Sunny Vientiane

The Yuxiu Villa of the Chen family is located in the Lingzhong Mountains in Xinzhou, only a short distance from the Chen Mansion.This time, it was the centenary birthday of the old man, and Chen Zhuangfu invited many fellow martial artists to come, and even the 24th Bridge was said to send the earthquake master Qi Hao and two disciples to congratulate him.All of a sudden, the whole of Xinzhou became lively, and the streets were overcrowded before the curfew.

Jiang Shuihan and Jiang Qianqian followed Chen Chuanli to avoid the trouble of other sects, and had to register and prepare.After all, it was a distinguished guest brought back by the young master, so the whole Chen family naturally had to entertain him well.As soon as Chen Chuanli returned to his own yard, he asked his servants to ask about his father's situation, but everyone replied that the second master was going to entertain guests from various parties, and he would probably live in Yuxiu Villa for a period of time.

"Master Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Jiang Shuihan noticed Chen Chuanli's strangeness, and couldn't help asking, "Is there any problem?"

Chen Chuanli looked at the courtyard, which was more depressed than before, feeling at a loss.He glanced at Jiang Shuihan and Jiang Qianqian, bowed his head in thought, and then drove the servants out.

He took a deep breath and said slowly, "Actually, I was hunted down by the Hehuan Sect all the way because of my father."

"Your father?" Jiang Qianqian guessed, "Could it be that Chen Zhuangfu didn't like you and deliberately killed you?"

"Although the relationship between uncle and father has always been bad, it's not like that." Chen Chuanli shook his head and said, "Let's put it this way."

"Recently, I have been doing business in Raozhou, but I received a letter from my father a month ago. He said in it that my uncle stole something from Hehuanzong, but he was troubled. He asked me to go home as soon as possible on my grandfather's birthday, so as not to I was caught by the Hehuan Sect. I didn't believe it at the time, after all, the Hehuan Sect's protectors are so powerful, how could uncle steal something under their noses."

"I didn't expect that on the day I set off, the elders of the Hehuan Sect would come, and none of the guards around me would be spared. Fortunately, Mr. Wu Nian arrived and saved my life. However, I was blind, thinking that he and Those people from the Hehuan Sect are like dogs of a feather, along the way, he only protects me in secret, no matter what I call him, he doesn't want to show up."

Jiang Shuihan couldn't help asking, "Why does Master Wu Nian want to protect you?"

"Because of the business relationship, Mr. Wu Nian has a good relationship with my father, and he is very loyal. It should be my father who noticed something was wrong, so please ask him to protect me."

Jiang Qianqian asked, "Ever since my senior brother and I appeared to deal with the Yedie needle, this young master Wu Nian has never appeared again. Where has he gone?"

"I am not sure."

Chen Chuanli frowned. For him, the most important thing at the moment was not the whereabouts of Mr. Wu Nian, but the safety of his father.He gritted his teeth, and suddenly knelt down in front of Jiang Shuihan, "Jiang Shaoxia, please pass on the gift, can you protect my father?"

Jiang Shuihan quickly helped him up, and said solemnly, "Young Master Chen, you don't need to be too polite. If Master Chen Er is in trouble, my Xiaoyao Sect will definitely help."

"Thank you." Chen Chuanli nodded and said, "Grandpa's birthday is full of people, and no one can tell whether the Acacia Sect will take this opportunity to plot against my father and uncle."

"That's true." Having said so much, Jiang Qianqian's attention was still on Young Master Wu Nian, "By the way, how does that Young Master Wu Nian look like?"

Chen Chuanli was stunned by the question. He thought carefully for a while, then looked at Jiang Shuihan, and said cautiously, "This,,, is no different from Jiang Shaoxia Zhongbo."

Facing Jiang Qianqian with playful smiling eyes, Jiang Shuihan said helplessly, "Qianqian."

"Okay, okay." Jiang Qianqian turned positive, and said, "I'm just curious."

"I'm laughing." Jiang Shuihan confessed to Chen Chuanli.

"Miss Jiang is smart and intelligent." Chen Chuanli praised, "In other words, Mr. Wu Nian also has a girl next to him, who is beautiful and elegant. Compared with her, Miss Jiang is not too far behind."

"Oh, there's a girl by my side." Jiang Qianqian lost interest while resting her chin, "I thought she was single."

Jiang Shuihan became more and more helpless, "Qianqian."

"Then I won't talk."

Chen Chuanli smiled and said, "Miss Jiang, don't need to be disheartened. The girl next to Mr. Wu Nian is only young, but Mr. Wu Nian is not a few years younger than Jiang Shaoxia, and the two of them get along more like brothers and sisters, probably so."

"That's just what you think."

Jiang Shuihan coughed twice, and brought the topic back to the right track, "Mr. Chen, tomorrow is the old man's birthday. How are you going to find the second old master Chen?"

Hearing this, Chen Chuanli had no choice but to sternly say, "I will take you into Yuxiu Villa tonight. My residence is close to my father's. I will see my father then and make plans."

For Mr. Chen's birthday, the local government in Xinzhou specially canceled the curfew for these two days. The starry sky at night is not as brightly lit as the whole block.When Chen Chuanli brought Jiang Shuihan and Jiang Qianqian to enter Yuxiu Villa, Xin Yueming had already sneaked into Yuxiu Villa with Mu Xi on his back.Six years ago, his lightness kung fu has been practiced to the point of perfection, and now a small Yuxiu Villa is no problem.

The Chen family's Yuxiu Villa is not smaller than the Xiao family's Mujin Villa, but it is not as good as the Xiao family's quaint formations, which made Xin Yueming's infiltration much easier.He first sneaked into the guest's residence with Mu Xi and observed the visitors carefully.In addition to the various sects, there are actually many acquaintances, Xiao Yuqing, Lin Zhicheng, Jiang Ping and others are all here.

"Hey, do you know all these people?"

"Yeah." Xin Yueming nodded and said, "I've probably seen it before."

Mu Xi sighed, and said, "It seems that I'm going to cover my head and face again to do bad things."

"Okay, hurt me." Xin Yueming pulled Mu Xi, who was still curiously observing, and walked towards the backyard, "There is no problem here, let's go find the Chen Zhuang bandit."

Yuxiu Villa is divided into two parts by a broad river. The guest rooms and the front hall where everyone is housed are located in the front yard, while the living room of the Chen family is on a small island half surrounded by the river in the back.There is a small suspension bridge over the river, but only the Chen family can walk it.Every night at a certain time, the control room where the guards on both sides of the strait are located will raise the suspension bridge to prevent anyone from passing through.

Quickly dodging Chen Jiajiading's patrol, the two came to the river, which was some distance away from the control room, and with the fog on the river, they couldn't see clearly at all.Xin Yueming carefully observed the seemingly calm river under the moonlit night, then knelt down and signaled Mu Xi to go up.

"Are you sure?" Mu Xi turned his head to look at him and said intentionally, "There are thousands of threads placed at the bottom of the river. Once there is any fluctuation in the water surface, the thousands of threads below will automatically activate. There is no such thing in this water. If you step on the stones, the two of us will be crushed into pieces by then."

It is precisely because of these clues that the Chen family did not patrol the river.

"You don't believe me, so you wait here?"

"I'll go." Mu Xi leaned heavily on Xin Yueming's shoulder, reluctantly said, "Remember to go back and find the jade lotus flower for me. If you want to solve Xu Jiuyan's silence, you can only rely on it."

"Yes, Your Royal Highness."

Xin Yueming laughed lightly, picked up his lightness kung fu, and quietly landed on the surface of the water.Mu Xi's heart tightened, she knew Xin Yueming's lightness kung fu very well, she had watched him practice it bit by bit.But the countless threads are made by the most skilled craftsman in the world, even if she knows that Xin Yueming's lightness kung fu can be kept calm, she will be worried if she is carried on the back again.

Thinking of this, Xin Yueming leaped into the air again, and the water surface under his feet rippled little by little, as if only a fallen leaf had just fallen on the water surface.Mu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, in order to avoid mistakes, such as wind blowing and falling leaves, the inextricable thread will not be activated.But she didn't notice that Xin Yueming left little ripples on the water surface only the first time he set foot on it, and the next few times, the water surface under his feet had no more fluctuations, and he truly stepped on the water without a trace.

When Xin Yueming successfully entered the island with Mu Xi on his back, Chen Chuanli led Jiang Shuihan and Jiang Qianqian but was stopped at the periphery.However, Chen Chuanli argued with the guards for a long time, and still only got an official reason that it was too late to enter the island.Seeing that the other party's attitude was always firm, Jiang Shuihan stopped Chen Chuanli who was still arguing.The three of them came to the other side of the island, facing the dark water, and faced difficulties.

Seeing that the two of them wanted to use lightness kung fu to cross the river, Chen Chuanli quickly advised, "The countless threads in this water are extremely dangerous. If you can't achieve Qi Shu's stepping on the snow without a trace, it's better to find another way."

"Is it really that troublesome?"

Jiang Qianqian was clearly a little dubious, and even Jiang Shuihan was a little tempted. Chen Chuanli sighed, picked up a slightly flat stone from the ground, squatted down and threw it hard into the calm water.He didn't wait for the stone to fall on the water, and then dodged onto the low wall behind him.After jumping a few times on the water, the stone was instantly divided into debris.Jiang Shuihan pulled Jiang Qianqian who was still in a daze, and avoided a cold light.

"This."

Jiang Qianqian was stunned for a long while, almost speechless. Although the moonlight was not too bright, she could also see that when the stone jumped over the water just now, a few silver lights flashed and instantly shattered it into powder.Where she had stood before was one of the needles.

Chen Chuanli jumped off the low wall and explained to the two of them, "This steel needle is made of high-quality black iron. Once the water surface fluctuates, thousands of threads will be activated, and the steel needle will be shot at a very fast speed and at various tricky angles." , enough to penetrate heavy armor."

Looking at the small island opposite, Jiang Qianqian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, "So, we won't be able to make it through tonight."

Looking at the suspension bridge on the water not far away, Jiang Shuihan said in a low voice, "Not necessarily."

While the guards were not paying attention, the three of Jiang Shuihan jumped onto the suspension bridge, with the pitch-black water under their feet, thinking that there were countless clues inside, Chen Chuanli felt a little weak in his feet.

"Young Master Jiang, I'm afraid this won't work." Chen Chuanli tried to calm himself down, "The distance between the two bridges is too far, no matter how good your lightness kung fu is, it's impossible to be in midair without using your strength."

He was right, Jiang Shuihan looked at the suspension bridge on the opposite side and could only sigh. Even if Master came by himself, he might not be able to directly cross such a long distance.

"Is this a mountain village in your home?" Jiang Qianqian couldn't help complaining, "It's like a checkpoint, there will be another checkpoint after passing this checkpoint, right?"

"No." Chen Chuanli explained, "When the villa was built, the Demon Cult had not yet split. The ancestors of the Chen family built such a villa to protect future generations."

The two were discussing, Jiang Shuihan frowned and asked, "Mr. Chen, if something goes wrong, how should you fix it?"

Chen Chuanli thought for a moment, and said, "There is a switch on the opposite bank, but we are here right now."

"Why is it so troublesome." Jiang Qianqian sighed, "It seems that something came back for nothing tonight."

"I'm sorry." Chen Chuanli said helplessly, "It made you both waste your time."

Jiang Shuihan pondered for a moment and asked, "Mr. Chen, does your grandfather live across the street?"

"Yes."

"Then besides you, who else is here in the Chen family?"

"Except for me right now." Chen Chuanli was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "And my uncle."

"Chen Zhuangfu?"

Jiang Qianqian didn't care about other things, and asked strangely, "Why is he still here at night? If something happens to the old man, wouldn't he be able to take care of it?"

"Uncle has to take care of various affairs and goes to bed very late. Maybe he is worried that it will affect Grandpa's rest." Chen Chuanli rubbed the tip of his nose, but couldn't say why. This is what he heard from his servants. He didn't know the specific reason at all. clear.

Jiang Shuihan thought for a while and said, "Then let's go see what your uncle is doing now."

Compared with the outer courtyard, the island is relatively quiet. Xin Yueming walked through the forest with Mu Xi on his back like a ghost, and first went to the room of the old man of the Chen family. The lights were still on.Seeing nothing unusual, the two quickly found Chen Zhuang's room.Surprisingly, the place is brightly lit, but it is not as popular as other yards.

Xin Yueming felt a strange feeling in his heart, carefully jumped off the courtyard wall, and put Mu Xi on the ground.Mu Xi nodded to him, and the two approached the door of Chen Zhuang's bandit in two directions.When leaning against the door and window to check the situation inside, Mu Xi looked solemn and gestured to Xin Yueming.

Xin Yueming's nerves tensed up subconsciously, what Mu Xi meant was that there was a bloody smell in it.

He frowned and glanced at the brightly lit room, took out a pair of transparent gloves from his sleeves, put them on his hands, and carefully poked open the window paper.The veil Mu Xi took out from nowhere covered his mouth and nose, and he quickly glanced at the scene in the room, his brows wrinkled even deeper.

what's the situation?

Mu Xi wrote in his palm.

Xin Yueming shook her head, stood up and pushed open the door.Mu Xi was startled by his movement, quickly realized, put on a pair of thin gloves, and followed in.

Looking at the way the candles are burning, it has been about an hour since the candles were lit, and the owner of the house, Chen Zhuangfan, is sitting in front of the table, with his whole face lying on the table full of books, except for his two arms resting on the table, his body is soft. The earth is like a boneless snake.The boy who was adding lamp oil nearby had his throat sealed with a sword, and sat directly on the ground. His expression was full of astonishment, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

Xin Yueming glanced around, but found nothing unusual, and asked Mu Xi, "How is it?"

The target of Mu Xi who entered the house was Chen Zhuang bandit. She took the pulse of Chen Zhuang bandit and made sure that he was dead. Another slap."

She pinched Chen Zhuang bandit's spine and sighed, "This man is really ruthless, he was poisoned by the Hehuan sect, and there is only a little time left, and he has to cut all his meridians with heavy hands. "

"Ledger." Mu Xi glanced at the things on Chen Zhuang's bandit's arm, shook his head and said, "It seems that you can only do business with that kid from now on."

That kid looked confused at first glance, and whether he could settle the accounts was a problem.Chen Zhuang's bandit is dead, I'm afraid it can only be handled by Chen Zhuangfu.

"Who knows." Xin Yueming squatted in front of the young servant who was dying, not knowing what he was looking at, and said in a deep voice, "Anyway, we are doing business with the Chen family, everyone is the same."

His gaze moved down with the boy's eyes, and finally he stared at the boy's clenched fists for a while, then suddenly stood up and took off his gloves and said, "Let's go, let's see what Chen Zhuangfu will do tomorrow."

"Don't check?"

"This is all the illusion that the murderer wants us to see." Xin Yueming said without turning her head, "I can't dismantle the invulnerable illusion, and I can only find the answer from the loopholes in the behavior of people."

On the other side of the river, Jiang Shuihan and his party didn't know the situation here.Moreover, the three of them lingered for too long, and it was already midnight when they arrived at the front yard. When Chen Chuanli wanted to see Chen Zhuangfu, the guards also blocked the door, saying that he had rested and was inconvenient to disturb.Chen Chuanli had no choice but to take Jiang Shuihan and Jiang Qianqian to the outer courtyard to stay overnight.

After a sleepless night like this, when the sun just rose in the morning, Chen Chuanli got up and prepared to wait for the moment when the suspension bridge on the island was lowered.Jiang Qianqian stayed in bed, Jiang Shuihan didn't force her, and accompanied Chen Chuanli to the river bank to wait.Unexpectedly, there was a chaotic scream on the opposite island, Jiang Shuihan couldn't help but darken his eyes, and stopped Chen Chuanli who was nervous beside him.

"Are there any members of the Hehuan Sect who can cross the river?"

Chen Chuanli shook his head, "In addition to Mo Wenzong's Qi Shu, and 24 Bridge's Mo Shaoyong, they can't even do Le Zhengwen." Ultimate, but there is a possibility to try it.”

The author has something to say:

Jiang Shaoxia, braised shrimp in sauce, hahahaha

In fact, thinking about Jiang Shuihan's age now, it doesn't seem right to call him Shaoxia, oh, call it, just treat Jiang Shuihan as young, so that others can't see his real age.