"This master of the Xiao family, don't you know what you mean by this?" His tone sounded quite unhappy. It wasn't that he was really angry, but it was a deliberate gesture. After all, his son's You can hold your life in your own hands and let the other person know what can and cannot be said, otherwise your image will be too weak.
The head of the Xiao family showed a look of reminiscence at this time, and said slowly: "Because the Taoist looks very much like an old friend of mine. He was a policeman and was good at inferring. His family also came from a family with medical skills. If he hadn't already been He died more than 20 years ago, and I thought it was as if he had been reborn."
Hearing the words of the head of the Xiao family, Ye Qingcheng became even more convinced that he had met this person before, and it was probably more than just a casual acquaintance. However, when he was in Chang'an, he had many friends. It’s hard to count just the number of knight-errants on the street or the stubborn children of major aristocratic families. They may have been drinking together the day before, but when they woke up the next day, they didn’t recognize each other. This kind of thing is very common.
The embarrassing part is that he has no impression of the person in front of him at all.
The memory of a cultivator is very terrifying, because the brain has evolved to a considerable extent after surviving the small tribulation, but that memory only becomes stronger after becoming a cultivator. If it were the memory of a mortal, how much would it be? Just how much, you won't recall that kind of guy you only met once just because you have become a cultivator.
However, sometimes it doesn't hurt to reveal your identity if you can get closer to him. After all, this is just a family that only hires entry-level monks. Their strength shouldn't be too great, and it won't make him too conspicuous.
"I wonder how Mr. Xiao met that old friend?"
"Alas, he was very kind to our Xiao family. I originally planned to repay him when I grow up, but it's a pity... Let's not talk about this. Let's talk about the reason why we met. It was because there was no Xiao family back then, and we My family is originally a vassal of the Lu family, one of the eight major families in the world of cultivation. However, it is just a vassal of a representative of a mortal branch of the Lu family in the mortal capital of Chang'an. My father is the son-in-law of the Lu family of Chang'an, and he is the most important. The kind of trivial person who has no status in the entire family and can only hang out with the eldest young master at the time..."
When he told the past events, his sickly son raised his head and listened attentively. He had never heard his father mention such a past event, so he was very interested. Because he was seriously ill, this For several years, he had to live in a high-walled compound without being able to go out. Naturally, he became obsessed with reading and read countless stories. He never expected that his father also had stories that he had never heard before.
Ye Qingcheng himself did not doubt his words at all. There was indeed a Lu family in Chang'an, and it was a rather large aristocratic family. When he was still Ye Sanlang, he never thought about the meaning behind it. After he became a cultivator, , he realized that the Lu family was one of the eight major aristocratic families in the world of cultivation, and the Lu family in Chang'an was just a branch of it.
"Who could have imagined that one day, something happened. The eldest young master of the Lu family in Chang'an was killed together with his eldest wife in their own house. And my father who secretly went out that night was naturally the biggest suspect. , was imprisoned in Wannian County, and even my mother and I were almost implicated. I know that although my father is not a good father, he is not bad enough to do such a thing. So I wrote a letter in blood and went to the Wannian County government office to redress my grievances. At that time, County Magistrate Cui did not dare to accept the matter due to the pressure from the Lu family. It was my benefactor who stepped forward to find out the matter himself and returned the favor to us. There is justice in every family.”
It turned out to be him... Ye Qingcheng shook his head. Unexpectedly, he would meet the young man from back then here. After more than 20 years of separation, the young master from back then had already become a father, and had become so vicissitudes. The world has changed. Unpredictable.
Immediately, he took out a long sword from the corner of the storage ring. This sword was not a magic weapon, but an ordinary long sword. It was piled among Ye Sanlang's belongings because the storage ring had quite a lot of space. For big reasons, all of Ye Sanlang's belongings had been transferred to the ring before he prepared a substitute to fake his death, and this long sword was his former sword.
At the hilt of the sword, there is a very small jade pendant, which is about the size of a fingernail. Although it is small, it can be seen that the workmanship is very exquisite. The color of the jade is also quite good. It should be very valuable. There are carvings on it. is a common oriental dragon.
However, logically speaking, the more advanced a swordsman is, the less likely he is to hang such a thing on his sword. It will not only cause resistance when swinging, but also distract you. If you face If he is a swordsman of the same level or whose swordsmanship is superior to his own, this is even more of a fatal flaw. Ye Qingcheng was known as the number one sword in Chang'an in the past. In addition, people from all three religions and people in the world admired him. Logically, this kind of mistake should not have happened. If he knew this flaw but still kept this jade pendant, it means that it has great significance.
Yes, if he wanted to talk about his face, he really couldn't remember the young man back then, but the blood letter written with his own blood, and the two palms still oozing with blood even though they were wrapped in many layers. , how could he forget?
I'm afraid, even his son doesn't know how shocking his father's blood-written letter was back then.
"Are you still wearing the other half of the jade pendant?" Ye Qingcheng suddenly asked. At this moment, he no longer pretended to be enigmatic, but showed a rare smile.
"You...really you?" The head of the Xiao family was still a little unbelievable. In his understanding, Ye Sanlang should have been dead for more than 20 years, and Dongfang Continent had indeed never heard anything about it. The news about Ye Sanlang and Xunlongmen, but now the other party is actually standing in front of him alive, and he still looks like a young man in his twenties, which is really hard to accept.
However, the question about the jade pendant tells an indisputable fact. This wandering Taoist priest is indeed his benefactor, Ye Sanlang.
With trembling hands, he took out the jade pendant hanging on his chest from his clothes. A closer look revealed that the one in his hand was actually engraved with a phoenix, which seemed to be the same as the one on the hilt of the long sword in Ye Qingcheng's hand. The one they are wearing is really a pair. If they are put together, they might even match.
