The gentle drizzle falling outside the window sounds like a quietly flowing hourglass, quiet and long, making people feel like they are in eternity.

Rustle rustle......

Luo Ning sat sideways in front of the window in a green dress, rubbing the Longtan tourmaline in her hand, staring at the lake in front of the window, with a lot of thoughts.

Today, I can't go crazy, that thief is obviously cheating, how can he fall for the serial scheme......

It's only been a few days, how could he have been taken by the queen......

Xiangjun has a lot of gray hair overnight......

I'm quite worried about his charming female owner......

……

The room environment is elegant, not far from the bed, dressed in the folded cloud glass of the bird's belly pocket, holding the quilt and sleeping soundly, revealing a white and traceless waist.

After I don't know how many days, a muffled thunder sounded.

Bang......

Zheyunli's eyelashes moved, and she opened her eyes sleepily and looked at the window:

"Master...... Huh? Master, are you back?! ”

Zheyunli turned up, put on his clothes, and ran to the window:

"Have you seen Cousin Shock? Why did Cousin Surprise become the young master of Honghua Building? Did Shi Niang tell him to let him come to Pingtian Sect? ”

Luo Ning came back to her senses, a hint of weakness flashed in her eyes, and she groaned slightly:

He ...... He took the money from Honghualou and helped occupy a scene, so he didn't have to tell outsiders about it. As for the Pingtian Sect, after he finished the affairs of the Red Flower Building, he would follow his master to Nanxiao Mountain. ”

Zhi Yunli's eyes lit up: "That shocking cousin, will you be my junior brother in the future?" ”

"What junior brother, it's the protector of my Pingtian Sect, you have to call me Uncle in the future."

"Huh?"

Zhi Yunli's expression was slightly dumbfounded, and he pondered: "Brother Shocking is only two or three years older than me, and I am afraid that my uncle is ......."

Luo Ning jumped out of the window, pulled Zheyunli to the side of the bed and lay down:

"I'll talk about these things later, let's rest, I have to leave for the capital as soon as it is dawn."

Zhe Yunli didn't feel sleepy at all, lying on the pillow, holding her chin with both hands:

"That shocking cousin, didn't it become the eyeliner that my Pingtian Sect placed in front of the queen? Cousin Surprise won't be in danger, right? ”

"Don't worry, you shocked cousin knows the truth of 'a big husband can bend and stretch', if it weren't for Jian Yuhua's chivalrous spirit today, Zhou Huaili moved to kill, and Cousin Jing would have taken care of the overall situation and wouldn't care about Zhou Huaili's villain."

"Zhou Huaili is really shameless, Cousin Shocking obviously won, and he blatantly reversed black and white, if the master was there, he would be killed on the spot."

"Night Terror Hall is not your master, how dare you do it to Zhou Huaili in the Zhou family's territory......"

"Third uncle! Third Uncle ......"

Pedal Pedal –

The two of them, who were like mother and daughter, were chatting, when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps and shouts outside the ancestral house of the Zhou family in the distance.

Several courtyards by the lake are the residences of VIPs, and when they move together, there is a sound of robes breaking through the wind:

"Elder Guang, what's going on? Red Flower House night attack? ”

"No, let's go over and have a look...... Hongzhi, what happened to the Zhou family? ”

"I don't know, I just woke up ......"

……

Luo Ning frowned, feeling that the situation was wrong, turned over, put on a veil and walked out of the courtyard.

"Head of ——!"

"Who did it......"

It was already early in the morning, and Zhoujiazhuang, which had already turned off the lights and went to bed, became as bright as day in a moment.

Downstairs in the octagonal archway outside the villa, countless disciples of the Zhou family who carried swords gathered, and some people didn't even have time to put on their shoes, standing in place in a daze.

Outside the octagonal archway, there was a shipowner dressed as a foreigner, his face was pale, holding a sword and a bronze medal in his hand, and he didn't even dare to speak, just trembling in place.

At the feet of the owner of the boat was a stretcher, covered with a white cloth, and a few of the servants were soaking wet, but they propped up the tarpaulin to prevent the rain from falling on the corpses covered with white cloth.

Stomp ......

But in an instant, dozens of people stayed at Zhou's house, waiting for the fame of the rivers and lakes to return tomorrow, so they hurried out of the village, and saw the famous sword 'Chaolu' with a blue and white hilt, and their eyelids jumped down in unison - this is the sword of the head of Shuiyun Sword Pond!

"This ......"

"Who is so bold ......"

All the famous places in the rivers and lakes are unbelievable!

They were still thinking just now that this turmoil might end with the mysterious and violent death of the young master of Honghua Mansion.

Who would have thought that only a few hours later, Zhou Huaili would use his corpse to slap them in the face a few times, telling them what a real bizarre and violent death is.

How could Zhou Huaili die?

As long as the contemporary sword master is still there, who would dare to kill him easily on the rivers and lakes?

Could it be that I drank too much just now, and ran to the city in the middle of the night to prostitute the Oiran, and immediately had a wind......

"Big brother! ……”

When everyone looked at each other, there were hurried footsteps from the back of the crowd, and Zhou Huaiyi, who had just gotten up, rushed out of the crowd with a pale face, saw the stretcher on the ground, and stumbled directly to the ground, his eyes were full of disbelief, and then his eyes were blood-red, showing anger and resentment.

Xuanyuan Hongzhi and Zhou Huaili also put pressure on Honghualou in the afternoon, and the corpse was placed in front of him in the early morning, and there was surprise in his eyes:

"Is it Honghualou's hand?"

The owner of the boat company had just extinguished the fire on the pier and found the corpse, and he was terrified on the spot.

At this time, the big guy on the rivers and lakes asked, the owner of the ship company didn't know anything, where did he dare to talk nonsense, but he just trembled and handed over the bronze medal in his hand.

The bronze medal is made of brass, with a python dragon carved on the back and a 'Jing' character engraved on the front.

Xuanyuan Hongzhi saw the brand that Hei Ya Zong was holding, his expression turned solemn, and he quickly took the brand over to confirm the authenticity - the brand was obviously real.

Zhou Huaiyi, who was full of resentment, knew that something was wrong, turned over and stood up, and raised his hand to drive away the juniors who were watching:

"All back."

The juniors of the rivers and lakes who came to watch suddenly scattered, and only four or five famous characters were left, standing under the archway.

"Where did you find the body?"

"In ...... At Huangsong Wharf, the fire was too big, and it was full of stones, and when it was almost burned, I let people go in and clean it up...... And then...... Then I saw this sign, and it was nailed to the wall by the sword......"

After the owner of the boat company trembled, he bowed and saluted and ran towards the outside of the villa.

Xuanyuan Hongzhi frowned: "Let's take a look at the injury first." ”

Zhou Huaiyi gritted his teeth, knelt down next to the white cloth, raised his hand and lifted it, but saw that there was a charred corpse inside, the skin and flesh were basically burned clean, turned into charred black objects and stuck to the bones, which could not be identified at all.

But Zhou Huaiyi was very familiar with his brother's bones, and he recognized it at a glance, and his hand trembled slightly.

The Three Peerless Immortals came to squat in front of him and carefully looked at the traces on the corpse:

"I was hit hard in the chest and back, and I couldn't see what kind of move I was doing; The fatal wound was a knife wound, one under the ribs and the other through the jaw, and the bone of the left arm was shattered...... Whose knife is this? ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Xuanyuan Hongzhi, after all, Junshantai was the sect where the sword leader of the world was located, and no one was more familiar with the sword techniques of the world than them.

Xuanyuan Hongzhi slowly walked to him, looked at the two ribs that were cut off under his ribs, and an unknown killer began to appear in his mind, stabbing from behind, hitting Zhou Huaiyi's posture, strength, and speed......

Rustle rustle......

The rainy night fell into dead silence, and everyone waited with all their hearts.

Xuanyuan Hongzhi's eyes moved slightly, a trace of stunned flashed in his eyes, he was silent for a moment, and then looked at the skull.

The Three Peerless Immortals came to the scorched corpse's head and carefully examined the hole in the skull:

"The knife is two and a half fingers wide, the blade is straight, and it looks ...... It's common. ”

The Three Peerless Immortals said so, looking at Xuanyuan Hongzhi's eyes, but they were meaningful-this is the style of the Dragon Knife.

Xuanyuan Hongzhi's fingers rubbed slightly, his eyes moved slightly, as if he had something on his mind, and he pondered for a long time before he spoke:

"I don't see what kind of knife it is. Honghualou counts Ye Shilang, and there are only four masters who have entered the room, and no one has perfected his sword skills to this point. The conflict only started in the afternoon, and Honghualou had already taken back the Qingjiang Wharf, and it was impossible to be stupid enough to kill people outside Qingyun City at night...... This matter is not like Honghualou's doing, and the murderer is someone else. ”

Everyone also thinks so, Honghualou is a famous family in the rivers and lakes, and it is not a street barbarian, if he really wants to kill people, he also secretly does not leave a trace, how can he be so blatant, afraid that people will not know that they are doing it.

And Luo Ning, who was standing in the back, was full of suspicion when he saw the knife marks, afraid that everyone would suspect the Honghua Building, so he opened his mouth to interrupt:

"Why did Master Zhou go to Huangsong Wharf alone in the middle of the night?"

The famous people present also showed doubts when they heard the words, and looked at Zhou Huaiyi.

Zhou Huaiyi's eyes moved, and he didn't speak immediately. After all, the eldest brother went out in the middle of the night in order to kill Jian Yuhua, a rebel, and bring the second girl back.

Jian Yuhua has a good reputation, and today he also occupies the word 'chivalry', and this matter is a family scandal when it comes out, and even the disciples can't tell it, so how can the people in the rivers and lakes present know.

"Big brother...... After the banquet was over, I went back to my room to rest, and I don't know why I suddenly went out. ”

“……”

Everyone present saw that Zhou Huaiyi didn't tell the truth at this time, so they probably guessed what Zhou Huaili was doing when he went out in the dark wind:

Clean up the portal for the Zhou family!

Although the person who died was wrong, the purpose was achieved unexpectedly......

And these clues are connected together, and we can probably deduce the context of the matter:

Jian Yuhua left Zhou's house and ran to Huangsong Wharf with the second lady, preparing to elope.

When the Zhou family learned the news, Zhou Huaili couldn't swallow this breath, and went over to clean up the portal in the middle of the night, but unfortunately bumped into the master of the black ya.

Jian Yuhua has a good reputation in the rivers and lakes, Zhou Huaili's move is regarded as indiscriminate killing of innocents, and the master of the black government killed him angrily after discovering it.

As for leaving an identity tag, it may be that the master of the black government does not want to cause a storm in the rivers and lakes, so he generously reveals his identity and asks the Zhou family to find the court to verify and reason.

This logic and motivation make sense, and everyone present looks at each other, feeling that this matter is afraid that it will be difficult to deal with.

The people in the black ya, they are all the guards of the empress's sister, even if the black ya, it is also punished according to the law, no matter how great the Zhou family's ability, they can't pull out the people of the black ya, and use lynching......

Zhou Huaiyi knew that it was difficult to deal with this matter in the way of rivers and lakes, so after thinking about it for a long time, he looked at Xuanyuan Hongzhi:

"Old man Xuanyuan is the marquis of the imperial court, I don't know if Brother Xuanyuan has a way to find out the identity of the murderer?"

Xuanyuan Hongzhi's mood, to be honest, was heavier than that of his dead brother Zhou Huaiyi.

He can be sure that the swordsman is using an eight-step mad knife.

Being able to crack the arm bone and kill Zhou Huaili shows that the swordsman has long been ranked as a grandmaster, and he has no reputation in the rivers and lakes so far, and he is most likely dormant, waiting for the day when the sword technique is completed, to do one thing.

And this matter, you don't have to think about it, it is to avenge the eight-step mad knife heir who was abolished back then!

If this is the case, it is really not a big deal for the Zhou family to die Zhou Huaili, after all, people only kill Zhou Huaili, not the Zhou family.

And the heirs of Junshantai and the eight-step mad knife, some may be the revenge of 'killing the father and killing the teacher'!

But under the Jingwang Gate, Junshantai, as the founding marquis of the Great Wei Dynasty, really didn't dare to act recklessly......

Xuanyuan Hongzhi wiped the rain from his face, stood up, and thought for a while:

"Huaili and I are like brothers, how can I sit idly by and ignore this misfortune. I will definitely try to help the Zhou family find out about this matter. ”

Zhou Huaiyi hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Brother Xie Xuanyuan, as long as I help the Zhou family find the murderer, my Zhou family will ......."

"First of all, a proper burial ceremony is a matter of the imperial court, and it is necessary to act cautiously and find out first. Disperse, everybody. ”

……

(End of chapter)