The bright moon hangs on the willow tops, and the upside-down silk ribbons are like streamers on the skirts of dancers, swaying in the evening breeze.

In the pond full of lotus leaves, a small piece of water that has been left out by lotus leaves reflects the floating shadow of the moon.

A fish jumped out of the water, flipped around in mid-air, and fell back into the pool, setting off a wave on the calm water, the mirror-like pool rippled in circles, and the floating shadow of the moon also twisted its form in the ripples, until the ripples receded, and then regained its roundness and smoothness.

On the edge of the pond, two people stood side by side.

Standing on the left is Liu Wei, who is wearing golden armor and a military uniform. Next to Liu Wei is Cai Yan, who is light and slightly thin.

From sunset to the moonlit willows, the conversation between the two was only a few words, and more often, they were looking at the lotus flowers in the pond and were silent.

Tomorrow was originally the wedding date of Cai Yan and Wei Zhongdao, but the appearance of Liu Wei changed all this. Cai Yan, who was supposed to marry someone else's wife, will become Liu Wei's concubine after tonight.

The two stood by the pond and enjoyed the moonlight of the lotus pond together, but the Wei family in Anyi City at this time was a different scene.

Wei Zhongdao lay quietly on the bed, covered with thick floc, his face was as pale as paper, his breathing was very weak, and there was still a large pool of blood stains on the floc next to the pillow.

In the not very large room, there are more than a dozen people sitting in the room. Behind the crowd, two white candles were lit on two candlesticks.

The light of the white candle was cast in the room, bringing a dim light to the room, making the already very calm room even more gloomy.

The old man of the Wei family knelt beside Wei Zhongdao's bed, his old hand gently caressed Wei Zhongdao's forehead, and two lines of old tears had already slid down his wrinkled face like walnut skin.

Beside the old man of the Wei family, the mother of the Wei family and several women were already crying to death. Wei Zhongdao vomited blood two or three times in the afternoon, and when the doctor saw it, he just dropped a sentence for the Wei family to prepare for the future as soon as possible, and left in a hurry, without saying anything else.

"It hurts me!" Everyone was crying and crying around Wei Zhongdao, and Wei Zhongdao, who was in a coma, suddenly roared, and suddenly sat up and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

With the spurt of blood, the brilliance in his eyes instantly dissipated, and his body fell heavily backwards, and the back of his head fell on the cover.

"Second brother! Second brother! Wei Zhongdao screamed, spurting blood and then fell, Wei Qian hurriedly stepped forward, shook him vigorously, and called out loudly.

But Wei Zhongdao was already with his eyes closed at this time, and he couldn't breathe at all, and it was impossible to hear his voice anymore.

"Son!" Wei Zhongdao ran out of breath, and the old woman Wei on the side howled miserably, threw herself on his corpse and cried bitterly.

As soon as the old lady cried, the room was filled with clouds of sorrow, and all the women began to howl along with it.

"Tomorrow for Nakado's funeral!" Wei Zhongdao swallowed, but the old man of the Wei family calmed down, he raised his sleeve and wiped the tears on his face, the old voice choked up, and said to the guard on the side: "The funeral procession, walk in front of the county government." In addition, prepare a big gift, the wedding of King Hongnong, if our Wei family does not give gifts, it will be said that there is no stomach! ”

"Father......" I heard that a big gift was going to be prepared for Liu Wei's wedding, Wei was stunned for a moment, and said to Old Man Wei: "But the second brother is because of the king of Hongnong......

"Don't say it again!" Without waiting for Wei Qian to finish speaking, Old Man Wei raised his hand, blocked what he was going to say later, and said coldly: "Hedong is now the territory of King Hongnong, I can't wait for a scholarly family, how can I compete with King Hongnong who has a heavy army." To the king of Nahongnong, you still have to treat each other with courtesy......"

Having said this, the old man of the Wei family couldn't say any more, and raised his head slightly to look at the roof, and the two lines of old tears had already slipped down the face of the cloth folds.

Wei Qian sighed lightly and did not speak again. Wei Zhongdao died of anger because of Liu Bian's robbery, and the entire Wei family hated Liu Bian.

But what the old man of the Wei family said is right, now Hedong is Liu Bian's world, if he forcibly can't get along with Liu Bian, I'm afraid that Wei Zhongdao will not be the only one who will die.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and Cai Yan had returned to the room accompanied by the maid, while Liu Wei was still standing by the pond, silently looking at the silver glistening water in the moonlight.

"Smack!" Just as Liu Wei was looking at the pond and thinking about his inexplicable marriage to Cai Yan, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground came from the corner of the backyard.

Several soldiers on duty at night heard the sound and hurriedly ran towards Liu Wei's side.

Liu Wei raised his hand and stopped the movements of the pro-soldiers, staring at the corner of the wall that made a noise without blinking.

There was only a sound in the corner of the wall, and there was no movement, Liu Wei and several pro-soldiers on duty at night all cast their eyes to the corner, and the pro-soldiers had even pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords, and when they found that someone appeared there, they rushed forward.

Standing by the pond and looking at the corner of the wall for a while, Liu Wei twitched the corners of his mouth, waved his hand at the soldiers, and said to them: "In the middle of the night, when the wild cats are active, you can be more vigilant!" ”

"No!" Several of the soldiers replied and returned to their posts, while Liu Wei turned around and returned to his residence.

The furnishings in Liu Wei's room were very simple, with only a low table and a bed covered on the floor. Just two or three steps from the cover, there was a wooden frame for armor.

Liu Wei walked to the wooden frame, removed the armor, hung it on it, untied the long sword, and placed the long sword on the protrusion in front of the wooden frame, and then walked over to the cover.

Under the corner of the dark backyard, a black shadow lurked in the corner, quietly looking at the room that Liu Wei entered.

Several pro-soldiers stood in the backyard, all of them were standing in response to each other, everyone's eyes were focused on a certain direction, and everyone's eyes were intertwined, just forming a huge net that almost encompassed the entire backyard.

The position of the pro-soldiers made the black shadow dormant in the backyard very boring. He watched for a while, but couldn't find an angle to start.

At this moment, Liu Wei, who had already entered the house, shouted out the door: "Someone! ”

Hearing this shout, the figure in the darkness showed a trace of joy on his face that could not be concealed, and his body couldn't help but move slightly.

A personal soldier guarding the backyard heard Liu Wei's call, and walked quickly towards Liu Wei's room, the departure of the personal soldier made some loopholes in the backyard's defense, and the black shadow carefully observed the position of the remaining pro-soldiers, and soon let him find the blind spot that was missed due to the lack of one person.

Before the departing soldiers returned, the black shadow quickly rushed towards the blind spot of the rest of the soldiers, and soon lurked in another darkness.

If there is a lapse in the sentry, there will be a series of bigger holes. The dark shadow that blended into the backyard was not an ordinary person, and a small omission was enough for him to choose the direction to cut into.

If Liu Wei crossed over, he paid a little attention to the talented people on the rivers and lakes, and he would definitely know about this black shadow lurking in the backyard.

His surname is Deng Mingzhan, he is obsessed with swordsmanship, and he has the nickname of "Sword Demon" on the rivers and lakes. Decades later, Cao Pi once competed with a man named Deng Zhan, but that Deng Zhan was not the one who was lurking in the backyard of the county government right now.

This person became famous at the same time as the emperor of the capital, Wang Yue, who was excellent in swordsmanship, but he always wanted to enter the court as an official, mixed with a wife, and later entered the palace through the drill camp and became the emperor's swordsmanship teacher.

Before today's Liu Wei crossed, Wang Yue had taught Liu Wei swordsmanship as the emperor, but it was a pity that Liu Wei was cowardly by nature at that time, and he didn't like to dance with guns and swords.

But Deng Zhan is different from Wang Yue, he is chivalrous, with a good martial arts, walking between the cities and countryside in the Central Plains all the year round, often helping the weak, and his reputation among the people is much better than Wang Yue.

To say that this Deng Zhan has no enmity with Liu Wei. The reason why he was eyeing Liu Wei was entirely because Liu Wei ruined the marriage between Wei Zhongdao and Cai Yan in Anyi City this time.

Liu Wei knew in his heart that destroying this marriage was completely a great favor to Cai Yan. But in the eyes of outsiders, especially the people of Anyi, he intervened in this marriage, but he relied on power to bully the weak.

Deng Zhan happened to come to Anyi a few days ago, and in the past few days, he saw that the people in Anyi City got along well with the officers and soldiers, and he still had a good impression of Liu Wei.

It was only when he learned that Liu Wei bullied others and robbed Wei Zhongdao's bride that he couldn't help but teach Liu Wei a lesson.

A personal soldier guarding the backyard was summoned into the house by Liu Bian, and Deng Zhan took advantage of this short time to move several times in a row and flash to the side wall of Liu Bian's residence.

Hiding behind the wall, he quietly listened to the movement in the house, and after a while, the door was gently opened, and the soldiers who had entered the house walked out quickly.

The pro-soldier went out of the room, called another pro-soldier, and then walked to the outer courtyard, looking at the back of the two leaving, Deng Zhan was even more overjoyed in his heart.

The pro-soldiers who left the room were summoned away by the pro-soldiers who were looking at the door of Liu Wei's room, which made it more convenient for Deng Zhan to act.

When the two pro-soldiers came out of the backyard, Deng Zhan's body flashed again, flashing to the door of Liu Wei's residence.

It may be that the door was not closed when leaving, and the sliding door happened to leave a gap that allowed the next person to enter sideways.

It was very dark in the room, and before entering the house, Deng Zhan first closed his eyes tightly, and waited until he thought that he had adapted to the darkness, and then turned sideways and lightly touched the room through the gap that had been opened.

Entering the house, he looked around the room, and saw a person lying on the bed, so he lightly touched the bed.

"Don't move!" When he arrived at the bed, Deng Zhan raised his long sword, pointed the tip of the sword at the person lying on the bed, lowered his voice and said, "I don't want to kill you, I just ask you a few things......

Before he finished speaking, Deng Zhan's heart suddenly "chuckled", his hand pressed on the mattress, and it was soft, not like someone was lying in it at all.

Sensing that the situation seemed to be wrong, he lifted the mattress on the cover, and there was half a person in the cover, and the bulging bag stuffed under the cover was actually another bed rolled into a long cylinder.