Ghost Market, Lutheran Pavilion.

Outside the window, the boats come and go, the lights of the boats make the lake sparkle, and the boats fall into darkness after the boat, and the ships in the distance are like fireflies in the night.

The eternal night scene in the darkness has not changed for many years.

Everything that could be lit in the room was hidden, and Cao Man was immersed in the darkness, standing in front of the window, looking at the lights in the distance, just like his life, he could only hide in the darkness and look at the light.

At this moment, he was stupid, his expression was confused, and he didn't know when there were tears in his eyes, and finally turned into two teardrops, which ran down his cheeks in the hot and hung in the scum, and muttered with a hidden sob: "Father..."

Qijue, who had been standing silently on the side, slowly raised his head, and he heard the love-hate mixture from this voice.

"Owner, please mourn..."Qi Jue persuaded, took out two star bells in his hands, and gently sent them to him, "East, this is the star bell sent by the head of the family, and the head of the family hopes to establish direct contact with you." ”

"The head of the family?" Cao Man looked up to the sky and closed his eyes, two tears rolling down his cheeks again, "Why is he the head of the family? Just because the boss is gone, is he in the last order? Is there a seniority in this thing? What credit has he made for the Xiahou family? Is it because he can see the light, and the rest of us can't see the light?"

Qi Jue was a little frightened and said: "The owner, don't say this again, if it reaches the ears of outsiders, I'm afraid it will be bad for the owner!"

Cao Man lowered his head and shook his head slowly: "Didn't I say that these are beneficial to me?" One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, not to mention that there are still many tigers on the mountain of Xiahou's family, as long as we are still here, can he do it with peace of mind?"

Seven Uniques: "Owner, siblings, the situation may not be as bad as you think." ”

Cao Man: "When the old man came to power, how did he do his siblings?"

Seven Absolute Dao: "Today is not as good as in the past, nor is it better than the year, the old man's brothers are in the light, everyone has hope, and naturally fights with each other, and the owner and other people in power are in the dark, this may be the wisdom of the old man, since the day when the owner and others were invisible, they have no chance with the position of the head of the family." ”

Cao Man: "I don't have any complaints about him as the head of the family, I just don't know what the old man thinks, Xiahou Ling has never really been in charge, but at a glance of the master and the low-level person, can he be the head of the family to order others?

Seven Uniques: "If the owner has doubts, why don't you ask the old man to understand?"

Cao Man: "I've asked, the old man asked me to do my own thing, but the old man didn't want to get to the bottom at this time, what are you worried about? As you said, since the day I hid in this darkness, I knew that I had no relationship with the head of the family, but at this time, why didn't I even give me the opportunity to meet him? The father was critically ill, and the son was not even qualified to visit?"

Qi Jue was silent, not knowing what he thought, but knowing that his mood was a little unstable, he looked at the star bell in his hand, "The person sent by the head of the family is still waiting, how to reply to this star bell?"

Cao Man was silent for a while, then suddenly waved his hand and swept it, put the magic seal on the two star bells, swept one into his hand and put it away, and admonished: "Don't say anything harmful, but the heart of preventing people is indispensable, even if he has any thoughts to move me now, I haven't reached that moment yet, if he wants to control this side, he must first find out the situation on my side, I'm afraid that I have to start with the people around me, the most suitable object is you, you must be careful when you go out in the future, you must bring enough masters to protect you, don't give people a chance to take advantage of!" I told you so much to make you understand one thing, you have been with me for so many years, even if you take refuge in him, you can't become his confidant. ”

"The old slave understands. "Seven should never be.

"Hehe..."Cao Manhu laughed miserably again, if you ask him if he is willing, he will definitely not be reconciled, but he doesn't know how many people like him exist in the Xiahou family, even if he wants to connect with him, he can't start, he has to admire the wisdom of the old man's layout back then, even if he doesn't get the support of other forces, even if he has any ideas, it will be in vain, and he can't do anything by relying on one force, but Xiahou Ling has the support of the old man, but he can easily figure out the family background of the Xiahou family!

Tianweng Mansion, Wei Shu quickly left the forbidden garden and came to Xiahou Ling's mansion, at present, Xiahou Tuo has not passed away, and Xiahou Ling has not yet had the courage to enter the forbidden garden.

A maid greeted him, led him directly to the outside of Xiahou Ling's study, and announced, "Master, Steward Wei is here." ”

"Come in!" said Xiahou Ling's voice from inside the room.

The maid made a gesture of reaching out and retreating, and Wei Shu pushed the door in, but as soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but fan his nose and smell a smell of blood.

There was no one in the guest room of the study, Wei Shu was stunned as soon as he walked into the room, and saw the source of the smell of blood, Fu Tong, the housekeeper of Xiahou Ling's house, was lying in a pool of blood, his eyes widened, his heart was penetrated, and a bloody sword was thrown on the desk, and Xiahou Ling sat behind the desk and looked at him.

There was silence between the two for a while, and Xiahou Ling said loudly: "From your father to follow my grandfather, until you follow the old man, the Wei family and the Xiahou family are one, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, the old man's vision of people is undoubted, so I have never doubted the loyalty of Steward Wei." Don't worry, I don't mean anything else, I just want you to understand that your position in the Xiahou family is irreplaceable, and you are still the housekeeper of the Xiahou family. ”

Wei Shu bowed down and said, "Master Xie trusts." ”

Xiahou Ling stood up, "The old man's spirit is not as good as before, every long talk is a physical injury to the old man, which violates the filial piety of the son of man, so I need your help, can you tell me what I want to know now?"

Wei Shu didn't answer, walked to Fu Tong's corpse and examined it carefully, and even took out the ink, and put the fingerprints on Fu Tong's ten fingers on a piece of white paper, and then found another white paper, the latter also had fingerprints on it, and the fingerprints on the two pieces of paper were put together for a detailed comparison.

Xiahou Ling frowned and said, "What's the matter?

After confirming that the deceased was indeed Fu Tong, Wei Shufang stood up and arched his hand: "Master forgive sins, this is what the old lady meant." ”

Now it's a different name.

Xiahou Ling was stunned, "What do you mean?"

Wei Shu said: "Before the old lady passed away, Wei Shu only listened to the old lady's orders, and after the old lady passed away, Wei Shu only listened to the old man's orders. The old lady explained that as long as he was alive, he couldn't sit back and watch the secrets of the Xiahou family fall into the hands of other outsiders, and he couldn't let the secrets of the Xiahou family fall into the hands of people that the old lady couldn't fully trust, because this was too dangerous for the Xiahou family. The old lady instructed the slave to let the slave wait, and wait for the master to die together!"

"......" Xiahou Ling was a little speechless, he was still very hesitant before Fu Tong started, after all, he was a confidant who had been with him for many years, but he asked Wei Shu several times about some situations but couldn't get any useful news, Wei Shu has been avoiding it, which made him very annoyed, but he didn't dare to take Wei Shu What to do, he was already secretly angry in his heart, this account will be counted in the future, in order to win Wei Shu's trust, he decided to kill Fu Tong.

Who would have thought that it would be the old man's intention to make trouble for a long time. He now understands a little bit that the old man is not only paving the way for him, but also paving the way for Wei Shu, on the contrary, making Wei Shu have no worries is also paving the way for him, which is forcing him to make up his mind to win Wei Shu's trust and send him a loyal minister.

The resentment in Xiahou Ling's heart suddenly disappeared, "So, can you say it now?"

Wei Shu bowed down and said: "If the master has any questions, just ask, Wei Shu knows everything he knows. ”

Xiahou Ling said word by word: "I now want to know how many brothers I have who are in charge of the Xiahou family's underground forces!"

The two of them asked and answered questions in the study where the corpse was full of blood, and it was boring for a whole day before Xiahou Ling stopped asking.

At this time, the shock in Xiahou Ling's heart was indescribable, he didn't expect that the power of the Xiahou family was far beyond his imagination, and some of his brothers were lurking under Niu Youde's command, it was just...

"Xiahou Tuo's life limit is approaching, I really didn't expect it!"

In the Netherworld, Miao Yi and Yun Zhiqiu, who heard the news, sighed, and had to sigh that a generation of heroes would be difficult to escape after all.

sighed to Yun Zhiqiu, who was sitting in the pavilion drinking, "If Xiahou Tuo dies, I don't know if it will add any variables to this world, the person in Tianqi Palace is the Xiahou family after all, I don't know if it will be involved and implicate us." ”

Miao Yi groaned: "Let Xu Tangran pay a little attention to Yuan Gong over there." ”

Yun Zhiqiu said: "I asked when I heard the news, Yuan Gong was silent a lot, and there was nothing abnormal. ”

When everyone here knows, the news that Xiahou Tuo's life limit is approaching is almost no secret, and everyone is waiting for that day to come, more precisely, to pay attention to whether something will happen, which makes many people nervous.

And Xiahou Tuo didn't even survive a year after all, when he closed his eyes, the green lord was on the scene and personally held his hand and watched him close his eyes, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty except for the four heavenly kings were basically gathered in Tianweng Mansion.

"What does Tianweng have to say?" The young master who was sitting next to the couch saw Xiahou Tuo open his mouth, held his hand and asked.

Xiahou Tuo didn't say anything after all, tears appeared in his slowly closed eyes, two teardrops poured out of the corners of his eyes, and the decayed body that was already the end of the strong crossbow and was supported by mana At the same time as the last mana dispersed, the flesh and blood body also dispersed like flying smoke, drifting like smoke along the weak air flow in and out of the house.

A group of people in the house, watching the smoke drift out of the door, to the gap in the window, to the roof arch, and seemed to be contaminated with everyone's body, it was such a gentle and wonderful scene.

In the end, the green master grabbed an empty hand, and Xiahou Tuo on the couch was only left with a set of clothes lying there softly.

"Father!" Xiahou Ling let out a sad cry and knelt on the ground, and the children in the house also knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, and Xiahou Chengyu was also among them.

The green lord stood up, sighed, his expression was very complicated, he bowed to Xiahou Tuo's clothes, and bowed, "Tianweng goes all the way!"

The ministers who were eligible to be in the room also bowed in solemnity.

Soon, Xiahou was crying inside and outside the house. (To be continued.) )