"Senior brother, look back and see if they are chasing after you!"

"Senior brother, I don't dare!"

Ming Fan and Yan Yunxiao ran like wild dogs for half an hour before they stopped and rested a little.

"Senior brother.... You didn't bring any money with you when you went out?" asked Ming Fan breathlessly.

Yan Yunxiao said with a look of annoyance: "Don't mention it.... It's unbearable to look back, anyway, let's just leave, what should Lao Hu do? If he goes back to the inn to find us, don't let the shopkeeper detain him again!

"Yes, I fled in such a hurry that I forgot about it. Ming Fan covered his head and said, "That's it, senior brother, you go and take care of your business first, and I'll go back to him at Lao Hu." ”

"How are you going to go back?" Yan Yunxiao asked.

Ming Fan smiled mysteriously, "Don't worry, senior brother, I won't let people find out." ”

In the underground secret room, the "fellow Taoists" of the past who have not been seen for a long time will meet again.

"That's right, the original 'Gu Yue' is dead, and now I am just an ordinary farmer living in seclusion in the mountains. Lao Hu said in a flat voice.

In the dark, a cold voice said again, "If you really abandoned your former identity, you wouldn't have come here." ”

"I am here because you wrote in your letter that the truth of that incident is already known. ”

"I knew that the death of the Tower King was the most unpleasant thing in your heart. The cold voice was softer than it.

Lao Hu sighed, "Isn't his death something that you can't let go, otherwise why would you establish this town, name it 'Genbo', and secretly investigate that matter here." ”

"Our 'roots' are in Boshan, and no matter when or where we are, we will never forget our origins. Mayor Deng Fei said with a serious expression.

Lao Hu looked at Deng Fei and whispered the latter's mixed name, "Loach.... You...."

"Haha, old man, I knew you wouldn't forget your brothers. Deng Fei hugged Lao Hu and said with a smile.

All kinds of past events flashed through Lao Hu's mind one by one, and the past could not be like smoke after all, even if he was no longer now, he would no longer be a "mountain bandit".

"Of course I won't forget you, but as I said, I'm not the same person I used to be, and I came here for only one purpose, which is to find out the truth. ”

Yu Laosi looked at Lao Hu's resolute attitude and knew that there were some things that he couldn't hurry, so he got up and said with a smile, "Okay, whether it's 'Gu Yue' or 'Lao Hu', I'm very happy that you can come, brothers." ”

Lao Hu cast a thoughtful look at Yu Laosi and said, "Thank you, Xiucai." ”

"You don't need this between brothers, sit down,"

Lao Hu pulled out a chair, sat down, and asked bluntly, "Erniang, let's talk, what clues did you find?"

"What, are you in a hurry?"

"I have a limited amount of time to come out, and I'm going back late, I'm afraid that the second and third young masters will be worried. ”

"Don't worry, I'll do a little trick to make them take care of themselves now, and they can't take care of you for the time being. Secretly, Erniang laughed softly.

"Huh?" Lao Hu's face changed, "What did you do?"

"Don't worry, they're not in any danger, I'm just giving them both a little trouble. ”

"Hmph, of course I'm not worried about any danger that the Second Young Master and the Third Young Master will have, the cultivation strength of the two of them is not comparable to you. ”

Our Master Fang Da was still brushing his mustache and whispered, "Really, how do I feel that Yan Yunxiao is a little lacking in heart, and he was blackmailed by me and Lao Deng." ”

Fang Lu said that it was naturally the play that he and Deng Fei played in the town office.

"The two young masters rarely go down the mountain on weekdays, and it is normal for the rivers and lakes to be inexperienced, not to mention the tricks under the three-haired monkey. "The three-haired monkey Fang Lu's methods, Lao Hu knows that he wants to trap or deceive someone, although it can't be said to be caught, but it's almost too much.

When Lao Hu said this, Fang Lu's movements of fiddling with his beard became even more stunning, and his eyebrows fluttered, "Hehe, I think you're praising me." ”

"Ah, speaking of which. When Fang Lu and the others talked about Yan Yunxiao just now, it reminded Yu Laosi of one thing, "The monk who came with you is called Ming Fan, right, the dozens of dishes he ate in my store, although there are not five hundred taels, but there are more than a hundred, don't forget to settle the account for me when you go back." ”

Lao Hu touched the money bag and said embarrassedly, "First.... Let's get down to business...."

In the Shadow Villa, Murong Manwen has been admiring the pink magnolia flowers in the courtyard for decades, and Murong Yan has always followed her every step of the way.

"Sister Yan, you took leave to go out a few days ago, what were you doing?"

Murong Yan opened her mouth and responded, "It's nothing, I just went to inquire if there was any news about the city lord." ”

"Then you.... Have you heard anything about it?"

A few days ago, he went out to control Jiao Eel to kill the three secret piles sent by Murong Bin to Northern Martial Arts, and he didn't have time to inquire about any news about Murong Jingyi, and now Murong Manwen's question made Murong Yan not know how to answer for a while, "This.... I haven't been able to inquire about any useful information yet. ”

"That's it...."Murong Manwen's tone was as calm as water, and he couldn't hear any joy, anger, sorrow, or joy.

Murong Yan found that Murong Manwen's mood was a little depressed today, and she asked, "Sister Wen, do you have something on your mind today?" Or did you say that my uncle went to Yaoyuan to attend the banquet, which made you miss him a little. ”

"Sister Yan, have you seen the orchids on the tree?" Murong Manwen replied.

"Well, I see it. ”

"Do you know why I come to the yard every day to look at these flowers?"

Murong Yan shook her head, in fact, when she was taken back to Murong Mansion by Murong Jingyi, Murong Yan found that Murong Manwen, who was a few years older than herself at the time, had the habit of looking at pink magnolia flowers, and she had to watch them almost every day, never stopping.

As for the reason, Murong Manwen never talked about it, and Murong Yan never asked.

Murong Manwen picked up a piece of orchid that had fallen on the ground, and said softly, "When I was very young, one day my mother left the house, and I asked her, where are you going, mother, and why are you coming back?" She said, Wen'er, my mother has been out for a few days, have you seen the orchids in our yard? When a thousand orchids have grown on the tree, my mother will come back. ”

Murong Yan thought for a while and said, "A thousand? Shouldn't it be difficult?"

"I can't remember the expression on my mother's face when she left home, I just know that from that day on, I would count the orchids on the tree in the yard every day, praying that it would soon produce a thousand, from the beginning of the full expectation, to the later discouragement, I found that a thousand orchids could not bear fruit, but even so, I still counted the orchids every day, even if I knew that my mother would not come back, even if I knew that my father only cared about his hegemony, even if I knew that marrying into Shadow Hills was just an exchange of interests, even if I knew that you went out to kill people a few days ago。 ”

"Sister Wen...."Murong Yan didn't expect that her lie would be seen through by Murong Manwen from the beginning.

Murong Manwen smiled half-helplessly and half-self-deprecatingly, "It's okay, Sister Yan, I understand that the reason why you lied to me was because you didn't want me to get involved in the chaos of the rivers and lakes, maybe in your hearts I have always been the little girl who can only look up and count the orchids..."