The manor of the Ouyang family is second to none in the entire Shihao County.

The manor is divided into four parts, and there are more than 30 houses in the north, most of which are where the family and maidservants live, but they are also built of thick blue bricks, and the doors, windows, and pillars are painted with fine red paint.

The old lady of the Ouyang family, where the son and the son live, often have the fragrance of smoke, clean every morning and evening, always prepare hot tea and snacks, and change every hour and a half, so that the pastries are always in the softest time, and they can be eaten at any time.

The west side is the account room, storeroom, kitchen, and stable, and the east side is the rockery, bamboo forest, plum blossom, pavilion, and fish pond.

The south side of the manor is the usual place to entertain guests, in addition to the courtyard courtyard, living room lobby, there are also tea rooms, meditation rooms, painting rooms, and study rooms.

During the day, Ouyang Gu, the old head of the Ouyang family, and his own son, and several most valued sons, always walked around the south side of the manor.

After lunch, Ouyang Gu sat idly in the lobby, wearing a crimson fire brocade robe on his body, as thin as silk, warm as a cotton coat, some fat bodies were trapped in the Taishi chair, and the two iron galls in his hands slowly turned.

Ouyang Li was talking to him about the detailed planning of East Third Street and the current construction situation.

Ouyang Gu nodded slightly when he heard this, and asked a righteous son next to him, "Over there in the Crazy Lion Village, no one has come over to deliver the news?" ”

The righteous son's real name is also surnamed Ouyang, and his name is Ouyang Tao, and he is not the most ambitious and the most powerful among the righteous sons, but he is the most loyal.

It was the person Su Hanshan met.

Bandits, after all, are not decent people, they are always a little moody, even if they hear that the bandits in Shanyang County are particularly decent, it is difficult to make people completely reassured.

Ouyang Gu saw the turmoil brought about by the relocation of bandit refugees, and was reluctant to let go of these opportunities to use the hands of bandits to eradicate the stumbling blocks for many years, but he was also reluctant to let his own son take risks, and he was not at ease to let others go, so he had to send the most loyal son to do it.

"Still no news."

Ouyang Tao said, "According to the bandit's meaning, if they didn't deliver us the news, it proves that they agreed to do it tonight." ”

Ouyang Li was dissatisfied: "Then what if they send someone over again in the evening to change the time?" Could it be that my father invited that old thing from Shangliangfang to eat for nothing? ”

Ouyang Tao said: "I think, it's always good to be cautious on the other side of this kind of thing when joining forces with bandits, even if it is postponed, it really hurts us to have one more meal, it's worth it." ”

"Makes sense."

Ouyang Gu deliberately taught his parents and children in front of his righteous son, "Li'er, you should also learn from your righteous brother's calmness, and don't take over an old thing, people are only taken over after I retired, speaking of which, the age may not be as old as me, but it is just a little older." ”

Ouyang Li didn't dare to refute his father, so he bowed his head and answered.

Ouyang Gu said: "Then I have to leave, go to the county mansion first, and then ask him to send someone to invite our old opponent to be in the county mansion for a while at night." ”

"Tao'er, although tonight's banquet is a pretense, many people will also be invited, nominally to discuss the handling of refugees in the future, you go with me, and deal with those people more."

"When our old adversary is cut off and has no confidence, you can take the opportunity to pull these wall grass over."

Ouyang Tao was overjoyed, knowing that this was a great cultivation, and hurriedly got up to thank him.

After Ouyang Gu and Ouyang Tao went out, Ouyang Li stood at the door, shaking the folding fan, his face was a little unhappy.

Although he knew that his father was just putting on a show, and the family business would eventually be handed over to him after all, but looking at Ouyang Tao, he really wanted to get some benefits.

He felt as if a piece of the gold, silver, jade and pearl in his hand had been snatched away, and some weight was missing.

"Butler."

Ouyang Li called out, had an idea in his heart, and ordered, "You go and invite the seven shopkeepers who have always been closest to our family and are going to set up new stores on East Third Street, and say that I have newly obtained a few jars of fine wine, and I will hold a banquet at night, and I will not return if I am not drunk." ”

Ouyang Tao is nothing to attract some wall grass, as long as these die-hard allies of their family are always under his control and share weal and woe with him, the family business of the Ouyang family will not leak into the hands of others in the future.

Ouyang Li was proud in his heart, and he had already calculated the matter of burning Shangliangfang at night.

Of course, the collusion between the Ouyang family and the bandits cannot be revealed to these shopkeepers, but Dongsan Street has already encountered a fire, and they are invited to come over tonight, and there is just a fire in Shangliangfang, and these shopkeepers should be able to guess it in their hearts, and they must be in awe even deeper.

Let them participate in the planning of East Third Street, this is grace, the two fires are might, and the combination of grace and power is the means to use people.

Ouyang Li promised that he was talented, turned around and went back, waiting for the dinner, but of course he didn't know that these movements of the Ouyang family fell into the eyes of some beggars.

The shopkeeper of that family was invited, and soon beggars came to the people in the neighborhood to inquire about their deeds.

Ouyang Gu went to the county commander's house, and the county commander sent someone to Shangliangfang, and he was even more seen by the most astute of the beggars.

A few hours passed, and soon passed, the golden wuxi fell, and the jade rabbit rose eastward.

The weather is getting colder, but there has been no rain or snow in recent days, and the night is clear, with the moon and stars visible.

The streets were empty, the shops were closed, there were few pedestrians on the roads, and the people had fallen asleep one after another, except for the moonlight shining on the windows.

The Ouyang family's manor is brightly lit, better than the brilliance of the stars and the moon.

Ouyang Li and the shopkeepers were in the lobby pushing glasses and changing lamps, talking loudly, it was the time when the wine had passed three rounds, the dishes had passed five flavors, and the atmosphere was the most hearty.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and some people shouted.

"Which minion disturbed the wine?!"

Ouyang Li was so drunk that when he heard the crying, he only felt very unlucky, and he was furious, pushed away the housekeeper who came over to help him, and walked out of the door by himself.

The doors of the two paper windows suddenly opened, brushing the bridge of his nose, and the cold wind poured into the living room lobby, making everyone feel clever and sober.

There are the tips of the shopkeeper's ears, and this time I can clearly hear the voices of those housekeepers and maidservants crying, all mixed with the same words.

"Bandits!" "The bandits are coming!!"

Ouyang Li looked up blankly, only to see a grim man with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, standing in front of him, holding a golden brass sword in his hand.

"What, you don't recognize us?"

The man in black smiled, "Your Ouyang family invited us here, don't you recognize it?" ”

"Bronze sword? How do you ......?"

Ouyang Li seemed to be stunned to speak, but in the middle of his words, he suddenly folded a fan in his hand and shot out eighteen poisonous needles.

At the same time, he raised his foot and kicked the threshold, and his body shot backwards, like an antelope, and he was quite accomplished in light skills.

He has passed on the martial arts of his family since he was a child, although it is hard, but because of his father's spur, by the age of about twenty, he has also practiced the realm of sixteen turns of the sea of qi, but after that, the internal force has slowed down, and his father has not forced him anymore.

After all, in this world, you can't only get ahead by martial arts, as long as there are rules, you can also have a place by relying on your brains, family background, and connections.

For example, the head of the Ouyang family's nursing home is a master of Qi Haicheng, and there are four or five people among his disciples who are better than Ouyang Li in martial arts, but they have to rely on Ouyang's family to make a living, and help Ouyang Li do something to catch people and kill people.

Ouyang Li didn't expect a few poisonous needles from his own to hurt a well-known bandit like the "Bronze Sword Crazy Lion".

He just wanted to delay it for a while, and when the head of the sect arrived, it would be enough to protect himself.

Unexpectedly, when those poisonous needles shot out, a copper sword in the hand of the man in black had already swept directly off the door frame and blasted in from the side.

All the poisonous needles were swept away, and Ouyang Li, who was upside down and wanted to leave, was also swept around his waist by this sword.

Although it was not a sword blade, but the spine of the sword swept over, Ouyang Li was also fatally injured, and the bones in his waist and hips were broken somehow much, and the whole person was like a rag doll, flying out sideways and smashing against the wall.

Burst!!

Ouyang Li spewed out a cloud of blood mist, rolled twice on the ground, and his body twitched in pain, watching the man in black walk in.

Those shopkeepers, some of them know martial arts and want to break the window and escape, and some don't know martial arts, so they just want to shrink under the table.

But after the bronze sword danced, the entire hall seemed to be filled with the sound of the sword wind whistling.

The table full of wine and food, cups and plates, including those of the shopkeeper, flew in the wind, and they couldn't help themselves, screaming messily.

The paper windows and wooden doors were broken to create a larger hole, revealing the scene in the courtyard.

Ouyang Li looked at the courtyard deadly, the head of the nursing home who he had high hopes for was being nailed to the shadow wall with a knife.

A lot of dirty, unkempt bandits, running around the yard.

In the midst of the severe pain, Ouyang Li's brain became confused, the laughter he used to play majestic, and the hateful faces, crying faces, and corpses of those who opposed him, seemed to pour out of his brain together, stirring into a puddle of paste.

How so?

Shouldn't it be Shangliangfang who was robbed, how could it be our Ouyang family?

You dead faces, why are you dangling in my head, you have no ability, no money, no background, house, title deed, wife, daughter, I see it as a blessing, and if you refuse to give it, you deserve to die.

Our family is rich and powerful, from the government to the prison officials, all of them are our people, and our family should live a good life and enjoy great blessings?!!

Ouyang Li couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out at all, he was clutching the folding fan, his mouth was full of blood foam, and he swallowed his breath in boundless pain and resentment.

The people he killed must not have figured out why their families were living honestly, and suddenly someone came to rob their things and killed them.

Obviously, the Ouyang family is already so rich, and they have much more things than ordinary people like them.

It's a pity that God can't kill.

It's a pity that it was Su Hanshan who killed him, not those unjust souls!