Ever since he had fought off the Assassins that night, Xu Anping's spirit had remained tense, as he knew that the Bloody Hand Alliance would not give up easily, and would do whatever it took to complete the mission. Even with his intimate knowledge of the Bloody Hand Alliance, he could not have predicted what the Assassins would do next, nor was he aware that a crisis was approaching him.

On this day, Xu Anping went to spy on the eldest young master of the Tian family under the pretext of going out, and went to the blacksmith shop in the south of the city. He was going to change to a more handy dagger to deal with the next thing. If the dagger he used that day was more suitable, he believed that he would have been able to keep the assassin behind after he chased him out.

"Master, are you busy?" Xu Anping greeted the owner of the blacksmith shop with a smile.

"Hey, why did the little brother have time to come over today? What do you want to make? Don't say that the boar's trotters last time tasted strong. The master blacksmith was also pleased.

"Master, if you like to eat, I'll leave you another next time I catch it. There's something I'm going to trouble you today. That's right, you also know that it's not peaceful outside now, and if you don't go out, you'll encounter bandits who cut the path. So, I want to make a dagger about a foot and a half for self-defense. Xu Anping gestured with his hand to the general appearance of the dagger and said to the blacksmith.

The blacksmith was a little embarrassed and said, "This... Well, little brother, I won't tell you, it's not difficult to fight this kind of guy, but now the county government is strict with this kind of knife, and you need to report it to that side in advance. ”

Xu An showed a disappointed expression on his face, "That's it! Going to the county government can cost a lot of money. Then it won't bother you. With that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

The blacksmith pondered in his heart for a moment before he made up his mind, "Little brother, stay here!" You see if this will work, I'll give you a job of making a dick, don't take it out and show it off when you usually put it away. ”

"It's up to the master, I'm just using it for self-defense." Xu Anping finished speaking with a smile, and then talked about his requirements in detail, such as the dagger should be made of fine iron, and the dagger body should be slightly bent and upturned upwards and there would be two bloodletting grooves, which made the blacksmith stunned. "Master, don't you know, last time I took the knife at home to catch a wild boar and couldn't cut it directly, that guy had rough skin and thick flesh and almost didn't knock me down."

After another two days, the Deng family's mansion was still very quiet, and Xu Anping saw that Deng Yongming was in and out of the house, but the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger. He was about to go to the eldest young master of the Tian family to see the situation, but as soon as he walked out of the side door, he heard a commotion from the front door, and he didn't bother to join in the fun, so he didn't take two steps as if he heard Xiaohu's voice.

"I'm looking for... Brother Anping, he told me that in the Deng family... Workmanship. Yu Xiaohu was pushed to the ground by a sturdy menzi, wiping his tears and choking up, sounding very aggrieved.

"Go, go, go! There's no Brother Anping here. It's called Hanako, and if you want to eat, go somewhere else, this is not a place where you can go wild. The doorman of the Deng family waved his hand impatiently, and the family next to him looked like he was about to come up and kick his feet. Xu Anping came over with two kicks and kicked the two people to a stumbling moment. The two turned around and scolded: "Which dog ......, hey, Brother Jiu, it's you!" ”

Xu Anping didn't pay attention to the two of them, and went directly to pull Xiaohu up, looked at his face full of tears and asked, "Xiaohu, why are you here?" Is something going on at home? ”

When Yu Xiaohu saw Xu Anping coming over, his tears flowed faster. Xu Anping "chuckled" in his heart, and his first thought was that something happened to Yi Lian'er. "Xiaohu, say it quickly! What the hell is going on? Don't cry, listen to Brother Anping. ”

Yu Xiaohu sobbed for a while before he said, "Brother Anping, Daddy disappeared when he got up last night, and I searched all over the village and couldn't find it." A-Niang, let me ask you what to do? ”

Xu Anping secretly screamed in his heart: "It's not good! The Assassin had discovered me. He nervously thought about countermeasures, and only said to Yu Xiaohu for a while: "Xiaohu, you go back first and tell your mother not to report to the official first." I'll talk to the owner and I'll rush back in the afternoon. After Yu Xiaohu left, he also walked towards the blacksmith shop in the south of the city. Master, how is the dagger made? The owner has arranged for me to go out for a few days, so I came over to have a look. ”

The blacksmith hurriedly asked him to be quiet, pulled him into the shop and said, "Are you afraid that others will not know?" Come and see, this dagger has just been typed according to your requirements, and it has not been polished yet, so you can try to use it first. ”

Xu Anping held the swarthy dagger in his backhand, only to see that the dagger body was slightly curved, the tip of the dagger was slightly raised, and the blood groove showed a perfect curve with the dagger. He waved it casually, as if he could hear the sound of the air being cut, and his heart was very satisfied. "Master, you really don't know how to do it! The dagger doesn't need to be polished anymore, and I don't use it to kill people and buy goods. ”

The blacksmith saw Xu Anping holding the dagger, and his temperament changed suddenly, from the gentleness just now to coldness, and it seemed that he was not the young man he knew. He shook his head to drive away this unrealistic idea, waved his hand and said, "You kid don't go out to do evil, even if you are worthy of me." ”

"How so!" Xu Anping smiled and put the dagger into his arms, leaving five taels of silver and leaving the blacksmith shop, walking in the flow of people at will, but the smile on the corner of his mouth became lighter and fainter, and when he got out of the city gate, his face was already a solemn one. "Blood Hand Alliance, I won't go to your trouble, you dare to provoke Lao Tzu. I have to leave you here today. He didn't take the official road this time, but specially picked a small road with few people and ran away, and arrived at the outskirts of Yujia Village in less than half an hour. Xu Anping did not go directly to the village, but first went to the northern slope of Yuzui Mountain towards Yujia Village and searched roughly. An hour and a half later, he had searched almost all the northern slopes of Yuzui Mountain, but still found nothing. By this time, it was already dark, and he had to go home and wait for news.

Xu Anping knocked on the door of the Yu family, and after entering, he heard Yi Lian'er's cry, her voice was already a little hoarse, her heart ached, and her guilt was even worse. Aunt Yu saw that Xu Anping was back, and said with a smile: "Anping is back?" Have you eaten it? Auntie, I'll cook for you. After hearing this, he felt even more sad, and hurriedly said, "Auntie, don't bother, I've eaten." Don't worry about Daddy Yu, I'll go to the mountains with everyone tomorrow to look for it. Daddy may have met a kidnapper, and I borrowed some silver from the owner this time, which can be used to ransom people. ”

"It's still Anping thoughtful, I'm relieved if you say that. You should be tired too, go back to sleep. Aunt Yu clasped her hands together and secretly muttered "Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva blessed". Although he comforted Aunt Yu in this way, he knew that Father Yu had met the people of the Blood Hand Alliance.

Xu Anping nodded after hearing this, and glanced at Yi Lian'er a few more times, seeing her red and swollen eyes, her body was still slightly fluctuating because of the choking of twitches, and her heart was about to break. He didn't say anything more, but went straight home. Entering the room in the dark, he first took out the porcelain bowl with a missing mouth, poured the "grass flying" poison in his arms, added a little cold water and mixed it well, and then immersed the blades of the embroidery needle, dagger and flying knife in it for a quarter of an hour, and then set it aside to dry. He then put the porcelain bowl containing the poison in the chicken coop where the poisonous snake was kept in the courtyard, and the snake had been pinched to death and thrown into the Taiping River before he went to the county seat. When the dagger was dry, he carefully wrapped it in brown paper and put it in his arms, then lit the oil lamp, sat motionless at the table, and when it was time to blow out the oil lamp and lay down under the desk, he closed his eyes and recuperated, knowing that the assassin would definitely come tonight.