In the sixth year of auspicious charm, at the beginning of July.

Night.

The heat in the air was blown away by the wind little by little as the afterglow of the setting sun dissipated, and Chu Zhixia sat in the courtyard sharpening his sword. A small piece of magic stone was in her hand, sharpening the blade of the sword back and forth to drink the snow, leaving a layer of gray residue.

Chu Zhixia picked up a jar of water and put it on the sword.

Yuzhu turned around from the other end of the corridor and called her from afar: "Miss, it's time for dinner." ”

Chu Shixia said, "Wait a little longer." ”

Chu Zhixia was waiting, waiting for the exact news that the Jiang family would take a boat back to Guangling overnight tonight. Just before today, Jiang Changgongzi sold all the properties that he could sell, converted all the money into silver bills, and transferred the money to Chen Boyan tomorrow.

Chen Boyan will not give up, so today is the last chance for Jiang Changgongzi to escape.

He walked into the palatial imperial capital with great ambitions, trying to get rid of the discrimination of "Shinong and industrialist" for his family, and turned into an equal party with the ministers and courtiers, but he was played with between applause and had to flee from the wilderness.

Chu Zhixia wants to put the finishing touches on his tyranny, cruelty, and intrigues.

She wants to kill Jiang Changgongzi and build the first barrier between the Jiang family and the Chen family.

Although the guards of the Akiba Mountain Residence have been on the battlefield for a long time, and all of them are good at killing, they are not very proficient in assassination. If this matter is to be done without leakage, Chu Shixia must take action personally.

"What are you waiting for? The dish is going to be cold. Yuzhu said softly, "You have to eat first for big things, and today there is the pepper fish that the eldest lady loves to eat." ”

Chu Shixia shook his head.

Soon, the side door of the courtyard was slammed, three long and one short.

Chu Zhixia got up and opened the door, and the little beggar who often came to Qiuye Mountain to beg looked up at her and said, "Miss, that son of the Jiang family has already gone to the dock in a carriage." ”

"Got it," Chu Zhixia took out a piece of broken silver and gave it to him, "Let's go play." ”

The little beggar answered crisply, grabbed the silver and ran away. Chu Zhixia stripped off her complicated coat and wore a night coat inside, outlining the lines of her tight and athletic body. Chu Zhixia familiarly put on a black hat to cover his face, and climbed onto the wall with one body.

"Isn't the eldest lady eating?" Yuzhu stood in the courtyard and looked at her, her face worried.

"Don't eat it, save it for supper." Chu Zhixia said.

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Jade Fang.

Deng Mian was wandering around the street boredly, and the warbler Yanyan upstairs shook his handkerchief and called to him. The girls all recognize this generous little boy, and they miss him very much - who can not worry about the wronged man who gave money?

Deng Mian dangled around, thinking, Chu Shixia won't let me find her, so I can always find Jiang Qiao, right? After a faint psychological struggle, he turned around and walked towards the Crimson Jade Pavilion.

At that moment, a faint rosy hue in the sky suddenly burst into flames—a fire.

Deng Mian was stunned for a moment, then saw the smoke rise, and the panicked guests ran out of the Scarlet Jade Pavilion. Deng Mian didn't think about it, he didn't think that in case Jiang Qiao had already run out, he didn't think that the Scarlet Jade Pavilion was so big, and he didn't think that he might be burned inside, so he rushed in directly.

Surprisingly, not everyone was fleeing, and several people with swords were running to the backyard of the Crimson Jade Pavilion.

Deng Mian's heart was pounding, and he realized that he was at the center of some great conspiracy. But he only hesitated for a moment, and then followed their footsteps to the place he was very familiar with, Jiang Qiao's courtyard.

The courtyard was full of fire and blood, and Deng Mian wanted to vomit again, but he saw Cheng Yuan.

"Why are you here?" Cheng Yuan, whose face was covered in blood, was stunned for a moment when he saw Deng Mian, and then pushed the person at hand over, "Run!" ”

The young men with knives followed Cheng Yuan back into the courtyard, and Cheng Yuan slammed the door shut. The moment the door panel was closed, the bloody qi was also cut off, and Deng Mian saw the person standing up from the pool of blood. Some of them carried knives, others carried two short thorns, and their eyes were cold blood of murderous hands.

"Don't be in a daze, run." Jiang Qiao, who was carrying Huo Wenbai on his back, pulled Deng Mian's hand hard and said viciously.

Huo Wenbai was choked by the smoke and dust, fainted, and lay on Jiang Qiao's back unconsciously. Deng Mian gasped hard, suppressed the nausea churning in his stomach, and took Huo Wenbai's back from her, without even seeing the person's face.

While the two of them were running, Deng Mian tried to figure out a clue from his chaotic thoughts.

The first question he asked was: "Do you still know Cheng Yuan?" ”

Jiang Qiao asked truthfully: "His name is Cheng Yuan?" ”

Deng Mian was speechless, and asked breathlessly, "Who wants to kill you?" ”

Jiang Qiao sneered and did not answer.

"Who is this person on my back?" Deng Mian asked persistently.

Jiang Qiao was silent for a moment and said, "Piano Master." ”

Deng Mian asked in disbelief: "Do you think I look like a fool?" ”

The fire was burning from the lobby of the Crimson Jade Pavilion, which had been reduced to a sea of fire, with no place to put your feet. Jiang Qiao led Deng Mian to run through the dark courtyard, and slammed open the side door in a panic, and the door hit the wall with a "bang".

Outside the door is a remote alley, and even if you run out, there are not many pedestrians on the street.

Even worse, a thick bloody aura approached them.

Jiang Qiao blocked the trembling Deng Mian behind him, and whispered to him: "The person they want to kill is me, you just have to run." The street outside this alley, running north, is the most lively area of Qunyufang. ”

Jiang Qiao felt his trembling and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, you are the son of Dali Siqing, they don't dare to do anything to you." ”

"What about you?" Deng Mian was so frightened that he couldn't roll his eyes, and asked in a daze.

Jiang Qiao was stunned for a moment and said, "The person on your back, his life is more expensive than mine." People like him live and can save the world. So you must take him out and hand him over to Miss Chu, you know? ”

Deng Mian was so anxious that tears flowed, "No, you will die." ”

"It's okay, I'll give him to the prince. This may become a new turning point for the Jiang family. The killer with the double stabbing laughed hideously, "The second son of Huo, who has been unable to find him in the Yellow Spring, is actually here with you." Jiang Qiao, you are so bold. ”

Deng Mian's brain was already numb, and he couldn't reflect the weight of the title "Huo Er Gongzi".

"Do you dare to touch him?" Jiang Qiao stared at the man deadly, "This person is the only son of Dali Siqing." If you move him, Dali Siqing will hunt you down to the ends of the earth even if he turns against the regent. ”

"You're threatening me? You also grew up eating the rice of the Jiang family, and you actually ate the inside and outside, and joined outsiders to harm the head of the family. The man's tone was gloomy, "You have died a hundred times, and it is not worth the loss of the Jiang family this time." ”

"He deserves it."

Jiang Qiao said coldly: "Jiang Chao, your good master, your family master, he is a coward. He hated his father for treating his mother poorly, hated his father for not caring for him, but he didn't dare to resist in the slightest, so he could only attack me and my mother, who had no power to fight back. ”

"I will not only trap him and harm him, but also kill him. Let him see with his own eyes that the Jiang family, whom he is most proud of, fall into the hands of the woman he despises the most, and let him suffer in the Huangquan Hell and die a good death. ”

Jiang Qiao gritted his teeth and said every word, with a strong hatred.