Under the night, in the pavilion, a study room was slightly illuminated by red candlelight. A gray-haired old man was half lying on the bed, looking at the books in his hand in the candlelight.

As the dim fire light jumped, you can vaguely see original calligraphy and paintings of ancient celebrities hanging on both walls, and various poems and annotations were placed on the bookshelf next to it, all of which were written by famous artists.

Although the decoration of this room is simple, just looking at these valuable collections, you can see that it is not an ordinary home.

In front of the bed were two fat and thin men dressed in luxurious clothes. They were Liu Jingtai, the leader of the Liu family in Yuanyang City and his clan brothers.

After a while, the old man finally put down the books in his hand, raised his eyes with a little gloomy look at the two people in front of him, and spoke slowly, with a tone of neither light nor heavy: "So... are you saying that the Su family is still safe?"

"Yes, dad." Liu Jingtai nodded, with a hint of ruthlessness on his already ugly face. "The man who had spent a lot of money to hire was now unknown. I am afraid that the matter would be defeated, and I am afraid that our Liu family would be held accountable and ran away with the money! Dad, do we want it..."

He made a gesture of sliding slightly with his palm as a knife, and his eyes were filled with viciousness.

"waste!"

But when the old man suddenly shouted angrily, throwing the book onto him, Liu Jingtai was so scared that he shivered and took two steps back.

"I spent a few hundred taels of silver and only killed a maid. Even the ruined scholar who had the medicine jar was not dead. You, the leader, are you still majestic? Is it going to defeat the reputation of our Liu family?!"

"This...this..." Liu Jingtai stammered and couldn't speak. The clan brother on the side quickly comforted him softly: "Old man, don't be angry. Dr. Lu just took your pulse a few days ago..."

Old Master Liu calmed down his anger slightly, and then said coldly without expression: "Chasing!"

"Send someone to catch the Taoist priest back, cut his tongue, pick his tendons, and don't let him leak the news."

"yes!"

The old man slowly closed his eyes, as if he was resting slightly, and then said coldly: "The Su family... more than ten years ago, when Mr. Su was still there, he could still play two moves with my Liu family. Now he is getting worse and worse. Only a yellow-haired girl with a stinky breast is still struggling to support the scene. And you..."

His eyes swept over the two men in front of him, and saw that they both lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him. A trace of regret appeared in his eyes. He slapped his hand and slapped the table hard, and gasped and said angrily, "You can't even fight a little girl! Could it be that I would even drag my old body out to wipe your butts?"

Half a month ago, the little girl from the Su family, who was superb in her skills, grabbed a big deal from their Liu family. The profits were so generous that outsiders were extremely jealous. Liu Jingtai was furious on the spot and threatened to pay the price!

Now that the price is gone, the Liu family has lost money and lost face.

It made him so angry that he had to close his eyes on the spot!

"Dad! Dad! I'll think of a solution now... just a little girl..." Liu Jingtai said quickly.

"Shut up, you useless waste!"

Mr. Liu angrily scolded, then calmed down, as if he didn't want to see these two idiots, and pointed out a little, "Don't do anything during this period. The maid who died in the Su family did not handle it cleanly. The people in the yamen have found some clues. The county magistrate is the parent official in this city. If he can't get out of Taiwan, our Liu family will not have any good results."

"Then, dad, do you mean?" Liu Jingtai asked tentatively.

When Mr. Liu heard this, he scolded: "Let's not mention anything else, let's take care of your incompetent sons, and have fun all day long. What else can you do except play with women? I have never won half of my fame! My ancestor of the Liu family once passed the Jinshi and entered the Hanlin Academy. Who doesn't call him a scholarly family? How can he end up in this situation and be left with the smell of money?"

"Go, if you can't get a scholar this year, you will break all your legs. Let's see who dares to be romantic!"

After merciless reprimand, the two of them urinated out of Mr. Liu's study, but they felt that they were under a bit more stressed.

They naturally know how their children are, and they also know that letting these unscrupulous guys take the exam to get a scholar with their own strength is like a fool.

But since the old man gave the order, they had to do it obediently.

But before they took two steps, they felt a little cold on their bodies and their hearts were strange. Logically speaking, Xia Ye shouldn't be so cold.

But they didn't care too much about this, but went back to their respective rooms as they spoke.

"What should the Su family do?"

"Let's stop moving for the time being. The little girl seems to have been interested in the porcelain business recently and asked a few kiln factories. She seemed to be interested in buying a few. We might as well start from this aspect..."

The two of them gradually walked away in the shade of the trees. Aside from the faint pond, the blue waves rippled, like a bright mirror with silvery moonlight, but there were not a few swimming fish, only a pool of dead pool water.

In the sky, dark clouds were floating by, covering up the light of the moon. The misty light shone down, illuminating the dark reflections in the pool.

What's strange is that the figures of the two people reflected on the pool are not the figures of the two, but a bloody face.

A trace of blood drifted away in the direction of the water flow, but soon turned into a thin mist and dissipated, gradually blending into the thick fog that began to be shrouded in at some point around, disappearing.

"Crunch...crunch..."

A strange and creepy voice like someone was chewing bones sounded and echoed in his ears. The two people who were awakened by this sound noticed that there was a thick fog floating around them at some point, and they could not see clearly where the road ahead led.

The gray may be mixed with a slight red mist lingering like life, as if it is about to lead them to the bottomless abyss.

"Wait!" Liu Jingtai paused, and a drop of cold sweat was left on his slightly fat cheeks. He took out a handkerchief and wiped it. His pupils shrank slightly, and he felt a little scared, "It seems something is wrong."

"When did such a big fog start?" The clan brother hadn't noticed any abnormality, just thought it was thick fog at night.

Liu Jingtai turned around and found that no matter how far or near the light of a lantern was, the way he came was hidden in the thick fog and could not see the direction clearly.
Chapter completed!