When Mr. Chen saw Mr. Cui leaving his residence, he turned around and walked towards the guest room.
He knocked on the door first and heard the person inside say "come in" before pushing the door open and entering. As soon as he entered, he was stunned and felt a strange atmosphere in the room.
The fat Taoist priest Li Xiaoyao held a teacup in his hand and was sipping the tea. There was a tea leaf hanging at the corner of his mouth. Li Congjia, the prince of Anding County, raised his head and remained silent, looking like he was wandering in the world. He didn't know. What are you thinking about? Lying on the bed is the young man Ye Yinfeng, with a lazy expression, looking at the strange uncle and nephew. And beside the bed lies a yellow dog, a very old yellow-haired dog. The yellow dog that was about to lose all of its hair. When the yellow dog saw Chen Shounian coming in, it just opened its eyes and then lowered its eyelids.
Mr. Chen first paid his respects to Prince Anding, who was wandering in the sky, but all he received was a low whisper. Perhaps he had not yet come out of his thoughts.
The fat Taoist priest Li Xiaoyao gave him a warm smile when he saw this, and then said: "Mr. Chen, your house is busy, so I don't have to entertain you anymore. I feel guilty for disturbing you."
"No problem, Mr. Yin Cui of Dehua Prefecture was here just now. Dehua City has not been peaceful recently. I am thinking about everyone's safety. I see that everyone is fine, so I feel relieved."
As soon as Li Xiaoyao heard this, he knew why Mr. Cui came to the Chen Mansion. He didn't tell anyone. After all, the fewer people knew about it, the better. Although Chen Shounian was also an official of the imperial court, he was not a martial artist after all. For this Jianghu It was better for him to know less about the matter. But he also liked his loyal example. After all, he came to remind him of the safety of everyone, especially his little nephew Li Congjia.
"Uncle Chen, I want to return to the imperial capital these days. I wonder if Uncle Chen has any plans."
The little fat man Li Congjia had woken up and expressed his thoughts.
Ye Yinfeng, who was on the bed, was silent. He could only listen to this kind of thing.
"The prince wants to return to the imperial capital?" Chen Shounian was shocked after hearing this. He did not expect that the other party would go back so soon. But fortunately, it is not safe to stay in Dehua City. After all, there have been two murder cases in the past two days. If If someone comes to target Prince Anding, he will inevitably be implicated. Losing his own life is not a big deal, the main thing is that he cannot complete the errand assigned to him by the emperor.
"Yes, I have been thinking about some things recently. Dehua City is not peaceful now. Maybe someone is coming for me. As long as I leave Dehua City, it will not cause any harm to Uncle Chen. After all, my father’s business is very important, so you must not delay it for the sake of me. Let’s choose a day, whether we leave by boat or by land. I wonder what Uncle Chen has planned.” At this time, Li Congjia appeared. The temperament that a county king should have, an invisible majesty emanated from him.
"My official thinks it is more appropriate to take the water route. A batch of supplies will be transported to the imperial capital in a few days. The merchant ships have already been arranged. I don't know what the prince's wishes are."
Chen Shounian said cautiously, looking at Li Congjia from time to time.
"Mr. Chen is interested, so let's do it. Just let us know when the merchant ship will set sail."
Li Xiaoyao took over the words for his nephew and made a decision to do this sooner rather than later. Faintly, he felt that taking the land route would be more unsafe and the road would be more difficult and dangerous. Taking the water route was not only fast and convenient, but also safe. It's just that it's not the best time to take the water route now that it's freezing cold.
"In that case, I will make arrangements now to avoid a long night and many dreams."
After Chen Shounian finished speaking, he turned around and left without any hesitation. At this moment, he did not ask about the relevant matters, which showed that he was very aware of the seriousness of this matter.
"Is this person trustworthy?" Ye Yinfeng looked at the departing figure of Chen Shounian and asked the uncle and nephew. This matter is of great importance, related to the lives of Prince Anding and himself. If he wants the other party to betray him,
, then the three of them will be buried under the bitterly cold Yangtze River.
"Wenyuan, you are serious. If Uncle Chen can't be trusted, then there will be no one trustworthy in the Tang Dynasty."
Li Congjia just smiled bitterly at Ye Yinfeng's suspicion, but he was still very confident in Chen Shounian's loyalty.
With a "pop" sound, the little fat man received a heavy slap on the back of his head. He was startled and turned around.
But he saw Li Xiaoyao frowning, staring at him with anger, and a trace of confusion appeared in Li Congjia's eyes.
"You little six, what are you saying? There is no one you can trust in the Tang Dynasty. Isn't your thirteenth uncle someone you trust? And isn't this my junior brother who is lying on the bed?
What nonsense are you talking about?"
Li Xiaoyao had an indignant look on his face, his fat face turned red, and he looked like a boy who was throwing away money, but the atmosphere was just a little wrong.
"That's not what I meant. Of course you are the people I trust the most."
Li Congjia held his head to prevent the other party from making another sneak attack. He shouted and asked Ye Yinfeng for help.
But the yellow dog under the bed opened its muddy dog eyes curiously and looked at the uncle and nephew. Maybe it was also confused as to why these fat young men were silent for a while.
Yelling again.
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Everyone sweeps the snow in front of his own door, but he has to worry about the frost on other people's tiles.
At this time, this scene is not suitable for Dehua City. A heavy snowfall the night before yesterday shrouded the entire Dehua City in white. But today, piles of snow can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of Dehua City.
of snow.
The folk customs in Dehua City are indeed simple. Someone has long organized to clean up the thick snow on the streets. Whether it is in front of their own house or other houses, they are all cleaned up in an orderly manner.
There was mud everywhere on the street, and the melted snow was flowing.
From time to time there are children cheering, maybe another pile of snow has been transformed into all kinds of strange snowmen by their rich imagination. Snow once again became the object of venting for these children who did not have any playing tools.
Running through the hands.
"Bang" sound,
The ball of snow in a child's hand flew out and hit a fat young man directly.
The child looked at the three strange people walking towards him with fearful eyes, followed by an old yellow dog. A fat Taoist priest in Taoist robes, and a fat young man in brocade clothes.
Young Master, there is also a young man who is more pleasing to the eye, wearing a blue shirt.
These three strange people were looking at him with smiles, and the child suddenly became frightened. He thought they were here to catch him, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
Suddenly he started crying with a "wow" sound. This cry made the children next to him stunned and stopped playing.
With a "boom", the group of children fled in all directions like an explosion. Suddenly, there was no more child playing on the street. Only the child squatting on the ground and crying was left.
Ye Yinfeng was stunned and couldn't help but touch his nose. He obviously didn't expect such an accident.
Li Congjia remained silent, took out a copper coin from his arms and walked towards the child.
The child was squatting on the ground, holding his head and crying loudly. He might have heard the footsteps of someone walking towards him, and thought that the three people were coming to catch him, so he couldn't help but become even more frightened. The crying became louder, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
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After a long time, he didn't feel any movement. He couldn't help but mute his cry. He looked out from between his fingers and found a shiny copper coin right in front of his eyes. He put his hand
Looking away from his eyes, he saw that the fat young man had a copper coin in his palm stretched out in front of him.
Seeing this, the child stopped crying and looked at the fat young man opposite him curiously, as if he was asking if it was for me. Then he got a nod from the fat young man. The child couldn't help but reveal his most beautiful smile.
With an innocent smile, he quickly took the copper coin from the palm of the fat young man and ran away as fast as a mouse.
The three of them couldn't help but smile bitterly as they looked at the child who was running as fast as a rat.
"Fat Taoist, why does the Chen family want so many boys and girls to cry for their souls? It must be more than just crying for their souls." Ye Yinfeng asked Li Xiaoyao as the three of them walked on the muddy street.
After Li Xiaoyao heard this, he rolled his eyes at the other party. He did not answer this question. He objected to the title "Fat Taoist Priest" countless times, but he was defeated every time because he could not convince the other party. The other party.
Sometimes he would be called "Fat Senior Brother" or simply "Fat Taoist Priest", which made him very unhappy. Every time he raised his fist and wanted to hit him, the other party would say "Bullying an injured person is nothing." or something like that.
If he said anything, he would crush him to death. He couldn't hit him, and he couldn't talk to him. Every time, he hated Ye Yinfeng and gritted his teeth, but he was always helpless.
Three people and one dog walked to the street in the east of the city. Ye Yinfeng held on to the door of Chenji's steamed bun shop. The inside of the steamed bun shop was dead quiet. A stack of steamers was placed on the chopping board in front of the door, but inside
There was not a single bun. There were several residual snow accumulations on the chopping board, and the residual snow began to melt and flow down the chopping board.
"Let's go, they have already left."
Ye Yinfeng sighed and said to the two fat men beside him, but his figure looked endlessly lonely. Although he felt that the couple in the bun shop were not ordinary people, and maybe there was some purpose in sending buns to him. But these
It doesn't matter, after all, two buns a day for more than a month is enough.
The meaty aroma of the meat buns still lingered in his mind, and the look of the wretched boss looking at the plump breasts of the landlady seemed to be right in front of him. The strong figure of the landlady and her rough voice came to his mind again.
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Although this unknown couple selling steamed buns left, and I might never see them again, they gave me another kind of warmth while wandering in Dehua City.
Ye Yinfeng walked in front without saying a word, followed by Li Xiaoyao's uncle and nephew. They also remained silent, while the yellow dog followed behind them wagging its tail.
Ahead was a simple thatched house, with thick remaining snow piled on the roof. Melted snow water flowed down from the roof, leaving the ground muddy.
The door in front of the house was also closed tightly, a few messy iron pieces were placed haphazardly, and the ground was covered with iron filings, scattered like stars.
This house is the shop of the blacksmith Tong Cangtai, but at this time, the building is empty. The two rotten wooden pillars in front of the house are telling the story of the busy figure in the past.
Ye Yinfeng remembered the first time he was lying by the river. At that time, he met Xiaohu, a young man with a tiger-like head but a kind-hearted nature. The Tong family and his son were the people he met in Dehua City who could really give him warmth.
They treated the trauma of their family's death and gave themselves a solid backing in their exile in Dehua City, but now they have to return to their own lives.
How could a sigh represent the mood in Ye Yinfeng's heart at this time? How could a melancholy make him forget the loving father and son? How could a sigh make him forget the person who had once warmed him?
Who rescued him from the roaring river was the Tong family and his son. In his eyes, Tong Blacksmith was still the Tong Blacksmith, not the famous Haotian Sect's Protector Tong Cangtai.
Although he had thousands of emotions in his heart, he was only grateful for Dehua City, where he had only lived for more than a month.
There are still countless thoughts in his heart, and he only has strength and tolerance for his days in exile.
Ye Yinfeng suddenly felt enlightened and felt that a shackle in his heart had been broken.
A "click" sound,
He clearly heard a slight sound in his Dantian. Following that sound, a stream of warm current flowed from his Dantian to his whole body. It instantly moisturized all his acupuncture points, and all the acupuncture points in his body were covered with blood.
Comfortable, as if bathing in the warm sunshine of spring.
He knew that he had reached the late stage of the First Qi Realm and was about to reach the perfect state of the First Qi Realm. The "Tai Qing Jue" he practiced was different from other internal skills and mental methods. The general martial arts realm was divided into acquired realm, that is, external strength.
Realm and inner strength realm, after the inner strength realm is the innate realm. And his skills are different from these realms. It is divided into the Qi Transformation realm at the beginning, followed by the One Qi realm. This realm can also be called the Qi Condensation realm.
The next step is the realm of three pure realms. It is divided according to what is stated in "Tai Qing Jue": "Baihui transforms into one qi, one qi transforms into three pure states, three pure states produce three flowers, and three flowers gather at the top."
Perhaps the shackles of his thoughts were broken, but his martial arts realm also broke through.
Three people and a dog stood on the street where the cold wind was blowing wildly, and the sky was still blank.