Chapter 2 Reunion after a long absence
Seeing Ye Feng's embarrassed face, Zeng Niu couldn't help but panic a little.
No matter what, the Ye family is also a well-known businessman in Xianhe Town, and the livelihood of Zeng Niu's family depends entirely on the Ye family, he really doesn't know what kind of fate he will end up with angering Ye Feng.
"Little Crazy...... Ye Feng ...... Young Master Ye, I'm ...... I ......" Zeng Niu wanted to argue, but he was incoherent in a panic.
Seeing that Zeng Niu was a little afraid of himself, Ye Feng shook his head and slapped Zeng Niu's shoulder hard.
"Cut, big cow, do you still say me? Didn't you look like that back then, if I remember correctly, you were still wetting the bed when you were six years old. Ye Feng said narrowly.
There was a coax, and the crowd around them burst into laughter.
The expressions that everyone looked at Ye Feng were no longer just afraid, but also full of kindness.
"Is this big man who came back from Xianhe Town in the Yuan Qi car? His surname is Ye, his name is Ye Feng, could it be that he is Ye Tianxing's son who was selected by the Water Sword Sect?"
Some people who were familiar with the Ye family heard people talking, and nodded in agreement.
Someone said: "It should be, I still remember Ye Tianxing's son." That little guy is very remarkable, he cultivated the soul of the sword to the first level at the age of eight, and he was specially approved by the sect master of the Water Sword Sect to enter the sect. ”
Under the news that people passed on to each other, soon, the news of Ye Feng's return to Xianhe Town spread throughout the town.
In the center of the town, in the courtyard behind a tea shop called Ye's shop, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old, lively and lovely girl, was drying tea leaves.
Hearing the noise coming from the front of the store, the girl's willow eyebrows couldn't help frowning, and she casually put the basket in her hand on the board and walked into the shop.
"What are you yelling about when you don't work in broad daylight?" said the girl as soon as she entered the shop.
Her shouting didn't stop the shopkeeper's shouting.
A man in a blue soap coat and a black felt hat walked quickly to the girl and shouted, "Miss Lan, I am very happy." ”
The man's shouting made the girl stunned.
She opened her apricot eyes and asked, "What kind of joy? Could it be that someone has bought all the tea leaves in our shop?"
The man shook his head, his face full of joy, and he hurriedly said, "No, Miss Lan." It's the young master who is back. It was the eldest young master who had returned from the Lishui Sword Sect. ”
"Young master, big young master. Ye Lan muttered in a low voice, and his body trembled suddenly.
Suddenly, she grabbed the man's hand and asked urgently, "Who did you say came back from the Water Sword Sect, do you say it again?"
Facing Ye Lan, who was full of urgency, the guy laughed so much that his facial features were distorted. He said excitedly: "It's the eldest young master, it's the young master Ye Feng." Just now I heard from someone outside that the eldest young master was riding the vitality car and came back from the Lishui Sword Sect. ”
"Heavenly ......" Ye Lan let out a scream of excitement.
She let go of her fellow abruptly, rushed straight out of the tea shop, and ran towards an extremely neat courtyard not far away.
"Mother, father, mother......" While running, Ye Lan shouted loudly.
In the courtyard, a middle-aged woman draws water from a well.
Hearing the shouts outside the courtyard, the woman was startled, and with a loosening of her palm, she dropped the bucket of water that was about to be drawn to the edge of the water into the well.
"Lan'er, what's wrong, are those bad guys here again?" Seeing Ye Lan stumbling in, the woman couldn't help but ask urgently.
Facing his mother's worried appearance, Ye Lan's heart was sour.
She quickly hugged the middle-aged woman and said loudly, "No, mother, it's my brother, it's Brother Feng who has come back from the Lishui Sword Sect." ”
"You mean Feng'er?" asked the middle-aged woman in exclamation.
Seeing Ye Lan nodding vigorously, the woman couldn't help but panic.
She panicked and wiped her wet palms with the apron on her waist, and quickly smoothed her scattered sideburns, and walked quickly into the house behind the courtyard.
On the bed in the house, a middle-aged man with gray temples and a sallow face lay on the bed.
Seeing the middle-aged man looking at the ceiling with holes in his eyes, the woman who walked in couldn't help but shed several crystal tears in her eyes.
"Tianxing, did you hear that? Feng'er is back, the Feng'er you thought about day and night is back. The woman quickly fished out the towel from the basin, wrung it out, and carefully wiped the middle-aged man's face.
After doing all this, she whispered: "Tianxing, it's okay this time, Feng'er is back, someone in the store is in charge of the overall situation, you can rest assured that I will keep our family's business from being invaded." ”
As she spoke, the middle-aged woman began to cry on her back. After a moment, she raised her head, quickly wiped the tears from her face with a towel, and walked quickly to the outside of the courtyard.
Outside the courtyard, there was a commotion of noise.
Ye Feng and the four of them, surrounded by many residents of Xianhe Town, came to the door of their homes.
Finding that he hadn't returned home for more than ten years, and the appearance of the old house had not changed, Ye Feng couldn't help but show a trace of warmth on his face.
He pushed open the half-hidden door, walked quickly into the courtyard, and shouted loudly, "Father, mother, sister, I'm back." ”
In the courtyard, Ye Lan stood under the flower garden, looking at Ye Feng a little nervously.
Seeing Ye Lan, Ye Feng's eyes couldn't help but light up, he quickly walked up to Ye Lan and said, "Xiaolan, are you my sister Xiaolan?"
"Brother......" Ye Lan shouted shyly.
Hearing Ye Lan's shout, Ye Feng's heart trembled violently, and a mist rose in his eyes.
It's been ten years, and he's been away from his hometown for more than a dozen years.
Although it has been a long time since he has been absent, this call has awakened his dusty memory.
"Xiaolan, you've grown up. Ye Feng gently stroked Ye Lan's cyan black silk and said lovingly.
After saying this, he turned around suddenly, took a red brocade from Li Yuanhang's hand, stuffed it into Ye Lan's hand, and said, "Take it, didn't my brother promise you before he left, and give you a piece of silk when he grows up." Now my brother has come to fulfill his promise. ”
Holding the heavy satin, two lines of tears flowed from Ye Lan's eyes.
She opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by her mother who came out of the room.
"Feng'er, are you really Feng'er?" Ye Feng's mother, Li Xiu'e, called softly.
Hearing the call that had been haunting for more than ten years in his ears, Ye Feng's body couldn't help but tremble fiercely.
Turning suddenly, he saw the kind face that he had thought about day and night, and had appeared in his dreams for countless nights.
"Mother, I'm Feng'er, I'm your son Ye Feng. Suddenly, Ye Feng knelt on his knees and kowtowed three times to Li Xiu'e.
This kneeling, all the marbles under the knees turned into powder, and this kowtow, the marble under Ye Feng's forehead was smashed straight out of a half-foot-deep hole.
There are no words that can describe Ye Feng's mood at the moment. Especially when she saw her mother's already gray sideburns, the bitterness in his heart could no longer be described.
"Feng'er, Feng'er......" Li Xiu'e sobbed softly.
She pulled Ye Feng up hard, lovingly wiped the dust off Ye Feng's forehead, and said pityingly: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!"
In the courtyard, Li Yuanhang and the others looked at Ye Feng's broken marble, and their faces were full of emotion.
They had always thought that they knew Ye Feng, but at this moment they knew that what they thought they knew was actually just the appearance, but they had never touched the softest place in Ye Feng's heart.
After staying with his mother for a while, Ye Feng suddenly raised his head. Seeing that his father had not shown up for a long time, he couldn't help but wonder a little.
"Mother, where did Dad go?" Ye Feng asked softly.
Li Xiu'e, who was looking at Ye Feng, trembled slightly.
She stared at Ye Feng for a long time, and then said sadly: "Your father, your father ......."
"What's wrong with Dad?" Ye Feng asked urgently.
Behind him, Ye Lan stepped forward, gently hugged his mother into his arms, and sobbed and said, "Brother, Dad doesn't know what poison he had, and now he is delirious and can only lie on the bed." ”
With a "bang", the snuffbox carefully prepared for his father in Ye Feng's hand fell to the ground.
He rushed into the bedroom in three steps and two steps, his eyes fixed on the bed.
On the bed, his father Ye Tianxing was lying on his back, looking at the ceiling with blank eyes.
Even though there was a commotion in the courtyard just now, the old man was unmoved, not even his eyes moved.
"Daddy. While walking towards the bed, Ye Feng called out loudly.
But no matter how much he shouted, his father never answered, and still stared blankly at the ceiling.
"This ...... What the hell is going on?" Ye Feng asked anxiously.
Behind him, his mother Li Xiu'e hid her face and cried bitterly, and her sister Ye Lan was also full of tears.
"Brother, we don't know what's wrong with my father. Half a month ago, my father went to the patriarch's house to drink and discuss the expansion of the family. The day after he returned, he became like this. Ye Lan said with a cry.
"Patriarch?" Ye Feng thought for a while, and the outline of a feminine face gradually appeared in his mind.
The Ye family is also a big family in Xianhe Town, with as many as 100 people. Ye Feng clearly remembered that before he left home, Ye Tianwen, the patriarch of the Ye family, was a sixth-level swordsman.
"Discuss the expansion of the business, is it like this on the second day?" Ye Feng calculated, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
Intuitively, he knew that the incident of his father's poisoning was not so simple. However, now he has just entered the house and does not understand the situation yet. He didn't mind slowly settling the account with those who assassinated his father after investigating all the circumstances.
Behind Ye Feng, Li Yuanhang looked at Ye's father lying on the bed, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
After whispering a few words in Ye Feng's ear, he stepped forward, sat at the head of the bed, and grabbed Father Ye's wrist.
After taking the pulse, Li Yuanhang waved his hand at Ye Feng and said, "Little guy, I have investigated your father's body. Like your sister said, he's supposed to be poisoned. But don't worry, I've checked, there seems to be a strange energy in your father's body, which temporarily suppresses all the toxins, so it won't be life-threatening. ”
"Great Elder, can you be sure what kind of poison my father has in?" Ye Feng asked.
Li Yuanhang nodded and said, "If my diagnosis is correct, the poison in your father is called ** Lost Heart." This poison was configured by the Ten Thousand Poison Valley, a well-known poison refining sect in Yin Shang's country. It's just that the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons hasn't appeared in the Yin Shang Kingdom for decades, so how could this poison spread to the outside world. ”
"Poison Refining Sect Ten Thousand Poison Valley?" Ye Feng said softly to himself.
After saying this, he turned and went into the house and waited at his father's bedside.