Chapter 101 Father and son enter the deserted house
Chapter 464 Father and son enter the deserted house
Nanjing has been an important town in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times. The poem says: the beautiful land of the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial state of Jinling.
By the Yongtai period, "Jinling" was already an ancient name, but some local wealthy families would still mention this word when introducing their lintels to show their long family history.
Jinling Sword Prince's Mansion is one of them.
Speaking of the Dugu clan, they have been ups and downs here for many years. Including the time of Wanyuan Sect, they have experienced countless crises of being almost wiped out, but the ups and downs have continued.
What must be mentioned here is that although the name of the mansion contains the word "Sword King", and it is indeed a famous martial arts family whose family has excellent martial arts skills for generations, the owner of the Sword King's Palace may not be the master of every generation.
Everyone is qualified to be king.
After all, martial arts talent is more random than genes. Even if both parents are martial arts wizards, it is possible for a child to be unable to even perform basic boxing skills.
Furthermore, people have many talents, and it does not mean that only martial arts talents can be called talents; for example, the previous generation of the master of Jianwang Palace, Dugujiu, who died in the Wanyuan Sect's disaster, if he had become a teacher or a diplomatic envoy
...I think he can achieve a lot of achievements, but he was born into a martial arts family, which is very helpless.
Fortunately, his son, the current master of the palace, Dugu Sheng, is indeed a martial arts practitioner.
By Dugu Sheng's generation, especially after Xiao Zhun's death, the name "King of Swords" was almost worthy of his name.
Anyway, among the swordsmen currently active in the martial arts world, I can count them on one hand with comprehensive strength that can challenge Dugu Sheng.
In addition, his son Duguyong's talent is even higher than him. After experiencing the battle at Wujian Villa, he even has a faint tendency to catch up with him...
Therefore, it can be said that there is no need to worry about the strength of the next generation of King Sword Mansion.
However, Dugu Sheng still has troubles in the past few years.
In the past, when his son was still young, he was worried: Will this boy rely on his talent to practice martial arts without working hard?
Now that his son is thirty-five or six, he feels that his son has worked too hard. At this age, he is still obsessed with martial arts all day long, and he has not even mentioned the marriage.
In those days, some people could become grandfathers at the age of thirty-six, but Dugu Yong didn't seem in any hurry.
He ignored the matchmaking for him. The last time he came back from Wujian Villa, he had learned a slang saying "women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword".
That makes Dugu Sheng so angry.
Hey~ I didn’t expect that this matter would take a turn for the better recently...
Let's say that Dugu Sheng has an old friend who has a fairly good relationship. The two of them exchange letters from time to time. As for that friend, he has a daughter in his family who has a strong personality and extraordinary martial arts. She is in her mid-twenties and is still unmarried.
Originally, that person was also worried. I happened to see Dugu Sheng complaining about his son in a letter a while ago, and then he had an idea and proposed a plan in his reply - let's set up a trap together and agree on a plan.
One day, you lied to your son that you had something to do and brought him to me. As for me, I chose that day to hold a competition to recruit a bride, and then arranged various actors to control the scene, plus we two were in charge of the fire.
It will definitely put the two little ones in a fight, and then your son will not even have an excuse to "go back and ask his parents for advice." We will solve the problems of our two families together, and we will be a family from now on.
Ordinarily, if this had been done ten years ago, Dugu Sheng might have hesitated, wondering if the other party was trying to reach a higher level? But now, his thought is... is there such a good thing? OK, OK, OK,
As long as she is a girl from a good family, it will be fine. The daughter of your family is a martial arts practitioner, so the conditions are still high. Lao Gao, why didn't you tell me earlier?
Then the two old men showed the energy of seniors from well-known families who instigate martial arts conspiracies, strategizing and perfecting the details of the plan in various correspondences.
Just when they reached the stage of "picking a day to do it"...coincidentally, something happened in Lao Gao's hometown.
So where does Lao Gao's family live? I guess many people have guessed it, it's in Cangzhou City.
The two old men took a look and realized that this was God's will. If there was anything that could alarm the Lord of the Sword Prince's Palace to come and see the excitement in person, it would be less than the level of "negotiations between the Murong Family and the Ba Fist Sect", so it was not credible enough.
This incident seems quite big now, but it is not dangerous to others, and it happened to happen in Cangzhou.
Dugu Sheng took this as a reason and said that he would go to Cangzhou with his son. Dugu Yong would not be suspicious at all.
In this way, this spring, Dugu and his son set off from Jinling and headed north to Cangzhou.
Despite the fact that these two men have a great business, they do not take any servants with them when they go out. There are no fixed rules in the world, it is just a matter of habit... Some people go out, regardless of the distance.
No matter whether the work is dangerous or not, it must be followed and served by servants or disciples. Even one or two is not enough, and a group of people must be brought along. Some people feel that they are not "walking" if they have to be waited on when they are out.
If you have the feeling of "jianghu", or you think that all the followers are a burden, then you just don't take them with you if you can.
It is said that Duguyong and his son left Nanjing in light casual clothes, crossed the Yangtze River one day and night, bought horses and set out again.
Originally, after crossing the river, it would be fine if they bought two tickets for the high-speed rail, traveled by car, or walked leisurely along the official road on horseback... But Dugu Sheng had something on his mind this time, and was afraid of delaying the plan.
, so he was a little anxious, so he asked his son to join him in taking a path and riding a fast horse.
As a result, at dusk that day, the two of them were trapped in a place called "Zhimaling".
This place name makes sense - some of the roads here are fine when you first walk in, but as you walk, it becomes "you can still walk on foot, but the farther you go on horseback, the harder it becomes."
Dugu and his son went from riding horses to leading horses, and finally had no choice but to let go of the horses and carry their luggage on their own.
Even so, the two of them still couldn't go out when the sun went down.
There's nothing to say, just spend a night in the forest... Anyway, the weather is not too cold now, and they are both highly skilled in martial arts. They can just find a sheltered or leaning place to cross their legs and adjust their breath, even if they are half asleep.
Even if a ferocious beast attacks during this period, they are confident that they can detect and respond in time.
There was no conversation in the first half of the night until around midnight.
Suddenly, a dark wind blew through the forest, causing Dugu Sheng to shiver and instinctively opened his eyes.
Dugu Sheng thought to himself: Now that I'm awake, I might as well get up and go pee.
This person has reached a certain age, that's it, no matter how awesome a martial arts master he is, he will still get up when it's time to get up.
Naturally, Dugu Sheng would not urinate on the spot where he and his son were resting, so he stood up and stretched his muscles a little before walking towards the forest a little further away.
Dugu Yong naturally heard the noise and guessed that his father was probably going to relieve himself, so he didn't say anything.
About two minutes later, Dugu Sheng came back from urinating, but his steps and breathing... were accelerated. This was a bit strange. Why was it that he was more urgent after relieving himself than before?
Dugu Yong realized at that time that his father might have discovered something. He quickly opened his eyes and stood up, met Dugu Sheng who was returning quickly, and was the first to ask: "Dad, what's wrong?"
"Shh-" Dugu Sheng stretched out his hand to signal his son to lower his voice, then lowered his voice before replying, "Look over there..."
Duguyong looked in the direction of his father's finger and immediately spotted a strange light.
Although the light source was far away and blocked by layers of trees, it could still be seen that it was colorful and as brilliant as a rainbow. At this glance, you knew that it was not the light that ordinary torches and lanterns could emit.
But in the middle of the night, deep in the mountains and old forests, it’s unlikely that anyone is holding a lantern festival in the mountains, right?
There must be monsters in everything that is abnormal. The father and son are both old people in the world, and they are very brave. When they see this situation, they cannot ignore it, because even if they ignore it, there is no guarantee.
The source of this vision did not come to them.
"Go and find out?" So, a few seconds later, Duguyong asked in a low voice.
"I'll go ahead, please watch behind you." Dugu Sheng didn't say much. After replying, he took the lead to go to the baggage area and picked up the weapon.
Dugu Yong felt the same way, and then the two of them started to sneak towards the light source, one behind the other.
The light was strange. It seemed very far away just now, but when they started walking, it was surprisingly close. The two of them had just passed by a tree that exuded fresh air, and after walking a few feet further, where did the light come from?
It becomes visibly clear to the naked eye.
After walking a few feet and pushing grass through the forest, an ancient house in the mountains suddenly appeared before their eyes. The seven-colored light came from the walls of this mansion.
"Something's wrong..." Dugu Yong murmured, "When I was choosing a resting place earlier, I went to the tree to check the surrounding terrain, but I didn't see the house at that time."
"Could it be that it was already dark at that time and the lights here were not bright, so you missed it?" Dugu Sheng put forward a very reasonable hypothesis.
"This..." Dugu Yong thought for a while, "It's not completely impossible."
But after he replied, Dugu Sheng didn't answer any more, and the two of them fell into silence for a while.
Then, it was Duguyong who spoke first: "Dad, are we going to knock on the door?"
"Hmm..." Dugu Sheng pondered for a moment, then said, "Son, maybe my father is older and has more ideas... I think this house is really weird, I'm afraid..."
"Dad, what you mean is... are you worried that there are ghosts here?" Dugu Yong continued.
"Yeah." Dugu Sheng and his son had nothing to deny. He continued, "As a father, I know that you never believe in this..."
"No, no, no." Unexpectedly, Dugu Yong interrupted, "I believe it now."
"Ah?" Dugu Sheng couldn't help it now.
"Rather than saying it's a letter, it's better to say that I'm basically certain that it's true." Dugu Yong added without waiting for his father to react.
"It's not...you...this..." Dugu Sheng was suddenly startled, and he was a little embarrassed when he spoke, "When did you confirm this? I didn't hear you tell your father."
"I thought you didn't believe this, dad. Besides, we don't usually encounter this kind of thing, so I didn't tell you." Dugu Yong said, "I also heard from the Shuzhonghuang after the battle at Wujian Villa before.
Brother Huang Donglai told me about it, and I just found out about it."
"Is he...reliable?" Dugu Sheng was still doubtful.
"He is a direct disciple of the deputy head of the Xuanqi Sect in Navawu Mountain...I don't think his words are true," Duguyong said again.
"Oh..." Dugu Sheng nodded, "If he didn't run away, then... let's run away."
Having said that, Lao Deng immediately changed direction and prepared to take his son to escape from the ancient house.
However, even at this moment, Dugu Sheng made a wise choice that the protagonists in ordinary horror movies would never make. But they have come, how can it be so easy to leave?
Just when the father and son were about to run away, inside the ancient house, the sound of musical instruments and harps suddenly began to play, and silk pipes chirped.
Bursts of strange music, like a pair of invisible hands that can capture the soul, stretched out from the ancient house and grabbed the father and son instantly.
For a moment, Dugu Sheng and Dugu Yong felt dizzy, their steps were sluggish, as if they were drunk, like they were in the middle of a nightmare...
When they came to their senses, the two of them staggered to the door of the ancient house.
Only then did they see clearly that the two doors of the house were open. The two "colorful" lanterns hanging at the door had the word "Peng" written on each.
Then, another gust of wind blew from behind them, and with a "whoosh" sound, they were "pushed" into the door.
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