Shen Wenshi sighed lightly, and suddenly said: "The person sent by your father to the White Horse Temple has already returned, and the Zen Master of Kongxuan has confirmed your words, so I beg your father to release you for my mother." ”

Shen Cuttlefish was also quite surprised when he heard this, he never thought that the old Zen master would know how to be flexible so much, and he was worthy of being a high-ranking monk. But after thinking about it, he probably concealed it for Shen Cuttlefish in order not to reveal the whereabouts of the knife snowman.

But Shen Cuttlefish still planned to meditate and practice for a while in this practice room, if he went out so early, Shen Shujian would definitely not allow him to practice, and even took away the scroll in the snow. So he hurriedly persuaded: "Don't don't, mother, don't worry, I'm good here." ”

"Silly boy, what are you talking nonsense? Your father hasn't beaten you yet, why are you talking nonsense?" Shen Wenshi was puzzled.

Shen Cuttlefish prevaricated and said: "Mother, even if I did go to the White Horse Temple to worship the Buddha and worship incense, I didn't inform my father and mother, so I made you worry that this is a child's sin and should be punished." Today, my father's subordinates showed mercy and exempted me from thirty boards, and the fish was already very content. Although this practice room is secluded, it is a good place to meditate. When the child has figured it out, it's not too late to go out. ”

"Hey, that's it......" Shen Wenshi sighed, turned his head and wiped away the bitterness and distress on his face, changed to a happy look, and fell in front of Shen Cuttlefish with the food box, and said with a smile: "Mother hasn't made some food for you for a long time, come, it's time for dinner." ”

After that, he opened the food box, took out a few delicate side dishes and a large bowl of noodles, and handed it to Shen cuttlefish. Shen cuttlefish is not particular, spread the ground, just sit by the window, under Shen Wen's smiling gaze, he finished eating a whole bowl of noodles, almost turned the bottom of the bowl upside down, and licked his lips to return the clean plate to Shen Wenshi.

Shen Wenshi nagged and said some greetings, but Shen Cuttlefish didn't listen much, only heard Shen Wen's want to send him winter clothes, nodded indiscriminately and sent Shen Wen's away, and Shen Cuttlefish lay on the stone bed again, patting his stomach, burping, and looking at the moon outside the window.

I recalled the mantra pointed by the frost and snow flying sword in my heart, for fear that I would forget it, so I read it over and over again, eating and drinking, reciting the mantra, boring and bland, time flowed slowly one by one, sleepiness hit, and Shen Cuttlefish's eyes became heavier and heavier......

The night was deep, and the dark clouds of the deep blue sky were entangled, churning, and tearing. If the dark sea of ink is surging, there is no trace of moonlight. The bitter cold wind poured into every street and alley, and a deathly silence shrouded the entire city of Anhuai Mansion, and a few scattered snowflakes fell and fell in front of the vermilion lacquer gate of the Shen Mansion.

The jackdaws perched on the dead branches chirped mournfully, as if to indicate something.

After about a while, I only heard three crows chirping, and as soon as I shouted, seven or eight people came out of the Shen Mansion and pushed the door open, as if waiting for someone.

A gust of wind swept by, and it actually blew out the two red lanterns in front of the Shen Mansion. In the darkness, I could vaguely see dozens of figures on the roof, lined up in three lines, coming from different directions, they did a good job, as if there was wind under their feet, and their figures flickered very quickly, and their toes were only a little on the tiles, leaving no trace or making the slightest sound.

When they met on the roof, the three teams of black-clothed men looked at each other, and the team from the east whispered, "Golden lotuses are blooming everywhere." The man from the west replied, "The phoenix is coming around the building." The person from the south responded, "The heavenly fire is falling white jade." In the end, the three teams said in unison: "The moon falls and the turbidity worships!"

As soon as the words fell, the three teams formed a team and rushed straight to the Shen family's mansion. Seeing that the Zhu door was wide open, he knew that it was his brother's answer, and they fell into the courtyard one after another, and closed the Zhu door again, and dropped the door bolt. The men in black looked at each other and then split up.

About 30 people shuttled around the Shen family, or walked on the roof, or climbed the beams of the house, or walked through the corridor. What's more, he went into the kitchen and knocked over all the oil barrels and wine jars, and took out a fire fold from his bosom, blew it and threw it on the ground, and then flashed out. As soon as the dancing flame touched the wine and oil, it immediately bloomed into a brilliant fire lotus.

The lotus flower burned more and more red, from which burst out countless fire snakes crawled in all directions, spreading to all parts of the kitchen, at this time it was a harsh winter, extremely dry, and the sundries in the kitchen were piled up very densely, and the wooden pavilion was ignited at one point, the fire reflected the whole kitchen, and the sound of burning was endless, and soon, the fire snake broke out of the kitchen and spread to the neighboring houses.

The men in black broke into the servants' bedrooms, and some of them, young and old, were about to get up when they heard the sound, but they had not yet had time to get dressed, and some were still immersed in sleep, when they were cut in two pieces with steel knives by the men in black who broke in, or chopped into a pile of minced flesh, and blood flowed from under the bed.

For a time, the entire Shen Mansion was shrouded in a sea of fire, and the flames soared into the sky, among which the figures were swaying, and the sound of screaming, wailing, crying, and the collapse of the burning wooden beams was endless. Those black-clothed men were red-eyed, and they only cared about swinging the steel knife wantonly, blood splashing, stumps and broken arms, all over the ground, until the steel knife was cut out of the gap, and they refused to stop.

Shen Shujian and Shen Wenshi were sleeping peacefully, when they suddenly smelled a burning smell, and saw thick smoke billowing out, as if there was a scream and crying. After withdrawing from the rivers and lakes for many years, Shen Shujian's alertness has also decreased a lot, and he suddenly woke up, sat up, and Shen Wenshi also woke up, leaning beside him and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"You stay here, don't go out!" Shen Shujian immediately turned over and put on his clothes, turned back to the Shen Wenshi with a grim face and said, "I'll go out and have a look!" Just about to push the door out, he retreated to the side of the bed, grabbed the sword that had not been unsheathed for many years, and stepped out.

Pushing open the door, I saw that the Shen family was already surrounded by the orange-red flames, the tiles were broken, the wooden beams were broken, and the houses collapsed.

Shen Shujian's face was full of surprise, and there was only a sky-high fire in his dull eyes, as if he couldn't believe that the huge family business had turned into a sea of fire overnight. I saw that the crowd was crowded in the firelight, the black shadow flickered, the steel knife in his hand flashed coldly, and the knife fell in his hand, and blood splashed.

The corpses of the family warriors were stacked on top of each other, all of them were blurred with flesh and blood, and they were not blind to death, and they fell in a pool of blood, and their deaths were extremely miserable.

A man in black was laughing and chasing after a disheveled, bare-shouldered maid, pulling her shirt, ignoring the maid's screaming cry and begging for mercy, holding down his back, stabbing through his chest, pulling out the steel knife, and the soft corpse fell, and the silver-white knife was already stained with blood.

Shen Shujian came back to his senses, although he didn't know what the origin of this group of black-clothed people was, but he could no longer let them slaughter the people of the Shen Mansion, he was angry, his blood was surging, his eyes were full of tears, he shouted violently, pulled out his long sword, flew up, and was about to stab the murderer to death with a sword, but who knew that four black shadows fell from the sky, startling him back again and again, turning a somersault backwards, turning around and landing.

When I looked closely, I saw that the four black shadows had also landed, and the four people were in general shape, wearing black brocade short clothes and hoods, and all of them were black except for their faces.

The four of them did not show their true faces, nor did they mask their faces with black veils like other people in black, but wore four masks with strange expressions and different colors, from left to right: blue, white, gold, and red, and their expressions were joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, which were quite similar to the four protectors of the Buddhist family, but they were different.

The man wearing the blue mask on the far left is holding a three-foot-six-inch bronze thunder fire whip, which is very powerful; the one wearing the white mask next to him has a hook claw of mixed iron hanging from his waist, which is sharp and sharp, and the end is tied to an iron chain in his hand; the one wearing the golden mask is holding two short guns, the end of which is also the head of the spear; the man wearing the red mask on the far right is barehanded, but the bracer is made of cold iron, which is extremely heavy.

Those black-clothed men were still slaughtering the servants of the Shen Mansion, as if they wanted to kill them all and leave no one alive.

Shen Shujian wanted to save it, but he was blocked by these four strange people, and he couldn't pull away, so he had to watch the fire spread, and the entire Shen Mansion seemed to have turned into a big furnace, but what was quite strange was that the fire was so dangerous that the surrounding neighbors didn't notice it.

Seeing that Shen Shujian's face was full of doubts, an extremely thick, but creepy laugh came out from under the red mask: "Hmph, Shen Yuanwai, don't you still expect the surrounding neighbors to come to fight the fire? They have all been drugged, and I am afraid that they will not know until tomorrow morning that the Shen Mansion has been reduced to a pile of ruins. ”

Shen Shujian forcibly suppressed his anger, and asked with his sword in his backhand: "Dare to ask what sect and sect you are, and what kind of grudge you have with my Shen Mansion? Why do you want to kill all of them and kill the killers? If you come at me Shen Shujian, you can come and take my life, why bother to kill innocents indiscriminately and affect your family?"

The blue-masked man stepped forward and said, "There is no need for outsiders to know what kind of sect we are from, and where we come from. As long as we know that we are not familiar with Shen Yuanwai, and we have no grudges, we came here to take a thing from Shen Yuanwai on the orders of the Lord of my family. ”

Shen Shujian gritted his teeth and asked tremblingly: "Dare to ask what your sect lord wants, why are you sure that the Shen family will have it?" Even if you come to ask for it, you should come to the door to see it, so why do you need to put my Shen Mansion up and down...... Kill them all......

"That's also a last resort, if you don't force Shen Yuanwai to a dead end, I'm afraid that you won't easily hand over that thing to us. The red-masked man sneered again.