I saw Jiang Fan from a long distance away.
Standing under the lantern hanging in front of the door, he was wrapped in a thick cloak, snow fell on his head and shoulders, and he looked like a stone pier from a distance.
Seeing Mo Chen's figure, Jiang Fan's eyes lit up, and he hurried up to meet him.
"Senior brother." Seeing Xiaodong being carried on his back, Jiang Fan stumbled: "What's the matter, little brother?"
Mo Chen knew that he had misunderstood, and explained in a low voice: "It doesn't matter, I just fell asleep."
The two talked for a while when they were on the back, but Xiaodong has been anxious since last night, being carried by Mo Chen, he felt very at ease, and he fell asleep after walking not far.
Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then let the younger brother sleep, he must have been feeling uncomfortable from yesterday to now." It would be good if he could get a good night's sleep.
"Why did you come out of the door? Something happened?"
Jiang Fan shook his head: "It's okay. It's just... Master and Ji Zhenren went out, senior brother you went out with your little junior brother, even senior sister and junior brother Zhai went out too, I didn't feel comfortable staying in the house, so I went outside to greet her." Welcome."
"Linglong and the others went out too? Where did they go?"
Jiang Fan had a bitter face: "I don't know either. The master is not here, and neither are you, the senior brother. She is the biggest one. I can't stop her. Even Junior Brother Zhai can't persuade her, so I went with her."
To be honest, having Zhai Wenhui following him can make people feel more at ease. After all, Zhai Wenhui is more stable than Linglong. Linglong is always impulsive when things happen, and she doesn't think about the consequences before doing something. With Zhai Wenhui at the helm, she won't get into trouble.
That being said, it is still worrying.
Mo Chen sent Xiaodong back to the house, but Li Fulin and Ji Zheng hadn't come back yet, and no one was interested in eating after the dinner was cooked. Jiang Fan usually eats a lot, but now he only ate a piece of cake and drank a cup. Bowl of soup. Others also ate very little.
It was already dark outside, and the sound of the wind was getting tighter and tighter, making people panic.
"Why haven't you come back..." Jiang Fan couldn't sit still in the room, and wanted to wait at the door, but it was Mo Chen who stopped him.
"It's so cold outside, so you can just stay indoors. What did you say to other people today? By the way, what does Master have to say about the younger brother's funeral?"
Jiang Fan sat down and drank two sips of tea, then he collected himself and said, "Master said, he wants to bring Junior Brother Yu back to Liushan for burial."
This is as it should be. Although this is Master's old house, it can be seen from the fact that Master has not mentioned it all these years, Master no longer regards this place as his hometown. If it wasn't for leaving Huiliu Mountain this time and looking for a temporary place to stay, and the resignation of the Song City Chief, Master would not have brought them here.
It’s coming, it’s still a temporary stay, just look at the master who doesn’t care about taking care of this house, just let them clean up a small place to live in, they won’t live here for a long time, maybe a year, maybe In two years, they will always leave here. If Junior Brother Yu is buried here, everyone else will leave in the future, and it is obviously inappropriate for him to be buried here alone.
"I didn't take care of it today. Tomorrow I'm going to set up the coffin and enshrine my younger brother... It's cold now, so it's okay to park it in the backyard for a while..."
But after all, it can't be kept for a long time, and when they go back, it's not easy to take the coffin with them all the way. If Master must take Junior Brother Yu home, it would be the same if he cremated the body and brought him back for burial.
"Well, you go back and bring someone to pack up Junior Brother Yu's things."
Jiang Fan understood the meaning of Mo Chen's words, Junior Brother Yu is gone just like that, he must be allowed to go away neatly and decently, and he must be changed into good clothes when he is encoffined. , and bring it with him.
If Mo Chen didn't say anything, Jiang Fan would also like to get it.
Junior brother Yu was murdered by others, and he died with regret. It doesn't matter if it is a year or two years, they must avenge this revenge in order to comfort his spirit in heaven.
"I don't know where Master has gone..." Jiang Fan was still worried: "Ji Zhenren's temper is enough for Master to worry about."
There is also Senior Sister Linglong, who is also worrying.
Could it be that the geomantic omen of Huiliu Mountain is not good? One woman is more irritable than the other, the yin is flourishing and the yang is declining.
Xiaodong fell into a drowsy sleep, and could hear faint human voices.
Brother's voice
Even if a person is not sober, he will never mistake this.
"...how about I go out and look for it?"
who
Xiaodong felt as if he was sinking at the bottom of the water, unable to move, the light on the water surface was so far away from him.
It took him a long time to open his eyes with difficulty, his body was sore and tired.
With the lights on in the room, Xiaodong turned over and sat up, unable to remember what time it was.
"woke up?"
Mo Chen came over, opened the curtain, and handed him a cup of warm water.
Xiaodong took the water cup and drank the water in small sips.
"anything else?"
Xiaodong shook his head: "What time is it?"
"It's almost Xu time."
What Xiaodong still remembers is that he was being carried on his back by the big brother... he lost consciousness after being carried on his back. Sleeping from then until now? Then he slept soundly enough, he didn't even have the slightest impression of how he came back or how he fell asleep on the bed.
"hungry?"
Xiaodong rubbed his belly, he didn't feel hungry at all.
"Brother, what were you talking about just now? Who are you looking for?"
"Are we arguing with you?"
While talking, Jiang Fan came in from the outside, brought a big bowl of hot broth, and two pancakes that were baked hot by the stove: "Come on, you haven't eaten tonight, you must have slept until now hungry."
Xiaodong was actually not very hungry, but he didn't appreciate Brother Jiang's kindness, so he quickly got out of bed, put on his shoes, took the tray, and sat at the small table beside him to eat the delayed dinner.
The soup was very hot. After taking a sip, the sweat on the back of my neck was stuffy.
Seeing how delicious his food was, Jiang Fan still didn't forget the worry just now: "Brother, I'll go out and look for it."
Mo Chen shook his head: "Wait a little longer."
Xiaodong bit the pancake and asked vaguely, "Who are you looking for?"
Of course not to find the master. With Master's experience and cultivation base, and Ji Zhenzhen by his side, they don't need to worry at all.
But why haven't Linglong and Zhai Wenhui come back yet
It's getting late, even if Senior Sister Linglong doesn't know what to do, Zhai Wenhui is calm, so he doesn't know if it will be sooner or later? He also must have known that the delay would worry the others.
Seeing the wind blowing harder and harder outside, Jiang Fan felt more and more uneasy.
If he had known this, even if Linglong beat her up during the day, he shouldn't have let her go out.
Mo Chen signaled Jiang Fan to come out and speak.
"Where can you look for it? It's such a big place in Beifu City, and it's so dark." Mo Chen was not worried, but he also knew that if he really wanted to find someone, it would not be enough to send out their current staff. Not to mention that even Jiang Fan, other people's kung fu is not as good as Linglong. Let them go out at night to find someone? They can't even take care of themselves.
"Wait a little longer, I will adjust the formation again later."
If there is still no news in a few hours, Mo Chen will look for it by himself.
Beifu City got dark early, if it was Huiliu Mountain, it would not be too late at this time. If you haven't come back now, it may be because of something that has been temporarily delayed, and it doesn't necessarily mean that something happened.
It's just that Mo Chen was worried that if he went out, he was also worried about the remaining group of juniors. In case something happened again, Jiang Fan alone would not be able to handle it. The formations around this house can defend against ordinary people, but people like Chen Jingzhi, who once studied art on Huiliu Mountain, cannot defend against him.
After the senior brother said so, Jiang Fan could only respond first.
He really doesn't like Beifu City as a ghost place, it's so cold, people are wary of each other, and it's only been a long time since he's here, and his junior brother is gone.
When can they go back
Xiaodong was not in the mood to eat, and quietly stretched out his ears to listen to his senior brother.
He still couldn't hear clearly, he only heard the vague words "find someone".
Who are you looking for
Now he is like a frightened bird, feeling uneasy at the slightest sign of trouble.
No, what he was afraid of was not that Chen Jingzhi would find him again and take his life. Looking back on the situation at that time now, Xiaodong doesn't feel scared, he is just ashamed of his incompetence at that time, more resentful.
He felt that he had never done anything wrong to Senior Brother Chen, but the other party lied to him first, and then wanted his life.
What's more, he killed Senior Brother Yu who was innocently involved in this matter.
What Xiaodong was afraid of was that someone around him would be hurt by this incident.
He didn't drink much of the soup, the weather was getting cold so quickly that the oil was congealed by the side of the bowl. The pancakes also looked so blunt, and I had a sore throat.
Xiaodong came back after packing up the bowl, Jiang Fan had already left, and Mo Chen just put something into his sleeve.
"Big brother."
Mo Chen responded: "Tell me about your recent practice experience."
When Xiaodong came to his lips, he stopped him so forcefully.
Big brother did it on purpose.
But knowing that he did it on purpose, Xiaodong still had to be obedient, and recited a section of mental exercises, and then shared his recent experience.
Mo Chen focused on two tasks, while listening to Xiaodong's words, he used gold sand ink to draw the formation on the paper.
Although he can't lay out a formation from scratch, he can still make a small change from the original formation.
In the middle of a stroke, Mo Chen suddenly raised his head.
He heard strange noises coming from the wind and snow.
His actions also caught Xiaodong's attention.
"Elder brother?"
Mo Chen put down the pen in his hand and stood up.
The voice seemed to be there, and it was still far away.
But Mo Chen recently discovered that his senses are much sharper than before, this may be because his cultivation is still growing. It may also be because the mutation in his body has further deteriorated.
His eyesight, hearing, touch and even taste are much improved than before.
Mo Chen turned around and told Xiaodong, "Stay in the room and don't move around."
Filled with doubts, Xiaodong chased two steps forward, watching the Eldest Brother's figure sway, and he disappeared in the snowy night. (to be continued)