Chapter 11: The Ghost Domain
Hua Xie was surprised and delighted: "Brother Jueying, why are you? Why did you run to my sister's wine cellar in the middle of the night?" uh...... Could it be that the person they were going to arrest just now was ......?"
Shangguan Yu coughed unnaturally, lowered his voice and said embarrassedly: "The person inside just now is indeed me, but I just stole a few jars of wine for a while, and nothing else has anything to do with me." As he spoke, he glanced at the little girl complainingly: "If this little girl hadn't suddenly appeared, I wouldn't have been discovered by you, it's really unlucky!"
Hua Xie was amused by these words: "You came to my house to steal wine and were discovered, and said that you were unlucky, I think you deserve it, right!
Shangguan Yu was caught stealing wine and was already a loss of face, but he was still being teased by Hua Xie at this time, and his face became more and more unbearable, so he hurriedly glanced at him: "Okay, okay, let's just pass this matter, your family is not bad for these jars of wine, so you should give it to me." ”
Hua Xie said helplessly: "Okay, I know that you are good wine, in fact, at the beginning of the collection of these wines, I expected that they might attract you, and it was not surprising." But to get back to business, why did you come to Cloud City? But you're here to find my sister?"
Shangguan Yu said: "I'm not here to find your sister. ”
Hua Xie was puzzled: "You didn't come to Cloud City to find my sister, what are you doing?"
Shangguan Yu said: "I just happened to pass through Cloud City on a mission, and I heard that you are going to get married, and I, as an elder brother, can't ignore it, so I temporarily stayed to visit and congratulate you." ”
As soon as Hua Xie heard Shangguan Yu mention the wedding, his original teasing expression was immediately a little embarrassed, and he said happily: "That's right, tomorrow is the wedding banquet, you might as well stay for another night, and wait for tomorrow to drink the wedding wine before leaving." I promise, you'll have as much wine as you can tomorrow!"
Shangguan Yu was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes hesitated slightly: "I'm afraid this won't work, I have a task on my body, it's not easy to stay for a while this time, you understand the rules of the ghost domain." I have drunk the wine tonight, and the congratulatory message has been delivered, although it is a little hasty, but it is also helpless, and when I leave office and return to the door again, it will not be too late to make the gift of the guest and the host. ”
Although Hua Xie was disappointed, he also understood the rules of the Ghost Domain, so he had to relax: "Okay, who let you lords take on heavy responsibilities, people of my rank naturally can't appreciate your daily opportunities." Well, wait until you get back. ”
Shangguan Yu chuckled when he heard this, pushed him on the forehead, and said: "What about it, how can you say that you kid is also the younger brother of the Phantom, why can't you learn a little bit of your sister's demeanor, even if you can't be a lord like your sister, you can be a protector of the Dharma, right? How many years have this been, and I'm just an ordinary killer, I'm ashamed of your sister, and I don't know how your sister put up with you for so many years! If I were your sister, I would have kicked you out of the house a long time ago!"
Hua Xie didn't know how many times he had heard this kind of words, and he seemed to be immune, and quietly waited for Shangguan Yu to finish scolding before he said leisurely: "Brother Jueying, you know, I don't like to kill people, I only like to make music and sing books." Those people are alive and well, and they have no grievances with me, why should I kill them? And I don't like the feeling of killing, and I can't bear to see people I don't know die under my sword. I think those winds and snows are more interesting than killing, maybe I wasn't born to be a killer. So if the cultivation is low, let's go low, so that I can still shirk it, on the contrary, if the cultivation is high, I will have to be like you, in that case, wouldn't the killing be even heavier!"
Although Shangguan Yu taught him in a reprimanding tone before, but after listening to him speak at this time, he did not mean to be dissatisfied at all, and there was still some relief and approval in his eyes, but after this short period of appreciation, there was a faint pity.
"Brother Jueying, why are you looking at me like this?" Hua Xie stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Shangguan Yu's eyes.
Shangguan Yu came back to his senses, quickly adjusted his expression, and patted him on the shoulder: "With your kind of heart, it's really a pity to be trapped in the ghost domain." But fortunately, you have a capable sister, but you can also let you do willfully without losing your life, which is also lucky. ”
Hua Xie smiled: "That's it, with my sister here, I can't do anything!"
Shangguan Yu shook his head helplessly: "Okay, it's okay for me to go." ”
Hua Xie reluctantly pulled his sleeve: "Do you really want to leave? You finally came once, I really can't bear you." ”
Shangguan Yu shook his head: "Okay, don't delay me, I won't be able to escape punishment if it's too late." ”
Hua Xie nodded, and reluctantly waved his hand to rebuke the guards behind him, making way for him. Shangguan Yu took two steps, but suddenly stopped.
Hua Xie frowned: "What's wrong?"
Shangguan Yu hesitated for a moment, and said with a gloomy expression: "Don't tell your sister about my visit this time." First, I don't have anything to do, and your sister has a lot of affairs, so telling her also adds to her irritability. Second, I am the same lord as her, and some affairs are not interconnected, so it is better not to tell her, which is why I secretly came to drink without revealing my identity. ”
Hua Xie naturally understood the rules of the Ghost Domain, and said clearly: "Don't worry, these are my people, and I will never tell my sister about tonight." But ......" said and ran to Shangguan Yu's side, glanced left and right a few times, and made sure that no one was listening before leaning into his ear and whispering: "After you come back, you have to continue to teach me to fly flowers and pick leaves, that exercise is so handsome and elegant, you only taught me half of it last time, I want to learn it tightly!"
Shangguan Yu glanced at him, stretched out his arm and wrapped his arms around his shoulder: "You kid dare to threaten me? ”
"Thank you, Brother Shadow!"
Shangguan Yu didn't stay any longer, shook the folding fan and left. When rubbing shoulders with the little girl, his afterglow inadvertently caught a glimpse of her, the little girl was covered in bruises, her body was weak, she was caught back this time I don't know how much torture she would have to suffer, he knew the phantom's methods, she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to survive. But Shangguan Yu only glanced at her lightly, his expression was indifferent, and he didn't even hesitate at all, and he quickly walked away.
When Shangguan Yu's figure disappeared at the end of the street, the team leader stepped forward and said, "Young master, is this matter really not reported to the lord?"
Hua Xie waved his hand and said as a matter of course: "Of course I won't tell you, don't worry, I have a very good relationship with Brother Jueying, and I am my own person." ”
The leader seemed to have some concerns, but he still obeyed his order: "Yes." ”
Hua Xie: "Okay, you continue to search the surroundings to see if there are any suspicious people, make sure that nothing goes wrong." ”
The crowd answered and scattered again, each of them leaving. The streets were dead silent in the middle of the night.
Catching thieves in the middle of the night, patrolling in the middle of the night, the night before the wedding passed in a hurry, and everyone also ushered in the grandest wedding in Cloud City.
The top and bottom of the flower mansion are covered with colored tents and red silk, and the maids and guards are busy in and out, although they are busy, these subordinates are obviously experienced, and they act in an orderly manner, in a clear order, and do not show any panic. There were also many guests gathered in the courtyard early, these are all well-known figures in Cloud City, including many subordinate families of Huafu, these people originally had no chance to get together on weekdays, but this event brought them all together.
"Eh, why haven't you seen the three lords of the Ghost Domain come until now? The four of them serve one lord together, and they have always been comrades, and their friendship should be not shallow, so they shouldn't have come a long time ago on such a big day, right? Why haven't I seen them yet?"
"This is indeed strange, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be, except for the Shadow Lord's whereabouts and common lack of people during this time, the other two have no tasks. Taking a step back, even if they don't want to come, they should go through the motions, and they can't refute the face of the Phantom Lord!"
Three or five sword-wielding men sat around a table and speculated about the reason, but they couldn't make sense. A man in the back row, who had been drinking silently and had never spoken, seemed to be unable to listen anymore, snorted, and slapped the table to stop the noise in an instant.
"What do you know? They are lords, what is the identity of the lord? That is the existence of the second only lord in the ghost realm, one person is below and above ten thousand! Not to mention whether they will care about such a trivial matter, even if they do come, do you think they will let us see it? Will they stand with us? It is impossible at all! They must all meet in private and feast alone, so don't talk here!"
"It seems like a good point, but that's true. If you want to say that they are still in a high position, the entire ghost domain is rampant with the four of them, and they can do whatever they want, it's not beautiful, unlike us who are trembling every day, and we have to be angry with our bosses, and I am extremely depressed! If I can also be a lord, I will also indulge and indulge!"
"Haha...... You don't want to see what kind of virtue you are, just because of your cultivation, you still want to be a lord? Who doesn't know that our four lords fought in a cage of 10,000 people, and one out of 10,000 people lived, so how strong the killing energy and temperament must be! The people who came out of there were all vicious and cold hearts, and this kind of emotionless person was simply invulnerable! So, don't think about anything to do with the lord, as far as you estimate, you can't even survive the first wave of fighting, and you still want to break through the 10,000 people fight? It's better to live the current life, and it's best to stay away from them, lest you provoke them when you don't know it, that's bad luck!"
As soon as the words fell, the remaining few people suddenly opened their mouths, and they felt quite reasonable, and then they realized: "Yes, yes, yes, that's right, we should stay away from them, so as not to get into trouble......" As they spoke, a few people looked around, making sure that no one was paying attention to what they had just said and did, so they breathed a sigh of relief and immediately changed the topic.
Hundreds of guests easily consumed the day just by chatting, and it was not difficult to wait for a day. At this time, it was nightfall, and the gongs and drums of the welcoming team had already reached the door. Hua Xie was wearing a wedding robe, riding a high-headed horse, followed by a mighty team of greeting relatives, and the whole person was full of spring breeze, very happy.
The team stopped in front of the door, Hua Xie got off the horse and walked gently to the front of the sedan chair, took a deep breath and settled down, hesitated for a moment before slowly stretching out his hand, stopping at the door of the sedan chair and waiting to pick up the bride from the sedan chair.
After a while, a slender hand stretched out the sedan curtain and gently rested on Hua Xie's hand, and then a graceful figure moved out of the sedan chair. Hua Xie looked at the person in front of him, excited and a little flustered, the shyness and shyness of the young man appeared on his face, and he calmed down a little after a while.
"I ...... I'll treat you well!"
When the words fell, Hua Xie clenched the bride's hand, and the bride also nodded slightly, lowered her head slightly and followed him into the flower mansion in a shy manner. Hua Xie came to the front of the hall with the bride, and was about to pay homage, only to suddenly find that the phantom was not here. The guests who were making a fuss also suddenly realized that something was wrong, and they realized that they had not seen the phantom appear since daylight.
"Eh, why isn't the Phantom Lord here?
"I don't know, I don't seem to have seen her for a day today, this shouldn't be, is something wrong?"
The guests began to whisper, speculating about why the phantom was missing, and the hall suddenly began to quarrel.
Hua Xie's face was a little nervous: "Go to the inner hall and ask the lord to come out." ”
The maid said: "The slaves and maids have just disappeared from the lord, and they have already gone to look for it, and the lord is not in the inner hall." ”
Hua Xie said: "Not in the inner hall, the outside is full of guests, where can my sister be if she is not in the inner hall?"
The maid said: "The slaves and maids have searched every corner, and they really don't see the lord." ”
Hua Xie was faintly uneasy in his heart at this time, he knew that his sister would never be deliberately absent at such a time, and it was not normal to be late, but she was indeed not here now, so the only reasonable explanation was that something really happened!
Hua Xie turned around abruptly and said hurriedly: "Come with me to the inner hall, I'll find it myself!"
Before the words fell, Hua Xie had already walked out of the door, and when he was going down the steps, he didn't know what was carrying a gust of wind across his sideburns, and before he could react, he heard a coquettish hum behind him.
Hua Xie stopped suddenly, hurriedly turned around, and saw that the bride, who had been in good shape just now, had fallen to the ground at this moment, with a willow leaf-shaped dart stuck in her back. He looked at the scene in front of him in surprise, and before he could come back to his senses, there was another sound of breaking wind behind him!
At this moment, he finally reacted, his eyes suddenly widened, and he used all his strength to move his stiff body as fast as possible, but even if he had reacted quickly, it was still a step too late. He didn't even have time to say a word before he fell to the ground, lifeless.
All this happened so fast, so fast that two people had already died, and none of the guests in the room had yet to get up, and they all looked at the two corpses in front of them in surprise, not sure that this was true.
"Who put the hidden weapon! Don't get out of here!"
The whole yard exploded at once, everyone pulled out their weapons in horror, and looked left and right in a panic, the huge yard was not enough for them to move, either the hilt of your sword stabbed me, or my blade slashed you, shoulder to shoulder is not funny. They are so chaotic, but they don't even know who the people in the shadows are!
"Hahaha......"
Suddenly, a clear laugh came from the air, the laughter was very relaxed and happy, and it also contained the intention of teasing others, and it was a teenager when I heard it.
Everyone looked up in response, only to see a man in black appear on the roof, this person was covered with a black mask, with a pair of silver bracers on both wrists, the silver light was very dazzling, and there was a folding fan pinned to his waist.