"It's Young Master Jian, no, it's Xiao Jian!" Xiao Quan cried, "After we delivered the disaster relief food safely a few days ago, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After a day's rest, the return begins. Who knew that a few days ago in the evening, when we were resting in the inn, the second master left Xiao Jian in the room to discuss things. At that time, I was patrolling not far from the door, who knew that I suddenly heard a scream in the room, I hurried over and asked outside the door, no one inside replied, I was worried that something was wrong, so I broke in, and saw Xiao Jian pulling out the sword from the body of the second master. ”

"What about Xiao Jian, but it's under control?"

"At that time, I hurriedly drew my sword and stabbed at Xiao Jian, fought with that guy for a while, slapped him, but he escaped, and then I checked the second master's injuries, and I was no longer breathing at that time, with hatred, I led people to chase and kill that guy for two days, and finally killed him! ”

"When will Xiao Jian and his father's corpses arrive in the mountain city?" Xiao Yi said in a deep voice, although he and Xiao Qian did not have a deep relationship, and they had not even met in the past ten years, they still couldn't help but feel sad in their hearts.

"The corpse of the second master will probably arrive at night, Xiao Jian was not only hit by my palm, but also stabbed by another guard with a sword, and then fell into the river, and died without a corpse!" Xiao Quandao.

"Are you sure you're dead?"

"There was no chance of living under the circumstances!" Xiao Quan affirmed.

"Did the guards at home suffer heavy casualties?"

"That Xiao Jian didn't know why his swordsmanship advanced greatly before he died, we died more than a dozen brothers, if it wasn't for the serious injuries before, I'm afraid the casualties would be even greater!"

"Xiao Quan, you go to treat your injuries first, I will bury the killed brother well, thank you for your hard work!"

"Thank you, young master!"

"Qin'er!"

"Here, young master!" Qin'er walked quickly from afar.

"You personally take someone to look at the Wang family, and you are not allowed to step out of the Xiao family without my order!"

"Yes, young master. ”

"Bell, you go and invite your aunt and Hong Lao to come to the main hall!"

"Yes, young master!"

After the two left, Xiao Yi took a deep breath, suppressed the boredom in his heart, sat down and exercised for a week, and pressed down the injury that was about to move again.

"Xiao Qian, the head of the Xiao family, is dead", "The daughter of the head of the Tang family is missing" The two explosive news spread all over the mountain city almost at the same time, the sad Xiao family, the angry Tang family, the mountain city is like a ** bucket, which will be lit at any time.

At night, in the main hall of the Xiao family, Xiao Jian, Liu, Wang, Xiao Zhan, Hong Lao, and several respected elders of the Xiao family who had taught in the Chuangong Hall gathered together, and the shopkeepers and stewards of more than a dozen shops near the mountain city also rushed to hear the news. There was sadness on everyone's faces, and there was obviously a feeling of impending a catastrophe.

Although Xiao Yi's martial arts are far above Xiao Qian, after all, the time he has come to the mountain city is too short, not to mention the shopkeepers and stewards of all parties in the Xiao family, even many people in the Xiao family's courtyard are not familiar with Xiao Yi.

At this time, Xiao Qian was suddenly killed, especially the murderer was the son of the eldest master of the Xiao family, Xiao Jian, who had the title of the first day of the mountain city, in the eyes of most people, it was really the Xiao family that had no successor, and a catastrophe was coming.

"Madam, Young Master Yi, now that the second master has passed away, everyone is very sad, and there are two things to do as a matter of urgency!" Hong Lao said, "The first is naturally to let the second master enter the ground as soon as possible." The second is that Xiao Jian is dead, so what should the Wang family do?"

"Xiao Jian assassinated the second master, the Wang family should naturally be killed!" The one who spoke was the deputy commander of the guard who went out with Xiao Qian to collect food.

"Nonsense, not to mention that the death of the second master is still strange, how could the young master of the sword assassinate the second master for no reason. Let's just say that the Wang family is the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, how can they deal with it like this!" It was Song Lao, the master of the Gong Transmission Hall, who spoke of the Gong Tang, and Song Lao followed the old lady and Xiao Jian's father for decades, and made countless meritorious contributions, and his status in the Xiao family was not below Hong Lao.

"Elder Song's words are good, it can't hurt his wife and children's parents, Xiao Jian's fault, Xiao Jian has already paid the price, no matter what, he shouldn't blame his mother Wang!"

"Madame, you have a word. Xiao Pengfei, the chief shopkeeper of rice merchants, said.

"My husband is dead, I am physically and mentally exhausted, how can I have an idea, you can discuss!" Liu hugged Xiao Zhan and cried.

"Young Master Yi, what do you say should be done at this time?" Xiao Pengfei asked Xiao Yi again.

"The Wang family is the wife of the uncle, at this time the first evil has been eliminated, the Wang family does not know martial arts, so naturally it will not be pursued, so let the Wang family make a heavy oath that he will not do anything harmful to the Xiao family in this life, and then move out of the Xiao family compound!"

"It's okay, there is a courtyard in the east of the city, and the environment is quiet, so let's go there in the future!" said Old Man Hong.

"Madam, Young Master Yi, how does a weak woman of the Wang family live, the old man has to be reminded by the eldest master of the Xiao family, and he is willing to follow the Wang family, and please forgive Mrs. and Young Master Yi!"

After this person finished speaking, there were Song Lao of the Chuan Gong Hall, as well as seven or eight shopkeepers who spoke one after another, Xiao Yi knew that these people represented a group of people who had been favored by their uncle and even their grandfather, and they could not be said to be disloyal to the Xiao family, but their positions were different.

Xiao Yi glanced at everyone, nodded and said, "It's okay, you need to make the same vow not to do anything harmful to the Xiao family, so that I, Xiao Yi and my aunt, are also worthy of the Wang family and the uncle!"

"Thank you, Young Master Yi!" said Song Laozuo. Others, whether they were sincere or not, thanked each other.

After everyone took the oath, Xiao Yat waved them away.

After this incident, there was a lot of snubbing in the hall, and the number of maids and maids who left with them up and down the Xiao Mansion was also less than half. Xiao Yi looked at the remaining shopkeepers, stewards and elders in the hall.

"From today onwards, the monthly income of the shopkeepers, stewards, guards, and family members of the Xiao family outside the city will increase by 20%, and the tenants outside the city will be reduced by 30% this year and next year."

"Young Master Xie Yi!" everyone thanked him.

"Okay, shopkeepers and stewards, although my Xiao family has undergone great changes, as long as I am Xiao Yi, the Xiao family will naturally not fall, and the Xiao family will still be one of the best families in the mountain city. Let's go back and take charge of the business of the store first, and I'll arrange for someone to notify you when my father is buried!"

"Yes, Young Master Yi" "Young Master Yi, mourn"

After the shopkeepers left, Xiao Yi looked at the rest of the Xiao family.

"Elder Hong, the Xiao Mansion has been holding funerals for the past few days, and no outsiders are accepted, and everything has to rely on Elder Hong!" Xiao Yi said to Elder Hong.

"Where is it, the second master was unfortunately killed, and in the future, I will ask Young Master Yi to bother more about the Xiao family's business, these are the efforts of several generations of the Xiao family. It's a pity that the men of the Xiao family have been in trouble one after another, which is really embarrassing!" His old man has been following the Xiao family for most of his life, and this is his home, and he can't help but feel sad at this time.

"Xiao Quan, you will be the commander of the Xiao family's guards in the future, I borrowed three hundred bows and crossbows from the county guard, and the safety of the Xiao family will depend on you in the future!"

"Yes, Young Master Yi," Xiao Quan knelt down on one knee and bowed.

"Xiaolian, I'll leave the backyard to you in the future!"

"Yes, Young Master Yi!" Xiaolian is also Liu's personal maid, first looked at Liu, and saw that Liu's had no opinion, so she nodded in agreement.

"Hua Lao, there are fewer teachers and students in the Gong Gong Hall, you can teach normally these days, and when you are busy with the family funeral, I will discuss it with you again, and Hua Lao will be in charge of the Gong Gong Hall in the future, right?"

"Yes, Master Yi"

Everything is arranged, and the sky is almost dawn. Seeing that Hong Lao began to arrange the Xiao Mansion and notify relatives and friends. Xiao Yi carried the crying fainting Liu back to the inner house and asked Xiaolian to take care of Liu.

In the morning, Xiao Yi was kneeling in front of Xiao Qian's coffin, and Shen Nian sensed that the sword was hurrying over, Xiao Yi didn't make any movement, still with his back to the door.

"Young Master, Ji Shaoyan, the youngest son of the Sect Master of Wangyue Sect, and Tong Qianjin, a congenital master, arrived in the mountain city yesterday, and they are in the Tang family at this time!"

"Is the cultivation of the two of them investigated, and do the other two have any special actions?" Xiao Yitian said after a pause in the hand that gave the paper money.

"It's very strange, as soon as the two arrived at Tang's house last night, they asked Tang Biao to order someone all over the city to find someone, saying that a pickpocket stole his silver. "Squire Kendao," an acquired eight-layer, and even an innate master was stolen by a pickpocket, it's ridiculous. ”

"Well, it's a little different, you also find out who is the Holy Father who dares to touch Yue Zong's moldy head. Xiao Yi said, "In addition, you check the details of my father's assassination for me, I still can't figure it out, if Xiao Jian wants to kill his father because of the inheritance of the Xiao family, how can he almost assassinate him in public, this is not self-isolation." In addition, since Xiao Jian's body has not been found, he will continue to search for it!"

"Yes, young master. Squire replied.

"Well, I will inform you when I go back, you will be the deputy commander of the Xiao family's guards in the future, and then I will arrange for some of your people to enter the Xiao family's mansion when I go back. Most of the inner houses are female dependents, or your people are more convenient to protect, aunt and Xiao Zhan don't know martial arts, send more people to protect. ”

"Okay, young master!" said the sword, "In addition, the daughter of the shopkeeper Liu in the north of the city disappeared last night, and some time ago, it was rumored that the prostitute Cao Shangfei had done a few cases in Qingzhou, and I heard the judgment of the chief catcher of Shancheng, yesterday's case was probably done by Cao Shang Fei Yang Yan." ”

"Well, since Lord Zhan Yuzhan is known as the 'No. 1 Divine Capture in Qingzhou', I think what she said should be somewhat credible. Xiao Yi said, "That's it, you should pay more attention, if there is news about Yang Yan, tell me as soon as possible, there is such a person in the dark." It's not a good thing!"

"Yes, young master"

If it is said that the saddest of the several major forces in the mountain city at this time is naturally the Tang family, but the most angry is the eldest young master Ji Shaoyan of Wangyue Sect. After the important head token was stolen away by a thief who came out of nowhere, Ben came to the Tang family to ask the Tang brothers to help investigate, who knew that his fiancée had unexpectedly disappeared the day before, Ji Shaoyan's anger can be imagined.

It just so happened that Yang Yan, a flower thief, committed a crime in the mountain city yesterday, otherwise Ji Shaoyan and the people of the Tang family suspected that Miss was afraid that she had been poisoned.

I think when he Ji Shaoyan suffered such a big loss, if the rumors go out, he doesn't have to mess up, I'm afraid that he will be laughed to death by his senior brother, and he can't care about anything else at the moment, it is important to find the lost head token and Miss Tang.

At midnight, the moon is dark and the stars are scarce, an inconspicuous courtyard, a dark figure gradually becomes clear, I saw this person move forward for more than ten zhang with a flash, the whole movement is extremely fast but silent, and a light skill has really reached the realm of supernatural power.

This person is thin and thin, about thirty years old, and it is Yang Yan who makes Ji Shaoyan hate itchy.

Seeing that the fire had already been extinguished in the room in front of her, Yang Yan showed a smile on the grass, took out an iron hollow tube-like object from her arms, and gently blew it inside through the window, and saw wisps of green smoke blowing towards the house.

After a cup of tea, Yang Yan easily removed the lock of the door and rushed to the house.

Then I heard a scream in the house, and then a figure flew out and landed in the courtyard, it was the embarrassed Yang Yan.

"Lin Wan'er, you are so despicable, you actually poisoned you!" Yang Yan was furious.

As soon as the door opened, it was Lin Wan, who Xiao Yi was familiar with, and after a while, the monk in the other bedroom next to him also came out. However, the monk did not wear shoes, and was obviously just awakened.

"Hmph, I have been hiding with the monk for so many days, if I am not careful, how can I still live, and if you don't want to enter the house to harm me, how can you be plotted by the life-killing nail I sprinkled on the ground, but it is coated with poison made by the master himself, you can ask for more blessings!" If Xiao Yi was here, he would definitely be shocked, although this Lin Wan was still dressed like he saw that day, but his speech and demeanor, including his voice, were as enchanting as a bewitching woman.

"What, the medicine of the Red Whisk Girl, it's miserable, don't quit the master to save your life!" Yang Yan cried.

"It's useless to call anyone, since you dare to plot against me, nothing you say will let you get out intact. Great monk, will you help me or help him?"

"Senior Sister Wan'er, Brother Yang is just joking, Brother Yang should have seen my distress signal and rushed to help us, you can help him detoxify!"

"Miss Wan'er, although Yang is bold, but the core disciples of your Phi Xiang Hall have practiced the art of refining and refining yin handed down by the master of the Red Whisk Hall since they were children, how dare I do anything crooked, and how can Yang do anything to his fellow disciples?" Yang Yan said curtly.

"Hmph, here you go, take it!" Lin Wan'er threw Yang Yan two pills.

"Thank you, thank you, Miss Wan'er!" Yang Yan hurriedly swallowed.

"Hey, the two pills you just took, one is an antidote, and the other is a laxative, giggle. ”

"Huh?" Yang Yan's face was bitter, and her face was full of black lines.