Back in his own courtyard, Ning Xiaochuan sat on the bed, holding the dagger he bought from Wu Zizhi in his hand, and looked at it carefully.

He stared intently at the cloud ornament, which had been in his mind for ten years.

Open the box at hand, inside is a plain rice paper, on which is also painted with flowing cloud ornaments, Ning Xiaochuan compared the two ornaments, and it was exactly the same.

"It's been ten years, and it's still exposed." Ning Xiaochuan said to himself.

His mind resurfaced the scene that happened when they returned to Beijing from Xiangzhou ten years ago at the Shuozhou Station.

In order to save their mother and son, Ning Xiaochuan's nurse and her son pretended to be Ning Xiaochuan's mother and son to lure the man in black away, and because of this, Ning Xiaochuan was spared.

That day, Ning Xiaochuan hid in the wooden trough and saw the picture of a man falling straight in front of him, which he will never forget.

And the dagger that killed the innocent man happened to have the same flowing cloud ornament as the dagger in his hand at this moment.

Although after the assassination, the group of black-clothed men did not leave any horses' feet, and the dagger was also taken away, but the young Ning Xiaochuan still drew the flowing cloud pattern decoration with his memory.

After the incident, Shuozhou Mu invested a lot of money to investigate the assassination, but there was no result, and then there was no way, so it was over.

For so many years, Ning Xiaochuan has never forgotten that assassination, because of that assassination, he lost his best playmate and nursing mother.

Waking up from his memories, Ning Xiaochuan picked up the pen and ink and wrote the word Shanfu on the paper, since this dagger was found in the ruins of Shanfu, it must have nothing to do with Shanfu.

Ning Xiaochuan pondered slightly, unilaterally, the Duke of Dafeng Yiguo, once called the "Great Feng Shuangxiong" together with Ning Zhi, personally conquered the Nanban, and did not dare to go north for 20 years.

However, such a legendary general was involved in the famous "Taijia Army Record" because of the late festival.

In the case of conclusive evidence and inability to justify, he was beheaded all over the house, and more than 100 members of the whole family were not spared, and finally the mansion was also burned down by a fire.

It is said that women and children cry every night in the ruins of the mansion, so no one dares to clean the ruins even after the past three years.

But after thinking about it carefully, this Wu Zizhi is really bold, "If this dagger was really found in Shan Mansion, then what happened three years ago would not be so simple." ”

Ning Xiaochuan sighed lightly, I don't want to, I will go to the ruins of Shan Mansion tomorrow to see, since my father is silent about the affairs of Shan Mansion, then I have to investigate it myself, and I must find out the truth about what happened ten years ago.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Ning Xiaochuan got up early in the morning, so Su Su was still a little unaccustomed to it, and after eating two bites hastily, he went out.

This time, Ning Xiaochuan did not call his fox friends and dog friends, but came to the ruins of Shanfu alone.

It is said that it is a ruin is really a ruin, the former magnificent Shan Mansion has become a ruined wall, the main gate has been burned, full of messes, and devastated everywhere.

Ning Xiaochuan looked around, and after making sure that no one had found him, he walked in quickly, although three years had passed, there was still some burnt smell in the air.

"Where did this Wu Sanbei find the dagger?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Ning Xiaochuan couldn't help but have a headache.

"Ahem."

A coughing sound made Ning Xiaochuan's hair stand upside down instantly, "Who?!" ”

Soon the cough came again, could there still be people living in this ruin?

After following the coughing sound for a while, he found the owner of the coughing sound in a corner of a collapsed room, and saw an old man in tattered clothes leaning against the wall coughing with a tattered quilt.

After seeing Ning Xiaochuan, the old man was also shocked, and then said with a nervous expression, "Please, don't drive me away, when my daughter comes back, we will leave ourselves." ”

Ning Xiaochuan looked at the old man, his wrinkled face was full of vicissitudes, and it could be heard from these words that the old man had probably suffered a lot of grievances.

"If I don't rush you, tell me, how long have you been here?"

When the old man heard Ning Xiaochuan's words, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said while coughing, "Old man, I came from outside the city, and I came to the city to see a doctor, my family was poor and I couldn't afford to live in an inn, so I stayed here for one night." ”

Ning Xiaochuan frowned slightly, "Okay, this is not Young Master Ben's courtyard, it's up to you how long you live." ”

After saying that, he turned to leave, when a little girl came running with a large bag of medicine.

The little girl's hair was messy and her clothes were ragged, but her eyes were big, she ran to the old man in a panic, pulled the old man up and was about to leave, "Dad, let's go quickly." ”

Ning Xiaochuan didn't pay much attention to it, turned around and continued to walk around the ruins, but it was a mess here, and it was even more difficult to find useful clues than to ascend to the sky.

After searching for a long time, he didn't find any useful clues, and just as Ning Xiaochuan walked out of the Shan Mansion and was about to leave, the old man appeared in front of Ning Xiaochuan's eyes again.

……

At the gate of the ruins of Shanfu, a group of people called Huazi surrounded the old man and the girl, and Ning Xiaochuan calmly walked past everyone, looking like he had nothing to do with himself.

Suddenly, the little girl rushed up directly and knelt in front of Ning Xiaochuan, "Childe, Childe save me and my father, please, Childe." ”

As she spoke, the little girl kept banging her head on the ground, one after another, and the old man on crutches on the side burst into tears.

"Min'er ......"

The surrounding Huazi didn't dare to act rashly when he looked at the scene in front of him, so he stared at Ning Xiaochuan like this.

Ning Xiaochuan sneered and looked at the group of people called Hanako, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Soon, someone called Hanako to speak, "You are the fifth young master of the Ning family......"

Ning Xiaochuan nodded, then half-knelt on the ground, looked at the little girl's pear blossom with rain, and smiled evilly, "Then you tell her who I am." ”

"Yin Du...... The first ...... in Yindu The first ...... "The group of Hanako didn't dare to say anything for a long time.

Ning Xiaochuan continued with their words, "First of all. ”

The girl was stunned, and Ning Xiaochuan continued, "Do you want me to save you now?" ”

After that, Ning Xiaochuan was about to get up, but at this time, a carriage came slowly, just stopped in front of Ning Xiaochuan, and the person behind him called Huazi saw this scene and hurriedly left, leaving only Ning Xiaochuan and the father and daughter in the middle of the road.

"Ning Wushao?" I saw Wu Zizhi running down with a smile on the carriage and coming to Ning Xiaochuan.

"Yo, why did you come to the west of the city?"

After speaking, he looked at the girl below who was kneeling and crying with red eyes, Wu Zizhi instantly understood, "Are you ...... Well? ”

Ning Xiaochuan rolled his eyes, "you, can this kind of young master take a fancy to this kind of goods?" You're underestimating Young Master Ben, aren't you? ”

"And you're here?" Wu Zizhi said puzzled.

"It's okay, just go around, you're busy with yours, I should go too." Ning Xiaochuan smiled.

Wu Zi arched his hand, "Okay, then I'll go first." ”

Soon after Wu Zizhi got into the car, Ning Xiaochuan directly grabbed the girl's hand, and the frightened girl trembled, "Let's go, go back to the house with Young Master Ben." ”

"Childe, Childe, I ......," the girl said with some panic.

"What am I, don't talk nonsense, otherwise don't blame Young Master Ben for being polite." After that, he was going to take the girl away.

"Childe, please let the little girl go, the little girl is young and ignorant, she just angered the childe, and please don't be like her."

The old man knelt down directly, crying and saying, this cry directly sobbed and coughed.

Seeing this, the girl ...... also cried non-stop.

Ning Xiaochuan snatched the medicine from the girl's hand and threw it to the old man, and at the same time threw the broken silver on his waist with him, "Your daughter, Young Master Ben bought it." ”

"Childe, childe, please, I am such a daughter......" The old man continued to cry.

Ning Xiaochuan shouted impatiently, "Wu Sanbei, do me a favor." ”

Wu Zizhi looked at Ning Xiaochuan with a wicked smile, "Hehe, no problem." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and several family members around him took the girl away directly, leaving the old man kneeling on the ground and crying, lamenting the unfairness of fate.

On the way back to Ningfu, the people along the way watched Ning Xiaochuan snatch a girl to Ningfu, and they all shook their heads and sighed, all they could do was helpless, who called him Ning Xiaochuan.

When they arrived at the gate of the Ning Mansion, Wu Zizhi's subordinates left with their hands, and the family of the Ning Mansion looked at their fifth young master and the girl behind them, and gave their hands helplessly, "Young master." ”

Ning Xiaochuan waved his hand, pointed to one of the family members and said, "Send it to my yard." ”

"Yes!"

At the same time, he called another family member and said something in his ear, and the family looked at Ning Xiaochuan in disbelief, and then nodded, "Young master, don't worry, your subordinates will never spread the word." ”

With that, he got up and left.

In this way, in a burst of sobbing, the little girl was sent to Ning Xiaochuan's courtyard.

The little girl sat on the ground, curled up in a corner, trembling and weeping, worried not only about her fate, but also about her old father.

……

Not long after Ning Xiaochuan left, Wu Zizhi sat quietly in the carriage, his eyes were gloomy, and his face was cold and chilling, and his enthusiastic performance just now was like two people.

"You saw it, too, just a smug man."

At this time, in Wu Zizhi's carriage, there was not only Wu Zizhi alone, but also a white-haired old man.

I saw the old man open his eyes slightly, "Huh? Yes, it seems to be so, but a gentleman will come to the sparsely populated west of the city? Will the single mansion become a ruin? ”

"Hmph, I gave him a golden dagger yesterday, I guess it's a money fan, I want to try my luck here." Wu Zizhi said calmly.

The old man shook his head, "More than three hundred taels of silver are sent to you without even discussing, will it be a money obsession?" ”

"Could it be that there is something wrong with the dagger?" Wu Zizhi suddenly realized and looked at the old man.

The old man shook his head, "The old man can't be sure if this Ning Xiaochuan really understands that dagger, if so, then this son can't be kept." ”

After that, the old man slowly stroked his beard, and Wu Zizhi looked at the old man in puzzlement.

"Master, what's wrong with that dagger? What is your purpose in bringing me closer to that gentleman? ”

"You'll know later, but you can't know yet." After the old man finished speaking, he closed his eyes and said no more, leaving Wu Zizhi with a puzzled face.