Qin Xinru died.

The corpse lay on the horse's back and was sent back to Baiyun City by the horse who knew the way.

The fatal wound was a sword piercing the heart from the back of the heart.

It was neat and tidy, and at first glance, it was clear that the murderer was a good sword.

Su Mou died.

The body was washed out of the ravine by the torrential rain and dragged out of the river by a fisherman who cast a net to catch fish.

The fatal wound is a slashed throat with a sword.

The wound was also clean and neat, and the murderer was probably also a good sword-wielder.

The assailant seemed to hold a grudge against him and pierced him in the eyes with a sharp weapon.

There was a lot of discussion on the streets and alleys, and they all suspected that the Bai family did it.

Because Bai Wuru died in the hands of Qin Xinru, and Bai Wuwu died in the hands of Su Mou, the possibility of the Bai family committing murder and revenge is extremely high.

But the head of the Bai family swore to the sky with the honor of the family, saying that the deaths of Su Mou and Qin Xinru had nothing to do with the Bai family.

Someone tried to find the murderer, but the rain covered all traces and there was no way to find it.

Shun Bo suspected that Zhang Xiaopaw and his gang did it, and he knew that Zhou Jianlai, who had a broken arm, was a master of swords, but Zhang Butcher denied his suspicions after arriving at the Zhennan Palace.

Zhang Butcher's guarantee is 10,000 trustworthy to him.

After checking and checking, there was no clue, and in the end it had to become two unsolved cases.

After Su Hanju learned the sad news that his two sons were all killed, he was overwhelmed with grief and fell ill in bed.

Butcher Zhang personally went to Taihu City, slept with Su Hanju, and tried his best to enlighten and persuade him, but it didn't have much effect.

Later, Su Hanju sent someone to discuss with the Qin family, and invited Dao Ye to make a French ceremony for Su Mou and Qin Xinru, so that the two got married, and it can be regarded as a satisfactory explanation of the marriage contract between the two.

If they knew that Qin Xinru died under Su Mou's sword, I don't know how they would feel?

As for Su Yang's death, the Zhennan Royal Mansion has not said anything to the outside world, and the major families in Baiyun City do not dare to mention this topic easily, and it has gradually become a tacit taboo topic.

They only knew that since that day, Su Yang had never appeared in Baiyun City again, and the red-armored cavalry had disappeared, as if the world had evaporated.

It wasn't until many years later that the Zhennan Wangfu announced Su Yang's death, saying that he had gone mad in cultivation and died violently.

These are all later words, so I won't mention them for the time being.

......

It is said that after Butcher Zhang learned of Su Mou's death, he hurriedly said goodbye to Zhang Xiaoshu and the others on the street, and went to Zhennan Wangfu alone.

Zhang Xiaopaw was worried about Qi Rong'er's safety, so he led everyone to Qi's house.

As he wished, he saw Qi Rong'er, who was safe and sound, and the great monk Su De at the Qi family.

After some conversation, I learned that Qi Rong'er wanted to go to the imperial capital with the great monk Su De, and she would set off tomorrow.

In this regard, Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa, the two sworn brothers, can only give good wishes.

Niu Dawa called Monk Su De to the Qi family martial arts training ground, and learned martial arts, but in fact, he beat Monk Su De in front of everyone, which was tantamount to warning Monk Su De not to disappoint Qi Rong'er in disguise.

Zhang Xiaoshu took the opportunity to talk to Qi Rong'er alone, and the two opened their hearts and talked about almost everything.

Zhang Xiaopaw was worried about Qi Rong'er's future path.

Now he is no longer as naïve as he was when he first came out of Liujia Village, he has seen the high and low and the noble and the lowly in the outside world, and understands the difference between the grandparents and the concubines of large families.

I also know that marriage and marriage need to be the right person.

The higher the court, the more so.

Su Degui is the prince, and Qi Rong'er is just a concubine of the Qi family.

According to the rules of the right household, Qi Rong'er is afraid that she is not qualified to be a concubine for Su De.

Zhang Xiaopaw bluntly expressed her worries to Qi Rong'er, but Qi Rong'er didn't hide it, and bluntly said that she knew the situation she was going to face better than Zhang Xiaopaw, but she just wanted to fight for a future for herself, and finally hit her head and broke the blood flow.

Zhang Xiaopaw knows that Qi Rong'er is an unwilling ordinary woman, she has a thirst for power and status in her bones, which is created by her living environment since she was a child, and it has been deeply seared into her soul and deep-rooted, and she is afraid that she will not be able to change it in this life.

"If you are bullied, come to me and Dawa, whether he is a prince or a nobleman or a relative of the emperor, the two of us are just positive, and we can also give him a sack to put on his head, and beat you to get angry. Zhang Xiaopaw said.

"Giggles, I believe this. Qi Rong'er covered her mouth and smiled.

"If you are tired and tired, come to us, we always have a safe haven for you. Zhang Xiaopaw said again.

"Hmm," Qi Rong'er pursed her lips and nodded vigorously.

gave Qi Rong'er a drop of holy blood, a ambergris fruit, and left two hundred Yuan Shi Jin Dan, Zhang Xiaozu left the Qi family with everyone.

He didn't bless Qi Rong'er with a higher effect jade piece, because he didn't want to expose the jade piece with more than three times the effect for the time being, and Qi Rong'er and Su De were too close, Su De was a royal prince, so he had to worry about it.

After leaving the Qi family, after a brief discussion, several people decided to separate temporarily.

Yuan Taiping followed Zhou Jian back and forth to Zhou's house.

Yuan Taiping's original plan was to meet Qin Rulan on the isolated island, but the plan fell through, so he could only go to Qin's house again and find a way to meet Qin Rulan.

However, at the moment, the Qin family should be anxious about Qin Xinru's death, and it is obviously not a good time to see Qin Rulan, so they decided to wait for the Qin family to finish the affairs for Qin Xinru before visiting.

Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa wanted to go back to Liujia Village to worship, and Qinglian Dao and Qi Yoyo walked with the two.

As soon as he said goodbye to Zhou Jianlai and Yuan Taiping, he sacrificed the Wind Domain and rolled up Zhang Xiaopaw and the three of them took off into the air, and flew towards the direction of Liujia Village.

"Xiaopu, are you really okay with your eyebrows?" Qi Yoyo saw that Zhang Xiaopaw's eyebrows were oozing blood again, and couldn't help but worry, and asked with concern again.

After escaping from the underground tomb, she found that Zhang Xiaopu's eyebrows were bleeding, and hurriedly asked about it, Zhang Xiaopaw told her that it was caused by the injury of the ghost pupil in the eyebrows, and it would stop bleeding for a while.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaopaw's tone and demeanor were very relaxed, she was relieved.

Zhang Xiaopaw didn't lie to her, it was true that she didn't flow again after a while, but the bleeding turned into oozing blood, and a large drop of blood would ooze out every other time after a cup of tea, and it didn't seem to have the intention of stopping, which made people feel uneasy in their eyes.

"It's fine. Zhang Xiaopaw raised his hand to wipe away the blood oozing from his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "When I absorb the black and white impermanence and Su Yang's soul power, not only can the ghost pupil's injury heal, but it is also very likely to awaken the ghost pupil." Thank you so much for giving me this great gift. ”

If it weren't for the ghost pupils who came to their aid in times of crisis today, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

After coming out of the tomb, he asked Butcher Zhang what kind of stakes formation was in the tomb, which could actually ban people's cultivation power, and even the power of the stars could be dissolved.

Butcher Zhang's expression was solemn, saying that he had never heard of it, guessing that it should be some kind of forbidden secret method, or an ancient formation, and he might not have a way to deal with it.

In other words, if it weren't for the help of the ghost pupils, Butcher Zhang would have come later, and he might have been planted in the tomb.

The mysterious formation, the giant python demon that blinds the heavens to avoid the catastrophe, and a red-clothed ghost whose cultivation is unfathomable, this underground tomb is full of weirdness.

"Little brother and I don't have to say thank you. Qinglian Daoist smiled.

Zhang Xiaoshu smiled, and then remembered to ask Qinglian Daoren the meaning of this trip: "I don't know if the senior sister happened to pass by on this trip, or did she come here to help the junior brother?"

"Master can't rest assured that you can't take care of you, let me take care of it. On the way here, something was delayed for two days, and I almost missed a major event. However, there are old-timers secretly protecting me, even if I don't come, the ghost venerable can't make any waves. Qinglian Daoist said.

"!"

"I see!"

Niu Dawa suddenly slapped her thigh and shouted: "I said that Su Mou's kid ran so fast, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, it must be the old man who helped him secretly." ”

Zhang Xiaopaw nodded suddenly and said, "Presumably so." Hey, it's hard for him to be an old man, and he's in a dilemma in the middle. You have to be sneaky to save someone, like a thief. ”

"It is understandable that the old man saved Su Mou, after all, he is the son of his brother in life and death, how can he watch him die in front of his eyes. As for Su Yang, he can't live because of his own sin, even if the old man has the heart to save him, I'm afraid that he won't be able to get over the hurdle of conscience after all. Niu Dawa said.

Qi Yoyo said: "It's not that you didn't save him, it's that the two of you are too strong and cut off his chance of survival." Think about it, if the two of you lose to his 50,000 elite iron horsemen, what kind of different ending will it be? The old man may ensure that the two of you don't die, but Su Yang will definitely not die either. ”

Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa nodded in agreement when they heard this.

Qinglian Daoist said: "Even if he can't die today, he won't live long." He is the carrier of the Netherworld Ghost Venerable, and since the moment he was born, he has been destined to live for long, and he must die a death. Moreover, his death at your hands may also be a certain number in the underworld, and it is destined that this ghost venerable will not be able to complete the tribulation. ”

"Senior sister, what is the Ninth Yang Tribulation?" Zhang Xiaopu asked curiously.

It is a powerful means of prolonging life in the underworld. Qinglian Taoist explained:

"People in the yang world have yang longevity, and people in the underworld also have yin longevity, and when the yin longevity is exhausted, they are either reincarnated or directly scattered, so when some of the great powers of the underworld run out of yin longevity, they will choose to use the ninth yang tribulation to extend their yin longevity, but the probability of success is extremely low.

Before the tribulation, they first engraved the fate of the nine lives in their souls, including what year, month, time, and place, in which family they were born, what kind of life they will experience in this life, how to live, how to die, and so on, etc., all of which must be clearly written.

After writing down the fate of these nine lives, they sealed their soul cultivation, and then reincarnated, and they must go through the nine yang reincarnations word for word according to the fate of the nine lives they wrote, in order to be considered a success.

The fate of these nine worlds is only known to them, and they have sealed the souls, so no one can help them during the tribulation, and they can't help, and if they help, they will fail in the tribulation, and if they fail, the Yin Gong will be damaged, and the soul will be destroyed on the spot.

Su Yang is the carrier of this ghost venerable's tribulation, and it is the last tribulation of the Ninth Yang Tribulation, but it is a pity that it was destroyed by the two of you by mistake and failed to complete.

Fortunately, it was not perfect, which caused him to lose his Yin Gong greatly, otherwise I would be far from his opponent.

His cultivation should be between the Ghost King and the Ghost Emperor, that is, between the star power of our cultivators and the saints. ”

Zhang Xiaopaw and the three of them were shocked when they heard this.

"It's too difficult to set the fate of the Ninth World before the tribulation, and there is no room for error. Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't help but sigh.

"Oh, the matter of changing one's life against the sky has not been said simply since ancient times. Qinglian Daoist sneered.

"By the way, who do you think Su Mou was killed?" After sighing and sighing for a while, Niu Dawa suddenly remembered Su Mou's death and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"On the surface, it looks like what the Bai family did. Killing both Qin Xinru and Su Mou, the signs of revenge are obvious, but it cannot be ruled out that someone took the opportunity to frame the Bai family. With the power of the Zhennan Palace, it must not take a few days to find out who the murderer is. Zhang Xiaopaw groaned and analyzed.

......

At the entrance of Liujia Village, on the brown dead branches of the old willow tree, new branches were pulled out again, and now they are green and vibrant.

The dead wood is rejuvenated in spring, the green willows are in the wind, and things are not people.

Today is the vernal equinox.

Zhang Xiaopaw and Niu Dawa had tears in their eyes, kneeling under the old willow tree, especially remembering the scene of the village chief's grandfather giving them a coming-of-age ceremony last year.

The admonition of the village chief's grandfather is still echoing in his ears:

"When you are an adult today, you should remember the grace of your parents, filial piety first, shoulder responsibility, have the courage to take responsibility, be fearless of difficulties, have the courage to fight, be beneficial to others and the world, have dedication, and be worthy of your heart and live happily. I don't ask you to do good every day, but you are born as human beings, and you must do good. ”

The two knelt on the ground, recalling the bumpy experience of the year, and thought that they had lived up to the earnest teachings of the village chief's grandfather.

To be born as a human being, you must be good.

They did their best.

But sometimes you have to make yourself cold, ruthless, and poisonous, because if you don't do this, you can't live in this world, and their evil is forced out by life.

The two wiped tears from the corners of their eyes and smiled at each other.

Kowtowed, got up, and walked towards the back of the village.

Time flies, revenge is avenged, and the memories in his heart are greater than the sadness when he comes back this time.

As soon as Zhang Xiaopaw turned around, the dense branches of the old willow tree were suddenly separated, and a black three-foot ape sprang out of it, threw a branch in his hand at Zhang Xiaopaw, and opened his mouth to shout: "Hey, boy, are you not dead?"