The night was dark, and the jade rabbit on the horizon was covered by dark clouds, and the light was dim.

The candle flame reflected everything in the room, and there was silence on all sides.

A scribe in Tsing Yi sitting at the desk was holding a letter, but he didn't read it, but lost his mind and didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long time, I heard a soft sigh, and saw that he put down the letter in his hand, and seemed to be about to get up, but suddenly there was a soft sound outside.

"Who?!"

The scribe slammed to his feet and snorted.

No one responded, and there was silence all around.

He hesitated, then left his desk, walked to the door, and pulled it open.

There was no one outside, only the lights in the nearby courtyard and the black hole in the distance.

Brush –

Something burst through the air, grazing the scribe's cheek and slamming against the door behind him.

The scribe's face turned pale for a moment.

He shook his lips and raised his hand to touch his face, feeling the blood on his hand.

When I turned around, I saw that the nail on the door was not a hidden weapon, but a dark letterhead.

Nothing was written on the letterhead, just a lifelike blood-colored tulip.

The scribe's hand began to tremble, and he held the letterhead painted with tulips as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

I don't know when the wind picked up outside.

The scribe pursed his lips and swallowed several times before he hurried back to his desk, picked up the letter again, stared at it for a long time, and suddenly let out a heavy sigh.

It's dawn.

It was a rare sunny day.

A carriage clattered out of the corner and finally stopped at the gate of the Shen Mansion.

The butler and the servant, who had been waiting there for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward after the carriage stopped, and greeted the Tsing Yi scribe who came out of the carriage.

The scribe's face was a little haggard, and his expression was also a little melancholy. He looked up at the door of the mansion, got out of the carriage and asked, "Madame, are they in the mansion?"

"Yes, sir. The housekeeper replied, and said, "The eldest young master originally made an appointment with his classmates to attend the poetry meeting, but after the master's letter came back last night, he pushed it back. ”

"That's good. The scribe nodded, lifted the hem of his coat and stepped up the stone steps.

There was no one in the courtyard of the house, and the butler followed the scribe and explained, "Because of the lord's letter, I have given the people in the palace a holiday. ”

As he spoke, a maid hurried out from the corner on the other side and bumped into the scribe. At the moment, the frightened flower lost color, knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again to plead guilty: "The slave should die, the slave should die......"

The scribe furrowed his eyebrows, then waved his hand and said, "Alright, let's get up first." What happened to be so flustered?"

"Yes, it's Miss......"

"What did Yan do?" the scribe asked, not knowing what came to mind. He waved his hand and said, "That's it." You go and bring Ah Yan to Fenglai Xiaoxie, and I will go there later. ”

The maid hurriedly bowed, answered yes, and then turned to leave.

The scribe quickened his pace and continued on his way. In a short time, we have already arrived at the main hall.

There was still no one here, except for a woman with a noble appearance and a young man with gentle eyebrows.

Seeing the scribe, Gongzi got up and said, "Fei Bai has seen his father, and his father is fine." ”

The scribe waved his hand, walked over and asked, "Are you ready for me to deliver a message to you?"

Childe was stunned for a moment, and then said, "According to what my father said, everything is ready." ”

The scribe said, "That's good." ”

The woman asked at this time, "Master, what happened, why did you suddenly leave Jiuyuan City in such a hurry?"

The scribe wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "What do women do when they ask so much. Now that the things are ready, you mother and son should hurry up and set off. I'll go to Ah Yan's place to see ......."

"Father. ”

"What's the matter?" the young man suddenly spoke, interrupting the scribe and making him look sideways.

Childe was a little nervous and puzzled: "Aren't father and Ah Yan with me and mother?"

The scribe pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, and then said, "I have other arrangements with Ah Yan. Anyway, you guys go first. ”

He said this, said a few more words, and then turned and left.

When they arrived at the Fenglai Pavilion, there were two people waiting inside. One is the maid I just met, and the other is a young girl, wearing a double-ringed bun unique to girls of this age, wearing a bright goose yellow dress.

When he saw the scribe, he slipped down from his seat and hurried to him, calling out to his father.

The scribe's face also had a little smile on his face, and he asked, "Ah Yan is mischievous again at home?"

The little girl looked at him with some weakness, and after finding that he was not really angry, she hugged the scribe's arm and coquettishly said: "Father has not come back once for many days, and when he comes back, he will reprimand me, and Ah Yan is not happy." ”

"If you are obedient, how can your father discipline you?" the scribe touched the top of her head and shook his head with a smile.

The little girl blinked, changed the subject and asked, "Fang Shui Su told me that my father was looking for me, but what is the matter?"

Hearing this, the scribe's body stiffened, and then he said, "Because something has happened, we have to move somewhere else." Your mother and eldest brother have already gone first, and it is not surprising that you will walk with your father's friend. ”

"So, where are you going?"

"Just follow them, and they'll take you where you need to go. ”

"Big brother didn't even say a word to me and left, the next time I see him, I won't forgive him if I don't buy me a lot of crystal cakes......"

The little girl babbled and complained, and the scribe's eyes dimmed. He just smiled afterwards: "If he doesn't buy it for you, how about the father who will give you all his pocket money?"

"Yes, thank you, father. The little girl was overjoyed, and before she really reached that time, she had already begun to think about what she should buy after she got the eldest brother's pocket money.

At this moment, a maid from outside walked in and greeted the father and daughter.

"Ah Yan, this is Linglong, I arranged a maid for my father to take care of you. This time you're with her. ”

The little girl looked at the package that Linglong was carrying, nodded and said, "Ah Yan knows." ”

The scribe said, "In that case, then you can follow Linglong to the gate of the backyard." The Father's friend should have been waiting there. ”

"Yes, father. ”

The little girl respectfully bid farewell to the scribe, and then followed the maid to the door of the backyard.

On the way, she looked at the courtyard that was usually empty with people coming and going, and there was a little doubt in her eyes.

"Linglong, do you know what happened? Why did my father suddenly ask us to move out......?

Linglong shook her head and said, "I don't know either." ”

Fenglai Xiaoxie was originally not far from the backyard door, and the two had already arrived while talking.

Sure enough, there was a carriage parked outside the courtyard gate, and a young man holding a sword sat in front of the car.

Seeing that the master and servant had arrived, the young man didn't have any special reaction, but the car window was lifted, revealing a woman's face: "Is Miss Shen Yan here?" ”

Shen Yan and Linglong helped each other to get into the car, only to find that there was not a person inside, in addition to the woman, there was also a young man and a young man.

However, none of these surprised Shen Yan, what surprised her was that these three people were dressed the same as their father, mother and eldest brother.

If you don't know each other, I'm afraid you won't be able to tell the difference between them at a glance.

Shen Yan pinched the corners of his clothes, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

The carriage had already begun to move, but no one in the carriage spoke. Except for the first time when Shen Yan entered the car, the others glanced at them, and since then, the man and the boy have been closing their eyes and recuperating. The woman smiled at her, and said nothing more.

Shen Yan is not a taciturn character, but at this time, he just leaned on Linglong, closed his mouth and didn't say much.

He couldn't see the scenery outside, and Shen Yan didn't know where they were going. It's just that as the carriage swayed, she gradually became a little sleepy.

Seeing this, the woman who had never spoken spoke spoke at this time: "If Miss Shen Yan is sleepy, just close your eyes and rest for a while." ”

She didn't say that it was okay, but Shen Yan lost her sleepiness when she said this.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Yan still asked, "We, where are we going?"

The woman didn't fail to answer, but smiled calmly: "Go where you need to go." ”

"That's ...... father"

Before Shen Yan's words were finished, he heard the young man who had been closing his eyes and recuperating, say, "If you really want to worry, you might as well worry about yourself." ”

His voice was beautiful, like the ice and snow that would melt in early spring, with a little chill and crispness that was not bone-chilling. After saying this, the boy fell silent again.

Shen Yan was a little apprehensive and panicked because of his words.

The woman insisted and smiled: "Twelve, he just said casually, Miss Shen Yan, relax." Master Shen asked us to take you to a safe place, as for where it is......"

Before he could finish speaking, the carriage suddenly stopped suddenly.

The man and the boy had no effect, but the two girls, Shen Yan and Linglong, didn't notice for a while that the whole person fell forward.

The woman quickly fished them back, and at the same time heard the young man called Twelve by the woman ask outside, "What's wrong?"

The boy who was driving the car replied, and his voice was a little hoarse, as if something was scratching on the rough ground: "Someone is blocking the way." ”

"I'll take a look. With that, Twelve got up and walked out of the door.

I don't know when the wind and snow are floating again, and the moment the car door opened, Shen Yan saw a lot of people stopping on the snow outside. But as the car door was casually closed by the teenager, it was difficult to see clearly.

Not long after Twelve went out, the sound of a fight sounded outside.

Shen Yan was facing such a situation for the first time, his face was pale with fright, and he and Linglong held their hands tightly and leaned together.

A horse's neighing sounded suddenly, and the carriage began to move again. Unlike the previous ones, which were fast but also steady, this time it was a lot faster, and the road was bumpy and the sound of the young men outside driving the horses was endless.

While trying to sit down with Linglong, Shen Yan raised his voice and asked, "What happened......?"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw the woman suddenly get up and walk over quickly, hugging her and Linglong and shouting together, and the whole person rose into the air.

The carriage was torn apart, and the field of vision began to widen as the horses roared.

Shen Yan was put to the ground by the woman in shock, looking at the current scene, his heartbeat became more and more rapid.

I saw that they were surrounded by people for some time, and those people were men and women, tall and short, old and young, but they all looked like characters who were not easy to mess with.

The man dressed as Father Shen already had a fiery whip in his hand, looked at those people and said calmly: "Zodiac." ”

"Oh, I didn't expect the Seventh Master to recognize us. The bewitching man dressed in red spoke, his voice as bewitching as his face, but not as feminine. "Since the Seventh Master knows us, he should also know our rules. A few of us are here for this young lady of the Shen family, as long as the two of us hand over the young lady of the Shen family, we will leave immediately, and we will not disturb the seventh master and the eighth girl for half a minute. ”

The seventh master said: "I know your rules, but you may not know my rules. ”

"Oh?" the man in red raised an eyebrow and asked, "Then listen to me." ”

The seventh master said: "Walking the rivers and lakes is the most important thing to pay attention to faithfulness, we are entrusted by Master Shen to escort Miss Shen, and we must not hand people over to you like this." ”

The man in red sighed regretfully and said, "If you say that, you still can't avoid a war." ”

Before his words fell, several silver rays suddenly shot out from his hand.

The whip in the seventh master's hand also flicked, but when he heard a series of sharp weapons hitting each other, it was the hidden weapons thrown out by the man in red that were all blocked by the whip.

But this didn't make the seventh master relax for half a minute, because the man in red was gone.