Dugu Ning Ke's voice was not high when she shouted "save him" just now. At least after being used to the loud voices of Xunqi, Gongsun Bufan and Gongsun Lanzhi, Yang Fan felt that the girl's voice was crisp and soft, just like an oriole singing on a willow branch.
But it seemed that Miss Ning Ke seldom used such a "small" cry, so she began to cough non-stop after the cry.
When Yang Fan looked at her, her fair and clean face, which was like a freshly peeled egg, was flushed due to choking and coughing. Her palm-sized face was so thin that it was delicate. With her small hand covering her mouth, only the two flushes on her cheeks and her pair of clever eyes could be seen.
The girl glanced at him, her eyes as deep as the blue sky in autumn, and then she gently lowered her eyes, cutting off her bright eyes. When she lowered her eyes, the tips of her eyebrows slightly curved. Her eyebrows were very thin, forming a faint and elegant arc.
The boatwoman holding the pole walked past Yang Fan. The boat was very small and narrow. Yang Fan not only knew how to swim, but also knew how to steer a boat. So as soon as he landed on the boat, he stood in the most stable position.
The boatwoman was obviously also a master of steering a boat. Judging from Yang Fan's standing posture, she knew that he was good at swimming. For a person who was good at swimming, the best way to escape was to jump into the water. Although it was not safe under the water, it was obviously much safer than on the shore. But he refused to try to jump into the water, which was a bit strange.
So when the boatwoman walked past him, she glanced at him with a strange look.
The boatwoman walked over and gently helped Miss Ning Ke up. Her face was slender, and her figure was even more slender. He didn't feel it when she was sitting, but when she stood up, Yang Fan only felt that her waist was so thin that he could hold it in one hand. Her white dress fluttered in the river wind, as if she was about to fly away with the wind.
Dugu Yu rushed to the edge of the bridge. Seeing that the girl stood up and was not accidentally hurt, he was greatly relieved and said, "Ning Ke, you scared me to death. Why didn't you stay there? Why did you jump out?"
Ning Ke said, "Eldest Brother's way of doing things is inappropriate!"
A look of shame appeared on Dugu Yu's face as he lowered his head and said, "Yes! Elder Brother is incompetent, and he has ruined the Dugu Family's reputation! "
Ning Ke shook her head gently. Yang Fan looked at her from behind. He could only see her shaking her slender neck elegantly, slowly and firmly. "Reputation is not important!"
Ning Ke held the barge's pole in the water like a lonely girl holding a bamboo pole, "Reason is the most important! Brother Yang … is a guest invited by Elder Brother. There's no such thing as treating a guest in this world! "
Her voice was a little hoarse. It seemed that she rarely spoke, so when she opened her mouth occasionally, her pronunciation was a little jerky. Therefore, her words were always as simple as possible, but her soft voice revealed a sense of firmness, which did not weaken because of her weak voice.
Dugu Yu hesitated and said, "I … I don't want to, but I can't do anything …"
Ning Ke said, "It's your responsibility. Even if you can't bear it, you have to bear it!"
Big families paid special attention to rules and seniority. Ning Ke was the younger sister, but every word she said was lecturing her elder brother. Dugu Yu didn't know whether it was out of love or respect for her, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his sister's tone. He smiled bitterly and said, "Little sister, I'm worried about the Lu Family … I'm related to the whole Dugu Family, how can I rashly make a strong enemy?"
Ning Ke chuckled and raised her eyebrows. She asked, "What is a family? The aunt who steers the boat, the manservant behind you, the bodyguard in front of Young Master Lu, everyone has an ancestor. Why don't they have a family? If only wealth is passed down, is it still a family? "
This sentence was a little long, and then she coughed slightly as if she was a little tired.
"Ha ha ha ha, well said!"
Lu Binzhi closed his fan and walked over to look her up and down. His eyes showed a little surprise when he saw Ning Ke's elegant and refined appearance. Then, he regained his composure and said with a smile, "It's a pity that you're not a man. Otherwise, the Dugu Family would have called you the head of the family!"
Lu Binzhi patted his palm with his fan and said leisurely, "However, I don't dare to agree with you! Reputation is indeed not important, and neither is reason. Only one thing is important, and that is strength! Let's not talk about the distant Emperor. His wife usurped his husband's power, and his mother seized the throne. For the sake of the throne, he killed his son, his daughter, his in-laws, and his mother's family. What reason is there to talk about? "
Lu Binzhi had already made up his mind to kill Yang Fan today. At the same time, he didn't worry that the Dugu Family would be stupid enough to spread these words. So, he said it without any scruples.
Ning Ke said, "Justice is in the hearts of the people!"
Lu Binzhi said disdainfully, "The hearts of the people? What's the use of the hearts of the people? Luo Binwen scolded her to his heart's content in a paper, but she is still a high and mighty Empress! Those who were killed by her, some lost their husbands, and some lost their sons, but didn't they still have to crawl at her feet and flatter her?
Maybe thousands of years later, the later generations will praise her as a rare Empress in the world, just because she is an unprecedented Empress! If you can do what you can't, then you are a peerless hero. Who cares if what you do is benevolent, righteous, and reasonable? Without strength, you are full of reasons, and no one will help you. But with strength, you can decide everything! Haha … "
Lu Binzhi said without any scruples, and laughed even more unscrupulously.
Ning Ke gently shook her head and said, "I am not talking about your heart or his heart, but my heart, my own heart. Brother Yang is a guest of the Dugu Family, and the Dugu Family has the responsibility to protect his safety. If Young Master Lu wants to kill him, then you have to kill all the people of the Dugu Family first! "
Her voice had never been fast, nor was it loud, but it had always been very powerful. Her body was as weak as a dodder, but the spirit in her words was as vigorous as a pine tree on a towering rock.
Lu Binzhi's eyes shrank, and he said in a cold voice, "Are you threatening me? Even if I kill you, do you think that I killed the people of the Dugu Family? Without solid evidence, do you think that the Dugu Family is willing to go to war with my Lu Family at all costs? What's the point of dying with him? "
Ning Ke quietly said, "Nothing else, I just want peace of mind!"
Lu Binzhi's face began to change, and his eyes drifted like the clouds in the sky. Yang Fan stared at his palm, which was gradually tightening its grip on the fan, and the drifting light in his eyes gradually became fierce.
Yang Fan immediately understood that Lu Binzhi had made a decision, and from his expression and reaction, the intervention of the Dugu Family didn't make him stop, but instead forced him to stake everything on one throw.
Yang Fan secretly took a breath, and quietly moved an inch forward with the tip of his foot. His original plan had to be changed. The person was coming for him, and he couldn't let this innocent and weak woman get hurt. At this moment, Yang Fan suddenly saw two people, and his body that was about to explode suddenly stopped.
Lu Binzhi said that his people had controlled the surroundings, and no one could break in and see what they shouldn't see. Yang Fan believed this sentence. Since Lu Binzhi had arranged killers to kill him, it was inevitable.
Lu Binzhi was very rampant now, and dared to kill an official in broad daylight, but his biggest advantage was that no one would know that he did it, and no one would even know why Yang Fan died.
If this matter was exposed, he couldn't bear it, and neither could any aristocratic family. When the tiger was not here, he could bare his fangs and brandish his claws, as if he was the tiger, and he was more like a tiger than a tiger. But once the real tiger showed its power, he couldn't bear a fierce tiger's claw.
Therefore, no one could come in, no matter what the Lu Family did, they couldn't let anyone in. But now, two people were walking over.
Yang Fan was the first to see it, because what he was truly afraid of was not the four sumo wrestlers, nor the four bodyguards by Young Master Lu's side. What he truly cared about were the eight people with the crossbows, so no matter what he was listening to or looking at, he never relaxed his vigilance against those eight people.
The two people who suddenly appeared had walked out from the forest behind the eight people. There was a winding path in the forest. Two people walked slowly step by step from the path, one holding the other, walking even slower than Miss Ning Ke's talking.
The person being supported was a white-haired old man, wearing a black gauze crown that was not commonly seen. He was wearing a loose robe with big sleeves, and it was unknown how many times the sleeves had been folded. It was estimated that it was enough to make another set of clothes. He was wearing a black Buddhist robe as thin as a cicada's wing, and a pair of wooden clogs with high teeth on his feet.
The old man was no longer young, but his spirit was still very hale and hearty. It seemed that his body was quite sturdy, his slender neck was held high, and his back was also ramrod straight. The high-toothed wooden clogs were not very easy to move, and had to be stepped by step, so when he walked, he looked like a white-headed long-legged crane. It was no wonder that he could not walk fast.
The person supporting him was over middle-aged, ordinary looking, and wearing a blue robe. He held the old man with his hands, and his face was full of smiles. But no one paid attention to him, because no one was used to looking at a servant. People would only look at his master, except for Yang Fan.
Yang Fan glanced at him, and felt that he was a little familiar. After a closer look, he immediately remembered that this person was Lin Zixiong, the Lin Zixiong that he had met in the Miao family's village in the Barbarian Province.
When Yang Fan saw them, Miss Ning Ke also saw them. Ning Ke was surprised at first, and then overjoyed. Dugu Yu and Lu Binzhi saw the change of her expression, and they immediately turned their heads to look. Then they were stunned, and then Dugu Yu was overjoyed, and Lu Binzhi's face changed.
The white-headed crane-like old man continued to walk forward. The eight green-robed men with crossbows also noticed the commotion and turned around. Lu Binzhi, whose face had changed color, suddenly shouted, "All of you, stop! Move to the side!"
The eight crossbowmen suddenly separated to the left and right. The white-haired old man's pace was neither fast nor slow, and he still walked with very elegant Immortal Crane Steps, swaying step by step. The four sumo masters also subconsciously retreated to the left and right, and stood next to the bridge railing, making way for him. The old man walked to Dugu Yu's side and stopped.
His face was clear, and his skin was covered with fine wrinkles, but he obviously took good care of himself, and his skin was still white and lustrous. The old man's eyes swept over Dugu Yu and Lu Binzhi's faces, and the two immediately bowed deeply, and called: "Great-grandfather!"
The old man's eyes didn't linger on them, but directly fell on Dugu Ning Ke. As soon as he saw Dugu Ning Ke, the old man's wrinkled face suddenly smiled like a blooming autumn chrysanthemum, and immediately showed her a treasure excitedly: "Ning Ke girl, this old man just found a good treasure two days ago, haha, guess what it is!"
The old man's eyes were probably blurred, and he didn't see the dense killing intent here, and only cared about showing off his good treasure to his fellow collectors …
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