Chapter 49: The Homeland
July 8, sunny, sunny.
In Yueyang City near Dongting Lake, Fang Ling'er and Rhubarb stood anxiously outside Yueyang Tower. The chubby empty phase came from behind him and said, "Miss Ling'er, the boss will be back soon, you better go in." ”
Fang Ling'er shook her head and said, "I'm going to wait for my son here." ”
Yuan Bao and Master Li have been gone for nearly a month, they are relying on the messenger paper crane to contact Master Li, yesterday said that Master Li said that the matter has been done, and Yuan Bao will come to meet them tomorrow. Fang Ling'er had been waiting for a long time, and when she heard the news, she didn't sleep all night, and she dragged Rhubarb to stand outside Yueyang Tower early this morning.
A beauty, a yellow dog, this bizarre combination really attracted a lot of attention. It is also a well-known scenic spot, since ancient times, there have been many literati and ink writers writing poems and paintings here, attracting a lot of young and handsome people, many people saw Fang Ling'er's unearthly appearance, and wanted to come up to talk, but the rhubarb around Fang Linger was definitely not vegetarian, and everyone who came to talk to him was scared away by him.
It wasn't until noon that Yuanbao, Li Shishi, and Zhao Wuregret appeared on the street.
The big yellow eyes were sharp, and he saw the ingots in the crowd at once, screamed a few times, and ran over with his tail wagged. Fang Ling'er shouted from behind: "Rhubarb, you wait for me!"
When we meet again, it seems that thousands of years have passed. When Fang Ling'er saw Yuanbao, tears immediately fell, and she threw herself into Yuanbao's arms desperately, not caring about the strange eyes of the pedestrians around her, and whimpered: "Childe, you are finally back." ”
Yuan Bao looked a little embarrassed under the gradually cold eyes of Zhao Wuregret and Master Li, and gently pushed Fang Ling'er away, "Miss Ling'er, aren't I coming back?"
Zhao Wuregret snorted: "Miss Ling'er, don't do anything to my Shaoqin brother in the future." ”
Fang Ling'er didn't care so much, she was like a year when she came to spend these days, and she was thinking about Yuanbao's voice and smile all the time in her mind. How can you say that you can accept the backlog of feelings?
Feelings are the most mysterious thing in the world. It comes inadvertently and lingers forever.
At this moment, Yuan Bao suddenly felt that he had done a lot of wrong things before, he had no intention of picking flowers, but the flowers withered because of him.
Zhao Wuregret is like this, and so is Fang Ling'er. Just now, he clearly felt Fang Ling'er's deep affection for him. But what about herself, and what can she give her?
Everyone came to Yueyang Tower, Zhu Changqing had already chartered a private room on the second floor of Yueyang Tower, facing the shore of Dongting Lake, the breeze blew, with a trace of cold water vapor, in this hot summer, everyone's hearts were shocked.
Everyone talked about what happened after parting, mainly Yuan Bao and Master Li, Fang Ling'er and others have always been in Yueyang City, and nothing big happened, at dusk, everyone talked and laughed, only Zhu Changqing kept a calm face, and did not give Yuan Bao a good look. Fortunately, He Zudao and Zhuge Meteor were playing a round on the side, which did not make the scene look embarrassing.
At the end, Yuan Bao said: "I don't know when we can get together, let's have a drink." ”
Everyone raised their heads and drank the wine in the glass, and Zhuge Meteor shouted: "Boss, I and the void phase have decided to mix with you, anyway, we will go wherever you go." ”
The empty phase nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, anyway, everywhere is an experience, and our three brothers will go through the world together." ”
Zhao Wuregret stretched his head and said, "And me." ”
Zhuge Meteor didn't seem to like Zhao Wuregret very much, and snorted: "What does the matter of the three of us men have to do with you, you should stay in Xiangxi honestly." ”
Zhao Wuregret was furious and said, "Whoever doesn't let me follow Brother Shaoqin, I will summon Yin soldiers to take him away." ”
Zhuge Meteor stuck out his tongue, Zhao Wuregret, who had the Soul Snatching Bell, could definitely summon the Yin Soldiers, and he didn't dare to speak again for a while.
Yuan Bao turned his head to look at Master Li, she was sitting next to Zhao Wuregret, and she didn't speak, as if she had something unanswered.
Yuan Bao said: "Senior girl, I beg you for one thing." ”
Master Li raised his head, his indifferent eyes flashed a hint of surprise, and said, "What's the matter?"
Yuan Bao said: "Miss Ling'er has no relatives in this world, you go back to Shushan this time, can you introduce her to Shushan, she is blessed with immortals, and her future is limitless." ”
In fact, he thinks that Fang Ling'er has been following him all the time, what is the matter? She is a big girl with yellow flowers, and it is not good for her reputation to spread it. In the past, he planned to fulfill Li Chaobai's entrustment, so he would find a good family to marry Fang Ling'er, but now it is absolutely impossible, Fang Ling'er's body is extremely unstable, and her eyes are still red after so long, if she summons the heavenly fire again, she can destroy the entire city. If you don't follow yourself, you can only entrust it to the Shushan faction.
Fang Ling'er's face turned pale at the moment, grabbed Yuanbao's hand, and said, "Childe, don't you want Ling'er?" Ling'er doesn't go to Shushan, Ling'er will always follow Gongzi and serve Gongzi. ”
Everyone saw her tears dripping down and put down their chopsticks.
Master Li frowned and said, "Yuanbao, why did you decide so?"
Yuan Bao couldn't bear to see Fang Ling'er so desolate, so he said: "None of you here are outsiders, and I don't have to hide some words." Brother He, do you remember the firebird that appeared when you encountered the Hehuan Sect on the Yangtze River that night?"
Of course, He Zudao would not forget, so he said: "Remember, what does Yuan Shaoxia mean by this? Could it be that the firebird has something to do with Ling'er girl?"
Yuan Bao nodded and said: "As I expected, Ling'er girl is the phoenix among people, I have seen her transform twice, once in the Ghost Sorrow Canyon, hundreds of zhang of the river were lit by her, and a terrifying water demon was burned to death in an instant. Another time was when she encountered the Hehuan Sect, and the firebird after her transformation was completely able to compete with the Ice Heart Strange Flower of the Hehuan Sect. ”
Fang Ling'er stopped her tears, there was a look of surprise in her eyes, and said, "Childe, you, you mean I'm a monster?"
Yuan Bao nodded and said: "It's not a monster, but a phoenix among people, now that the phoenix bloodline in your body has awakened, you can't control it when it breaks out, it's too dangerous to continue in mortal dust." That's why I want you to go to the Shushan Sect to learn art, so that you can participate in the thaumaturgy of controlling the heavenly fire. ”
"No, I can't. Master Li shouted categorically, and his body stood up violently.
Everyone was stunned, Master Li was as cold as frost and rarely moved, and her expression was a little hideous at this moment.
Yuan Bao was startled and said, "Why?"
Master Li looked at Fang Ling'er and said coldly: "Decades ago, my Shushan Sect also received a phoenix among a person, but ...... But later, she actually stole two treasures from my Shushan faction, and her whereabouts have been unknown since then, and the Shushan faction has been chasing her whereabouts all these years. The phoenix has not been out for thousands of years, Fang Ling'er definitely has a deep relationship with the Tianfeng back then, if I take her back, I am afraid that it will be a curse rather than a blessing. ”
Zhu Changqing and He Zudao nodded at the same time, obviously they also knew about it.
Yuan Bao's heart suddenly moved, thinking of the black-clothed masked woman he saw in the grove on the north side of Pinghu Lake two months ago, when the Qingsong Daoist said, "The Shushan faction should have cleaned up the portal a long time ago and eradicated your demon." And that mysterious woman also called the Easy Daoist a senior brother.
At that time, the woman summoned a huge Tianfeng to fight with the black dragon of the old man of Tianchi, Yuan Bao thought it was Kunlun's peerless fire phoenix divine punishment, could it be that she was a phoenix?
In the blink of an eye, Yuanbao remembered a lot of things, but more doubts filled his heart. If Fang Ling'er really had a relationship with that mysterious woman, then this matter would be very important. You may have fallen into a dangerous situation.
From the ancient city of Qinchuan to here, all the way to the thousands, several times with Fang Ling'er through life and death, if Fang Ling'er is really the person arranged by the mysterious woman, then the acting skills are really unfathomable, and even he was deceived by himself.
Everyone saw that Yuanbao's expression was cloudy, as if they were thinking about something, and no one bothered them.
The second day is early in the morning.
Li Shishi, He Zudao, and Zhu Changqing returned to Shushan to resume their lives, and Yuanbao, Fang Ling'er, Zhao Wuregret, Kongxiang, and Zhuge Meteor rushed north.
originally wanted to say goodbye, but when Yuan Bao and the others pushed open the door of He Zudao and the others, the three of them had already left at dawn.
The five of them went out of Yueyang City and traveled all the way to the north, and Zhuge Meteor and the sky were fighting and making trouble, and they did not stop for a while. Yuan Bao occasionally interjected a few sentences, but he was also happy. Only Fang Ling'er looked depressed and had no words.
Nothing to say all the way, half a month later.
It was late July, and the five of them chartered a boat from the Yangtze River and went ashore near Yangzhou.
Zhuge Meteor was summoned by the division, saying that there were zombies not far from the north, and he rushed over with the empty phase to try to make money, and made an appointment with the ingots to meet in Lin'an City.
Outside Lin'an City, Yuan Bao suddenly felt a strong hatred rising in his heart, this was his hometown, ten years of vicissitudes, there was no change here. I just wonder if his parents can still recognize him?
In the winter of that year, in the middle of the snowy night, the trafficker who changed the fate of his life.
Three, two, two money.
He will never forget that the traffickers gave his father and mother three taels of silver, and then he was taken away by the traffickers.
At that time, he was only six years old, not a single tear was shed, and before leaving, his hateful gaze swept over his father's and mother's faces one by one.
Ten years later, he returned.
At this moment, Yuanbao's heart was turbulent, but the whole world was not stable.
The Nine Divine Iron Orders were issued from Kunlun Mountain more than a month ago, and the Ninety-Nine Divine Lists were also spread to the world's famous Ninety-Nine Immortal Mansions.
The Shenshan Fighting Law Festival is less than five months away from this moment, and the mortal world has already exploded, and the major gambling houses have already opened handicaps to bet on the top ten of this Fighting Law Festival.
At the same time, the Kyushu Continent, especially the immortal fights near the Huangshan Mountain Range, often occur, a large number of masters of the Demon Sect sneaked into the Central Plains, as if looking for something, and righteous disciples rushed from all directions to encircle and suppress.
In the past month or so, there have been three big fights and dozens of small fights, and both sides have suffered damage. Especially eight days ago, on the Purple Mountain outside Jinling City, Li Mengxue, the dream fairy of the Demon Sect, was besieged by dozens of disciples of the Xuanbing Palace, and in that battle, Li Mengxue relied on the Demon Sect's Supreme Treasure Bing Heart Strange Flower to kill eight disciples of the Xuanbing Palace and rushed out. Now that all the major factions have outstanding disciples coming to Jiangnan, they all want to meet this rising star of the Demon Sect Hehuan Sect for a while. It is said that the Taoist son of the Kunlun faction has appeared in Jinling City a few days ago.
Outside Lin'an City, Yuanbao, Fang Ling'er, Zhao Wuregret, and Rhubarb stood in turn.
The only person in the world who knows the mystery of Yuanbao's life is Master Li, and the two women Fang and Zhao don't know, the two of them saw Yuanbao standing under the city for a long time, their expressions were sad and painful, and even with a bit of hideous hatred, they were too frightened to speak.
Fang Ling'er and Zhao Wuregret are strange to say, the two women got along along along the way, they were like sisters, and they talked about everything. Not only Fang Ling'er's depression was alleviated, but even Zhao Wuregret's heart knot seemed to be gradually untied.
Zhao Wuregret said in a low voice: "Sister Ling'er, you have a good relationship with Brother Shaoqin, can you ask him what's wrong?"
Fang Ling'er shook her head slightly, and said softly: "I don't dare to ask, I have to ask yourself." ”
Yuan Bao naturally listened to the words of the two of them, turned his head and said to Zhao Wuregret: "Sister Wuregret, you can't call me Brother Shaoqin from now on." ”
Zhao Wuregret frowned and said, "If I don't, I'm going to call you Brother Shaoqin." ”
Yuan Bao smiled bitterly and said, "You can call it in the future, but you can't call it in Lin'an City." ”
Zhao Wu regretted and said, "Brother Shaoqin, what's wrong with you? You looked so scary just now. ”
Yuan Bao said: "It's nothing, I just remembered some things that shouldn't be remembered in the past." Remember, you can't call me Brother Shaoqin here, just call me Yuanbao. ”
Zhao Wuregret naturally wouldn't disobey the meaning of the ingot, and pulled his arm and smiled: "I will do what you ask me to do." ”
Rhubarb hummed and chirped on the side, as if he was quite disdainful of Zhao Wuregret's transformation.
Lin'an City, also a big city with a long history, was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty hundreds of years ago, here is close to the West Lake, the scenery is beautiful but there is no Xi'an to rely on, few great dynasties have built their capital here for thousands of years.
As soon as you enter the city, you will be greeted by the unique bookish atmosphere of Jiangnan. It is not far from Yangzhou, and on the edge of the West Lake, countless literati and scholars come and go, driving the economy here, the roads are neat and clean, and most of the people are glamorous and rich.
Sparkling 10,000 watts, full of houses, many buildings are the continuation of the Southern Song Dynasty, quite elegant.
Familiar streets, familiar atmospheres. Yuan Bao seems to have returned to ten years ago, when he was playing and running in the streets behind his brother Yuan Wenhua. also took his sister Yuan Shaoru to wait for his father and mother to come back in front of the street.
Childhood memories that should have been forgotten for a long time now appear in his heart.
Yuan Bao said: "No regrets, Ling'er, there is an inn in front of the champion building, you go to rent a few houses first, I will go around the city first, and I will go to the champion building to find you before dinner." ”
The second daughter was very smart, and she had already seen that Yuanbao's expression was wrong, and she didn't follow, so she answered and went to the Zhuangyuan Building.
Yuan Bao walked on the familiar street with Rhubarb, and unconsciously walked near his former home.
This is the slum of Lin'an City, his home is a small courtyard, not big, only three houses, there are two big locust trees in front of the door, he remembers that these two trees were only the mouth of the bowl ten years ago, and now they are hugged by one person, and the loss of time is irreversible.
Suddenly, Yuanbao's eyes moistened, and he felt the urge to cry. The rhubarb next to him seemed to sense his sadness, and quietly squatted beside him, screaming in a low voice.
"I haven't been back for 10 years, and my appearance has changed so much that they don't recognize me anymore. Yuan Bao sighed lowly, turned around and left.
But at this moment, a young girl in plain clothes pushed open the door and walked out.
Yuanbao's heart was beating wildly, and when he looked at it, he could vaguely see that this beautiful and moving young girl was his sister Yuan Shaoru, who was one year younger than him.
"Sister?!" Yuan Bao suddenly had an indescribable feeling in his heart, the little fart back then was so beautiful and beautiful.
Yuan Shaoru carried the basket and walked south along the road in front of the door, as if she felt that someone was looking at her, she turned her head slightly, saw Yuan Bao and the big yellow dog beside her, frowned and withdrew her eyes.
Yuan Bao followed Yuan Shaoru from a distance, and he didn't know why he was following her, maybe it was the kind of family affection that was thicker than water was calling. It's like he thought he would never come back, but when he got to the vicinity of Lin'an, he unconsciously wanted to come back here.
When he arrived in Nancheng, Yuan Bao already knew what Yuan Shaoru was doing.
Sure enough, Yuan Shaoru walked into the White Horse Academy, where his brother studied ten years ago.
Suddenly, Yuan Bao's face froze, and he only felt that a demonic aura permeated the entire academy, looming, and ordinary cultivators couldn't feel it at all, but he was born with a spirit pupil, and he could see it at a glance.
"There is a demonic spirit, there are unclean things in this White Horse Academy. ”
Three Realms, Six Realms, and a vast array of sentient beings. Not only humans exist, but also ghosts and demons!
Some of the great demons are far superior to human beings, such as the nightmare beast he encountered in the Netherworld Spring, which is a great demon whose powerful spiritual power can control anyone at will.
Yuan Bao hesitated for a long time in the White Horse Academy, but still walked in. This is a famous academy in Lin'an City, and the tuition fee is very expensive, otherwise the Yuan family would not have sold the ingots for Yuan Wenhua to continue studying here.
There are more than 100 people in the academy, all of them are young talents, and many of them have already won the promotion. Just wait for the autumn exam and win the top prize.
Yuan Bao walked to the door, tidied up his clothes, and found that he was carrying two swords behind him, which looked quite strange.
"Hey, boy, this is the White Horse Academy, how did you get in. A young man in an off-white robe saw Yuan Bao come in and stretched out his hand to stop it.
Yuan Bao looked at him a few times and said, "I'll come and see if I'm passing by, is it true that outsiders from the White Horse Academy are not allowed to enter?"
"Of course, this is an aristocratic college, and we all paid the money. The young man was haughty.
Yuan Bao said: "I asked about someone, I don't know if Yuan Wenhua Yuan Gongzi can still study here?"
The young man glanced up and down at Yuan Bao and said, "Do you know Yuan Wenhua's poor and sour talent?"
Yuan Bao said: "It's an acquaintance." ”
The young man said: "Oh, I see that you are gorgeously dressed, you must be the son of a rich family, why bother to make friends with Yuan Wenhua's kind of wretchedness, I advise you to stay away from him." ”
Yuan Bao was slightly angry in his heart, he should have been happy, because it was his brother who cried to study, and his parents sold him. But at this moment, his heart was so angry that he grabbed the young man by the collar and shouted, "Who do you say is a wreck?"
The young man was shocked, he was a powerless scholar, and he was suddenly picked up by Yuanbao, and hurriedly said: "The gentleman doesn't move his mouth, what do you want to do!"
Yuan Bao tossed him aside and strode inside.
Just walked a short distance, but saw that Yuan Shaoru had already come out, but behind him were two gorgeously dressed boys, those two people were not serious at first glance, blocking Yuan Shaoru's way, and their hands and feet were still very dishonest on Yuan Shaoru's body.
"Sister Shaoru, don't go, let's have a drink together in the evening. ”
Yuan Shaoru was furious and said, "Zhu Gongzi, please respect yourself." In that case, I will be called sir. ”
Zhu Gongzi smiled and said: "Your name, I'm not afraid, my father's Yangzhou prefect, the dean will give me some face, take a walk, and have a drink with Gongzi!"
Yuan Bao's eyes were cracked, and he shouted: "Stop, in broad daylight, you two Sven scum actually molested a woman from a good family, do you want to die?"
Zhu Gongzi looked at it with the rich boy next to him, and Zhu Gongzi shouted: "Where did you come from, the hairy boy who doesn't palm, do you know who I am?"
Saying that, he grabbed Yuan Shaoru's hand, as if he was showing off his might, and Yuan Shaoru wanted to break free, but Zhu Gongzi grabbed it very tightly, and he couldn't break free for a while, so he was anxious and angry.
Yuan Bao was really angry, he was so angry that he would calm down, and said lightly: "You grabbed her hand, now let go of me as long as you have that hand, otherwise I want your life." ”
"Hey, I won't let it go, if I don't let it go, I won't let it go, Brother Zhao, it's interesting to look at this kid, it's completely a dog meddling with a mouse, you look at how he wasted my hand. ”
Bang......
The black light flashed, and the ingot's sword had been unsheathed. Everyone didn't react, and that Zhao Gongzi laughed and said, "Boy, who are you scaring about?"
But at this moment, Zhu Gongzi's hand slowly loosened, his throat made a loud sound, his body retreated again and again, and after a while, blood began to overflow from his chest, and soon the blood stained his clothes red.
Zhu Gongzi looked at Yuan Bao with wide eyes, pointed at him, and tried hard to make a sound, but there was no chance.
Yuan Bao walked up to Zhu Gongzi, who was about to die, and said word by word: "I said don't touch her, you asked for it!"
"Ahh
The entire White Horse Academy suddenly exploded, and hundreds of students and teachers ran out, and when they saw Zhu Gongzi lying on the ground covered in blood, their faces changed greatly. And Yuan Shaoru was even more frightened, and said in a low voice: "This son, you run quickly, this Zhu Gongzi is the son of the prefect of Yangzhou." ”
Yuan Bao looked at his sister, who he hadn't seen for ten years, and his heart was sour, and he said: "I killed the person, and I have the ability to let the court arrest me." ”
At this time, a young man ran out of the crowd, grabbed Yuan Shaoru, and said hurriedly: "Sister, what's the matter?"
Yuan Bao's heart was shocked, and he looked at the scholar, this person is his own Yuan Wenhua? Yuan Wenhua is only nineteen years old, but why does he look like he is thirty years old at this moment? At the same time, he felt that Yuan Wenhua, whose face was pale, seemed to be shrouded in a layer of demonic energy.
Yuan Bao moved his throat and wanted to speak, but he didn't know how to speak.
Several scholars surrounded and wanted to tie the ingots to the yamen, but the big rhubarb grinned and guarded the ingots, but they didn't dare to come hard.
Not long after, more than a dozen officials rushed into the White Horse Academy in a hurry, led by a man who was not tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, holding a big knife and shouting: "I heard that there was a murder here, where is it, where is it?"
Many scholars pointed to Yuanbao and said: "He is the murderer, he killed Zhu Qingyun, the son of the prefect of Yangzhou." ”
The knife head shouted and said, "Good boy, I actually killed people in broad daylight, and I simply regarded my Ming law as nothing, and I was arrested without restraint." ”
He ran with a long knife, and the ingots turned their heads suddenly, and the mighty knife head felt a chill in his heart, and he stopped abruptly.
Yuan Bao said lightly: "I killed the person, but he should be killed." ”
The head of the knife shouted angrily: "Even if you are a person who has committed the most heinous crimes, you have to go through the imperial court to ask and behead the queen of autumn, can you be a grass citizen to enforce the law instead of the imperial court?"
Yuan Bao killed one person, and he didn't want to kill people at the moment. Since coming down the mountain, he has only killed a demon sect master in Phoenix Mountain, and this kind of killing is not pleasant. Now that I think about it, I was impulsive just now. But seeing Zhu Qingshan teasing his own sister, the emotions that he had pent up in his heart for ten years seemed to explode instantly, and he didn't know why he drew his sword.
Yuan Bao turned his head and glanced at Yuan Wenhua and Yuan Shaoru, took a deep breath, then patted the rhubarb and said, "Let's go." ”
The head of the knife was furious, and with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen officials surrounded the ingots. The head of the knife said: "I still want to leave after killing someone, where do you put my face as the first god of Lin'an, the little ones, give it to me." ”
More than a dozen officials roared up, and the ingots simply ignored the sword light cut by these mortals, and cast the eight steps of Xuantian to pass through in an instant, and everyone only felt that there was a flower in front of them, and the ingots had arrived outside the door of the White Horse Academy. And the blades in the hands of the dozen or so officials all disappeared mysteriously. As soon as the ingots who walked to the door were thrown in their hands, more than a dozen long knives fell to the ground.
Everyone was shocked, but no one dared to chase them.
(A new volume, a new beginning, a 7000-word two-in-one chapter, ask for recommendation votes, some readers say that my plot is a bit slow, and I'm starting to speed up the plot now!)
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