Ambush from all sides

When Zhan Hao returned to the Zhan family's mansion and walked into the room, the lotus flower pot beside the couch was shining with orange candlelight.

Whenever he came home late, Yuke would help him light the lamp in the room before going to bed, lest he trip and fall when he came back.Zhan Hao curled his lips lazily, and didn't rush in. He just leisurely leaned against the door, looked at the furnishings in the room, and quietly thought about the appearance of the dead leaves just now.He was thinner, his already round facial features became sharper and meaner, and his hair was longer than last year.His complexion is not very good, with a low and gloomy face, and the dead leaf mask is getting old, and some paint has peeled off from it.

It seems that life is not very good, which is expected.Dead Leaf had spent so many years trying to track down those things, committing many murders.Now that it's solved, I guess I'm the same as myself, I don't know what to do.

But after not seeing him for more than half a year, the dead leaves became wary of him again.When I made the layout together with myself, the two actually looked like friends.

He still doesn't like to talk.

Zhan Hao's sleep is not very good, in fact he often can't fall asleep at night.Sleep how to do?He just sat up and leaned against the head of the bed to smoke a cigarette.He likes to smoke Heshan Yun at night, the smell is relatively light, but also has a strange fragrance, a bit like the smell of flowers.

The weather is fine tonight.It had rained during the day, and now it has cleared up.There are faint clouds floating in the dark blue night sky, and the moonlight shines brightly.Zhan Hao sat at the head of the bed, quietly watching the bright moon in the sky through the wide open window.

... Then, Bai Yutang came to mind.

If Zhan Zhao is the warm sun in winter, then Bai Yutang is the quiet and cool moon at night.When Zhan Hao was young, he was considered a devil and was often bullied by the neighborhood kids.At that time, Zhan Zhao was several years younger than Zhan Hao. Once when he saw him when he was going home for the holiday, he rushed out with pride to protect his brother.He is different from himself, he is so clean, so pure, no matter how many dirty and evil things he sees, his heart is still beautiful.

Therefore, when Zhan Hao blinded Zhan Zhao's eyes with poisonous smoke, he said in his heart that he was not worried about guilt, but that was a lie.

In this life, from birth to the present, the only thing Zhan Hao is grateful for is that God gave him such a few kind and enlightened family members.For a person like him who was born with sin, how could He De get such a good home?Zhan Hao thinks he is not a good person, but if everyone has a good place in his heart, then his must be Zhan Zhao and his parents.

With them, Zhan Hao feels that he is still connected with this world.

But now, they are not by their side.

Zhan Hao quietly leaned against the head of the bed, listening to the slightly rustling leaves blown by the wind, and looking at the thin clouds that became bright because they blocked the moon.The Zhan family's mansion was completely silent at this time, the silence was a little scary, and the sound of leaves outside the window made the silence even more terrifying.After a while, Zhan Hao heard the rustling sound a bit strange, and then he saw a white cat lightly jumped onto the window sill.

It was that mandarin duck-eyed cat again.

Zhan Hao saw it timidly looking in, and seeing that he was alone, the little guy gave a low "meow" and jumped onto the low table at the head of the bed.

Zhan Hao smiled and stretched out his hand to stroke its head, and the cat let out a "purr purr" in its throat.Zhan Hao changed the place again, scratched its chin, and asked softly: "Why, don't you jump on the bed today?"

The cat let out a soft cry, and patted his wrist softly with its little paw.Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows, took a look at its paws, and saw that the pink pads were clean, without any sand or sand.Zhan Hao laughed, stretched out his hand to hug it on the quilt and put it on the quilt, saying: "Today is really good, and I know I'll come back after cleaning up."

Having won his praise, the cat proudly showed him a graceful sitting posture, with its white fluffy tail sweeping back and forth.Zhan Hao looked at it with squinted eyes and smiled, and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, where have you been?"

"Meow~" the cat squealed coquettishly, and slid low into Zhan Hao's palm, propping his hand up with its head and rubbing it stickily.Zhan Hao pinched its ears and said, "Could it be that you dumped it?"

"Meh!" The cat gnawed lightly on the palm of his hand, then jumped to the ground next to the bed lightly, and turned to look at him.Zhan Hao blew out a smoke ring, and said amusedly: "What kind of posture are you doing, do you want to take me to find it?"

"Meow~" The cat seemed to respond, and took two steps lightly, then stopped and turned to look at him.Zhan Hao was a little helpless, but he thought he couldn't sleep anyway, so why not go out with him and have a night out.So he lifted the quilt, put on a robe and walked out.

The white cat with mandarin duck eyes walked unhurriedly in the corridor, and Zhan Hao followed behind it leisurely.The yard was very quiet at this time, only the occasional sound of night insects.While smoking a cigarette, Zhan Hao looked at the cold green plants bathed in the moonlight, listening carefully, he seemed to be able to hear their twirling and whispering voices.

The night wind burrowed into the leaves, seeming to be talking to each other.

He watched intently, and suddenly a cat meowed from the left.Zhan Hao turned his head and saw the cat turned a corner and walked that way, seeing that he didn't follow, he stopped and called him.Zhan Hao enthusiastically followed, feeling an inexplicable sense of excitement for some reason.Following a cat to an unknown place in the middle of the night made him feel very novel, and he had some vague expectations.

Turning to the right is the west courtyard of the Zhan Family Mansion.

Originally Zhan's family had only one big house, but later Zhan Hao made more and more money, so he bought the neighbors' houses on both sides.After some renovations, the three mansions were connected together and became the current exhibition house.The west yard is where the servants live, and the utility yard, bathroom, kitchen and stables are also there.Zhan Hao followed the white cat, wondering if it happened to give birth in some utility room?Hey, no, it's a male friend, and it's a female one.

Walking and walking, one person and one cat came to the backyard of the west courtyard.There are a lot of evening primroses planted in the backyard. The weather has been humid and warm for the past two days, and the evening primroses are blooming, exuding a strong fragrance under the moonlight.

A gust of night wind blowing gently with the scent of flowers, Zhan Hao heard the cat in front of him sneezed slightly.He smiled unkindly with a cigarette holder in his mouth, and followed the cat slowly to the stable.

On a stable post hung a lantern with a small flame burning in it.Zhan Hao saw the white cat slip past, turned a corner and disappeared, and then another cat's hoarse cry came from inside.

This voice is the friend of that white cat.Its friend is not as docile and cute as it is, and every time it sees people, it will run away from it.Zhan Hao walked over quietly, and said in his heart not to startle the cat.As a result, I walked over to have a look, but saw the dead leaf sitting in the dry straw beside the stable, with a sleek black cat sitting between her crossed legs, and a white cat with mandarin duck eyes was circling around.

Withered Ye raised her head and saw Zhan Hao, her always aloof and indifferent eyes showed a little surprise.

Zhan Hao was also slightly surprised, but only a little bit.He blinked, then raised his eyebrows feigning surprise, and said with a cigarette holder in his mouth, "Aren't you at Yan's house? Why did you come here?"

Withered Leaf's face froze, she lowered her head in embarrassment and said nothing.Looking at his motionless figure, Zhan Hao thought for a while, and then said with a smile: "Could it be that you've been spending the night with me these few days? The dew is heavy late at night, so you're not afraid of catching the wind and cold?"

Dead Leaf still didn't speak, just sat stiffly, the hand on the black cat's back changed from a palm to a fist.Zhan Hao tilted his head and looked at the black cat. The cat also tilted his head, but did not run away.Zhan Hao was a little surprised, because this cat was never close to people, but now it was sitting between Dead Leaf's legs, obediently letting him touch it.

The two people and the two cats were silently stalemate, when suddenly, a gust of wind blew over with the smell of evening primrose.Withered Leaf frowned, sniffed, let out a "sneeze", and sneezed together with White Cat.

Zhan Hao blinked, and the corners of his mouth curled up silently.The dead leaf's sneeze was very light and short, similar to that of the white cat.I don't know if he cared about his face and deliberately suppressed his voice, or something else, but it seemed a little awkward.But for just that moment, Zhan Hao actually thought he was a little bit cute.Although it's not as good as the white cat, at least it's much cuter than when the two of them followed the young master Long Yiling.

Zhan Hao looked at his awkward figure with a smile, and said, "It seems that Yan Qi doesn't treat you very well, he doesn't even give you a place to live. Even though it's spring, it's still quite cold at night. If you don't mind , can I find you a room?"

Withered Ye forced himself to look up at him coldly and somewhat uncomfortably.Zhan Hao still squinted his eyes and smiled, the white cat walked up to his feet and rubbed his legs flatteringly.The black cat turned to look at Zhan Hao, then at the dead leaf, then raised its front paws to lie on the dead leaf's body, stretched out its head and quietly licked his chin.

Zhan Hao saw that his eyes flickered, and knew that he was a little shaken, so he said again: "My room here is empty even if it is empty."

Hearing this, Dead Leaf lowered his head and stood up dawdly.The black cat got down from him and looked at him quietly from the side.Zhan Hao smiled and blew out a smoke ring, saying, "It's really close to you, it never paid attention to people before."

Dead Leaf looked down at the black cat, and said in a flat voice, "It fell into the pond in the yard two days ago, so I picked it up."

After hearing this, Zhan Hao nodded suddenly, turned around and walked out slowly.His tone was still unhurried, and he said, "Oh, two days ago—you really stayed here for a long time. Is the stable so comfortable?"

Tall and thin back, black hair like a waterfall, light blue robe gently swinging with the movement of walking, from time to time illuminated by the moonlight, showing pale cold yellow.

The white cat and the black cat followed, and after a while they didn't hear the footsteps following. The two cats stopped in unison and turned to look at him.

Dead Leaf pursed her lips and moved uncomfortably, but finally she lowered her eyes forbearance, clenched the knife in her hand, and followed her up.

The two of them and the two cats walked successively under the evening scent tree, beside the flower garden, and through the long corridor.The fragrance of the flowers was so strong that the dead leaves and the white cat sneezed several times.Zhan Hao walked in the front, with a faint smile on his face that never stopped.

The dead leaves looked at these flowering trees, and at the jasmine in front of them, feeling a little depressed.He raised his eyes gloomily and stared at Zhan Hao's leisurely back for a while, but in the end he couldn't hold back, and couldn't help asking in a hoarse voice: "You like these intoxicating things so much?"

When he said this, the white cat just sneezed again.

Zhan Hao turned around and smiled: "I don't know that you guys can't stand it."

The white cat let out a "meow", turned around and jumped into the dead leaf's arms.When had Dead Leaf been treated so enthusiastically, she was embarrassed, and had to frantically stretch out her hands to hug it.The white cat rubbed its head against his chin, as if to say, let's ignore this bastard, he knows how to bully others!

Zhan Hao blew out another smoke ring, and continued walking with his eyes bent and a smile on his face.Dead Leaf followed angrily, and saw many dark rooms along the way. The thresholds were clean and intact, and it seemed that no one was moving around.

"There are so few servants in your house, why do you need so many rooms?"

Hearing what he said, Zhan Hao still felt a little puzzled, tilted his head and asked, "Is there a little? It's quite a lot."

Withered Ye cast a cold look at his calm back: "Seventeen."

"Only seventeen?" Zhan Hao turned around and looked at him in amazement, stood and thought for a while, and then remembered: "Ah, it's seventeen, it's indeed a little less. But it doesn't matter, it's eighteen now one."

When Dead Leaf heard this, she frowned immediately.

Zhan Hao smiled at him leisurely, his face full of leisure: "Yesterday you lied to me, you didn't take over the Yan family's job. People like Yan Qi who are greedy for life and afraid of death, there is no reason not to take you By your side, you never tell others who your target is. If you are free, why not come to me, I always have something to do for you. "

Looking at Zhan Hao, looking at his crystal-clear and magical amber eyes under the moonlight, Dead Ye suddenly thought that among the Japanese killers he had contacted before, there seemed to be some who knew different pupils, and they could do it with just their eyes. Make people bewitched and lose their minds.It's just that the pupil technique is weird, it is greatly affected by emotions, and it doesn't work every time.

But if Zhan Hao is going to practice, he must use it one by one, and he will never lose his hair.

During these years of traveling around the rivers and lakes, Dead Leaf has met many people, among which the most outstanding ones are naturally Zhao Pu, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

Zhao Pu is arrogant and domineering, Zhan Zhao is gentle and spiritual, and Bai Yutang is handsome and evil, they are all characters that people can't take their eyes off just by looking at them.But Zhan Hao is different.Dead Leaf remembered that when she first met Zhan Hao, she thought he was just an ordinary businessman, but he was better looking.Zhan Hao has a tall and slender figure, with handsome features, he is indeed a dragon and a phoenix among men.But if he stood beside Bai Yutang, others would definitely look at Bai Yutang first and not him.

But after getting along for a long time, others can discover the strength in Zhan Hao.

He didn't have many expressions, and his eyes were also faint, neither happy nor angry.The hair is very black and long, and it is always tied loosely. When a gust of wind blows, half of the face will be covered by the loose hair.He always looks calm and breezy, calm and unhurried all the time, with a flat tone and no waves.When you talk to him, he quietly turns his face away, looking intently into your eyes without blinking.

Zhan Hao's eyes are the most powerful part of his face.

The eyelashes are very thick and long, and the color of the eye sockets is darker than that of ordinary people, as if they have been painted with makeup.There is a pale mole under the corner of his left eye, and the eyeball is amber, which will appear very clear under the strong light.After he concentrates his eyes, it will make people feel that his whole body and soul are surrounded by his eyes, and then he slowly pulls them in.

What Zhan Hao possesses is the magical nature that can make people lose their minds. As long as he is not paying attention, his soul will be taken away by him.

This is the only thing that makes Dead Ye think Zhan Hao is dangerous.If he hadn't been by his side as an ally, he would have no idea of ​​the future development of the matter.

He never knew what Zhan Hao was thinking.

Zhan Hao placed the dead leaves in the east courtyard.There are not many people living in the east courtyard. Most of the rooms have been demolished to make room for landscaping, leaving only a small courtyard.

Dead Leaves followed Zhan Hao, looking at Zhan Zhai all the way.Undoubtedly, Zhan Hao has taste and vision. All the scenery and details in the house reflect exquisite thoughts.I don't know if it was his own idea, or if he found someone to arrange it.

Walking into the arched door of the east courtyard, Dead Leaf couldn't help taking a deep breath while looking at the scenery under the moonlight.

As soon as you enter the east courtyard, you will see a big pond.It is probably a lotus pond, but it has not yet sprouted at this time, so it looks very deserted.Next to the pool is a bank made of rockery, and a pavilion with raised eaves is embedded in it.Going further inside is a small yard, not big, with two big trees planted in the center, surrounded by only one main house and a few rooms.Dead Leaf saw a tall wooden frame on the ground at the door of the room, with strings of wisterias hanging on it, emitting a dim light under the moonlight.

So, Dead Leaf was a little bit puzzled by Zhan Hao's thoughts.

Didn't they say he was hired as a guard? Why was he placed in a room so far away from the main house?Moreover, this courtyard is exquisite and quiet, and it seems that no one lives in it——is he Zhan Hao so generous to outsiders?

Zhan Hao stretched out his hand to open the door, walked in quietly, and the two cats followed slowly.Withered Ye frowned, and walked in suspiciously, seeing that Zhan Hao had already lit the lamp and was looking at the bedding on the bed.

Withered Ye walked behind him and saw the neatly folded quilt on the bed.Zhan Hao turned his head to look at him, and said casually: "My eldest girl, Yu Ke, is always worrying and cleaning the house every day."

The dead leaves do not speak.Zhan Hao walked over and shook out the quilt, and spread it on the bed skillfully, evenly and properly.Seeing his clean movements, Dead Leaf raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Zhan Hao seemed to know what he was thinking, and while taking out a pillow from the closet next to him, he said, "I used to take care of Zhao Zhao when he was a child, and when he came back from the Heavenly Demon Palace during the holidays, I made the bed for him."

Hearing Zhan Zhao's name, Dead Leaf's face turned a little cold.

After finishing the bed, Zhan Hao put his hands on his chest like a son.He turned around and looked at the stinky face of the dry leaf, and slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Although I am Zhan Zhao's eldest brother, it seems that you don't hate me." Ye still had a stinky face, but after a while he put away his narrow expression.

"I'm leaving, you have a good rest."

Saying that, Zhan Hao staggered out of the door.Withered Ye turned her face to see his unhurried and calm posture, and felt an inexplicable sense of aggrieved depression in her heart, which began to slowly steam in her chest.

——For a moment, he forgot that he was Zhan Zhao's brother.

Zhan Zhao, that everyone loves, the one with outstanding martial arts... Zhan Zhao.

Although he has experienced so many things and been in contact with Zhan Zhao so many times, Dead Leaf can't convince himself to have even the slightest liking for him, or he has no intention of doing so at all.Every time I saw Zhan Zhao walking among the crowd with a smile, getting along with so many people, Dead Leaf even felt a little gnashing of teeth.

Why does everyone like him?Everyone in Kaifeng Mansion, Bao Zheng, the fourth son, Zhao Pu...all like him.And Bai Yutang, that Bai Yutang who is always defiant and dismissive of everything.

The dead leaves stood stiffly at the door, facing the empty yard with a gloomy face.Zhan Hao had already left, leaving only the moonlight on the ground.In the empty silence, he began to feel that he was baffled—why did he come to Zhan Hao?Although it was true that he had mixed up with him for a while before, it was only because of unavoidable reasons.Zhan Hao is Zhan Zhao's eldest brother, and Zhan Zhao is Bai Yutang's only lover.

Why did you come here? After realizing how strange his choice was, Dead Leaf had to start thinking about his current situation.

He has no one around him, no friends to whom he can rely.

When all the things that should be done have been done, the content of life begins to become extremely empty, and even killing people for others has become an extremely boring thing.He traveled more than half of the Central Plains until he arrived at Changzhou Mansion, only then did he suddenly remember that Zhan Hao was from Changzhou.

So he began to observe Zhan Hao in the dark.He saw Zhan Hao wandering the streets leisurely, from time to time, he went to the restaurant or spice shop he was running to check the latest business, went to Yuehua Building to drink tea, or went to the surrounding area to relax - he still looked calm and unhurried, as if Don't worry about the content of life at all.

What to do today, what to do tomorrow, where will the future go.

Looking at his calm and deep pupils, Dead Leaf began to feel shameful powerlessness and bewilderment.Facing the calmness and plainness of others, my own hesitation seems to be an undisguised weakness, which has become a fatal point.He is a person who has no one to depend on, and has never had any extra plans for life.The people he met, the things he met, he couldn't have any feelings similar to fetters, and after all, he was drifting in the world with nowhere to go.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang... To be honest, although I hate them, I envy them in my heart.With someone by your side, no matter what you do, you will be more motivated.

With a self-deprecating sneer, Dead Leaf frowned and walked to the bed, sat down slumped.The black cat and the white cat were already curled up comfortably at the foot of the bed.Looking at the two small animals, one white and one black, Dead Ye subconsciously picked up his broken knife, and held up the little rabbit jade pendant hanging on the handle with his fingers.

The white and tender red-eyed rabbit is like a little four.The little fourth son who is always soft and sticky, in fact, he must not know how many times he has saved himself.

Once he saved his life, and later he also saved his slowly rotting heart.

Dead Leaf knows that he is a bad person, but until now, he has never regretted what he has done.He remembered when he was the most confused and confused, that cold snowy night, the fat little white doll in the deserted village who saved him, his kindness brought a vicious wolf back to life, raised its sharp teeth and fangs, to those who are either innocent or sinful.

He doesn't regret it, even if he is hated by the fourth son, he doesn't regret it.

What's the use of regretting?Dead Leaf knew that even if he regretted it, he would not be able to go back.Those who should be injured have already been injured, and now he can only walk forward.

It's just that he can't see where his future is now.

The next morning, Zhan Hao woke up with a throbbing pain in his chest.

In his sleep, Zhan Hao woke up.He saw that there seemed to be a person sitting under the Magnolia tree in the yard, with his back to him, hunched over doing something.He was about to walk over to see who that person was, but he tripped over something, causing him to fall headlong into the pond next to him.

There is no pond beside the magnolia tree.

This was the first thought that popped into Zhan Hao's mind when he was surrounded by cold water.He felt that he was not in the exhibition house, but the tree and the pool were all familiar scenery.And the second thought was cold.The whole body, every finger, every inch of skin is so cold.

Zhan Hao felt his heart beating slowly faster.The light above the pool poured down and shone on his face. His whole body was stiff, and he felt that his body was gradually surrounded by stinging pain, and his heart was beating violently as if it was about to protrude from his chest.

The moment he woke up, Zhan Hao's eyes widened suddenly, and his fingers unconsciously twitched.

His amber eyeballs were completely exposed to the air, with rare blankness and fear in them.

The voices of maids and servants talking came from outside the door.Yu Ke was calling the coachman Quan Jing's name loudly, her tone was as lively and savage as ever.Someone passed by outside the window, walking towards the west, and there was the faint rustling of bamboo brooms brushing the ground.

I'm afraid it's already Chen Shi.

It has been a long time since Zhan Hao woke up after Mao Shi.Every morning, as soon as the light came from behind the hill, he would open his eyes automatically.Zhan Hao lay on the bed in a daze and novelty for a while, and gradually felt a little cold all over his body.When I reached out to touch it, I realized that half of the quilt had fallen under the bed.

He sat up, moved his feet to the edge of the bed, and put them on the footrests.For a moment he couldn't remember what he had done these days, until he saw the open window and the green trees outside the window, Zhan Hao remembered that he picked up a small animal last night.

Like a cat, but more indifferent than a cat; like a wolf, but more awkward and hesitant than a wolf.

Dead leaves... Zhan Hao sat quietly by the bed, recalling his face last night in his mind, his empty eyes slowly regaining their usual expression.His eyelids relaxed indifferently and complacently, covering half of the eyeballs, revealing a lazy and indifferent expression.After a while, he slowly raised his face, pursing his lips as if confirming something.

Less smoke.

Zhan Hao's eyeballs didn't move, he just reached out to the head of the bed neatly, and touched the cigarette stick there.There was no shredded tobacco in it, but he subconsciously stuffed the cigarette holder into his mouth——at this moment, the feeling that something was missing in his heart was relieved, and he finally narrowed his eyes calmly as usual.

With the cigarette holder in his mouth, Zhan Hao carefully recalled every detail of the meeting with the dead leaves last night, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up.

Near noon, a visitor came to the exhibition house.

Just as Zhan Hao was about to leave for the restaurant, there was a knock on the door.A servant trotted over to open the door, and as soon as it opened, two young men walked in.

Both of them were well dressed, one was handsome with a wanton smile on his face, and the other was handsome and handsome with an expressionless face.

Zhan Hao squinted and watched them walk up to him, and said, "You two really know how to pick your time."

The smiling man sat down on the chair in the lobby without restraint, saw a cup of tea in his hand, and drank it.Zhan Hao looked at him from the corner of his eyes, and said flatly, "Yan Peng, I just used that cup."

The man named Yan Peng coughed in shock after hearing this, and shouted after coughing: "Why didn't you say it earlier?! You want to kill me!" Zhan Hao didn't bother to talk to him, thinking of last night Withered leaves, he turned to look at the calm man in front of him, and said, "Xiaolian, sit down."

This person is Qu Xiaolian, Qu Xiaolian, the elder son of Qu who the dead leaf said last night that Yan Qi was the key.

"Yan Peng and I just came back from Suzhou Mansion. Hou Kui and Mao Feng have already been hung out at Qingyu Tea House. You are really quick." Qu Xiao connected the cup of tea offered by the maid Min Wei, and opened the lid Skimming the tea leaves, he took a sip slowly.

Zhan Hao sat across from him, with a faint smile on his face, and didn't talk to him.Yan Peng drank the tea in one breath, put down the cup and looked at Zhan Hao, then at Qu Xiaolian, and asked, "Are you going to tell him about that?"

Hearing this, Zhan Hao quietly raised his eyes.

Qu Xiaolian lowered his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.After a while, he raised his head, with a sad look in his eyes: "I had a murder case in a restaurant in Suzhou. A customer died suddenly while eating fugu."

Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows, leaned back against the back of the chair, and lifted his chin leisurely.He saw behind Qu Xiaolian and Yan Peng, in the corridor outside the lobby, a black figure walking slowly.

Yan Peng continued Qu Xiaolian's words and said: "There was a lot of trouble at that time, and the whole restaurant was watching. The prefect of Suzhou sent someone to do an autopsy, and they said it was poisoned by puffer fish. But the cook Xiaolian invited was a master chef. , it makes no sense to make such a mistake..." While speaking, the man in black had already walked to the edge of the lobby.

Zhan Hao looked at him, smiled slightly, and said, "Xiao Lian, where have you recruited Yan Qi these days, forcing him to use such despicable means to harm you?"

Dead Leaf heard this at the entrance of the lobby, and knew that he was discussing business with a friend, so he didn't enter or retreat for a while.Although Zhan Hao said he was talking to Qu Xiaolian, his eyes were fixed on him who was frozen at the door.Yan Peng and the others still feel strange, where are these eyes looking?The two turned their heads following his line of sight, and saw a thin masked man in black standing quietly at the door.

Looking at the mask on Withered Leaf's face and his cold eyes, the two felt a sudden shock in their hearts.

Zhan Hao smiled, beckoned for Dead Leaf to come over, and said, "Let me introduce you to the guard I just hired yesterday, Dead Leaf."

When Yan Peng and Qu Xiao even heard this name, they were startled.The two looked at each other for a while, and couldn't help turning their faces to look at Zhan Hao in surprise.At this moment, the dead leaf has already walked behind Zhan Hao, one of them is smiling, the other is stern, it looks weird no matter how you look at it.

The name of Dead Leaf has always been quite resounding in the rivers and lakes.He is different from Bai Yutang, Bai Yutang's reputation is mostly spread in Jianghu, but among officials and businessmen, his reputation is really not as good as Dead Leaf.

Dead Leaf is a killer, that is to say, he wants to kill—unless it is his own enemy, otherwise, the target needs to be designated by others.Withered Leaf is good at martial arts and has high efficiency. Although he doesn't often take over business from officials and businessmen, once he does, he will be able to handle it quickly and neatly.

Therefore, many businessmen are somewhat afraid of his name.In the past, Dead Leaf only killed a few businessmen who came from the north to smuggle salt, and a small magistrate, but the deterrent effect was enough.However, since last year, he seems to have retired, and few people see him again.But now, why would he appear here at Zhan Hao?

Yan Peng and Qu Xiaolian looked at Dead Leaf's expressionless face with somewhat tangled eyes, not knowing what to say.Looking at their eyes as if they had eaten a fly, Zhan Hao couldn't be happier.He smiled and bent his lips and said to Qu Xiaolian: "My guard told me yesterday that Yan Qi has murderous intentions towards you, you'd better pay attention. There is also the murder case, you find two more famous ones." Let me go to check, shave off the man's hair, and see if there are any small wounds."

Qu Xiaolian's thoughts were abruptly pulled back from Dead Ye by Zhan Hao's words, and turned to his own restaurant.He thought for a while, then asked: "You mean, the Prefect Zhang was bought by Yan Qi?"

Zhan Hao glanced at his eyes, took a sip of tea calmly, shrugged and said, "I didn't say anything."

Yan Peng was listening, half dead by Zhan Hao's anger.Annoyed, he took Qu Xiaolian's tea and drank it all in one gulp, cursing: "Zhan Hao, can't you make your words clearer? Now that Suzhou is in trouble, I don't know what good thing is going to grab the puffer fish If you look up this line, I'm afraid that in a day or two, your farm in Zhenhaiwei will be seized!"

Zhan Hao lowered his eyes, still sitting leisurely, with a calm look.He didn't know what he was thinking, but he was silent for a while, and then reached out to the maid Min Wei who was standing beside him and ordered the table.Min Wei nodded in understanding, turned around and walked on.Seeing his gesture, Qu Xiaolian knew that he wanted Minwei to go to Fengyuan Building to find Uncle Zhong, the housekeeper of the exhibition house.

Qu Xiaolian frowned and sighed faintly, Yan Peng was also depressed and did not speak.Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows, then turned his face to look at the dead leaf, and said, "Go and see if the boss of the Yan family is at home."

Withered Leaf glanced at him, turned around and left without saying a word.

Seeing the figure of the withered leaves gradually disappearing outside the courtyard gate, Yan Peng was stunned for a long time, and then said: "Zhan Hao, you are raising a wolf at home."

Zhan Hao still drank his tea unhurriedly, and said relaxedly: "What wolf, it's just a little fox."

In the afternoon, Zhan Hao set off for Fengyuan Building.

At the gate, I met the dead leaves that had just come back.Dead Leaf looked at him expressionlessly, stopped on his feet, and said: "The boss of the Yan family has just entered Yuehua Tower."

Zhan Hao paused quietly for a while, then raised the corners of his mouth: "Oh, that's it, then you can go to Fengyuan Building with me first."

So the dead leaf walked behind him without saying a word.Zhan Hao was walking ahead, turned his head to look at him, and said with a soft smile, "Why did you become a follower? Come to me." Dead Leaf hesitated for a while, but still walked to his right hand side.

There are few pedestrians on the street, and the sun is just right.The warm wind in late spring wanders slowly in the street, blowing every eaves.Withered Ye walked beside Zhan Hao, and turned to look at his peaceful expression.Zhan Hao's eyes are slightly squinted, and the tiny sunlight jumps on his long eyelashes, each root is distinct and finely detailed.

The movement of the scenery gradually became slower in the deep gaze.The blurred figure beside him, the building, the woman passing by with her head bowed... Withered Ye turned her head back, and still remembers the long strands of Zhan Hao's hair scattered around her ears and temples in her mind.His posture is calm and unhurried, without squinting, as if everything around him doesn't exist.

He has seen this scene many times.When they were in Dali, when Zhan Hao played the piano expressionlessly, they had such eyes.At that time, Dead Leaf only felt that this person was far-sighted, and that all future developments would definitely not escape his expectations.But now, in a different place and a different scene, Dead Leaf thinks back on Zhan Hao's lowered eyes just now, but feels that he doesn't seem to be living better than herself.

There is a kind of human pretentiousness in the world, which has become a habit and is deeply rooted in the bone marrow.He wants people to look at him like that, and others look at him like that, without showing any flaws at all, and it fits perfectly.

After walking for a while, when we arrived at Chuancheng Street, there were gradually more people around.Dead Leaf actually wanted to ask Zhan Hao why they didn't take a carriage or ride a horse to the restaurant.Fengyuan building is not very close to the exhibition house, it takes less than half an hour to walk.If you walk faster, you may arrive earlier, but if you walk like him, it may take more than half an hour.

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