Volume 2: Yun Ji Cang Hai Chapter 446: Visitors From the Moon
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Mr. Dongfang is back home! It was necessary to repair the house and entertain guests and friends, so Dongfang Mansion would inevitably have to be busy for several days. As he is getting older, the younger generation can only handle the matters of welcoming and sending him off. Even so, the old man was very tired and had long forgotten about the Fengchen Ranger. Lin Yi was so happy that after being led to the guest room by his servants, he went out once in the middle of the night and then hid in the room without showing his head, looking like a hermit.
Lin Yi lives in a small courtyard near the front yard. The courtyard is a bit messy, with green grass that has not been cleaned yet sprouting through the floor tiles, which makes walking on it feel a bit wild. He had been sitting alone on the couch in the room and rarely set foot outside the door, but at this moment he got up and walked out.
"Mr. Lin..." It was dusk, and there was a beautiful person standing in the courtyard. Dongfang Yan looked at him with some apology. Lin Yi smiled and said hello, "Miss Dongfang, please tell me if you have anything to say!"
After taking two steps forward, he stopped silently. Dongfang Yan bowed with his hands folded and said seriously: "My house has been busy with many things for the past few days, but I have been slow to treat our distinguished guests. For this reason, my grandfather has prepared a family banquet and invited Mr. Lin!"
"Oh!" Lin Yi said, looking thoughtful. He walked two steps in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, stopped, turned around and said, "You are so kind, do you dare to disobey me?"
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When it was time to turn on the lanterns, four people sat around a square table under the flower hall in the backyard of Dongfang's house. Mr. Dongfang, who was sitting in the main seat, looked a little haggard, but he was in good spirits. Lin Yi sat on the upper hand, opposite Dongfang Yan, and next to him was Dongfang Shuo, who was soliciting drinks.
After three rounds of drinking, Lin Yi stood up and held a glass and said: "Wandering here, thanks to the hospitality of the house, I have been troubled for many days! I will give you a glass of wine!"
Seeing that Lin Yi was polite and attentive and not the perverse person he originally thought, Mr. Dongfang nodded slightly and said, "My little friend is the benefactor of my Dongfang family. I don't deserve a toast. Let's drink together!" He raised his glass to indicate that he didn't have to meet him. outside. The latter still drank it all in one gulp, observing the etiquette.
"Alas!" Maybe something touched his mind. Mr. Dongfang sighed and said kindly to Lin Yi: "If your parents are here, if you don't travel far away, you must travel well. You are traveling at a young age..."
"Thank you, Mr. Old, for your teaching!" Lin Yi nodded to express his gratitude, then smiled indifferently and said softly: "I am alone and have nothing to worry about..." He said it very casually, but Dongfang Yan, who was opposite him, was slightly startled and looked gloomy. .
"I'm being rude!" Mr. Dongfang said, "My grandchildren are also fatherless and motherless..."
Dongfang Wenzhi only had one son, but he died of illness a few years ago. Not long after, his daughter-in-law also passed away, leaving only three people in the Dongfang family: the grandfather and the grandson.
As the saying goes, there are four great tragedies in life: losing your mother when you were young, having no good teachers when you were young, losing your wife in middle age, and losing your son in old age. Mr. Dongfang accounted for three out of four. Fortunately, he had few good teachers, so he achieved success in his studies and embarked on an official career. After a busy life, and now looking after his two grandsons, he only thinks about Dongfang Shuo being able to start a family and start a business, and add children to the Dongfang family, so that the bloodline can continue.
This was a problem that bothered the old man. During the banquet with Lin Yi, he couldn't help but pick up this topic again, causing Dongfang Shuo at the wine table to hold his wine glass and hang his head without saying a word.
"Alas! I originally wanted to return to my hometown to take care of myself, but my grandson is obsessed with the immortal way and refuses to repent. If things continue like this, won't my Dongfang family be extinct? How can I have the face to meet my ancestors?" The more Mr. Dongfang talked, the angrier he became. He slapped the table, so frightened that Dongfang Shuo had to cover his face with a wine glass, but he stretched out his foot to signal Lin Yi to stop him.
Lin Yi pretended not to know, picked up the wine pot and filled Mr. Dongfang's cup, and heard him sigh: "Where are the immortals in this world? Could it be that those who know some tricks are immortals? If so, wouldn't Lin Xiaoyou be an immortal? ?”
"Didn't the old gentleman's ancestors have immortals?" Lin added casually. He raised his glass of wine, gestured to Dongfang Shuo, and drank it all himself.
"What kind of immortal is he? He lives alone and suffers for his family. It's okay not to have such an immortal..." Mr. Dongfang's words were full of resentment, which made Lin Yiwei stunned. Seeing that both Dongfang Shuo and his sister were keeping secrets, he became more and more curious about this.
Feeling guilty, Mr. Dongfang glared at Lin Yi with his beard in his hand, a somewhat suspicious look in his eyes. But the other party raised his eyebrows, turned towards the yard, raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled faintly. He was startled and about to ask a question, when a strange voice suddenly sounded in the courtyard——
"What's wrong with immortals? Isn't it wonderful to be able to roam freely between heaven and earth with clouds and cranes as companions?"
It was mid-autumn now, the moon was shining brightly, the courtyard was brightly lit, and a figure could be clearly seen walking slowly. Mr. Dongfang and Dongfang Yan were stunned. Dongfang Shuo stood up and said in a voiceless voice: "Isn't this Yi Xianchang?"
Lin Yi was the only one at the wine table with an unchanging expression. He was playing with the wine glass in his hand and looking at the visitor silently with a faint smile.
There were not many servants in the Dongfang Mansion, so the maid kept away after delivering the food and wine. Therefore, at this moment, only the four people at the wine table and this inexplicable figure were looking at each other.
The visitor stopped in front of the flower hall. He was a man in Taoist robes. He looked about thirty or forty years old. He had a short beard and fine hair, and his face was fair and delicate. He looked extraordinary.
"Ah! It's true that the Immortal Chief is here..." Dongfang Shuo exclaimed, and then asked in confusion: "How could the Immortal Chief come here?"
Mr. Dongfang couldn't help but feel displeased when he saw his grandson being so rude. He stood up slowly, raised his hands and said, "I heard this, and I dare to ask, what does this Taoist priest mean by coming uninvited?"
The visitor wiped his short beard, looked around casually, then smiled and said: "I have met this old gentleman. I heard that there are immortal skills inherited from my family, so You come here to ask for help, just for a reading!”
"Hmph!" With a flick of his robe sleeves, Mr. Dongfang sat down, his face darkened, but he straightened his body and shouted: "That's ridiculous! I don't have any immortal skills in my house, please ask this Taoist Don’t send me away.”
As the saying goes, when you move your energy, you nourish your body. Mr. Dongfang has been an official for a long time, and even though he has become an ordinary citizen, he has a certain aura around him. Undoubtedly, he rejected the visitor with a cold voice, which made the visitor's expression stiff and sulky.
"Dongfang Shuo, I believed your words and that's why I followed you. You can't let me go back empty-handed, right?" The middle-aged man named Yi Lu's face turned cold as he spoke.
"Ah...?" Dongfang Shuoleng was stunned on the spot, and then he understood. He waved his hands and said: "It was just a joke that day, how can the immortal take it seriously? My grandfather is old and frail, and it is inconvenient to receive guests at this time. I will wait for another day. I will definitely come to apologize and invite Master Immortal in large numbers..."
"Playing with a poor Taoist is tantamount to offending the power of Heaven!" Yi Lu sneered, then started walking in front of the flower hall, shaking his head and sighing: "According to my secret investigation, I learned that the ancestors of your Dongfang family really practiced immortality. That’s why I won’t go back empty-handed today.”
Turning around, Yi Lu snorted at Dongfang Shuo and said threateningly: "Should you obediently offer the technique with both hands, or should I start digging three feet into the ground?"
"How could the immortals deceive each other like this..." Dongfang Shuo was shocked. Is this still the otherworldly immortal? Are these still the same people who once drank and talked happily? At this time, he regretted that he didn't recognize people well, but he was also afraid. I have seen the other party's magical powers before, but they are the methods of the Immortal Family!
"What a verbose thing!" Xu Shi lost his patience, and Yi Lu actually curled his fingers and popped out a fireball, which flew straight towards a small tree in the yard. There was a slight explosion of "Boom-", and the small tree as tall as a person was instantly burned to ashes. He clapped his hands very proudly, then turned to his astonished grandparents and grandson and sneered: "Don't refuse to drink the toast or eat the fine wine! Who dares to disobey due to the power of God?"
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ps: Chen Yuan and Yi Lu should be book friends, thank you!
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