mosquito-repellent medicine for you later," Bai Jingxuan said.
Li Qi smiled and said: "That's great... By the way, I've almost used the medicine you gave me last time, so you can give me some more."
As he spoke, Li Qi took out a string of pearls from his arms: "Here, this is a good thing I brought back to you from Kyoto."
When Bai Jingxuan saw the pearl, his eyes lit up: "This is a pearl from the South China Sea? That's great! I happen to have a medicine guide. With this, my medicine can be prepared!"
Li Qi smiled and took out two more jade bracelets, which were given by the local officials when he came along the road.
After giving the jade bracelet to Bai Jingxuan, Li Qi took him and sat aside: "Old Bai, please put aside what you are doing first and let's talk."
Bai Jingxuan looked at him with confusion: "What are you talking about?"
"The leader of the village... is my master. Didn't he inform you?" Li Qi asked.
"Notification of what?"
"The imperial court is about to attack Feiyan Village."
"Oh." Bai Jingxuan thought about it and said, "I informed you. When Wen Jie brought the news back, the leader of the village called everyone to talk about it."
Seeing that Bai Jingxuan didn't seem worried at all, Li Qi asked: "Didn't my master tell me how to deal with it?"
"I told you, let everyone prepare for war." Bai Jingxuan said.
"Preparing for war? Is she really preparing to go to war with the imperial court?" Li Qi swallowed and asked.
Bai Jingxuan sighed and said: "I know what you are thinking, but it is impossible for us to leave Feiyan Village. I have lived here all my life, from childhood to adulthood... everyone in the village is the same,
To let us go is to let us die."
"But in a war with the imperial court, do you have any chance of winning?" Li Qi asked.
Bai Jingxuan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know..."
He obviously didn't want to discuss this topic anymore, so he stood up and said, "I'll get you some medicine, just wait a moment."
Looking at Bai Jingxuan's back, Li Qi was extremely depressed.
What is going on with these people in Feiyan Village?
Why don't all of them seem to be afraid of death?
Is this place really more important than life?
After a while, Bai Jingxuan brought the medicine over and gave it to Li Qi. It was much more than before. There were also some other medicines in it, for treating colds, headaches, etc., a lot.
It seemed that Bai Jingxuan had prepared it a long time ago, with a full box.
Li Qi looked at the box of medicine and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. At this moment, a guard walked in: "Elder Li, the leader of the village asked me to call you over."
"My master has left seclusion?"
"Well, the village master is waiting for you at the ancestral hall."
Li Qi glanced at Bai Jingxuan and said: "Old Bai, put these medicines here first, I will go to my master's place."
Bai Jingxuan nodded.
Li Qi followed the guards all the way to the ancestral hall.
This was his first time to visit the ancestral hall in Feiyan Village. It was a square room with a large area. There was a statue enshrined in the innermost part, and there were some tablets around the statue.
When Li Qi entered, there were about ten people inside, among whom Liu Yanyan was lighting incense.
"Master of the village, Elder Li has been brought here."
Hearing the sound, Liu Yanyan inserted the incense into the incense burner, slowly turned around and looked at Li Qi, and waved to him after a moment, indicating that he should come over.
Li Qi walked over with some confusion. Liu Yanyan pointed to the futon on the ground and said, "Kneel down."
Li Qi was stunned and looked around. Seeing that everyone's faces were serious, he licked his lips and could only do as he was told.
"When I accepted you as a disciple, I did not formally accept you into the Feiyan Village. Today I announce that from now on, Li Qi will be officially included in the Feiyan Village." Liu Yanyan's voice was not loud, but it was full of majesty.
"Li Qi, kowtow."
Hearing this, Li Qi quickly kowtowed three times.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Yanyan asked him to stand up, handed him three sticks of incense, and asked him to burn the incense.
After finishing the incense, Liu Yanyan walked to a table nearby, opened a thick book of village music, and then asked Li Qi to grind ink for her.
Liu Yanyan picked up the pen, dipped it lightly in ink, and wrote two words on the village tree: Li Qi.
After doing all this, she looked at Li Qi and said: "Li Qi, from today on you are a member of Feiyan Village. Do you still remember the village rules?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "The tribesmen in the village must not harm each other, must not violate the ancestral precepts, and must not..."
When he memorized it, Li Qi somewhat forgot about it.
Fortunately, Liu Yanyan didn't let him continue to memorize it. Instead, she waved her hand and sighed: "Do you still remember what I said before that I want you to promise me something?"
"Disciple, I remember." Li Qi said.
Grandma, what's going on?
You're getting yourself into the clan's pedigree, and you're kowtow-ing your head to make it sweet. Why do you do it so formally?
Could it be that you want me to be a dead soldier?
Just as Li Qi was thinking wildly, Liu Yanyan's voice slowly sounded: "What I want you to promise me is to take them away from Feiyan Village and protect their safety."
As he said that, Liu Yanyan glanced at the group of people around him.
Li Qi followed her gaze and saw that except for Wei Xinshan, Zhao Wenjie and Huang Yunrou, Li Qi was not very familiar with the other people, and some of them couldn't even name them.
Not only that, there was a four or five-year-old child in the crowd.
"Master! We won't leave!" At this moment, someone suddenly said.
As soon as this sentence came out, one after another voices sounded: "Yes! Either we go together, or we all stay."
The atmosphere became a little heavy for a moment. Li Qi saw that Wei Xinshan's eyes were red, but she didn't say a word, biting her lip, as if she was forcing herself to endure something.
"Quiet!" Liu Yanyan shouted, "Are you the village leader or am I the village leader?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and for a while, needles could be heard in the room.
"If you still regard me as the leader of the village, just do as I say. From today on, after you leave Feiyan Village, you must listen to Li Qi on everything." Liu Yanyan said seriously, "He will do it in the future.
He is your new leader. No matter what he asks you to do outside in the future, you are not allowed to refute him! Did you hear that?"
Everyone was silent.
Liu Yanyan took a deep breath and said, "I asked you, did you hear it?"
After a while, Wei Xinshan was the first to take the lead and said: "I will obey the command of the village master!"