He reached out and knocked a few times on the familiar red door in front of him. After a while, a familiar old man's face poked out of the small window.
"It turns out that the third young master is back." After saying that, the door opened on the opposite side.
He looked up at the "Ye Mansion" plaque, sighed, and walked in.
The Ye family living in Yonglefang was his home. Speaking of which, the Ye family was originally from Yizhou, Jiannan. Their ancestors were good at treating people, and later Baiyetang was established. After years of development, Baiyetang was established in Jiannan. It has developed a considerable power. Basically, there are branches of Baiyetang in prefectures and counties above Zhongxian County, and the income is quite considerable. The most important thing is that because of the ancestral precepts passed down from our ancestors, Baiyetang has always insisted on providing The principle of not charging a penny for medical treatment from poor people has a very good reputation among the people and local officials.
However, that was the Ye family from before.
Twenty-five years ago, Ye Tianzheng, the previous generation of the Ye family, competed with Ye Tianfang for the position of head of the family. Originally, the elders of each family unanimously elected Ye Tianzheng, the eldest son, as the head of the family. However, at the last moment, Ye Tianfang was suddenly infected with the strange poison "Cartilage Powder". The whole family tried their best to rescue him, but in the end his lower body was paralyzed and he could not walk. Although there are various signs that this has nothing to do with Ye Tianzheng, why would a person who was going to inherit the position of head of the family poison his biological brother? But Ye Tianfang sued him for wanting to eradicate him after inheriting the family head, so this worked. It is impossible for anyone to use such a poisonous method to frame the other party at the cost of almost losing their lives.
Therefore, the family elders finally guided Ye Tianfang and expelled Ye Tianzheng from the Ye family.
As a result, the Ye family in Jiannan was divided into two. Ye Tianfang succeeded as the head of the family and stayed in Jiannan. The eldest son Ye Tianzheng and his wife moved to Chang'an with one-tenth of the Ye family's property. Having said that, one-tenth of the Ye family's property is still amazing.
After this incident, Ye Tianzheng also thought a lot. From then on, he lived in seclusion and did not care about worldly affairs. And he came to this world eighteen years ago, that is, in the tenth year of Kaiyuan. His birth caused a great change in his father. Previously, his mother had given birth to a pair of twins, but unfortunately she died young. And his birth undoubtedly gave his father, who had been hiding in the darkness, hope. In order to commemorate his two brothers who died young, he was named Sanlang, the Sanlang of the Ye family.
Since he was a child, he has been taught about the family history of the Ye family and the sorrow of his father being framed, which made him deeply realize his own powerlessness. He has sworn since he was a child that when he grows up, he will avenge his father and take back everything that belongs to his father's Ye family. He started practicing swordplay since he was a child, and whether it was because of his talent or not, his progress in swordsmanship was astonishing. At the age of ten, he could easily defeat the master who taught him swordsmanship. At the age of fourteen, he could easily destroy several gangs of knights on the streets of Chang'an by himself, finally shocking Chang'an County and Wannian. county. It happened that Yang Shenjin, the magistrate of Wannian County at that time, had a good relationship with his father, so when he was sixteen years old, that is, two years ago, magistrate Yang was transferred to the court and promoted to the rank of official wailang. Because of the kindness of the county magistrate, he got a job as a police officer in Wannian County.
His father understood that he had the talent to practice martial arts after all, and he might be able to get promoted by joining the army in the future, so he did not force him to go to a private school, and then just "do it" all day long like the nerds of his age, taking the provincial examination year after year. Examination, palace examination, looking forward to the day when I will be named on the gold list and worship in the council hall.
However, my father did not know that he had always longed to defend the country and guard the border. Whenever he patrolled the streets, he would occasionally hear poems written by poets such as Cen Shen and Gao Shi on the border, especially the poem "Why don't men wear Wu Gou?" , collect fifty states in Guanshan, please temporarily go to Lingyan Pavilion, and become a prince of ten thousand households in the Tang Dynasty." It made his blood boil. He had long made up his mind to join the army at the border, but his father would never agree, so he planned to work as a catcher first, and then go to the border to join the army alone when he reached the age of eighteen.
"Third Young Master, I have already gone to bed. I wonder if you have had dinner outside?" Butler Zhang Che's question brought him back to reality.
"Has he fallen asleep? When did he fall asleep now?" He suddenly felt a little incomprehensible.
"Back to the third young master, I drank with some friends until dawn last night. I was really exhausted, so I went to bed early."
How many friends? They are just like friends. Among his father's so-called friends, none of them came to flatter him because they were greedy for his wealth. If his father spent all the money he brought from the Ye family, who would come to him again?
He suddenly stopped. His family's wealth... seemed to be very low. With his meager income as a policeman, how could he possibly be able to withstand their waste? For no reason, his mood suddenly became bad.
"Uncle Zhang, I'm a little uncomfortable. There's no need for dinner. I'm going back to my room first." After saying that, he walked towards his room. After taking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, so he returned He turned his head and shouted: "By the way, Uncle Zhang, Xiao Liu, please remember to call me during the second watch. I'm afraid I'll forget."
Xiaoliu is a servant in the mansion. He is usually responsible for the miscellaneous things in the mansion. He has always been on good terms with him. Whenever he has something to do, he usually troubles him.
Ye Sanlang was really depressed. He didn't know what he should do. Once he really went to join the army, what would his father do and what would the family do?
You ask his mother? His mother contracted an incurable disease and died when he was eight years old, which also led to his father becoming what he is now, drinking all day long.
Now he is in a dilemma. However, this is not the time to think about this. Now he is more worried about the situation with Uncle Ma Jiu. He has long heard that Prince Li Heng is cruel and ruthless, and he is very petty. King Xi Xian treated him like this. , with his character, he will definitely take revenge.
The recent haunted incident in Taibai Restaurant must be the work of Li Heng, and he is sure that there is more to it than that. This is not a house run by children, and the two waiters who disappeared a few days ago are both experts in the store. They were said to be missing, but they must have been killed, and their bodies could not be found.
However, after squatting for a day, the shopkeeper didn't give him any good wine or food. He was really tired. Thinking of this, Ye Sanlang lay on his bed and quickly fell asleep.
"Sanlang, save me, Sanlang..."
"Who? Who is calling me?" In his sleep, Ye Sanlang vaguely felt that someone was calling him, but the voice was creepy and he couldn't tell who it was.
"It's me!" A face with only white bones suddenly appeared in front of him. The face was covered with blood, and where the eyes used to be, there were only empty black eye sockets.
"Ah!" Ye Sanlang suddenly woke up, that, that was the soul of Uncle Ma Jiu! This cry startled the other shadow who had just pushed the door open and fell to the ground.
Someone! He subconsciously pulled out the long sword that had been placed under his pillow. The sword made a dragon roar, which was unusually loud in this quiet night.
"Third, third young master, it's me. It's the second watch. I came to ask you to come."
Hearing the voice, he sighed, and half of the tension in his body was suddenly released. It turned out to be Xiaoliu... No, since he was about to call him, that meant...
"Xiao Liu!" he exclaimed.
"Third Young Master, what's the matter?"
"You said you were about to call me, but now is the second update?"
Xiao Liu's face turned red after hearing the question.
"Back to Third Young Master, I have been busy outside today. When I came back, I drank too much. Uncle Zhang didn't write down anything when he talked to me. When I woke up, I vaguely remembered this time. thing……"
"Just tell me what time it is now!" Ye Sanlang was extremely angry. In his opinion, something must have happened.
"Three, three, two o'clock!"
Like a "boom", Ye Sanlang was struck by lightning.
"You missed something big!" He didn't have time to pack up, he threw on his clothes casually, picked up his sword and rushed out.
It's two o'clock in the morning. According to what you say, something has already happened at Taibai Restaurant. Seeing that he was no longer in a hurry, he used all his strength to jump up to the roof, jumping back and forth between the roofs of the houses, just hoping to get there before Uncle Ma Jiu got into trouble. He felt that with his own His skills could at least save Uncle Ma Jiu's life.
Qinrenfang and Xuanyangfang were not far away from Pingkangfang where Taibai Restaurant was located, and he became increasingly nervous.
In the dark night, with the help of the dim light of the lanterns on the road, the familiar outline of Taibai Restaurant had appeared in his eyes, but there was a faint smell of blood in the wind.
"Blood?" He stopped. Instead of rushing forward, he stopped and looked around carefully.
When his eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, he saw clearly the scene in front of Taibai Restaurant. The door of the restaurant was half open, and three people were lying at the door. No, it would be more appropriate to call them corpses. Two of them are unknown men in black, and the other one is...Cui Er! He almost exclaimed, it was Cui Er who he often laughed and joked with! He who always had a smile on his face was now lying on the street like a dead dog, motionless.
Ye Sanlang's hand was clenched so tightly that even he felt pain. Could it be that Uncle Ma Jiu had already... No wonder he could entrust the dream to him.
At this moment, Ye Sanlang didn't care about observing the enemy's situation. He jumped directly from the roof facing the street and landed on the street. He quietly approached Cui Er and probed his nose with his hand. Although there was little hope, he still gave it a try.
There was no breath, and Cui Er's death could already be confirmed. His heart is bleeding and he wants revenge.
At this moment, the sound in Taibai Restaurant was extremely noisy, and various light beams were flashing at the same time. There must be someone else among them, so the guy who killed Cui Er must also be inside!
Ye Sanlang was so angry that he rushed in with his sword. However, as soon as he passed the threshold of the gate, he was stunned.
The restaurant was in a mess. There were already more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground. Among them, there were more people in black and most of them had sword wounds. The other corpses were those of the policemen who were in charge of guarding today. They were all stabbed straight through. Heart, kill with a knife, this shows that these men in black are definitely well-trained death warriors. However, with their skills, how could they possibly kill a dozen men in black?
What caught his eye was not the corpse on the ground, but the several people who were fighting in the field at the moment. No, they couldn't be called people... A bloody swordsman was constantly dodging in the field, dodging and flying in the air. The attacks of... ghosts, those ghost-like figures are exactly the same as the corpses on the ground! Among them is an eyeless ghost waving the sword in his hand crazily. Is that Uncle Nine?
He also knew the swordsman in the field. It was Nan Rong from Mingjian Villa who often spent time at Taibai Restaurant recently. At this moment, he was covered in blood and in a miserable state. The sword skills he used to dance with the long sword in his hand could not hurt those who besieged him. There is no trace of ghosts, and they are about to die.
Although the scene in front of him was horrifying, he had also heard of these ghostly things from the streets. There must be someone manipulating these ghosts nearby. He held his breath and was about to help Nan Rong escape from the restaurant first and then look for the magician. At this time, he suddenly heard a sound. It was a special kind of piano sound, but the sound came from upstairs.
"Brother Nan, hold on! I'll come to help you when I surrender that demon!" After saying that, he dropped to the ground, jumped to the second floor, and then climbed up to the third floor with the help of the rope between the buildings. The killer is on the fourth floor. As long as he jumps up and surrenders him, the crisis can be resolved. In his opinion, most people who practice this kind of ghost way will not have very good skills.
"Be careful! There is..." Nan Rong saw him jumping upstairs, hurriedly deflected Ma Jiu's knife and shouted.
have what? Before he had time to think, he suddenly smelled a strong stench.
A force that almost broke his ribs hit him, causing him to fall to the first floor after just leaping out of the air, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"What, what is this?!" He half sat up and said, covering his chest. In his chest, at least three ribs were broken and he suffered a lot of internal injuries. But his attention was not there. With a soft "pop" sound, a humanoid monster fell in front of him. He, no, it should be said that its whole body is composed of unknown pieces of meat, and its head is also only a pile of meat pieces... There are actually eight twisted fingers on the right hand, holding a huge sickle, And its left hand is a fist as big as a hammer. It must have been this punch that knocked it from the air to the ground.
However, this guy was so heavy, but he moved as fast as a ghost. With his own body skills, he didn't even have time to dodge.
For the first time in his life, Ye Sanlang felt deep fear. ;
