The few houses in the front courtyard were dark and unlit, and there was no trace of the three people, they should have gone to the backyard.

Quietly walked through the middle hall and came to the backyard.

The courtyard is full of flowers and trees, and the plum blossoms that bloom at midnight give off a refreshing fragrance.

Du Wenlin hid behind a plum tree and peeked in, only to see a figure holding a knife at the window of a house in the east head.

The other two dark shadows hid under the eaves not far away, watching the wind.

Du Wenlin didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him for a while.

Run up and fight with them?

Looking at the steel knives shining with cold light in the hands of the three people, I couldn't help but feel a chill.

Since you can't fight hard, just warn:

"Catch the thief, catch the thief! There's a burglar in the house! ”

Du Wenlin didn't expect his qi to be so full, and when he shouted, he shook off a lot of snow on the trees, and his ears were also buzzing.

Many rooms in the front and back yards began to light up, and it seemed that there should be a lot of people in his family.

The three of them were a little frightened by this shout, and when they looked back, a vague figure was hiding under a tree, and they thought that it was a little boy who had risen at night and found them.

"Big brother, you go in and do him immediately, I'll clean up this kid!" The man who looked at the wind said.

"Tonight has alarmed them, let's go." The woman's voice was a little alarmed.

The man near the window didn't say a word, but slammed the window open with a "click", and climbed the edge of the window to enter.

When Du Wenlin saw it, he was very anxious, if he let this person into the house, the people inside would definitely suffer.

Turning out from under the tree, ignoring the man who was about to pounce in front of him, he ran quickly towards the person under the window.

The man had just climbed onto the windowsill, and Du Wenlin reached out and grabbed the back placket, turned around and threw it more than two meters away.

The man who ran with a knife raised his knife and slashed at Du Wenlin.

Du Wenlin quickly dodged, reached out and grabbed his knife-holding arm, and pulled it violently, the man howled, threw down the steel knife, his right arm hung down, obviously dislocated, his left hand hugged his right arm, and cold sweat broke out on his head instantly.

The man who fell to the ground had already stood up and stepped forward to fight.

The woman who looked at the wind had also arrived, stretched out her hand to support the injured man, and shouted in horror to the other person:

"Big brother, let's withdraw!"

The man with the knife, with a pale face, could not see his age clearly.

The man with the injured arm, in his thirties, has no white face.

That woman, also in her thirties, had a silk scarf on her head, and she looked white, but it was a pity that she was a bandit.

Hearing the woman's shout, the gray-haired man said:

"Take your second brother first, I'll break it off."

As he spoke, he shielded the two men with knives in both hands and quickly retreated to the front yard.

At this time, the door behind him had already opened, and a thin old man stood under the porch, and he saw all the scenes that happened in front of the door.

The people in the front yard also got up early, and when they came to the courtyard, they saw the three people coming with murderous spirits and knives, and they were all so frightened that they retreated under the porch.

Seeing the three retreating, Du Wenlin wiped the cold sweat on his head, and didn't dare to chase after him again.

He understands this sentence of poor Kou Mochai, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention three knife-wielding gangsters.

The three of them retreated to the wall, hung the zipline on the wall, and quickly left.

The thief had left, and Du Wenlin wanted to leave from the wall, but the rope had been withdrawn, and there was no big tree like the wall in the courtyard.

He smiled bitterly and turned around to go out of the courtyard gate.

"Childe, please stay!" The skinny old man who lived in the backyard had already come behind him.

Du Wenlin said in his heart, trouble is coming.

In the middle of the night, I broke into someone's yard, and I had to give an explanation.

"Hello sir! In the middle of the night, without being told, he entered the Zun Mansion, and the juniors confessed here. Du Wenlin gave a deep salute.

"The old man has something to ask Childe, please move to the inner hall." The old man stretched out his hand and asked.

"Master, Zhang Hu and Meng San, who were patrolling the night, were knocked unconscious by thieves and haven't woken up yet, how to deal with them?" There is a family of people.

"Is there a fear for your life?" The old man asked.

"The little one just checked it, but it's just faint, it shouldn't be a big deal."

"Send the side room and ask Lang Zhong for diagnosis and treatment overnight."

The old man led Du Wenlin into the backyard and sat down:

"The old man can see clearly what happened just now and know that you are not an accomplice of thieves. I'm just wondering, why did you come to our house tonight? ”

Du Wenlin recounted in detail how he heard the thief's premeditated plan in his residence, how he followed him here, and how he later fought with the thief.

After listening to this, the old man asked;

"What the thief said was that the altar owner surnamed Ding paid them?"

"Yes, and said that he came to find someone surnamed Zhao. Sir, are you surnamed Zhao? ”

"Well, the old man's surname is Zhao. They did come for me! The old man's expression was serious.

Du Wenlin was curious, how much hatred must he have to spend a lot of money to hire Jianghu people to be assassins?

Besides, this thin old man doesn't look like a powerful person, so it's worth making such a big fuss?

Even if your heart is full of doubts, if it is related to other people's secrets, people don't say it, and it is inconvenient for you to ask.

The old man bowed his head and pondered, silent for a long time.

Du Wenlin stood up:

"I'm sorry to disturb most of the night, I have to go back."

The old man raised his hand and said:

"Son, don't be impatient, and the old man will talk a few more words."

Du Wenlin had to sit back down.

"Childe's surname?"

"The younger generation's surname is Du, and his name is Wenlin."

"Where does Du Gongzi live in the immortals?"

"I was born late in Wujiang County, Suzhou, and I came to Beijing to prepare for the exam in March."

"I saw Du Gongzi's extraordinary skills just now, it seems that he has practiced martial arts?"

Du Wenlin felt embarrassed by this question, and if he said that he had practiced martial arts, he was lying.

If you say that you haven't practiced martial arts, how can you instantly restrain a thief with a knife.

After hesitating for a moment, there was no way, only to lie:

"When I was a child, I often followed the people who practiced martial arts in the village, and I didn't practice martial arts seriously."

"The old and decrepit look at your appearance, the eyebrows are righteous and high-spirited, the essence is introverted, and the future is promising."

"Thank you, sir, for the compliment!"

"It's not easy to study in the capital alone, I wanted to invite you to live in our mansion temporarily, but I was afraid that there would be gossip in the future, which would affect your future. So I gave up. ”

Du Wenlin said in his heart:

"Even if I come here with the help, why does it cause gossip, and how does it affect my future?"

I just muttered in my heart, but I didn't ask.

"In this way, if you have any difficulties, come directly to our mansion, and the old man will try his best to help you. Maybe we'll meet more often in the future. The old man said again.

"I can't bother you, wouldn't that be a villain who wants to repay you." Du Wenlin said in his heart.

"Also, please don't make a big deal about tonight's events. The old man is grateful! ”

Du Wenlin nodded in agreement, and then got up to say goodbye.

The old man was sent to the door until he said goodbye.

Near Desheng Gate in the north of the capital, there is an inconspicuous courtyard, and there are only four small red characters on the door, which are ordinary people's homes at a glance.

After entering the courtyard gate, passing through the front yard, there is a courtyard composed of more than a dozen red brick houses.

At this time, above the main hall at the north end of the courtyard, a man with no age and a black scarf on his face was loudly reprimanding the three people who were kneeling on the ground:

"You also call the 'Taihang Three Ghosts' in vain, and you can't even clean up an old man, what face do you have left in the rivers and lakes?"

The three people kneeling on the ground are the ones who failed to assassinate tonight, they have been crisscrossing the Taihang Mountains for many years, kidnapping, blackmailing, assassinating, and doing all kinds of evil, calling themselves the "Three Ghosts of Taihang".

A few days ago, I was introduced by a matchmaker and took this seemingly easy job. How did they know that the whole operation was ruined in the hands of an unknown teenager, and they felt very angry when they thought about it.

The three of them looked up at the dozen or so people gathered around the hall, all of them holding weapons in their hands, looking at them with cold faces.

It stands to reason that if the assassination fails, at most the money will not be collected from the gold owner.

But tonight, they saw a murderous aura in the eyes of this Ding Helm Master, which made them shudder.

The gray-haired guest, known as the eldest brother, trembled and recounted in detail the failure of tonight's assassination.

After listening, the masked man's eyes showed a confused look, and they looked cloudy in the flickering candlelight.

He looked up at the dozen or so people around him and asked:

"Who among you can know where this kid came from?"

Everyone looked at each other, no one answered, and it seemed that everyone was not clear.

The masked man looked at the three people on the ground again, and said word by word in a voice that was cold to the bone:

"You fail to do things tonight, according to the rules, either join this sect or leave the head, you choose for yourself!"

The three of them have been fighting for so many years, and they have never failed, so they never thought that they would miss tonight, let alone the consequences of missing.

They want to say, "You set the rules, not ours." But looking at the murderous aura in his eyes, he no longer had the courage to defend himself.

It is better to live than to die, at least you can see the sun tomorrow.

"Master Ding, our 'Taihang Three Ghosts' are willing to join the 'Red Seal Sect' and are willing to accept the dispatch of the sect leader!" The three of them lay on the ground and said in unison.

Lord Ding told them to get up and stand aside, and then said to the three men in black robes standing beside him:

"You three winners, brothers, are my right-hand men. Not only do I think highly of you, but the Sect Master also appreciates you very much, and often asks about you. ”

The three of them clasped their fists and saluted:

"Thank you, Lord Ding! Thank you, Master! ”

These three people look alike, thin, pale, hooked noses, raised eyebrows, and look like people who have lived in dark places for a long time and rarely see the sun.

"Good steel is used on the blade, and the three of you are strong in martial arts, and there are few opponents. Therefore, some special tasks will also be assigned to you to complete. The masked man said, waving his hand for the others to go out.

There were only four people left in the hall, and Lord Ding asked them to come closer:

"I've heard you say that there is a brother with a different surname, surnamed Wei?"

"It's really good. He was my aunt's child. One of the three replied.

"You also said that his martial arts are not inferior to yours, where is he now?"

"He is now working under the Golden Helmsman of Jiangnan Changzhou."

"Oh, that's under this old thing." Lord Ding said meaningfully.

After pondering for a long time, he said:

"He let him go in advance, and I still have important things to explain to you."

He beckoned to the man who had just spoken, and asked him to come closer.

Then he lay down on his ear and explained.

After hearing this, the man in black showed hesitation and muttered.

"What's wrong?" Ding Duo's tone was dissatisfied.

The man in black hesitated:

"Stealing into the palace is a capital crime, and if you go in and kill people again, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of extermination."

Ding Duo's eyes showed a fierce light:

"Do you think you're safe without entering the palace? It's so naïve! From the first day you set foot in this religion, don't think about going back. ”

The three men in black all looked terrified, but they didn't dare to refute.

Ding Duo's voice changed, and he was much kinder:

"Then again, the adventure is worth it now! After the success, you are all meritorious ministers of the country, high-ranking officials, and you will take what you want. Will you regret what you did today? ”

The three men in black kept nodding, I don't know if they really agreed with his statement, or were they helpless to deal with it?