At the end of the path, a quaint manor stands in front of you. It is surrounded by dense woods, with only a few roof ridges high above the courtyard wall exposed.
Mu Jingyu looked up and saw a plaque hanging above the courtyard door with the words "Jingyuan Retreat" written on it, which must be the name of the manor.
In addition, the laughter of children playing could be faintly heard from the courtyard, making it seem quiet and peaceful. If Mu Jingyu came here without knowing it, he would have thought that this place was just a secluded place for a wealthy family.
"Grandpa Dragon King, is it true that there is no aura of Han Songqing and Han Wenyuan here?" Mu Jingyu hesitated, worried that they had been deceived by the Han family and were deliberately led here, and then took the opportunity to escape and return to the Ice City. .
"No." Lilong felt carefully for a moment again and then said: "Mu Jingyu, we are already here anyway. Regardless of whether this is the Han family's worship hall, you have to go in and take a look. After all, the two spirit beads just The breath is not fake. For their sake, you cannot leave."
"Yeah." Mu Jingyu nodded and took a breath silently. Standing in front of the courtyard gate, the uneasy feeling just now flooded into my heart again. But Lilong was right, the two spirit beads were inside, how could he not go in and find out.
"Someone is coming." Just when Mu Jingyu was about to reach out and knock on the door, Wuzi Lingzhu suddenly felt something in his heart: "Lilong and I will go back to Jiuyao Xuanguang Chain first. You have to be careful when dealing with this person. Don't do anything again. Don’t reveal the true purpose until you know what’s going on inside.”
"I understand." Mu Jingyu took two steps back and stood side by side with Bi Yun. Lilong and the Wordless Spiritual Pearl have turned into a puff of blue smoke and returned to the Jiuyao Xuanguang Chain.
There was a soft creaking sound, and the courtyard door was opened from the inside. I saw a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, wearing ordinary peasant clothes, half-stepping forward and stopping in the middle of the courtyard gate.
After seeing Mu Jingyu and Bi Yun clearly, he frowned and said, "You two, this is the Wei family's villa. Please go to another way. We are sorry that we cannot receive them."
Mu Jingyu looked at the person in front of him and immediately recognized him as the middle-aged man who followed the old man into the tavern half a year ago.
He secretly said in his heart: "It seems that Bi Yun's guess is correct. This is indeed the place where the old man lives. But... he claims that this is the Wei family's villa, maybe it is not the Han family's worship hall."
Just when he thought of this, Mu Jingyu shook his head suddenly: "No! The Han family's worship hall is where he controls most of his disciples. Of course he doesn't call himself the Han family's annex. Moreover, the Chinese character Wei is the Korean character. Half! Maybe...he deliberately used Wei as his surname to confuse us."
Turning to look at Bi Yun, he found that she also realized the key and nodded slightly towards him.
"Brother, don't you recognize me?" Now that he had a guess, Mu Jingyu no longer wanted to hide his identity and said straight to the point: "Six months ago, the junior and the old man were in a tavern next to the official road not far away. I met him once and received a few things from him, you won’t forget it, right?”
"You are..." Seeing Mu Jingyu mentioning the past, the middle-aged man looked him up and down and suddenly realized: "I said you look familiar, young hero. It turns out we have met in the tavern."
Although he recognized Mu Jingyu, the middle-aged man did not open the courtyard door and continued: "Young hero, please forgive me. I just said that this is the Wei family courtyard and usually does not accept outsiders. If you want to find My master, please leave a copy and go to a nearby town for a while. After I report back, I will go find you and reminisce."
"Uncle, you have misunderstood. I am not here to catch up with the old man. But...but..." Mu Jingyu wanted to make it clear why he was here, but looking at the way he refused to let people go thousands of miles away, he obviously didn't want to let anyone know. He went inside to take a look.
In addition, he had received favor from the old man and did not want to start a conflict immediately. After hesitating a few times, I didn't know what to say.
"Jingyu, let me tell you." Bi Yun pulled Mu Jingyu aside and said loudly: "Okay, I won't beat around the bush with you. We know that this is the secret worship hall set up by the Han family, and we need to go inside Rescue Yi Hong's family. If you are sensible, please make way for us to go in and take a look."
"Miss, I don't understand what you are saying." The middle-aged man grinned and said, "The Han family is a famous family in Ice City, and our Wei family would like to have a relationship with them, but it's a pity that they don't like them. As for the worship hall you mentioned... I don’t even know."
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation and said, "I have some other things to deal with, please do as you please."
Seeing that the middle-aged man was about to close the courtyard door, Bi Yun moved and instantly came to him and pressed on the courtyard door. No matter how hard the middle-aged man tried, he could not push the courtyard door even one inch.
"Hmph, did you see that I revealed your identity, so you rushed us away in a hurry?"
"Yun'er, don't be so presumptuous!" Mu Jingyu stopped Bi Yun, then forced out a smile and said: "Because Yun'er is worried about the safety of Senior Brother Yi's parents, there are many offenses in his words and deeds. Please forgive me."
"If you want me to forgive you, please leave the Wei family courtyard immediately!" The middle-aged man's face was gloomy. He knew that he could not push Bi Yun away and allowed her to continue to resist the courtyard door: "If you, Mu Jingyu, still care about coming to my house Please stop forcing me to show my kindness to you!"
"Look, Jingyu, I was right. He is indeed from the Han family, and this must be the worship hall." Bi Yun raised the corners of her lips and said proudly.
Don't reveal his identity, Mu Jingyu felt relieved and persuaded: "Now that you have recognized me, you know the purpose of my Mu Jingyu coming here. Now that the Han family has lost the Jiuli tribe as its backer, in the future It is inevitable that the righteous factions will cause trouble. It is precisely because I don’t want to see the old man and you suffer together that I will find a way to rescue you two. Please don’t, uncle..."
"That's enough." The middle-aged man said with a cold face: "I have to say it several times, this is the Wei family's villa, not the Han family's worship hall. As for whether the Han family is dead or alive, it has nothing to do with us!"
"Whether it's relevant or not, I'll find out as soon as I go in!" Bi Yun suddenly exerted his strength, and the middle-aged man suddenly couldn't support it. He staggered back a few steps and yelled with wide eyes: "Do you dare to force your way in! "
Seeing the tense situation between the two sides, Mu Jingyu quickly stepped forward and grabbed Bi Yun. Before he could apologize, an old voice came from the courtyard: "Feng Er, who is making noise at the courtyard gate?"
Mu Jingyu and Bi Yun followed the sound and saw an old man wearing brocade clothes walking from inside. It was the old man who met him once in the tavern.
"Mr. Ren, you came just in time. Mu Jingyu refused to listen to my dissuasion and insisted on barging in because this was the worship hall of the Han family. The younger one had a low cultivation level and was unable to stop the two of them. Please punish me for disturbing Mr. Ren’s purity.”
"Please step back first." Mr. Ren waved his hand, then looked at Mu Jingyu with a smile and said, "Mu Shaoxia, didn't you just finish dealing with the Jiuli tribe's affairs? Why...you suddenly appeared here?"
"It turns out that the old man has known my identity for a long time." Mu Jingyu bowed and saluted, then stood up straight and said: "To be honest, I have an old friend's parents who are in the Han family's worship hall. Because I was entrusted by him before his death, I had to take the risk to come here to search. I hope that the old man will allow me to take them away for the sake of our past friendship."
Mu Jingyu did not tell about the two spirit beads, but first determined whether this was the Han family's worship hall. After finding Yi Hong's parents, it's not too late to make plans.
"This is not the Han family's worship hall, not the Han family's worship hall! Mu Jingyu, how many times do you want me to say this!" Feng Er shouted urgently before Ren Lao could speak.
"Huh, you said it's not right?" Bi Yun counterattacked: "Just now, we tracked Han Songqing, Han Wenyuan and others to this place, and there was no trace of them. No matter whether this is the worship hall of the Han family or not, it's I have to go in and look for it.”
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Feng Er wanted to refute, but Mr. Ren waved his hand and said, "This girl must be Bi Yun, the little princess of Yaoming Palace."
Seeing Bi Yun nodding slightly, acknowledging his identity, Mr. Ren smiled and said: "You are right, this is indeed the worship hall of the Han family. As for the old patriarch, young patriarch and others, I did not see them."
"Just admit it." Bi Yun said, "If you admit it, let us go in and search. I, Bi Yun, promise to leave here as soon as we can rescue Yi Hong's parents."
Bi Yun's plan is very simple, let's go in first. As long as Yi Hong's parents are rescued, whether they stay or leave, how to find the whereabouts of the two spirit beads will not be stopped by Ren Lao and others.
"Mu Jingyu, do you mean this too?" Mr. Ren did not answer Bi Yun, but turned to look at Mu Jingyu.
"Yes." Mu Jingyu nodded honestly: "Mr. Ren, the Han family has lost the Jiuli tribe as its backer, and has offended all the forces in Jiuzhou. Sooner or later, it will suffer disaster. I hope you can always say goodbye. If you are helping him cause trouble, let me let everyone in the worship hall go. Not only will it help you avoid being implicated, but it will also allow all the Han family disciples to have less worries and no longer be coerced by Han Songqing and Han Wenyuan!"
"No!" Feng Er refused loudly at first, and then said: "Since you, Mu Jingyu, know that this is the worship hall of the Han family, and the people inside are very important to the family head, you should not make such a request. Not only does Mr. Ren The embarrassment will put us in danger!"
Mu Jingyu remained silent. Feng Er was right. Mr. Ren was ordered to guard the worship hall, and everyone inside must have been deeply trusted by Han Songqing and Han Wenyuan. Once he is released to rescue these people, will Han Wenyuan spare him?
After all, the strength of his Han family is still there, and it is easy to kill Mr. Ren. Not to mention that there are unknown strong people behind him to help. It is really difficult for me to protect them.
"Mu Jingyu, I understand what you are thinking. If you can trust me, take Bi Yun and leave from here immediately. Since I am responsible for guarding this place, I am sure to protect everyone's safety. No matter if the Han family is massacred in the future Whether they are exhausted or they want to use the people here to force Han family disciples to sacrifice their lives, I can guarantee that the old family master will not get his wish."
"Mr. Ren, it's not that I, Mu Jingyu, can't trust you. But..." If it had been anyone else, Mu Jingyu would have gone in long ago. However, Mr. Ren first gave others lint tools and helped him use lint tools to solve crises several times. After arriving here, I felt an inexplicable emotion in my heart, and I felt vaguely indescribable. How could Mu Jingyu ignore everything else and attack with brute force?
"Mu Jingyu, do you have to force me to do it?" Mr. Ren's face was cold, and the aura of the innate realm enveloped his whole body, and he said with a threat.
"Mr. Ren, do you have to work hard for the Han family and stop me from rescuing them?" Mu Jingyu had no choice but to temporarily suppress his thoughts, and then activated his cultivation to face Mr. Ren from a distance.
"Not bad!" Mr. Ren's momentum continued to rise, steadily overpowering Mu Jingyu. But I don't know what he suddenly thought of, and the aura around him dispersed again, and he said seriously: "Mu Jingyu, it's not that I don't let you in, but... but... Hey, listen to my advice and leave for now. Here. I will let Tianliu keep his word and I will definitely protect the people inside."
Mu Jingyu realized that there must be other reasons why Mr. Ren refused to let him in. After thinking for a moment, he retreated and cultivated, and said sincerely: "Mr. Ren, to be honest, the reason why I had to go inside was not only to rescue Senior Brother Yi's parents, but also for other things. Can you show your noble hand? Would you like me to go inside and talk about it first?"
