After the summer, it was rainy and lingering.

Cao Zhen stood in front of the window, bored looking at the servants outside the window, taking advantage of the rain to pick up the courtyard after the wind and rain last night. Of course, he was not so idle, but the chatter around him showed no signs of stopping.

"Shao Zhan, you have to make plans early, now it's either the east wind pressing the west wind, or the west wind pressing the east wind. The big guys are waiting for you to make a statement. ”

"I make a statement, what do I have to say, now that the decision has been made, who can easily sway. Cao Zhen finally got impatient: "Liu Fucheng, I ......"

"Daddy, daddy......" Before he finished his sentence, a girl with pigtails broke in, the girl was only five or six years old, wearing a red jacket, her little face was flushed, and she threw herself into Cao Zhen's arms as soon as she came in, and shouted in a milky voice: "Grandma asked you if you finished the discussion, she and her mother felt that it had been raining for ten months, and I was afraid that something bad would happen, and I wanted to go to Huguo Temple to make incense, so I asked you to help prepare." ”

The little girl speaks clearly, without a sense of childishness, obviously from a family history.

Cao Zhen was worried about the way to get out, and was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to the person in front of him: "Cao still has some family matters to deal with, let's talk about these things later." Xiaoqiu, send Lord Liu. The latter sentence is shouted to the outside.

In response, a young servant with a slightly sickly face walked in, bowed to the pot-bellied Liu Fucheng, and raised his hand to lead the way.

Since this is the case, Liu Yu retired first. Liu Fucheng saw that Cao Zhen's family affairs were in front of official affairs, and he didn't understand his perfunctory meaning, so he had to sigh and leave.

After he left, Cao Zhen hugged his daughter in his arms: "Why did you come to find Daddy, where is your eldest brother?"

"The eldest brother is buying a birthday gift for grandma's birthday, the second brother is accompanying his master in the guest room, the third sister and the third brother-in-law are all at the mother's place, the fourth sister is also there, and the fourth sister and I also want to go out to play. She tugged at her father's beard and reported the whereabouts of her brothers and sisters one after another.

Cao Zhen scratched her little nose and smiled dotingly: "Such a big wind and rain, where to play, in case you catch a cold, see if your mother will not punish you." ”

The little girl pouted, looking unhappy.

Cao Zhen pinched her face again, and said softly: "Okay, when your mother's trip is arranged, my father will teach you to play chess." ”

The little girl was happy at this time, and her eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile on her little baby fat face.

Cao Zhen walked out of the room with his daughter in his arms, and suddenly saw thick black smoke coming from the backyard, and then bursts of shouts came.

"Gone water, walked ...... water"

Cao Zhen grabbed a panicked family member and asked, "What's going on in the backyard?"

"The water went and the backyard was on fire. ”

"Nonsense, how can it be that this heavy rain has burned for no reason. Cao Zhen's eyes widened, completely incredulous.

Before he could say more, the man he grabbed suddenly stiffened, his eyes widened, and his pupils shrank suddenly. Cao Zhen looked down in surprise, only to see a knife tip piercing out of his chest, taking away all the vitality of this family.

He was shocked, hugged his daughter and retreated. The corpse of the man slid to the side, revealing the man behind him, dressed in black, with a large red coat embroidered with a black snake about to fly.

Cao Zhen raised his eyes and looked, and at some point in the courtyard, more than a dozen people dressed in this dress suddenly appeared, they were like evil ghosts crawling out of the Nine Shadows, wantonly devouring the lives of the surrounding families.

Cao Zhen has been an official for many years, and he reacted quickly, turned around and ran without hesitation, just dodging the knife cut by the man in black. Although this knife did not hit Cao Zhen, the sword qi cut through the clothes behind him, and a long red line appeared on his bare back.

Cao Zhen didn't dare to stay, and ran desperately towards the gate, but before he could run a few steps, he felt that his back sank, his chest was stuffy, and his throat felt a little fishy.

Cao Zhen took a few steps forward with this palm, completely away from the black-clothed man behind him, at this time he was only one step away from the door, he knew that as long as he got out of the gate and ran to the street, the people behind him would definitely converge a lot, and there would be a glimmer of life.

But this step is like a moat, he doesn't know martial arts, the palm of the man in black has cut off all his vitality, he looked at the daughter in his arms, the little guy was stunned by this sudden change, and he was completely clever. It's not a pity for him to die, but his daughter is still so young, he knows that most of his family members in the backyard are more than lucky, and he can't even save this bit of blood and bones.

At this moment, a person walked in from outside the door, and it turned out to be the hill that had gone out to see off the guests.

Cao Zhen was overjoyed, and handed over the ** in his arms to the servant who had been with him for many years, and spit out a few words with difficulty: "Take Miss, run." ”

The hillock held the girl indifferently, as if she was frightened silly. But the joy on Cao Zhen's face gradually froze, because he found that Xiaoqiu, who always looked cowardly, did not have any fear or surprise at this sudden change, but just looked at the girl in his arms with a strange expression.

"You ......" Cao Zhen seemed to understand something.

Xiaoqiu shook his head and smiled: "Master, master and servant, the only thing I can do is to send Miss to meet you under Jiuquan." As he spoke, the little face of the girl in his arms quickly turned dead gray with fright, and finally there was no breath at all.

The sound of "no" only sounded in Cao Zhen's heart, he was speechless, his eyes were wide and he fell to death, and he didn't blink an eye.

At this time, the black-clothed man chased after him, looked at the corpse on the ground, and raised his hand to throw a scroll of paper to the hillock. Xiaoqiu threw away the girl's corpse in his hand, took the paper scroll, unfolded it, looked at the bright red seal in the lower right corner, and nodded imperceptibly.

The man in black stroked his left chest with his right hand, bowed his head and said, "Humble Jiang Wei, I have seen Lord Duwei." ”

Xiao Qiu hummed as a reply, and then said: "I still have something to go to see the master, the fat man who walked out just now is the Zhan Shifu Liupin Mansion, and with his official position, he can't be on our cleaning list." But he came to incite Cao Zhen to oppose the cutting of the domain, there will definitely be no reason behind it, you take the two brothers to dig a dig, and you can't say that you can catch any big fish, which is also a great achievement. ”

"Thank you, sir. Jiang Wei showed a touch of joy on his face, ordered two people in black, and went out.

Xiaoqiu glanced at the courtyard again, and only after seeing that all the people in black were standing there, he turned around and left the house. He walked all the way, but in a moment he arrived at a deserted courtyard, pushed open the courtyard door, walked through the wall, but inside was a different scene, although there was no golden color, but it was not dilapidated, there were often people walking around inside, passing the documents.

He walked straight to the back hall and stopped at the doorway of an elegant hall.

As soon as the footsteps stopped, a voice came from the room: "Qiu Yuan, come in." ”

He didn't care whether the other party could see it or not, and only walked in after stroking his chest and saluting.

There was only one person in the hall, very young, wearing a purple cloud crown on his head, dressed in a golden python suit, standing on the top, and a cup of fragrant tea on the coffee table in his left hand was still steaming slowly.

Chen An picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said slowly: "You are here, that means that Cao Zhen has already subdued the law." ”

"Yes, it's already the thirty-first. Qiu Yuan's voice was flat: "It's just that the subordinates are a little unclear." ”

Say. ”

Qiu Yuan asked suspiciously, "Cao Zhen doesn't seem to have any objections, and there is no evidence of his contact with King Qin and King Jin. ”

Chen An's eyelids twitched: "What? Do you want to avenge him?"

Qiu Yuan was excited: "The subordinates don't dare." ”

Chen An said lightly: "Don't say you don't dare, even I don't dare." Although there is nothing wrong with Cao Zhen, his second son worships under the Shangqing Sword Sect, which is the way to die. He himself led the Zhan Mansion as a close minister of the inner palace, if there is a heart of disobedience, everyone regrets it too late, but this move is just a precaution. ”

"The subordinates understand", Qiu Yuan put his right hand to his mouth and coughed lightly, if you prevent trouble, you will be killed, is this the blood division.

Chen An seemed to see his thoughts, sighed and said: "I know, you have been with Cao Zhen for three years, and through his cover-up, you have avenged a great revenge, and you have a lot of dependence on his people, but there are some things that we can't control." ”

"The subordinates didn't have any dissenting intentions, just a little emotion. Qiu Yuan hurriedly said respectfully.

Chen An looked at him deeply, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, you don't have to force yourself, if you want to leave and keep you safe for the rest of your life, I can still do it." ”

Qiu Yuan said firmly: "I swear allegiance to the lord, and there is no reason to give up halfway." ”

"Actually, you don't have to be like this, I taught you martial arts and helped you take revenge, but the quick methods I taught you all have hidden dangers, you can still have time to cultivate your body now, otherwise ......" Chen An didn't continue, he believed that these Qiu Yuan understood.

The corners of Qiu Yuan's mouth pulled out a suspicious smile: "This sentence, my lord, you have told me many times, isn't it just that you can't live to be forty? Life is rare for seventy years, for Qiu Yuan, it is already a blessing from God to live safely past the age of forty, I Qiu Yuan took revenge in the first twenty years, and repaid the favor in the next twenty years, and this life is enough." ”

Chen An looked at the pale face and sighed in his heart. Qiu Yuan was one of his Eagle Eyes like Du Kun, and after he was named the Master of the Blood Division, he always needed some close people for his own use. Zhang Xia, Zhu Qi and the others were reluctant to leave the Dark Division with him, although the Blood Division was majestic, but they were the most dangerous tasks, and the mortality rate was also high, and few people were willing to come here if they were not some bloodthirsty madmen. Even Chen An came happily in order to obtain greater revenge capital.

For Qiu Yuan, Chen An had a sense of sympathy for the same disease, so he came to help, and did not expect anything in return, since the persuasion was fruitless, he no longer wasted his lips and tongue, took out a projectile from his arms, threw it at Qiu Yuan, and said to the latter's puzzled gaze: "This is the Yuan Shen Yang Heart Pill, although it can't cure the hidden dangers on your body, but it can relieve your pain a little." ”

Qiu Yuan's eyes showed a look of emotion, and he was about to say something, but there was a sound of footsteps, and Du Kun, who had become the blood division of the Wei Du, walked in at this time, and said respectfully: "Qin Pei has already subdued the law in the matter of the Dao. ”

He is different from Qiu Yuan, he is practicing external skills, but he is poisoned outside, after Chen An's guidance, he re-cultivated his internal skills, and the residual toxins on his hands gradually dissolved, plus he became an official of the imperial court.

Chen An raised his eyebrows: "Qin Pei is also on the list?"

"Ugh. Du Kun's expression was stunned.

Chen An's eyes narrowed: "Whose idea?"

Chen An's voice was peaceful, but somehow, Du Kun listened, and a layer of sweat immediately appeared on his forehead.

Qiu Yuan's eyes rolled, and he interjected: "Qin Pei, this person has written to impeach you many times, and he often secretly communicates with the north, so it is not a pity that he died. It's just that the Qin family behind him is a big clan in Zhangzhou, and the aftermath is quite troublesome. Now that Du Dusi has taken down Qin Pei, he doesn't bother the two masters, and he has to worry more about the next actions of the Qin family. ”

Chen An glanced at Qiu Yuan, snorted, raised his hand and took out a booklet from a pile of cases on the coffee table, threw it to Du Kun, and said in a deep voice: "You go and solve it." ”

Du Kun opened the booklet and saw at a glance that it was full of ideas from the Qin clan in Zhangzhou, and the first line of the first page was written with the word "Qin Rong", introducing him as the first disciple of the Cangzhou Shangqing Sword Sect Leng Qingqiu. His eyes suddenly widened, and the grandmaster passed on.

Chen An was still watching there, Du Kun didn't dare to think about it, and carefully put the booklet in his arms before bowing down to receive the order.