On the second day of July, it rained in Ningchuan Prefecture.
The first autumn rain in the north came suddenly at the beginning of the third quarter.
Ningchuan Prefecture is the largest city in the north, and it is also where the northern leader Jiajiazhuang is located. The reason why Ningchuan Prefecture can become the largest city in the north is naturally due to the existence of Jiajiazhuang.
Jiajiazhuang is vast, covering an area of more than 5,000 acres. According to rumors, there are more than 600 courtyards, more than a thousand buildings, thousands of cave dwellings, and more than 20,000 houses in the entire Jiajiazhuang. The manor is divided into eight major areas, namely the central main manor, the four courtyards east, west, north and south, the vegetable garden, the flower and bird garden and the martial arts garden.
Not only that, even more than 90% of the industry in Ningchuan Prefecture is owned by Jiajiazhuang. Therefore, nothing in this city can be hidden from Jiajiazhuang's eyes and ears.
There are over 10,000 family members of Jiajiazhuang disciples. After thousands of years of inheritance, Jiajiazhuang has now reached its peak of prosperity.
But the recent situation in Jiajiazhuang is not peaceful. Because of two things, the whole manor is in panic.
The continuous drizzle nourishes the green grass outside the manor. There is a large flower umbrella on the green grass. Under the umbrella, Chang An and Chang Sheng.
Chang An handed a greeting card to the disciple guarding the gate outside the manor.
An hour later.
"Mr. Chang'an, the owner of the village has invited me."
In the manor, Jia Huan, the chief steward next to the manor, came to greet Chang An and Chang Sheng in person.
Jia Huan led Chang An and Chang Sheng to the central main park while introducing Jiajiazhuang to them.
Generally consistent with anecdotal reports.
Looking at this vast manor, Chang An said with a smile
"Butler, today I really opened my eyes."
Jia Huan proudly stroked his long beard, but his words were very modest.
"Mr. Chang is overly praised."
The three of them walked and looked around. They walked for more than half an hour before arriving at the main park. After walking for another stick of incense, the three of them passed through several courtyards and arrived outside Jia Yuan's courtyard.
"Mr. Chang, Miss Chang, the owner of the village is in the courtyard. Please help yourself."
Chang An looked at the courtyard in front of him. Compared with the courtyards he had seen before, Jia Yuan's courtyard was extremely simple. There were not many embellishments and decorations. There was only a clear pool in the courtyard. The pool was very large, occupying almost half of the courtyard. The area around the pool was bare, a patch of green grass, not even a tree.
A middle-aged man in white robe is sitting cross-legged on the green grass by the pool.
Because of the rain, the green grass looked a little wet. The white robe underneath the middle-aged man was stained with a lot of mud, and the clothes on his upper body also had sporadic water stains, but he didn't seem to care.
Although the man was middle-aged, his appearance was exceptionally handsome. Even Chang An, who had always considered himself handsome, felt inferior to him. The air flow outside his body was looming, and the water in front of him made a sweet tinkling sound due to the beating of the rain. It looked like there was The charm of an outsider.
Under the big flower umbrella, Chang An and Chang Sheng stood at the entrance of the courtyard.
The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes. The man's eyes were very gentle. Chang An suddenly felt that he was more like a scholar who had read poetry and books.
"I'm Jia Yu'an."
The middle-aged man smiled slightly, like a spring breeze, and his soft voice made people feel more friendly.
Chang An walked up to Jia Yuan and saluted with his fists clasped.
"Master Jia Zhuang."
Chang Sheng looked at Jia Yu'an and felt that this uncle was very kind.
Jia Yuan looked at Chang Sheng carefully and said
"She is the woman in Jian Zong's painting and the one you want to save?"
Chang An nodded and said
"Master Jia, you must have guessed the purpose of our brother and sister's visit."
Jia Yu'an was noncommittal and looked at Chang An calmly.
"I can tell you everything I know, but in exchange, I also have two things to ask you to do."
Chang An smiled helplessly.
"I know that Master Jia is worried about two things. I am confident that I can complete the first thing, but I am afraid that I am powerless for the second thing."
Jia Yuan stared at Chang An.
"You are very smart."
Chang An said modestly
"This is a matter that everyone in the world knows. The owner of the village is ridiculous. Three years ago, the young owner of your village suddenly disappeared. The first thing that happened was that the owner wanted to ask me about the whereabouts of the young owner. Last month, Beiyan The lord of the city, Shi Mengxiong, submitted a letter of challenge to the village lord. This matter is also known to all the world, but for this second matter, the villa master would not want me, a junior, to fight for you."
Jia Yuan said
"Quanzi suddenly disappeared in the village three years ago. There was no trace left in the village. Dozens of masters above the royal family level in the village, including me, didn't notice at all. I can't figure it out."
Chang An thought
"Although the young master of the village is young, he is already one of the ten grand masters in the world. Compared to the master, he is no less generous than the master. To allow such a master to disappear without any reason in Jiajiazhuang is just like that in the world. Several people."
Jia Yuan said
"Only a grand master is possible, but Jian Zong died seven years ago, and Mo Bei was only seven years old seven years ago. It can't be a grand master, so it can only be Shi Mengxiong, and he happened to become three years ago. Grand Master.”
Chang An suddenly glanced at Jia Yu'an meaningfully and said something that surprised Jia Yu'an.
"Why couldn't he just disappear on his own?"
Jia Yu'an looked at Chang An, as if he wanted to see through Chang An, but after a moment, he gave up.
"In short, I assume that you agree to the first thing. No matter what the reason is, please bring my son back safely. As for the second thing, it is indeed related to the challenge in five days, but I don't want you to do it for me. I'm going to challenge you, but I want you to take charge of Jiajiazhuang for me when the time comes."
The rain was still falling, but the courtyard was extremely quiet. The sound of rain filled the courtyard. Chang An looked at Jia Yuan in surprise, with disbelief on his face. It was only the first time that he and Jia Yuan met, but he wanted to entrust the entire Jiajiazhuang to him. Although It was only one day, but this was too terrifying.
Chang An's expression suddenly became solemn. Not to mention why Jia Yu'an asked him to take charge of Jiajiazhuang, what made him even more curious was why Jia Yu'an needed to find someone to take charge of Jiajiazhuang. There were so many masters in the village. Is there anyone in the world who could threaten him? Things to do in Jiajiazhuang.
Seeing Chang An's hesitation, Jia Yu'an said calmly
"If you feel embarrassed, you don't have to do it, but..."
Chang An smiled bitterly and spread his hands helplessly. He had no choice.
"I can agree, but I have two questions."
Jia Yujing looked at Chang An quietly, indicating that he could ask questions.
Chang An said
"First, why do you think something will happen on the day of the duel. Second, why me."
Jia Yuan looked at Chang Sheng and said
"To answer the second question first, Jian Zong came to Jiajiazhuang seven years ago before retreating. He brought the painting, so I know that the painting in Jian Zong's secret room was not left by you. I also I know it was not you who killed Jian Zong. Jian Zong once told me that no matter what happens in the future, I can believe in you. I believe in Jian Zong, so now I also believe in you."
Chang An unconsciously looked to the west, his eyes complicated, and he fell into deep thought.
Jia Yuan continued
"As for the first question, please wait."
Jia Yuan calls Jia Huan outside the courtyard
"Jia Huan."
After a while, several disciples placed four corpses in front of Chang An.
Chang An looked at Jia Yuan suspiciously.
Jia Yuan said lightly
"In the past few days, four disciples of the shuang have died mysteriously in the shuang, and I was not aware of it."
Chang An carefully inspected the four corpses and found that they died in the same way. The palm prints on their necks were clearly visible, and they were strangled to death with strong force.
"The four of them are all elite disciples in the village, and the one with the highest skill is already at the Kuofu level."
Jia Yuan continued.
Chang An was surprised. In addition to the same way of death, these four corpses had one thing in common. They looked frightened, as if they had seen something terrible before they died.
How could a master at the Kuofu level be frightened to such an extent.
"When did it start."
"The first body found three days ago."
"Where were they found?"
"The earliest one is in the Flower and Bird Garden, the second and third ones are two disciples in the Non-Martial Arts Garden, and the last one died in the main garden."
Chang An secretly thought to himself, these four people are so far away, are they looking for something?
He glanced at Jia Yu'an. He thought it was impossible for Jia Yu'an not to have any ideas, but he didn't ask because he felt that Jia Yu'an still had something to tell him. Perhaps it involved the secrets of Jiajiazhuang.
"Do you think that person is Shi Mengxiong?"
Jia Yuan's brows condensed into the character "Sichuan"
"I have no idea."
Chang An nodded. He really couldn't draw such a hasty conclusion, but no matter who he was, he really needed to be on guard.
If it were him, he would also choose to take action on the day of the duel between Jia Yuan and Shi Mengxiong.
Jia Yuan suddenly said
"You seem to be only at Kuofu level now."
Chang An secretly thought, what does it mean to have only a wealthy family? Is it embarrassing for me to be a wealthy family at my age?
He smiled wryly and nodded.
"Are you sure about the duel with Mo Bei on August 15th?"
Chang An shook his head firmly.
The rain was still falling. When a raindrop fell in front of Jia Yu'an, Chang An's eyes suddenly opened wide because the raindrop deformed in his eyes.
It was the air flow. Chang An secretly thought it was not good and quickly picked up Chang Sheng and stepped back.
Then, the raindrops in front of Jia Yu'an actually felt deformed in Chang An's eyes, and the looming air flow propped up a wall of air.
Jia Yuan suddenly attacked Chang An.
The raindrops fell on Jia Yuan's fingers, with a "pop" sound and a little splash of water. The index finger and middle finger came together, and a faint air flow lingered on the fingertips, pointing at Chang An who was retreating rapidly.
But Chang An was horrified to find that no matter how hard he accelerated and hid, Jia Yuan's fingers were always in front of him and he couldn't avoid them.
Chang An drew his sword and picked it lightly, trying to make the two fingers retreat in spite of the difficulty, but it was useless. After a brief retreat, the two fingers appeared in front of Chang An again, and a faint air flow lingered on the fingertips, gently Pointing on Chang An's chest, Chang An only felt a surge of excitement in his chest, and then the excitement instantly started from that point on the chest and spread to the skin of the whole body. The internal force that filled the whole body suddenly collapsed, and Chang An's whole body seemed to have lost all strength. Generally paralyzed on the ground.
"elder brother!"
Chang Sheng suddenly shouted. She rushed to Jia Yu'an angrily and beat Jia Yu'an weakly with her two pink fists.
"I'll beat you to death, you bad guy!"
Jia Yu'an let Chang Sheng beat him and looked at Chang An indifferently.
"This is a move I created myself, and I made it come alive."
With that said, he left the yard and walked towards his building.
As he walked, he said
"Although you are now at the Kuofu level, you still have excess Qi in your body that you have not used for your own use. If you can completely subdue them, you will be able to enter the Grandmaster realm. I am writing this move and want to practice it. It is necessary to flexibly control the internal force. When you train to the point where you can mobilize the internal force in the body at your fingertips at any time, you are not far away from success. If you practice hard these days, it may help you to enter the master realm. I will ask Jia Huan to help you. Arrange a courtyard in the main campus, and you will live in the main campus these days."
Chang An sat slumped on the ground, exhausted. He smiled bitterly, feeling the power surging outward from his body, and he couldn't even speak.
He thought to himself, what a terrifying finger, and his whole body seemed to fall apart. Fortunately, Jia Yu'an did not use all his strength, otherwise that finger might have shattered all the bones in his body. Jia Yu'an, the undefeated scholar, was really scary, just this one finger Far from being comparable to the average Grandmaster level.
Jia Huan took Chang An and the two to a courtyard not far from Jia Yuan.
Chang An looked at the courtyard, which was called Wuyuan.
"Mr. Chang, you two have been living here for the past few days."
Chang An smiled
"Such a big yard is more than enough for my brother and sister to live in."
Jia Huan said
"This is a special order from the owner of the village, so Mr. Chang doesn't have to refuse."
Chang An stopped giving in and walked into the courtyard. But as soon as he walked into the courtyard, he felt that the courtyard was a little strange. He seemed to be able to feel that there was a faint air current in the courtyard, which was incompatible with the outside world.
"elder brother.
Chang Sheng suddenly called Chang An.
Chang An turned around to look at Chang Sheng, but he saw that Chang Sheng's expression suddenly became strange.
"Brother, it's so comfortable here."
Hearing this, Chang An took a deep breath. He felt that the internal force in his body was rotating with the airflow in the yard. It seemed that he was integrated with the heaven and earth, and his internal force was no different from the outside air.
This is simply a blessed place for practicing martial arts.
The yard is very empty. Unlike other places, Wuyuan is similar to Jia Yuan's yard. There is no cement floor, it is all mud floor. There is only a stone road in the middle of the yard that leads directly to their house.
Chang An looked at the ground in surprise. The tender green buds sprouted from the soil. In the whole yard, the soil was covered with dots of green.
Chang An looked at the roots of the old tree in the yard, which were covered with fallen leaves. He was sure that it was autumn, but why were there so many green buds in the yard?
Jia Huan walked into the courtyard, a look of shock flashed across his pupils, but it passed quickly and he quickly regained his composure.
This scene did not escape Chang An's eyes, which made him even more confused.
This yard is not simple.
The sky was getting dark, and the moon had already risen in the sky. In the yard, Chang An sat cross-legged on the ground, breathing evenly, slowly adjusting his inner breath. The inner strength that had just been defeated by the writing of flowers had slowly recovered.
Chang Sheng was sitting not far away, looking at Chang An worriedly.
Suddenly, a gentle flute sound came to Chang An's ears, and Chang An opened his eyes suddenly. He had heard this flute sound that night in Mo City.
Why does the flute sound appear here?
Chang An thought, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and said to Chang Sheng
"Sanliang, stay in the house and don't come out."
Without waiting for Chang Sheng to nod in agreement, he used Qinggong and jumped onto the courtyard wall, only to find that dozens of masters were standing high above the endless buildings and tiles in the manor, looking for the source of the flute sound.
I couldn't help but sigh in admiration, it is indeed Jiajiazhuang, there are so many masters.
Unconsciously, Jia Yu'an stood beside Chang An.
"This flute sound has been happening for a few days."
Chang An's pupils narrowed.
"Can you find it where?"
Jia Yuan shook his head.
"It's so far away that it's impossible to tell. Even if the sound of the flute is related to the mysterious death of Zhuang Nai's disciples, I can't think of any method used. From such a far distance, no matter how deep the internal force is, the music cannot hurt people's lives, let alone Besides, those who were killed were my elite disciples in Jiajiazhuang."
Chang An said
"The night I stayed in Mo City, I heard the sound of this flute."
Jia Yuan was shocked
"What!"
Chang An nodded.
"Half a month ago, I was in Mo City and heard the sound of the flute. I just arrived at Jiajiazhuang today, but the flute player arrived here several days before me and even started killing people."
Jia Yuan said
"You are sure it was the sound of the flute that killed people."
Chang's face was cold and he nodded. Since coming to the north, a series of strange and bizarre things have happened one after another.
He suddenly remembered the Shi Mengxiong he had seen in Mo City that day. He always felt that something was missing somewhere.
He felt like he had found some clues, but he couldn't connect them together.
At this time, the gentle sound of the flute had no meaning in his ears, leaving only horror.
He said silently
"No matter how I look at it, he came a little early."
