Chapter 446: Heart-burning step by step
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Thousands of miles of wind and frost depend on the measured steps, and ten miles of sad autumn turns into moonlight. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info super fast and stable update novel, this article by the first release of a sad and nostalgic obsession, half-dyed parents trembling.
Thousands of miles of wind and sand failed to block the return of 300 pedestrians like arrows. After all, Lu Yifan's deep bond with his parents can't be resisted. Day and night, rain or shine, in just six days, Lu Yifan and his entourage came from the desert to break the dust, all the way tired, full of vicissitudes, dusty, no one was dissatisfied with the body and tired, no one did not walk slowly, no one did not have bloodshot eyes, but only no one had half a complaint.
Under the sunset, the Western Imperial City is as quiet as ever, pedestrians come and go at the city gate, and there are lazy city soldiers standing on the city gate, and the shouts of the city vendors and the noise of the bustling crowd can be heard in the distance. No matter how dangerous the Holy Land is now, no matter whether Jinling City is in dire straits, this place will always be dark in the southwest corner, and it will still be so peaceful and peaceful, just as all the great sorrows and joys in the world have never had anything to do with here. When the big thing came here, it became laughing and scolding, and it was just a joke after dinner.
Lu Yifan suddenly appeared outside the city gate with more than 300 people, and several defenders at the city gate couldn't help but be clever, the most they have seen in the West Imperial City for so long are ordinary business trips, and the battle of more than 300 people that suddenly appeared is extremely rare, especially these more than 300 people are actually carrying knives and swords, their faces are gloomy and terrifying, and they don't seem to be so easy to provoke if they pick out any one.
"Head, what are they ......" A young city soldier who looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old was even dumbfounded when he saw this situation, only to see him trembling behind a sixty-year-old man beside him, and asked cautiously, "It can't be those people who are coming back again, right?"
The people the young sergeant was talking about were actually referring to the remnants of the Emperor who had entered the city not long ago. Although it is said that it is the remnants of the emperor's sect, if you really want to talk about it in detail, they are all former core disciples.
The sixty-year-old man is a veteran soldier who has been guarding the city gate in the Western Imperial City for more than 40 years, so it is not uncommon to see large and small battles. At this moment, I saw that he was holding a weed in his mouth that he got out of nowhere, and he looked at Lu Yifan and his party who were getting closer and closer rather leisurely with slightly drooping eyelids, and said unhurriedly: "Remember, as long as no one makes trouble, it is safe and sound, what do you know at a young age? There are so many big things to happen in the world, don't be shocked all day long, just guard your city gate in peace!"
"That'...... Shall we interrogate or not?" asked the young sergeant timidly, "or let them in?"
"It's natural to ask, otherwise we won't be able to make a difference if we are blamed above! As long as we ask, even if something happens when we turn around, we can also say that they disguised themselves as ordinary people at that time, and they didn't find anything strange!" said the veteran oil with a smirk.
"Yes...... They don't look like ordinary people, how can ordinary people wear such uniformly and carry knives with them......"
"Smack!"
"Oops!"
Before the young sergeant could finish his thoughts, the veteran soldier suddenly reached out and knocked him on the head from behind, and then scolded angrily with a look of hatred for iron and steel: "It's just that you talk a lot of nonsense! Just stand here and watch it honestly, and make trouble for Lao Tzu!"
After that, the veteran soldier Youzi spit out the weeds in his mouth aside, and then tidied up his crooked and worn-out armor a little, and then he greeted Lu Yifan and his party who had already walked in front of him like a dog.
"Stop, who are you?What are you doing in the Western Imperial City?" The veteran soldier Youzi deliberately raised his head slightly, and glanced at Lu Yifan and his party with his residual vision, this is the posture he has comprehended over the years for so many years, only with this posture can he overwhelm the other party in momentum at once, and at the same time, he can also show his status as the overlord of the Western Imperial City. If the ordinary trader encounters such a military master, even the big businessman will go around, the so-called gentleman does not fight with the villain, the strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake, for this kind of county official is not as good as the current leader of the city gate, ordinary people are still as unwilling to offend as possible. When lucky, this veteran oilman can still get some oil and water from the caravan more or less. You know, with the power in his hands, he can find 10,000 reasons not to let you enter the city, so most of the pedestrians who come and go will naturally not care about it. However, this veteran oil also has a characteristic, that is, he only bullies fresh faces that he has never seen, but he generally does not ask too much about those who are familiar with his face, and directly lets them go.
And the group of people standing in front of him today were all covered in embarrassment, and they couldn't see their original faces at all. Mo said that this veteran soldier didn't know Lu Yifan at all, even if he knew him before, he was afraid that he wouldn't recognize it now.
"Blind your dog's eye!"
Before the veteran Youzi finished his words arrogantly, the short-tempered Yin Xi directly stepped forward two steps in front of the veteran Youzi, raised a generous slap with the size of a fan, and slapped the veteran Youzi's head without warning.
"Smack!"
This slap hit the old soldier loudly, and at the same time stunned the passers-by who came and went in and out of the city gate. Many people couldn't help but stop at the gate of the city, whispering in groups, and they all looked lively. The four or five city soldiers standing at the gate of the city were as confused as the veteran soldier, and they didn't come to their senses for a long time.
Looking at Lu Yifan again, he took Liu Sandao and the others without slowing down from beginning to end, and let Yin Xi slap the veteran oil in a circle, but Lu Yifan didn't even blink his eyelids and walked over quickly. In the face of more than 300 people, where did the four or five city soldiers dare to say more nonsense, they have already shivered and dodged to the side, for fear that they will block the way of this group of people, and then suffer the same fate as the veteran Youzi.
"Who are these people?"
"I don't know, but these people's clothes look familiar. β
"It's almost impossible to see the color when it's dirty, it looks like these people should have just come out of the desert......"
"Wait a minute, I think I've seen that beating man somewhere...... Let me think! Let me think! Ah, yes, I remember, they are from the Soul Sect, and I said that I think I have seen their clothes somewhere......"
"Soul Sect? Soul Sect on Xihuang Mountain? Didn't they get smashed by the Emperor Sect a few days ago? And the unlucky Lu family who lives in the city, it is said that they are miserable because they have something to do with the Soul Sect Master......."
"Shhhh
......
For a while, the surrounding onlookers were talking in whispers, and among the onlookers, a thin figure was full of melancholy between his eyebrows, and his eyes were different from other people's curiosity, but a touch of worry.
This person is the son of the Shen family in the Western Imperial City, the brother of Shen Yue'er, the girl who fell in love with Yin Xi at first sight, Shen Liang!
When they first entered the city, the surrounding pedestrians were still gossiping, and as they entered the city deeper and deeper, more and more people recognized them, and the whispering around them became less and less, and the people they met along the way began to look at them with strange eyes, and then, the passers-by began to dodge and walk around Lu Yifan and his party, and when they approached the house where Lu Haoqian and them lived, the surroundings had even become silent, and every household closed their doors and windows and did not come out, and even the vendors who had set up stalls on both sides of the street hurriedly packed up their stalls and fled from hereγ The huge street instantly became empty, leaving only Lu Yifan and his party who hurried by.
The more he walked forward, the more Lu Yifan could feel the abnormality of the people around him, and the evasion and escape of these passers-by made Lu Yifan's heart begin to fall continuously, and for a while, it was as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss, which made him panic. And the more he panicked, the faster his steps became, and the faster his steps, the more panicked his heart became, and the sense of urgency and anxiety that went back and forth made Lu Yifan's breathing intensify.
Liu Sandao and Ji Yuan raised their eyes to look at the abnormalities around them, and their eyebrows couldn't help but reveal a strong sense of worry. A group of more than 300 people walked forward silently, and they were walking more and more urgently, faster and faster. There was no sound in the empty streets, except for the slightly jumbled footsteps of them.
You must know that at this moment at dusk and sunset, it should be the most prosperous and lively time in the city, here is the south of the city where the streets and alleys are crisscrossed, and the houses are lined up one after another, and it is the most ordinary place in the city where the ordinary people gather, so this time should be more noisy and noisy. In the past, Liu Qingyuan had talked to Lu Yifan more than once, saying that she and Lu Haoqian often went to the street to buy some things at dusk and sunset, and said that the vendors would put the price very low at this time, especially when buying vegetables, it would not be fresh the next day, so it was the most suitable time to buy at this time. Because of this, Liu Qingyuan has been thinking about when Lu Yifan and Han Linger gave birth to a big fat grandson, and they can take their grandson to the evening market to buy some tiger head cloth shoes and other gadgets.
For Liu Qingyuan's words, Lu Yifan has always remembered it very clearly. Although he doesn't come here often, he knows what it should be like. At this moment, the atmosphere here is definitely not right.
"A Fan ......"
Looking at Lu Yifan, who was walking at the forefront and walking faster and faster, Ji Yuan, who was following closely, couldn't help but shout softly, he wanted to stop Lu Yifan, and then let him be mentally prepared first. But Ji Yuan's voice didn't seem to reach Lu Yifan's ears at all, Lu Yifan still walked in a hurry towards the small courtyard of Lu Haoqian and Liu Qingyuan, at this moment his palms half-hidden in the cuffs were already overflowing with nervous sweat, and his fists were clenched and loosened, loosened and clenched. Lu Yifan only felt that his chest couldn't help but feel stuffy, and even breathing became a little difficult, his legs were numb, as if he was filled with lead, and every step was extremely difficult, but he refused to relax at all, and the sweat all over his body came out like this.
Liu Sandao has been following Lu Yifan closely, not leaving an inch. At this moment, he already had a premonition that something was wrong, so in order to prevent someone from secretly ambushing Lu Yifan, he always held his right hand at the front of the scabbard, and his thumb was firmly on the hilt.
When they turned a corner, Lu Yifan saw at a glance the ordinary courtyard at the end of this alley. Everything is as usual, the courtyard door is still quietly closed, the two slightly dilapidated wooden doors are still pasted on the New Year, Liu Qingyuan took Lu Yifan and Han Ling'er to the market to select the Wenwu Gate God, and on the narrow door frame, two couplets written by Lu Haoqian are still pasted there, although the paper has been slightly yellow, but the ink on it is as if it has not dried, still exuding a trace of thick ink.
......
"Come on, come on, come and see, these two couplets are what I just wrote. If you let the surrounding neighbors know that this couplet is from the hand of the dignified Sanctuary Wending Gong, I am afraid that I don't know how many people will secretly pick it up at night, haha...... "In the lively New Year's Festival, Lu Haoqian proudly held up the two couplets that had not dried up carefully in front of Lu Haoqian, Lu Yifan and others, and joked confidently.
"I know bragging, they all say that heroes don't mention Yong back then, sir, you don't know how to be modest now!" Liu Qingyuan chuckled and mocked, which made the people of the Lu family around him laugh.
This situation is vividly in my mind, and the bickering between Lu Haoqian and Liu Qingyuan and the laughter of Lu Yifan, Han Ling'er, Liu Sandao and others are also in my ears. At this moment, Lu Yifan has not yet entered the house, but somehow all kinds of memories of the past have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and this illusion of being like a different world makes Lu Yifan's heart touch for a while.
"Yifan, you come to judge the theory, is Dad's handwriting good?" Suddenly, Lu Haoqian walked out of the courtyard gate with a couplet, and asked Lu Yifan with an unconvinced face, while Liu Qingyuan and everyone in the Lu family followed behind with a smile, Liu Qingyuan still kept secretly grimacing Lu Yifan, signaling him not to deliberately cater to Lu Haoqian.
"Daddy......"
"Dad, of course your words are good words!" However, before Lu Yifan could open his mouth to answer, a voice identical to himself suddenly sounded from behind him, Lu Yifan hurriedly looked back, but saw another self who was smiling towards Lu Haoqian at the moment, and Han Ling'er, Liu Sandao, Ji Yuan, Lu Jun, Xie Yun and the others were smiling behind them, and in the arms of Yin Xi and Liu Meng, they were each holding a large number of gift boxes at the moment, and they were walking loudly to Lu Haoqian and Liu Qingyuan and congratulated them repeatedly: "Old Master Lu, Mrs. Lu, the beginning of the year, Wishing you prosperity!"
"Haha...... Come in and warm up!" Liu Qingyuan agreed with a loving face, and grabbed the hands of Lu Yifan and Han Ling'er as she spoke, and warmed their hands with her palms in distress. In a burst of joyful laughter, Lu Haoqian and Liu Qingyuan returned to the small courtyard with a group of people, and then Lu Haoqian quietly turned around and closed the courtyard door again, and when he closed the courtyard door completely, Lu Haoqian suddenly raised his head and showed a meaningful look and an incomparably loving smile to the real Lu Yifan, who had been standing outside the courtyard gate.
Then, the courtyard door was slowly closed, and the alley in front of the courtyard returned to its previous tranquility and emptiness. And Lu Yifan was also pulled back to reality all of a sudden.
In this way, Lu Yifan stood quietly in front of the courtyard gate for a long time, quietly looking at the past scenes in front of him that seemed to be real, but the two lines of tears in his eyes rolled down silently at some point.
"Daddy...... Mother......"
"Yifan, what's wrong with you?" Liu Sandao next to him seemed to find that Lu Yifan was deep in thought, so he couldn't help but shout again and again, "Yifan, don't you scare us, okay? There is no Lord Lu and Mrs. Lu here......"
However, before Liu Sandao could finish speaking, Lu Yifan had already restarted his steps with tears in his eyes, and walked towards the closed courtyard gate step by step, and the distance between him and his parents was gradually shortening between this step.
Ten Steps...... Seven Steps...... Five-step ...... Three-step ...... One-step......
Finally, Lu Yifan stood in front of the courtyard gate, and his arms that were about to reach out to push open the courtyard door suddenly stopped in mid-air for some reason. Because at this moment, he had already seen the subtle knife marks on the courtyard gate, and the threshold under his feet that had been kicked through.
He didn't have the courage to push the door open again.
"Yifan, we've come here...... Ji Yuan said softly.
Hearing Ji Yuan's words, Lu Yifan finally mustered up his courage, only to see him take a deep breath, then hold his breath and concentrate, his hands pressed against the slightly cool courtyard door, and pushed forward suddenly, with a soft 'squeak', it seemed that the courtyard door that had not been opened for a long time opened with a burst of dust.
And at the moment when the courtyard door opened, a faint smell of blood came to his face, and before Lu Yifan could raise his eyes to see everything in the courtyard, a dry and moldy leg on the beam in the courtyard gate suddenly hung down from the air, and then a charcoal black female corpse that was burned beyond recognition by the flames hanged naked in front of Lu Yifan. And the reason why he was able to recognize her as a female corpse was because of the embroidered shoes he wore on his feet!
Lu Yifan is really familiar with these shoes, because they are the gifts he and Han Linger gave to Liu Qingyuan together.
On the corpse at this moment, there was a bloody paper inserted in the dagger, and the two lines of bloody characters were shocking.
"The suffering of burning oneself in the past should be returned today!" At the place of payment, there are four hideous small characters of 'Huangzong Yellow Crane'.
And seeing this scene, Lu Yifan didn't make any movement for a long time, just stood there stunned with dull eyes, until a long time later, a grief shook the sky, and a heart-rending cry instantly shocked the entire Western Imperial City!
"Mother!"
...... (To be continued.) )