In the autumn of August, the golden wind is blowing. After the baptism of rain, Huai Village is even more refreshing and warm.

"Knock, knock ......", the loud and rapid sound of the gong broke the tranquility of Huai Village.

"Master Chu is in high school!" Liu heard the sound of the gong and the noise that followed, and was nervously going out to look, not knowing what was going on, and he was stunned when he heard the good news. There is only one family surnamed Chu in Huai Village, and this Master Chu doesn't need to ask if it must be his son, although he has always known that he will be able to go high school with his son's intelligence, but he is still excited to hear the good news.

"It's the old lady, congratulations to Master Chu for Xie Yuan. After the people who reported the good news finished the auspicious words, they hugged the happy money, the Liu family was busy sending the good money, the second and third newspapers arrived, and the neighbors heard the good news and followed to join in the fun, and the Chu family, which was not big, was suddenly crowded with people inside and outside the house. Liu was preparing to go to find his son back, and saw that his eldest brother and second brother had come back with their son in their arms.

"Master Xie Yuan is back!" The person who reported the good news was congratulating again. Chu Yunxiao looked at the newspaper post, smiled and saluted everyone one by one.

Chu Yunxiao was not very excited, she was still as warm as usual, but everyone in the Liu family was very excited, especially the old lady of the Liu family, who excitedly held Liu's hand and wiped her tears.

Chu Yunxiao's mother, Liu's leap name, Liu Qiong, is the youngest daughter of the old lady and the only daughter. Mrs. Liu gave birth to three sons and finally gave birth to a daughter, of course, she held Liu in the palm of her hand since she was a child.

The Liu family is a solid family in Huai Village, and the daughter is good, and there are naturally many people who come to the door to ask for relatives, and Mrs. Liu is not satisfied with the picking. didn't think that the Liu family fell in love with Chu Yuanzhou, who the boss picked up outside, and the old lady naturally didn't want her daughter to marry someone who didn't know anything and didn't know the roots, but she couldn't twist Liu's plea, and finally agreed to this family business. Fortunately, Chu Yuanzhou is a very capable person, not only knows martial arts but also reads, although he is relatively cold, but he is also good to the Liu family, and the old lady feels more and more that her daughter has a vision. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, when Chu Yunxiao was five years old, Chu Yuanzhou went out on a trip, and he met a thief and died. Liu almost died when he heard the news of her husband's death, and it was not easy for everyone to persuade him, and then he put all his heart on his son.

Thinking of her dead husband, Liu also cried. All the neighbors came to persuade each other, and then they stopped crying.

"Xiao'er, Ming'er will go to your father's grave to put incense on it, and make your father happy. Liu Shi took Chu Yunxiao's hand and said sadly.

"Alas. Chu Yunxiao agreed, although Chu Yuanzhou was still young when he was there, and his memory was very vague, he vaguely remembered that his father only cared about his martial arts cultivation, and he didn't care much about scientific research and the like.

Chu Yunxiao began to practice martial arts at the age of three under the guidance of his father. Although he is the only son in the family, protected by the Liu family, and spoiled by the Liu family, everyone has a lot of awe for Chu Yuanzhou, and although they are distressed, they are helpless. Fortunately, Chu Yunxiao has been smart and resilient since she was a child, which makes Chu Yuanzhou quite satisfied while being strict. After Chu Yuanzhou's death, the Liu family became strict with Chu Yunxiao, which made Chu Yunxiao spend his time practicing martial arts and studying since he was a child, making him a special existence among his peers in Huai Village.

Chu Yuanzhou seemed to know that he was about to die before leaving, and let Chu Yunxiao memorize all the cultivation of the Nine Layers of Martial Dao, so Chu Yunxiao's martial arts cultivation did not stop because of his father's departure. At the age of fifteen, he had already cultivated his martial arts to the sixth peak, and he was only close to entering the sevenfold realm. The martial arts ninefold, the first three are purely based on training, which is relatively much easier. Starting from the fourfold, one is sad and one is heavy, so when you reach the fourfold martial arts, you can be called a martial arts master. And the six-fold martial arts cultivation is one of the best in the entire Liao County. As far as Chu Yunxiao knows, there is only one eightfold realm master in Tianmu Mountain in the entire Liao County, and there are two sevenfold realms, as for whether there are hidden masters, he doesn't know.

Liu has always been worried that Chu Yunxiao has been practicing martial arts desperately in the past two years to seek revenge on those bandits, although she also wants to, but she is more worried about her son's safety. Her husband is gone, but she can't lose her son anymore, so she has been persuading Chu Yunxiao to take the imperial examination. First, this is an era in which everything is inferior, and only through the imperial examination can we have a good future; second, after becoming an official, arresting bandits is justifiable, and if we can take revenge, we may be able to increase the rank of official and become a knight.

But Chu Yunxiao didn't quite think so. For ordinary people, it is true that only the imperial examination can achieve the goal, but he knows very well that this Great Star Empire is ostensibly heavy on literature and light on military force, but in fact, it has always been ruled by force, otherwise there would not be the transcendent status of the four nobles. Although he knew it, he still participated in the township examination, firstly, he did not want to live up to the expectations of the Liu family, and secondly, the improvement of martial arts cultivation was not an overnight thing, and if he wanted to find out the truth, the imperial examination was the fastest and most secure method.

What he wants to investigate is not only the cause of Chu Yuanzhou's death, but also his life experience.

Chu Yuanzhou's life experience has always been a mystery, his statement to outsiders is that he met bandits on the road, and he was the only one in the family who escaped with his life, and the simple villagers believed his words, but Chu Yunxiao didn't think so. With that martial arts and temperament, it is not something that ordinary people have.

As for the cause of death, it is said that he went to seek revenge on the bandits. Revenge is gone, and life is gone.

Let's not talk about whether the previous bandits were true or not, Chu Yunxiao didn't think that his father was the kind of person who would take revenge without being sure. In addition, Chu Yuanzhou's death is also full of suspicions. A suicide note, a few relics, and a simple story say he died. But the suicide note was indeed written by Chu Yuanzhou, and the person who reported the letter was also a credible person. Chu Yunxiao could only accept this fact temporarily.

But only temporarily. He knew that with his strength, he couldn't do anything, so he could only practice desperately.

Thinking of her father, Chu Yunxiao couldn't help but touch the fist gloves on her hand. The gloves are very ordinary, but they are my father's most precious things, and they are also one of my father's two relics. The two relics were given to him, and the other was a peculiar jade pendant, even the well-informed friend Mei Shi couldn't see the calendar, and he always wore it close to his chest.

Chu Yunxiao was thinking about it, when he heard someone shouting, "Master Zhou has come to worship Yuan Gong!" After speaking, the sedan chair had arrived at the door. He had no choice but to leave his mother and go out.

Mr. Zhou's name is Zhou Bin, he is a famous squire in this area, and he is also from a high background, and he has served several governors. The two greeted each other, and sat down in the hall room.

"I just looked at the list, and I heard that Xie Yuangong was young, I thought he was at least in his early twenties, but I didn't expect Xie Yuangong to be just a young man, he was really a hero. As soon as Zhou Bin sat down, he looked at Chu Yunxiao and exclaimed.

"Master Zhou has won the award. Chu Yunxiao replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Alas, I want to be raised in the middle of the year when I was established, and I think I am the pride of the sky, but I don't want to have a sky outside the sky and someone outside the world. Zhou Bin waved his hand and said with emotion. He has a deep understanding of the difficulty of the imperial examination, and there are many people he knows who are still only Xiucai at the age of forty or fifty, and even those who have been tested for a lifetime are still Xiucai, and Chu Yunxiao was only fifteen years old when he was selected for the promotion, and he is also the first name Xie Yuan, how can he not be emotional.

Chu Yunxiao had to be humble again. The two chattered for a while, and Zhou Bin looked at Chu Yunxiao's outfit and said suspiciously:

"Looking at Xie Yuangong's dress, could it be that Xie Yuangong has also learned martial arts?"

Although he knew that today's list would be released, Chu Yunxiao still went to the mountain early in the morning to practice martial arts, and when he came back, he had to deal with the people who reported the good news, and he didn't have time to change his clothes. He looked at himself and smiled: "When I was young, I learned some martial arts with my father, but I knew some superficial kung fu, which made Master Zhou smile." ”

Zhou Bin was worried about how to make friends with this promising Xie Yuangong, and when he saw that he loved martial arts, he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly said: "I didn't expect Xie Yuangong to be both civil and military at a young age, although I don't know martial arts, but I also know that martial arts are difficult, and it is difficult to achieve anything without teaching." I won't tell you anything, Zhao Zhenren of Tianmu Mountain and I are distant relatives and acquaintances, if Xie Yuangong really loves martial arts, I can repair a book, and Zhao Zhenren will teach me in my face. ”

Zhao Zhenren has the eightfold cultivation of martial arts, and he is also the first master in Liao County, as long as he is a person who practices martial arts and loves martial arts, no one can not be tempted by this. Zhou Bin was full of confidence, but he didn't know that Chu Yunxiao at this time had a six-fold peak cultivation, and Chu Yuanzhou had said that their Chu family's martial arts were absolutely invincible in the entire empire. The offer was of no interest to him at all. It's just that Chu Yunxiao didn't want to attract the attention of others, so she pretended to be happy and made a big gift to Zhou Bin.

Zhou Bin laughed, and hurriedly got up to help Chu Yunxiao, but when he touched his wrist, the brocade bag on his waist trembled. He was also a powerful person, and he was stunned for a moment before he got up as if nothing happened, but at this moment, his heart was like turning over the river, and he couldn't wait to go back immediately to confirm what he thought in his heart. So after chatting with Chu Yunxiao for a few more words, he hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Although Zhou Bin tried his best to cover it up, he was still seen by Chu Yunxiao, but Chu Yunxiao couldn't figure out what was going on, so he put it aside.

The Chu family was lively all day and didn't stop until late at night. Not long after Chu Yunxiao fell asleep, two black shadows jumped from the roof. One shook his hand in front of Chu Yunxiao, with a puff of smoke, and then nodded to the other. Then the two searched in the room, and did not leave unwillingly until every inch of the room, including Chu Yunxiao's body, was searched.

The moment the two left the room, Chu Yunxiao opened her eyes. He sat up and touched his nose, and someone actually used incense on him, which seemed to have been prepared in advance. Then he straightened up his messed clothes and followed the direction the two had left. When he saw that the two of them were about to search Liu's body, Chu Yunxiao was furious, his body was full of murderous aura, and he attacked the two without hesitation, thinking that the two of them were only three cultivators, and they were restrained in just a moment.

"Who are you and what are you looking for?" Chu Yunxiao saw that the two did not answer him, and was about to ask again, but found that black blood was oozing from the corners of the mouths of the two of them, knowing that the two had taken poison, and it was too late to be saved.

If he is a veteran of the rivers and lakes, he will definitely prevent the other party from taking poison in the first place, or lack of experience, Chu Yunxiao regretted it. These two people were obviously looking for something, and he couldn't think of anything that their Chu family could miss. Now that the two of them are dead, and there is nothing on them, there is no way for him to find out, and the other party is really cautious. This made Chu Yunxiao have a strong sense of crisis. He is not afraid of these people, but the Liu family and the Liu family are in danger.

In order not to worry the Liu family, Chu Yunxiao disposed of the two corpses and cleaned up the house before going to sleep. So Liu woke up in the morning and didn't find anything unusual. After eating breakfast and cleaning up, the mother and son went to the back mountain to worship Chu Yuanzhou. It's just that when the two of them saw the scene of the cemetery, they almost fainted.

The Liu family's dowry is quite rich, and Chu Yuanzhou is extremely capable, so although the Chu family is small, it is the richest in the village, and Chu Yuanzhou's cemetery is naturally the best. But at this time, the tombstone fell to the side, and the place where the coffin was originally placed was a large pit with a radius of nearly ten meters, and the sawdust of the coffin in the pit was sprinkled on the ground, and all the funeral goods placed in the coffin disappeared.

Chu Yunxiao's heart was like a fire roasting, her eyes were staring at the sawdust, and her fists were clenched. Such a big pit looks like it was done by a warrior, and it looked like he was rummaging through something like last night. He didn't know if the gravediggers were in the same group as the two men yesterday, but he knew that what they were looking for should be the same.

Huai Village is not big, and soon everyone in the village knew about it, and the digging of the grave was a major event that would affect future generations, and everyone in the village came to comfort them. He didn't know who the enemy was, so he could only suppress the anger and rebuild the cemetery with the help of the villagers.

"Do you know what enemies your father had before his death?" Liu Ming, the uncle of the Liu family, asked in a low voice while pulling Chu Yunxiao into the air.

"Uncle, I don't know much about my father's affairs as you do, I also want to know?" Chu Yunxiao smiled bitterly.

"Hmph, your father is also a stuffy gourd, he doesn't tell anyone anything, his wife and children are guarded, I have long felt that his identity is not so simple, but now it's good, he didn't explain anything when he died, but left these messes. Liu Ming said a little angrily.

"Uncle, I'll talk to my grandmother and second uncle in a while, let's go to the county tomorrow. The enemy doesn't know when and what will happen, so I'm afraid that it will affect you, and they shouldn't dare to mess around in the county, and everyone will come back when I solve this matter. ”

"Okay, I'll send a letter to your eldest brother in a moment, let him pack it up, and we'll go to stay with him for a few days. Liu Ming was also afraid that this enemy would come to their house, he knew that his brother-in-law was a capable person, and the enemy's ability was not small, and they ordinary people would definitely not be able to deal with it, and staying here would only drag down Wai Yao, so he nodded and agreed.

When they arrived at the county seat, the other party didn't dare to mess around, and Mei Shi was there, so there should be no problem protecting his mother and the Liu family. The enemy is dark and I am clear, the situation is extremely unfavorable, Chu Yunxiao secretly clenched his fists.