In the garden, the blooming peonies had become messy by this time, and many flowers were scattered all over the ground, as if they had experienced a cruel storm. One of the surrounding Qionghua trees also fell, and under the trees, several young masters of wolf bèi were unconscious. And in the middle of the garden, in the most devastated area, a disheveled girl was crying, her hands clasped around her knees, crying like pear blossoms and rain.

"What's going on?" The family who came to the rescue rushed to the scene, and when they saw this scene, they only felt that the day was about to fall, the injured young master, and the girl who seemed to have been insulted, none of them were good men and women.

In addition to the three young masters of his own family lying on the ground, there is also the third young master from Cui's distant side, this one has an accident in his master's house, so just the explanation of Qinghe Cui's is already terrible, not to mention that there is that girl, that is the personal maid of the fourth lady Zheng Liwan, this fourth young lady will definitely not give up, but where is this murderer? A group of people looked left and right, looking for traces of the murderer.

But there is nothing else here except the Qionghua tree that is shaken by the wind. The man was long gone, and he did not know where he had gone. A group of family members could only divide a few people to check on their young master's injuries, and the rest went to find a stretcher. But when I stepped forward and saw the bluestone slab full of bloodstains, these family members were all trembling in two strands, and after a closer look, I found that there were large pools of blood on the crotch of the four people, and all the family members who checked it were scared to pee.

"This ...... Go, go and report to the master! A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper shouted loudly, this thing can't be good. The injury was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

But just as they hurriedly rushed towards the study where the patriarch of the Zheng family and the elders of the Cui clan were discussing, a wave of shaking began.

"Boom ......" A sound like a thunderbolt on a dry day came from a distance. Then they all felt a tremor in the ground.

"Is this, is this the Earth Dragon turning over?" The butler stopped and said blankly.

"Isn't it!" Jia Ding was also at a loss.

The entire Xingyang heard this thunderclap at this moment, although it was far away and did not feel the tremor on the ground, but this thunderous sound still attracted everyone's attention. Because the sun is shining at this time, how can it be thundering in such weather. So they all looked in the direction where the sound came from.

In the place where the Zheng family is entrenched, between the red bricks and green tiles. There was a puff of smoke and dust, like a huge mushroom breaking through the ground and rising rapidly, straight into the sky. In the blink of an eye, a large area was enveloped.

The people in the Zheng Mansion feel even more real. But the deepest feeling was the few family guards who were guarding in front of the study. Because they really felt the power of this thunderbolt, behind them, the original magnificent study had collapsed at this time, and there were countless broken walls scattered around, and the beams and eaves of the houses flew out like this, and pieces of masonry, stone and earth were scattered and flying. They covered their bleeding ears. Rolling on the ground. The wail came from their mouths, but they themselves could not hear it.

Not far from the study. Li Kuan pulled out the cotton stuffed in his ears, and then dug out his hands and still buzzed his ears, showing a look of affection: "This can be regarded as the first shot of the revolution, after this time, these families are afraid that they will really fight with me!" Li Kuan muttered. He has buried several big people this time, and the heaviest loss is undoubtedly the Xingyang Zheng family, because this is their territory, and they are here to discuss with the elders of the Cui family, so the important people of the family must be accompanied, and now they should be served in a pot. Therefore, the Xingyang Zheng family must hate him to the bone, and he must eat his flesh and drink his blood. is like Zheng Qiao, who is still serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the court, as well as Zheng Xuanyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, Zheng Huaide, the assassin of Xingyang, and Zheng Renji, the father of the fourth lady. These officials of the Zheng family in the court will definitely join forces, but Li Er will have a headache again.

Presumably now the guy who has been following him has begun to write a report, but he doesn't care, anyway, when he made the decision before, he was ready to be the enemy of the world's family, and now it's just a worse situation, anyway, the worst is to go away, the chess pieces have been laid, and the back road has been buried, but he is not afraid. Li Kuan thought, then turned and left.

Presumably, everyone already knew that the one who could cause such damage and the earth-shattering sound must be gunpowder. That's right, this is the gunpowder that Li Kuan made, this thing Li Kuan didn't intend to use, and after he cleaned up the four squirts before, the anger in his heart had been partially resolved, so at that time, he was just thinking that he was teaching these old scholars these beasts, and the old guy would just teach them a lesson, such as stealing the volume of "Analects" that he had asked for by name in front of them.

But when he came to this place and wanted to lure these old guys to the newly built ancestral hall where the target items were hidden, he found that these old guys were doing something that made him angry.

Through the thin window paper, Li Kuan peeked in from the outside. Cui Huamin, the patriarch of the Cui family, was sitting in the guest seat, discussing with several bigwigs of the Zheng family.

"The old man set off from the Cui family seven days ago, and arrived in Xingyang yesterday, the thief Chu Liuxiang left Qinghe half a month ago, during this time he fought all the way to Xingyang, and then asked your family for the heirloom scroll, which shows that this so-called Chu Liuxiang is actually in the same way as our five surnames and seven hopes, and must not stay, must be cut to the roots!" Cui Huamin took a sip of tea and said to the people of the Zheng family.

"Cui Lao said very much, this thief doesn't know where he came from, he is so unscrupulous, he doesn't take us and other families in his eyes, it's really too deceitful, our five surnames and seven hopes have always been in the same spirit, and we will definitely not compromise with this thief, we must arrest him and crush his bones and ashes!" Zheng Duo, the patriarch of the Zheng clan, also answered seriously.

"There are not many families in the world surnamed Chu, these families that have long been ruined still guard the glory of the Chu State back then, and that Xiang Yu's little face, it really makes us laugh and be generous! And this Chu Liuxiang, is it from these families? A long-bearded old man of the Zheng family said loudly, his name is Zheng Qiang, and he is Zheng Duo's uncle and the younger brother of the previous patriarch of the Zheng family.

"It's possible, but there's another possibility, this Chu Liuxiang is just a pseudonym, not a real name, what should we do?" Another elder of the Zheng family said. This point is also a problem, this Chu Liuxiang has not seen his true face until now, so even if the Cui family has issued a sea fishing document that wants Chu Liuxiang before, no one will take this official document without a portrait seriously, but it is just one more talking point when he secretly laughs at the Qinghe Cui family.

"Then, now we can only confirm one thing, this Chu Liuxiang is actually in this Xingyang City, as long as we do a little bit, we will definitely be able to find it, but doing so will definitely affect our family's reputation, I'm afraid a Xingyang Zheng family can't afford it." Zheng Qiang spoke up again, a hint of ruthlessness flashing across his face.

"How? Please teach me from my uncle! Zheng Duo still has a lot of respect for this uncle, because this old guy is notoriously insidious and vicious, in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Xingyang Zheng family was inevitably affected, in order to protect the family from being suppressed by the later ruling royal family, so the Xingyang Zheng family sent several outstanding talents in the family, they were involved in several forces that the family favored at that time, and then made suggestions for these strengths. This is also the survival of all the great families, stepping on several boats at the same time, one boat capsized and other boats settled. Just like the Zhuge family during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang served Liu Bei, his brother served under Cao Cao, and his younger brother was in Jiangdong. Therefore, some people say that the Zhuge family has a dragon and tiger dog, its dragon enters Shu, Wei has its tiger, and Jiangdong has its dog. It is typical that eggs are not packed in the same basket with multiple insurances.

And this Zheng Qiang, who was originally in the service of Xiao Mill, the side branch of the Lanling Xiao clan, established Xiao Liang in the southwest, and was one of the most powerful rebel armies at that time, with its sphere of influence reaching Jiujiang in the east, the Three Gorges in the west, Jiaozhi (now Hanoi, Vietnam) in the south, and Hanshui in the north. He supported more than 400,000 troops, and was crowned emperor in the first year of Wude. At that time, this Zheng Qiang served as the Taishi Ling in Xiao Liang's country, and often gave advice to Xiao Milling. It's just that because the strategies he is in are all vicious and ruthless, Xiao Mo rarely uses them, but every time he adopts them, they all make so many anti-kings at that time feel terrified, because these strategies are all based on endless blood, and it is not the blood of soldiers, but the blood of the people. What they are best at is to use the people, not only to deceive, but also to use the people to blackmail their opponents.

"As long as I can catch Chu Liuxiang, my Cui clan will count as one!" Cui Huamin saw Zheng Qiang, and immediately knew the reason for his hesitation, when he had Xiao Milling as a shield, this person dared to give advice every time, and now he is on the territory of the Zheng family, as long as he does too much, the Zheng family will definitely be the first to suffer losses, in the concept of these people in this era, the family is the most important, so the things that damage the reputation of the family are decided to be considered and considered. So Cui Huamin made a guarantee, after all, if he didn't make a statement, it would definitely cause a crack in the current cooperation between the two companies.

"Not only the Qinghe Cui family, but also the Boling Cui family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Taiyuan Wang family, these families, this time our five surnames and seven hopes must take the same position. Otherwise, it will be difficult to convince the public! "Zheng Qiang not only wants to tell the Qinghe Cui clan to tie up the chariot, but also the rest of the family. (To be continued......)