Although Xiaodie was wearing a ghost mask, Qining could clearly see tears in Xiaodie's eyes.
"You are Little Diao'er...!" Xiaodie's voice choked with sobs: "You are really Little Diao'er."
Qining knew that although he had proved to Xiaodie that he was Xiao Diao'er, he had not seen the face after all. Xiaodie might not completely believe it, at least there was still a trace of doubt in his heart, but seeing the face at this moment, it was natural that he was sure. , although they have been separated for more than a year, Xiao Diao'er's appearance is naturally deep in Xiaodie's mind.
Qi Ning wished he could hold Xiaodie into his arms immediately, but his hands were locked with iron shackles, which was inconvenient. He was afraid that the iron shackles would hurt Xiaodie, not to mention that Xiaodie was an untouched girl, so he hugged her there. , fearing that it would still scare the girl, he said softly: "Why are you wearing a mask?"
Xiaodie hurriedly said: "The people on the mountain all wear masks, and they don't know each other."
"So that's it." Qi Ning sneered: "Ksitigarbha is pretending to be a ghost...!" After a slight pause, he sighed: "But I still want to thank her, because she saved you in the first place."
"I don't know who Ksitigarbha is." Xiaodie said softly: "But...but the boy said that we are all blessed by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and we must respect Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Little Diao'er, you...why did you offend them?" "
"I will explain it to you in detail later." Qining smiled and said, "We will not wear the Laoshizi mask. Take it off."
Xiaodie hesitated for a moment, then finally raised her hand and took off the mask.
What appeared in front of Qi Ning was a delicate face. The facial features were not exquisite, and the face was a bit thin, but the eyes were very clear. Compared with the stunning beauties of Chi Danmei and Gu Qinghan, Xiaodie's appearance was naturally different. There were so many, even the skin was slightly yellow, far inferior to those beauties who were tender and fair. Qining knew that Xiaodie had suffered a lot, and felt pity for her, and said softly: "When we leave here, I will let you You will have enough food and clothing in this life, and no one can bully you."
Xiaodie smiled sweetly, with tears in her eyes, and said softly: "When I see you, I... I'm not afraid of anything anymore."
Qining held Xiaodie's hand and whispered, "Where is Mr. Li being held?"
"Follow me." Xiaodie said hurriedly: "He's not far from here." He turned around and took Qining into the stone path. The stone path was very narrow, and they could barely walk side by side. It was also very dark inside, but the small Die was very familiar with the path here. After walking forward for about thirty steps, a fork appeared on the left. Xiaodie took Qining and turned into it. After walking forward less than twenty steps, he walked out of the stone path and entered a stone place. Indoors, this stone room is much smaller than Qining's previous stone room. There is a stone wall in front and a small hole for feeding food at the bottom. Qining knew that Li Xigong was behind the stone wall, so he hurried up and whispered: " Senior Li, I am Qi Ning, how are you now?"
Li Xigong's voice soon came from inside: "Thank God, you finally succeeded. I hope you can escape from prison day and night."
"Thanks to senior for your guidance, I have allowed this junior to recover his skills." Qi Ning said gratefully: "I will find a way to get you out right now. You just need to step back and don't let the gravel hurt you."
"Wait!" Li Xigong said in a deep voice: "Qining, I have already asked Miss Xiaodie that this cell is very close to the exit. If there is too much noise, it will be easily discovered by the outside. Don't act rashly. "
Qining immediately thought that the prison he was in was deep into the mountain, quite far away from the entrance of the cave. The noise he made could barely be heard by the outside, but it was very close to the exit outside. As Li Xigong said, if it were really like this The energy of heaven and earth opened the stone wall, and the cracking sound was easily detected by the outside world.
"Just come out and don't worry about me anymore." Li Xigong sighed: "My limbs are all gone, and my meridians have begun to shrink. Even if you save me, I won't live long, at most another month. The time has come."
Qi Ning frowned and said: "Senior Li, don't think like this. Save you, I will send someone to take you to the capital immediately. Miss Tang will get your true biography and her superb medical skills will definitely make you recover."
"Hahaha, that little girl has got my true biography." Li Xigong said with a smile: "Actually, I really miss her. She has been with me since she was a child. If she knew that I was dead, she would be very sad. .”
"Yes, if Senior Li makes a mistake, I can't forgive Miss Tang." Qi Ning said: "Senior Li, I will go out and deal with the two guards first, and then I will save you when I come back."
Li Xigong stopped and said, "Listen to me. This is Ksitigarbha's lair. Once they are alerted, no one can leave. Even if you save me, I am a useless person and will be in the way." He sighed: "That's all. At my age, I have taken a dim view of life and death, and I don’t want to worry about it anymore.”
"Senior Li, you...!"
"I have two things to tell you." Li Xigong said: "The first thing is to ask you to take good care of Nuo'er in the future. Her mother died early, and Yin Wuji's life and death are unknown. The child also suffered a miserable life, but she was pure in heart. Shan, the world is dangerous, you have to protect her. After you see her, don't tell her about my life and death. Just say that I am traveling around the world and will go back to see her one day, so that she can stop worrying about her."
"Senior Li...!"
"The second thing is the Grand Master's martial arts." Li Xigong interrupted immediately before Qi Ning could say anything more: "I have known that the Grand Master's martial arts cultivation has reached its peak in the early years. When we saw it that day, it turned out to be true. Yes." After a slight pause, he said: "But such martial arts goes against the law of heaven and will definitely cause great harm to people. I can't figure out what kind of harm it is for a moment, but you should not step on it in the future. That journey.”
Qi Ning thought to himself that Mr. Li Xigong was really great. He saw that he would be harmed if he stepped into the realm of a great master. He said softly: "Senior, don't worry, I know how to do it."
"That's very good." Li Xigong's voice was quite weak: "There is one more thing, but... it is the Miao family's seventy-two caves. You are favored by the emperor, and he has a high position. I hope you can treat the Miao family Take more care of me...!" Then he sighed: "That's all, the Miao family lives forever and can always turn disaster into good luck...!"
"Senior, I will do whatever you tell me." Qi Ning said solemnly: "But this junior must rescue you."
"You don't understand, the Holy Religion is falling apart. Although I have long since quit the religion, when I joined the Religion, I had secretly vowed to live and die with the Holy Religion." There is no need to go to great lengths to save her, and I am already dying. Even if I live for a month, I can't save anyone. Although Nuo'er has my own medical skills, there is nothing he can do about my situation...!" There was silence for a moment. , Qi Ning said hurriedly: "Senior Li, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak?"
"I have already taken Kuaihuo Powder." Li Xigong said softly: "If you take Kuaihuo Powder into your stomach, you will not be able to recover, but your death will not be painful."
"Kuaihuosan?" Qi Ning's body was shaken and he lost his voice: "Senior, you... why are you doing this? You are lying to me, you are locked in, Ksitigarbha has already searched you, you... you can't bring poison in .”
"Silly boy, I don't have any other skills. It's easy to bring poison to my body." Li Xigong's voice was gentle: "In the past few days, my meridians have shrunk little by little. One more day of life means one more day of pain. In fact, it's already early. For a few days, I wanted to take poison and commit suicide to avoid torture. I just thought that you might still be able to use me, so I managed to hold on. Now that you have escaped, I am relieved...!"
Qi Ning knew that what Li Xigong said was probably true, and he just didn't want to drag himself down. He felt sour in his heart, tears burst out of his eyes, and he choked: "Senior Li, you helped me several times, but...!"
"You don't have to cry for me." Li Xigong's voice became weaker and weaker, but his voice was very gentle: "I have saved countless people in my life, but I didn't kill a good person in vain. I shouldn't go to hell after my death. Good boy, you Remember, when you are alive, save more people, kill less...kill less, treat Nuo'er well...!" He muttered to himself: "Nuo'er, master... is gone, you have to be good... well...!" After that, he No more sound.
Xiaodie's tears also rolled down her cheeks, knowing that Li Xigong had passed away due to poison.
Qi Ning knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times to Li Xigong behind the stone wall, and said softly: "Senior, don't worry, I will take good care of Miss Tang and keep her safe." Kowtowed three more times.
Xiaodie knelt down obediently and kowtowed. Qining stood up and said to Xiaodie: "Xiaodie, I still have a friend who wants to rescue him. You tell them where he is being held, and I will go there myself. You Find a place to hide first, wait...!" Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly grabbed Xiaodie's hand and pressed it against the wall near the entrance of the stone passage. Xiaodie was caught off guard and was taken aback, and was about to ask. What happened? Seeing Qining's solemn expression and shaking his head slightly, he didn't dare to speak. Soon, Xiaodie heard a voice coming from the stone passage: "Boy, that old guy is here, and he is sent there every day." Food, but I won’t starve to death.”
Qi Ning's heart trembled. He didn't expect that someone would come in at this moment. He didn't come earlier or later, but he arrived at this moment. His back was against the stone wall beside the cave entrance, but he was already on full alert. Soon, he saw someone coming in from the entrance of the cave first. , went straight to the stone wall, and immediately followed a person from the entrance of the cave. Qining recognized it at a glance, it was the boy holding the treasure.
The boy holding the treasure came out of the cave and took two steps. He seemed to feel something. He turned his head, but Qining had already rushed towards him like a cheetah. The iron shackles on his hands had already hit the boy holding the treasure hard.