devil may cry

Chapter 7. Coming from afar

There is a river outside Wutang Town, across the river is Zhongyuan Lingnan, and it is the birthplace of Xue Yaoshan, the grandfather who won the position of martial arts leader three times and is now the leader.

In the early years, he was active in the Lingnan area. In the 80th year of Ding'an, Xue Yaoshan welcomed his twin son. His wife had abdominal pains while playing on the Qushui River in February. Therefore, when he returned home after serving the court, he built the Xue family in the riverside.

The two banks of the river belonged to the Xue family, and Wutang Town also belonged to the Xue family's sphere of influence.

On the shallow bank of the river, far away from the town, there is a small forest. Originally, Nangong Houqing settled the group of corpses he had driven out in this wilderness. The talisman paper and blood beads suppressed it several times, and Xingchuan guarded it. There was an accident before, but this time it surprised him.

The group of corpses was intact, but the most important one was missing.

Nangong Houqing asked Xingchuan on the road, and the answer he got was that he didn't know, how he lost it, when it was lost, whether there was something strange...all of it is unknown.

It's just that people do get lost.

Xingchuan's hands hang down unnaturally, no expression can be seen on his face, he asks and answers, it seems that there is nothing in the world that interests her, she is like a dead person who can move and talk, and Nangong Houqing has no Blaming him, the topic changed: "What happened to Huo Shenfang?"

He and Xing Chuan drove the corpse south all the way, and were entangled by the Huo family's kid on the way. Xing Chuan dragged Huo Shenfang in Anju Town, a hundred miles away from Wutang Town, and let him go first, but he didn't want them to lose the most important thing at this critical moment. thing!

Xing Chuan shook his head, and spit out a name in jerky Wuxian dialect. Nangong Houqing's face changed "swipe", and he spoke very fast, and said in surprise, "Really?"

In fact, he knew in his heart that Xingchuan was not mistaken, but the name brought too much shock, which was unbelievable.

Before returning to his senses, Xingchuan said two more names. This time Nangong Houqing was not surprised but frowned: "You have never met these two people, so you can't be sure." Come on, it doesn't make sense.

"...Didn't he go north? Why did he appear here..."

Xing Chuan tugged at the hem of his clothes, pointed to the remaining corpses, and asked what to do, Nangong Houqing was silent for a moment, then walked out of the woods: "Xing Chuan, go find Mr. Xia."

In the teahouse, everyone holds their breath and concentrates, looking down at their teacups, and keeps looking at the door from the corner of their eyes;

Outside the tea shop, there were a few teenagers among the young girls in groups of three or four. They walked around shopping, but picked it up and put it down again, and kept looking at the tea shop from the corner of their eyes.

There are a few simple tables set up outside the tea shop, and there is a group of four people sitting and drinking tea at this time: two of them look very young, they look about ten years old, and their appearance is almost similar, like two brothers, except that one is wearing white brocade. , the other wears a cinnabar red robe;

The one in white has a gentle expression and elegant manners, with cinnabar on his forehead; the other is like a monkey, squirming left and right, with a clean face and a flamboyant smile.

On the right of the two is a young man in a pitch-black military uniform, he looks like a talkative master, his appearance is closer to tranquility, the broken hair on both sides flutters with the wind, and his face is as plain as water.

The three of them are all good-looking and good-looking, but from the corner of the eye of the crowd, they couldn't help but look at the remaining person: it was also a young man, who looked slightly older than the three of them, wearing a fluttering white dress, clearly a swank Dressed up, there was an air of aura on him, and he sat there, sitting upright, with dark hair and clothes in sharp contrast, behind him was a four-foot long sword, and the black and gold scabbard was shining in the sun. Shine sharp.

These are not enough to make people take a second look. What is amazing is his face, which is pleasing to the eye and cannot be expressed in words. It seems to have a magical power that attracts people to look again and again, unwilling to leave their sight. This kind of beauty takes into account both delicacy and heroism.

If he frowns, he looks like a general; if he shows off his face, he is a suave young master.It's a pity that he is neither of them at the moment, just sitting calmly, holding up the teacup with a gap missing.

Bei Mingyi feels uncomfortable if he doesn't talk for a while. The two who walked with him all the way, one is boring and the other is not nonsense. Finally, he used his elder brother as a topic introduction, and babbled about those childhood things along the way, but no one was enthusiastic with him. Discuss, exchange feelings.

I just met another one, who looks as delicate and delicate as a woman, and less coy and talkative, he will be suffocated to death.

Just as he was about to make a nasty joke about Xue Luoqian's appearance, his second elder brother suddenly poured him a mouthful of tea, and said calmly, "Shut up."

"I won't tell you..."

Bei Mingyu said softly without squinting: "This is not Beijiang, don't make it public!"

"I don't have any publicity..." Bei Mingyi muttered, looked at Xue Luoqian and Huo Shenfang, and finally chose Huo Shenfang: "Huo Shenfang, tell me, do I have publicity?"

Huo Shenfang, who was called by name, raised his head, a shy smile appeared on his beautiful face, and he replied after a while: "It's not too much..."

Obviously, Bei Mingyi was not satisfied with this answer, and turned to look at Xue Luoqian. The young man with a good skin was holding the tea bowl to his lips, turning the edge of the bowl slightly. Still cloudless.

I'm afraid others won't be able to see what he's doing, drink tea as soon as you drink it, put it down if you don't drink it, what does it mean to move it to your lips?And it's upright.Bei Mingyi took a few glances, and his eyes rolled continuously: "Brother Xue!"

Xue Luoqian slightly raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were so beautiful that women would feel ashamed.

"That's not the case." Bei Mingyi picked up the tea bowl in front of him, wiped the mouth of the bowl with his sleeve casually, put it to his lips and said, "Tilt the bowl, let the water reach the edge, stick it to your lips and drink after getting wet."

Huo Shenfang and Bei Mingyu looked over together, Huo Shenfang looked puzzled, while Bei Mingyu pulled down the hem of the third brother's clothes on the table: "What are you doing!"

Bei Mingyi's eyes were sly: "Teach Brother Xue how to behave in our family."

Bei Mingyu took a deep breath, a little displeased: "Brother Xue is from the Central Plains, what are you teaching me!"

"We are also from the Central Plains! Although we grew up in ancient Shu... oh, we are all a family!" Then he looked at Xue Luoqian, squinted his eyes and smiled: "You think so, Brother Xue?"

Hearing this, Bei Mingyu hastily explained: "Brother Xue, the third younger brother is just like this..."

"What do you mean by being outspoken? The marriage between our elder brother and Miss Xue was established by the two families. It's justified. Don't let it be said? What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? Who dares to say my elder brother? I, Bei Mingyi, let him cry and call Daddy !" Thinking of those unsavory comments, Bei Mingyi felt very unhappy in his heart, raised his voice a little, stood up abruptly, and caused passers-by to stare blatantly.

Bei Mingyu pulled his younger brother down, and before he could reprimand him, he heard Xue Luoqian's cold voice: "Quiet."

Anyone can hear the deep displeasure in this sentence, Bei Mingyu thought that his younger brother was too noisy, and was about to say something nice, when Bei Mingyi continued to talk nonsense: "Ah, that, of course , my elder brother doesn't like women... Ah bah, I mean my elder brother has no intention of being interested in Miss Xue! Brother Xue, it's not that your sister is bad, it's a matter between two people, right?"

Bei Mingyu said: "It is indeed a matter between two people, but the parents ordered the matchmaker's words, and besides, there is nothing wrong with Miss Xue..."

"Hey, hey! Why are you inconsistent? Didn't you say that our eldest brother left home because he didn't want to marry Miss Xue?"

Bei Mingyu Wenya's face was almost distorted, and she didn't even dare to look at Xue Luoqian.That Miss Xue is Xue Luoqian's cousin, and it is said that the two have a very good relationship.

Suddenly, Xue Luoqian asked: "Is that true?"

"How could I know! Didn't you come to look for Big Brother Xue? I'd like to ask Big Brother carefully. If that's the case, Brother Xue, don't blame me for helping my Big Brother get divorced." Speaking of Big Brother leaving home, Bei Ming Yi expressed regret: "Tsk tsk, I was forced to leave my hometown by a woman..."

Xue Luoqian didn't say anything else, but just lowered his head again to follow Beimingyi's method and practice the etiquette of the Beiming family, which originated in ancient Shu.