Brother listens to orders

In the middle of the night, Cheng Qianshu went to Mr. Kang's residence alone.

In the past few days, all the major martial arts families have arrived in Qingzhou one after another, and they sent people to visit early, but Mr. Kang did not see them all. They only said to the public that they had already quit the martial arts, and that from now on, the affairs of the martial arts would have nothing to do with him.

Cheng Qianshu knocked on the door of Mr. Kang's house in the middle of the night, and the dumb uncle frowned when he saw him, first looked around behind him, Cheng Qianshu said in a low voice: "I am the only one. Dumb uncle, I have something to do with the old man, please be sure Pass it on."

But the dumb uncle waved his hand, and after confirming that there was no one else behind him, he led him in.

The dumb uncle made a sound of "ahhh", his brows were still furrowed, and he gestured sideways for Cheng Qianshu to follow him.

Uncle Mute walked quickly, almost impatiently, Cheng Qianshu was a little confused.The last time he came, Uncle Dumb wasn't like this.

After entering the courtyard where Mr. Kang lived, the dumb uncle asked him to wait a while, and after a while, the dumb uncle appeared on the stairs and beckoned him to pass.

The light was turned on in the room, Mr. Kang coughed a few times and sat up, wearing a coat with white hair, but his handsome face could still be seen on his wrinkled face.

Uncle Mute served hot tea, and brightened the lights in the room, and then stood in the corner.

Cheng Qianshu stepped forward quickly and saluted, "Senior Kang..."

Mr. Kang waved his hand, took a sip of hot tea, and sighed: "You are still here, I was still thinking, if all this is really fate, you have such a good relationship with that Hua family boy, it's fine if you don't know the truth .”

Cheng Qianshu raised his heart suddenly, couldn't help but walked closer, and said carefully: "Senior means..."

Mr. Kang asked him to sit down, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Tell me first, what do you think of the Hua family?"

Cheng Qianshu put his hands on his knees, curled up his fingers, and was stunned for a moment before saying, "One person does something and one person does it."

Mr. Kang nodded and stroked his beard: "Okay, it seems that you have thought clearly."

Cheng Qianshu frowned and didn't answer, just waited patiently.

Mr. Kang said: "Hua Jinshuang is a good boy. Xin'er has been with me since he was a child, and he often mentions him to me. Don't think that the two of them will never fight against each other outside. They always compete with each other in everything... Five Who eats one more bowl of rice at the age of seven, grows taller at the age of seven, and learns to swim on the water at the age of ten..."

Mr. Kang mentioned his most beloved grandson, with pain and longing on his face, but after all, he has seen big storms, and there are countless people who have left around him, and the most beloved person has long since left him. He has suffered enough since he was young, and it is easier to let go of what he sees and thinks than other people. He only said a few words, and then stopped repeating the old things, saying: "I saw you and Hua Jinshuang coming together the other day, that kid Obviously I didn't know about it, and I wanted you to get acquainted with me. I didn't keep you, and I didn't plan to mention more. "

"Knowing some things may not be a good thing," Mr. Kang said, "Your parents sent you out desperately, and left a way for you early, just to let you live a good life. The grievances of the previous generation are not It should implicate you little ones."

Cheng Qianshu became short of breath. He wanted to ask something several times, but he didn't have the courage to ask. After repeated several times, he finally said hoarsely: "What do you know? Can you tell me everything?"

Mr. Kang said: "This matter has to start from two years ago."

As early as two years ago, the wind direction of the court was a little wrong.

Although the Cheng family was far away at the border, they also had good old friends in the imperial court. After hearing some news, the old friends felt that something was wrong, so they warned the Cheng family in advance.Although the Cheng family didn't think trouble would come to them, they still became vigilant and began to carefully transfer the family property. They secretly transferred the fields and ancestral property that could be exchanged, and exchanged only a little at a time. It took two years like this. I saved the exchanged banknotes and secretly hid my confidantes.

Half a year before the accident happened to the Cheng family, the Cheng family sent their confidant into Gyeongju disguised as a businessman. out of town.But staying at Hua's house should take over the box, and at the same time, Cheng Qianshu's confidant who was responsible for taking care of him after he arrived in Gyeongju visited Mr. Kang's house late at night, entrusted the things to Mr. Kang, and told about the Cheng family's affairs. and inform.

"He said that after staying in the Hua family for a month, he realized that something was wrong." Mr. Kang said, "How smart and capable is Cheng Qin's confidant? The Hua family is too far away from the Cheng family, so Cheng Qin naturally treats the Hua family very well." Trust, but he met the Hua family day and night, and soon discovered the clue. He thought the Hua family could not be trusted, so he sent the box to me to give you a way out."

Cheng Qianshu didn't expect Hua Jinshuang to guess correctly about this, and asked with a pale face, "What about others?"

Mr. Kang shook his head: "He can't arouse Hua Wulang's suspicion, otherwise you will be in danger in the future. So he went back to Hua's house as before, pretending nothing happened. Later, Hua Wulang asked where the box that Cheng Qin had carried went. He just said he was on his way."

Cheng Qianshu felt strange: "If it's just a box to store banknotes and my parents' relics, why is the key in the hands of the Kou family?"

Elder Kang didn't know why, and said, "I only know that when he disappeared later, maybe it aroused Hua Wulang's suspicion in the end, or maybe it was Hua Wulang who found out that he secretly had a connection with Xin'er."

Cheng Qianshu understood: "Is Kang Ningxin in touch with him?"

"I persuaded that child not to get involved in your grievances." Mr. Kang said, "But that child is chivalrous and would not allow such a thing to happen. As a result..."

Mr. Kang said: "After that person disappeared, Xin'er knew something had happened. He was very angry, but we didn't have evidence against the Hua family. In order not to startle the snake, we had to wait for your arrival. Xin'er plans to explain to you personally, Then find a way to find out the truth of the matter. The child actually doesn't want Hua Wulang to be a malicious person, he and Hua Jinshuang grew up together, although they don't have a good relationship on the surface, they really care about it in their hearts."

Cheng Qianshu nodded to show his understanding.

Along the way, he, Hua Jinshuang, and Hua Mingran have already guessed a rough idea. Combined with the analysis of Brother Jin Ye, the current direction of things is almost in line with their guess.

Cheng Qianshu was able to calm down after thinking about it over and over again, and now he can deal with it calmly after hearing what happened.

Mr. Kang said: "The box is in my study, let Uncle Dumb take you to see it."

Cheng Qianshu followed the dumb uncle to the study, and the dumb uncle dragged the heavy black wooden box out from under a dark board.The black box was very inconspicuous and nothing special, but the lock on it was not ordinary.

The dumb uncle made a few gestures, pointed at the lock, shrugged his shoulders, shook his head and spread his hands. Cheng Qianshu actually understood what he meant, which meant that the lock could not be unlocked by ordinary methods.

This is also easy to understand, if the lock can be opened easily, then the key hidden by the Kou family is meaningless at all.

Cheng Qianshu knelt down and touched the box, and found that although the material of the box looked ordinary, it seemed that it could not be easily damaged.

Cheng Qianshu took out the key from his pocket and opened it after hesitation.

Sure enough, there were a lot of banknotes, gold, and mother's jewelry in the box, which were all her favorites to wear when she was alive. Under the box, there were some Cheng Qin's favorite military books, maps, etc., and some Cheng Qin had written several letters earlier, and the names and addresses mentioned in the letters were the ones Cheng Qianshu could trust and seek refuge in.

The first one to look up is the Hua family.

Those letters were sorted and tied with rope, and even wrote a few greeting cards in advance, maybe for Cheng Qianshu's personal favor when he wants to visit someone.

Cheng Qianshu suddenly felt sad and angry, but there was nothing he could do.

Cheng Qianshu sat on the floor of the study, flipping through the letters one by one under the dim candlelight, and finally found a clue in one of the letters.

It was a letter sent by someone else, and it was placed on the other side alone. It was signed with a fake name, which Cheng Qianshu didn't recognize.But there are a few things mentioned in it. One is that there are some booming businesses in and around the capital, including Gyeongju City; the other is that the border gates are also related to these businesses.

At first glance, it seemed that they were just two trivial things mentioned casually. After all, there was no name or surname in it, nor did they say that there were any hidden dangers in these two things, it was just a mention.

But the crux of Cheng Qianshu's intuition lies here.

If it had been a few months earlier, he would not have thought of it this way, but now he knows the relationship between the Kou family and Zhong Ying and Zhong Ying's shady business at the border. deep meaning.

The other party not only mentioned the capital city, but also deliberately mentioned Qingzhou, which may be a hint, but Cheng Qin didn't care.

In other words, he trusted Hua Wulang too much, and he didn't read the other party's hint at all.

After counting the contents of the box, Cheng Qianshu locked the box back.

He returned to Mr. Kang's bedroom. Mr. Kang was old and lacked energy. After waiting for a while, he leaned on the bed and fell asleep. The dumb uncle carefully shook the master to wake him up. Mr. Kang was stunned for a while, and then said: "How? Is everything ready?"

Cheng Qianshu smiled wryly: "Qi Wuqi is just like that."

Mr. Kang said: "The Kang family has no successors. When I leave, the Kang family should completely withdraw from the martial arts. The future world will be different from ours at that time, and I have nothing to look forward to. How to do it, you can make up your own mind. I can help you, and I will help you."

Mr. Kang pointed to Uncle Dumb: "Call Uncle Dumb if you need anything, he knows how to do it."

Cheng Qianshu saluted: "Thank you, senior."

Cheng Qianshu only kept the letter in his bosom, and left everything else intact in Mr. Kang's study.

He returned to the Huanliu Pavilion with a heavy heart, and before he got close, he realized that something was wrong.

There was a circle of people around Huanliu Pavilion, riding horses and holding torches, as if they were here to arrest people.Cheng Qianshu hid behind the tree, recognized the leader as Hua Jinfei, and ordered someone to bring Hua Jinshuang out of Huanliu Pavilion.

Hua Jinshuang was carefully invited out, and several servants of the Hua family surrounded him, but they didn't dare to hurt him, so they said cautiously: "Third young master, you are back."

"Who tipped off the letter?" Hua Jinshuang yawned lazily, obviously upset at being woken up.

Lu Luo hid behind the door, hugged by a drunk customer, and weakly raised her hand: "The Hua family has been looking for you for a long time, and they said that you will be rewarded for reporting."

Hua Jin pointed at him with both hands: "Traitor."

Luluo obviously doesn't know what's going on here, she only thinks that the third young master ran away from home willfully, and it doesn't matter that she can still make a fortune if she is brought back, so she happily went to Huafu to sell him that night.

Hua Jinfei rode on the horse, and said speechlessly: "Let Dad know that you are hiding here, and you will be punished again!"

Hua Jin curled her lips together: "Second Brother, just pretend you don't know, how about it?"

Hua Jinfei said: "Father already knows, you don't want him to come and catch you in person, do you? Let's go."

Hua Jinshuang sighed and had no choice but to get on the horse. Cheng Qianshu frowned and watched them go far away. When he was about to follow up, he was taken aback, thinking: Can Shuanger see?