After Xiao Chen's left, the old lady looked at Chu Nian, her eyes were full of doubt, "Nian'er, so many things happened between you and Xiao Chen before, why are you still facing her now?" ”

Chu Nian looked at the old lady with some surprise, "Why did the old lady say this?" ”

The old lady thought for a while, and then sighed and said: "Old woman, I am also from here, I haven't seen anything, you have taken great pains to take the power of the family back, and made her more and more arrogant, in this Chu family, the old body can no longer suppress her, but now it is obvious that she is even less and less in her eyes, is it because you have indulged her too much these days?" ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian just smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, she is an elder, and she can't be considered to be too far away no matter what." ”

The old lady naturally didn't believe Chu Nian's innocent and harmless appearance now, she glanced at Chu Nian suspiciously, and then said, "Actually...... If you really don't want Xiao Chen's family to be in power, the old body can still help you manage this backyard for two years, and it's a big deal to ask Yuan Lang to marry a daughter-in-law earlier. ”

Chu Nian took a sip of the teacup, and then said with a smile in his eyes: "Old Taijun don't worry, I'm not busy these days, if you really want to hand over the entire Chu family to Lao Taijun to manage, you also have to eradicate some mice, so that Lao Taijun can worry less when he is in charge of the house, right?" ”

Lao Taijun didn't do anything good in the early years, and Chu Nian naturally didn't have much affection for Lao Taijun, but in comparison, Xiao Chen's family was still young and could afford to toss, but as far as Lao Taijun was concerned, Chu Yuanlang and Chu Nian could be said to be her only support when she was old, and she naturally wouldn't offend the two sisters and brothers, Chu Nian and Chu Yuanlang handed over their backs to Lao Taijun, which was quite safe.

But the old lady is old, Chu Nian still pointed out that she will live a few more years, at least there is still someone in the Chu family who can take care of things, as for hidden dangers such as Xiao Chen's family, it is naturally necessary to eradicate them as soon as possible.

Three days passed without incident, and on the night of the third day, Chu Nian put on the night clothes that Mei Xiang had just asked Mei Xiang to prepare for him today, and took the remaining two secret guards and walked towards the westernmost courtyard of the Chu family's mansion.

This west side is generally a place where slaves live, Lao Li's house is in the first room on the east side of the courtyard, Chu Nian and Dark Sanyin turned over the wall, lying on the roof tiles, looking at the light faintly shining under the eaves and motionless.

Unconsciously, half a night passed, and the dark three parties wanted to stretch their waists, but they were stopped by the dark four, and Chu Nian also followed the dark four's gaze, and saw a sneaky black shadow approaching Lao Li's house from the back of the house.

And at this moment, in the middle of the room, there was a person lying on the bed, covered by the quilt, and seemed to be asleep soundly, completely unaware of the danger approaching behind.

The sharp blade slowly approached, the black-clothed man's exposed eyes narrowed slightly, and then stabbed down without hesitation, but only pierced to a piece of softness, he was a little surprised to lift the quilt, and saw that the original "person" had become a ball of futon, at this moment the futon was pierced by the sharp knife, and there were strands of cotton wool exposed outside, which was particularly eye-catching.

The man in black was obviously stunned, and then reacted quickly and fled towards the back window, but one of them stood at the window in advance, and his playful eyes were staring closely at the man's every move.

He hurriedly flew towards the other window, but he was met with a pair of watery eyes, and at the door, a burly man in black was pacing in.

"Hehe, this big fish is really hooked, don't you have no subordinates? Do it yourself every time? ”

Dark Three came in through the window with a dog's tail in his mouth, blocking the window tightly, while playfully looking at the trapped man in black in front of him.

"How about it, if you don't resist for a while, the master can still have some fun."

At this point, Chu Nian entered the room slowly, and her pair of watery eyes looked at the man in black who was standing in the middle of the room without any movement.

"Who the hell are you?"

The short blade in the black-clothed man's hand was not put away, and the pair of eyes exposed outside glowed with a somewhat gloomy light - these eyes were so small that people couldn't distinguish the emotions contained in them, if it weren't for the fact that his right hand was still holding the dagger tightly, Chu Nian even suspected that in the face of her with two secret guards with strong martial arts, the black-clothed man would not even be afraid and would not be able to escape.

After a while, the covered mouth let out a strange laugh, this voice sounded very harsh, and Dark San couldn't help but pluck out his ears, and then heard the voice sound again: "I didn't expect that the unequaled county lord was really wise and unparalleled, and he could even guess that I was waiting here early when I started tonight?" ”

Chu Nian looked at the black-clothed man in front of him with a smile, and his cold eyes still couldn't show the slightest emotion.

"I didn't guess that Your Excellency would do it so late, so thanks to Your Excellency, my men and I spent three nights on the beams, but now it seems that these three nights were worth the wait."

The man in black narrowed his eyes dangerously, "You're not afraid, you can't beat me at all?" ”

Hearing this, she chuckled, Chu Nian calmly sat down on the chair next to her, and looked at the thin man in black in front of her, it seemed that she had guessed half of it, at least her figure was right.

She shook her head slightly, "No, if I'm not mistaken, what is written on that yang scroll, the night before and after the night of the full moon is when you are the weakest, and the night of the full moon is also the time when you should go out to forage for food, so you chose to kill Lao Li today, and besides, you think I will at least relax my vigilance against you on this last night?" ”

A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the man in black, "Yang scroll in your hand?" No wonder, I can't even find it. ”

Since the Yang scroll was taken back to the Chu family, Chu Nian read it carefully, and what was recorded on the Yang scroll was a very strange exercise, which was to feed on human flesh and blood to enhance the skill, but there were three days a month that the exercise was invalid, that is, the night before the full moon and the night after it, and today happened to be the night of the full moon, according to the book, although today is the weakest day of the exercises, it is also the easiest day to absorb the exercises.

So she had a guess that at least on the day of the full moon, this monster must come out to kill.

And she deliberately stimulated Xiao Chen, expecting that Xiao Chen would definitely find a scapegoat, in order not to let them know that the thousand taels were secretly moved by herself, and in order to be more reckless in the future, she even did not hesitate to kill people.

Chu Nian also sent someone to check the 1,000 taels last time, and Xiao Chen's was indeed given to Chu Yuan and Chu Er without any left, so it was impossible to spend money to buy the murderous Xiao Chen, and it would be the monster who killed Zhu's mother last time.

On the day that Xiao Chen's wanted to frame Lao Li and the old housekeeper, Chu Nian sent Dark One and Dark Two to protect Lao Li's family who lived outside the city, in fact, the moment he saw the rattle, Chu Nian already knew that Xiao Chen must have sent the monster to capture Lao Li's granddaughter, and the reason why he got back the little granddaughter's rattle was to tell Lao Li that his grandson was in Xiao Chen's hands.

At that time, Lao Li also believed it, so he carried the black pot for Xiao Chen's family, and in order to keep Lao Li from being wronged, Chu Nian specially asked the dark one to rescue Lao Li's granddaughter, thinking that the secret guards would inevitably experience a vicious battle when they met the old monster, but they didn't expect that Lao Li's granddaughter was still staying at home safely, just crying because she lost the rattle.

Only then did Chu Nian realize that Xiaochun didn't go to find a monster, but just stole a little girl's rattle and came back to bluff. Because of this, I guessed that in fact, since that day, the old monster has been in a weak state.

Seeing that the man in black was still calm, Chu Nian couldn't help frowning, and immediately took out the fragment from his arms and waved it in front of the man in black: "Do you know that cultivating this kind of fragment of unknown origin is very likely to go mad, besides, with such an evil exercise, you are already a monster from the moment you cultivate." ”

The man in black still seemed to be calm, and a pair of eyes exposed outside swept the fragment in Chu Nian's hand nonchalantly, and the head-buzzing voice sounded again: "How do you know that this is a fragment?" ”

Chu Nian's face was stunned, and he saw the man in black laughing "chatter", and immediately stepped closer to Chu Nian, and the dark three and four on the side suddenly took a few steps forward with a nervous expression to protect Chu Nian, but was stopped by Chu Nian with a wave of his hand.

At this moment, Chu Nian suddenly felt a dangerous aura, which told her that if she and the secret guards acted rashly, they would all die here.

And this dangerous aura came from the man in black in front of him.

"That's right, county lord, you are still very smart, at least you understand, in front of the enemy who can't be defeated, don't resist, otherwise, the end will only be worse......" As he spoke, when he looked at Chu Nian with a pair of eyes, he showed a bit of greed, "This kind of fine skin and tender meat, I really want to eat you now...... Say, "If you fall into my hands, how much power will you increase for me?" ”

Chu Nian raised his eyes to look at him, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Today is the full moon, and it won't be long before you bluff." ”

For so long, this man in black has been hiding in the shadows to help Xiao Chen, presumably he is jealous, although Chu Nian doesn't know what he is afraid of, but since he is jealous, he can threaten.

The man in black seemed to glance at the book in Chu Nian's hand with some hesitation, and after a while, he took a few steps back, laughed sarcastically, and said, "It's terrible to deal with smart people. ”

The pressure on himself suddenly disappeared, Chu Nian secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and saw that Dark San took a few steps forward and protected Chu Nian behind him, and his face in the past was full of seriousness at the moment, he was looking at the man in black in front of him vigilantly, his eyes did not blink.

Dark Four was also full of vigilance, his thin lips pursed, and he didn't say a word.

The man in black stared at the three of them for a long time, then suddenly laughed loudly and said, "You county lords are not afraid, what are you two minions afraid of?" Didn't you county lords say that I am now the weakest time? What are you waiting for? Why don't you get me back? ”

As he spoke, he lifted the mask on his chin, revealing a pair of ruddy lips that seemed to be stained with blood, stretched out his slippery tongue and licked his pale fingers, and said meaningfully: "If you don't catch me this time, you won't have this opportunity next time." ”