Ordinary people go from Jinling to Qizhou, even if they ride the fastest horse, it takes two days day and night, but Mu Jinghong only needs one night.

The sunshine in the sky has just revealed, he has entered the outer city of Qizhou dozens of miles away from Jinling, this outer city is not big, there is only one inn in the city, the shopkeeper Jin Fat Man is yawning and just opened the door of the inn, just bumped into Mu Jinghong outside the door.

"Shopkeeper, is there a girl surnamed Cheng living here these days?"

The golden fat man was taken aback, and when he saw Mu Jinghong's face, he couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, and shook his head slightly to squeeze out a smile: "There is indeed a girl surnamed Cheng who lives here, and the son is her friend?" ”

Mu Jinghong wiped the mist on his face, smiled and took out a tael of silver from his arms and stuffed it to the golden shopkeeper, and said, "Yes, that girl is my friend, and she made an appointment with me to wait for me here." ”

The golden shopkeeper accepted the silver, his fat face smiled into a brilliant chrysanthemum, and hurriedly beckoned Mu Jinghong to come in, and said: "Mrs. Ling will rest in our best room, and the food is my best, I will take you there." ”

Mu Jinghong stretched out his hand to grab him, and said with a smile: "Don't bother the shopkeeper, I'll go up by myself." After speaking, he didn't give the golden shopkeeper a chance to speak, turned over and jumped up the stairs, pointed to a few wings upstairs and squinted at the golden shopkeeper, the golden shopkeeper pointed to the innermost one, Mu Jinghong smiled, tiptoed to the room, stretched out a finger to poke through the screen, and put his right eye on it and peeked carefully into the room.

This is indeed a good room, there is a good pear blossom wood table in the center of the bright and spacious room, and there is a large bed in the corner that can lie down five people, there should be but there is no one, Mu Jinghong turned around, opened his mouth in confusion towards the golden shopkeeper downstairs, and said with his mouth: "No one!" ”

The golden shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then gestured towards Mu Jinghong to push the door, Mu Jinghong chirped, and directly reached out to push open the door and walked in, there was indeed no one in the house, but there was a trace of alcohol in the air.

Mu Jinghong walked to the side of the bed, stretched out his hand and put it on the bed, the cold touch made Mu Jinghong's heart sink, could it be that the woman left first without waiting for him? Or did something happen?

When Mu Jinghong was thinking, he suddenly felt a chill behind him, he didn't hesitate to turn around quickly, and waved his hand forward in the shape of a fist, but it was still a little late, only to hear a "boom", a slender red whip threw towards him, like a red chain snake wrapped around his arm, and then the whip pulled back and dragged Mu Jinghong to the ground.

This whip came quickly and accurately, in fact, Mu Jinghong knew in his heart that no one on the rivers and lakes could avoid this whip, because it was Chengjiu Wine that swung it.

One foot lightly stepped on Mu Jinghong's chest, Cheng Jiujiu's pretty face showed a flower-like smile, her eyes showed a hint of banter, and smiled at Mu Jinghong at her feet: "Mu Jinghong, Mu Jinghong, you never seem to learn to knock on the door." ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "Don't forget that I am a thief, how can a thief knock on the door?" ”

"But there's nothing you want to steal here, but you have to keep something."

Cheng Jiujiu moved his feet away, turned around and sat on the big bed, and smiled at Mu Jinghong: "Why did you use it for so long this time?" I'm still thinking that if you don't come today, I'll go to Ma's house to see it myself. ”

Mu Jinghong straightened up and sat on the ground, took out the wooden box brought from the Ma family from his arms and threw it to Cheng Jiujiu, and said, "It's useless for you to go over, I'm afraid you will disappoint the old man this time." ”

Cheng Jiujiu took the wooden box, was stunned when he heard it, and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Mu Jinghong nodded at the box: "You can open it yourself and see it,"

"What are you talking about?"

Cheng Jiujiu glared, the box was weighed in her hand, and suddenly realized something, and asked Mu Jinghong, "Have you already opened it?" ”

Mu Jinghong nodded, and hurriedly explained when he saw Cheng Jiujiu's surprised appearance: "You don't have to look at me like this, the box was not opened by me, it was Ma Chenggui, and the box was originally empty." ”

"Where's the contents of the box?"

"I lost it before I got to Ma's house."

Cheng Jiujiu pursed her lips, stood up and walked back and forth, and suddenly laughed, she didn't have the slightest doubt that Mu Jinghong would take the contents of the box for herself, Mu Jinghong saw Cheng Jiujiu smile and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu said: "I'm thinking, what kind of expression the old man will have after opening this empty box." ”

Mu Jinghong also laughed dryly and waved his hand: "You don't have to think about it, you know, he will definitely be angry, after all, what he wants has not missed." ”

Cheng Jiujiu nodded in agreement, turning the wooden box in his hand and shaking it over and over, Yu Guang glanced at Mu Jinghong who didn't seem to be interested, and couldn't help asking, "You have something on your mind, you haven't said why it took so long this time." ”

Mu Jinghong sighed lightly and asked Cheng Jiujiu: "I have observed Ma Chengkong's personality, and he does not dishonor the reputation of the Ma family." ”

Cheng Jiujiu asked, "Why are you wasting your time trying to see who he is?" ”

Mu Jinghong said: "My father has received the favor of Ma Chenggui, so I naturally want to see if his son is worthy of being the big boss of the Ma family." ”

Cheng Jiujiu asked, "Then you see him now, is he satisfactory to you?" ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "He is better than his father in life, so I can't let him die." ”

"Oh?" Cheng Jiujiu became interested: "Who wants him to die?" How are you going to protect him? ”

"I broke into the forbidden land of the Ma family, and he told me that anyone who did not get his father's permission to enter must die, or he would die to apologize."

"It's stupid, so how do you do it?"

"I promised him that I would help him find his father, who had been missing for several years."

Cheng Jiujiu was intuitively funny, pointed at Mu Jinghong and said: "This is also a very stupid promise, there is no way to find out Ma Chenggui's whereabouts, and you shouldn't care about this kind of nosy." ”

"Of course I know, but I can't watch him cut himself in front of me, and there are more important issues now. ”

"What's the problem?"

"The old man didn't get the contents of the box, and he is likely to attack the Ma family."

Cheng Jiujiu raised his forehead and said, "This is bound to happen, that's why I said that you made a stupid promise." ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "But we may have a way to delay for a while and find the original contents of the box before you make a difference." ”

Cheng Jiujiu didn't seem to want to cooperate, got up and took out the wine gourd hanging from his waist and took a sip, stared at Mu Jinghong with squinted eyes, and said, "You are planning to do something very dangerous now, what was in the box was originally not something we should know." ”

Mu Jinghong didn't talk nonsense, and stretched out three fingers: "Three days, I only need three days, whether it is successful or not, I will come back, and I will bring you a thirty-year-old daughter red as a thank you gift." ”

Thirty years of daughter red ......

A glimmer of light flashed in Cheng Jiujiu's eyes, she had no other hobbies, only her favorite drinking, Mu Jinghong's words undoubtedly hit her weakness, put down the wine gourd and pursed her lips, yawned and turned over and lay on the bed:

"I'm so drunk that I'm going to sleep for days, and I haven't seen anyone in the meantime."

In the Ma family in Jinling, Ma Chengkong knelt alone in the ancestral hall, staring blankly at the portrait hanging on the wall.

It was a portrait of his father, and although he did not see his father's body, he knew as well as the world that it was very unlikely that Ma Sung-gyu, who had been missing for several years, would survive.

He had been kneeling here for hours, and the Bright Moon Knife was in front of him.

"I failed to keep my promise to you, father."

Knocking his forehead on the ground, his originally handsome face had already been soaked with blood and tears, and he couldn't see his original appearance at all, he stretched out a hand to caress the blade of Jiaoyue's knife, the blade of the blade was as bright as frost and stained his blood, like a magic knife from the Hell of Huangquan, and outside the ancestral hall, many people from the Ma family also knelt on the ground, quietly waiting for Ma Chengkong.

If Ma Chengkong hadn't walked out of this gate today, there was no doubt that these people would have gone with him.

Finally, Ma Chengkong closed his eyes and raised the Bright Moon Knife in front of him across his neck, with only a slight effort, the Ma family will be removed from the rivers and lakes from now on, and at this time, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in Ma Chengkong's ears:

"Do you think that if you die, the Ma family will be able to escape the next catastrophe?"

Ma Cheng stopped empty-handed, did not open his eyes, and asked softly, "You...... Why is it coming back? ”

Mu Jinghong slowly sat next to Ma Chengkong, put his fingers on the handle of the Jiaoyue Knife, and said softly: "I came to witness the moment of the fall of the Ma family." ”

Ma Chengkong still closed his eyes, but he smiled: "The Ma family will not disappear in the rivers and lakes, I have already arranged the things after my death, and my second uncle Ma Chengyuan will become the head of the Ma family." ”

"You are wrong, this will be the beginning of the fall of the Ma family." Mu Jinghong said as he looked at the treasure knife carefully, and couldn't help but praise: "What a treasure knife, your father used it to kill countless evil people, but it's a pity that now it will take the life of its owner, and now it will become a murderous knife that hinders the master." ”

"Whether it's a treasure knife or a murder knife, there will definitely be a more suitable owner to control it."

"You are wrong again, since you have become a murderous knife that interferes with the master, naturally no more swordsmen will use it, after all, it is still a piece of scrap iron."

Ma Chengkong raised his heavy eyelids, his pupils were already reflected in blood red, looking particularly hateful, and asked Mu Jinghong: "You haven't made it clear yet, why are you here again." ”

Mu Jinghong smiled: "I wanted to do a very stupid thing, but now it seems that there is no need." ”

Ma Chengkong asked, "What are you going to do?"

Mu Jinghong said: "Needless to say, you do it as soon as possible, so that I can take off your head and hang it on the Jinling city wall." ”

Ma Chengkong asked, "Why do you want to hang my head?" ”

Mu Jinghong said: "Because I want the world to know what the stupidest person in the world looks like." ”

Being ridiculed like this by Mu Jinghong, Ma Chengkong was a little annoyed, and shouted: "You can be more straightforward, why did you come again?" ”

Mu Jinghong pointed at the Jiaoyue knife and said with a smile: "You put down this knife first, and I'll tell you." ”

Ma Chengkong hesitated for a moment, slowly put the knife down, he only then found that Mu Jinghong was not so light, his hair was scattered, his pale face, and his messy clothes were full of mud, and he could see at a glance that he must have been in a long way, Mu Jinghong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said: "I came here for you, to be precise, to save the Ma family from fire and water." ”

"You can't save the Ma family, and no one can save us now."

"Instead of being cocooned, why not give it a go?" Mu Jinghong ripped off a section of his clothes, gently wiped it on Ma Chengkong's face, and said: "I have less than three days, as long as I can find what should have been in the box, the Ma family will not be in trouble, and I will have more time to find your father's whereabouts." ”

Mu Jinghong's movements were very light, like a girl's gentle touch, Ma Chengkong only felt the violent beating of his heart, endured the throbbing in his heart, and asked Mu Jinghong: "Why do you want to help the Ma family like this?" ”

"I'm not just for the Ma family, but also for you."

"For me?"