Chapter 3: The Return
When Ember and Yi Lin entered the city late at night, the city was already silent, all the vendors and shops had closed, and there were few people to be seen on the road. The two walked for a while, and suddenly saw the lights in front of them, and took a closer look, there was still one inn left that was not closed, and Xiao Er was putting out the lantern at the door, and it was about to close.
Yi Lin hurried over and stretched out his hand to stop Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, don't close the door yet, the two of us want to stay in the hotel." ”
Xiao Er glanced at the two of them, and waved his hand impatiently: "I want to stay in the hotel tomorrow, and it will be closed today." After saying that, he turned around and went in, and was about to close the door with his backhand.
Yi Lin stretched out his hand and stiffened for a moment, where did he not be rampant and domineering in the past, everyone retreated, and now he has not made any trouble, but has been treated so coldly by Xiao Er! He has not come back for twenty years, and the world has become like this? This makes him very unacceptable! He blinked before he finally reacted, he squinted, a gloomy look suddenly appeared on his face, his figure flashed, and the next moment his hand was on Xiao Er's neck. Xiao Er didn't even see a shadow, and his throat was grabbed by Yi Lin's iron hoop-like hand.
"What did you just say? I didn't hear you too clearly, please repeat it. As soon as the words fell, his hand tightened a few more points, and Xiao Er's face instantly lost blood.
Ember still had a smiling face, and said idly as if watching a play: "Stop in moderation, you can solve the problem by yourself when the matter is big, I don't bother to deal with the aftermath for you." ”
When Yi Lin heard this, his expression was slightly loosened, and his hand also lost a little strength. Xiao Er coughed a few times at this time, and whimpered: "The little one didn't say it just now, the two of you want to stay in the hotel, just come in, the room is chosen by the two uncles, please come in, please come in!"
"Didn't you say it was going to close?"
Even if the door is really closed, the two uncles want to live, and the younger one gets up in the middle of the night to arrange for the two. At this time, Xiao Er knew that these were two great gods that he couldn't provoke, and his attitude changed suddenly.
Yi Lin snorted coldly before letting go, and his mouth was still chattering: "If it weren't for the uncle, I couldn't publicize something in my body, and your kid would still be alive now?"
Xiao Er's escort smiled and led the two of them in with anxiety, for fear that another omission would make Yi Lin unhappy.
Seeing that it was properly handled, Ember flicked his robe and went in leisurely. Yi Lin pushed Xiao Er away and followed Ember in. Xiao Er secretly wiped two handfuls of cold sweat behind him, and his body was still trembling.
Yi Lin walked a few steps and found that Xiao Er did not come up to greet him, and he called out impatiently, and Xiao Er moved over with a smile. Under the difficulty of Yi Lin's egg and peach bones, Xiao Er finally retired after half an hour.
Ember got the room and went straight upstairs, Yi Lin also followed, and when he reached the end of the stairs, Ember suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at him puzzled.
Yi Lin also felt uncertain when he was stared at like this, and looked back at the past with a puzzled look. Ember shook his head and said helplessly, "Are you okay to do?"
Yi Lin seemed to suddenly remember something at this time, and his face was in a trance. looked at the sky, looked at the upstairs room, and secretly said that he was really miserable, he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and he had to go out to run. I had no choice but to accept my fate: "Yes, my subordinates will do it." After saying that, he left rather resentfully.
Ember returned to his room and did not sleep, but meditated on his bed, which lasted all night, and by the time he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn the next day.
After a delicate grooming, Ember walked around the inn a few times, and looked at almost the inside and outside of the inn, looking left and right felt boring and extremely boring. Thinking that since they were all in Jiangyin, they should always go out to have a look, and they couldn't come in vain, so they slapped their thighs and went out.
Although Jiangyin is not as big as Yundu, because the head of the Gu family has a lot of connections with the mortal royal family, it is very prosperous under its influence. In addition, its geographical location is exactly in the central area of the various immortal families, extending in all directions, and the left and right are all from the source, so that the major families are willing to befriend them, and almost all the large and small sects with heads and faces on the immortal road have friendships with the Gu family. In this way, the Gu family's status in the Immortal Dao is self-evident, it is absolutely intertwined and deeply rooted. Because of this, although the Jiangyin Gu family is not as powerful as the Yanlan Shangguan family, it also has a pivotal position, and the meeting of the four major families is also chosen in the Gu family, not the Shangguan family.
Ember walked on the street, looking at the crowded flow of people, and sighed in his heart that it was worthy of the Jiangyin Gu family, and it was still so prosperous after twenty years, or even worse. It seems that this head of the family is a practical person.
Just as he was looking left and right, and was complacent, an exclamation suddenly came from ahead.
"Don't get out of here!"
It was a woman who was shouting, and she was looking for prestige, only to see a group of people not far in front of him pointing at a jewelry stall, and the sound of discussion gradually began.
When I got closer, a woman in blue was covering her chest with her hands, glaring at a man next to her with a coquettish face. The woman's appearance is charming and delicate, her figure is like a weak willow in the wind, swaying softly, wearing an exposed blue gauze, thin legs and shoulders are exposed, and the lines are looming, even if her face is angry at this time, it is also very provocative.
Looking at the man again, it wasn't ugly to be raw, but the pair of * eyes and the saliva that was about to flow out made him suddenly give people a lewd and disgusting feeling. Not only was the man obscene, but he was also disabled and had a broken right leg.
The man heard the woman's angry scolding, but he was not angry, he laughed even more happily, rubbed forward on crutches, hooked the woman's chin, and said in a strange manner: "The little hooves are still a little tempered, but this son likes this kind of strong, so he can be strong!haha~"
The woman withdrew his hand in disgust and took a few steps back: "Shameless!
The attendant behind the man was very arrogant for the master: "Wang Fa? In Jiangyin, our son is Wang Fa! Who dares to say more than half a word!"
At this time, someone in the crowd began to whisper: "Isn't this Gu Qingze, the second son of the Gu family?" Their Gu family is the main family of Jiangyin, and the entire Jiangyin is their family's final say, no wonder this second son Gu is so rampant, pity this girl, he actually fell in love with him, it's really pitiful." ”
Hearing the name Gu Qingze, Ember immediately remembered who he was. This Gu Qingze is the second son of the Gu family, and the second brother of Gu Qinghao, the current head of the Gu family. Although his cultivation is not high, his qualifications are mediocre, but because of his family relationship, he also showed his face in the family in the past, but later he was unfortunately seriously injured in the immortal and demon war that year, and he has been disabled since then. I haven't seen him for many years, who knows that he has no hope of mixing with the fairy way, but he has turned to the world, becoming more and more obsessed with beauty, drinking and prostitution, making him very famous among the people - a prodigal son who does not learn and does not know!
Gu Qingze raised his neck quite proudly, looked at the woman with disdain, and said contemptuously: "This son can see you as your blessing, don't be embarrassed." Go back with me obediently, your benefits are indispensable. Bring them back!"
As soon as the words fell, the attendant behind the man rushed up, and pulled the woman up without saying anything.
No matter how the woman shouted, none of the onlookers had the intention of helping her, and they didn't even dare to say a word of justice, and all of them bowed their heads and retreated, lest they avoid it. Who doesn't know that this second son Gu has always been tyrannical and offended him, don't think about it for the whole family!
The woman was gradually pulled away from the crowd in helplessness and despair, and gradually drifted away. At this moment, Ember at the back of the crowd smiled playfully, and said with a funny taste: "Slow." ”
Gu Qingze was originally swaggering and proudly leaving, but he didn't expect that there was really someone who was not afraid of death and dared to meddle in his affairs, smiled, looked back at Ember like a fool, and mocked in a mocking tone: "Where did this come from, dare to take care of my son's affairs! What? This is to be a hero to save the United States? A hero has landed on my head!"
Ember took a few steps closer from behind the crowd, and said as he walked: "I'm not interested in heroes saving beauty, but it just so happens that I also like romantic things, and I happen to have a crush on this girl, so I want my son to give it to me." ”
Gu Qingze simply thought that he had misheard, and the other party would not forget about robbing a woman with him, and even said that he would let him give him the girl! In his Jiangyin realm, this was the first time! Did this person really not want to live? Or was he really stupid?
Gu Qingze sneered, looked at the woman's tearful eyes and expectant face, and gloated: "See, did you think he was here to save you, who would have thought that he was also in the same mind as me, and you were still watching him do something? He saved you, do you dare to go with him?"
Who knew that when everyone sympathized with the woman and did not meet a good person, the woman said amazingly: "I am willing to go with this son!"
As soon as these words came out, not only did Gu Qingze petrify on the spot, but even the onlookers set off a wave of enthusiasm, and this answer was not amazing! Isn't this out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den? This girl's brain is fine, right?
Ember was not surprised when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Did you hear that? ”
Gu Qingze was surprised and felt that he had lost face in front of everyone, his dignified second son of the Gu family was openly disliked by a *, and he would rather be with an unknown pawn than with him! This made him instantly angry!
Gu Qingze grabbed the back of the girl's neck and pressed it forward: "You cheap hoof, look at how I clean you up when I go back! What are you doing in a daze, don't beat me yet!"
As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen family members rushed up, surrounded the embers from all directions, and pounced on them fiercely with their sleeves rolled. Ember stood still and did not move, watching them coldly, just when the corner of the house was only a stone's throw away from him, suddenly his eyes were cold, a gust of wind rose on the ground, and at the same time the red robes floated, the group of family members seemed to be suddenly choked by the throat, all of them stagnated, their faces were bloodshot, and they hummed hoarsely.
From beginning to end, no one saw the embers move.
Everyone shuddered by this gust of yin wind, and their intuition sent chills down their spines. Gu Qingze was without the protection of his family, so he suddenly panicked, his hands on crutches trembled, and his body couldn't help but start trembling. When Ember looked up, he put on that evil smile again, and hooked his hand at the woman: "Come here." The tone was soft, but there was a sense of command that could not be refused.
The tears on the woman's face were not dry, but the corners of her mouth pulled up a bright smile, and she couldn't wait to run towards the embers. Ember grabbed the woman's slender waist, gently brushed his fingers across her smooth and smooth little face, poked his head into her neck socket, closed his eyes and sniffed her body fragrance carefully, very intoxicated. The woman also seemed to enjoy it, pandering to the ember, rubbing lightly against him.
It was too indecent to do such a thing in public, and there was a sudden burst of light accusations in the crowd, but Ember didn't care at all.
Ember watched Gu Qingze staring at them affectionately, his heart was very awkward, and he said dissatisfied: "Your Excellency wants to continue watching?"
Gu Qingze shuddered by this look, swallowed his saliva in horror, but still wanted to struggle: "You...... Do you know who I am! If you offend me, don't you want to get out of Jiangyin alive!"
Ember seemed to have heard some joke, and laughed: "The prestige of the second son of Gu has long been spread far and wide, and I am afraid that no one in Jiangyin has long known the name of the son, so I naturally know it." However, with these wine bags and rice bags in your mansion, it shouldn't be able to do the threat that Childe just now. But you, Childe, if you don't leave, I'm afraid you'll die sooner than me!"
As soon as these words came out, Gu Qingze's color changed suddenly, and the little courage he had barely gathered also collapsed, through what happened just now, he knew very well that Ember was not joking, he definitely had the courage to do it! So he didn't dare to say a word more, he ran away on crutches in a panic, and almost fell down when he ran.
With a wave of his wide sleeves, the almost suffocating family members on the ground were instantly relieved, and they didn't dare to delay for a moment, and they also covered their throats and fled.
The matter was settled, and the crowd of onlookers saw that the excitement was gone, and the girl disappeared from Ember at some point, probably mixed in the crowd and fled in the chaos. Anyway, Ember wasn't really interested in her, and he didn't want to look at her from the beginning, so he let her go. In an instant, the street was full of hawkers.
It was only at this time that Yi Lin flashed out of an inconspicuous dark alley, and his tone was quite dissatisfied: "The Venerable Lord showed his head like this, which really surprised his subordinates. And it's still this kind of nosy, which makes his subordinates even more unexpected. ”
Ember didn't care and said: "I'm idle and have fun, I finally met a person from the four great families, of course I have to have a good pastime, how can I let it go? Besides, the four great families know you and not me, so I don't have to show my face like you." ”
Speaking of which, Yi Lin was even more helpless. Ever since he came under the hands of Ember, he has not been able to walk the world openly and honestly, just because the four great families all recognize his face! Who wants to live a life with his head and tail shrunk all day long? Moreover, he is a person like him who is used to running amok! This is simply a torture that is more painful than death!
But complaining is complaining, and the things that the lord has explained must still be done: "The matter has been done, and the lord can go." ”
Ember nodded, hummed softly, and walked straight away. I walked all the way to a large mansion before stopping.
The mansion is tall and magnificent, the courtyard is prominent, it is a big family at a glance, and there is a lacquered gold plaque hanging on the lintel, which reads "Fang Mansion".
This is Jiangyin's big family Fang Mansion, in Jiangyin is also regarded as a wang family, in addition to the Gu family, the Fang family is the largest Xianmen sect in Jiangyin, so the lintel is prominent, the house is gorgeous.
Ember stood still outside the door, looking at the plaque on it with a slight distraction, not knowing what he was thinking. After a moment's distraction, he came back to his senses and stepped in. All the way through is like entering a no-man's land, and there is no one to guard and stop the huge mansion.
Ember walked leisurely, swaying and strolling to *, Yi Lin turned from behind him at this time, leading him towards the east chamber.
The door was kicked open by Yi Lin's rough kick, and it turned out to be men and women from all over the place. Among them, old and young, masters and servants, all of them were tightly bound by the fairy ropes, and their mouths were gagged, and they all fell to the ground and struggled and squirmed while whimpering.
As soon as Ember Fu entered the door, a middle-aged man on the ground immediately opened his eyes wide, as if he was extremely frightened, and his struggle became more intense.
Ember tilted his head slightly, Yi Lin understood, and stepped forward to untie the man's immortal rope. As soon as the man broke free, he stepped back a few feet to make sure that he was far enough away before he calmed down a little.
"Who are you, why are you arresting my whole family?"
Ember found a chair and sat down, and poured himself another cup of tea: "Sect Master Fang, don't panic, I just want to ask you a few questions." ”
Fang Zhuozhi sneered: "Want to ask me a few questions? If Your Excellency really has something to ask for, you can come to visit, why do you need to use such means? What's more, you and Yi Lin are all the way, and you must also be a demon path thief! I heard earlier that the demon path has a tendency to resurrect, I still don't believe it, but now I actually saw Yi Lin escape from the seal with my own eyes, it seems that this matter is true!"
Ember didn't seem to be listening to him, he took a sip of tea, as if he didn't like its taste very much, his brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't touch it again: "Sect Master Fang is still as jealous and hateful as before." However, it seems that what is more important to you now is not my identity, but the life of your whole family!"
As soon as these words came out, Fang Lianzhi's face changed slightly, he looked at the family members around him, and said coldly: "If you want me to answer your questions, you should always let me know what you are asking is related to whom, so that I can answer!"
Ember laughed: "Sect Master Fang is really thoughtful, he still wants to ask about my identity at this time, does this want to take revenge in the future?"
Fang Lianzhi's mind was punctured on the spot, and he also felt slightly embarrassed at this time, and lowered his head silently.
Yi Lin really couldn't stand such a mother-in-law, so he neatly pulled out the dagger on his waist, grabbed a boy about five or six years old on the ground, and put it on the child's neck without hesitation, and a thin red line flowed down at that time.
Fang Lianzhi was shocked when he saw this, his eyes widened, and he shouted: "Stop!
Yi Lin had no intention of taking his life, but his hand did not relax in the slightest: "This is Sect Master Fang's only son, right? Sect Master Fang has a middle-aged son, and there is such a lone seedling in the family, if there is any accident, the Fang family really doesn't know what the future holds! ”
The child's body was lifted up in the air, trembling with fear but not daring to move, tears and snot were flowing on his face, his mouth was gagged again, and he did not know what he was shouting indistinctly. Fang Lianzhi listened to the child's whimpering cry, his distress overflowed, and he hurriedly said: "If you have anything to ask, as long as I know, I will know everything!"
Ember chuckled at this time and motioned for Yi Lin to let go. As soon as the dagger fell, Fang Lianzhi breathed a sigh of relief and fell to the ground.
Ember didn't intend to give Fang Chuzhi time to breathe, and then asked, "Why is Qin Chuyun's bones in Jiangyin?"
After hearing this, Fang Lianzhi raised his head suddenly, as if he was frightened, his expression was even more frightened than worrying about his son just now!