Exactly fifteen, the full moon.

In Sanshui City, in a magnificent mansion, two uninvited guests suddenly appeared.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The husband's son was drowsy and exhausting, in fact, this was the only sound in the Xiao family, the night swallowed people's sight, and everything was difficult to see.

In a garden, the brook flowed quietly, and in the moonlight, it was full of leafy trees and flowers, and in the moonlight, two black figures swayed by the stream, but no one noticed.

The garden was quiet, except for them, there was no one, Liu Fan slowly opened his eyes, looked at the compound, and suddenly had a little headache.

It's too big, yes, the Xiao family is too big, compared to the southwest family he has seen, the Xiao family seems to be really a big family, there are not too many gorgeous decorations, but the style of the family is vivid, Liu Fan has a headache, he doesn't know where to go, in fact, how to get out now is a big problem.

"Let's go!"

It's not a good thing to stay in a garden where no one is always around, it's only two or three hours before dawn, and when it's dawn, they will have nothing to hide, or they need to find a place where there are people to ask, so as not to come to Xiao's house in vain.

"It's dry, be careful of the candle ......"

Just when they were distressed, a sleepy man slowly walked towards here, with a tired face, from time to time he knocked on the gong and drum in his hand, yawned, and did not pay attention at all, behind him, there were already two more figures.

Liu Fa waited, waiting for the man to finish the last nonsense, and then his feet moved, and he had already locked the man's throat behind his back.

The man was tired, but suddenly his neck was cold, and he immediately woke up, and he was still half sleepy.

"If I ask you, will you answer?"

Liu Fan's hand squeezed the man's neck tightly, and asked in a very low voice, although he said it very kindly, but the man clearly heard a taste that could not be refused.

He frowned, and was about to hesitate, but at this time, the strength in Liu Fa's hand was a little bigger, and the person saw that he was like this, where did he dare to hesitate, but he just moved his eyes slightly, full of pleading.

"Okay, very good, where is the head of the Xiao family?"

The person who knows the current affairs is Junjie, Liu Fa saw that this person knew the current affairs very well, and he didn't want to waste time, so he asked Xiao Tingde about his whereabouts straight to the point, he knew that Xiao Yao knew no more than his Lao Tzu, and only by finding Xiao Ting was the most useful.

"Ahem, the head of the house is ......"

Listening to what this person said, Liu Fan smiled slightly, then nodded, let go of his hand, and before the man could relax, suddenly his eyes were dark, and the back of the knife had hit the back of his head, but this time, he passed out decisively.

Dongyuan Pavilion, above a water pavilion, there is a room, the light is still on, there is a person sitting at the desk, turning a letter over and over again, reading it several times.

The age of the man is not very large, but it gives people a feeling of old age, he has not been an official for a day, but he gives people a feeling of not being angry and arrogant.

Dongyuan Pavilion is surrounded by water, if you want to get here, you can only take a small boat, but you are good at water-based willow cutting, how can you choose such a troublesome thing.

In this Dongyuan Pavilion, there are far more people who have not slept, in fact, there are some people who are waiting for the night there, motionless, their eyes are fixed on the room with the lights on.

"Shao Wuqing is dead?"

The man stroked his beard slightly, as if talking to himself, and his voice was inaudible.

"Yes, the head of the family, Da Xia Zi has died, and now Shaowu Hengyong and the Xiaowu army are already attacking the imperial capital, and now the other three branches of the four towns of the imperial capital seem to have begun to move, but they seem to be in order to support that Shaowu Hengyong!"

If it weren't for the man bowing his head, I'm afraid no one would have noticed that on that cold floor, there was already a person kneeling for a long, long time, and he knelt silently, just to answer the question of the person who was sitting.

The person sitting was naturally Xiao Ting, the first master of Jiangnan.

"Well, what's going on, then?"

Xiao Ting's eyes were like torches, he was very puzzled, he didn't know what was behind this, but he could vaguely guess that I was afraid that the imperial capital, and even Great Xia, would have a huge change.

"The head of the family is wise, it is the northwest barbarian horse, the northwest barbarian horse has moved, these days have conquered Xihezhou, Xihezhou county guard family is all killed by the barbarian horse, tens of thousands of people are captured by the barbarian horseman, their actions are very fast, soon, I am afraid that the stone fort will be broken!"

"What?"

Hearing this news, Xiao Ting was shocked, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the six counties of Ganning turned over, with countless casualties, so that the year of the Great Xia was not blessed, and the brute cavalry in the northwest actually moved again, how could this not surprise him?

"You stand down first!"

After a long silence, he finally calmed down, glanced at the man who was kneeling on the ground, nodded slightly, and motioned for him to go out.

I didn't say much about that person, I respectfully made a big salute, and then silently walked out of Dongyuan Pavilion.

"Alas!"

The Xiao family, the family has a big business, not only in the south of the Yangtze River, in the northwest, the southwest province, they have their figures, they have their foundation, Liu Fa guessed well, the Xiao family is really an antique, they have been in the southwest, for a full eight hundred years, they left the imperial capital for an oath, came to this Jiangnan, they won because of Jiangnan, Jiangnan, also because of them, but no one has ever known, their origin, their hidden secrets in the depths, just such a family, there are also problems they are worried about.

It is no exaggeration to say that he can call for wind and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and he can raise an army of hundreds of thousands of people in this Jingchu land with just one sentence, and because of this, they are also subject to a lot of royal constraints and suspicions.

"Master, someone has broken in!"

Just when he was troubled, suddenly there was another person in front of him, also dressed in black, but it was another person.

"Stand down, do you still need to report to me for such a trivial matter?"

Xiao Ting was very displeased, he frowned, retreated from this person, and then began to worry again, he had to think more than ordinary people, every step was like walking on the tip of a knife, and he had to be careful.

Liu Fa didn't realize that they had been discovered, but he didn't retreat, he still approached the Dongyuan Pavilion, close, it was already very close, and at a distance of more than a zhang, you could see the buildings in the Dongyuan Pavilion.

There are more ripples on the quiet water, and in this late night, they don't attract attention at all, and of course these people who don't pay attention are just ordinary people.

As the head of the Xiao family, his body is naturally not so easy to approach, many people want Xiao Ting to die, but Xiao Ting has always lived a very beautiful life, because he has some shadows that do not see the sun.

"Drip ......"

A drop of water splashed on the cold steps, Liu Fa had already come out of the water, the water here was very cold, for some reason, in such a hot season, there was such a cold pool of water.

"Ahem......"

At the moment when Liu Fa raised his head, he was stunned, he heard a light cough, obviously, this light cough was not from the cold move, he felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly regretted it, at this moment, he really remembered that this was the Xiao family, the place where the head of the first family in Jiangnan was located, and he was a little reckless.

"It's fun to have friends from afar!"

Before Liu Fa could retreat, a lantern was already lit, and in front of Liu Fa, an old man with drooping eyelids looked at him with a smile, and the deep wrinkles seemed to tell his annual rings.

Liu Fa was puzzled, such an old man who was dying, but his voice had a majestic voice that was different from his age, his eyes were full of kindness, but it gave people a creepy feeling.

"General be careful!"

After Han Ju heard this voice, Han Ju's hair stood up, and from the old man in front of him, he didn't feel any signs of breathing, just like a dead man, he didn't even breathe at all.

Now that he has been discovered, Liu Fa doesn't want to hide, there are some things, he can't hide if he doesn't want to hide, he doesn't want to return in vain, he wants to see the so-called head of the Xiao family, even if he can't solve his doubts, he also wants to know the intention of the son of Dali.

These should be the problems that the Xiao family's doctrine cannot be shirked to solve for Liu Fa.

"I feel guilty about visiting late at night, but I want to meet the head of the Xiao family, I don't know if it's okay!"

Liu Fa patted Han Ju's shoulder and strode out, he hugged his fists, and a rare smile appeared on his face, since he had been discovered, he simply stood up generously.

"The head of the family is busy, and it's really hard to get out, but the old man can entertain the two of you on behalf of the head of the house, please!"

The smile on the old man's face became deeper and deeper, like a chrysanthemum, shaking and wrinkling, and as soon as the words fell, the old man had already stretched out his hand and gently grabbed Liu Fa.

"General be careful!"

Without waiting for the cold to be reminded, Liu Fa's heart was tight, and an inexplicable chill surged into his heart, this existence like a living dead really made him feel some palpitations, this old man, not simple.

"Don't meddle!"

At the moment when the old man grabbed it, Liu Fa's body shook, and then he took a step back, he said lightly to the cold move behind him, and then stood again, the old man held a lantern in one hand, just stretched out his other hand, and what frightened Liu Fa was that his lantern never moved.

The eye-catching Xiao character has always been in front of his eyes, and he has not moved.

The so-called pulling a hair and moving the whole body, this old man is really tricky and weird, he just moved one hand, the other hand holding the lamp seemed to be frozen, motionless, under the dim light, Liu Fa saw the old man's palm like an eagle's claws, skinny as firewood.

"Humph!"

Liu Fa snorted coldly, and the Yuan Knife was already in his hand.

The Yuan Knife, which had not been dispatched for a long time, moved again after half a year, and the unsheath was as arrogant as a dragon's groan, and even the old man had a trace of sharpness in his eyes, and sighed sincerely: "Good knife!" ”

Although it was admiration, but his hand did not stop, no matter how good the knife is, if it is used to kill himself, it is not worthy of praise, unless he can take it into his own hand.

"Bang!"

The old man's hand was unrelenting, like an octopus, and he pressed towards Liu Fa, the corner of Liu Fa's mouth moved, and then he said leisurely: "Excuse me!" ”

Saying that, the Yuan Dao slashed towards the old man with a cold glow, he didn't have the heart to kill him, but he had to fight 120,000 points of spirit, the lion still needed all his strength to fight the rabbit, not to mention, the old man in front of him was a sleeping tiger at all, he was even more terrible than Liu Fan imagined.

This is a master, he is protecting Xiao Ting, he has protected him for twenty years, he is always alive, Xiao Ting is also alive, he has basically suffered all the injuries he can suffer, but in the past ten years, he has rarely been injured.

Some pain, just suffer once!

"Ding......

A crisp voice sounded, and the old man's fingers had already hit Liu Fa's abyss knife, Liu Fa's fingers trembled, and the tiger's mouth was a little numb, he didn't understand, this old man was really weird, but he was unwilling, he just wanted to go in and meet Xiao Ting!

"Humph!"

A cold voice sounded, Liu Fa had already clenched the Yuan Knife in his hand again, he squinted his eyes, carefully observed the old man, and did not move.

The old man saw Liu Fa stop, smiled slightly, but he didn't relent, he didn't want Liu Fa to find a little flaw, so he shook his body, and then continued to grab Liu Fa.

Liu Fa was not afraid, in a moment's effort, he had found a flaw, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he went up, only to hear a "hiss" sound, the old man's sleeve had been cut off a small section, and at the same time, the lantern in the old man's left hand flew into the sky......

"Bang!"

Not surprisingly, the lantern was lit by the torch inside, but before there was much fire, it had already fallen into the water.

Night, silent as death!

Everything, have returned to calm, the sky, dark, black stretched out and did not see the five fingers, although it is fifteen, but the full moon has been covered by dark clouds, Dongyuan Pavilion, only one light is still on, but it is still far away from Liu Yuan!

"Huh?"

Hearing all the sounds of fighting outside, Xiao Ting frowned, his expression was quite displeased, he was in a bad mood tonight, and hearing the annoying sounds outside made him even more annoyed.

In fact, in Dongyuan Pavilion, there is far more than such an old man, but more people are watching the play, and the meaning of that lamp is also here, he played this lantern, just to let other masters of Dongyuan Pavilion see how he made a move.

It's just that he made a fool of himself, and it was very embarrassing that the lantern had fallen into the water, and at this moment, there was no light left.

"Go there!"

The older the man became, the more he refused to accept old age, and the old man was knocked over the lantern, and his heart began to be displeased, and he closed his eyes and began to listen.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he immediately opened his eyes, then jumped up, and grabbed Liu Fa by feeling, I have to say, this old man is very powerful, even though the sky is dark, he still found Liu Fa's direction.

Liu Fa smiled coldly, and then waved the Yuan Dao again, this time, he was going to break into this Dongyuan Pavilion.

"Zheng!"

A crisp sound sounded, and the Yuan Knife struck past the old man, and Liu Fa began to touch the interior of the Dongyuan Pavilion like a swallow.

At this moment, Han Ju also moved, he was not very far from Liu Fa, but approached the old man silently.

"Huh?"

The sky was dark, and the old man couldn't tell it anymore, because the breath of Liu Fa and Han Ju was not completely different, Han Ju had followed Liu Fa for so long, so he naturally knew Liu Fa very well, and it was not so difficult to imitate it, he wanted to give this old man an illusion to create an opportunity for Liu Fa, because Liu Fa wanted to see Xiao Ting.

Like the wind, Liu Fa quickly broke free from the old man's side, and there was no lantern, the old man also frowned, he knew that the person in front of him was afraid that he was no longer the person just now, but he couldn't see it, he couldn't see anything.

"Humph!"

He shook his head, he actually stopped, no longer moved, there was only so much he could do, since Liu Fa could get out of here, then it was out of his responsibility.

"Young man, stop, don't struggle, he goes in, you stay here, old man, I don't want to do it, it's the middle of the night, it's very tiring!"

The old man relied on his senses to glance at the direction where Han Ju was, moved his feet slightly, and then blocked Han Ju's way again, without saying a word.

Han Ju shook his head, he really didn't have any confidence, but he still gritted his teeth and continued to rush towards the old man, he was the shadow of Liu Fa, he was there to protect Liu Fa, if something happened to Liu Fa, he would not leave the Xiao family alone.

Someone, there are lights!

Dongyuan Pavilion is not only a pavilion, but a series of many houses, in this long corridor that Liu Fa stepped on, dark, dark even north can not be found.

Just as he frowned, the lights suddenly lit up in a house in front of him, and the door suddenly opened, and a young man was sitting inside, looking at his age, it seemed that he was not much older than Liu Fan.

"There are friends, from afar, and it is very happy!"

The same sentence came out of this person's mouth, but there was a sense of gentleness, which gave Liu Fan an illusion, as if this was a Confucian disciple under the saint's door.

"Who are you?"

Liu Fa didn't have much nonsense, he asked a simple question, and then scanned the other places unscrupulously, hoping to find Xiao Tinglai.

"You can call me Xiao Changle!"

The man smiled slightly, and there was even some shyness and shyness in his smile.

Liu Fa frowned, and then stretched out again, he sighed, the person in front of him didn't seem to have any malicious intent, in fact, he was the uninvited guest, but he did have lingering doubts in his heart, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "Brother Xiao, a certain surname Liu, named Fan, I want to see the head of the Xiao family for something, I hope he can relieve my doubts, this doubt is related to you and Xiao Men!" ”