'When! While! While! ’

Someone carried a gong and beat it desperately in the north of the town where the Li clan lived, shouting, "It's water!" Walk the water! The ancestral hall is out of the water, everyone go and save it! ”

The men and women of every household rushed out, carrying buckets and wooden basins, and rushed to the ancestral hall at the foot of Lushan Mountain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the ancestral hall has been engulfed in flames, the flames are flying, the tongue of fire is dancing wildly, countless Li clan people take water from the stream and rush into the courtyard, and splash towards the main hall on fire, but no one dares to approach, a basin of water except for splashing the gate wet, but the inside is useless.

In fact, everyone can see clearly that the wooden niche where the spirit card is placed has been burned and collapsed, and even if the fire is extinguished, the ancestor's spirit card cannot be saved.

In the courtyard, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe was beating his chest and crying, "I'm guilty! How can I, Li Wenyou, explain to my ancestors and ancestors! ”

This heart-rending middle-aged man is the patriarch Li Wenyou, who will start worshipping his ancestors in a few hours, and the heroic souls of his ancestors have gathered, ready to accept the salute of his descendants.

There is also a deeper meaning in Li Wenyou's self-blame, this fire burned the most precious heirloom of the Li clan, in case the people in the capital or the south came to ask for something, how could he get it.

Beside the patriarch Li Wenyou, there stood the frightened Li Daguang, just now he had explained the cause of the fire to the patriarch, and completely put the blame on the three evil boys who stole the offerings, but even so, he was still very uneasy in his heart, he knew very well the consequences of this fire, the ancestral hall could be rebuilt, and the spirit card could be re-established, but the spirit card of the great ancestor was burned, and that was an irreparable disaster.

I really shouldn't have escaped in a hurry at that time, at least I could bring out the spirit card of the Great Ancestor!

At this time, Li Yanqing had already appeared in the backyard, Li Daguang's residence in the backyard was not affected by the fire, the clansmen opened the back door, stood in the backyard and poured water on the main hall, but the patriarch here could not see it, everyone ran to the front yard, and only three or four clansmen were here to fight the fire.

Li Yanqing had already soaked his clothes in the stream, blocked his mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief, and took a bed of Li Daguang's futon to wrap around his body.

"Go! Go! Go! It's dangerous here, little ones go away. ”

A clansman found Li Yanqing and rushed up to drive him out, but Li Yanqing avoided him and ran to the other side.

Several clansmen were angry, "Which family are you a child of, why don't adults listen?" ”

Where will Li Yanqing listen to them, this is his only chance, it is related to whether he can enter the academy, whether his father's debts can be reduced, and whether his father will no longer be discriminated against in the family.

When he saw that the fire in the east had weakened, he rushed into the fire.

"The kid... Evil! ”

Several clansmen were so shocked that they shouted, "A child has gone in!" Hurry up and save people! ”

Although the fire in the main hall has weakened, but the smoke is billowing and nothing can be seen, Li Yanqing has participated in fire training, he knows how to escape from the fire, that is, to climb out along the wall, this is the best way, he figured out the route in advance, sealed his mouth and nose with a wet cloth, and quickly crawled along the wall to the front door.

The clansmen who were fighting the fire in the front yard heard the shouting, and everyone looked at each other in shock, and a child rushed into the fire, what happened? Whose children are they?

Many clansmen looked at the group of children at the gate behind them, for fear that their own children had entered the fire.

After a while, I saw a small figure rushing out of the fire, and everyone immediately cheered, "Come out!" The kid is out! ”

Li Yanqing was choked by the smoke and his face was full of tears and snot, he threw off the futon on his body, hugged the red sandalwood spirit card tightly, and shouted: "I found it!" I found it! ”

Li Daguang ran up, pulled him and asked in surprise, "Qing'er, why are you here?" ”

"Fourth uncle, I'm here to put out the fire, I found that spirit card!" Li Yanqing held up the spirit card high.

"Oh my!"

A few clansmen who knew about it exclaimed, "It's the Great Ancestor's spirit card!" ”

Li Daguang was so excited that he hugged Li Yanqing, "Good boy, really good boy!" His tears welled up, as long as he rescued this spirit card, he Li Daguang would be able to atone for his sins.

Suddenly, someone next to him shouted, "Hurry up!" The roof is collapsing! ”

Everyone was so frightened that they rushed outside, and the beams of the ancestral hall were burned off, and finally they couldn't bear the weight of the tiles and collapsed.

Li Wenyou was also completely desperate, he knelt in front of the gate and kowtowed, shouting in grief: "Great Ancestor! Fathers and fathers! Unworthy descendant Li Wenyou's sin is unforgivable! ”

At this time, the chief housekeeper Liu Chenghong stepped forward to help Li Wenyou and persuaded in a low voice: "Patriarch, the matter has come to this, let's mourn and change!" ”

Liu Chenghong's father is the scholar of Mrs. Li, he has won the favor of the old lady since he was a child, and recognized him as his righteous son, and when he grew up, he made him the chief housekeeper of the Li Mansion.

Relying on the old lady's favor, Liu Chenghong usually bullied his neighbors, being arrogant and rude, which made the Li clan dare to be angry and dare not speak.

Although the old lady died last year, Liu Chenghong could not change his arrogant and domineering habits, there must be a father and his son, and his son Liu Fuer also inherited his ferocity and lawlessness, and today finally broke into a monstrous disaster for him.

The ancestral hall was burned and the Great Ancestor Spirit Card was destroyed, which made Li Wenyou hate Liu Chenghong very much in his heart, pushed him away, and said coldly: "Burning down the ancestral hall, this is a big crime in my Li family rules, and it must be severely punished, the two sons of the Li Zhen family, I will use the clan rules to punish them, your son's surname is Liu, our clan can't control him, you can do it yourself!" ”

Liu Chenghong said in horror: "Master, I will definitely punish that little beast severely!" ”

Li Wenyou shook his head, "How to severely punish him is your business, but I want to give an explanation to the ancestors and ancestors, after dawn, you pack up your things and leave!" ”

Liu Chenghong was so frightened that he knelt down and begged bitterly: "Master, our father and son have been in the Li family for forty years, for the sake of the old lady, spare me this time!" I will break the leg of the son of a son and make amends to the master. ”

Li Wenyou pointed to the collapsed ancestral hall and roared: "I will spare you, but the ancestors and ancestors will not spare me, or you will give me a go!" Or go and beat your son to death! ”

Liu Chenghong's face suddenly turned like ashes, and he stared at Li Wenyou with great resentment, "I understand, start unloading and killing donkeys, okay!" I'll go, one day I, Liu Chenghong, will come back to ask for an explanation! ”

Liu Chenghong got up and rushed away angrily, Li Wenyou looked at the collapsed ancestral hall, and once again knelt weakly, his heart was full of fear that he could not explain to the clans in various places.

At this time, Li Daguang led Li Yanqing forward, couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Patriarch, this kid has rescued the spirit card of the Great Ancestor." ”

"What!"

Li Wenyou raised his head in disbelief, he looked at the red sandalwood spirit card in Li Yanqing's arms in disbelief, he took the spirit card with trembling hands, and hugged it tightly in his arms, feeling like a dream, he was so excited that he almost cried loudly.

This spirit tablet is the only spiritual tablet rescued by their ancestor Li Congqian from the temple when the Song army set fire to the temple of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and has since become the most precious thing of their family.

After Li Yu was poisoned by Zhao Guangyi, Li Congqian was very afraid, so he washed off the gold characters on it with brine, making it a wordless spirit card, even so he did not dare to pass it on to his son-in-law, and secretly passed it to the third son of Shu before he died, so that he took the spirit card away from the capital to settle in Xiangzhou, this spirit card was passed down in Xiangzhou from generation to generation, and it was usually locked in the patriarch's room, and it was only taken out and placed in the ancestral hall when it was sacrificed to the ancestors for ten years.

Other spirit cards can be redone, but once this spirit card is destroyed, he Li Wenyou has become the family's eternal sinner, his grief and panic just now is to think that this spirit card was also burned by the fire, but he didn't expect to be rescued from the fire by a child.

"Are you..... Whose children? Li Wenyou asked.

Li Daguang said on the side: "Patriarch, he is the son of Daqi, called Yanqing, who is only six years old this year. ”

"It turned out to be a big child!"

Li Wenyou was very grateful in his heart, and took his hand again and asked, "Qing'er, you are only six years old, how can you have the courage to rush into the fire to grab this spirit card?" ”

Li Yanqing lowered his head and whispered: "I don't know, I was watching adults fight the fire outside, and suddenly I heard someone shouting to me in my ear, help me!" Help me! It was as if I had been pushed by a force and rushed into the fire. ”

Lee Wen-woo: 'Ah! He screamed and asked, "And then?" ”

"I was scared in the fire, but the voice told me not to be afraid, he was in the east corner, and I crawled along the wall to the east corner, and it turned out.... That's how I found it. ”

Li Wenyou hugged Li Yanqing and cried loudly again, "This is the manifestation of our ancestors!" ”

Li Yanqing blinked, and even he himself was a little convinced.