"I don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix, but I have a clear mind..."
A pretty girl spread out the paper scroll and softly read the verses on it. As she read, the corners of her lips suddenly moved, showing a happy smile, and cute little pear dimples appeared on her cheeks.
The girl is not particularly beautiful, at least not as charming as Qiangwei, nor as heroic as Wei Yao.
But she is very clean and bright. Compared to being romantic, she has more of a capable temperament of "doing practical things".
"I never expected that someone would write me a love poem, and it is such a beautiful love poem."
The girl raised her hand and gently held the halibut on her neck, then closed her eyes.
The flounder was bequeathed to her by her mother. The fish has a pair and has a tacit understanding. Now she has one, and the other one is in the hands of her future husband. I heard that the husband also has it hanging around his neck.
She felt a long-lost warmth in her heart.
Compared to the cold Tian family after her mother's death, her husband-in-law, who would be known as "husband and wife" to her in the future, gave her more expectations.
In the future, she and that man will grow old together, no matter good or bad, they will be together.
When she was sick, the person who took care of her was none other than that man.
When she died, the saddest person at her grave was none other than that man.
Thinking of this, she felt a little warmer in her heart.
Li Xuan didn't know much about her, but she knew about this young master Li.
Young Master Li seems to be a playboy, but in fact he is a kind and wonderful man. Tian Yuan is very satisfied to be able to get married to such a destination.
At the same time, she could vaguely guess the reason why the Li family married her.
Therefore, even though she was still in the Tian family, Tian Yuan had already begun to think about how to help the Li family develop and how to become the husband's good wife.
at this time...
Dong dong dong...
There was a knock on the door.
Tian Yuan asked: "Who is it?"
The maid's voice came from outside the door: "Second Miss, the master and his wife are calling you."
Tian Yuan thought about it and knew that this was to discuss the wedding date and to hand over all the power of the "Tian Family Chamber of Commerce".
Madam... I've wanted to do this for a long time.
She revitalized a large piece of the Chamber of Commerce's originally "dilapidated" industry, turning it into a big piece of meat. The Tian family was staring at too many people who wanted to pick peaches.
Tian Yuan took a deep breath, with a bit of determination in her eyes. She carefully put the scroll back and said, "Here we come."
She will hand over the power in her hands, but...she will take away all her people.
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In the small courtyard.
Li Xuan is drinking tea.
In fact, he prefers to drink on weekdays.
But alcohol interferes with judgment, so he would never touch it while he was thinking.
Scenes flashed through his mind, including "the death of Changsun Yu", "the death of Shan Jian", "the death of the magistrate", as well as the scenes of the tragic deaths of those women, and the development of things in these days...
He was almost certain that Changsun Prison also died at the hands of this flower-picking thief.
'It was his uncle who pushed him too hard, so he attacked his uncle, which meant that his uncle would really pose a threat to him. '
Li Xuan naturally deduced the opponent's strength from all the information.
The other party may be very strong, but it is still within the normal range and is definitely not strong enough to be able to overpower everything.
'None of the property and skills in Changsun's prison room have been touched, and there are no signs of fighting. '
'All the people who died did not make any effective call for help before they died. '
'What does this mean? '
Li Xuan thought.
Then another inference was drawn: the other party's attack was very fast, or it was highly concealed, so Changsun Prison was not fortified and the dead did not ask for help.
Then, he came to another inference: the opponent's target was either a martial arts master with high martial arts skills, or a beautiful woman with extraordinary beauty.
'However, he killed the county magistrate again, leaving the county soldiers almost paralyzed. '
'So, he will choose the target to kill instead of killing randomly. '
Li Xuan thought carefully about the other party's methods, then suddenly his expression changed, he stood up suddenly and quickly walked to his father's study.
In her father-in-law's room, the eldest lady was worshiping the Bodhisattva devoutly. Under the mist, she took out a new flag, folded the golden edges, and concentrated on copying scriptures, hoping that the Bodhisattva could bless the whole family. .
"Xiao Xuan." Mr. Li was exhausted.
Li Xuan quickly stepped forward and said straight to the point: "Dad, send someone to ambush Chunyang Martial Arts Hall."
"There was an ambush yesterday. The three families sent people together. It was useless. It was useless." Mr. Li sighed.
Li Xuan said directly: "Father, soldiers never tire of deceit.
The other party is very cunning. When you set a trap, he will run elsewhere.
If you relax, he will come again.
As long as the owner can show a relaxed look in the next few days, the other party... is likely to come over, even tonight. "
Immediately, he recounted the previous stories such as "Shan Jian set up an ambush, but was attacked in the east and west", "Yesterday the master of the Chunyang Martial Arts Hall provoked the general, but the other party went to the magistrate's office".
Mr. Li said: "This is all your guess. What if the other party just doesn't come?"
Li Xuan said speechlessly: "At least give it a try. If you can catch it, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief and you can avenge your uncle.
If you can't catch it, the worst possible outcome will be the same as before.
However, we must pay attention to confidentiality, we must select the most elite and loyal martial artists to ambush, and we must not leak any information. "
Mr. Li still listened to the advice. He thought for a while, nodded heavily, and said, "Okay, I'll go find the other two companies to discuss it."
Li Xuandao: "There are many people with mixed eyes, so we will send our own people to take action.
Besides, what can the Tian family and the Ding family do? "
Mr. Li frowned and said: "I'm worried that the big thief will come directly to my Li family. By then, there will be a vacancy for martial artists in the family, but..."
Li Xuan interrupted: "Dad, the county magistrate is heavily guarding us? Is it useful? If we don't catch the thief, everyone will have no peace of mind."
In fact, he is in the Li family.
He will be optimistic about the Li family.
Mr. Li doesn't know this, but he knows it himself.
The flower-picking thief is cunning and likes to make east and west attacks, so... whether it is east or west, he will make arrangements.
Mr. Li nodded, gritted his teeth, and made a decision: "Xiao Xuan, I will do as you say."
Later, he sent secret instructions to his confidant martial artist Zhao Kui and several masters in his family.
Several black shadows rushed out of Li's house and quietly headed towards Chunyang Martial Arts Hall.
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The next day...
A young lady from the Ding family was brutally humiliated and died.
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A few days later.
The number of dead is increasing, and each family is in trouble. They originally planned to surround and suppress the flower-picking thief, but now they have closed their doors tightly and are sweeping away the snow in front of them.
...
Another day, under the tight guard of the Tian family, a young lady actually died.
The supposed wedding date of Li Xuan and Tian Yuan also began to be postponed.
...
Another day.
The head of the head of the Ding family was hung on the eaves.
Everyone was so horrified that they almost gave up resistance completely.
Mr. Li and the head of the Tian family were also frightened, and they mobilized family forces to protect their family.
...
Finally, the owner of Chunyang Martial Arts School also died. He died after the masters from the Li family who were ambushing him left.
Li Xuan guessed correctly.
But he guessed wrong again.
Although the flower picker would take advantage of the situation, his cunning, patience and even the level of information control exceeded Li Xuan's imagination.
When he saw the head of the owner being hung up, the eldest young man of the Li family felt a sense of powerlessness and frustration in his heart.
He had tried to surround and suppress the flower-picking thief as much as possible within his ability, but he couldn't even touch the shadow. He couldn't understand why.
The flower picker seemed to be a transparent person. He was playing tricks on everyone and treating this small county as his back garden.
Despite this, Li Xuan did not relax, but tightened up.
Because...so far, nothing has happened to the Li family.
According to the style of the flower picker, he is coming soon...
Coming soon...
He will not let go of the Li family.
The rain is coming.
The young man was in the dark, his eyes... fierce.
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...
Another night.
Patterns of clouds and mist surround the body, and the withered demon body is slightly bent on its back, sitting in the darkness of the inner room.
Outside the window, the lonely wind and cold rain blew lightly and heavily, passing over the eaves and blowing over the old trees in the yard that had not yet sprouted new leaves.
Li Xuan caught up on his sleep during the day, and at night he rested his mind while concentrating on watching and listening.
However, he didn't hear anything. Instead, the blood in his body suddenly heated up, his blood vessels were like red wires, and his entire skeleton seemed to be burning.
The demonic blood belonging to the "Misty Leopard" began to flow rapidly and gallop.
The wind and rain were freezing, but Li Xuan suddenly felt angry.
That was not his anger, but the instinctive anger in the demon blood.
The more powerful the beast, the stronger its sense of territoriality.
The same goes for monsters...
He felt his territory was being invaded.
Something is coming.
This feeling was very familiar. He had felt this way before when he was at the foothills of Honghua Mountain.
But the difference is that at that time, his hair stood on end and he was extremely scared, but at this moment...he only felt anger and bloodthirsty. This shows that the opponent's strength does not crush him, or is inferior to him.
Almost instantly, everything came together in Li Xuan's mind.
"It's a devil!"
"That flower-picking thief is really a demon!"
"He has weird powers, so it's extremely difficult to catch him!"
With uncontrollable excitement in his eyes, he stood up, took in a breath, and suddenly exhaled it. The white mist broke through the window and went out, forming a thick fog quickly in the cold rainy day of late winter and early spring.
Cold rain!
Heavy fog!
The rain cuts across the surface like a knife.
In the fog, there are no fingers visible.
Li Xuan jumped out.
There was no need to distinguish at all, he went directly in the direction of the "devil" aura.
Then, he saw a little maid holding a lantern at the entrance of the Li family's inner house.
The lantern was bright red, like a devil's eyes, emitting a blur of light in the rain and fog, illuminating the little maid's strange expression.
When she saw Li Xuan appearing in front of her, she grinned suddenly, showing her melon-seed teeth, then leaned forward and roared in an angry voice: "This is my place, my place!!"
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, but he understood immediately.
This "devil" obviously didn't treat him as a human being, but as...a similar person!
Therefore, this "devil" is very angry about another "devil" appearing in his territory, as angry as Li Xuan.
Therefore, this "demon" revealed his identity without hesitation in order to drive him away.
