Luoyang, Jian Jia.

The head of the house, Jian Tu, was kneeling in the secret room of the back house.

Wealthy families mostly have secret rooms and secret passages at home.

or for the purpose of fleeing, or to hide wealth, or to hide some secret things that are not known to others.

The secret room of the Jian family is not large, and the yellow curtains are applied on all sides, layer upon layer, such as the heavy curtains used to cover when the moral monks open the altar.

In the center of the chamber is a wooden altar with a small golden Buddha on the altar.

The mud tire has a golden body, pinching the seal of the wish, and lowering the eyebrows.

In front of the Buddha is a bronze incense burner, on which are burned a few incense notes that have just been lit by the diagram.

The smoke was swirling, moving forward with the wind, enveloping the Buddha statue in front of him, making the golden Buddha on the seat more and more ethereal.

The head of the Jian family is now in his forties, with a rich body and thin eyes and long hair.

At this time, his mouth was full of words, as if he was reciting an extremely obscure Buddhist scripture.

This golden Buddha was brought back from the White Horse Temple at great expense.

When the white horse came from the west, the Ming Emperor built the Buddhist temple to Ji Zhi, named the White Horse Temple.

Since then, Buddhism has spread in the Central Plains, and the White Horse Temple is regarded as one of the ancestral gardens by Buddhists.

According to the monks in the temple, this golden Buddha was opened by the monks in the temple, and it has a Buddha nature.

If you worship at home and pray sincerely in front of the Buddha day and night, you will be able to bless the safety of your family and the prosperity of your people.

He still remembers that when he left the temple, the monk bowed his head, shouted the Buddha's name, and said, "My Buddha can cross the destined person." ”

In fact, the so-called gods and Buddhas are not very believable.

After all, countless people died outside the city of Luoyang, dying of sleepiness and hunger, dying of soldiers, and dying of epidemics. Aren't there any people among those people who are destined for Buddhism? Since the Buddha is compassionate, why not cross?

He spent money to welcome back this Buddha, but in the final analysis, he was just asking for peace of mind.

They are not wealthy families with deep roots, and they can have this because they are now favored in the palace.

But the heart of heaven is unpredictable, maybe one day Jian Shuo loses His Majesty's favor, and their Jian family will be beaten back into the quagmire.

He came out of a hard life, so he has been walking on thin ice all these years, quite low-key.

It's just that he has power in his hands, and he can't help but grab money and land from those civilians, but after grabbing it, he doesn't dare to spend it, just store the money at home, and build a new house for this.

His only son, Jiaoqiu, is different from him, and he has never suffered since he was a child. Although he didn't dare to make a mistake in Luoyang City, he was very arrogant outside. His persuasion several times was useless, and this time he died in the wild king.

Listening to Jian Shuo say that it was related to the Sima family in Hanoi, Yewang Ling also pretended to be a book, His Majesty asked a few words, but the Yuan family came forward to do the guarantee, and the matter was finally over.

Jian Tu is actually not very sad about the death of this only son, he is now in the prime of life, even if it is not too late to have another son.

It's just that he smelled a hint of conspiracy from this matter.

It seems that someone is casting a big net on him.

In the past few days, he has always been inexplicably panicked, and he always feels that something big will happen.

"The head of the family, Ma Wu is here." A henchman with a picture knocked on the door outside the door.

Jian Tu looked at the Buddha statue on the shelf, stood up, and pushed the door out.

The Buddha statue on the shelf is still with low eyebrows and bowed head, looking down with cold eyes, without sorrow or joy.

……

"Xu San didn't come?" Outside the secret room, Jian Tu frowned.

The one who came to call the door was Jian Tu's henchman Jian Hong, who was a member of his Jian family, otherwise he would not have let him know where this secret room was.

Jian Hong said in a low voice: "No, Ma Wu came alone, and there were a lot of blood stains on his body, so he seemed to be quite anxious when he came."

"Take him to the main hall to meet me. Remember, arrange some guards behind the screen in the main hall. He nodded.

"What does the head of the family mean that this Ma Wu is an assassin?"

"Whether he is an assassin or not, it is always good to be on guard, and you can sail the ship of ten thousand years with caution."

"Yes." Jian Hong retreated.

He turned back to his house and took a long sword and hung it at his waist.

……

In the main hall of the Jian family, Jian Tu sat high according to the case, scanning Ma Wu under the hall.

Ma Wu sat on the ground paralyzed, and the blood stains on his clothes were extremely eye-catching.

At this time, Jian Tu had already heard Ma Wu say what had happened, and was frowning thoughtfully.

Ma Wu hung his head, his hair scattered, obscuring his face.

After a long time, Jian Tu spoke: "So, Xu San is already dead?"

Ma Wu said in a trembling voice: "The villain doesn't know, that person was too powerful at that time, and the sharpness of the swordsmanship was the only thing the villain had ever seen in his life, but in the blink of an eye, we were killed." The villain also fought hard, so he escaped desperately. ”

"Did you really fight to escape? Didn't you leave the old owner as soon as you saw that something was wrong? The betrayer of the Lord still dares to come to me, but can he die? Jian Tu smiled with some coldness.

Ma Wu raised his head slightly, and through the messy long hair covering his eyes, he saw that Jian Tu was grinding the saber at his waist.

The candles in the hall flickered, swaying from side to side with the breeze blowing outside.

Ma Wu gritted his teeth and said: "At the moment of life and death, no matter how precious Xu Jun's life is, it is not as valuable as the villain's life. Since he escaped with his life, the villain naturally wants to seek a fortune. ”

There was silence in the hall, and for a moment, there was only the sound of whimpering outside the house.

"Interesting." Jiantu burst into laughter, "I admire you most for being a person who tells the truth. ”

He suddenly restrained his smile again, "What do you think these people are doing against Xu San?" ”

Ma Wu said in a deep voice: "In the eyes of the villain, the purpose of these people is not only Xu Jun, most of them are the masters of the family."

Jian Tu raised his hand and gently tapped the wooden case in front of the table, and said with a smile: "In me? Piff's opinion. Don't say that he Xu San is not worth it, even I am not worth the trouble they have to go to such length. As far as their eyes can see, they are afraid that they are still in the palace. ”

"With my nephew in the palace, even if I do something big, I can be fine, but if something happens in the palace, then it will be difficult for my family to be saved."

He stood up and muttered for a long time, "Jian Hong, prepare a car for me, I want to enter the palace." ”

Ma Wu said in a trembling voice when he heard this: "Family master, at this time, the night is dark, and there is a curfew in Luoyang, so you can't go at this time." Besides, the gates are closed at this time, so let's wait until tomorrow. ”

Jian Tu glanced at him, and smiled after a moment, "Now that the new northern lieutenant of Luoyang is also from a eunuch family, his background will inevitably not be tolerated by those scholars who claim to be famous and righteous, and they can only be friends with us eunuchs." ”

"You don't have to worry about the gates being closed, I have my own way."

Jian Tu glanced at Ma Wu again, and said with a meaningful smile: "You go with me, I see that you are rare, and I will take you to see the world tonight."

Ma Wu's body shook when he heard this, and he bowed his head and said: "The head of the family is kind, the villain is broken, and there is no way to repay him."

"I don't dare to ask for your body to be broken, so I'll be your real villain."

Jiantu laughed and went out.

Ma Wu looked up at his back, his eyes full of coldness.