Chapter 109: The Knife
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Walking through the dark and eerie passages, there seemed to be no sound along the way, except for the occasional sound of water droplets.
After walking for about half an hour in this long, silent and even somewhat eerie crypt, Yang Xiaoling finally stopped.
It was much wider, but there seemed to be nothing but a few black curtains, and a few faint candles only reflected in the flickering heath.
At this moment, in the center of the black curtain, a middle-aged man was standing with his back to him.
The man was surrounded by a thick black tent, and even if the lights were brighter, he would never be able to see his face clearly.
Or rather, he was a ghost who lived in the darkness all the time.
Who is he?
For the first time, Yang Xiaoling wanted to rush up to see this person's face, he wanted to know who he was.
Although the identity of this person has been doubted more than once, it has never been so strong as it is now.
Now that my sister has followed her eldest brother, even if something happens to her in the future, she won't worry that no one will take care of her.
Now, he has nothing to worry about.
He really wanted to rush forward to see who this person was, but in the end, he finally forgot it.
No matter how turbulent his heart was, his pace was always steady and slow.
Yang Xiaoling slowly walked to a place about two feet away from the man and stopped, looked up at him, a few faint hints of discoloration flashed in his eyes, but he immediately returned to normal.
After a slight hesitation, he bowed to the man in front of him and said respectfully, "Father-in-law, I'm back."
"It's Ling'er who is back......", the man slowly turned around, looked at Yang Xiaoling through the black tent, and asked, "What did you gain this time?"
Yang Xiaoling didn't raise his head, and replied lightly: "Tell my father-in-law, most of the people who came to Blackstone Town this time are just some scattered people on the rivers and lakes, and the really powerful sects have not made any big moves, so there is no big gain this time."
"Oh, that's ......", the man seemed to have expected this situation a long time ago, smiled slightly, and said: "Actually, I should have thought a long time ago that if those people from the Great Gate Sect were so easy to be fooled, it wouldn't be interesting, hey......."
He suddenly discovered something, and wondered: "By the way, Xiaoxi, why didn't she come in with you, didn't you brother and sister come together every time in the past?"
"Xiaoxi ...... her", Yang Xiaoling hesitated, not knowing how to tell the person in front of him about his sister's situation, perhaps, he didn't think to tell him at all.
That year, although it was the person in front of him who saved their brother and sister, it was extremely strange, and the more he thought about it over the years, the more he felt that something was wrong.
Back then, on the night of the tragedy in Qingshui Villa, why did this person appear in Qingshui Villa. After ten years of getting along, although he and Xiaoxi have long recognized the person in front of them as their father-in-law, they have never seen each other's true faces, not once.
And in the past ten years, the environment they have been in, the crypt, the killer, and what he has done, has been normal.
Especially after all these years, he had no idea what this person did. The only task he assigned to their siblings was to kill people, to kill some inexplicable people.
I don't know what reason I killed someone, I don't know what my purpose is, all I can do is obey.
After the task is completed, the stepfather will give him a generous honorarium, and after a while, start a new mission.
The mysterious identity of the person in front of him made him wonder if the incident of Qingshui Villa back then was done by the person in front of him who he recognized as his father-in-law.
The reason why he left his sister to his eldest brother in the Black Stone Mountain that day and hurried back alone was to investigate the reason.
In any case, his family can't die in vain, and the matter of Qingshui Villa will have to be concluded one day.
It's just that what makes Yang Xiaoling strange is that the person in front of him has been very good to him all these years.
"Ling'er ......", the man stopped talking when he saw Yang Xiaoling halfway through speaking, with a thoughtful look, so he called him lightly and asked again: "I just asked you why Xiaoxi didn't come in with you this time"?
"Ah......", Yang Xiaoling was startled, thinking that if he didn't tell the truth, he might arouse the suspicion of the man in front of him, so he hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, this time in the Black Stone Mountain, our brother and sister unexpectedly met my eldest brother Yang Xiaofeng, Xiaoxi never came back, and I hope that my father-in-law will forgive my sins, and I am willing to bear any punishment."
"Your eldest brother Yang Xiaofeng ......", the man's voice didn't seem to have any emotional fluctuations, and said slowly: "You mean that after the tragedy in Qingshui Villa back then, your eldest brother is still alive"?
"Yes......", Yang Xiaoling replied calmly: "My eldest brother is indeed alive, so Xiaoxi did not come back this time."
The man smiled slightly, but he couldn't see the expression on his face even when he was covered by the black curtain, so he smiled and said: "This is really good, I will be relieved that Xiaoxi will follow your eldest brother in the future, after all, our environment is not suitable for her to stay here for a long time."
Yang Xiaoling was a little surprised, and said in surprise: "Could it be that the father-in-law doesn't blame her at all?"
The man smiled and said: "After life and death, your brothers and sisters can be reunited, this is a great thing, how can I blame Xiaoxi."
"Thank you father-in-law for ......", a hint of brilliance flashed in Yang Xiaoling's eyes, and he finally looked up at the somewhat illusory face of the man in front of him, and said, "If it's okay, then I'll go out first."
The man nodded, waved his hand at Yang Xiaoling, and said lightly: "Then you go."
Yang Xiaoling turned around and walked a few steps, and suddenly heard the man behind him ask: "Ling'er, since your brother and sister met your eldest brother Yang Xiaofeng, why is Xiaoxi the only one who left with him?"
"Why does the father-in-law ask"?
"It's nothing, I'm just a little puzzled, after meeting your eldest brother, why didn't you go with Xiaoxi like him, could it be that you don't want to reunite with your eldest brother"?
Yang Xiaoling's body shook, and he only felt that the gaze of the man behind him was staring straight at his back like a knife, almost as if he wanted to see him through completely.
He paused slightly, and felt that his heartbeat had accelerated a lot, but in the end, he just said lightly: "My father-in-law saved the lives of our brothers and sisters many years ago, and over the years, I have been cultivated and cared for by your old man, and the grace of nurturing has not been repaid, how dare I leave."
"Ling'er, that's a good ......", the man still smiled faintly, and asked again, "Then did your eldest brother ask you about your situation and experiences over the years?"
"There is no ......", Yang Xiaoling quickly replied this time: "When I met my eldest brother that day, I just said hello casually and left, and I didn't say anything in detail."
"That's ......", the man felt a little surprised, but he didn't ask in detail, just smiled and said, "In this case, you go out first."
"Then I'll retire first......", with a long sigh of relief, Yang Xiaoling finally said calmly as usual: "Oh, that's right." This time, the poisonous wasp was killed for acting without permission."
"What's going on"?
"When the poisonous wasp ran out to hunt for beauty at night, his whereabouts were exposed, and he was killed by Duanmu Xuan of Ethereal Peak."
After saying that, he walked away slowly, and in a moment the figure disappeared into the passage ahead.
All the while, he didn't look back again.
The man turned again and stood with his hands in his hands, and the man fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, another man's voice came from a darker corner next to him, puzzled, "I don't understand what the Lord is doing this."
"For what ......"?
The man seemed to smile and didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "If you see that their brother and sister recognize each other, will Ling'er be suspicious of us?"
The other man answered in a daze: "Judging from Yang Xiaoling's performance just now, I'm afraid that he has long doubted the Lord."
"Not bad......," the man said with a smile, "I have already seen it, so I specially arranged this fake treasure incident in order to make the three of them recognize each other." Now that Xiaofeng has returned, there is not much point in delaying it any longer, even if they don't let the three of them recognize each other, Ling Er will attack us sooner or later. For so many years, the reason why he has endured and not made a move is only because he feels that with his current strength, he can't wipe us out in one fell swoop, and he is still accumulating strength. In that case, why don't I let the three of them see each other."
"I've always wondered why the Lord bothered to arrange such a fake treasure incident, it turned out that it was out of this consideration."
Another man slowly walked out of the darkness and stood still not far behind the man, looked up at the back of the person in front of him with a complicated expression, and said in confusion for a long time: "But even so, the Lord only needs to tell them the news that Yang Xiaofeng has returned, and then let them go to Luoxue Valley to meet Yang Xiaofeng, why make a fake treasure incident." With such a big movement, aren't you afraid of exposing our whereabouts"?
"Haha......", the man laughed in a low voice, "You are wrong, this fake treasure incident exposed not our whereabouts, but the whereabouts of Falling Snow Valley".
"I don't understand ......", the other man became more and more confused as he listened, puzzled, "What does the Lord mean by this"?
There was a hint of ridicule on the man's face, and he replied lightly: "In the fake treasure cave in Black Stone Mountain that day, so many people at the scene saw that the leaders of the two killers were actually Xiaofeng's biological brothers and sisters, you say, who will be the focus of attention in the rivers and lakes from now on?"
"Of course it's Yang Xiaofeng'......", the other man suddenly smiled and said: "Using Yang Xiaofeng to divert the attention of people in the martial arts, and at the same time splashing dirty water on Luoxue Valley, this is really a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone."
"If nothing else, Xiaofeng and Luo Qingxue will get married in a few days...... the man said with a smile: "It's just that after this fake treasure incident, out of consideration for the interests of Luoxue Valley, do you think the Luo family's father and son will consider changing their son-in-law for the sake of Luoxuegu's future situation?"
The other man shook his head unexpectedly this time, and said, "I'm afraid that even if the Luo family's father and son oppose it, Luo Qingxue is determined to follow Yang Xiaofeng, this matter is a little difficult to do."
The man still smiled faintly and said, "So, Xiaofeng must die."
The other man frowned and said, "It's still that question, how do we get rid of Yang Xiaofeng."
The man looked calm and said, "You just said something wrong, this fake treasure incident is not killing two birds with one stone, but killing four birds with one stone." This third carving is to get rid of Xiaofeng."
"How to get rid of ......", another man's body was shocked, and he looked at the back of the person in front of him in shock, and said in surprise: "Could it be that the Lord is talking about Yang Xiaoxi"?
The man replied lightly: "Yes, it is Xiaoxi."
The other man felt a little incredible, and said disapprovingly: "Yang Xiaofeng is Yang Xiaoxi's flesh and blood relatives, and it is unlikely that the Lord will let her kill Yang Xiaofeng."
The man's voice was emotionless, and he said coldly: "I didn't let Xiaoxi kill Xiaofeng."
Another man asked, "What do you mean by what the Lord just said"?
"I said a long time ago that Xiaofeng was trained by Li Muqing. His martial arts are very high, but he is too affectionate, so his affection for his sister Xiaoxi is the best knife to kill him", the man's words were cruel and terrifying, and a person's life and death were determined in just a few words.
"I probably understand ......," the other man sneered, "Although I still don't know what the Lord's plan is, the fact that Yang Xiaoxi's brothers and sisters and our killers appeared together this time is enough to make Yang Xiaofeng and those people in Luoxue Valley uneasy day and night." It was like a sting in their hearts, tormenting them all the time."
"Haha......".
"Hehe......".
After laughing for a while, another man suddenly asked, "Then I don't know how the fourth eagle was arranged by the lord?"
"This fourth eagle is to use Xiaofeng to kill the Luo family's father and son."
The other man was stunned for a moment, his brows tightened, and he said in surprise: "This is impossible."
"What's impossible"?
"At the time of the Orchid Gate incident, Yang Xiaofeng had obviously recognized the Blood Shura, but he did not kill the Blood Shura. He can even let go of an enemy like Blood Shura, how could he kill Luo Wenbin?"
"It's a matter of people, how do you know if you won't succeed if you don't give it a try."
"But that's outrageous, isn't it?"
"Okay......," the man interrupted, "Xiaofeng is indeed difficult to deal with, but he is not a concern to be alone at this time, and he will not pose any threat to us, at the moment we really have to deal with Falling Snow Valley." The Falling Snow Valley is our biggest obstacle, and it's what we're focusing on right now, do you understand"?
"I know this, but I can't do it."
"It was really impossible to start before, but now it's different."
"How is it different"?
"Now there is Xiaofeng".
"So what"?
"I have already said before, Xiaofeng is the most perfect and suitable knife to kill the Luo family's father and son."
"Using Yang Xiaofeng to kill the Luo family's father and son and disturb the Falling Snow Valley, this is the ultimate goal of the Lord"?
"Not bad".
"Haha......".
In the dark crypt, two men laughed in a low voice at the same time, but the laughter was far more terrifying than the laughter of the demons of hell.
Perhaps, they were demons from hell.
After a while, the man in the black tent waved his hand and said, "You go."
"Yes".
The man looked at the back of another man who gradually disappeared into the darkness, and then raised his eyes to look in the direction where Yang Xiaoling had just left, and the corners of his mouth slowly showed a very playful sneer.
Not far away, Yang Xiaoling's fists were clenched, and his nails were completely sunk into the flesh.
He breathed deeply, trying to suppress his emotions, and after a while, slowly walked away.