The only people who know Luo Yun's mind well may be Cheng Wu and Cheng Mu's father and son, who have watched him grow up. Although Luo Yun didn't say anything to them, although they followed Luo Yun's arrangement to return to Yunshan. But that doesn't mean they are unaware of Luo Yun's thoughts. It's just that both father and son are not good at words, and they don't know how to persuade Luo Yun, and they don't have any better ideas. So I can only obediently return to Yunshan.

The reins flicked all the way, and the horses galloped on all fours, pulling the carriage up and down. But the horse is a horse after all, and before he arrives at Yunxian Residence, he foams at the mouth and can't run. Helplessly, Cheng Wu's father and son could only stop and rest for a while, and then led the horse on the road slowly. When I saw the signboard of Yunxian Residence in this way, it was already dark. Cheng Mu directly asked Xiao You to get out of the car and take advantage of the night to return to Yunshan on his own.

Cheng Wu parked the carriage on the carriage and found Li Kan, who was in Yunxian Residence. After a few mouthfuls of dry food and a pot of water, the father and son and Li Kan rushed back to Lijiazhai in Yunshan overnight with torches.

Not to mention the hardships of these three people trekking into the mountains late at night. Xiao Yu is indeed running through the mountains and mountains. In the past few days, during the trip to Chang'an, he either nested in the narrow carriage and couldn't move, or sneaked and disappeared and shuttled in the dark, which had already suffocated it. At this moment, the tiger returns to the mountain, roaring in the mountains and forests, the tired birds dare not return to the nest, and the beasts avoid it, how happy. did not stop all the way, and soon bypassed the hill where Lijiazhai was located, and came directly to the hut next to Wenyutan. In the distance, I heard the roar of Zhenyue.

Xiao Youwen made four claws hard, stopped in an instant, and roared loudly in the sky. The wooden house was attacked, and Zhenyue couldn't solve it? What did you encounter?

Xiao Yu continued to move forward quickly, but with much more caution. As soon as he came to the grove outside the wooden house, Zhenyue's figure flashed out. The dark green eyes in the dark night scanned Zhenyue's whole body, and there was no obvious injury. Xiao You leaned forward and gently helped her sister lick some messy fur. Zhenyue whined and roared in a low voice, as if he was complaining to his brother about his grievances.

Xiao You led Zhenyue back to the wooden house slowly. The wooden house was built with the help of Bai Yang and his wife, in front of the mountain is Li's village, and after the mountain leaves the range of Yunshan is the jurisdiction of Bai Yang Yuanwu. No matter how ignorant the beasts of the mountains are, they know how to fear. Whether it is jackals, tigers and leopards, or mountain apes, they dare not break into the wooden house. So the origin of tonight's raider is very peculiar, and Xiao Yu is very cautious.

The door of the cabin was open, and the sound of heavy objects rolling was constantly heard inside the house. Luo Yun didn't put any furniture in the wooden house, and the heaviest thing was only the wine barrel sent by Bai Yang, a large wooden stake surrounded by one person.

The wings of his nose fluttered, and he smelled the smell in the air, and the little tiger stared, roared angrily into the house, and rushed in without hesitation. Zhenyue crouched outside the door and did not follow up. There was a sound of biting and roaring from inside the wooden house, and in addition to the roar of a tiger, there was another kind of hissing, some like the hissing of an ape, sharp and terrible.

The battle inside the cabin didn't last long, and Xiao Yu's roar quickly took over. The limitation of space made the other side of the battle have no room to move, and it was hard to suffer a few tiger claws. There was a terrible scream, and the figure of the attacker rolled out of the house. Zhenyue, who was lying outside the door, seized the opportunity to pounce out from the side! The figure couldn't dodge, and fell out like a gourd on the ground, kicking Zhenyue out of a foot away after struggling.

The black shadow rolled on the ground, got up and jumped into the woods without stopping for a moment, and Xiao You walked out of the wooden house like a king returned, and did not pursue. The hair on its back was messy, but it wasn't scarred, and it was clear that it had the upper hand in the fight.

At this time, in the mountains and forests at night, the last noise is gone. The hazy starlight was sprinkled on the cloud mountain, and everything in the mountain was dressed in silver veil, making the figure in the darkness show its shape, and it also made Xiao You not fully blend into the night. Zhenyue trotted to Xiao You's side and followed Xiao You towards the woods. The silence of the mountains let them know that the Lord is coming......

In the woods where you can't see your fingers, two huge white figures are particularly eye-catching, they are Yuan Wu and Bai Yang.

Xiao You came to the white ape couple and stopped, staring at the "little guy" who was hugging Bai Yang's shoulder! With a tiger roar, even if Xiao You said hello, the anger contained in the roar was understandable to mortals.

Yuanwu Bai Yang was silent, and the little guy let out a bluffing cry, pointing at the little ghost finger on Bai Yang's shoulder. Suddenly, Yuan Wu raised his arm and grabbed the small thing, and suddenly swung it out and threw it heavily in front of Xiao You. Before the little thing struggled to get up, Xiao Yu unceremoniously raised his claws and pressed them on its head, and the claws stretched out and dotted on the bulge on the small thing's neck.

The little thing felt the threat of death, and at last stopped struggling and moving, and let out a pitiful begging cry came from its mouth.

Bai Yang's body couldn't help but take a step, and was immediately stopped by Yuan Wu.

Xiao Yu looked down at the creature under his claws, and finally saw its appearance clearly. It was lying on the ground, about half a man tall, shaped like an ape, and covered with dark gray hair. All four limbs are the thickness of an adult's arm, with thick knuckles and looming claws. Except for the scarlet's fierce eyes, it now resembles a strong ape. But who would have thought that this stubborn gray-haired monkey was the peerless fierce beast Yonghe who brought about a great drought in the world!

Yuan Wu and Bai Yang had already promised Luo Yun that when Yonghe grew up, he would be handed over to Luo Yun to take care of him. I didn't expect it to be delivered at this time. Bai Yang's gaze at the child was full of reluctance, and Yuan Wu's attitude was very resolute. Whether it was the previous fall or the fact that the child was trampled under Xiaoyou's feet and his life was threatened at this time, Yuan Wu was not half moved. In the face of the ancestor's anger, it could fight for the death of his wife and children. But at this time, Yonghe was already self-reliant, and it was so neat and tidy to let go. Because Yuanwu knows that they can't escape the law of the mountains and forests, it is impossible for the child to live under its protection all the time, not to mention that the child is just born and makes an earth-shattering noise. When it grows up, it is so stubborn, and as it grows stronger, it and his wife can't protect it at all. In the end, it is the fierce beast Yonghe, not the white ape.

Although Luo Yun is not there at this moment, since Xiao You has surrendered Yonghe, Yuan Wu and Bai Yang can be regarded as handing over the child. Yuan Wu pulled Bai Yang and turned around to leave, but he heard Xiao You roar again, and the couple froze in place. Turning around, the low roars of one tiger and two apes gradually sounded, as if they were talking, and I didn't know what they were saying. Yuanwu Baiyang and his wife left, Xiao Youmu sent them away, let go of the claws pressed on Yonghe's body, and walked away in the direction of Lijiazhai with Zhenyue. Only the embarrassed Yonghe was left lying on the ground, and it took a long time to get up, looking around blankly, scratching his head like an ordinary little monkey, and he was a little unclear about the situation. The wooden house did not dare to go any further, but after thinking about it, he still chased the direction in which his parents left, quickly jumped up a big tree, jumped in the mountains and forests, and soon disappeared into the night. After a long time, the cries of night owls and the sound of insects sounded again in the mountains and forests.

The mountains and forests are calm, but it is difficult for Lijiazhai to be calm. For those who care about Luo Yun, this night will be sleepless. Aunt Mei looked at the letter written by Luo Yun, her hands slowly trembled, the sadness in her heart was finally uncontrollable, her eyes were red, and then her tears were like beads that had been stripped off, and she couldn't stop it, "Yun'er, this kid, how can you do such a stupid thing...... Auntie finally got you back from Lord Yama, and it has only been stable for a few years, why do you ...... as soon as you go to Chang'an?"

"Mother, what did Brother Yun say in his heart? When we came back, we were fine, Mrs. Li took care of it, Brother Yun will be fine. Don't worry, if you beat that Wei Gongzi, Brother Yun didn't suffer any injuries. Seeing that her mother was holding the letter in her hand, crying more and more sadly, Mu'er was completely at a loss, although she was in trouble this time, wasn't it all safe and sound? It is said that good news is not reported, what did Brother Yun say in his heart? Let my mother worry about this.

Aunt Mei just shed tears while holding the letter, refusing to say anything, and finally drove Cheng Wu's father and son to sleep, sat alone in Luoyun's room, found the "Yunshan Chronicles" left by Luoyun and her mother, silently looked at the words that had already been memorized, and her eyes couldn't help but redden, "Madam, Young Master Yun'er has returned to Chang'an and returned to that courtyard." But Yun'er is going to do something stupid, what should Su Mei do......"

Luo Yun's letter to his second uncle was handed over to the old lady Li Guangxiong early the next morning. The second uncle Li Zhensheng made a meritorious contribution to the grain, and then took some errands in the county government under the help of the old master. Li Zhensheng is a calm and down-to-earth character, diligent and diligent, and the master of the bookkeeper deliberately points to maintenance, so the assigned things are done in a down-to-earth manner, so people can't find faults.

This year, the imperial court has not yet repaid the arrears of grain in Lijiazhai, but Miao County Ling has been promoted because of his excellent performance in the past few years, especially during the drought period. Before leaving, Li Zhensheng arranged a future for Li Zhensheng - the county government recorded the matter and joined the army. The original record followed Miao County's order, and Miao County's order gave this foreign official to Li Zhensheng before leaving. In this way, Li Jiazhai has made a lot of money from the food he paid this time.

This is something that has just been decided in recent days, originally the old lady of the Li family was beaming all day long, and when he received the letter handed over by Cheng Wu, he also laughed and scolded Luo Yun for having fun in Chang'an. As a result, after opening the letter and reading a few lines, his smile immediately disappeared, he frowned and read it, snorted angrily, and looked up at Cheng Wu: "Let you follow Yun'er over, so that you can take care of him, how can he still do such things!" ”

What did Luo Yun say, and the reactions after reading the letter were so big. Cheng Wu is really a little confused, the children at home didn't cook breakfast today, and now the old lady has the same attitude. "Second uncle, although Yun'er has caused some trouble, the government should not be able to find Yun'er's head, not to mention that there is still Duchess Weiguo to shelter from it."

Li Guangxiong shook his hand in annoyance and left, took a few steps and stopped, and ordered without looking back: "Go and call your third uncle, as well as the third and fourth children, all go to the ancestral hall to find me." Cheng Wu nodded yes, turned around and ran to find someone.

When the people who were waiting for Cheng Wu's notice arrived at the ancestral hall, there were three more Li Kan, Li Chenglin, and Li Kun. Cheng Wu waited at the door of the ancestral hall and didn't go in, but saw Cheng Mu running over in a hurry, and shouted to his father before he came to him: "Father, father~ Mother said, Mother said that she was going to Chang'an, let me prepare the carriage." ”

"What!?" Cheng Wu was stunned. He went down the mountain to Chang'an for the first time in more than ten years, which was rare. But his lady, as far as he knows, has never left since he followed his wife into the mountain back then, what happened this time?

Cheng Mu's exclamation, everyone in the ancestral hall also heard it, except for the old lady Li Guangxiong, who didn't know why. Li Guangxiong strode out, stopped Cheng Wu, who was leaving, and ordered: "You go and prepare first, it is useless to tell Su Mei to be in a hurry at this time, and wait first, get ready and then set off." ”

When Li Zhencai came, he thought that Luo Yun had a new idea, but at this time, it seemed that it was not the case, and seeing that everyone else was also at a loss, he had to ask: "Dad, the fifth child, what happened?" Why is Su Mei going to Chang'an? ”

Li Guangxiong waved his hand to let Cheng Wu's father and son go back, turned around and led everyone into the ancestral hall, and handed Luo Yun's letter to the third child with a frown. Li Zhencai took the letter and read it carefully, and his eyebrows slowly wrinkled into Sichuan characters. Li Zhenan was illiterate, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and when he saw the third child bowing his head and sighing after reading the letter, he couldn't hold it anymore, staring at the third child and pulling his arm: "Sigh bird breath!" What did the letter say? What happened to Yun'er? Why didn't you come back? Why did Su Mei want to enter Beijing? Sigh again, believe it or not, I'll beat you! ”

Li Zhencai looked at the old father who was sitting there holding his forehead and didn't speak, he could only explain it to everyone by himself, shook off the fourth child's hand, thought for a while, and said simply and clearly: "Luo Yun encountered some trouble in Chang'an, offended a child of a family, Xiao You succeeded, and escaped smoothly, no big deal." Yun'er is staying in the Weiguo Mansion right now, and it should be very safe. But......" Li Zhencai couldn't help but be angry when he thought of this section, "but this stupid boy is going to do something stupid!" Just for the sake of the three restaurant girls he just met, Yun'er was ready to go to the government to surrender! ”

The third lady sitting at the top listened inexplicably: "What kind of female music?" What turned himself in? It's just offended a family, just go back to Yunshan, can't Li Jiazhai protect him? Since what is the first one? ”

"Alas......" Li Guangxiong sighed: "Zu Xun is right, the minds of people outside here are too complicated, Luo Yun has only been out for a few days, and he has also been affected." ”

Li Zhencai didn't think much of the old man's words, but when he heard the word Zu Xun, he couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring, and suddenly realized that he was in business, and the second brother had already violated the ancestral Xun when he became an official, but his father did not stop it, not just because of something. Not daring to think deeply, Li Zhencai elaborated on the situation in detail again, and said Luo Yundi's thoughts. According to what Luo Yun said in his heart, at this time, Luo Yun should go to Chang'an County to surrender. I can't dissuade it.

Li Kun looked at his father, who had been rubbing the stubble in his jaw, and asked the worries in the hearts of the brothers: "What now?" Are we going to save Brother Yun? ”

Li Kan frowned when he heard this, shook his head and retorted, "How to save it?" Brother Yun went to the prison by himself, and how to sentence it had to be determined by the government. If you hit the board, you can only take it hard, and if it is serious, it will be easier to be exiled, and we will just snatch him back halfway, but I don't know anything yet. Saying that, he turned his head to look at the two old men: "Aunt Mei is in a hurry to go to Chang'an, I just want to know the new situation, grandpa, we have to go too." I have to guard against the indomitable Nawei family and deliberately make things difficult. ”

The third master nodded in recognition of his grandson's words, and looked at his brother, who had been frowning: "The power of the children of the family, my brother also saw it back then. They have suffered losses and will not let Yun'er go easily. What's more, even if the government is willing to punish fairly, Yun'er's status as a civilian and injuring the children of the scholar clan is also a crime of one degree. What is the second brother's plan? ”

The old lady Li Guangxiong slowly stood up and sighed: "I asked you to come to the ancestral hall, don't you understand the third brother?" ”

The third master was stunned when he heard this, and reacted in an instant: "Second brother is talking ......"

"Ancestors sprout. Isn't that what those children of the family rely on? We have no choice but to rely on his father's exploits to resist Yun'er's catastrophe. ”

As soon as the old lady said this, Li Zhencai and Li Zhenan immediately understood, Li Kan knew a little, Li Chenglin and Li Kun did not know why. The two juniors opened their mouths to ask, but when they saw that the elders' faces were solemn, they didn't dare to speak for a while.

Li Zhenan, who had been holding his head and not speaking just now, came to his senses at this time: "Lao Tzu protects his son, it is justified!" If the eldest brother and sister-in-law were still there, knowing that Yun'er had suffered such grievances, they would have already brought someone to turn the Nawei family upside down! Hey! Speaking of which, Yun'er is the eldest brother's seed in the end, and she doesn't care about the woman she likes......"

Li Guangxiong glared at Li Zhenan and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of the children!" Don't go back and pack your things yet! Come with me to Beijing in a moment. ”

"Huh?" Li Zhenan responded blankly, then reacted, and jumped happily: "Hahaha, I haven't been to Chang'an for more than ten years, and I don't know if it's changed!" I'm going to go back and pack up the guys. "After saying that, he didn't care about anything else, and ran out of the door.

Li Kun and Cheng Lin were watching dumbfounded, only to hear the old lady continue to arrange: "Kun'er, you are also with your father." Cheng Lin, after we leave, go to the county and tell your father about these things. Kan'er, you help your grandfather take care of the cottage, Zhencai, you take a few people to the inn to wait for news, and you can answer if you have something. ”

The third master thought for a while and suggested: "The fourth is too reckless, I'm afraid that something will not be handled well, why don't you let the third and Kan'er go to Beijing with you?" ”

The old lady shook his head: "It doesn't matter if I look at the fourth. When the fourth child was the most familiar, what we lacked most in Chang'an was acquaintances, and he might be helpful. ”

The third master nodded and said no more, and waved his hand to let the children and grandchildren stand down. got up and followed behind the second brother Li Guangxiong and walked towards the clan ancestral hall. The second elder gave the ancestors of the Li family incense, and Li Guangxiong looked at the tablet of the eldest brother and bowed. After getting up, he turned his head to look at the two spirit tablets next to him: Li Zhenping, Yang's Xiuning - Luo Yun's parents' tablet.

With a sigh, the old lady lit a pillar of incense and inserted it in the small incense burner in front of the spiritual seat. "Zhenping, Yang, Yun'er has grown up healthily and can walk out of Yunshan. But when you get out of the mountain, you will encounter something, and you will be incompetent and incompetent, so you can't help him much. Now you have to rely on your budding shade to shelter him. Shame on old decay......"

The third master gently moved the corner of the offering table, groped in the brick crack under the offering table, and muttered: "Zhenping violated the ancestral teachings for Yun'er and his mother, and took their brothers out of the mountain. After all, the eldest brother can't rest assured of his son, so let the second brother take your children to help. In the end, it did not insult the prestige of our Li Jiazhai. If it weren't for Zu Xun, our Li Jiazhai would have made a name for itself. ”

Li Guangxiong shook his head and disagreed with the third brother's words: "Zu Xun is right, what did we exchange for the reputation of the Li family's children back then?" Of the three hundred sons who went out of the mountain, only half came back alive. We are just the children of civilians, even if we can fight again, what can we do? What if we all stay out of the mountains? In the end, he was driven to fight and was squeezed dry of the blood of his tribe by the meat eaters. ”

Thinking of the blood shed by the clansmen back then, Li Guangxiong's face was solemn, his lips were tightly pursed, and he leaned over to help the third master take out a long box together. Reset the offering table, gently place the long box on the table, and grab the sleeve to wipe off the dust on the box. As the dust faded, the long box glowed with a faint purple light in the somewhat dim ancestral hall. Obviously, there is no carved pattern, and the material used for the seemingly ordinary wooden box is not ordinary.

The wooden box is integrated and tightly fitted, and the whole is like a cut piece of wood. Li Guangxiong touched the side of the wooden box with his hand, and his fingers pressed a secret button with a soft sound, and the wooden box bounced up a little gap. Li Guangxiong lifted the box with both hands, and first saw a tightly wrapped oiled paper bag. The third master reached out and took out the paper bag, revealing a sword presented in the box!

Li Guangxiong reached out to take the sword and closed the wooden box casually. Raise both hands flat, hold the sword in front of your eyes, the scabbard is gorgeous, inlaid with precious stones and jade pieces, the decoration is exquisite, and the scabbard body is patterned with gold thread fire phoenix. The fire phoenix flies in the fire, the fire feather on the back is slender, and the craftsmanship of the person who decorates it is high, and the ingenuity is heavenly. If you take a closer look at its feather lines, the fire pattern is compact but there is a law to follow, look closely, it is actually two seal characters!

"Binh Duong!" The third master seemed to sigh and praise.

"Binh Duong." The old lady sighed with emotion.

The sword came out of the box and sighed twice, but the edge was still not there.