There is a swing in the depths of the courtyard, in the past, her mother pushed the swing and let Shen Fangli sway and frolic on it, but now, it is she who shakes this swing, her father and brother do not have much time to accompany her due to their work, and she is always alone in the huge garden, holding the vines connected to the swing and swaying up and down.

The loneliness is like a wall of air to dispel the joy of approaching Shen Fangli, in the eyes of others, maybe she shouldn't have been born in this world, her existence will only bring misfortune to the people around her, her mother died because of her, even the incense she regarded as her own sister, also wanted her life, maybe she had to run away and hide far away to protect the people she cherished from being harmed.

Shen Fangli didn't tell her father about being stabbed by Xiangxiang, for the wound on her waist, she lied to her father that it was a perfunctory scratch on the branch, and the expression on the face of Xiangxiang who was watching from the side didn't know whether it was gratitude or disdain, anyway, this matter was so over, until now her wound would still ache faintly, but when she thought of the tragic experience of Xiangxiang, she was relieved. But Xiangxiang didn't recover from it, and for several days, she was hiding from herself, and Shen Fangli tried all kinds of methods to no avail, so she could only go.

Yesterday, the noise outside the house disturbed Shen Fangli, she learned from the servants that a demonstration broke out in front of her father's official residence, and the military guards and demonstrators also caused a clashes, she was supposed to find out, but her father said that he would not let her go, telling her to stay in the house, without her father's order, she could not leave the boudoir. After the demonstration, her father let her out of the boudoir, but she was alone in the office, and no matter how she knocked on the door, she ignored it, and she sat alone on the swing in the courtyard, staring at the bright stars hidden by the clouds.

Could it be that her father was angry with her? Could it be that she had done something wrong? Shen Fangli began to think wildly, if she wanted to say something wrong, the person who did such a miserable thing as slaughtering the street was really wrong, why did they all put the blame on her father alone?

The sound of leaves falling in the wind disturbed Shen Fangli's thoughts, and a figure passed through the corridor silently, the person's pace was extremely fast, even his father's official residence was heavily guarded and no one noticed it, but he ignored a blind spot in the courtyard, and Shen Fangli saw this person from the direction of the oblique angle.

Could it be a bad person? Shen Fangli thought about it, and immediately lowered her body, seeing that the man rushed up the stairs through the corridor and ran towards her father's office, did he want to be unfavorable to her father? The more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, so she quietly followed upstairs, using the corner of the wall as cover.

"Patriarch Shen Yunzhao, are you there?"

The man's voice was soft, but Shen Yunzhao's voice in the room didn't sound so friendly.

"Who are you, and why did you sneak into my mansion, you...... What's the attempt?"

"I'm Yan Yanfang, a disciple of Tong Coad, patriarch, I have something important to discuss with you, please open the door quickly. ”

"It turned out to be a disciple of the former high priest of Kajima. Shen Yunzhao hurriedly opened the door, looked around to see if there was any suspicious figure outside, and then let the man enter the house.

Hearing the knock on the door, Shen Fangli leaned forward and approached the window, listening carefully to their conversation.

"Tell me, what are you asking you to come here for?" Shen Yunzhao found a chair for Yan Yanfang to sit down and said.

Yan Yanfang didn't choose to sit down, his tone was very serious: "I'm here to take Ling Ai to the sea, and Mo Ran wants to sacrifice your daughter as a human sacrifice to the gods." ”

"Has it finally come to this point?" Shen Yunzhao sighed, touched his head and said, "Say, how did you know that Mo Ran was going to coerce me with Li'er?"

Yan Yanfang told Shen Yunzhao about the eavesdropping in the Falling Star Tower that day, and seeing that he was silent, he continued to persuade: "Patriarch, it's too late to let Ling Ai go." ”

"So you know everything, but why do you have to take her away from the island?"

Now, Tong Yanfang felt that there was no need to hide it anymore, so he told the prophecy made by the master about Shen Fangli, and Shen Yunzhao nodded while listening, and did not reply until he finished speaking.

"Do you have any plans for escape?"

"Master has contacted General Salmo, who has prepared a large ship for us on the west coast, and has sent heavy troops to guard it to lend Moran's pursuers. "To get to the west coast, you have to go through the West Block, after the massacre incident, the West Street is now empty, but this is also the easiest place to set up an ambush, Mo Ran will definitely send someone to intercept us here." ”

"It's too dangerous, is there a better way to escape?"

"This is the only way to escape, we have to avoid the pursuers, and it is a matter of success or failure. Yan Yanfang replied firmly.

Suddenly, there was a bang outside the door, who did Yan Yanfang say? Shen Yunzhao quickly went to open the door, but who knew that it was his daughter Shen Fangli standing in front of her, her eyes were red and swollen, and she threw herself into his arms with a wow.

"Dad, don't leave Li'er, Li'er won't leave, Li'er has to spend time with Dad. ”

Shen Yunzhao touched her daughter's head and comforted: "Silly child, why are you still coquettish when you grow so old? Dad can't always be with you, right? There are some things that you always have to experience alone, you shoulder the future of our Wei clan, only when you go to the Middle-earth Continent, you will understand everything." ”

"Li'er would rather not understand anything, just beg her father not to drive Li'er away. ”

Shen Fangli's little hand tugged at the corner of Shen Yunzhao's clothes, and he had no choice but to squat down and pat Shen Fangli's shoulder and say, "Come on, Li'er, Dad will show you something." With that, he pulled her to a long cabinet that was placed vertically, and Shen Yunzhao opened the long cabinet, revealing the items inside.

At first, Shen Fangli thought that her father was going to give her something precious, and her heart was full of anticipation, but she poked her head to take a look, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, isn't this a golden cane?

"Don't underestimate this golden staff, after years of observation, I have discovered that this staff is different. Shen Yunzhao held the golden staff in both hands and held it up in front of Shen Fangli, "Do you remember the origin of this staff?"

Shen Fangli nodded and said, "You told me that this staff came to this world with my birth. ”

"Pick it up. You're going to have to take it. Shen Yunzhao asked Shen Fangli to hold the golden cane with both hands, looked at her and fiddled with her for a while, and immediately said, "Have you noticed that the length of this golden cane is always the same height as your height, and it has been like this since the day you were born." ”

Shen Fangli thought about it, and suddenly realized, fortunately her father's reminder that she noticed this, since she can remember, the golden staff is the toy in her hand, the strange thing is that this golden staff made of dark iron can she afford it at such a young age, and with the increase of her age and height, this staff is also getting longer.

"Do you know the reason?" Seeing Shen Fangli shaking his head, Shen Yunzhao said solemnly, "Because this staff is one with you, this is the so-called spirituality, although I can't figure out what the reason is, but I can predict that this staff can turn evil into good fortune for you when you encounter danger, you must always carry it, understand?"

Shen Fangli picked up the staff and nodded, feeling indescribably grateful.

"Patriarch, let's go, we don't have much time. Tong Yanfang opened the door, looked around, and saw that there was no one around, so he asked Shen Yunzhao and Shen Fangli to walk out of the room together.

They saw Shen Tongan on the way downstairs, he was about to go upstairs to find his father at this time, but he saw his father, sister and a strange young man walking downstairs, looking like he wanted to escape, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Dad and sister, where are you going?"

Tong Yanfang and Shen Yunzhao told him everything, and Tong Yanfang even asked him to get out of the way, but Shen Tongan not only did not give way, but also offered to help himself.

"Are you crazy? The other party is a murderous Mo Ran, who can sacrifice the entire West Street in order to take away your father's position. Yan Yanfang was so anxious that he pushed him away with a palm, but Shen Tongan was not to be outdone, he rushed forward and grabbed Yan Yanfang's collar and roared.

"Li'er is my sister, and I must protect her. ”

Shen Yunzhao persuaded: "Okay, Tong'an." I allow you to help. ”

Shen Tongan nodded, and took Shen Fangli's small hand.

The Patriarch's Mansion has two doors, and if you escape, you will not choose the front door. So they decided to go through the back door, and under the leadership of Shen Yunzhao, several people finally ran through a few streets smoothly and ran straight in the direction of West Street, but what they didn't expect was that a large number of black-clothed people blocked the road to West Street at this time, led by the shaving eagle who had just become the police sergeant.

"Where are you going in such a hurry?" "Shaved Eagle drew his sword and walked out of the black-clothed man, "High Priest Mo expected that you would escape, so let me wait for you again." ”

Tong Yanfang angrily scolded the shaved eagle: "You despicable villain, you killed Mr. Sheriff, right?"

"That's right, you guessed it right. Sha Yu sneered and applauded, "I am indeed unscrupulous for the position of sheriff, as long as I have power, then I can get everything I want." ”

"You ......"

Yan Yanfang was about to draw his sword out of the sheath, but his right hand was tightly held down by Shen Yunzhao, and he whispered in Yan Yanfang's ear: "Later, you and Shen Tongan will take Li'er away, and I will break through for you." ”

"But...... Patriarch...... You ......" Yan Yanfang couldn't bear it, but Shen Tong'an's eyes on the side told him, please rest assured.

"I can let you go, but Shen Yunzhao and his daughter must stay. Sha Yu raised his left hand and prepared to give orders, "I advise you not to resist, Lord Mo Ran dislikes others not cooperating with him the most." ”

Shen Yunzhao struggled to break free of Shen Fangli's little hand, walked in front of the three of them, shook the staff in his hand to the ground, and said loudly: "You want to arrest me just for the position of my patriarch, what do you have to do with my daughter, can you open the net and let my Li'er go." ”

Sha Yu touched his sword and said: "I said patriarch, you have to make it clear that it is not that we want your daughter's life, but that the entire people of Qidao want your daughter as a human sacrifice, this is the desire of the people, where is your love for the people and benevolence? Aren't the people of Qidao also your children?"

said that it was too late, Shen Yunzhao didn't want to talk to him more, and waved his staff is a Su Yan attack on the other party, several fireballs fell from the sky out of thin air, and the people in black scattered and waved their knives to slash at the falling fireballs, and when they saw this, they angrily applied the breath of frost and cold to freeze the fireballs. As soon as his spell was broken by Shaper, he immediately swung his staff and fought with the people in black, and Yan Yanfang also rushed behind him, while Shen Tongan held his sister's hand with one hand, and raised his knife with the other hand to block the black-clothed people's successive attacks on him.

Shen Yunzhao attacked the black-clothed man who was trying to pursue them with a spear of fire, not wanting to be hit by a shaving sword in his back, so he screamed in pain, Shen Fangli saw that his father was injured and was about to rush back to save him, but was hugged by Shen Tongan and dragged her away.

"Let me go...... I'm going to save my dad. ”

No matter how Shen Fangli shouted, Shen Tongan just didn't let go, and ran forward with her, she saw Shen Yunzhao falling to the ground in pain from behind Shen Tongan, the people in black still didn't seem to let him go, and slashed at his back several times, blood stained his clothes red, he couldn't make a sound, but his mouth seemed to say "go away".