The man had long gray hair, knotted in a mess, covering half of his face. The remaining half of the face is occupied by tangled beards. Because he had just stole the barbecued meat thrown away by everyone, his beard-haired face was covered with sand, grass clippings, and gleaming with oil. When the few disciples saw it, there was an expression on their faces that they couldn't bear to see.
Gu Qingqiao patted Mu Xiyun's shoulder lightly, "Look at his legs."
Mu Xiyun followed his gaze. Just now Gu Qingqiao threw a knife, and they all clearly saw that one of the man's legs was cut off, but at this time, there was no blood on the trousers whose left leg was empty.
The disciple who was vigilant just now also noticed something was wrong, and went up to lift his trouser legs. Only then did everyone realize that this person was actually a pair of wooden legs below the knees!
The lower part of the wooden leg is just two wooden sticks, one of which has been chopped off, but the part where the wooden leg meets the knee is done very finely. The lower bones fit together perfectly, allowing the joints here to move freely.
Judging from this person's actions just now, he must have been a master of light skills before installing the wooden legs, and the person who installed the wooden legs for him knew this very well, and tried their best to allow him to maximize his skills. This person is very likely to be a master before the disaster.
But now this man didn't have the slightest mastery demeanor, his hands were tied behind his back and he couldn't move.
The three girls looked at him pitifully, and took out some jerky and dry food from their luggage and roasted them on the fire. When the aroma of the food came out, the man stopped staring at everyone, and only looked at the food in rough clothes, without concealing the greed in his eyes.
With Senior Sister Qingchengshan's hand, he ate some dry food and jerky, and took a gulp of water. The long-legged man finally calmed down, his eyes still full of alertness.
Deng Xian squatted down and asked, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
The man seemed to be unable to understand the words, and only kept shaking his head, making a "hoho" sound from his mouth.
I asked a few more questions, but still couldn't communicate at all.
Everyone was greatly disappointed, and a young disciple muttered: "Looking at his movement, I thought he was an expert, but I didn't expect to be a lunatic."
Hearing the word "madman", the man was suddenly startled and muttered: "madman, madman..."
All of a sudden, he suddenly shouted: "Brickface, lunatic, they're all dead! They're all dead!"
The voice was so terrifying that everyone felt their hearts tighten when they heard it, and they all became uncomfortable.
Several Qingcheng Mountain disciples stepped forward and shouted: "Dead lunatic, what are you screaming about?"
"Mad, mad, they are mad!" The man struggled frantically, he broke free of the cloth straps that bound his hands, and he kept waving his hands, "All dead! All dead! No one! No one!" "At the end of the shout, his tone gradually became desolate, and he burst into tears as soon as he slapped the ground.
The crowd was so frightened by him that they had to tie him up and throw him aside.
Mu Xiyun frowned and said suspiciously: "Looking at the age of this person, maybe it has something to do with this Hidden Dragon Villa. It's a pity that his words are insane and unbelievable."
Gu Qingqiao glanced at the madman and said in deep thought: "If you want to know more, you can go to the forest to have a look tomorrow."
Deng Xian replied, "Then let's go take a look tomorrow." After saying that, he greeted the younger brothers and sisters to go back to rest.
The wooden-legged man made trouble for a long time, afraid that he was tired from crying, and soon fell to sleep, mumbling something in a low voice.
Mu Xiyuan nodded at Gu Qingqiao, and the two slowly walked back to the bonfire.
After two hours of tossing, it was almost dawn. The two of them didn't want to sleep anymore, so they sat by the fire and meditated until dawn.
Despite the tossing of the night, by the next morning, a group of young people were still full of energy. After listening to Deng Xian's words, one by one became excited again.
A group of people entered the woods like an expedition and spread out to look for it. It didn't take much effort to find a hut, which seemed to be the house of the forester of the Hidden Dragon Villa in the past. When the wooden-legged man saw that everyone was about to enter his house, he struggled and roared.
The man was honest when he woke up in the morning. Deng Xian ordered someone to loosen him, but only sent two tall disciples to escort him to follow the team. At this moment, when he struggled, the two disciples were caught off guard and let him break free. The man limped to the door of the hut, pushed the door and rushed in, but didn't come out for a long time.
Mu Xiyuan, Gu Qingqiao, and Deng Xian carefully pushed them away, and saw the man curled up on the bed, holding a piece of clothing in his hand.
It was a winter dress for women. Or because it has been stored for too long, the color of the fabric has become dull, but the beautiful powder blue of the year can be vaguely recognized from the folds of the clothes. Snowflakes are densely embroidered with silver threads on the hem of the jacket, and the sparkles are very gorgeous. The early morning sunlight slanted through the window and slanted on the exquisite embroidery, and the shredded rays of light were like stars attached to a group, making this dilapidated hut reveal some fairy spirit. The dress has a slender waist and a beautiful style. Several people can even imagine the beauty of the beautiful woman wearing this dress looking back and smiling.
The wooden-legged man hugged the woman's skirt, and his turbid eyes returned to a dash of clarity. He caressed the hem of the skirt carefully, as if it were not clothing, but the delicate skin of his lover. After a long time, a tear rolled from his eyes and fell into the dust beside the wooden leg.
Everyone was stunned when they saw him like this.
Mu Xiyun sighed lightly, looked away, and looked at the other furnishings in the house.
The house is full of tattered furniture, and there are simple bows and darts hanging on the walls. It seems that this man has been hunting for a living when he is sober. There are some wooden sticks piled up in the corners, one end is square and the other is round, rather like replaceable wooden legs.
Under the wooden legs, a small box showed a corner.
It was a white sandalwood-clad red copper box, and the walls of the box were carved with exquisite patterns. Even if it was buried in a pile of junk and debris, its beauty would not be damaged.
Mu Xiyun took two steps towards the box, and was pulled by Gu Qingqiao and waved at him, "Be careful of hidden weapons, I'll come."
Mu Xiyun was stopped behind by him, a little dumbfounded. In his last life, he was considered an immortal master who traveled all over the Central Plains, but now he is in front of Gu Qingqiao, but he has always been regarded as a child by him.
Seeing that Gu Qingqiao was already walking towards the box, Mu Xiyuan stepped back and stood between him and the wooden-legged man, in case the other party didn't want him to open the box and hurt others.
Fortunately, the wooden-legged man's whole attention was now on the dress, and he didn't care about others touching his suitcase. Gu Qingqiao moved the box to the only table in the house. The lock of the box was just a dummy. He opened the lock and carefully opened the lid of the box.
There is nothing valuable in the box, but there are some items commonly used by cultivators such as medicinal pills and talismans, but they seem to be old, and I wonder if they can still be used.
At the bottom of the box, there is a psychic jade slip, which has been split in half and cannot be used anymore.
Gu Qingqiao picked up the jade slip and looked at it together with Mu Xiyun, when there was a sound of "Huh" beside him.
Qin Le entered the room at some point, staring at the jade slip that was torn in two, with a very surprised expression. "Isn't this my family's jade slip?"
As he said that, he picked up the two halves of the jade, and saw that on the jade slip, three long spears were leaning against each other, surrounded by a circle of stars and moon formations, which was the circular family crest of the Qin family in Taiyuan.
Could it be that this person also has a relationship with the Qin family in Taiyuan
Qin Le looked at the lunatic in embarrassment. The marks left by the years and suffering on his face were so deep that Qin Le was completely unrecognizable.
Mu Xiyuan said, "It's normal that you don't recognize this person based on his age, or your grandfather's generation. Why don't you fix a book and ask your elders about it."
Qin Le nodded. To be able to hold the jade slips within the family, this wooden-legged man should have a deep relationship with the Qin family. If it is really the elder of the Qin family, who has been living abroad for so many years, he should send someone to bring him home. Even if it's not the Qin family, the clear investigation makes people more reassuring.
At this time, there was nothing to investigate in the hut. The man was in a familiar place now, but he was very well-behaved.
Deng Xian found a disciple of the former carpenter's family, helped the man replace the damaged wooden leg with a new one, and left a lot of food to eat, so he took the junior brothers and junior sisters to leave the forest and return to Yinlong Villa.
Li Li did not enter the forest, and stayed in the camp with a few disciples to pack up. Now that everyone came out of the forest, he stepped forward with a smile and asked about the situation.
Deng Xian briefly explained the man's situation to him, and gave Li Li some money to let him come to the woods every ten days to see if the man still had food.
Gu Qingqiao saw Li Li's promise to get a good deal, but his eyes were shining, he couldn't help but smiled secretly, and said casually: "That person may be a lost senior in the Xiuxian family, who became stupid because of his injuries. Crazy. But after all these years, there's nothing of value in his house."
When Li Li heard this, his expression changed, and Gu Qingqiao saw it all. He went on to say: "My junior brother knows the formation method best, and has set up a formation around the man and his hut. If anyone wants to take anything in the house or hurt that person, he will immediately Triggered the formation and was struck by lightning and died."
Li Li's expression changed again, and he said repeatedly: "Our Lijia Village has the most simple folk customs. The immortals leave this matter to me, and I will not let anyone bully him."
"That's the best!" Gu Qingqiao said with a smile: "Let's send the news, and within a month, someone will definitely come to pick him up. During this time, Brother Li will have to work hard.
How could Li Li dare to call these immortals brothers and sisters, he immediately waved his hands, even saying that he did not dare to be worthy, and patted his chest to promise that he would come to visit often.
The group packed up and went back along the original road. Mu Xiyun walked behind the group and asked Gu Qingqiao in a low voice, "You don't trust that Li Li?"
Gu Qingqiao said leisurely: "It's not really, these little people in the mountains are not rich at all. I heard that the lunatic is a descendant of Xianmen, and I'm afraid he will covet the things in his hut. I just used you to scare and scare things. he."
Mu Xiyuan bent the corner of her mouth, "It's not a fright, it's just two low-level defense formations."
The two smiled at each other.
After walking out of the fork, it was finally time to part.
A group of young people were still wailing just now, and at this time they began to say goodbye.
Everyone chatted and talked a lot together again. They agreed that Luo Qingwen would be the host when passing through the City of Hundred Flowers. They also invited Mu Xiyun to inspect the magic circle and must go to Qingcheng Mountain when passing through Sichuan. Qin Le also summoned the courage to invite everyone. Go to Taiyuan Qin's house as a guest. The group finally hit the road and parted ways.