Chapter 24: A dilemma
Go on a long trip.
Always pick a sunny day.
Xia Fan didn't say when he would leave the villa, so when he left, no one in the villa was aware.
For Xia Fan.
It's not hard to get away from everyone and leave quietly.
In fact, there is no one who is more confused than Peaches.
When she and Xia Fan came to the courtyard as usual.
The rest that should rest, the practice that should be practiced.
As a result, Xia Fan suddenly got up and said something to her.
"Peach, let's go see the sea together. ”
And then.
The two of them embarked on a journey to see the sea.
Sea.
Ocean.
This is a word that makes Peaches feel very strange and distant.
Because she had only heard about the sea from books or from other people's mouths, but she had never actually seen it with her own eyes.
If she hadn't touched Xia Fan.
Maybe she will never see the sea in her life, let alone know what the sea is like.
After all.
The Asuka Dynasty was not a coastal country.
If Peaches wants to see the sea, they have to pass through at least two countries to reach the coastline of Dongmingzhou.
Momoko is just an ordinary person.
And the vast majority of ordinary people have never left the territory of the Asuka Dynasty in their lives, and some have never even set foot in their hometown.
In the past, when I visited the Qinglou.
Xia Fan had vaguely heard Peaches inadvertently mention the sea.
Now that he had decided that he wanted to go out for a walk, he simply took Peaches to see the sea.
"Shopkeeper, let's leave like this, won't Cailing and them worry?"
In an unmanned carriage at high speed.
Shortly after leaving the lodge.
Momoko, who had come back to her senses and calmed down, suddenly couldn't help but worry.
"Don't worry, I've already informed Cailing and them in advance before leaving. ”
Xia Fan, who was lying in the carriage, said in a lazy tone.
"That's good, that's good......"
Momoko said with some relief.
"However, why didn't the shopkeeper bring Cailing and them with him when he went out this time?"
"If Cailing and the others leave, who will take care of the villa?"
Xia Fan yawned.
“...... I see. ”
Momoko nodded in understanding.
"If we arrive at the beach from Linwu Villa, according to the speed of this carriage, if nothing else, we will be able to see the sea smoothly in about half a month. ”
Xia Fan casually diverted the topic.
"Half a month...... Is it so far?"
Momoko was stunned.
"Who made Dongmingzhou too big, if I had the ability of Brother Monkey, it would be good if I followed the head for 108,000 miles, maybe we would go to the beach with a cup of tea." ”
Xia Fan said listlessly.
“...... The shopkeeper is joking, how can anyone have a heel that can be 108,000 miles?"
Momoko said incredulously with her mouth open.
"You're lonely about it......"
Anyway, there is nothing to do in the carriage.
Xia Fan simply told Peaches the story of Journey to the West.
The story of Journey to the West is not long, but it is not short.
Although he doesn't remember some of the plot very well, it doesn't prevent him from being able to tell the full outline.
The days of rushing in the carriage are like the sleeper on the train in the previous life.
The difference is that Xia Fan can stop and rest at any time, or have a full meal, or sightseeing scenery, or river fishing, or bathing in the pond and so on.
There's no need to spend the whole day in a carriage in a hurry.
Although this will greatly delay their arrival at the beach, so what?
After all, one of the purposes for Xia Fan to come out was to distract himself.
Going to the beach is a relaxation, and playing on the road is also a relaxation.
It went on for days.
Peaches gradually let go of their restraints, and the smiles on their faces became more and more, changing the depression of their previous life in the villa, as if they had changed back to the cheerful and straightforward peaches in Yixiang Courtyard.
In fact, Xia Fan didn't know.
Peaches has not been happy in the past three years.
There is nothing else to do every day except eating, cultivating, and sleeping, and such a day is undoubtedly very boring.
Xia Fan can bear it, it's just that he is used to this kind of life.
But peaches are different.
Her endurance was completely for Xia Fan's endurance.
Xia Fan didn't say anything.
It's nothing more than that he wants to use this to tell Momoko.
No matter how hot the relationship is, it will return to flat, and you don't like me as much as you think.
Outcome.
Xia Fan misestimated Peaches.
Her feelings for herself are still the same.
Love debt?
Sometimes.
Xia Fan couldn't help but have associations in this regard.
Just like the ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulties in Journey to the West, the saddest thing is the beauty pass.
Although Xia Fan can marry Peaches against his heart.
But is that what Momoko really wants?
Unconsciously.
With the passage of time.
Xia Fan and Peach finally arrived at the beach.
Looking at the vast blue sea, the peaches that saw the sea for the first time were deeply shocked.
Xia Fan has seen the sea.
Even jumped over the sea.
So when he looked at the sea, his mood was not turbulent at all, but his thoughts drifted into the distance.
Because he remembered a man.
Zhou Xiaoyu.
I remember that it was many years ago.
Xia Fan, who would wander to the twenty-three islands south of Tianmen, would often look at the sea, and the person who often accompanied him to see the sea was Zhou Xiaoyu.
Times have changed.
The people who watched the sea with him became a different person.
But where is Zhou Xiaoyu now?
Meanwhile.
Forest Misty Villa.
As early as not long after Xia Fan and Peaches left, Dong Cailing and others learned the news.
Follow Xia Fan's orders.
Neither of them revealed Xia Fan's whereabouts.
Perhaps it was because Xia Fan's sense of presence in the villa was too low, so that most of the miscellaneous disciples didn't take this matter to heart.
But some people are different.
Xia Fan's disappearance was tantamount to a signal in their eyes.
Like what.
Qiu Hao and others wondered if Xia Fan had "abandoned" Dong Cailing.
If it's abandoned.
Why did he leave Ah Chao with a mysterious woman who had recently arrived by Dong Cailing's side?
Or was there something important that he had to leave?
The same news fell into the eyes and ears of Wu Huazong.
Does this mean that Meng Xihua's assassination was successful? Dong Cailing's secrecy was to stabilize the situation in the villa?
Time.
Lin Wu Villa can be described as an undercurrent surging.
Fortunately, Dong Cailing, who had been explained by Xia Fan in advance, did not mess up, at least on the surface, she still handled the affairs of the villa in an orderly manner as before.
Actually?
After Xia Fan left, Dong Cailing was worried every day as if he had lost his backbone.
On the one hand, she was really worried that Xia Fan would never come back.
On the other hand, they are worried about the coming of Wuhua Sect.
The so-called more afraid of something, the more something.
Half a month has passed.
this day.
Dong Cailing was dealing with the affairs of the villa.
The disciples of the mountain villa suddenly came to report urgently.
A disciple of the Wuhua Sect who claimed to be Ding Ran came to pay a visit.
Ding Ran?!
Smell the name.
Dong Cailing couldn't help but stiffen.
The disciples of the villa didn't know who Ding Ran was, but Dong Cailing knew very well.
This is the most outstanding young disciple of the Wuhua Sect in the contemporary era.
The most important thing is that she once had a relationship with the other party in the inn!
Later, Xia Fan's buddy subdued Ding and then disappeared, and after three years of clinker, he took the initiative to come to the door?
It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.
With that in mind.
The first time.
Dong Cailing called Ah Chao and Meng Xihua to go with her to receive Ding Ran in person.
Not seen for three years.
Ding Ran's demeanor is still the same.
A plain robe couldn't hide his heroic face.
"Poor Dao Ding Ran has seen the owner of the East Village!"
In front of the vermilion gate.
When Dong Cailing led people out.
When he saw Ding Ran carrying a long sword outside the door, he showed an inexplicable smile and greeted Dong Cailing.
"It turned out to be a senior disciple of Wuhua Sect, dare to ask Ding Daoyou if he came to visit Linwu Villa this time, I don't know what is important?"
"Master Dongzhuang, Poor Dao feels that this is not a place to speak. ”
Ding Ran said indifferently.
"It's a concubine who is rude, Ding Daoyou, please. ”
Dong Cailing pretended to be calm.
Not much.
Dong Cailing led Ding Ran to a side hall where he worked on weekdays.
From entering the village to entering the temple.
All the way.
Ding Ran's eyes wandered on Ah Chao and Meng Xihua.
"Ding Daoyou, it's okay to say anything here. ”
As soon as I sat down.
Dong Cailing went straight to the point, without the slightest intention of beating around the bush with Ding Ran.
"I didn't expect to see each other for three years, and now the owner of Dongzhuang has to impress the poor road. ”
Clinker Ding Ran said unhurriedly.
"After all, people change. ”
Dong Cailing said indifferently.
"But the owner of Dongzhuang can have today's changes thanks to Tsing Yi Lou, more precisely, the owner of Tsing Yi Lou. ”
Ding Ran looked at Dong Cailing Dao meaningfully.
"Is Ding Daoyou here to talk to his concubine about this?"
Dong Cailing frowned lightly.
"Of course not. ”
Ding Ran shook his head and said calmly.
"I don't know if the owner of Dongzhuang knows that most of the power in the hands of Tsing Yi Lou has fallen into the hands of our Wuhua Sect. ”
"Huh?"
Dong Cailing's expression changed slightly when he heard this.
Because Xia Fan never seemed to have mentioned this matter to her.
"Didn't the husband of the owner of the East Village tell you?"
Ding Ran keenly captured the subtle changes in the face of Dong Cailing.
"What if you say it, what if you don't say it?"
Dong Cailing's voice sank.
"Master Dongzhuang, dare to ask ...... this girl is"
Ding Ran avoided answering, and deliberately shifted his gaze to Meng Xihua, who was standing beside Dong Cailing with an expressionless face.
"She is a distant cousin of the concubine. ”
Dong Cailing pretended to be careless.
"Distant cousin, there are so many relatives of the host. ”
Ding Ran re-focused his gaze on Dong Cailing and looked at her deeply.
"After all, Lin Wu Villa is just a small family in the cultivation world of the Flying Bird Dynasty, and it is naturally inferior to the Wuhua Sect from which Ding Daoyou was born. ”
Dong Cailing understated.
"The owner of Dongzhuang is too arrogant, since he has the help of the owner of Tsing Yi Building, how can the future of Linwu Villa stop here. ”
Ding Ran said with a smile.
"Ding Daoyou thinks too highly of the concubine, and the biggest wish of the concubine in this life is nothing more than to be able to keep the inheritance left by his ancestors. ”
Dong Cailing was unmoved.
"Master Dongzhuang, in fact, the real purpose of Poor Dao's visit this time is to ask to see the husband of the owner of Dongzhuang. ”
Ding Ran no longer went around with Dong Cailing, and his face suddenly turned right.
"I'm sorry Ding Daoyou, half a month ago, the husband of the concubine left the villa on important matters. ”
Dong Cailing said in a deep voice.
"Dare to ask where the husband of the owner of the East Village has gone?"
Ding Ran immediately asked.
"Please forgive the concubine for not knowing, because the husband did not inform the concubine that she went everywhere. ”
East Choi Ling Road.
"Really?"
Ding Ran's smile is intriguing.
"Master Dongzhuang, Poor Dao would like to advise you here, those who know the times are Junjie. ”
"I don't know what Ding Daoyou means by this?"
Dong Cailing's eyes narrowed.
"Wuhua Sect and the major sects can't tolerate the existence of an organization like Tsing Yi Lou in the Flying Bird Dynasty, so please think twice about the East Zhuang. ”
Ding Ran said lightly.
“...... Could it be that Wuhua Sect is ready to kill all the people in Tsing Yi Building?"
Dong Cailing was silent for a moment.
"Heaven has the virtue of a good life, not to mention the cultivators of my generation, if all of you in Tsing Yi Lou voluntarily leave the Asuka Dynasty and never come back, we will naturally not be guilty of the past. ”
Ding Ran said bluntly.
After speaking.
His gaze intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Ah Chao, who was standing on the other side of Dong Cailing.
“...... Ding Daoyou, I think you misunderstood one thing, the husband of the concubine has never been the owner of Tsing Yi Building. ”
Dong Cailing spoke for a long time.
"Master Dongzhuang, do you think Poor Dao will believe it?"
Ding Ran sneered and said.
"If it weren't for your husband, who would have been able to teach these such excellent disciples of theirs. ”
“...... Ding Daoyou, please forgive the concubine!"
Facing the aggressive Ding Ran.
Dong Cailing suddenly took a deep breath, her eyes were full of perseverance again, and she gritted her teeth.
"Master Dongzhuang, if you can, Poor Dao is also unwilling to have a conflict with Guifujun, but it is difficult to disobey the master's order......"
Ding Ran sighed lightly.
"Master Dongzhuang, can Poor Dao bother you more time in the villa? When Guifujun comes back, Poor Dao wants to get a definite answer from Guifujun in person. ”
"Ding Daoyou, please take it, and the concubine will make arrangements later. ”
Dong Cailing said in a deep voice.
Then the poor road took his leave for the time being. ”
said.
Ding Ran got up and walked towards the outside of the hall without hesitation.
Wait until Ding Ran leaves.
There was a long silence in the hall.
"Ah Chao, can you contact your husband?"
Long.
Dong Cailing turned her head to look at Ah Chaodao beside her with a heavy heart.
"No, you can't. ”
Ah Chao said succinctly.
"Did the husband tell you when he would come back?"
Dong Cailing's heart tightened.
"Nope. ”
Ah Chao shook his head.
"Alas, this time my husband has given me a big problem. ”
Dong Cailing suddenly held his forehead and smiled bitterly.
Now she and Xia Fan can be said to be both prosperous and lossy.
What's more, she has no choice at all.
Ding Ran thought she could really persuade her husband?
Don't look at what Ding Ran said.
But Dong Cailing didn't believe a word.
Who helped her avenge her? Who helped her regain the foundation of Lin Wu Villa? Who helped her stabilize the situation in the villa and regain power?
Although she and Xia Fan are a superficial couple.
But the above help alone makes Dong Cailing absolutely not betray Xia Fan.
At the same time, she knew very well what would happen if she was an enemy of Wuhua Sect.
This made Dong Cailing not know what to do for a while.
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