The bleak sword chapter, the bound desire to be poor. The yellow leaves are still wind and rain, and the green building is orchestral.

The new knowledge is vulgar, and the old is good. The heart is broken with new abundant wine, and there are thousands of sorrows.

——Li Shangyin, "Wind and Rain"

"Boss, your letter. ”

The subordinate who walked into the stone house whispered, for fear of disturbing the leader who was reading. However, his voice still stirred up a faint echo in the simple and empty stone house, so that the man in black sitting by the window suddenly turned his head, his gaze was like a knife, and it was chilling to the bones.

"Just put it down. He commanded lightly, but there was no expression on the face of the human skin mask.

Looking at the leader's eyes as bright as autumn water, the subordinates couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly put down the letter and prepared to withdraw.

"Wait a minute. Suddenly, when he heard the leader speak, he felt that his wrist was tight, and the boss had seized the pulse. The subordinates who didn't know what was wrong were shocked, and a thin cold sweat oozed from their foreheads, but they still didn't dare to struggle, and they were just left to the leader's disposal.

"Why it's been two months, and the bruises in your body haven't dispersed?" let go of his wrist, the leader groaned for a while, and then ordered, "Xiao Yue, I'll call Doctor Lang to come over for you to take a look, the injury is Fengfu acupoint, it's not trivial." It is necessary to recuperate well and not fall into the root of the disease. ”

"Ah? yes, yes. The young subordinate named Xiao Yue reacted, and replied in surprise and gratitude, "It's okay if your subordinates are injured, don't worry about the boss, anyway, it's a cheap life, and it doesn't matter if you die." ”

"Killers are also people, don't think that your life is a mustard!" Looking at the mountain scenery in the twilight of spring outside the window, the leader's voice was as stern as a reprimand, "You remember, no matter what kind of situation you encounter, you must live first, and there is no one under my command who wants to die first if you don't want to live!"

"Yes...... Subordinates keep in mind. Xiao Yue's voice was a little choked, and he nodded vigorously.

The last time I was on a mission, I had suffered a lot of internal injuries, and I no longer felt abnormal after a period of recuperation, so I didn't take it to heart, and I didn't want to be seen by the boss today. Treat a little person like himself with such care and compassion - the leader, it really doesn't look like a killer king!

"Let's get out. The leader's hand let go, and he opened the book again, and there was still no expression on his face with a human skin mask. He turned the book again to the page his subordinate had been reading when he came in—

It is a five-character poem "Wind and Rain" by Li Yishan.

It's weird...... The boss actually likes this kind of poetry and songs? When he withdrew, Xiao Yue couldn't help but feel a little strange, you know, this person is the boss of the world's biggest killer organization, Qiu Huyu! With the rapid rise of the organization in the past few years, his mysterious and ruthless decisions are almost as famous as the leader of the white way, Tingxue Lou, in the underworld.

The Storm Organization—Still, he now finally knew the leader's name for the organization.

Isn't a killer leader who reads Tang poetry more surprising than anything else?

Outside the window was the continuous drizzle in late spring, watching the young subordinate walk out, Qiu Goyu sighed, put his hand on the mask, and felt the scar behind the mask faintly ache.

It's been three years...... Every time it was a rainy day, it would still hurt, as if he was constantly reminding him that he had such a bloody and cruel past in his life! It was a nightmare that he would never forget in his life.

Everyone knows that the Wind and Rain Organization is the most famous assassination organization in the rivers and lakes, and everyone knows that the name of the leader of the Wind and Rain is Qiu Huyu...... Boss Autumn.

However, no one knew that he also had another name: Lei Chuyun.

It was the name of a dead man, and that name might have been carved into the tombstone of a desolate mass grave somewhere, along with the names of everyone in the Lei family in Perak Hall. And in today's rivers and lakes, no one remembers it.

After all, the eldest young master of the Lei family, who died in the tragedy of annihilation at the age of twenty, was notoriously weak, kind and ignorant in the rivers and lakes when he was alive, and he recited poems and lyrics like a literati and ink writer all day long, leaning on the red and green, not like a martial artist at all.

Therefore, when Tingxue Lou was about to set foot in Jiangnan, Xiao Yiqing, the young overlord of Tianzong Talent, took advantage of his weakness and sent only one person to disintegrate the entire Perak Hall, reducing the cost of conquest to the lowest point.

Thinking of this, a slight sarcastic smile appeared in Qiu Huyu's eyes behind the mask, shook his head, and picked up the letter that his subordinates had just sent. The letter was lit with five points of vermilion, indicating that this was the highest-grade assassination order received by the organization, and with Fengyu's current reputation, such a five-point blood mission would be rewarded with at least 100,000 taels of silver.

He opened the letter—

Name: Garo.

Identity: High Priest of the Lunatic Cult. ”

Bid: 100,000 taels. ”

Later, use a red pen to note "gold".

He was slightly moved. 100,000 gold to kill a person is almost a sky-high price! Who can afford such a high price? Who would kill that person at such a price! His gaze moved to the end of the letter, and suddenly froze—there, on the snow-white letterhead, three words were clearly written:

Listen to the Snow Building!

The wind and rain outside the window suddenly roared, and the sky was as gloomy as ink - just like the bloody night of slaughter three years ago!

"This, this, and this person...... Pull it out and kill.

"These are still useful. Under the Gu, he was assigned to the Death Warrior Team.

"A few of them here, picking on their tendons and notifying their families to ransom them - 50,000 each, and those who don't do it within three days will be killed. ”

In the prison of Tingxue Building, it was full of captives brought back after conquering the Jiangnan Gangs this time. A large crowd of people huddled together, their faces covered in blood, and everyone looked at the hand that was pointed at them, manipulating life and death to seize power, and it turned out to be a woman. With a light veil on his face, he stood in the bloodstain, indifferent.

Outside the window was a dark and dead night, and inside the prison was also a deathly silence, and occasionally someone screamed uncontrollably because of extreme fear and nervousness when they were spotted, and immediately received a cold command - "Pull out, kill!"

"Miss Jing, you killed too much, right?"

Finally, when the slender finger pointed at another large group of people again, a man with a long body next to him couldn't help but speak, looking at the many frightened and crying children in the pile, he was a little moved with compassion: "In my opinion, these eight or nine-year-old children can't become the climate, so let them go." ”

"Third floor master, I didn't expect you to be very kind...... The woman with the veil sneered, suddenly laughed, and said word by word, "Do you know? When I was five years old, someone killed my mother, and I found the enemy at the age of fifteen and killed his whole family!" Her gaze fell on the man in white like lightning, and there was a cruel smile on the corner of her mouth: "So, don't underestimate the child...... I would rather let go of those old guys over 80 than children under 80!"

Without looking at the shocked eyes of her colleague next to her, she turned around and made a gesture to the knife and axeman: "Pull them all out and kill them!"

When giving the death order to those who were desperate and frightened, especially looking at the young crying children in the crowd, a cruel smile suddenly flashed in her bright eyes behind the veil, those useless children who only knew how to cry...... In fact, it is to leave your life, and it is useless when you grow up, it is better to die early and be born early.

No one expected it, not even herself, that two years later, she would see the first girl who didn't cry in the same situation, however, it was that child who destroyed everything!

The group of people who were about to be killed let out a earth-shattering cry, and some of the frantically resisting were immediately beheaded, and the rest either scolded or cried incoherently, but the eyes behind the veil were completely indifferent, as if they had seen too much of such a scene, and their hearts were as cold as iron, and they did not waver.

Driven by the axemen, the crowd walked outside at an extremely slow pace. Suddenly, as if she had discovered something abnormal, the hand of the scarlet-clothed woman known as "Jing Girl" raised again: "The third on the right, come out!"

Her hand pointed to a bloodied man in the crowd who was dragging heavy shackles.

The man he was pointing at was very young, but he was one of the few who could still keep his senses, and he never did anything out of control when fear came to an end. But when he was about to die, he was suddenly picked out again, and his body was shaken, and he couldn't help but hesitate and bewilder.

He turned his face, and although his face was covered in blood, he could still see that he was a handsome young man.

"His grandmother's, Miss Jing let you out! Are you deaf?" An axe hand immediately pushed him out.

The eyes behind the veil examined him quietly for a moment, and then whispered, "Go to the back, I have something to ask him." ”

"Kill if you want to kill, what else is there to say!" In another uninhabited cell, the young man said coldly to this terrible woman, as if he had calmly accepted death, gritting his teeth, "Don't think that I will take refuge in you Tingxue Lou!"

"Oh, I didn't expect you to have a little backbone...... After the veil, his indifferent eyes looked at him for a moment, his lips raised slightly, and he suddenly spit out a sentence: "Lei Chuyun, do you know who I am?"

She slowly raised her hand and pulled down the veil.

"It's you?!" At that moment, the young man, who had always been calm, blurted out as if he had been struck by lightning, "What...... How could it be you!"

Yes...... He recognized this woman! It was the singer he had rescued from the evil boys a few months ago! At that time, he had taken her in for more than a month in the Lei Mansion and healed from her injuries before sending her away. She said that she never thought that the singing days here in Jiangnan were so difficult, so it was better to go back to the north.

And when she was gone, he ordered his servant to give her ten taels of silver.

But the woman who had once so weakly sought his protection now stood before him like a messenger of hell!

"Young Master Lei has a really good memory...... the woman smiled, but there was a coldness in her eyes, "I think I should introduce myself." I, just listen to Shu Jingrong of Xuelou. ”

Nothing more is needed. Everything has already been understood.

The person he once saved was the Grim Reaper of their family. The funny thing is that at that time, he thought that he was a hero who could protect the weak who were bullied, but he didn't know that in the eyes of the other party, he was ridiculously ignorant and stupid!

"Your Lei family's martial arts are too bad, so I didn't need to go out in person. However, the power of the gunpowder in the Perak Hall cannot be underestimated, and it is necessary to find out where those killing weapons are hidden...... That's why the landlord sent me in. The scarlet-clothed woman said coldly, without the slightest pity in her eyes, "Actually, the Lei family can perish in the hands of Tingxue Lou, which is also a glorious end, it is better than falling in the hands of a son-in-law like you, right?"

Her voice was cold and unforgiving, staring straight at the prisoner.

"Shu Jingrong. He looked at her and groaned the name of the curse of the day and night.

"Not bad. Be sure to remember it—" She re-covered her veil and looked at the lost other party, with a hint of pity in her eyes, and sneered slightly, "But, I suppose, you won't forget the name of the person who killed you all over the house, right?"

She went over and opened the shackles of Lei Chuyun's hands and feet: "Let's go!"

The cold and heavy iron weapons fell off his hands and feet, and he stood there in disbelief for a while, looking at the woman opposite, and muttering, "You...... What do you say?"

"I said, you can go. Ah Jing raised his head and looked at the stunned young man, his eyes were cold and indifferent, "I don't owe anyone a favor—didn't you save me? Since then, the two have not owed each other. ”

"I saved you? I ...... I actually 'saved' you...... Haha, haha!" he suddenly couldn't help laughing, and his face was a little distorted. He walked out of the prison laughing wildly, and the night breeze outside blew coolly on his face, and the wind brought the terrible screams of the people on the execution ground on the other side before they died—

He could hear it, and those were the voices of his loved ones.

Everyone is dead, and he is alive - because he saved the man who killed his whole family...... Hahaha!

Sitting in front of the window, holding the contract signed "Listening to Xuelou" in his hand, a low wry smile suddenly came out of his throat.

Since escaping and relying on the secret skills of the Lei clan to gather his own forces, he has never extinguished the fire of revenge in his heart. A year ago, when there was civil strife in Xuelou, when Gao Mengfei, the owner of the second floor, and Xiao Yiqing's sister Chi Xiaotao rebelled, in order to take the opportunity to kill Xiao Yiqing, he once sent a wind and rain killer to intervene without compensation. It's a pity that in the end, Xiao Yiqing's side planned better, Gao Meng was not dead, Chi Xiaotao was imprisoned, and the rebellion failed completely.

Even the betrayal of such an important person, such a well-thought-out plan could not bring down Tingxuelou, so he alone could not kill Xiao Yiqing, which he knew very well as the king of killers.

So, he had only patience.

He kept the secret. Until now, Tingxue Lou must have thought that the Fengyu organization led by him was only following interests, right? Therefore, although he knew that Fengyu had joined the civil strife in the building, he still sent a contract to seek cooperation.

Ha ha...... Who knows that today's Qiu Huyu is the Lei Chuyun back then?

Even that Shu Jingrong would never have expected that the guy she let go of in the past and thought that he was just a son and brother did not die on the streets, but became the leader of the biggest force in the underworld today, right?

If she knew, would she regret it?

Although it is said that he saved him once and cleared his grievances, in fact, he was saved by her twice.

As expected, that time she let him go without authorization, which caused the dissatisfaction and accountability of the owner of Tingxue Building, Shu Jingrong and Xiao Yiqing had a fierce dispute in the secret room, Tingxue Lou issued a killing order, and sent the seven killers in the blowing flower Xiaozhu to hunt him down in the Central Plains. For a month, he lived a dull life like a mouse.

However, one night, while secretly going to worship the whole family, he was still discovered.

"Let him go. "When the killers were about to cut off the heads and go back to their lives, they heard a cold order - under the cold moon, a woman in a scarlet dress stood in the mass grave with a sword in her hand, and gave the order word by word.

"Miss Jing?" everyone exclaimed, hesitating, "but the landlord commanded......"

"The landlord, I will take care of it myself. Her voice was cold, "If you don't get out of the way, I'm going to kill someone!"

She looked up at the moon, the Blood Wisdom Sword in her hand flashing with a little bit of blood.

"Yes. The Seven Killers were finally intimidated by the momentum of the female lord in this building, let him go, and left one after another.

After regaining his freedom, he threw himself in front of those tombstones again, and looked at the names on the tombstones one by one by the moonlight: Lei Zhentian, Lei Zhenyu, Lei Zhou, Lei Chuyu, Lei Yongxu...... The rows are engraved, all of which are once living relatives.

All his relatives are buried under this desolate land. Die with a grievance or everlasting regret.

Xiao Yiqing...... Xiao Yiqing!One day I will kill you!" He couldn't hold back his low sobs anymore, and a low roar like a beast came out of his throat, this was an unforgettable hatred, even if his blood was dry and his bones turned to ashes, he would never forget it!

"Looks like I reminded you in vain. Suddenly, the woman in scarlet said coldly, "What about me Shu Jingrong? Have you forgotten? Please remember that I killed half of your entire family." ”

"Not bad...... Shu Jingrong ...... Shu Jingrong ...... Someday I will take revenge!" he gritted his teeth and said the oath word by word - but for some reason, when he said the words "Shu Jingrong", he felt a tearing pain in his heart. It was not only hatred, bitterness, and anger, but also a mixture of countless inexplicable feelings.

"Look at me and say it out loud!" she came to his side and scolded.

"I want revenge! I want everyone in Tingxue Lou to die!" he put his head against his father's tombstone and shouted with all his might, "As long as I live for one day, I will definitely take revenge!"

"Why don't you dare to look at me?" she suddenly grabbed him by the shoulder in annoyance and snapped it over, "Do you think it makes any difference if you have saved your life? No! The same murderer, the same hands are stained with the blood of your parents, brothers and sisters! If you are still so weak, I will save you in vain, you must live by the power of hatred! Look at me!"

"No...... Don't look at me!" he subconsciously turned his head, dodging something in a panic.

"Why? Look at me and say loudly!" The cold woman did not let him go, and ordered as if she was forced, "Listen, now you are not the eldest young master of the Lei family! If you don't stand up by yourself, you will be worse than a dog on the street! I let you go not because I want you to be a dog, you know? Look up! Look at me!"

"No...... Don't look at me! Don't look at me!" He suddenly turned and ran away like crazy, but she grabbed his wrist like lightning and scolded: "Stop! Are you going to be a deserter?"

"Don't look at me......" he said as he struggled with a little whimper, turning his head away.

Yet, through his falling emanation, she still saw it!

His face was almost no longer a human face, and there were no visible traces of facial features in the scars all over it...... He was disfigured!

In an instant, even the cold she was shocked, and looking at the terrifying face in front of her, she subconsciously let go of her hand. Then, I don't know why, I laughed slightly. The white moonlight sprinkled down, enveloping the beautiful woman in the mass grave, as if she was from another world.

"For the past month, in order to escape the hunt...... I disfigured myself. He stopped struggling, and said slowly, his voice suddenly had vicissitudes and bitterness that were not commensurate with his age, "Yes, in order to survive, I will do anything - you better kill me now, otherwise, I will definitely do anything to get revenge! I will definitely come back for revenge!"

Looking at the person in front of him, Ah Jing suddenly smiled, coldly, but with a little relief!

"Good...... I'm waiting for you to take revenge!" she took out a small gold medal from her bosom and threw it over, "This is the token of the Lord of Tingxue Building, take it, escape from the Central Plains and take refuge outside the gate!" If the Seven Killers return to the building to recover their lives and alarm Xiao Yiqing, you will never have a chance to escape." ”

The gold medal was held tightly in his hand, so hard that it almost embedded in the palm of his hand.

Without saying a word, he turned and walked away - however, the extremely complicated feelings inside him almost drove him crazy!

"Why! Why save me?!" he suddenly turned around, stood still, looked at the scarlet woman who had also turned away, and hissed almost madly, with tears already in his eyes, "Why don't you just let me die? Why don't you kill me...... Why don't you kill me, why don't you make me hate you altogether!"

Ah Jing turned his head and smiled: "Because...... I'm not as bad as you think. ”

This time, there was a strange brilliance in her smile, which softened her snowy face. She whispered, "Me and him, are not what you think.

"The weak must die, and the strong can survive - this is a law that I agree with him, so I followed him to conquer the world's martial arts. Because he is the strongest, only he can become the overlord of this martial arts. The rivers and lakes under the rule of a strong man will be able to avoid bloodshed and turmoil to the greatest extent.

"But your failure is because of your kindness. If you don't save me, Thunderbolt Hall won't be wiped out so easily, and if you are a person without a sense of justice, maybe the Lei family can still be saved.

"The weak must die, but goodness and justice cannot be rewarded with death—

"Strange, isn't it? I can't do it myself, but I've always had a lot of respect for people with such qualities.

"So I let you go. Although I know that after this incident, the little truth and goodness in your heart must have almost completely disappeared. But if I destroy one person, at least I have to create another, right?

"So, I want you to live, and be able to live. ”

It was her parting words to him—perhaps knowing that perhaps we would never meet again, this indifferent woman had made an exception to say so many things to him. These words had an immeasurable impact on his later life.

"Either way, remember that you have revenge. It is still necessary for you to go on with your life...... Remember the names Xiao Yiqing and Shu Jingrong, and hope that one day, you will be my opponent in the duel, not a wanderer on the street.

"There will be a period later. ”

Her cold words were vaguely warm, like a sword piercing the bottom of his heart—a night full of despair and madness, which left a deep mark on him for the rest of his life.

"Shu Jingrong...... Shu Jingrong ......"

Outside the window, there was the sound of violent wind and rain, and from time to time scattered flowers and leaves were blown into the house. It's been three years, and every time it is a rainy day, the wounds on his face will still ache faintly, and the wounds in his heart will gradually tear apart.

In the past three years, he has secretly planned countless times, thinking about how to kill Xiao Yiqing, however, it is strange that he has never had the idea of killing her. Although she understands that she must die, she also clearly knows that if she wants to kill Xiao Yiqing, she must first get rid of Shu Jingrong.

Dragons and phoenixes among people. He and her name have always been linked—whether she wants it or not.

He knew what a cold woman she was. In the past three years, he knows more.

Listening to the civil strife in Xuelou, Gao Mengfei and Chi Xiaotao unexpectedly attacked Xiao Yiqing. After the end of the rebellion, the lord of Tingxue Mansion, who was betrayed by his brother and sister, was a waste for a while, and his suspicion and misanthropy made him close to a complete collapse. At that time, it was a good time for me to break through Tingxue Tower in one fell swoop and take revenge.

It's a pity that at that time, she was so dedicated to guarding Tingxue Lou and him, day and night, drawing her sword in her hand, so that the snooping forces of all parties had no chance to take advantage of it!

She had broken her creed of following only the strongest, and had been so loyal to that man when he had become so vulnerable. Sure enough, she and he ...... Aren't they pure bad guys, are they?

If so, it's simpler......

He should hate her. But it shouldn't be as simple as hate. In the middle of the night when I was twenty years old, I was full of despair, and when I heard her words, I had the urge to cry bitterly, how could I admit that in the deepest part of my heart, I actually had complicated feelings for that cold and mysterious woman.

At that time, he was still a child, and at the age of twenty-four, she was already a martial arts legend who had seen all the vicissitudes of life. However, only three years later, he has reached the same position as her, and his age is really something that cannot be equal to experience.

She used her blood and hatred to teach him the creed of survival, destroying Lei Chuyun, but creating today's Qiu Huyu.

If it weren't for the belief in revenge, he wouldn't have been able to struggle from the abyss of despair at that time, but to this day, although he is still attached to this belief in his heart, hatred is no longer the whole of his life.

He has been born again.

"I'm sorry, but we don't do business this time. ”

When he returned the letter to the envoy, his voice was extremely calm.

The messenger who heard the Xue Lou came looked at the killer king in the underworld in front of him in surprise, his face was pale, and he begged: "In any case, please give an explanation—otherwise, it will be difficult for the subordinates to go back and explain." ”

After the human skin mask, Qiu Huyu's eyes were as bright as autumn water, looking at the stormy twilight outside the window, he was silent for a long time, and finally took out a bag from his arms, put a small gold medal in it, and handed it to the passer: "Go back and give this to Miss Jing in your building, she naturally understands." ”

"Ah...... Boss Qiu knew Miss Jing before?" came to make his eyes light up, felt that things had room to maneuver, and was about to speak, but he heard the king of killers next to him answer indifferently and resolutely-

"Nope. We...... Never met. ”