It was dark in the room, because the wick was cut so short, and the man in the room sat silently in the dark shadows, and could not see his face, and therefore no expression.

Promise gently pushed the door open, shook off the rain, glanced inside the room, and then turned back to close the door, but he did not turn back at once, for the solemnity of the atmosphere was so vivid, he put his fingertips on the door frame and stood for a moment before turning back again.

There is not only one person in the house, there are all the shadow thorns who are directly obeying the orders of the owner of this Guiyun Village, these people have high martial arts, and they are very loyal to that person, and now there is not even a guard near this courtyard, but there are so many people standing in the house, Leng Qiuzhi's intentions are already very clear.

Xu Yu was very calm, he knew that after so many things, it was impossible for Leng Qiuzhi not to doubt himself, in fact, when he came back from Soochow this time, he had already felt Leng Qiuzhi's attitude towards him change. He knew that if he left at that time, he would be able to get out of the way, but in this way, the years of hard work would be in vain. To survive by Leng Qiuzhi's side, it is really more difficult to gain his trust than to ascend to the sky, he has endured humiliation for so many years, how can he fall short because of temporary concerns.

"Master. He walked up to the man as he had done and replied, and then stood there without saying a word.

Leng Qiuzhi's body moved, but he didn't stand up, he just put his hands lightly on the arms of the chair and leaned into a darker corner, and there was a roar of thunder outside the door, which was deafening, which also made this artificial silence even more terrifying.

"How many years have you been in Guiyunzhuang? ”

"Almost twelve years. ”

"How did the burns on your body come about. ”

"The oil mill at home caught fire, I was still young at the time, I was smoked, and when I was rescued, I was burned all over my body, and only my face was protected, so I ......"

This was asked back then, and at this time it was just a repetition of the same words back then, but the question and answer were all in a very different mood from that year.

"I remember, I sent someone to see that place at that time, it was so miserable, my father and mother were killed in that fire, and the only one left was you. ”

"Yes. If you say too much, you will lose, and promise to know that Leng Qiuzhi is just sorting out what he suspects now with himself, so how he answered before is still the same.

"I remember one thing. Leng Qiuzhi suddenly straightened up, and then stood up. There was a faint smile on his face, even a hint of kindness. He walked up to Xu Promise, patted him on the shoulder, then tightened it, and said in a loud voice: "A year before you came to Guiyunzhuang, a hairy boy broke into my Guiyunzhuang, saying that I Leng Qiuzhi hurt the person closest to him in this world, so he wants to kill me and protect that person." ”

The promise still kept his head bowed, and his voice remained unmoved.

Leng Qiuzhi smiled, let go of his hand, took a few steps forward, and continued: " At that time, there were hundreds of thousands of anti-Jin righteous people in the Great Jin Dynasty, Concubine Leng encountered an accident, the dragons had no leader, what a great time it was, if I returned to Yunzhuang to take the lead, I could soar and climb to the peak of power, but at that time, I killed a child, a child who was only six years old, and his eyes had not yet been able to distinguish the world, he dared to come to me and say that I wanted Leng Qiuzhi to support him to sit on the first position of the anti-Jin forces, and he wanted to lead these hundreds of thousands of people, fight against the Great Jin Dynasty, and seize the world. How can I tolerate such a child to fight with me, but if I do it, the people of the world will laugh at my incompetence in the cold autumn and bully a child, so how will I serve the public in the future. ”

Promise took a light breath and slowly closed his eyes.

So I said a condition in front of everyone, if he did it, I would follow his lead and never break my word. ”

Looking out the window, Leng Qiuzhi fell into the memory, he didn't have to think about every detail carefully, because after so many years, the beginning and end of that incident were still clearly imprinted in his mind.

"That night, like this night, there was no moon in the sky, and lightning and thunder roared. I grabbed the child's hand and pulled him all the way through the dark corridor to the gate of Changhaotian. Leng Qiuzhi said very slowly, maybe he wanted the person to hear more clearly, or perhaps, he wanted to make his thinking clearer.

Xu Yu didn't speak, he opened his eyes and looked back at Leng Qiuzhi, as if he was exploring what kind of story it was, and what the ending of the story would be. Leng Qiuzhi smiled when he saw this, stood in place with his hands behind his back for a long time, then walked back to the chair and sat down again.

"The boy was quiet, but I could clearly feel his fear. His tiny arms trembled in my palms, and he tried to keep his eyes open for a clear look, but I pushed him into the abyssally dark room with one hand. The thunder was terrifying, there was no light in the house, but there was lightning, I knew what he saw, and I knew how frightened he was, and I heard him turn around and bang on the door frame, and his childish cry made me feel ...... Very...... Cruel, but I have no sympathy, even though he has just lost his mother, even though he is only six years old, but so what, everyone who stands in my way is—deserved—dead!"

Hearing that, the promised hands involuntarily clenched, although they only let go in an instant, but the subtle changes had been captured by the cold autumn.

Leng Qiuzhi's eyes condensed with deep meaning, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then showed an imperceptible sneer. The room was very quiet, and although there were so many people standing, it was as if no one was there. Xu Yu raised his eyes and glanced at Leng Qiu, then bowed and said, "The master called me today, didn't he just want to tell me a story?" ”

"That child's name is Ji Wufang. ”

Xu Yu still maintained a bowed posture, but when he heard the words, his face was shocked, and he showed a look of surprise: "Leng Gongzi!"

"Huh. Leng Qiuzhi chuckled and put the teacup on the table: "Not many people knew about this back then, but I underestimated him, that night was turned upside down, when I opened the door the next day, he was still alive, he was standing in front of me covered in blood, his eyes were terrifyingly cold, and the whole person was like a demon who had just crawled out of hell." ”

"So the kid who broke into Guiyun Village is here for him?"

"Yes, he came for him. ”

"What happened to that child, the child who infiltrated the village and intended to assassinate him?" Leng Gongzi is still alive now, so anyone who listens to the story is naturally concerned about another child.

"He?" Leng Qiuzhi paused, then looked up and laughed: "I also want to know what happened to him, I had people catch him, put him in a firewood room, and then set fire to the place, but no body was found." A teenager who struggled powerlessly in the midst of a raging fire, and in the end, I didn't even find his body, and I couldn't figure it out for so many years. I wonder if he's still alive, and if so, where he'll be!"

The words were picked so clearly, if he still pretended, it seemed that it would be over, Xu Yu suddenly smiled, he raised his eyes to look at Leng Qiuzhi, then straightened his back, and asked word by word: "The master is suspicious, Xu Yu is the child back then, and he also suspects that I am in this Guiyunzhuang, in fact, I am waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, with bad intentions, isn't it." ”

Leng Qiuzhi let out a sneer from his nose, noncommittal.

The promise glanced around, and then came to his senses as if he had suddenly realized: "The master is going to clean the door today, and he wants to get rid of the promise soon?"

Leng Qiuzhi's eyebrows moved when he heard this, and he raised his eyes to look at him: "You have always been extremely cautious in doing things, but you have never done any of the things that have happened recently." Since Ji Wufang appeared in this Danyang City, you have become less and less like yourself, no, maybe he has awakened some of the things that are sleeping in the depths of your heart, and you have become different from before, no matter how much you hide it, you can't hide the outpouring of that emotion. If you didn't know him, how could you be so concerned about him, and you said that Zheng Chengkang didn't exchange that batch of grain and grass for Zheng Xiang's life at all, and that batch of grain and grass was swallowed by Feng Yuan and disappeared, sue you, promise, I don't believe a word of what you say!"

"So, how can you believe everything I say? ”

Leng Qiuzhi stared at him closely, and said softly through the yin owl: "What do you say?" ”

Promise smiled, he shook his head, nodded again, took a deep breath, and sighed: "Sure enough, there is no one in this world who is worthy of the master's trust, okay, if you want to prove it, I will prove it to you, let you see if my promise is a treacherous villain!"

The placket was grabbed by both hands and pulled hard, and the scarred and hideous body jumped into everyone's eyes, and he took off his shirt without the slightest pause, and then without hesitation, he took out the short sword he carried with him and stabbed it in the chest.

The fifteen-inch dagger sank into his chest in an instant, and he never blinked a promise to kill people, whether it was to others or to himself. Leng Qiuzhi couldn't react a little, and the shadow stabbing door on the side couldn't help but be moved, the body of the promise shook a few times, but he didn't fall, he raised his pale face, smiled at the person in front of him, and said: "Now, whether my promise shows my loyalty to the master, I have nothing else to ask for, I only hope that after my death, the master can transport my body back to my hometown and bury it next to my father's grave, and promise to say goodbye to the master here." ”

"Click-" sounded, and the body that finally couldn't hold it went limp, promised to close his eyes, and fell to his knees.

"Promise, promise—" The door was slammed open from the outside, Leng Scarlet Rou rushed into the house, looking at the blood that quickly stained Xu Promise's chest, she cried bitterly and trembled her hands to take him into her arms, and then cried at Leng Qiuzhi like crazy: "How many more people do you have to kill to be satisfied, you have to know where that child went back then, okay, I tell you, it's me, it was me and Fu Bo who passed behind the firewood room, and saw the charred child who was still desperately crawling out, it was we who pulled him out of the fire and hid him." But he couldn't hold on at all, and died that night, and Fauber quietly took his body out of the village and buried it in the wilderness. Dad, for the sake of fame and fortune, you have even lost your humanity, and now you don't even let go of the people around you, today is a promise, so tomorrow, will you even kill your daughter!"

Leng Qiuzhi was shocked by her words, he never thought that the mysterious disappearance was actually committed by his daughter, although he was violent, but after all, he felt sorry for his flesh and bones, seeing that the promise of a short sword pierced his chest, his daughter was angry at him, and suddenly lost a little distraction.

The promise was too resolute, and that sword went down didn't give him a chance to stop it at all, and now it's so difficult to clean up, it really makes him regret it.

"What are you still doing in a daze, don't carry people down, call Dr. Kang immediately, no, no, find all the doctors in Danyang, go quickly-"

Xu Promise opened his eyes weakly, and in the darkened sight, what stayed was the innocent and lovely smiling face in the peach forest, and the child who approached cautiously under guard and spoke in a childish voice: "My name is Flawless, what about you?"

"My name is Xu Zhengtang. ”