Chapter 8: Southern Trouble
In the early morning, the sky was cloudy, and a few sparrows were jumping on the plum branches, chirping and chattering.
In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, a hearty laugh came out, startling the birds on the branches.
I saw that the city lord Xiao Yan was sitting in the high hall, he looked majestic, he didn't smile on weekdays, and he was also full of smiles at this time, "This time you are here, Ah Lan will be happy for several days." ”
Lin Zhi, who was sitting upright below, nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, there is still a lot of trouble." ”
When He Lan heard this, he pretended to be angry and said, "Sister Azhi, what are you still polite to us, but you still think that you can live forever." ”
"Yes, it doesn't hurt to stay there forever. But then again, who is trying to harm you, but what are the clues? Xiao Yan echoed.
Lin Zhi shook his head, looking distressed, "I can't see clearly, I have a white mask." I only knew that he had silver hair and a very young voice, and he knew at a glance that we were from the Qi family. After a slight hesitation, he continued: "As soon as the man came, he threatened to take Xiaoyue away. ”
Everyone was surprised, and their eyes were cast on the girl in the hall, only to see that she was sleepy-eyed and even dozed off.
There was a burst of laughter.
Qi Yue woke up and looked at her grandmother with a puzzled face, "Grandma, what's wrong, what are you laughing at?" ”
"Xiaoyue, you are rude, why do you still sleep well." Lin Zhi pretended to be angry, but the smile in his eyes did not decrease.
"Rude? It's really rude. With an embarrassed smile, Qi Yue embarrassed to disturb his head.
secretly complained, blaming grandma for chatting happily with Aunt Lan last night, and she didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and the laughter of the two often woke her up.
"Haha, it doesn't matter." Xiao Yan said with a smile.
His eyes fell on his wife, recalled in his mind, and continued: "Madam, do you still remember that the emperor set up a banquet for the eldest princess's birthday the year before last, and invited a group of our city lords to go to the banquet. ”
He Lan nodded, "Remember, all the famous families in Beijing have gone, and the scene is grand." ”
"But remember that there was also a silver-haired man at the banquet." Xiao Yan picked up the hot tea and drank it all.
He Lan was silent, falling into memory, and suddenly a figure flashed in his mind, and he shouted in surprise, "I remember, there was a silver-haired man, and I whispered to you at that time, just to discuss his young age, his hair was gray, and he looked feminine like a woman. ”
"I remember who it was." Xiao Yan's eyes were doting, and he felt helpless about his wife's sometimes babbling.
"Alan, who is it?" Lin Zhi on the side also asked anxiously.
"That man is in the seat of the Situ family, he must be from the Situ family." Heran affirmed.
"Situ family? I have never seen such a silver-haired man in the Situ family, and he has been away from home for too long, and I don't know about many changes in Kyoto. Lin Zhi looked melancholy.
Now the known Tang family has been peeping at the Qi family for a long time, but why did the Situ family catch Xiaoyue and a child?
Is it right or wrong, old man, to go back this time? He shouldn't have been left alone.
Noticing that grandma was abnormal, Qi Yue hurriedly comforted, "Grandma, you don't have to worry, now we are at Aunt Lan's house, but it is safe." ”
He Lan agreed, looking at Qi Yue's eyes, the love was better than words, "The little girl is right, Sister Azhi, you don't have to think too much, wait for Brother Qi to come back and discuss countermeasures, and now you can stay here with peace of mind." ”
"Well, everything will be planned when the old man returns." Lin Zhi was helpless, she couldn't cultivate, she didn't have the ability to pass through the sky, and she couldn't take Xiao Yue to investigate anything.
The crowd stopped talking about it, and the atmosphere became a little silent.
Suddenly, a small guy outside the hall hurried over, looking happy and his eyebrows fluttering. He knelt down on one knee, raised his hand in salute, and said excitedly: "Back to the master, madam, the little young master is back, and now he has got off the carriage and is coming towards the hall." ”
He Lan got up excitedly, "Are you really back?" ”
The little guy nodded and said yes again and again.
"Great, my son, I'm back." He Lan clapped his hands happily, stepped forward and grabbed his master's hand, ready to greet him outside the door.
Xiao Yan was slightly stunned, and then laughed, "Madam is calm, Feng'er is outside the door, don't worry." ”
"Can you not be in a hurry, but I haven't seen our son for a year." He Lan was disgusted, shook off the old man, and looked at the door alone.
Xiao Yan looked at Lin Zhi and the others with a smile, "Don't be surprised, she is like this, she misses this little son too much." ”
"Hahaha, how can you be weird, Ah Lan's temperament hasn't changed at all." Lin Zhi said with a smile.
Outside the door, a figure came from far and near, and Qi Yue tilted his head to look. I saw a young man wearing a black brocade robe and a black fox fur, with a tall posture and a tall man. Against the light, she couldn't see what he looked like, only vaguely saw him wearing an ink crown on his head, striding like flying.
"Father, mother, son is back." The man had already arrived in the hall and bowed to Xiao Yan and his wife.
This person is the youngest son of the city lord's mansion, Xiao Chifeng, who is the fourth in line.
Only then did Qi Yue see his appearance clearly, he was young and heroic, handsome, and his expression was confident and calm.
What a handsome young man.
Where is it like the bad fox of Siyin, who has a cold personality all day long, and he doesn't like to speak!
"Feng'er, why are we still coming to these red tapes, hurry up, it's cold on the ground." He Lan hurriedly stepped forward to help, holding his son's hand excitedly, "You are back, you really lost a lot of weight." ”
"It's good to come back, I've seen your Aunt Lin soon." Xiao Yan was also very pleased, and looked at his son and motioned for him to salute Lin Zhi next to him.
"Yes, yes, I was so excited that I forgot about you Aunt Lin, blame me, blame me." Helan chimed in.
Looking at his mother like this, Xiao Chifeng smiled helplessly, turned around and bowed to Lin Zhi with a respectful expression, "I've seen Aunt Lin, my mother often mentions you to me, and today I finally saw you in person." ”
Lin Zhi hurriedly helped him, "Good boy, get up quickly." Then he looked at Qi Yue to the side and beckoned, "Xiao Yue, come and see your brother Feng." ”
stepped forward obediently, Qi Yue bowed, "Brother Feng is good." ”
"Little sister doesn't need to be polite." Xiao Chifeng said with a smile, and then looked at the girl in front of him a little.
I saw that she looked really young, I am afraid that she is only in her early tens, the baby fat on her little face has not faded, a pair of eyes with aura, and her little tiger teeth are slightly exposed when she laughs, and the whole person is a cute and gentle little girl next door.
sighed in his heart, his mother had mentioned to him before that Aunt Lin had a little granddaughter and intended to marry her. Now it seems that he is still just a little doll, he is a dignified seven-foot man, and in two years it will be the year of the weak crown, this is not to call him a bully to others, what is the difference between raising a child and a daughter-in-law.
Mother, mother, how do you always think unbelievable. Xiao Chifeng shook his head secretly, the more he thought about it, the more speechless he became.
"Don't stand, just sit down." Xiao Yan greeted, took a sip of hot tea, "Remember for my father, now is not the time for vacation, what is the important matter when Feng'er comes back this time?" ”
"Father, do you know that this year it was very cold in the south, and it snowed heavily in several jurisdictional cities near Yukun Mountain, and it fell for two months in a row. The people complained of bitterness, and many crooked and evil sects took advantage of the chaos to make things worse. The Yang Ling Academy has the highest prestige among them, so it sent the top twenty students in the academy to investigate. Xiao Chifeng was very sad and indignant, and continued: "In the Yang Ling Academy, the Great Elder Qin Huan is the most respected, and he once pointed out to these students of our mountain that some people from the Ghost Clan took advantage of the chaos to sneak in and collude with those crooked evil sects. In the past two months, fifty children have been lost, and all of them are twelve or thirteen-year-old girls. ”
Picking up the hot tea and drinking it all, "Father, I also want to borrow some manpower from you when I come back this time." Now that the south is in turmoil, we in the north can't sit idly by, the people of the ghost clan are evil and evil, everyone should be united and expel them back to the Void Jedi. ”
Xiao Yan nodded, and the pleasant smile on his face had long since disappeared, "I've heard that the heavy snow in the north is abnormal, and the people are not happy, but I didn't expect that there would be ghost clans involved, and they would make a difference." ”
With a wave of his hand, the attendant standing on the side stepped forward.
"Go and pass on the Jiang chief." Xiao Yan commanded.
The attendants obeyed the order and retired.
He Lan was worried, thinking that her son was just going to take a vacation when he came back this time, so he couldn't help but say: "Feng'er, you must be more careful, listening to you, I am really worried about my mother." ”
"Mother, don't worry. My father passed on the leader of Jiang, and he must have asked him to accompany him, and I will definitely be safe with him. Xiao Chifeng hurriedly comforted, and then turned his head to look at his father, "Father, you can comfort and comfort your mother, you can suppress her temper." ”
Xiao Yan laughed and looked at He Lan, "Leader Jiang's realm of great achievement, there will be no mistakes with Feng'er." Madame, rest assured. ”
"Ugh." How can she rest assured that her son finally came back once after going out, but it was for those things that were in danger.
"Yes, Ah Lan, you don't have to worry too much." Lin Zhi also comforted.
But her heart turned a thousand times, all that Xiao Chifeng said was a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, isn't this the same age as Xiaoyue, could it be that the Situ family has colluded with the ghost clan? In the past, the Tang family started to be in chaos, and then the Situ family made a stumbling block, and the Qi family was really about to change.
I don't know if the old man has received a note entrusted to Xiaoyun......
At this time, the leader of Jiang outside the hall finally arrived, he stepped forward and saluted on one knee, hugged his fists and said, "Jiang Han has seen the city lord and the city lord's wife." ”
Jiang Han, the right-hand man of the city lord, is also a genius in cultivation, knows three kinds of techniques, and is in the realm of Dacheng. When he was young, he followed Xiao Yan to travel all over the world, and now that he is middle-aged, the two have a deep friendship.
Xiao Yan raised his hand and said politely: "Leader Jiang doesn't have to be polite. He turned his head to look at the maidservant on the side, "Give me a seat, serve tea." ”
"Thank you, city lord." Jiang Han sat down, took a sip of hot tea, and then asked, "What does the city lord have to do this time?" ”
"There is chaos in the north, crooked sects are rampant, and they collude with the ghost clan to cause chaos. Feng'er is going to investigate and quell the chaos, and I want to send you along, but I also do my best to fight Wucheng. ”
Jiang Han nodded yes and agreed to go along.
On the side, Xiao Chifeng hugged his fists and saluted to express his gratitude, "There is Uncle Lao Jiang." ”
Jiang Han nodded and said politely: "Young Master Feng is polite, there is a foreign trouble, and we in Wucheng should help by ourselves." ”
Unbeknownst to everyone, on the roof of the thick snow, a snow-white fox lay lazily in the snowdrift, staring at the tall tower in the distance, thoughtful.
It's the sound of the voice.
He heard what everyone in the house said clearly, the south was the closest to the enchantment of Zhenkun Mountain, and now even the ghost clan had infiltrated.
I'm afraid those old guys in the clan can't wait......