At night, in the pavilion, a study was slightly lit by reddish candles, and there was an old man in simple clothes with gray hair half-lying on the bed, looking at the books in his hand by candlelight.

In the dim light of the fire, you can faintly see that the calligraphy and paintings of ancient celebrities are hanging on the two walls, and there are various poetry annotations on the bookshelf on the side, all of which are written by famous artists.

Although the décor of this room is modest, just looking at these valuable archives can show that it is no ordinary home.

In front of the bed, there are two men in luxurious clothes, one fat and one thin, who are Liu Jingtai, the head of the Liu family in Yuanyang City, and his brothers.

After a while, the old man finally put down the book in his hand, raised his slightly gloomy eyes to look at the two people in front of him, and slowly spoke, his tone was not light or serious: "So...... Are you saying that the Su family is still safe and sound? ”

"Yes, Dad." That Liu Jingtai nodded and said, showing a trace of ruthlessness on his already ugly face, "The person who was hired by the child before is now missing, I am afraid that I already know that things have failed, and I am afraid that I will cause our Liu family to be held accountable, so I ran away with the money!" Dad, do we want to ......?"

He made a gesture of sliding slightly with his palm as a knife, and there was a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.

"Rubbish!"

saw that the old lady scolded angrily, and threw the book in front of him, which frightened Liu Jingtai and took two steps back.

"I spent a few hundred taels of silver, but I only killed a maid, and I didn't even die from the broken scholar of the medicine jar, you are still majestic?! Are you going to lose all the reputation of our Liu family?! ”

"This ...... This ......" Liu Jingtai was speechless, and the brother on the side hurriedly comforted him softly: "Old man, don't be angry, Dr. Lu only gave you a pulse a few days ago......"

Old lady Liu calmed down the anger in her heart slightly, and then said coldly with an expressionless face: "Chase!" ”

"Send someone to arrest that Taoist priest for me, cut his tongue, pick his tendons, and can't let him leak the news."

"Yes!"

The old lady slowly closed her eyes, as if she was resting slightly, and then said coldly: "The other Su family...... More than ten years ago, when Master Su was still there, he could still live with my Liu family in two moves, but now he has become more and more disadvantaged, and a yellow-haired girl who has not dried is still struggling to support the scene. And you ......"

His gaze swept over the two people in front of him, and saw that both of them lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him, with a hint of hatred in their eyes, their wrinkled hands slapped the table hard, panting slightly and angrily, "You can't even fight a little girl!" Do you want me to drag this old body out to wipe your ass?! “

Half a month ago, the little girl of the Su family snatched a big business from their Liu family with her superb means, and the huge profits made outsiders very red, so angry that Liu Jingtai was furious on the spot, threatening to make the Su family pay the price!

Now that this price is gone, their Liu family has lost money, not to mention, and they have lost face.

Apparently made him so angry that he had to close his eyes on the spot!

"Daddy! Father! I'm going to figure it out...... It's just a little girl......" Liu Jingtai hurriedly said.

"Shut up, you useless shit!"

Old Man Liu scolded angrily, then eased his breath, as if he didn't want to see these two fools at all, he looked away, and pointed slightly: "Don't do anything during this time." The back of the dead maid of the Su family has not been dealt with, and the people of the yamen have found some clues, the county lord is the parent official in this city, if he can't get off the stage, our Liu family will not have good fruit to eat. ”

"So, what do you mean, Dad?" Liu Jingtai asked tentatively.

When Mrs. Liu heard this, he reprimanded: "Don't mention anything else, take care of your unsuccessful sons, who are looking for fun all day long, what else will you do besides playing with women?" I haven't won half of my fame! The ancestor of my Liu family once entered the Hanlin in high school, who is not called a scholarly family, how did he end up in this situation, only the smell of copper left in the door? ”

"Go, if you can't show a talent this year, all your legs will be broken, see who dares to be indiscriminate!"

After a merciless reprimand, the two of them walked out of Old Man Liu's study, but they felt a little more stressed.

They naturally know how their children are, and they also know that letting these useless guys rely on their own strength to test a show is tantamount to a fool's dream.

But since the old man gave the order, they could only obediently obey it.

It's just that they haven't taken two steps yet, but they feel a slight chill on their bodies, and their hearts are strange. It stands to reason that summer nights shouldn't be so cold.

But they didn't pay much attention to it, and went back to their rooms along the path as they spoke.

"Then what should happen to the Su family?"

"Hold on for the time being, that little girl seems to have taken a fancy to the porcelain business recently, and asked a few kiln factories, as if she intends to put down a few, we might as well start from this aspect......"

In the shade of the trees, the two gradually walked away, and the blue waves rippled in the secluded pool on the side, like a bright mirror glowing with silver moonlight, but there were no swimming fish, only a pool of dead pond water.

Layers of dark clouds drifted through the sky, obscuring a little of the moon's brilliance. A misty shimmer of light illuminates the dark reflections in the pool.

The strange thing is that what is reflected on the surface of the pool is not the figures of the two people, but a bloody human face.

Traces of blood drifted away in the direction of the water, but soon turned into a thin mist and gradually melted into the dense fog that began to shroud around at some point, and disappeared.

"Crunch...... Crunch ......"

The creepy and strange sound of someone chewing on a bone sounded in their ears and kept echoing, and the two people who were awakened by the sound noticed that a thick fog had filled their surroundings at some point, and they could not see where the road ahead was leading.

Gray and occasionally mixed with a reddish mist swirled like life, as if it was about to lead them to the bottomless abyss.

"Wait!" Liu Jingtai paused, leaving a drop of cold sweat on his slightly chubby cheeks, took out a handkerchief and wiped it, his pupils shrank slightly, and he was faintly afraid, "It seems that something is wrong." ”

"When did it get so foggy?" The clan brother hasn't noticed anything abnormal, it's just a thick fog at night.

Liu Jingtai turned around, only to find that he couldn't even see the light of a lantern from far and near, and even the road he came from had been hidden in the thick fog, and he couldn't see the direction clearly.

He was feeling bad, and he wanted to call loudly to the night guard to pick up the two of them, but before he was born, he suddenly stretched out a cold palm from behind and covered his mouth hard, making him make a sound too!