Lord of the Desert

Chapter 48 Aftermath
August [-]th, afternoon.

After rushing for two days, the team of Hong Fan and others finally crossed the desert and saw the outline of the city wall again.

Near the city, there are gradually pedestrians on the road.

Hong Fan looked from afar and saw that the city gate was bustling as usual.

There is no festival called Mid-Autumn Festival in Dahua, so today is no different from the rest of August.

But the bloody cavalry team changed all that.

To the ears of the people in the city, the commotion outside the city gate was extinguished almost suddenly.

Inside the doorway, the people waiting for the city defense department's random inspection looked forward curiously, but they were rushed aside by the stern-looking guards.

Then, they saw eighteen knights, weary and worn out, entering the city one by one, their armor still stained with fresh blood.

Silence was like ink that had fainted in the water, quickly covering the city gate that was still alive just now.

This is the elite of the three Jinhai families, and everyone in the city recognizes it.

But it had been a long time since anyone had seen them so embarrassed.

The team went up to Anning Avenue, starting from Hong Ming and dismounting.

At this moment, Hong Fan suddenly had a feeling in his heart.

On the altar, the branches and leaves of the dragon soul tree, which had always been stable, swayed, and they all turned in the same direction.

Following this inspiration, Hong Fan raised his head slightly, and saw two figures vaguely behind the window on the third floor on the street.

[Someone is watching. 】

As soon as he thought about it, he was about to probe again, but he saw a figure flashing, and immediately lost his sense.

From the beginning to the end, apart from him, even Hong Ming didn't notice it.

Soon, the team went to the next intersection.

After the 18 people were divided into three groups and simply handed over, they were disbanded and returned.

After returning home to save the horses, Hong Ming first arranged a doctor for the injured brother, and then took Hong Lie to report to the clan.

When Hong Fan returned to the small courtyard, Aunt Liu, who was sitting in the courtyard, was overjoyed, and immediately took her purse to buy food.

The night passed.

Hong Fan didn't get up until mid-sun, and he didn't go out of the yard after eating, but just sat quietly in the room.

He is waiting for the aftermath of things.

As a human being in two lifetimes, Hong Fan has always had a character of planning before acting.

Xingjun's identity is involved in a lot, and after being exposed, there will inevitably be an impact that cannot be fully calculated based on the knowledge of the files.

And Hong Fan wanted to re-evaluate his own position and value through the reactions of others.

Soon, the first feedback arrived.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Aunt Liu quickly ran back to the courtyard with a box in her hand. The first thing she did was to close the courtyard door.

"I beg the steward to force it on me, saying that it is the interest of the money borrowed by the young master last time."

She opened the box on the stone table, and inside were twenty five taels of silver ingots.

"I asked why the interest rate was so high, but he blamed me for talking too much..."

Aunt Liu said softly, still a little confused - she didn't know anything about her young master's mission experience and specific injuries.

"Seeking virtue and seeking virtue, you dare to give up and get it."

Hong Fan picked up a piece of silver and squeezed it, showing a half-smile.

"After being a butcher for so many years, it's no wonder this man is still standing."

Contrary to his expectations, among the hundreds of people in the Hong Mansion, the fastest responder was a domestic slave.

After collecting the money, Hong Fan went back to his room to pick up a pen and wrote a letter to Wen Zhongguan, saying that he was injured and unable to go out, and then he talked about Sha Shijie.

In this way, Jin Haiqi will not have unnecessary worries as a supervisor.

August [-] passed in peace.

On the next day, things in the desert finally fermented completely.

Not only the major families, but also the streets and alleys are busy with two things.

The first thing is that the cavalry of Hong Lichi's family suffered heavy losses in Haifei's hands, losing fifteen penetrating realms at a time.

This was a shock to the entire Jinhai City, and Hong Ming, the "King of Fire Beard" who was in charge of this operation, also lost his reputation.

The second thing is that the life star "Sand World" of Jingsha Xingjun stayed in Jinhai, and the chosen successor was a young child of the Hong family.

There is less information about this matter, and the impact is more far-reaching.

Starting from a small point, in just one morning, the small courtyard at the corner of the Hong Mansion received seven or eight waves of people from various houses - they all heard the news and wanted to make some friends for their younger generation.

This kind of nonsense, Hong Fan saved his wounds and avoided it completely.

It's just that Aunt Liu spent several hours chatting with some elders who had never been in contact with each other at the gate of the courtyard, and finally collected several baskets of vegetables, meat and eggs.

By the evening, she had heard an outline of what her young master had experienced from different mouths, and she was more worried than happy, tossing and turning until dawn.

Aunt Liu, who can't read a word, doesn't know the great power.

But as a person from Jinhai, she knows that every battle with the snake people in the past ten years has the name of that old Xingjun...

Across the wall, Hong Fan was also sleepless all night.

In his meridians, Yanliu Zhenqi circulates and generates itself at an unprecedented speed, and finally condenses into the Shaoyin Heart Meridian, opening up the four major acupoints "Tongli, Yinqie, Shenmen, and Shaofu" one after another.

At the beginning of Yinshi (three o'clock in the morning), Hong Fan opened up the last "Shaochong" point and thoroughly penetrated the third path.

But the dense cloud of air under the roots of the Dragon Soul Tree has not been exhausted.

When the sky was bright, the high-speed zhenqi finally slowed down and stopped at the sixth acupoint "Pianli" of the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand Yangming.

So far, the fourth orthodox scripture has also been broken by half.

In the early morning of August [-], smoke rose from cooking in the small courtyard.

The two who were exhausted due to different reasons had breakfast together, and then went back to their rooms to catch up on sleep.

This sleep lasted until the afternoon, until he was woken up by Qiu De who came to the door.

"Master Fan, the patriarch has an invitation."

The housekeeper bowed slightly and said.

This is something Hong Fan has been waiting for for a long time.

The so-called "one who does not seek the overall situation cannot seek a domain", he needs to use this to confirm some conjectures.

Through the corridor, Hong Fan came to Hong Jian's study.

As soon as he entered the room, he could smell the deep and fragrant medicinal fragrance, and the blood in his body reacted immediately.

[This must be a martial arts resource much higher than Xue Yinxiang. 】

Hong Fan turned around the entrance and saw three people sitting at the tea table.

The old man on the left has a gray beard and hair, sitting upright, holding a cup of tea like a ritual vessel.

The middle-aged man in the middle is dressed in a red robe, has a serious face, and his eyes are deep and deep like mountains.

The man on the right is of medium stature and relatively young, with swords and halberds hidden in his eyebrows and eyes, and his power is the most obvious.

Hong Fan recognized the three of them, they were Hong Li, Hong Jian, and Hong Wu, and they were the three with the highest strength and status in the mansion.

"Meet the patriarch, uncle, and uncle."

Hong Fan cupped his hands in salute, and sat down on the opposite side of the tea table following Hong Li's gesture.

This was the first time he met Hong Jian in private.

In the inherited memory, my mother died of illness early, and the eldest lady kept making troubles, but my father never visited me.

How could Hong Fan, who was replaced, not complain about this?
It's just that things are different, and the traverser turned all of this into indifference.

In the quiet room, the aroma of tea and medicine is entangled and mixed.

It was Hong Li who spoke first.

"I asked Hong Ming and Hong Lie about the situation this time."

He picked up the teapot with two fingers, and poured tea for Hong Fan.

"If it weren't for your bold plan, I'm afraid few people would come back alive."

"This is a great achievement!"

Hong Li said, looking at his disciples with emotion.

"I called you here today, one is to reward, and the other is to confirm something important."

As he spoke, his face became serious.

"Hong Ming said that you inherited the Fate Star..."

"This matter is no small matter!"

(End of this chapter)