Chapter Ninety-Six: Thirteen Years Ago
The twilight is like water, and the mountains are quiet.
Ji Fan was hit by a strong blow, walking in this mountain range in a dejected manner, his steps were sluggish, his eyes were blank, like a walking corpse, he didn't know where to go, and he didn't know why he was walking.
Passing by the Juexin Palace, there were disciples frolicking together, laughing and laughing, which formed two stark contrasts with him alone. His dead pupils fluctuated slightly, as if Yue Qing and Zhang Qing'er were by his side, and for a moment, he seemed to be even more lonely.
The night became deeper, and his shadow on the mountain path seemed to melt into the darkness, unconsciously, he returned to Tianqing Courtyard, unconsciously stopped in front of Ye Lang's door, standing there without moving, in a trance, watching the lights in the house jump and jump, and the shadows on the window paper.
After another moment, he did not knock on the door, but pushed it open, and the creaking sound of the door made some movement in the room.
"Hey, junior brother, are you here?" Ye Lang's familiar voice came into his ears, which made his chaotic brain a little clearer, raised his head, he looked at the gentle face, suddenly a little restrained, with us a little overwhelmed, standing at the door, like a fish in his throat.
“...... What's wrong?" Ye Lang smiled lightly, but soon discovered Ji Fan's problem, only to see that his breath was chaotic, his hair was messy, his lips were pale and chapped, and his immature face was bloodless, and his eyes, which were originally clear and deep, were extremely empty at this time, as if his soul had been extracted, and when he approached, he subconsciously took a step back.
Ye Langjian frowned slightly, glanced at several other brightly lit huts in the courtyard, and pulled him into the house. Ji Fan dragged his steps, as if he had left his soul, without any consciousness.
"Tell Senior Brother, what's wrong?" In the room, Ye Lang pressed his shoulders with both hands, looked directly at him and asked solemnly.
Ji Fan heard that his pupils moved, and he looked at the concerned face for a long time, and suddenly his eyes were red, and he cried out at once, Ye Lang's calm eyes changed instantly, it was the first time he saw Ji Fan so sad, and his sad voice was so sour, he stood there, opening his mouth to speak, and he was at a loss.
"What's wrong?"
"What's the situation with the little junior brother?"
"Why are you so sad?"
The cry alarmed Zhang Qing'er and Fan Ming, Yue Qing and Ye Lin also rushed over after hearing the sound, and the six brothers gathered together, but here...... But Kuritaki is missing.
After a long time, Ji Fan's crying fell, Ye Lang took a step forward, and asked seriously and nervously, "What's wrong, junior brother?"
And after crying, Ji Fan seemed to calm down a little, swept over the concerned people, sniffled like a child, and asked with red eyes: "Senior brother, do you know?"
An inexplicable sentence made everyone look at each other, but Ye Lang thought differently from them, hearing Ji Fan's question, his heart jumped, his eyes stared, and said, "What do you know?"
Ji Fan stared at his blank eyes mixed with other things, took a deep breath for a moment, and asked with some pain, "Do you know that I killed my master?"
As soon as the words came out, Ye Lang, Fan Ming and Yue Qing all changed color in the audience, Fan Ming hurriedly opened the door and looked outside, it seemed that he was inspecting Ye Hong's room, and found that there was no movement, so he closed the door tightly.
Zhang Qing'er and Ye Lin were at a loss, obviously they didn't know that there was also the character of Shi Niang.
Ye Lang lost his composure for a moment, swept over the others with raised eyebrows, and then looked at him with some sharp eyes and asked, "Who told you this?!"
Ji Fan laughed miserably in his heart, is this really the case in the secret way? He didn't answer, nor was he frightened by his fierce gaze, but looked at Ye Lang with begging eyes, and said with pleading in his voice: "Please, senior brother, tell me!"
The air in the room was instantly quiet, Ye Lang looked at him like this, opened his mouth, and sighed.
Fan Ming and Yue Qing looked solemn, they both looked at him and didn't speak, Ye Lin and Zhang Qing'er also surprisingly didn't interject at this moment, and also looked at the senior brother who was suddenly silent.
Ye Lang seemed to be also struggling psychologically, and after a while, he sighed heavily, as if he had something in his heart, and looked at him with some complexity: "Master's matter, in fact, I don't know very well, I was only five years old at the time, and the master and the master went out that year, but after a few days, only the master came back, and he also held a baby in his arms......"
Ye Lang's words stopped and looked at him, Ye Lin and Zhang Qing'er were shocked when they heard it, and their eyes widened in disbelief.
"That baby is me?" Ji Fan muttered over the words, looking at the glint in his clear eyes, and intuitively felt that he seemed to be hiding a lot.
So he looked him in the eye and asked, "Why am I the only concern of the master?"
Ye Lang's pupils shrank when he heard this, and he said in a low voice: "What do you know?!"
"Senior brother, tell me!" Ji Fan was unyielding.
Ye Lang glared, it was the first time he had seen Ji Fan so disobedient, and he lost his temper helplessly for a moment, and said complicatedly: "At that time, the master was covered in blood, his breath was chaotic, he held you in his arms, and said that you were the only concern of the master, and after that, the master never came back, and the master was depressed all day long......"
Ji Fan's body shook, these words did not directly point to him killing Shi Niang, but it may have something to do with him, after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly asked, "Is Shi Niang my mother?"
Ye Lang was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head in the surprised eyes of others, and said: "The master and the master are pro-plum sweethearts, they have no parents and children, and several of us were adopted back......"
Ji Fan nodded slowly, and at the same time exhaled a sigh of relief.
After hearing Li Qi and Ye Hong's words, he had a misunderstanding in his heart, the phrase 'the only concern' made him think that Shi Niang was his mother, and when he heard Ye Hong say that if it wasn't for his Shi Niang's death, he thought that he had weighed on his heart because he killed 'his own mother', so now that he knows that there is no blood relationship between the two, the only remaining guess in his heart is that Ye Hong and Shi Niang went out to meet him, and there was an accident that Shi Niang died because of him...
But what does the only concern mean?
From Ye Lang's words, it can be known that when Ye Hong and Shi Niang went out and brought him back, in just a few days, it can be said that they met in Pingshui, why did they rise to such a height in such a short period of time?
He didn't quite understand it.
......
"Do we still have a teacher?"
"I never knew there was any such thing......"
At this time, Ye Lin and Zhang Qing'er also tried to open their mouths to ask, and their expressions were quite gloomy, but they were much better than Ji Fan's depression.
Ji Fan felt very guilty about the hazy master in his heart, and suddenly stopped blaming Ye Hong for being so indifferent to him, and his heart was no longer so aggrieved and complicated, Ye Hong could hate him so much, maybe it was because of his reasons that led to the tragedy, or maybe it was because of him that he directly killed the master and killed the master's favorite person, Ye Hong was able to raise him for so many years, and it was considered benevolent and righteous not to kill him, he now felt that it was not too much!
For a moment, he temporarily suppressed the guilt in his heart, and continued to analyze this year-old matter, and suddenly seemed to think of something, some hope rose in his eyes, and asked Ye Lang: "My biological parents...... They... Are you still alive?..."
Since it was Shi Niang who saved him, not picked it up, this also indirectly shows that it is very likely that he was not abandoned, perhaps his biological parents were in a dangerous situation at that time, and they had to entrust him to Ye Hong and his wife...... Maybe it was some other reason, in short, this kind of discarding was not intentional, and the endless hatred in his heart suddenly began to subside, and he could even say that he was a little happy...... But soon he sighed again, since he appeared in the hands of Ye Hong and his wife, after so many years of seizure, his parents are likely to be unlucky......
Ye Lang thought about it, stared at him quietly with his eyes and said: "Where are your biological parents, I don't know very well, when the master came back, he seemed to be a different person, his face was gloomy all day, and no one dared to ask." ”
The tension in Ji Fan's heart eased slightly, and Ye Lang's words were ambiguous, but this was the best answer for him, at least, there was probably a glimmer of hope!
"Hey......" Ye Lang let out a long sigh, his eyes were stunned, and said, "Master's matter, maybe it has nothing to do with you, you were so young at the time......"
"Yes, junior brother, it's not your fault......" Ye Lin and Zhang Qing'er, who knew the reason for this matter, also said comfortingly.
Ji Fan shook his head, didn't listen to the comfort of a few people, hesitated, and asked, "Master...... What kind of person is she?"
Ye Lang's eyes were in a trance, as if he was recalling, and said, "She... Probably the best person in this world, gentle, kind, elegant..."
Ye Lang said, Ji Fan also sketched a gentle image of a woman in his mind, and then he was extremely sad, such a woman, because of herself, the master thought that it was quite desperate, how tormented Ye Hong's heart should be these years......
"By the way, you haven't told me yet, how did you know these things?" Ye Lang's eyes cleared a little, and he swept Fan Ming and Yue Qing faintly, as if there was anger beating.
Seeing this scene, Ji Fan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No one told me ......"
Ji Fan immediately told him about meeting Ye Hong and Li Qi, and when he finished listening, Ye Lang's expression was extremely ugly, and the other people were also in disbelief.
"What did you say?!"
"It can't be!"
After hearing this, everyone looked disbelieving, and couldn't accept it for a long time, and after a while, Zhang Qing'er cried directly, Ye Lin's face was also depressed, Yue Qing couldn't calm down, in self-conditioning, Fan Ming's face didn't have the smile of the past, it was gloomy and terrible.
"Uh......h The master has abandoned us......"
"What should we do......"
"How could Senior Brother Kuriki be like this......"
"Stealing the file is a big crime, and we will definitely die after the sect knows about it......"
The room was gloomy in an instant, and at this moment, Ye Lang stood up suddenly, his face couldn't tell whether it was terrible or sad, and strode out of the door.
"Senior brother!" Zhang Qing'er still had tears in her eyes, but she screamed worriedly, as if she wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Yue Qing.
Ji Fan looked at it complicatedly, this matter may be the most hurt, I'm afraid it's him.
Ye Lang turned his back to everyone, couldn't see his expression, and only stopped when he walked to Ye Hong's door, raised his arm, fixed for a long, long time, and pushed the door open......
"Squeak ......"
Several people looked nervously, as if they were still expecting a familiar figure standing there behind the door, but this was already an illusion, and they also knew that the expected figure could not be there, otherwise they would have made such a big move tonight, and they would have come out to scold.
The expressions of several people gradually became disappointed, and then despaired.
The door was pitch black, revealing a smell of emptiness, their faces were full of misery, Ye Lin shook suddenly, almost fell, or was supported by Zhang Qing'er, they were difficult to accept in their hearts, it was difficult to accept their master Ye Hong, he would really abandon them like this!
Ye Lang finally stepped in, and the lights in the room turned on for a moment, but he never came out again.
A few people outside also rushed in, Ji Fan's expression was complicated, in his impression, he had never stepped into this house, and he didn't even dare to approach it five feet away, but he should have walked into this familiar and unfamiliar room with anticipation and curiosity, but at this moment, he actually felt that his legs and feet were filled with lead, and every step was very heavy.
The room is very neat, plain and elegant, the familiar smell is still permeating the room, everything is neatly placed, the windows are bright and clean, antique, but the person is no longer there.
"The master doesn't want us anymore...... Woo ......" Zhang Qing'er cried again, looking sad.
"We ...... It's really over......" Ye Lin said miserably.
Yue Qing and Fan Ming looked gloomy, and Ye Lang stood in front of the desk, his eyes were calm and deep, and he didn't move at all, and he was still holding a letter in his hand.
Ji Fan Muran joined in this gloomy cloud, stopped next to Ye Lang, and looked at the letter in a daze, there were only eight words on it.
Tonight, let's talk about the old place.
But looking at the creases on this paper, I am afraid that a long time has passed. Ji Fan looked at the letter on the table, there was no payment on it, there was no sender, the same as the letter he saw in the abandoned mansion today...... Wait a minute!
"Hiss......"
Ji Fan gasped, the letter, the handwriting on this letter was exactly the same as the strange letter he saw in the attic of the abandoned garden!
............