Chapter 51: The Vigil
Ming Shi sat bored at the window, curiously looking at the scenery on the street, he had been cultivating with Ming Lao since he was a child, and he rarely had the opportunity to go to the town, let alone the most famous Moon Willow City, although he had been here for several days, but everything was still so new to Ming Shi. Ming Shi occasionally glanced at Ming Lao, he knew that the master went to the City Lord's Mansion last night, and after coming back from there, Ming Lao had been sitting on the bed and meditating in addition to eating, and Ming Shi had been staying in the room with Ming Lao, and went out in the middle with Ming Lao's permission, and soon came back again.
"Master, it's so late, will Ye Han still come?" Ming Shi suddenly asked.
"Go and have a pot of tea be prepared, and he'll be there in a minute. Ming Lao picked up the wooden staff, walked to the table and sat down. Ming Shi answered, went downstairs and asked people to prepare tea.
As soon as Ming Shi came downstairs, a figure appeared next to the window of the room, quietly looking at the people in the room.
"Since you're here, why don't you come in?" Ming Lao turned to look out the window, Ye Han knew that the person in front of him was a blind man, but when he looked here, Ye Han had a feeling of being seen through.
"Are you really my uncle?" Ye Han didn't go in, still standing outside the window.
"You came to me, didn't you already believe it?" Ming Lao said with a smile and said slowly, "When you were six years old, you didn't like to practice martial arts, I let you go to the cliff of the back mountain for three days, and I gave you a sword on your seventh birthday, and when you were eight years old, I ....." Ming Lao talked about Ye Han's childhood one by one, and after Ye Han heard about his eight years old, tears flowed down at some point, and he walked to Ming Lao and knelt down.
Ming Shi stood outside the door with a teapot, waited for a long time, and heard the sound inside slowly quieted down before pushing the door and walking in. "Master, the tea has been brought. Ming Shi nodded at Ye Han and poured two full teacups, one cup was handed to Ming Lao, and the other cup was given to Ye Han.
"Uncle, you came back this time to Qing... Cleaning the portal?" asked Yahan.
Ming Lao took a sip of tea, his face was indignant, "Killing his father and killing his brother, heaven and earth are intolerable, and now he wants to set off a war in the Southern Regions, he wants to destroy my Ye family's century-old foundation, how could I let him be so wrong." Han'er, I called you over this time, did I want to ask you, is it the same mistake as your beast father, or is it to revive Fengcheng?"
Ye Han was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth and whispered: "No matter what, he is my father, and my father is already in charge of the entire Maple City, uncle, you don't have a chance at all." ”
"Your father sat on the position of the city lord, and began to clean up the power in the family, creating today's Yiyantang, what he has done in the past few years has already caused a lot of dissatisfaction among many people, I have contacted those people in Fengcheng, and now there is a leader missing, and you are the best candidate. ”
Ye Han smiled bitterly: "Uncle, do you want me to betray my father and kill my father? If I really do it, won't I be the same as the father in your mouth? What about my mother, she will be the saddest one." ”
"I'm not asking you to kill your father, I'm just asking you to make a statement, you have to remember that this plan has already begun, it's better to have you, it's not bad without you. ”
Ye Han knelt on the ground, knocked his head a few times, and cried and said: "Uncle, I know that my father has done many wrong things, but can I spare his life, I don't want to see my mother sad." ”
Ming Shi couldn't bear it, but because of his identity, he couldn't say anything, which was really cruel for an eighteen-year-old boy.
Yun Sifan got lost, looking at the surrounding scenery, a forest obscured his vision, and he couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest. Yun Sifan looked up at the night sky and recalled the scene when the old beggar pointed the way out of the city.
Yun Sifan didn't have the slightest sense of direction in Yueliu City for the past two days, and went west after leaving the City Lord's Mansion, after crossing the city wall, Yun Sifan suddenly thought that he didn't know where Baiqi Mountain was, and was at a loss, and happened to catch a glimpse of an old beggar sleeping under the city wall. Yun Sifan stepped forward to wake him up, and the old beggar chattered as soon as he woke up. It turned out that this old beggar was begging for a living in Yueliu City, but unfortunately he came back from going out of the city to play and encountered the closure of the city, and he had been wandering outside the city for a few days. Yun Sifan was very sympathetic to his plight, and promised the old beggar to take him into the city when he came back, and the old beggar was overjoyed and told Yun Sifan to keep going east, and when he encountered a fork in the road, he could go west to Baiqi Mountain.
"Alas, where should I go now?" Yun Sifan shook his head, feeling that he had chosen a direction, and thought in his heart that as long as he kept walking, he would definitely be able to meet them.
At noon the next day, Yun Sifan casually found fruit in the woods to fill his stomach, and soon went out of the woods, there was a road in front of him, there was a woodcutter on the road, Yun Sifan was happy in his heart, and a few jumped in front of the woodcutter, this is an old man, and his rickety body is carrying a bundle of firewood. A person suddenly appeared in front of him, and the woodcutter suddenly took two steps back in fright, and looked up to see that it was a young man, "This little brother, blocking Lao Suo's way, I don't know what's going on?"
"Grandpa, I just want to ask how to get to Baiqi Mountain?"
"What? Pocky Mountain, little brother, it's a very dangerous place, what are you going to do there, a lot of people have died there. I advise you not to go. The woodcutter's face was terrified, as if he had thought of something terrible.
"Oh, I'm just going to find my friends, they're on their way to Pocky Mountain right now. ”
"I see, you, call them back quickly, it's too dangerous there, it's not worth losing your life. Come, I'll tell you a shortcut, I'll stop them before they enter the mountain," Yun Sifan leaned over and leaned his ears over, listening carefully to the path the woodcutter said, "You, you are going in the wrong direction, it just so happens that Lao Suo has been collecting firewood for a living for generations, and he knows this way, otherwise you will regret not stopping your friend." ”
Yun Sifan thanked him and quickly disappeared from the woodcutter's sight. The woodcutter glanced at it and walked forward slowly, "What a young man, not afraid of anything." ”
"Sister Yue'er, how far is it to get to Baiqi Mountain?" Nianyue and the two of them came out yesterday afternoon, and they didn't stay for a moment, and the food was also brought out from the house by themselves, so they simply ate a little.
Nian Yue turned her head to look at Bing Youxue and said, "At our speed, we can arrive tomorrow morning at the latest." Xiaoyou, I'm really sorry for letting you go to such a dangerous place with me. ”
"You said all the way, and besides, I volunteered to come along, and it has nothing to do with Sister Yue'er. If you say that, I'm going to be angry. Bing Youxue pretended to be angry.
"Okay, I'll just stop talking, let's go. "Nian Yue's eyes are extremely firm, no matter what, I won't let Xiao Yu be in danger.
They didn't know that there was a group of people in the other direction who were also moving in the direction of Baiqi Mountain, everyone was murderous and awe-inspiring, and their steps were uniform, and they looked like well-trained killers.
The sun sets, the stars rise, the breeze is blowing, and the temperature is just right. Nian Yue stopped, seeing Bing Youxue's puzzled expression, Nian Yue said with a smile: "It's coming soon, let's take a rest, if you're too tired, you won't be able to deal with the danger inside." ”
Nian Yue and the two found a vacant lot, lit a fire, took out the food from the package, there was vegetarian meat, Nian Yue handed Bing Youxue two pieces of flower shortbread, "You eat a little to cushion your stomach first, and I'll roast some meat." ”
The beating flames shone on the faces of the two men, and the fragrance drifted into the distance with the wind. "Wow, it smells so good!" suddenly came a voice from not far away. "What person?" Nian Yue and the two of them were taken aback, someone would appear here, Nian Yue reacted quickly, quickly pulled out her sword, and a sharp sword qi flew towards the sound source.
"Whew, it's so dangerous, it's almost two. Luckily I reacted quickly, haha, haha.." Bing Youxue stood next to Nian Yue, all on guard, staring ahead, the silk silk in her hand ready to strike at any time.
The black shadow slowly appeared, and in the backdrop of the firelight, it was seen clearly, Yun Sifan waved his hand at Nian Yue and the two, "That old man is really right, he really caught up," Yun Sifan ignored the stunned expressions of the two people, walked to the fire, and was about to eat the meat that was being roasted.
Nian Yue's hand was quick, snatched it over, and scolded: "Who let you eat, this is our dinner." I want to eat and catch it myself. ”
"But I'm so hungry that I haven't eaten for almost a day. Yun Sifan looked at the meat in Nianyue's hand with a blank eye, and his saliva was about to flow down.
"Here, you eat a little flower crisp first, this meat Sister Yue'er hasn't been roasted yet." Bing Youxue handed Yun Sifan a piece of flower cake, Yun Sifan took it with a smile and immediately took a bite, calling it delicious, he didn't expect that the things made from flowers were also so delicious.
"Why are you giving him food, wasting food. Nian Yue frowned and said, Bing Youxue smiled and didn't answer, took out some things from the package and handed them to Yun Sifan, seeing this, Nian Yue didn't want to say anything, and concentrated on roasting meat.
In the meadow not far away, there were three people sneaking up, and one of them said, "It's so fragrant, boss, I want to eat it too, or we will roast this messenger bird and eat meat." ”
The boss slapped the man on the head, "You give me a quiet moment, we are all found dead here, if you are not afraid of death, roast this messenger bird." ”
"Just kidding, boss. "Hmph, I didn't expect Miss Nianyue to really come here, tell the brothers, keep a good watch on me, if they go in and stop them, drag them to the second master." The Boss commanded.
"Yes. "Yes. ”
After eating and drinking, Yun Sifan patted his stomach with satisfaction, and the meat-Nianyue naturally gave it to Yun Sifan, and he ate most of it.
"If you came to ask me to go back, you tell my father that I won't go back if I can't get the medicine. Nian Yue picked a fire to make it a little stronger.
"No, Uncle Gui said that he was afraid that you would not know how to go back if you were playful, so he asked me to come and see you. Yun Sifan lay on the ground, looking at the starry night sky.
"yes, then you're going to have to watch it carefully. A smile appeared on Nian Yue's face, and she threw Yun Sifan a pot of water, "Tonight, you should keep vigil well, and Xiao You and I should have a good rest." ”
"What, but I'm tired too. Yun Sifan sat up and said to Nian Yue.
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