not with you

Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March.

Yangzhou is a bustling place, of course not just in March.The Slender West Lake in Yangzhou also has the scenery of "light makeup and heavy foam are always suitable".On the surface of the lake, amidst the scales and blue waves, beautiful flower boats add a bit of beauty to the Slender West Lake.

Fanhuafang is the most beautiful flowerboat on the Slender West Lake. The owner of Fanhuafang, Sai Feiyan, is as light as a swallow and as beautiful as fairy dust. To book a Fanhuafang, you need to book it several months in advance.

But at this time, the guest in the flower boat didn't even look at her, which made Sai Feiyan very frustrated.

Today's guest is a formidable old man, beside him are three or four young and handsome teenagers, but these teenagers just stand respectfully outside the cabin, and there is only one old man in the cabin.

At this time, Sai Feiyan was sitting with the old man in the living room of the front cabin.She raised her wine glass again to the old man sitting beside her, and said with a coquettish smile, "My lord, come, I will toast you again. It would be a pity not to taste our daughter's red when you come here." She put The wine glass was delivered to his mouth, but he blocked it with a light wave of his hand. He tilted his head and asked, "How much does Fanhuafang earn in a day?" Sai Feiyan froze for a moment, no one had ever asked this question before. .She smiled and said: "Well, it's hard to say for the slave family. Ordinary ones are only five or sixty taels, and the extra ones are only one or two hundred taels... It all depends on you guys..."

The old man said: "Okay." He stretched out his hand and took out a bank note from his pocket, and handed it to Sai Feiyan.Sai Feiyan took it and saw that it was a silver note of one thousand taels, she was really pleasantly surprised for a while.I only heard the old man say: "I have invited a few friends to meet here. You don't need to accompany me. Please take your servants to disembark." I just want to borrow a boat for use, so much money needless to say, I can buy it even if I buy it, so I immediately agreed, turned and left.

As soon as Sai Feiyan left the boat, the curtain of the cabin was lifted, and a gentle man walked in. He said with an ugly face, "Ouyang hasn't been found yet."

The old man snorted coldly: "He doesn't know anyone outside, where can he go? There is money to help him, how do you do things?"

The gentle man said: "It was already succeeded. I didn't expect Qian Zhuzhi's broken right hand to be equipped with a hidden weapon, and it was his famous Tianyu Flying Flower Arrow. The subordinates didn't guard against it for a while, so..."

The old man snorted coldly again, and said: "Now they are already suspicious of you, so you should avoid it for a while." The gentle man didn't dare to say anything more, turned around and entered the inner cabin.

The tranquility was restored on the lake and among the boats, and it was only in the evening that a deep and powerful voice was heard from the bank, "Thank you for the hero, and I came to pay a visit to Hero Ximen Zhongguang with the Kunlun faction and Qianshoujian. "

Another voice responded: "My master has been waiting for a long time. Everyone, please get on board!"

The curtain of the cabin was raised high.The old man—Ximen Zhongguang also stood up.

A group of people walked in slowly.The leader is the Overlord Gun Xie Hero, followed by a pale and thin man, half of his right hand is empty, fluttering slightly with the wind, it is Qian Zhuzhi who is known as the Thousand-Handed Arrow, and finally Ke Zhengpin and Wu Ming supported a blind old man - Ke Zhengyang.

The five people saluted Ximen Chongguang one after another, and the old man couldn't help but sigh when they met each other.Ximen Chongguang returned the salute one by one and asked everyone to sit down.

Ximen Zhongguang's eyes fell on Qian Zhuzhi, and he asked, "How is Brother Qian's injury?"

Qian Zhuzhi sighed, "I can't die. I turned around in the gate of hell and came back again."

Ximen Chongguang's eyes were slightly cold, and he said, "Brother Qian, did you see that person?"

Qian Zhuzhi shook his head and sighed: "It's hard to say, he couldn't see clearly with his face covered. What's more, I never really met that person back then."

Ximen Chongguang also sighed: "Yes, I never expected to bring up old things again today."

Xie Yingxiong is straightforward, so he couldn't help but ask first: "Does Hero Ximen know about that Tang Shi?"

Ximen Zhongguang said lightly: "I am not familiar with this person. He Tao invited him here."

Xie Yingxiong shook his head and sighed: "He Tao is indeed a key person, but unfortunately he was silenced."

At this time, someone outside the boat said: "Head Tao of the Huashan School is here!" As soon as the words fell, the curtain of the boat was lifted again, and a middle-aged scribe walked into the cabin. It was Tao Xu, the head of the Huashan School.He failed to catch up with Xie Yingxiong and the others, so he circled around and landed at the end.

Ximen Zhongguang got up and said, "Master Tao, you have worked hard all the way." Tao Xu returned the salute with fists cupped, his eyes swept towards the cabin, and he sighed slightly: "Everyone, long time no see."

Fanhuafang put away the cable and sailed slowly towards the center of the lake.

While everyone was talking, the table had already prepared food and wine.Everyone was busy all the way, and at this time they were already hungry and thirsty, so naturally they stopped being polite when Ximen Zhongguang toasted and invited them to eat and drink freely.Only Ke Zhengpin just raised his glass to drink lightly, his empty eyes and numb expression looked particularly old and gloomy.

After drinking for three rounds, Tao Xu suddenly said: "Hero Ximen, haven't you seen this little apprentice?" Xie Yingxiong also realized: "Yeah, where did that kid go? Didn't he take that man named Li Ping with him?" ?”

Ximen Zhongguang shook his head and said, "They haven't been here before. I really want to meet this Li Ping." There was a gleam in his eyes, and he said, "I really want to see what kind of person he is."

Tao Xu sighed: "That Li Ping has already run away." Xie Yingxiong wondered: "How is this possible? Nephew Mo Xian can't cure him?" Ximen Chongguang also looked tense.

Tao Xu sighed: "It seems that the killer took him away. Listening to the little disciple's narration, this matter is really strange..." He described Mo Zixuan's story in detail again.Everyone's face became heavy, and the chopsticks in their hands were put down one after another.Only Ximen Chongguang's expression was normal, but he already knew very well who the person who took Li Ping was in his heart.

Qian Zhuzhi wondered: "If nephew Mo Xian meets that person, then who is the one who assassinated me?"

Tao Xu nodded slightly and said, "Maybe, he's not alone?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a complete silence.

Ke Zhengyang, who had never spoken, suddenly said: "Hero Ximen, seven years ago, that shadow killer, is he really dead?" As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to Ximen Zhongguang.Indeed, this is the one thing they most want to know, and it is also the source of their fear.

Ximen Zhongguang took a sip of the wine, and said with the same expression, "Brother Ke thinks so?"

Ke Zhengyang said: "I, what can a blind man think?"

Tao Xu looked at Ke Zhengyang with a slightly different expression, and suddenly said: "Brother Ke is blind. Some things may be more likely to be missed by us with discerning eyes."

Ke Zhengyang smiled slightly at Tao Xu, turned his face to Ximen Chongguang again, stared at him with empty eyes, with a strange strangeness, and said slowly: "Yes, although my eyes are blind, but my heart is not blind .For seven years, I have been recalling the scene of that day every day. Until the moment when the brother in charge was killed, I finally understood one thing."

All eyes were on Ke Zhengyang.

Xie Yingxiong asked, "Brother Ke, what did you understand?"

Ke Zhengyang said: "What He Tao? What Tang Shi? Even including the legendary 'shadow', they are just chess pieces." His voice became more and more serious, and said: "All of this is a chess game , a chess game that will control us to death."

Ke Zhengpin interrupted suddenly: "Brother, are you being too alarmist. Although I was just an outsider in the incident back then, this series of incidents are all related to the legendary 'shadow'. Isn't it too early to make a judgment now?"

Tao Xu waved his hand slightly and said: "Brother Ke is not the person involved, so he can't understand the fear in our hearts. Maybe Tao is self-defeating. In any case, I can't stop that sword."

Everyone's faces were gloomy.Indeed, who can stop that sword?Even Ximen Zhongguang himself couldn't imagine in his heart what he would do when he really faced that sword!

Suddenly, there was silence again in the flower boat room.

Suddenly, Wu Ming, who had been silent all the time in the corner, let out an "Aiyo" and fell down.