Night.

A rustling sound woke up Qiao Xuan in her sleep, and by the bright moonlight, she saw a figure appear in the courtyard.

Xi He's white-clothed figure stood cold and upright in the cold moonlight, and his steps deliberately took him lightly out of Qiao's house.

Qiao Xuan hesitated for a moment and followed.

On the side of the road, an ox cart was waiting early, and He Zhuyuan saw Xi He coming and hurriedly waved his hand, "Here!" ”

He muttered, "I've been waiting for a while, almost falling asleep, sleepy." ”

Xi He got on the ox cart, "Let's go!" ”

"What are you going to do? Or go to Du's house as you say during the day? He Zhuyuan asked casually while driving the ox cart.

"Well, let's go to Du's house first."

Xi He's fingers trangled the corners of his clothes, and his voice was faint, and suddenly he seemed to notice something and looked into the dark dense forest behind him.

He couldn't see anything, but he just felt that there were a pair of eyes watching him in the dark.

The doors to the town are closed.

He Zhuyuan took Xi He through a path to the sparkling side of a river, and the other side of the river was the town.

Under the moonlight, the water murmured, and the two rowed a small boat across the wide river.

The ox cart was left in place, Qiao Xuan did not continue to follow, she sat on the ox cart, her eyes followed the two figures in the river gradually blurred.

She doesn't have to guess what Xi He is going to do, she knows it, it feels good that someone stands up for her.

When they arrived in the town, Xi He whispered a few words in He Zhuyuan's ear, and then the two of them parted ways.

In a ruined temple, half of the candles shimmered orange, and seven or eight thin figures curled up together.

A tall man with a masked face walked in at the door.

The frightened children kept backing until they hit the wall.

"Y-what do you want to do?" The eldest child plucked up the courage to ask.

The man took out a piece of broken silver from his bosom and held it in his hand, "Do something for me, and the money will be given to you." ”

The children looked at each other, and after a moment they timidly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The man hooked his fingers, and a child hesitated for a moment before cautiously stepping forward, his little face full of vigilance.

"It's as simple as that?"

After whispering, the child standing next to the man said in disbelief, almost thinking that this man was going to let them do something murderous and arsonous.

"That's right! It's as simple as that, the only thing to be careful about is not to be caught, and if someone comes to chase you, run away. ”

The silver was placed in the child's little hand.

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At the same time, the Huang family, who was in the fabric business in the town.

A black figure swept past the roof and landed in front of a courtyard.

The man in black held a fire fold in his hand, and scolded in a low voice: "Isn't it just an upside-down rag, what's the big deal, and you dare to laugh at our Du family, I really can't tell how many catties and taels I have." ”

"It's not a joke, our Du family was burned down! I'm going to set a fire to your house today, so that your Huang family can't laugh, hum! ”

He cursed as he walked into the courtyard, and when he reached the door of the main house inside, he immediately reached out and set a fire by the window.

The fire soon burst out, and there was a coughing sound in the room.

"It's on fire! It's on fire! Come on people. ”

The people in the house hurriedly shouted.

The man in black crossed his waist and scolded again, "Other people's jokes are not so good-looking, and I think it will be better for the Huang family to be a man with his tail between his legs in the future." ”

"Fight the fire, the master's yard is on fire, come on!" Someone outside the courtyard spotted the fire and screamed.

The man in black took advantage of the chaos and flew onto the roof, and several ups and downs disappeared.

"Butler, butler, that—that one flew by," a sharp-eyed subordinate stammered as he pointed in the direction of the roof.

"Send someone to chase it!"

The fire was not big, only one window was lit, and a few subordinates extinguished the fire in three or two.

Master Huang stood in the courtyard with his coat on, his angry beard was about to fly, and the housekeeper walked to him cautiously.

"Master, this is the man who just set the fire to it."

Master Huang took the jade pendant in the housekeeper's hand and snorted coldly, "Okay, you Du family, play yin with me!" ”

Just scolded outside the yard, and wanted to set fire to him, and he wrote down this hatred.

Just then, there was a commotion outside.

"What's going on out there?" Master Huang turned around and asked impatiently.

A subordinate ran into the courtyard, "Back to the master, I don't know what's going on, a group of little beggars came outside, and they were scolding." ”

"Scolding what?"

"Scolding the Huang family for watching the jokes of the Du family during the day, saying that our Huang family has fallen into the ground, no wonder it has always been inferior to the Du family, and said that the Huang family deserves to be inferior to the Du family......"

The more people talked, the more ugly Master Huang's face became.

"It's too much to deceive, it's too much to deceive!"

The housekeeper stood next to the angry Master Huang with his head down, and he didn't dare to take a breath, and only after calming down did he say carefully: "Master, this Du family is indeed not like words!" ”

"Don't get rid of those beggars yet! Lest it be spread out tomorrow, our Huang family will be laughed at by others, "Master Huang is also a figure with a head and a face in the town, and he can't compare to the Du family in terms of financial resources, but he can't be wantonly humiliated."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The servant hurried out, and after a while the noise outside was gone.

He Zhuyuan, who was crawling on the roof with a cat, had unusually bright eyes in the night, and he bit his lip to prevent himself from laughing.

Xi He's trick of killing people with a knife made it good, and it successfully made the Du family, which was already a mess, even more chaotic.

Tonight, he went to Du's house to steal Du Shaoheng's jade pendant, and the whole family fell down with a brush, lying on the bed sickly, looking at the situation really bad.

I don't know how their family can search so much, they regard money as more important than their lives, and the people who ask for money and don't want to die are really cruel to themselves.

"It's not early, let's go rest, and go to Du's house with me tomorrow to ask for an explanation."

Old Man Huang waved his hand and walked to the room next to the main house.

The people in the courtyard scattered in twos and threes.

After watching the excitement, He Zhuyuan left unsatisfied.

"Tomorrow the Huang family and the Du family will have a lively look, will you come?"

On the street, two figures, one black and one white, walked slowly.

"Don't go! so as not to arouse their suspicions. ”

Xi He raised his head and glanced at the jade plate-like moon, "Okay, you can go back and rest early!" I'll return the ox cart when I come to town tomorrow. ”

He Zhuyuan lives in a relative's house in the town, so the two don't go the same way, "Okay!" Be careful on the road," he waved his hand and headed towards another alley.

Xi He returned the same way, and as soon as he crossed the river and came ashore, he noticed that there were people, and he frowned and tightened his hands behind him.

"It's back!"

Qiao Xuan's voice sounded faintly.

Xi He's heart was put down, and he strode towards the ox cart, "Why are you here?" ”

No wonder I always felt that someone was staring at me on the way here, it turned out to be Qiao Xuan.

"Get in the car and go back!" Qiao Xuan didn't answer him, but beckoned him to get into the car, and the night breeze was cool.

Xi He thought that Qiao Xuan would ask about what had just happened, but who expected that she would just doze off and not ask much along the way.