Section 5: Ye Xiaotian

Standing in the valley, Sancai Fort is like a city in a basin, and it is originally an easy place to defend and difficult to attack. Ye Xiaotian, Nangong Dirong and Jinxi rushed out of the fort, went up along the peripheral mountain road, and detoured for several miles, only then did they get out of the sphere of influence of Sancai Fort's three-mile surrounding mountain.

Nangong Dirong looked at the mountains and fields silently, knowing that the Peng brothers were not chasing after her, so she began to narrate: "Hello Brother Ye, the little sister is Nangong Dirong, the sister of Nangong Jiu, and it is a great honor to meet for the first time. She took off her veil, revealing her delicate face, and blessed Ye Xiaotian again.

Ye Xiaotian turned a blind eye, he glanced around, and then waved his hand and said, "Jianghu people, don't do this." ”

Seeing that his wound was still bleeding, Nangong Dirong hurriedly took out the handkerchief and was about to hand it to him. Ye Xiaotian took a step back vigilantly, and said coldly: "Ye can cook by himself." ”

was rejected twice in a row, Nangong Dirong looked very embarrassed, and she didn't know whether to still put it or withdraw her outstretched hand, so she could only freeze. Jinxi was furious: "My young lady is very kind, why are you so ignorant? If it weren't for our eldest lady to come to the rescue, would you be able to escape from Sancai Castle?"

"Jinxi! Nangong Dirong peeked at Ye Xiaotian, and saw that he didn't pay attention to Jinxi's scolding, but only took care of the bleeding acupoint, tore off the cuffs on his clothes, and bandaged his shoulders and calves simply.

Di Rong straightened her mind and said cautiously: "Jin Xi is rude, please don't be surprised by Brother Ye." Well, I just don't know, what is Brother Ye looking for his brother?"

"Miss Nangong, let's get straight to the point, don't you know Brother Ling's current situation?" Ye Xiaotian's eyes stared at the phoenix on Nangong Dirong's clothes, and said lightly. He already knew her identity in his heart, so why bother to make unnecessary temptations?

Di Rong's face turned red, and then said, "Not bad." It's a pity that when the little sister and the ninth brother separated that day, they didn't know, didn't know that there was such a big thing in the family, my father actually ......" She couldn't stop her emotions when she said this, her lips trembled, her voice was choked, and the second half of the sentence was no longer able to continue.

Ye Xiaotian didn't look over her head and let her pick it up by herself. Di Rong said slowly: "Two days ago, my little sister was besieging the 'flying disaster' in an inn, and it happened that the ninth brother passed by to help me solve my difficulties. But then Brother Jiu said some inexplicable words and left in a hurry. The little sister was puzzled, so she had to plan to go home first. On the way home, I heard people talk about the tragedy at home, and mentioned Sancai Fort. Xiaomei thought to herself that this series of conspiracies must be related to Sancai Fort, so she only explored at night. ”

Ye Xiaotian nodded, he likes straightforward people, because he himself is so straightforward. After Nangong Dirong was tempted in the first sentence, he found out his character, so he changed the woman's cowardly posture and directly stated the cause and effect, which instantly made him feel intimate.

Ye Xiaotian said: "At the beginning of this year, my teacher died of illness. He gave me the dragon's spine and asked me to take over the firmament. At this time, Ye realized that he still had two senior brothers. The elder brother has a bad character, he likes to pick flowers and do evil, so don't mention it. Although the second senior brother is a registered disciple, he is not a treacherous person, and his teacher also praises him a lot. ”

Di Rong listened to him finish speaking, and then said: "Dye Yu Dao Chief's internal strength is profound, and he actually passed away, it must be because your senior brother did evil and was depressed. ”

"Not bad. Ye Xiaotian sighed rarely: "The teacher's last order was originally to ask Ye to clean the portal for him. ”

Nangong Dirong was gloomy, she lowered her eyebrows, and said softly: "Then Brother Ye's original plan to come to the Central Plains on this trip should be to find out the whereabouts of your senior brother, how could he be involved in the incident of his brother?"

Ye Xiaotian saw that she had already guessed, so he said, "You guessed correctly. Ye's trip was indeed to investigate the whereabouts of my senior brother, and if he could be captured back to Diancang, he could also comfort his teacher's spirit in the sky. Therefore, after Ye buried his teacher, he immediately went down to Cangshan, entered Sichuan, went out of Shaanxi, and went to the Central Plains, all the way to explore. ”

He paused and said, "However, it backfired, Ye Mou paid attention everywhere, but there was no trace of that person, but along the way, the news of the second senior brother of Nangong was spread." ”

Nangong Dirong asked timidly, "Brother Ye...... Where did you hear those rumors? "The reason why she is timid is from the heart. The farther these rumors spread, the more unfavorable it was to Nangong Jiu.

"I don't know about the southern Sichuan blockage. Shaanxi and Gansu are all heard of each other. His words remained simple.

Nangong Dirong bit her lip and said nothing. Ye Xiaotian was also silent. Although Jinxi was anxious and worried, she didn't dare to say much. The three of them walked for another stick of incense before Di Rong broke the silence and said an astonishing statement: "Someone must have framed my ninth brother!"

"Oh?" Ye Xiaotian was interested, and a smile appeared on his indifferent face.

Di Rong was not in a hurry to answer, but pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "Regardless of the authenticity of hearsay, the sneak attack on my Nangong family by the Star Picking Tower alone only happened less than ten days, but this news has spread thousands of miles away, as if it happened today, and the next day it has been heard all over the world, if someone didn't deliberately design it, it must not be!"

Ye Xiaotian bowed his head and said, "The girl's analysis is very reasonable. When Ye first heard the news, he was also so skeptical. But doubt is just doubt after all, and if you don't have evidence, no one will believe you. What's more, you are also Nangong Jiu's sister-in-law. ”

Nangong Dirong said: "Brother Ye is right. But it is precisely because Di Rong and Brother Jiu have lived together since childhood, and they have been cold and hot for more than 20 years, knowing that he is a decent person, he will never do such a shameless thing. She gritted her silver teeth and said hatefully: "This whole thing is aimed at my Nangong family, this is a conspiracy to plunge my Nangong family into a place of no return!"

Ye Xiaotian's lips squirmed, as if he wanted to speak and stopped, Nangong Dirong saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Ye, is the little sister wrong in her analysis?" ”

"You're not wrong. Ye Xiaotian said: "It's just that Ye thinks that this conspiracy is not only aimed at the Nangong family, but against the entire Northern Martial Arts!"

"What?" Jinxi listened attentively, and couldn't help but cry out at this time.

"Is this true? Brother Ye has heard some other news? Otherwise, how dare he make a conclusion next time?" Di Rong asked. She has not been with Ye Xiaotian for a long time, but she knows that he is easy not to speak, and his words must be well-founded. Even if he can't be sure that this matter must be true, since he has exported, he must be more than seventy percent sure. What's more, before Ye Xiaotian said this, she had already thought so.

"What Ye heard not only includes the family affairs of Nangong, but also the treasure of Sancai Castle. ”

"Ah, could it be that the hundred-year-old Poria cocos and the ......" Nangong Dirong hurriedly covered her lips.

"It seems that the girl has also learned. He looked at Di Rong's slightly frightened pupils, and the two of them instantly understood: "The news that Sancai Fort has obtained two treasures is flying all over the sky, and Poria is just that, so how can the second treasure not provoke the martial arts people in the north and even the martial artists in the world to chase after it? At that time, there will be chaos north of the Yellow River, and no matter which side gets this treasure at that time, it will definitely be greatly damaged." Obviously, the initiator of this conspiracy not only wants to destroy the Nangong family, but also to destroy the wealthy families second only to the Nangong family such as Sancai Fort in a greedy burn. ”

"Smack!" made Di Rong and Jinxi wake up, but it was Ye Xiaotian who slapped his thigh. "What's wrong with Brother Ye?" asked Di Rong. Ye Xiaotian shook his head: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have killed Gou Shuo in a moment of anger, he must know something." ”

"Yes, although my Nangong family and Sancai Fort have never been on good terms, he constantly provoked the fight between the two families in his words, and when the matter came, it was the posture of the conspirator that he committed to Sancai Castle. Nangong Dirong said.

Ye Xiaotian shook his head and said, "Ye thinks that Gou Shuo is just a soldier, and the mastermind is not this person. This person's martial arts skills are not high, but he is slippery, and his light skills are not bad, and he used to be a thief businessman who exchanged news from the rivers and lakes for money. And most of the underworld in Shaanxi and Gansu get the latest information through this 'flying disaster'. ”

Nangong Dirong said: "From this point of view, someone must have bought Gou Shuo and let him spread the news of my Nangong family to the rivers and lakes, which made my Nangong family's prestige greatly lost." But since this is not the work of Sancai Castle, then who could it be?"

"Nangong girl, the news from Gou Shuo is not only not good for the Nangong family, but also not good for Sancai Castle, but he still appeared in the Peng family, so it can be seen that the Peng family does not know. Moreover, Ye felt that Sancai Fort did not get that thing, and all this was just a rumor released by the conspirator. Wait, but if Sancai Fort really didn't get that thing, wouldn't this rumor be self-defeating?"

Ye Xiaotian couldn't stop thinking, and the three of them had walked to the avenue unconsciously. At this time, the sky has become white, and it seems that it is the time of day, and there are many tall forests and trees on the left side of the road, and many weeds on the right side. Ye Xiaotian suddenly stopped and muttered to himself: "'The dragon fights in the wild, its blood is yellow', 'The dragon fights in the wild, and its path is poor'...... What does this proverb mean?"

Nangong Dirong saw Ye Xiaotian's eyebrows tightly locked, and said something in her mouth that she couldn't understand, she was worried in her heart, and said unconsciously: "Brother Ye, what are you talking about 'Dragon Fighting in the Wild'? I seem to have heard my father mention it." ”

"Ahh

Nangong Dirong said: "I remember that it was a winter day three years ago, and in a few days it will be Chinese New Year's Eve. It was still snowing that day, and the three of us brothers and sisters accompanied our father and mother to enjoy the snow in the hall. Brother Yuan is reading, in addition to being good at martial arts, he also likes to read. Brother Nine was wiping his sword, and he had only changed to his broadsword after that year, and I remember that it was the first time he had wiped his new sword. I accompanied my mother to talk about some things, and in a glance, I saw my father standing alone in front of the steps, watching the snow flying, without saying a word. She spoke slowly, as if reminiscing about the words as she remembered the past.

Ye Xiaotian couldn't bear her to talk about family affairs, but he thought about it: "Nangong Feifeng is dead, Yuan Jiu cannibalism, and the Nangong family can be said to be ruined." Although she is a woman, after all, she is a woman, and it is not surprising that she is inevitably emotional when she recalls the warmth of the past at this moment. ”

"When I saw that my father was lonely, I quit my mother, walked to his side, and asked him what he was thinking. Daddy said, 'It's late for snow this year. I didn't understand the meaning of his words, but he smiled bitterly and said, "Life has been going for decades, and it is fleeting in a blink of an eye." It is difficult to say whether the snow of today will be seen tomorrow. I said, 'Daddy, you are still young, why do you feel all this, you look at you, you don't have a single gray hair.' Daddy shook his head and sighed: "Rong'er, when you sing about wine, life is geometric, such as morning dew, and the days are bitter. Dad is getting older day by day, it is inevitable, but the only thing I can't worry about is the proverb left by the Zhizong people after the battle that year. If his prophecy is true, then three years later, I am afraid that there will be another bloody storm in the martial arts. Whether the Nangong family can still exist in the rivers and lakes at that time is really unpredictable. ”

When Nangong Dirong said this, she suddenly lowered her brows, paused for a moment, and then said: "At that time, I didn't understand, so I only asked: 'What is a proverb?' My father didn't reply to me directly, but said: 'The mirror is broken, and the moon is short of flowers.'" Coming and going, things start safely. Gang and Rou were wounded in two battles, and their blood was yellow. Ryoma was repentant and stingy, and finally repented. There is no effective effect, and it is even more delayed to seek things. There are many punishments for lawsuits, and it is always not appropriate to give them. It is for the dragon to fight in the wild, and its blood is yellow. After my father had said this, he went into the inner hall and never came out, even for dinner. At the time, I didn't know what those awkward words meant, but I silently read them many times, so I still remember them a little bit. ”

Ye Xiaotian nodded, and unconsciously repeated the series of words that Nangong Dirong had just said, linking it with the series of events that happened a few days ago, and pondering the meaning between them.

"That's right, Brother Ye. Di Rong suddenly looked at Ye Xiaotian, and said with a twinkle in her eyes: "Little sister, little sister has a question, I don't know whether to ask it or not." Ye Xiaotian said: "Ask." ”

"Although Brother Ye and his brother are called senior brothers, they don't seem to have brotherly affection, why, why is Brother Ye so concerned about his brother's affairs?"

"Not bad. When Ye Xiaotian saw her asking, he had to stop thinking and said, "I don't know Nangong Jiu, and I can't talk about any friendship with him. The reason why I am concerned about this matter is because I know that he is not the murderer of his father!"

"Ah!?" This time, not only Jinxi, but even Nangong Dirong couldn't hide the emotions in his heart: "Since Ye Xiaotian can say such a sure thing, then he must have obtained some evidence! It is enough evidence to prove that Nangong Jiu is innocent." ”

Nangong Dirong didn't ask, because she knew that Ye Xiaotian would definitely say the next words.

Ye Xiaotian stroked the scabbard of the Dragon's Spine Sword, recalling the scene of that day.