At noon on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Anping packed his things and prepared to go to Deng's mansion. He didn't want to keep it secret from the people closest to him, so he told the Yu family about accompanying the young master to study in Deng Mansion during the Chinese New Year. Father Yu, Aunt Yu, first felt very unhappy when he heard this, after all, the family said that it was not as good as the account room, but when he thought that Anping could continue to study, he became happy, and told him to learn from his husband. They didn't know that Xu Anping hadn't read with the little master of the Deng family for a day because of Deng Xiaoke's matter.

When Xu Anping was leaving, he also said a few intimate words to Yi Lian'er, which made her cheeks red, and her eyes seemed to be dripping, which was very tempting. Entering the city gate, he first went to the blacksmith's shop. "Master, are you busy? Thanks to you, I caught a wild boar during the New Year, and brought a pig's trotter to you to drink. ”

The blacksmith was not polite, took the pig's trotters and praised with his thumb up: "Little brother is really a believer!" If you have something to do in the future, just ask. I don't dare to say anything else, I can count some guys in Qingping County. ”

"Okay! Then you get busy first. ”

At the end of the Shen Shixu, he walked to the side door of the Deng Mansion, found that there were still firecracker confetti on the ground, shook his head and walked into the mansion. At this time, it happened to be the time for the people of Deng Mansion to have dinner, and the family members who had just sat down saw Xu Anping coming over and stood up rumblingly, and Deng Wu gave him the position closest to the dish, with a flattering smile and look on his face. Xu Anping didn't mind, these people were originally low and high. He inexplicably became a celebrity in front of the eldest lady and the little master, and the family members who expected to continue to do it in the Deng Mansion certainly did not dare to offend him. He took the rice handed over by a family member, and found that the Deng family was also kind, and he knew that he would eat some meat for the family during the New Year, and the rice was also white rice. So, he was not hypocritical, he started the chopsticks first, and then the others ate in a noisy manner. Although the taste of the dish is much worse than that of Yi Lian'er, it is also much better than usual. After eating, Xu Anping went directly back to the room and lay down, and after a while, the other three walked in lightly, and they didn't speak as loudly as before.

The next morning, Xu Anping met Deng Xiaoke, and he knew that she had a good year, with a smile on her face and pink cheeks, which was very attractive.

Deng Xiaoke just wanted to say a few more words to Xu Anping, and his mother's personal maid Pei'er came over and said: "Miss, Mrs. asked me to say something, the master is about to leave to visit the old lady, let the eldest lady go over now." Deng Xiaoke was helpless, so he could only simply order Xu Anping, let him continue to stare at the eldest young master of the Tian family, come back and tell her as soon as there was a situation, and then left in a hurry.

Xu Anping responded softly, and kept staring at the energetic figure when Deng Xiaoke left, thinking about the way she was smiling just now. It wasn't until Deng Xiaoke passed through the arch that he left in a daze. He briefly said to Steward Cai, and under the helpless eyes of the other party, he walked out of the side door and walked towards the Tian family.

Still in the familiar teahouse and sitting on the familiar seat, Xu Anping ordered a pot of chrysanthemum tea and a plate of fennel beans, and waited slowly. During the Chinese New Year, in order to attract guests, the teahouse also invited a little girl who sang a song and an old man who played the erhu. The little girl is delicate, thin, and has a soft voice, and her singing often arouses applause. For more than ten days in a row, the eldest young master of the Tian family either didn't go out, or came out for a short stay and then went home, which made Xu Anping a little confused, and thought to himself: Will this son-in-law change his sex after the New Year?

This afternoon, Xu Anping was still bored listening to the little girl singing, and only occasionally looked at the gate of Tianfu. Downstairs suddenly came a sound of scolding and apology, and then from the staircase came a few big men who looked like family members. The head of the man has a beard, and the thick chest hair on his chest is leaked out of his half-open arms in winter, which is not easy to mess with at first glance.

The shopkeeper of the teahouse was accompanying him in a low voice, "Third master, that one who sings the song is just a yellow-haired girl, let her go if you have a lot of adults." Moreover, the eldest young master doesn't like this one either, and it may not be good for you to bring it back. ”

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and the shopkeeper spun around on the spot and fell to the ground. "The surname is Li, who usually calls you a shopkeeper who can afford you, don't be embarrassed. Which one do you say my young master likes? Besides, my eldest young master doesn't like it, can't I like it? As he spoke, he glared around, and suddenly frightened the teahouse guys and onlookers back a few steps.

"Yes, yes. The third master of my family has taken a fancy to this chick, which is her great blessing. After following the third master, I will eat and drink spicy food every day in the future, how can it not be better than laughing now! The three or five thugs surrounding the big man coaxed beside him, causing the few young scholars who had just wanted to come out shrank back.

The leader of the big man pushed the old man with the erhu to the ground with one hand, and then touched the girl's tender face. The little girl opened the big man's hand at once, ran over to help the old man up, and called out to grandpa. "What are you doing? I'll treat you to dinner! Catch that chick for me, and throw the old man out of the way, so that you don't have to be an eyesore here. ”

When a few thugs heard this, they didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed over to punch and kick the old man, seeing that the old man was beaten out of breath and intake of air. The little girl who sang the song shouted heartbreakingly, but she couldn't break free from the thug who grabbed her shoulder. The big man looked at it and shouted: "Okay, don't beat the old man to death, maybe it will be a family in the future." Hahaha......" and spat on the ground, glancing at the crowd, "a bunch of eggless things." Then he walked away with the thugs, and from time to time there was a hoarse cry of a little girl outside.

Xu Anping saw the end from beginning to end, without saying a word. After the people grabbed the little girl and left, he checked out and walked out of the teahouse, following all the way. Seeing a few people walking into an alley, he took out a handkerchief and tied it to his face, blocking the other end of the alley.

When a few people saw a masked man in front of them blocking the way, they didn't panic, but said with a smile: "Yo! What kind of day is it today, someone actually came to rob the third master, it's really not long-sighted! Boy, which way is it mixed up? ”

Xu Anping didn't speak, a few steps rushed up, kicked the leader of the big man out of the air more than a foot away, and then kicked a side kick in the head of a gangster with his right leg, directly smashing into the wall and fainting to the ground. The remaining three looked at each other, and one of them pulled out the iron ruler on his body and shouted, "Stick your hands, everyone shoulder to shoulder!" ”

Xu Anping did not retreat, but advanced, and directly broke into the man's arms, and with a fierce elbow blow, the opponent's body bent into a shrimp shape. He grabbed the wrist of the man holding the iron ruler with one hand and twisted it hard, only to hear a "click" to break the wrist, and then swung it to the left, and the iron ruler was smashed on the head of the other thug, and the thug's forehead was suddenly bleeding like a dye shop, and his body was also soft on the ground. The last thug held a dagger more than half a foot long in his hand, shaking his hands as he stepped back, his eyes still dodging and looking behind him. "Don't come, you don't come. Do you know that we belong to the Tian family? If you hurt us, you won't be able to escape from Qingping County. Xu Anping didn't talk nonsense, he slapped the last thug to the ground, and then kicked Tian San, who was grabbing a green brick and preparing to sneak attack him, kicked it again.

Xu Anping secretly hated a few people for doing evil, walked over and stepped on their ankles one by one, and saw them wake up in pain and faint, so he was slightly relieved. After finishing it, he clapped his hands lightly, and didn't look at the little girl who was already frightened and pale, and said in a low voice: "You can't stay in this Qingping County, take your grandfather and leave quickly." After saying that, he left directly, and seemed to hear a few kowtows from behind.

Out of the alley, Xu Anping turned two corners and arrived at the side gate of Tianfu. He was stunned for a moment, and was about to walk away, when he suddenly saw the eldest young master of the Tian family and a middle-aged scribe coming out of the side door surrounded by several family members. He quickly turned his back and pretended to go into the alley.

"Tian San, the turtle grandson, doesn't know where he died, so he has to be cleaned up when he comes back!" Tian Huaying cursed angrily. "Alright, don't wait. Mr. Wu, let's go, let's go to Baihualou. ”

Xu Anping followed all the way, and he found that Tian Huaying and his party were picking remote paths, and they were not as flamboyant as usual, and they felt more and more weird. In the end, Tian Huaying did not enter a certain courtyard house, but entered Baihualou. At this time, it was already dark, and it was the bustling place of the brothel. Xu Anping heard the crowd in front of him, but the back of the courtyard was quite quiet, and a runner climbed into the courtyard like an ape. It turned out that there was a large pond in the backyard, and he walked slowly along the path by the pond with his hands behind his back, sometimes stopping to look at the surface of the pond for a while, sometimes breaking a willow branch, and constantly whispering two half-literary sentences in his mouth, "The platform is verdant, and the green floating goose feathers."

The maids passing by didn't think it was strange, after all, there were more scholars who came to the brothel to chant poetry. Xu Anping even heard the two maids laughing in a low voice: "This scholar's body looks quite well-proportioned, I don't know if it's a good thing." I heard my young lady say that there is a scholar who is very handsome, but after going to bed, he ......."

Xu Anping even felt a little embarrassed, slowly walked to the four-story wooden building, looked up at it, and seemed to see a figure flying into a room on the fourth floor. He paused to be vigilant, saw that there was no one on the left and right, grabbed the thick willow branch that stretched out and swung it vigorously to the second floor, then grabbed the rafters on the third floor and climbed to the eaves of the third floor, and then stuck it on the window of the house on the fourth floor to steal the sound.

"Tian Dashao, the assassin in charge of this mission has not heard from him for more than a month, there should be a problem. I'll take over that later. The voice of a strange middle-aged man reached Xu Anping's ears.

"What? I've been waiting so long for you to tell me the news. How do you Blood Hand Allies do things? Tian Huaying said angrily.

"Tian Dashao, pay attention to your tone. We don't need you to talk about how to do things. The man's tone had hardened.

Mr. Wu pulled Tian Huaying's sleeve and whispered a few words of persuasion. After a while, Tian Huaying suppressed her anger and said fiercely: "I repeat, I want the Deng family's silk purchase channel, the deed of the silk village, and Deng Yongming must die." Well, you have to ...... Deng Xiaoke."

"Shh The middle-aged man made a gesture to silence Tian Huaying, moved his footsteps to the window, and suddenly pushed open the window to look outside, only to see a few light laughter from the maids outside, and there was no one. After a while, he closed the window again and stood next to it. After waiting for half an hour, he suddenly opened the window and looked again, only then he shook his head and told himself that it was an illusion just now.

"Rest assured, it's a pond outside, there won't be any problems." Tian Huaying chuckled.

At this time, Xu Anping grabbed the rafters on the third floor with one hand, his body was suspended in the air, and after a while, he felt his fingers sour, and heard the sound of the window closing for the second time above, so he carefully stood on the eaves of the second floor, and then jumped to the ground. "Well, it seems that the food has been so good lately, it's time to lose weight. His mother! This group of bastards of the Blood Hand Alliance is really haunted. Sooner or later, I will send you to reunite with Uncle Lin. ”