Chapter 44: The Man of Seven Hundred Years Ago

(ps: There's something to do today, this chapter is 5,000 words, it's a big chapter, only one more is a bit shameless, but there is really no time, just this one, tomorrow there will be a 10,000-word big chapter to apologize, so sincere, don't you come to a monthly ticket?)

Hu Fuxing's outstretched hand froze in front of the door knocker.

The look on his face changed, and he looked in the direction of the courtyard gate and saw dust rising there.

A middle-aged man dressed as a house slave ran over with a frightened look on his face and shouted, "Master! Oh no! There is a person outside the door who has demolished the gate of our Hu Mansion!"

Hu Fuxing's hands trembled, and his face became extremely ugly, not because of fear, but because he didn't expect that someone in this ancient Tong City would dare to come to Hu Mansion to spread wildness, and as soon as he made a move, Hu Fuxing's heart was full of anger, and at this moment there was a noble person sitting in the house, if this collided with the other party and ruined the great opportunity of the Hu family, wouldn't Hu Fuxing be vomited to death?

Thinking of this, Hu Fuxing's eyes sank, and he looked at the slave and said: "You and appease the immortal masters of Qiankun Sect, let them wait for a while, and I will go and see where the outlaws came from, dare to come to my Hu Mansion to spread wild." ”

The slave had obviously been frightened by the changes at the gate of the mansion, and nodded with a pale face.

Seeing this, Hu Fuxing secretly scolded the waste, and said in his heart that with the appearance of this guy, he couldn't hold back those big shots, but at this moment, Hu Fuxing didn't have a good choice, his face sank, and he didn't think much about it, and walked quickly to the direction of the courtyard gate.

The courtyard gate of Hu Mansion was designed and built by craftsmen invited from Ning Xiao City by Hu Fu Xing at a great price.

Two mahogany pillars at the entrance of the courtyard, are made of 300 years of old trees, can support the prosperity of the family for 300 years; the stone lions on both sides contain jade inlays, there are immortal masters to inject aura, can suppress evil spirits, drive away evil spirits; the construction of the whole courtyard is even more exquisite, the door hairpin is equipped with octagonal, the number of dark near poles, engraved on the spring orchid, summer lotus, autumn chrysanthemum, winter plum, the book has four characters of Fu Lu Shoude; the head of the shop is kissed by the dragon to the door knocker, in order to leap over the dragon gate; the bricks and tiles covered on the top of the house gate are all different, and they all have their meanings.

In order to build this gate, the feng shui master Hu Fuxing alone invited as many as four or five.

And now, the door of the mansion that had cost him so much energy and money had collapsed, and dust was everywhere, and rubble and rubble were scattered all over the ground.

Hu Fuxing looked at the ruins in front of him with bloodshot eyes, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, looked through the dust and looked outside the courtyard gate, a large group of unknown people surrounded this place, obviously curious about which "immortals" dared to come to this Hu Mansion to make trouble.

Hu Fuxing's eyes quickly locked on a young man in the crowd, with a fresh face, not very old, he seemed to be carrying something on his back, but through the dust raised in the sky, he couldn't see it clearly, and there was a group of people standing around him, most of them were fresh faces, but there was an old man and a boy Hu Fuxing knew each other.

His heart jumped, and when he saw the boy's appearance, he could probably guess why the other party had come.

At this time, the people in the mansion also came around, and the housekeeper Gu Liu, who came to Hu Fuxing, and whispered, "My lord, do you want to invite Lord Luo over?"

"Well, you go, get this problem out of the way. Hu Fuxing replied softly, Gu Liu's interest was interesting, and he left quickly after hearing the words.

The Lord Luo in their mouth, named Luo Tong, is the head catcher of this ancient Tong City, and he has many friends with the Hu family.

After Hu Fuxing left Gu Liu, he looked behind him again, and the five worshippers of the three realms in the mansion also arrived, Hu Fuxing felt a little relieved, but before he could take the lead in asking, the young man took a step forward and said loudly: "What about Lu Wu!?

The worshippers behind him were well versed in the truth of the man's money and the elimination of disasters, and at that time they were about to step out and clean up the young man in front of them who they could see at a glance that he only had one realm of cultivation.

But Hu Fuxing stretched out his hand to stop them, this young man made such a big battle, the matter will soon spread all over Gutong City, at this moment, kill him indiscriminately, the matter is too big, and his future plan is not good, he has to salute first and then soldier.

"The little brother is so angry, he took the shot and demolished the lintel of my Hu family, but Hu didn't know any Lu Wu, and the little brother was in the wrong place. Hu Fuxing said to Wei Lailang, who was standing in front of the collapsed courtyard gate, his tone was neither humble nor arrogant, and he couldn't even hear too much anger, so that the people who were watching couldn't help but secretly praise, and said in his heart that this Lord Hu is good-tempered.

"You liar! Yesterday it was your son who broke into my house and killed my sister, and today Lu Wu is gone, it is clear that he came to your house to seek revenge, and he was arrested by you again!" As soon as Hu Fuxing's words fell, before Wei Lai could respond, Lu Bai, who came here with Wei Lai, shouted loudly with red eyes.

After yesterday's incident, Lu Bai and completely changed his opinion of Lu Wu, in fact, if Lu Wu hadn't stopped those thieves desperately yesterday, he would have no chance to escape from Lufu to find Wei Lai. His sister is dead, Lu Wu is his only relative now, Lu Wu's life and death are unknown at this moment, how can he be safe?

The surrounding people were in an uproar when they heard the rumors, and the murder that occurred in Luoyi Lane spread in Gutong City early this morning, and the government did not reach a conclusion on who committed the murder, but there were different opinions in the market. There are many speculations and rumors, and at this moment, listening to Lu Bai's words, everyone is naturally shocked, and when someone recognizes Lu Bai's identity, this statement becomes more and more credible, and the people who originally just came to see the excitement began to whisper, and their eyes at Hu Fuxing became strange.

Hu Fuxing frowned, but soon stretched out again, and he said earnestly: "Your name is Lu Bai, right? I heard about yesterday's incident, and I can understand your feelings after yesterday's accident." If you want to say that someone from my Hu family killed your sister, then there must be evidence after all, otherwise you are ruining my house and framing dogs, don't you deceive me Hu family no one!?"

"You!" Lu Bai's eyes were bloodshot when he heard this, his heart was already full of anger, and he wanted to kill that Hu Xu like Lu Wu, but at this moment, when he heard that the other party was still talking nonsense, he was suddenly angry, and he couldn't say half a coherent sentence for a while.

Wei Lai frowned slightly, and he also knew that with Lu Bai's experience and insight, he would never be the opponent of Hu Fuxing, who was like an old fox.

"Phew, you old guy who doesn't cultivate, what evidence do you need for such a big witness!" Sun Daren on the side couldn't listen to it for a long time, and he couldn't see that Hu Fuxing was still quibbling, so he stepped forward and scolded and shouted

Hu Fuxing's eyebrows finally showed a little anger, but he still tried his best to maintain his demeanor as the head of the Hu family, he squinted his eyes and asked: "Little brother is a good question, you go and look through my Dayan's law, is there such a thing, saying that the things that this person under the age of fourteen said cannot be used as human witnesses." ”

"The little brother is very raw, I don't think I'm a person from Gutong City, and if I want to stand out, I don't rely on a horizontal meat, but on my brain and reason. Hu Fuxing said slowly, not taking Sun Daren's words into account.

"Disperse! Disperse!" And at this moment, there was a sudden shout from outside the crowd, and the crowd looked sideways, but saw that it was Luo Tong, the head catcher in the Yamen of Gutong City, who came over with his subordinates. I have to say that the official uniforms of the officials are still quite intimidating to these flat-headed people, and the crowd that is crowded and has a tendency to gather more and more consciously retreats when they glimpse each other's identities.

Luo Tong, who was the leader, squinted his eyes and looked at Wei Lai and his party in front of the crowd, his face was not good, but when he looked at Hu Fuxing inside the collapsed courtyard gate, he suddenly changed his face. As an official of the imperial court, he walked up to Hu Fuxing with some grovel and asked, "Lord Hu, what's going on?"

Hu Fuxing smiled slightly, and responded: "Lord Luo came just in time, the group of little brothers in front of me demolished the courtyard gate of my Hu family, not to say that a person surnamed Lu was locked up in my Hu family's mansion, and to say that the tragedy of the Lu family yesterday was done by my Hu someone's dog." Lord Luo knows, my Hu family is a serious businessman, how can I not do such a hurtful thing? These little brothers insisted that these things were all done by Hu, and asked Lord Luo to make the decision for his subordinates. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Luo Tong's eyes narrowed, and he turned his head to look at Wei Lai and the others.

He mentioned the belt that was a little unfastened because of his middle-aged fortune, and asked in a cold voice: "Say, who demolished Lord Hu's mansion?"

Wei Lai's heart glanced at it, today he heard Lu Bai talk about the scene when those officials interrogated him about this matter, and he probably guessed that this Hu family and those officials were probably secretly colluding, and listening to this person's unkind tone at the moment, I am afraid that he would not listen to the first half of the words that were unfavorable to the Hu family.

Wei Lai is well versed in the darkness of this officialdom, and knows that no matter how much he talks to this Luo Tong, it is tantamount to playing the piano to a cow.

But Lu Bai on the side obviously didn't understand this truth, the little boy saw Luo Tong, as if he saw a savior, he said loudly: "Lord Luo is this Hu family is his Hu Fuxing's son who killed my sister, I saw it with my own eyes yesterday, you are about to arrest them." ”

The people around him also looked at Luo Tong when they heard this, waiting for the head-catcher to give his answer.

"Hmph, it turned out that you kid collided with Master Hu, come and take it for me!"

"This official has already found out that it was this kid who murdered his own sister for money, and if you don't run for your life, you dare to threaten Lord Hu, it's really daring!" Luo Tong shouted loudly, although what he said was full of flaws, but none of the people present questioned it, but the official behind him rushed up after hearing the words, and he was about to be captured by Lu Bai, who was frightened by such a change.

Of course, they didn't really get their hopes.

Just as they swarmed up, Wei Lai suddenly stepped out, the divine gate on his chest lit up, blood and golden light intertwined, and with a roar, the bodies of the nearly ten officials flew out upside down as if they had been severely injured.

Bang dang.

Then there was a crisp sound, and the boy took out the thing he was carrying behind his back and stood in front of him.

It was a knife.

A long snow-white knife.

Hu Fuxing's pupils dilated suddenly, he had been lucky enough to see this knife when he was young, and it had a resounding name - White Wolf Swallowing the Moon.

......

"It's funny, you went and came back just to get me to help you?"

Wei Lai, who knocked on the door of Yufu again, looked at the yawning little marquis in front of him with calm eyes, he nodded, and responded, "Yes." ”

"But didn't I reject you before?" asked Yu Tong with squinted eyes.

"This time is different. Wei Lai sat upright.

"What's the difference?"

"This time I'm going to save the living. Wei Lai responded.

"Two questions. Yu Tong stretched out his hand, stretched out his index finger and ring finger, and put the other three fingers together, and he shook it in front of Wei Lai: "If you can answer my two questions, I will help you." ”

Wei Lai was silent when he heard this, just staring at the little marquis in front of him, and such silence was obviously a default in Yu Tong's eyes.

"First, why did you save that man, as far as I know, he doesn't seem to have any friendship with you. ”

This question did not make Wei Lai hesitate for long, and soon the young man said: "Yesterday I had a chance to save them, but I did not insist on my opinion, they were holding on to luck, or they speculated with undeserved kindness that they were not worthy of this kind person, and I knew that most of the wicked people in this world were the same, but out of the consideration that more things are better than less...... Or maybe I think they don't believe me, even if I protect them today, tomorrow I leave this place, those wicked people want to harm them, they will still die. So, I chose to be silent. Wei Lai lowered his head, and the voice that came out of his mouth was visibly trembling, and he seemed to be trying his best to suppress some emotions in his heart.

"I thought I was responsible for what happened to them today, so I wanted to make amends. ”

"Is that so?" Yu Tong nodded noncommittally, then said with a smile on his face: "But just like you are worried, how can you ensure that he can be safe in the future if you saved him today?"

Wei Lai was silent, obviously he hadn't figured out the answer to the question.

But Yu Tong didn't dwell on this matter, he sighed for a few breaths and said again: "Second question, why should I help you?"

"I know who you're trying to save! I can help you!" This time Wei Lai's answer came quickly, almost blurting out.

The sleepiness on Yu Tong's face seemed to dissipate a little at that moment, and the smile in his eyes when he looked at Wei Lai was even worse: "It seems that this is the bargaining chip you thought of before you came. ”

Wei Lai did not deny that he never thought that Yu Tong or anyone else could do something for another person for no reason, and sometimes it was good for each other to have an exchange.

"You're smart. Yu Tong nodded, and didn't ask Wei Lai if what he guessed was correct, "But unfortunately, I don't need to." ”

Wei Lai was stunned, he thought that he would be rejected, but he didn't expect to be rejected so decisively.

He opened his mouth a little eagerly and said again, "I can ......"

"I know what you can do, but the people I'm dealing with are not what you can imagine. Yu Tong said softly.

Wei Lai frowned, but he wasn't sure if what the other party was saying was the same thing as what he wanted to say.

When he saw Yu Tong put away the meaning of what he said, he couldn't help but be a little confused about the other party's thoughts. But at this moment, Lu Wu's whereabouts are unknown, and the place where he can go is actually obvious, so his life is naturally hanging by a thread at this moment. Wei Lai knew that he couldn't drag it out any longer, so he preemptively broke the silence: "So, you're not satisfied with my answer, are you?"

Yu Tong smiled: "It's not that I'm not satisfied, it's that you can't believe your answer." ”

Wei Lai's brows furrowed even deeper at that time, he couldn't understand the meaning of the other party's words, or he felt that Yu Tong's words were a bit strong at this moment.

"You're only sixteen. ”

"I don't understand why you want to live like a sixty-year-old...... Well, to be precise, you disguised yourself as a sixty-year-old. ”

But Yu Tong didn't give Wei Lai more time to think, he squinted his eyes and continued: "You want to save them, even if you didn't remind them yesterday, when this happens, you will still find one reason or another for yourself to save them." ”

"Because your nature is like this, but what you have experienced makes you want to stifle your nature, you think that you may not live to avenge your father and Lu Guanshan in that way. So you think about everything and pretend to weigh the pros and cons, but in fact your final decision is never about the pros and cons, but about the right and the wrong. ”

"In that case, why are you so tired?"

"Do what you want to do, do what you ought to do. ”

"This world is full of flowers, don't go in vain!"

"That's right!" Yu Tong blinked his eyes and added, "This was said by your father and my father after they got drunk. ”

Wei Lai's heart was shocked, and he muttered the sentence: "Do what you want to do, do what you should do." ”

Some depressed thoughts in his heart suddenly opened up at that moment, his eyes suddenly cleared, but the gaze that looked at Yu Tong became more and more strange.

"You...... Why are you talking to me about this?" He vaguely felt that from the first meeting with Yu Tong, this little marquis seemed to see the knot in his heart, and it was also from that time that the little marquis was enlightening him in his own way, but he didn't notice it before.

Yu Tong got up, stretched out one hand towards the courtyard, only to hear the faint sound of a wolf howling, and the knife hidden in the sheath flew at that time and fell into Yu Tong's hand.

"I don't like you. ”

"But I like your dad. ”

"I don't think his son, it shouldn't be you. ”

Yu Tong said this, and with a slight throw of the hand holding the knife, the long knife fell in front of Wei Lai: "The white wolf swallows the moon, the ancestral knife of the Yu family." ”

"Seeing this knife, if you see the prince of the Yu family, take him with you, at least you can save the person you want to save. ”

Wei Lai was stunned for a moment, but he didn't want the other party to entrust him with such a heavy treasure so easily, he raised the long knife, his eyes still a little hesitant.

"If you say a few more words, your friend will die. Yu Tong said again.

Wei Lai was dumbfounded, he didn't think much about it anymore, put the long knife behind him, and bowed solemnly to Yu Tong: "Thank you, Master Hou." ”

After saying that, he was about to turn around, but he had just taken a few steps, and he seemed to have thought of something, and turned his head to look at Yu Tong again, and asked: "The person you want to face is not something I can imagine, can you tell me, in addition to the people from Qiankun Gate, who else is going to make a move on the little Hou Ye." ”

"You know what?" asked Yu Tong with a smile.

"If something happens to Master Hou, I also have to have a target for revenge. Wei Lai responded.

The smile on Yu Tong's face became brighter: "We don't seem to have a good relationship to the point where you can avenge me, why?"

"Because Hou Ye is worth it, and because of ......" Wei Lai paused, and a smile inexplicably spread on his face at that time: "I think." ”

Yu Tong stretched out his hand and gently tapped the desk in front of him, his eyes sank at that time, and he said softly: "Seven hundred years ago, the person who usurped the fortune of Yu Guoyun is still alive. ”

......

"White wolf swallowing the moon!Why is this knife in your hand!" In front of the collapsed courtyard gate of Hu Mansion, Hu Fuxing's face finally showed a look of horror for the first time, he looked at the knife, and said loudly, his tone was frightened, and he was quite out of shape.

The boy didn't say a word, but just clubbed the blade of the knife to the ground, and the ground made of bluestone slabs just touched it lightly, and the spider web-like cracks spread with the sword as the origin.

The majestic sword intent didn't need to be urged, it spread like a tide, and dust rose everywhere it passed.

The young man who held this thing that had frightened the entire Dayan Four Prefectures squinted his eyes and stared at Hu Fuxing: "Seeing the white wolf swallowing the moon is like seeing Yu waiting." ”

"Gentlemen, please kneel. ”