Chapter 2: The Man in Black

The crowd is bustling, the noise of the various crowds is mixed with the sound of gongs and drums beating in the hands of the performers, although there are many pedestrians in the streets dozens of meters wide, but it has not yet reached the point of rubbing shoulders, and there are children playing and running on both sides of the street.

In such an environment, ordinary sounds would not have attracted people's attention, but the sudden sound was not a noise, but a terrible scream, like the cry of a person who is about to die. The chaotic tide suddenly overshadowed the noise, and those who noticed it and those who didn't notice it rushed in different directions. The soldiers didn't care about maintaining order, and immediately surrounded the black figure.

Although there had been no major battles outside the city for many years, there was no shortage of fighting inside the city. There will also be fights between two gangs on the streets, gangs, dart boards, and large families' homes, and there are various reasons for fighting, but no one has been killed.

The people of Ping'an City have also seen the wind and waves, but the sudden scene in front of them made the people of Ping'an City panic, and there were more than a dozen soldiers who rushed to hear the news, surrounding the black-clothed people in it. Chen An looked out the window and saw the man in black who was surrounded in the middle, holding a sword in his left hand, covering his chest with his right hand, half-kneeling on the ground, and the blood-stained ground below him showed that he was not lightly injured.

In the distance, there was a sound of neat armor crashing, and more soldiers converged in this direction, and the man in black saw that the situation was not good, only to see him fly in place and spin in a circle. In an instant, several white lights flew out, and some of the surrounding soldiers were hit and fell to the ground, and the originally tight encirclement was torn open, and the man in black flew out and flashed into the shadows in the alley.

Chen An's eyes lit up when he saw this, and he exclaimed: "What a handsome kung fu!", Wang Yanxi pouted when he heard this: "Hmph! What is this, my family's Li Nursing Home is much more powerful, and dozens of ordinary people can't get close to him." Chen An shook his head and smiled without refuting.

As a wealthy businessman, Master Chen knew that no matter how rich he was, if there was no one in his family who was famous, he would still be looked down upon by the family members in Ping'an City and regarded as a rich man, so he always wanted to let one of his children and grandchildren gain fame.

But Mr. Chen had two sons, the eldest son Chen Ping showed his talent in business at the age of eight, when an important business partner in the family came to visit, and Mr. Chen personally received him, during which he talked about some business problems.

At that time, Chen Ping happened to be playing next to him, and when he heard the business problems mentioned by Mr. Chen, he ran over to express his opinion. Although it was a childish remark, which made the two adults laugh when they heard it, Master Chen did find that although Chen Ping's opinions were full of errors and omissions, they were thought-provoking and somewhat desirable, and he felt that he was a seedling in business.

So from time to time he took Chen Ping to inspect his store, and after a few years, he handed over the Chengbei store to Chen Ping to operate, and Chen Ping did not live up to expectations, turning this store that was originally at the bottom of other branches into the top three stores.

Because of Chen Ping's talent in business, Master Chen put the important task of gaining fame in the family on the body of his second son Chen An, who knew that Chen An didn't like to study, and he liked to dance with knives and sticks all day long, so the family invited several masters who are said to be famous masters in the rivers and lakes to teach Chen An.

Who knew that Chen An really had a talent for martial arts, and he learned well, and the master teachers who invited him praised him repeatedly, saying that he was a good seedling, and Chen An was also very happy, and he dreamed of being a hero every day.

I never thought that after my eldest brother Chen Ping officially accepted the family business, this good day would come to an end. Master Chen dismissed the master teacher in the family, and it was a pity that Chen An's martial arts talent would be wasted.

But when he saw that Master Chen ordered people to bring out thick money, he stopped talking about it with interest, and he didn't look at Chen An, who was blinking his eyes and tears next to him, and left a sentence of "Thank you Master Chen for your generous gifts", then took the money, turned around and left in style.

After that, the family invited a few middle-aged Confucian students who were said to have been lifted to take turns to make up for Chen An's evil, and during that time, Chen An would cry silently every time he thought about it.

Because he has a background in martial arts, he also pestered his former teacher to talk about things on the rivers and lakes. Wang Yanxi couldn't see it, but Chen An knew that the man in black could escape so quickly even though he was seriously injured, and he must have strong internal support.

With the way the man in black escaped, Chen An silently compared himself with the teacher who taught him in his heart, and was even more sure that this person was a real master. "If only I could find him and worship him as a teacher."

Chen Anxin suddenly had such an idea, but then shook his head, "If it is discovered by the government, it will not be good if my father is involved." Thinking of this, Chen Anxin was stunned, and looked at the direction where the man in black disappeared.

"Hey, hey, are you scared stupid", a pair of plain hands shook in front of him, Chen An came back to his senses, looked at the girl in front of him who was looking at him suspiciously, flexed his fingers, and gently tapped on her smooth forehead. "You're bullying me again! I'm going to bite you to death today!"

Wang Yanxi came back to his senses, raised his hands to his cheeks, bent his palms into claws, and glared at Chen An with his eyes fiercely, looking at the situation, as if he wanted to let this bad cousin who often bullied him know that it was not easy to mess with the "little bully of the Wang family" today.

Chen An couldn't help laughing when he saw Wang Yanxi's cute appearance, and then took out a small and delicate puppet from his arms and begged Wang Yanxi for mercy.

Basically will not appear in front of Wang Yanxi's eyes, the girl got a new thing, and this doll looks really good, so she forgot her previous anger and lowered her head to fiddle with the doll.

The previous episode did not affect the enthusiasm of the people of Ping An tonight, and the soldiers who were hit were only injured, and no one died, presumably because the man in black was seriously injured and did not have enough strength to penetrate the soldier's armor.

An official came out to explain that it was to catch a small thief, so that everyone should not panic Yunyun and other reassuring words, and at the same time sent someone to clean the ground, and the street returned to its previous liveliness.

Chen An no longer had the mind to enjoy the night view before, and he still remembered the scene just now in his mind. After a while, Wang Yanxi felt that it was too boring to stay on the second floor, so he begged Mrs. Wang and Chen An to go to the streets. Mrs. Wang naturally agreed, and Chen An also thought about going around to see if he could meet the man in black again. So everyone went downstairs together.

"Hey, have you heard, General Li in our city has met an assassin. "The tavern is a mixed bag, and there are many well-informed people among the guests.

Zhang Erniu, nicknamed "Zhang Er Mazi", is such a person, as soon as he came in, he walked towards a table of familiar guests, and after speaking, he sat down next to one of them unceremoniously, and the other people at the table next to him heard it, and they were instantly interested.

He continued to ask: "Which one is so bold that he dares to assassinate General Li, has the assassin been caught", Chen An and his party also stopped and looked at him when they heard this person's words. Who knew that this Ermazi did not reply immediately, but grabbed a chicken claw and put it in his mouth to gnaw it out.

After spitting out the bones, he drank a bowl of wine with a grunt, burped contentedly, and then looked around, the expression on his face seemed to be enjoying the feeling of being noticed.

Uncle Fu, the owner of the tavern, stood at the counter with a smile and shouted to Er Mazi: "Er Ma, you have drunk the wine and eaten the dishes, don't sell the guanzi, the big guys are waiting for you", Zhang Er Mazi saw that it was the shopkeeper, and quickly arched his hand, sued him, and talked about the assassination of General Li tonight.

The lord of the city held a banquet in the palace tonight, and General Li was also on the banquet list, and in the middle of the way, General Li accused and left, saying that there was an urgent matter in the army, and he took a carriage back to the camp overnight.

Because there were many pedestrians on the streets tonight, the carriage chose the side road. As the carriage reached a remote location, the floor of the carriage broke, and the Assassin rushed out from under the carriage to assassinate General Lee.

The assassin was also uncomfortable, General Li came back to his senses and fought the assassin to a serious injury, and then held up until the patrol soldiers who heard the sound of the fight nearby rushed to inquire about it, the assassin saw that the situation was not good, he could not continue to assassinate, and fled in a hurry, and General Li also failed to hold on when the assassin fled, and fainted to the ground.

After hearing this, everyone was stunned, and then doubted the authenticity of what Zhang Er Mazi said, and someone asked Zhang Er Mazi loudly: "Er Mazi, how do you know so much, could it be that you are the assassin who assassinated General Li."

After hearing this, Zhang Er Mazi was very anxious: "Don't slander me! My brother-in-law worked as a groom for General Li, and he saw it with his own eyes tonight, just now he came to my house and said that he was looking for me to drink, and I listened to him." Everyone was a nearby resident, and some people were familiar with Zhang Ermazi and knew that his brother-in-law was indeed General Li's groom, so they believed it a little.

Chen An and his entourage also left the restaurant after hearing this, and the boss Uncle Fu saw these guests leave and sent them off cordially.

After that, it was the usual shopping to play and watch the lanterns, Wang Yanxi was interested, Mrs. Wang was also quite interested, but Chen An and Da Mao followed the two daughters to look around, and felt tired early, and waited until the crowd gradually subsided, and the night market was also at the end of the night market tonight.

Wang Yanxi and Mrs. Wang were still unsatisfied, and the master and servant who had been following behind looked at each other, quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and were glad that it was finally over.

Because this place is far away from Chen's house, Mrs. Wang proposed to send Chen An's master and servant back, Chen An is not surprised that the road is far away, how did Mrs. Wang send them back, Mrs. Wang led everyone to the street exit.

A carriage had already stopped there, Mrs. Wang, Wang Yanxi and Chen An were sitting in the carriage, Da Mao and the coachman were sitting outside, Wang Yanxi was chattering with Mrs. Wang about what he had seen and heard today, Chen An couldn't interject, so he thought about the scene tonight, Chen An suddenly felt a slight vibration under his feet, as if something was clinging to the carriage.

Chen An took a deep breath, and then relaxed his body again. At this time, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the coachman turned around and explained: "Madam, there is a group of officers and soldiers in front, saying that they are going to inspect our carriage."

Mrs. Wang replied: "Let them check", the officers and soldiers outside the carriage could have searched directly, but the leader recognized the sign of the royal palace on the carriage, and was afraid that he would offend the family here, so he sent someone to inquire and do the way of saluting first and then soldiering.

Hearing the sound coming from the car, the leader breathed a sigh of relief, said: "Offended", then sent someone to lift the curtain, and saw that it was a young woman and two teenagers, and there was no other room to hide in the car, and said "offended" again, and let people lower the curtain.

When the coachman was about to leave, the man seemed to remember something, and stopped the carriage again, Mrs. Wang saw that the carriage stopped again, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed, although in front of Chen An and Wang Yanxi, she was a kind elder, but for outsiders, it was indeed the second lady of the Wang family, who was quite majestic.

At this moment, the leader also felt that his move was a bit reckless, but because of his duties, he had to explain to the people in the carriage: "Please Madame, please stop for a while, because the assassin attacked General Li from under the car, so the order is from above." The bottom of the car should also be checked. ”

Although this matter is understandable, Mrs. Wang is not a good person to talk to outsiders. She snorted coldly: "Isn't it that this official sees that our weak women are easy to bully, and now that he has searched the bottom of the car, will he search other places later?"

The leader didn't dare to answer, thought for a moment, waved his hand with difficulty, and said, "Let go", and then turned to the carriage and said: "Where is the next duty, if there is an offense, I hope Mrs. Haihan." Mrs. Wang replied: "Well, this mansion has always been strict with the things in the mansion, you can rest assured."

Let's go", Ma Fu promised, drove forward, and in the carriage, no one noticed that Chen An's fist that had been clenched just now was released.

The carriage passed through the palace, Mrs. Wang and Wang Yanxi got out of the car, and then instructed the horseman to send Chen An's master and servant back to Chen's mansion.

Mrs. Wang did not insist, so she asked the groom to hand over the carriage to Chen An's master and servant, Chen An thanked them and then said goodbye to the two, and then let Da Mao drive away, waiting to go to a remote place, Chen An asked Da Mao to stop the carriage, Da Mao was puzzled, but pulled the reins and stopped.

Chen An sat for a moment, his fists clenched tightly and loosely, loosely and tightly, his expression tangled, as if he was making an important decision.

Finally, Chen An seemed to have made up his mind, he straightened his waist and said: "Now this place is very remote, I deliberately asked Da Mao to choose this road to go home, the officers and soldiers who were checked just now were the last wave, and no one came to check behind."

Da Mao suddenly heard Chen An say these words, he felt inexplicable, he turned his head and wanted to ask his young master, then he heard a voice from the carriage: "Da Mao, don't speak! Listen to me!", Da Mao was puzzled, but he still obediently swallowed the words in his mouth.

Chen An continued: "Please rest assured that the juniors have no malice, the seniors must have been seriously injured, and if they are not treated in time, they will have to worry about their lives." Seeing that no one replied, Chen An continued: "If the juniors want to harm the seniors, when the officers and soldiers interrogated them before, dissuade Aunt Wang from not blocking them, and please rest assured that the seniors."

Still no one replied, Chen An coughed twice, seemingly a little embarrassed. Xin said: "Did you guess wrong?", and Da Mao was very frightened, wondering if his young master had bumped into an evil spirit.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed under the carriage, and in the carriage, a cold sword was on Chen An's neck, and the owner of the sword stared at the young man in front of him: "Who are you! What do you want to do!"