The moonlight continued to sink deeply. The cold wind lingered with an intermittent cough.

When Wang Hong stepped into the courtyard, he saw Chu Tao's independent courtyard unfolding the pigeon letter, reading carefully in the faint oil light.

At a cursory glance, a piece of paper the size of a palm could not write a hundred words, but Chu Tao stared at it without moving, as if he had read it no less than ten times, and his eyes could almost burst into flames. The depression condensed, and the cough became tighter and heavier.

"Young Master ......" Wang Hong knows that this will never be good news.

"It must be that person again—look at the handwriting, it is the same as the one sent to you in my name?"

The moment Wang Hong touched the paper, he was deeply stunned: that's right, this paper is thick with strange toughness, and the yellowish color is completely different from the light and white snow that Chu Tao usually uses. Last time, he didn't pay much attention to this difference, but now, there is a real feeling of fear that cold sweat is wet on his back. Looking at the scribbling of the handwriting, how similar it is to the previous letter! It's just that there is a hidden edge of the sword in the words, which is too similar to Chu Tao's book.

Before Wang Hong could read the content carefully, Chu Tao had already snatched the letter, moved it to the oil lamp, and let it turn into ashes in an instant, scattered in the west wind and nowhere to be found.

Chu Tao, who sat back at the table, tightened the fox fur on his body again, covered his mouth and coughed a few times.

"Let's go back to the house, young master, the wind is strong and the night is cold, which is not good for injury. ”

Raising his eyes, he smiled lightly, and joked: "I only feel that I am being roasted on a charcoal fire." ”

"Jiang Shaoyun?" Wang Hong boldly speculated - who else is the most elusive in the Beacon Fire Ridge?

But Chu Tao didn't nod, only said: "No matter who he is, he dares to borrow my pigeon on the south bank to command the rangers with weight, he is the first in more than ten years." Not to mention that daring to contact you in my name will not be seen through. Now he simply came straight to me, and he was extremely arrogant. The arrogance was enough to make Chu Tao feel cold. After more than ten years of being in charge, he has long been accustomed to the days of open guns and dark arrows, and he has read countless people, but he has never seen this kind of arrogance hiding in the shadows.

This behavior is clearly a warning to him: You don't have to look for me, because you can't find me. I will be watching your moves in the shadows, and everything about you is under my control.

But even more terrifying lies in the content of the faith.

"There are many treacherous mountains in the mountains, and there is no grace and no faith. The Tang and Song dynasties were close friends, and Xiaoli became enemies. A pavilion of clouds, swaying with the wind. Qin Qi sat on the mountain, just waiting to be eaten. Duan Chu's alliance will never be returned. When the organs are exhausted, they will be bound by themselves. The fire is in full swing, and greed is rampant. The bones are gone, and the slanting path is lost. Although there is righteousness, it is difficult to do all things. If you don't go back, the countryside is pastoral. ”

This man seems to have a full insight into what is happening in the Beacon Ridge, why?

This person must know the cause of the Song family's fire, and he must know the real reason why Chu Tao's father was killed, but he never said a word.

It is impossible for this person not to know about Jiang Shaoyun's existence, but he didn't mention a word, why?

Now that he has made up his mind, he will farm and don't care about the world, but why should he use this method to attract Chu Tao's attention?

Unless he finds this person, he will never come up with an answer to his question.

Or, this person thinks that it is he Chu Tao who really should leave the Beacon Fire Ridge!

He smiled again and said to Wang Hong: "How is the cargo loading and unloading?"

Wang Hong thought for a while, nodded and replied, "You can leave at any time." He was sure that this was the answer Chu Tao wanted to hear. What's more, he didn't agree to such a disorganized and fruitless adventure, and he didn't understand why Chu Tao insisted on doing it. Now it's time for his young master to recognize the situation and "turn back to the shore". This is a place where his life will be in danger at any time, and Wang Hong doesn't want to stay for a day.

But Chu Tao only nodded: "Plan and then act, Uncle Wang, you want to persuade me like this again, right?"

Speechless, standstill.

"It's just that it's changing so quickly that I can't stand still. Chu Tao got up again and looked at the moon shadow that had shifted its position. "It's coming soon, there will be results, Uncle Wang. There are two sentences in my heart: Tang and Song Dynasty are friends, and Xiaoli becomes an enemy. Duan Chu's alliance will never be returned.

He knew he was close to the truth.

Perhaps, it was the "small profit" that the Tang family and the Song family competed for that plunged the entire Beacon Fire Ridge into unprecedented chaos and gave Jiang Shaoyun the opportunity to add fuel to the fire. When my father stepped into this place to explore, he was involved in many knots, and inadvertently touched the long-hidden net of interests that devoured the hero, and its ending could only be like autumn wind and leaves, desolate alone.

's father thought that he could get Uncle Duan's support, after all, they had been friends for many years and had close contacts. But all Chu Tao saw was the game of chess on the corner of Duanjiazhai that could never be finished again. So he stubbornly confronted Jiang Shaoyun - the power of only one person......

Thinking of this, he was simply indignant.

"You go back first, I'll come later. He hurriedly gave Uncle Wang an order, and walked quickly out of the courtyard.

Wang Hong didn't follow, he couldn't keep up.

Chu Tao walked straight to Duan Tingyuan's residence, but when he arrived at the door, he suddenly stopped his steps. Secretly laughed and shook his head: What are you going to do? Is it to go to Xingshi to ask about the crime? Or to touch the past that Duan Tingyuan has long been unwilling to mention anymore? He laughed at himself for being confused.

suddenly recalled Duan Tingyuan's words when he lamented that he was dying, and suddenly felt a lot more relieved. If his father's death really had anything to do with Duan Tingyuan, it would be enough to regret facing that chessboard for twelve years.

Duan Shiyu's fluttering figure walked out of the courtyard and stayed by his side.

"Is Master Chu looking for his father? ”

Chu Tao immediately defended to avoid embarrassment: "No, I just walked around, unfortunately, I came here, I'm sorry to disturb me." ”

Shi Yu smiled sweetly, as if relieved: "That's good." For two months, my father tossed and turned night and night, and at the slightest movement he was startled, and he sat up all night, and he was much haggard. I fell asleep early tonight, and it was rare to be safe. As she spoke, she glanced again at the courtyard behind her, concerned.

"The girl is still not resting?" Chu Tao said curiously.

"It's time to rest. It's just that I thought that my father sent me to leave the Beacon Fire Ridge with the head of Chu and go out to wander, and I felt a little uneasy in my heart......"

"Don't worry. I'll let Xuehai accompany the girl, and I'll just go to the Black Rock Cliff for a trip. ”

"No, I just can't rest assured that my father - although he doesn't say anything, I know in my heart that Beacon Ridge is a place of right and wrong, and he wants me to leave, just hoping that I will stay away from right and wrong. Never so far away from my father. If I leave, how can he deal with the crises around him alone in Beacon Ridge?"

Chu Tao's heart rose slightly, and he explained: "Filial piety can be felt by the sky." Girl, don't worry! Since there are brothers in the village who have been born and died with Uncle Duan to take care of them. What's more, I won't sit back and watch Duanjiazhai lose. ”

The autumn waves flickered, and Yingying's smile lit up the night: "Thank you to the head of Chu!" Over the years, my father has always sighed about the righteousness of the Chu family, I am sorry for the Chu family, I think, in business, the head of Chu must have helped my father a lot." ”

"It's just a modest effort, I should thank the master of Duan Zhai for mentioning it from the side. Chu Tao was inconvenient to elaborate on the grievances, so he covered them up in a word.

He looked at the sky again, it was still dark, but it was already pre-dawn darkness, and the moon shadow was long gone. "It's not early, girl, rest, pay attention to your body. ”

After saying goodbye to Duan Shiyu, he had already made up his mind and headed towards his residence.

Picked up the sword, changed the sword, said hello to Uncle Wang, and walked outside Duanjiazhai on foot - Qin Shi guessed correctly, what really made him absent-minded all night was the ruffian # who should have come back a long time ago - Xie Junhe had no news, which in itself was not good news.