People who like to hunt for curiosities often make jokes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At that time, Nanjian came out of Bishuiwan Manor, got into a carriage and galloped away, and the thousands of curious spectators inside followed the carriage like a tide. They all wanted to urgently see how long this person who had just received Young Master Tang's sword could hold out, and when would his wound rupture, and he would die of blood!

As a result, they chased one street after another, and in the end the people were sweating profusely! However, they were all very unwilling, looking at the place where the carriage had gone, and sighed leisurely: "If this breaks down in the middle of the road, it will be strange not to scare the passers-by to death!"

But there are also those who have good family conditions and continue to chase after them on horseback - it seems that they will not be happy when they see that people do not die!

I looked around Heihe Town again, but I still didn't find Nangong Lin's father!"Nangong girl!" Nanjian finally said, "Now that the sun is in the west, Lord Lingzun must go home first, I'll send you home directly!"

"Brother Nan, thank you so much!"

"You're welcome!" he said, "and I'm on my way to Maple Bridge." ”

The carriage departed, and galloped along the mountain road from which they had come in the morning. As the sun began to set in the west, the hot temperature gradually dropped, and the birds in the forest began to return to the forest one after another, and they heard the clattering of birds along the way, as if many birds were fighting.

"Brother Nan, listen!" Nangong Lin said across the wall in the back compartment, "The birds in the forest seem to be arguing, wah-wah-wah!"

"Yes, they're in a meeting!" Nan Jian said amusedly, "The big bird told the little bird, tonight you sleep on the ground, I sleep on the bed, disobedient birds, go outside the door to watch!"

When Nangong Lin heard him say this, he giggled, and when he heard it through the carriage board, it suddenly reminded Nan Jian of Ren Siyun again! He remembered Ren Siyun's laughter, and that's it, giggling, like a horse's hooves knocking on the road!

Hey, he missed her at that moment.

The sun is setting in the sky, and in the distance, a flock of geese are flying in a neat line, leisurely flying into the distance, and on the crooked mountain road, the lonely carriage is galloping, rolling up the smoke and dust along the way, covering the grass on both sides of the road layer after layer.

Not long after, according to Nangong Lin's guide, Nanjian followed the main road and turned into a bamboo forest at a mountain and forest crossroads. After walking some distance, we came to a thatched hut.

"It's here, Brother Nan!" Nangong Lin said excitedly, "This thatched hut is my home, will you think my family is so poor!"

"No!" Nan Jian stopped the carriage, came to the back and picked her up from the carriage and said, "Mountain village life, this is the most beautiful home." Ever since I was a child, I have dreamed of building a hut in such a place and living quietly. ”

"Then you can stay, Brother Nan!" At that moment, her expression when she spoke was so serious that Nan Jian didn't know how to excuse herself when she heard and saw it.

He smiled, "Nangong girl......"

Before he could finish speaking, he hurriedly said, "Brother Nan, I've been calling you the eldest brother for a day, why do you still call someone Nangong girl, this sounds so strange! Can you call me sister?" She looked at him, waiting earnestly for his answer.

He smiled, "Sister Nangong!" he said, "yes, it's much more agreeable!"

"Then you will call me that way!" she said, and took him by the hand as she walked towards their hut, "Father, father......" He called several times in succession, but no one answered.

When she walked in the door, she saw that the door was not locked, so she pushed it open. At this time, the light of the setting sun had cast the heavy shadow of the mountain behind the house on the thatched hut, and also dimmed the light inside. Looking around, I could faintly see the simple family inside, but I still didn't see Nangong Lin's father.

"Where will it go?" Nangong Lin said with a sad face.

Seeing her sad face, Nan Jian's mood could not hide his worries, "Ling Zun, will you go digging lotus roots again," he said, "Where do you dig lotus roots on weekdays?"

"Oh! That must be. She said excitedly, "On weekdays, my father goes to dig lotus roots in the lotus pond at the bottom of the opposite mountain, let's go and have a look!" she said, pointing to the mountain behind the house.

There is a lotus pond at the foot of the mountain, the sparkling water waves are shining golden under the sunset, the lotus leaves of the fields are densely crowded, and the pink lotus flowers shyly emerge from the gaps in the leaves, like a beautiful girl poking out her beautiful face from under the green parasol. So, the red dragonfly flew in and gently stopped on the tip of her flower, as if leaving an affectionate greeting, and in the evening breeze, the lotus swayed gently, as if telling Nangong Lin in her most gentle language: "Don't be anxious girl, everything will be fine." ”

The two came to the lotus pond, the boundless fragrance of lotus flowers came to the nose, the lotus leaves danced in the evening breeze, the lotus flowers swayed gently, and the river surface was flooded with rippling waves. However, in the huge lotus pond, there is still no shadow of Nangong Lin's father. This made her even more anxious, and seeing her sad face, Nan Jian was also very sad.

"Sister Nangong," he said with concern, "do you have any relatives in the town, could it be that Father Venerable has gone to a relative's house?"

"Hey, that's right!" Nangong Lin heard him say, "I don't have any relatives, but I often heard my father say that there is a friend in the town that he grew up with when he was a child. Later, his family went to the town to do business. Presumably, my father went to this friend's house of his!"

"That must be it!" Nan Jian also became excited, "What is the name of Ling Zun's friend, without further ado, while we can still see the road now, let's hurry up and go to the town again, find this friend of Zun Father's and ask, presumably he must be there!"

"His name is Niu Gang, and he is a master who plays cotton!" Nangong Lin also exclaimed excitedly.

Nanjian took her hand, "Let's go," he said, "we'll go to their house now." ”

The two of them were about to leave the lotus pond, but Nangong Lin suddenly saw that under the bay on the north side of the lotus pond, a man wearing a hat was sitting, where he was quietly fishing. "Brother Nan!" she said, pointing to the man, "there's a guy there, let's go and ask if he's seen my father coming, and if he does, we won't have to make another trip in vain!"

"Makes sense. ”

The two of them walked over to the angler.

This person, facing the lotus pond, is facing the two of them. The flush of the setting sun reflected on his face from the sparkling waters, turning half of his face into a scorched bronz, and he sat on a small stool, with a black shirt draped over his head, and a small fishing basket and an unknown thing wrapped in black cloth on the right side of the small stool.

"Master, did you see a man in his fifties who came here to dig lotus roots?" Nangong Lin stepped forward and asked.

The other party didn't make a sound, but put away the fishing rod by himself.

Seeing him like this, Nangong Lin was deeply puzzled, she looked at Nan Jian, and she didn't know what to do. I only heard the other party suddenly say: "The man in his fifties has not seen it, and now there are two people who are sent to death!"

As he spoke, there was a sound of drawing a knife, and a flash of knife light flashed against the setting sun, and the man had already pulled out the machete covered with a black cloth on the side of the stool, and slashed towards the southern sword! )