Ma Chengjun was imprisoned in a secret room under the ancestral hall, and the entrance to the secret passage was hidden under the portraits of the previous heads of the Ma family.

In the secret passage, Ma Chengkong walked in front of Mu Qinghong with a torch, and kept complaining: "It stands to reason that no one is allowed to come here without my father's permission." ”

Mu Qinghong plucked his ears, patted Ma Chengkong on the shoulder and smiled: "Do you know what your biggest problem is?" ”

"What is it?"

"Sometimes too indecisive, and too much attention to secular kindness and door rules, this is your biggest shortcoming, the position of the Ma family will not be easy to sit, you must get rid of these problems, otherwise sooner or later you will suffer."

Ma Chengkong pondered this sentence and said with a smile: "My father also has these problems you said, but he is a real hero." ”

Mu Qinghong smiled: "Your father is indeed a hero, but because he is not ruthless enough, he still left you a curse, and you also know in your heart that this Ma Chengjun should not have lived until now." ”

Ma Chengkong froze for a moment, didn't speak again, the secret passage was not long, not long after the two left, Mu Qinghong saw a big iron cage, there was a small window outside the cage, there was a tall figure sitting on the ground under the moonlight, his limbs were bound by fist-thick chains, Mu Qinghong noticed that there was a small basin next to the figure, the basin contained some leftover chicken, and there was a jar of opened wine next to it, Ma Chengkong handed the torch to Mu Qinghong, and said: "I don't want to see him, if you have anything to say, you can ask him yourself." ”

Mu Qinghong took the torch, with a hint of a smile in his eyes, shook his head and didn't say anything, and walked directly to the figure, and only after getting close to the iron cage did he understand why Ma Chengkong concluded that this man definitely had nothing to do with the loss of the remnants, because the eyes of the man in front of him had become two hollows, and his feet had been twisted into a strange angle, and it had been broken for a long time at a glance.

Mu Qinghong stretched out his hand to touch the iron cage, the iron door was locked by a big lock, stretched out a hand and gently brushed it to untie the big lock and threw it on the ground, the noise caused by the man to look sideways, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Didn't dinner just be delivered, why did you come again?" ”

"I'm not here to deliver food, but to rub it." Mu Qinghong smiled, slowly walked into the iron cage, came to Ma Chengjun and sat down, picked up the wine jug next to the food bowl and sniffed it on the tip of his nose, and said in surprise: "Although I don't know about wine, I know that this must be a good wine of the vintage." ”

Hearing the unfamiliar voice, Ma Chengjun grinned, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth and laughing, to be honest, his laughter was really unbearable, like the harsh sound of silver needles rubbing on the iron sheet, Mu Qinghong scratched the goosebumps on his arm and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Ma Chengjun raised his head, through the moonlight of the crescent moon, Mu Qinghong vaguely saw two tear stains on his face, it was really strange, he was obviously laughing, why did he shed tears? Ma Chengjun laughed, and sighed leisurely: "I laugh at the Ma family after all, there is still no one, and an outsider will come to see me." ”

"Outsiders coming to see you don't have to be no one in the Ma family, but they may also be here to see you on your way." Mu Qinghong smiled, put the wine jug to his mouth and tasted it, and couldn't help but praise: "It's actually a flower carving in Shaoxing, just with this pot of wine, my trip to the Ma family is worth it." ”

"What a powerful mouth, it doesn't sound very old, but the tone is not small." Ma Chengjun slowly stretched out his hand towards Mu Qinghong, wanting Mu Qinghong to hand him the wine, Mu Qinghong poured the wine slowly into his hand, the cold wine flowed in his palm, Ma Chengjun seemed to be startled, and retracted his hand like lightning, this action made Mu Qinghong stunned, and couldn't help asking: "You seem to be a little afraid?" ”

"I thought you poured blood."

"You are not even afraid of death, are you still afraid of blood? Or are you afraid that I will pour the blood of the Ma family? ”

Ma Chengjun's body stiffened for a moment, and he let out a piercing laugh again, and said with a smile: "Who are you, what is the purpose of coming to me?" ”

Mu Qinghong said: "You must not have heard of my name, I came to you to ask you something." ”

"Are the people of the Ma family really dead? You are going to ask an old blind man who has been locked up for twenty years? ”

"Of course, the people of the Ma family are not dead, but the destruction is only instantaneous." Mu Qinghong stuffed the pot of flower carvings into Ma Chengjun's hand, but Ma Chengjun didn't drink it, and asked Mu Qinghong: "That's a pity, I look forward to the day when the Ma family will be destroyed day and night." ”

Mu Qinghong smiled: "Why do you have to be stubborn, according to my father, you fought with Ma Chenggui and was killed by Ma Chenggui himself, but in fact, the person who won was obviously you, and you took the initiative to tie up and was willing to die under Ma Chenggui's knife, am I right?" ”

Ma Chengjun lowered his head, his messy long hair was scattered in front of him, even the moonlight could not reflect his expression, Mu Qinghong continued: "I don't understand the reason why you did this back then, but now that the Ma family is indeed in danger, if you really want the Ma family to be destroyed, you don't have to say anything." After that, he stood up and was about to leave, but Ma Chengjun suddenly shouted at this time: "Who is your father?" ”

"Mu Yunhou, the head of the Shenyin Sect, I am a disciple of the Shenyin Sect and his eldest son Mu Qinghong."

"Mu Yunhou...... Mu Yunhou ......" Ma Chengjun kept chanting this name in his mouth, and suddenly raised his head and said in the direction of Mu Qinghong: "What are you going to ask me about?" ”

Mu Qinghong stopped, sat back in front of Ma Chengjun, and said softly: "The remnants of the dead wood that the Ma family has kept for many years have been stolen recently, I want to know who you told about the remnants?" ”

"Stolen ......"

Ma Chengjun shook his head, trembling slightly, and asked heavily, "Why do you conclude that I have something to do with this matter?" ”

Mu Qinghong said: "This kind of Huadiao wine in your hand, don't talk about the Ma family, there are not a few jars in the entire Jinling, but there is a whole pot in front of you, so there must be outsiders here." ”

Ma Chengjun was very flustered when he heard this, tremblingly put the wine in his hand on the tip of his nose and sniffed, then took a sip, slammed the wine on the ground, and exclaimed loudly: "He actually ...... He would ......"

Mu Qinghong was also taken aback, pressed his shoulder and asked, "Who is he?" Who is the person who has been bringing you food all these years? ”

"Yes...... Dick ......"

Dick? Ma Chengkong's second uncle Ma Chengyuan? Mu Qinghong turned his head to look at Ma Chengkong in the distance, of course he also heard the name, and his body trembled a little, Mu Qinghong turned back to Ma Chengjun and asked, "Are you talking about Ma Chengyuan?" When was the last time he came? What did you say to him? ”

Ma Chengjun was about to answer, suddenly his whole face began to swell, and in the blink of an eye, it swelled into blue and purple, and black blood oozed out from the seven orifices, which was particularly terrifying to see, Mu Qinghong was shocked, and his two fingers quickly clicked a few big points in his heart, and turned to Ma Chengkong, who was not far away, and exclaimed: "He is poisoned!" Let Jin Feng'er come over! ”

Ma Chengkong was shocked, and without the slightest hesitation, he turned around and ran towards the secret passage, Mu Qinghong lowered his head and attached himself to Ma Chengjun's mouth, and asked eagerly: "Are these drinks and dishes sent by Ma Chengyuan?" What did you say to him? ”

Ma Chengjun opened his mouth anxiously, black blood gushed out of his mouth, he couldn't speak, his whole body was already convulsed violently, Mu Qinghong didn't know anything about poison arts, so he could only hold Ma Chengjun anxiously at the moment, and said: "If the meal is sent by Ma Chengyuan, you just nod." ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chengjun suddenly screamed, his whole body was as stiff as a piece of wood, Mu Qinghong stretched out two fingers to probe his snort, and still sighed helplessly.

It's so poisonous!

Mu Qinghong looked at the wine jug that had been smashed into pieces and pondered, the wine had all been spilled on the ground, if the wine was poisonous, he had to quote it in advance than Ma Chengjun, so where would the poison fall? His spare eyes caught a glimpse of the remaining meat in the rice bowl, maybe Jin Feng'er would be able to give him an answer.

Ma Chengkong and Jin Feng'er soon arrived, and after Jin Feng'er carefully observed, he verified his conjecture: "These meats contain the ingredient of love confusion, and the wine is mixed with cuckoo blood that can induce the toxicity of love confusion, and the second uncle died because of this." ”

Mu Qinghong's heart tightened and asked, "As far as I know, love is a kind of flower, which is only produced in the land of Bashu. ”

"To be precise, the love blur is the thing of the Bashu Tang Sect, and the cuckoo blood and the love blur do not cause human life, but the two things are highly poisonous when they are materialized together." Jin Feng'er's eyes showed deep worry, Ma Chengkong and Mu Qinghong glanced at each other, but neither spoke, obviously this was not good news for them.

There are people from the Tang Sect who infiltrated into the Ma family, or is there already people from the Tang Sect in the Ma family?

Jin Feng'er carefully examined Ma Chengjun's body, and suddenly made a new discovery: "There is a new injury on the second uncle's body!" ”

Ma Chengkong and Mu Qinghong hurriedly walked over, Ma Chengjun's heart really had an extremely small pinhole, not only that, Mu Qinghong noticed that the pinhole was not only in the heart, but also on several of Ma Chengjun's big holes, if you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all.

"The second uncle has been tortured."

Jin Feng'er pointed to the pinhole at the mouth of her heart and said to the two: "Although it is not fatal for this acupoint to be pricked by a small needle, it can cause an unbearable stinging pain for ordinary people. ”

Mu Qinghong turned his head sideways and thought about it, looked up at the window, the crescent moon was already hanging high above the sky, it was the time for people to rest, he patted Ma Chengkong's shoulder and said, "Now is not the time to be sad, you go with me to see someone."

Ma Chengkong held back his sadness, cheered up, and asked Mu Qinghong: "Do you want to see my second uncle?" ”

"Yes, you have to come with me."

"I'm afraid it's not the right time." Ma Chengkong sighed, and Jin Feng'er also echoed: "Second uncle has always slept early, and no one can see anyone at this time." ”

Mu Qinghong had already turned around and walked out, but he didn't look back when he heard the words, and said, "Believe me, he can't sleep at this time." ”

As the third leader of the Ma family, Ma Chengyuan has to think about far more than others, since the last big boss Ma Chenggui has not heard from him in the past nine years, he has woken up earlier than anyone in the Ma family.

His sleep is very light, as long as the slightest movement is enough to frighten him, so everyone in the Ma family knows a rule, once the time is over every day, there is no big thing to do, you must not go to the yard where he lives, even if you pass by, you must pinch your tiptoes.

Now when he first entered the house, Ma Chengyuan's courtyard was silent, even the lights had been extinguished, Ma Chengyuan and his wife had hugged each other and were lying on the bed, according to weekdays, both of them should be sleepy, but Ma Chengyuan's heart was a little suspended at the moment, as if he was hanging on the tightrope between the cliffs, which made him always lie down unsteadily.

His wife, Li Qinglan, noticed his abnormality, put her arms around his shoulders, and asked softly, "Husband, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Ma Chengyuan stroked his wife's hand and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I can't hide my every move from my wife, and I am indeed a little uneasy in my heart." ”

"Is it because of today's events?"

"Not bad."

Li Qinglan pressed her face to his chest and whispered: "Kong'er is already a big boss, some things can be decided by himself, we should let go." ”

Ma Chengyuan sniffed his wife's incense, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, the moment Ma Chengkong pushed open the door of the ancestral hall today, he vaguely felt that there was another person in the ancestral hall, but at that time he was hindered by the authority of Ma Chengkong's big boss and did not break it, now that I think about it, that person may be the reason why Ma Chengkong is different today.

"Madame is right, we are not young anymore, and it is time to hand over the heavy responsibilities to young people."

"It's good that my husband thinks like this."

The wife in his arms had fallen into a deep sleep, Ma Chengyuan closed his eyes and wanted to force himself to fall asleep, but he only heard a slight sound of tiles breaking outside the house, his heart was inexplicably tight, he stretched out his hand to cover his wife's ears, turned his head sideways to listen, and sure enough, there was a slight movement outside the house.

Someone must have come outside the house, Ma Chengyuan gently pulled out his right arm that was pillowing under his wife's neck, gently put on a thick robe, and gently pushed open the door.