At noon in July, the sun shone on the earth, and it seemed that the entire city of Zhongzhou was in a huge steamer, wisps of white gas rose on the ground, the leaves were rolling, and everything was drowsy.

Li Ruchun walked out of the Zhongzhou Mansion at this time, wearing a pale cyan silk robe, wearing a square scarf, if you don't look at the jade pendant on your waist, the wrench on your thumb, it really looks like an ordinary reading talent, the Zhongzhou prefect wearing a four-grade official uniform followed behind him, constantly wiping the fine and dense sweat beads on his forehead with the white towel in his hand, and he didn't know whether it was hot or frightened, he said with a low wry smile: "Li Duwei, what you just said is true? If it is true, the lower official ...... The lower officials can't afford it!"

Li Ruchun stopped, turned around and glanced at the local parent official with a smile, and said with a sneer: "Lord Zhao, what are you afraid of? There are also the political secretary's yamen and the governor's yamen above you, and there are tall people on top of the sky when the sky falls, besides, it's really not good, and the Zhao family can support you." ”

The prefect of the Zhao family, who was born in the local wealthy family, smiled bitterly and wanted to say something, but his eyes saw a middle-aged man in a black brocade robe walking from the side, knowing that it was a person from the secret guard, he took a few steps back with great interest and stopped talking.

Li Ruchun glanced at Governor Zhao's mansion, and after a little muttering, he lowered his voice a little and said: "Lord Futai, Li has already gotten the exact news, not only our three major clans in Zhongzhou, but also Jiangzhou, Jiangzuo, Shuzhou and other places have also come to Zhongzhou one after another, and the next Zhongzhou City will be a stormy situation, so I hereby advise my lord, just take a look at some things, don't come forward to provoke, so as not to set yourself on fire." ”

A circle of sweat oozed from Zhao Futai's face, and he nodded again and again.

Li Ruchun gently patted Zhao Futai's shoulder, making Zhao Governor's originally slightly bent waist a little shorter. He showed a hint of a smile and turned to meet the person in the dark guard who made Governor Zhao a little unable to see the depths.

When the two of them were far away, the prefect who was standing in front of the yamen slowly straightened his waist, the caution and flattery on his face had disappeared, and a person who looked like a housekeeper stepped forward from behind and said in a low voice: "Master." ”

Governor Zhao turned around and walked towards the mansion, and asked calmly, "What did the old lady say?"

The butler followed behind him and said softly: "The meaning of the eldest lord is naturally to fight." ”

Governor Zhao stopped suddenly, with a cold look on his face, but his tone did not change much, and when he said that he understood, he waved his hand to signal the housekeeper to go down.

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Among the three major surnames in Zhongzhou, the Sima family has the shortest development time and the fastest development speed, and in the past ten years, the blood in his hands has been the most, so the head of the family, Sima Zhen, has earned the nickname of "Sima Yanluo".

Sima Zhen's cultivation is not top-notch, it can only be said that he barely stepped into the realm of heaven and man, but he has extremely rich experience in life and death fighting, and he dares to work hard, and when he was young, he also belonged to the kind of existence that can cross the border to kill, and once fought a long-famous master of heaven and man, and now ranks eighth on the list of masters in Zhongzhou.

What's even more legendary is that when Sima Zhen was still called Ma Bo, he once saved a fairy master who was in trouble in Zhongzhou. Later, Sima Zhen left Zhongzhou for a period of time, and when he returned to Zhongzhou, there was more of a fairy master who had survived the catastrophe of heaven and man, and what surprised countless people was that the two had actually tied the knot, and the fairy became Mrs. Sima, and her cultivation ranked second on the Zhongzhou list, second only to the ancestor of the Zhao family who occupied the top of the list, and was regarded as the Dinghai Divine Needle in the high-level combat power of the Sima family.

In the back house of the Sima family, there is a five-storey watchtower, which can overlook the small half of Zhongzhou City, at this time, a middle-aged man who is only about thirty years old is standing at the window, wearing a dark purple brocade robe, with a jade belt around his waist, and his atmosphere is like a prince, he looked at the nearly 100 catchers who came out of the Yamen of Zhongzhou Mansion, gently wiped the beard on his lips with his thumb wearing a huge wrench, and chuckled: " Xiao Yu, the king of Xiping County, invited the Heavenly Demon in Jiangdu, when the Heavenly Demon descended, he once brought down a strange stone outside the sky, which contained all kinds of secret methods of the Heavenly Demon, and now this strange stone is present in Zhongzhou, if it can fall into my hands, it is expected to set foot in the legendary half-step free realm. ”

A cold voice sounded in his ears: "Ma Bo, what can you do even if you become a half-step free realm? Don't forget how you came to be the head of the Sima family, if it weren't for me, you would have died in the hands of Sima Lei, and the body was thrown out to feed the dogs." ”

Sima Zhen's face sank like water, and he sneered: "Back then, you were hunted down by the masters of the Demon Sect, if I hadn't hidden you in the cellar, I'm afraid you, Mrs. Sima, would have turned into a pile of rotten meat more than ten years ago." ”

The woman sneered, "Then who found me and knelt on the ground and begged?"

Sima Zhen said very calmly: "It is Sima Bo, the righteous son of the Sima family, and I am now Sima Zhen, the head of the Sima family." ”

The woman scoffed and turned away. I'm afraid that the whole Zhongzhou would not have thought that the couple who were unusually loving in front of outsiders were actually a ten-year husband and wife in name only, over the years, Sima Zhen seemed to be in power, in fact, half of the authority of the Sima family was still in the hands of this unknown woman, the two did not deal with each other, because of their own cultivation, Sima Zhen was suppressed by his nominal wife everywhere, and at this time he could only hate and said: "Yan Keqing, if I can step into the realm of free immortals, I will definitely correct you and make you, Mrs. Sima, worthy of the name." ”

After saying these angry words, Sima Zhen suddenly remembered something, a spirit, reproducing the look of a bit of a green-skinned scoundrel back then, and laughed: "Joke and joke, I am the head of my Sima family, rich and powerful, there is never a shortage of women, you go to plan your plan, our well water does not interfere with river water." ”

Yan Keqing, who was only one step away from the half-step free realm, walked down the watchtower, walked through the door and porch, and met her stewards and servants on the way, all of them were silent, bowing their heads and standing sideways silently. As if there was no one beside her, she left the back house of the Sima family and walked into a side courtyard, which was her real place on weekdays.

There were four women standing in the courtyard, Yan Keqing waved his hand and said, "You go to Sima Zhen's side, if possible, bring that thing back, if you can't bring it back, try your best to destroy it." ”

The four waitresses all agreed and quietly withdrew from the side courtyard.

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Duanmu Ruisheng was awakened by the sound of small footsteps outside the door, followed by a soft knock on the door.

Duanmu Ruisheng sat up from the bed, his eyes were a little red, and he said with a little irritability: "Come in." ”

After the person who knocked lightly outside the room was allowed to push the door in, it was a cold-faced woman, and said: "The thirty-six iron guards of the Zhao family and the four yin servants of the Sima family have already appeared, and it seems that most of this matter is true, and the slave maid does not dare to make her own opinion, so she has to disturb the rest of the son." ”

Duanmu Ruisheng had a mistake in his early years of cultivation, there was a hidden disease, he had to sleep every day, but his sleep was very shallow, he had to wake up at the slightest disturbance, and he was very angry when he got up, so when Duanmu Gongzi fell asleep, there was no one in Baizhang, and he didn't dare to disturb idle things.

After a long while, Duanmu Ruisheng suppressed his annoyance, and said coldly: "That son of Ben is also going to see him, and my son is also very curious about what is magical about this thing, which has attracted so many people to scramble." ”

The woman answered softly and began to serve her son-in-law to change his clothes.

After a short time, the son in a brocade dress, holding a folding fan, walked out of the gate of Duanmu's house with two maids, Shi Shiran.

Behind the three of them, there are also three years and one girl, all dressed in brocade clothes, looking like a posture, and they are also masters of the frost realm.

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Inside the White Tiger Hall of the Zhongzhou Secret Guard Mansion.

Li Rusong's two palms that seemed to be carved from jade pressed on the table in front of him, not moving at all, Li Ruchun stood beside him, holding his breath. Li Rusong couldn't remember how long he hadn't made a move, and how long had these palms, which were as white as a woman, not been stained with blood. The Zhongzhou list ranked him seventh, one place higher than Sima Zhen, after all, if he wants to settle down in Zhongzhou, a place where there are many masters and monks like dogs, he has no ability, and he can't be scared just by the name of the secret guard.

Li Rusong asked calmly, "How are things going?"

Li Ruchun, who was standing behind him, replied respectfully: "The heat is almost over, and the three families would rather believe that they have an attitude of not believing it or not, and they have all sent people, but there are no masters of heaven and man." ”

Li Rusong withdrew his palm and smiled, "What is expected, what are the movements of other families?"

Li Ruchun said: "I'm still waiting, maybe it's the idea of fishing in troubled waters." ”

Li Rusong just nodded.

Li Ruchun wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Rusong, the eldest brother like a father, waved his hand and said, "Ask." ”

Li Ruchun asked with doubts in his heart: "Big brother, why are these families so sure that this matter will not be fake?"

Li Rusong said with a smile: "The object is originally real, those three families are like ghosts, why don't you believe it?"