On the second day of July, Ningchuan Prefecture, rain.

The first autumn rain in the north came suddenly at the beginning of the third quarter.

Ningchuan Prefecture is the largest city in the north, and it is also where Jiajiazhuang, the leader of the northern faction, is located, and the reason why Ningchuan Prefecture can become the first city in the north is naturally due to the existence of Jiajiazhuang.

Jiajiazhuang is vast, covers an area of more than 5,000 acres, according to rumors, in the whole Jiajiazhuang, there are more than 600 courtyards, more than 1,000 buildings, thousands of holes and caves, and more than 20,000 houses, the whole manor is divided into eight areas, respectively, the central main manor, the east, west, north and south four courtyards, the vegetable garden, the flower and bird garden and the martial arts garden.

Not only that, but even more than ninety percent of the industries in Ningchuan Prefecture are owned by Jiajiazhuang, so it is impossible to hide anything in this city from Jiajiazhuang's ears and eyes.

Jiajiazhuang's disciples have more than 10,000 families, and after thousands of years of inheritance, today's Jiajiazhuang has prospered to the extreme.

But the recent Jiajiazhuang is not peaceful, because of two things, the whole manor is panicked.

The drizzle is continuous, nourishing the green grass outside the manor, and there is a large flower umbrella on the green grass, under the umbrella, Chang An and Chang Sheng.

Chang An handed a prayer note to the disciples guarding the door outside the manor.

An hour later.

"Prince Chang'an, the owner of the village is invited."

In the manor, Jia Huan, the big housekeeper next to the owner, personally came to greet Chang An and Chang Sheng.

Jia Huan led Chang An and Chang Sheng to the central main park, and introduced Jiajiazhuang to the two.

Roughly consistent with rumors.

Looking at this vast manor, Chang An said with a smile

"Big butler, I'm really eye-opening today."

Jia Huan proudly stroked his long beard, but his words were very modest

"Chang Gongzi has an overreputation."

The three of them walked and watched, and walked for more than half an hour before they came to the main park, and after walking a stick of incense, the three of them walked through several courtyards and came to Jia Yuan's courtyard.

"Chang Gongzi, Miss Chang, the owner of the village is in the courtyard, please take care of yourself."

Chang An looked at the courtyard in front of him, compared to the courtyards he saw earlier, Jia Yuan's courtyard was extremely simple, without too many embellishments, there was only a clear pool in the courtyard, the pool was very large, almost occupying most of the yard, the pool was bare, a green grassland, and there was not even a tree.

A middle-aged man in a white robe was sitting cross-legged on the grass by the pool.

Because of the rain, the grass looked a little wet, and the white robe under the middle-aged man was stained with a lot of mud, and there were scattered traces of water on his upper body, but he didn't seem to care.

Although the man is middle-aged, his appearance is extraordinarily handsome, even Chang'an, who has always thought he is handsome and chic, sighs to himself, the air flow outside his body is looming, and the water in front of him makes a jingling sound because of the beating of the rain, which looks like there is a charm of a worldly master.

Under the big flower umbrella, Chang An and Chang Sheng stood at the door of the courtyard.

The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes, the man's gaze was very gentle, and Chang An suddenly felt that he was more like a scholar who read poetry and books.

"I'm Jia Yuan."

The middle-aged man smiled slightly, like a spring breeze, and his soft voice made people feel even more cordial.

Chang An walked in front of Jia Yu'an and saluted with his fists.

"Master Jia."

Chang Sheng looked at Jia Yu'an and only felt that this uncle was very kind.

Jia Yu'an's eyes looked at Chang Sheng carefully and said

"She is the woman in the painting of the Sword Sect, and she is also the person you want to save?"

Chang An nodded and said

"Master Jia, the intention of our brother and sister, you must have guessed it."

Jia Yu'an was noncommittal, he looked at Chang An lightly.

"I can tell you everything, but in exchange, I have two things for you to do."

Chang An smiled helplessly.

"I know that Master Jia Zhuang is worried about two things, the first thing I am indeed confident that I can complete, but the second thing, I'm afraid I am powerless."

Jia Yu'an stared at Chang An.

"You're smart."

Chang An said modestly

"This is a well-known thing in the rivers and lakes, the owner of the village praised it falsely, three years ago the young owner of your village suddenly disappeared, the first thing, the owner of the village wants to ask me about the whereabouts of the young owner, last month the city lord of Beiyan City Shi Mengxiong handed the war book to the owner, this matter is also known to the rivers and lakes, but this second thing, the owner of the village will not want me to fight for you."

Jia Yu'an said

"The dog suddenly disappeared in the village three years ago, and there was no trace left in the whole village, and dozens of masters above the level of the village including me, I didn't notice it, I couldn't figure it out."

Chang An pondered

"Although the young owner is young, he is already one of the ten grandmaster-level masters on the rivers and lakes, compared to the owner, it is not much better, so that such a master can disappear in Jiajiazhuang for no reason, and there are only a few people on the rivers and lakes."

Jia Yu'an said

"Only a great grandmaster is possible, but the Sword Sect died seven years ago, and Mobei was only seven years old seven years ago, so it can't be a great grandmaster, then it can only be Shi Mengxiong, and he happened to become a great grandmaster three years ago."

Chang An suddenly glanced at Jia Yu'an meaningfully, and said something that surprised Jia Yu'an very much.

"Why can't he disappear on his own?"

Jia Yu'an looked at Chang An, as if he wanted to see Chang An through, but after a while, he gave up.

"Anyway, the first thing, I have the right to agree, no matter what the reason, please bring my son back safely, as for the second thing, it is indeed related to the challenge in five days, but I don't want you to fight for me, but I want you to sit in Jiajiazhuang for me at that time."

The rain is still falling, but the courtyard is exceptionally silent, the sound of rain fills the courtyard, Chang An looked at Jia Yu'an in surprise, his face was full of disbelief, he and Jia Yu'an just met for the first time, but he wanted to entrust the entire Jia Jiazhuang to him, although it was only one day, but this was too terrifying.

Chang An's face suddenly became solemn, not to mention why Jia Yu'an asked him to come to Jiajiazhuang, what made him even more strange was why Jia Yu'an needed to find someone to sit in Jiajiazhuang, there were masters in the village, could there be anything in the world that could threaten Jiajiazhuang.

Jia Yu'an saw that Chang An was a little hesitant, so he said lightly

"If you feel embarrassed, you can do nothing, but ......"

Chang An smiled bitterly, he spread his hands helplessly, he had no choice

"I can say yes, but I have two questions."

Jia Yu looked at Chang An quietly and motioned for him to ask questions.

Chang An said

"First, why do you think something will happen on the day of the duel? Second, why me. ”

Jia Yuan looked at Chang Sheng and said

"To answer the second question first, the Sword Sect came to Jiajiazhuang seven years ago before the retreat, and he brought that painting, so I know that the painting in the secret room of the Sword Sect was not left by you, and I also know that the Sword Sect was not killed by you. The Sword Sect once told me that no matter what happens in the future, I can trust you. I believe in the Sword Sect, so, now I believe in you too. ”

Chang An unconsciously looked to the west, his eyes were complicated, and he fell into deep thought.

Jia Yu'an continued

"As for the first question, please wait."

Jia Yu'an called out to Jia Huan outside the courtyard

"Jia Huan."

A moment later, several disciples placed the four corpses in front of Chang An.

Chang An looked at Jia Yu'an suspiciously.

Jia Yu'an said lightly

"In the past few days, four successive Zhuang disciples have died mysteriously in the village, and I didn't even notice it."

Chang An carefully examined the four corpses and found that they had died in the same way, and the palm prints on their necks were clearly visible, and they were strangled to death with great force.

"The four of them are all elite disciples in the village, and the highest skill is already at the Kuofu level."

Jia Yu'an continued.

Chang An was surprised, in addition to the same way of death, these four corpses also had one thing in common, their faces were frightened, as if they had seen something extremely terrible before they died.

It can actually make a master at the level of Kuofu scared to such an extent.

"When did it start?"

"The first body found three days ago."

"Where did they all find out?"

"The earliest one is in the Flower and Bird Garden, the second and third bodies are the two disciples in the Martial Arts Garden, and the last one died in the main park."

Chang An secretly wondered to himself, these four people are so far away, are they looking for something.

He glanced at Jia Yuan, he thought that Jia Yu'an couldn't have any ideas, but he didn't ask, because he felt that Jia Yu'an still had something to tell him, perhaps, this involved the secret of Jiajiazhuang.

"You think that person is Stone Dream Bear?"

Jia Yuan's brows condensed into a Sichuan character

"I don't know."

Chang An nodded, it is true that he can't jump to such a hasty conclusion, but no matter who it is, he really needs to be prepared.

If it were him, he would also choose to do it on the day of Jia Yu'an's duel with Shi Mengxiong.

Jia Yu'an said suddenly

"You seem to be only at the level of a broad mansion now."

Chang An secretly thought, what does it mean to only have a broad mansion level, is it a shame for me to be at the broad mansion level at my age.

He smiled wryly and nodded.

"Then on August 15, are you sure of the duel with Mobei?"

Chang An shook his head resolutely.

The rain was still falling, and when a raindrop fell in front of Jia Yu'an, Chang An's eyes suddenly opened wide, because the raindrop was deformed in his eyes.

It was the air flow, Chang An secretly said that it was not good, so he quickly picked up Chang Sheng and stepped back.

Then, the raindrops in front of Jia Yu'an actually felt deformed in Chang An's eyes, and the looming air flow supported a wall of qi.

Jia Yu'an suddenly made trouble for Chang An.

The raindrops fell on Jia Yu'an's fingers, and with a "pop" sound, there was a little splash, the index finger and the middle finger were together, and the faint air flow lingered on the fingertips, pointing to Chang'an, who was rapidly receding.

But Chang An was horrified to find that no matter how he accelerated and dodged back, Jia Yu'an's fingers were always in front of his eyes and could not dodge.

Chang An drew his sword and picked lightly, wanting to make those two fingers retreat, but it was useless, those two fingers appeared in front of Chang An's eyes again after a short retreat, a faint air flow lingered on the fingertips, and gently clicked on Chang An's chest, Chang An only felt a stirring in his chest, and then that agitation instantly took the point in his chest as the origin, spread to the skin of the whole body, and the internal force that filled the whole body collapsed, and Chang An's whole person collapsed on the ground as if he had lost his strength all of a sudden.

"Brother!"

Chang Sheng suddenly shouted, she rushed to Jia Yu'an angrily, and beat Jia Yu'an weakly with two pink fists.

"Kill you, big villain!"

Jia Yu'an let Chang Sheng beat himself and looked at Chang An indifferently.

"It's my own move, and I call it a penmanship."

So saying, he left the courtyard and walked towards his own building.

He said as he walked

"Although you are now at the level of Kuofu, but you still have excess true qi in your body that has not been accepted for your own use, if you can completely subdue them, you should be enough to step into the realm of the grandmaster, I want to practice this trick, you need to flexibly control the internal force, train to the point that you can mobilize the internal force in the body at any time at your fingertips, it will not be far from success, you practice well these days, maybe it can help you step into the realm of the grandmaster, I will ask Jia Huan to arrange a courtyard for you in the main park, and you will live in the main park these days."

Chang An sat on the ground, his whole body was weak, he smiled bitterly, feeling the power of the continuous outward agitation on the surface of his body, and he couldn't even speak.

He secretly thought, such a terrible finger, the whole body seems to be falling apart, fortunately Jia Yu'an didn't exert all his strength, otherwise that finger may shatter the bones of his whole body, the undefeated scholar Jia Yu'an, it is really terrifying, this finger alone is far from being comparable to the ordinary grandmaster.

Jia Huan took Chang An and the others to a courtyard not far from Jia Yuan.

Chang An looked at this courtyard, the courtyard was called Wuyuan.

"Chang Gongzi, these days, the two of you have been wronged and have lived here."

Chang An said with a smile

"With such a large yard, it is more than enough for my brother and sister to live."

Jia Huan said

"This is a special order from the owner, so Chang Gongzi doesn't have to excuse himself."

Chang An didn't push anymore, so he walked into the courtyard, but as soon as he walked into the courtyard, he felt that there was something strange in this courtyard, and he seemed to know that there was a faint air flow in this courtyard, which was incompatible with the outside world.

"Brother.

Chang Sheng suddenly called Chang An.

Chang An turned his head to look at Chang Sheng, but he saw that Chang Sheng's expression suddenly became strange.

"Brother, it's so comfortable here."

Hearing this, Chang An took a deep breath, he felt that the internal force in his body was moving with the air rotation in the courtyard, as if he was integrated with heaven and earth, and the internal force was no different from the air outside.

It's a place to practice.

The courtyard was very empty, and unlike other places, the martial arts courtyard was similar to Jia Yuan'an's courtyard, there was no concrete floor, it was all mud, and only a stone road in the middle of the courtyard led directly to their house.

Chang An looked at the ground in surprise, the tender green buds sprouted sharp points in the soil, and the whole yard was covered with dots of green on the soil.

Chang An looked at the roots of the old tree in the courtyard, covered with fallen leaves, he was sure that it was autumn, but why was the yard full of green shoots.

Jia Huan walked into the courtyard, a look of shock swept over his pupils, but it flashed again, and he quickly regained his composure.

This scene did not escape Chang An's eyes, which made him even more puzzled.

This yard is not simple.

The sky is getting dark, the moon has risen in mid-air, and in the courtyard, Chang An is sitting on the ground, breathing evenly, slowly regulating his internal breath, and the internal force that has just been defeated by the pen has slowly recovered.

Chang Sheng was sitting not far away, looking at Chang An worriedly.

Suddenly, a faint flute sound came into Chang An's ears, Chang An opened his eyes suddenly, he had heard this flute, that night in Mocheng.

Why is the flute here?

Chang Anxin thought, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and said to Chang Sheng

"Santael, stay in the house and don't come out."

Without waiting for Chang Sheng to nod his head in agreement, he performed light skills and jumped onto the courtyard wall, only to find that at this moment, dozens of masters were standing on a high place on top of the endless buildings in the manor, looking for the source of the flute.

I couldn't help but admire, it was not a loss to Jiajiazhuang, a master like a cloud.

And unconsciously, Jia Yu'an stood by Chang An's side.

"It's been a few days now."

Chang'an's pupils are constricted.

"Where can you find it?"

Jia Yu'an shook his head.

"It's far away, I can't tell it, even if this flute sound is related to the bizarre death of the disciples in the village, I can't think of any tricks to use, such a long distance, no matter how deep the sound rhythm of the internal force is, it is impossible to hurt people's lives, not to mention that it is the elite disciples of my Jiajiazhuang who are killed."

Chang An said

"The night I stayed in Mocheng, I heard the sound of this flute."

Jia Yuan was shocked

"What!"

Chang An nodded.

"Half a month ago, I was still in Mocheng, I heard the sound of this flute, I only arrived in Jiajiazhuang today, but the person who played the flute arrived here a few days earlier, and even started to kill people."

Jia Yu'an said

"Are you sure it's the sound of the flute that kills."

Chang's face was cold, he nodded, since he came to the north, a series of strange and bizarre things have happened one after another.

He suddenly remembered the stone dream bear he had seen in Mocheng that day, and he always felt that something was missing.

He felt like he had found some clues, but he couldn't tie them together.

At this time, the faint sound of the flute had no artistic conception in his ears, and only horror remained.

He said silently

"No matter what I think, he's a little early."