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As far as the eye can see, it is desolate.

It seems that no one has taken care of it for a long time. The vermilion pillars at the entrance of the mansion have long since faded and are mottled, and there is no trace of the splendor of Xie Mansion in the past.There are two town house stone lions handpicked by my uncle at the door. Their eyeballs have been gouged out alive, but they are nowhere to be found. The plaque in the middle is as gray as a pair of old silk cloth, and the original gold-plated "Thank you" is also missing. Can't see clearly, just a few dark brown spots scattered on the top.Looking from a distance, it looks as if someone's blood has dried up on the snow plum, which is shocking.

Resisting the hot tears in his eyes, Xie Yan's legs went limp, and his knee hit the ground heavily.

"Ayan, don't bully our stone lions, it's not easy for them to help watch the house..."

A dull sound sounded in the empty alley.

"I don't know how to learn all day long, so I know how to mess around. Go to the inner wall of the ancestral hall! Don't come out without my order!"

The dust blown up by the wind everywhere covered his eyes, Xie Yan couldn't help but rubbed his red eyes.

"Come down from the tree, Yan, look at your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus soup that my aunt has prepared for you. That snake has already been beheaded by your uncle, don't be afraid. He is doing it for your own good. You should practice hard and don't mess with him." angry."

As soon as he lowered his head, a drop of warm liquid slipped out of his eye socket.

Both parents died since childhood, Xie Yan has never met his biological parents, and Xie Guoshi and his wife only have Lan Yueshi, the jewel in the palm of their knees, and they have always regarded him as their own.If Xie Yan was forced to describe the expectations of ideal parents in his heart, it would probably be like Xie Guoshi and his wife who are strict fathers and loving mothers.

Xie Yan always thought that his aunt was the most gentle mother in the world.When he was young, Xie Yan was very afraid of the cold for a while, and his limbs were cold at night, and he couldn't sleep because of the cold all night.Precocious, he already knew the difference between "aunt" and "mother" at that time, and there was a trace of sadness in his heart, so he tried not to trouble others, and only hoped to grit his teeth and get through it.Who knows where his aunt learned about this, in order for him to fall asleep peacefully, she would come to his room every day after he fell asleep at the time of Lanyue, lit incense for calming the nerves, and secretly performed a fire formula, Keep him warm all winter.

Xie Guoshi and his wife asked Xie Yan to pick out any interesting and delicious things in the mansion. This also made Lanyue, who is her own daughter, jealous, and often joked that she picked them up.

"You're back." A calm male voice suddenly entered the ear, strange and familiar.

Xie Yan wiped his embarrassing face fiercely, and raised his head, only to see the person who came in a red shirt and silver armor, holding a gun, with a natural uprightness in his brows, and a heroic appearance.

Waving his hand, Chu Ci turned his face away, and ordered in a deep voice to his subordinates behind him: "The remnants of the Xie family despise the imperial power, and the heart of disobedience is clearly revealed. When the emperor orders, take it down!"

Originally thought that the culprit for the destruction of Xie's family was Lord Tianyuan, a vendetta of people in the Taoist sect, but Xie's family was destroyed overnight and there was no movement in Yecheng, which made Xie Yan feel really strange.Looking at their posture now, not to mention that there is no movement, it is more likely that the people in the imperial city are fueling the flames.Xie Yan's face was sullen, his heart was full of grief, his starry eyes sank, and he said in a calm voice: "Chu Ci, what do you mean? My Xie family has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, and I am a royal imperial teacher. Asking for heaven's wishes for the people, where does the heart of disobedience come from?!"

Chu Ci gave him a cold look, and repeated softly: "Take it."

"Catch me? Just rely on you?" Xie Yan narrowed his eyes and glanced at the surrounding guards, his brows were cold.The voice just fell.A burst of black energy gushed out from his body, and the thick devilish energy made everyone around him step back a few steps, with a threatening aura, "I don't think who would dare?"

"Set up the formation." Chu Ci ordered calmly.

The guards under him moved when they heard the sound, each holding a snow-white rope around Xie Yan, their figures were erratic like ghosts.Dazzling rays of light shot up from all around, condensing and forming a few feet above Xie Yan's head, and a materialized inverted bowl was formed, trapping Xie Yan in it.

Xie Yan stood in the center of the formation, closed his eyes and held his breath to listen quietly.After catching a faint sound of breathing, as soon as the white rainbow came out, the sword light flourished, and a fiery red whirlwind followed the sword. A moment later, Xie Yan heard a muffled groan.The blood-stained Baihong exuded bursts of murderous aura, and the snow-white sword light danced wildly in the sky, and one after another flame whirlwind whizzed past, madly attacking the surrounding formations and formations.However, the half stick of incense passed, and the barrier was unscathed.

"Don't waste your energy." Chu Ci's mocking voice came from his ear, "This is called the Eight Trigrams Locking Immortal Formation, and ancient gods and demons can trap them, let alone you. The more you resist, the power of this enchantment will become stronger." Bigger."

"It took a lot of effort." Xie Yan smiled self-deprecatingly on his face, but secretly channeled the devilish energy in his dantian, trying to counteract it with the red lotus fire.However, he had only come out of the secluded husk for a short time, and when Yue Dusk renew his meridians, he had repeatedly told him not to be lucky within three months.Forcing luck at this time, the fragile meridians can't bear the devilish energy wandering in the limbs, and there is a faint appearance of fracture.The surrounding guards took advantage of the victory to pursue, and suddenly the surrounding barriers exerted heavy pressure, so that Xie Yan's posture seemed to freeze.

Standing beside Xie Yan, who was restrained by the formation, Chu Ci raised his chin slightly, and reminded softly: "Baihong runs through the sun, and the keel is born. If you talk about disobedience, your existence is the biggest evidence..."

One, two, three... A total of eight immortal ropes that were soaked in talisman water mixed with cinnabar for two days and two nights penetrated straight through the bone of the lute. Xie Yan could grin his teeth in pain even after breathing.With a pale face, he pursed his dry lips and tried to arch his body, but accidentally touched the wound on his back, and gasped in pain.Xie Yan's Bai Hong had already been taken away, and he felt that the reason why Chu Ci kept him alive was simply "Where did the keel on your body go?".

No one would believe the truth, because Xie Yan told him countless times with great sincerity that he had given it away, but the latter sneered, and then continued to pour fatal talisman water on him.

Probably the more you try to grasp something, the more you end up being unable to grasp anything. Love is like this, and so is family affection.Xie Yan is now alone, and her only wish is that Lanyue Shi is well.After leaving Lingshan that day, Lan Yueshi, like Xie Yan, endured the severe pain and cut off the golden core of cultivation in her body.What Lanyue said was right, he was the only one left in the Xie family, look at what he looks like now - from the head disciple of the vast sword fairy to the demon cultivator who everyone shouts and beats, Xie Yan vowed that one day he would let those people pay the price.

I don't know what's going on in Yueshi, Xie Yan thought quietly.

The moonlight outside the iron window tonight is very beautiful, as cold as water, as beautiful as someone.Xie Yan shook his somewhat heavy head, trying to shake that figure out of front of him at some point.However, after shaking it a few times, the figure in front of him did not dissipate but became clearer.

"Shh - don't let my elder brother find out." The person in front of him lightly covered Xie Yan's lips, blocking his full of doubts.The moonlight streamed down, reflecting a man's face somewhat similar to Chu Ci.

"Be patient, I will help you untie the fairy rope, it may hurt a little." Chu Ge was so nervous that his breathing became a little short, and he tried to move as lightly as possible, but it still made the person in front of him tremble uncontrollably. Let out a few suppressed whimpers.

As if 100 years had passed, Xie Yan bit his lower lip in pain.It took almost all his strength to hold back the yelling, and his weak body seemed not to be his own anymore.

Xie Yan supported Bai Hong, which Chu Ge stole back from nowhere, barely steadied himself, and with Chu Ge's support, walked out the door step by step. "Why did you let me go?"

"For—Sister Yue." There seemed to be a trace of embarrassment on Chu Ge's face, and then he leaned against the wall to observe the positions of the guards around him, and lowered his voice, "Let's go out and talk about it."

"Sister Yue?" Xie Yan coughed lightly, almost making a sound, and hurriedly covered his mouth, "Don't you..."

Chu Ge tightened his grip on Xie Yan's arm, and said solemnly: "When the matter of Xie's family is over, even though the parents are there--but I will definitely persuade them to marry Yuemei. I swear on my life."

With a cold face on his face, Xie Yan turned his face away: "To be honest, your father Lingtang looked down on Yue Shi in the early years, so I don't like you either. But if Yue Shi likes it, then I have nothing to say."

His parents died first, and his eldest brother was like a father. Xie Yan's words were equivalent to acquiescing to Chu Ge's marriage proposal.Chu Ge even said yes, his eyes lit up a little, and he nodded in surprise.

After being cautious for a long time, he finally got out of the dungeon. As soon as Chu Ge opened the door of the side courtyard, an anxious figure greeted him.

"Xie Yan, how are you?" Seeing that his face was ugly, Lanyue hurriedly probed Xie Yan's meridian with her hands, "It's not a serious injury."

As soon as he went out, Chu Ge breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother-in-law, sister-in-law, my elder brother is cautious, and I think he will find out that he is missing soon. To avoid trouble, you should leave quickly."

As soon as the voice fell, the surrounding torches were lit up, reflecting the originally dark alley as if it were daytime.

A familiar voice cut through the night, making the three of them feel struck by lightning: "Let's go? You really kept me waiting."

Seeing that Chu Ge was still standing there stupidly, Chu Ci, whose face turned black and white, shouted angrily, "Come here yet?!"

As if waking up from a dream, Chu Ge protected the two of them behind him, and pleaded with the arrows facing him all around, "Brother, let them go."

Chu Ci was angry: "Get out of the way! They are the prisoners handpicked by the Holy Majesty. Could it be that they have become witches, and your family doesn't want them anymore? I want to see if her life is so bad today—" After saying these words, he took them away in one go Pass the bow and arrow of a subordinate next to him, set the bow, aim, shoot the arrow, and flow freely.In the blink of an eye, a sharp arrow made a long howl, pierced the sky, and went straight towards Lanyue.

"Moon time!" Xie Yan didn't blink his eyes for a moment. He could clearly see the trajectory of the arrow, and even see the faint light on the arrow, but his body couldn't keep up with the speed. Fly over.

"Brother don't!"