‘Dang!Dang!Dang!’

Someone carried a gong and beat the north of the town where the Li clans lived, shouting: "It's gone! It's gone! It's gone, the ancestral hall is gone, everyone should go and save it!"

Men and women from every household rushed out, carrying buckets and wooden basins to the ancestral temple at the foot of Lushan Mountain.

At this time, the ancestral hall had been engulfed by the fire, with flames flying and flames dancing wildly. Countless Li clans took water from the stream and rushed into the yard and poured it into the fire hall, but no one dared to approach it. A basin of water was of no use except to wet the door.

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

In the yard, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe was stamping his feet and beating his chest and crying loudly, "I am guilty! How can I explain to my ancestors!"

The middle-aged man who was crying heartbrokenly was the patriarch Li Wenyou. He would start worshiping his ancestors in a few hours. The ancestors' heroic souls had gathered together and were ready to receive the respect of his descendants. But at this time, the ancestral temple caught fire, and the fire would probably burn the ancestors' souls.

There is a deeper meaning in Li Wenyou's self-blame. This fire burned out the most precious heirloom of the Li clan. If the tribe members in the capital or south come to ask for something, how can he take it out?

Next to the patriarch Li Wenyou, Li Daguang was standing terrified. He had just explained the cause of the fire to the patriarch and completely put the responsibility on the three evil children who stole the offerings. But even so, he was still very uneasy. He knew very well that the consequences of the fire could be rebuilt and the spirit card could be rebuilt, but the spirit card of the great ancestor was burned, which would be an irreversible disaster.

I really shouldn’t have escaped in a hurry at that time, at least I could bring out the Great Ancestor’s spiritual card!

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 and stood in the backyard to pour water into the main hall. However, the clan leader could not see it. Everyone ran to the front yard, and only three or four clansmen were putting out the fire.

Li Yanqing had soaked his clothes in the stream and blocked his mouth and nose with a wet veil. He took another bed of Li Daguang's bedding and wrapped it around him. He took out the red sandalwood spirit card from an empty wine jar and hid it close to his body in the clothes.

"Go! Go! Go! It's dangerous here, kids should go away."

A tribe member discovered Li Yanqing and rushed up to drive him out, but Li Yanqing avoided him and ran to the other side.

Several tribe members were angry, "Which family are you? Why don't adults listen?"

Where would Li Yanqing listen to them? This was his only chance. It was related to whether he could go to school, whether his father's debt could be exempted, and that his father was no longer discriminated against in the family.

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

"That child... is possessed!"

Several tribe members were shocked and shouted in vain, "A child has come in! Save people quickly!"

Although the fire in the main hall had weakened, the smoke was rolling and nothing could be seen. Li Yanqing had participated in fire training. He knew how to escape from the fire, which was to climb out along the wall. This was the best way. He figured out the route in advance, sealed his mouth and nose with a wet veil, and quickly crawled towards the front door along the wall.

The tribe members who were putting out the fire in the front yard heard the shouts, and everyone looked at each other in shock. A child rushed into the fire. What's going on? Whose child is it?

Many tribe members looked at a group of children at the gate behind, fearing that their children would enter the fire.

After a moment, a small figure rushed out of the fire, and everyone suddenly cheered, "It's out! The child is out!"

Li Yanqing's face was filled with tears and snot due to thick smoke. He shook off the bedding on his body, hugged the red sandalwood spirit sign tightly, and shouted: "I found it! I found it!"

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

"Uncle Fourth, I'll come to put out the fire too. I found that spirit card!" Li Yanqing raised the spirit card high.

"God!"

Several people from the tribe who were informed exclaimed, "It's the Great Ancestor's spiritual card!"

Li Daguang hugged Li Yanqing excitedly, "Good child, what a good child!" His tears gushed out. As long as he rescued this spiritual card, Li Daguang could atone for his sins.

Suddenly, someone next to him shouted: "Go away! The roof is about to collapse!"

Everyone was so scared that they ran outside. The beam of the ancestral hall was burned off. Finally, they could not bear the weight of the tiles and collapsed with a bang.

Li Wenyou was also completely desperate. He knelt in front of the gate and kowtowed, shouting in great grief: "Great Ancestors! The ancestors and ancestors! Li Wenyou's unfilial descendants are unforgivable!"

At this time, the butler Liu Chenghong walked up to help Li Wenyou up and whispered: "Clan leader, things have come to this point, let's be mourning and follow the changes!"

Liu Chenghong's father was the book boy of Mr. Li. He was very fond of Mr. Li since he was a child and regarded him as his adopted son. After he grew up, he made him the housekeeper of the Li family.

Relying on the favor of the old man, Liu Chenghong usually oppressed his neighbors and was strong and rude, making the Li clan members dare not speak out.

Although the old man died last year, Liu Chenghong could not change his arrogant habit. He had the same father as his son. His son Liu Fuer also inherited his cruelty and lawlessness. Today, he finally caused a huge disaster for him.

The ancestral hall was burned and the Great Ancestor's Spirit Card was destroyed, which made Li Wenyou very angry with Liu Chenghong. He pushed him away and said coldly: "Burning the ancestral hall is a serious crime in the rules of my Li family. I must be severely punished. I will use the rules of the clan to punish them. Your son's surname is Liu. Our clan cannot control him. You can do it yourself!"

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

Li Wenyou shook his head, "How to punish him severely 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 knelt down in fear and begged: "Master, we have been in the Li family for forty years. For the sake of the old man, let me spare this time! I will break the evil son's leg and apologize to the master."

Li Wenyou pointed to the collapsed ancestral temple and roared: "I'll spare you, but my ancestors and ancestors won't spare me. Either you get out of here! Or you'll beat your son to death!"

Liu Chenghong's face suddenly turned as if dead. He stared at Li Wenyou with great resentment, "I understand, I'll start to kill the donkey, okay! I'll leave, one day I, Liu Chenghong, will come back to ask for an explanation!"

Liu Chenghong stood up and rushed away angrily. Li Wenyou looked at the collapsed ancestral temple and knelt down again, his heart 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 help but feel excited, and whispered: "Class leader, this child rescued the Great Ancestor's spirit card."

"What!"

Li Wenyou raised his head suddenly, and 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. He felt like he was dreaming. He was so excited that he was almost crying loudly.

This spirit card was the only spirit card rescued by their ancestor Li Congqian from the ancestral temple when the Song army set fire to the Southern Tang Dynasty Temple. Since then, it has become the most precious thing in their family.

After Li Yu was poisoned by Zhao Guangyi, Li Congqian was very scared and washed away the gold characters on it with brine, making it a wordless spirit card. Even so, he did not dare to pass it to his legitimate son. Before his death, he secretly passed it to the third son of Shu, and asked him to take the spirit card away from the capital to settle in Xiangzhou. This spirit card was passed down from generation to generation in Xiangzhou. It was usually locked in the clan leader's room, and it was only taken out and placed in the ancestral hall when he worshiped his ancestors for ten years.

Other spirit cards can be remade, but once this spirit card is destroyed, Li Wenyou will become the eternal sinner of the family. His grief and fear just now were that he thought that this spirit card had also been burned down by a fire, but he did not expect that a child would be rescued from the fire.

"Who are you...'s child?" Li Wenyou asked.

Li Daguang said on the side: "Clan leader, he is the son of a great man, named Yanqing, and he is only six years old this year."

"So it's a great child!"

Li Wenyou was extremely grateful and held his hand and asked, "Qing'er, you are only six years old, how could you have the courage to rush into the fire and grab this spiritual card?"

Li Yanqing lowered his head and whispered: "I don't know either. I was watching the adults put out the fire outside, but suddenly I heard someone shouting at me, "Save me!" I seemed to be pushed by a force and rushed into the fire."

Li Wenyou called out 'Ah!' and asked anxiously: "What's the matter?"

"I was very scared in the fire, but the voice told me not to be afraid. He was in the east corner, so I climbed over the wall to the east corner, and as a result... I found this spirit card."

Li Wenyou hugged Li Yanqing and burst into tears again, "This is our ancestors' appearance!"
Chapter completed!