To the west of the city, there is a remote courtyard.
At ten o'clock in the night, everything was silent. Suddenly, a dozen black shadows fell into the courtyard like night owls.
"Listen to me, arrest the person first and verify his identity." A man in black pulled out a long sword and said coldly.
The men in black nodded silently. Spread out quickly.
Not long after, a person was pushed out of the room, looking horrified: "You, who are you?"
The leading man in black sneered: "You, Xia Chen?"
The man said in panic: "No, it's not..."
"No? Bring the portrait."
As the man in black unfolded the portrait, he just glanced at it twice and hummed: "Xia Chen, who else could it be if it weren't you. Where is your sweetheart?"
Xia Chen said: "You, who are you? Why did you arrest me?"
The man in black sneered: "Who is it? When you are talking nonsense outside, you should think of today."
Xia Chen looked shocked, "Are you sent by Xia Houting?"
"It's good to know. If you want to die happily, just confess your love and tell me where he is!"
Although Xia Chen was frightened, he remained silent.
"Don't tell me? Do you think we can't find you? Tell you, today is the day of your death. I will send you down first, and then I will find your sweetheart."
After saying that, he stepped forward with his long sword in hand.
Just when he was about to take action, there was a sudden cold snort, and the two people holding Xia Chen fell down, and a figure appeared next to Xia Chen like a ghost. At the same time, dozens of figures rushed in from outside the courtyard, surrounding these people.
The previous group of people were shocked. Before they could react, the courtyard was already illuminated by torches.
A tall man held a long knife in his hand and said with a gloomy face: "I'll capture you as soon as I can."
The leader in black was shocked: "Who are you?"
The tall man said calmly: "Don't ask, you will die faster if you ask."
The leader in black looked around and suddenly shouted: "Kill out!"
"Seeking death!" The tall man raised his eyebrows and said, "Take it down!"
In an instant, a fight broke out in the courtyard. The people in black were outnumbered, and most of them were quickly killed. The remaining people were all captured alive, including the leader in black.
The tall man came over and pulled off the black-clothed leader's face scarf. He didn't seem surprised to see his appearance: "Tao Lan, Xia Houting's number one thug is indeed you."
Seeing that the other party recognized him, the black-clothed leader was shocked. He still didn't understand that he was clearly waiting for something to happen.
"What do you really want?"
The tall man said calmly: "Tao Lan, you have three concubines and four sons. You don't want to die like this."
When Tao Lan heard this, his face turned pale: "No, don't kill me..."
"Whether I kill you or not depends on how you behave."
"I'll recruit, I'll recruit anything." The leader in black knew that the situation was over, but he didn't want to become Xia Houting's victim. He couldn't tell at the moment that this was a trap, and Xia Houting was going to be in bad luck.
The tall man ordered: "Leave Tao Lan alone, and knock the rest of them unconscious. Take off their clothes and take them away."
After that, he turned around and faced Xia Chen: "Take Cuiliu'er with you, I still need you to do something. Afterwards, I will naturally let you fly away as agreed."
Xia Chen was a little worried: "You guys won't break your promise, just kill people and silence them..."
The tall man said coldly: "Our promise is not for you, so don't worry."
Xia Chen immediately calmed down. The promise was of course given to that person. I guess they would not break their promise.
The tall man looked at Tao Lan: "I knew you were greedy for life and afraid of death. If you wanted to survive, you would have followed the arrangements."
Tao Lan immediately agreed.
"Next, you have to take us to Xiahou Ting's place. Remember, don't play tricks. Whether your three concubines and four sons survive depends on your performance."
"I don't dare, I absolutely don't dare." Tao Lan had no objection at this moment, not only for the sake of his three concubines and four sons, but most importantly for his own life.
"Change!"
The tall man gave the order, and a dozen people immediately stood up and quickly changed into black clothes.
The tall man asked Xia Chen to change his clothes, and gave him a knife. He said with a half-smile, "If someone wants to kill you, don't you want to fight back?"
When Xia Chen heard this, instead of being surprised, he took the knife calmly: "That's how it should be."
The tall man was a little surprised: "Who... expected that?"
Xia Chen smiled bitterly: "You have to pay some price."
The tall man said calmly: "However, you can't really kill him, just seriously injure him."
Xia Chen nodded silently.
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Xiahou Ting walked up and down the hall with his hands behind his hands, looking out from time to time.
The middle-aged man from before was sitting in front of the case and said: "Master, don't be anxious, Tao Lan leads all good players, Xia Chen is just a master, he can be captured easily."
Although Xia Houting nodded, he always felt that something was wrong.
At this time, a confidant came to report: "Master, Tao Lan is back, and he is escorting someone."
Xia Houting was happy at first, and then frowned: "Didn't he ask him to destroy the body and eliminate all traces? Why did he bring it back?"
The confidant said: "Tao Lan said he only found one of them, so he didn't dare to take action without permission."
Xia Houting then said: "Quick, let him come in."
Not long after, the henchman led Tao Lan and a few men in black escorting a hooded man into the hall quickly.
As soon as they met, he said: "My eldest son, I only found Xia Chen. My subordinates didn't dare to make the decision without permission, so I captured him and let him decide."
Xia Houting didn't bother to say anything more. He pulled off the hood of the man being held in custody and let out a sigh of relief. It was Xia Chen.
At this moment, Xia Chen looked panicked: "The eldest... eldest son?"
Xia Houting laughed ferociously: "You damn bitch, how dare you betray me. Tell me, where is your sweetheart?"
Xia Chen looked horrified: "She, she is..."
"What did you say? Louder." After speaking, he took a step forward.
Xia Chen suddenly laughed ferociously, "She's waiting for me to kill you!"
Before he finished speaking, the hands tied behind his back were untied somehow, and a short knife was inserted into Xiahou Ting's waist unexpectedly.
Xia Houting screamed and wanted to retreat, but Xia Chen grabbed his neck tightly and stabbed him three times in succession.
It can be said that Xia Houting was born in a general family. Although he was pampered and indulged in wine and debauchery, he was still a great martial artist. However, the incident happened suddenly. Besides, Xia Chen was a martial arts assassin and was much neater than him dragging around a body of fat.
The middle-aged man screamed in surprise when he saw this, but before he could get up, several men in black rushed forward and put a long knife on his neck.
"Shut up!"
At the same time, before the middle-aged Taoist could get up and run away, two long knives were held to his neck. The confidant also restrained himself and knocked him unconscious.
Xia Houting held his waist and abdomen, stepped back a few steps, and suddenly fell to the ground, his face pale: "You, you..."
Tao Lan said: "Young Master, I'm sorry, I don't want to die either..."
"Tao Lan! You!" Xia Houting was shocked and angry.
Xia Chen sneered: "What are you, Mr. Xiahou, you can't believe it, you want to kill me? Why can't I kill you?"
Xia Houting was really regretful at this time. In order to act in secret, he only left two of his close friends behind, and sent the others far away. Now he had no way to call for help.
"Don't worry, I'll do something else before I kill you."
He said and came to the middle-aged man with a knife: "Sande layman?"
The middle-aged man said in panic: "Killing you was his order and has nothing to do with me."
Seeing this man begging for his life, Xia Houchun became furious: "This fart was all your idea!"
Xia Chen said calmly: "I don't care about a small role like you. As long as you lead us to the darkroom, I will consider sparing your life."
