Chapter 49; Prelude to the Storm (3)
Cheongju
Peach Blossom County, because there are many peach forests here, in spring, it is full of peach blossoms, which is beautiful. Hence the name Taohua County.
Compared with other counties, Taohua County is a little smaller, but the population is a lot, although it is only a small county, but the population is also hundreds of households.
But today, on the streets of Taohua County, there are a lot of strange people, they wear black and white flower masks, holding folding fans, looking very strange, unknown people, do not dare to approach, so as not to cause trouble, as for those with identity, they dare not approach.
Tongwen Pavilion does things, where do they dare to go forward, it is simply looking for death, although this is not Taiyuan, but with the strength of Tongwen Pavilion, even if you are hiding in Chang'an, they don't need to spend too much effort if they want to kill you.
Chunxiang Lou is a famous restaurant in Taohua County, their home-brewed peach blossom wine, mellow and fragrant, overflowing with floral fragrance, drinking a sip makes people feel intoxicated. It can be said that it is a rare good wine, and many wine lovers who have heard of peach blossom wine will come all the way to Taohua County to drink this peach blossom wine.
This makes the boss of Chunxiang Building very happy, and he earns a lot of money every day, saying that it is a daily income, which is considered to be less.
Today, however, he could not be happier.
At the beginning, there was an old drunkard maniac in the restaurant, dressed in tatters, dirty, and smelling, he wanted to ask the guy to kick him out, but who knew that the old drunkard was not an ordinary person, and the guy couldn't get out at all.
Helpless, he could only ask the guy to serve him wine, hoping that this man would leave as soon as he finished drinking, who knows, the more troublesome is still to come.
He just went to the back room for a while, and there were a few more people in the store with masks and folding fans, although he was not a person from the rivers and lakes, but he could be regarded as a high-class person, a person from Tongwenguan, he must have known.
Tongwen Pavilion, he can't afford to mess with it, but those few people are standing there like oaks, and he doesn't dare to rush it.
Seeing such a scene, the surrounding diners dared to drink and eat here, and they got up and left, only the crazy old man was still sitting there, drinking slowly, and didn't care about the few people behind him. By the way, how much bitterness the restaurant owner had, he could only swallow it secretly, and he didn't dare to say anything, for fear of causing trouble.
The one who drank was Zhang Xuanling, but because of the blow more than ten years ago, and because of the fall off the cliff, he had something to do, like a normal person, but he didn't have much memory. Sometimes they are crazy, they don't know anything, they talk nonsense.
However, because he is too obsessed, he has been thinking about finding his son all these years.
Zhang Xuanling used to be a handsome and powerful middle-aged man, but now he has white hair, he is very old, his eyes are red, and compared with his majestic appearance before, it is not an exaggeration for him to say that he is skinny now.
It's completely a thin old man. People who don't know him very well really don't recognize him. It was difficult for the people of Tongwen Hall to recognize him in the way he appeared ten years ago.
After Li Siyuan's order, the people of Tongwen Pavilion looked for Zhang Xuanling everywhere, and it was also a great achievement for them to find Zhang Xuanling this time, and the reward for themselves and others this time would be less.
Although they passed the news to Li Siyuan as soon as possible, Qingzhou and Chang'an were still too far apart, even if they were fast, it was still too difficult to arrive within an hour, and Li Siyuan was not Ye Tian, so he could travel thousands of miles a day.
By the time Li Siyuan arrived, it was already sunset, and Zhang Xuanling was long gone.
These people from the Tongwen Pavilion, although they have martial arts, but compared with Zhang Xuanling, they are not enough to see at all, Zhang Xuanling wants to leave, where can they stop them, even if they follow him secretly, they can't do it.
"What about people?" Looking at the empty restaurant, Li Siyuan said with a cold face.
Zhang Zifan, Li Cunzhong, and Li Sizhao on the side saw Li Siyuan like this, and they didn't speak, and the person who was questioned by Li Siyuan was even more frightened, trembling all over, and sweating coldly. It's almost like peeing your pants.
The Five Thunder Heavenly Heart Determination has almost become Li Siyuan's inner demon, he dreamed of it, and when he got the news of Zhang Xuanling in Taiyuan, he even wanted to fly to Taohua County, but unfortunately, he didn't know how to fly.
But he also rushed to Taohua County with all his strength as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that he was still slow, and Zhang Xuanling had already left.
He knew that this was no wonder to those people who found Zhang Xuanling, because Zhang Xuanling's martial arts were similar to his own, and it was basically impossible for them to stop him, and he was just very angry for a while. It's pretty much settled down now.
Seeing that Li Siyuan's originally angry face slowly relaxed and calmed down, the few people who were kneeling down suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Send everyone out immediately to find out Zhang Xuanling's whereabouts for me, since he appears here, it means that he must live around here, someone must have seen him, I don't care what you do." Find me his whereabouts. ”
"Yes."
After receiving Li Siyuan's order, dozens of people from the Tongwen Pavilion wearing masks below immediately began to act.
Li Cunzhong, Li Sizhao, and Zhang Zifan stood aside and did not go out with them to find Zhang Xuanling.
The three of them, two of them are the masters of the Cross Gate, and one is the young master of the Tongwen Pavilion, and it is obviously impossible to appear with them to find Zhang Xuanling. This would demote their status.
"Father-in-law, who is that Zhang Xuanling you are looking for? It took so much fanfare. Seeing Li Siyuan so attentive to a person for the first time, Zhang Zifan on the side couldn't help but ask.
When Li Cunxiao and Li Sizhao heard Zhang Zifan's words, they glanced at each other, but they didn't say anything.
Li Siyuan smiled; "Fan'er, you don't understand, that Zhang Xuanling's body has what I need, I have been looking for him for more than ten years, and now I finally found his traces, do you think I will let go of this opportunity?"
"No, it won't"
"But this Xuanling is a good skill, so that you have been looking for your father-in-law for more than ten years and have not found it, which shows that his ability is not small."
Looking at Li Siyuan, Zhang Zifan held a folding fan in his hand and said with a chuckle.
Li Siyuan turned his head to look at him, but he didn't speak. Perhaps, his father-in-law, will not be long in coming.
Soon, Li Siyuan received a message from his subordinates again. Zhang Xuanling found it.
Soon, Li Siyuan and his entourage came to a ruined temple, which had been surrounded by the people of Tongwen Hall, and it was strict, and some people wanted to come out of it without being discovered, unless he would escape.
The reason why the broken temple is said to be a broken temple. Because he is really dilapidated and old, covered with dust and cobwebs, and there is not even a door, as long as he stands at the gate, he can clearly see the situation in the temple.
Li Siyuan and a few people saw it at once, Zhang Xuanling, who was lying in the broken temple, sleeping soundly, he seemed to have not noticed the arrival of himself and others, and slept by himself.
"Third brother Jiudi, you go to the back door to block him and prevent him from escaping through the back door, Fan'er, you go in with me."
"Yes, big brother."
"It's my father."
Li Sizhao and Li Cunzhong quickly ran to the back door of the broken temple, where they waited in battle to prevent Zhang Xuanling from escaping from here.
Zhang Xuanling wants to run, and with the martial arts of the two of them, it will definitely be unstoppable, but it can still be done if he delays time. As long as they delay, Li Siyuan can rush over to help them, and even if Zhang Xuanling wants to run, he can't run away.
Li Siyuan and the two slowly walked into the temple, and at the same time paid attention to Zhang Xuanling lying on the ground to prevent him from sneaking attack.
Zhang Xuanling is not an ordinary person, his skills are similar to his own, Li Siyuan doesn't dare to let him sneak attack, vigilance is definitely necessary, if Zhang Xuanling is pretending to be asleep, and then he is caught off guard, when the time comes, if he can't grab the Five Thunder Heavenly Heart, he will GG.
"Ahu~Ahu! ~"Zhang Xuanling seems to be really asleep, so Zhang Zifan and Li Siyuan are already standing in front of him, and he is still sleeping.
Looking at Zhang Xuanling, who was defenseless and still asleep below, Li Siyuan smiled.
As soon as he beckoned to the outside world, someone immediately came in and trapped Zhang Xuanling into a zongzi with a rope.
This is Zhang Xuanling's wake up in a daze.
Realizing that he had been tied up, Zhang Xuanling looked up and said; "Who are you, why are you tying me up?" Seeing Li Siyuan, Zhang Xuanling's eyes did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he didn't know that the man in front of him was his enemy.
But when his eyes fell on Zhang Zifan, he was stunned, his eyes shrank, and he blurted out of his mouth
"Fan'er."
Seeing Zhang Xuanling calling himself Fan'er, Zhang Zifan was also stunned. But he didn't take it seriously. He didn't even think about his biological father.
When he was very young, Li Siyuan told him that his parents had died long ago and that he had been adopted by him. Therefore, Zhang Zifan never had the idea of finding his biological parents.
"Zhang Xuanling, do you still recognize me?" Li Siyuan smiled and looked at Zhang Xuanling and said.
Zhang Xuanling still ignored Li Siyuan, and now in his eyes, there is only Zhang Zifan.
Although his son was only one year old when he was snatched away by Li Siyuan, he still recognized Zhang Zifan as his son at a glance, because he saw his former self from Zhang Zifan's body.
Moreover, Zhang Zifan gave him a sense of closeness, although he was confused, but because he was too obsessed with finding his son, he sobered up the moment he couldn't see Zhang Zifan.
"Fan'er, I'm your father." Looking at Zhang Zifan, Zhang Xuanling said excitedly, completely ignoring Li Siyuan on the side.
Zhang Zifan directly ignored his words, thinking that he was an old neurotic, he had never met him, and when they met, he said that he was his father, and he generally had a bad temper.
"Fan'er, I'm really your father, I've been looking for you for more than ten years, and today I finally found you." Looking at Zhang Zifan, Zhang Xuanling cried with joy and said urgently.
"Li Siyuan, you despicable villain, you dare to appear in front of my eyes." It was only at this time that Zhang Xuanling noticed Li Siyuan standing beside Zhang Zifan.
When the enemy saw him, he was very red-eyed, not to mention Li Siyuan, the person who ruined his family, he couldn't wait to torture him to death.
Before the words fell, Zhang Xuanling started directly.
Although he has been beautiful and has not cultivated often over the years, he is still a lot stronger than ten years ago, and now he is only half a step away from the mixed yuan position.
I saw Zhang Xuanling's hands pressing down violently, and suddenly white light flashed out of his palm, and several small lightning bolts glowing with white light appeared in his palm.
Zhang Xuanling burst out and slapped Li Siyuan with both hands, there was only a few steps between the two, and such a distance was like no distance for a master like them.
Zhang Xuanling's sudden attack did not make Li Siyuan scramble, he was guarding against Zhang Xuanling's attack early in the morning, where would he be photographed.
Seeing Zhang Xuanling's palms shining with white light, of course he knew what was in Zhang Xuanling's palms, and he didn't dare to collide with that thing.
I saw Li Siyuan bend his knees violently, swing to the side, and dodge Zhang Xuanling's attack. Then the right hand is from the bottom up, and the momentum is soaring to the sky, and the body ** is crazy from the hand. Swing it out violently, and adjust the direction, and collide with Zhang Xuanling, who attacked him.
"Peng", the huge wind formed by the collision between the two directly blew the dust in the broken temple and scattered, Zhang Zifan stood next to the two, the two suddenly fought each other, although he was on guard, but he was still blown out by the generated air waves. With the strength of his small heavenly position, he can't meddle in the battle between the two at all, even if they are close.
Standing up from the ground in embarrassment, Zhang Zifan didn't care about the dust on his body, and looked directly at the two who were fighting inseparably.
In just a short period of time, the two still exchanged dozens of moves, but looking at the appearance of the two, it was obvious that neither of them could help anyone.
And Zhang Zifan didn't help one of them, because he didn't know who he should help.
Your old man said that he was his biological father, but he didn't make it clear, although he also had a sense of affection for him, but he still didn't believe his words at once, so he didn't help Zhang Xuanling.
And although Li Siyuan is his father-in-law, but if that person is really his biological father, then he helps Li Siyuan deal with his biological father, what is it.? Besides, with the strength of his small heavenly position, it is not very useful to help one of them.
And Li Siyuan said that Zhang Xuanling had what he needed in his hands, and he still didn't know what it was.