Xiao family.

In the two-bedroom courtyard.

"What are you doing?!"

Seeing that the two maids refused to apologize, Xiao Hongxing suddenly became anxious, stepped forward quickly, and grabbed the disobedient maid with a face full of anger.

"What to do?! Dare to chew the root of the tongue behind your back, disrespectful to the elderly! Since no one can cure you, then the young master will discipline you personally! ”

Xiao Hongxing looked at the maid coldly, and as he spoke, he raised his right hand, and he was about to slap it down.

"Someone! The second room is beaten! ”

When the maid saw it, her face was panicked, and she hurriedly shouted at the top of her voice.

"Shut up!"

When Xiao Hongxing saw it, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and immediately put down his raised hand, covered the maid's mouth, and looked around nervously.

"I heard the commotion here from afar, who am I, it turned out to be you?"

At this moment, an indifferent voice sounded, and Xiao Duqiu slowly walked in from the courtyard gate, followed by several attendants, looking at Xiao Hongxing's eyes full of disdain.

Seeing Xiao Duqiu suddenly appear, Xiao Hongxing couldn't help but be stunned and a little overwhelmed.

"The two of them are the maids of my big house, when will it be your turn to discipline them?!"

Xiao Duqiu stepped closer, glanced at the two maids, and asked in a deep voice.

"They are bold, speak disrespectfully to their mother, and violate the rules of the Xiao family, shouldn't they be disciplined?!"

"Or does my sister want to protect them?! When did the Xiao family become indistinguishable from master and servant?! ”

Xiao Hongxing hesitated, let go of his hands, and looked at Xiao Duqiu confidently and asked.

After listening to Xiao Hongxing's words, Xiao Duqiu's face changed, and then she looked at the two maids coldly.

"What did you say?!"

Xiao Duqiu glared at the maid and asked coldly.

"Miss, we didn't say anything, the second son didn't know what was crazy, it didn't mean that we disobeyed the second lady."

The maid said with a bitter face and aggrieved.

"Presumptuous! How did you talk to the second son?! ”

After listening to the maid's complaints, Xiao Duqiu snorted and asked coldly.

Although the maid did not admit that she disobeyed the second lady in her words, she was already disrespectful to Xiao Hongxing, the second son, and it was inferred that what Xiao Hongxing said had a basis.

"Palm!"

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Duqiu suddenly said coldly.

As soon as the words fell, one of the attendants walked straight out of the crowd and walked straight to the two maids.

"Miss?!"

Seeing this scene, the two maids panicked and looked at Xiao Duqiu in horror.

But then there were two crisp sounds, and both of them were slapped so hard that blood spilled from the corners of their mouths.

The beaten maid looked at Xiao Duqiu aggrievedly, as if she didn't expect that the young lady would really stand up for Xiao Hongxing.

"Get down!"

Xiao Duqiu looked at the aggrieved maid and ordered coldly.

The maid was shocked, hurriedly lowered her head and left quickly, and did not forget to glare at Xiao Hongxing fiercely before leaving.

"Satisfied?"

After the two maids left, Xiao Duqiu took two steps forward, approached Xiao Hongxing, and asked with a sneer.

Xiao Hongxing frowned and did not speak.

"I heard you've been a lot tougher lately, what's the matter? Temper tantrum? Or do you feel like your wings are stiff? ”

Xiao Duqiu pursed her lips and asked with a sneer.

"In front of my sister, Hongxing didn't dare."

Xiao Hongxing hesitated for a moment, said slowly, his tone softened a lot, and in the end he chose to compromise.

"Hmph, let me tell you, don't think that if you are in a relationship with Liyanghou, you can show off your power and not take the big house in your eyes!"

"Dogs fight people! You should know your status in the Xiao family, with me, you and your mother don't want to turn over for the rest of your life! ”

"Even if he is Liyang Hou, he can't take care of the Xiao family's affairs! Don't forget, he is favored by Taiqing from Yanghou, but my Xiao family is favored by His Majesty! ”

"You'd better think clearly before acting, otherwise, I will make your mother and son live harder than death!"

Xiao Duqiu stared at Xiao Hongxing and said with disdain on her face.

Xiao Hongxing gritted his teeth and didn't say anything, but his fists were clenched together, and his nails were embedded in the flesh!

"Those who know the times are Junjie, this is the last warning!"

"Let's go!"

Xiao Duqiu finally threatened, turned around and left the courtyard of the second room with a group of entourage.

Xiao Hongxing watched the back of Xiao Duqiu leaving, and secretly swore in his heart that sooner or later he would make all the people who had bullied their mother and son pay!

"Xing'er?"

At this moment, the voice of the second room of the Xiao family came from the side room, weak and sad.

Xiao Hongxing agreed, slowly pushed open the door and walked in.

"Xing'er, don't offend the big house because of your mother's life, otherwise once your mother is not alive, you will have no place in the Xiao family!"

"Mother, don't worry, my son has found the master, sooner or later, I will get everything that belongs to us back!"

In the wing, the mother and son talked to each other, filled with a sense of sadness and helplessness.

…

Nine Netherworlds.

Late at night.

At this time, the Nine Netherworld was already quiet in the dead of night, and there was no movement at all, and there was a darkness with no end in sight, and only the Wuji Tower in the distance was still lit.

In a dark alley, a rickety old man dressed in cloth and with an old wrinkled face sat on a stone, with an unlit lantern at his feet and a pair of bangs in his hand.

With no daylight in sight, the old man almost blended into the darkness around him.

At this moment, footsteps came, and a sturdy middle-aged man walked quickly into the alley and came to the old man.

Dillon!

"Childe, the traces of the blood baby have been tracked, and it is confirmed that it is related to the ghost!"

Dillon bowed respectfully and said in a low voice.

"Where are the guards?"

The old man nodded and asked lightly, his voice was clear, there was no vicissitudes that an old man should have.

"The news has been spread, and it should be heard soon!"

Dillon said respectfully.

"Do it!"

The old man pursed his lips and sneered, slowly got up, and walked straight out.

Dillon agreed, and after seeing the old man leave, he quickly left the other end of the alley.

"It's dry, watch out for the candles!"

The old man knocked on the pole and walked straight to a house in the depths of the street, and the lantern in his hand had already lit up a bright light, illuminating a radius of more than ten steps.

It didn't take long for the old man to move his steps, slowly came to the door of the house, and stood in place and kept knocking on the bangzi.

"It's dry, watch out for the candles!"

Over and over again, tirelessly, it brought a touch of irritability to this quiet, dark night.

"Hey! Hit more! What is the pestle doing there?! ”

"Go away!"

Not long after, the door of the house suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man with a fierce face stepped out of it and scolded loudly.

"It's dry, watch out for the candles!"

But the old man didn't leave, he still shouted loudly, and even raised his voice!

"Look for death! I don't care about you! ”

The middle-aged man frowned, snorted, and walked quickly towards the old man, his face full of disgust.

"Old man, I'm in a hurry to go out, I'm a little thirsty, can I ask for a bowl of water to drink?"

The old man looked at the middle-aged man who rushed towards him with a fierce momentum, and asked with an embarrassed smile, his voice was almost the same as the one who was in the dark alley just now.

"Go to another place to beg, hurry up!"

The middle-aged man walked closer, glanced at the old man, gave up his intention to do it, and waved his hand impatiently and said.

"If you don't drink water, you can do blood."

looked at it and said with a smile.

"What did you say?!"

Hearing the old man's words, the middle-aged man's face changed significantly, and he asked in a deep voice.

"The old man's grandson has disappeared inexplicably recently, have you ever seen it?" He had just been born from his mother's womb and disappeared so suddenly. ”

"I heard that someone has seen a group of babies of the same size caught in this vicinity, and the old man has already reported to the official, and the official should be able to find it soon."

The old man sighed and said a little sadly.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man's face became more and more ugly, and he hesitated for a moment, squeezing out a kind smile on his face.

"Don't worry, your grandson will definitely find it, isn't he thirsty? Let's go, come in with me and have a drink first. ”

"Oh, that's pathetic."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man put his hand on the old man's shoulder, and without saying anything, he pulled the old man towards the house.

The old man sighed, nodded gratefully, raised his arm and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and followed the middle-aged man straight into the house...