The second senior brother is back [Rebirth]

A Ling wiped his mouth, burped contentedly, and patted his stomach, signaling to Shen Tianmian that he was full.

Sauerkraut fish, sweet and sour pork ribs, and beef barbecued pork, these are all foods that Rong Yan used to be too tight to eat, but now he can finally eat with open belly.

——This life is complete.

Ah Ling leaned back and slumped lazily on the back of the chair.

When Shen Tianmian came back from paying the bill, he couldn't laugh or cry.

He looks like a cat that has sucked too much catnip.

Shen Tianmian didn't force him, and simply stepped forward to pick him up by the waist, and returned to Qiqiong Tower.

Ah Ling's injury shouldn't be a serious problem, so let's set off directly tomorrow and take him back to Shen's house.

"Ah Ling, we will set off tomorrow and go back to Shen's house, okay?"

When taking a bath at night, Shen Tianmian asked softly.

Ah Ling's body froze, he quickly grabbed his hand and asked, "Where is the Shen family?"

"The Shen family is also in Yanzhou, not far away, your body can take it." Shen Tianmian replied patiently, "When I get to the Shen family, I will ask my cousin to help you find a better doctor, and you can Totally healed."

Ah Ling was a little anxious, and quickly wrote with his fingers: Can you wait a few days before going back?

"Huh? Wait for a few days?" Shen Tianmian looked at him in bewilderment, and asked, "Why do you have to wait for a few days?"

A Ling bit her lower lip, entangled, and then wrote: I still have some things to do, can I wait for three days, just three days, after three days, I will go back to Shen's house with you, okay?

Although Shen Tianmian didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in the gourd, he still agreed to his request.

The Eleven Elders of Qiqionglou have been keeping themselves safe recently and have not caused any trouble, but they suddenly came to the door tonight.

A Ling was sleeping soundly under the comfort of Shen Zhoumian, Shen Zhoumian made a gesture to signal the 11 people to be quiet, and tucked A Ling's back, and then followed the 11 people out of the room.

"Tell me, what's the matter."

Shen Tianmian, who left Ah Ling, became ruthless and indifferent again. He folded his arms and watched eleven people pushing each other, pushing each other and refusing to come forward. He couldn't help frowning and said, "You better Give me a reason, or don't blame me for being merciless."

Elder Quailtail, who was the least courageous, took a step forward, handed him a letter obediently, and said in a weak voice, "We... found a threatening letter by Brother Big Huo's bedside, saying that we were going to take his name. ...We would like to implore Second Young Master Shen to help us protect the fire..."

Shen Tianmian didn't even look at it, and said impatiently, "What does your brother have to do with me?"

"Second Master Shen." The more rational Elder Jianglou said, "Although our Qiqionglou is only a second-rate sect, we are also subordinate to the Shen family. Now that we are in trouble, the Shen family cannot sit idly by."

Threatening him with such a thing.Shen Tianmian looked at the 11 people in disgust, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.He took the letter and put it in his arms, and said perfunctorily, "I'll take care of this, get out! Don't appear in front of me again."

The next day, when Shen Tianmian woke up, his genius was dim.

Ah Ling was already awake, lying quietly beside him, staring at the top of the bed with a pair of eyes that could see nothing.

"A Ling. How long have you been awake?"

A Ling turned his head, took his hand with ease, and wrote: I don't know, it must have been a long time.

Shen Zhoumian checked his wound as usual, and while changing his dressing and clothes, he instructed, "I may go out for a few days, and I can't eat with you. You wait for me obediently in the yard, and don't go far away. do you know?"

Ah Ling nodded, moved the small bench, sat firmly at the door, patted his chest, and waved to him again, signaling him to rest assured.

Shen Tianmian patted his head, turned and left.

He stood in front of the unconscious Elder Huo's door and guarded it for a whole day.

When he returned to the small courtyard, Ah Ling still maintained the posture when he left, sitting at the door, waiting for him to come back, with a slightly imperceptible nervousness on his expression.

"Ah Ling." Shen Tianmian stepped forward, held his cold hand, and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

A Ling's body was tense, and after hearing his voice, he finally relaxed, stretched out his arms to hug Shen Tianmian, shook his head slowly, and silently shook his shoulders.

—he was crying.

Shen Tianmian panicked.

It was his first time raising a child, and his every move was almost the same as Rong Yan took care of him back then. He had never cried with Rong Yan, so naturally he didn't know how to comfort a crying child.

He could only maintain the position of being hugged, patiently waiting for Ah Ling to vent his grievance and dissatisfaction.

After Ah Ling stopped crying, Shen Zhoumian wiped away his tears and asked, "What's wrong? What happened? Why are you crying?"

Ah Ling moved his fingers and wrote: I'm hungry.

He thought that Shen Tianmian didn't want him anymore, but naturally he couldn't say such hypocritical words.

He has been alone for too long, he doesn't remember who Shen Tianmian is, but that familiar and warm feeling can bring him back from the depths of the nightmare, he longs for this warmth, longs for the be accompanied.

Shen Tianmian took him to the night market to eat longxu noodles and steamed buns. Ah Ling filled his stomach, his tense nerves gradually relaxed, and his brain began to feel drowsy.

He unceremoniously jumped on Shen Zhoumian's back, put his head on Shen Zhoumian's shoulder, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Shen Zhoumian held his butt, dumbfounded, and carefully carried him back to Qiqiong Tower.

On the second day when he was in charge of protecting Elder Huo, Shen Tianmian took a bag of melon seeds and took Ah Ling with him.

The two sat side by side on a small bench, with a clear division of labor, one for peeling melon seeds, the other for eating, and spent the day happily.

I even had to eat three plates of crayfish.

Elder Dahuo's doorway was full of melon seed skins and shrimp shells, and the other eleven elders dared not speak out, so they could only choose to let it go.

On the third day, Ah Ling disappeared.

There is nothing missing from the ointment and clothes in the room, even the shoes are still by the bed.Shen Tianmian searched all over Qiqiong Tower, but couldn't find A Ling's whereabouts.

Shen Tianmian suspected that the Eleventh Elder had done something wrong, and before he had time to come to question him, the Eleventh Elder threw himself into the trap in a hurry.

"Second Master Shen! He's gone in the fire!"

It turned out that two people disappeared at the same time? !

Shen Zhoumian's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately sent a letter to Shen Congyue, asking him to quickly send more people to help find someone.

At the foot of Mount Dai in Yanzhou.

The stone room where the missing teenager was held was opened again.

Elder Huo was lying on the stone platform that had dissected countless teenagers, still dreaming of immortality.

He will carry this dream and die quietly.

Ah Ling sat on the edge of the stone platform, his bruised bare feet were covered with dust, shaking back and forth, he hummed a soft Qinhuai ditty in a nasal voice, apparently in a good mood.

As long as another person's lifespan is collected, the left eye of this body can be restored to light, and the tongue can grow back again. At that time, he will be able to see Shen Tianmian clearly, and he can also talk to Shen Tianmian.

Midday.

Shen Tianmian wiped off the sweat from his forehead, and continued to search for A Ling's whereabouts from house to house.

It has been a morning, and Shen Tianmian has searched all over the vicinity of Qiqiong Tower. Not only did he not find A Ling, but there is still no trace of Elder Huo.

The Eleventh Elder complained endlessly, feeling tired and afraid.

Alchemy calculates yin and yang, predicts life and death, and leaks the secrets of heaven. The twelve elders of each generation are cursed by heaven, and no one can live past 60 years old.

The Twelve Elders of this generation are especially afraid of death, so they used alchemy and found the envoy Rong Yan who was still recovering through astrology and divination.

Longevity is obviously contrary to the price of life. The 11 people found that something was wrong after hearing the rules, but they were unwilling to give up the hope at their fingertips, so they encouraged Big Huo, who was most greedy for immortality, to make a wish first.

Sure enough, the fire fell into a long sleep after making a wish.His body still maintained the appearance before coma, but no matter what, he couldn't wake him up.

Knowing that things had changed, the remaining 11 people gave up their wish and returned to Qiqiong Tower with the fire in their sleep. They took out the fragile ancient books that had fallen into ashes, searched day and night, and finally found a way to prolong their lives.

— blood sacrifice.

The viscera and six internal organs of young men and women are used as sacrifices, and after being placed in the formation for seventy-seven and forty-nine days, if the internal organs are not corrupt, then take them and take them for alchemy, which can prolong the life span of a hundred years.

At the very beginning, 11 people cooperated with human traffickers and only attacked young people near Qiqiong Tower, but the internal organs rotted so fast that 11 people had to gradually expand their scope and abduct more young people in order to achieve longevity. the goal of.

The disappearance of the population eventually caused a lot of confusion in Kyushu, and rumors and rumors arose for a while.

As the place where the disappearance case first appeared, Qiqiong Building became the object of suspicion of the Shen family because it concealed the incident and did not report the knowledge.In order to get rid of the suspicion, 11 people jointly signed a letter to the Wulin League, winning for themselves the opportunity to "make up for it", and dumped all the blame on the traffickers.

Naturally, the Shen family is not easy to fool. Shen Tianmian appeared here. In addition to investigating the disappearance case, he also shouldered the duty of monitoring Qiqiong Tower.

The 11 people were afraid that the envoy from Wuyin Mountain would come to find the big fire, and they were worried that if they stretched their hands too far, they would show their feet. They would be noticed by Shen Tianmian, and they were worried all day long, not daring to relax in the slightest.

They forged the letter in order to divert Shen Tianmian's attention and let the Shen family fight Wuyin Mountain, but they didn't expect that the fire actually disappeared.

Before anyone knew it, he was still on the bed for a second, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared under the eyes of everyone.

Waiting will extend the time infinitely.

Ah Ling listened to the wind with his ears sideways for a while, then yawned, curled up in a corner, and began to fall asleep. Not long after, he was awakened by the nightmare again.

He subconsciously reached out to touch the position beside him.

——Shen Tianmian was not by his side.

Ah Ling sighed silently, and hummed the Qinhuai ditty again.

At the beginning, the 12 people felt that their thoughts of stealing life were shameful, so they came to him in the middle of the night to make a wish when the moon was dark and the wind was high, so he could only take away the life of the fire until nightfall.

It must be getting dark.Ah Ling thought.I don't know whether people have souls, and whether those teenagers who died tragically at the hands of the twelve elders of Qiqiong Tower will see him dissect the fire.

He thought about it, and for some reason, he thought of Shen Tianmian, and suddenly there was some expectation for the future in his heart.

——Shen Tianmian is like the light he once pursued in his life.

It was the first time that someone treated him so unconditionally, without the bond of blood vessels, and without the emotion of being together for a long time, so he took care of and protected him thoughtfully and selflessly.

He desperately wanted to know what Shen Tianmian looked like, and desperately wanted to get close to Shen Tianmian, and told him in his own voice: My name is Rong Yan.

It will be late.

Shen Tianmian thought about it, but for some reason, he suddenly thought of a possibility, leaving behind the Eleventh Elder who was following closely behind him, and went straight to Mount Dai.

The eleven elders who were thrown down looked at each other, and ran after him.

Everyone thought of the most unlikely possibility - the secret room at the foot of Mount Dai.

The door of the secret room was wide open, and a strong smell of blood wafted out from inside.

Shen Tianmian was inexplicably frightened, and rushed in with his sword.There was no candle in the secret room, and a pair of bewitching cat pupils emitted a strange blue-green light in the darkness.

A bloody corpse was lying on the stone platform, its appearance no longer visible.

The sudden appearance of Shen Tianmian made Ah Ling feel at a loss.He decisively took the life of Elder Huo with a knife, and turned around to run away.

The cave was too dark, Shen Tianmian couldn't see his face clearly, so naturally it was impossible to let him go, the Shanhai Sword suddenly unsheathed with cold light, and aimed straight at Ah Ling's chest.

Ah Ling's resisting hand was hesitant, he still had no way to fully control Wuyin Mountain's ability, and was afraid of hurting Shen Tianmian by mistake.

Only a moment later, the Shanhai sword pierced through his chest, and Shen Tianmian used great strength to nail him to the stone wall.

There was a vague and broken sound, which was undetectable.

Ah Ling coughed out a big mouthful of blood, hot blood gurgled from his chest and flowed violently to the ground.

Shen...Shen Daymian...

A Ling raised his hand and weakly grasped a corner of Shen Tianmian's clothes.

It's me... Shen Tianmian...

The corner of the shirt finally slipped off his palm.

Shen Tianmian even forgot to draw his sword, picked up the person on the stone platform, and left in the dark.

Panting, the Eleventh Elder caught up with Shen Tianmian, and when he saw a bloody man brought out by him, he was instantly dumbfounded, and hurriedly led Shen Tianmian back to Qiqiong Tower.

The mangled corpse belonged to the fire elder.

The body of the Twelve Elders is engraved with the Twelve Star Maps of the Yellow Palace, three points deep into the bones, so you can tell who they are at a glance.

Shen Tianmian crossed his arms and stared closely at the corpse of Elder Huo until the back of the Eleventh Elder started to get hairy. Then he silently picked up the candle lamp on the table and turned back to the secret room.

The Shanhai Sword has been broken into two sections, the tip of the sword is deep into the stone wall, and the hilt is lying in a pool of blood.

Shen Tianmian held the lamp and squatted down to check the blood on the ground.

Two pieces of white jade reflect a warm light under the dim candlelight.

Shen Tianmian put down the candle lamp, picked up the jade and wiped off the blood, and put them together with trembling hands.

A complete, dull, messy jade epiphyllum.

It was a parting gift given to Rong Yan when he was a child.

The bloody smell lingering at the tip of his nose suddenly turned into a knife piercing through the bones. Shen Tianmian couldn't speak, and even the strength to breathe was gradually losing. His internal organs were trembling with pain.

He accidentally killed A Ling.

Ah Ling is actually Rong Yan...

How could he be honored?

Shen Tianmian reluctantly packed up his broken heart and soul, supported the stone wall, got up slowly, picked up two Shanhai swords, and held them together in his hands.

Rong Yan would not kill for no reason, even if he did, it would always be with the sword in his hand, and he would not do such a ritualistic thing.

Shen Tianmian suddenly remembered what Ah Ling had written in his palm before.

—they have problems.

This is an affirmation.