In the third year of Shengde, the third day of the fifth month, the time of the hour.

Luoyang, Huaqingfang.

The black plaque at the main entrance of the Qi State Mansion was repainted with a layer of paint.

The person who looked at the paint was not an ordinary person, he was brightly dressed and had an extraordinary bearing, and when he got closer, it turned out to be the great Sima Tang Zhen who was personally painting. This scene makes the audience wonder, how could such a wealthy family let the head of the family do such rough work by himself?

Standing on a herringbone ladder, he held a paint bucket in one hand and a brush in the other, carefully painting every inch of the plaque.

Next to the ladder, there stood four sturdy house slaves, holding the ladder firmly, looking at their nervous expressions, as if they were holding their lives.

A young man with a purple and gold crown on his head, a red heroic gall in the crown, and a solemn demeanor stood by and watched, looking at his meticulous demeanor, as if he was watching an art giant carefully polishing a work of art.

After brushing it, Da Sima looked at the plaque playfully, and suddenly the corners of his mouth rose, "Okay, let me go, you four of you, you're really a little too nervous." Obviously, one person can hold it steadily, but I have to come over all four of them, and now it's okay, one person will take a corner, and I can't go down. Could it be that you want the old man to jump off the ladder? ”

Da Sima seemed to be in a good mood and joked with his subordinates.

Of course, Tang Zhen knew the words of Old Master Kong: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise, those who are close are not inferior, and those who are far away are resentful." In the face of ordinary house slaves, Tang Zhen is usually more serious, but the four in front of him are different from ordinary house slaves, because they are the four family sons and thugs raised by the Tang family.

It's all the combat power of the seventh grade.

With them protecting the Tang family day and night, the old man was relieved. Of course, there are not only the four of them in the courtyard of the Tang family. The one with the highest combat power is quite mysterious, and has not appeared in people's eyes for many years.

The son of the family let go of a ladder, Tang Zhen walked down slowly, Tang Xiao, who was wearing a purple and gold crown, reached out and took the paint bucket and brush in his father's hand, and then handed it to the next people, this set of actions is quite ritualistic, and finally Tang Xiao asked the house slave to put the paint and brush back to the Tang family ancestral hall.

Tang Zhen, Tang Xiao and his son came to the study.

"This is the rule of our Tang family, and the plaque on the gate must be brushed by the patriarch of the family himself. When I was brushing the upper right corner just now, I suddenly felt a wave of dizziness. My old bones seem to be really useless. Maybe next year, it's up to you to paint this plaque. ”

Tang Zhen said and smiled, opened his arms, and the two maids carefully sorted out his clothes for him, in fact, his clothes were not dirty at all, but they smelled of some paint, so he had to change to a new set.

"My father is physically strong, and now he is only in his seventies, how can he say these words." Tang Xiao said respectfully.

Tang Zhen didn't speak, came to a word, and stood with his head held high, "Li Bai's poems are well written, especially this "Chivalrous Journey", I like it the most." He stretched out his right hand, pointed to the writing on the wall, and recited aloud: "Zhao Keman Hu Ying, Wu Hook Shuang Xueming." The silver saddle shines on the white horse, like a shooting star. Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles. Brush off your clothes and go to hide deep with your name ......"

After reading it, he sighed: "Great, really chic." ”

Tang Xiao looked at the words, listened to his father's words, and nodded.

Tang Zhen shook his sleeves and sat down in the chair, "Meng Yang, the chief general of the Sixth Army of Huben, is the general of Zhenguo from the third grade, and his combat power is nine grades." died like this, and it turned out to be in his own barracks. Three thousand ironclad cavalry can't protect a commander. Tsk tsk. ”

"The news of his death was delivered very quickly, giving people the feeling that there were rumors of his death before he died." Tang Xiao smiled bitterly, "Isn't this suspicious?" ”

"Huh?" Tang Zhen was puzzled: "Who are you listening to?" ”

"Great Grandmaster Li Lingpu's closed disciple, Wolf Tooth." Tang Xiao replied.

"How did you meet him?"

"Friends with force."

"Which of you is taller?"

"My son fought him for 30 rounds, and I had reservations, and he seemed to have reservations. It's just that I will meet friends with martial arts, and I can't see who is more powerful. Tang Xiao still remembers that competition vividly.

"Hmm." Tang Zhen nodded: "Since that's the case, then he is also the combat power of the Nine Grades." How about it, can you win us over? ”

"I asked him, but his answer was very vague, it seems that several other companies are also inviting him, and the conditions given must be very generous." Tang Xiao guessed.

"That's inevitable." Tang Zhen thought for a while and said, "I think the one who needs him the most now must be the Meng family." ”

"Could it be that the Meng family still wants to go to that killer for revenge?" Tang Xiao paused for a moment, and then said, "I don't think so." No one will go to the Grand Master for revenge. The Meng family hired wolf fangs, at best, they wanted to win over the sword god Li Lingpu, so that the sword saint Ouyang Wuji would be a little jealous when he assassinated the Meng family again. ”

"Huh." Tang Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "Why are you so sure that it must be Ouyang Wuji who attacked?" ”

"There are only two great masters in the Great Liang Dynasty, if it's not him, who will it be?"

Tang Zhen waved his hand and said, "There are more than thirty Jiupin in Daliang Chaoming, ten of them are in the army, and the others are hidden everywhere. Among them, there are a few good players in the Nine Grades, and their abilities are only a line of difference compared to the Great Grandmaster. ”

Tang Xiao pursed his lips noncommittally, but did not speak, in his heart, even in the ninth grade, the gap between the great masters and the great master is still obvious, and it will never be a line of difference.

Tang Zhen saw his son's thoughts, and he added: "I mean, for Meng Yang, a pure killer on the ninth rank is no different from a great grandmaster, and the result is the same death." ”

"But if that's the case, it's very unreasonable." Tang Xiao said: "It's also a nine pin, although it is invincible, it will not be killed instantly." In the barracks, the 3,000 ironclad cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army are not eating dry food. ”

"What if the three thousand iron armor is controlled?" Tang Zhen suddenly said in a deep voice.

Tang Xiao's heart sank, and she slowly felt a chill down her spine.

Tang Zhencang's voice sounded again: "Jiupin assassins, some of them have learned all the methods of assassination since the first day of martial arts, and there are endless tricks such as poison, sleeve arrows, and darts, only what you can't think of, and nothing they can't do." If it is used properly, maybe it is also a new Jiupin, and it can also kill him in an instant. For example, the recently famous assassin, Xiao Wujian. ”

"I've heard of this person, his father is a Youlu person, and his mother is a Han person." Tang Xiao frowned.

A strange smile appeared at the corner of Tang Zhen's mouth: "For some reason, his father has a soft spot for Han women, and he has been wandering in the Central Plains for ten years, and he doesn't do anything, just looking for a woman." His footprints have traveled all over the country, and he goes everywhere, whether it is the home of the prince and general, or the hook fence and painting the boat. But after looking for ten years, in the end he didn't seem to find the person he was looking for, and finally found a Qing Qi as a partner in Suzhou and gave birth to Xiao Wujian. ”

Tang Xiao frowned and was silent.

Tang Zhen picked up a pen and said with a wry smile: "Xiao Wujian's housekeeping skills were also learned from his father, in fact, he is not a professional assassin, because he can only make one move. But this trick is also very deadly, and the life-killing arrow of Jiupin is impossible for anyone to take lightly. ”

Subsequently, Tang Zhen wrote a secret letter and asked Tang Xiao to copy three more copies and hand them over to Wang Caotian, Zhen Badao, Shi Jinchong, and Tang Qi respectively.

Then Tang Zhen wrote a secret letter separately and handed it to Tang Xiao, asking him to copy another copy, and then send someone to Tang Su and Lin Chongyang to send it.

When the seal was placed, Tang Zhen told Tang Xiao the password of the official seal of Qi Guo.