The next morning, after breakfast, facing the sun that slowly showed half of its face in winter, the group set off on the road.

Andover appeared at the inn unexpectedly, accompanied by breakfast, and enthusiastically kept a call to no avail, so he waved his hand as the host to waive everyone's room fee, and also gave two boxes as a gift.

It's not good to open it in front of others, An Duofu is also smiling, but he doesn't say what it is, and waits outside the south gate to "say goodbye", and politely refuses his proposal to send Jun Shili, Lao Gu drove the carriage out of the old distance and looked back, and he could see him with a few people from the Township Warrior Regiment looking forward, just like a loving father sending his son on a long trip, which made people misunderstand.

"What am I talking about, Niu Gezhuang is fun, the people of the Niu family are enthusiastic, right? Alas, they are all here, how good it is to stay for two more days, I have only heard of the security manager of Niu Mansion before, and it is rare for him to be warmly entertained, but it is a pity. Lao Gu regretted again and again through the door curtain, and the people in the car looked at each other and pouted in unison.

To say that this old Gu heart is really big, Xingxue was also scared and tired during the day yesterday, after dinner into the room and fell asleep, the outside was in full swing and did not wake up his old man, only this morning I woke up to wonder how there was no wind and no snow last night, how so many masons were repairing the roof early in the morning, and they were even more flattered after knowing the identity of An Duofu, and they were more excited than seeing a few of their disciples, so that a few people secretly smiled bitterly Ordinary people are ordinary people, and the weight of the first sect on the rivers and lakes is not as heavy as the Niu family that can be seen and touched in his eyes。

For his pity, a few people can only thank Bumin, no matter how good Niu Gezhuang is, he can't stay, in their eyes, it is a dangerous Longtan tiger's den.

Not only Niugezhuang, but also several counties and towns behind, God knows if there will be an ambush of the kind of assassination last night, so it is better to hurry up and rush to the territory of Daqiu Mountain at the moment.

Daqiu Mountain is a branch of the Yunling Mountain Range, rich in products and minerals, guarded by heavy soldiers from the imperial court, and a branch set up by Cangshan itself.

Watching the carriage disappear at the end of the mountain road, Andover retracted his gaze, his smile turning to coldness.

"Let's go, go home. ”

The carriage and horses were already prepared beside him, and the servants served Andover to get into the carriage, and drove quickly to the cattle mansion in the northeast corner of the town.

Niu Mansion covers a wide area, five into the mansion, he got out of the car without leading the way, alone familiar with the road through the three-story outer house, along the way the servants saw him all bowed their heads and saluted.

After a while, a capable little guy led him to a side hall in the fourth floor, and stopped at the door and bowed his head, and signaled him to enter by himself.

"Sir. ”

Andover knelt down and saluted when he entered the door, and the middle-aged man sitting upright in the main seat slowly opened his eyes, nodded slightly, and waved his hands to the sides.

"Go down first. ”

"Yes. ”

The people quietly exited, and the last one to go out gently closed the door, and the light in the hall was slightly dim, which made people feel a sense of gloom and suffocation.

"Gone?" the middle-aged man asked softly after a moment of silence.

An Duofu didn't dare to raise his head, and bowed his head and replied: "Back to the master, I have already left, and the old slave personally sent it." ”

The middle-aged man nodded, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Did they say anything?"

An Duofu didn't answer immediately, and thought carefully for a moment before saying: "Back to the master, there are no particularly noteworthy words, just like last night, they have some suspicions, but there is no evidence, suspicion can only be suspicion." ”

"With their status, it's enough to just be suspicious. The middle-aged man sighed deeply.

An Duofu's body was shocked, he quickly looked up, and said in a low voice: "Master, Diancangshan is a famous and decent family, the head of the eight major factions, even if it wants to investigate with its status, it will not act casually without conclusive evidence." Besides, these people came out to experience, even if there is a mistake, it is a dispute between the rivers and lakes, and Diancangshan will not fight for this little thing. ”

"I'm not worried about Diancangshan, it's him! I just received the news this morning, this time we want to deal with it... Alas, see for yourself. ”

The middle-aged man threw away the letter in his hand, and the thin letter paper went straight to Andover like a piece of iron, and when it reached the top of his head, the strength was just exhausted, and it slowly fell in front of Andover.

Andover picked it up and looked at it, his face changed, and he looked at it three more times, and when he looked up, his face was bloodless.

"Sword... That kid is Feng Zhiping, the son of the Red Sword Prince?!"

The middle-aged man nodded with a wry smile, looked at the door beam and sighed.

The development of the Niu family has not been easy so far, as Feng Zhiping guessed, the Niu family is not as clean as it seems.

Can be safe in a storm so far, one relies on gold and silver to open the way and the other relies on the eyesight of the drill camp, but often walk by the river how can not get wet shoes, the Niu family is finally semi-passive involved in a storm that is enough to destroy the door, thanks to the help of the nobles to get through safely, since then owed a great favor, but also fell a sharp knife against the throat handle.

Andover is an old servant, he knows a lot of secret things, and the more he thinks about it, the more wrong he becomes, and suddenly he has a flash of inspiration, and he is shocked: "What do they want to do?

didn't explain it in advance, but now there is such a letter, clearly informing them that the target they are dealing with is Jian Hou Shizi, and clearly telling them that the Niu family is no longer involved, and if they don't make persistent efforts to kill people, in the future, none of the people involved will be able to escape.

"Master, you..."

Andover tried to persuade his master to dispel his thoughts, but he couldn't say anything when he remembered the origin of the messenger.

The middle-aged man was also worried about this, and the hall was silent for a while, and even the sunlight leaking in seemed to have lost its warmth.

After a long time, the middle-aged man's eyes froze, and he knocked down the coffee table with his crooked fingers.

"Inform the hills along the way, keep an eye on them, but don't touch them, let them leave safely. ”

Andover was stunned: "Master, what do you mean by this? Won't this anger anger the other side?"

"What about anger, is it true that I will assassinate the prince of Jianhou? I don't know, I still do it if I know, do you think that Chi Jianhou and his Fengjia army are easy to provoke?"

The middle-aged man Huo Ran got up and paced back and forth angrily with his hands behind his back: "Who is the Red Sword waiting for, who in the world does not know! The minister of the current saint, the friend of Prince Zhan, the grandson-in-law of Sheng Zhongzhang, a scholar of the Cabinet University, still holds the military power in his hands, but he does not need to mobilize the iron cavalry of less than 1,000 people by himself, and he himself is a master of the tangible period who is in charge of the Heavenly Sword Chixiao and can fight with the martial spirit, which one is easy to provoke? Not to mention that Feng Zhiping himself is also married to Zhan Wangfu, is the son-in-law of Zhan Wangye, kill him? There is a slight leak, don't say that our Niu family, the entire Niu Ge Zhuang has to be bulldozed for thousands of miles, and killing him is looking for death!"

"But over there..."

"Over there, hehe, of course we can't offend over there, neither side can we afford to mess with. But in comparison, it's better to deal with it. ”

An Duofu's heart moved, and he suddenly realized: "You mean, we sent people, but we couldn't find a chance?"

"That's right!"

The middle-aged man stopped suddenly, turned his head and sneered: "They want us to kill people, and we will kill ordinary people, but is that Feng Zhiping an ordinary person? Not to mention his identity, just talking about cultivation, there were so many pairs of eyes watching last night, where is he a waste person who can't cultivate internal strength?"

Anduofu remembered the report of his subordinates, and echoed: "Yes, he is not a waste person at all, not only is he not wasted, but he is also very powerful! According to Liman's description, he is not congenitally afraid, and the old slave has personally checked the sword marks around him, and the old slave dares to assert that he is fully prepared to use his internal strength, and the old slave can't cut that kind of strength!"

"So, it's their intelligence that is wrong!" the middle-aged man raised his head and sneered, "That kid is strong, our ability is limited, after last night, people are on guard in every possible way, we have arranged many times but can't find a chance to start, we can only let them leave!"

An Duofu nodded, still skeptical: "Master, this plan is wonderful, but what if the other side gets angry and exposes that incident?"

The middle-aged man said proudly: "If you expose it, you will reveal it! After so many years, things have long faded, we have been keeping to ourselves, and I have not been less involved in various relationships over the years, and it is a big deal to reprimand and reprimand a little more blood, and there will be no disaster of extermination! Besides, we are not without helpers!"

"Helper?" said Andover.

"Yes, helper!"

The middle-aged man completely figured it out, sat back on the main seat with a relaxed face, and said with a sneer: "When they are about to leave the realm, I will reply to that side that we missed, before that, you first spread the news, so that the rivers and lakes will know, and the people in the rivers and lakes will know if they know the sword master. ”

"Why don't you send a message directly to the Sword Marquis Mansion?" asked An Duofu.

"I wanted to, but I didn't dare. ”

The middle-aged man leaned back and said bitterly, "It's good to be able to have a relationship with Jian Houye, but after all, we have done it, even if it is just hidden behind the scenes, all kinds of evidence have been destroyed, and with the energy of the Sword Hou Mansion, it may not be impossible to find out." You know who Jian Houye is, he is not a magnanimous person, and he hurt this wasted son-in-law, he insisted on establishing his identity as a son of the family despite opposition, and also told him about the family affairs of King Zhan's mansion, that is the daughter of King Zhan! We moved his scales, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he will let us go? There is also King Zhan's mansion, Prince Zhan is a domineering master, he will let us live?"

"Then we still release the news? If you want to check, how can they not find out that the news was released by us?"

The middle-aged man waved his hand: "This is different, what I want is for them to check! They will find us when they check the source, and they will also find out over there, and our arrangement can already show our attitude very well, Jian Hou will understand that we are forced to be helpless, and will also know the real opponent." At that time, he is too lazy to deal with us, and it is not a big problem to send someone to question, we can take the opportunity to surrender! The people I sent behind me are just staring at them, and it can be said that they can't find a chance to make a move over there, and they can be said to be secretly protecting Jian Houye, anyway, at that time, people have already left, what does it mean is not up to us to decide?"

"And if you directly send the news to the Jianhou Mansion, it will be different, at most three days, the Hou Mansion will definitely come to the door, and before that, the other side will also find us first, and it is impossible for us to hide the matter of sending a letter to the Hou Mansion. Whether it is the Hou Mansion or that side that comes first, it will definitely force us to express our position, and if we don't do it, we will directly destroy the Niu family, so we can't say it directly, let alone say it now. What I want is the time difference, first make a move to see and appease the other side, and then let the sword Hou Shizi leave safely so that the sword Hou Ye has to admit my love, and the left and right are interlocking, and my Niu family can survive this catastrophe safely. ”

Andover was impressed, kowtowed, and said: "The old man is wise, and the old slave is impressed." The old slave understands what to do, and the old slave will do it, and it will be done properly, please rest assured. ”

When Andover withdrew, the middle-aged man did not summon his subordinates in, and sat alone in the empty hall.

"Heavenly Remnant?"

The middle-aged man muttered to himself and chuckled mockingly.

"Sword Hou Ye, you can play all the people in the world with this hand! As a beloved son, leading the world to misunderstand, hiding clumsy? A blockbuster? What are you trying to do? I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out..."