Li Family Study.
Li Xuming was dealing with household chores when he suddenly remembered his mother's dream from earlier that day.
He was initially quite surprised, as people at that time did not speak of ghosts and gods. His mother's dream was so vivid, and he had never heard of anything like the Ox-Headed and Horse-Face demons. His father bribing the ghost messengers with good deeds was also unimaginable.
Ghost messengers can actually be bribed? This is simply outrageous.
"Knock knock knock".
Someone knocked on the door.
Li Xuming was lost in thought when the knocking on the door sent shivers down his spine.
"What is it?" Don't you know that scaring someone can be deadly?
Li Xuming was angry.
"Boss, it's me."
"mother?"
Li Xuming heard the voice and hurriedly went to open the door. There stood his mother, Pan Jinhua.
"I need to talk to you." After being ushered into the room by Li Xuming, Pan Jinhua got straight to the point.
"What are your instructions, Mother?"
"My dream during the day is still unfinished."
"besides?"
"Yes, and also. I mentioned that the Ox-Head and Horse-Face demons gave me a mirror as compensation, do you remember?"
Li Xuming thought about it carefully and realized that it was true. "I did say that."
"When I looked in the mirror at that time, I never imagined that I would see the future of my Li family!"
"What?!" Li Xuming was shocked. Such a thing? It must be fake.
“I don’t know if it’s true or not, so you can only help me tell the truth.” Pan Jinhua pretended to be conflicted, and continued, “I saw that the Li family was involved in a salt smuggling case in the capital, and their property was confiscated and they were exiled.”
Li Xuming was struck dumb by those words, but then breathed a sigh of relief.
“Mother, Uncle has always been a cautious official. How could he get involved in such a thing? It must be a dream. I will ask a high monk from the temple to perform a ritual.”
"The dream was too tragic, so I dared not just treat it as a dream and leave it as is."
Pan Jinhua spoke in a low, melancholy tone.
“I also saw some things that have happened in the city over the past month in the mirror. Go and investigate. If they are true, then we need to make preparations.”
"This..." Li Xuming hesitated. If it really was a dream, wouldn't his grand gesture make him look like a fool?
"We must investigate."
Pan Jinhua's expression was very firm, and Li Xuming could only nod, "Whatever Mother says to investigate, I will investigate!"
“I vaguely remember a restaurant in the south of the city catching fire a few days ago. Have someone go to the south of the city to inquire whether any restaurants have caught fire recently.”
"Is there anything else, Mother?"
"Your fifth uncle's second son's wife is about to give birth, and I think she gave birth to a girl."
Li Xuming was sweating profusely. "That's easy to find out. Okay, if there's a reply, I'll tell Mother."
Having received confirmation, Pan Jinhua prepared to leave.
"Mother, you said you saw the Li family suffer a terrible fate..." Li Xuming hesitated for a long time, but seeing his mother about to leave, he finally asked the question. After all, those words were still stuck in his throat, and he couldn't let them go.
"The Li family was exiled after their property was confiscated. Qingzhang was rejected by his fiancé. On the way, your third brother's wife died along with her unborn child. Your third brother also died. Qingruo died, and Qingjun and I... You don't know the rest."
After saying these words, Pan Jinhua left and returned to Tianhua Garden.
No one knew the turmoil raging within Li Xuming's heart.
Not long after, Li Xuming called Fang Da in.
"Have your son go to the south of the city and inquire whether any restaurants have caught fire in the past few days."
"Yes, sir." Fang Da didn't quite understand his master's order, but obedience was what a good servant should do, so he agreed and went to make the arrangements.
After Fang Da left, Li Xuming was left sitting alone.
He was only called back by Liu Yun late at night.
Nothing was said that night.
That afternoon, after waking up from her nap, Pan Jinhua went to the courtyard where the children practiced martial arts.
That place was originally an abandoned courtyard, but it was cleared out and turned into a training ground. Li Xushi acted quickly and invited Instructor He, the famous escort master from Yangwei Escort Agency in Nanze County, over that same day.
As soon as the martial arts master took office, all the children in the family started training. Of course, only the boys were training; the girls hadn't been mentioned yet, but Pan Jinhua wasn't in a hurry. If she wasn't mistaken, the time would come soon.
What she told Li Xuming a few days ago was all true, except for things like Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the Underworld, and his father—that was just to make it easier for them to accept. After all, it's best to believe in ghosts and spirits to some extent.
Today, in addition to Li Qingzhang and Li Qingjing from the first branch of the family, and Li Qingtong and Li Qingjun from the third branch, Li Qingduan and Li Qingyi from the second branch of the family were also practicing martial arts. Being young, they were carefully cared for and recovered in just two days. Although their wounds still hurt, they did not want to miss the opportunity to practice martial arts with their brothers.
Pan Jinhua was overjoyed to see this. "Good, good, good! Learn more, practice more," she said, enjoying watching.
When Pan Jinhua arrived, several of her brothers were practicing horse stance. They had probably just started, as most of them looked relatively calm. Li Qingzhang, however, looked rather unhappy. He didn't know why his father had made him learn this too, since he was already starting to handle household chores and was of marriageable age.
Unexpectedly, every afternoon, my brother and I were sent by our father to learn horse stance.
As the eldest brother, he naturally had to show off his skills. After completing the horse stance, his legs were almost unable to close properly that day. Fortunately, his master arranged for a medicinal bath and massage, otherwise he would have been bedridden for days. His legs were so sore and painful every morning that they felt like they weren't his own. However, he didn't want to lose face in front of his brothers, so he forced himself to come every day. Unexpectedly, his younger brothers were also very resilient, and none of them shirked their duties.
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