After that, Ning Zhi spent another afternoon exploring several other locations, but they seemed to be sparse and ordinary, and nothing was detected.

In the evening, Ning Zhi returned to Maple City.

As soon as he entered the city gate, Ning Zhi found that he was being targeted, although those people were hidden, but the methods were too cowardly, Ning Zhi found it at a glance.

Walking around the streets, Ning Zhi went around into a small alley. Then they were lost.

When Ning Zhi returned to Xu Nian's hut, he found that the two old men were not there, and it seemed that they had not come back yet. Ning Zhi doesn't feel right, it's possible that Huo Lao hasn't come back yet, after all, it's a long way away, but it's impossible for Han Lao to make up for it after asking outside for so long, right?

He's probably not that positive, right?

Ning Zhi frowned, walked outside the door, and when he saw that there were other horseshoe prints on the ground in addition to his own horseshoe prints, Ning Zhi knew that the second elder should be back.

They were taken away!

Who will it be?

Wang's family!?

Ning Zhi went back to his room and sat down, thinking calmly. The more anxious you are, the more you shouldn't panic. The second elder may have been captured by the Wang family, but at this time, you should not guess by speculation.

What if it's not the Wang family?

The next day, I may have to wait to collect the body of the second elder.

Ning Zhi got up and looked for it, maybe the second elder would leave some clues here. Ning Zhi rummaged around, but there was nothing. Just as Ning Zhi frowned and thought about a feasible countermeasure.

A knock at the door interrupted Ning Zhi's train of thought.

"Is the young man looking for the two old men who were here before?" the man asked.

Ning Zhi nodded.

"That's right, the people of the He family told me to tell Shaoxia that you can go to the He family to find it. The man laughed, then turned and left. He's just passing on a word.

Ning Zhi's face turned cold.

Why did you arrest Han Lao and Huo Lao?

Ning Zhi thought of the two portraits posted at the gate of the city, and then shook his head, the portraits were of the Huang family and the Wang family, not the He family.

Why is that?

Check it out.

In the dead of night, the entire Maple City was closed. This place is far from prosperous, far from Luoyang, singing every night, and the lights are lit all night.

Ning Zhi held a sword alone, walked to the gate of the He family, and gently knocked on the door of the He family with the sword.

"Didn't you tell me to come? Now that I'm here, open the door. ”

I want to see how many people from your family come to kill me!

Ning Zhi walked in, all the way was unimpeded, and there was not even a guard.

Only near the end of the day, there was a gray-haired old man guarding in front of him.

"If you want to move forward, you have to fight me. The old man said.

Ning Zhi nodded, without saying a word, and directly drew his sword and attacked the old man. The sharp sword light burst out in an instant, and the old man, looking at his kind eyebrows, waved his hand and took out an extremely exaggerated big knife from behind him.

The two immediately began to fight, and the sword collided with each other, and Ning Zhi also knew the old man's cultivation at this moment.

In the late stage of the Great Innate, this is not a matter of preferring opponents, and it doesn't take many rounds to kill. It was only three rounds, and the old man obviously fell into the disadvantage.

In the fifth round, the old man actually stepped back and stopped fighting.

"Alas, stop, stop, stop! It's old and useless. The old man held his waist, hurriedly threw away the big knife and waved his hand, "If I continue to fight the old man, I will have to enter the coffin in advance." I'm old, I can't beat you offspring. ”

Ning Zhi's face was expressionless, this old man was very bad. Now that I'm old, when I used to wield a knife, it was called a tiger and a tiger. At that time, I didn't see the old state at all.

"Don't look at me like that, I'm just in charge of fighting with you, I didn't say that I want to fight to the death. Think about the past, and it's okay to go over now. The old man said.

Ning Zhi frowned lightly and said, "Are you testing my strength?"

The old man paused, and smiled, "The young man is quite smart, indeed, my task is to test your strength." You were the one who went to Wang's house yesterday to make a big fuss, you made such a big fuss, naturally someone will target you, which is not unusual. ”

"What if you find out that you have made the mistake and are just an ordinary ranger?" Ning Zhi narrowed his eyes.

"If you're mistaken, you're mistaken, do you think I'm going to kill you, and then kill the two old men inside?" the old man laughed and said, "Where do you think this is and what family is here?" It's not that I'm boasting about it, my He family's reputation should be the best among the three major families in Fengcheng. rarely makes trouble, like the Wang family's kid robbing the people's daughters, my He family has never been able to do it. ”

Ning Zhi's complexion softened a little. The old man was right, there were many examples of the Wang family and the Huang family in the entire Fengcheng, but there were really few examples of the He family.

But this does not mean that the He family has not done anything to lose their conscience, it may just be that the He family is better at hiding.

But in fact, the He family was just afraid of causing trouble, and then died because of this. It doesn't matter if the business is smaller, and it doesn't matter if the prestige is smaller.

How good it is to be alive!

Before, there was still a family member who felt that it was too cowardly to be afraid of causing trouble, so what was wrong with being a little overbearing? Who dared to say anything? Such a voice actually existed in the He family. But no one objected to this voice, but still no one did those arrogant and domineering things.

What does this mean, I don't know when the entire He family has fallen into a state of fear of death.

What if you provoke something? What if you provoke something that you can't afford to provoke? Will you die because of this?

The husband is angry, and he dares to grab the ground with his head?

Forget it.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

This is the thinking of the entire He family, after the accident of the Wang family and the Huang family, this kind of thinking of the entire He family has been strengthened.

Passing the old man, he would rather walk forward, thinking that the second old man would be tied up and dying or something. In fact, the second elder was being entertained with good food and drink at the moment.

When the two saw Ning Zhi, they also warmly welcomed Ning Zhi together.

Ning Zhi carried the sword, slightly embarrassed. He looked at He Shuntian, the ancestor of the He family, who should be the person in charge here, and said, "You should want to find me and tell me something." Now that I'm here, I'll say whatever I want. ”

The ancestor of the He family laughed embarrassedly, and then walked over and pulled Ning Zhi's clothes to the side, "Say it on the side, say it on the side." ”

Ning Zhi stared at He Shuntian's hand holding his clothes, this person is too familiar!

Don't make it whole, the two of us know each other very well, okay!

"Okay, that's it for now. Leaving the hall, Ning Zhi inserted the long sword into the scabbard, and sighed in his heart that this ancestor of the He family was also a character. Just now, he has been carrying a long sword, and he just walked over and pulled his clothes directly, if this sword passed, half a walk could be directly sent to the sky.

The ancestor of the He family trusted Ning Zhi so much, and Ning Zhi had a good impression of He Shuntian in his heart.

"This, dare to ask the young man's name. He Laozu said.

"Rather. Ning Zhi said, in fact, it would be good to use a fake name when traveling around the rivers and lakes, but Ning Zhi thought about it, and still felt that Ning Zhi sounded good.

"Ning Shaoxia, old man He Shuntian. You can just call me Lao He. He Laozu said with a smile, his attitude was quite kind.

Such humble? Ning Zhi glanced at He Laozu strangely. I roughly understood his thoughts in my heart, the small family's refuge in some geniuses, or a kind of investment.

The family class of the Han Dynasty is quite strict, and it is not easy for a small family to develop and rise.

First of all, a development requires resources, but there are only so many resources in small places, and of course there are other families or forces in other places, and more resources are controlled by larger forces. Why for you?

The most intuitive development of the families is to suppress other families, so that they can gather more resources and develop and grow.

There are three major families in Fengcheng, and there are not only three families, but why is only Wang Huang famous? It is because Fengcheng only raises three major families, and it is also the reason why the three major families secretly suppress other families and prevent other families from developing.

And for other larger families, Wang Huang He is actually no different from the family they suppressed in Fengcheng.

Therefore, if the family wants to grow, it is one way to intrigue and suppress other families, but in fact, the best way is to produce a genius in the clan.

Awesome people are always unreasonable, such as the Huang family in Luoyang. is a character like Old Man Huang, who sees things very thoroughly, and develops the Huang family from the county town to Luoyang in one fell swoop.