Hidden Blade Chapter 1: Cattles and sheep tend to flock, tigers and leopards are born to walk alone
Taiyuan seventeenth year, August.
The wicked man chased by the world has not been there for a year. He is dead or alive, and ordinary people have no time to care, but there are still some overt or secret forces still secretly tracking his news. .
It’s just that the undercurrents on these rivers and lakes are surging, but they will never be able to alarm the high city called Chang’an.
He is like a paradise independent of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no matter how the wind is crying outside, he sings and dances.
The city of Chang'an on this day is as usual, but the Ningguo Mansion is extremely lively.
The guests who came to congratulate the gate of were very happy, and the gifts they sent were almost piled up into a hill. On weekdays, the low-key and steady Ning Guohou Ye Chengtai smiled from ear to ear, and the guests who came in the hall talked about the wine, and the joy on their faces was beyond words.
This is naturally something to be happy about.
Ye Chengtai had no children at his knees. Only one daughter was recognized by an elder of Linglong Pavilion as a closed disciple. In a few days, the apostle who took her to Linglong Pavilion will come.
It is important to know that there are many sects in the world, but the elders of the Linglong Pavilion are rare in the past. The elder of Linglong Pavilion happened to be the most likely to attack the land of the earth in recent years. The master of, the weight of his gated disciple is much heavier than that of Ye Chengtai, Ning Guohou.
You Dao means that fathers depend on their sons. Ning Guohou has been tepid in Ningyang City for so many years, and now he has become a hot figure in this big week.
"Master Hou is good at teaching his son, and he can be appreciated by Elder Lu of Linglong Pavilion. I really am envious of it."
"Yes, Lord Hou is so blessed, it is amazing how talented the daughter is to learn. When I return from school, won't I need one more power in the fairyland in Da Zhou?"
At this moment, in the main hall of Ningguo Mansion, the congratulations from the guests are endless.
Ning Guohou, who is over 40 years old, smiled and replied one by one, and his mouth was even more humble: "Everywhere, it is the child's own destiny."
The banquet lasted until Haishi, and the host and guests enjoyed themselves.
Ning Guohou Gongqian's name is true. All the guests, regardless of dignity, will be sent to the door one by one, and then they will say goodbye.
Until the last guest left, Ning Guohou stood in front of the gate of the mansion, looking at the distant figures, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart. These people are all big figures in this city of Ningyang. He is a man who has lost his sacred heart. Lord, there was no real power in Da Zhou for a long time, and these people never looked at him more often, but now they have become their best friends. It sounds ridiculous, but it is sighing to think about it.
"Master, it's cold, let's go back." Thinking of this, a gentle voice suddenly sounded behind Ye Chengtai, along with a leather jacket that was draped over his body.
Without turning around, Ye Chengtai had already guessed who the owner of the voice was. He smiled, and reached out and held the man's hand on his shoulder in the palm of his hand. Turning around, he looked at the face that was so graceful that he could still see even when he was older. "Today, Mrs. Hard work."
He said so, but the woman behind him just shook her head lightly.
"Red paper can have this blessing, I'm too happy to have time, so how hard is it." Madam said like this, with a gentle and affectionate expression.
The two stared at each other, and their affection flowed. Even though they have been married for many years, they still feel a little emotional at this moment.
"Hey, I'm late, and I missed a meal." Just when the two of them were you and me, an abrupt voice rang.
Ye Chengtai and the woman were taken aback for a moment. They followed the sound and saw that a young man had arrived in front of the gate of Ning Guohou’s mansion.
The boy was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was wearing a gray linen. The appearance is not surprising, and it won't make people look at it more when thrown into the crowd. But what is peculiar is that layers of dense white cloth are wrapped around the right arm, which completely wraps it up. I don't know if it was injured before, so it wraps it up. On his back, he carried a long strip of things wrapped in cloth strips, and a black cat squatted on his shoulders, with a pleasant appearance and brightly combed hair, which formed a sharp contrast with the young man in sackcloth.
After seeing the boy's appearance, Ye Chengtai frowned.
"Go, get some of the rest of the food for today, and give it to him." He ordered to the servant next to him. In his opinion, this young man's appearance should be those beggars, simply in today's mansion. The banquet, there are still some food left, it doesn't matter to him.
The servant heard the words and was about to retire.
At this moment, the boy stretched out his hand.
"Hey, I'm not a beggar, my lord." He said extremely dissatisfied, and he blocked the servant who was about to retire.
"Huh?" Ye Chengtai was taken aback by the boy's words. He looked at the boy in front of him again and asked: "Then what do you mean? Do you know where this is?"
Ye Chengtai is a Hou Ye after all, and at this moment some dissatisfaction with this boy's attitude has been born in my heart.
"Okay, sir, on the day of great joy, this child looks about the size of a red paper. I don't know what happened to him and hurt his arm. I look pitiful, so I will give some money." The woman had been with this Ye Chengtai for many years, naturally seeing her husband's unhappiness at the moment, she said hurriedly.
Ye Chengtai is very fond of this woman. Hearing this, he put away his discomfort and nodded, "Well, then go to the accountant to get a couple of silver..."
"I said I'm not a beggar!" But the benevolent behavior seemed to annoy the broken-arm boy. His voice was a little louder, and there was a strong dissatisfaction.
I saw that he stretched out his hand and fumbled in his arms at that time, and after a while, he took out something that was stained with oil.
"Hey, take it!" Then he stretched it out and handed it to Ye Chengtai very casually.
"This is..." Ye Chengtai was taken aback again. Subconsciously, he took the thing and took a closer look, only to find the envelope. He didn't know what he had gone through. The envelope was covered with stains. Ye Chengtai glanced at the young man suspiciously, but saw the young man with a confident look, as if he didn't put him in the eyes of the master. He was more puzzled in his heart, so he set his gaze on the envelope again, and when he saw the flame-like red mark on the envelope, his body was shocked, and his eyebrows rose in horror.
"I’m being scornful, come on! Come on! Please inside!" Ye Chengtai was like a different person, and his attitude suddenly became respectful. Obviously, the surrounding domestic servants did not expect such a change, and they were taken aback. The woman was also extremely surprised. But under Ye Chengtai's urging, he did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly welcomed the broken-arm boy into the mansion according to his instructions.
When the young man was seated in the mansion, Ye Chengtai hurriedly asked his servants to make Longhu tea that Ning Guohou would not be willing to use even when the prince came. At this time, the panic on Ye Chengtai's face only eased slightly.
"This is..." He was sitting on the main seat at that time, pointing to the stained envelope in his hand and asked with some uncertainty.
"Yes." The boy took the tea, which was worth a lot of money, and drank it, then curled his lips and said. It seems that Ye Chengtai's doubts had long been anticipated.
"For me?" Ye Chengtai still seemed a little unbelievable, and asked again.
"Nonsense." The boy stretched out his fingers and digged between his teeth, and spit out a piece of tea sticking to his teeth in response impatiently.
Ye Chengtai didn’t even notice the teenager’s offense. He got a positive answer. Only then did he pluck up the courage to open the envelope, take out the letter paper, put it in front of his eyes, and read it carefully. His attitude was extremely Be cautious, as if for fear of missing half of the handwriting in this letter.
The woman beside is naturally very confused, but she knows that this time is not the time to ask her husband, she can only look at the young man with patience and curiosity, it seems that she wants to learn from him Find out some reasons why your husband is so shocked.
Ye Chengtai's eyes moved along the writing on the letter paper, and the panic on his face gradually turned into surprise, and finally turned into an extremely gloomy.
a long time.
He just retracted his gaze and looked at the young man sitting under the stage.
He calmed down slightly and made his voice sound calm enough, he asked: "What's your name?"
From the initial disdain, to the respectfulness just now, to the chill at this moment, the woman next to her keenly perceives the strangeness of her husband at this moment.
"Xu Han." The young man seemed to have realized something. He also looked at the Ning Guohou at that time and said with a serious face.
"Where is the Master?" Ye Chengtai asked. The Master in his mouth was obviously the owner of this letter.
"Dead." Xu Han responded lightly. His face has never been changed half because of these two words, as if he was talking about the life and death of a chicken or a dog.
"Dead?" But Ye Chengtai did not have the calmness of a boy. The impact of this news on him was obviously greater than the content of this letter.
And the woman on the side has obviously heard of the name Master, and her face has also changed ~ IndoMTL.com~ A thick and incredible color appeared on her face.
"How is it possible!" Ye Chengtai said again, his voice unconsciously louder.
"The old man said, it's your business to believe it or not, and it's his business to die." Xu Han waved his hand, seemingly helpless at the surprise of Ye Chengtai and his wife.
Ye Chengtai's face changed again when he heard the words. He thought about the things in the letter, but he felt a bit of a dying loneliness, and he believed in the words of a young man in his heart. But it was so, it took him a while to digest the news that was enough to shake the great Zhou Dynasty, but soon he thought of something again, looked at the boy again and asked: "So let's talk about it. Only you know the letter?"
His voice became gloomy at that moment, and a faint murderous intent began to emerge.
"No." Xu Han didn't realize his situation, he shook his head casually, and said with a smile, "It should be only Hou Ye that you know."
Ye Chengtai was taken aback, this was something he hadn't thought of.
"You came alone? The masters around the Master are like clouds, so no one escorted you?" Ye Chengtai asked again, his vitality oscillated at that moment. Yes, the entire Hou Mansion was instantly enveloped by him. After confirming that there was no ambush around him, the murderous intent in his heart finally no longer concealed, and it rushed out of his body like a caged beast.
扑!
Along with a muffled sound, the candlelight in the Hall of the Hou Mansion was instantly extinguished.
The young man stood up at that time, his eyes gleaming in the dark hall, he looked directly at the Master Hou, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
Then, he opened his mouth and said every word.
"Only cows and sheep get together, and tigers and leopards are born to walk alone."