On a rainy night, thunder and lightning flashed.

The wind and waves on the river are stronger and more urgent.

Outside the southern city, thousands of households have already fallen asleep, but who would have thought that there is a slowly sailing flower boat not far from the river bank, and the distinguished guests from afar are drinking and having fun on the boat, and the "piano and seer contention" gradually turn into rippling spring.

Who knew that in a flash of lightning, three jet-black ships suddenly appeared.

The neighing of the war horses on the ship, and it could be seen by the bright light of the lightning that it was a hideous face, and the armor reflected a strange brilliance, and the swords were like washing.

Next, there is a big war, in addition to letting the white-faced man take the "distinguished guest" inside to jump into the water and escape as quickly as possible, they stayed, as a killer naturally will not consider what honor or dishonor, they only consider the "task", that is, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the "distinguished guest", and staying is an inevitable choice, so as to give the "distinguished guest" a chance to escape.

The four of them faced nearly a hundred people, but they had no intention of fighting, and the long sword in their hands turned into countless sword shadows between the rise and fall, and then they saw blood splashing in the rain, and the scene became cold and breathtaking.

On the deck of the jet-black ship, in addition to the war horses, there were several people in gray robes, one of them wore a ghost mask, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and the leather robe blocked all the rain for him, and he looked faintly at the battle being staged on the opposite flower ship, looking at the sword and sword shadow, countless warriors rushed up, and after someone fell, they were filled by others.

"My lord, those four black-clothed swordsmen are not weak in martial arts, and the swordsmanship they use is very practical...... one behind him said.

The ghost-faced man snorted.

"We chose such a stormy night operation, just to hide people's eyes, but I didn't expect it to be a blessing, in this case, no matter who it is, we must not let one go, remember, no one can know about tonight's events......" After speaking, the ghost-faced man looked sideways at his cronies.

The man bowed down and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the flower boat has been firmly surrounded by us, as long as we kill those four people, the others will all sink into the river, and we will never let the news leak out of the river!"

The ghost-faced man looked down at his extremely respectful and careful subordinate in front of him, narrowed his eyes, making the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes look much more noticeable, and he reached out and patted his hand on the shoulder.

"Let the second team go ashore, tonight's events are ready to go, if ......"

He stopped abruptly and thought for a moment before continuing: "If someone is unconvinced, you know what to do!"

The man didn't look up, and his body, which was already a little stiff in the rain, suddenly became more nervous, but he still tried to maintain a curved arc, and he didn't even dare to show a slight tremor in front of the ghost-faced man.

"Subordinates understand ......"

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In the early morning, the sun rises and gradually dispels the fog, and Lin'an City starts a new day.

A few days ago, the Nancheng tragedy that caused a sensation in the entire Lin'an has gradually subsided, and the people who have come from the war for many years seem to have already cultivated a strong recovery ability, and they have long been familiar with the "trauma", which is a very peculiar ability, and people who grew up in the era of peace must not understand.

Luo Bei got up very early, because he didn't sleep at all last night, and he got up from bed just after dawn.

They still live in Han Shizhong's mansion with Kill Sheng and Yu Han, although the general's mansion is not as luxurious as imagined, it can be regarded as everything, at least there is nothing to worry about.

Han Shizhong also gets up very early every day, and he plays a few sets of swordsmanship in the yard alone, just to strengthen his muscles and bones, so his body has always been very strong.

Luo Bei didn't bother Han Shizhong, but walked in the direction of the gate alone, at this time the gate had not yet opened, only a small door for the kitchen to buy vegetables in and out was half-hidden.

"It seems that it is not easy to prepare food and drink for the whole house!"

He didn't think much of it, and stepped out of the small door.

Although there are not many people outside, they are gradually becoming lively.

Crowds come and go, some carrying flat shoulders, or from the countryside to the city, just to sell the best vegetables at a better price;

Someone is shouting at the top of their voices, and the bun stall is about to be finished.

At the beginning of a new day, people are planning for the livelihood of their families.

Passing through more and more crowds, it was the most ordinary and ordinary morning in the city, some people kept worrying about pounds and pounds, and turned into scolding, but it would never turn into a worse event, because they were all used to this kind of calculation, if someone admitted defeat or anger, it would be very wrong, admitting defeat means giving up, and anger is even more impossible, because such scenes are the norm.

This is the life of countless stars pieced together.

Luo Bei smiled in front of such a life, this is probably the most fireworks picture he has seen in the past few years, this is not to say that there are fewer such fireworks, but he forgot to look at the scenery around him in the midst of displacement.

He blinked, thinking that his eyes were glazed, because the figure of a man appeared in the crowd, which looked somewhat familiar.

The figure was still thin, still depressed, but by no means lonely, for in his hand there was still a small hand in his hand, and it was a little girl with braids, and the little girl stood beside him, as if she were babbling about something, and looked like a "mother" who was very concerned about everything and an unrepentant teenager, when in fact it was the opposite, because they were father and daughter.

Luo Bei shook his head, he didn't expect that Ye Zhiqiu and Xiaolai, who he hadn't seen for a few days, appeared in front of him again, which was really too coincidental.

Xiaolai "lamented" and said: "Lao Ye, you talk about you, you actually lost the last bit of silver, how can we get by, it's really worrying!"

Lao Ye didn't speak, just bent his eyes and smiled.

Xiao Lai saw Lao Ye's indifferent expression, his little face twisted, pouting and shaking his head helplessly.

Just as she turned around, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and then she turned around completely, pointed behind her back and said, "Look, that brother is over there!"

Ye Zhiqiu turned around and also saw Luobei, he was not surprised, as if he had expected it a long time ago, he nodded slightly towards Luobei.

Luo Bei was a little curious about the father and daughter, the girl was enthusiastic, the father was indifferent, it looked so different, but the two of them stood together, and they would become very similar again.

He walked towards the father and daughter, and before he could speak, Xiaolai ran over, directly grabbed Luo Bei's hand, tilted his head and said, "Brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, do you still remember me?"

Luo Bei smiled and nodded seriously, the little girl's smile was clear and cute, and it should be the most beautiful thing that most people in this world could not refuse.

Ye Zhiqiu's eyes were tired, and he shook his head a little embarrassed.

"How did you become so direct, don't I always tell you that girls should always be more reserved?"

Xiao Lai turned his head back and made a grimace at him, then raised his head and stared at a pair of big eyes, first "giggled" a few times, and then said: "Brother, do you still have any silver on you? Our food money has been lost by Lao Ye......

Her meaning is already obvious, fortunately, Luo Bei still has some scattered silver, and it is not a problem to fill his stomach.

The three of them sat in front of a steamed bun shop, although the steamed buns in this house were not as prestigious as the one Ruan Hongyu loved, but they were good when they were hungry.

Xiaolai picked up the big bun and ate it happily, and hummed a song while eating.

Luo Bei also handed Xiao Lai in front of him and said, "Xiao Lai is so cute!"

Ye Zhiqiu smiled helplessly and said, "I've suffered too much over the years, and I'm always sorry for her!"

"Why don't you find a place to settle down?" asked Luobei.

Ye Zhiqiu sighed, didn't answer his words, but changed the topic and said: "On the night of the heavy rain in Nancheng, Xiaolai and I were in the temple outside the village......"

Luo Bei couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect the people in the temple to be in front of him.

"I heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and two people who had taken shelter from the rain outside the temple, but they were just ......"

He looked at Xiaolai a few times, and then said, "I can only choose to dodge, so I didn't go out...... I've been to the village after the rain, and judging from the traces, it's not just an ordinary robber, it's more like a ...... official

Soldier ......"

Luo Bei heard Han Shizhong come back and say it, but they analyzed that there could be no other government office near Lin'an City other than the Acropolis Division that could have such strength, and the Acropolis Division did not go out of the city that day, and there was no reason to do such a shocking case.

"Why didn't you say it at the time?" Luo Bei looked at Ye Zhiqiu, his eyes full of doubt.

Ye Zhiqiu smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to wipe off the bun scum that Xiaolai hung on his face, then looked into the distance, pondered for a moment, and said: "Judging from all kinds of traces, this matter is not simple, in addition to the murder and bloodshed, there is also a strange flower boat incident, and it also involves a mysterious organization like the Hundred Years Pavilion, think about it...... Officers and soldiers raided the village...... Men, women and children were decapitated...... Centennial Pavilion, there must be something unknown behind this......"

Luo Bei still frowned and said, "Don't you trust them?"

"It's not about believing it or not, maybe the truth will come out soon, and I just want her to be safe!" Ye Zhiqiu stroked Xiaolai's hair and said with a smile in his eyes.

......

When he returned to Han Shizhong's mansion, Han Shizhong was going out in an official sedan chair, and he had to go out very early in the past few days, and the court seemed to have important matters to discuss, so he was also a lot busier when he was originally quite idle.

Luo Bei looked at Han Shizhong's small sedan chair, and couldn't help but be a little distracted, listening to what Yu Han said, a military general like Han Shizhong was born and was more accustomed to going out to ride a horse, but now that Han Shizhong has been relieved of military power, he can only gradually get used to the small sedan chair carried by manpower, and he was once extremely unaccustomed to it.

When he stepped into the gate, Yu Han and Kill were waiting in the courtyard, still holding something in his hand.

Seeing Luo Bei come in, Yu Han smiled and took a few steps forward, subconsciously looked down at the thing in his hand for a moment, and said, "You went out so early, causing me and Kill to look for you everywhere!"

Of course, this does not mean reproach.

Luo Bei remembered what Ye Zhiqiu said, so he said, "Who do you guess I met when I went out?"

Yu Han thought for a while and said with a smile: "It should be that pair of father and daughter who are a little peculiar, right?"

He was not surprised that he could accurately guess Luo Bei, since the acquaintance in the black shop, the son of this official eunuch family seems to have an ability beyond ordinary people, he is not only observant, but also thoughtful.

Luo Bei nodded: "He told me that it was their father and daughter who appeared in the temple that night, and he also went to the scene the next morning, and he thought that this matter must have nothing to do with the government."

Yu Han stretched out his hand, shook it in front of Luo Bei, and said, "This was sent by someone just now, guess what is written in it?"

Luo Bei looked at the thing in his hand, and it turned out to be a very small paper tube.

Yu Han carefully pulled out the very neat paper rolled in the paper tube, slowly unfolded it, and looked at it carefully, his face changed slightly, but he didn't seem to be too surprised.

After reading it, he handed it to Luobei.

"Now it is certain that it was not the officers and soldiers who committed the tragedy that night, but also someone deliberately faked that the officers and soldiers did it!"

Luo Bei saw that the handwriting on it was very neat, slender and beautiful, it should be a woman's handwriting.

"This is Ruan Hongyu sent by someone?"

Yu Han nodded and said, "She said that this is what the madwoman said, there should be no falsehood, and it corroborates what Ye Zhiqiu said, but there is one thing I don't quite understand......"

"If it was really related to officers and soldiers, why did she let the people who came to deliver the letter deliberately avoid Old Marshal Han Shizhong?"

"Deliberately avoid?" Luo Bei asked with some puzzlement.

Yu Han half-raised his head, and didn't seem to fully understand why he had such an idea.

Luo Bei rarely saw him hesitate so much, and he struggled extremely in his heart.

"Maybe it's related to the clue of the officers and soldiers, everyone knows that Han Lao plays a pivotal role in the Great Song Army, although he has now been disarmed and entered the court, there are still many subordinates who hold great power in the army, and the person who delivered the letter has already arrived outside the gate of the mansion early, but he is willing to enter the door after Han Lao leaves, the meaning is already very obvious!"

"Could it be that she thinks this has something to do with Han Lao?"

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