The night in Chaolan Valley was like water. In the dark woods, a bonfire was lit in an open space. Three well-dressed men sat around the bonfire. While eating dry food, they discussed in low voices the catastrophe eighteen years ago. .
"Then, Mo Changfeng led a group of his men and fled into the Chaolan Valley. I heard from my senior brother that there were many masters who surrounded and suppressed Changfeng Tower. I met a blocker outside the valley." One person looked to be about thirty years old. The man was whispering.
The slightly younger man suddenly interrupted: "Boss Liu, I know that the one blocking the way is the Sword Immortal Chen Yan."
The younger man hurriedly asked: "Is it the Chen Yi who has defeated the four kings of hell with his sword and is the best in light kung fu of all time?"
Boss Liu nodded and replied: "Yes, that's her. Her swordsmanship is really powerful, that's true. But she was able to escape unscathed from hundreds of masters. This Changfeng Tower is really a crouching tiger." dragon."
"I heard people say that Mo Changfeng was the second-ranked master in martial arts back then. He only lost half a move to Master Zhicheng of Shaolin and one move to Taoist Zhang of Qingfengguan. He had masters from various sects under his command. It is said that Chen Yan was not Considered the strongest."
Boss Liu said: "Don't listen to other people's nonsense. Chen Yan should have been ranked fourth in the world back then. There is no one better than her."
"Then...Boss, since there are so many masters in Changfeng Tower, why don't the three of us... go to Chaolan Valley at night?"
"What do you mean? I told you before I came that I didn't have to come."
"I, I know, but I still have questions. There are many ways to become famous, why do we have to choose this?"
"Hmph, Changfeng Tower did all the bad things back then. They lived here for eighteen years. Who knows if they will counterattack the Wulin. Even if we don't find them, surveying the terrain here is still a feat."
The three people were chatting, completely unaware that a girl in white had sneakily approached them.
The girl's long hair was simply pulled up with a red rope, revealing a smooth forehead and a beautiful face. She was wearing a loose white dress and was barefoot. Two yellow hairpins were hung on a red rope on her right ankle. bell.
The three people who were talking suddenly heard the slight sound of bells coming from behind the boulder next to them.
The three of them stopped breathing and secretly held their weapons. The atmosphere was a bit tense.
"Did you...hear that?"
"Shh." Boss Liu silenced the two of them, and then told them with his eyes, one left and one right, to surround the boulder.
With a firm look, the three of them instantly circled behind the boulder from three directions.
Sure enough, there was a woman behind the stone. I saw this woman with her waist bent and a sneaky look.
"Who are you?!" Boss Liu scolded.
The woman looked surprised, but not panicked. She asked blankly: "I consider myself to be the best in the world in Qinggong. How did you discover me?"
The girl's voice is very nice, like a silver bell. She was also good-looking, and the three grown men were stunned when they saw her face and figure. However, she seems to be having trouble with her brain. The three people looked at the bell on her ankle and were speechless.
Boss Liu, who recovered from the girl's beauty, asked again: "Who are you?"
The girl smiled slightly, pushed lightly with her toes, and suddenly her whole body floated up, landing firmly on the boulder - this woman didn't lie, her Qinggong was indeed pretty good. Although the three of them are not experts, they also know that this kind of light skill is rare in the world.
"Listen up," the girl said grandly, "I am the saint of the Changfeng Sect, Li Fenglan! Why don't you kneel down!"
The three of them looked at each other. When did Changfeng Tower change its name to Changfeng Sect?
Seeing that the three of them were unmoved, Li Fenglan said in a somewhat anxious tone: "Holy girl, haven't you heard of it? They are the ones in the Jianghu dialect book, the demon sect's witch, do you understand?"
The three of them nodded and shook their heads. The demon sect witches and the others understand, but you, a witch sect who is not very smart, don’t understand.
Seeing that the three of them didn't understand, Li Fenglan's nose was almost crooked with anger, and she said loudly: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Let me ask you, why do you come to my holy religion?"
"Eradicate you monsters!"
"Hahahaha," Li Fenglan smiled and bent down, "It's just you?"
"It's up to us!"
"Okay, okay, let's stop making trouble. Since you are here to fight," Li Fenglan looked around, "This is not a place for fighting. You can't use it. Come with me."
After saying that, without waiting for the three people to reply, he floated away into the distance like a butterfly among the flowers, and the three people hurriedly caught up with him.
The more they chased, the more the three of them felt something was wrong. First of all, this woman's Qinggong is really good. No matter how fast the three of them speed up, the woman always stays three feet away from them, as if she has eyes behind her. Secondly... why should you follow this saintly girl who is not very smart?
Finally, Li Fenglan stopped on the sand beside a lake.
"Now, this is it. Are you coming one by one or together?" The girl crossed her arms with disdain on her face.
Boss Liu took a step forward and said loudly: "Girl, we don't want to bully the minority. I'm here to meet the girl. I'm going to the Whale Sect..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Fenglan waved his hand impatiently and said, "Forget it, I'm too lazy to listen to you introduce yourself, come on! Get it for me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, seven or eight people sprang out from the woods. Without waiting for the three of them to react, they were directly pinned to the ground.
The three of them were stupid. It wasn't that the woman was not smart, it was the three of them. Being ambushed so easily on the enemy's territory is a loss.
"Despicable! Shameless!" The three of them were still making their final resistance.
"Please," Li Fenglan said helplessly, "I am a witch, what are you trying to tell me? Hold on!"
After tying up the three people, the lakeside became quiet again.
Li Fenglan looked up at the moon in the sky, stretched, and her long sleeves slid down her shoulders, revealing her white arms. A gust of wind blew by, and the breeze blew her dress. The dress on the side facing the wind clung tightly to her body. From a distance, the girl's figure was tall and enchanting.
"Ouch." It seemed like she had stepped on a pebble, which made the soles of her feet hurt. She lifted her feet and checked the soles of her feet - there was no ladylike pretense at all.
This is the third time. This month, three groups of people have come to visit the valley, all of them minor characters. Li Fenglan suddenly felt that something had happened in the world outside the valley. Her feeling was always accurate.
While I was thinking blindly, I suddenly heard someone calling me in the distance. The voice was getting closer and closer. It was a girl's voice.
"Miss! Miss!"
Li Fenglan turned around and saw a yellow figure flying toward her in a furious manner.
The girl in yellow ran to her in a short while. She ran so fast that the girl in yellow was out of breath from exhaustion and her small breasts bulged.
Li Fenglan asked: "Hubo, what's wrong?"
"Ha..." Amber adjusted her breathing hard, and her pretty little face was covered with sweat, "Valley Master, he... Valley Master, he..."
Li Fenglan secretly thought something was wrong, and flew into the valley as fast as she could without waiting for Amber to finish.
Amber was wailing behind her: "Oh, miss! Slow down! Wait for me!"
Not long after, Li Fenglan had already rushed deep into the Chaolan Valley. There is a large piece of flat land with houses on the flat land. The houses are surrounded by patches of farmland. It looks no different from other mountain villages. This was the habitat of everyone in Changfeng Tower back then. After eighteen years, many newcomers have been added to the valley. Coupled with the addition of people from Changfenglou who have fled over the years, the population in the valley has almost reached two hundred.
Li Fenglan ran towards the largest building in the valley. Although it was late at night, the lights were still bright here.
There were many people in the room, all of whom were the backbone of Changfeng Tower.
As soon as Li Fenglan entered the door, she was stopped by a middle-aged woman with a sallow complexion and high cheekbones.
When Li Fenglan saw this woman, her original anxiety disappeared instantly, and she immediately became as docile as a kitten. In the entire Chaolan Valley, she was not afraid of anyone, including Tian, the eldest son, and Li Fenglan, the second eldest son, but she was only afraid of this middle-aged woman.
"Where are the shoes? You're barefoot again! You don't look like a girl at all!" It was a slap in the face.
Li Fenglan said in a low voice: "I was in a hurry to go out...I forgot to wear it..."
The middle-aged woman shouted: "Emerald!"
A woman in green clothes came to the two of them and asked in a low voice: "Mom, what's the matter?"
"Keep an eye on her. If she doesn't wear shoes again, I'll tie another two pounds of armor to her legs!"
"knew."
Li Fenglan quickly changed the subject: "Aunt Zhou, how is Old Mo?"
Aunt Zhou rolled her eyes at her and said angrily: "It's okay, he's vomiting blood again. Divine Doctor Hou is inside, checking again and again, but there's still nothing wrong, and it doesn't affect eating and drinking."
"I'll go inside and have a look." After saying that, he rushed into the inner room.
At this time, Amber opened the door and came in. The little girl was so tired that she almost collapsed.
"Ah, sister Jade," Amber came to Jade's side and slumped on Jade's body like a boneless body. "Next time if something happens, go call her. I won't go."
Jade's face was expressionless, and she gave Amber's leg a hard squeeze, which made Amber's teeth bared.
Jade taught her a lesson: "You have a little bit of talent, but you don't concentrate on anything when you practice, and you get out of breath after just two steps. You are so lazy."
Amber wanted to say something else, but the door opened again, and a middle-aged man carrying a bow and arrow walked in.
Jade asked the middle-aged man: "Dad, I have checked all the institutions and there is no damage. It seems that these people came in by chance."
The middle-aged man nodded, walked to Aunt Zhou, and asked, "Ah, how is the Valley Master?"
The middle-aged woman is Chen Yan who blocked hundreds of masters back then. Time is not forgiving. The fairy back then has been polished by the years and has become a yellow-faced woman. The middle-aged man's name is Zhou Xiao. Before entering the valley, the two had a good relationship. After entering the valley, after Chen Ren recovered from his injuries, the two got married and gave birth to Jade the following year.
Chen Yan had been up half the night and was a little tired. He replied feebly: "It's okay, it's still the same."
In the inner room, Mo Changfeng was sitting at the table, and a gray-haired old man was diagnosing his pulse. The old man's name is Hou Zhen, a miracle doctor who became famous decades ago. He got separated from everyone in the valley eighteen years ago and did not return to the valley until fifteen years ago.
Divine Doctor Hou closed his eyes, stroking his beard, with no expression on his face.
At this time, Li Fenglan broke in.
"Old Mo! Are you okay?"
Divine Doctor Hou stopped Li Fenglan who was running over with one hand. Without even opening his eyes, he said calmly: "Quiet."
Li Fenglan didn't dare to say anything and waited obediently.
After a while, Divine Doctor Hou let go of his hand that was diagnosing the pulse, opened his eyes, and took a deep breath.
Mo Changfeng asked: "Master Hou, are you still the same?"
"The pulse is stable, nothing happened. Did you feel uncomfortable when you vomited blood?"
Mo Changfeng shook his head: "No, it's like feeling nauseated after drinking too much water. Nothing will happen if you spit it out."
Divine Doctor Hou pondered: "It's strange."
Li Fenglan saw the right moment and interrupted: "Will someone poison me?"
Mo Changfeng said impatiently: "What else could it be if it wasn't poison?"
Divine Doctor Hou suddenly realized something, looked at Li Fenglan and asked: "Girl Lan, how old are you this year?"
Li Fenglan looked confused: "Seventeen."
Mo Changfeng also realized something and murmured: "August 16th, this girl will be 18th."
Li Fenglan wondered why it still had something to do with her.
"Oh, don't play riddles. Does this matter have anything to do with me?"
Mo Changfeng wanted to speak, but Divine Doctor Hou immediately stopped him: "Valley Master, be careful."
Mo Changfeng shook his head: "You can't escape... Mr. Hou, you go back and rest, and let everyone go back too. Girl Lan, you stay, I have something to tell you."
Divine Doctor Hou left the room, and within a short time, the hall became quiet. Li Fenglan folded her arms and squatted on a chair nearby, staring at Mo Changfeng. Mo Changfeng glanced at her and "hummed" dissatisfied.
Li Fenglan quickly did her job honestly and asked expectantly: "Old Mo, please tell me, what does this matter have to do with me?"
Mo Changfeng thought for a long time and said, "You still remember how you got here, right?"
Li Fenglan nodded and replied: "I know, you said, seventeen years ago, someone left me beside Chaolan Lake, and Aunt Zhou picked me up."
"Yes, but... there are so many agencies in the valley, how can anyone quietly go deep into the heart of the valley and leave without anyone noticing?"
"I've thought about this question for a long time. I've also asked Aunt Zhou and the others, but they don't know either."
"Actually, we all know that."
"all know?"
Mo Changfeng did not answer directly. He stood up and walked to a picture of a beauty hanging in the room. The beauty in the painting is gorgeously dressed, but her face is not painted. Li Fenglan has seen this painting since she was a child, and she often saw it when she came to Mo Changfeng's place to play when she was a child. She also asked about this picture of a faceless beauty, but unfortunately no one could give her an answer.
Mo Changfeng said slowly: "Eighteen years ago, due to dissatisfaction with the intelligence merger of the three families of Li, Shangguan and Bai, the major martial arts factions got together and launched a campaign against the Li family in Yangzhou, the Shangguan family in Chang'an, and our Changfeng Tower. Attack. Overnight, two powerful families in the world were wiped out. I have told you these past events more than once. But we deliberately concealed something... The eldest son of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Cheng, and the eldest daughter of the Li family, Li Fengyao, The two are ambiguous about each other. They are a good match and both families are in favor of this marriage."
"Wait a minute!" Li Fenglan stopped, "Li Fengyao??" She realized that this Li Fengyao was just one character different from her own name.
"Yes, Li Fengyao. On that day eighteen years ago, not long after the two got married, Li Fengyao went home to visit her. After the tragedy...according to the brothers who came back to the valley later, Li Fengyao did not die, but disappeared. Until two years later , Aji picked you up by the lake. According to the time calculation, if Li Fengyao was pregnant at that time, the child... would be about the same age as you. "
Li Fenglan was a little shocked. In just a few words, she revealed her life experience, involving two wealthy families. She had known since she was a child that her life experience was not simple, but she had never thought that this would be the case.
Mo Changfeng looked at Li Fenglan and said, "Don't be nervous, you may not be the child of Shangguan Cheng and Li Fengyao."
"Why do you say that?"
"Others say that Li Fengyao is well-educated and a lady... This is a rumor in the world. I knew the couple very well back then. Li Fengyao was not a generous person. She was petty, vindictive, suspicious, had a young temper, and was very protective of her shortcomings. If she had a suitable hiding place, she would never throw her child outside. She doesn't trust others that much. Ah, by the way."
Mo Changfeng seemed to have remembered something, and took out a shabby purse from his sleeve and said, "This was placed next to you back then. We opened it and there was a note inside."
Li Fenglan eagerly took the purse and took out the note inside. The paper was very worn and would break with even the slightest force.
There was a line written on the note: Sixteen years later, this girl will leave the valley.
Li Fenglan thought for a long time, sixteen years later, wouldn't it be this year?
Li Fenglan asked: "What do I do when I leave the valley?"
Mo Changfeng also shook his head and replied: "I don't know... Li Fengyao was also involved in the design of the valley. In addition to the brothers and sisters of Changfeng Tower, the only ones who could enter the valley back then were the Shangguan Cheng couple... and Bai Ruoyun."
"Bai Ruoyun?"
"The head of the Bai family, I heard that after what happened eighteen years ago, he died of depression within a few years."
Li Fenglan's mind was a little confused. After a while, she cleared her thoughts and said firmly: "I think... Li Fengyao is not my mother."
"feel?"
"Yes, Lao Mo, I have a guess."
"tell me the story."
"Although not everyone in the world knows about my entry into the valley, at least the big shots know about it. It is impossible for them not to monitor everything in Chaolan Valley. Now that I leave the valley, it will definitely be known to all parties. Sometimes...someone will spy on me, and some will kill me. Li Fengyao will wait for those who can't restrain themselves to take action, so as to lead out the initiator of the incident. She only needs to put a baby in, and some people will think that the baby is hers. Child. I'm just a bait, I can't afford to let my own child in."
This statement did not surprise Mo Changfeng. He just nodded and said: "Girl Lan, you are indeed very smart. We thought about the answer for days and nights, and you came up with it in a while. But don't worry, we won't Let you go out and take risks. You grew up in the valley, and everyone regards you as their own child. You just need to know these things, and stay in the valley with peace of mind. We have our own plans."
"No," Li Fenglan shook her head and said, "I have long suspected that there is a mole in the valley. You have been vomiting blood since a year ago, and you vomit once every ten days and a half. There are no outsiders in the valley who can The only ones who are poisonous are our own people. This is Li Fengyao's warning to you, she can make you vomit blood and poison you to death. If I hadn't left the valley, according to what you said, with her character, I would definitely dare to do this."
Mo Changfeng smiled happily: "I'm not hurting you in vain... We will discuss the matter of leaving the valley tomorrow. As for the mole, please don't mention it again."
Mo Changfeng shook his head helplessly: "It's getting late, girl, go back and rest."
Baihualou is the largest brothel in Luoyang City and the famous gold-selling cave. Although it is late at night, the lights are still bright here and there are bursts of laughter.
In the corridor facing the street on the second floor, a handsome scholar leaned lazily on the railing, holding a paper fan and looking at the moon in the sky.
"Hey..." The scholar pretended to be melancholy, "Miss Ling'er, tell me, are there any fairies on this moon?"
A woman's clear laughter came from the next room. The woman smiled sweetly and said: "Sir Bai, you have been asking me about the moon since yesterday. How do I know? I don't live in Guanghan Palace. inside."
"Yes, yes," the scholar said with a smile, "not long after, this fairy will come down to earth."
"How did you know?"
"I know everything... Hey, there is Feng Laiyi... I just don't know whether the fairy is beautiful or not."
"Mr. Bai," the woman in the room asked, "is there any fairy who is not beautiful?"
The scholar said helplessly: "Our fairy is not beautiful."
"Miss Bai is famous for being the most beautiful woman in the country. In the past few years, the people who come to your house to propose marriage are almost crushing the threshold of your house. Isn't she beautiful?"
"Hey..." This time he was really melancholy, "If my sister could give me more pocket money, she would be beautiful."
When money was mentioned, the woman in the room thought of something: "By the way, Mr. Bai. Yesterday, my mother told me that if you don't repay the three hundred taels of silver you owe us, she will go to your house to make trouble. Moreover. , and also said that I will not let the slave family receive you again, and the benefits you gave me are not enough for me to buy Rouge."
"Miss Ling'er, you are so vulgar," the scholar said seriously, "I drank plain wine, how could I spend three hundred taels? I'm afraid your mother didn't deliberately trick me because she saw my family's great business."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a sedan walking down the street, followed by eight strong men.
The scholar immediately said eagerly like a cat whose tail has been stepped on: "Miss Ling'er, let's see you tomorrow! My fairy is here to kill me!"
