The oil lamp on the table burned out, and the night outside the window was dark, and the cold wind blew in through the open window with the cold air of late autumn.

Du Sanniang sat at the table, holding her head with one hand, and flipped through the book "Chu Waist Light" with the other, until she turned the last page, there was still no expression on her pale face, and a pair of eyes looked coldly at the closed door.

She has nine Chinese New Year's Eve today, and there are fine lines at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, and she is not young anyway, but she is really good-looking, with thin eyebrows, thin lips and high cheekbones, she should have a somewhat mean face, and she has a long pair of apricot eyes, softening the edges and corners that are too sharp, and adding a few different styles. However, when Du Sanniang showed an indifferent expression, the apricot eyes were also like frozen, and the meanness that had been suppressed came to the surface again, which made people a little worried at first sight.

There was an oily paper bag on the table, Du Sanniang won a little money today, and it was rare to buy half a roast chicken for Xue Hongbi, but now the roast chicken has been cold, but the person has not come back.

Du Sanniang has raised Xue Hongbi for nearly 12 years, and knows this child better than his biological parents, except for the time when he went up the mountain to seek revenge with Li Mingke, Xue Hongbi has never returned late for no reason, let alone not being home in the middle of the night, this child has known that Du Sanniang is not his mother since he was four years old, and his attitude towards her is always close and a little cautious, and he tacitly maintains this dreamlike bubble with her.

Therefore, Du Sanniang didn't need to think about it to know that Xue Hongbi must have had an accident.

She did not rush to look around, but waited at home calmly, first, it was too late to look for her, and second, if the ill-intentioned person had any purpose, as long as he killed the little rabbit cub without showing his face, he would always find her in the end.

Sure enough, when the wick burned off again, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the courtyard gate, Du Sanniang immediately pushed the door out with the lamp, waited with bated breath for a moment, and saw a ragged little beggar running over from the corner of the alley, still holding something in his hand.

The little beggar was wrapped in his own broken quilt and slept soundly, and was woken up coldly, and was sealed by a string of copper coins before he had a seizure, and the guest was generous, as long as he came here immediately to send something, he could get the money, so pie from the sky, how could it not be reasonable?

However, at this time, in the dead of night, he was ready to shout at the door and even be bitten by the watchdog, but he didn't expect that the courtyard door had been opened, and Du Sanniang, who was selling buns, leaned on the door and looked at him coldly.

"Du, Du...... This ......" the little beggar was a little frightened, and hurriedly handed over the things in his hand, "There is a guest...... Let me give you ......"

It was a folded piece of cloth, which was torn from Xue Hongbi's clothes at first glance, Du Sanniang didn't rush to take it apart, and asked first: "Can you see it clearly, who gave it to you personally?" How many people? ”

"A man, looking strange, just, just him!"

"Going inside?"

"I, I don't know, he only urged me to move quickly......" The little beggar was trembling by her, thinking that this woman was clearly a bun shopkeeper, how could it be more terrifying than the eyes of the pig butcher?

Du Sanniang looked at him fixedly, waved him to leave, and the little beggar immediately ran away as if he had been pardoned.

Unwrapping the cloth, there are five words written in blood on it - Banqiao East, come quickly.

There are many water towns in the south, small rivers and bridges abound, but Nanyang City is an exception, there is no small bridge and flowing water here, there is only an old bridge in disrepair in the city, located in the west of the city, across a sewage canal, there are only a few scattered families around, most of them are still old and weak lonely old people, as long as there is no fire here, no one knows about killing people and goods.

This blood word is indeed from Xue Hongbi's hand, but I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the top of the word "speed" came out horizontally, and at first glance it was just scribbled a little messy, but Du Sanniang knew that Xue Hongbi wanted to tell her what she wanted to tell - don't go.

With her eyes narrowing slightly, Du Sanniang turned around and went to the kitchen, took out two boning knives and inserted them into the cowhide bag on her waist, and walked out quickly.

From Pear Blossom Lane to the old Banqiao, diagonally across the southwest of Nanyang City, not very far, but also really not close, if you use the strength of cattle and horses, you have to run until dawn. However, Du Sanniang's feet were windy, and her body was as treacherous as a demon, relying on light skills to gallop all the way, and she forced the half-night journey to an hour, and when she stepped on the long bridge covered with moss and cracked stone lines, her already pale face became more and more bloodless.

At this time, the night fog was thick, blurring the surrounding tree shadow houses, only to see a little bean light in front of the long bridge getting closer and closer, Du Sanniang's feet did not move, until the light came out of the fog, she finally saw that the person carrying the lantern was Xue Hongbi.

Compared with when he left home, Xue Hongbi is now much more embarrassed, there are still dried and clumpy blood stains on the placket of his chest, he looked straight at Du Sanniang, his lips moved and wanted to say something, but Du Sanniang had already let out a short sneer, the boning knife suddenly came out of the sheath, moved in the palm of his hand, and suddenly shot at Xue Hongbi like an arrow from the string!

The tip of the knife was aimed at the door, but Xue Hongbi's eyes lit up, and he threw the lantern back without hesitation, and at the same time twisted his body with a twist of his feet, raised his hand to grab the handle of the knife, did not rush to attack or retreat, only raised the knife to the top of his head, and Du Sanniang, who was jumping up, stepped on the knife body, and kicked Xue Hongbi back smoothly away from the battle circle, and she herself flew up in the air, pulled out the second boning knife and slashed out diagonally, but when she heard a chuckle, the black shadow she had just glimpsed through the light flashed suddenly, swept under the blade, and disappeared into the fog.

But both mother and son knew that the man hadn't left yet.

The lantern that illuminated the figure of the enemy had fallen to the ground, the candle flame had been extinguished, and darkness was everywhere.

The night is dark, the fog is thick, and the enemy is dark and I am bright.

Du Sanniang's eyebrows and eyes were as cold as ice, once upon a time she was used to doing such a dormant and waiting for a job, but now that her identity and position have changed, she has changed from an ambusher to a prey who falls into a trap, which feels not only bad, but also ridiculous.

At this moment, Xue Hongbi behind him let out a muffled snort, Du Sanniang subconsciously turned around, but at the same time, a backhand stabbed out of the armpit, and was held by one hand. Du Sanniang didn't have time to think about it, turned over and slashed over, and the moment she fell into a claw, she suddenly locked one shoulder, her right hand holding the knife suddenly changed to a push, and at the moment when the person had to let go, she used this shoulder as a fulcrum to turn over and jump, and the whole person was wrapped around the other party, with both feet hooked on the shoulders and neck, the upper body hung upside down, and the hands took the knees!

However, the next moment, Du Sanniang's abdomen was hit by a finger, right in the middle of Guan Yuan's acupoint, and suddenly his strength was relaxed, and his hands and feet lost his strength, so he had to slap on his leg, swept out with his strength, and knelt on one knee to fix himself!

"Finger wrapping is a good kung fu, but it also depends on who uses it."

Du Sanniang raised her head, just as the wind blew to sweep away the mist, the man standing in the fog finally revealed his figure, Du Sanniang saw that he was also turning his back to himself just now, and the blocking knife was only a backhand, so that she could break the move with one finger when she tried to break the bone joint from behind.

This person was familiar with the martial arts she used, and could even accurately predict which move she would use.

Du Sanniang's heart sank, but when she saw the face clearly, her body, which wanted to rise again, immediately froze.

The man looked at her fixedly for a while, and suddenly sighed: "After all, there is only one white pear in this world." ”

White pear.

Xue Hongbi stood behind, only seeing the man's back, and naturally couldn't see Du Sanniang's suddenly distorted expression when she heard this name.

The next moment, Du Sanniang's feet slipped, and the whole person was close to the ground at low altitude, and the whip leg swept towards the man's lower plate, seeing that he dodged, he kicked the boning knife on the ground with his toes, and stabbed the opponent's waist and abdomen from the bottom up!

Xue Hongbi's martial arts are taught by Du Sanniang's words and deeds, but there is a long difference between teaching and killing the enemy, and Du Sanniang tried to avoid him when solving those troubles in the past, so this is the first time he has seen Du Sanniang's murderous appearance.

Du Sanniang's knife was fast and ruthless, Rao is man's body flashed from under the knife very quickly, the blade suddenly flew like a butterfly fluttering its wings, and the two of them brushed shoulders and swept past him.

The blood stained the clothes, the man was not angry but laughed, looking at Du Sanniang's appearance of licking blood from the knife edge, he sincerely praised: "Your knife technique is a hundred times better than that of finger wrapping, and it is worthy of being called 'Bloody Cuckoo'!" ”

Du Sanniang's face was expressionless, her lips and tongue that had licked the knife were stained with blood, as dazzling as a good rouge, lining a woman in her thirties as scorching as twenty-eight years, and smiled coldly when she heard this: "I should still remember that the people who called this nickname are all dead, and I didn't think that God would not open his eyes and make you a scourge to live until now, I should let me cut you with a thousand knives with my own hands, so that I can be worthy of those countless souls!" ”

Before the words fell, Du Sanniang turned into a cold light with a knife, flew forward in the blink of an eye, and took the head with a knife, and after a move failed, even a strand of hair and a corner of the body could hide the killing machine, if it was a different person standing here, it would have already become a headless corpse.

It's a pity that although her knife is fast, this man's body is faster!

Du Sanniang's seventh knife came out, and there were seven more wounds on the man's body, each of which was directly pointed to the vital point, and he did not retreat but advanced, drawing a circle with one hand to lock Du Sanniang's knife, and slapping her left shoulder with one hand, Du Sanniang stammered and staggered back, and then the hand turned into a claw, buckled her shoulder and pressed down, the man turned over and fell behind her, grabbed her right arm and backhanded the knife, and put the blade against her own neck!

"Mother-"

Xue Hongbi's face changed greatly, and she wanted to raise a knife to save her, but she was nailed in place by Du Sanniang's eyes, she didn't care about her own life, and only shouted at him: "Run!" ”

Xue Hongbi didn't know, but Du Sanniang knew everything about this person's identity, not to mention a little rabbit cub who had not dried up, even if she was not his opponent when she was in her heyday, but she had to send an arrow on the bow, and now that she has fallen into the hands of the enemy, can she still expect a half-grown child to take her to escape?

Before Du Sanniang's words fell, the blade had already cut a shallow red line on her neck, and the man was close behind her, at first glance, it seemed to be an intimate gesture of hugging in his arms, and he also had a gentle smile on his face, but what he said was: "Child, if you run away, I will kill her immediately." ”

Xue Hongbi was chilling, he stared at the man who held Du Sanniang hostage, as if he wanted to imprint every bit of that person in his heart, the hand holding the knife tightened and loosened, and slowly took a step forward. However, before he could land on the ground, Du Sanniang's eyes were sharp, and he ignored the blade in front of his neck, and his left hand turned into a claw and attacked the person behind him!

"Mother!"

"Torah—"

The screams and the tearing sound of clothes and silk sounded almost at the same time, seeing that Du Sanniang was about to drink blood and hate, the man actually flew away the boning knife when he couldn't afford it, so he lost the opportunity, and only had time to turn sideways to the side, Du Sanniang's grasp fell on his abdominal wound, and he tore off a small piece of flesh and blood by rotating his body!

The accident happened too quickly, even Du Sanniang herself didn't expect it, she took a few steps back, until she was supported by Xue Hongbi before she could stand still, looking at her hands full of blood, and at the man opposite who was covering her wounds and showing pain, her throat was dry and she couldn't speak.

At this moment, the man who had torn off a piece of meat alive could barely laugh: "My body is two pieces of meat, but it's not enough for your mother and son to eat a meal." ”

"You-"

Du Sanniang blocked Xue Hongbi behind her, her expression was unpredictable, and she squeezed out a sentence after a while: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Originally, I was just ......passing by," the man's gaze passed over her and looked at Xue Hongbi who was peeping at the probe, "That night on Diancui Mountain, I saw a child who used his long-lost finger twisting softness to kill people with a knife...... I hid in the shadows and watched him, and the more I looked at him, the more I looked like an old man. ”

Xue Hongbi "chuckled" in his heart, he didn't expect this person to target him on the night of the surprise attack on Diancui Mountain, and it seemed that he had a lot to do with him.

His brain turned quickly, realizing that this matter was likely to be related to his biological parents, and he subconsciously wanted to stand up, but was suppressed by Du Sanniang.

"There are no old people, they are all dead people!" Du Sanniang gritted her teeth and said, "Isn't it enough for you to harm their family?" ”

The man was silent when he heard this, and said slowly, "It's not me." ”

"Who else could you have?" Considering Xue Hongbi's presence, Du Sanniang swallowed back the angry scolding that came to her mouth, and her face became distorted and hideous, "Those things you did back then, there are all human and material evidence, and the crimes are known all over the world, temples and rivers, black and white...... I don't know how many people in the world want you to die a good death, but it's a pity that they are all useless, and let you live for 12 more years! If you still have half a conscience, you should go down to Huangquan to ask the deceased for sin, instead of making trouble for our orphans and widows here! ”

The man looked up, Du Sanniang looked at him without timidity, like an old hen covered in fried hair, and all the feathers could be turned into flying knives, piercing people's hearts.

After a while, he sighed, no longer defended himself, and said: "You only taught him some external skills, the foundation is unstable, and the internal strength is empty, which really wastes his bone talent." ”

"It's a waste, and I never thought of making him a Rausch hero!" Du Sanniang sneered, "I just want him to be safe, live a stealing life, and be a small people with children and grandchildren, better than those heroes who can't die well!" ”

The second half of the sentence brought the resentment she had buried for many years, which made Xue Hongbi feel a chill in her back.

"Then ......" Although the man was asking Du Sanniang, it was Xue Hongbi who was looking, "He knows his life experience, knows what his biological parents' surnames are, and knows that his birthday is his father's death day every year?" ”

On the board bridge, the time was so quiet that you could hear the needle falling.

Xue Hongbi forgot to breathe, until his chest rose and fell violently, his eyes were blackened, and his lungs were about to explode, and he slowly inhaled a breath, like swallowing a rusty knife, cutting his heart, liver, spleen, and lungs scarred.

Of course he didn't know.

Du Sanniang buried everything about his parents deep in her heart, she dug two graves there, one buried an invisible corpse, and the other buried an unknown secret, Xue Hongbi was rejected by her for twelve years, not to mention digging graves, and she couldn't even look at the inscription, until now he was forcibly pushed open a gap, he didn't see the truth, and was first stung by the old bloodstains that came to his face.

Du Sanniang didn't speak again, but her eyes were red.

The man turned to leave, the figure fading into the mist of reunion, blood dripping from the wound spilling red flowers on the longboard bridge.

It wasn't until the figure was completely gone, Xue Hongbi woke up like a dream, and he didn't know where the strength came from, he broke free of Du Sanniang's hand and chased forward, stepping on the bloodstained long road, and rushing into the fog of an uncertain future.

It's a pity that at the end of the fog is a dead end, a ruin runs through the eyes, the night is bleak, and the eyes are full of decay.

The blood stopped here, but the man went nowhere.

Du Sanniang walked over slowly, and when she saw Xue Hongbi kneeling on the ground and stunned, she hesitated for a moment, and gently put her hand on the young man's thin shoulder, feeling very cold.

“…… Who is he? Xue Hongbi asked in a hoarse voice.

Du Sanniang closed her eyes, struggle and hesitation flashed on her face, and finally sighed, and said word by word: "He is Fu Yuanyu." ”