"Huh?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man raised his eyes and looked at the door.

"Who?" He, muttered.

"......" outside the door, but no one answered.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man thought that a passerby had knocked on the wrong door, so he stopped talking.

But what he didn't expect was that as soon as his gaze was withdrawn, the door rang again.

"Who?"

The middle-aged man asked again.

However, there was still no answer outside the door.

As a result, the thieves panicked and asked, "Uh... Steward Lin, it can't be haunted, right? You must know that the old man and the eldest young master were all unjustly killed. ”

After speaking, Jia Ding looked at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man ...... didn't squeak.

He walked to the door with a torch in hand, and was ready to go and see who was making the time.

And at this moment, a deep voice suddenly came: "I, the master of the Chu family!" ”

The words are cold.

Like spitting out ice.

“......”

The middle-aged man frowned.

'Isn't Chu Lingfeng already dead? Why did the people outside the door shout that they were the masters of the Chu family? Could it be that there are really ghosts in this world? ’

'Impossible, impossible...'

The middle-aged man thought secretly, and then he leaned close to the crack in the door and looked outside...

Call!

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.

The person outside the door was not Chu Lingfeng, but an old acquaintance who had been absent for many years.

'Is that him?' ’

'Humph! ’

After seeing each other clearly, a sly smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face.

And the reason why he was so contemptuous, if not for anything else, was because the old acquaintance was none other than his former employer, the second young master of the Chu family, Chu Lingyun!!

"Huh! It's you! With a leisurely sound, the middle-aged man said disdainfully: "Second young master, I didn't expect you to be really alive." But you may not know that the Chu family has changed hands now, so if you don't want to die, leave quickly. ”

"Lin Liangzhong, what do you mean by this?" Chu Lingyun asked angrily.

He is also no stranger to the middle-aged man, because the middle-aged man is Lin Liangzhong, the bookkeeper of the Chu family.

It's just that Lin Liangzhong's words deeply stung Chu Lingyun.

You must know that when Lin Liangzhong first entered the Chu family five years ago, he respected Chu Lingyun in every way, but now he has a contemptuous attitude and regards himself as an outsider, can it be said that things are really as his brother said - Ding Min and traitors stole the family business? The father and the eldest brother...

Bang!

Thinking of this, Chu Lingyun was like being struck by lightning!

"Open the door!"

With an angry sound, Chu Lingyun wanted to enter the door to check.

However, Lin Liangzhong was not only not afraid of his anger, but said contemptuously: "Are you sure you won't leave?" Okay, then I'll let you see what happens if you offend Mrs. Ding. ”

Bang!

Lin Liangzhong opened the courtyard door...

looked at Chu Lingyun, and put on a posture that there is a way in heaven and you don't go, and there is no door in hell to break into, and he didn't take Chu Lingyun in his eyes at all.

And at the moment when the courtyard door opened, Chu Lingyun immediately saw the corpses of his father and brother on the pile of firewood and grass...

"What are you waiting for, take it!"

Before Chu Lingyun could react, Lin Liangzhong ordered the family.

In an instant, the family members used sticks to surround Chu Lingyun.

Lin Liangzhong stood aside and said mockingly: "I just asked you to go, but you don't go, now you can't help it..."

"Look for death!"

Before he finished speaking, Chu Lingyun's body shook, and he swept towards the group of family members with his legs.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"Ahh

With the sound of screams, before the family members could make a move, they burst into blood and died, and died tragically on the spot.

"This..".

Seeing this, Lin Liangzhong was dumbfounded.

You must know that in his impression, although the second son, Chu Lingyun, was once named on the gold list and lived in the prefect of a state, he was a powerless scholar after all, why now...

"You..."

"Don't come here..."

"Don't come here..."

Lin Liangzhong said in a hurry, not daring to approach Chu Lingyun at all.

Chu Lingyun didn't pay attention to him, but quickly rushed to the pile of firewood and grass in the courtyard, and then saw the scene he didn't want to see...

His father, Chu Dahe, was poisoned and died, with a black face; The eldest brother Chu Lingfeng broke his muscles and veins, and his throat was cut to death.

"Father!"

"Big brother!"

A scream!

Pierce the sky!

Bang!

As soon as Chu Lingyun's legs were weak, he knelt on the ground; Still battered by the torrential rain, motionless...

Five years of detention and travel, a fluke for a place of fame. The ancients said that wealth and nobility cannot return to their hometowns, such as brocade clothes walking at night; Now, although he has built a festival and sealed the territory, he did not expect that when he returned, it would be such a scene...

Who can bear such an encounter?

You must know that his father is middle-aged and widowed, and he raised himself and his brother by himself; In order to support his fame, the elder brother gave up his studies and joined the martial arts industry as a dart master, and gave himself the only gold and silver to be used as a coil to go to Beijing to catch the exam.

It can be said that without the support of his father and brother, he would not have the self who was famous in Jiangzhou five years ago, and now he has no ability, but he can only watch them being killed, how to face it?

Pain and pain!!

Seeing Chu Lingyun hugging the corpse of his father Chu Dahe, he choked up and said, "Dad, the child is not filial, the child is sorry for you and the eldest brother... The child should not come back now, the child should die..."

Flood of tears!

The heart is like a knife!

Seeing this, Lin Liangzhong, who was standing on the side, first trembled, and then wanted to take advantage of Chu Lingyun's unpreparedness to escape.

However, what Lin Liangzhong didn't expect was that as soon as he walked to the door, a sharp blade was pressed against his chest.

"Go back!"

There was a deep sigh.

An eight-foot angry man appeared at the door.

And this angry man is none other than Xu Fang, the subordinate general who returned to his hometown with Chu Lingyun.

Seeing Xu Fang appear, Lin Liangzhong hurriedly retreated to the courtyard, and said to Chu Lingyun: "Second Young Master, you, you spare the little one, this is all what Mrs. Ding instructed us to do, and it doesn't matter about small things." ”

His voice trembled, and his expression was flustered!

Lin Liangzhong no longer has the previous arrogant attitude.

"Really?"

"Are you sure it's just Ding Min?"

Chu Lingyun asked coldly, not believing Lin Liangzhong's statement at all.

And he didn't believe it for two reasons.

First: There is a statement in the eldest brother's letter that Ding Min is a collaborator to commit murder, so he is not the only one who instructs.

Second: Although he was dismissed and imprisoned five years ago, the Chu family did not decline, because after his accident, his eldest brother Chu Lingfeng opened a number of dart bureaus and shops in Jiangzhou with his personal ability, and became a veritable giant in Jiangzhou.

Think about it, Ding Min is a female streamer, how can she shake the Chu family with her own strength?

Because of this, Chu Lingyun questioned Lin Liangzhong.

And just as Chu Lingyun expected, after he asked, Lin Liangzhong, who was a rat trap, said hesitantly: "Uh... And, there's..."

"Who else?"

With a burst of applause, Chu Lingyun pulled out his knife and unsheathed!

pointed to Lin Liangzhong.

"There are also eight families!" Lin Liangzhong blurted out.

"Eight families?"

Hearing this, Chu Lingyun pondered, and probably guessed the reason for the matter.

And things are indeed as Lin Liangzhong said, in addition to Ding Min, the eight major families of Jiangzhou also participated in the action to subvert the Chu family; It can even be said that without the support of the eight major families, Ding Min would not dare to make a move against Chu Lingfeng at all.

And these eight families are none other than the eight underworld forces that have been entrenched in Jiangzhou for a hundred years - Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Gao; Lu, Ma, Chen, Jiang.

Chu Lingyun was no stranger to them at all.

As early as five years ago, the eight major families had approached Chu Lingyun, who was the prefect of Jiangzhou at the time, hoping to collude with his officials and businessmen to monopolize Jiangzhou's salt and iron gambling and people's livelihood supplies for personal gain; However, Chu Lingyun was upright by nature, and it was impossible for him to be in the same stream at all, and in the end, the eight major families could only give up.

Because of this, after the eldest brother Chu Lingfeng's career became bigger, the eight major families forced him aggressively, and even Chu Lingfeng mentioned the friction between himself and the eight major families in his letters.

So when Lin Liangzhong spit out the eight major families, Chu Lingyun suddenly realized why the eldest brother asked him not to return to his hometown.

It's just that even so, Chu Lingyun still doesn't understand why his sister Ding Min wants to collude with the eight major families and kill her father and brother.

Seeing that Lin Liangzhong finished explaining, Chu Lingyun asked coldly, "Ding Min, where is the person?" ”

"In the mansion of the eldest young master before his death, today she wants..."Lin Liangzhong blurted out first, and then he was speechless again.

And the reason why he was hesitant was not for anything else, just because he knew that after some words came out, he would inevitably sting Chu Lingyun and bring death to himself.

However, Chu Lingyun didn't know anything about this.

"What is she going to do?" Chu Lingyun asked:

"To... I want to invite a banquet for the rich businessmen of Jiangzhou and hold a 70th or 70th birthday for Mrs. Wang! Lin Liangzhong said tremblingly.

“......”

Hearing this, Chu Lingyun was extremely speechless.

Just, clenched your fists!

The bones of his father and brother are not cold, Ding Min actually wants to entertain guests in the eldest brother's mansion to celebrate the birthday of his stepmother Wang, this is too ostentatious, right?

"Click!"

Accompanied by the sound of joint rattling, Chu Lingyun suddenly ignited with murderous energy!

Seeing this, Lin Liangzhong hurriedly said: "Second Young Master, that's all the little one knows, you spare the little one, the little one knows ...... wrong."

“......”

Chu Lingyun was silent.

Standing in the midst of the rainstorm, it is as cold as an ice sculpture.

"Brush!"

Suddenly, there was a howl of wind.

Lin Liangzhong, the head fell to the ground.

I saw Chu Lingyun holding the blood blade and pointing at the sky and said, "Ding Min, if I don't kill you and the Eight Great Families, I will not be a human being!! ”

"Click!"

After thinking about it, the bloody blade broke.

Killing intent permeated the surroundings.

As Chu Lingyun said, he will not let anyone go, but if he participates in the case, even if you are an ant, he will not let go.

Because if the revenge of father and brother cannot be avenged, what face will he have to stand between heaven and earth?

......

I don't know how long it took, Xu Fang, who was standing on the side, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Honorable envoy, what are the next arrangements?" ”

"Frozen corpses!"

"Pick a day for a good burial!"

Chu Lingyun turned his back and said, his face was like steel.

As he said, he wants to temporarily seal the remains of his father and brother, and after Ding Min and the Eight Great Families subjugate the law, he will carry their heads to pay tribute to his father and brother.

"Yes!"

Xu Fang nodded, and ordered someone to find an ice coffin and seal the bodies of Chu's father and son.

Then, he asked Chu Lingyun again: "Then what's next?" ”

"Go, brother's mansion!"

"Send, birthday banquet gift!"

Chu Lingyun said solemnly, grabbed Lin Liangzhong's head and threw it to Xu Fang.

"This..."

Xu Fang, trembling.

The envoy is going to carry Lin Liangzhong's head to the court to try Ding Min's mother and daughter.

What the hell...

"The last general commands!"

With a burst of fire, after Xu Fang comprehended the envoy's intentions, he put Lin Liangzhong's head into a gift box; Then, he led a team of black horse tiger guards to drive the carriage and rushed to Chu Lingfeng's mansion before his death.

......

Rain, torrential!

Thunder, roar!

After half a stick of incense, the carriage stopped outside a manor in the east of Jiangzhou City.

Here, it is the property that Chu Lingfeng bought before his death. However, when Chu Lingyun looked up at the plaque on the door of the mansion, it was already a different scene-Ding Mansion!

Two large brand new characters hung prominently on the lintel.

Yes, Chu Lingyun never expected that before his brother's bones were cold, Ding Min had already changed the entrance hall with the magpie's nest.

Sigh, it's really embarrassing...

Facing this scene again, Chu Lingyun had mixed feelings in his heart.

At this time, the mansion was full of friends, singing and dancing, and Jiangzhou businessmen were gathering together, waiting for the birthday banquet to begin.

I saw Chu Lingyun retract his gaze, and walked towards the door of the mansion with his hair scattered.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? The retainers of the Ding Mansion asked in the way.

Today's old lady's birthday banquet, the invited guests are all wealthy businessmen and giants in Jiangzhou, and the people in front of them are dressed in coarse linen clothes, obviously not like the invited guests, so they naturally want to be interrogated.

"Birthday!"

Chu Lingyun spit out two words.

“......”

The butler frowned.

Birthday greetings?

With your identity, I'm afraid you're not qualified, right?

"Do you have an invitation?" The butler asked disdainfully.

"Nope!" Chu Lingyun replied indifferently, his face full of killing intent.

"What are you going to do without an invitation? I don't care about you! The retainer rebuked rudely; Immediately, dozens of martial artists rushed up and blocked Chu Lingyun with sticks in hand.

Seeing this, Chu Lingyun didn't make a fuss, only nudged the stick in front of him and asked coldly, "You, are you sure you want me to get out?" ”

"So what? Come on, give me..."

The butler rebuked angrily, and wanted to give orders.

However, at this moment, an eight-foot angry man burst into flames.

"Bang dang!"

The retainers flew into the pool a few feet away in an instant.

I saw Xu Fang stepping forward and shouted: "What crime should I be guilty of insulting my envoy?" ”

"Ahh

The retainer's liver and gallbladder were cracked, and he was afraid of dying on the spot.

And at this moment, a column of tiger guards rushed out with sharp blades in their hands, blocking in front of Chu Lingyun.

"This..."

"This..."

Seeing this, the warriors retreated again and again.

I thought to myself: What is the identity of this person? Can the officers and soldiers escort the driver, and the tiger guards stand in the way?

And just when the martial artists were afraid to retreat, Chu Lingyun asked coldly: "I, can I worship my birthday?" ”