Chapter 22: The Return of the Daughter
The notice on the portrait reads: Bai Xueji, the daughter of Bai Zhan, the richest man in Qifeng City, is sixteen years old, and disappeared mysteriously at home at midnight.
The woman in white looked at the portrait and said in surprise: "The woman in this portrait looks exactly like me, could I be her!" ”
When Long Chen saw the word "Bai Zhan" on the notice, he was immediately shocked, and said to himself in his heart: It turns out that Bai Zhan has already left Wu Xiao, abandoned Wu Xiao to engage in business, and became the richest man in Qifeng City. Then, he hurriedly grabbed an old man who was in a hurry and asked, "Old man, how do you get to Baifu?" ”
"Boy, you're going to be developed, you actually found the daughter of Baifu!" The old man stared straight at the woman in white behind Long Chen, and said in surprise.
At this time, passers-by all gathered around, staring at the dragon dust.
The old man continued: "It seems that you are a foreigner, who doesn't know Baifu in this Qifeng City; You follow this road all the way, and the family with a pair of stone lions at the door is Baifu! ”
Long Chen nodded, and hurriedly pulled the woman in white out of the crowd, and then strode in the direction the old man said.
After a while, they came to the gate of the White House. Longchen looked up, only to see the high wall of the White Mansion Zhu Gate, the door hanging "White Mansion" plaque, the old man's mouth of the pair of stone lions, mighty and domineering, sitting quietly on both sides of the door. At this time, the sky had not completely darkened, and the red lanterns hanging on both sides of the White Mansion Gate had already lit up.
Longchen stepped forward and knocked on the door twice, and suddenly there was a response inside: "It's coming...... Here comes ......" Then, the door opened, and out came a fat-headed, big-eared, burly man.
Jia Ding stood at the door, looking at the woman in white behind the dragon dust at the bottom of the steps with a shocked face, and involuntarily shouted, "Miss! ”
Then, he turned his face and shouted excitedly at the courtyard: "Master, the eldest lady is back...... The eldest lady is back......"
Suddenly, the courtyard boiled: "Oh, I look forward to the stars, I look forward to the moon, and finally I hope the eldest lady back!" ”
"It seems that I burned incense last night and begged the Bodhisattva to manifest, and the Bodhisattva sent the young lady back!"
"Amitabha...... Buddha bless ......"
……
After a while, all the people poured out.
Seeing this, the woman in white cowered and hid behind the dragon dust, like a frightened pet.
"Yukihime, you're back!" Bai Zhan ran out of the yard with tears in his eyes, with a big belly, like a duck.
Bai Zhan came to the woman in white, shook her hand excitedly, and asked with concern: "Where have you been in the past two days, my father led people all over Qifeng City to find you, and I didn't find out about you?" ”
The woman in white was a little resistant to Bai Zhan's enthusiasm, and quickly withdrew her jade hand, bowed her head and was silent.
Bai Zhan saw that his daughter Bai Xueji was a little abnormal, and immediately looked confused, and asked eagerly: "Xueji, what's wrong with you, why don't you ignore your father?" ”
Long Chen hurriedly explained to Bai Zhan: "Ling Qianjin was frightened and had lost her memory. ”
After Bai Zhan heard this, his expression suddenly became solemn, and he asked Long Chen: "This son, what has my little girl experienced?" ”
"When passing through a jungle at the foot of Black Tiger Mountain, I found that Miss Bai was being killed by a black bear, and then for some reason the black bear released her, and she lost her memory; I took her around to inquire around, and finally saw her portrait on the notice wall at the city gate, and then found the gate of your mansion. Longchen told Bai Zhan what happened to Bai Xueji.
Bai Zhan was stunned and said: "So that's the case, Gongzi is really a good man, send the little girl back from afar, hurry up and follow Bai into the house, Bai will set up a banquet to entertain Gongzi!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to lead the way, asking the dragon dust to enter the mansion.
Just now, Longchen was still thinking about how to get close to Bai Zhan along the way, and Bai Zhan took the initiative to show goodwill at the moment, which was exactly what Longchen wanted.
Longchen nodded, and then followed Bai Zhan into the gate.
Bai Xueji followed closely behind the dragon dust, and when the people saw this, the stars held the moon and followed closely behind.
Everyone entered the house, along the road in the middle of the courtyard all the way forward, and after a while, they came to a carved beams and painted buildings, eaves and arches, in front of the main house with a unique style.
At this time, Bai Zhan suddenly stopped, stood with his hands in his hands, and instructed the people behind him: "You guys take the young lady to wash up, and you guys tell the kitchen to make a few more appetizers tonight." Then, he turned his face and smiled at Long Chen, "Let's go into the hall and have a chat." Longchen nodded, and then entered the main room with Bai Zhan.
Bai Zhan guided Long Chen, sat down on the Taishi chair on the side of the hall, and then walked to the main seat and sat down.
Then, Bai Zhan asked Longchen: "Dare to ask Gongzi's surname Gao, where does his family live?" ”
Longchen said humbly: "Under the surname Long, the name is Chen, and the family lives in Xiaoyao Village." ”
After Bai Zhan heard this, he was immediately stunned, and thought in his heart: He turned out to be a descendant of the Dragon Clan!
Seeing this, Longchen frowned slightly, pretending to be flustered, and hurriedly greeted Bai Zhan: "Master Bai, what's wrong with you, is there anything unwell in your body?" ”
Bai Zhan came back to his senses, then grinned and said with an embarrassed smile: "Haha...... Bai was fine, Bai just heard Long Gongzi's surname, and suddenly thought of an old man. ”
Longchen sighed: "I see, it seems that Master Bai has a deep friendship with that old man!" ”
"Don't mention those old things, the old man went to the kitchen to see how the wine and food were prepared, if Long Gongzi has Yaxing, you can take a look at these calligraphy and paintings on the wall first, and then the old man will call you after the meal." After a while of greetings, Bai Zhan hurriedly left the hall.
Seeing this, Longchen quickly got up and nodded. After he saw Bai Zhan leave, he began to think: It seems that he is escaping from the past, after all, he is now in the Qifengcheng business district, and his life is moist and chic, if he is mixed with the grievances between me and Wu Xiao, he will offend one of them, and the consequences will only be bad for him......