"Not bad!" There was a loud shout in the martial arts arena. A big man smashed a wooden tree in front of his face. A young boy of thirteen or fourteen on the opposite side tried to block it. He probably knew that he was not as powerful as the big man, so he turned sharply when the two trees met. , let go of his left hand, raised his right arm, and the tip of the spear sank sharply, removing the force of contact, and at the same time causing the opponent's spear to deflect and smash to the ground.
Looking at this young man, he deflected the opponent's weapon. With a flick of his one arm, the long spear bounced up from the ground. He caught the pole with his left hand and pushed the spear with his right hand. The tip of the spear shot forward and went straight to the big man's throat.
The big man was not in a hurry. He stepped sideways and twisted to get out of the way of the opponent's Changshan. At the same time, he withdrew his own weapon. Changshan stood upside down in front of him and knocked outwards violently. This time he hit the target.
The young man secretly said, "Not good"! I knew that I was not as strong as a big man, so I didn't dare to resist at this moment. I used my right foot as a pivot and squatted down. Then I let go of my left hand and pumped my right hand. I put the stick under my arm and raised the tip of the stick. The body turned sharply in a circle, and the blade was like a knife, sweeping across the chest and abdomen of the big man.
The big man laughed and had to take another step back. Before the president could take action, the young man had stopped. He shook the stick with both hands and performed a spear move. The tip of the stick trembled like a few plum blossoms. The big man hung up his shoulder straps. The ribs were pierced.
The big man still had a smile on his face and fought back with the sword in his hand. The two of them fought back and forth for more than twenty rounds. After all, it was the old man who was so experienced that he saw a flaw and forced the young man to fight hard, shocking him. Only when you step back seven or eight steps can you stand firm on the tree.
The big man also took up his arms at this moment and laughed loudly, "Okay! Well done, Ning'er, you have completed the thirty-six steps of 'Po Tian'an'. The rest is to get down and practice right away." If this continues, I won’t be your match in a few years.”
That young man was none other than Xiao Ning, who had been studying at the Wang family for seven years. In these seven years, he had not only grown to a height of seven feet, but he had also lost all that Yu Fangzhou and Wang Wei had learned.
At this moment, Xiao Ning wiped the sweat from his forehead with his long stick in one hand and said, "Uncle Yu, thank you for your praise. Ning'er's temperament is still weak, and it's still too early for her to be fully qualified."
"Hey," Yu Fangzhou waved his hand, "This Heaven-Breaking Skill is an inherited skill of my Yu family. I'm not sure how far you can practice it. By the way, your father wants you to take the county exam next year. Why? So, are you sure?"
"It's hard to say," Xiao Ning frowned and shook his head, "I haven't passed the exam and I don't know for sure."
The two of them were talking when suddenly a strong wind blew up behind Xiao Ning, and a scream was heard, "Look at the sword!"
Yu Fangzhou raised his head and laughed when he saw it. Xiao Ning also shook his head and smiled helplessly. He hurriedly turned around and knocked the pole with both hands. At this time, someone from behind stabbed the air with a long sword, but the blade of the sword hit the pole.
But this person used good movement skills, and his figure did not fall in mid-air. Instead, he used this force to turn around. Not only was he not knocked away, but he adjusted his body shape and struck another sword in the direction of Xiao Ning's avoidance. Stab down.
Xiao Ning seemed to have expected this move. Before the long sword could reach him, he had already kicked off with both feet and jumped back more than ten feet. Before he landed firmly, he jumped another seven or eight feet.
At this time, the man in the air fell down when he saw that Xiao Ning jumped out of the range of the sword and could no longer use his strength.
Seeing this, Xiao Ning said helplessly: "Sister Chu Yue, can you not do this sneak attack in the future? You will attack me every time I practice martial arts. If I had known, I wouldn't have let Uncle Wang hand over the "Yunlong Da Ba Shi" is you."
Only then did it become clear that the visitor was none other than the little girl Wang Chuyue who was in her mother's arms back then. In seven years, the eleven-year-old Wang Chuyue also grew into a little beauty. The Wang family started out in martial arts, and Chu Yue was also good at it. Wu, especially likes swordsmanship and has better aptitude. He pestered Xiao Ning to learn "Yunlong Da Ba Shi" many years ago. Since he learned it, he has come to Xiao Ning every now and then to practice.
When Wang Chuyue missed a hit, she pouted and said, "Brother Ning, why can't you accompany me to fight a few moves and just deal with it all at once?"
Xiao Ning smiled bitterly and said, "You also know how to choose the right moment. I just exchanged twenty or thirty moves with Uncle Yu, and both arms are no longer mine. If I fight you again, I'm not looking for abuse."
Wang Chuyue looked back at Yu Fangzhou. Yu Fangzhou laughed and looked at the sun, which was almost at its zenith. "Yue'er, don't embarrass your brother Ning. Where is your father? Go have a drink with him."
Chu Yue curled her lips and said, "In the front hall, I just sent Master Wan away."
"Okay, let's go together." Yu Fangzhou motioned to his servant to take the wooden sword, washed the handle, and led the second boy to the front hall.
In the front hall, Wang Weigang had just seen off Master Wan and was thinking about the Xiaoning County Examination next year when he heard Yu Fangzhou from afar shouting: "Junior brother, is there anything to eat? I'm starving to death. Ning'er is getting worse and worse now." Deal with it, I sweated a lot just to win against him."
Wang Weiwaner smiled, hurriedly ordered his servants to put out the food and wine, and said, "I happened to be looking for you, but you came here on your own."
Yu Fangzhou was not polite. He came in and sat down at the table. He poured himself a bowl of wine first and said, "What's the matter?"
"It's no big deal. Mr. Wan is here and wants to ask about Ning'er County Examination next year." Wang Wei looked at Xiao Ning with a smile on his face.
"It's still more than half a year, look at how impatient he is." Yu Fangzhou drank the wine from the bowl and wiped his beard and said.
"He is also concerned about it. What Ning'er learns from him is no worse than what was taught in the academy. Next year, when the boy takes the exam and becomes a junior student, he should be able to do the same."
"Hi," Yu Fangzhou looked sideways at Xiao Ning and said with a playful smile, "Ning'er, this means you can eat royal food next year."
Xiao Ning's face turned red for a moment and he didn't know how to answer the call.
While several people were talking, a servant hurriedly ran in, glanced sideways at Xiao Ning, and hurriedly came to his superior and leaned over Wang Wei to whisper in his ear.
"What! Have you ever asked to find out! Is it true?" Just these few words made Wang Wei's face change drastically. He dropped his chopsticks to the ground and stood up.
"Sir, it's true. The person from the car dealer in the city sent me a letter saying that our people have already passed by."
"Okay, you go down first."
After waving his servants away, Wang Wei paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, his brows furrowed, as if there was something important that he couldn't decide for the moment. At this time, the three of them couldn't eat anymore. Yu Fangzhou stared at his junior brother and asked, "What happened?"
Wang Wei walked a few more steps before stopping and taking a deep breath, "Something happened in Sanmen Village."
"Ah!" With one word, Xiao Ning's chopsticks were shocked.
Yu Fangzhou suddenly stood up, "What's wrong?"
Wang Wei waved his hand, picked up his coat, and ignored Wang Chuyue, saying hello, "Let's talk as we walk."
The two people also pushed out the table and quickly followed. At this time, three horses were brought out from the backyard, and the three of them jumped on the horses and went straight to Sanmen Village.
Along the way, everyone was so anxious that they ran wildly and rushed to Sanmen Village. From a distance, they saw a group of people surrounding the north of the village. If they looked closely, they were in the direction of the Xiao family.
The three of them dismounted and walked closer. Someone from the Wang family had already come to take over the reins. Wang Wei asked a few words and then led the two of them toward the crowd.
Passing through the crowd, you can see the Xiao family courtyard in front. The courtyard door is half open at this time, and a palm print has been punched through half of the wooden door. The three of them looked at the door for a while. Wang Wei carefully looked at the palm prints on the door and didn't say anything for a while before pushing the door open and entering the courtyard. At this moment, the courtyard was in a mess, doors and windows were broken, flowers and plants were broken, and looking at the walls and ground, there were pools of blood, but there was no body.
Xiao Ning's eyes were stiff at this time, his face turned pale, and he passed Wang Wei and Yu Fangzhou and entered the room. In the room, tables were overturned, stools were overturned, and dishes were broken. Xiao Ning frantically searched all the rooms, but found no one. Now he was sitting in front of the bed in the back room with tears on his face.
Yu Fangzhou was afraid that something might happen to him, so he followed him all the way. He frowned when he saw the scene in the room, and felt uneasy in his heart. Outside the house, Wang Wei was also investigating carefully, but found no clues, and was secretly wondering.
At this moment, there was a commotion at the door and several officials came in. The leader pointed at Wang Wei and cursed: "Who are you? Who let you in? Do you know this is the scene of a murder?"
When Wang Wei saw it, he quickly stood up and clasped his fists, "Captain Li, I am Wang Wei of Qingshi Gong Society. I met you in the hall."
The catcher surnamed Li looked carefully for a while before he recognized him and cupped his hand hastily, "Oh, it's Yuan Wai Wang, why are you here? I offend you."
Wang Wei repeatedly said he didn't dare, "The owner here is Wang's younger brother. I heard there was a change in his family this morning, so I brought my nephew here in a hurry. Mr. Li, what's going on?"
Hearing that there was Wang Wei's connection here, Capt. Li didn't dare to be careless. He said, "Our master also received a report from the village this morning that a murder had occurred here, and he sent us to check it out."
"Oh, I don't know where the person who made the report is. Can I ask a few questions?"
"Excuse me, please." As he spoke, the head catcher nodded and summoned a young man in his twenties, signaling Wang Wei.
Wang Wei turned around and called Xiao Ning, but Xiao Ning was confused and didn't respond for a while. Yu Fangzhou had no choice but to pull him to the courtyard. Wang Wei then pointed at the young man and said: "This man went to the Yamen to report the case this morning. He may know something. Ning'er, let's come and listen together."
After hearing that someone knew the situation, Xiao Ning raised his head, wiped his tears and nodded.
"What's your name? Do you know anything about this matter?" Wang Wei turned around and asked.
The young man bowed his head and said: "To tell you what my uncle is saying, I live next to Mr. Xiao's house. Mr. Xiao knows me."
Wang Wei looked at Xiao Ning, and Xiao Ning nodded.
"Well, keep talking."
"Yes, it was going to be dark yesterday. A group of people suddenly broke in from outside the village. Each of them had a gun and a knife, and there were a few injured people who were being supported. At that time, they broke into Mr. Xiao's house directly. We only heard Mr. Xiao scolding him a few times outside, and then the sound disappeared, and then the door was closed." At this moment, Lu Er gradually began to speak more smoothly, "They came over again, and there was another group of people with weapons. The man broke in and was about to rush out of the village. Then he came back for some reason and searched everywhere in the village. Later he also found Mr. Xiao's house."
"At that time, the two groups started fighting in the yard. We were so scared that we hid in our house. The two groups kept playing ping-pong-pong for several hours before the sound gradually disappeared in the yard. It was completely dark at the time. Well, I saw fire outside in my yard. I thought they were going to set fire to the house, so I lay down in the crack of the door and looked out. It turned out that they had lit torches and were carrying corpses out of the yard. Oh, those bodies one by one. There were people who carried many people, including those who were injured, and supported them. Oh, by the way, Brother Ning, these people hitched your ox cart and drove away."
"Second brother, where are my parents?" Xiao Ning asked while choking.
Lu Er frowned, "I really didn't see this. I heard Mr. Xiao scolding him a few times at first, and then there was no movement." After hearing this, Xiao Ning's face turned even paler.
Wang Wei came over and patted him on the shoulder, "Ning'er, don't think about it now. Something may have happened to Brother Xiao. Such things in the world usually don't affect innocent people. The other party just wanted to use the Xiao family to escape temporarily. I don’t want to drop a criminal record and lead to the government’s investigation.”
Xiao Ning nodded numbly. At this time, Capt. Li also led people to search the inside and outside of the house carefully, and walked towards Wang Wei, "Wang Yuanwai, how are you asking?"
"Captain Li," Wang Wei clasped his fists, "After asking, I didn't get anything. Do you have any clues about Capt."
"No, there isn't even a body. I only know that there was a fight. Who hit me? I don't know whether anyone died or who died."
Wang Wei frowned when he heard this, and then Li Captou said again: "Exceptor Wang, since the son of the Xiao family is in your house, I'm afraid we have to go back to the Yamen with us for this matter." As he said that, his eyes had already glanced at Xiao Ning. .
Wang Wei hurriedly tugged on Mr. Li's sleeve and said, "Captain, please take a step to speak."
The two came to the place where the people were being carried, and Wang Wei took out ten taels of silver and handed it over. Capt. Li refused to take it at first, but Wang Wei just said: "Brothers, you have worked hard too, so the captor took it to buy a bowl of wine for the brothers." drink."
Li Captou then accepted the money, and Wang Wei said again: "You have also seen that my nephew is still young and has been so frightened. Now even if he goes to the Yamen, he won't be able to find out anything, so why not Let him go back with me to calm down for a while, sir, I will explain myself later."
"Okay," Capt. Li collected the money and didn't know what to say, "then I'll seal this yard first."
"Well, it should be, it should be." Wang Wei arched his hands.
At this moment, the two came back, and Capt. Li went to disperse the crowd and prepare a seal. Wang Wei came over and patted Xiao Ning, "Ning'er, go back first. There's nothing else to see here. Let's discuss it carefully when we get home."
Xiao Ning nodded numbly and let Wang Wei lead him onto the horse. Just as he was about to ride away, he heard someone shouting from behind. When he looked back, he saw that the two broken doors had been closed and the seals on the doors were crossed. , the palm print reflected in the setting sun made Xiao Ning's tears roll down.
