Eighteen: Koi, cod
Bai Luohe tried to retreat, but as soon as he took a step, his back was almost attached to the trunk of the tree, and the sneer on the corner of Xu Fan's mouth was reflected in his eyes.
"You, you, what are you going to do!"
"What am I going to do?"
Xu Fan stretched out his right hand to support the trunk of the tree, and looked down at the Yin-Yang Gate girl in front of him with a white veil covering her face.
At this moment, the two are almost close to each other. Xu Fan could clearly smell the faint fragrance of the girl in the white dress, and there were towering places that blocked her vision.
"You!"
Bai Luohe suddenly pushed Xu Fan away.
A flush suddenly appeared on his icy cheeks, and the trace of shame and panic in his beautiful eyes was fleeting.
Xu Fan staggered back a few steps, a smile on the corner of his mouth, quietly stared at the graceful girl in the white dress, and said in a deep voice, "Why do you have to go to Jinling to see your master immediately?" What is this hiding from me? Don't think I'm young and foolish. I won't believe any of you people from the Yin and Yang Gate. ”
can escape the pursuit and encirclement of the dynasty, and can also lie dormant for decades. The Yin Yang Gate surfaced this time, and it must not be just for money.
If Xu Fan was in the past, he would definitely be sent away by them with a few casual words, and he would even easily believe his Aunt Wang.
Bai Luohe didn't expect that the young master in front of him would think so deeply and be so hostile to the Yin Yang Gate. "If you don't trust us so much, why do you want to join the Yin-Yang Sect?"
"Join you?" Xu Fan sneered, his face showed a touch of hideousness, and a trace of murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Whoosh!"
Seeing the sudden murderous intent in Xu Fan's eyes, Bai Luohe no longer hesitated, like a flying bird flying through the forest, quickly widening the distance between the two.
"Are you going to regret it? Are you sure you want to do this? ”
If he can't get what he wants, Bai Luohe won't be alone in danger. The figure kept retreating, almost leaving the woods on the shore of the Wave Lake.
Looking at the white shadow in the forest, Xu Fan stopped in place, did not move again, and let the other party go away quickly.
He was waiting, now that the Yin-Yang Gate had been moved, the Guangling Mansion would not sit idly by, he wanted to see what Jinling would do, and he was waiting for the governor to make a move.
"The court has made a move, where else can you run?"
Xu Fan turned around and returned to the pavilion, picked up the worn-out gourd in the ice jian, took a sip of wine, and sighed.
Although the voice was not loud, it clearly reached Bai Luohe's ears.
Standing outside the woods, Bai Luohe hesitated to stay on the gravel path, as long as he turned over, he could fly to the roof behind him in the air, and fly out of the wave court in an instant.
But she stopped, and she was gambling.
If Xu Fan wanted to kill her, she wouldn't be able to hide when she was in the woods.
"What? What else is going on with you? ”
Xu Fan threw the fishing rod, lay back on the bamboo chair, and said casually.
Bai Luohe floated back to the pavilion like a gust of wind, and continued to keep a distance from Xu Fan, "Tell me, what do you want?" ”
"Tell the truth?"
"Of course!"
"I want everyone in your Yin Yang Sect to die!"
"I don't work with madmen." Bai Luohe no longer hesitated, at this time, she already regretted that she was here.
Xu Fan is simply a madman, and he actually wants to destroy the Yin and Yang Gate, which is wishful thinking.
"If you're gone, then I'll go and work with that guy last night."
As soon as Bai Luohe took a step back, Xu Fan's faint voice came from his ears, calm, indifferent, and without any emotion.
"Young Master Xu, this is too much."
Bai Luohe squinted his eyes, smiled, walked towards the pavilion, and sat calmly on the stone bench beside Xu Fan.
"Why, now believe I'm not crazy?"
Xu Fan stuck the fishing rod in his hand into the gap in the bluestone floor under his feet, turned his head sideways, picked up a piece of fruit on the stone table, and tasted it slowly.
"Say, what do you want to do?"
"Wait."
"Wait?"
"Your Yin Yang Gate has made such a big move in Guangling, Wang Wenhua, even the prefect of Guangling, will definitely not be able to sit still. I've added another fire, and he should have already asked the Governor of Jinling for help. ”
"What about you?" Xu Fan swallowed the last piece of fruit and looked at Bai Luohe curiously.
"Me? What am I? ”
"Why do you hate the Yin-Yang Gate so much?" Xu Fan picked up another plate of fruit on the stone table and handed it to Bai Luohe, and said in a calm tone, "Eat it, it's not poisonous." ”
Hearing the poison, Bai Luohe slightly put away the silver needle in his sleeve, casually took the delicate wooden plate handed over by Xu Fan, put it on the Bingjian beside him, and asked rhetorically. "What about you? Why are you? ”
"You want to rob my Xu family's property, isn't that enough?" Xu Fan crossed his hands, put them under his neck, and stretched his waist comfortably.
Bai Luohe sighed lightly, "Although I am the Holy Maiden of the Yin-Yang Gate, we are the killers raised by the Yin-Yang Gate. I want to get rid of this identity and live a normal life, a life that is not controlled by others. ”
"A life without being manipulated?" Xu Fan sneered.
Even if in his previous life, he worshiped the Taixuan Dao Palace, the head of the Five Great Dao Sects, and was worshiped by tens of millions of Immortal Dao disciples, he was not a chess piece in the hands of some people.
Under the punishment of heaven, even the monks who have broken through the holy realm will only have the share of flying away.
In the world, it is so difficult to control your own destiny.
Xu Fan shook his head, his eyes were a little blurred, but he soon came to his senses, picked up the fishing rod again with his right hand, looked at the wavy lake in front of him, and his voice was a little heavy, "Do you think the fish in the lake are free?" ”
"They?"
Bai Luohe's gaze fell on the ripples caused by the trembling of the fishing line, and his beautiful eyes showed a trace of puzzlement, and he said softly, "Maybe it is their fate in the lake." ”
"yes."
Xu Fan raised his right hand lightly, and fished out a fat multicolored koi, the glorious tail of the fish kept slapping the surface of the lake, trying to break free from the hook, but finally fell into the water basket beside Xu Fan.
The two fishes swam happily in the water basket again, as if the fear just now had not happened.
"They went from the lake to the basket and thought they were in the same lake. In fact, their fate is about to change life and death. The fish in the wavy lake are still free to play, and they are going to be my dish tonight. ”
Bai Luohe frowned slightly, and his picturesque eyebrows and eyes were still very good-looking.
"You mean, even if I leave the Yin Yang Gate, I will still be controlled by other people?"
Xu Fan turned his head sideways and looked back at the pair of beautiful eyes that drooped, half of his face covered by white gauze had a coldness, arrogance, and more refusal to admit defeat and resignation.
"Well, hopefully you can make it."
"The sect will send a new group of disciples to Guangling, I hope you can support it when the time comes. Since you choose to give up cooperating with the Yin-Yang Gate, you can only accept the anger in the door. My master is not so easily deceived. ”
Bai Luohe picked up a snow-white pear slice, hesitated for a moment, then put it back into the wooden plate, and said lightly, "When the time comes, I will work with them to you." There will be no mercy. ”
"I don't need to show mercy on your staff, just tell me in advance who they are."
I subconsciously wanted to eat that piece of pear slices, but I didn't want to take off the veil. Xu Fan saw Bai Luohe's embarrassed appearance, waved his hand and smiled, "Since you want to eat, take it all." ”
The fruit in the wooden plate has been placed in the ice and nourished by the faint vitality that overflows from the old gourd, which is different from ordinary fruits, and becomes more moist and sweet.
Bai Luohe was stunned for a moment, an embarrassed look of shame welled up on her cheeks, she picked up the wooden plate casually, and flew away from the pavilion.
Disappeared out of the woods in an instant.
Watching the white shadow disappear around the corner of the verandah, Xu Fan tied the old gourd around his waist, and poured the two fish in the basket back to the Wave Lake, muttering to himself, "You just met me, otherwise you would have such good luck." ”
A colorful koi carp, a snow-white cod with a barrel, shook its body and swam slowly back to the depths of the wavy lake.
Only two gurgling blisters were left for Xu Fan.
Pinzhuxuan, the main hall.
Xu Ji and Xu Xiang repeatedly considered the names of the people on the list, each of them was a side lineage, and there were several bookkeepers in the house.
"Ah Xiang, you said that if we do this, will it cause a big chaos in the industry in Guangling City?" Xu Ji rubbed his somewhat sour forehead and stared at each name on the list.
"Since it was Brother Fan's confession, he should have considered it." Xu Xiang picked up a cup of tea, drank it in a big gulp, filled some dry throats, and continued. "You were there that day. Brother Fan made a decisive move. If he were not absolutely sure, he would not have ordered a thorough investigation of all estates. ”
"It was bloody. Several people died instantly. Xu Ji hurriedly held his forehead, thinking of the bloody scene in front of the Yimen, his body trembled a little. It's just that those stewards have to be replaced, and we don't have enough people. Can't you put these useless children of the clan on the list? ”
Xu Xiang followed Xu Ji's gaze, it was the three names that the two of them had circled before, and they were all children with a very bad reputation in the clan.
"Daddy!"
The two young people sitting opposite Xu Ji and Xu Xiang called softly. One of them whispered, "Daddy, you also have to think about our lineage. The eldest brother and they have been socializing outside for the past few days, these people are all relatives within five suits, and the uncle in the second room is still in the eldest brother's house. ”
Xu Fan's branch is a big house, and there are two rooms, three rooms, and four rooms in Xu's house.
After Xu Fan returned home this time, he handed over the housekeeping rights to the third and fourth rooms. made Mrs. Xu in the second room very dissatisfied, and he didn't even appear in the mourning hall again.
He said that he was frightened by the bloody scene of that day.
"Who does the second brother want to add in?" Xu Ji's brows furrowed even deeper, "I took someone else's money again." ”
"Brother Fan handed over the stewardship of the Xu Mansion to us, which is his trust in us. These three must not be used. Xu Xiang snatched the list and slammed it on his son's face.
"Daddy!"
was directly thrown in the face by his father, and the young man's face was also very ugly, and he was about to argue, but he shrank back from his father's warning eyes.
"Alright, you guys will follow this list first. For other industries that are not in charge, let the shopkeeper go first. We will continue to investigate. Xu Ji had no choice but to wave his hand and said tiredly.
"Okay, anyway, now the Xu Mansion is in the hands of your second elder. I'll do it. ”
Seeing their two most competitive sons, Xu Ji and Xu Xiang both exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, their whole bodies loosened, and they leaned heavily on the back of the chair.
All the things in the Xu Mansion were pressed on the two old men, and their bodies were already starting to be a little unbearable.