Volume 1 The first foray into the rivers and lakes Chapter 26 The Shocking Change Before Marriage
In the next few days, Xu Zhaonan's days in Yijian Pavilion returned to calm, different from the noise in the city, although there was only one door apart, it seemed like two worlds.
Everyone in the Sword Pavilion, including the disciples and servants, was busy with their own affairs as usual.
Everything is in order.
The only thing that has changed is Huo Chunlei.
Since that day, since returning from the Caidie Boat, Huo Chunlei has never left the pavilion door again, except for occasionally asking Xu Zhaonan for a drink, he has locked himself in the courtyard all day long, and practiced behind closed doors.
Maybe it's stimulated, maybe it's lost, but in short, it's not a bad thing for everyone.
As the owner of the Yijian Pavilion, Huo Rendi naturally has a lot of ears and eyes, not long after the events of that day, he learned the ins and outs from the reports of the disciples in the pavilion, and knew that his second son actually went outside to spend all day drinking when he was about to get married, and even fought with others for a prostitute and was jealous, and was injured by someone, and he was immediately furious.
Early the next morning, he ran to Huo Chunlei's courtyard, and he originally planned to reprimand Huo Chunlei in a rage, but when he saw Huo Chunlei who was practicing diligently in the courtyard, he was immediately dumbfounded, and he couldn't say the words of indignation that stopped on his lips.
At first, I thought that Huo Chunlei knew that he had made a mistake, and in order to avoid punishment, he estimated that he was acting for himself.
Later, when he secretly observed, he found that he seemed to have no out-of-line behavior except for occasionally going to his life-saving benefactor for a drink, and never getting drunk again, and Huo Rendi felt greatly surprised in his heart.
In order not to discourage Huo Chunlei's enthusiasm for martial arts, Huo Rendi didn't dare to come forward and ask too much, so he had to hide his doubts in his heart, and only attributed everything to the fact that the marriage date was approaching, and the second son may have realized that he was about to become a husband, and became more diligent and steady.
It's a good thing after all.
As for the young man who injured the second son, Huo Rendi naturally did not pursue it, not to mention that the person had such a rare cultivation at such an age, and the background behind him was even more intriguing.
Fortunately, his second son was not injured multiple times, and he worked harder, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
It's just that there has been a lot of fish and dragons in this Mojuan City recently, and a young man of the second grade has emerged today, and it is inevitable that a middle-aged man of the first grade will not emerge tomorrow.
There are still two days left in the wedding date, but it can't go wrong at this time, Huo Rendi ordered the disciples in the door, and strengthened the guards everywhere.
And Huo Chunlei, who was missed by the Huo Pavilion Lord, was sitting in Xu Zhaonan's room at the moment, discussing martial arts with him.
In this regard, Xu Zhaonan gladly accepted it, in order to achieve the goal of his cultivation path as soon as possible and complete the almost impossible feat, his diligence in practicing martial arts was seen by Huo Chunlei, and he was only seen in his life, and it was not an exaggeration to regard him as a martial idiot.
As everyone knows, Xu Zhaonan, who has become a martial idiot in the hearts of others, has always answered Huo Chunlei's questions.
It is strange to say, from the name of the Sword Pavilion, it can be known that the disciples in the Pavilion are all practicing swords, but this Huo Er Gongzi is not a person who practices swords, but practices swords.
Although Huo Chunlei is a knife practitioner, Xu Zhaonan is much higher than him in cultivation after all, and some of the truths are also the same.
For Xu Zhaonan's careful guidance, Huo Chunlei was also very grateful.
Huo Chunlei's nature is not so lazy, the reason why his skills have not improved is also related to the lack of guidance from famous teachers, Huo Rendi spends most of his time in retreat and hard practice in order to break through, and only occasionally gives him some guidance when he goes out.
And most of the affairs of Yijian Pavilion were handed over to Huo Chunfeng, and he was so busy that Huo Chunlei had no chance, and he was embarrassed to ask for advice.
Gradually, Huo Chunlei also developed an idle temperament.
Now, when he finally met Xu Zhaonan, a young hero, and was so attached to him, he was more willing to spend time guiding him, Huo Chunlei was suddenly very happy and regarded him as a lifelong confidant.
As Huo Chunlei's eldest brother, Huo Chunfeng was also happy to see his second brother so diligent and studious, and every time he was busy, he often came to visit the two with some fruits.
Outside the Yijian Pavilion, a little guy in a green hat hurried over, and the guards who knew this person recognized him as a servant of the Pearl Tower, and when they saw him in a hurry, they wanted to make a joke.
I saw that the little guy in the green hat was sweating profusely, and said hurriedly: "Quick, take me to see Lord Huoge, it's a big deal!"
The guard asked what was the matter, but he didn't say anything, only said that it was a hundred thousand urgent matters, and he must see the Huo Pavilion Lord and wait for him to fall.
When the guards realized the seriousness of the matter, they immediately reported to Huo Ren's enemy, and then took the blue-hatted boy to the main hall.
At this moment, the little guy in the green hat was already anxiously pale, and after seeing the enemy of the Huo people, he knelt on the ground with a plop and shouted miserably: "Lord Huo Ge, the big thing is not good, the eldest lady asked me to tell you, my young lady is gone!"
Huo Rendi's eyes widened when he heard this, Huo Ran got up and shouted: "Stand up, talk well, what young lady is missing!"
The little girl in the green hat reacted to the language problem in his mouth, and hurriedly explained: "Naturally, the second lady of my family, Ye Feihong, is missing. ”
Huo Rendi frowned, and secretly thought to himself, the big wedding is approaching, and the person is gone? Could it be that he wants to regret the marriage? What kind of famous hall is this Pearl Building?
The little girl in the green hat didn't know what he was thinking, but he only remembered to tell the eldest lady all the explanations: "The second lady has no movement since she returned to the room yesterday, and the old servant at home went to knock on the door today, but no one responded for a long time, and the eldest lady realized that something was wrong, and after breaking into the house, she found that there was no one inside, only the side windows were wide open, and the eldest lady said that the second lady may have been kidnapped." When the villain came, the eldest lady was ordering Butler Yu to lead people around to search!"
"Kidnapped?" Huo Rendi realized that things might not be as he thought.
Pacing back and forth in the hall, Huo Rendi, who had thought for a moment, suddenly had a name in his mind, Angry Jiao Gang!
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he thought to himself, I hope they didn't do it, otherwise, Hugh blamed the old man for being ruthless.
At that moment, Huo Rendi stabilized his mind and said in a deep voice: "I already know the matter, you go back and tell Feihua first, even if Feihong hasn't passed the door yet, but I have already recognized him as a daughter-in-law, I will naturally try my best to find it, but this matter should not be full of trouble in the city for the time being." ”
The flying flower in the mouth of Huo's enemy is Ye Feihong, the eldest lady of Mingzhu Building, and the eldest daughter of Ye Qingcang, the owner of the building.
Ye Qingcang is also like Huo Ren's enemy, handing over all the big and small affairs in the building to Ye Feihong to take care of, but he is a hands-off shopkeeper - either retreat and practice, or wander around, so he is not happy.
At this time, Ye Qingcang was in retreat in a place outside the city that no one knew, and he was not in Mojuan City, and he would only come back tomorrow, the day before the wedding.
Otherwise, with Ye Qingcang sitting in the Pearl Tower, no one would be able to take away a big living person silently under the nose of a first-class master.
It's not the three great masters, right?
The marriage between Yijian Pavilion and Mingzhulou was originally a good thing for both parties, but if the news of Ye Feihong's disappearance on the eve of her wedding was reported, the faces of the two families would not look good.
The little guy in the green hat nodded and said, "The villain knows about it, and he will go back immediately to tell my eldest lady." ”
Huo Rendi continued: "Slow down, tell Feihua, focus on investigating the place of the Nujiao Gang!"
"The villain understands. ”
"Go ahead. ”
After the little boy in the green hat left, Huo Ren ordered left and right: "Go, call the two sons." ”
Not long after, Huo Chunfeng, who was doing errands outside, rushed back, and Huo Chunlei, who was asking for advice in Xu Zhaonan's room, also rushed over, and brought Xu Zhaonan with him by the way.
On the way here, the three of them already knew what Huo Rendi was looking for, although this second lady of the Ye family, Huo Chunlei had never seen it, but after all, this was nominally his wife who had not passed through the door, and now someone has taken his wife away, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.
If the thief had a bad heart towards Ye Feihong, thinking of this, Huo Chunlei's eyes suddenly split!
Xu Zhaonan was a little embarrassed to stand aside, this was a family matter of Yijian Pavilion, and it seemed a little inappropriate for an outsider to participate in it, but he couldn't resist Huo Chunlei's repeated invitations, so he still came together.
Seeing Xu Zhaonan also coming in, Huo Rendi glanced at the second son standing in the hall, didn't say anything, and said directly: "I think you already know about the matter, Lei'er, you immediately take the disciples in the pavilion to search the whole city, don't make a noise everywhere, just say that there was a theft in the pavilion yesterday, and now you want to arrest the thief! Feng'er, you go to the county guard's mansion, tell the county guard about the matter, and ask him to order all the city gates to be blocked, I hope that the people have not left the city yet, as long as they don't go out of the city, dig three feet into the ground and find out for me!"
"Yes!"
Huo Chunfeng received the order, quickly went out, and ran towards the county guard's mansion.
"Dad, then I'll go too. ”
Huo Chunlei also received the order, and pulled Xu Zhaonan and prepared to go out.
Huo Rendi said in a low voice behind him, "Focus on the place where the Nujiao Gang is." ”
Huo Chunlei paused, a hideous look appeared on his face, nodded fiercely, and said angrily: "I know!"
When he was about to leave the pavilion, Xu Zhaonan pulled out the angry Huo Chunlei and said, "I'll go and bring Xiaobai with him, he has a smart nose and may be able to help." ”
Huo Chunlei was already filled with anger at this moment, and when he heard him say this, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll gather the disciples first and wait for you outside the door!"
Xu Zhaonan looked at him, a little uneasy, and comforted: "Don't think about the worst in everything, maybe Miss Ye Jiren has her own natural appearance, and there may not be any accidents." ”
Huo Chunlei still just nodded, and he didn't know how much he listened.
Xu Zhaonan knew that it was useless to talk about this matter, and the most important thing was to find the person first, so he immediately ran back to the room and took the two swords with him in case of accidents.
patted Xiaobai, who was napping on the ground, and shouted: "Lazy wolf, wake up quickly, the place to use you has arrived!"
Xiaobai opened his sleepy eyes, and a whimper sounded in his throat, as if he was a little dissatisfied with being woken up.
The situation was urgent, Xu Zhaonan was in no mood to play with Xiaobai, grabbed its snow-white neck and ran out.
During the run, Xiaobai gradually sobered up a little, and felt the owner's eagerness, so he honestly didn't spoil anymore.
When he arrived outside the gate, Huo Chunlei had already ordered all the people, and when he saw Xu Zhaonan coming, he immediately shouted: "Let's go!"
"Wait!"
Xu Zhaonan took a step forward and asked, "Second Brother Huo, I don't know where your goal is now?"
Huo Chunlei gritted his teeth and said, "Naturally, the stronghold of the Nujiao Gang is turned upside down. ”
Xu Zhaonan shook his head and persuaded: "Even if the Nujiao Gang did it, it wouldn't be stupid enough to put people in their own place to hide, besides, the Nujiao Gang has more than one stronghold in Mojuan City, you are looking for it so wantonly, not to mention the grass and snakes, it is undoubtedly a needle in a haystack!"
Xu Zhaonan's words poured on Huo Chunlei's head like a basin of cold water, making him full of anger a little restrained, and said in a deep voice: "Then you say, what should we do now?"
Xu Zhaonan pointed to Xiao Bai beside him and said: "Xiao Bai's sense of smell is extremely sensitive, we can go to Mingzhu Tower first, to the place where Miss Ye disappeared, and let Xiao Bai follow the smell, the time will not be long, I hope it is still too late." ”
Huo Chunlei felt that this was also a way, it was better than looking for a needle in a haystack, so he nodded and said, "Okay, just follow your words, let's go." ”
A group of people walked towards the Pearl Tower, and some of the pedestrians on the road recognized Huo Chunlei's identity, and wanted to step forward to say a few words, but when they saw his sword eyebrows upside down, they couldn't help but feel apprehensive and hurriedly stopped.
"Have you heard? Yi Jian Pavilion was robbed yesterday and a lot of valuable things were stolen. ”
"Yes, yes, I've heard that even the bride price specially prepared for the big wedding has been lost. ”
"Is it? The Sword Pavilion is so heavily guarded, who can run to steal at this time, and how high is that person's martial arts?"
"There must be something important missing, Steward Yu of Mingzhu Tower was leading people to search around early this morning, and Xu was helping Yijian Pavilion find the lost property. ”
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I don't know when it started, there was a rumor in Mojuan City, saying that Yijian Pavilion was ransacked by thieves last night, although I don't know what exactly was lost, but the rumors spread all said that they had noses and eyes, plus some people saw Huo Chunlei rushing out with a large number of people and horses, and they also believed it a little in their hearts.
Yijian Pavilion is so enthusiastic that it naturally can't hide the eyes of the whole city, so it simply deliberately spreads the matter of the thief, which can be regarded as hiding people's eyes and ears.
A group of people came to the door of the Pearl Tower, and Huo Chunlei rushed in directly without being reported by the guards.
Fortunately, the guards outside the door were instructed early in the morning, if the people of the Sword Pavilion came, they didn't need to report it, they took it directly to the main hall, and the eldest lady was waiting in the hall at this time.
Therefore, although the guards outside the door didn't know what was going on, when they saw Huo Chunlei coming, they just asked the disciples of Yijian Pavilion to wait outside the building first, and directly led Huo Chunlei to the main hall, of course, Xu Zhaonan and Xiaobai were also entourage.
Huo Chunlei entered the hall, didn't care about greetings, and said directly: "Ye Feihua, what about people!
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