The topic was heavy and the atmosphere in the room was heavy and depressing.
Zhu Tong is waiting. He agrees to Qu Laoyi's request to take the lives of Wudong San people. Of course, Qu Laoyi needs to give a sufficient reason.
Zhumen abstains from killing. It is impossible for him to break the precept just because of someone's words. Even if that person is Qu Laoyi.
Qu Laoyi was silent. He stared at somewhere in the void, immersed in a certain artistic conception, remembering the past years.
Gradually, he seemed to think of something sad. His eyes turned red, and two huge tears welled up in his eyes.
Qu Laoyi let out a low roar from his chest. The sandalwood rosary beads he held in his hand shattered into pieces and turned into smoke and dust. The room became filled with a dense atmosphere like burning incense.
There was a "thud." Three colorful beads the size of soybeans fell to the ground.
Qu Laoyi held it up, tremblingly brought it to his lips and kissed it softly. It took him a while to suppress his inner emotions. He said in a hoarse voice: "Twenty years ago, there was an unknown fire in Ningjiazhuang, Cangzhou. Ningjiazhuang Tai Chi old man Ning Yuanchen, his daughter Ning Sufen, and a three-month-old grandson were killed in the fire. After everyone in Ningjiabao put out the fire, they only found these three beads. This one was found on the bed of the main room. These two beads were from the side room. I found them on the bed. I have kept them with me all these years in order to one day find the murderer who set the fire and give them justice."
Zhu Tong quickly stood up, clasped his fists, and bowed respectfully to the three beads. But he didn't know what to say.
Qu Laoyi has no wife or children. Cookie is just his nephew. He has been with him since he was a child and raised him as his own son.
Zhu Tong once asked his mother about this matter. Her mother said generally that when she left the country, Qu Laoyi had not yet gotten married. Later, in correspondence, Qu Laoyi told him that he had gotten married and had just given birth to a son.
Later, I didn't receive any news from Qu Laoyi for more than a year. After asking Mr. Lanyu for inquiries, I vaguely heard that Qu Laoyi's wife and child died in an accident.
Come to think of it, Ning Yuanchen, the old man of Ningjiabao Taichi, is Qu Laoyi's father-in-law Taishan. Ning Sufen and the two-month-old child must be Qu Laoyi's wife and children.
After a while, Qu Laoyi began to tell.
During that period, Qu Laoyi traveled around with the huge sum of 300,000 yuan given to him by Zhu Hong, looking for and inspecting the former Jianghu sects. Many times, he could not even find anyone. Only some sects with a long history would keep them secretly. Some seeds of hope.
Cangzhou Ningjiazhuang was once as famous as the third-grade blue stone. It was known as Sky Blue and Earth Ning.
Tianlan refers to Lanjiabao in the south of the Yangtze River. Dining refers to the Ningjiazhuang in the north.
Similar to the experience of Shiqimen, Ningjiazhuang also suffered heavy losses during the Anti-Japanese War. After liberation, because sects were not allowed to exist, the sect that originally numbered more than a thousand people withered and fell. When Qu Laoyi came to find him, only Ning Yuanchen was left. The old man is struggling to support himself.
Mr. Ning Yuanchen became a martial arts fanatic when he was young. He never got married. After liberation, because his ancestral land and property were classified as landlords, he got frustrated and married another descendant of a landlord near Ningjiazhuang.
The two of them just made do with each other. Ning Yuanchen was nearly forty years old and Mrs. Ning was only in her early twenties.
A year later, Ning Sufen was born, their daughter.
The family background was not good. The two of them had always lived a tight life. Until the reform and opening up, Mr. Ning relied on his strength to make life at home a little more relaxed.
Because Ning Yuanchen only had one well-behaved daughter, Ning Sufen. Mrs. Ning had a massive hemorrhage after childbirth. She has not had another baby in these years.
In order to save some seeds for Ningjiazhuang, the old man took in five homeless orphans and secretly taught them the basic skills of the Ningjiazhuang.
Some of those orphans were orphans who had lost their parents. Some of them escaped from poor families or were too naughty. After being taken in by Mr. Ning, they all changed their surname to Ning.
Mr. Ning is not a careful person. He also saves trouble when naming. The five orphans are named Ning Wudong, Ning Wuchun, Ning Wuxia, Ning Wuqiu and the only girl Ning Wuhua.
Ning Wudong was the first child to be taken in by Mr. Ning. He could be regarded as a senior brother.
The five children who could be noticed by Ning Yuanchen all have quite good talents.
When Qu Laoyi came to visit, Ning Wudong was nineteen years old. He was already a handsome young man with a strong body.
He followed Mr. Ning Yuanchen in Ningjiazhuang for seven years. His cultivation was quite impressive. Qu Laoyi was twenty-five years old at the time. He had been practicing the secret technique of Xiaoyao Valley for fifteen years. He could be regarded as a rising star in the world at that time.
On a bright moonlit night with few stars, Qu Laoyi and Ning Wudong were sparring at the Ning family's ancestral training ground on Xiaosong Mountain, eight miles east of Ningjiazhuang. The result was a deadlock.
There was actually a reason for that sparring session.
Ning Sufen was also in her prime years, and she was born and raised like a jade. She didn't like to practice martial arts. She was only interested in the medical books passed down by the Ning family. She often read the books and treated the people nearby. After a long time, she had a doctor. With her nickname of Sushou Xishi, there is an endless stream of people who come to see her every day. Most of them are young people from a radius of dozens of miles.
Ning Wudong was also secretly in love with Ning Sufen. Maybe they were too familiar with each other, but Ning Sufen had no feelings for him. It was also because Ning Wudong often had conflicts with the young queen who came to see the doctor. Ning Sufen also liked him a lot more. Very disgusted.
But things were just so strange. Not long after Qu Laoyi left, the two of them met each other's eyes.
But Ning Sufen's mother thought Ning Wudong was good and hoped they could get married. Then things became difficult.
Mr. Ning was a bold man and had no feelings about this. He waved his hand and said half-jokingly: Let's compete in martial arts to find a bride. Whoever wins between you two, Su Fen will marry.
The so-called expert can tell if there is one as soon as he reaches out. Although the competition between Qu Laoyi and Ning Wudong seems to be indifferent on the surface, Mr. Ning and the two parties involved are very clear. Qu Laoyi is superior in skills and saves face for Ning Wudong. .
Qu Laoyi immediately returned to Xiaoyao Valley to invite an elder to act as a matchmaker and hired him. The two got married soon.
After marriage, Ning Sufen followed Qu Laoyi to settle in Xiaoyao Valley in western Henan. She still treated people in Xiaoyao Valley and nearby areas. Everyone praised Qu Laoyi for being lucky. When she went out for a walk, she got a beautiful and capable female gentleman. .
After the marriage, Qu Laoyi heard Ning Sufen say that Ning Wudong actually had a bigger plot to marry her. Not only did he know that what he and his four junior brothers and sisters were learning were only the most basic skills of the Ning family. In the hands of Mr. Ning There is also a more advanced set of exercises.
Because the Ning family has ancestral teachings. This set of exercises is passed down from son to daughter. It is passed on to the elders but not to the young. Mr. Ning has no sons. He will be among the five apprentices... Ning Wuhua is also a girl. It should be said that among the four apprentices Choose one to inherit the mantle of the Ning family.
Ordinarily, Ning Wudong has performed quite well in recent years. He is respectful to Mr. Ning and his wife. He works hard and is diligent in learning martial arts. Mr. Ning is old. He is mostly responsible for supervising and instructing the four junior brothers and sisters in their practice.
But old man Ning couldn't make up his mind, so he handed over the Ning family's secret knowledge to him. Because the old man felt that Ning Wudong was too preoccupied and a little unsure, so the matter dragged on.
For some people, happy time is always short-lived.
The girl didn't stay in college, and her disciples also wanted to fly when they were older. Then it became a tragedy.
After getting married, Qu Laoyi did not leave Xiaoyao Valley for two full years. Ning Sufen gave birth to a son. Only then did Qu Laoyi take his wife and children to his natal family in Cangzhou to announce the good news.
At that time, Qu Laoyi encouraged Mr. Ning to take over the neglected Xiaosong Mountain. He invested in the Ning family, dug a fish pond at the foot of Xiaosong Mountain to raise fish, and built a pig pen on the mountain to feed the pigs.
After two years, the Ning family saved a lot of money.
Mr. Ning wanted to repay Qu Laoyi's money first. But Mrs. Ning wanted to build a small western-style building on Xiaosong Mountain. She said that the surrounding area of Xiaosong Mountain was relatively quiet, making it more suitable for Mr. Ning to train his disciples.
Of course Qu Laoyi was embarrassed to ask the Ning family to pay back the money, so he decided to build a house.
The Ning family is building a house. Mr. Ning is over sixty years old. As his son-in-law, Qu Laoyi will certainly have to help.
He let his parents-in-law enjoy family happiness with his daughter and grandson in Ningjiazhuang. He and the five disciples of the Ning family took care of it on Xiaosong Mountain.
One evening, Ning Wudong said he was going home to get some things and left Xiaosong Mountain. That night, news of the massacre of the Ning family came.
There were only three bodies in the fire scene. They were Mr. Ning Yuanchen, mother and son Ning Sufen, but Ning Wudong and Mrs. Ning were mysteriously missing.
Such a big thing happened. The local police also intervened in the investigation. The results were soon available.
It turns out that after Ning Sufen married away from Xiaoyao Valley, Ning Wudong and Mrs. Ning hooked up at some point. There had been rumors around Ningjiazhuang for a long time. The oldest of the four junior brothers and sisters was only fifteen years old. They were afraid of their senior brother and did not dare to speak. .I only kept it secret from Mr. Ning.
The police concluded that Ning Wudong and Mrs. Ning colluded and eloped with the money to build a house.
But Qu Laoyi knew that what they took away was not only the money, but also the ancestral secrets of the Ning family.
Di Ning, once a powerful man in the world, fell into ruin.
Qu Laoyi took the four disciples of the Ning family to organize the funeral. He buried his father-in-law, wife and children on Xiaosong Mountain. Then he sent the four orphans back to Xiaoyao Valley. But he embarked on the long road of seeking revenge alone.
The search lasted five full years.
In the past five years, Qu Laoyi traveled almost all over the country. Once, the train he took and the train the adulterer took stopped at the same station.
The moment the two trains passed each other, Qu Laoyi saw Ning Wudong.
He immediately jumped out of the window and got out of the car to chase her. Unfortunately, he failed to catch up.
Since then, Qu Laoyi has never heard from them again. Unexpectedly, they went abroad.
After Zhu Tong listened, he realized why Qu Laoyi always looked like that.
"Uncle Qu. Now that he's here, he can't leave again. I promise that you will take him to Xiao Song Mountain." Zhu Tong held Qu Laoyi's hand and said, "He is now trusted by Mr. and Mrs. Snell." If you act rashly, you will be in trouble. Please bear with it for the next few days. Don't show your face. Don't let him see you. I have to do one thing first. Let Mr. Snell fire him. At that time, he will be yours. "
"I'll inform Wu Chun Wu Hua. Let them call Wu Xia Wu Qiu to wait at Xiaosong Mountain." Qu Laoyi nodded. He saw Ning Wu Dong through the monitoring system of Wanghai Hospital. The two have not met yet.
Ning Wudong dared to come back perhaps because he relied on Mr. Snell's protection, or perhaps because he thought that more than 20 years had passed. Qu Laoyi's desire for revenge had faded.
"Mr. Wuchun..." Zhu Tong remembered.
He met last year. He was a smart and capable man. Now he runs a large breeding farm in Cangzhou. Wu Hua must be his wife.
Most of the projects Qu Laoyi invested in are such enterprises. Some have grown up while others have sadly disappeared.
The Xiaosongshan Breeding Farm in Cangzhou can only be considered average.
In comparison, the person with the most successful investment projects is of course Qu Laoyi himself.
Those five years of chasing the murderer made Qu Laoyi know a lot of strange people and see a lot of strange things. This laid a good foundation for the subsequent development of the problem. Making cultural relics is necessary.
No wonder he had a strange feeling when he saw Ning Wudong's name. He rashly tried to test it out despite the fact that they met for the first time. It turned out to be because he had also seen Ning Wuchun's business card.