On a cold night, Lone Star. In the corner of the alley separated from the backyard of the Tao family’s abandoned house, a middle-aged man with a cold appearance was standing, holding a long sheathless sword in his arms.

The sound of carriage wheels crushing the stone floor came from a distance, and there were tiny footsteps mixed in between. The middle-aged man raised his head, and his eyes seemed to emit a cold light like cold electricity.

"Who?" someone shouted in front of him, and then someone pulled out his weapons.

The middle-aged man lowered his head and did not move, but a sound as heavy as if he was beating a drum in his heart came from him: "Leave the things in the car, you can leave."

"Arrogant!"

"court death!"

Someone cursed there, and then two people rushed over with their swords. Their body was quite flexible and they seemed to be very skilled.

A faint light passed by in the dark night. The two people rushing over and stopped slashing in front of each other. The slashing posture under the knife stopped. A gurgling sound came from their throats, but they finally failed to speak and fell down powerlessly. The weapon fell to the ground, and the sound was like the cough of death, which made the hearts of the people escorting the carriage there.

At dawn, in the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Dasang Carlo sat in a chair with gloomy eyes, and two men kneeling in front of him, their bodies trembling.

"How can things be lost? Can so many people not beat one person?" Dasan Carlo tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

One of his subordinates accused him repeatedly: "Bizhi is incompetent, the opponent is too skilled, and he is incredibly quick to draw his sword. All of his subordinates died in battle, but they were unable to get close to him."

"The sword is incredibly fast? Is it like this?" A silver light suddenly flew out of Dasan Carlo's sleeve, and he turned around the neck of the subordinate and flew into his sleeve again. The whole process did not exceed a second. The subordinate had already fallen to the ground. Although the other subordinate looked like a dirt, he did not escape because he knew that no matter how he escaped, he could not escape the palm of his master's hand.

"I'm tired. You go down!" Dasang suddenly closed his eyes and said. The remaining subordinate probably didn't expect that he would be so lucky. He almost didn't believe his ears. It took him a long time to thank him for his gratitude.

"You shouldn't let him go." A man in a black robe suddenly walked out behind Dasan Carlo.

Dasan Carlo did not look back, but played with a jade cup on the table and said lightly. "Sometimes, fear can make people double their courage and become reborn. He is such a person, but some people are not."

"I understand what you mean."

"Just understand. Check it out. Who was the one who intercepted the car yesterday? By the way, let's see what tricks that old guy Singo is doing."

"Yes, do everything according to your wishes."

Rick looked at the invitation in his hand several times, but he couldn't figure out why a person who had nothing to do with him and even had some grudges would invite him to a banquet that was said to be very important. The invitation was sent at noon, and the names of two people were written in the signature column of the invitation: Jin Marquis and Jiu Aunt. Both of them had a certain impression in Rick's heart. Jin Marquis was the father of the arrogant girl who rushed to buy jade towers with Rick, and Jiu Aunt was the boss of Jinghua Pavilion, which ranks tenth among the top ten masters in the imperial capital and is known as the first gold cave in the imperial capital. The two people jointly issued the invitation and were really surprised by Rick. What made him even more strange was why the invitation was sent to him.

"What do you think?" Rick asked with the invitation to Chris beside him.

"Go." Chris's answer was only one word.

Rick frowned and said, "Your Majesty is eager to find the murderer who killed Miao Qi. I will definitely not be able to submit the job when I go to Jinghua Pavilion at this time."

Chris shook his head and said, "Your Majesty's urging may not necessarily make you find the murderer in a short time. She is asking you to explore the way, otherwise she will not stop you from telling the whole story of Yuhonglou."

"You mean, did Your Majesty stop me from continuing that day? How could this be possible?"

"The fact is likely to be like this. The imperial capital is very complex and it can affect the whole body with one blow. Your Majesty also has concerns."

"Then we won't investigate the murderer?"

"If you check, you still need to check it, but you need to change the method and check it systematically. You can't do it in pieces, but you need to use the force to fight."

"I don't understand."

"That is to say, we cannot target one party with a clear attitude for the time being. We must be able to get along with each other. When the time is ripe, we can use one party to weaken the other party. This is to use the force to fight."

Rick laughed and praised: "I didn't expect that, Chris, you are still a very talented military advisor. I really underestimated you before."

Chris gave him a small glance and said softly: "When have you ever looked up to me?"

"Yes-Yes-" Rick hugged her and comforted her, "If I encounter any problems in the future, I will definitely find you, the great military advisor."

Chris burst out laughing, probably thinking that would be a very interesting thing. There were so many women around this man, and it would probably be no problem to form a "Inner House Parliament". Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glar at Rick with resentment, making Rick inexplicable.

Rick was warming with Chris when suddenly the servant came to report and found two strange black ponchos outside the backyard wall. From the morning until now, their owners had never appeared. The servant felt a little strange, so he came to ask Rick for instructions.

"Let's go and have a look." Rick hurried to the backyard with Chris. Passing by the back garden, he heard the delicate shout of Zi Suye from afar.

Rick asked strangely: "What is she doing?"

Chris smiled and said, "You are practicing swordsmanship. You release Ada but don't allow her to leave. She actually keeps her promise and never leaves here. And she is really unexpected to put all her energy on Zi Su Ye."

As she spoke and walked, Rick could already see the perilla leaves practicing sword in a wide pavilion in the back garden, and Ada, who supervised her. To Rick's surprise, there was a third party present, none other than the peach blossom red that had been living in the Duke's Mansion. Today she wore a pink long skirt and a cloak with a red outside and white inside. In the cold breeze, she looked like a quietly blooming peach blossom.

Although Zi Su Ye was practicing swords, she had no sword in her hand, only a three-foot-long bamboo strip. Her sword moves were also very strange, and there were only three ways to change: left chop, right chop, and front stab. They used both hands, repeating these three moves over and over again.

"Is this practicing sword? Why are there three moves in front and back?" Rick asked in confusion.

"Maybe this is the real Mahayana swordsmanship." Kris half-explained and half-sighed, "I don't pay attention to the fancy and treacherous sword moves, but I want everything to be upright and to control the enemy in a dignified battle."

Rick looked at Zi Su Ye's sword moves with some insight, and vaguely felt that there was a shadow of the sword technique used by Zang Yuan in those movements. At that time, he felt that Zang Yuan's sword moves were very neutral, but it was quite difficult to resist, because each move had been tempered thousands of times. Unfortunately, Zang Yuan also practiced the treacherous sword technique, so his sword move had not reached the level of Mahayana, otherwise Rick would have died under his sword that day.

"She is rare to come out. Don't you want to go up and say hello to her?" Chris suddenly pointed at Taohuahong from a distance and asked.

Rick shook his head and said, "No. Let's go see those strange carriages!"

"I really don't want to?"

Kris kept asking questions and made Rick feel quite strange. He suddenly realized it again, so he answered the question irrelevantly: "Why did I suddenly smell the sour smell in the air?"

Chris' pretty face turned slightly red and said angrily: "You say I'm jealous, don't even think about it."

"I'm really not jealous?" Rick asked with his face. Kris simply turned around. Rick didn't mind either, and pulled her jade hand and said, "Let's go and see the carriage!" After that, regardless of whether Chris wanted to, he pulled her forward.

Outside the backyard of the Duke's Mansion is a very narrow alley, with the other side of the alley next to the wall of another large mansion. Therefore, the alley can barely accommodate a carriage.

Two carriages were parked in this alley, and the carriage in the front was only a few meters away from the backyard of the Duke's Mansion.

"What's inside?" Rick called a waiter over and asked.

The servant shook his head and said, "The villain didn't dare to go and see it."

Rick cursed "coward" and simply went to see it by himself. He lifted the curtain of the car, and the scene inside stunned Rick. The car was filled with large iron boxes with black and locked. He looked at the remaining carriage again and found that the same was true. Rick looked at Chris in confusion, obviously asking for her opinion.

Before Chris could speak, the breeze beside him passed by, and Yulu came over. She said hurriedly: "Young Master, let me open these boxes!"

Rick waved his hand and said, "You can stand a little further, there may be danger."

Kris and Yulu both disagreed and actually walked over at the same time, which made Rick feel both moved and amused. He said helplessly: "I don't know what these boxes contain, maybe there is no danger at all, you don't have to argue with me."

However, Chris disagreed and said, "We are all better than you, so sister Yulu and I should open these boxes."

Yulu nodded quickly and said in a big agreement: "My sister is right."

But Rick shook his head stubbornly and said, "No, I am a man, you are a woman, this kind of thing should be done by men."

Chris and Yulu wanted to object, but then a dissatisfied voice came from the carriage and said, "Have you made enough noise? If you made enough noise, let's take a look at these interesting things!"
Chapter completed!