In the distant sky, the wind pushed the red satin, tearing the originally narrow and obscure red into a large orange and red cloud, like the torches gradually connected into a line, scorching the vast night, and the dark black clouds seemed to be burned by this flame, lifting the sky little by little, and gradually widening the distance between heaven and earth.

The east will be bright, alternating day and night.

Xue Hongbi retracted his gaze from afar, turned his head to look at the still dim alley in front of him, and a few faint red lanterns could be faintly seen.

If you want to find Fu Yuanyu, it is not difficult to say, and it is not easy to say.

It is rumored that Fu Yuanyu is a man of nature who is greedy for enjoyment, and he has the best wine and beauty in his life, and he did not forget to carry wine in the early years, and Xue Hongbi also smelled a smell of wine and fat powder when he was held by him, and obviously crawled out of the women's pile not long ago.

However, Xue Hongbi has always been careful, and he grew up in the mixed market of three religions and nine streams, and the smell he smelled was strong and pungent, and it was a relatively inferior fat powder, and even the girl who solicited customers at the gate of the Qinglou disdained to use it, not to mention that although the material of Fu Yuanyu's robe was good, it was old, and it was not easy to live on the run for many years, and it was inevitable that he would fall.

Therefore, after leaving home, Xue Hongbi just thought about it for a while, and ran to Green Willow Lane.

Green Willow Lane and Pear Blossom Lane are in the south of the city, separated by only four streets, but the street outside Green Willow Lane has many wine shops and gambling houses and Qinlou Chu Pavilion, it is the premier happy place to eat, drink and have fun in Nanyang City, and most of the surrounding alleys live in merchants and vendors, but this Green Willow Lane is located behind Yihong Courtyard, there are a few families in it, all of them are some elderly and desolate prostitutes, they throw their skin and bones into the wine-colored wealth, and wait until the powder fades and the remnants are left with an empty shell, and the good life can redeem themselves and leave here, The rest can only curl up in this alley, decorate the ruined body with some inferior fat powder, and be mean and helpless.

There are a lot of shy idlers in Nanyang City who can't enter Yihong Courtyard, so they go to Luliu Lane to have fun, fortunately, at this time the sky is not yet bright, and the prostitutes who scratch their heads at the entrance of the alley are gone, Xue Hongbi's heart is slightly relaxed, and he walked in, and just a few steps away, he heard a burst of pipa music.

In the old courtyard of the sycamore leaves, the woman sits on the pipa, she is over forty years old, the neck skin exposed when she bows her head is loose, the waist that sits is still thin but not graceful, even if she carefully combs the cloud hair, she can't hide the few wisps of white, and even the tortoiseshell armor pieces worn on her fingertips are no longer bright and bright, and they have been polished out of fine lines by playing and singing year after year, just like the Shaohua she can't keep.

She is wearing a heavy purple Luo skirt, a red silk flower on her hair bun, and a little heavy use of green daisy fat powder on her face, but it perfectly integrates strong beauty and kitsch.

Fu Yuanyu sat beside her, drunk and drunk listening to the blushing and heart-pounding tune, the wine jug swayed between his fingers, almost falling to the ground several times, and was hooked by his fingers before he took it off, like teasing the beauty of the smile, if he was leaving.

The courtyard door was not locked, and when Xue Hongbi walked in, the woman just finished playing a song, stood up with Pipa Yuna in her arms, leaned over and took the wine glass that was still half a light in Fu Yuanyu's hand, raised her head and drank it all in one gulp, leaving her eyes like silk, swinging her waist back to the house, leaving the entire courtyard to them.

"Is she beautiful?" Fu Yuanyu played with the wine jug, and the corners of her lips rose, "More than 20 years ago, she was the leading celebrity in Nanyang City, and how many people were willing to go bankrupt for her, but unfortunately those lingering loves have decayed with Rong Hua's aging, and she refused to be a concubine as a child, so she simply redeemed herself ten years ago and stayed here for the rest of her life. ”

Xue Hongbi is still young after all, and she walks around the Qinglou on weekdays, and the first time she heard someone talk about the life of a woman in the dust, she didn't feel disdainful, but seemed to have an understanding.

"What kind of life a person can live in this life depends on himself, complaining about the sky and others is just the catharsis of incompetent people." Fu Yuanyu poured him a glass of wine, "Come, taste." ”

Xue Hongbi took it and took a mouthful, choking and blushing.

Fu Yuanyu laughed, gave him a white-washed peony cushion, and the two sat side by side, unable to see the tension two hours ago.

"Look at your bad luck...... Not only did he not ask, but he was also taught a lesson, right? Fu Yuanyu looked at the redness and swelling on his face that had not disappeared, and sighed, "Sure enough, it's not biological, it's ruthless." ”

Xue Hongbi asked, "Is my mother a gentle woman?" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Fu Yuanyu showed a ghostly expression, "If your mother does it, it's wishful thinking that you want to climb out of the door now!" ”

Xue Hongbi: "......"

"However, your father is gentle and considerate, if he is present, it is estimated that as soon as your mother's first slap is swung down, he should hug you and cry, so that your mother is reluctant to hit you a second time." Fu Yuanyu pursed his lips, "Loving fathers are many defeats." ”

Xue Hongbi's yearning for Yan's father and mother had not yet risen, and she fell to pieces between these two sentences.

This time he was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke, "Tell me about them." ”

"That's really a long story for a child without a mother......" Fu Yuanyu's knuckles tapped on his legs, as if he was thinking about where to start, "Do you know who Du Sanniang is?" ”

She said...... I'm a killer and killed a lot of people before adopting me. ”

"That's true, the name 'Cuckoo Crying Blood' is piled up with human lives." Fu Yuanyu smiled meaninglessly, "However, she was only the second killer in the world at that time, and the first ......." ”

Rainstorm pear blossoms, bloody rhododendrons.

This is the two most famous killers in the rivers and lakes twenty years ago, both of them are from the former No. 1 killer organization Throwing Jinlou, and both are women, each of whom has no less than 100 lives in their hands, their martial arts are not high, but they are well versed in the way of assassination, and they have never been defeated when they work together, such as flesh and bones, inseparable, and they are terrifying and fatal.

However, the rainstorm pear blossom and the bloody cuckoo have different styles. For Du Juan, as long as it is a task sent by the Golden Building, she will complete it meticulously, even in the face of the drooping child, she only values the value of the other party's head in catties and two, compared to her, although the pear blossom means strange and ruthless, but rarely takes over the business, especially does not like to attack the old and weak women and children, and would rather gnaw on those hard bones that outweigh the losses.

It stands to reason that Pear Blossom should be stabilized by the Azalea, but two major events that happened later not only made her leave the Cuckoo far away, but also became an insurmountable peak on the killer road - eighteen years ago, Pear Blossom took over the task of going to the capital to assassinate Xue Hai, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, but broke her oath after the fact, sneaked into the Qing'an Hou Mansion to kill the prince Xiao Zhengde, and retreated in the siege of the city, and since then escaped from the Golden Tower and disappeared.

For another six years, the rainstorm pear blossom reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and the golden building was bloodied overnight, and few of the hundreds of killers survived, and then fled all the way to the north, and died in Huashan.

Even if it has been twelve years since the death of the person, the reputation of the rainstorm pear blossom is still there, and no matter how few people know why she did such a treacherous thing against the norm, there are people in the know who are secret.

"Rainstorm Pear Blossom ......" Fu Yuanyu sighed, "Her name is Bai Li, and she is your biological mother." ”

Rao is Xue Hongbi has realized Du Sanniang's identity after learning about it, and now she is unbelievable when she hears this, and she is speechless for a while.

"She ......," Xue Hongbi said with some stumbling, "just for a man, she actually betrayed the door wall to assassinate Hou Shizi?" ”

Fu Yuanyu corrected him; "That's not a casual man, it's a bachelor who lived in the sixth rank of the official residence at a young age in the past, a Tanhualang hand-picked by the emperor, a confidant and close minister of two generations of emperors, and the most important ...... That's your dad. ”

Xue Hongbi choked in his throat in one breath: "...... Isn't he dead? ”

"There are many ways for a killer to kill a person, and it is naturally not difficult to let a person who should have died live." Fu Yuanyu smiled, "She hid from the world, snatched back Xue Hai's life from Lord Yama, and deceived the world for five years, if it weren't for later...... I didn't know that the two of them had married and had children. ”

Xue Hongbi noticed the subtle pause in his words, as if he had been stabbed by a thorn when he touched a flower, and he realized that Fu Yuanyu's unspoken words were probably not a good thing, so he didn't dare to ask inexplicably, but said, "Then what kind of person is my father?" ”

Fu Yuanyu thought for a while this time before saying: "The outside is soft and the inside is strong, both lonely and straight. ”

Xue Hai, the word Mingtang, the last Tanhualang appointed by the emperor when he was alive, was weak at the time of the palace examination, studied under Prime Minister Song Yuanzhao, and was highly valued by the emperor and the prince. However, although he is outstanding, his temperament is too upright, and soon after entering the court, he clashed with the arrogant and arrogant sons of the nobles, and then asked for the release of the people to benefit one party, but also offended the family Haoqiang, if it were not for the emperor's wisdom and talent, I am afraid that he would not wait for Bai Li to take over his dark list, this head was lost a hundred and ten times.

He is the first emperor left the crown prince pure ministers, but unfortunately the first emperor died after the prince fell ill and died, although he was trusted by the young emperor close, but no longer has the protection of the emperor's real power, and does not accept the foreign relatives to interfere in politics, often with the power of the party-for-tat, and the grudge against the death of the noble family is countless, his teacher Song Yuanzhao can barely block the gun, but can not prevent the hidden arrow.

So, in the third year of Yong'an, Xue Hai, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, was stabbed to death at home.

Even if Bai Pear took him out of the capital with the technique of transferring flowers and trees, only one of the white-bodied Xue Mingtang came to life.

Xue Hongbi was silent.

Seeing him like this, Fu Yuanyu sighed and said: "The prince of Qing'an Hou who secretly bought murder is the nephew of the current Empress Dowager Xiao, this person has relied on the family power to do dirty things that hurt the heavens and reason, Bai Li killed him not only for love but also for righteousness, but she also offended the Xiao family because of this, and she did not let go of her as a traitor, it can be said that both black and white have issued a kill order, if there is no protection of another huge force, let alone give birth to you, it will be difficult for their husband and wife to live for a year and a half." ”

Xue Hongbi finally spoke up: "Like you, joined the Flying Star Alliance? ”

Since Xue Hai is Song Yuanzhao's protégé, and the rebellion case and the Nine Palace Flying Star that affected the government and the opposition back then came from Song Yuanzhao's handwriting, it is logical for the desperate Bai Li and Xue Hai to join the Flying Star Alliance, which also explains why Fu Yuanyu knows so much about them.

Fu Yuanyu corrected: "To be precise, it was precisely because of them joining that Song Yuanzhao decided to establish the Flying Star Alliance and secretly recruit the Nine Palaces, your mother is in charge of leaving the palace, and your father is hidden behind the scenes." ”

Xue Hongbi raised his head: "Is it the Nine Palaces, or is it ...... Nine thieves? ”

"If you judge by becoming a king or defeating a king, you are indeed nine thieves." Fu Yuanyu didn't laugh angrily, "In the past, the emperor died, and the prince of the prison country ascended the throne as the emperor, but he died violently at that juncture, not because he suffered from a sudden illness under great compassion, but because he was poisoned and assassinated by the Xiao family, so that her son could justifiably usurp the throne, and this matter is not unknown to anyone in the court, but there is no evidence." ”

Therefore, after experiencing Xue Hai's incident, Song Yuanzhao finally made up his mind to establish the Flying Star Alliance, first, to fight against the increasingly arrogant minions of the Xiao Eagle Dog, and secondly, to contain the undercurrent of the court through the martial arts forces. If there had not been that shocking change twelve years ago, Song Yuanzhao would have been able to help Emperor Yong'an regain power and gradually get rid of the control of Xiao's relatives, and Jiugong would not have become a "nine thieves" after the defeat.

Thinking of this, Fu Yuanyu only felt that the wine in his mouth that was not fragrant was even more bitter.

Xue Hongbi's eyelashes trembled, and she asked softly, "So...... My father and mother are actually good people, and you are also good people? ”

"You are still young, many things in this world are not black and white, and people are not either good or bad." Fu Yuanyu touched his head, "We just chose our own path and will not regret it until we die." ”

Xue Hongbi seemed to understand, and asked again: "So, who else is in the Nine Palaces?"

"I don't know." Fu Yuanyu shook his head, "Except for Song Yuanzhao, the only one who knows the identities of all the members of the Nine Palaces is the Lord of the Golden Mansion who assisted the secret agents in investigating the case back then, and he was killed by your mother before the information was transmitted, and the Golden Tower was also burned clean by a fire, otherwise the Nine Palace Flying Star should have been wiped out a long time ago." ”

Because of this, Bai Li and Xue Hai, who had been hidden for many years, were exposed again, and finally Bai Li died in Luohua Mountain, and Xue Hai died in the same month.

It's a pity that he couldn't protect himself at that time, and he finally got a chance to breathe, and even this clue was broken.

Xue Hongbi lowered her head and didn't say anything for a long time.

Fu Yuanyu was originally a person who didn't like to sigh, but since he saw Xue Hongbi, he sighed a lot.

"After your mother's accident, I went to find your father and son, but unfortunately it was too late......" Fu Yuanyu looked at Xue Hongbi's slightly trembling shoulders, and could hardly bear to continue, "I only know that he sent you away before he died, but I don't know who the person who took you away, let alone where he went, and whether he was caught up by the killer...... Luckily, the cuckoo raised you well. ”

Xue Hongbi finally cried, he curled up his hands and feet, buried his whole face in the crook of his arm, and did not let others look at him.

Fu Yuanyu leaned on the trunk of the sycamore tree and slowly drank the last sip of residual wine in the pot.

In fact, he still has a lot of things he didn't tell Xue Hongbi, for example, when he ran thousands of miles, although he couldn't catch up with the rescue, he collected the body for Xue Hai, the man died in the dungeon that didn't see the light of day, his body was unexpectedly clean, except for the broken leg, there was only a fatal wound on the neck, obviously a sharp knife cut throat, walking happily, not like those eagle dogs.

In addition, he also found five corpses in the suburbs of the neighboring county, one was an old woman who died blindly, and the other four were all gold-throwing killers, except for the old woman who was beheaded with a broken arm, and the remaining four were all killed by cutting their throats, and there was a blood-stained swaddling cloth at the scene, and there was no baby in sight.

Fu Yuanyu searched for 12 years, traveled thousands of miles, and finally found the child, and also found ...... That throat cutter.

The bloody cuckoo really lives up to its name.