Chapter 257: Robbery
In the early morning of the next day, Xiao He and Luo Fanchen packed up and said goodbye to Murong Yan outside the gate of Guo's mansion.
After a while, Long Er slowly walked out, with a sad face.
"Long'er, have you thought about it, do you want to go back to Shushan with us, or stay in the imperial city?" Xiao He asked.
Long Er pondered and replied slowly:
"Long'er really wants to go with you, but my current cultivation is too low, and when I get to Shu Mountain, I can't help much, and there are countless fortunes in this imperial capital, which will be of great benefit to my cultivation..."
Xiao He suddenly understood what Long'er meant, and he gently patted Long'er's shoulder:
"It's okay, you don't have to take care of us, the emperor is very suitable for you, the money dragon, I hope when we meet again, you will be more radiant..."
"Hmph, what a radiant look, Xiao He, can't you use some good words..."Long Er said angrily.
"Uh... Please forgive me for being a rough person, only a shallow learner, this is already the best word I can think of..."
Xiao He pretended to make an apology, and the others smiled in their eyes.
"Long'er, Aunt Murong is very good, if you follow her, you will definitely not suffer. Aunt Murong, Long'er is entrusted to you, she has a great appetite, you have to guard your property..."
Luo Fanchen rarely made a joke, but Long'er's face was bulging with anger.
Murong Yan saw Luo Fanchen's happy appearance in her eyes, and immediately felt relieved.
"Chen'er, Xiao He, don't worry, Long'er is here with me, and she will definitely be safe... Chen'er, my aunt tells you one word, do everything according to your ability..."
Murong Yan's entrustment Luo Fanchen naturally knew that after returning to Shushan, Luo Fanchen would continue to investigate Zhao Lingfeng's affairs, and there might be a great danger hidden behind this.
Luo Fanchen nodded, and together with Xiao He, he said goodbye to Murong Yan and Long Er again, and walked along the east-west street towards the west gate of the imperial city.
Looking at the two of them who were gradually disappearing in the crowd, Long'er's tears rolled straight in his eyes.
"Xiao He, Brother Fanchen, I will miss you... Take care all the way..."
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Only Xiao He and Luo Fanchen were left walking on the street, both of them felt a little lonely, and no one said anything for a while.
"Mortal dust... Originally, when I went back to the Kyushu Continent, it was Long'er who was with us, but now that I don't have her, I'm still a little uncomfortable..."Xiao He desperately found words.
"Oh? yes?..." Luo Fanchen couldn't help but feel a trace of sourness in his heart when he heard Xiao He say this, "You won't like that girl, will you?"
"Hmm... If you think about it, you may really like it..."Xiao He held his chin and made a thinking look.
Luo Fanchen's heart trembled, could it be that Xiao He really meant something to Long'er?
"But that's not the love between men and women, maybe it's the same as Lin'er, I treat her as my sister..."Xiao He said to Luo Fanchen with a smile.
"Uh... Ahh You have a lot of sisters..."Luo Fanchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's not just my sister, I also have a lot of brothers, Chengfeng, Ling Ge and Big Brother Xu... Of course, you, senior brother..."
Xiao He looked proud, stretched out his arm and was about to hug Luo Fanchen's shoulder, but she turned around and avoided it.
"You act a little sven, this is in the Imperial City..."Luo Fanchen said angrily.
Xiao He laughed bitterly a few times, hurry up and make amends, if he offends Luo Fanchen, the end will be very miserable, he knows this very well in his heart.
The two were about to walk to the west gate of the imperial city unconsciously, Xiao He suddenly felt that someone was examining him, and suddenly looked in one direction, but saw a white-bearded old man sitting quietly in front of a face-to-face stall, squinting his eyes as if he was about to fall asleep.
"Fanchen, that old man seems to have been observing me for a long time just now, it seems that something is wrong, I'll take a look..."
Xiao He didn't wait for Luo Fanchen to answer, and strode to the old man's stall.
The booth is small, and on one side stands a white coarse cloth signboard with two large characters written on it. The white-bearded old man had a wrinkled face and a gray robe, and the patches on it were stacked one by one, showing that his life was very poor.
Xiao He squatted in front of the old man, looked him up and down, and then asked:
"Old man, are you a Taoist priest?
The old man was not in a hurry to answer, and stretched out a dry finger tremblingly, pointing to the coarse cloth signboard, "Boy, don't you recognize the word god?...
The old man's words were not good, Xiao He was about to theorize, but was stopped by Luo Fanchen:
"Old man, excuse me... Big stick mallet, don't make trouble, let's hurry..."
Xiao He snorted coldly, and just got up to leave, the old man said coldly:
"The celestial star is rushing, but it is a robbery... Childe must not go west, otherwise his life will be in danger..."
Xiao He and Luo Fanchen are about to return to Shushan, isn't that direction due west?
"You old god, why are you full of gibberish..."
Xiao He was furious, this old man was obviously a magic stick who used fortune telling to cheat money, thinking so, he grabbed the old man's collar and lifted it up easily.
The old man was fiddled with like this, but he still looked drowsy, and in the eyes of Luo Fanchen on the side, doubts suddenly arose.
"Big stick mallet, don't make extraneous branches, this is someone's livelihood..."
Hearing this, Xiao He put the old man down, his eyes rolled, his face suddenly became much better, and he asked the old man:
"Old man, since you said that I have a calamity, how should I solve it?"
"The calamity cannot be broken, and the heavenly secret cannot be revealed..."The old man said slowly.
"Fanchen, look... I knew that he was going to say these two sentences next, there are more of these gods in Liangzhou, I didn't expect to meet them in the imperial city, it's really unlucky..."
Xiao He said as he pulled Luo Fanchen to turn around and leave, not taking the old man's words to heart at all.
"Blessings and misfortunes depend on, and misfortunes and blessings depend on... Whether it's a catastrophe or a creation depends on the number of son's lives..."
The old man muttered behind the two of them, although Xiao He still didn't care, Luo Fanchen wrote it down intentionally or unintentionally.
The two passed through the west gate of the imperial city and walked away.
After a while, in front of the old fortune teller's booth, a woman in purple with a thin veil slowly walked in, she stretched out her slender jade hand to the old man, and said:
"Old man, can you give me a picture?"
The old man smiled slightly and replied:
"The girl's palmistry is a little special, if you don't mind, let's find a place to have a good look?"
"Okay, let's go with the old man..."
The old man bent his back, got up slowly, and slowly paced the woman in purple into a narrow alley behind.
"Ah Zi, I didn't expect the person who killed Mei Seven to hide in the Hou Mansion, it seems that we need to pay more attention..."
The old man actually made a woman's crisp voice, and at the same time, his rickety back gradually straightened, and his eyes glowed with a strange brilliance.
The woman in purple took off her mask and revealed her true face, and it was indeed Ah Zi.
"Master, the head of the Black Sect didn't recognize the disciple by his face, it seems that Seven Kills Mei doesn't know that I am a disciple of the Chess Immortal..."
The "old man" nodded, "Yes, fortunately, your master has long been hiding your identity from the outside world even if there is such a day..."
"Seven kills Mei killed the master, and I have to hunt down the master, I will definitely let them taste the bitterness... Ah Zi said fiercely.
"Ah Zi, don't be impulsive, at this time, we should be more obscure... I calculated a hexagram just now, Xiao He, this kid is about to have a catastrophe, but he has some connections with you in his life, so you might as well help him secretly..."
Ah Zi's brows furrowed, "What about the young man Luo next to him?"
"Young Master Luo is carrying a treasure, I can't see through his life... Ah Zi, that Xiao Gongzi is not simple, Shi Niang faintly feels that he will definitely help us stop the Seven Kills Mei..."
Ah Zi was not very happy at first when she heard that her master was going to arrange for her to help Xiao He secretly, but then she thought that she could meet Luo Fanchen again, and her mood immediately improved.
"Master, Ah Zi knows... I'll act now, and I hope my master will be more careful..."
The "old man" nodded, returned to his previous appearance, and slowly walked out of the narrow alley with Ah Zi.