Chapter 2

Jiangzhou, one of the nineteen states under heaven, borders the East Sea and is rich in lakes within its territory.

In the territory of Jiangzhou, the city of Guangling.

On Jinglou Street in the western part of Guangling City, the street was bustling with people, lively and bustling.

"Six years," a young man in simple clothes said, a sword hanging at his waist, leading a horse along the street, "Finally back, after being away for so long, I still think my hometown is the best."

Clomp! Clomp! Clomp!

The sound of hooves was urgent, and a young man in fine clothes was riding a tall horse, galloping down the bustling street. For a moment, the people on the street hurriedly moved out of the way. Behind the young man on the horse, servants and guards were chasing on horseback, shouting, "Young Master, slow down, slow down."

The young man in simple clothes saw this scene and led his horse to the side to avoid it, watching the young man in fine clothes ride past.

"Whose kid is that? Right, I've been away from home for six years. Six years ago, this kid was probably only seven or eight years old," the young man in simple clothes smiled and continued on his way.

Looking at the familiar hometown, even some familiar vendors.

"Six years, when I left home, I was only fifteen. Compared to back then, I've changed a lot," the young man in simple clothes sighed.

At fifteen, he was full of vigor and sharpness!

He was hailed as the best of the young generation in Guangling.

However, after traveling the world for six years, he realized how naive he had been back then.

...

Walking along, he saw familiar shops and taverns, familiar rivers and stone bridges.

Finally, leading his horse, he arrived at the gate of a mansion.

Closer to home, the more anxious he felt. The young man in simple clothes led his horse, took a deep breath, and then knocked on the gate, knock, knock, knock.

Creak.

The gate opened a crack, and an old man poked his head out, his eyes widening, "Second Young Master!" The young man in simple clothes looked ordinary, but the old man had watched Second Young Master 'Qin Yun' grow up and recognized him at a glance.

"Uncle Li," Qin Yun said with a smile.

"Second Young Master is back, Second Young Master is back!" The old man shouted excitedly, his voice echoing throughout the mansion, and he quickly pulled open the main gate.

"Let me, let me, I'll lead the horse," the old man took the reins.

"Yun, Yun." The mansion was filled with noise, and a middle-aged woman in fine clothes rushed out, followed by several maids. Seeing Qin Yun at the gate, the middle-aged woman couldn't hold back her tears.

"Mother."

Qin Yun's eyes also welled up, and he ran over.

The middle-aged woman carefully examined her son, touching his arms and face, "Good, good, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Yes, you've grown taller."

"Second Young Master, your mother has shed so many tears for you, praying for you every day before the Buddha," the female steward said.

"It's my fault for being unfilial, only now returning," Qin Yun looked at his mother, noticing the additional white hair and wrinkles on her face, his heart aching. Unconsciously, his mother was nearly fifty years old.

"Let's not talk about it, it's good that you're back," the mother's eyes were filled with tears, but they were tears of joy, and she instructed, "Quickly, go inform the Master and the First Young Master."

"Yes."

The female steward immediately went to arrange it.

...

The entire Qin mansion was filled with joy, and soon the master of the mansion, 'Qin Lietao,' returned.

"Master."

"Master." The servants and maids in the mansion all bowed respectfully, but their brows were filled with joy. The return of the Second Young Master made everyone happy.

The one-armed man nodded slightly, his eyes sharp, a single saber hanging at his waist, his无形的威压让那些仆人和丫鬟们恭敬不已，他便是这秦府的主人‘秦烈虎’，也是广凌郡城的三大银章捕头之一。

“爹。”秦云和母亲常兰出来迎接。

“云儿。”独臂男子‘秦烈虎’看到自己的儿子，也不由眼睛一热，有些湿润。

儿行千里母担忧，父亲虽然嘴上不说，但心中同样时刻牵挂担心。虽然知道为了儿子的前程，就该放儿子出去闯荡，但还是牵肠挂肚。

他怕，怕儿子一去不回。

因为这天下广阔，深山大泽更多有妖怪潜藏，在外闯荡也充满艰险。

“回来就好，回来就好。”秦烈虎看着自己的儿子，和当初锋芒毕露相比，如今儿子明显成熟了，气息也收敛。

“突破了？”秦烈虎问一句，他很清楚自己儿子修炼的是传说中的修仙法门，要修行有成是何等之难。

“两年半前突破的。”秦云微笑说道。

秦烈虎眼睛一亮，这一突破当真是鱼跃龙门。

“好好好，我秦烈虎有一个了不得的儿子。”秦烈虎激动万分，此事牵扯甚大，他甚至都没敢和妻子常兰说。

“你们父子俩就不能进屋坐下说？”母亲常兰则道。

“先进去，先进去坐。”秦烈虎也连道。

……

陪父亲母亲聊了片刻，便听到外面传来声音。

“二弟，二弟，二弟！”老远便传来喊声，声音中满是喜悦。

“哥。”秦云也起身，“爹娘，我去迎迎。”

“去吧去吧，你和你哥也六年没见了。”母亲常兰笑道。

秦云则连起身走出厅外迎去，很快看到远处走来的一大家人，一位锦袍青年带着一位美娇妻，带着一男一女两个孩童。

“二弟。”锦袍青年看到秦云，不由激动连跑过来，一把就抱住。

“哥。”秦云也抱着兄长。

他和大哥感情极好，秦家还在微末之时，他俩小时候都是在村里长大，更经过大磨难，自己当时年龄还小些，大哥当初却已经是少年，处处照顾着自己。

“你这小子，你一去就是六年！走之前你不说了，就三年么？突然来信，说还要在外三年？”锦袍青年忍不住道，“三年又三年，你真是，让一家人都为你担心。”

“都是我的错。”秦云连道，“见过嫂子！哥，这两个小家伙就是你信里说的‘舒彦’和‘舒冰’吧？乖侄儿，乖侄女，长的真俊。”说着还捏了捏两个孩童的小脸，惹得这两个小孩吓得抱住父母的大腿。

“你们俩还不赶紧拜见叔父，别怕，怕什么，这是你们叔父，快叫。”锦袍青年连道。

“叔父。”

两孩子都约莫三四岁，还有些懵懵懂懂。

“好好，我这有两块护身符，可贴身携带，都收好。”早有准备的秦云从怀中拿出两锦囊，从中取出两块玉符，玉符通体暖白，上还有复杂符纹雕刻，看了就情不自禁觉得心静舒服。

锦袍青年‘秦安’眼光也不一般，一看就猜出这两块玉符不一般：“二弟，太贵重了。”

“贴身带着，对小孩好。”秦云说道。

……

当天中午，秦家一大家人聚在一起吃着午饭，午饭很丰盛，丫鬟们也很开心的端着一盘盘菜送上来，秦府对下人们还是很仁慈宽厚的。

秦云很开心和父母、哥哥一家人在一起，这种幸福团圆感是他很享受的。

“大人，大人。”

午饭过后，有一位捕头来到厅外高声喊道。

厅内的众人一听。

“今日云儿回来，就不能歇息一日？”夫人常兰有些不满道。

“夫人，我且先去问问。”秦烈虎则连道，立即起身朝外走去。

外面的捕头壮汉身高八尺，虎背熊腰，手持着一根粗壮大铁棍，目测也有上百斤重，怕是挥舞起来轻易都能轰碎一堵墙，他此刻却是乖乖在外面候着。

“老徐，什么事？”秦烈虎走到近前，才压低声音问道。今日他早就吩咐了，没大事就别来打扰他了，毕竟离家六年的儿子刚回来。

“大人，我也不想来打扰大人，可郡守大人亲自吩咐，让你务必过去，有重要之事，恐怕这一两天都没法回家。”徐捕头连道。

“郡守大人？一两天？”秦烈虎眉头一皱。

郡守，整个广凌郡军政大权于一身，因为有妖魔祸乱一方，郡守大人紧急情况下更有七品以下先斩后奏之权。在广凌郡也没谁敢挑衅郡守大人之权威。

秦烈虎连回了厅内。

“郡守大人有事吩咐我过去，怕这一两天都要在外了。”秦烈虎披上外衣，将一旁的单刀挂在腰间。

“小心点。”夫人常兰连嘱托道。

“我去送送爹。”秦云则连起身。

“送什么送，你回去好好陪你娘他们。”秦烈虎和自己儿子一边朝外走，一边说道。

“二公子，六年没见了，怪想二公子的。”一旁的徐捕头则笑呵呵道。

“徐叔，你这风火棍都大了一圈，看来实力大进啊。”秦云说道。

“不值一提，不值一提。”徐捕头连道。

在十五岁时就成为广凌郡城年青一代第一人的秦云面前，徐捕头自然谦逊。

“爹，一两天不能回来，有什么大事吗？需要我帮忙吗？”秦云询问道。

秦烈虎瞥了眼自己儿子，笑道：“放心吧，在广凌郡城内，官府才是最强的！”

“嗯。”秦云点头。

送父亲到府门口。

门外早有准备好了马，父亲和徐捕头分别骑马飞奔而去。

秦云看着父亲离去，却调动体内的真元开始施展法术。

“法眼，开！”

秦云的双眸瞳孔深处，却有法纹凝结。表面看不出任何变化，但在秦云的双眸中，天地却变了！

原本还是下午时分，太阳高悬，可此刻在秦云的双眸观看下，天空则弥漫着无尽的青色气息，远处骏马上的父亲‘秦烈虎’身上有着少许诡异的气息缠绕，有淡粉色气息、深绿色气息、血红色气息……足足六种气息，但每一种都很微弱，怕随着时间都会最终消散。

“父亲身为三大银章捕头之一，偶尔接触到妖怪，沾染上些许妖气也很正常。”秦云心中也轻松，这些妖气都只是沾染体表，未曾渗透身体内部，并无任何隐患。

秦云转头朝府内走去。

他法眼维持着，观看下，人类散发着人的气息，花草树木也有各自气息，万物生灵皆有各自气息，气息强弱不一，在法眼下一切无所遁形。

当然在自家府内论生命气息，不算自己，父亲当为第一！这些丫鬟仆人的生命气息就相对弱多了。

“云儿，来来来，别管你爹了，你爹经常要办差。”厅内母亲常兰催促道。

秦云朝厅内看去。

法眼观看下，厅内个个气息显现。

母亲、嫂子包括侄儿侄女的气息都很正常，只是自己大哥的气息……

“嗯？”秦云心中一惊。

只见一身锦袍的大哥‘秦安’气息却比较虚弱，并且还有一股浓郁的邪恶的绿色气息渗透进秦安体内，并且和秦安的生命气息完全交缠在一起。

“妖气！好浓的妖气，已经深入肌理脏腑。和我哥的纠缠绝非一次两次，我哥的生命气息都很虚弱，再这么下去就掩饰不住，会直接病重身死了！”秦云心都在颤抖，满腔怒意和杀机，“到底是谁，对我哥下如此毒手？”

秦云心中又惊又怒，又后怕！

因为若是自己晚回来半年，恐怕就再也见不到大哥了。

——

终于，新书再度起航。

番茄很感动，之前预热时就有熟悉的老k（karlking）、凌羽、轻唱你的温柔、江南v神话、r小月月、困盹、最后的泰坦、谪仙子、无良酱油、雨细喃喃、守护天使等一个个盟主打赏，还有很多红盟熟悉的老人，都是陪伴我很久的老读者，请恕无法一一记录，一切番茄都会记在心底，能做的就是写出精彩好看的小说。

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The one-armed man nodded slightly, his eyes sharp, a single saber hanging at his waist, his无形的威压让那些仆人和丫鬟们恭敬不已，he was the master of the Qin mansion, 'Qin Lietao,' and one of the three silver-badge constables in Guangling City.

"Father," Qin Yun and his mother Chang Lan came out to greet him.

"Yun," the one-armed man 'Qin Lietao' saw his son and his eyes also welled up, a bit moist.

A son traveling far away always worries his mother, and although the father didn't say it, he was also constantly worried. Although he knew that for his son's future, he should let him go out and explore, he still felt anxious.

He was afraid, afraid that his son would never return.

Because the world is vast, with deep mountains and large lakes where monsters often hide, and the journey outside is full of dangers.

"Good to be back, good to be back," Qin Lietao looked at his son, who was now clearly more mature and had a more restrained aura compared to his former sharpness.

"Have you broken through?" Qin Lietao asked, knowing very well that his son was practicing the legendary immortal cultivation method, which is extremely difficult to achieve.

"Two and a half years ago," Qin Yun said with a smile.

Qin Lietao's eyes lit up, this breakthrough was truly a leap from fish to dragon.

"Good, good, good, I, Qin Lietao, have a remarkable son," Qin Lietao was extremely excited, and this matter was so significant that he hadn't even dared to tell his wife Chang Lan.

"Can't you two go inside and sit down to talk?" Mother Chang Lan said.

"Let's go inside, let's go inside and sit down," Qin Lietao also said.

...

After chatting with his parents for a while, he heard a voice from outside.

"Master, Master."

After lunch, a constable came to the hall and shouted loudly.

Everyone in the hall heard it.

"Yun just came back today, can't he rest for a day?" Lady Chang Lan said, somewhat dissatisfied.

"Madam, I'll go and ask first," Qin Lietao said and immediately walked out.

Outside, the constable was a tall and muscular man, with a broad back and a thick iron staff, which looked to weigh over a hundred pounds. He could easily smash a wall with it, but he was obediently waiting outside.

"Old Xu, what's the matter?" Qin Lietao walked up and asked in a low voice. He had already instructed earlier that no one should disturb him unless it was something important, as his son who had been away for six years had just returned.

"Master, I didn't want to disturb you, but the Prefect personally ordered you to go, as there is an important matter. You probably won't be able to return home for a day or two," Xu the constable said.

"The Prefect? A day or two?" Qin Lietao frowned.

The Prefect, who held both military and political power in the entire Guangling Prefecture, had the authority to execute officials of the seventh rank and below in emergencies. No one in Guangling dared to challenge the Prefect's authority.

Qin Lietao returned to the hall.

"The Prefect has something important and I might be away for a day or two," Qin Lietao put on his outer robe and hung the single saber at his waist.

"Be careful," Lady Chang Lan said.

"I'll see Father off," Qin Yun also stood up.

"What are you seeing off? Go back and stay with your mother and the others," Qin Lietao said as they walked out together.

"Second Young Master, it's been six years, I really missed you," Xu the constable said with a smile.

"Uncle Xu, your Fire and Wind Staff has grown even bigger, it seems your strength has greatly improved," Qin Yun said.

"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning," Xu the constable said.

In front of Qin Yun, who became the best of the young generation in Guangling City at fifteen, Xu the constable was naturally humble.

"Father, if you can't come back in a day or two, is there something important? Do you need my help?" Qin Yun asked.

Qin Lietao glanced at his son and smiled, "Don't worry, in Guangling City, the government is the strongest!"

"Okay," Qin Yun nodded.

He saw his father off to the gate of the mansion.

Outside, horses were already prepared, and his father and Xu the constable rode off.

Qin Yun watched his father leave and then activated the true essence in his body to cast a spell.

"Divine Eye, open!"

In the depths of Qin Yun's pupils, magical patterns condensed. On the surface, there was no visible change, but in Qin Yun's eyes, the world had changed!

It was still afternoon, with the sun high in the sky, but in Qin Yun's eyes, the sky was filled with endless green aura. On the distant horse, his father 'Qin Lietao' had a few strange auras around him, including a light pink aura, a dark green aura, and a blood red aura... a total of six auras, but each was very weak and would likely dissipate over time.

"Father, as one of the three silver-badge constables, occasionally coming into contact with monsters and being tainted by a bit of monster aura is normal," Qin Yun felt relieved, as these auras were only on the surface and had not penetrated his body, posing no hidden danger.

Qin Yun turned and walked back into the mansion.

With his Divine Eye active, he could see that humans emitted human aura, plants and trees had their own auras, and all living things had their own auras, varying in strength. Under the Divine Eye, nothing could hide.

Of course, in his own mansion, excluding himself, his father had the strongest life aura! The life auras of the maids and servants were much weaker.

"Yun, come, come, don't worry about your father, he often has to go on official business," Mother Chang Lan urged from the hall.

Qin Yun looked into the hall.

With the Divine Eye, he could see the auras of everyone in the hall.

His mother, his sister-in-law, and his nephews and nieces all had normal auras, but his older brother's aura...

"Hmm?" Qin Yun was startled.

He saw that his older brother 'Qin An,' dressed in a brocade robe, had a weak aura, and a strong, evil green aura had penetrated his body, intertwining completely with his life aura.

"Monster aura! Such a strong monster aura, it has deeply penetrated his muscles and organs. It has entangled with my brother more than once or twice, and my brother's life aura is very weak. If this continues, it will be impossible to hide, and he will fall seriously ill and die!" Qin Yun's heart trembled with anger and a desire to kill, "Who, who did this to my brother?"

Qin Yun was both shocked and angry, and also deeply afraid!

Because if he had returned half a year later, he might never have seen his brother again.

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Finally, the new book is starting again.

I am very moved. During the pre-release, familiar readers like oldk (karlking), Ling Yu, Qingshang Nide Wenrou, Jiangnan v Shenhua, R Xiaoyueyue, Kundun, The Last Titan, Zhexianzi, Wuliang Jiangyou, Yuxi Nanan, and Shouhu Tianxi all gave generous rewards, and there were many familiar Red Alliance members who have been with me for a long time. I apologize for not being able to list them all, but I will remember everything in my heart. What I can do is to write a wonderful and engaging novel.

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