Chapter Ninety-Two: The Beginning of the Return Journey
In the east of Yu'an City, thirty miles away, there are several barren mountains, and after Qin Xuan and Lan Shihuai left the city, they rushed to this side, because the big yellow eagle that flew over Zhongyu Prefecture with the two of them was placed in the mountains.
Since leaving Yu'an City, Lan Shihuai has become silent, Qin Xuan only said that she didn't have fun, so she was not happy, and she was thinking about making her happy all the way.
But for some reason, the girl is always a little absent-minded, and sometimes she looks like she wants to talk and stops.
At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood, and the outlines of several mountains in the distance become clearer, and they look a little dull and depressing in the setting sun.
Lan Shihuai suddenly stopped, "Brother Qin......"
"What's wrong?" Seeing the girl bowing her head, Qin Xuan asked. It's just that Lan Shihuai didn't follow, no matter how Qin Xuan asked her, she was silent.
Soon after, the two came to the foot of several barren mountains, and Lan Shihuai whistled a few times at the mountains and forests under the sunset, which was particularly sharp and piercing in the deep and quiet mountains and forests.
But after waiting for a long time, the big yellow eagle did not appear.
"Is something wrong?" Seeing that Lan Shihuai was a little uneasy, Qin Xuan asked.
"I didn't ...... Brother Qin, otherwise, let's ride a horse and walk back, Rhubarb may fly home......"
After separating from Ximen Feilong and Su Chenyang, Qin Xuan and Lan Shihuai relied on the big yellow eagle as their foot strength all the way, and they also knew the big eagle very well about human nature.
Thinking of this, Qin Xuan asked, "Could it be that the rhubarb is far away, or let's go to the mountains to find it!"
In fact, it doesn't matter to Qin Xuan whether he rides a horse or a hawk on the way back, relatively speaking, he prefers to run through the rivers and lakes of Zhongzhou with a horse and a sword, but he can't bear the suffering of the girls around him.
"Forget it, let's go quickly!" the girl said, taking Qin Xuan's hand a little unusually, and walked in the direction in which she was coming.
However, at this moment, a loud eagle chirp crossed the dim sky, Qin Xuan turned his head to look, and in the slightly dazzling afterglow of the sunset, the big yellow eagle spread its wings. To his surprise, there was a vague figure standing on the back of the eagle, because it was the back light, Qin Xuan looked down on the person's appearance, but he was shocked beyond measure.
On the way to Beijing, every time he sat on the back of the big yellow eagle, he felt very unstable, although he hugged Lan Shihuai tightly every time, he always felt palpitations and uneasiness, but this person who appeared suddenly could stand directly on the back of the big yellow eagle, just this courage and ability, it made him feel incredible.
Lan Shihuai still held Qin Xuan's hand and didn't look back, but his face was already pale.
In the blink of an eye, the big yellow eagle had flown not far in front of the two, and when there were still a few zhang above the ground, the figure on the back of the eagle had fallen and stood firmly on a boulder.
At this time, Qin Xuan also saw the man's face clearly, it was an old man in his fifties, dressed plainly, with a majestic demeanor, he was standing quietly like that, but it made Qin Xuan feel oppressed.
"You're the kid who kidnapped my daughter?"
Qin Xuan was suspicious and guessed the identity of the old man, the latter was the first to ask a question, and Qin Xuan immediately guessed the identity of this person. When he was in Snow Dragon Valley, although he had never seen this person, he had heard Xiaolan and Yulongkui occasionally mention that it should be Xiaolan's father, Lan Tianye.
Lan Shihuai let go of Qin Xuan's hand at this time, turned around and called out to the old man: "Daddy......" There was a cowardice and uneasiness in his voice.
Qin Xuan didn't feel anything, thinking that he was not an outsider, so he immediately smiled and greeted him, "Hehe, it turned out to be Uncle Lan, in fact, ......"
Before he finished his words, the old man's figure suddenly moved, standing on the boulder one moment, and coming to him the next moment, reaching out with one hand like an eagle's claw, grabbing straight at Qin Xuan's neck.
This time it was extremely fast, but Qin Xuan was not completely defenseless, after all, he kidnapped other people's daughters, and whoever became a father would inevitably be angry, because when the old man was arrested, he had already hurriedly retreated sideways. But Rao is like this, the sudden claw wind also stabbed him in the face of the door slightly.
The old man was Lan Tianye, the son of Lan Jiuxiao, the former iceberg carving king, and Lan Shihuai's father, without waiting for Qin Xuan to react again, he formed claws with five fingers on both hands, one after the other, and leaned out again, extremely powerful.
The strong wind was blowing, Qin Xuan retreated a few feet sharply, his body was coincidentally leaning against a big tree, he didn't even have time to pull out his sword, a pair of big hands like eagle claws had been rapidly enlarged in front of him, in a hurry, his body was short, a donkey rolled around, and rolled to the side, although he was embarrassed, but he was able to dodge a blow.
Lan Tianye's claws were castrated, and he directly inserted into the big tree that Qin Xuan was leaning on, and the trunk of the giant tree surrounded by the two of them was like grasping tofu in their hands, and they were grabbed out of two big holes.
The giant trees shook, and the autumn leaves gargled and fell, like a rain of flowers in the sky.
When Qin Xuan saw this scene, he was shocked in his heart, and secretly thought that this old man was too ruthless, if he hadn't hid quickly, wouldn't he have to take the life of your future son-in-law this time?
The ridiculous idea was fleeting, and at the same time, he also pulled out the crimson sword behind his back, and said busily: "You old man is so unreasonable, if you do this again, I will fight back!"
Lan Tianye snorted coldly, only replied to him with a contemptuous expression, didn't say a word, and his figure bullied again. The eagle's talons poked out again, enveloping the fallen leaves in the sky, and seemed to be even more fierce.
Qin Xuan hurriedly handed out a sword, which seemed random, but it just happened to meet Lan Tianye's right palm, if he was a person with the same realm, Lan Tianye would inevitably change his moves, or withdraw this attack, but Qin Xuan's realm was too far away from him, and this ingenious method of cracking it was naturally ignored by him.
Grabbing the tip of the Red Soul Sword, Lan Tianye's wrist turned around, Qin Xuan immediately took off the long sword, his body couldn't help but take a step forward, just caught up with Lan Tianye's other palm, and immediately flew upside down for several zhang, and when he landed, his whole body was full of qi and blood, and he spit out a mouthful of blood.
But what he didn't know was that Lan Tianye was already merciful to his subordinates, if he hadn't changed his claws into palms the moment he hit Qin Xuan, I am afraid that Qin Xuan's heart and liver had already been taken out by him.
His Red Soul Sword was also casually fixed by Lan Tianye into the giant tree behind him, and it didn't reach the handle.
It's just that Lan Tianye's brows furrowed at this time, and the hand that grabbed the tip of the sword subconsciously retracted into the sleeve, and between the twists of his fingers, there seemed to be some liquid flowing out, so that he couldn't help but glance at the sword fixed into the trunk.
"It's actually the Red Soul Sword, what's your name?" As if remembering something, Lan Tianye looked at the young man who was holding his chest with his hand and asked.
"Qin Xuan. As he spoke, he struggled to his feet, spat out a mouthful of bloody spit, and looked straight at the old man opposite, with no fear in his eyes.
Lan Tianye didn't speak again, secretly thinking that it was good that he didn't hit the wrong person, the old man hit you, and immediately put on a posture again, and was about to let the waste in front of him spit out some blood, but suddenly heard a shout.
"Dad!" Lan Shihuai had already run in front of Lan Tianye, grabbing one of his father's arms with both hands.
"Don't fight anymore, he's already hurt. ”
"Manly man, what is this injury, if you dare to abduct my daughter, you should have thought that there would be this consequence. ”
Although the words were harsh, Lan Tianye finally withdrew his hand, he did not shake off his daughter, and his voice turned soft: "Go back with me." ”
Lan Shihuai was a little hesitant and was about to say something, but Lan Tianye had already opened his mouth first: "If you don't go back, believe it or not, I'll kill him now." ”
Lan Shihuai naturally didn't believe this sentence, but she didn't dare to take this risk, so she could only give in to her father and say that she was willing to go back.
Later, he ran to Qin Xuan's front and whispered a few words to him, and then walked back to his father's side.
In the end, Qin Xuan could only watch Lan Shihuai's father and daughter disappear into the fiery sky on a big yellow eagle.
It seemed that Qin Xuan was the only one left between heaven and earth, he smiled bitterly, walked in front of the giant tree, and reached out to pull out the Red Soul Sword, but found that his chest hurt badly as soon as he used force, and after trying a few times, he only pulled out a little bit.
It seems that the injury is not light, Qin Xuan thought so, so he sat cross-legged under the tree, secretly exercising his breath.
Time passed little by little, the sky gradually darkened, a round of Xuanyue rose into the night sky, a gust of mountain wind blew, mixed with a slight chill, Qin Xuan opened his eyes, and tightened the robe on his body.
After getting up again, he wasted a lot of strength and finally pulled out the Red Soul Sword.
Tying the big sword behind his back, Qin Xuan left here a little gloomily, and before leaving, he couldn't help but look at the giant tree that had been caught by Lan Tianye with two deep furrows, and shook his head with a wry smile, not knowing what he was thinking.
After identifying the direction, Qin Xuan walked in the direction of Zhongyuzhou, it seemed that he was really going to pass through Zhongzhou alone, and he didn't know how Ximen Feilong and Su Chenyang were doing now.
After walking for several miles, I finally came to a town, although it is not large, but it is only a few dozen miles away from Yu'an Castle, and naturally it is also tainted with some of the atmosphere of Kyoto, although it is already night, many of the shops on the street are lit up.
Qin Xuan found an inn to live in, but what he didn't know was that in the darkness, there was a gaze that had been staring at his every move.
Li Yu is a eunuch in the Ye Palace, an apprentice who can be a housekeeper, and he also has a lot of power in the Ye Palace, at least many little eunuchs and maids have to give him some face, and he also knows a secret, then the big housekeeper Liu Neng is actually the person of the imperial concubine, and Liu Neng will inform Guo Guifei as soon as possible about some things that the three princes do.
And Li Yu is one of the messengers, that day under the arrangement of the big housekeeper Liu Neng, he followed the master to the Chunfeng Building, the prince met this young man named Qin Xuan in the teahouse, when the two were talking, he had been listening outside the box, and vaguely heard that this Qin Xuan came to ask the prince to save a person surnamed Mu, as for the later things, he didn't hear clearly.
The next day, he went to the mansion of Wen Liusheng, the commander of the Dragon Claw Guard, with the prince, and finally figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing, it turned out that there was a person named Mu Linchun, who got off the Zhao Prison of the Dragon Claw Guard in Tianxi City, and the prince personally visited Wen Liusheng for this matter.
At that time, when Huangfu Ye and Wen Liusheng were talking, they did not avoid Li Yu, so Li Yu heard that the original surname Mu was a friend of the prince, and after the prince said this relationship, he didn't say anything more, and Wen Liusheng didn't say anything, but in Li Yu's mind, this Wen Liusheng would inevitably sell the prince's face and let Namu Linchun go.
Later, early on the morning of the third day, someone in the palace found the chief butler, and after saying some things, the chief butler Liu Neng sent himself to Chunfeng Tower to keep an eye on this Qin Xuan until the latter entered the inn in this town.
He had followed far away, and he had not seen the fight clearly, but the old man standing on the back of the eagle had given him a great visual impact, and besides, the old man had glanced at the place where he was hiding, intentionally or unconsciously, and a single glance made him feel a spirit.
Li Yu's martial arts are low, and his task is to follow Qin Xuan from afar and leave marks along the way, as for why he did this, he actually didn't know.
Soon after Qin Xuan entered the inn, Li Yu also entered the inconspicuous inn.
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