Chapter 6: The Father
Long Yunzhou looked at the crowd from afar in surprise, and there were more than thirty people, including many old dragon bells, but judging from the impatience of their marching pace and the degree of wheezing violently, it seemed that these people came with deep anger.
"Don't move, it's none of our business, just stand aside and watch the show. Ling Yun held Long Yunzhou's hand tightly, and a soft true qi completely made him unable to move.
Long Yunzhou looked at the master who had appeared in front of Duan Xing just now, just like the savior, and didn't understand why he had to stand aside and watch cruelly when he saw Duan Xing and them now.
But Ling Yun just pulled him aside with an indifferent smile, letting those angry people walk by.
These people were probably from the Xuanwu Hall, and when they walked past Ling Yun and Long Yunzhou, there was some deep jealousy in their eyes. However, they have been suppressed by the City Lord's Mansion for too long, and even if they have any grievances, they have learned to hide them deep in their hearts.
The door of the hermitage was still open, and Duan Cheng and Duan Xing, father and son, were opposite everyone.
The older young man before said to an old man beside him: "Second uncle, you see, the evidence is conclusive, I don't have nonsense." The money is still in Duan Xing's hands, they are breaking the family rules formulated by the patriarch!"
"That's it, that's it, they broke the patriarch's family rules, Duan Xing is simply too unreasonable, this is to continue to bring disaster to our Xuanwu Hall. The young people around him were all shouting with righteous indignation, looking very angry.
However, their eyes were rolling on the silver in Duan Xing's hand, and their faces were full of longing and jealousy. If there is a mirror, it can clearly reflect how greedy their faces are at the moment.
Ling Yun snorted coldly, looked at the faces of those teenagers, and whispered with disdain: "It's just that I'm jealous that others can make money, pathetic people, even more hateful!"
Long Yunzhou looked sideways at Ling Yun, only to see that his face was full of mockery, no matter who he was looking at, Duan Xing or the other clansmen of Xuanwu Hall who came to look for trouble, there was deep mockery in their eyes.
"Ahem, Brother Cheng, can you explain, what the hell is going on?" The old man, who was called the second uncle by the young man, coughed softly twice, and the surrounding noise instantly quieted down.
He quietly looked at Duan Cheng sitting in the hermitage, although his words were polite, his eyes were full of crazy jealousy, just like the young people around him.
Duan Cheng smiled indifferently and slowly stood up: "Second brother, today's incident has nothing to do with Xing'er, he just saw that his family was poor and couldn't even eat a meal, so he did something out of the ordinary." ”
Duan Cheng touched his son's head with pity, and his eyes flashed with the same gentle light as his mother: "One day the children will grow up, and they will go to find what they want." Second brother, I admit this mistake. ”
Duan Cheng raised his head and looked closely at the second brother who was standing outside the hermitage, his eyes were extremely calm, and the smile that saw through everything was as clean as a peach blossom, without a trace of impurities.
"Sure enough, he's just a flower farmer. Ling Yun sighed, as if he was very sorry: "If he is still an aspiring alchemist, it should be very good." ”
The old man's face outside the hermitage sank, and the corners of his mouth smiled gloomily: "It's good to admit it! I'm afraid that you won't admit it!"
He turned his head and said respectfully to an old man behind him who was already a little stiff at the waist: "Patriarch, you also heard that Duan Cheng openly let his son go out to sell medicine, broke the family rules, and probably brought disaster to the family. You have long said that if someone violates the house rules, it is to be kicked out of the house with a discounted hand, so that he will never be able to practice medicine again. ”
Long Yunzhou is in a daze, this rule is too ruthless. Although he didn't know how the alchemist usually refined, but his hands were useless, and he couldn't even hold a medicine steadily, so I'm afraid he would never be able to refine medicine again in the future, right?
This guy is still Duan Cheng's elder brother? Long Yunzhou had an inexplicable anger burning in his chest, he looked at the guy with a villainous face angrily, and wanted to slap him in the face.
"Yes, yes, our Xuanwu Hall has become what it is now, all because of their father and son. Without them, we'd still be in good shape. ”
"Patriarch, drive them away, they are harmful spirits, without them, maybe the city lord's mansion is gracious, and we can refine the medicine again. Patriarch, drive them away, they are gone, and the Xuanwu Hall will be brilliant again. ”
"Duan Xing went to sell medicine privately, and if they sold it once, there would be a next time, and the patriarch would definitely not forgive them. If the City Lord's Mansion finds out, our Xuanwu Hall will be in trouble. ”
The patriarch's side seemed to be agitated, everyone waved their fists angrily, and no one backed down in such a righteous annihilation, and if it was possible, they were even willing to break their hands by stepping on the heads of the father and son now.
The second brother of Duan Cheng, who had spoken before, stayed quietly to the side at this time, winking at another person of a similar age. They all sneered secretly, such a mess, look at you Duan Cheng ending like this. Everyone told you to get out, can you stay any longer?
Looking at the ugly faces of these people, Long Yunzhou was impulsively hot, he wanted to go up and reason with these bastards, but his body couldn't move. Ling Yun's soft true qi turned him into a puppet, and he couldn't even touch the corners of his mouth.
All he could do was listen to these damn bastards say vicious words about breaking the hands of his loved ones, and he could only watch Duan Xing tremble and stand tightly by his father's side. And he stood cruelly to the sidelines, unable to do anything, this feeling was really uncomfortable, and he wanted to shout out all the unhappiness in his chest.
"Cheng'er, did you hear everyone?" The old man in the crowd finally spoke, although it was very flat, but all the noisy voices around him were quiet at this moment.
The patriarch looked very old, his drooping skin even covered his eyes, and standing in the peach blossom forest, he was more like the master who lived here for a long time.
Duan Cheng nodded silently: "I heard the patriarch, I can send it to me however I want, it's just that Xing'er is still young." I will take him out of here, away from the country of Xiaqiu, and never come back. ”
He said extremely desolately, and his eyes gently scanned the peach blossom forest around him. He left all his life and hard work in the peach blossom forest, but he had to leave later.
"No, your hands must be broken!" Duan Cheng's second brother stood up again at this time, and several people around him also followed him, obviously this family is the most majestic except for the patriarch.
The second brother looked at him coldly and said viciously: "The rule of Xuanwutang has always been that those who violate the family rules must have their hands broken, and they must never refine medicine again. If they are allowed to go out to refine medicine again, then my Xuanwu Hall is not in danger. ”
He turned around abruptly and said earnestly to the patriarch, "Patriarch, please think twice, don't let them go like this." ”
"Please think twice, for the sake of the future of Xuanwu Hall, they must not be let go like this. The people behind the second brother all shouted in unison, so that they would never stop without breaking the hands of Duan Cheng's father and son.
"Second brother, don't push people too hard. Duan Cheng finally couldn't stop the outburst of anger in his heart, he stared at the back of his second brother angrily, and shouted loudly: "Xing'er is still a child, even if you don't recognize me as a younger brother, he is also your nephew." Are you so ruthless that you let him become a waste from a young age?"
The second brother turned around slowly, with a vicious smile on the corner of his mouth: "For the sake of the family, for the future of Xuanwu Hall, everything can be given up." We are now only talking about family rules, not family affection. ”
"I know what you mean, aren't you just coveting my alchemy secret technique?I've had enough of your cold eyes for so many years, do you have to force me to death?" Duan Cheng roared in despair like a wounded beast surrounded by his loved ones in the world.
He hugged Duan Xing tightly, wanting to give him a little warmth. When everyone looks at you with hatred, only your father's arms can still find some warmth.
What kind of relatives are these? What kind of family is this? They have already admitted that they are waste wood and garbage, and they don't even have the qualifications to be flower farmers?
Long Yunzhou thought of a long time ago when he was in Panlong City, his uncle cruelly told him that he was a broom star, a half-breed who brought disaster to the dragon clan, and that he and his mother were both people who deserved to go to hell. At that time, his mood was the same as now.
Suddenly, the whole world has betrayed you, so what are you going to do? There is only one voice in Long Yunzhou's head shouting, then let the whole world burn and tremble under my feet.
Suddenly, Ling Yun felt a scorching temperature in his palm, breaking through the layers of prohibitions he had set, and even infecting his whole body as if it was about to burn.
He looked at his apprentice in shock, the power coming from him was really terrifying, it was not the power that any cultivation could create. It was a terrible power that belonged to the bloodline, born in this world.
"Be quiet, the show has just begun. Ling Yun increased the flow of true qi into Long Yunzhou's body, and instantly quieted Long Yunzhou again.
He coughed and said to everyone with a smile, "I'm sorry, these two people belong to me." ”
This sentence is tantamount to a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and everyone turned their heads to look at him. Including Duan Cheng's father and son, who were already desperate.
Ling Yun calmly took out a gem from his arms, and it shone brightly in the sun. This gem was so valuable that several older people in the Xuanwu Hall exclaimed at the same time.
"This gem is the cost I paid for the two of them, I don't think your family rules will be greater than the national laws of Xiaqiu Country, right?" Ling Yun sneered and threw the gem to Duan Cheng's second brother.
"What do you mean, do you think we will really let them go for the money?" the second brother looked at Ling Yun fiercely.
"Of course not, but if the royal family of Xiaqiu Kingdom comes forward, will you let it go or not?" As he spoke, Ling Yun stood up invisibly, and his figure was so tall that everyone didn't dare to look at him directly.
There is no need to ask Ling Yun's identity, just look at his extravagant spending and his noble temperament, everyone is convinced of his words.
At this moment, everyone, including the second brother, hesitated, whether to give in to this supreme and kingly distinguished guest, or to insist on enforcing the family rules and breaking the hands of Ling Yun's father and son?
"Everyone, don't talk about it. At this moment, the patriarch, who had been silent, spoke.
He took the gem from his second brother's hand, staggered over to Ling Yun, and returned the priceless gem to Ling Yun.
"Honorable guest, the old man doesn't know your identity, and it's inconvenient to ask more. But family affairs, even national law, can't be managed, right?" the old man said lightly, and the children of the family behind him cheered secretly.
Ling Yun was stunned for a moment, what the other party said was right, the family rules are so big that they can even completely ignore the national law. Even if they kill Duan Cheng's father and son today, no one will come to the door to find their fault.
Just as he was about to refute, the old man had already turned his head.
He looked at Duan Cheng, and a warm light flashed in his cloudy eyes: "Duan Cheng's father and son violated the family rules and drove them out of the house from now on, and they are not allowed to step into the Xuanwu Hall for the rest of their lives." As for breaking hands, as a father, I have no way to teach my children, and I have suffered for them. ”
Suddenly, there was a terrifying sound of broken bones, and before everyone could react, the old man was already sitting on the ground in pain, and his hands were already broken