It was night, and the moon was half-circle, like a small ivory.
The misty clouds played with Crescent Moon, sometimes running in front of it, and sometimes following closely behind it. Many times they naughtily covered Crescent Moon, making Crescent Moon uncomfortable.
Sitting there, Ye Fan suddenly jumped up from the bed and came to the window. His movements and reactions were all top-notch.
He gently opened the window, turned over and landed under the window. With a slight click of his feet, he flew up to the roof. With one movement, he looked at the black figure in the distance, spread out his body skills, and flew forward.
.
Unexpectedly, a figure suddenly flashed in front of him, and Mingfeng actually blocked him.
Ye Fan frowned slightly, as if asking him: "Why?"
Although Ming Feng didn't like to talk, and often couldn't speak more than three words, but now facing Ye Fan's expression, he finally had to speak and said: "Guard the young master's safety!"
Ye Fan said: "No need!"
After Mingfeng said six words in a row, he felt that he had said too much and refused to speak anymore. He just stood in front of Ye Fan. Ye Fan took a step to the left, and he took a step to the left. Ye Fan took a step to the right.
He took a step to the right.
Ye Fan smiled slightly, and somehow he ducked behind Ming Feng. When Ming Feng spun around and chased after him, Ye Fan was already ten feet away, waving to Ming Feng with a smile.
Mingfeng knew that he could no longer chase him, so he suddenly picked up the long sword and struck it directly above his head. Ye Fan was shocked and rushed away. Before the person arrived, a palm force was sent out. Mingfeng only felt that the long sword was deflected.
, or cut a wound on his left shoulder, which was almost as deep as the bone.
Ye Fan was surprised and surprised, and said: "What are you doing?"
The blood from Mingfeng's wound flowed down his shoulder, but his expression did not change at all, nor did he frown. He just said coldly: "You leave, or I will die."
Ye Fan was stunned for a moment, shook his head and sighed, and said: "You will die if I don't leave." After a pause, he said again, "Call that bastard Leng Aotian!"
"Hey, there's no need to call, brother, I'm here!" Leng Aotian walked out of the shadows with a smile, and greeted from afar: "Young master, you can't blame me, who told you to go into danger alone?
Got it!"
Ye Fan gave a helpless smile, and Fang Zi said in a deep voice, "Stop making trouble, I'm just going to the Huangfu family to investigate the situation. It's not good if there are too many people!"
Leng Aotian was startled, but a smile instantly appeared on his face, and he said: "Then go ahead!" He turned around and walked into the restaurant, and a faint voice floated over, "If the young master hasn't come back by the third watch,
I will lead my brothers to recall the twelve eunuchs under the master’s seat and attack the Huangfu family!”.
Ye Fan watched Leng Aotian and Ming Feng disappear and frowned. He knew that if Leng Aotian said it, he would definitely do it. He sighed helplessly, chose a direction at will, and sneaked towards the Huangfu family.
Let Leng Aotian and the others retreat into the restaurant. The journey went very smoothly. With his dexterity, he quickly approached the direction of the Huangfu family. At this moment, looking far ahead, he could already see the hazy shadow of the Huangfu family manor.
The manor is located to the west of the frozen moat, with thousands of eaves and hundreds of buildings. It has a magnificent atmosphere. The tall door is open all year round. There are hoofprints on the snow in front of the door. The streets are as clean as yesterday. He chose the time when the shops on the streets were busy.
when it has been closed.
After turning around a street, we saw that we were about to reach our destination in a few hundred meters. At this moment, a group of blue-armored knights turned around from the entrance of the Huangfu family.
How come it's such a coincidence?
Isn't the blue-armored knight the core force of the family? Why was it transferred to the periphery? There was no shelter on the wide street. Ye Fan's reaction was quick.
A white light flashed in his hand, and the hollow thread was quietly inserted into the eaves of a nearby house.
Using force on his wrists, he pressed his whole body against the eaves as quickly as possible, held his breath and gathered his breath, completely converging all his breath.
Even the temperature of the body surface has dropped to the same level as the air. In front of these powerful blue-armored knights who specialize in protecting the clan, he does not dare to take any chances.
The knights in heavy armor were able to move forward without making a sound. Ye Fan did not look at them under the eaves, because he knew that when the cultivator's strength reached a certain level, even his gaze would attract them.
of attention.
Therefore, at this time, he just relied on his spiritual aura to feel the location of these blue knights.
It was not until the blue-armored knight turned around from the other side of the street, and after Ye Fan made sure that there was no aura around him, that he landed again from under the eaves, briefly observed his surroundings, and walked quickly along the darkened part of the street.
Escaping into the outer gate, what appeared in front of Ye Fan was a small forest. The trees were planted on the mountain soil in an orderly manner. Looking at these trees, I remembered Huangfu Qingming's warning, saying that in addition to regular roads,
Don't walk around randomly, especially in the woods that seem to be a better place to hide your figure, otherwise you will be in trouble!
He couldn't think of any strange disaster that would happen if he entered the forest, but he was a cautious person and would not take risks. Of course, he couldn't walk on this bright stone path because of his current status.
Thinking about this, Ye Fan took out a piece of old and yellowed white paper from his arms, opened it and looked, it turned out to be a map.
Most of the entire map is drawn on the artificial forest area of the Huangfu family, which is the place where Huangfu Qingming specially warned not to walk around easily, otherwise strange disasters will happen!
There are many cinnabar red lines on the map, and there are small words next to them. Ye Fan used to know nothing, so he only knew to follow the route indicated on the map, and did not understand what dangers there were in the woods. But now after reading the red lines,
Suddenly he understood why Huangfu Qingming had specially warned him. It turned out that in these woods, there were many of the most dangerous mechanisms and killing formations ambush him.
After seeing the place where the red line was drawn, it was beyond the artificial forest in front of Ye Fan at the moment. Ye Fan thought to himself: "As long as you walk through this forest, you will be at the residence of the core members of the family!"
He took out the map and looked at it again in the moonlight. He carefully stepped onto the forest in front of him and walked into the forest. However, these trees were artificially cultivated to be very close together. He could tell from the markings on the map that
These forest trees must not be touched!
There are thirteen pedestrian roads in Linkou, only one is a way of life, and the other twelve are all dead ends. Ye Fan walked through the eighth linkou.
Walking to the eighth step, three more entrances were opened in front of him. Ye Fan walked in from the forest road in the middle. Entering this road, his heart gradually became cold. According to the instructions on the map, there will be eighteen killing formations ambushing...
You will lose your life!
It was better to be ignorant before, but now he actually knew the danger of this forest, and Ye Fan was not only a little hesitant.
There are dense high forests in front of me, and it is difficult for the moonlight to shine in. Even for a person like Ye Fan, who is accustomed to darkness, walking in this gloomy forest at this time is the same. He can't see anything else, and he feels a little faint.
faint.
His eyes could only see ten steps away, and his spiritual consciousness was also suppressed in this forest. According to his previous experience, there would be an ambush at the eleventh step after that. He silently counted one step, two steps, and three steps in his mind.
...But he didn't know that the eleven-step algorithm was calculated based on Huangfu Qingming's pace. There were naturally some subtle differences between the two.
He ignored this. When he took the tenth step and touched the forbidden area in the forest, the trees beside him suddenly made a slight noise.
When he heard something was wrong, he tried his best to pull his body up in a straight line, two feet high. He saw hundreds of ice arrows shot out alternately in the narrow forest road two feet below, and they were nailed to the trees on both sides in a dense row.
These hundreds of ice arrows were shot out, and the arrows were all extremely poisonous. Even a heavenly saint like Ye Fan would probably lose half his life if he was hit by one arrow.
Ye Fan patted his head in annoyance. He looked carefully at the ice arrows nailed to the tree. They all turned into the wood and the tree withered. He couldn't help but secretly exclaimed: "What a danger! What a danger... carelessness!"
Too careless!" As long as he slows down a little, he will be shot by these ice arrows and let the family guards find him, and his life will be saved!
At this time, he suddenly heard a faint noise outside the forest. He turned around and looked at the flashing lights. Ye Fan was startled. It seemed that someone had discovered him. Fortunately, he was not injured, and even the family guards in the forest had to be careful.
He had to leave to save his life, so he was not in a hurry.
He didn't dare to move forward anymore. He took out the map and saw that there were two branch roads thirty steps away. The branch road on the left was another branch leading to the outside of the forest. After wasting all this time, he still didn't see anyone pursuing him outside the forest. It was obvious that
Although the guards of the family knew that the enemy was here, they didn't know how to get in. For a while, they didn't dare to rush in.
He still didn't dare to move forward, knowing that if the guards fetched the map and chased him according to the map, he would be unable to escape, so he ran out of the branch road quickly according to the map without thinking.
This place is not far from the place where Huangfu Qingming lives. Ye Fan bypasses several mountains and ponds and has arrived at the place where Huangfu's Qingming lives. But the closer he gets to his former residence, the more Ye Fan feels guilty and timid. It seems that there is something unexpected in front of him.
The changes he predicted.
Walking on the soft sand, the night breeze blows gently and feels cool, which makes you feel very familiar.
Ye Fan looked at it, hesitating for the rest of his life.
Not long after walking, the outline of the hut was faintly visible. Suddenly, Ye Fan felt his heart beat faster, as if he was carrying a little rabbit. His feet were so weak that he could hardly take a step. Before he could get closer, he heard a strange, high-pitched voice.
Said: "Young Master, Young Master!"
Ye Fan heard the sound, and wanted to agree, but no one was there. When he was surprised, he suddenly heard the voice calling "Young Master, Young Master!"
Ye Fan was surprised. He took a few steps forward and saw in the distance, under the night stars, in front of his house, an old man with white hair sitting on a small bench with a stooped figure, looking at the starry sky.
Standing on his shoulder was an eagle parrot with a red beak and white feathers. The old man didn't realize someone was approaching. He chuckled twice and said, "Good bird, come here and call twice more."
The eagle parrot was very obedient and called out again: "Young Master, Young Master!"
The old man stretched out his big hand, and there were a few grains of bird food in his palm. The eagle parrot pecked it, but it was not full and wanted to beg for food, so he called out again: "Young Master, Young Master..." The old man stretched out his hand and touched the stone table in front of him.
There was no more bird food, so he sighed and said: "Good bird, that's enough, that's enough..."
The eagle parrot was extremely unwilling and called the young master repeatedly. The old man sighed: "You crazy bird, it's useless to call again. No matter how much I think about it, that child, alas, that child will never come back..."
As he spoke, his throat felt clogged, so he rubbed his sleeves at the corners of his eyes.
Then he sighed, "It's only my fault. It's useless. I can't even save the last of my blood. As soon as the child was born, he never had a good life. He suffered all kinds of hardships and died without a good ending. Alas,
My heart aches, it aches..."
As he said this, he rolled up his sleeves and rubbed the corners of his eyes. The eagle parrot had no heart at all and did not know the joys and sorrows of the world. It kept shouting "Young Master...", hoping that its master would be happy and give him more bird food.
The old man looked at the starry sky and followed the birdsong, murmuring: "Young Master, Young Master..." After calling twice, his decaying body suddenly started to tremble like falling leaves in the wind.
Ye Fan looked at the desolate back, and tears suddenly fell like rain. His throat was choked, and he shouted with a trembling voice: "Uncle Yang, I'm back!" This person was none other than the chief steward of the territory, who was also the one who protected Ye Fan that night.
An old man who escaped and was captured by the Huangfu family.
The old man was shaken all over. He turned around and looked around. He was confused and dazzled, and he rubbed his eyes vigorously.
Ye Fan said: "Uncle Yang, you don't recognize me? It's me!"
After not seeing each other for several years, the old housekeeper of this territory has turned all white beard and hair, and his face is covered with wrinkles. Not only has his cultivation level gone, but he has aged by dozens of years, and even his vitality seems to be gone. When he first saw Ye Fan, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Mouth, his eyes were frightened at first, then very confused, and then he became angry, stepped forward, spread his fingers, opened his bow left and right, and gave Ye Fan two mouths.
Ye Fan was stunned by the beating. Huangfu Qingfeng looked at his palms, then looked at Ye Fan, suddenly opened his arms, hugged him tightly, and laughed and said: "It's alive, it's alive, hahaha...Old slave
I'm not dreaming..." I smiled, my nose felt sore, tears rolled down my cheeks, and I started sobbing again.
Ye Fan was feeling at a loss when Huangfu Qingfeng laughed again, swung his old fist and gave him a few hard blows on the shoulder. Unexpectedly, Ye Fan had the power of heaven in his body, and when he was hit by an external force, he counterattacked on his own. Huangfu Qingfeng was unable to resist at all because he had exhausted all his cultivation.
The shock caused him to retreat repeatedly, and the pain in his fists was unbearable.
He was shocked at first, and then said in surprise: "What a little brat, your body has grown strong."
Reunited with the old housekeeper whom he had known since childhood, Ye Fan was so happy that he couldn't speak and could only open his mouth and smile.
Huangfu Qingfeng glared at him, and couldn't help but scolded: "You kid, you have grown up, but you still haven't grown up, and you are still so naive." He is old and his vital core has been destroyed, so he cannot bear such joy and sorrow.
, laughed and cursed a few words, suddenly felt exhausted mentally and physically, and began to gasp for breath.
Ye Fan hurriedly helped him sit down, and when he heard the eagle parrot calling Young Master, he smiled unconsciously, reached out and took out an animal core, twisted it into powder and threw it on the ground. The eagle parrot immediately shut up and jumped to the ground.
A flurry of pecking.
Huangfu Qingfeng just stopped breathing, patted his side and said, "Little bastard, come here."
Ye Fan sat down next to him. Huangfu Qingfeng was very happy. He held his shoulders and looked around, and suddenly smiled and said: "You are taller and stronger. Your second uncle said that you are not dead. I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it.
Where have you been all these years? Even if you go out to make a living, you should still send a message to the old slave or your second uncle!"
Ye Fan looked at his slender white hair and felt very guilty. He simplified what happened in these years and said it again. However, some things could not be explained clearly for a while, so he skipped it and did not talk about it. Some things about life and death were also in desperate situations.
Omit them all.
Even so, the old man was furious when he heard this. He scolded Huangfu Qingming for not sending anyone to protect his only nephew. But when he thought that his young master was a blessing in disguise and got rid of the body of the useless spirit, he felt
The strange thing that happened to my young master was rare and rare. After hearing this, he was stunned for a long time, but he recovered and laughed and said: "No matter what, it will be good to come back, it will be good to come back!"
Ye Fan asked how the family torture hall treated him after he escaped.
The old housekeeper said: "It's not a big deal. It's just that the old slave's cultivation was abolished and he was put under house arrest here for life. In this yard, although he can't take a step out, he doesn't care about anything and is trapped.
I sleep when I wake up and eat when I wake up. Sometimes when I have free time, I just play with this talking bird. It’s a good day!”
Hearing these words, although Huangfu Qingfeng said it lightly and seemed not to care, Ye Fan knew that such a day was probably something that no one had ever thought about. When Huangfu Qingfeng said everything in his heart, Ye Fan also
After listening quietly.
Ye Fan suddenly said, "Uncle Yang, I will rescue you right away!"
Huangfu Qingfeng shook his head with a wry smile and said: "No, young master, you should leave quickly. It would be bad if the great elder knew that you are still alive. As long as the old slave knows that you are alive, it is enough! Don't worry about the old slave.
!!”
"Uncle Yang?" Ye Fan looked at Huangfu Qingfeng in surprise!!
Unexpectedly, Huangfu Qingfeng suddenly smiled sadly and said: "Young master, you must think that this old slave is a lunatic. He could have gone with you, but why didn't he go? Instead, he just likes to suffer here, right?"
Ye Fan thought in his heart: "Exactly." He didn't say it out loud, but stared at him.
But Huangfu Qingfeng stood up slowly, his face no longer smiling, waving to Mark and saying, "You'll know when you come over and take a look."
Ye Fan became curious and walked over. Huangfu Qingfeng pointed at his ankle. Ye Fan looked intently and saw a black strap coming out of the ground, penetrating into his ankle, and then back again.
Underground.
When Ye Fan was standing in the distance just now, he didn't see it. Now when he looked at it, his ankles seemed to feel itchy, but he felt strange in his heart: "Is there something strange about this belt, or Huangfu Qingfeng doesn't believe that he can even wear such a delicate
I can't even break a single strap."
"You must be wondering again why I don't let you break this strap!" Huangfu Qingfeng said with a smile: "You will know after you try it."
Ye Fan bowed down politely, grabbed the strap, exerted his strength fiercely, and pulled it outward. The strap was neither gold nor iron, and he didn't know what it was made of. Ye Fan had exerted five successes, but nothing happened.
He couldn't pull it away, but his hand was aching from being strangled.
His surprise was even more extraordinary. It should be noted that with only five stamina of his hands, he could break even a piece of fine iron hundreds of times thicker than this belt. At this moment, he could not move the belt.
Shocked.
Huangfu Qingfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Now do you know the reason?"