56. He has no weakness
There is an enchantment around the old mansion of the fox clan, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to break into here, and I wouldn't be able to see the mansion, but Hu Dingkun would have taken me in, but it was easy.
"Miss Meng, there," he asked, turning his face sideways to look at me, but pointing his hand in the direction of the old mansion, "do you want to go?" ”
I scoffed: "To go or not to go, it doesn't seem like it's my turn to make a decision now." ”
"You must want to go." Hu Dingkun looked at the mountainside with his hands behind his back again, "The person you like is there, and the mystery in your heart is also there." ”
Hu Dingkun really knew something, but I asked knowingly: "The mystery in my heart?" Do you think you know me well? ”
"You understand what I'm saying." Hu Dingkun said confidently, "Miss Meng, if I were you, I wouldn't be so stubborn, after all, I am the only one who can really help you now." ”
"Then I'm sorry, I don't need your help, if you're really kind, please let my grandmother go and let us go." I insisted.
"If you can't leave, at the ends of the earth, he will try his best to find you and hunt you down." Hu Dingkun's eyes slowly moved up from the halfway up the mountain, looking straight towards the top of the mountain, "Do you know what place is on the top of that mountain?" ”
I shook my head, and he said, "It's a forbidden place for the fox clan, a place that no one is allowed to enter, and there are huge secrets hidden in it, even related to the fate of the entire fox clan. ”
I couldn't help frowning, and inexplicably felt that Hu Dingkun had something to say.
Back then, Hu Dingtang was forced into a corner, and Hu Qingan's final decision was to let him go to the forbidden place, could it be that there is another meaning in this?
It can be seen that Hu Qing'an's feelings for Hu Dingtang are very complicated, as Hu Yunzhi said, he is actually very optimistic about Hu Dingtang, but Hu Dingtang's own injuries make him helpless, he asked Hu Dingtang to guard the forbidden land, and the forbidden land is related to the fate of the fox clan, such a position will make Hu Dingtang's status in the fox clan unshakable.
"Grandpa is always eccentric." Hu Dingkun lost his mind and said, "The eldest brother is the eldest grandson of the long house, and he has been in the spotlight since the moment he was born, and his status in his grandfather's mind is naturally different, but it's a pity that he is just a fool." ”
"The third brother, he has been smart since he was a child, and his cultivation talent is so good, among the brothers and sisters, he can always easily attract all the attention of his grandfather, I clearly remember that on the thigh of the grandfather who is not smiling, only two grandchildren can sit on it, the left leg is the eldest brother's, and the right leg is the third brother's."
"And me? Where am I? ”
"I could only stand in the corner and watch from afar, and my grandfather never looked at me squarely, because he thought I was unlucky to be a boy and a girl."
When he said this, Hu Dingkun suddenly laughed sadly, turned to look at me and sighed: "Miss Meng, you said how eccentric he is, the third brother is born against the bones, he is not afraid, and he maintains everywhere, and I am just a little ...... A little more beautiful, he wants to completely step me into the dust, do you know how many grievances I have suffered since I was a child? ”
"But I want to be favored by him, just like the eldest brother and the third brother, I also know in my heart that only if I am good enough, can I really enter my grandfather's sight, and the best way to become excellent is to cultivate."
"I often sneak into my grandfather's study, and forget to sleep and eat to memorize those mental formulas he has collected, and even if I can't understand the meaning of those mental formulas, I still memorize them word for word, and they are all memorized in my mind, because I believe that as long as I grow up, I will be able to fully understand these mental formulas and help me cultivate my supernatural skills."
"I have to say that these efforts have not been in vain, to this day, grandpa doesn't know how many things I will have, let alone think that once I break with my eldest brother, how many troops will be behind me to help me take the other party in one fell swoop, he will never think of it, and all of this is what I learned from his study little by little."
I know that Hu Dingkun is evil, but when I heard him say this, I was still shocked, but what I don't understand is that the forces cultivated in Hu Dingkun's hands are all related to the Yin Soul Corpse, and what is treasured in the study of the patriarch of the fox clan shouldn't be the unique cultivation techniques of the fox clan? How can there be other miscellaneous mental formulas that are incompatible with the so-called decency?
Hu Dingkun paused and continued: "In that large study, I curled up in the corner, holding my knees with my hands, holding my breath, pricking up my ears, listening to my grandfather and the major elders whispering, sometimes I couldn't hear anything, but because I held my breath for too long, my ears buzzed, and there was a tingling pain, and sometimes, I could hear some secrets that the clansmen couldn't think of. ”
"Like, the secrets of this forbidden land."
Hu Dingkun looked at me with a smile, and the deep meaning in his eyes made me panic.
He knew, he did.
I bit my lip tightly and didn't ask, he told me so many old stories, shaking off his childhood secrets in front of me, there must be a purpose, he was dragging me into the water, testing my bottom line.
"We've met and dealt with each other before." After a while, Hu Dingkun suddenly said, "Before the third brother met you." ”
I glared at Hu Dingkun suddenly, my mind was a little messy, and my intuition was very bad.
"I discovered Zhen Ji's tomb many years ago, watching Zhen Ji control the Golden Silk Gu step by step, seeing that I was about to break through the encirclement and come out to make trouble, once Zhen Ji was wreaking, it would be a huge opportunity for me, after the first batch of gravediggers were eliminated by the Golden Silk Gu, I started to act."
"Those two empty villages, hungry ghosts!" I reacted immediately.
The Golden Silk Gu was raging, affecting the greedy villagers around them, and the villagers died one by one in order to dig gold mines, but the essence of these people has become the scraps for Hu Dingkun to raise hungry ghosts, it can be said that Hu Dingkun and Zhen Ji have reached an alliance invisibly.
Hu Dingkun wants to use Zhen Ji's shareholder style to completely cultivate this dark force in his hands, and once Zhen Ji is alive, there is a high probability that he will be taken down by Hu Dingkun and taken for his own use.
Hu Dingkun nodded: "Yes, those people were tortured by a large piece of golden silk Gu, and I helped them completely get rid of their pain." ”
"So, you were the one who kidnapped me and my grandmother in the first place!" I was furious, "At the end of the day, you hurt us!" ”
"Miss Meng, you misunderstood me, the praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches, it's not me who caught you to visit the grave, I'm just silently guarding behind me, waiting to pick up leftovers." Hu Dingkun said, walked a little closer, reached out and picked up my chin, and looked at it carefully, "When I saw you for the first time, do you know what kind of mood I was in at that time?" ”
"I didn't sleep all night, why?"
"Because in the innermost bookshelf of grandpa's study, there is a portrait hidden, which is some years old, and the woman on it, with her eyebrows, eyes, outline, and smile, is exactly the same as you."
My heart was slammed hard, is it my relatives who look so much like me?
"Hiding so hidden, for grandpa, he must be a very important person, right? At that time, I thought, maybe I will bring you back to the fox clan and sacrifice it to grandpa......"
"But when I get in touch with you, no matter what I do, you are a fool, a fool with an incomplete soul, a fool, a fool who does not understand the world, even if grandpa can keep you, what use is it to me?"
"So, of course, you have become an outcast, but Miss Meng, overnight, why did you complete your soul and become such a shrewd and charming big girl now?"
In the end, Hu Dingkun's face became a little hideous, and his sharp eyes stared at me deadly, as if he wouldn't let me go if I didn't say that I was ugly.
I can't find convincing words even if I want to quibble, so I can only ask: "Since you found out that something was wrong so early, why didn't you stop Hu Dingtang?" ”
"He has no soft underbelly." Hu Dingkun said, "I have long wanted to pull him into the water, but no matter what means he uses, he can be silent, you are the first woman who can get close to him, with you, I am not afraid of no chance." ”
This person is really too insidious and cunning, the key is that he is too calm, can see things at a glance, and make the most self-interested decisions.
"But I never thought that you are not only very important to the third brother, but also have such a strong shock to my grandfather, that you can shake him out of the old mansion in the middle of the night, and even want to immediately do the major events of the third brother's life, and more importantly, I heard that when my grandfather went down the mountain to you, he wore the golden seal of the patriarch of the fox clan."
"That golden seal is a symbol of power, the entire fox clan, recognize the golden seal but not people, he actually wants to use the position of the patriarch of the fox clan to drive you away from the third brother's side, how can you be?"
"Others may not know, but I suddenly realized that perhaps, you have an inextricable relationship with the secrets locked in the forbidden place, Miss Meng, you dare to say that you are close to my third brother, and you don't want to use him in the slightest?"
Hu Dingkun's every word poked to the point, making me powerless to refute.
"We are the ones all the way, Miss Meng, you have to figure it out."
At this time, if I still don't compromise, according to Hu Dingkun's methods, my grandmother and I are afraid that we will not be able to live, but I am still unwilling: "All the way? Hu Dingkun, I don't know which way you want to go, what do you want me to understand? ”
Hu Dingkun turned around, raised his hand sharply, pointed to the top of the mountain, and then slowly slid down, crossed the mountains, and finally landed on the mansion halfway up the mountain: "This is the way we will go next, as long as you promise to cooperate well and use it for me, I will send you to the forbidden land as soon as possible, the secret of the forbidden land will reappear in the world, and there will be a battle within the fox clan. ”
This is to use me to provoke the internal strife of the fox clan and help him take advantage of the chaos to seize power, and the benefit I get from this is just to find out my background.
But what about after figuring out my background?
If I really came from the fox clan, and my relatives were or were members of that mansion, then didn't I destroy my relatives' homes with my own hands?
Hu Dingkun will definitely not be able to ascend to the throne, and his goal is obviously not as simple as a fox clan.
"It's dawn." Hu Dingkun didn't wait for my answer, raised his eyes to see the red sunlight slowly shining through, and said, "You have a whole day to think about it, and after dark, give me your final decision." ”
With that, he departed, and I was put into a carriage, a bumpy ride, and finally imprisoned in the place where they had imprisoned my grandmother.
But I didn't get to see my grandmother again, I was locked up in a separate room, and someone brought me food, but I didn't have any appetite.
In fact, at that time, I knew in my heart that I had no choice, Hu Dingkun had already made arrangements for every step of the way to go, and the time he gave me for this day was to make me think about whether to go to the forbidden land of the fox clan by myself, or whether he asked people to control me and throw me directly into the forbidden land.
Whether I am active or passive, I have to serve him, he will not let me go, and I don't want to let my grandmother suffer more harm because of me.
I was lying on the table, feeling very uncomfortable, and suddenly I missed Hu Dingtang a little, I don't know how he is now?
Before leaving, he said that he was going to guard the forbidden land, and he only begged Hu Qing'an to let me go, so, is he also in the forbidden place now?
It shouldn't be there, after all, hasn't Hu Qingan already started to discuss his marriage with Hu Yunxi?
Yes, Hu Dingtang is going to marry Hu Yunxi, what do I expect from him?
Suddenly, I thought of the jade pendant that Hu Dingtang gave me, reached out and touched it, and stroked and played with it over and over again.
If Hu Dingtang is fine, this jade pendant hides a part of his internal force, but now, I can't feel the existence of that internal force at all, so it seems that he will have a hard time going back.
If I can see him again, I will return the jade pendant to him.
If I could see him, at least, I would have to beg him to save my grandmother.
Yes, I have to go to the forbidden land or even the old mansion of the fox clan, not only to find out my background, but more importantly, I have to try my best to contact Hu Dingtang, even if I can't survive on my own in the end, I have to fight for a chance to keep my grandmother alive.
Only Hu Dingtang can possibly fight Hu Dingkun, I have to believe Hu Dingtang.
……
After dark, Hu Dingkun really came, I was eating, and I had the strength to do what I wanted to do when I was full.
"Miss Meng has such a good appetite, unlike your grandmother, in the end, she is old, and she can't eat a bite of the delicacies of the mountains and seas in front of her, she is really sad." Hu Dingkun deliberately said, he was just beating me, if I was disobedient, he wouldn't let my grandmother have a good time.
I turned a deaf ear, I should eat and drink, and waited until I was full of food and drink, put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped the grease stains from the corners of my mouth, and then said: "If my grandmother can't eat and sleep well, then I'm sorry, I may not be able to do the task you gave me because I am worried about her." ”
Hu Dingkun immediately laughed: "Miss Meng really knows the current affairs, don't worry, I will provide for your grandmother like my grandmother." ”
As he spoke, he took out a roll of vellum paper from his sleeve and unfolded it and placed it on the table, on which was a carefully drawn map, with specific markings for each important place.
"This is the map of the forbidden land that I have learned, I can only find a way to send you up, as for what you can see and discover, it is all up to you, and there may be many traps on it, it is heavily guarded, how to avoid all crises, whether you die in the forbidden land, or successfully cross the forbidden land, everything depends on your creation." Hu Dingkun explained.
I nodded, and studied the map carefully by the light, remembering most of the important locations, and during this time, Hu Dingkun prepared some necessary things for me, and after that, he took me away.
This time we didn't take the carriage, it was completely relying on Hu Dingkun's internal strength, leading me all the way, I only heard the sound of the wind whirring in my ears, which seemed to be a little faster than taking the carriage.
After going up the mountain, Hu Dingkun slowed down and became more cautious, and he led me up from the other side of the mountain, through the jungle, over the ditch, the higher the climb, the steeper it became, and even the temperature dropped a lot at once.
A gust of wind blew, and there was an eerie atmosphere all around, and this kind of scalp tingling atmosphere made me feel like I was back in the underworld.
But before he reached the top of the mountain, Hu Dingkun stopped, pointed to the boundary of a thin layer of mist in front of him and said: "The forbidden land of the fox clan, our own people are not allowed to step into it without permission, Miss Meng, I can only send you here, remember what you said, I will wait for you to come back." ”
"You must also remember what you promised me, if I come back and find that my grandmother is still not doing well, I can't guarantee what I will do." I also learned from his emphasis.
Hu Dingkun nodded: "Don't worry." ”
I lifted my foot and walked into the mist, but as soon as my foot touched the ground, a powerful force lifted me straight back, and we were close to the top of the mountain, and the position was relatively steep, and this lift, my feet were unstable, and I almost rolled over and rolled down the mountain.
Hu Dingkun, who was standing there and watching me, supported my back and stabilized my figure: "What's the matter, I can't walk steadily?" ”
He probably thought I was pretending, and I didn't tell the difference, I raised my foot and stepped forward again, the force just now was too strange, and it wasn't caused by my unsteady standing at all.
But at this time, Hu Dingkun, just in case, slapped my body coldly and pushed me forward.
The force pushed me forward again, and just as my face was about to hit the ground, the force grabbed me and pushed me up.
And in the process, I distinctly heard a slight sigh, although the voice was small, but I still caught it at once.