From the fourth day of the Lunar New Year to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, there was a heavy snowfall in Panlong Town, and the people in the town and the farmers around the town were happy to welcome this gift from heaven. The children of the town also happily went out of the house to build snowmen and have snowball fights, and no one knew what happened in the town on the night of the first snowfall.

There are a few people who have disappeared into everyone's lives inexplicably, including Chen Mo, a good old man, Li Si, a cook in Zhang Butcher's butcher's shop, and Mr. Tent in the laundry room in the south of the city, the only blacksmith in the town, etc., a total of more than ten people.

As for the news that Zhao Xifeng was injured and admitted to Panlong Academy, in order to avoid causing panic, it was not made public, and only a few people knew about it.

On the tenth day of the first month, Zhao Wu returned to the town, learned the news of his son's injury, and rushed to the school as soon as possible, after seeing Zhao Xifeng himself, after making sure that there was no major problem, he thanked Kuhai, Guo You and others, originally he wanted to come to see Zheng Yanji, but the latter was completely on the face of Kuhai to save people, for Zhao Wu This kind of pawn in the eyes, naturally refused, even so, Zhao Wu still asked someone to send a thank you gift, and asked Zhao Xifeng to remember this kindness.

A few days later, Mu Tie, the head catcher, came to visit Zhao Xifeng, who was still bedridden, and confirmed from Zhao Xifeng that one of the killers that night was Chen Mo, a government official who has now disappeared, and learned that Chen Mo did have a party, and the insidious knife stretched out in the ox cart was the real killing move against Zhao Xifeng.

However, so far, this pair of killers has not seen anyone alive or dead, as if the world has evaporated, even Chen Mo's wife does not know where he is, and as for another more mysterious person, from beginning to end, no one has seen his true face, let alone find it.

In order to ensure Zhao Xifeng's safety, Mu Tie left two men behind and stayed outside the gate of the school day and night, but after the killer missed the blow, he seemed to have no plan for the next step, so he disappeared silently.

As soon as the first month passed, Zhao Xifeng's injuries gradually improved, so he couldn't stand lying in bed all day, stuffed in a room and couldn't move, after Dr. Shen confirmed that his injuries were no longer serious, he was taken back to his home by Zhao Wu, Mu Tie didn't dare to take it lightly, and still sent two catchers to secretly protect and investigate the suspicious people who came into contact with him.

After Zhao Xifeng went home, there were not many people who came to visit him, the first one was Dong Erfat, with his family's relationship in the army, Zhao Xifeng's injury naturally couldn't hide from him, so the next day he brought a large bag of snacks to Zhao Xifeng's house, first of all, he was sneering at him, his talent was too poor and his skills were not proficient, so he was almost slaughtered by two stupid thieves who had never practiced, and then he showed off the realm of photography that he had just reached three days ago, among his peers in the town, except for Gu Qingyuan, he was far superior to Zhao Xifeng, and said that Zhao Xifeng was no longer suitable to serve as the co-master of the rivers and lakes among the children in the town after this incident, should let Xian early, and so on, Zhao Xifeng was so annoyed that he directly knocked Dong Erpang out of the small courtyard with a crossarm splitting that was also a desirable period, Dong Erpang rolled all the way and screamed, until he left the courtyard for more than ten zhang before he stood firm, scolded for a while, and then left.

In fact, Zhao Xifeng knew in his heart that with his body that had not yet healed and could not exert his strength, where could he beat this fat man so far, it was obvious that Dong Erpang deliberately exerted his strength to make himself happy.

Zhao Xifeng saw through it but didn't say it, cut it and lay back on the bed.

Friendships between boys in adolescence tend to be more pretentious than between girls.

The second person who came, Jia Blind, the old man set up a stall in the town market on weekdays to tell fortunes, if there was anyone in the town who was the most well-informed, it must be him.

After learning the news that Zhao Xifeng was bedridden at home, the blind man came to Zhao Xifeng's house with empty hands, and the dead beggar Bai Lai had to count a hexagram for him, Zhao Xifeng himself did not believe in this set, and naturally refused, but Zhao Wu's statement of numerology ghosts has always been rather credible and untrustworthy, so he welcomed the blind man into the house, and after listening to the book of heaven for half an hour, he was encouraged to exchange a leg of mutton for a worn-out bronze medal strung together by a dirty knot that could not see the color, saying that it could change his life against the sky and resolve the disaster of blood and light。

The days went by, and the town was calm on the surface, but there was an undercurrent in it, and only those who participated in it could taste a little taste.

Liangcheng is the nearest big city in the Great Zhou Dynasty to Panlong Town, and it is also the most important military town and trade distribution center in the four northwestern provinces.

On the afternoon of February 2, a caravan of only seven or eight men and two carriages came all the way from the direction leading to the town of Panlong, and after passing through the inspection of the guards at the city gate, they came to the city.

The leader of the caravan was a short and stocky man of about forty years of age, not like a merchant who was weathered every day, but rather a bookkeeper.

After the caravan entered the city, it did not stop at all, and walked straight towards the most famous restaurant in the city, Songhe Tower, but the original team of seven or eight people, every two streets, one or two people would disappear and blend into the crowd, and when they reached the plaque of the restaurant, only the white fat man was left.

The man who looked like a tent man walked into the restaurant, ignored the bartender who came forward to greet him, walked up to the second floor familiarly, knocked on the wing room at the end of the right-hand side close to the street, and a wealthy gentleman in the local area was holding a banquet for the full moon of his young son.

The tent man found a vacant seat to sit down in the banquet, ignored the people around him, picked up chopsticks and feasted, without dripping wine.

An hour later, when the banquet was over, the family walked out of the chamber with the tent man and returned to their mansion in the city.

After entering the door, the doorman came to the side of the bookkeeper, and motioned to follow him with an expressionless face, while the people at the banquet dispersed by themselves, and from beginning to end, no one looked at the bookkeeper and said a word.

The mansion was not large, and after passing through the two corridors, the two came to a study, the porter retreated, and the tent man pushed the door in. In the study, a young man in a white coat was holding a copy of today's most popular novel of gods and monsters, reading it with relish, and when he saw Mr. Tent Room coming in, he raised his head and asked: "What do you think is the difference between Mr. Xiaoman's new work that has reappeared in the literary world after eleven years and the work of Hong Xiu thirteen years ago?"

The bookkeeper shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

The young man in Bai Qiu smiled slightly, and motioned for him to sit next to him for a while, while he continued to pick up the novel and read it with taste.

Mr. Ledger, naturally, is the Tent Mr. who withdrew from Panlong Town with all the remaining members of the organization on the night of the assassination of Zhao Xifeng, Wang Yuanran.

What happened later also proved how wise this decision was, after that night, the entire government machine centered on Guo You was completely operational, and everyone in the town who had contact with Chen Mo was subjected to the strictest monitoring and investigation, and a large number of people were brought into the town yamen for questioning, and if they were suspected of it, they would be directly detained, if it wasn't for Wang Yuanran's expectation before the incident, I am afraid that the layout of the entire killing organization in Panlong Town and even the entire northwest would be uprooted.

Despite this, Wang Yuanran was still full of apprehension when he was sitting in the study at this time, for two reasons, one was that there was such a big battle, but Zhao Xifeng was safe and sound, and the other was that Li Si, who was very valued by Mr. Big, disappeared inexplicably in this incident.

"You did a good job this time, but you weren't good enough, do you know where you did wrong?" asked the young man in white Qiu casually while flipping the pages of the book, without looking at Wang Yuanran.

Wang Yuanran smiled bitterly and replied: "Mr. Hui Jiu, the subordinates' fault is not to measure their own strength, at present, there is a dragon and a crouching tiger hidden in Panlong Town, and it is far from the strength of the organization deployed in the town that can make a difference, resulting in the organization in the northwest for ten years, all of them are in chaos, and the subordinates are willing to be punished." ”

The white-furred man shook his head and said: "Everyone in the world thinks that killing is a killer organization, taking people's money and taking people's lives, but you and I both know that Mr. Big's ambition is far more than that, since the star tide descended, the organization has been in the northwest for more than ten years, if you miss such an opportunity to enter the game this time, it will be a big mistake." ”

Wang's brow furrowed, and he began to ponder the words of this Mr. Nine.

The man in white fur put down the novel, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip to moisten his throat, and then continued: "You are wrong because you are not ruthless enough, if that night, in addition to killing that Zhao or something, send all the people in the town, and at the same time attack all the students in the side halls of the school, there will always be some gains, and then the town will be noisy, and the organization can naturally arrange for newcomers to enter, and it will be easy to fish in troubled waters." ”

Wang Yuanran shook his head lightly and said, "It's too easy to expose the existence of the organization, and there is really no one left in the town." ”

The white-furred man sneered and said, "Isn't the organization exposed now?" Instead of being so secretive, it is better to drag down the Beiyue Academy, the gold lord who assassinated the students, when the bottom is exposed, and let the Beiyue Academy, which has just entered and has not had time to lay out, block the first knife for us. ”

Wang Yuanran nodded lightly.

The man in white fur didn't mention the life or death of the members of the town's organization, because he didn't care at all.

"This time you have offset your merits, this seat will not punish you, in the next half a year, you stay in the town honestly, lose this body of fat, and then let Mr. Qiu change your face, I brought a group of people from the capital, and I will want you to return to Panlong Town with them in the future." After Mr. Nine had given these instructions, he waved off the guests and picked up the novel on the table again.

Wang Yuanran lowered his head and walked out of the study, and when he was about to close the door, the voice of the man in white fur came from the room again: "By the way, Mr. Big commanded, there is a different stone in the town, you go and bring it back to me next time, don't ask what the stone looks like, when you see it, you will naturally know that it is it." ”

The bookkeeper bowed down to receive the order.