After leaving the Tang family, Cao Hongzhi was like a rat crossing the street, tiptoeing through the shadow of Yuzhou City.

Finally, I found my home.

Before he could enter the door, he smelled a pungent smell of blood.

Cao Hongzhi frowned, pushed open the door of the mansion, and everywhere he saw was bright red blood.

The entire family of eighty-three fell in a pool of blood, the blood had not dried up, and the murderer had long since disappeared.

He stumbled through the door, his eyes red, expecting to find his father.

"No, no..."

He kept muttering in his mouth, and he didn't stop in his hands, when he opened a thin man: "Steward Lin, if you hold on, I'll go and ask you for a doctor." ”

"Young master, young master..." Steward Lin coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, and his blood-soaked hand grabbed Cao Hongzhi's clothes on his shoulder.

"The old slave is useless, it's a ghost-faced person, a lot of ghost-faced people..."

Steward Lin's eyes widened, there had never been a moment as dark as then, even if he was going to die in a moment.

"Woo, I was wrong... I was wrong..."

He didn't really have much choice about whether to lure the wolf into the house.

"Sir, he's here..."

Steward Lin weakly helped Cao Hongzhi's face, pointed his finger in the direction of the lobby, and fell to the ground forever.

"Ahh

Faced with the death of the person in his arms, the only thing Cao Hongzhi could do was to hug him and scream helplessly.

After learning his father's whereabouts, he gently put Steward Lin down, got up in a daze, and came to the lobby in a daze.

Cao Guanhai was hanging on the girder at this time, and blood dripped onto the floor.

"Dick, answer..."

At this time, Cao Hongzhi's vision was blurred, and he stretched out his trembling hand to probe his father's snort, he wordlessly hugged his father's body, slowly bent his knees, and knelt in a pool of blood.

"Ahh

Cao Hongzhi never dreamed that one day, this would happen to him.

The crying continued for half an hour, and gradually subsided.

At this time, Cao Hongzhi had already untied Cao Guanhai and placed it on the removed wooden door.

"The ghost-faced man who should be killed is going to insult you like this after you die..."

He used a copper basin to beat a basin of water, tore off a piece of cloth on the hem of his clothes, and wiped his father's face slightly with the water, trying to preserve the last trace of his father's face.

"Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you, and I will find them and kill them for the rest of my life..."

Tearfully wiping his father's face, it seems that he has never washed his face once since he was a child?

But no matter how you wipe it, you can't wipe it clean.

At this moment, the clear water had become as thick as blood, and he didn't seem to notice it.

Tears blurred my vision and numbed my brain.

He slapped himself twice, forcing himself to swallow the tears.

Just as he finished wiping, there was a sound of neat footsteps outside the door of the house.

Cao Hongzhi was like a frightened bird, looked at his father deeply, and hid in the tea room on the side.

"Whoa!"

A team of people and horses carrying torches rushed in, it was an official errand.

The leader frowned and covered his nose with a handkerchief, then waved his hand.

The officials took the eighty-three members of the Cao family one by one, gathered them together, and made the following marks and files.

Judging by the wounds of these people, it is clear that they died from scimitars.

It's a pity that no one in the Cao family, as a big family, survived.

"My lord, my subordinates counted the number of people and found that there was one person missing."

"Who?"

"It should be Cao Hongzhi." The man looked at the roster, searched for a moment, and then replied with confirmation.

"Hmph, I'm quite good at escaping, and I'll immediately send a sea fishing paperwork."

The man at the head put a handkerchief on Cao Guanhai's face, although the two were not related, they also had some friendship.

Before leaving, his eyes glanced at the tea room on the side, intentionally or unintentionally, and left the Cao family quickly, he still had a lot of things to do.

After receiving the Cao family and the others, the officials lined up and came out.

......

After a day and night of hiding.

After losing all his family, Cao Hongzhi stared blankly at the seal on the door, he knew that he was now homeless.

I can only wander the streets of Yuzhou City, and the scenes in my mind flashed in my mind.

The empty streets are now in danger for everyone, for fear of suffering disasters like the Cao family.

In the middle of the night, no matter what kind of noise is heard, no one will check it.

"Plop!"

Cao Hongzhi walked with sore legs and feet, and fell to his knees on the street uncontrollably.

"Ah~~~~"

He was originally a dragon and phoenix among people, but now he has become a street rat, even if he knocks on a door, they don't dare to help him.

The huge gap made the last trace of defense in his psychology completely collapse.

At this moment, a person came from behind him and whispered in his ear, "Do you want revenge?" Then follow me. ”

The man came directly past him and walked forward.

Avenge? Be sure to get revenge...

Looking at the black cloak that was fading away, he got up again.

But no matter how fast he is, he can't always catch up with him.

The people who came took him unhurriedly and walked through the streets and alleys, dodging one patrol after another of officers and soldiers.

Eventually, he was taken to a building and disappeared.

Cao Hongzhi also came back to his senses, here? Isn't it just a stone house?

Some time ago, I was here, could it be that the rumors are true? Does Ichishiju have what it takes to help with his own revenge?

With suspicion, he knocked on the door.

A shopkeeper, with an open opening, seemed to have been instructed a long time ago, looked left and right, and no one was following him behind, so he put him into the house.

Didn't talk to him either, but led him through a long hallway.

Cao Hongzhi could clearly feel that they were walking underground, but he didn't expect that there was a secret door here.

Under the secret door, there is a cave.

Torches were stuck in the stone walls on either side of the steps, swaying with unknown light and shadow.

When he went down to the ground, he saw seven or eight men arranging books, and several rolls that had slid down from the silk threads into a large pillar in the center.

Everyone was in good order, as if they were one machine, and sometimes before he could say a word, the man handed over the prepared note.

"Cao Gongzi, Cao Gongzi?" Seeing Cao Hongzhi who was stunned in place, the shopkeeper waved his hand in front of him and shouted.

"Oh, ah..."

Cao Hongzhi no longer had the momentum he had before, and bowed down and asked, "Excuse me, where is this?" ”

The shopkeeper couldn't answer, so he could only say, "When you go in, go and ask in person." ”

"This way, please!"

Immediately, Cao Hongzhi was guided to go deeper.

And the eight were doing what they were doing, as always, as if they hadn't been there.

Xiao Er took him to a secret room, then turned around and retired.

Cao Hongzhi tidied up his clothes and pushed the door in.

The money shopkeeper was facing the dim light, looking at a letter, after confirming it again and again.

He crumpled the letter, threw it into the brazier, and sat down behind the low table.

With a "plop", Cao Hongzhi knelt down in front of the money shopkeeper.

"Ask the money shopkeeper to help me kill the ghost-faced man."

didn't pay attention to him, the money shopkeeper took a sip of the fragrant tea on the table, and glanced at the person kneeling on the ground with ruthless eyes.

"Just the rumor that you came out, that Shen Xingliu killed the Tang family master?"

The faint words revealed a cold murderous aura.

This made Cao Hongzhi, who had to kneel on the ground, shake his whole body: "It's me, but I was poisoned by them, and I was also coerced." ”

"Forget it, I should have cut you with a thousand knives, but someone wants to protect you."

Sure enough, a flash of joy flashed on Cao Hongzhi's face, and revenge was hopeful.

can command a behemoth like Yishiju, and the person behind it must be either rich or expensive.

Even, it may be royalty.

"How much do you know about Akebonoha? Let's talk about it. The money shopkeeper's fingers rubbed the rim of the cup, and he couldn't see his expression.

"I only know that they are an organization hired by the Beirou people, and they are divided into four corpses, five halls and six realms."

Cao Hongzhi and Shu didn't have much contact, so they didn't know much, but what they said was the same as what they had found.

With sharp eyes, as if there was a power to penetrate people's hearts, the money shopkeeper picked up the teacup: "Count you honest, are you willing to join us?" ”

If he heard half a "no", the money shopkeeper wouldn't mind killing him on the spot, after all, the latter knew their secret.

"Yes, I am willing." His head was covered with sweat, and he had no doubt that he was wandering around the ghost gate just now.

Now as long as he can get revenge, he is willing to do whatever he does.

"Hahaha, you're welcome to Hawkeye." When the shopkeeper heard his satisfactory answer, he laughed, came to him with a teacup, and handed it to him.

Cao Hongzhi had taken an unknown decoction before, and then he was controlled, and now he will do it again?

If you don't drink it, what can you do?

He threw his neck up and swallowed his stomach with a clatter.

He also hung the cup upside down and signaled that he had finished drinking.

"Very well, you go down first." The money shopkeeper turned around and walked to the bookshelf to the side and took down a book.

"By the way, leave the jade pendant, it's not yours."

Hearing that he could leave, Cao Hongzhi was still a little happy, and when he was about to leave, he heard this words.

He touched the jade pendant in his arms, even though there were a hundred reluctances in his heart, but he was under the eaves and had to bow his head.

If you don't deserve it, who else can? That black boy?

Ridiculous life, now the status is reversed.

I am like the sludge on the side of the road, anyone can step on it, but he has become a bird.

In order to avoid causing dissatisfaction among the money shopkeepers, he was still expressionless and gently put the jade pendant on the table.

And, if you make up your mind, it's your own, and sooner or later you have to get it back!

Take three steps and make two steps and respectfully exit the chamber.

Only the money shopkeeper sighed: "O sad man." ”

"Master, do you want to keep him? I don't know why. ”

......

It's just that Cao Hongzhi, who exited the secret room, has no way of knowing the next words.

Because the door was already waiting, the two eagle-eyed spies looked him up and down.

So he took him to another secret room, where the man in the black cloak was standing silently.