Dark clouds cover the sky, and the night wind is strong.
Xia Zhichan held the horse's reins tightly in his hand. He could hardly open his eyes and could only move forward as the wind blew him.
As we walked, the wind suddenly stopped.
A tall courtyard appeared in front of him. The walls on both sides were made of brand-new blue bricks. The pair of beast-swallowing door knockers on the door shone brightly, and the animal shapes were lifelike.
The door is vermilion, and the plaque on the top of the door reads two bold and gilded characters - Ao Zhai.
Ao? This surname is extremely rare.
"Let's go in quickly and seek shelter for the night. I think it's going to rain today."
Nan Er led the horse and came from behind. When he saw Xia Zhichan looking up at the plaque at the door in a daze, he couldn't help but say something.
"Let's go!"
Nan Er took the lead and stepped forward to knock on the door.
Not long after, a civilian doorman rubbed his eyes and opened the door. He looked up and down at the two people standing at the door and asked:
"Who are you?"
"Excuse me, please let me know. Anyone passing by would like to stay overnight."
Nan Er stuffed a few coins into the doorman's hand, and the latter quickly went in to report it.
After a while, a man dressed as a butler came out. He was a long-bearded man in his fifties. He looked at the two people in front of the door with a smile:
"Oh my, my place is remote, and few people come here. I didn't expect that two distinguished guests came today..."
After saying that, he hurriedly walked down the steps, bowed deeply to Xia Zhichan and the other two, and then quickly called the servants to welcome them into the courtyard.
Nan Er walked in front, while Xia Zhichan followed behind with her hands folded.
"Butler, I'm sorry for disturbing you."
"No, no, no, my master is the most hospitable. He will personally receive even passers-by."
Nan Er quickly waved his hand and said:
"That's so embarrassing. We're just staying for one night. How dare we disturb the host's family again."
"Oh, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
As the housekeeper said this, he welcomed the two of them into the lobby, ordered his servants to bring them two cups of hot tea, and then said that he would arrange the meals first and then left.
The lobby is filled with high-quality tables, chairs and benches, and a golden dragon statue is enshrined in the middle. Each scale is glowing with golden light and is carved with white jade into the shape of clouds, covering half of the golden dragon's body.
It looks really lifelike and mighty.
"This golden dragon is so domineering...Tsk, tsk, tsk, eh, tell me, how much is this worth?"
Nan Er held the tea cup, looked at the golden dragon, and admired it from the bottom of his heart.
"hehe."
Xia Zhichan only let out a sneer of unknown meaning, but did not speak, and he did not stretch out his hands hidden in his sleeves.
Click!
A flash of lightning flashed outside the house, followed by bursts of thunder like war drums.
The strong wind blew against the doors and windows, making a whistling sound.
"The distinguished guest is here, but the little lady didn't go far to welcome him. It's really rude."
Following a sweet laugh, there was only a sound of jingling rings, and then several maids in embroidered dresses were seen arriving in the lobby to serve a woman.
The woman was no more than ten years old. She wore a golden bow decorated with pearl flowers in her hair. She held a small round fan embroidered with plum blossoms in her hand, covering half of her face.
Only the pair of bright eyes like peach blossoms were exposed. There seemed to be autumn waves between the lowered eyes, and there seemed to be spring waves between the raised eyebrows.
"This little lady is so polite."
She wore a wide-sleeved dress, with a plain white upper body and only some plum blossoms embroidered on the shoulders. The hem was gradually dyed pink, and there were some rain marks on the corners of the skirt.
She bowed down gracefully, making people feel that she might dance directly in the next second.
Elegance without losing a touch of playfulness, agility with a little calmness.
"Ahem, girl, please get up, please get up quickly."
Nan Er coughed a few times. He took the opportunity to glance at Xia Zhichan and found that the latter's eyes were half-closed and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.
"You two gentlemen, please forgive me. My father is seriously ill in bed and cannot see guests, so I have neglected you two."
The woman kept covering half of her face with a round fan. As she explained, she walked towards the two of them, her figure swaying with a jade-like charm.
Nan Er swallowed and was about to say something, but saw Xia Zhichan stretch out her left hand and immediately grabbed the woman's slender arm.
With just a little force, he pulled the woman into his arms.
Snap.
The embroidered plum fan fell to the ground.
Xia Zhichan looked at the woman close at hand and smiled slightly.
The woman stretched out her hands to support Xia Zhichan's shoulders. Her eyes, which were made of autumn water, were slightly drooped, and her slender eyelashes were trembling slightly.
Lips smeared with red lipstick are as attractive as ripe lychees in summer.
She opened her sandalwood mouth lightly and spit out a burst of fragrance:
"Young Master...you must not be rude."
As he spoke, two rosy clouds flew up from his face.
The maids who came with the woman in the room not only did not come forward to scold her, but instead looked at each other and smiled, bowing their heads and saying nothing.
"Ahem, cough, be careful..."
While coughing, Nan Er used his eyes to signal Xia Zhichan to quickly let go of the woman in his arms. What are you doing? It's not enough to come to someone else's house to eat and drink, but you also have to tease someone else's daughter. What you're doing is so shameless.
Tsk——
It's really enviable...well, no, it makes people feel shameless, extremely shameless!
Xia Zhichan still didn't speak, and he held the woman's waist with his left hand a little harder.
"oops……"
The woman frowned lightly, and there were a few tears in her peach eyes. She bit her lower lip and looked at Xia Zhichan with a resentful look:
"Sir, you hurt me..."
The maids standing in the corner of the room blushed with embarrassment and almost lowered their heads into their own breasts.
The brave ones dared to look up secretly, then revealed an inexplicable smile on their faces, and pressed their lips with their hands, for fear of accidentally laughing out loud and ruining the lady's good deeds.
call--
The wind and rain outside the house became more violent, and the raindrops beat on the window, making a tapping sound, just like the heartbeat of someone in the house.
Click!
A bolt of lightning struck down, and the bright and dazzling light made everyone squint their eyes.
Some timid maids even stretched out their fingers to block their ears to avoid hearing the bursts of thunder behind them.
Boom!
Thunder rolls in, as if there are gods and Buddhas fighting in the sky. The god in charge of the thunder keeps banging the hammer in his hand.
"you……"
This was the first time Xia Zhichan spoke since she entered the house. With the thunder outside, it seemed like a god was speaking at this moment.
"...It's Xia's eyes..."
Boom!
The thunder was deafening, but everyone could clearly hear every word Xia Zhichan said, as if the thunder in the sky had become his foil.
"You must be blind!"
There was a loud shout, accompanied by thunder.
But the thunder did not come from outside the house, but from inside Xia Zhichan's right sleeve.
Under the sound of thunder, the maids who were standing in the corner shivered one by one. After a while, a cloud of smoke rose up and disappeared.
Nan Er, who was sitting beside him, also changed his expression. He subconsciously wanted to withdraw, but when he saw the woman who was unable to move in Xia Zhichan's arms, he could only sit back down pretending to be calm.
The most frightening thing was the woman in Xia Zhichan's arms. Her whole body could not stop trembling slightly, and her body seemed to be boneless and clinging to Xia Zhichan.
Under the wide embroidered skirt, there were several big bulges, and one struggled to get out from the corner of the skirt.
It turned out to be a furry tail!
"Lord Lingguan, spare your life..."
Nan Er stood up and a woman's voice came out when he opened his mouth.
Immediately afterwards, ripples appeared on his face, as if a stone had hit the calm surface of the water. Then the ripples spread from the face to the whole body, until finally it shattered like a mirror.
Standing there was already an enchanting woman in white clothes and blue skirt.
Her eyebrows are very similar to the woman in Xia Zhichan's arms, but there is a mole in the corner of her eye, which makes her more aloof and cold, and less lively and cute.
"Lord Lingguan, please let my sister go. We don't mean any harm..."
The woman bowed down gracefully, showing that she had no ill intentions at all.
"Sister, save me...wuwu..."
Xia Zhichan stretched out her right hand, holding the cinnabar yellow talisman in her palm.
There was thunder outside, and thunder inside the house.
"You tried every possible means to trick me into entering. You probably didn't do it to treat me to dinner..."
The woman with the mole at the corner of her eye hesitated for a moment. She did not speak, but turned around and knelt in front of the golden dragon statue, as if praying.
call--
Although the doors and windows were tight, a strong wind suddenly blew inside the house. The whirlwind came out of the ground and circled around Xia Zhichan several times.
The latter's suspicious eyes turned to the woman with the mole of tears carved by the golden dragon.
Swish——
The whirlwind enveloped the woman and disappeared.
Where Xia Zhichan didn't see it, the dragon eyes of the golden dragon statue suddenly lit up, shooting out a small green light that fell directly on the woman.
The woman with the mole of tears stood up, but she didn't make any movement, but Xia Zhichan was keenly aware that the person in front of her was no longer the woman with the mole of tears just now. He only controlled the body of the woman with the mole of tears through magic.
"Sure enough, they are from the lineage of Lingguan... This Nine Heavens Thunder Talisman was drawn by Yan Chixia himself, I still remember it."
The woman did not turn around, but she could see what was happening behind her.
She, or should be him now.
His old voice contained a kind of morbid excitement, just like a gourmet seeing a peerless delicacy or a pervert seeing a peerless beauty.
Xia Zhichan glanced at his right hand. Only now did he learn the true name of this cinnabar yellow talisman from others.
This talisman was used by Yan Chixia to suppress the thousand-year-old turtle three hundred years ago. Seeing this talisman shows that the origin of the opponent must be no worse than the old turtle.
"Dare I ask senior...what's your surname?"
"Hahaha, if you want to know who I am, why don't you come over in person? Why bother these two little girls?"
The voice continued.
When Xia Zhichan heard this, he let go of his left hand that had been holding the woman's waist, but the latter did not get off him immediately.
"Can't move..."
The woman looked at Xia Zhichan with tears in her eyes. Because she was too close to Xia Zhichan, she was so frightened by the cinnabar-yellow talisman in his hand that she couldn't even move her soul. Her whole body felt as soft as being hit by anesthetic.
"Okay, put that thing away. I'm here to find you. I have something to say..."
Xia Zhichan hesitated for a moment. After all, this cinnabar-yellow talisman was the only way to save his life. If he was deceived and put away easily, what if the other party regretted it...
I'm afraid it's too late to cry.
"He is indeed a descendant of Yan Chixia. His cautious thoughts are exactly the same as his."
Seeing that Xia Zhichan didn't move, the voice smiled instead.
A whoosh.
A whirlwind rose up from under Xia Zhichan's feet, lifted up the woman lying in his arms, and floated directly out.
Xia Zhichan looked at the yellow talisman in his hand. Logically speaking, thunder is the best at restraining evil spirits. Any magic would fail near the yellow talisman, but the other party actually took the woman away so easily.
It seems that the opponent's strength is far superior to his.
"Xia Zhichan, senior, please forgive me if I'm rude."
He turned his hand and put the yellow talisman into his sleeve.
At this moment, a black light suddenly struck, heading straight towards Xia Zhichan's face.
Snapped!
There was the sound of something falling to the ground.
