Section 46 The Deceased
Bianjing City West, Longxiang Inn.
At dusk, an old man in a sixtieth armor walked straight to the counter with a long sword in his hand and a bag on his shoulder. The shopkeeper Long Xiaotian was burying his head in the abacus, and when he noticed that someone was coming, he looked up, and couldn't help but be stunned, and said in surprise: "Dongfang...
The old man was none other than Dongfang Immortal, and said with a faint smile: "Shopkeeper Long, do you still have to pick guests when you open an inn?"
Long Xiaotian said with a smile on his face: "Where, where? Distinguished guests are coming to the door, and they are shining! Senior, please come here." ”
When the two of them came to the inner room, Long Xiaotian saluted Dongfang Immortal and said, "What is the matter with the old man coming to Bianjing this time? ”
Dongfang Immortal paused and said, "Do you remember what happened six years ago?"
Long Xiaotian sighed, and said with a lonely expression: "I still remember the events of that year..."
Dongfang Immortal listened to his narration, but it was not much different from what Dongfang Xiu said, so he asked, "Did Jin'er come later?"
Long Xiaotian shook his head and asked pretending to be surprised: "By the way, Brother Dongfang is okay now, why didn't he go with his predecessors this time?"
Dongfang Immortal secretly said in his heart: Longxiang Inn is a mixed place of three religions and nine streams in the rivers and lakes, if you want to say who is the most well-informed in the rivers and lakes, it is of course Longxiang Inn, which is the so-called "do not go out of the house, know the world". But looking at him like this, could it be that he really didn't know Jin'er's whereabouts? So he sighed and said, "I don't want you to say that Jin'er has been missing for more than six years!"
"This..." Long Xiaotian looked surprised, "The seniors are here for the Dongfang brothers this time?"
Dongfang Immortal nodded slowly and said, "The old man is sleepy, arrange a room for me!"
"Okay, okay, senior, please come with me. Long Xiaotian said with a smile on his face.
When the two came to the guest room, Dongfang Immortal gently put the burden on his shoulders and the long sword in his hand on the table, and looked at the room, and said, "Shopkeeper Long, you go and get busy first, the old man is a little sleepy, and he needs to rest for a while." ”
"That's good, you always rest first, and if you have anything, you can directly order Long. Long Xiaotian arched his hand towards Dongfang Immortal, then exited the room, gently closed the door, and glanced at the burden on the table.
In the middle of the night, Dongfang Immortal lay down in his clothes, lying on the bed, although his eyes were closed, he did not sleep. At this moment, there seemed to be a movement outside the house, Dongfang Immortal grabbed the Xuanlong Sword next to him and got up to open the door to visit, but saw a black shadow flashing, Dongfang Immortal covered the door and followed without hesitation.
The black shadow turned onto the roof, and the two of them ran on the roof, and after a few ups and downs, they had already jumped over the city wall and ran into the woods on the outskirts. Dongfang Immortal suddenly exerted his strength behind the black shadow, and his right hand turned into a grappling hand and grabbed the black shadow's shoulder, the black shadow leaned over, and took out the long sword in his hand and swept towards Dongfang Immortal with his backhand, Dongfang Immortal did not take out the sword, only held the scabbard in his left hand to block. In an instant, the two have already exchanged several moves.
Dongfang Immortal felt that the other party's swordsmanship path was actually very familiar, and he was overjoyed and surprised in his heart, and decided to uncover the face of the black shadow. Dongfang Immortal does not do two endlessly, Xuanlong Sword out of the sheath, cast the peerless "Immortal Thirty-six Style", the black shadow is not an opponent, after a few moves, there is only the ability to parry and no power to fight back, Dongfang Immortal ripped off the black shadow's scarf, revealing a strange but familiar face, it was actually an old man over fifty years old, looking at each other, the two sides couldn't help but be stunned.
"Xiahou Fu, is that you, Brother Xiahou!" Dongfang Immortal asked in surprise.
The black shadow turned away from his face, put the long sword in his hand into the sheath, slowly turned around, his voice was choked, and he gritted his teeth and said to Dongfang Immortal: "Big brother!"
"It's really your brother Xiahou, it's been more than 20 years, it's been more than 20 years!" Dongfang Immortal also burst into tears, and the two old men clasped their hands tightly.
"Why are you here? Let's go, let's go back to the inn and talk about it. Dongfang Immortal pulled Xiahou to reply.
"Big brother, brother, I can't go back with you, I'm sorry..."
Dongfang Immortal was stunned by Xiahou Fu's sudden escape, but he was helpless, looked at the direction in which Xiahou Fu disappeared and shook his head, and then ran towards the city with a few ups and downs.
Dongfang Immortal returned to the inn, everything seemed to be normal, he glanced at the burden on the table, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and then lay back on the bed, his already fluctuating mood was even more uncalm because of Xiahou Fu's sudden appearance.
In the early morning of the next day, Dongfang Immortal had just gotten up, and the shopkeeper knocked lightly on the door outside the house and said, "Dongfang senior, the shopkeeper ordered the little one to send you breakfast." ”
Dongfang Immortal opened the door and asked the shopkeeper to put it on the table early, and said, "It's hard work, little second brother." ”
"The old-timers are polite, this is what the small ones should do. The shopkeeper put down the dishes and chopsticks and went out.
Dongfang Immortal stared at the breakfast on the table, but he was unceremoniously, picked up the dishes and chopsticks and ate them.
"Tuk!tuk!" came a knock at the door.
"Come in!" said Dongfang Immortal casually.
"Did you sleep well last night?" The door creaked open, and a person who came in asked with a smile on his face, it was Long Xiaotian, the shopkeeper of the inn.
Dongfang Immortal said lightly while eating breakfast: "I slept okay, but there was a little ghost who mischievous last night and made a noise about the old man's dream, I don't know how you became the king of Yama?"
"Haha!haha!" Long Xiaotian laughed dryly, walked over to the table and sat down, and said with a little embarrassment, "How can a little ghost dare to bother you, the old man?
Dongfang Immortal glanced at Long Xiaotian, continued to eat, and said while eating: "What, the old man will still wronged you?
Long Xiaotian said with a smile on his face: "The old-timers are serious, Long's hospitality is not good, the hospitality is not good! Today, at noon, Long has prepared a little wine and side dishes, which were originally designed for the old-timers to catch the wind and wash the dust, but now they can just pay for last night's incident, and please appreciate the old-timers!"
Dongfang Immortal put down the dishes and chopsticks, arched his hand towards Long Xiaotian and said: "The old man has the heart of the dragon shopkeeper, but the old man still has important things to do today, I hope the dragon shopkeeper will forgive me." ”
"The seniors are for the sake of the Eastern Brothers, since this is the case, it is inconvenient for Long to say more, if you need Long, please ask the seniors to order at any time. Long Xiaotian bowed his hand and saluted back.
"Well said, well said. Dongfang Immortal raised his hand and said, "There is a royal family compound in the north of this Bianjing City, can the dragon shopkeeper know where it came from?"
Long Xiaotian thought for a while and said: "I heard that the Wang family's compound in the north of the city is a big family, it seems that someone is an official in the court, and the specific situation is not very clear to Long. You also know that I am a guest here, and I can know a little about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, but I don't know much about the rest. ”
Dongfang Immortal saw that Long Xiaotian couldn't ask a reason for it, so he said: "Okay! Okay! There are many things in the inn, so you can go and get busy with you first!"
"That's good, Long won't fight anymore, and if there is something to do, the seniors will tell him. Long Xiaotian said as he put away the dishes and chopsticks on the table, put them in the tray and served them.
"You're welcome!" said Dongfang Immortal.
After sending Long Xiaotian away, Dongfang Immortal sat there alone and thought for a moment, then went out with the Xuanlong Sword and the baggage.
North of Bianjing City, Wang's compound.
Dongfang Immortal walked straight forward, and there were four big men with swords on their waists standing at the gate, one of them shouted at Dongfang Immortal, "Hey! What are you doing?"
Dongfang Immortal arched his hand and said: "The old man is a person from the Dongfang Dart Bureau, and he wants to meet your prince." ”
Dahan looked Dongfang Immortal up and down and said, "You wait here first, and wait for me to go in first to report." ”
"It's hard work!" Dongfang Immortal arched his hand, and then slowly walked back and forth, looking at this royal compound, just this hall is extraordinary, and it is by no means an ordinary family.
After a while, the big man who reported came out, waved his hand towards Dongfang Immortal and said, "It's a coincidence that you came today, my son-in-law is not in the house, you better come back another day." ”
Dongfang Immortal was stunned when he heard this, and asked with a smile: "I don't know where your son-in-law has gone, when will he come back?"
"I don't know about this, let's go, let's go, you better come back another day. The big man said with a wave.
Dongfang Immortal knew that it was useless to say more, so he simply walked away.
Dongfang Immortal has not actually left, and has been hiding in the dark and watching the gate of the palace, paying attention to the people who enter and exit. Until noon and then dusk, the East has not left half a step throughout the day. Even though the rice has not been eaten and the water has not been touched, Dongfang Immortal does not seem to be hungry. The sky gradually darkened, and the four big men who guarded the courtyard also entered the courtyard, and no one entered or left the palace for a whole day.
There was no moon, the twilight gradually darkened, and the night grew thicker. Dongfang Immortal quietly walked out, surrounded the courtyard wall of the Wang family's compound, found a secluded place, looked around at no one, gently jumped up and looked at the courtyard, and then crossed the courtyard wall and entered the courtyard.
The pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard are scattered, and there are more nursing homes to patrol back and forth. The Oriental Immortal Art Master was bold and found the main room through the night. There are lights and candles in the hall of the main house, as if there are figures shaking, and the east is not extinguished to the roof, gently uncovering the tiles, and peeking into the room.
There were five people in the room, each seated in a separate seat. The person sitting in the middle hall is a young student, dressed in a white robe and holding a folding fan. Two people sit on the left and right, one on the left is burly and the other is thin, the two on the right one is wearing a shawl, wearing a blue cloth gown, holding a folding fan in one hand, and the other is wearing a gray cloth gown, which is close to the sixtieth year.
Dongfang Immortal was on the roof, and he couldn't see everyone's faces clearly, but from everyone's demeanor, he concluded that the white-shirted descendant should be the prince of the king, and the rest were hard to guess, but the gray-shirted old man was a little familiar, and the long sword in his hand. Dongfang Immortal looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how could it be him?