Xu Anping walked on the mountain road carrying the corpse of Father Yu on his back, stumbling along the way. At this time, he had lost the ability to think, and for a while the honest appearance of Father Yu appeared in his mind, and for a while Yi Lian'er and Aunt Yu were heartbroken. He couldn't forgive himself, and he was a little timid, and he even thought about running away and didn't dare to go back to face Yi Lian'er. It was precisely because of him that Father Yu suffered an accident, but now he can't tell Yi Lian'er the real reason, so he can only let her suffer these pains. In this way, Xu Anping limped with his eyes blank, not avoiding potholes or vine branches. When the sky was slightly bright, he arrived at the gate of the Yu family, put down the corpse of Father Yu, and knelt on the ground in a daze and cried: "Auntie, I'm sorry for you!" I only found Daddy's body. ”

Aunt Yu got up and opened the door, saw the corpse of her wife, and immediately cried bitterly. "Daddy, why are you leaving! How should we live with our orphans and widows left behind......" Yi Lian'er heard A-Niang's cry, and hurriedly ran out, and when she saw A-Daddy's corpse, she couldn't cry.

The remorse in Xu Anping's heart was tormenting him, and when he heard the heart-rending cries of Aunt Yu and Yi Lian'er, he hated himself even more for being useless, kneeling there and hanging his head. After a while, the villagers of Yujia Village came over and helped tidy up Daddy Yu's appearance and put on his longevity clothes. Xu Anping was also picked up and sent home to rest, and he just looked at the roof with his eyes open, without a trace of sleep.

When it was dark, Yi Lian'er came over with a bowl of porridge with red eyes. "Brother Anping, get up and eat something, we don't blame you. You bring Daddy's body back so that he can be buried in peace, Auntie and I ......" said and couldn't help crying.

Xu Anping got up from the bed and hurriedly came over to help Yi Lian'er wipe her tears, "Lian'er, it's all my fault, I didn't save my father." Let me take care of you in the future, and I won't let you suffer any more grievances. ”

Yi Lian'er nodded, still in tears, unable to speak.

The next day, Aunt Yu came over and said, "Anping! The people in the Baishi village at home will help with it, so you better go back to the Deng family quickly. Master Deng also borrowed 200 taels of silver from you, you are a good master, you bring the silver ticket back to others, and work hard over there. As he spoke, he took out a silver ticket and stuffed it to Xu Anping.

Xu Anping wanted to persuade her to stay, but he didn't know how to speak. "Auntie, if you encounter anything at home, let Xiaohu come to me. Daddy is gone, let me take care of you and provide for you in the future. ”

"Good, good! Anping is a good boy. Aunt Yu patted Xu Anping with her hand, tears couldn't help but flow down again, and she said a few words of comfort and went home.

Xu Anping simply packed up his baggage, kowtowed to Father Yu three times at the end of the hour, and left Yujia Village. He did not return to the county seat, but went straight to Anlufu City along the official road. On the way, I saw a man dressed as a servant coming from the direction of Qingping County to beat the horse and gallop quickly, and when the horse galloped closer, he suddenly ran from the right side of the road to the left, and then squatted down and pretended to pick up something.

The officer on horseback hurriedly tightened the reins, and kept shouting "Phew, hoo!" When the horses stopped, they shouted, "Little rabbit, are you tired of being crooked?" Believe it or not, this will trample you to death? If you delay your master to go to Anlu Mansion to do business, you have to be scraped alive! ”

Xu Anping didn't speak, seeing that there was no one around, he turned around and jumped up with his face covered, and slammed his palm on the officer's neck. The official fainted instantly, and fell off his horse. He led the horses and dragged them to the grove by the side of the road, tied them up with vines, and slapped them a few times.

"This good man, stop fighting, stop fighting. Can't I call you grandpa? As soon as the servant opened his eyes, he began to ask for forgiveness again and again, but his eyes were still dripping and rolling.

"I'd like to ask a few questions." Xu Anping took out a dagger from his arms and weighed it in his hand, the tip of the dagger was never half a foot away from the officer's eyes, and asked in a low voice.

The officer's face turned pale at once, and sweat broke out on his forehead. "Good, good. I'll tell you what I know! If there is half a lie, the sky will thunder. This man, you grab the dagger, don't slip your hands. He swallowed as he spoke.

"You're a servant of Qingping County, right?"

The official replied hurriedly, for fear of speaking a word too slowly. "Yes, yes. I am Xu Si'er, a government official in Qingping County, and this time I went to send a letter to the prefect's master for the eldest lord, and the letter was placed close to my arms. ”

Xu Anping took out the letter and opened it to take a look, it was a simple greeting and made an appointment for the next visit, and returned it to the official without thinking too much, and then asked, "How to get to Anlu Mansion?" ”

When the official saw Xu Anping return the letter to him, he was also relieved, and hurriedly said: "Go straight along the official road, turn right after fifty miles, and walk almost eighty miles to arrive." If you think the distance is too slow, ride this horse, and you will be able to reach it at the beginning of the year. Leave the horse at the Joy Inn when you arrive, I'm sure I won't talk nonsense. ”

Xu Anping nodded, knocked on the shoulder of the official with a dagger and said, "It's rare that you are so sensible, I will spare your life today." However, if you dare to flee or shout for help before dawn tomorrow, I will go to Qingping County to find you. ”

When the official saw Xu Anping's dagger close to his neck, he was immediately frightened, tears came out, and when he heard Xu Anping say this, he couldn't wait to take out his heart. "Don't dare, don't dare! Don't worry, I won't run away before tomorrow, let alone shout for help. ”

Xu Anping didn't look at his ugliness either, and rode away directly. Two hours later, he had reached the gate of Anlufu, so he dismounted and entered the city. He first left his horses at the Yuelai Inn, then found Causeway Lane in the north of the city based on the envelopes he had collected from the Assassins, and wandered around as if he were lost, but his eyes looked at the courtyard walls on both sides from time to time. As he was walking, Xu Anping saw an inconspicuous courtyard not far in front of him was very suspicious, the courtyard wall was covered with iron nails of inches long, and there were not a few dog barks in the yard. At this time, it was the meal, and other people's houses were noisy and smoking, but this family was the opposite. After seeing it, he prepared to come and find out in the evening, so he went back the way he came.

Xu Anping stayed at a Tongfu inn not far away, and went back to his room to rest after dinner. In the middle of the ugly hour, he turned out of the inn and ran towards the unusual mansion. As soon as he approached the house, the dog suddenly barked, and after a while, he heard the voice of an adult man: "What the hell are you screaming?" Not even a ghost. Delay Lao Tzu to sleep, and tomorrow I will slaughter you and eat meat. There was a slightly younger voice next to him who said, "Third brother, don't worry! The helmsman is out on a mission, so we'd better be careful. If something goes wrong, we can't eat and walk around. "Xiao Qi, it's not that the third brother said you, you are also timid. You don't look at it, which one of those who don't have long eyes dares to come to the territory of our Holy Alliance to spread wilderness. I'll tell you......"

After a while, Xu Anping threw the two meat buns mixed with the "grass flying" poison in his arms into the yard, and the dog barked first just now, and then "whimpered" twice and then stopped moving. Then he climbed up to the wall, carefully dodging the nails and jumped into the wall, and then approached the guard room at the back door to see that the two men who had just spoken were already asleep, and their weapons were not far away. Xu Anping touched into the room, first cut the throat of the rough man, and then approached a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, who was about to cut his throat when he saw that the other party opened his eyes full of green panic. He did not hesitate, but covered the young man's mouth and nose with a faster speed and cut the throat with a dagger. Seeing that the other party's young face was losing its blood, he said softly: "Don't be an assassin in the next life." ”

Xu Anping walked out of the room and felt to the rest of the courtyard, each time he either jumped into the window or opened the door, cutting their throats before the other party could wake up or have time to react. At this time, he suddenly met a little girl of eleven or twelve years old in the corridor. The other party seemed to have just gotten up at night and was still sleepy-eyed, and when he saw him holding a blood-dripping dagger in his hand, he was already frightened and stupid, and his eyes were round and he forgot to scream. Xu Anping couldn't bear it, so he hid the dagger behind him and decided to knock the little girl unconscious. When approaching the side of the little girl, he suddenly heard a slight sound of wind behind him, and his right foot turned quickly to the left, and the whole person had turned behind the little girl, and then he covered the other party's mouth and nose and turned her neck hard. Hearing the sound of "click", Xu Anping helped the little girl to sit on the bench on the side of the corridor, as if she was admiring the moonlight. At this time, a half-foot-long dagger held by the little girl also fell to the ground, and Xu Anping let go of the last trace of unbearability in his heart and continued to look for other assassins.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Anping had already walked to the front door. After killing the two male-faced menzi, he opened the gate and walked out, and when he left, he used the blood of the menzi to imprint a bloody handprint on the door.