In the small house of Xinghua Lane in Sanyuanfang, a lamp is like a bean, and the candle flame is dim. At the desk under the window, Fang Zi'an was lying on the table, shaking his head and reading books, and from time to time he was writing something quickly. It was already the third watch in the middle of the night, and Fang Zi'an had no intention of going to bed to rest.

This is almost the norm for Fang Zi'an recently, and he has to read hard until late at night every day before resting. In the Xinghua Lane of Sanyuanfang, the lights in Fang Zi'an's house are always the last ones to go out. He was determined to be admitted to the imperial examination, and once he became serious, he was in a completely different state. Just like when he was admitted to college on the earth in the later world, his grades in the first and second years of high school were a mess, and no one believed that he could be admitted to college. The words of the class flower, the beautiful girl he had a crush on in his heart, made him start an incredible sprint process as if he had been reborn.

When the girl confessed, he said: In the future, I will go to a key university, if you can't get into the university, there will be a difference in status and knowledge between us, and it is probably impossible for you to want me to be your girlfriend.

Just this sentence stimulated Fang Zi'an, and he began to study frantically. In the third year of high school, he was unkempt and restrained, sleeping no more than five hours a day, his parents, classmates and teachers were all shocked to watch, watching this teenager with messy hair suddenly work so hard, everyone felt incredible. A year later, Fang Zi'an was admitted to a key university as he wished, but the funny thing is that the girl in the class has always had good grades, but she failed the college entrance examination and went to an average university. The girl's words are indeed true, there is indeed a difference in status and knowledge between the two, when he went home to meet Ban Hua in the summer of the first year, Fang Zi'an felt a little incredible, he was so fascinated by such a shallow-minded girl before. And the girl apparently realized this, so the two had a meal, and happily ended the love that had never begun.

Fang Zi'an is indeed a person who will strive to be the first once he is stimulated, just like what he experienced during this time, he was expelled by the teacher, and he also felt the difference in status and exclusion from those people at the music party that night. Although he didn't feel that these people were nobler than himself in his heart, Fang Zi'an knew very well in his heart that the so-called self-cleansing was just a means of comforting himself, and that kind of pretending to be high could not bring him any substantial benefits. In this era, it is only by being among the elite groups that you can control your own destiny. It's better to stay in the depths of your heart that is clear and arrogant, and that doesn't have any effect on your current situation. Therefore, Fang Zi'an was indignant, he must be admitted to the imperial examination, this is his only idea at present.

He rarely went to the shop during this time, but Chunnier took the time to come twice, on the one hand, to inform him of the current business situation in the shop, and on the other hand, she wanted to come and have a look. Seeing Fang Zi'an's unkempt and hard-working appearance, Chun Nier was both happy and a little worried. Fang Gongzi's eyes were bloodshot, and he had dealt with everything he ate, so it was not a way to go on like this. As a result, Ah Jin, a junior apprentice in the shop, had one more errand every day, which was to bring Chun Nier's meals three times a day, so that Fang Gongzi could eat better. At the same time, by the way, he took the dirty clothes that Fang Gongzi had changed back to be washed. Without Fang Zi'an noticing, Chun Nier had already transformed her role into the role of a good wife.

There is one thing that must be mentioned, that is, one night the gangster boss Zheng Baye on the street came running, Fang Zi'an thought something was wrong, but it turned out that Zheng Baye just came to the scene of the murder to burn paper money. During this time, he had nightmares, always dreaming that those brothers came to him to ask for his life, so he ran to burn some paper money for peace of mind.

From this, Fang Zi'an also knew how Zheng Baye disposed of the corpses of those gangsters. That night, he used a cart to push the bodies of his four men into the south side of the river, wrapped them in sacks, tied them with stones, and sank them into the lotus pond over there. He lied to people that those brothers went to Jiangning Mansion to do business and left the gangster world to become new people, which made the rest of his subordinates scold, scolded those people for being unrighteous, and didn't even set up a table to say goodbye to the brothers.

Fang Zi'an was very shocked when he heard this, a few days ago he also walked to the lotus pond, and sighed that the lotus leaves in the lotus pond this year are growing very well, and the lotus flowers are blooming very brightly. From that day on, Fang Zi'an never went to the lotus pond again.

At the end of the night, Fang Zi'an yawned, put down the scroll in his hand and rubbed his eyes. Today, the thirty-three chapters of the mean are finally full of merit, not only do I have a good understanding of it, but I also have some deep understanding of it. These things seem boring, but in fact, there are some extremely incisive ideas in them, and the more you delve into them, the more you admire the wisdom of the sages.

"It's almost time to sleep. You have to combine work and rest. Fang Zi'an muttered to himself, stood up and wanted to go to the water tank under the porch to scoop some water to wash, but suddenly heard a faint noise and noise from a distance outside.

Fang Zi'an frowned and pushed open the window to listen carefully, only to hear the noisy sound of boiling and footsteps gradually approaching along the alley, and there was faintly the sound of horses' hooves and shouting words.

"Search, go door to door, search all the way, you must search out."

Fang Zi'an's muscles all over his body tensed, and he frowned and thought, "What's wrong?" Did the East Window incident happen? Are the officers and soldiers coming to arrest me? ”

He subconsciously wanted to go to the outside hall to pick up the long sword hanging under the pillars, if he really came to catch himself, naturally he couldn't be caught with his hands, how could he fight and resist. But when I think about it, it doesn't seem right. If the officers and soldiers came to arrest them, they would have come to surround the small courtyard, but listening to the noisy sound, it seemed that they were searching from house to house. If you want to catch yourself, why search all the way.

Thinking of this, Fang Zi'an hunched over and listened carefully for a while, but he could hear the chickens, dogs, jumping and children crying and crying in the houses near the left, and the voices of the officers and soldiers speaking became more and more clear, they were indeed searching for someone from house to house. Fang Zi'an sighed and calmed down.

"Next household, hurry up, fuck it, what's the grind? Qin Xiang said, no one can find the assassins, don't want to rest, give Lao Tzu some spirits. The sound of scolding came, and the miscellaneous footsteps and the shadows reflected by the firelight got closer and closer, and they came straight to their own courtyard.

Fang Zi'an listened carefully, frowning and groaning. Listening to those words, it was like searching for some assassin. Maybe there was some assassination case in the city, what did that person say 'Qin Xiang', could it be that Qin Hui was assassinated? Such a big move, the door-to-door search for assassins in the middle of the night, is probably exactly like this, otherwise it would not be so moving.

The light and shadow of the torches flickered and swayed, and I don't know how many officers and soldiers arrived outside the small courtyard, and some people began to slam on the door and shout at the same time.

"Open the door, open the door! Officers and soldiers check the night, open the door quickly! ”

Fang Zi'an didn't have time to think carefully, he hurriedly got up and came to the hall and was about to open the door, when suddenly he saw a dark shadow standing motionless in the dark shadow in the corner of the room. If it weren't for Fang Zi'an's keen eyesight, he wouldn't be able to distinguish it. At a glance, Fang Zi'an was so scared that he was sweating and had goosebumps, thinking he had seen a ghost.

The man in the corner of the room was obviously also closely watching Fang Zi'an's movements, and when he saw Fang Zi'an looking at him, his shocked expression revealed the fact that he had found himself. So he rushed out of the shadows without doing anything, and his body came to Fang Zi'an's side like electricity, and his right hand was pressed against Fang Zi'an's throat in the shape of a chicken claw. This is obviously the most reasonable means of control at the moment, holding the other party's throat, which can not only control the other party, but also make the other party unable to speak.

Fang Zi'an would not allow the black shadow to succeed, block it with his backhand, his fingers caught the cold fingers of the man, and with a flip of his wrist, it was a move to grab the pulse gate with a backhand. The man obviously didn't expect Fang Zi'an to fight back, and his technique was exquisite, he sighed lightly in his mouth, but he immediately changed his move, and his left hand was like electricity, and his two fingers were like hooks and went straight to Fang Zi'an's eyes. The move is changed quickly, and the shot is vicious and merciless.

Fang Zi'an had nothing to do in a hurry, so he could only use a lose-lose style, and the same fingers stretched out to poke the opponent's eyes. In this case, if the other party does not accept the offer, I am afraid that the eyes of both people will be blinded by the other party. Obviously, the man refused to lose both, closed his finger and cut horizontally, and hit Fang Zi'an's elbow hard, while resolving Fang Zi'an's move, he also failed to succeed.

In just a moment, the two sides exchanged four or five moves quickly and silently, and the moves were all ruthless means of controlling people. fought for half a catty and eight taels, regardless of victory or defeat.

The man, apparently knowing that he couldn't get his hands on it, turned and rushed towards the back door. Fang Zi'an lowered his voice and shouted, "Stop, who are you?" Are the officers and soldiers outside searching for you? ”

The man stopped and said in a deep voice, "It has nothing to do with you. ”

Fang Zi'an said in a low voice: "My house is the last one at the end of Xinghua Lane, Xinghua Lane is a dead end, you can't escape." ”

The man said coldly, "It still has nothing to do with you." ”

Fang Zi'an said in a low voice: "You assassinated Qin Hui?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and said coldly: "The old thief is punished by everyone, do you want to take credit for me?" I'm afraid you don't have that ability. ”

Fang Zi'an was about to speak, but the officers and soldiers outside were no longer annoyed, and shouted loudly: "Don't you open the door yet?" What are you doing? We were going to smash the courtyard door and rush in, but we didn't open the door yet. ”

Fang Zi'an thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "There are officers and soldiers outside, this is a dead end, and if you go out, they will find you." If you believe me, take refuge in the beams of the house, where you can hide from the hunt. If you can't trust me, please take care of yourself and leave quickly, and don't bother me. ”

After saying that, Fang Zi'an stretched out his hand to open the door of the house, and shouted to the outside: "It's coming, it's coming, isn't it coming." Don't smash the door, don't smash the courtyard door. ”

Before the courtyard gate was smashed, Fang Zi'an opened the courtyard door. There was a bright torch in front of him, and a group of officers and soldiers gathered outside the door, and as soon as the door opened, they pushed Fang Zi'an and rushed in.